African Nationhood

After the bell rang, staff members pulled the curtains in the cinema, and soon the cinema became dark.

Shi Zhao could feel the girl next to him reach out and grab his arm, and he suddenly realized that the girl was afraid of the dark.

Then there was a beeping sound, which was the projector spinning.

A bright light shines out, and an image appears on the snow-white curtain in front: This is the silhouette of an emperor wearing a crown, but this silhouette can move.

The emperor's silhouette held a scroll-shaped object in his hand, and then the emperor's silhouette unfolded the scroll directly.

The scroll scroll flipped over, and then four large characters "Empire Pictures" appeared on the screen.

"This is the opening logo, indicating that it is a film produced by the 'Empire Pictures' film company."

Hearing the whisper of explanation in his ear, Shi Zhao nodded. Suddenly he remembered that the cinema was dark, so he whispered "Yeah".

Then the title of the film "Song Girl from the End of the World" appeared on the screen, and then some subtitles appeared on the screen with the names of the cast and crew.

A subtitle flashed across it, reading "Screenwriter: Puppet."

Shi Zhao didn't pay attention, and the girl next to him promptly reminded him: "That 'puppet' is the chairman's pen name."

Shi Zhao nodded immediately and said "hmm" again, thinking that his father had so many talents, he even dabbled in this.

The subtitles floated over and the official plot began.

This is a wedding scene, with trumpeters playing and beating, and the groom wearing wedding clothes and a melon cap, riding a white horse with long braids on his back.

Among the trumpeters there is a handsome suona player, who is the male protagonist Xiao Chen.

As the procession of close relatives walked through the alley, a group of young people watching the excitement came over.

There are match sellers Xiaoshan, Xiaoshui, Xiaofeng, shaver Xiao Liu, and newsboy Xiaoxia.

These people are all friends who usually play together. Xiao Liu pointed at the wedding sedan and asked, the subtitles revealed: What does the bride look like?

Xiao Chen directly opened the curtain of the wedding sedan to let Xiao Liu see. When Xiao Liu saw the bride inside, she was a match despite her small size.

After Xiao Liu saw the bride, his own eyes became cross-eyed. Then the friends who were watching the fun stopped watching the fun and gathered around Xiao Liu to help him cure his cross-eye.

Who knew it was contagious to the other eye, and several of them were infected at once.

The six people with different appearances all looked at each other, making the audience laugh out loud.

The actions of these people are funny, and the carefully designed actions are also very funny, making the audience realize their deep friendship while laughing.

The girl next to her was also amused and laughed, and Shi Zhao also started laughing due to her influence.

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After sending the newlyweds to the alley, the work of sending them off was completed, and the drummer Xiao Chen went home with his friends.

The way home focuses on the crowded and narrow alleys where they live, but they still don't forget to fight with each other, and there are also some funny scenes mixed in with the fight.

The audience enjoyed watching such scenes and felt that they could still maintain an optimistic attitude in difficult days.

After arriving at the loft where Xiao Chen rented, everyone settled down.

After a while, Xiao Shan signaled to Xiao Chen that there was movement on the other side.

Xiao Chen was still lying on the bed, but he quickly got up and came to the window. From Xiao Chen's perspective, the audience also saw that the character opposite was the heroine Xiao Hong.

In the close-up, she is a young girl wearing a coarse cheongsam and two braids.

She is young and beautiful, and her whole body is filled with youthful vitality.

Xiao Hong was holding a bird cage hanging under the eaves. She was feeding the bird in the cage while looking at Xiao Chen opposite.

The two young men and women looked at each other and smiled, and the subtitles appeared.

Xiao Chen: Xiao Hong, come and sing.

Xiaohong: OK, what to sing?
Xiao Chen: "Song of the Four Seasons"
Xiaohong: Okay, you will accompany me.

The screen flashed again, Xiao Chen nodded and took a huqin from the window.

As Xiao Chen played the huqin, the melodious sound of the huqin and Xiaohong's melodious singing suddenly sounded in the theater.

Spring is coming, windows are full of green

The eldest girl embroiders mandarin ducks under the window
Suddenly a ruthless stick
Beat the mandarin ducks aside

Spring is coming, windows are full of green

The eldest girl embroiders mandarin ducks under the window
Suddenly a ruthless stick
each party

...Winter is coming and it’s snowy

Cold clothes ready to send lover

Flesh and blood build a long wall
I would like to be the little Meng Jiang from back then
I would like to be the little Meng Jiang that I was. "

As Xiaohong's song sounded, the screen flashed back to the scene of Xiaohong and her sister Xiaoyun fleeing from the countryside to Shanghai. The two sisters suffered a lot along the way. In the concession, they were driven away and beaten severely by foreigners. Finally, the sisters finally Came to live in the alley.

The audience immediately understood the experiences and experiences of the Xiaohong sisters.

Shi Zhao saw the flashback and couldn't help but admire his father's talent. Such an ingenious design is really amazing.

"The bird cage in Xiaohong's hand is a metaphor that she and Xiao Chen are caged birds with no freedom and no future.

This song also reflects the people's unwillingness to sink into alien slavery.

Chairman Shi is so awesome, he thinks so brilliantly! "

After being reminded by the girl, Shi Zhao immediately noticed that the caged bird matched the lyrics of the Four Seasons Song, which was really clever!

The scene changed, and a cold and charming woman opened the attic door and walked in.

Through the flashback just now, everyone knows that this new woman is Xiaohong's sister.

Xiao Hong immediately fell silent, and Xiao Chen across from him was so frightened that he hid back through the window.

Everyone is afraid of my sister, which means that my sister is a strict person, and everyone is safe.

The film transitions to night.

My sister carefully went down to the attic, and then came to the dark streetlight alone, leaning on the streetlight pole and smoking a cigarette.

Her face was heavily made up, her ear-length curly hair was stylishly styled, and she looked like a beauty in a cheongsam.

The audience all wondered why their sister was out in the middle of the night. Not far away, a thin, middle-aged Chinese man in a crappy suit walked up. He was ugly and wretched, but he had a gem ring on his hand. He approached his sister Xiaoyun and started stroking her.

Sister Xiaoyun reached out and made a few gestures, and the two parties quickly agreed on the price, and then walked to a hotel.

When the scene changed again, my sister Xiaoyun appeared under the telephone pole again, still leaning under the street lamp. The heavy makeup on her face was still there, but she no longer had the cool aura before.

The theater audience immediately understood the relationship between the two, and then understood how the two sisters survived in the Demon City.

I can't help but lament what happened to their sisters.

The scene transitioned to show Xiaohong getting up early and making breakfast. A tired Xiaoyun came back and the two sisters had breakfast quietly.

Xiaoyun went to bed to catch up on her sleep. Xiaohong went down to the attic and went to a neighbor's house to get some sewing work. Then she knocked on the door of a fat man's house and took a birdcage from his house to take care of it in the attic.

The fat man was the landlord. He wanted to take Xiaohong's hand and wipe it with oil, but Xiaohong quickly dodged it.

The audience understood that the life of the two sisters was not easy, and they sighed one after another.

The screen transitioned to show Xiao Chen and others sighing at the door of a store.

It turned out that there was no one in the shop of barber Xiao Liu. When everyone was lamenting, Xiao Chen had an idea.

Then he took the suona and blew a lot, while the guys next to him were either playing gongs or playing pots.

Their purpose is to attract people to come and shave their heads.

Unfortunately, no one came after a long time, and they were immediately lost.

By chance, a man came over. They thought he was here to have his head shaved, so they pulled him closer to the barber shop without any explanation.

A few people held down the person who came and took care of them.

Because there were too many people, the barber accidentally shaved the visitor's head into a melon shape, which was particularly funny in the close-up view.

At this time, the whole theater burst into laughter, and many people almost died from laughter.

Shi Zhao couldn't help laughing, and the girl next to him giggled with joy.

They were all stunned when they saw the guest's head shaved.

The guest who was shaved into a flower melon was even more furious, and subtitles appeared.

Huaguatou: I am the new landlord of this barber shop. What have you bastards done to me?
"I want you to get out and cancel the lease!"

Barbers Xiao Liu, Xiao Chen and others were immediately frightened and collapsed to the ground. The new landlord was so angry that he smashed and smashed the house.

The audience also laughed wildly at the melon head that appeared earlier, and then began to sympathize with the barber and others. What should they do if they lose their shop? (End of chapter)