"How many guests, what are you going to order today?"
"One dish and one soup".
"One dish and one soup" is a secret contact code of the underground party in western Sichuan... Many chengdu people know that next to Chengdu People's Park, there is a popular restaurant called "Effort Meal", and now, the story that happened in "Effort Meal" has been made into a micro-movie.
Stills of the micro-movie "Effort Meal", according to the film
Recently, the Sichuan Branch of Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu Rail Transit Group, Qingyang District Committee, Qingyang District Government, Ergen, etc. planned and launched the "Effort Meal" series of micro-films in the centenary of the founding of the Party( hereinafter referred to as "Micro Film "Effort Meal") online. The micro-film takes this "spy war years" as the background, from the perspective of the restaurant "Shop Xiao Ii", unfolds the true story of Che Yaoxian and other underground communists in western Sichuan who carried out revolutionary struggle and anti-Japanese salvation movement in Chengdu. After the micro-film "Effort Meal" was launched, it won the praise of many audiences, and recently, the Red Star News reporter interviewed the relevant person in charge of the film project team and the general director to reveal the behind-the-scenes story of the shooting.
The micro-film "Effort Meal" tells the story of the espionage war between the underground party members in western Sichuan represented by Che Yaoxian and the Kuomintang reactionaries in the 1930s, showing the spiritual belief that the Chinese Communists fought for their ideals and were willing to sacrifice themselves in the revolutionary years.
Wu Qiyuan, a child who sold newspapers in Luoma City, was chased by the Kuomintang to the Effort Restaurant Building, and Che Yao first saved him, and the story of the micro-film "Effort Meal" immediately unfolded. There are many touching scenes in the film: on a stormy, lightning and thundering night, there is a faint light flashing in front of the dining room. Che Yaoxian's wife, Huang Tixian, was rubbing medicine for Wu Qiyuan, wu Qiyuan answered Che Yaoxian's question impatiently, and after some negotiations, Che Yaoxian arranged for him to be a "shop boy two" in the hard-working restaurant building. Since then, Wu Qiyuan's life has become different - from initially saving Che Yaoxian in one night, to understanding the meaning of "one dish and one soup", and finally witnessing Che Yaoxian being arrested by the Kuomintang opposition, understanding the code left by Che Yaoxian and bringing the letter to his wife... Such an ordinary person, under the influence of the revolutionary martyr Che Yaoxian, slowly changed.
Before the filming began, the micro-film project team visited the Party History Office of the Qingyang District Party Committee and the Party History Office of the Dayi County Party Committee, collected and studied a large number of historical materials, and had many exchanges with Che Yao's ancestor Sun Cheji, trying to restore the history of that time as much as possible, and also asked party history experts at all levels to check the script. "The biggest regret I think is that this story should be made into a big movie, the length of the micro-film is actually not enough to expand such a very characteristic, very representative story of revolutionary martyrs, I hope that the next time I have the opportunity to make it into a big movie." 」 General director Zhao Xing said.
Zhang Hailei, one of the leaders of the project team of the micro-film "Hard Food" and director of the Youth Creative Studio of the Sichuan Branch of Xinhua News Agency, who participated in the creative production of the whole process, shared the theme connotation of the film: "I hope that through this micro-film, more people can understand the revolutionary history of Chengdu and carry forward our great party-building spirit." ”
As one of the filming locations for micro-films, Che Yaoxian, a member of the Military Commission of the Sichuan Kang Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, founded in May 1929, is not only a special restaurant that "makes unremitting efforts to solve the problem of eating for the toiling masses", but also a secret contact point for our Party to raise funds for revolutionary activities and send outstanding talents to the front, and a meeting place for the Party and various democratic and progressive figures. Today, as a very distinctive revolutionary cultural relics restaurant, The Strive Meal is still in business and has become an important cultural symbol of Chengdu and a spiritual landmark in the hearts of Chengdu citizens.
Red Star News reporter | Zhang Shihao intern | Wang Zuxi
Edited | Duan Xueying
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