Zhang Daofan
Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Daofan, head of the Kuomintang propaganda department and an important figure of the Kuomintang CC faction, set up a "National Drama College" in Nanjing. One day, Yin Yang, a school worker, was arrested because he was a lurking underground party member.
Out of love for young people and talents, Zhang Daofan used his prestige and position in the Kuomintang to bail Yin Yang out of Gu Zhenglun, the commander of the military police at the time, and then sent his close confidant Tang Shaohua to send Yin Yang safely out of Nanjing.
In 1949, the Communists won the Kuomintang-Communist War, and the Kuomintang withdrew from the mainland in defeat. Zhang Daofan was listed by the CCP as one of the "second batch of war criminals of the civil war" and fled to Taiwan with the Nationalist government. A dramatic story takes place between the two protagonists of the story, Zhang Daofan's subordinates Tang Shaohua and Yin Yang.
Tang Shaohua, who sent Yin Yang to escape, did not have time to flee the mainland and was arrested in Shanghai as a Kuomintang agent. According to the CCP's policy at that time, people like Tang Shaohua who were arrested as a small spy (in fact, he was just a cultural person who made movies) had to be re-educated through labor for at least ten or twenty years, and there was a possibility of being killed. Tang Shaohua, who was locked up in prison, waited uneasily for the verdict of fate.
One day, prison guards told Tang Shaohua that Yang Fan, the head of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, wanted to see him. Tang Shaohua was very strange, did his small case need to be personally interrogated by the head of the public security bureau? When I arrived at Yang Fan's office, I saw that Yang Fan, the head of the public security bureau, who was sitting in front of him, was the Yin Yang he sent away. Yang Fan, who was already a victor and held the power of life and death, did not regard Tang Shaohua as a prisoner at all, but as an old friend. He first greeted: "Is Dao Gong good?" ”
"Dao Gong" is Yang Fan's honorific title for Zhang Daofan. It can be seen from this title that Yang Fan still maintains respect and concern for Zhang Daofan, who was his benefactor in those years and is now listed as a "war criminal."
Then, Yang Fan asked Tang Shaohua what he had planned. Tang Shaohua said he hopes to go to Beijing to develop. This is, of course, a very naïve idea, indicating that Tang Shaohua still lacked a minimum understanding of the political environment at that time. Tang Shaohua is known as a spy, and the Kuomintang CC faction and the "war criminal" Zhang Daofan have a continuous relationship, where is the opportunity for him to go to Beijing to develop the film career he hopes to pursue? Under the political environment at that time, it was already a blessing that Tang Shaohua could save his life.
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Of course, Yang Fan knew that Tang Shaohua's idea was very dangerous, so he said: "Aren't you interested in making movies?" Why not take your film to Hong Kong to develop and earn some foreign exchange for the people? And the country also needs foreign exchange. ”
This is obviously hinting that Tang Shaohua fled the mainland. Tang Shaohua understood the meeting and immediately expressed his willingness to go to Hong Kong to develop and earn foreign exchange for the country and the people. In this way, Tang Shaohua walked out of prison, holding a permit issued by the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, and legally went to Hong Kong, and later to Taiwan.
The subsequent fate of the three protagonists is very emotional
Yang Fan's fate is well known. He was arrested as an internal traitor in 1955 and imprisoned for more than 20 years, suffering a nervous breakdown, blindness in both eyes, and persecuted until 1983. Fortunately, he also enjoyed a long life, and died in 1999 at the age of 87.
After Zhang Daofan arrived in Taiwan, he was used by Chiang's father and son, and from 1952 he served as the president of the Legislative Legislature, a position he did for ten years. Although the officials are high, they are honest and self-guarding, do not take anything, and are enthusiastic about developing cultural undertakings. He died in 1968, leaving behind a collection of essays and a collection of paintings (Zhang Daofan studied painting in English and law when he was young).
What about Tang Shaohua? Because Yang Fan was able to escape the cage, he showed his talent in drama. He has created a large number of theatrical works in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In his lifetime, he created more than 50 stage plays, more than 70 film plays, and directed more than 50 films. In addition, he is the author of more than 20 books such as "Introduction to Film Art". He has also served as the deputy general manager of Taiwan Film Company, the director of the Chinese and English "Tourism" monthly magazine, a professor at the Political Engineering School, Fu Jen University, and the Chinese Cultural Institute, and is a well-known figure in the cultural circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan. All his achievements could not be talked about without Yang Fan's righteous deeds.
Tang Shaohua
There is no doubt that Zhang Daofan, Tang Shaohua, and Yang Fan are all loyal members of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. However, none of them have become hard-hearted and ruthless because of their loyalty to the party. In the face of the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the three protagonists have chosen love and righteousness. This is not difficult for Zhang Daofan and Tang Shaohua to do, because releasing Yang Fan will not be a personal danger to Zhang Daofan or Tang Shaohua.
But for Yang Fan, it was completely different. Yang Fan knew what serious consequences he would face after releasing Tang Shaohua. And before that, when he worked in the New Fourth Army, he had already been censored, persecuted, and detained for 10 months on suspicion of internal rape. What kind of risk he would take if he let go of his benefactor Tang Shaohua, Yang Fan knew very well. On this issue, Yang Fan's consideration of love, conscience, and morality surpassed everything. From this act, it seems inevitable that he will be persecuted later.
The three protagonists of the story deserve our respect. The choices Yang Fan made under the circumstances of taking huge risks were more sacrificial and noble. Zhang Daofan's righteous deeds led to Yang Fan's righteous deeds; Yang Fan's righteous deeds provided the possibility for Tang Shaohua's creation; Tang Shaohua's creation also made Zhang Daofan, who has been engaged in cultural development all his life, see the achievements of his career.
The chain of cause and effect in the human world is really mysterious and magical, meaningful, and leaves us room for imagination.
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