Chapter 334: I know what I'm going to shoot

Led by Raj Sharma and other hosts, Lee and others visited many of Mumbai's most famous attractions, such as Mumbai's iconic building, the India Gate at Apollo Pier, and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a World Heritage Site.

From morning to night, everyone can be said to have played and eaten well, and enjoyed VIP treatment throughout the whole process, and I don't know if it's because of the Bollywood Film School or because of Raj Sharma.

In the evening, everyone was a little tired after a day of playing.

Led by Raj Sharma, the group went to an open-air restaurant on Gioberti Beach off the Corniche for dinner.

With a faint sea breeze, watch the sun slowly dip towards the sea level in the distance, and below the restaurant, there is a bustling crowd of ordinary Indians.

It will give people a sense of contradiction between tranquility and prosperity, which makes Li Zian and others feel quite wonderful.

"Mr. Li, what are you thinking?"

Li Zi'an, who was leaning on the railing, held a glass of red wine in his hand, he looked at the distant seascape and the bustling crowd in a daze, and Raj Sharma walked over with a glass of red wine and smiled, leaning on the railing next to Li Zi'an.

"I didn't think about anything, I just looked at the scenery and felt the exotic customs. ”

Li Zi'an retracted his gaze from afar, and he responded with a smile.

After a day of getting along, Li Zi'an has some preliminary understanding of Raj Sharma.

It's basically the same as some evaluations on the Internet.,Treat people kindly.,And I didn't look empty of everything because I was a high caste.,Despise others.,In getting along with his classmates,,It's basically in an equal position.,Every gesture has a little aristocratic demeanor.。

And judging from the natural behavior of Raj Sharma's classmates, they sincerely support Raj Sharma, and they are not deliberately acting because of Li Zi'an and others.

Li Zi'an and Raj Sharma chatted for a while, but they didn't have a few words, when suddenly a scream came from the beach below.

"Ahh

"Help (Hindi)!"

"Help me (Hindi)!"

......

Li Zi'an, who was clinking glasses with Raj Sharma, heard the terrible screams coming from below, and he suddenly stared down and looked down.

I saw a burly middle-aged man below, who was punching and kicking a woman, the woman screamed loudly and begged for mercy, and when the man was violent to the woman, there was a little girl standing next to her who seemed to have been stunned, she subconsciously wanted to step forward and pull the man, but the man didn't look at her, and slapped the little girl to the ground with a wave.

The burly middle-aged man was there to commit violence, and the people around him gathered around, and many people watched there, and no one stepped forward to help or persuade them.

What frightened Li Zi'an and others the most was the gaze of those onlookers, who felt that they didn't have any sympathy or forbearance for this kind of violent thing.

Soon, a patrol officer on the beach came over, he stepped forward to talk to the burly man for a few words, glanced at the beaten woman curled up on the ground, did not do anything, turned around and left.

Then the burly man grabbed the woman by the hair with one hand and the little girl with the other, and dragged the two girls away like a dead dog.

Behind Li Zi'an and Raj Sharma, Anya and the others were still eating and drinking, not noticing what was happening on the beach below.

Li Zi'an's hand holding the wine glass was slightly stiff, he turned his head to look at Raj Sharma, and suddenly chuckled: "I remember that my country's history textbook wrote that India had introduced a bill for equality between men and women decades ago. ”

Although Li Zi'an was laughing, the faint mockery in his words was not concealed in the slightest.

Raj Sharma gently shook the red wine glass in his hand with his right hand, he was silent for a moment, and responded: "First of all, they should be husband and wife, so the police generally don't care about such things, and secondly, that woman should be of a low caste, with a humble status and a very low right to speak, such things abound in India, and it is difficult to manage, and it is impossible to manage." ”

"Our Chinese leaders once said that the judiciary must have warmth and enforcement strength, and if there are empty bills but no enforcement strength, then the judiciary is just empty talk, and everything is just self-deception. ”

Li Zi'an said lightly, he looked at the people below who had dispersed, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a little blood on the beach, maybe the atrocity just now would have been as if it had never happened.

"I heard that the core of the films you have made in recent years, President Raj Sharma, reflect some social hot issues in India, but in my opinion, the social hot issues that Raj Sharma you reflect are just scratching the surface, and they are far from touching the core issues in society. ”

Li Zi'an turned slightly sideways, looked at Raj Sharma and spoke again.

"Oh?" Raj Sharma frowned slightly, "So in Mr. Lee's opinion, what is the central issue in Indian society?"

When Li Zi'an heard this, he looked directly into Raj Sharma's eyes: "For example, the caste system, and for example, the equality of men and women, and the independence of women's rights." ”

Hearing Li Zi'an's words, Raj Sharma's pupils contracted slightly, and then he pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Mr. Li, if such a movie is made, there will be no market, and it will cause many people in Indian society to resist and backlash." ”

"President Raj Sharma, you haven't tried, how do you know what the result is, don't you dare?" Li Zi'an stared at Raj Sharma and continued, "Or are you not willing to do this at all?"

"I don't dare!" Raj Sharma replied almost without thinking, he looked at Li Zi'an, and said seriously: "The caste system is deeply entrenched, stretching from top to bottom for hundreds of years of India's history, and it is impossible to completely overthrow the caste system at this stage. ”

"But for the equality of men and women, our country has actually been advancing, our country's population is second only to China, China a hundred years ago unswervingly follow the policy of equality between men and women, so that the whole society whether it is labor force or productivity has soared geometrically, which is obvious to all. ”

"In fact, the upper echelons of our country have always wanted to promote progress in this regard, but this matter is very resistant to the Indian people at the bottom, because in their traditional concept, women are their private property, and women should get married and have children step by step, and should not show their heads. ”

"The most important thing is that the women at the bottom have been in the idea of male power for a long time, and they don't know how to stand up or how to live on their own, so it is very important to emancipate their minds. ”

Raj Sharma said a lot, and at the end, he couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, this young man who was full of confidence seemed a little decadent and powerless at this moment.

"So for the sake of fame and fortune, and for the support of the Indian people, you have never dared to touch such a core social issue, just because you are afraid of being resisted by the people at the bottom of India?" Li Zi'an asked rhetorically.

Hearing this, Raj Sharma fell silent and nodded slowly.

"I think you're a little narrow-minded, your eyes have always been narrowed to a corner of India, why don't you expand your horizons and focus on the world?" Li Zi'an did not stare at Raj Sharma anymore, but looked at the sea level in the distance: "Good works, works that can most sharply touch on the core issues of society, may be resisted by some people, but there will definitely be more people who will seek after and love them." ”

After Li Zi'an finished speaking, he raised his head and drank the red wine in the glass, he turned his head to look at Raj Sharma again, and said with a smile: "Just now, I suddenly made it clear what I was going to shoot in the next half year, it seems that I can only live a day in such a leisurely tourist life, because I feel that I will soon be busy." ”

After saying that, Li Zi'an smiled, reached out and patted Raj Sharma on the shoulder, and then without saying anything more, he turned around and returned to Anya and them.

Raj Sharma looked at Li Zi'an's back, thinking about what Li Zi'an said just now, he felt that his heart was suddenly touched, and some vague outlines in his heart were suddenly much clearer......