Chapter 148 Reply
"The previous movies are like the beautiful eyes of the male protagonist Bryce, and the female protagonist Julie is like us who are bewitched by the momentary beauty."
"The last part of "Falling in Love" wants to tell us that even when we are fascinated by the superficial prosperity and beauty, we should still stick to our original intentions and maintain our rationality, break through the filter of superficial beauty, and truly realize that self-respect and self-love are the most precious things."
“Only by respecting yourself and striving to improve yourself can you gain the respect and admiration of others.”
"As we are doing now, whether it is our attitude towards life or towards building a country, or towards both internal and external affairs, we should be like this."
Sometimes, Su Yun would also receive letters about their impressions after watching movies, ranging from letters of thanks and praise for her making so many good movies and daring to broadcast them in rural areas during such a period, so that the vast number of people who lack entertainment and are in a confused moment can see hope and light; to letters of plot analysis that begin to analyze the plot of the movie; and then to letters contacting Su Yun about the deep meaning of arranging the order of movie broadcasts and the conclusions drawn based on the actual situation...
All of them show their love and thoughts about rare movies.
Su Yun was very pleased. Baobei usually put these letters in the cabinet: in addition to the fact that the content of the letters was truly touching, stamps in that era also cost several cents, so the people who wrote these letters really loved her movies, so they wrote to the Shanghai Film Translation Studio and asked someone to convey their letters on their behalf.
Liking a person or a thing does not depend on how much you spend on it, but on how much you have and the ratio of how much you spend on it.
The 8 cents postage in those poor times was more sincere than the millions of dollars of rewards from the wealthy in later generations.
Of course, there is also a very funny thank you letter, which roughly says that after Su Yun helped negotiate with a foreign film company and obtained the broadcasting rights of "Great White Shark" in mainland China, another thing happened that left many people with psychological trauma.
In the past few years, due to the different policies and developments on both sides, many villagers and educated youth in Guangzhou, especially in Xiayu Village under Shenzhen, had united because of the hardship of life and created many illegal "escape to Hong Kong" actions of crossing the border and sneaking into Hong Kong.
At that time, Hong Kong was in a period of rapid development and was in urgent need of labor. Therefore, mainlanders who could successfully sneak into the city could, in accordance with the provisions of the "resistance policy", go to the relevant department to register and obtain a Hong Kong identity card within a three-day grace period, becoming legal residents of Hong Kong and officially residing in Hong Kong.
However, if they are discovered and intercepted by law enforcement officers during the smuggling process, they will be deported - and generally speaking, even if these people are deported back to their original place, they will continue to plan the next smuggling operation.
Su Yun heard all this news from Grandma Su: It was said that there was a man who had tried to smuggle himself across the border more than ten times but failed. The border law enforcement officers were so familiar with him that they couldn't bear to let him go, so they let him come over and later he lived in Su Uk Estate.
At that time, smuggling could be divided into two methods: land and water. Most of the young and strong people who had no money would band together with a group of people, mostly from the same village or relatives, to cross the border by land by climbing mountains and crossing the country, or by swimming by water.
As for the elderly, the weak, women and children in their families who are unable to keep up with the smuggling team on their own, the whole family would work together to sell all their property for cash and spend a large amount of money to smuggle themselves across on large vehicles and boats that have established connections.
From this, a group of idioms related to "human snakes" and "snakeheads" were derived: the stowaways hiding in large vehicles and ships with their bodies curled up like snakes are called "human snakes", and the organizers are called "snakeheads".
During the most intense years, many villages in Guangcheng were left with only the elderly, the weak, and the disabled. In the worst-hit areas, it is said that the entire village was left with only one disabled person who was extremely poor and had a broken leg.
However, in recent years, due to the sharp increase in illegal immigration and the saturation of the local labor force, Hong Kong has begun to vigorously strengthen its efforts to resist illegal immigrants.
There are rumors that in one or two years, Hong Kong will cancel its resistance policy and expel all subsequent illegal immigrants.
Therefore, the number of illegal immigrants crossing the Taiwan Strait by water has increased recently, and law enforcement officers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have been extremely busy.
Until the "Great White Shark" that Su Yun helped to obtain spread in inland areas.
Maybe it’s because of the movies about sharks in the water that brought about a corresponding fear. In addition, there is a lot of marine garbage now, and stowaways prefer to stow away at night when the moon is dark and the wind is strong, so any plastic bag from a distance looks like a shark fin in the movie...
The number of illegal immigrants by water has been reduced as a result, and it is easier to catch them on land than by water. In recent days, the border law enforcement authorities also sent Su Yun a letter of thanks, thanking her for her "contribution" to reducing the number of illegal immigrants and facilitating the operations of border law enforcement officers.
Su Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry as she put away the thank-you letter. She looked at the wall clock and prepared to clean up the desk.
But before she could finish cleaning, a familiar voice was heard outside again - Grandma Su came upstairs to find her with some midnight snack.
"Grandma, if you keep feeding me like this, I'll turn into a fat pig sooner or later!" Su Yun said coquettishly, and then picked up the bowl of sugar water under Grandma Su's "kind" gaze.
“Don’t study too hard, just do your best.” With Su Yun’s age and grades, she was a perfect kid in the eyes of other people, but Grandma Su felt that she was moving too fast and even felt a little sorry for her precocity.
"Fortunately, I don't feel hard for now. It's just that I have to leave you again soon, which makes me reluctant." Su Yun said vaguely while drinking sugar water.
"Then come back to visit me more often during your holidays." Grandma Su smiled and touched Su Yun's hair.
"Of course I will! I'm just afraid that you'll complain that I come back so often and it'll bother you." Su Yun put down the bowl that he had drunk clean and said with a smile.
"You." Grandma Su said in an angry and amused tone, then raised her finger to her ear and said, "Okay, I won't argue with you anymore. Damei and Xiaomei have to get up early tomorrow to practice their voices, so we shouldn't disturb them."
"Got it!" Su Yun responded, then tidied up the things on the desk, sent Grandma Su downstairs to sleep, and then went upstairs again to rest.
During this period, Su Yun relied on the system's small black room to study and practice martial arts, while also receiving mail and reading, and her life was very enjoyable.
With the advantage of time in the small dark room, Su Yun's study in this year is equivalent to four or five years of normal school years. In addition, he already has a foundation laid in his previous life, so it may not be too difficult to create a "genius" student who can skip a grade and go to college at the age of thirteen and a half after studying in high school for two years in the eyes of the world.
After she goes to college for another two years to solidify her computer skills, her junior year will be a great time for her to make the most of the world.
Su Yun was thinking like this while sitting in the car. After Mei Yanshuang, who had finished breakfast, got in the car, she started to ask the driver, Uncle Sun, to drive.
Among the Mei sisters, the eldest sister graduated from Form 5 two years ago. However, due to previous family reasons, the academic level of the two sisters was not very good, so they did not continue their studies. Instead, they followed the majority of people of that era and found jobs after graduating from Form 5. They are currently working as full-time performers in Liyuan, where they have worked part-time since childhood.
Mei Yanshuang is one year older than Su Yun. She is now in Form 3 at a girls' school with a strict academic atmosphere. It is much better than the ordinary high school that mocked and humiliated her sisters for being singers. Since transferring to that school, it is obvious that Mei Yanshuang has become much more cheerful.
Su Yun is in Form 2 at St. Paul's and is currently preparing to skip a grade. Everything is basically ready and she is just waiting for a reply from St. Clair in the United States.
Sister Mei hurriedly followed the troupe to Nanyang to perform early this morning, so after class tonight, only Su Yun and Mei Yanshuang took the driver's car home together.
Although he had semi-retired from society, it was still troublesome if he met someone with bad intentions. After returning to Hong Kong to study, Su Yun asked his good neighbor, the Wang family, to help him make some connections and bought a moderately priced car. He also hired a driver, Uncle Sun, who was from the So Uk Estate and was known to everyone in the village for being a particularly honest person.
The distance between Su Yun and Mei Yanshuang's schools was not far, so most of the time Su Yun and Mei Yanshuang would go to school together by bus, while Mei's elder sister had to go to Liyuan, so she usually took the bus by herself.
After picking up Mei Yanshuang and putting her in the back seat of the car, Su Yun looked at her holding several thick reference books and couldn't help but jokingly asked, "Do you need help?"
"Don't do that. You and I are at a different level. Let me do it myself." Although Su Yun is one grade lower than her now, Su Yun is going to skip a grade and go to college next year. Mei Yanshuang naturally doesn't want to hold Su Yun back.
"It's okay. I still have some free time now. After all, in the mainland..." Su Yun was about to say that things in the mainland had been basically dealt with so he had more free time when the car suddenly braked.
"Uncle Sun, what happened?" Although Uncle Sun was too honest to help with lying, which was why he was fired by his boss who liked to go to nightclubs, his driving skills were very reliable; Su Yun hired him as a driver because of his honesty.
Such a sudden brake is definitely not Uncle Sun's style.
"I'm sorry, miss. A lot of people and police suddenly came ahead, and we can't pass the whole road." Uncle Sun said apologetically.
At the same time, there were sudden bursts of chaotic crying and shouting from outside.
Su Yun put on his hat and got out of the car with Mei Yanshuang to look ahead. They saw a long line of people in tattered clothes and listless spirits being escorted forward by the police.
A little further on, there were endless buses parked, which seemed to be the convoy responsible for repatriation.
The wailing of citizens on both sides gathered into a huge wave of grief, and steamed bread and other dry food were thrown towards the long queue. It looked quite pitiful, making anyone who heard it sad and anyone who saw it cry.
"Are they illegal immigrants who were caught?" After seeing the situation clearly, Su Yun roughly understood the identities of the people in the team.