Caien Town is a wealthy area with expensive hourly decoration shops, cafes and restaurants, which look elegant and quiet. Shao Ziping's home is on Tianhui Church Street, a three-story building with a mixed structure of white wood and stone.

Shao Ziping introduced Zhang Chunru to his wife and children, and lent Zhang Chunru a Buick, so that Zhang Chunru could drive to Yale to check information every day.

The next morning, Zhang Chunru came to Yale University. She walked through the library, walked around the central circular hall, and came to the archives. In the empty archives, only Zhang Chunru's footsteps were echoing. Suddenly, Zhang Chunru stopped, as if she had discovered something. She turned her head and looked at the neatly arranged materials on the bookshelf, and then walked over.

I don’t know what happened, this is just an ordinary shot, but the audience on the scene felt like they met by fate. The Chinese and Chinese present felt even stronger. They knew that after Zhang Chunru read "Weiting Diary", she regarded Weitling as an idol, and in the end she chose to commit suicide like Weitling.

Zhang Chunru stood in front of the book shelf, took out a thick book of information, and then slowly opened it. Zhang Chunru turned the book very slowly, as if the information in her hand was heavy. Everyone present knew that what was about to be opened was not a book, but a heavy history.

Just as Zhang Chunru opened her diary, the camera switched, and Weiterin, played by Amy Adams, appeared in the camera. She sat at the table and kept typing on the typewriter. At the same time, Weiterin's voice sounded: "Sunday, November 21st. Last night, Mary Twinum sent us back at midnight. I will never forget this experience. We found that the wounded were gathering in groups of people in various places at the railway station. There might be 200 people, but I can't be sure..."

The camera switched, Rabe also sat before typing, typing on the keyboard: "I want a special car pass so that after the second alarm sounded..."

At this moment, the whimpering air defense alarm sounded. It was night when Rabe wrote his diary, and the lights were on in the room. However, when the camera cut into the air, it was broad daylight in the blue sky. At this time, six fighters of the Soviet Anti-Japanese Aviation Volunteer Team of the Soviet Aid China were fighting fiercely with six Japanese fighters, which was also the first battle after the Soviet Volunteer Air Force arrived in China.

Scorsese suddenly laughed. The movie has three main lines and three protagonists, and these three protagonists are not in the same time and space. The movie will constantly switch between the three characters. How to transition smoothly and how to narrate smoothly will be a test for any director.

The camera cuts to the villa of Rabe. Rabe stands at the window and uses a telescope to watch the battle situation in the air. The camera cuts into the air, and the fierce battle between the two sides continues. The camera cuts to the Jinnv University, Weitlin is also tilting his head to watch the fierce battle in the sky, while Cheng Ruifang next to him curses at the Japanese plane. The camera cuts back to the air, and a Soviet I16 fighter caught fire and fell. Soon a Japanese 96 fighter crashed to the south with black smoke, and then the Japanese plane retreated.

The camera cut back to Rabe Villa, Rabe put on his coat and asked his secretary Han Xianglin to prepare the car. Han Xianglin reminded: "Mr. Rabe, it's too dangerous now." Rabe insisted: "Today I want to discuss the establishment of a safe zone, I must go." Han Xianglin immediately said: "Okay, I'll go and prepare immediately."

The car drove into Jinling University. Rabe and Han Xianglin got out of the car and walked towards the school board meeting hall. More than a dozen foreigners were sitting in the room. When they saw Rabe coming in, they greeted him one after another. Soon, people were around the oval desk, including Americans, British, Danes, and Germans.

Hang Liwu, chairman of the board of directors of Jinling University, stood up and said in fluent English: "Today, we gather here to seek your opinions. Can we act as a protector for Nanjing citizens? The current situation is clear. The fall of Nanjing is inevitable. Father Jacanno of the Magic City has set an example for us." He raised the newspaper in his hand and continued: "Can we set up a safe zone according to the experience of the Magic City?"

The proposal was quickly unanimously approved, and they decided to set up an international relief agency in the model of the Magic City refugee area. They gave the organization a global name to the International Committee of the Nanjing Security Zone, hoping that in the most critical moment, refugees had a place to hide from the Japanese bombing and shelling.

When discussing the members of the committee, someone elected Rabe as chairman of the International Committee, and everyone agreed. Rabe quickly waved his hand and said: "This responsibility is heavy, and I'm afraid I will find it difficult to be competent for such an important position."

Everyone at the scene advised: "You are German and you are expected to deal with Japanese people better."

"Western and Germany are allies, so it will be easier for you to come forward to do things."

"You have been in China for 30 years, have the ability and experience, and are fully qualified for this position."

"Mr. Rabe, you are the most suitable candidate for the chairman." Hang Liwu also advised, "Pastor Maji is preparing for the Nanjing Branch of the International Red Cross, and he will closely cooperate with the work of the International Committee of the Security Zone."

Rabe did not postpone it anymore, stood up and said passionately: "Germany and Japan are allies. As a German, I have certain advantages in negotiating with Japan. I came to China in my 20s. The best youth of my life has been in this country. My children and grandchildren were born here, my career has been successful here, and I have always been treated well by the Chinese. I will do my best to live up to your high expectations." His speech won warm applause from all the participants.

The switch between faces and faces appear in the camera. A red cross appeared in the center of the map, and then a red line walked along the surrounding streets with the red cross as the center to outline a hexagon. This is the Nanjing Security Zone. There are 25 refugee shelters including the Ministry of Transport Building, Wutaishan Primary School, and Hanzhong Road Primary School.

While the red line was wandering, the camera was stacked, and Red Cross flags were inserted on the roofs around the safety zone, and refugees rushed into the safety zone like a tide. Then the map disappeared, and the gate of the Jin Girls University appeared in front of the audience.

In front of the Jin Girls' University, thousands of refugees who escaped from surrounding cities were standing, helping the elderly and young, with panic and frightened. Wei Telin and Cheng Ruifang stood outside the gate to let the refugees come in orderly in a family unit, and the school workers were responsible for guiding them. Wei Telin's Chinese teacher Wang Yaoting's three children and Cheng Ruifang's grandson were only a few years old, but they all came to help. They all brought the armbands of the safe area, which was very important.

Many of these refugees escaped with their whole family, but Jinnn University is a girls' school and only accepts women and children. Many refugees are unwilling to be separated from their families, so they beg Weiterin to let their family in. A young girl of fifteen or sixteen years old begged: "Please let us in. My father is sick, I can't leave him alone!"

Weitlin said in embarrassment: "We are a women's college, which is only open to women and children. It is not appropriate to accept men to live there." She looked at the girl and said in a gentle manner: "If you want to take care of your father, then go to other resettlement sites. There are many resettlement sites in the safe area that can accommodate a family, not far away!"

Someone asked: "Where is a refugee camp that can accommodate the whole family?"

Wei Trin replied: "Wutai Mountain Primary School, Hankou Road Primary School, Ministry of Transportation, Nanjing University Library, there are more than 20. Except for the Nanjing University dormitory building, other refugee sites accept men."

The young girl thanked Weiterin and took her father away. The women and children continued to walk into the refugee camp. However, Weiterin and the others quickly stopped another woman, who brought a boy in her teens. Seeing that Weiterin and the others refused to let in, the woman said, "My son is just taller, he is actually only thirteen years old!"

Weiterin said, "But he looks like an adult, which is really inappropriate."

The woman begged, "Just do it, let's go in!"

Cheng Ruifang looked at the woman, then at her son, frowned, and raised her voice: "The Jin Nv's University has no obligation to accept any of us, but the Oriental Devils are coming, it provides us with shelter, but please understand the difficulties of the school. This is a girl's school, and it is not appropriate to accommodate men!"

The camera switched to the hill behind the seminary, and Rabe and Colonel Long Yingqin of the General Staff had a conflict. Now the security zone has been launched and refugees have begun to be accepted. But at this time, Rabe and Spellin discovered that the national army had not withdrawn from the security zone as agreed, and had re-arranged fortifications and anti-aircraft artillery positions. Rabe and his team asked the troops and military facilities to withdraw from the security zone, otherwise the Japanese bombing would cause a large number of casualties.

During the quarrel, Japanese bombers came to bomb, and fired violently at the anti-aircraft gun position not far from Rabe and others. This undoubtedly aggravated Rabe's concerns. Once the Japanese army discovered that there was an anti-aircraft gun position in the safe area and came to bomb, it would undoubtedly be a massacre for the refugees in the safe area.

After quarreling with Major Long, Rabe decided to go to Tang Shengzhi and ask him to solve the problem.

Halfway through the car, a grain truck roared over. When Rabe saw Han Xianglin driving, he asked what was going on. Han Xianglin told him that they were bombed just now and the driver was blinded by shrapnel in one of his eyes. Seeing that the driver's face was covered in blood, Rabe immediately said to Han Xianglin, "You transport the food back, we will take him to Gulou Hospital and let the committee take care of him."

After the injured driver got on the bus, the car rushed towards the Drum Tower Hospital like lightning. Then the camera switched, and the car stopped in front of a three-story white building. Zhang Chunru got out of the car and walked towards the door with a large cardboard box. This was Dr. Shao Ziping's home, and time returned to 1995.

When Shao Ziping's wife saw that Zhang Chunru was in a bad mood, she asked her what was wrong. Zhang Chunru told Shao Ziping's wife that she found the diary written by Weiterin at the Yale Archives. Weiterin protected tens of thousands of women and children while in Nanjing. She said that she had read Weiterin's diary, but the content inside was so heartbreaking. When Zhang Chunru said that she could not control her emotions, she cried in a daze.

As soon as Zhang Chunru cried, the eyes of the Chinese and Chinese people in front of the screen were also wet. Everyone knows why Zhang Chunru cried. But the foreign guests and reporters present did not respond. Some of them even found it strange, what did Zhang Chunru see and why did she cry like this?

The camera cuts to David Maji's home. David Maji tells Zhang Chunru that his father suffered psychological trauma in his eyes during his time in Nanjing, which led to his premature death. After that, David Maji began to play the videos his father shot for Zhang Chunru.

What appeared in front of the audience was a large panoramic view of Nanjing City. In the distance of the camera, the thick smoke floating in the air told everyone that this was a city in war; then the picture gradually became colorful. Zhang Ran completed the transition through two exactly the same images, and transferred from David Maji's house to Nanjing City; time also returned to 1937 in 1995.

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Chapter completed!