It's Gravity
- Peter K F Cheung SBS
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min read
FADE IN
Act 1
EXT. TSENG KWAN O/CLEAR WATER BAY - 08:45
PETER is driving leisurely.
PETER (V.O.): To avoid traffic jams to HKUST, I always go to meetings early.
We hear from the car radio: The overseas stock markets were up...
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They should impact on the Hong Kong one.
Going uphill, PETER steps on the accelerator and the car climbs up swiftly.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I don't like getting stuck on slopy roads. My car is heavy.
Driving.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It can't defy gravity. Me too.
The campus of HKUST is in sight.
Act 2
INT. HKUST, CLEAR WATER BAY - 09:00
SEQUENCE OF PETER'S ACTIVIITES AT HKUST
A. Reception - 09:15. A WAITER offers Peter Shrimp Dumplings and Siu Mai.
B. VIP room - 09:20. Peter chats with GENTLEMEN#1-2
C. Chambers - 09:45. Peter makes interventions.
D. Chambers - 11:45. A LADY sitting next to Peter passes him some dim-sums.
E. Chambers - 14:00. Peter and OTHERS get their lunch boxes.
F. Chambers - 14:15. During a break, the Lady and Peter chat.
END SEQUENCE
EXT. SILVERSTRAND BEACH - 16:30
Changing room. Peter is changing from suit to swim brief.
PETER (V.O.): Today's meeting is a marathon one. We all have the value to do good.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Privately, I've shared with the Lady the insight of Professor Charles Kao on knowledge transfer.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was a good story as I learned it first-hand from the Professor over 20 years ago.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): After a long day, I've thought about returning home direct and swimming in my estate's swimming pool.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Somehow, I'm being gravitated to come here.
Surfing the web with his smart phone, Peter reads the search result.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual interaction between all things with mass or energy.
On the beach, Peter stares at the floating platforms.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've never seen low tide as low as this. Strong gravity is at work.
Peter enters the very shallow water.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Can I walk to the floating platforms?
Peter walks towards the floating platform on the left.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But my point of coming here is to swim...
Swimming close to the floating platform, Peter sees under water some fish.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That makes a refreshing difference.
Having extended his hand to touch the fish in vain, Peter submerges into the water.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, my feet can't touch the ground. I'd better go up so that lifeguards would know that I'm not drowning.
Kicking water, Peter surfaces quickly.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When one's down, literally or figuratively, it's gravity. But it's the first thing which people don't think.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Sometimes, people may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't care.
Act 3
EXT. CLEAR WATER BAY/TSENG KWAN O - 17:15
Stepping on the brake, Peter is driving downhill.
PETER (V.O.): Gravity penetrates every substance of the universe.
From the car radio, we hear: It's a surprise that Hong Kong's stock market today was down...
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd) : Stock price is impacted by gravity, in the financial sense.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Anyhow, I've been sustaining myself as a value center so that support may gravitate towards me.
Peter drives on resolutely.
THE END
FADE OUT
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