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Shanghai Hongqiao Station: PCR Mazes, Commercial Glare & A Sci-Fi Déjà Vu | 18 Nov 2022

18 November 2022. Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station.I am the filmmaker behind Masters in the Forbidden City and Every Treasure Tells a Story. But on this day, I am simply a humble child with a suitcase, winding through paperclip-shaped barriers. ——— First, the sound. The station‘s announcements are in surround sound——“Please present your negative nucleic acid test result within 48 hours”“Please maintain social distance”“Please scan the venue QR code.” These sentences are pre-recorded, looped endlessly, mind-refreshingly monotonous. They pour simultaneously from ceiling speakers, police booth desktops, and officers’ megaphones, layering wave upon wave of decibels. I heard every word clearly. But I could no longer recognize the original tone of the word “departure.” ——— Then, the barriers. Stainless steel. Gleaming. They clip the crowd into winding single-file lines like paperclips. You follow the heels of the person in front: turn left, turn right, turn left again. No end in sight. No need to see the end—the line itself is the destination. Some squat on the floor, refreshing their nucleic acid report pages every 60 seconds. Some lift their suitcases at the barriers’ corners to prevent wheels from catching in the gaps. No one complains. We are all learning a new grammar of queuing. ——— Then, the light. The advertising screens in the waiting hall never pause. Luxury goods, e-commerce platforms, new energy vehicles—Shanghai’s standard urban interface as China’s most prosperous metropolis, flickering at 24 frames per second. Models‘ gazes, products’ sheen, slogan typography—all competing for your attention. The cold white fluorescence of the PCR channel. The neon of the advertising screens. The eerie blue of phone displays. Three light sources, unrelated, yet tangled together in this moment. I stood there and suddenly thought: this is science fiction. Not the wet, dystopian sci-fi of Blade Runner. A cleaner, more orderly, quieter kind—people queuing, machines announcing, screens flickering. No one running. No one screaming. Everything is perfectly normal. Just normal in a way that feels unfamiliar. ——— 【Context】 Hongqiao Station is one of Asia’s largest integrated transportation hubs. In 2022, it was also a frontline outpost of Shanghai’s digital epidemic defense barrier. Passengers were required to present a negative nucleic acid test taken within 48 hours, a green health code, and a valid same-day ticket to enter. Dual inspection points were set at exits and subway entrances; nucleic acid sampling results were recorded within half an hour, granting access to the metro system. I filmed this on 18 November 2022. Sixteen days later—4 December—Shanghai announced that negative nucleic acid test results would no longer be required for public transportation. These paperclip barriers. This surround-sound announcement loop. This haze of cold fluorescence and neon advertising. What I inadvertently recorded was an era in its final act. ——— Where do we begin to understand a city? We begin with its most composed moments—the Bund at dusk, the cafés in the former French Concession, the fashionable crowds in Xintiandi. And we begin with its least composed moments—the long queues within paperclip barriers, the looped announcements in surround sound, the silhouettes crouched on floors refreshing PCR reports. This city has witnessed too much. Pidgin English. The Solitary Island period. Pudong’s development. World Expo. CIIE. Hongqiao Station in 2022 is merely a footnote in its long curriculum vitae. But footnotes are also history. #换个角度看世界#我在故宫修文物#如果国宝会说话#应该从哪里开始了解一个城市#上海#听一个城市的声音#把生活拍出电影感#氛围感#科幻#城市速写#出发吧轻徒步#虹桥火车站 #ViewTheWorldDifferently #MastersInTheForbiddenCity #EveryTreasureTellsAStory #WhereToBeginUnderstandingACity #Shanghai #ListenToTheCity #LifeAsCinema #Ambience #SciFi #Memory #UrbanSketching #LightWalking #HongqiaoStation #WanderingWithYeJun #YeJunsWorld #NotesOfAWanderer #WhereToBegin #the pandemic #COVID-19 2022年11月18日，上海虹桥火车站。这一天，我只是一个拖着行李箱、在回形针护栏里绕来绕去的笨小孩。 先听到声音。车站的提示音是环绕立体声的——“请出示48小时内核酸检测阴性证明”“请保持安全距离”“请扫描场所码”。这些句子被录成录音，循环播放，像复读机一样提神醒脑。它们从天花板的扬声器、警务站的桌面喇叭、民警手持的扩音器里同时涌出，叠成一层又一层声波。 ——— 然后是护栏。 不锈钢的，亮晶晶的，像回形针一样把人群别成蜿蜒的单行线。你跟着前面的人的脚后跟，左转，右转，再左转。看不见尽头，也不需要看见尽头——队伍本身就是尽头。 有人蹲在地上刷手机，等核酸报告的那60秒刷新周期。有人在护栏拐角处把行李箱拎起来，避免轮子卡进缝隙。没有人抱怨。我们都在学习一种新的排队语法。 接着是光。 候车大厅四周的广告屏没有停过。奢侈品、电商平台、新能源汽车——上海作为中国最富庶都市的标准城市界面，正在以每秒24帧的速度闪烁。模特的眼神，产品的光泽，Slogan的字体，都在抢你的注意力。核酸通道的冷白荧光，广告屏的霓虹，手机屏幕的幽蓝。三种光源互不隶属，却在这一刻搅和在一起。 我站在那儿，突然觉得像科幻片。不是《银翼杀手》那种湿漉漉的、颓废的科幻。是更干净、更秩序、更安静的科幻——人们排队，机器播报，屏幕闪烁，没有人奔跑，没有人尖叫。一切都很正常，只是正常得有点陌生。 ——— 【背景】 虹桥站是亚洲最大的综合交通枢纽之一。2022年，它同时也是上海防疫“数字屏障”的前沿阵地。旅客需持48小时核酸阴性证明、健康码绿码及当日有效车票方可进站。出站口及地铁入口设有双重查验岗，完成核酸采样后约半小时即可获得采样时间记录，凭此进入地铁系统。我拍摄的这一天是2022年11月18日。十六天后，12月4日，上海宣布乘坐公共交通不再查验核酸检测阴性证明。这套回形针、这段环绕立体声、这片冷白荧光与霓虹广告交织的光晕——我无意中记录的，是一个正在退场的时代。