Spielberg's official photographer took many outstanding photos of several senior members of the Flying Tigers. Li Mu ordered the staff of the Veterans Immortality Foundation who followed the old man from the rest house to take these photos as soon as possible after returning to Spring City. The photos were developed into a book and given to these elderly people as souvenirs.
These respectable old people realized their greatest wish, and everyone was excited about it.
After the photo was taken, an old American Flying Tigers member touched his World War II U.S. Air Force jacket and said excitedly: "This jacket is made exactly the same as it was back then. Whether it is style, cut, material, or feel, it is the same." It’s no different when we were young.”
The crew’s prop manager explained: “These uniforms are reproduced based on the actual Flying Tigers uniforms, and just like the uniforms of that year, these are hand-sewn in the United States, and even the materials are produced in the United States. .”
The old man nodded repeatedly and said with emotion: "You have really paid great attention. Whether it is the aircraft, uniforms, or even other props, they have restored the actual situation to the greatest extent possible. Even the cartoons on the aircraft are exactly the same."
Other elderly people also agreed that a war movie with such a high degree of restoration and such detail can best evoke memories deep in their hearts.
Li Mu came to Spielberg and whispered to him: "These old-timers have almost all lost their uniforms. Let's give these replica uniforms as gifts."
Spielberg said without hesitation: "Then please keep these uniforms. After we finish filming, all the uniforms can be given to the old Flying Tigers players. If they are not enough, we can customize them from the factory. "
Li Mu nodded, thanked him, and told every veteran Flying Tigers member who arrived at the scene today about his decision.
Knowing that they could keep their Flying Tigers uniforms as souvenirs, every old man was excited. Mr. Han Zili was the most exaggerated. He directly touched the clothes on his body and said to his son in a Sichuan accent: "Give it to me." After hearing this, when I die, send me to be cremated, wash and fold this uniform neatly, and put it in my coffin."
The old man's son hurriedly said: "Dad, what are you talking about? You are in good health and can live for more than ten years."
Mr. Han said: "You son of a bitch is talking nonsense. If you live for more than ten years, you will still have to die. After you die, won't you have to be buried in the ground? I have been buried for a long time, so you can put it in the coffin for me for a long time. Listen. Do you understand?"
The old gentleman's son nodded quickly: "I understand, I understand, don't worry..."
Li Mu watched with emotion. For these old people, a replica of the military uniform had such a high status in their hearts, which showed that their hearts were still filled with enthusiasm.
Several old people, wearing the same military uniforms from back then, lingered at the airport for a long time before reluctantly leaving the airport before dark.
Li Mu sent them to the car and promised them that he would apply to the local government to preserve this place for a long time after the filming of the movie is completed, and expand it to build a highly restored World War II Flying Tigers airport and make it available to the public. It is open to the public free of charge. At that time, he will arrange for someone to be here to introduce the story of the Flying Tigers to all tourists.
Li Mu's promise made all the old people very happy. For them, what they really hope is that people will remember the war. It is not them who will be remembered, but the cruelty of war, the preciousness of peace, and the greatness of the nation.
After bidding farewell to these elderly people, Li Mu immediately used the laptop and wireless network card that Li Ziwei carried with him to post photos of these elderly people on his Weibo.
Li Mu selected a total of nine photos, including personal photos of several elderly people and their group photos, and then paired them with text: "To all the Flying Tigers and all the martyrs who shed their blood for justice in World War II, With the highest respect.”
In the photos, although the old people are very old, everyone stands as straight as possible, and everyone's expression has a kind of perseverance that goes deep into their bones. Their wrinkles are so deep, it seems that each one contains endless vicissitudes and stories.
As soon as this Weibo post was posted, it immediately became popular on Weibo and Twitter platforms. A large number of netizens regardless of nationality commented and forwarded it. The comments were almost all words of touching, salute, and tribute.
After Li Mu posted on Weibo, he had a meal with the crew. Since he was going back to Yanjing tomorrow and was also taking Du Wei with him, who had finished filming, he deliberately drank a few more glasses of wine with everyone.
Although Du Wei doesn't have much of a drinker, she still takes the initiative to hold a red wine glass and toast to everyone. She is the youngest among the entire creative team. She has always been taken care of by everyone, so she feels a lot of reluctance in her heart. After drinking a glass of red wine, her eyes turned red before her soft face.
Du Wei's eyes were red and she said to everyone in English: "I have learned a lot from getting along with you during this period, and I have received a lot of care from you. Thank you very much. I hope I will have the opportunity to cooperate with you again in the future."
Spielberg laughed and said: "I will definitely give you a role in my next movie, whatever my next movie is."
Anne Hathaway reached out and held Du Wei's hand, like a sister doting on her sister, and said with a doting look: "I will definitely come to the United States when I have time. No matter how busy I am, I will definitely accompany you."
Du Wei nodded, looked at Anne Hathaway, and said seriously: "You also have to come to China often and come to Yanjing to play with me. Then can you live in my house? My parents and sister are all here." Great, you’ll love them.”
Anne Hathaway couldn't help but glance at Li Mu with her peripheral vision, nodded slightly and said, "As long as I have the chance, I will definitely go to Yanjing to find you."
Li Mu didn't notice Anne Hathaway's affectionate eyes. He was busy exchanging glasses with Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Leonardo.
Inside Li Mu's body is a middle-aged soul who is actually in his thirties. Among the crew, he feels that he has more in common with these three seniors.
Li Mu asked Spielberg: "After our school is almost ready, what are your plans for the next movie?"
Spielberg shook his head and said: "I have several scripts in my hand, but I haven't decided which one to shoot yet."
Li Mu smiled and asked, "Do you have any preference?"
Spielberg thought for a while and said: "There is a more thoughtful book that I am more interested in. This is a real incident. It tells about an Iranian exile who was in France in the late 1980s because he did not have refugee documents. A series of stories about detention at Charles de Gaulle Airport.”
Li Mu suddenly realized that he knew the story told by Spielberg. He later made a movie called "The Terminal", and the starring role in the movie was Tom Hanks, who was sitting opposite Li Mu.
To be honest, this movie is really great, similar to "Forrest Gump", very touching and inspirational, but after seeing "Flying Tigers" from scratch, Li Mu felt that Spielberg should make it For some movies with bigger themes, warm and inspirational movies, he has already contributed one "Forrest Gump", so there is no need to continue to invest in them.
So, he asked Spielberg: "Stephen, why don't you consider continuing to make a movie about World War II?"
Spielberg was stunned, smiled awkwardly, and said: "I have made too many movies about World War II, and I also supervised the production of "Band of Brothers", so I have made enough."
Li Mu nodded and said seriously: "World War II is actually a very big subject. Moreover, I think it is not an exaggeration to say that World War II is the largest and most extensive subject in human history. Its breadth and depth are greater than those of the Renaissance and Industrial Revolutions, voyages, and other major historical stages that have impacted human development are much bigger."
Spielberg asked curiously: "Why do you think so? From the perspective of human development, the Industrial Revolution and the Great Navigation are actually much more important, right?"
Li Mu shook his head and said: "In my opinion, the breadth of World War II is because it covered the whole world and affected the whole world. It almost reshuffled the whole world, and its depth is The reason is that it not only touches the darkest side of human development so far, but also touches the greatest side of human development so far.”
As he spoke, Li Mu paused, and then said: "Throughout human history, we may not be able to find a more cruel, dark and inhumane existence than Japan and Japan during World War II. Similarly, there has never been anything like the Japanese during World War II in human history. In that way, so many great and noble heroes emerged.”
"In China, child soldiers in their teens and even without a rifle can put life and death at risk. In order to blow up the invaders' tanks, soldiers are willing to strap grenades on their bodies and die with the invaders;"
"In Eastern Europe, in order to defend their motherland, the Soviets marched on the corpses of their compatriots and resisted the invaders with their own flesh and blood; in Western Europe, the French government surrendered and the guerrillas still resisted the Nazis, and the United Kingdom, which was bombed to pieces, did not give up resistance. In order to help the just side, Americans sent millions of soldiers to the battlefields of Europe and Asia. Just like Ryan in your movie, none of the three brothers in his family died defending their motherland; Human justice…”
Speaking of this, Li Mu sighed and said: "I personally feel that one World War II alone can produce at least tens of thousands of film and television dramas of different types. In that special environment, not only major events are worthy of being made into film and television dramas, even just A small microcosm can also make an excellent film, just like you condensed the entire massacre of Jews in Japan into one "Schindler's List", and there is a director in China who made a The movie is called "The Devil Is Coming". This movie is exactly the opposite of "Schindler's List". It focuses on a small village in China during World War II. Although the movie cannot rise to the level of "Schindler's List" Although it is highly regarded as a very good World War II movie, it can be seen that there is still a lot of room for development of World War II movies."
(End of chapter)