The second film that Gao Shengmei brought was "The Bridge on the River Kwai".
This is also one of Jiang Yun's favorite films, and she has watched it at least three times.
The movie started. Jiang Jun looked at the screen and exclaimed, "Isn't this a color movie?"
Gao Shengmei spread her hands and said, "The projector I brought is from the library and can only play black and white films. Jiang, when you are free, I will take you to our factory to watch it."
Jiang Yun smiled: "Well, Chief of Staff Chen is busy, let's talk about it later."
Gao Shengmei glared at Chen Yuanwu and didn't want to talk anymore. This girl only listens to five dollars a piece of cake and has no one else in her eyes.
After the long subtitles, Jiang Jun began to translate simultaneously, and everyone's attention was instantly focused on the screen.
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" tells the story of Allied prisoners of war building a bridge. It does not have as many bloody scenes as "The Sorrowful Sky", so Jiang Yun's translation was much easier.
She still remembered that when she watched the movie for the first time, she was amused by the protagonist's behavior of trying every possible way to dig a hole for himself and then having to fill it in the end.
Therefore, when she was interpreting, her tone of voice couldn't help but be smiling, just like when she was explaining a joke to everyone and burst out laughing.
When the first volume was finished, Zhang Mingtao couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Jiang, these prisoners of war were subjected to inhumane torture and oppressed by the Japanese army, and forced to build railways for the Japanese. I don't see anything funny in it. Why did you laugh so happily while translating?"
Jiang Jun was stunned. Yes, she knew what was going to happen next, but others didn't. "Well, I think that British man is a bit pedantic. He didn't even think about escaping or fighting. Instead, he just stood there and accepted the oppression. He also never defended his honor as a British soldier."
Domestic war films have clear distinctions between friends and foes, and right and wrong, making it easy for the audience to get excited and share the same hatred for the enemy.
European and American war films, on the other hand, prefer to explore the mentality of all parties involved in the war from all angles.
For those who are used to watching domestic war films, few are willing to consider the starting point of the problem from the enemy's perspective.
Chen Yuanwu calmly came to Jiang Yun's rescue: "In war, only by understanding the enemy's thinking can we make the most correct judgment. This is what is called knowing yourself and knowing the enemy."
Jiang Yun also realized his mistake and apologized quietly: "I'm sorry, I will correct it later."
Zhang Mingtao was also embarrassed: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask, how should you translate it? It's fine."
It's good enough to have a translator, why bother about whether his attitude is correct or not.
When the second roll of film was being shown, Jiang Jun quickly adjusted his mindset and objectively repeated the lines in the movie from the perspective of a translator.
Chen Yuanwu secretly admired her and took the time to serve tea and a towel to Jiang Yun, carefully waiting on her, fearing that she would get tired.
The door of the small conference room quietly opened a crack. Chen Yuanwu looked back and saw that it was the security guard Xiao Dai, then turned back to watch the screen.
Following Xiao Dai in were Chen Zhong and Gao Lei.
After attending the military's holiday activities, Chen Zhong and Gao Lei did not rest, but returned to the office to continue discussing the work arrangements for the next day. They learned from the guard that Chen Yuanwu and several others were watching an internal movie in the small conference room.
Gao Lei and Chen Zhong looked at each other and thought in unison: these kids are so brave that they actually dare to run into the small conference room to show a movie!
They only stood there for a moment before Chen Zhong could tell it was Jiang Jun who was talking. Listening more carefully, he realized they were not chatting but translating a movie.
This time, Chen Zhong and Gao Lei didn't leave. They gestured to Gao Shengmei and sat down in the back row.
Jiang Yun, who had regained his sanity, translated very clearly, even changing his voice slightly to imitate the character's tone, and did not notice that there were two more people in the small meeting room.
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a rare good movie. Chen Zhong and Gao Lei were also fascinated by it. They decided to discuss the meeting after the movie was over.
When the movie finally ended, Jiang Jun stood up and wanted to stretch. Before he raised his hand, he caught a glimpse of Chen Yuanwu, Chen Zhenbao and others raising their hands to salute and shouting "Commander Gao, Deputy Commander Chen". He quickly turned around and looked at the people who came.
Gao Shengmei hugged Gao Lei's arm and called out sweetly and obediently, "Dad, isn't this movie good? I knew you were coming, so I brought this movie to show you!"
Jiang Jun smiled secretly in his heart. Gao Shengmei really had two different faces in front of her buddies and in front of her father.
She smiled and called out, "Hello, Uncle Gao, hello, Uncle Chen!"
Chen Zhong pointed at Jiang Yun and introduced her, "Commander, this is Jiang Yonghua's daughter."
Gao Lei had long heard about Jiang Yun's journey to redress her father's innocence, but he only got to see her today. He didn't expect that this little girl was so brave, resourceful, and talented.
"Xiao Jiang, who did you learn foreign languages from? You can even listen to foreign languages and speak Chinese at the same time. You're amazing!"
"Uncle Gao, you're too kind. My dad only taught me a little bit of foreign language, and I learned the rest by myself."
Looking at his daughter who was telling lies to please him, Gao Lei slapped his chest and pointed at Gao Shengmei speechlessly. It turned out that all the good kids were from other families!
Chen Zhong pointed at Jiang Yun and smiled proudly at Gao Lei, "This good child will be mine from now on!"
Gao Shengmei acted coquettishly to Gao Lei: "Dad, our director asked me to tell you that we would like to borrow soldiers from two companies to help us shoot a few scenes."
Gao Lei was unmoved: "If you're not arranging work with the director, why are you showing a movie here?"
Gao Shengmei argued confidently, "I just watch these movies for inspiration! Dad, you don't know, that movie we watched before, oh my, it was even more tragic than The Battle of Ganling! But the scene they filmed was really well shot, so I wanted to learn from it."
Gao Lei was persuaded by his daughter's reasoning: "What battle could be more tragic than the Battle of Shangganling?"
Jiang Jun took over the conversation: "It was the Normandy beach landing during World War II."
Gao Lei knew about this battle: "There's also this film? Let's watch it."
Chen Yuanwu stepped forward and explained, "Commander Gao, Xiao Jiang translated two films for us today. He's been working for seven or eight hours straight, and his voice is hoarse."
Gao Lei was understanding. Even an iron man needs to rest, not to mention that this little girl wasn't even one of his soldiers. "So, when is Xiao Jiang free?"
Jiang Jun bit her lip, and Chen Yuanwu answered for her, "Xiao Jiang will be following our equipment department's vehicle to the grasslands tomorrow to retrieve her resume."
Gao Lei said cheerfully: "Go get the file, okay! Hurry and bring it back, I have a spot for you here!"
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