5.12th anniversary festival, bless the living and comfort the dead
Years pass so quickly. This past year may be the fastest year I have ever had. A lot of things happened in this year, and now I think it still happened yesterday, and I remember it vividly. But I don’t miss this past year at all, and I hope that in the days ahead, there will never be any memories of such a year.
It seems to be a bit difficult, and swine flu appears in Chengdu again...
Well, the human resources can still be controlled by swine flu, while earthquakes are completely natural disasters. The most authoritative institutions in the world cannot accurately predict earthquakes, let alone ordinary people. So we still have to live our lives, and live the same as usual.
But there are fewer people in this world and more memories.
A few months ago, I would dream of the feeling of the earthquake shaking the mountain when I was dreaming, and then after I woke up, my forehead was filled with sweat. Fortunately, I was just dreaming.
I am just in Chengdu, not in the epicenter. What those people in Beichuan, Yingxiu, and Qingchuan must face are what I can't imagine. And a year has passed, and the sun rises as usual every day, and the days have to continue. I don't know what kind of life they live, maybe it's good or bad, I just hope that each of them will be safe and happy. Just like I hope I am healthy and safe.
Now when I talk to my friends about the earthquake a year ago, I can already have a "laughing" conversation. I also hope that people who were exhausted by the disaster can smile, because it means that their lives are getting better.
Then let’s talk about the character "Chen Jian" in the novel. I admit that the idea of describing a person representing China in such a novel that seems to have nothing to do with Chinese football has existed long before the earthquake. I even promised to use a friend’s colleague as a name to let him show off in front of his colleagues that he knew an online author. But what is the personality of this person and his family background... I had no idea at that time, but I just wanted to write it until the second half before it appeared, and the car arrived at Free Road in front of the mountain.
Later, a video during the earthquake made a living person take shape in my mind. That video is Chen Jian, a young man from Beichuan who persisted in the ruins for 76 hours and always maintained a strong and optimistic attitude, but fell in the last half hour near the end. When the firefighter muttered helplessly, "Fool, you have been persisting for so long...", Tony Tangen grabbed Chen Jian's collar in the heavy rain and yelled, "Remember your name! It's strong and firm! It's persistent!" plot has been generated in my mind.
I did not donate all my income in that disaster, nor did I volunteer like Bule Wushu, driving a car to deliver water, medicine and food to the disaster area, nor did I fight in my job like a quack doctor, treating every wounded person sent... But I think as an ordinary online author who can't do anything other than typing, I have another way to express my feelings - to let a man who once made me cry and my nose change his identity in my world and stick to it and be strong.
So "9527" Chen Jian walked out of the chaos and his image quickly became clear and three-dimensional.
I like this character very much, even if he doesn't have many scenes from beginning to end. So his career will eventually have a beautiful result. You can rest assured that you have guessed in my book review area what will happen in the future.
Finally, I wish the dead rest in peace and the living to be healthy and happy. I wish myself and my family, my readers and friends, my colleagues, and all the good people in the world to be healthy, safe and happy forever. After all, the earthquake has passed, and there are still many years to come.
Lin Haiting Tao
Chapter completed!