Chapter 5 Seriousness has nothing to do with "mouth"?

Some people say that you have to live in Hong Kong for a long time to slowly taste its flavor and understand its bones and weaknesses. If you want to tell me, it’s better to be a reporter—the reporter spends all day in Hong Kong, and the tentacles are more convenient than any other. Everyone has more opportunities to feel the difference in this society. In August 2005, all peace-loving places and organizations around the world were busy celebrating the "60th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War", and Hong Kong was no exception, with various commemorative activities one after another.Our Hong Kong reporter station of CCTV selected several "larger scale" events to report, among which was the grand luncheon "commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War" held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on the 11th. meeting.

Another "lunch meeting". I was first familiar with the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong. It was in Wanchai. It is very famous because it often holds various large-scale celebrations and "investment promotion conferences" and "promotion conferences" in the Mainland.As for the "lunch meeting", I am of course more familiar with it. It is a very preferred way of holding meetings in Hong Kong. "Meeting" and "dinner" are not two things that should be held at the same time, but in Hong Kong they are often combined into one. Of course, "lunch" has to eat, but it's easy to say what name "dinner" comes from, because of "war"?War always makes people think of "heroic sacrifice" and "rivers of blood", especially "anti-Japanese" and "anti-fascism". How tragic was that war in human history?Even celebrating victories, remembering history, and comforting heroes is inseparable from a solemn and solemn atmosphere. In such an atmosphere, "everyone eats", how can this "rice" be eaten?

At noon on the 11th, when I came to the conference venue, I was still slapped with a "reporter" sticker on my chest as usual, and the red rope "reporter area" was still the same, but this time the conference organizers The reporter was not allowed to go hungry for interviews and filming. Before the opening ceremony, everyone was given a bottle of mineral water and a big "sandwich". Soon after the conference started, hundreds of people walked into the venue to the sound of "Defending the Yellow River" - "The wind is roaring, the horses are screaming, the Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring", and they walked slowly looking for the table tickets. at his own dining table.

I roughly scanned the venue with my eyes. There are dozens of dining tables, uniform tablecloths, plates and chopsticks. In the center of the auditorium composed of "dining tables" is a larger rectangular dining table. Many flowers symbolize the preciousness and fragility of life.Many guests, especially the white-haired elderly who have gone through the War of Resistance Against Japan, are arranged here.After everyone is seated, it is easy to find that the venue is full of tables and tableware that can be used for cooking at any time, but I don’t know if anyone feels wrinkled, thinking that such a scene is a bit incompatible with commemorating the victory of the war?

On the day of the Hong Kong "Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of China's Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War" luncheon, the host of the conference was an ATV (Asian Television) TV host, a pretty girl with pink face and a graceful figure.She was standing on the rostrum, and she had the same "arrangement for the conference ceremony" as I did. If this "arrangement" was issued in advance in the mainland, I dare say that reporters may never see it in their lifetime. There are 12 items in the "ceremony": first, "the master of ceremonies introduces the officiant guests"; second, the representative of the organizer of the luncheon gives a speech; third (now the reporter will have to open his eyes): "the first time serving"...

What kind of "ritual" is "first serving"? The name of the dish also hints slightly: "Four-style Dim Sum + Shark's Fin". Since the "arrangement for the ceremony" was notified to the media in advance, I actually wondered how this "commemorative event" should be reported a long time ago. Who is the theme of "memory" and "eat"?Or is "commemoration" the theme and "eating" the method? Shortly after the opening ceremony, the procedure of "serving food for the first time" came. This "eating" lasted about 15 minutes. Dozens of male waiters all dressed in black dresses held beautiful utensils in the venue. There are sculptural delicacies placed on the plate, constantly shuttling in front of our camera.At this time, the lights on the rostrum of the conference were reduced by half, the music of "Defending the Yellow River" had receded, and it was replaced by lyrical music with shallow and low echoes, and the sound of knives and forks, chopsticks, teeth, and lips were intertwined in the audience.Although everyone says that Cantonese cuisine is the best food in the world, there is an indistinct aroma of roast goose or roast suckling pig everywhere in the serious venue. "Some reporters have the appetite, but I can't eat it no matter how I comfort myself.

After the "first serving", the commemorative meeting continued, and some people took the stage and began to make speeches.These speakers include a female soldier of the Dongjiang Column in Guangdong (Yu Hui) who survived the Anti-Japanese War, and the prototype in the movie "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" - a small anti-Japanese hero in the Jizhong Anti-Japanese Plain (Yan Xiufeng).These young people who participated in the Anti-Japanese War at that time are at least old people 60 years later, but they recalled the cruelty of the war, the dangerous environment, the victory and defeat of every battle, and the life and death of their comrades in the breath. People's hearts, every word is still dripping with blood and tears.

In order to make this meeting a success, the organizers took great pains and invited 32 anti-Japanese veterans from all over the country, including the only surviving field commander of the famous "Taierzhuang Battle" today. His name is Wu Dehou, and he was the captain of the Death Squad at Taierzhuang Battlefield of the Kuomintang. Although the "Captain of the Death Squad" was 95 years old in 2005 and was not arranged by the organizer to give a keynote speech, I visited him before the meeting, and his pair has been deformed. The scars like deep grooves on his big hands are clearly visible, and the wounds left in his heart by the war, although we can't photograph them, I think they are accusations that cannot be erased by time and will never be deformed.

Before the meeting, our cameraman carefully photographed the hands of the old hero Wu Dehou. During the meeting, we seized the time to take pictures of the old tears of the recaller 60 years later and the destined The precious old photos of the war, but soon, the "second serving" began, followed by blood and tears, and "serving" again. As soon as I found the taste, my emotions were diluted by the aroma of the vegetables, and I found it again , then diluted... Finally, I came to a last resort conclusion: Oh, "seriousness" has nothing to do with "mouth".This is in Hong Kong. Hong Kong handles many things differently from the mainland in terms of thinking and form. In 2005, hundreds of people attended the "Commemoration of the Victory of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War" in Hong Kong's own land, which has been returned to the motherland for 8 years. There is no doubt that there is no hypocrisy at the "60th Anniversary" conference, and no one will use it to "show off".

So, why can human beings only use tears and sorrow to record history? Why can't the darkness and cruelty of the past be contrasted with happiness, hard-earned peace and prosperity? So what if Hong Kong people "eat"?Can't do this, can't it?