Paul Crawford and Sun Xiaozhong, two old men in their eighties and nineties, hugged each other and cried, which affected the other Hua Xia and the old American Flying Tigers.
Back then, Hua Xia and the American Flying Tigers were not isolated from each other because of their nationality. They had been fighting side by side, so they had completely integrated into each other. Even after so many years of not seeing each other, they still missed each other.
Although Paul Crawford and Sun Xiaozhong had not seen each other for nearly sixty years, some of their special experiences back then were not shared by other pilots. Back then, the two were shot down by the Japanese in the same battle, and then they were hidden together by the local villagers. During that time, they were prepared to be discovered by the Japanese every day. It could be said that they were ready to die every day. In that case, the experience of the two encouraging and supporting each other made each other very important in each other's hearts.
And it was not just the two of them who were old acquaintances.
As the old people shook hands and introduced themselves to each other, many old Flying Tigers found their foreign old acquaintances. The scene of the old people hugging each other and crying made everyone around them burst into tears.
Even though the photographers were crying, they still carried the cameras and cameras, desperately recording every moving detail at the scene.
Li Mu noticed a detail. The physical and mental state of these old American Flying Tigers were generally much better than the old Hua Xia Flying Tigers. He felt a little sad for a moment.
These old American Flying Tigers generally lived a happy life in their middle and old age after the war, and their economic foundation was not bad. However, the life of the old Flying Tigers of Hua Xia was far less good than that of these American Flying Tigers.
They all had the so-called composition problem of that era. Some of them had been sent to prison, and even those who were lucky had at least suffered a few rounds of criticism. Without social status, they naturally had no guarantee of survival. When it came to their children's generation, it was also quite sad. Their children were seriously affected by the composition problem. Not only was it affected when they went to school, but the worst thing was that most of them could not become workers and could only survive on the edge of society.
If the old Flying Tigers from the United States were said to have meritorious deeds that had been forgotten by society, then the old Flying Tigers from China were simply treated roughly by time for most of their lives. For them, the past 50 to 60 years could be said to be weather-beaten and bitter 50 to 60 years.
After suffering for most of their lives, the most direct impact was their physical and mental state. If there were no volunteers to find them this time, they would be poor and sick old people in the eyes of the outside world. Time not only smoothed out their edges, but also buried the iron will in their bones. Recalling the hard life of Elder Sun Xiaozhong in the half-collapsed thatched hut, Li Mu felt sad. If there was no conclusive evidence, who would dare to believe that such a miserable lonely old man turned out to be a pilot who once fought with the invaders in the motherland's airspace?
Fortunately, they had found these old Hua Xia Flying Tigers some time in advance and invited them to the military sanatorium for recuperation and care. Although their current physical state and mental state were not as good as those American old people, at least they did not make the American old people feel too strange. Elder Sun Xiaozhong's current physical state was also completely different from before. After recuperating in the sanatorium system for many days, his physical state recovered rapidly. After being alone for most of his life, he suddenly had dozens of old comrades, which had a great effect on the improvement of his mental state.
If it were not for this, if these old American Flying Tigers saw Elder Sun Xiaozhong at that time, they would probably be extremely sad and puzzled. Why would a veteran who had made so many efforts and sacrifices for the nation struggle alone at the bottom of society for so long?
At that time, Elder Sun Xiaozhong's living condition and the degree of hardship could probably be ranked in the bottom 100 among the 1.3 billion people. There were many villagers in Baofu Village who were so poor that they could not read a word. Even so, any one of them was a hundred times, a thousand times happier than Elder Sun Xiaozhong. It was hard to imagine that anyone could live a more difficult life than Elder Sun Xiaozhong.
This was a huge debt that society owed to the veterans, and it was also the key that Li Mu most hoped to call on the whole society to make up for.
After all the old Flying Tigers got off the plane, Spielberg walked down alone. 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. "Li, the Veterans Don't Die project is really great. I'm very honored to be personally involved in this great charity activity. I really hope that through this action, the whole world can pay attention to these great World War II veterans!"
Li Mu nodded and said, "Steven, there is a very important thing that I need your help with in the next few days."
Spielberg hurriedly said, "Please go ahead."
Li Mu said, "We have accumulated a lot of video materials about the search for Hua Xia's veterans. Together with the video materials brought back by the film team we sent to the United States, as well as some of the materials about today's pick-up, we have to quickly edit it two days before the press conference and then broadcast it to the whole society on our website. You have to help us with this part."
Although Spielberg did not make documentaries himself, he was a world-class director after all. He was a master of the structure and visual presentation of the film. If he could be in charge of the editing of the promotional video, he believed that the quality would be greatly improved.
Spielberg had no objection to this. He immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will do my best."
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For the reunion of Hua Xia and the old Flying Tigers from the United States, Li Mu personally funded nearly a hundred rooms in a garden-style star hotel in the suburbs of Spring City. Not only were the old American Flying Tigers and their families staying there, but the Flying Tigers from Hua Xia and their families were also arranged to stay there in advance.
Li Mu, Liu Xinying, and Spielberg also stayed in the same hotel. Together with them were all the foundation staff, the film crew, and the preparation staff for the press conference.
This time, the press conference for Hua Xia's cast list for "Flying Tigers" was also arranged to be held in this hotel.
Right now, the Veterans Never Die Charitable Foundation was already very rich in funds, but Li Mu still insisted on paying all the expenses himself. The main reason was that he hoped that the funds of the Veterans Never Die Charitable Foundation could all be used to solve the veterans' living needs, treat their physical diseases, and other practical problems, instead of using it on this relatively extravagant activity.
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