Source: People's Liberation Army Life , PLA News and Communication Center Rong Media Author: Tang Jia
You may not know who Wang Jicai is, but you may have seen a picture of him: sitting on the ground in a desert camouflage suit, with the armband of the "militia" hanging from his sleeve, the deep head wrinkles look a little old, but the eyebrows are serious and firm, and behind him, there is a flying five-star red flag.
Wang Jicai, this is a name worth remembering by the world. Before his death, he was the director of the militia post on Kaishan Island in Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province, and his wife Wang Shihua took the island as their home, accompanied by loneliness, overcame the unbearable wind and rain and hardships of ordinary people, and kept it for 32 years, and he dedicated his life to the cause of coastal defense of the motherland until the end of his life.
The island that Wang Jicai guards is called Kaishan Island, which is an island with an area of only 0.013 square kilometers, equivalent to the size of two standard football fields. Although it is a land of bullets, it is located at the mouth of the Irrigation River, and the terrain is dangerous. In 1939, the Japanese army captured Lianyungang as a springboard, so the strategic position was very important. In 1985, troops withdrew from here and militia posts were established. The Guanyun County People's Armed Forces Department has sent dozens of people to the island, but because of the harsh conditions, no water and no electricity, none of them have persisted. In July 1986, the Guanyun County People's Armed Forces Department found Wang Jicai, and the 26-year-old answered the call and went to the island without his family.
This is exactly what the film begins with. Typhoon landed, the protagonist Wang Jicai (Liu Ye) rescued the puppy accompanying him in the wind and waves, and in an instant the storm swept in, the waves hit the house, no place could be spared, and at this time the blinking fire was extinguished, in order not to let the passing ships hit the island reef, Wang Jicai braved the rainstorm to rush to the lighthouse... The film's sophisticated special effects production restores this shocking scene,
It's like being there.
The conditions on the island are extremely simple and the climate is harsh, Wang Jicai is disheveled, eating dry food soaked by rain, accompanied by only 3 puppies. Some people ask, how can you persevere in such an environment? Before him, some people insisted on one day, some people lasted three or five days, and the longest was only 13 days. In desperation, Wang Changjie (Hou Yong), the minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Armed Forces, found Wang Jicai, the son of his father's comrade-in-arms, and out of affection, Wang Jicai agreed to shoudao's request.
Originally, I thought that the island was only for a while, but because I had not found a replacement for a long time, I could only continue to let Wang Jicai hold on day after day. He is also an ordinary person, he will also complain and be depressed, he will "scold" Wang Changjie while writing orthography on the wall, and he will also carefully write down the log situation every day. Nevertheless, he did not have the slightest idea of becoming a deserter, he understood Wang Changjie's difficulties, and he knew what the island meant to the country.
In the 1980s, when many people faced the opportunity of reform to change the trajectory of their lives and earn the "first pot of gold", he did not choose to stick to an island like those around him, an island without water, electricity or even a complete shelter window. Those who can make such a choice must have great love and faith in their hearts.
Faced with Wang Jicai's choice, Wang Shihua (Gong Zhe), as a wife, did not blame him, and at first he had the idea of leaving, but his understanding and love for her husband made this people's teacher more aware of the meaning of perseverance and companionship. She quit her job without hesitation and went to the island to accompany her husband.
The most touching love of the film is the sentence "You guard the island, I guard you". In just 6 words, Wang Shihua practiced all his life. It is said that companionship is the longest confession of love, and the love story of the Morishima couple in the plain is even more frequently tearful.
We may meet many people in our lives, but it is enough to leave a mark on people with the same faith pursuits. Believe in your faith, pursue your pursuits, stick to your perseverance, dedicate your dedication. Wang Jicai was surrounded by such a group of people.
It is said that he is lonely, because his years are long with the island, the highlight of life is on the island, and the end of life is also on the island. He is not alone, his father (Sun Weimin), mother (Song Chunli), wife and children, relatives and friends, bao Zhengfu (Chen Chuang) family who do not abandon him, xiaodouzi (Zhang Yishan) who is rescued by him
And countless fishermen who had been helped by him fought with him. They understood Wang Jicai, understood his great love and perseverance, and gave him the most selfless support and silent love.
Many people had advised Wang Jicai to go to the island, but for him, the island was home, and home was the country. The words he said the most were: "To keep the island is to guard the family, and national security can be safe." The thing he lamented most was: "In my life, I owe my parents and my wife and children, but I can't owe to the country." ”
What he had to do every day was to raise the five-star red flag on Kaishan Island. No matter the rain, snow, wind and frost, no matter the summer, summer, summer and winter, the flag is raised at 6:30 every morning.
One person raises the flag, one person salutes, there is no national anthem accompaniment, but it is still solemn.
The island is humid, the national flag is very fragile, more than 200 national flags in 32 years, they are purchased at their own expense, but he and his wife's annual salary subsidy is only 3700 yuan, equivalent to only 308 yuan per month.
Someone asked Wang Jicai why he insisted on raising the flag every day, no one supervised, no one asked. But he said: "China's territory should raise the Chinese flag." In October 2003, Wang Jicai gloriously joined the party, and in the time since, he has set stricter demands on himself as a communist party member, interpreting the responsibilities and responsibilities of communists with his lifelong persistence.
Persistent hands, deep love, flying flags. We are touched by his great love and perseverance over and over again. His love is pure, his persistence is persistent, even if it is just a small island, even if he only does one thing in his life, he can stick to it for a lifetime.
Back behind the scenes of the film, the film's main creative team is also using the spirit of Wang Jicai to shoot "The Island Keeper". In order to restore the trajectory of the protagonist's life, the main creative team has visited the island many times. In order to get closer to the character archetype, the protagonists were exposed to the sea every day, and their skin was burned several times and red, and several layers of skin were shed. The scars of the actors in the film are not special effects makeup, but real scars. They said that when they thought that Wang Jicai had persisted in such an environment for 32 years, they felt that this pain was nothing. During the long shooting time, they seemed to experience the life of the character again.
As a military director, Chen Li is also almost "harsh" on the actors, and he can't do it again and again, and strives to create the fullest characters. A group of textured shots meticulously expresses the love of husband and wife, father and son, and comradeship, showing the richness of Wang Jicai and his wife from different aspects
The inner world and the feeling of home and country that "to keep the island is to keep the country".
It is precisely because of the full dedication of the creators that the spiritual emotions conveyed by the film can reach the hearts of the people, coupled with the magnificent soundtrack and the concerted impact of visual and auditory senses, so that the stubble audience's heart moves with the shadow and tears.
One island, two people, three meals and four seasons, 0.013 square kilometers, 32 years, 11392 early mornings, more than 200 flags ... If there is no deep love for the motherland, who can wait for an island for a lifetime.
Such a cinematic story is valuable. When this story is put on the screen, more people can know Wang Jicai's spiritual strength and know that there are unsung heroes around us who fight like him in the post of Shubian Shu island. And we will eventually take over from them
The baton, under the guidance of the party and the inspiration of the patriotic spirit, is for the sake of the country and the people
The people and the people should practice the commitment and love in their hearts.
(Produced by THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY LIFE AND THE PLA News and Communication Center)