Founded in 1954 and formerly known as the "Southeast Asian Film Festival" and "Asian Film Festival", the Asia-Pacific Film Festival mainly screens films from Asia and the Pacific. Last year, the 17th Asia-Pacific Film Festival was held in Taipei, and this year it was the turn of Seoul (Seoul), South Korea.

(The real 18th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in history opened on May 17 and closed on May 19, when Wang Zijun was still filming "Bloody Lonely City", the plot was needed, and Lao Wang changed the time easily.) In the 18th year since the launch of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, this year marks the first time that the original closed selection has been changed to an exhibition format, which is a huge step forward.

Wang Zijun came to Seoul with the creative teams of the two films, and according to the invitation sent by the film festival, he stayed in a special guest hotel. Although the decoration of this hotel is not luxurious, fortunately it is clean.

"Wow, Wang Sang!" Before he entered the room, a short man called Wang Zijun to stop.

"Who are you?" Wang Zijun turned around and found that this person was only about 1.6 meters, and his tone of voice seemed to be himself.

"My name is Kawazuo Daibao, first time we meet, please take care of me." The man finished speaking in broken Chinese and gave a 90-degree bow abruptly.

"Hello, Mr. Kawazo." Wang Zijun saw that he was young, he couldn't be a famous director, and his obscene appearance didn't look like an actor.

As if to see Wang Zijun's doubts, Kawazo Taiho explained: "I am a photography assistant who came to the film festival with my mentor Yokoji Kato. I have been to Taipei this summer, and I was fortunate to see Wang Sang's masterpiece "Bloody Lonely City", which was really exciting and shocking. ”

Sweat! I'm talking about a movie, you're boiling.

"My mother and uncle were Chinese who stayed after the war, so I am also half Chinese. My uncle smuggled back to the mainland when I was 14 years old, and I don't know how he was doing. ”

When Wang Zijun heard this, his impression of this person was much better. As for his uncle, he must have been shot as a spy.

The group of Chinese people who stayed after the war were the most unlucky, whether they returned to the mainland, returned to Taiwan, or stayed in Yueben, the ending was very tragic.

"Wang Sang, I think your movie is super good, and it will definitely get good results." Kawazuo Daiho said with a thumbs up.

"Lend you good words." Wang Zijun said.

It was the first time for everyone to go to Korea, and after putting down their luggage, they clamored to go out and have a look.

Seeing that everyone's interest was very high, Wang Zijun had to agree: "Everyone is free to move, be careful of your own safety, and go back to the hotel before six o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"The boss is wise." The crowd shouted.

Hou Xiaoxian and Chen Kunhou are holding a camera and want to take pictures while playing.

Wang Zijun stretched out his hand and said, "Lend me one, you can share one." ”

Hou Xiaoxian looked at Chen Kunhou and saw that he didn't react, so he had to let himself out.

Lin Qingxia did not participate in the performance of two movies, and because she received a literary film, she was still in Taipei at this time and did not come together.

Wang Zijun took Lin Fengjiao and Zhao Yazhi, two beauties, to walk on the streets of Seoul, and found that this place was not even as good as Taipei, and it was not interesting at all. If Taiwan is equivalent to the mainland at the end of the 80s, then South Korea can only be equivalent to the early 80s.

In 1972, South Korea had already carried out two five-year plans, and its economy was growing rapidly. But this is only the case, there are large slums at the junction of urban and rural areas, and the economy is far behind that of the mainland and Taiwan. (According to the World Bank, China's GDP in 1960 during the Great Leap Forward ranked fifth in the world, while the mainland ranked sixth, and was later torn apart by the movement.) Park Chung-hee served in 1961 and served three terms as president in the 18 years until his death in 1979.

Zhao Yazhi and Lin Fengjiao were dressed fashionably, and wherever they passed, passers-by in Seoul frequently looked back. Fortunately, many people know that there is a film festival these days, and many foreigners come here at once, so they are not too surprised.

Zhao Yazhi, wearing high heels, stopped and rubbed her ankles and said, "It's not fun at all." ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "I'll ask the locals, let's go to the monuments in South Korea." ”

Lin Fengjiao said, "Can they understand Chinese?" ”

"I guess I can understand English." Wang Zijun said and walked over a few steps, and greeted a passer-by who seemed to have some culture in Chinese, "Hello." ”

The passerby looked at him stupidly, grunting at no idea what he was talking about.

Wang Zijun had to greet in English, and then the passer-by finally said, "nice_to_meet_you_too."

Wang Zijun was overjoyed, but he was dumbfounded as soon as he asked a few words, it turned out that this person's English was similar to his Korean, and he could only say a few greetings.

Lin Fengjiao and Zhao Yazhi laughed when they saw him coming back frustrated when they were talking to Koreans and ducks.

The three of them didn't know the way, and walked for a while, but they heard Chuanzuo Dabao shouting behind them: "Wang Sang, wait a minute." ”

Wang Zijun turned around and saw him rushing all the way, panting and said, "I just met Chen Sang with you, and they Wang Sang are coming here." ”

"Let's just go around, but unfortunately we don't know the way." Wang Zijun smiled bitterly. He had been to Seoul twice in his previous life, and he thought he could be a guide, but when he walked into the street, he found that things had changed beyond recognition, and he didn't know the road at all.

Kawazuo Daiho said: "I am familiar with me here, and I will be your tour guide." ”

"Thank you so much." Wang Zijun said.

"There is not much to see in the current buildings of Seoul, but the scenery of the Han River is beautiful, and there are many ancient buildings such as Gyeongbokgung Palace and Insadong. Where do you want to go first? ”

Zhao Yazhi and Lin Fengjiao discussed it and said, "We don't know where to have fun, so let's go to the nearest one first." ”

"A few minutes further on, you'll be on the edge of the Han River." Kawazo Daiho said.

Everyone had already seen the big river from afar, the river was wide and sparkling, but the water quality was slightly red.

Kawaza Daiho sighed: "Human industry is becoming more and more developed, and the damage to nature is becoming more and more serious. The last time I came with my teacher, the water here was still clear. ”

Wang Zijun said in his heart: The Koreans in the future will not think so, without the pollution of this river, how can there be the so-called "miracle of the Han River", let alone the modern South Korea.

Later, in China, some scholars took the Dragon Boat Festival because they were unhappy with the Koreans, and as a result, most of the people in Korea were originally migrated after the defeat of the Chu State during the Warring States Period. He also listed the names of various mountains and rivers in Korea, all of which are the same as the mountains and rivers of the land of Jingchu, including the Han River.

In fact, it's all, China's Han River was called Shuishui in ancient times, and it was about South Korea.

After a while of wind, several people took a car to Gyeongbokgung Palace. It is not as beautiful as in later generations, and the palace in the south has long been demolished by himself, and it looks incomplete. Other places are not bad, so Mr. Chuanzuo also served as a photographer and helped take a group photo of Wang Zijun and the three of them.

"Okay, give me some money." Several people were about to leave in the car, but they saw an unkempt beggar suddenly pounce and fall to the ground, actually speaking Chinese.

"Are you Chinese?" Wang Zijun asked strangely.

But the beggar bowed his head and refused to speak.

Lin Fengjiao saw that he was pitiful, so she took out a few Taiwan dollars and put them in his bowl, and before she could leave her hand, she heard the beggar say, "Can you give dollars?" It's better to give won. ”

"Hey, you beggar asks a lot." Wang Zijun became interested and gave him some won before asking, "Are you Chinese?" ”

The beggar put the money away, bowed his head and said nothing.

As soon as Wang Zijun and the others left, the beggar immediately stood up, turned around and ran into a small alley.

"You go back first, I'll take a look." Wang Zijun told Chuan Zuo and the two daughters that he was really interested in this beggar who could speak Chinese.

"Be careful." Lin Fengjiao admonished.

"Don't worry." After Wang Zijun finished speaking, he chased in the direction where the beggar left.

It's a pity that after only turning two alleys, Wang Zijun lost the trace of the beggar, and he could only speak a few words of Korean, so he couldn't ask those people.

Wang Zijun smiled self-deprecatingly and prepared to go back to the hotel.

At this moment, a person on the front suddenly touched him, and then smiled apologetically at him.

After the man walked a few meters away, Wang Zijun came to touch his purse and found that it had been cut.

"! Hold it! Wang Zijun turned around and chased wildly, and the pickpocket turned around and ran away in fright.

Wang Zijun's running speed was amazing, and the man's escape skills were also impatient, and the two chased and escaped for one or two kilometers in a blink of an eye. Running away and entering an alley, the pickpocket suddenly stopped, turned around and smiled at Wang Zijun.

Wang Zijun turned around and saw that more than a dozen people surrounded him. As a windfall, Wang Zijun actually saw the beggar just now nesting under a dog-like building, gobbling up noodles.

The pickpocket flashed his dagger and waved at Wang Zijun, as if he wanted him to leave quickly.

Wang Zijun pointed to his purse and asked him to return his money.

The pickpocket looked impatient, and beckoned the people behind Wang Zijun to rush up.

Wang Zijun is naturally not afraid of these pickpocket gangs, but the other party is full of knives in his hands, and his hands and feet are flexible, so he has to deal with it while retreating, and he quickly cleaned up five or six. The pickpocket came over with a knife, and was directly smashed by Wang Zijun with a fist and several teeth.

Suddenly, the pickpocket man was furious, and his mouth began to shout again, and several accomplices rushed over together, not dodging Wang Zijun's fist, and rushing forward one after another. Wang Zijun hurriedly retreated, who knew that there were also people behind, and after knocking down three people, he was finally hugged by this group of pickpockets.

Wang Zijun was caught with both hands and feet, struggled a few times, but it didn't work at all, and he was suddenly angry and funny, damn it, he was actually restrained by a group of street hooligans.

However, these pickpocket gangs generally do not kill people, and at most they are beaten and thrown on the street.

The pickpocket pointed angrily at his broken teeth, screamed twice, and raised his knife to stab Wang Zijun in the stomach, who couldn't move.

Wang Zijun was shocked when he saw this, and he tried his whole body to break free, and violently lifted a pickpocket away, but he still couldn't get free.

Just when the pickpocket leader's dagger was about to stab Wang Zijun, the dagger was suddenly grabbed by a hand.

The hand was black and thick, covered with dust and dirt, and its owner was the beggar who had been eating noodles in the roadside kennel just a moment ago.

(To be continued)