PLA Daily 2003-06-13

　　The telecine "Remember" produced by Beijing TV Station finished shooting recently in Beijing. The famous actor Huang Hong was the playwright, director and leading actor of this telecine.

　　"Remember" described a vivid story since SARS outbreak in Beijing. The story focused on the family of Zhang Tianming, the president of a hospital. Zhang's wife, a researcher of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, was trying to develop methods to combat SARS day and night; Zhang's daughter Zhang Linlin, a nurse, applied to take care of SARS patients in the hospital. Zhang Tianming sent his daughter to the frontline of fighting SARS, while keeping his mother knowing nothing about it. Just then, three SARS patients were discovered in the hospital workers' apartment building. To control the spread of the virus, Zhang Tianming, representing the hospital's Party committee, applied to quarantine the apartment building to the municipal government. Through the government's care and people's help, residents in the quarantine area smoothly passed the quarantine period, and neighborhood relations improved. While people were celebrating the happy reunion, came the news that Zhang Linlin had been infected by SARS virus. On hearing the news, Zhang Tianming, who still shouldered the heavy tasks, was overwhelmed by all kinds of feelings…

　　During the creation of this play, Huang Hong, leading other two authors, changed the script six times in seven days. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and Publicity Department of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China gave high remarks for the script. During the shooting, all staff of the play worked over 15 hours a day, and nearly 1,000 figurants have participated in the play.

　　The hero of the play, Zhang Tianming, was acted by Huang Hong; Zhang's daughter, the nurse Zhang Linlin, was acted by Li Xiaolu, a young actor who has won a Golden Horse Award; Huang Haibo, who has just won New Face Award in Huabiao Award, acted as the boyfriend of Zhang Linlin; Li Mingqi and Zhu Lin acted as Zhang Tianming's mother and wife respectively.

　　By Wang Jingyang

　 (June 13, PLA daily)