Qinling, the old county seat of Zhouzhi.

This place is more than 300 kilometers away from Xi'an, is a quiet place surrounded by mountains, beautiful scenery, simple folk customs, and the legacy of the Qing Dynasty.

Surrounded by mountains, at an altitude of 1,700 meters, it has been turned into a protected area.

At its peak, the old county town had more than 10,000 residents, but later due to the migration of soldiers and bandits and officials, it gradually fell silent and sparsely populated, with a population of less than 100 households.

Now the village is not able to use electricity normally, 1-2 hours a day, sometimes the voltage is unstable, and most of the electrical appliances at home are idle.

Life is relatively simple and pure, doing it at sunrise and returning at sunset.

Without the hustle and bustle of the city...

This paragraph is my excerpt of the 'Zhou Zhi Old County County Chronicles'...

Lu Xiaoran has been here for a week, and at first, I really didn't get used to it, because I couldn't look at my mobile phone - the signal was too poor!

The mobile phone is of no use other than to check the time.

Even if you don't have the Internet, your phone is just a waste...

Fortunately, I just came here to experience life, not to live for a long time, and if I traveled to this kind of dynasty, I might as well die...

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Early in the morning, Lu Xiaoran got dressed, and before washing his face, he went straight into the livestock shed and skillfully fed the donkeys with sorghum and forage...

Three black donkeys - for fear of accidents, prepare an extra one.

The purpose of his visit was to get along with the three donkeys.

Xiao Luzi, a city hukou, although his family background is not superior, he is also well-off.

Not to mention donkeys, I've never even seen a few ploughing cattle in my life...

At first, it was the old people in the village who taught him, and later, he put on Pinru's clothes, skillful and sassy...

I looked down at the goods that played Black Six, and reached out to touch it, and there was a little slippery feeling on the outside of the warmth...

So envious!

I heard that Kang Youwei has six wives, and in order to keep the hat on his head, he changed to an orangutan Takamaru...

You may know that you are not the same subject as donkeys - one is primates, and the other is ungulates.

These three donkeys, the tallest of the black six, breed donkeys!

The main story line of "The Story of Two Donkeys" has not changed, that is, the educated youth Ma Jie and the two black donkeys, black six and black seven...

Main story: Ma Jie, a young scholar, was sent to a village at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains and was ordered to take care of a donkey, Heiliu.

Because of jealousy, Ma Jie abused Black Liu, causing him to lose his reproductive capacity, and finally was slaughtered for no use.

Black Six's brother Black Seven returned to Ma Jie's servant, Black Seven plotted to avenge Black Six, trying to hurt Ma Jie, but failed, Black Seven finally set himself on fire and wanted to die with Ma Jie, and Ma Jie picked up his life.

The story is not complicated, and in folklore, there are many stories of such supernatural animal revenge.

The scene can be placed in any historical period of China, as well as any village in the vast land, but this story takes place in the era of "ultra-left" educated youth going to the countryside, and in the context of over-strengthened ideology, absurd colors immediately appear.

Black Six was "castrated" and killed directly because of its arrogance, it belongs to the extreme individual!

In those times, extreme individuals cannot be tolerated!

Of course, Li Dawei can be made into a simple animal revenge, or it can be made into a political metaphor.

Lu Xiaoran accepted them all.

The original work is there, Li Dawei is not a perfunctory person, no matter how he changes, even if he is made into a protected animal type, there are still passing marks.

In fact, these two ideas are not very easy to do, because for some reasons that everyone knows, animal revenge is likely to be extended to animal essence, and we all know that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is not allowed to become essence;

Political metaphors, that's even harder to do - we can reflect on them in books, we can write them in history textbooks, but we just can't make movies!

There are a lot of sayings about 'donkey laughter' in the original book, and if it is filmed, it can definitely create a weird and chilling detail of the donkey's face;

If, for example, some passages deviate slightly from the straight flat narrative and a certain montage of images is used to overlap and edit, then the eerie atmosphere of "Donkey Laughter" can be linked to the psychological activity of Ma Jie's limited personality and emotional turmoil.

Anyway, if Lu Xiaoran is asked to shoot this movie, it will definitely be made into a thriller + fable genre!

However, Li Dawei needs to consider whether the movie can pass the review...

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There is a saying that 'dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat in the ground', which means that donkey meat is very delicious, but in China's diet, there are not many dishes made with donkey meat, and people can often only think of the dish of "donkey meat roasted".

The reason is also very simple, the reproductive ability of donkeys is too low, and the meat yield is also very poor...

Therefore, meat donkey breeding is not popular...

Most donkeys spend their lives like this: they work diligently and contribute their modest efforts to mankind - they can do farm work, haul goods or be ridden in their spare time, and when they are old, they become the meat of human meals!

Humans are so cruel!

However, donkey meat is really delicious...

Looking at the black donkey in front of him, Lu Xiaoran sighed with emotion: "You said that you are really sad in this life, you have to grind and work every day, and when you come, you have to be slaughtered and eaten, pitiful!"

It's better to be reincarnated as a pig, so that you can have a goal to strive for, and keep up with your predecessor Zhu Bajie.

What about donkeys?

The only one who has attained the Tao and become an immortal is the black donkey of Zhang Guolao, one of the eight immortals, or because one person has attained the Tao and the chicken dog has ascended to heaven...

"Let's go, let's get to work!"

Drag the black donkey to grind soybeans...

He came to experience life, mainly to get used to these donkeys.

After all, the filming cycle is only a little more than a month, how can I have time to communicate with the black donkey...

After grinding soybeans, ready to make soy milk...

“... Today is just right, not like yesterday, Tian Tian!"

After tasting it, Lu Xiaoran nodded, filled three bowls, and put them next to the stove...

Turned his head and looked at the three black donkeys: "Don't worry, drink it when it's cold!"

That's right, these two bowls are for rewarding heroes!

These three black donkeys were bought from Xi'an, 7,000 yuan, authentic Guanzhong black donkeys, like Lu Xiaoran, are all produced by Guanzhong...

The production cost of "The Story of Two Donkeys" was 1.6 million, which was basically spent on production.

The highest salary is Teacher Yue Coao, 80,000 yuan, Lu Xiaoran's salary is 30,000 yuan, and Jiao Junyan's salary is 10,000 yuan...

Of course, room and board are all inclusive!

It's a place, and it doesn't cost much.

Lu Xiaoran and the places where they live are all the residences of local farmers, three people, 2,000 yuan, plus some daily expenses, a total of 3,000 yuan...

Of course, it's not that the people in this place are good, the so-called poor mountains and bad waters are more troublesome, mainly because the local county magistrate and senior county officials accompanied the crew...

And Lu Xiaoran himself is a native of Xi'an, and Mr. Yue Yu has also mixed in the West Film Studio - Yang Guizhen of "Eight Girls Cast into the River".

"Xiao Lu, are you talking to the donkey again?"

"Teacher Yue!"

Lu Xiaoran hurriedly let go of the black donkey and smiled: "Didn't I hurry up and get along with them, let them get used to my voice." ”

"By the way, today's soy milk is ready, do you want to try it?"

Yue Cao looked at the soy milk in the pot and nodded: "... Okay, you're busy. ”

"Has Director Li risen?"

"It should be soon..."

"I'll take a look. ”