Chapter 1287 Friendship Across Nationalities

Paul Crawford and Sun Xiaozhong, two old men in their 80s and 90s, embraced and cried, which infected other Chinese and American Flying Tigers players.

Back then, the Flying Tigers of Huaxia and the United States were not separated from each other because of their nationality. They fought side by side all the time, so that they have completely integrated into one. Even after not seeing each other for so many years, they still miss each other.

Although Paul Crawford and Sun Xiaozhong have not seen each other for nearly 60 years, some special experiences of the two people in those years are not found among other pilots. They were shot down by the Japanese army in the same battle and then shot down by the Japanese army. The local villagers hid together. During that time, they were prepared to be discovered by the Japanese army every day. It can be said that they were determined to die every day. Each has a very important meaning in each other's heart.

And the old acquaintance is not just the two of them.

As the old people shook hands one by one and introduced themselves to each other, many members of the Flying Tigers found their old acquaintances in foreign countries. The scenes of the old people hugging and crying made everyone around them cry.

Even though the photographers were crying, they still carried their cameras and cameras, desperately recording every touching detail of the scene.

Li Mu noticed a detail, the physical and mental state of these American Flying Tigers were generally much better than those of the Chinese Flying Tigers, and he felt a little sad for a while.

The post-war middle-aged and later years of these American Flying Tigers are generally relatively happy, and their economic foundation is not bad, but the post-war life of the Chinese Flying Tigers is far worse than that of these American Flying Tigers.

They all had the so-called status problem in that era. Some of them had been in prison, and even if they were lucky, they would have endured at least a few rounds of criticism. Without social status, they would naturally have no guarantee of survival. Sad, children are seriously affected by class status, and schooling is affected. The worst thing is that most of them cannot become workers and can only survive on the margins of society.

If the old Flying Tigers of the United States are just forgotten by the society, then the old Flying Tigers of China have been treated roughly by the years for most of their lives. For them, the past fifty or sixty years can be said to be full of hardships and hardships fifty or sixty years.

After suffering for most of their lives, the most direct impact is their physical and mental state. If there were no volunteers to find them this time, they would be poor and sick old people with rickets in the eyes of the outside world. Their sharp edges and corners even buried the iron will in their bones. Recalling the situation of the old man Sun Xiaozhong living hard in the half-collapsed thatched hut, Li Mu was heartbroken. If there were no conclusive evidence, who would dare to believe such a miserable man The lonely old man turned out to be a pilot who fought fiercely with the invaders in the airspace of the motherland.

Fortunately, I found these Chinese Flying Tigers some time in advance, and invited them to the military sanatorium for recuperation and care. Although their current physical condition and mental outlook are not as good as these American old people, at least they are not It made these American old people feel too strange. The current physical condition of the old man Sun Xiaozhong is completely different from the original one. After many days of recuperation in the nursing home system, his physical condition recovered quickly. After being alone for most of his life, he suddenly had dozens An old comrade-in-arms, this also had a huge effect on improving his mental outlook.

If not, if these old American Flying Tigers saw the old man Sun Xiaozhong at that time, I am afraid they would be extremely sad and puzzled. Why would a veteran who has made so much effort and sacrifice for the nation be alone in the society? The bottom has struggled for so long?

At that time, the old man Sun Xiaozhong, with his living conditions and hardships, was probably ranked in the bottom 100 out of a population of 1.3 billion. The entire Baofu Village was so poor that there were too many villagers who could not read a single word. But even so, any one of them would be a hundred times, a thousand times happier than Sun Xiaozhong,

It's hard to imagine anyone else living a more difficult life than the old man Sun Xiaozhong.

This is a huge debt owed by the society to the veterans, and it is also the key that Li Mu most hopes to call on the whole society to make up for it.

Spielberg walked down alone after all the Flying Tigers got off the plane. Li Mu was still waiting for him at the bottom of the spiral staircase. After Spielberg came down with red eyes, he clasped hands with Li Mu and sighed. Said: "Li, the project that veterans don't die is really great. I am very honored to be able to personally participate in this great charity event. I really hope that through this action, the whole world will pay attention to these great World War II veterans. !"

Li Mu nodded and said, "Steven, I have something very important to ask for your help these days."

Spielberg said hurriedly, "Please tell me."

Li Mu said: "We have accumulated a lot of video materials about looking for Chinese veterans during this period, and together with the video materials brought back by the filming team we sent to the United States and the part of the material picked up today, the press conference before the start In two days, we have to quickly make a clip, and then broadcast it to the whole society on our release, and you have to help check this part."

Although Spielberg himself does not make documentaries, he is a world-class director after all, and his control over the structure and visual presentation of the film is master-level. If the editing of the promotional film can be checked by him, I believe that the quality will definitely be improved. There will be a big improvement.

Spielberg didn't have any opinion on this, and immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely do my best."

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For the reunion of the Chinese and American Flying Tigers, Li Mu personally funded and booked nearly a hundred rooms in a garden-style star hotel in the suburbs of Spring City, not just the American Flying Tigers and their families Staying here, the Chinese Flying Tigers and their relatives were also arranged to live here in advance.

Li Mu, Liu Xinxin, and Spielberg also stayed at this hotel, and with them, there were all the foundation staff, film crew, and press conference preparation staff.

This time, the "Flying Tigers" Huaxia cast list press conference was also arranged to be held at this hotel.

Currently, the Veterans’ Immortal Charity Foundation has ample book funds, but Li Mu still insists on paying all the expenses this time. The main reason is that he hopes that all the funds of the Veterans’ Immortal Foundation can be used to solve the problems of life for veterans. Needs, treatment of their physical diseases and other practical issues, rather than in this relatively extravagant activities.

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I'm sorry, the imperial capital is cooling down, I have a cold and a fever, and the number of updated words can't keep up.

Finally, a moment of silence for the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust...