FADE IN:
INT. HAPPY VALLEY STAND - DAY
A gathering. PETER meets a FRIEND (40s).
PETER
Did the trade war cause
you any headaches?
FRIEND
(Shaking his head sideways)
I'm pretty pessimistic...
PETER
When will it end?
FRIEND
(Jokingly)
2035...
PETER
2035?
The waiters come over to serve them separately.
PETER (V.O.)
(Perplexed)
It's some 16 years away.
MONTAGE OF PETER'S SELF-IMPOSED MISSION.
A/ INT. HOTEL LOBBY, HAINAN - DAY (June, 2018)
Peter talks to a MAN and a WOMAN: Central Government's exclusive policy support for Hainan on IP securitization will only last for a year.
B/ INT. CONFERENCE HALL, HKCEC - DAY (Dec, 2018)
At the podium, Peter says: IP securitization will happen in the Greater Bay Area within 5 years.
C/ INT. STUDY - DAY (Feb, 2019)
Checking his phone messages, Peter reads the small prints in an e-document about the Greater Bay Area: To initiate pilot projects for securitization of intellectual property.
E/ INT. MOOT COURT, HKU - NIGHT (April, 2019)
On stage, Peter predicts: IP securitization and tokenization will happen within 5 years, as the conditions are ripe.
RETURN TO PRESENT
Peter gets a cup of orange juice.
PETER (V.O.)
That's my self-imposed
5-year action plan to add
public value.
He finishes one third of a cup.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)
I recall I read that China
wants to achieve "Made
In China 2025" ie becoming
a high-tech manufacturing
powerhouse.
He finishes half a cup.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
The developed world has
been too dependent on
China. Whatever that
seems value for money
here and there are goods
made in China.
His cup is empty.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
It's no secret that the China
Dream is to be on par with
the US economy by 2035.
GUESTS take seats.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
One way to contain China's
rise is to decouple any
unfavourable trade links
with China.
Peter takes a seat at the back row. A SPEAKER (71) speaks next to a screen showing: The Country's 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up and Its Future Prospects.
After a forum, a round-table dinner. Peter speaks to his friend.
PETER
Having heard the talk and
discussion, would you
change your mind?
FRIEND
No.
PETER (V.O.)
My friend is a capitalist
who can feel the pulse
of the financial market.
INT. STUDY - DAY
Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.)
But for the Trade War,
China's new Great Leap
Forward was probable.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Since China's took an
assertive stance of its
ambition, China has
invited unfair competition,
triggering the Trade War.
One way to maintain
the leading edge has
been to keep the unique
information secret.
A beat.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
As China is being contained,
it has to self-strengthen itself
to neutralize the negative
impact of the Trade War -
16 years is a relatively short
time.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) I believe my dream of IP
securitization and tokenization
if come true in the Greater
Bay Area in 5 years should
help make the China Dream
come true by 2035!
FADE OUT. The End