A Splash of Tradition

FADE IN

2. Act 1 

4. INT. BEDROOM - 06:00

6. Rubbing his eyes, PETER stretches.

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8. PETER (V.O): Today is Chinese New Year Eve - a busy day for Chinese.

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10. Pausing.

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12. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd):The Cheung family will have the traditional Chinese New Year Eve dinner together.

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14. Pausing.

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16. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): My wife and I will go to pick up my Mum in the elderly home first.

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18. Pausing.

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20. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): And my wife will drive me back to chambers to pick up a traditional festive gift box from an entrepreneur.

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22. Peter sits up in bed.

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24. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): I can only go swimming in the morning then.

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26. Act 2  

28. INT. PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL - 10:00

30. Peter swims laps in breast strokes and then in free style.

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32. PETER (V.O): Instead of merely hoping for good health, I actively pursue it.

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34. Floating on his back, Peter begins to swim back strokes.

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36. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Sometimes, I feel the splashes I make resonate with a sense of renewal.

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38. Pausing to look around.

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40. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): As nobody is near, I'll swim the butterfly style.

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42. Peter 's arms sweep out wide, and then crash back into the water, creating a splash that sends droplets in all directions.

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44. INT. LIVING ROOM - 13:00

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46. Peter is watching TV news about a Chinese AI company DeepSeek.

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48.  PETER (V.O.): It's shared breakthrough technology has caused US AI stock prices to plummet?

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50. Grabbing his smartphone, Peter downloads DeepSeek.

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52. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): Let me test its functionality.

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54. Peter types a prompt and reads the response.

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56. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): Not bad at all.

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58. Then, Peter asks DeepSeek to draw.

60. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Oh, it can't...but this is just the beginning of Chinese innovation.

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62. INT. RESTAURANT - 18:00

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64. Peter, his WIFE, his MUM , BROTHER#1, BROTHER#2 and FAMILY sit at a round table. Then, BROTHER#3 appears.

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66. MUM: You're Wing!

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68. Wing smiles as his WIFE appears.

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70. MUM: You're Ming!

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72.  Ming smiles as her SON appears.

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74. MUM: You're Sing!

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76. PETER (to others): Don't be upset. Let's introduce ourselves to Mum.

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78.  PETER (to Mum): I'm Ah Fai.

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80. MUM: I can't recognize you....your hair is white...

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82. PETER: Can you remember the name of your eldest son?

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84. MUM: Ah Fai is my eldest son!

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86. PETER: And you can't recognize Ah Fai?

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88. MUM: How can I?

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90. Wing takes out his smartphone and shows some faded photos depicting a beautiful woman.

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92. WING (to Mum): Do you recognize her?

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94. MUM: She's me...Incidentally, where have I put all my money?

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96. PETER: The tradition was that, Mum, you'd pay for the Chinese New Year Eve dinner.

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98. BROTHER#1: But you gave her money beforehand then.

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100. Act 3

102. INT. BEDROOM - 23:30

104. Peter inserts an AI drawing entitled: "A Splash of Tradition..." to a draft in his laptop.

106. PETER (V.O):  It takes an amount of history to make a little tradition.

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108. Peter gets a digital greeting.

110. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): At the heart of a family tradition is a meaningul experience.

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112. Peter reciprocates the greeting with his song: New Year's Comming.

114. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): I appreciate both innovative breakthroughs and traditional values.

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116. FADE OUT

118. THE END