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Chapter 879 In the changing life, years are the biggest thief!

Li Yi did not start writing the script right away, but continued to visit and learn about the relevant information of that era in "The Thief of Time".

It has to be said that each era has its own unique characteristics.

But if you want to make a movie like "The Thief of Time" well, you need to highlight two key points.

One is to highlight the characteristics of the times, the social environment of the times, and so on.

But on the other hand, it is necessary to resonate with audiences of different eras from the plot.

This sounds like a bit of a contradiction, but in fact, it is not.

In fact, nostalgic movies are not uncommon, and looking at those classic nostalgic movies, they all reproduce the past in the background of the times, and resonate with the present emotionally, or the memories of Hong Kong Island in the 70s, or the longing for the Korean Wave in the 80s , or the strong years of the [-]s and [-]s generation of angry youths who now control the main body of society, no matter what age they are, they always carry a certain kind of feeling, a kind of excitement that makes people happy without words. Smile, just in this kind of nostalgia, what will we see in this era?

Emotionally, no matter what era people are in, they all have something in common, because time is like life, there are youth, middle age with sophistication, and old age who look forward to seeing each other in the sea of ​​suffering. We cannot expect to let our children Understand the bitterness and moderation of middle-aged people, and we can't stop the nostalgic nostalgia in old age. People always have to go through this step by step before they know what kind of life they have experienced, and generation after generation, exactly the same Repeating such years.

Therefore, what Li Yi needs to do is to let people of different eras resonate emotionally.

Li Yi didn't start writing the script until more than a month later.

I have to say that some stories are more touching because they are true.

Li Yi learned more about the background of that era, the life of the people at the bottom of that era, and the story is still the original story.

The story of the family of four, the shoemaker couple who love each other, and the happy but painful brothers.

After writing the script, Li Yi himself could not calm down for a long time.

Some things will not be forgotten because of the passage of time, but will become more profound because of time.

When I saw Meng Qiguang again, it was in the hospital.

"Old Meng, you have to take good care of your health. I'm still waiting for the movie to come out, so you can go and see it yourself." Li Yi came to the hospital and said, looking at Meng Qiguang who was leaning on the hospital bed.

"I'm sick, and I won't be able to die for a while. I just have to come to the hospital to lie down for a few days every now and then. So, the script has been written?" Meng Qiguang was very optimistic, but when he asked about the script, he was still a little nervous and looking forward to it. .

Li Yi nodded and said: "The script of "The Thief of Time" has been preliminarily produced, Mr. Meng can take a look."

As he spoke, he handed the script manuscript to Meng Qiguang.

Meng Qiguang took it, put on his reading glasses, and looked at it.

Meng Qiguang looked at "The Thief of Time" on the cover of the script - in the ever-changing life, time is the biggest thief!

For a long time, he didn't open the script.

After a long time, the old man opened the script.

He read very slowly, very slowly, looking at almost every word, every word.

At some point, Meng Qiguang took off his presbyopic glasses and took out a cloth to wipe his eyes, but it was because the glasses had been blurred by tears at some point.

After cleaning his reading glasses, he continued to read.

It's just that every time he only watched a short section, he couldn't help crying, couldn't help letting the tears blur his vision, so he took off his glasses again and again, and wiped them, as if what was wiped wasn't the tear stains on the glasses , but the traces left by the years.

A short story script, but it makes Meng Qiguang seem to have experienced an era, as if reappearing his childhood.

The stories inside are so clear and familiar, and he seems to be able to find the prototype from his memory for everyone and everything in it.

Li Yi sat quietly, and he could understand Meng Qiguang. In fact, during this period of time, Li Yi visited many old neighborhoods and visited many old people who came from that era.

People's sorrows and joys are different, and the stories are also different, but they all have a similar situation, that is, every time those old people recall the past, they can't help crying.

Li Yi remembers an old man who said that he missed that era very much, but hated that era. He missed it because he could never go back and see those familiar faces. He hated that era because, Although that era left many unforgettable memories, more of them were sad and painful.

Just as the post-[-]s generation did not understand the feelings of the post-[-]s generation, it is also difficult for the post-[-]s generation to understand the suffering of the post-[-]s generation.

The only thing Li Yi can understand is that time can steal away those beloved relatives and the beauty of the past, but it can never steal away the aging affection of his father and mother.

During this period of visits, Li Yi also felt like breathing the long-lost old Hong Kong Island again in the impetuous air. So far, the city seems to have regained the taste stolen by the years.

Meng Qiguang read the last page, the last word, and a symbol, and closed the script reluctantly.

But his face full of age spots was already full of tears.

"When people get old, they like nostalgia. It makes you laugh. The writing is very good!" Meng Qiguang let out a long breath, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, patting the script.

"Where do you plan to make a home for the Luo family?" Suddenly Meng Qiguang asked.

The Luo family is the protagonist's family written by Li Yi in "The Thief of Time".

"I went to see a lot of old streets on Hong Kong Island, and I think Wing Lee Street is the most suitable." Li Yi said.

"Wingli Street, it's really suitable. I remember last year we were discussing the demolition of Wingli Street, and there were a lot of news reports. Has it not been demolished yet?" Meng Qiguang certainly knew that Wingli Street, or the old Hong Kong people, basically I don't know this old street dance.

"All the shops there have already begun to relocate. The Hong Kong government plans to demolish the entire Wing Lee Street in February next year. However, we communicated and agreed to postpone the demolition. We can wait until we finish filming the film." Li Yi said .

"Yeah, old things, old things will always be replaced by new things." Meng Qiguang said with a sigh.

Obviously, as a native of Hong Kong, he has experienced too many such things.

Inevitably began to recall the past, feeling the present.

"I remember that even though you had to lie down to wear your trousers in order not to "put your hair on your head", Hong Kong people at that time did not complain all the time because of material scarcity.

From the festivities of lanterns, festoons, and dragon and lion dances on the streets during New Year’s and festivals, to the fact that everyone can sit at the opposite table to pick up vegetables and chat freely when eating. At that time, the desire for happiness was so easy to satisfy, but now only I can miss it, but I can't go back! "

(End of this chapter)