FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 09:25
Dressed in an orange shirt with jeans, Peter taps on an iPad mini screen to join a Zoom meeting.
PETER (V.O.): Since Thursday, I've been following this IP-related intellectual exchange.
Peter taps the Participants icon.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's a Saturday morning, there're still dozens of participants.
Peter puts on a tie.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'll moderate in a morning session on IP and Cultural Heritage.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I was invited months ago, I only accept the Saturday ones so that I won't have to worry about the opportunity costs.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My session would be in Putonghua - the lady speaker is from Taiwan and the gentleman speaker from Mainland China.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 10:30
Peter is engaging a LADY and a GENTLEMAN on screen.
PETER (To screen): I should like both of you to do a brief self-introduction. The audience may not understand my Cantonese "bo-tung-qua".
Addressing the lady speaker.
PETER: You speak Mandarin.
Addressing the gentleman speaker.
PETER: You speak Putonghua.
As the gentleman and the lady are speaking in turns, Peter checks the chatroom messages and responds timely.
'PETER (V.O.): There's a question referring to protection of "ICH". The acronym sounds familiar. I've researched on that on Thursday.
Peter types "ICH" on his phone screen and sees: International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I remember that, but...
Peter checks again.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, "ICH" stands for "Intangible Cultural Heritage". They're so referred to in the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 2003.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the WIPO context, they're Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs). Different institutions prefer different names. Anyway.
EXT. MALL - 13:30
Restaurant. Peter is buying a takeaway.
PETER (V.O.): I exceeded my session by 5 minutes. The succeeding moderator exceeded further.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Few presenters can keep time. Moderators don't want to interrupt their delivery...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've learned a lot about technological landscaping in the field of biomedical inventions. I didn't there're such specialists in GBA.
INT. STUDY - 13:55
Peter rejoins the Zoom meeting.
PETER (V.O.): The Finnish speakers are talking about the European Unified Patent Court (UPC) that will come into existence next year.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The UPC Agreement was signed in 2013. I was still Hong Kong, China's Director of Intellectual Property then. I don't care about European developments anymore.
Session break.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The next session will be about Non-fungible Tokens NFE? What are NFEs?
Researching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's a unit of data stored in a digital ledger. NFT may represent photos and audio-visuals. Exciting development in the cyberworld!
Peter follows the presentations on screen with great interest.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The moral is: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Then, Peter sees a message: You've been appointed as a co-host.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's my turn to speak in the Roundtable and suggest key takeaway messages.
Having spoken to the screen, Peter summarizes his thoughts: Value delivery. Then, we hear someone remarking from the screen: That's two words. Can you do that in one word?
PETER (V.O.): I do believe value delivery is the key. If I said either "Value" or "Delivery", the audience won't get the message...
As Peter is tongue-tied, we hear that he's excused.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - 18:30
Peter is attracted to a TV story. We see moving images of a seaside town with orange rooftops.
PETER (V.O.): Oh, it's Croatia's Dubrovnik. The orange rooftops of buildings in the old town are so distinctive. My wife and I visited this former city of Yugoslavia in July 2017.
Peter watches the moving images from sea to the mountain.
.PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): We visited all the tourist destinations.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): To improve our zest for life, we should fill it up with lots of Vitamin Cs - courage, confidence, creativity, and cheerfulness.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh yes! That one word should be: Orange! Just let the audience imagine.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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