A Creative Busker

FADE IN:

INT. STUDY - DAY

Phone notification. PETER opens a video clip. He sees a BUSKER (30s) with a stylish hair style, rag outfits and other installations including a QR code on a tent card, singing a Mandarin song with a karaoke microphone in public.

PETER (V.O.)

He sings very well. Using

a QR code to collect

donations makes a

difference. Very cool!

Peter watches the video again and again.

PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)

For him, could be a job,

a hobby, a career or even a

profession.

DAYDREAM SEQUENCE

EXT. STREET - DAY

Peter (70-80s), wearing similar outfits and installations as the busker, playing a guitar and singing his songs to passers-by. Some passers-by checks his QR Code tent card with their phone QR code reader.

END DAYDREAM SEQUENCE

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Would this happen to me

in the end?

FLASHBACK

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Sitting on the lower deck of a bunk bed, Peter (13) provides private tuition to three CHILDREN younger than him.

After that, Peter, a MAN (60s), a WOMAN (30s) and the Children have dinner together. They all stare at a black-and-white TV set on top of a refrigerator.

After dinner, the Man gives Peter an envelope.

MAN

Inside, your first-month

job wages as a private tutor.

PETER

(Smiling)

Thank you very much!

INT. ROAD - NIGHT

Peter opens the envelope and sees three $10 notes.

PETER (V.O.)

Would it be good for me

to buy the cheapest guitar

tomorrow?

INT. STATIONARY SHOP - DAY

Seeing the display of just one acoustic guitar and the $30 price tag, Peter steps inside and speaks to a SHOPKEEPER (30s).

PETER (Pointing at the guitar)

I want to buy that guitar.

.

END FLASHBACK

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Yes, that was what I did,

spending my whole-month

wages on a poorly-designed

guitar made in China during

the Cultural Revolution.

FLASHBACK

INT. HOTEL BACK OFFICE - NIGHT

A bow-tied SUPERVISOR (60s) puts CASH on a round table. A GROUP of young boys and girls surrounds him. Peter (15) and a FRIEND (15) watch at the outer ring. The Supervisor calls names and gives cash to the BOYS and GIRLS.

SUPERVISOR

Peter Cheung! $6!

PETER (V.O.)

(Taking the $6)

I worked 12 hours on a

Sunday to earn it. I think

I'll buy a record tomorrow.

INT. RECORD SHOP - DAY

Sampling the record boxes, Peter, in school uniform, picks up a vinyl record.

PETER (V.O.)

The 12-inch LP costing $18 is .

expensive. I can buy a 7-inch

SP with a song on the A side

and another one on the B side

for $4.5. This 7-inch EP, having

4 songs, at $6, is value for money!

END FLASHBACK

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Playing guitar and listening to

hits were my teenage hobbies.

I sang too, but I knew my

constraints.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

At 20, I was recruited into the

civil service. I worked and

developed my civil service

career for 40 years.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

But for the civil services

scholarships that I got, I

wouldn't become a legal

professional.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)

Upon retirement, I've

begun treating my regular

monthly travels as non-

resting work rather than

a hobby.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O) (Cont'd)

As to my current private

legal practice, I'm not

sure if I would like to

make it my old-age

career.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O) (Cont'd)

I still like to frequent

music shops, playing the

guitar and singing my songs

in appropriate occasions.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)

What I'm sure is that

I'd love to lead the rest

of my life as a creative

busker!

Peter takes a look of an acoustic guitar displayed near the sofa.

FADE OUT. The End

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