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Peng's metaphor

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It was wonderful working with my dearest movie friends, and after all the bloody hardworking afternoons, we met the hero finally one summer evening. Peng has a typical figure as the well known '山东汉子'(Shandong men, as in China known for generous character, honest, straightforward, tall and strong). What not surprised me at all were his words. Now he had a new partner, he thanked me for helping translating,  and humbly asked me if his image was tidy and polite enough on big screen. I said: dont worry, your sense of humor and your Chinese character are beyond many. Actually his name shall be Pengfei, which means a flying roc and shall appear as above in the passport, yet we don't know why years after years it came into Peng, a single syllable name, most probably just because that the immigration officers separated the two words and never repaired it again. His camera brings us many that we've not seen. He captured spring sunshine, bees buzzing among wild flowers when th