Chapter 496: Movie Dream
The German pastor in Cage 9 is named Beibei, and he is also a police dog.
Fu Tao rubbed Beibei's neck, and said proudly to Zhang Zi'an and Lao Yang: "Don't think that only your dog has made a movie, I'm not rare!
Zhang Zi'an doesn't believe it, how could a dog who has made a movie end up here?
"Really?" he thought Fu Tao was joking, "which movie is it filming?"
"Of course it's true! I can't lie to you at my age? The name of the movie is ...... The name is ......"
Fu Tao looked embarrassed, patted his head and thought for a long time, and said, "Oh, looking at my memory, I really can't remember it...... Anyway, it did, I don't lie to you!"
Feimas saw Beibei's memories and knew that Fu Tao's threats were true, and Beibei had really made a movie.
Bei Bei is very ordinary in terms of training, after becoming a police dog, his performance is mediocre, and he is a very ordinary police dog like Luoluo, he has not received awards for meritorious service, and he has no special experience in his police dog career except for helping his owner maintain law and order and arresting thieves.
It was supposed to spend its life so uneventfully and then leave the army unscathed.
However, one day, Beibei's police team received a notice from their superiors that they should take the police dogs in the police force to audition and assist a certain crew in making a movie.
is different from the crew of "War Dogs", this crew has selected the dogs to play the protagonist in advance, and these police dogs who came to audition are all used as supporting roles.
Beibei's overall quality is not outstanding, and its owner doesn't think it will be chosen, but surprisingly, Beibei was actually chosen, but not as a supporting role, but because its appearance is very similar to the protagonist, and was selected as the protagonist's stand-in, and appeared in place of the protagonist in some dangerous scenes.
Feimas didn't know why Beibei's owner agreed, because of pressure from his superiors or something, anyway, he agreed and took Beibei into the crew.
The attitude of the crew and director of this crew towards police dogs is far worse than that of the crew of "War Dogs", they were filming in the summer, and sometimes they encountered sudden rainstorms, and when it rained, people went to hide from the rain, and no one paid attention to them, these police dogs, they were locked in cages and drenched in the rain.
The German Mu who plays the protagonist is not a police dog, it is said that he was selected from the people, but there are rumors in the crew that the protagonist Demu is raised by the producer's relatives, and he paid for this movie to make it popular. Therefore, the status of the protagonist Demu in the crew is like that of the emperor, he eats beef at every meal, while the police dogs eat ordinary box lunches or commercial dog food.
Beibei's owner may not want to continue to earn that dead salary in the police force, but yearns for the entertainment industry where money is spent. Taking advantage of this God-given opportunity, after he joined the crew, he circled around those star actors all day long, obeying the director's requirements and never questioning them. In order to please the producer, he often belittled Bei Bei in person, and praised the protagonist De Mu to the sky, and even took the initiative to ask Bei Bei to appear in some dangerous scenes.
Bebe knew nothing about this, and it faithfully carried out its master's orders, whether it was to let it go up the mountain or down to the sea, whether it was to burrow into the grass full of thorns and insects and ants or to escape from a burning room, it did it without discount, just waiting for the master's compliment.
One day, the crew is going to shoot a dangerous shot, and in order to show the bravery and vigor of the protagonist, it has to jump over the cliff. Of course, the protagonist Demu, who has an extraordinary identity, can't risk his life, and the heavy responsibility is handed over to Beibei, who acts as a stand-in.
In order to be as realistic as possible, this scene was shot in real time, and the crew really found a cliff, with a distance of more than four meters between the mountains on both sides, and an abyss below.
Of course, the most basic precautions are still available.
A protective net was pulled up under the cliff, but in order to prevent the camera from shooting the protective net, the protective net was about five meters away from the cliff.
When filming this shot, Babe cringed for the first time.
When it was led to the edge of the cliff by its owner, it looked at the abyss below and retreated in fright. It looked up at its master pleadingly, whimpering lowly, not wanting to jump over.
It was a sunny day, the scorching sun of midsummer, everyone was enduring the sun's exposure, and the director was wearing a straw hat and sitting under a parasol, urging impatiently. Someone next to him was fanning him.
Demu, who played the main character, lay in the shade next to the director, sticking out his tongue in order to dissipate the heat in his body, watching all this indifferently.
The whole crew was waiting, Beibei's owner was not as cheeky as Zhang Zi'an, he tightened his face, his police uniform was soaked with sweat, and scolded Beibei with a loud voice, forcing it to jump over.
Beibei's body temperature was also sharply raised by the sun, but there was no umbrella or fan to cool it. Its memory was vague, and the only thing in its ears was the scolding of its master.
It probably knew that this cliff had to be jumped over, otherwise the owner would be angry, very angry, and obediently stopped trying to escape.
With the director's order, the camera started.
However, after several shots, Bei Bei stopped to look at his master every time he ran to the cliff, as if he was expecting and begging the master to change his mind, and the instinct to survive made it fearful.
"Is you okay with this dog? If you can't, hurry up and change it, don't delay everyone's time here!" the director asked sharply as he slammed the script to the ground.
Embarrassed and annoyed, Bebe's owner was furious, strode up to Bebe, and kicked it hard.
Poor Beibei was kicked and rolled on the ground several times, its body was in pain, but it did not dare to resist its master.
"One last time, if you don't jump this time, don't follow me in the future. Its owner said coldly.
Bei Bei couldn't understand his words, but knew from the face of his master that something big was not good. It was the first time it had seen its owner lose such a temper, and coupled with the heat, its brain was already clouded.
In this way, Bei Bei gave in and accepted her fate, and her obedience to her master overrode her survival instinct.
Again, the camera is on.
This time Bei Bei did not stop in front of the cliff, its eyes were only the owner standing on the other side of the cliff, he opened his arms to it, as long as he jumped over and threw himself into his arms, he would definitely get the master's forgiveness.
Bei Bei jumped on the edge of the cliff, like a cloud, and her body drew a graceful parabola in the air, falling to the other side of the cliff.
The distance of four meters can be jumped in normal training, but Bei Bei can't jump right on the edge of the cliff, and always has to take a step or two early. Probably due to the scorching heat, Bei Bei jumped closer than usual, but barely landed on the other side of the cliff.
Seeing that it was done, the crew breathed a sigh of relief.
However, what no one expected was that it was probably caused by the wind and sun of adulthood, and the stone on the other side of the cliff looked very solid, but in fact, the interior had already produced hidden cracks due to the temperature difference between day and night.
Several rocks tumbled and fell off the cliff face.
Beibei's foothold was not stable, and he suddenly stumbled, and his hind legs were suspended in the air and he couldn't kick his strength. Its two front legs gripped at the cracks in the stone like a life-saving straw, and its hind legs scraped and kicked on the cliff face, struggling desperately to survive.
In order to avoid affecting the camera shooting, its owner stood about five meters in front of the cliff, and hurriedly wanted to step forward and hold it.
"Don't move!"
The director bounced up from the chair and stopped him excitedly, "Who let you go, did I shout cut?"
Beibei's owner was stunned, and his obedience to the director made him not rescue Beibei in the first place.
The director excitedly picked up the walkie-talkie and asked the photographer, "Did you get this shot? What a thrilling shot, it's really an unexpected joy, you must shoot it in its entirety!"
The cameraman made an OK gesture from a distance, and the director sat back in his chair and shouted, "Cut!"
Bebe's owner took three steps and made two steps, rushed to the edge of the cliff to try to hold it, but it was one step too late, and Bebe had already exhausted all her strength in the struggle.
Just a little, just a little bit close to him being able to hold it.
Fall.
In Beibei's memory, its vision switches to an endless blue sky, as if swimming in the air. The owner's outstretched hand is getting farther and farther away from it, and the process of falling is as beautiful as slow motion.
Instead of being afraid, it was happy because it saw concern for itself in the eyes of its owner.
The master finally forgave me, it thought.
The fall was short and long.
Then, it slammed into the net, its front leg slammed into a rock that had fallen off the cliff face but was stopped by the net, and it snapped and broke with a clatter, and the broken bones pierced the skin, leaving it bloody and exposed.
Bebe's wails echoed through the cliffs.
The most ironic thing is that there is no one winner in this movie.
There was not only Bei Bei who was the police dog present, but there was also more than one police officer with a dog at the scene, and someone reported its owner to the police superior. The evidence is overwhelming that its owner was dismissed from the police force for dereliction of duty.
Every year, 90% of the films shot in China are rotten in warehouses and do not make it to theaters, and this shoddy film has become one of them.
The producer's investment and the ambition of the popular protagonist Demu have been in vain.
After Beibei's injuries were recovered, he was left with a permanent disability in his leg, but he remained in the police force with a new owner, and from then on only carried out simple patrol duties until he retired and was sent to a police dog nursing home.
However, Bei Bei still misses its former owner, forgetting the kick he kicked him, and only remembers the sincere concern in his eyes at the last moment.
It waits like a fall, waiting for its former owner to pick it up.
The previous owner's movie dream was shattered, and he was expelled from the police force, and he has not been seen since then.
If there is still a glimmer of hope in Luoluo, then Beibei's wait is doomed to be in vain.
Feimas burst into tears before he knew it.