On June 28, 2024, Brigitte Lin won the "Special Tribute Award for Chinese People Influencing the World". swkit Deng Yongjie | Photo by
In fact, I was injured and endured the pain when I went to give a speech that day.
The morning before yesterday, I rolled off the bed in the hall of Tsinghua University in Taiwan, and my ribs hit the stone slab. It was six o'clock in the morning. I usually just went to bed at this time, and it had been the same day for twenty years. Because at the graduation ceremony of Tsinghua University in Taiwan, I was scheduled to give a speech at 10 a.m. and had to leave at 9:30. I estimated that it would take at least two hours to eat breakfast, wash my hair, take a shower, comb my hair and put on makeup, and change into my doctoral robe, so I was the last Have to get up at half past seven. I gave a speech on June 15th. Two months ago, I took strong medicine to adjust my time to go to bed early and get up early. I took half a sleeping pill at 11pm on June 13th. I wanted to recite my speech before I fell asleep. Although the staff would place the speech notes for me on the podium, I still wanted to be able to look into the students' eyes. Communicate with them naturally. At 11:30, I swallowed another pill, preparing to knock myself out. I don’t know why this pill and a half still kept me awake all night. Seeing the time passing by, I felt anxious. I swallowed half a pill again, and fell asleep without realizing it. . When I felt it again, I turned around and heard a loud snap. It was the sound of my ribs hitting the stone slab. I thought this was bad, would my ribs be broken? I couldn't sleep anymore. My left chest hurt. I usually tolerate the pain very well. I was wondering if I should get an X-ray, but I was afraid of bothering others. The school had arranged a trip to Hsinchu Hakka Village to visit ancient houses in the morning. I thought it was no big deal, so we kept going as usual. Suddenly, it started raining heavily in front of a family temple. Principal Gao Weiyuan and I and the four of us had to go to a used bookstore to drink. Coffee, in the room full of books, facing the bright window, heavy rain is hitting the leaves, I sip the fragrant hot coffee while watching the rain scene, the rain washes the green leaves in midsummer, which makes me remember Remembering the scene of me being caught in the rain in the woods when I was a child, chatting with friends with a cup of coffee in hand, this is already happiness.
After having a simple lunch in the Hakka Village, the principal returned to campus beforehand. When I stood up, I felt my ribs cracking, and I wondered to myself, could my ribs be out of place? Will there be internal bleeding? If this happens, your life won't be affected, but it will affect your speech the next day, so you'd better take a photo to know what's going on. On the way back in the car, I asked the principal’s secretary if there was a clinic that specializes in X-rays? I don't think it's necessary to go to a big hospital. The driver who had been silent spoke up: "I know a very private place where you won't touch anyone. I took a photo of it ten years ago and it was pretty good." The secretary was hesitantly trying to check it out, but I made the decision: "Just This shop!" The driver stopped on the roadside not long after driving. There was a shop with floor-to-ceiling glass. One door said "X-Ray" and the other door said "Examination Passed Radiologist". The secretary knocked on the door and negotiated for a while before waving us in. When I walked in, the first thing I saw was a shiny black car, which took up almost half of the hall. There was a long and narrow table in the other half. I walked straight to see the two certificates framed on the wall, one was a medical radiologist certificate, and the other was a medical radiology institute business license, and I felt a little relieved. An old man wearing shorts walked past me. I didn't pay attention, thinking he was a worker cleaning the hall. Photographer Ajie asked me to look at the painting on the right wall. I said, "Oh, Picasso, although it is a print, it at least shows that he is pursuing taste." The old man had no expression on his face and took a piece of white paper: "Write down your date of birth and name." It turned out that he was a radiologist. I picked up the pen without hesitation and wrote: November 3, 1954 brigitte lin. Ajie next to me couldn't stop me in time. When I was writing my name, I stopped talking when I saw that it was an English name.
I asked the old man if he could take the photo from his neck to his waist? He was very personable: "What else?" I quickly explained that I fell off the bed and injured my left side. I thought I would only take pictures of the left side, but I thought I would take it easy and just take a picture of most of my body. Seeing how pitiful I was, he softened his tone when he spoke to me.My secretary and I walked into the X-ray room and gasped. We were greeted by two brick walls painted black. On the top of the black wall was a large, short, thick iron chain hanging from top to bottom. Three thick and long wires and an inverted U-shaped iron chain took up almost the entire wall. There was a yellowed X-ray machine on the left, and an old yellowed wooden bed was placed in the middle. Let me lie on the bed. That day I was wearing a shirt with silver copper threads rolled on the ruffles on the chest, and I had to change it. The old man handed me the floral bathrobe on the chair. I held it with five fingers, not daring to show my disgust, and looked at the secretary. She was wearing a flesh-colored unbuttoned thin knitted coat. I asked her to borrow it and put it on. It was a bit transparent. I crossed my arms across my chest. The old man came into the room and I said your machine was a bit old. He said he had replaced four of them. , I flattered him by saying that the old machine might illuminate it more clearly. I pressed against the X-ray machine, and the old man pressed it skillfully. The operation was completed in two seconds, which was really fast.
When I got dressed and came out, the X-ray film was already hanging high on the wall. The old man cherished his words like gold: "There are no cracks in the bones and no blood bruises." I breathed a sigh of relief and said playfully: "Then I can You're moving around." He said kindly, "There's no need to move around." After he relaxed, he took pictures here and there with his phone curiously, and asked him if he could take a picture of the certificate. He said there was nothing good to take. He took out a yellowed business card from the drawer and gave it to me. It only had the name and clinic phone number on it, but no mobile phone number or email address. Ajie said that this must be a business card from decades ago.
Actually, I kept wearing a hat and a mask, because I thought the whole thing was quite interesting, so I chatted with him a few more words. I was also curious about the car being parked in the hall, and he explained it very humanely. He said that only people going to his place could park their car in the parking space at the door. Before leaving, I took off my mask and asked him to take a photo with me in front of the car. He said calmly: "Actually, I am Jay Chou's uncle." I imitated his look and tone and replied: "Actually, I am Brigitte Lin." Everyone couldn't help laughing, and he said: "I know." I said in surprise: "How do you know? I wrote the English name." He said: "That way I already know."
Brigitte Lin in the clinic Taking photos in front of the car. swkit Deng Yongjie | Photo by
After getting in the car, the driver, secretary, me, and Ajie all laughed so hard that Ajie said: "You two are like a sword debate on Huashan Mountain. He shows his sword, and you show your sword in return. This is really true." It’s funny when you show off.” The old man said that Jay Chou’s mother is his sister. Ajie said that he did not open this clinic to make money, but because he likes and wants to help people. I think so. How long does it take to buy that car for NT$550 a time? I guess he may be Hidden away in the city.
I told Jin Shenghua this incident vividly on the phone. She laughed while listening and asked whether this was a place where gangsters were treated.
I went to the principal's house to have steak in the evening. As soon as I entered the door, I asked everyone to put down everything and listen to my story first. As I was speaking and acting, the principal was extremely nervous. He felt that he must be responsible for my safety. I was beaming as I spoke and pushed forward step by step. The principal's face turned red, he covered his mouth with both hands, and he screamed at least three times. : "Is it a gang? Is it a gang? Is it a gang?" Before I even got to the uncle part, the principal couldn't help but stop. He had to pour a glass of red wine to calm down, and we all raised our glasses to toast each other. Then I continued to tell the story. When my uncle came on the scene, everyone was laughing so hard that the red wine almost spilled on the ground. Although my chest hurt, I still laughed loudly. It was a blessing in disguise. I fell down and made a story. ,worth.
Back in Hong Kong, Ajie said that he has a friend who is very familiar with Jay Chou. He must send him a photo of me and my old man, so that he can ask Jay Chou if that person is his uncle. Jay Chou quickly replied that it was indeed his uncle, but he was curious, why did I take a photo with his uncle? Ajie said you will know when your sister writes it.
I told the story to my friends in Hong Kong. They all blamed me for being too bold and daring to change clothes inside. It would be over if I secretly took photos of others. I said it was lucky that it was my uncle, otherwise I would be extremely scared now.For a while, everyone was calling uncle and uncle very affectionately.
Jin Shenghua is a very careful person and cares about her friends. She earnestly advised me to take another photo. She said that some hairline-like cracks could not be seen in the first photo. It was only after the second photo that she noticed that I couldn’t see them. Only then did she tell me the same situation that had happened to her mother, and then I was willing to go to the Sanatorium and Hospital for a check-up. There must be a doctor in the hospital to read the films. I took two pictures, one of the half body and one of the left chest. The doctor studied it for a long time and then compared it with the pictures taken by my uncle. Finally, he told me that I had two cracked ribs and the fourth on the left chest. It will take about two months for them to heal.
On June 28, 2024, Brigitte Lin wore a red dress to attend the "2023-2024 Chinese Influence the World Ceremony" event. swkit Deng Yongjie | Photo by
On June 28th, Phoenix TV awarded me the "The World is Beautiful Because of You and Influences the World Chinese Special Tribute Award" to me. In front of the camera, I was dressed in a red dress and walked on stage in high spirits, chatting and laughing with Director Tsui Hark. , in fact, my ribs are still cracked, and I still feel a dull pain, and I got COVID-19 ten days ago. My voice is hoarse, my nose is runny, and my cough is just getting better.
Although I broke my ribs and got COVID-19, I am very grateful. I am grateful that my face was not scratched when I rolled off the bed. I am grateful that my ribs were cracked but they were not serious. I am grateful that I got the COVID-19 and it was fine before I went on stage to receive the award.
Actually, I am very lucky.
Brigitte Lin
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