Many years ago, Africa, the vast East African plateau.

When it comes to Africa, many people may have the impression of deserts, but in reality this is not always the case. The north-eastern part of Uganda, although somewhat desolate, is also rich in trees. At the same time, a lot of animals live here.

This is the hottest time of the day. A jeep sped through a desolate area of northwestern Uganda.

Albert, the documentary videographer at the time, was dozing off in the passenger seat. The hot environment always makes people drowsy.

While driving the car, Ah Worm complained: "Really, isn't it very comfortable to soak in the hot springs in Yuben?

"Aren't all soldiers iron-willed?Why do you talk so much nonsense?" Albert opened his eyes slightly, his tone was also cold, there was not the slightest smile on his face, and he looked a little gloomy.

Albert, who is far away from the city and suffers from bipolar disorder, has become a madman little by little. In addition to non-stop shooting, there is no new goal in life.

"But it's different, a soldier has a soldier's mission, that's a sense of honor. And you, I think you just want to go crazy, but I'm afraid that no one will help you collect the body, so you pull me. "The last time you photographed penguins in Antarctica, what did you say? Didn't you mean rest? A three-day vacation is also called rest? I almost froze to death when I fell into the sea. ”

"So come to Africa, warm and warm. Albert joked, but without the slightest smile, took out the compass and looked at it, then looked at the map, and said, "Here, you drive steadily, I'm going to start shooting." ”

Although Ah Worm usually complains, he is still very reliable at critical moments. Honestly drove without talking.

Albert pulls out a DSLR camera, and the front end is an exaggerated extra-long lens.

This lens model is: EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM. In the industry, there is a more cute name, called Xiaobai lens.

Xiaobai is a telephoto zoom lens commonly used by professional photographers and photography enthusiasts, and it is a large-aperture telephoto zoom lens with a bright maximum aperture as a major attraction. It is very suitable for shooting in this environment.

This time, the documentary is not in the aesthetic style, but in an exploratory style. The goal is simple, to try to find an animal in Africa, the white rhinoceros.

The rhinoceros was once widely distributed in northwestern Uganda, southern Chad, southwestern Sudan, eastern Central African Republic, and northeastern Congo.

However, in the seventies and eighties of the last century, the number of rhinos in the north was reduced from 500 to 15 due to illegal hunting.

At the beginning of this century, the number of rhinoceros in the north recovered to 30. However, after mid-2003, illegal hunting became rampant again, and their numbers in the wild plummeted to 5-10 individuals.

In the Garamba National Park in the Congo, the number of rhinoceros alba reached 35 in the late eighties and 30 in April 2003, after which six were killed, four were newly born, and two more were hunted.

The remaining white rhinos were sent to Kenya by Congo to live in the Opeiata Nature Reserve in Kenya. But the reproduction failed, and not long ago, they all died.

Anyway, by the time Albert filmed the documentary, the animal had already been declared extinct in the academic sense.

However, according to the recent satellite remote sensing map, it was found that in the northwest of Uganda, there seems to be traces of a white northern rhinoceros, which is likely to be the last white northern rhinoceros in the world!

So, Albert took the worm and began a journey to find the white northern rhinoceros. Of course, there are a lot of poachers coming at the same time.

The horn of the last white northern rhinoceros, this is really a good gimmick to make money!

At this time, Albert and Worm went to the place where the white rhinoceros was last found, but the disturbing thing is that there are many ruts in the place, there are still traces of human life, and the garbage on the ground has not been taken away.

"It's late, the poachers have arrived. "Ah Worm is a little worried, after all, if you are a professional photographer and a reliable person, you will not leave garbage anywhere.

"Follow the ruts!Hopefully we'll be able to catch up!" Albert got into the car, hesitated with the camera, and pulled out two more rifles from behind.

Owning two guns in Africa, Albert is legal. After all, filming a documentary in the wilderness, it is inevitable to encounter some beasts and the like, which is a necessary life-saving measure. And now, they're facing a horde of vicious poachers.

The jeep kicked up a cloud of smoke and dust, and Albert and Worm followed the rut until they finally found a small bush. And in the middle of the bushes, a huge white rhinoceros can lie on the ground, letting out a faint wail.

Ah Worm stopped and hurriedly walked over to take a look, showing a surprised expression.

Albert followed, only to see that the bush had been stained blood-red, and in the middle of the bright red, the white rhinoceros was lying on the ground, with many scars on its body, but the most deadly was the horn on its head.

At this point, there were no horns on its head, and only an empty bloody hole remained!

Its horn was plucked alive! Because only in this way can the integrity of the rhinoceros horn be guaranteed!

"It's cruel. "Ah Worm can't bear to look at it.

Albert slowly walked up to the white rhinoceros, squatted down and touched the white rhinoceros. The white rhinoceros seemed to have a spirit, but it just screamed "woo" and then died.

On March 19, the world's last white northern rhinoceros died in Africa, in front of Albert.

Albert stood up and took a picture of the corpse of the white rhinoceros with a DSLR.

At this time, Ah Worm couldn't stand it anymore: "You are too cold-blooded, it's like this, and you still think about your shooting!"

"Click!"

Albert was expressionless, and he didn't know whether he was used to it or numb, but he said coldly while patting: "Do you know why I chose to be a person holding a DSLR?"

Ah Worm was puzzled.

"The white rhinoceros has ended its 50 million years of history without having had time to look at it," Albert said. There are some things that if I don't photograph them, no one will ever see them. ”

"It's a little cruel...... "Ah Worm was a little helpless.

Albert smiled a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "I'm sorry, the documentary is original sin, because it's against human nature. To live is to choose to forget, to forget what should not be remembered, and only in forgetting will you have the courage to live. Documentaries, on the other hand, always reveal what has been forgotten or tried to cover up. Persistently treat reality with a 100% attitude, rather than creating a dream in the cinema. Therefore, making a documentary requires a very strong heart, because the reality is really unbearable. Sincerity is more important than truth!"

"China, too, should become a documentary power, because there are so many things that need to be recorded. And this is the value of documentary filmmakers, they are the conscience of a country. Albert finished taking the picture and turned to leave.

Ah Worm asked, "What about this corpse?"

Albert waved his hand and said, "Get in the car, it belongs to nature, so the corpse is left here to rot, this is the best place to go." Otherwise, it will become a specimen in a museum. Hehe......"

Ah Worm was stunned, looked at the blood-red cruel scene in front of him, and thought of Albert's words just now, and seemed to understand a lot for a moment, but it seemed that he didn't understand anything.

Yes, documentaries are really against human nature. After all, in a world where everyone likes to forget, it takes more than courage to bring up the things that should not be remembered, and to reveal the things that have been forgotten or tried to cover up?

The reality is really unbearable. Unfortunately, many people will only have the courage to live in oblivion.

Worm suddenly felt that Albert was a philosopher. Even looking at the back of him walking back into the car, he inexplicably felt a lot taller.

Albert got into the car and said, "It's really time for a holiday, listen to you, let's go to the book!"

It's a thing that cuts off people walking on the road.

His name is Wang Taika, he makes documentaries, and he has bipolar disorder.

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The last paragraph is an adaptation of real things. On March 19, 2018, the world's last male northern white rhino "Sultan" died in Kenya at the age of 45.

If there is a next book, I would like to write about the experience of Wang Taika making a documentary, I believe it will be very interesting.

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