Beijing Bastard (2014)
“I knew who it would be. But it wasn’t just my parents, but also my brother; Nainai; my aunt, uncle, and cousin; plus various other relatives, twelve total, all together on speakerphone yelling over one another. “Merry Christmas!” “We wish you were here!” “Do you have plans tonight?” “What is the weather like?” I tried to answer their questions but in the pause after I spoke others rushed in with more questions. Finally I gave up trying to speak and just let their words wash over me. I was happy... to be so far away so I could avoid answering questions about what exactly I was doing with my life. I hung up and lay back down in bed.
Several months had passed since my brunch with Zhang Yuan and he became oddly elusive about setting exact dates for the trips to Ürümqi or Rome and began ignoring my phone calls, which only made me call more. I had a dream in which he spoke perfect English and I wondered if he had been pulling my leg the entire time. I decided it was time to visit the film set in Tianjin and called him to let him know I would be doing just that.MoreLess
Several months had passed since my brunch with Zhang Yuan and he became oddly elusive about setting exact dates for the trips to Ürümqi or Rome and began ignoring my phone calls, which only made me call more. I had a dream in which he spoke perfect English and I wondered if he had been pulling my leg the entire time. I decided it was time to visit the film set in Tianjin and called him to let him know I would be doing just that.MoreLess
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