Liu Heping, a national first-level screenwriter, novelist, historian, and president of the China TV Drama Screenwriters Committee.
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"The new library in Hengyang City where we are now is located at the site of the main battlefield of the Hengyang Defense War. Fang Xianjue led the Tenth Army in Wugui Ridge, Fengfeng Shushan and Highland 141 resisted the attack of tens of thousands of Japanese troops, right here.” On May 11, at the scene of the 2024 “Scholarly Hunan” national reading theme event, national first-level screenwriters, novel writers, historical scholars, and Chinese TV dramas were present. Liu Heping, chairman of the Screenwriters Committee, said in his speech that his deepest feeling today is that the battlefield where bloody battles were fought during the war years has now become a citizen library at the time of national rejuvenation.
"When we study, we should feel proud that we are Hengyang people." Liu Heping shared that we should read between the lines and between the lines. Over the years, he has used the most sincere attitude and combined with the needs of today's times to find the real historical truth.
Hengyang is a place with outstanding people and many famous people in history were born or grew up here. After the Taiping Army was wiped out, military and political power was transferred to the Han people, mainly relying on Hunanese. The first thing after the victory of the Hunan Army was to return to Xiangxing Prefecture and set up a school.
Peng Yulin is one of the Hengyang people he admires most. Liu Heping talked about when Peng Yulin resigned from office and recited a passage from his memorial on the spot: "Since I established the army, I have never left the ship to live on the shore for a day, I have never left the army to visit relatives, and I have not bought an inch of land. . I came out as a poor person, and I hope to return as a poor person." As soon as these words came out, everyone was moved.
If you don’t study history, you can’t create in words.
As the chief producer, executive producer and screenwriter of the movie "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow", Liu Heping lamented that the greatest battle in Hengyang was the defense of Hengyang. This is a rare record in the history of war where the casualties of the Chinese army exceeded that of the Japanese army. The great battle in which the Chinese nation built the Great Wall with flesh and blood took place here. It was not accidental, but closely related to the humanistic tradition of Hengyang.
Liu Heping, who was born in Hengyang, Hunan in 1953, has a strong attachment to his hometown. This also prompted him, under the strong appeal of the local government and people, to put this period of history on the screen to commemorate this battle and pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, and to commemorate the faith and responsibility that he persisted in difficult times. He hopes to tell the whole of China and the world about this great heroic deed of saving the nation from extinction in order to defend the dignity of the Chinese nation.
"In order to repay the people of Hengyang who made great sacrifices for the Chinese nation, and to repay the people of Hengyang who fully supported us when we were filming this film, when the film is released at the end of June and early July, we will film in Hengyang city and 7 counties. The city will screen the movie free of charge for three days for the people of Hengyang." At the end of his speech, when Liu Heping announced the news, there was thunderous applause.
