Chapter 164: The Wingless Bird
When Peng Yichen saw the photographer with mutilated arms, Zhao Liansheng, he could hardly believe his eyes.
He didn't have any auxiliary equipment, not even a real camera.
But under such simple conditions, he still used two specially customized prosthetic limbs and carried an empty shell camera with only lenses but no film, constantly exercising his lens sense.
One morning, Peng Yichen watched him closely and repeated the exercise for the whole morning.
In the afternoon, he also went to the farmers' market to set up a stall to support himself.
No family, no wife, no children, even arms on the set.
At the age of just 40, his face is already covered with vicissitudes and wrinkles.
The first thing Peng Yichen said to him was to ask him: "Both arms are gone, no one has asked you to be a cameraman for more than ten years, and you still insist on practicing these things, what are you trying to do?"
Zhao Liansheng looked at the big director introduced by Lao Wang, and smiled embarrassedly: "I can't let go of the movie in my heart." I always think that one day, if I have the opportunity, I can pick up the camera again, even if it is taking a shot. Maybe it's worth it for my whole life. β
Peng Yichen looked at him and nodded vigorously, he originally wanted to test the other party's shooting skills, but now he doesn't need to.
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When Zhao Liansheng followed Peng Yichen into the crew, everyone didn't believe that this disabled person could shoot any good shots.
But after only one day, everyone was convinced.
If the shots taken by Lao Wang in the past were meticulously crafted light and shadow art, then the shots shot by Zhao Liansheng are flesh and blood lives.
The shooting technique of taking every detail in the lens with a sense of life is beyond everyone's imagination.
No one knows how this disabled person did it.
Only Peng Yichen knew that he had used more than ten years of hard work and persistence to achieve this miraculous ability.
Think about your pursuit of acting, is it really hard enough?
Every time I think of Zhao Liansheng, Peng Yichen's pursuit and tempering of acting skills becomes more determined and hardworking.
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But what everyone didn't expect was that just when everyone in the crew was amazed by Zhao Liansheng's filming skills, the outside media grabbed this point and began to make a fuss.
On the second day after Zhao Liansheng joined the group, various remarks that were not optimistic about "Shocking Black Gold" began to appear in many entertainment media in China.
Those titles are more sensational than the other.
"Shocking Black Gold" is a film shot by a disabled person with two arms. ββSouthern Entertainment Weekly
Peng Yichen was completely inflated, and he wanted to shoot a movie with a photographer without arms. ββ"China Entertainment Times"
Peng Yichen is about to encounter Waterloo......
Peng Yichen has to pay the price for his arrogance......
Doubts like snowflakes are constantly being released in various online and offline media.
Gradually, the fans who came to support Peng Yichen slowly began to waver.
After all, who in this world can believe that a person without arms can be a good photographer.
Kind-hearted fans kept leaving messages under Peng Yichen's Weibo to persuade him:
Chenchen, don't be willful.
Mr. Peng, it's a very serious thing when the movie is filmed, don't play with fire.
Chenchen, I love you, I'm going to give you a monkey, but can you really make a movie without arms?
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And those who don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement will spray directly.
Peng Yichen is brain-dead, and he thinks that he will be able to do anything wrong when he becomes famous.
Peng Yichen is sick, and he is looking for a disabled person to make a movie, just for hype, which is really disgusting.
Peng Yichen's success was too easy, and when he failed for a while, he would know what his surname was.
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For the disturbances outside, Peng Yichen generally ignores them. But this time it involves Zhao Liansheng, the honor of the cameraman he respects and loves incomparably, and it also involves the future of "Shocking Black Gold", a movie that he is extremely interested in.
He couldn't be silent anymore.
That night, he rushed back to Kyoto overnight and contacted an animation production company as quickly as possible.
He worked as a director, screenwriter, and then directed the animation company to produce a short film of more than 3 minutes.
Because the quality of the short film is not high, the content is also very simple.
So, on the third night of Peng Yichen's return to Kyoto, the short film was already produced.
Peng Yichen posted a Weibo that night.
Thank you to all the fans who care and love me. I don't want to make any comments on the recent news that the crew of "Shocking Black Gold" hired Zhao Liansheng, a disabled photographer with both arms, as the first cameraman, please find the answer in the movie at that time.
What I want to tell you is that dreams never fade, and it is your heart that chases your dreams.
After yesterday's Weibo post, just 2 minutes later, another Weibo was released.
This Weibo is a video without any text description.
Peng Yichen's Weibo fans have opened this video.
On the black background, the words wingless bird are placed in the middle of the screen in an ordinary and simple way.
A question arose in everyone's hearts, is there really a "wingless bird" in this world?
As if hearing everyone's hearts, a line of small words immediately appeared on the black screen.
"The wingless bird, kii, a bird unique to New Zealand, was born without wings. β
Then the picture lit up, and I saw a fat and stupid bird with a yellow beak, only legs, but no wings that a bird should have.
The stupid bird kept doing all sorts of ridiculous-looking carpentry work on the edge of the cliff, nailing nails and pulling wood, and he couldn't spare a moment.
made all the audience puzzled, not knowing what this stupid bird was doing.
When the wingless bird has nailed the last nail and runs back to the cliff.
Only then did the audience see that on the cliff face, there were countless big trees fixed by this little bird from top to bottom.
But by this time, no one knew what it was going to do.
Suddenly, the wingless bird, wearing a silly pilot's hat, poked his little head out of the cliff, and he looked left and right, as if he was very satisfied with his work. Jumped up with both feet and slapped twice in mid-air.
Then he took a few steps back and jumped off the edge of the cliff without hesitation.
Seeing this, all the viewers know what the hell this wingless bird is doing.
He's going to fly.
At this moment, a crisp bell sounded in the short film, as soft as the song that my mother had taught us in childhood.
The wingless bird uses the power of free fall to quickly skim over the cliffs.
Fly over the treetops of countless large trees fixed to the cliffs, like a bird flying freely in the forest.
He let the wind whistle in his ears, let the tears slowly slide through the air, let the air hit his eyelashes, and couldn't open his eyes.
Closing his eyes, he felt as if he had really grown wings, flapping up and down.
This is what he has dreamed of all his life, the feeling of flying.
Eventually, the wingless bird flew into the white fog beneath the cliff.
Then, the black background reappears, and the voiceover resounds with a loud thud of a heavy object falling to the ground.
All the audience were awakened by this loud noise, and they felt as if their hearts were shattered by this sound.
Touching his face, I don't know when, it was already full of tears.
No one knows why such a rudimentary animated short film can make them cry silently, because they don't want to know anymore.
Everyone invariably kept replaying, replaying, and replaying this short film.
Every time they play back, they can't help but cry again.
Half an hour later, Peng Yichen's Weibo completely exploded.
No one can be calm when they see this short film, and the softest place in everyone's heart has been hit by the wingless bird that looks clumsy.
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