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After the Truce

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Director: 成荫
Cast: 张平 · 项堃 · 谭宁邦 · 陈戈 · 马精武 · 鲁非

Storyline

Adapted from the true historical events recorded in the reportage "Under the Cloak of 'Neutral Mediation'—Recollections of the Anping Incident." After the founding of New China, Communist general Gu Qing (Zhang Ping) runs into Li Guoqing (Xiang Kun), a former high-ranking Kuomintang official who has been treated leniently by the government, at the Great Hall of the People. Their conversation prompts Gu Qing to recall the days when he confronted and coexisted with Li and the American representative Feding (Tan Ningbang). After the victory of the War of Resistance, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party signed a truce. In the spring of 1946, Gu Qing, as a Communist representative, came to Beiping to join the work of the military mediation executive headquarters formed by the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and the United States, and engaged in sharp confrontations with Li Guoqing and Feding at the negotiating table. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was plotting to launch a civil war, which played into the hands of the United States, which wanted to use him to expand its influence in China. The United States secretly supplied the Kuomintang with a massive amount of arms but posed as a peace envoy in front of the Communists. The Communists had long seen through the American intentions. The situation on the small negotiating table was that Feding and Li Guoqing awkwardly performed a duet in front of the tough-minded Gu Qing, and the negotiations remained fruitless. Soon, while the United States was courting Chinese intellectuals to "drink to peace," it joined forces with the Kuomintang to launch a surprise attack on the Anping town in the liberated area and tried to frame the Communists. When these issues were brought to the negotiating table, they became thorny. Throughout the negotiation process, the performances of the commander (Chen Ge), Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Ping (Ma Jingwu), Staff Officer Liu (Lu Fei), Communist translator Xie Meichu (Qin Wen), and others were noteworthy. Gu Qing's driver (Li Yunong), who was planted by the Kuomintang as an undercover agent, also secretly helped a lot. Old professors like Xie Hong, who were confused by the complicated situation, gradually strengthened their confidence in the Communist Party. Meanwhile, the county head Ban (Zhao Ziyue) of Anping, who was eager to show off in front of Li Guoqing, only made things worse when trying to help.