FADE IN:
INT. UNIVERSITY RESTAURANT - DAY
Four round tables of dressed-up LADIES and GENTLEMEN. Looking at a colourful map, PETER, in jacket but without a tie, discusses with a GENTLEMAN (40s) on his left.
PETER
The new campus should
be one that users would
be excited and delighted
to go.
GENTLEMAN
(Nodding)
The campuses are 50 kms
apart. In Nansha, there're
waterways.
PETER
It would be nice if there will
be AI self-driving speed
boats from there to Clear
Water Bay, linking up the
campuses of science
and technology.
GENTLEMAN
(Nodding)
That's a possibility.
Peter turns to a LADY (30s) on his right, exchanging name cards and then scanning WeChat personal QR codes.
PETER
So you're responsible for
arranging the $110 million
donation to the University.
LADY
I just follow instructions and
get the job done.
A beat.
PETER
Since my retirement 5 years
ago, I've made it my discipline
travel at least once a month.
Where are you originally from?
LADY
Szechuan.
Peter ponders.
PETER
跑马溜溜的山上...
PETER (V.O.)
That's all I can associate
with Szechuan.
LADY
åº·å®šæƒ…æŒ is from Szechuan.
Where do you travel to in
China?
FLASHBACK
INT. A CULTURAL HERITAGE, CHONGQING - DAY (2000s)
A briefing to visiting DELEGATES including Peter from Hong Kong.
DEBRIEFER
Although here might be
unfamiliar to you, you
must have heard of our
folklore 康定情æŒ... ...
跑马溜溜的山上... ...
PETER
(Nodding)
Yes, that's the song we
sang in Putonghua when
I was in primary school!
END FLASHBACK
PETER (V.O.)
That's all I could associate
with Szechuan in addition
to its rich resources of
traditional Chinese medicinal
ingredients.
Pausing.
PETER
I love Jiuzhaigow.
LADY
Me too. I went there many
times.
PETER
(A little surprised)
I went there from Chengdu...
LADY
I'm from Chengdu. Chengdu
is in Szechuan.
PETER (V.O.)
Oh! I've mixed up Chongqing
with Szechuan.
LADY
You think in terms of cities
and not provinces...
PETER (V.O.)
That's my blind spot. Hong
Kong has been my world.
As a compact city, Hong
Kong creates impact on
economic, civil and political
fronts. Socially and culturally,
I'm not sure.
PETER
(Embarrassed)
Well, I did have a song
called: "Go Chengdu"!
The lady looks surprised as Peter tries to find his song over the Internet.
PETER
Here it is!
Playing the music video with his smart phone, Peter shows his work to the lady and THOSE sitting near her. We hear indistinctly: Go Chengdu...
PETER
(Proudly)
The lyrics are tri-lingual:
Putonghua, Cantonese
and English.
PETER (V.O.)
For serious songs, this's
my best tri-lingual song
so far.
The SPECTATORS seem impressed. Checking his on-line music videos, Peter taps one for the lady to see.
PETER
I've got a musical piece
called: "Giant Panda
Lullaby" too.
PETER (V.O.)
I don't know when I'd have
the inspiration to create
something similar.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
It's also my way to
to reciprocate Szechuan's
康定情æŒ.
INT. STUDY - DAY
Working on his computer, Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.)
My original mission in writing the song was to
help promote Szechuan's
Giant Panda brand to the
world. There's no harm
for me to re-post "Go
Chengdu!" again!
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
I meant to write a "Go ?"
series. So far, no other
provincial or city friends
have asked me to do that
yet...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Perhaps, the University may play AI-generated
songs as background
music during voyages by
AI self-driving speed boats
from campus to campus!
FADE OUT. The End