Chapter 914 913 [Serving the Country with Literature and Art]

Climbing up the steps from Chaotianmen Pier, you can see many small craters along the way.

This is the key target of Japanese bombings. The May 4th bombing half a year ago bombed from Chaotianmen to Shangqing Temple.

An old man recalled this: "The enemy planes finished their bombing and left, and we quickly disembarked from Chaotianmen Pier. I remember that when we got off the ship and reached the road, we had to climb very high steps... I had just climbed less than half of the way. Crying loudly. Because the higher you go, there are more and more fragments of human limbs on the ground... There are bloody thighs lying on the road, there are messy piles of intestines that are still squirming, and there are some with messy long hair. Half of his face was looking at you ferociously, and one of his broken-arm hands held a delicate small bag, and the fingers grabbing the bag were still shaking slightly! I couldn't breathe at all, my chest was tight, I was suffocating, and it seemed like I was about to be suffocated. It felt like death. I forgot whether I cried or not. I probably didn’t even have the strength to cry. I remember that many children were blindfolded at that time. One child was not blindfolded, but his mouth was wide open. It was so big that I couldn't close it, so I walked all the way... the road from Chaotianmen to Shangqing Temple... Along the way, I saw fire everywhere, black smoke, corpses everywhere, and pieces of human body parts... …”

The young pilots looked at the craters and were speechless, and their expressions became solemn.

Continuing up the road, the houses along the street have signs of being burned. Most of the houses were burned down, so they were built on the original walls with bamboo strips and soil. The repairs were very ugly. The lower half of some houses are made of Ming and Qing masonry structures, while the upper half is made of bamboo and thatched roofs.

More houses were destroyed with only their foundations left, and the owners no longer had the financial resources to repair them, so the family built a shack among the ruins. Some shacks are even rented out to provide accommodation for people fleeing from other places. Such "hotels" are in short supply because the prices are very low.

The young pilots were dumbfounded. They had been bombed frequently in Kunming before, but they still could not imagine the tragedy here in Chongqing.

While walking, Zhou Hexuan suddenly saw thick smoke rising in front of him. He thought it was a house on fire, so he quickly said: "Go over and take a look!"

There was a bombed ruins, and the streets were already crowded with people. However, it was not a fire, but the Central Film Studio was filming exterior scenes. The shacks on the ruins were temporarily moved, and some old wood was set on fire to make it look like it had just been bombed.

The movie currently being filmed is called "Ten Thousand Miles in the Sky" and is China's first feature film to show the style of Air Force athletes.

The young pilots were very interested in this and quickly joined the onlookers. Lin Yao shouted in surprise: "Look, that's Bai Yang!"

Bai Yang is a female star who became popular only three years ago. Her representative works include "Cross Streets". In recent years, she has appeared in patriotic films and patriotic dramas.

Seeing that the young people seemed to want to go to Bai Yang to get autographs, Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "This movie will also be shot at your air force station. If you want autographs from celebrities, there will be many opportunities in the future."

"Who are the celebrities?" Peng Xingbang asked.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Gao Zhanfei, Wei Heling, Bai Yang, Wang Renmei, Jin Yan, and Li Wei."

The young people suddenly became excited. After all, they are young people who also pursue fashion and entertainment. They can't wait to go back to Guangyangba Airport to meet the stars.

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, well-known film companies have either disbanded or stayed in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places. Many film workers who did not want to live under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders came to the rear and actively carried out patriotic propaganda work. They usually acted in patriotic dramas and shot patriotic movies when they had the opportunity.

Three major film groups have formed in the entire rear area, namely China Film Studio, Central Film Studio and Northwest Film Studio. They produce all patriotic films, such as "Defend Our Land", "Hot Blooded Soul", "Eight Hundred Heroes", "Ten Thousand Miles in the Sky", "Children of China" and so on.

These filmmakers often risked their lives to go to the front lines or even to anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines to film anti-war documentaries with the army. For example, the Northwest Film Studio, funded by Yan Xishan, is filming "North China Is Ours" in southeastern Shanxi this year, and will also film "Snow in the Taihang Mountains" and "Long Live the People" next year.

Unfortunately, because there were many leftists in the Northwest Film Studio, Yan Xishan ordered the film company to be shut down before the filming of "Long Live the People" was completed.

After walking not far, everyone came to a teahouse. Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Come on, I will show you Sichuan's teahouse culture."

This teahouse also seemed to have been bombed. There was a big hole in the roof, and the tiles that were re-covered were obviously different in color. Fortunately, the bomb fell into the teahouse and did not explode, so the teahouse can still operate as usual.

There were many bamboo chairs in the teahouse, and someone was singing Sichuan opera on the stage. The content of the performance was actually a Sichuan opera version of the Anti-Japanese War movie "Defend Our Land."

As countless literati and theater performers moved inland, Sichuan Opera also took on new life during the Anti-Japanese War. Starting from learning Sichuan dialect, these outsiders gradually became Sichuan opera fans and created a large number of patriotic Sichuan operas. Local traditional Sichuan Opera practitioners also began to integrate and absorb the essence of other dramas during this exchange, and even took the initiative to move closer to the performance methods of modern dramas.

The tea waiter came up quickly with a long-mouthed teapot. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "It's Zhou Shenxian Sui, you old man, sit down quickly!"

Zhou Hexuan pulled a chair and sat down. He smiled and said in Chongqing dialect: "Is your teahouse doing well?"

"That's for sure," the tea waiter said proudly, "Zhang Tianwang is the mainstay of our teahouse. He didn't come today, otherwise the teahouse would be so crowded that you wouldn't be able to find a place to sit when you come to listen to the show."

"Zhang Tianwang" is the king of Sichuan Opera Zhang Decheng, whose stage name is "Xiao Pianqi" and nickname is "Zhang Erwa". He is from Zigong. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the director of the Chinese Drama Association and the chairman of the Paidu branch. He performed in "Chaishi Festival" (in praise of Wen Tianxiang). , "Yangzhou Hate" (in praise of Shi Kefa) and many other patriotic plays. This gentleman was very close to the Communist Party and had even bailed out the underground party. His home was repeatedly raided by Kuomintang agents.

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"I insist on it!"

There were cheers in the teahouse, but it was the actors on the stage performing face-changing skills.

At this time, Sichuan Opera Face Changing had not yet become an independent performance item. In most cases, it was performed in conjunction with the plot. For example, when the performance is filled with righteous indignation, the actor suddenly changes his face to express the character's emotional change.

Chen Guimin looked at the stage with wide eyes and asked in surprise: "How did his facial makeup change?"

Zhou Hexuan laughed and said: "Unique secret."

Soon the Sichuan opera performance ended, and the teahouse waiter carried a table.

A gentleman in a long gown came out slowly and slowly laid out a tree, a handkerchief and a folding fan. This was to perform Sichuan storytelling.

The first paragraph of the storyteller made Zhou Hexuan laugh: "Brothers, the third episode of "Captain of China" is out today. Do you want to listen to "Captain of China" first or "The Condor Shooting" first? "The Legend of Heroes"?"

"Captain China!" the tea guests replied in unison.

The storyteller said: "Okay, let's talk about "Captain China" first. I want to say hello. "Captain China" is a comic book. I only read the third episode. Some parts are not clear (coherent). Don’t blame me. Bang (sound of waking up wood), a man from China has many ambitions, and he writes to serve the country through the army. He doesn’t care about his seven-foot body, and slaughters the Japanese pirates to restore China! (Ending poem) Last time, it was said that the bastard Japanese doctor named Aihara , He shouted urgently: Throw the bomb quickly, kill everyone. The Japanese soldier picked up the grenade and threw it into the cell. The bang was heard everywhere. The Japanese soldier inside was chatting comfortably, and the Japanese soldier was so bombed that he beat his mother. Call..."

Zhou Hexuan really doesn’t know how to evaluate it. His Super Anti-Japanese Hero comic has only been serialized for three issues, but someone has already adapted it into storytelling, and it’s also in Sichuan dialect.