Chapter 334 Photojournalists
Xiao Yao knew that Jiang Yan was in a hurry, and after she got in the car and sat down, he didn't need her to urge, he told her to fasten her seat belt, and immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove out of town.
Wuyou County is a county seat that did not exist in the previous life. Xiao Yao had some impressions of this county town with such a peculiar name as "Zi Nothing", and when he called Ye Jiaying just now, he recalled the location of the county seat on the map, and there was a map navigation in his mobile phone, but he didn't know how to go.
Out of the town, Xiao Yao hit the steering wheel and turned onto the provincial highway to Wuyou County. After getting on the spacious road of the provincial road, Xiao Yao also quickly increased the speed of the car.
On the main road of the provincial road, the trip temporarily entered a stable period. Xiao Yao turned his head to Jiang Yan and said, "You shouldn't have breakfast yet, right? We definitely won't be looking for a place to have breakfast now." I still have some food in my backpack in the trunk, you can go to the back and find some to eat. ”
"I'm not hungry!" Jiang Yan shook her head and said, "Where can I eat now!"
"It is estimated that it will take one or two hours to get to Wuyou County here, and it is estimated that it will be almost ten o'clock when I get there. Xiao Yao said, "You are in the car now, and there is nothing else to do, so it's useless to be in a hurry." When you get there, whether it's finding someone or saving someone, you need physical strength. If you don't eat, you'll be hungry and lose your strength, and you'll be affected!"
"This~okay!" Jiang Yan thought about it, unbuckled the seat belt on her body, and climbed into the back seat to find Xiao Yao's backpack.
The trunk of the off-road vehicle is directly connected to the entire body, so you don't need to stop and get out of the car, and you can take out the backpack in the trunk by reaching out to the back seat. When Jiang Yan was in the cave last night, she saw Xiao Yao taking out the food from the backpack, and knew which pocket the food was put in the backpack, so she quickly returned to the co-pilot with a bag of food.
"The back is spacious, and you can sit in the back and eat as much as you want. Xiao Yao turned his head and glanced at Jiang Yan and said.
"My dad taught me that when two people ride together, you have to sit in the co-pilot, not in the back, otherwise you will treat others as drivers, which is very rude. Jiang Yan said.
"Aren't I your driver now?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"You confiscated my money, and you didn't send me back for it. Jiang Yan said, reached out and peeled off the packaging of an energy bar, handed it to Xiao Yao and said, "You haven't had breakfast either, you can eat some too." ”
"Okay, thank you. Xiao Yao was not polite, reached out to take it, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
Jiang Yan saw Xiao Yao eat it, so she peeled off an energy bar and sent it to her mouth.
At this time, Xiao Yao's mobile phone rang again.
Xiao Yao doesn't take his mobile phone when he drives, and after renting a car, he has already connected his mobile phone to the car's Bluetooth, and every time he sits in the car, it is automatically connected. Glancing at the mobile phone screen in the gap of the dashboard, Xiao Yao directly pressed the call button on the steering wheel.
"Xiao Yao?" Fang Yi's voice came from the stereo in the car.
"It's me! I'm fine!" Xiao Yao said, "I already called my parents just now." I'm about to call you. I'm sorry to worry you!"
"Xiao Yao?" Jiang Yan immediately turned her head to look over.
"Shhh Xiao Yao pointed to his phone and made a small gesture to Jiang Yan with his head sideways.
"It's okay!" Fang still said, "The proprietress called me just now, saying that your phone was connected, and called them to say that you are fine, and now you are preparing to fly back." I called you to ask how long you have to get to the airport and if you need me to book your ticket in advance. Now there are a lot of people flying back from there, and it's not easy to buy tickets. ”
"Not for now. Xiao Yao said, "I'm going to Wuyou County now, and I don't know when I'll be able to go to the airport." ”
"What? Are you crazy? Wuyou County is the epicenter of this earthquake!" Fang still heard the words "Wuyou County", and immediately exploded, screaming, "Even if you want to help the people in the disaster area, you can come back and donate." You're a big star, what are you doing in such a dangerous place?"
Xiao Yao covered his ears, and waited for Fang Zhen's voice to fall before replying, "I'll send a friend over." It's been almost a whole day since yesterday's earthquake, and rescue work has already begun to be organized, so there shouldn't be much danger. You don't have to worry, I'll be careful to protect myself. ”
"Send a friend, what kind of friend..."Fang still asked angrily.
"Well, no more ado. I'm driving, it's all winding roads, and the road conditions are not very good. Xiao Yao directly interrupted her and said, "I'll come back after I send her in." I'll call you again when I return and help me book a plane ticket!" Xiao Yao hung up the phone.
"Your name is Xiao Yao?" At the end of the call, Jiang Yan immediately turned his head to look at Xiao Yaodao.
"I have two names. There are many people who know that my name is Xiao Yao, and only a few people know the name Xiao Zhixing. Fang still called out his name, and Xiao Yao no longer hid it.
"Are you a big star?" Jiang Yan continued to ask.
"I've been on TV a few times, so I guess it's okay. Xiao Yao nodded.
"Then you still promised to send me to Wuyou County?" Jiang Yan said with a complicated expression.
"Does this have anything to do with whether I'm a star or not?" Xiao Yao smiled.
"But...," Jiang Yan said again.
"But what?" Xiao Yao said, "But the life of a star is more expensive? Everyone's life is precious. Celebrities are also human beings, and they are no different from others. ”
"But you're different from the average star. Jiang Yan said firmly.
"How many celebrities have you just met?" Xiao Yao smiled, "Why do you say that I am different from other celebrities?"
"Other celebrities won't evade tickets and take the mountain road where no one is around. Jiang Yan thought about it and found a reason to make Xiao Yao speechless.
"Uh~" Xiao Yao choked for a moment, then nodded and said, "What you say is good, my behavior is indeed different from others." ”
"Thank you for being different from others. Jiang Yan said seriously.
"Okay, don't thank you. Xiao Yao raised his chin and gestured to Jiang Yan's hand, "I'm not full, let's have another energy bar!"
"Okay!" Jiang Yan immediately took out an energy bar and began to help Xiao Yao tear the package.
After driving for about an hour, Xiao Yao got off the provincial highway and drove on an ordinary road leading to Wuyou County. After turning into the highway, the road condition became worse, and the closer to the county seat, the worse the road condition became, and in many places there were rocks falling from the mountains on both sides after the earthquake, and some collapsed houses began to be seen along the way, a dilapidated scene after the disaster.
However, at this time, it has been almost twenty-four hours since the earthquake, and although the condition of the main road leading to Wuyou County is not very good, it seems that it has been simply cleaned and cleared, so although Xiao Yao inevitably slowed down, he can continue to move forward. It didn't take long for Xiao Yao to see a transport truck appear on the road ahead, and it was obvious that the rescue team began to arrive one after another, and the rescue work had begun.
Walking to a mountain pass not far from Wuyou County, Xiao Yao's unmarked off-road vehicle was stopped by a group of people who were cleaning up the road on the road.
"What are you doing? Don't you know that there was an earthquake in Wuyou County? Rescue work is going on inside, don't go any further!" a middle-aged man in dusty overalls walked to Xiao Yao's driver's window.
"Her home is from Wuyou County, and I sent her back to find her family. Xiao Yao pointed to Jiang Yandao in the co-pilot seat beside him.
"Nonsense!" the middle-aged man said in an unkind tone, "Now there are troops coming in to rescue, and the government has also organized a rescue team. If there are so many people in Wuyou County, if all the relatives and friends are scurrying around looking for their families, how can the rescue work be carried out inside? The government will transport the rescued people out one after another and send them to other places for resettlement, and every day it will publish the rescue situation and the list of people found. Just go back and wait for news. ”
"Uncle, I won't run around inside, I'll help save people when I go in. Jiang Yan leaned over and looked at the middle-aged man anxiously, "You just let us in." ”
"What can you do when a teenage girl goes in? Can you carry stones or help people heal their injuries?" said the middle-aged man, "There are people from the army inside, professional rescue teams and medical teams, you better wait for news outside, don't go in and make trouble." ”
Hearing this, Xiao Yao took out a card from his wallet and said, "Uncle, I have a first aid certificate, and I can help deal with the wounded when I go in." ”
"First responder?" The middle-aged man took Xiao Yao's card and looked at it, then looked at Xiao Yao's face, his face softened a little, and after handing the card back to Xiao Yao, he still shook his head and said, "The first aid officer needs it, but he didn't run in one by one." There is a volunteer recruitment station nearby, I can tell you the address, you go there to sign up, and then wait for them to organize and find professionals to lead the team in. ”
"This can't work?" Xiao Yao was dumbfounded.
Xiao Yao originally planned to send Jiang Yan into the county seat and leave, if Jiang Yan could find his family smoothly, Xiao Yao would send them out by the way at most. At most, I only stayed for more than half a day, but I didn't plan to stay in Wuyou County as a first responder, so it was obviously inappropriate to go to the volunteer recruitment station to sign up as a volunteer.
"Brother Xiao, it's not too far from the county seat. You drive back a little bit, find a place where no one is around, let me get out of the car, and I'll go over the hill and walk in by myself. Jiang Yan leaned into Xiao Yao's ear and whispered.
"Isn't it far? It's still five or six kilometers away from Wuyou County? And this place only had an earthquake yesterday, is the mountain road so easy to walk?" Xiao Yao thought and shook his head.
"I have a way!" Xiao Yao said to Jiang Yan with his head sideways.
If he knew that this was the case before he came, Xiao Yao might have used this reason to persuade Jiang Yan not to come. But it's all here, Xiao Yao doesn't want to go back like this. If the soft one doesn't work, Xiao Yao can only come to the hard one.
Xiao Yao turned around and took out his single-lens reflex camera from the backpack in the back seat, and took out two cards strung together with rope from it and handed them to the middle-aged man, "I am a special photographer for "World Geographic" in the United States and a photojournalist for "City Pictures" in France. I'm going to go in, in addition to helping with the wounded, and I'm also going to help with the two foreign media reports. ”
"Reporter?" the middle-aged man was startled, and then took the two cards and looked at them carefully. There is a photo of the young man in front of him on the card, although the English and French on it are not very understandable, but this thing is not light, and the appearance of the workmanship is also very exquisite, it does not look like a fake.
These two documents are, of course, genuine. When Xiao Yao was young, Chen Xuan often took Xiao Yao everywhere to take pictures. But as Xiao Yao grew up and his photography level improved, he didn't need Chen Xuan to take care of him when he went out, and after his debut, things became more, and Chen Xuan and Xiao Yao were not so interested in going out to take pictures together. In order to make it easier for Xiao Yao to run around without taking it with him, Chen Xuan helped Xiao Yao get these two documents when he was an adult and gave them to him as a gift for his eighteenth birthday, in order to celebrate Xiao Yao's adulthood, and at the same time to show that Xiao Yao no longer needs him as a teacher, and can play by himself.
As for why these two companies' certificates? It is because Chen Xuan himself is a special photographer and photojournalist of these two magazines, and he has a very good relationship with them. Moreover, many of Xiao Yao's early photographic works were recommended by Chen Xuan to be published in these two magazines, and later Xiao Yao also did the special projects they explained. They recognize Xiao Yao's photography level and photographic works the most, and it is easiest for them to issue him certificates.
He is originally an unconventional character, Xiao Yao must take pictures when he travels, and bring these two documents with him, because he is afraid that if he encounters a place that he is interested in and is not allowed to enter, he can take it out to bluff people. Now at this time, it is just the right time to use.
Xiao Yao continued: "Now that the news of the earthquake in Wuyou County has spread abroad, foreign people are also very concerned, and I heard that there are still people abroad who are calling for a rescue team to help. At this time, it's not appropriate to not let photographers from foreign media go in to cover and report, right?"
"Are you a foreigner?" the middle-aged man said in surprise. He remembered that the first aid card just now had a Chinese name written on it.
"No, I'm from Huaxia, but I'm a photographer for foreign media. Xiao Yao raised the camera in his hand and said, "Do you need to contact the two foreign magazines through the foreign consulate to confirm my identity? Or do you need me to wait for you to ask the leader for instructions?"
"No need. The middle-aged man returned the two beautifully made cards to Xiao Yao, "The rescue headquarters is in the big square in the center of the county, and the person in charge of the rescue command is Secretary Zhang and the head of the army, you can go there to find the two of them." ”
It's just two people, even if it's fake, letting them in won't have much impact on the rescue work, if it's true, and he stops it on his own initiative, then he'll be in trouble. Looking for someone to confirm their identity? Middle-aged people don't want to use this kind of thing to touch the leader's bad head at this time. Therefore, the middle-aged man who would rather kill by mistake than kill by mistake waved his hand and let go.
"Thank you!" Xiao Yao took back his documents, nodded to the middle-aged man, and started the car.
Looking at the back of the off-road vehicle in the distance, the middle-aged man thought about it, and couldn't help but feel out the walkie-talkie hanging on his waist.
"Aren't you a big star? Why are you a reporter again? Do you really want to go in for an interview?" Leaving the middle-aged man's sight, Jiang Yan couldn't help but turn sideways and ask Xiao Yaodao.
"The documents are real, but the report I said I was going to interview is fake. As a photojournalist, I was here to take pictures everywhere, and I didn't really do a few news reports for them. Xiao Yao smiled, "But I don't say that, the uncle won't let us in." ”