After leaving Faina's home town, the couple traveled for two weeks from Moscow to Shanghai, the commercial center of China, with its thriving night life and foreign influences.
揮別家鄉故交，芬娜母子跟著尼古拉，經過半個月的旅程，從莫斯科經海參威抵達上海﹘﹘三○年代的中國第一大商埠，周璇的鶯聲燕語、和平飯店的爵士樂團，十里洋場的上海。