Chapter 145

Wei Ming first chose Yunnan among several options for his little aunt, and another reason was that the place was very close to where Zhu Lin was filming.

This play took half a year to film. She couldn't return to Yanjing for half a year. As an old friend, it was appropriate to go over and see her.

Living and working with a group of strangers in a strange environment for half a year, she must be very eager to see familiar people.

The story background of the movie "The Traitor" took place near the southwest border in 1976. Originally, the crew also wanted to go to the Yunnan border to film, but now there is a war, and the conditions don't allow it.

Finally, it was still filmed in Yunnan, but the scene was changed to the outer area of the Ailao Mountain primeval forest located in Yuxi.

However, the movie had been filming for more than a month. Currently, the crew actors hadn't been to Ailao Mountain. Previously, they had basically filmed city scenes and indoor scenes, and Zhu Lin's scenes were relatively few.

Now the weather was a bit warmer, and the crew staff had run several trips to complete the location selection work, so director Zhang Qichang decided to take several actors to Ailao Mountain today.

There were mainly four actors who needed to go into the mountains to film: the male lead Ma Jingwu, the male supporting actor Li Antai, the female lead Na Renhua, and the female supporting actor Zhu Lin.

The identities of the four corresponded to the overseas Chinese biological expert, the security guard and the female lead's lover, the male lead's daughter and guide, and the male lead's assistant and student.

They had lived in Yuxi for more than a month and had long heard locals talk about the mystery and beauty of this long and narrow mountain. Zhu Lin had also been eager to try it for a long time.

It's just that this trip wouldn't be for a day or two, and the residence would also have to change. During this period, if someone wrote to her, she wouldn't be able to receive it immediately.

She had been waiting for Wei Ming's letter, but her parents' letters had come several times, and he still hadn't replied to her. Was it because she asked him about his partner that made him feel embarrassed?

Little boy is really pretentious. She was too late to be happy for him.

Before setting off, Zhu Lin packed a medicine box. Because she understood some medical principles and drug properties, Zhu Lin also served as half a crew doctor. She could basically handle simple headaches and fevers, and for more serious ones, she had to go to the hospital.

They were a small crew, with a total of more than 20 people including actors and staff. Many people had to hold several positions. Finally, everyone else left, and only two actors who didn't need to go abroad stayed at the Yuxi guesthouse to look after the items that everyone couldn't take away.

"Sister Yu Ping, remember to help me collect letters."

Before leaving, Zhu Lin entrusted the actors who stayed behind.

The other party smiled, "Don't worry, even if I miss anyone, I won't miss your partner's letter."

Zhu Lin's expression was a bit unnatural. Besides communicating with the little boy Wei Ming, her parents would send letters regularly. However, her partner had many complaints in the last letter, and there had been no correspondence recently.

Just after joining the crew, Zhu Lin stated that she had a partner. She had to say it, as the young men from the Xi'an Er Yingchang were too enthusiastic about her. They were clearly in their early twenties, but they didn't care about her age at all.

Fortunately, after she explained the situation, they didn't continue to pester her.

The small car that Zhu Lin and the others took was just getting more and more bumpy, and later they simply got out of the car and walked.

The new station was a village of the Hani people. This place was close to the Ailao Mountain scene they needed to film, but there was no guesthouse and no restaurant, so they could only pay to live in the homes of local people, and the staff and actors were scattered.

Na Renhua hurriedly grabbed Zhu Lin's arm, "Sister Zhu Lin, let's live together."

Zhu Lin patted her hand, "Okay."

However, for the sake of the girl's safety, Ma Laoshi Jingwu and another male staff member lived in the same household as them.

However, after entering, Na Renhua was so scared that she backed out.

"Snake, snake!"

The crew member next to Ma Laoshi smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's packed in a cage."

Ma Laoshi understood in seconds, "This is the snake we need to use for filming, right?"

Crew member: "That's right, Ma Laoshi. You are not afraid, are you? You will have quite a few rival scenes with them when the time comes. Oh, and Xiao Na."

Na Renhua made an "ee" sound and hid behind Zhu Lin, feeling a bit daunted.

Ma Jingwu and Na Renhua both had plots of being poisoned by snakes in the movie, but everyone had rival scenes with snakes. What Zhu Lin cared about was: "Is this snake poisonous?"

Crew member: "These few are non-poisonous. The poisonous ones live with the director. However, we will do some processing before filming. Safety must come first."

The three actors immediately gave the director a thumbs up.

When Zhu Lin and the others moved in, it was almost dark. Wei Ming, his uncle, and his cousin took the train and drove for nearly a day on the Chengdu-Kunming line, and finally stopped in Kunming.

Before the car stopped, Wei Ming put away his books. Besides reading, he had also written some articles.

It wasn't that he was pretending; there were really too many people urging for manuscripts, and he didn't have time to write novellas or short stories next, so he could only engage in some essays to deal with the errands.

Based on his experience and feelings of searching for relatives during this period, magazines were still scrambling to get them. Wei Ming couldn't compare with great essayists like Zhu Ziqing and Wang Zengqi, but after all, he had decades of writing foundation. As long as the emotions were in place and there was substance, the things he wrote wouldn't be too bad.

Uncle took Wei Ming's efforts to heart. No wonder this kid could succeed. He was really racing against time to learn and progress!

And Long Xiaoyang cared about, "Brother, how much money can you earn from what you just wrote?"

Wei Ming knocked on his head, "I didn't calculate that when I wrote it, but our accommodation fee for tonight is definitely written out."

Long Xiaoyang exclaimed "Wow."

Walking out of the train station and coming to a completely strange city, the three of them were in the dark. It was too late, and there was definitely no way to go to Yuxi today. Wei Ming took out his introduction letter, found a guesthouse near the train station to stay, and inquired about how to go to Yuxi.

Wei Ming picked a room with better conditions, at least letting everyone have a bed. He took out a handful of Yunnan food stamps from his bag. For the next two days, he would rely on them to fill his stomach.

In fact, Wei Ming also had connections in Kunming. Zhang Manling, the eldest sister of Liu Zhenyun's class, was from Kunming. However, this eldest sister didn't go home for the New Year and stayed at Peking University to tackle her novel work. It seemed that it had been favored by "Contemporary" and was later adapted into a movie called "Youth Sacrifice."

Thinking of this, Wei Ming thought of Sister Gong Xue from "The Herdsman" crew again. I wonder to what extent the movie has progressed now?

"The Herdsman" had just confirmed all the actors, and then they started polishing the script and building indoor scenes in the factory. It was estimated that filming would officially start next month.

However, Xie Jin couldn't help but call Peking University again after seeing "Spring of the Sheep-Herding Class" becoming more and more popular, asking Wei Ming not to agree to let other film studios film it yet, and to wait for him.

As a result, Wei Ming was naturally not there.

He heard from factory director Xu Sangchu that currently, the Beijing Er Yingchang and the Xi'an Er Yingchang were both very interested in "Sheep-Herding Class," especially a director named Wu Tianming from the Xi'an Er Yingchang, who had made several calls to find Wei Ming.

Wu Dao used to be the assistant to director Teng Wenji and had just independently completed a movie "Rhythm of Life," which was quite well-received in the industry. He was now a rising director who was quite noteworthy.

How could director Xie Jin not be in a hurry!

The next piece of news pushed the popularity of "Spring of the Sheep-Herding Class" to a new peak.

!

Gong Xue saw in the newspaper that the Guangzhou Pacific Audio & Video Company was going to launch a stereo cassette of "Spring of the Sheep-Herding Class" with the same name, which not only had five original songs by Wei Ming but also five classic old songs that appeared in the novel.

After hearing this news, the literary youth "howled" and killed their way to the local audio and video product stores. This kind of linkage between text and music was the first time they had seen it!

Some people didn't even have a recorder at home, but it didn't matter. They couldn't afford a recorder, so they bought the tape first. As a result, the shopkeeper told them the goods hadn't arrived yet.

The audio store manager couldn't laugh or cry, "Wait a few more days. There will be a big announcement posted outside by then."

Hearing the manager say this, Gong Xue, who still wanted to squeeze in from the outside, hurriedly slipped away, and then she entered the department store with a ticket, preparing to buy a recorder with her savings.

After spending a night in Kunming, early the next morning, the three of Wei Ming came to Kunming North Station, bought tickets, and took the train to Yuxi.

Unexpectedly, they also met a group of soldiers of our army heading to the front line against Vietnam. The ordinary passengers in the carriage all paid tribute to them when they saw them lined up.

The railway this train traveled on had a history of more than 70 years and was built and put into use in the Qing Dynasty—the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. Originally, it could go directly to Vietnam. Of course, now it could only open to the frontier.

After getting off at Yuxi, they had to go to a town below to find someone.

"Uncle, Xiaoyang, I have a friend in Yuxi. I'll go see her first. Maybe she can help."

As a result, let alone helping, they didn't even see anyone.

The female actor who stayed behind asked, "You are looking for Xiao Zhu? May I ask how to address you?"

"Oh, my name is Wei Ming, a friend of Sister Zhu Lin in Yanjing. This time I have some family affairs to deal with in Yuxi. I didn't expect her to just leave. Then may I ask where they are filming now?" Wei Ming asked again, unwilling to give up.

After they left, the female actor reacted. Recently, a very popular writer seemed to be called Wei Ming, right? Is it the same name?

Xi'an.

Wu Dao Tianming had just put down the phone. He first found Wei Ming by calling Peking University, and then learned that Wei Ming went to Sichuan and Chongqing to find relatives.

Then he called the Sichuan-Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles again, and actually got news of Wei Ming!

Wei Ming found relatives for his mother in Sichuan and Chongqing, but didn't find them all, and now he ran to Yuxi to find someone.

What a coincidence, the Xi'an Er Yingchang's "The Traitor" was filming in Yuxi!

He hurriedly called the guesthouse where the crew was staying in Yuxi again. It was the female actor who stayed behind just now who answered.

However, after the call was connected, Wu Tianming suddenly felt discouraged. What is the point of me making this call? Can I still expect them to help me find Writer Wei?

"Wu Dao, is there anything?" Yu Ping asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just asking how your filming progress is now." Wu Tianming asked.

Last year's "Rhythm of Life" had increased Wu Tianming's prestige quite a bit. I heard he was going to be promoted to deputy factory director.

Yu Ping replied, "Now the main force has gone to Ailao Mountain to film. They left yesterday, and Xiao Shen and I are staying at the guesthouse."

"Oh, is there anything else?"

Yu Ping felt inexplicable. You were the one who called, and you still ask me if there is anything else?

She searched her brains and thought, "Oh, right, just now someone came to the crew to find someone. He said his name was Wei Ming, and he had the same name as a very famous writer recently."

Wu Tianming: "What!"

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(End of chapter)