Chapter 449

With the way Ye Weijie was guarding the ponds, if something happened to the ponds and he saw Qi family members appearing in the surveillance, there's no telling how he would splash dirty water on them.

What's more hateful is that if Ye Weijie really said those things were done by the Qi family, they really couldn't deny it with a clear conscience.

So the best way to distance themselves is not to go near the ponds, even if something happens, don't go over.

Qi Tu nodded and said: "Dad, don't worry, I know the limits."

The eldest son Qi Zhan and the second son Qi Hong looked at each other, both seeing a trace of gravity in each other's eyes.

Dad is really too focused on the third brother.

Could it be that Dad wants to hand over the family property to the third brother to inherit?

A rumor suddenly spread in Pond Village recently.

"The water in our nine ponds is all mountain spring water drawn from the mountains, clear and sweet, and people can drink it!"

"The water in the ponds is not simple, rich in minerals and excellent in quality; using it to irrigate crops can make them grow better!"

"Swimming in the ponds, you don't have to worry about the water being dirty at all; it's cleaner than the tap water at home. I heard that many long-lived elderly people in the village drink the water from the ponds and are free from illness and disaster."

Without Ye Weijie and the others noticing, this rumor, after spreading for an afternoon, was known to most of the villagers in Pond Village.

The water in the ponds in Pond Village is very little, very good!

It can be used for drinking and swimming, cleaner than tap water!

In the evening, after dinner, Ye Weijie went for a stroll, preparing to look at every pond; this had become his habit after dinner these past few days.

As a result, when he arrived at the fifth pond, his excellent eyesight made Ye Weijie feel something was wrong.

Why is there a person's head in the middle of the pond?!

After watching for a few seconds, Ye Weijie understood; someone was swimming in the pond!

Ye Weijie:...

He didn't know if the ponds had been used as swimming pools before, but since the crew had already moved into Pond Village to prepare, just in case, no one could touch these nine ponds.

Ye Weijie took the megaphone and shouted: "No swimming, come up quickly, no swimming..."

After shouting for a while, the swimming villager swam toward the shore.

After the villager got ashore, he frowned and said: "Director, your crew came to film, do you also manage whether the ponds are allowed for swimming? The ponds in the village weren't contracted by your crew."

Ye Weijie indeed didn't contract the ponds, but he said: "The nine ponds exist as important props in the crew, and we must ensure the safety of the ponds.

To put it bluntly, if you have an accident while swimming in the pond, can our crew still film the ponds?"

The villager didn't care, "The pond is very shallow, less than two meters, how could an accident happen? And our villagers have good swimming skills; when I was a child, I often jumped into the pond to swim!"

Ye Weijie refused to leave, staring at the villager. The villager didn't want to have a dispute with him, so he hesitated for a while and left.

At this time, Jin Li and the others also heard the movement and came over, asking Ye Weijie what happened.

Ye Weijie voiced his worries, "If the villagers all come to swim, will there be accidents in the ponds?"

Jin Li said: "Ye Dao, you should talk to the village chief; this matter depends on the villagers' self-discipline."

These days, secret swimming is repeatedly banned; even if you install insulating wire on the side, many people will secretly cut a hole to swim.

At this time, Jin Li also roughly knew the Qi family's methods.

She turned to look at the pond; in her eyes, this pond was still filled with baleful energy, and the crisis had not been lifted.

Jin Li thought for a moment and said: "Ye Dao, you have to guard the ponds well these few days. If it really doesn't work, we don't have to film here."

When she saw the photos, she only said that the ponds in Pond Village were very special and were a Feng Shui formation, not meaning for Ye Weijie to choose this place as a filming location.

It was Ye Weijie himself who wanted to film here, perhaps also with a sense of justice at work in his heart.

Since he encountered such a thing, he wanted to help Pond Village dig out the tumor.

But after really arriving at Pond Village, everything was full of difficulties.

Ye Weijie actually considered whether to move to another place to film on the first day he came to Pond Village when he gave a speech to the villagers.

After all, they only signed a preliminary cooperation intention, and the crew moved into Pond Village without formally signing a filming contract with Pond Village.

Although they greeted the Provincial Tourism Department, if they really wanted to go back on their word, it wasn't impossible.

But he thought again, Pond Village is not progressing smoothly, so would other villages progress smoothly?

When the crew moves in to start filming, they will change the local environment, encounter profit-seeking villagers, and encounter all kinds of troubles wanting to take advantage.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Weijie felt that the troubles in Pond Village were small troubles.

Going to other villages, you still have to upgrade the internet and install surveillance, still have to popularize the development of tourism to the villagers over and over again, and still have to guard against villains who destroy crew facilities and intentionally destroy public construction in the village!

As long as there is profit to be made, these methods are hard to guard against.

So Ye Weijie strengthened his belief in filming in Pond Village; at least by filming here, he can help Pond Village alleviate poverty and punish the evil!

Ye Weijie said with a firm expression: "Jin Li, I have thought about whether to film in Pond Village, but after coming to Pond Village, I found that all the problems I encountered would also be encountered in other villages.

There is no perfect village in the world; villages that have already become prosperous and developed don't need the crew's support, and those that need the crew's support for transformation have more or less problems."

He paused, "So no matter where I go, my situation hasn't changed.

If I retreat because the work in Pond Village is not going smoothly, then if I change to another village as a filming location, will these problems cease to exist?"

Jin Li looked at Ye Weijie a few times and smiled with her eyebrows relaxed.

"Ye Dao, you have grown."

Ye Weijie was suddenly praised and looked away a bit embarrassedly, "Not at all, I just feel that these problems are not as serious as imagined, don't overthink the worst ending."

Jin Li said affirmatively: "The environment of Pond Village is a bit special, but if you change to another filming location, you will also encounter various problems.

As long as there is profit to be made, the Qi family in Pond Village can also be the Wang family, Li family, or Zhao family in other villages...

I am very happy that you didn't retreat when encountering difficulties. Just go ahead and do it boldly according to your ideas; I support every decision you make."

Jin Li felt that Ye Weijie's wind, sun, and rain over the past few months, as well as dealing with various departments and all kinds of people, had really made him grow.

Is a director successful just by filming good works?

Jin Li has been in contact with several great directors in the industry and found that besides being serious and striving for perfection in the filming process, they are also well aware of the crew's overall operation and the marketing planning of the drama outside of filming.

Different from what everyone thinks, that the director only needs to be responsible for filming, the director also needs leadership.

When the actors are not firm, the director needs to firmly guide the actors to believe in themselves and believe that this drama will definitely succeed.

Ye Weijie undoubtedly already possesses leadership, will stand from another larger perspective to look at the predicament he faces, and then try hard to find ways to solve it.

However...

Although Jin Li recognized his ideas, she still said: "Some things are not something we humans can interfere with.

If, I mean if, something uncontrollable really happens in Pond Village, Ye Dao, withdraw as soon as you can while you still can; there's no need to be stubborn."

Ye Weijie asked keenly: "Jin Li, do you know something?"

Jin Li shook her head, blinking her eyes with a simple and innocent look, "No, I just feel that things are not that simple to solve."

Ye Weijie believed that this was Jin Li's reminder.

So he immediately ran to find the village chief.

It was already past seven in the evening, which is rest time in the village, and by eight or nine o'clock, most people would be resting.

Ye Weijie found the village chief, and the village chief's eyelids jumped, feeling it wasn't a good thing.

Thinking carefully, every time this young man looks for him, Pond Village will set off a turmoil.

The village chief opened the door to let him in and spoke first: "Ye Dao, what's the matter coming to find me so late?"

Ye Weijie said with a serious expression: "I was walking in the village in the evening and found villagers jumping into the pond to swim. I am worried that they will have an accident."

The village chief relaxed and said dismissively: "Accident? That definitely won't happen, right? We have nine ponds in the village, and the villagers have played in them since they were young and all know how to swim. And the pond is less than two meters deep, it can't drown anyone."

Ye Weijie said loudly: "How can it not drown anyone if it's less than two meters? You don't know, many drowning accidents happen in ponds less than two meters! What if you get a leg cramp halfway through swimming, can't use your strength, and can't even stand, then wouldn't you be drowned?"

The village chief was stunned, "This..."

What Ye Dao said is also a fact, but the village chief didn't think the villagers would encounter such a misfortune.

"Pah pah pah, Ye Dao, this kind of thing won't happen, don't worry, it definitely won't."

Ye Weijie waved his hand and shook his head: "Your verbal promise is useless to me. You are not a villager, you don't go swimming, but other people will go swimming. If someone really has an accident while swimming, will you take responsibility?"

The village chief didn't speak now.

Ye Weijie took the opportunity to say: "Village chief, since you don't want to take responsibility either, why not hold a meeting tomorrow to tell the villagers not to go to the pond to swim, but to go to a regular swimming pool to swim? There are safety officers watching there, and everyone will swim more at ease."

The village chief had a headache, feeling it was difficult to persuade the villagers.

He also heard the rumors in the afternoon. The water quality of those ponds is good, drinking it makes you live longer, and swimming in it makes you free from illness. Who wouldn't be tempted?

If it weren't for his old arms and legs, he would have wanted to go in for a swim himself.

Ye Weijie saw the village chief's embarrassed look and immediately said: "Like this, I won't stop you from swimming. After the crew finishes filming, you can do whatever you want.

But while the crew is still here, let the villagers temporarily stay away from the ponds. These nine ponds are very important scenery in the crew, and I am also afraid of something going wrong, so I specifically came to tell you."

The village chief agreed immediately: "Okay, I will help you talk about it."

He added in his heart: But I don't know what the effect will be.

Even the village chief didn't expect Ye Weijie's execution to be so efficient. It was only last night that he mentioned to him that villagers should not swim in the ponds, and this morning he saw several tractors driving in, measuring and drawing against the ponds.

When the villagers asked what was going on, the workers said: "We are going to install fences for the ponds to prevent people from falling in."

The village chief bit the bullet and held a meeting for the villagers, telling them not to go to the pond to swim recently.

The villagers immediately reacted that this was Ye Weijie not letting the villagers go swimming, so he installed fences around the ponds.

The fence doesn't prevent slipping, it prevents swimming!

"Ye Dao is too stingy, right? We go to the pond to swim and don't want to destroy the pond, why won't he let us swim?"

"That is, we must resist, we must protest, we must unite!"

There are a few people in Pond Village who don't know how to swim, and they are jealous of those who do, unable to get any benefits, so they are making sarcastic remarks there.

"Then you can just swim. When you piss off the director and he doesn't build Pond Village, see if you can still swim. You'd better swim every day, even if you are so poor you have no food to eat."

"Sigh, how do you talk!"

"I talk with my mouth!"

After Jin Li reminded Ye Weijie, she devoted herself to learning again.

During this period, she communicated with Sister Fang about work. Sui Lingfang had already sent Jin Li's opinions to the four brands, and Lingyu and Lanxi both said they would submit quotes as soon as possible.

As for the two brands Black Bear and Fanghua, they both indicated that they would not delay and would finalize the design drafts as soon as possible to let Jin Li see the real objects.

As for waiting to see the effect after Lingyu and Lanxi launch the joint products?

Black Bear and Fanghua both indicated that it was not necessary; they trusted Jin Li very much and would definitely keep up with the progress as soon as possible.

Jin Li put down miscellaneous matters and studied wholeheartedly, starting a live broadcast every morning, resting for an hour and a half at noon, and continuing the live broadcast in the afternoon.

In the evening, she also rested for an hour and a half, then she started the live broadcast again, studying until ten o'clock in the evening before sleeping.

Pond Village turns off the lights early, and every time Jin Li finishes studying and looks at the scenery outside, she feels it's already one or two in the morning.

And during one live broadcast, she flipped through a biological mind map posted by a netizen in the comment section and was amazed.

"Which deity drew this biological mind map? The knowledge points covered are too comprehensive, thorough, and profound!"

Jin Li only looked at the content of the first half and felt that this was not something an ordinary person could summarize.

After reading the comment section of this mind map, she was even more certain of her thoughts.

【666, many of the knowledge points written are already beyond the syllabus, you have to be in university to learn them】

【I was just saying how I recognize the words when taken apart, but I can't understand them when combined. I don't remember learning these in high school biology!】

【There are many biological technical terms in it, and it's normal that there is no detailed explanation in this mind map. Once explained, there won't be enough space】

【And this handwriting, it's really beautiful. Seeing the handwriting is like seeing the person, it's really good!】

【Is this something I can say? Some knowledge points are even learned by graduate students (whispering)】

【So does anyone know who this user named "Happy Every Day" is?】

【I don't know who it is, but it's definitely a big shot!】

Jin Li also thought it was a big shot, so in the mind map lottery that night, she rated this mind map as the "Best of the Day Award," and privately asked the big shot to send the address; she wanted to send him 100 scratch-offs!