The music of "1492 Conquering Heaven" sounded again, and everyone could not help but feel solemn.
More than 50 veteran Flying Tigers slowly walked onto the stage, accompanied by more than 50 primary school students from Chuncheng Bayi Primary School. Bayi Primary School is a school for the children of the Chuncheng Military Region, all of whom are children of active military personnel. Miao Hong’s new generation.
Although the steps of the old people are very slow, it can still be seen from their stature and posture that they are very different from ordinary old people.
Li Mu had prepared so much for the appearance of these old people. When they actually appeared in front of hundreds of reporters, the scene was completely boiling.
At this moment, it no longer matters who is the actor in "Flying Tigers". The real focus of everyone has shifted from the movie to these old Flying Tigers members.
Thunderous applause echoed and piled up at the scene. People seemed to have found new idols in this impetuous society, new idols that could make them fall to the ground. The halo of these idols was stronger than that of any star. It must shine, it must be pure and supreme, and anyone with hot blood in their chest will have their blood boiling due to their infection.
Over the years, no anti-war veterans have ever received such grand courtesy and such intense attention, whether they are Chinese veterans or American veterans.
The old Chinese Flying Tigers are all from the national army. Because of their composition, they have not received courtesy and attention in the past few decades. In order to avoid criticism, they wish people would forget their origins and let them live anonymously and live in isolation from the world. Wu Zheng's farmers are already the greatest hope. I never thought that this society would remember them again, and remember them with a grateful heart.
In comparison, the situation of the old American Flying Tigers was not good. They came to China as volunteers to fight against the Japanese army. Although they were very respected in China, they did not attract much attention in the United States, and embarrassingly After the Vietnam War, American society began to be filled with anti-war sentiment. This anti-war sentiment spread rapidly in society, so that the whole society became hostile to veterans who had participated in the war. Later, they became even more hostile. Not paying attention to society, they have completely become a forgotten group.
But today, all their pasts have been reawakened and made known to the world again. This has been a great comfort to them in their lives for decades.
Li Mu bowed to all the veteran Flying Tigers on stage and said from the bottom of his heart: "On behalf of all the staff and volunteers of the Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation, as well as all employees of Makino Technology, Taobao Technology, and all members of the CSC Club, Thank you, and all the veterans around the world who fought in the Second World War on a righteous basis, for your outstanding and indelible contributions to our country and the world."
Li Mu feels that representation is a very noble word and a very sacred word. As an IT practitioner and a private entrepreneur, he can only represent the people who have participated in the Veterans Immortality Charity Project and cannot represent more groups. If other groups also want to pay tribute to these veterans, then they can use their own way, applaud, support, donate, or actually do something for the veterans around them. If one day, the whole society will Being able to truly participate in this charity event without being represented by others is what he longs for most.
The reporters in the audience also spontaneously bowed to the old heroes together with Li Mu. Then, each old hero took turns to introduce his name, place of origin, time in the army, army number and the battles he participated in.
More than 20 Chinese pilots have unit designations of the National Air Force, and more than 20 American pilots have official designations of the Chinese Air Force and the American Volunteer Air Force to China.
Including Sun Xiaozhong, Han Zili and Paul Crawford, an hour and a half had passed since each of the elders introduced themselves.
This length of time, comparable to that of a movie, did not make anyone bored. They listened carefully to each old man's self-introduction, and from their calm sentences, they felt the war-torn and even bloody romance they experienced back then.
Among them, there was indeed an American veteran Flying Tigers member who married a Chinese girl who worked near the Flying Tigers' station. It is said that there were several American pilots who fell in love with and married Chinese girls in the Flying Tigers. It's just that it took too long, and several other people have passed away, so they were unable to appear at today's press conference.
The only regret is that there were no American nurses in the real history of the Flying Tigers. Otherwise, there might have been a love story between a Chinese pilot and an American female nurse in the script.
The love nurtured in the flames of war is as good as gold. Li Mu is also looking forward to the future on-screen interpretations of Leonardo and Du Wei, Liu Ye and Anne Hathaway. If the great love nurtured in the flames of war in that era can be interpreted... If it is so vivid and vivid, then this movie may not be worse than "Titanic" in the field of romance movies in the future, and may even be higher than the latter in terms of level and background.
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There was a press conference for the selection of Chinese actors for "Flying Tigers", but in the end no one paid attention to it anymore. All attention was focused on Li Mu's Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation and these surviving old flying tigers. For the team members, it was not until all the old people introduced themselves and the veteran representatives expressed their deep expectations for the movie "Flying Tigers" in front of all the media that everyone suddenly remembered: By the way, the cast members have not been announced yet. Woolen cloth…
Everyone has forgotten and ignored the original intention. Although it is putting the cart before the horse, it also proves from one aspect that the stories of veterans can attract enough attention from society.
The children from the military primary school accompanied the veterans as they walked off the stage. Li Mu then stood back on the stage and said calmly: "Next, our Chinese actors from "Flying Tigers" will be invited to enter!"
As soon as Li Mu finished speaking and no one could react, teacher Li Xuejian took the lead. All the actors, sorted by age, lined up from one side of the stage to the stage and stood next to Li Mu.
The reporters were confused.
What are you doing? Called out all the actors at once? A major event that the whole society is paying attention to, a landmark super production in the Chinese film industry, shouldn't there be a bit of suspense when it comes to the announcement of the cast
Even if there is no suspense, at least it should be grand, right? There was no background music and no short film to highlight it. Li Mu just said a word and everyone lined up? At least you should call your name before you appear. This... Compared with the formation of the veterans just now, it's really a day and a day...
The reporters didn't react for a moment. Li Mu had already started to introduce to everyone: "Let me introduce our cast to everyone. The first is the famous performing artist, Teacher Li Xuejian!"
The reporters who reacted applauded one after another. Teacher Li Xuejian bowed deeply to the audience. Then Li Mu introduced Teacher Chen Daoming and Teacher Chen Baoguo, followed by Huang Bo, Liu Ye, Tang Wei, Du Wei and Wang Xinran.
When introducing each actor, Li Mu only gave the simplest introduction and introduced each of their names. Apart from this, he did not introduce any more content, nor did he introduce their roles in "Flying Tigers" this time. The actors did not say anything about the roles they were about to play in "Flying Tigers". They knew very well that the social attention of the movie "Flying Tigers" was already high enough. It was so high that they did not need to hype or publicize it themselves. The whole society would spontaneously pay attention. So the real protagonists today are not them, but the veterans who were on stage just now. Everyone, including Li Mu, is setting up a stage for the Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation, and wants to make this charity foundation famous throughout the society. , let the whole society voluntarily invest in charity projects that help veterans survive.
After introducing all the actors, Li Mucai invited each actor to make a brief speech. Starting with teacher Li Xuejian, each of them only spent one or two minutes to briefly introduce themselves, and then spent most of the time , they are all promoting the Veterans’ Immortal Charity Foundation. Everyone is very honored to have the opportunity to listen to the oral history of these veterans, understand their true stories, and understand the raging wars of the year. What is even more honorable is that there are Opportunity to star in their stories in movies.
These celebrities, big names, and veteran actors are all willing to help the veterans, adhering to one purpose: make way for the veterans in everything.
Li Mu did not waste time on the cast. After introducing the actors, he invited Director Spielberg, the representative of DreamWorks, to appear. After Spielberg appeared on the stage, his remarks were all about these respectable veterans. The movie itself is just a few words, and everyone maintains a tacit understanding. Today, the movie is not important, and neither are we. Veterans are the most important!
Regarding the joint establishment of a film school with Hollywood, Li Mu only briefly mentioned it in front of the media and did not put any emphasis on it. Although reporters were very curious, the focus of their thinking was also changing with Li Mu's deliberate arrangements. , at the scene, everyone’s main focus was on the veterans and the Veterans’ Immortal Charitable Foundation.
In the subsequent Q&A session with reporters, Li Mu, Spielberg and other actors also maintained such a tacit understanding. Questions related to the movie were answered briefly; questions related to the charity foundation were answered emphatically; and both All irrelevant questions, refused to answer.
This press conference did not authorize any TV station to do a live video broadcast, so people across the country who are paying attention to Li Mu and the film are waiting for relevant media reports. They can't wait to know who will star in this film. , What kind of reply will Li Mu make to those comments on the Internet
By around nine o'clock in the evening, major media and TV stations had already begun the first round of large-scale reports. YY also pushed the news containing the video nationwide through YY at ten o'clock in the evening.
A large number of curious people clicked to check it out immediately, but never in their wildest dreams did they expect that what awaited them was not the explanation of the gossip, but a spiritual baptism and shock!
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