Being a director starts with fighting domestic violence

The huge income gave Gao You the funds to start the next film, or even the next one.

Mo Huan's script has almost been written.

Gao You sent the script to Li Shengxiong.

The script tells the story of three women in a Cantonese opera troupe who struggled to survive between Guangdong Province and Hong Kong during the war years.

With the outbreak of war, society became turbulent and the people suffered.

When a small opera troupe called Hua Jia Ban in Guangdong Province was performing "General Mulan" on stage, the sound of an airplane was heard in the sky.

The Japanese army is coming!

Everyone in the audience was panicked and ran around, the scene was in chaos.

General Mulan on the stage was still fully immersed in the performance and remained unmoved.

The troupe owner Hua Chang was extremely anxious.

This stubborn Huaying!

Although she always emphasizes that no matter what happens on or off the stage, one must not panic and must not leave the stage until the show is finished.

This is the most basic quality of these artists.

As the sound of the plane got closer, Hua Chang didn't care about anything else and called Amu, the most skilled one, to carry General Mulan off the stage.

Amu obediently rushed forward, hugged General Mulan with both hands, and ran away.

Hua Chang and the troupe members ran away without even having time to pack up their belongings.

Although they didn't know where to run, it was better than waiting to die where they were.

The Japanese bombing began!

Although everyone in the troupe escaped with their lives, after that, fewer and fewer people could afford to hire the troupe.

The Hua family, which was already having a hard time, became even more shaky after Hua Chang fell ill.

Before Hua Chang died, she called to her side the three disciples she was most proud of in her life: Alan, Amu and Huaying.

Alan and Amu are orphans she adopted, and Huaying is her daughter.

Alan is good at acting and has a quick mind. Amu has loved wielding swords and sticks since childhood. Huaying is like her and has the highest talent.

Each of the three children has his or her own merits.

However, Hua Chang still decided to entrust the troupe to her most trusted disciple Alan, and also entrusted her daughter Hua Ying to Alan.

Huaying is a real drama fanatic. Apart from singing, she can do nothing else and knows nothing about the ways of the world.

Hua Chang was worried about handing over the troupe to her daughter, and she was also worried about her daughter.

Alan promised his master that he would protect the troupe and Huaying.

However, the Japanese bombing continued, and people's homes were broken up and they were displaced. The troupe had not had any performances or income for several months.

Many people in the troupe had to find their own way out.

The Hua family finally fell into the crisis of disbanding.

The new owner, Sister Lan, tries every means to keep the troupe.

But they were still weak and powerless, and the troupe eventually disbanded.

Sister Lan plans to take her sister Amu and Huaying back to Huaying's hometown in the countryside to avoid the war.

But Amu left a letter saying that she had met her ideal man and decided to go to Hong Kong with him. She did not want to go back to the countryside and asked her sister not to worry about her and to just treat her as her dead sister.

Sister Lan was heartbroken when she read the note, but she just couldn't believe that her sister would abandon her like this.

Sister Lan gave up on returning to the countryside and planned to go to Hong Kong to find her sister. Huaying also decided to follow Sister Lan.

The two then spent all their savings and fled to Hong Kong.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Sister Lan searched for her sister while trying to find an opportunity to rebuild the troupe.

It took Sister Lan more than a year to maneuver between various forces in Hong Kong, and she finally established a troupe in Hong Kong. Everyone was able to continue performing on stage and gradually gained a foothold in Hong Kong, but there was still no news from her sister.

In the third year since they came to Hong Kong, they never expected that Hong Kong would fall and the troupe would be in crisis again.

Huaying accidentally saved a seriously injured woman.

The woman didn't have time to explain her identity. She just took out a list and handed it to Huaying, and then disappeared.

Huaying was holding the blood-stained list, at a loss as to what to do.

Sister Lan happened to appear at this time and witnessed this incident. She was so scared that she hurried to help Huaying destroy the body to avoid getting into trouble.

Sister Lan wanted to destroy the list as well, but finally changed her mind and rescued the list.

All of this was seen by Arong, a martial artist in the troupe.

He pursued Huaying many times but failed, so he used this matter to threaten Huaying, but Huaying did not accept his threat.

A Rong was filled with resentment and was about to report the matter to the Japanese army, but Hua Ying silenced him. Sister Lan had to help collect the bodies again.

However, the troupe was later suspected of harboring underground party members and was smashed and looted by the Japanese army.

Fortunately, no mistakes were found and the troupe escaped the disaster temporarily.

Afterwards, the names on the list in Sister Lan's hand appeared one after another in the "Missing Person Notices" published by the Japanese army in newspapers.

Sister Lan’s troupe even received an order from the Japanese army to post a notice in the theater where they were located, specifically requesting certain people to go to the hotel they designated for a “meeting.”

Sister Lan knew that she was in big trouble.

Later, a mysterious person contacted Sister Lan, saying that he was an underground party member and hoped that she would hand over the list.

Sister Lan pretended to be crazy and stupid to get away with it.

It turns out that the mysterious man was indeed a traitor sent by the Japanese army, who deliberately set a trap for Sister Lan.

At this time, another mysterious person secretly contacted Sister Lan and asked her to meet in the middle of the night.

When Sister Lan saw the contents of the note, she was extremely excited and at the same time terrified.

In the evening, Sister Lan went to the appointment with anticipation.

As expected, I met my younger sister Amu.

It turns out that Amu did not elope with anyone, but joined the underground party.

But she was afraid that her sister would not allow her to go, and she was also afraid of bringing trouble to her sister, so she pretended to elope with someone.

She also deliberately said that she wanted to go to Hong Kong, thinking that if her sister wanted to go to Hong Kong to find her, it might be a way out. However, she did not expect that Hong Kong had also fallen.

After the two sisters reminisced about the past, Sister Lan gave the list to Amu.

Amu's mission this time was to bring back the list and safely escort the patriotic cultural workers stranded in Hong Kong back to Guangdong Province.

Sister Lan resolutely decided to help her sister complete this task.

She found Sister Hong, a gang leader with whom she had a good relationship, and asked her to help transport a batch of "costumes and props" to the dock.

That day, the troupe performed "General Mulan", which was the old owner's favorite play during his lifetime.

It is a gift from Sister Lan to her younger sister, and also Huaying's longing for her mother.

Finally, with the efforts of all parties, this group of patriots were finally escorted back to Guangdong Province.

Amu followed the escort team.

Sister Lan looked at her sister's departing back, feeling lost. She didn't know if this farewell would be forever.

But life has to go on, and Sister Lan continued to run her troupe with great difficulty.

The drama fanatic Hua Ying continued to perform her play.

The whole script is full of ups and downs, showing that in the war-torn era, although the three women are weak and powerless, they also have the same noble sentiments and righteousness as General Mulan, and also show the vision of hoping for world peace.

Huaying is General Mulan on the stage.

Amu is the modern-day General Mulan.

Sister Lan is General Mulan among ordinary people.

The names of the three people also cleverly form the three words "Hua Mulan".

After the script was sent over, Li Shengxiong's assistant read it and excitedly took it to his boss for review.

"Boss, this script is really good." The assistant, who rarely expressed his personal opinions, handed the script to Li Shengxiong with an expectant look on his face.