1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,160 I want to become rain, scouring the roof 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,320 I want to become a wave And take away the past 5 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,200 I want to become fire, burn and purify 6 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,680 But if I can, I want to be myself 7 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,040 Forest, why are you so troubled? 8 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,920 There's no wind and there's no rain 9 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,480 Yet your branches are in pain 10 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,720 Yes, I'm troubled, you know why? 11 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,920 Because the summer's almost over 12 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,080 And my leaves are quickly falling 13 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,120 I'd call my son "the carer of the stars," 14 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,000 like he could only talk to the universe. 15 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,120 There's no one on earth that could understand him. 16 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,480 He had this special loneliness. 17 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,720 As if he was breathing, but nobody else could hear his existence. 18 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:23,440 My heart ached because the only thing I could do was let him cry in my arms. 19 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,600 I'd hold him in my arms and pat his back. 20 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,160 I hope for four things. 21 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,640 The first is to be able to continue to enrich myself intellectually. 22 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,880 The second is to be able to take pleasure 23 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,600 in all kinds of creative endeavors, 24 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,720 like literature and art. 25 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,680 The third is to carry out my own creative activities 26 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,960 and contribute to the arts and cultures of the world. 27 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,120 And the fourth one is to find true love in a new society. 28 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,480 Yuguo's email 29 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:50,400 inquiring about the possibility of studying in Romania 30 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,520 was in my inbox when I arrived at work. 31 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,520 Of all the emails I get from young people 32 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,960 who want to study in Romania, 33 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,680 none say, "I'm in love with Romania." 34 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,960 So, I replied immediately, 35 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:23,040 as he was the student I'd always hoped for. 36 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:58,720 He was going to be a student in Romania. 37 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,000 How to protect him? 38 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,320 We hadn't given him any constraints. 39 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,160 He was going to live freely, 40 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:16,120 but I still wanted to protect him under the wings of the old hen. 41 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:26,440 I took a picture of him as we left for the airport. 42 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,680 I didn't want to be corny or sentimental, 43 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,000 but I was afraid of missing him too much. 44 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,600 Going abroad to Romania to study, this was his wish, 45 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,280 which was a good thing. 46 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,400 So even though in my heart, I didn't want him to go so far, 47 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,840 I wasn't going to stop him. 48 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,000 I felt him watching me in the side mirror, 49 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,280 looking at me with a smile, 50 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,640 but I had to grit my teeth and carefully mask my heartbreak. 51 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,360 I think he was surprised 52 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:54,400 to arrive in a town of only 200,000 people like Bacău. 53 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,120 People don't come here. 54 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,600 This is not Bucharest or one of the big cities. 55 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,680 You're either just passing through or something's wrong. 56 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:11,200 Hi, Mother! This is it. Vasile Alecsandri University in Bacău. 57 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,120 UNIVERSITATEA ,,VASILE ALECSANDRI" DIN BACAU RECTORAT 58 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,880 Look at the old building. 59 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,680 This is Eminescu, of course. 60 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,400 This is Mr. Adrian, you know him already. He always helps me. 61 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,160 This is my class. 62 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,120 And this is Ms. Drugă. She teaches Romanian grammar. 63 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,400 And the amazing Mr. Dănilă. 64 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,400 This was my first contact with a Chinese person. 65 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,440 No foreigners come here just to study Romanian culture and language. 66 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,760 Or at least not in our university. 67 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,160 I'd heard he was at the university. 68 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,000 And I saw a young man. Tall. 69 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:01,840 What always amazed me was the way he dressed. 70 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,280 Always wearing a white shirt. 71 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,920 Buttoned all the way up. 72 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,760 Impeccably ironed. 73 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:16,440 He would wipe the blackboard, although I was used to doing it myself. 74 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,600 He always offered to carry my laptop. 75 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:21,200 I'd say, "Don't worry, I can handle it." "No, teacher." 76 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,760 I actually asked him, 77 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,720 I said, "Sorry to ask, 78 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,640 how many million inhabitants does the city you come from have?" 79 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,320 And when he said it's five times bigger than Bucharest, 80 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,120 I asked, "So why did you come to Bacău? To Romania?" 81 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,720 What I wish for you, sweet Romania 82 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,280 What I wish for you, sweet Romania 83 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,400 What I wish for you, sweet Romania 84 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,680 Of all Eminescu's poems, 85 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,800 he was most attached to that anthem, 86 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,040 let's call it that, 87 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,240 What I Wish For You, Sweet Romania. 88 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,760 My country of glory The country I long for 89 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,160 He asked me to listen to him recite it. 90 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,880 He recited it twice and then he insisted on hearing me recite. 91 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:57,080 May you have a future As great as your past! 92 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,880 Sweet Romania, this I wish for you 93 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,920 We hosted the National Day of Culture 94 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,640 at the Alfa Gallery in Bacău 95 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,680 and that's when Yuguo appeared. 96 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,640 A young Chinese man came down the alley. 97 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,400 He stopped in front of the gallery and said, "Good day!" in Romanian. 98 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,680 What was he up to? 99 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,480 We were amused by him. 100 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:26,480 I captured this, which was very comical. 101 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:30,600 With the Astrakhan hat, a traditional Romanian hat. 102 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:35,160 …to celebrate not just our national poet, Mihai Eminescu, 103 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,520 but Romanian culture as a whole. 104 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,240 People were quite apathetic. It was a dull event. 105 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,160 We were there just to show face. 106 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,880 Halfway through the event… 107 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:49,640 Good day! 108 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:03,280 Today, I have Eminescu's 109 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,560 What I Wish For You, Sweet Romania. 110 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,200 The audience was fascinated. 111 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,920 The room went quiet. 112 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,960 What is this boy doing here? How come he can speak Romanian? 113 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,400 You could read the awe on people's faces 114 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,320 because of how well he spoke the language. 115 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,680 What I wish for you, sweet Romania 116 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,360 My country of glory The country I long for? 117 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,760 Now laugh, if you can. 118 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,720 When we first saw him, we laughed like idiots. 119 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,200 But he wowed everyone. 120 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:45,320 Like the night's stars Like the day's dawn 121 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,800 May you live forever Full of glory and joy 122 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,160 I was watching him, listening to him, 123 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,760 and I was convinced 124 00:12:54,840 --> 00:13:01,840 I'm in the presence of an extraordinary being. 125 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:14,800 Um, and now, in Chinese. 126 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,600 What I wish for you, sweet Romania… 127 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,080 That's exactly what the event needed, 128 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:30,480 a young Chinese man coming out of nowhere to recite Eminescu. 129 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,440 He seemed to fit in. 130 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,440 He was looking for his place amongst Romanians and in our culture. 131 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:44,320 But we also needed someone like him! To discover us, the way that Yuguo did. 132 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,160 Sweet Romania, this I wish for you 133 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,160 Thank you! 134 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,400 He said he was the only son of a family of university teachers. 135 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:12,200 I thought it was amazing that he was allowed by his family 136 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,840 to travel so far at such a young age. 137 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,200 Although he was far from us, 138 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,800 he was accomplishing his mission. 139 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,120 He was so happy to share 140 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,800 his daily discoveries and happiness with us. 141 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,960 He hadn't seen snow before. 142 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,440 He was very happy. 143 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,880 When it snowed late at night, he'd come outside. 144 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,320 He wanted to absorb everything! 145 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,000 Atmosphere, nature, buildings, trees, birds. 146 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,920 I'm often disappointed… 147 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,120 by Romania, 148 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,640 but he saw it with completely different eyes 149 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,120 and showed me that Romania is really beautiful. 150 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,840 He started coming to our museum and he was more serious than any of us! 151 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,640 We tried to talk to him in English 152 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,080 but he only wanted to hear Romanian. He'd come here to learn our language. 153 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,280 He wanted to know everything. 154 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,120 He seemed like from a different era. 155 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,920 He was delicate on the inside. 156 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,080 That's what I felt. 157 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,200 That he was… 158 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,080 pure. 159 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,200 He was searching for something 160 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:38,480 with so much thirst and with so much intensity. 161 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,800 Esteemed travelers, train 554 is… 162 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,320 He really wanted to go to Alba Iulia. 163 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:52,040 The journey to Alba Iulia is hellish. 164 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,600 I don't know many people in Bacău 165 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,120 who would just grab a flag and take the train to Alba Iulia 166 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,360 on the 1st of December when it's so cold. 167 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,360 ♪ Wake up, Romanian ♪ 168 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,400 ♪ From the sleep of death ♪ 169 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,960 He called us. He was very excited. 170 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,880 He couldn't sleep that night. 171 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,640 He sang the Romanian anthem 172 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,080 all the way to Alba Iulia on the train journey. 173 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,200 He said, "Mom, I'll take part in a big parade." 174 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,200 "I'll be with everyone, in the middle of the crowd!" 175 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:58,640 Long live great Romania! 176 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,360 I met Yuguo at Alba Iulia. 177 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,960 He was wearing more Romanian flags than any of us. 178 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:10,560 He was so emotional and happy and said, "We're going to celebrate together!" 179 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,240 Yes? 180 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,720 Why did you come here today? 181 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,040 I love Romanian culture and literature. 182 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:37,320 Today, I'm here to celebrate with everyone. 183 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,960 Happy birthday, Romania. 184 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,360 I wish Romania and the Romanian people will have a great future. 185 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,120 - Where are you from? -China. Yes. 186 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,160 For someone to come from such a faraway place 187 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:53,760 and talk so beautifully and simply about you… 188 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,240 I don't know. That never happens. 189 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,040 Here it is. His first published article. 190 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:40,480 "1st of December, Alba Iulia" by Yin Yuguo. 191 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:07,600 I met young Yin Yuguo on January 4th, 2019. 192 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,480 He came to visit the museum 193 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,560 and at the end of the guided tour, 194 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,560 he wanted to write something in the visitor book, 195 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,280 and because he was so tall, he knelt down. 196 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:28,120 It was an extraordinary moment. 197 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:33,480 It was like a prayer for the history of the place, 198 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,880 so I asked if I could take a photo. 199 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,240 Later on, that photograph, unfortunately, 200 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,120 became the one by which the police identified him 201 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,040 after the tragedy that took place. 202 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:02,040 On Friday night, he told me he wanted to go visit Neamt Fortress. 203 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:07,120 I asked him not to go, there were weather warnings. 204 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,960 But he decided to go. He took the train. 205 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,880 And in a station along the way, 206 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,240 the train was stationary for a bit longer than usual. 207 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:25,040 Without any means of information, Yuguo panicked. 208 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,600 He thought that's where he was supposed to get off. 209 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,000 He decided to jump as the train was leaving. 210 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,800 He opened the door, 211 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,320 and saw a sea of snow, 212 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,960 without knowing that underneath the snow, there was a stone mile marker, 213 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,600 which he hit his head on. 214 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,520 The end was instantaneous. 215 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,960 I remember you were playing in the bathtub when you were small. 216 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,160 The water splashed everywhere, 217 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,320 and the whole room was filled with your laughter. 218 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:33,240 You said, "I think the nature of the universe is ashes." 219 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:39,800 "The Earth is the ashes of the Sun, the Sun is the ashes of the galaxy." 220 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,560 "Everything is ashes." 221 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,480 You were five. 222 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,040 I lost the ability to smile. 223 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,640 If there is indeed a parallel universe, 224 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,760 I hope he's there, pursuing his dreams. 225 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,200 I hope he's healthy and happy in that world, 226 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,880 living the life he wants. 227 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,800 I must learn to be strong. 228 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,560 Many asked us if we regret letting him go. 229 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,480 We don't. We don't have regrets. 230 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,360 The biggest wish parents have 231 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,160 is to see their child realize their dreams. 232 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:25,040 If we are afraid to follow our dreams, then we can't have anything. 233 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,960 Bacău is his home. 234 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,560 Because it's in the Carpathian Mountains. 235 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,880 Because he spent 80 incredibly happy days there. 236 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,400 He said, "Mom, I dreamt I was a dragon, flying in the sky." 237 00:25:57,120 --> 00:25:59,200 "But I died. My heart was stabbed." 238 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,040 "I fell from the sky, and my flesh was given to many people." 239 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,800 He told me the dream made him happy.