Chapter 744: Africa Exterior
"Haha, Tianshao, I finally saw you again......"
A rugged man strode towards Wu Tian and stretched out his arms from a distance.
Wu Tian looked at this guy wearing a military vest, carrying a rifle cross-body, and a beard on his face, and couldn't help but smile all over his face.
This big man is none other than the dog-faced biao who has been based in Africa for ten years.
The location of "District 9" was selected in the slums of a certain country in Africa, this turbulent country, but it is also one of the spheres of influence operated by Goumiao, so after receiving the news that Wu Tian was going to come to Africa to make a movie, Goumian Biao naturally took on the safety work of the crew and all the needs of the local area.
"Biaozi, I haven't seen you for so many years, but you are much stronger than before." Wu Tian said with a smile.
When he was in Shangdong County, although the dog-faced biao was also strong among his peers, he has now completely developed into a big man, and his figure posture is very intimidating.
"Haha, it's not good to be strong, this place is full of people, and if you are not tough enough, you can only be beaten." Dogface Biao said.
Wu Tian sighed in his heart, among so many of his relatives and friends, Dogface Biao can be said to be the most suffering, including the Wei army stationed on the polar bear's side, now they have become financial tycoons in other countries, and there is no need to charge into battle and be afraid.
You must know that Africa is one of the most unstable regions at present, in addition to the frequent wars in the Middle East, there are also many countries in Africa that are in politics. Government and anti-government. During the period of continuous struggle between the armed forces of the government, security concerns were worried, and skirmishes occurred from time to time. It can be said that Dogface Biao is risking his life at any time here.
"Biaozi. Thank you for your hard work. Wu Tian said sincerely to the dog's face.
"Nothing hard or hard. I'm eating and drinking spicy food here, and I'm having a good time, hehe. Dogface smiled.
Wu Tian took a serious look at the dog's face, and saw that there was no different color in his expression, obviously he really liked the current way of life, and nodded this time.
However, Wu Tian also secretly decided that it would make sense to compensate for the dog face in a relevant way when he went back.
You must know that over the years, Dogface Biao has earned a lot of wealth for Zhongtian. Dog-faced Biao has been here for ten years, and he doesn't know how many engineering projects and resource exploitation he has won for Zhongtian, and he has earned a lot of profits, and even came to Zhongzheng. The government needs the support of Dogface Biao in many matters to expand its business in Africa......
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"This is the largest slum in the country, and we are now the outermost slum ......"
Seeing the slums that were inferior to the shacks, Wu Tian couldn't even understand how the people here survived, how could such a place be inhabited!
In China, Wu Tian has also seen some shantytowns in the city, even if they are bad. There are also bungalows, tiled houses, so-called shantytowns. On the one hand, it is just that there are many small asbestos tile sheds built in these places, but most of the asbestos tile sheds are only used as kitchens or utility rooms.
But here, where Wu Tian caught his eye, there was no brick and stone building at all, all of them were small sheds built with asbestos tiles, thin wooden boards or plastic boards, and some even if they were supported by a few wooden sticks and covered with plastic sheets!
There is a lot of open space between the small and intricate sheds, but there is more garbage, and all kinds of garbage are everywhere, making it almost impossible for people to stand on the ground.
That's not all, the real point is, the people here!
When Wu Tian saw those people living here, there was only one word that came to mind, and that was "hunger"!
Yes, the vast majority of those people are skinny and almost skinny!
Wu Tian thought of the photo that had been widely circulated in the previous life, the picture of a normal human hand and the hand of an African refugee child holding together, at this moment Wu Tian knew that the photo was definitely not an exaggeration, and that child was not a special case, Wu Tian saw several similar children in a short period of time.
"There are about 200,000 people living in this slum, and the situation on the side near the city is slightly better than here, but the good ones are limited." "In fact, similar situations exist in many African countries......
"Politics. What about the house? What about the UN bailout? Wu Tian asked.
"Politics. The government was busy fighting, fighting with the rebels. "There is international aid, but most of the aid will not reach here at all, and it will be lost to the rebels or the government. The government army was robbed. ”
Wu Tian was silent for a moment, and then sighed, he suddenly understood the meaning of "The Ninth District" more deeply, looking at these poor people, aren't they just like the prawns in "The Ninth District"?
Taking a deep breath, Wu Tian said, "Okay, let's shoot here." Biaozi, you arrange for someone to contact the poor people to discuss the specific shooting requirements, and reach a compensation agreement with the people living in the slums here as soon as possible......
"Okay, I'll arrange it." The dog's face replied.
"The compensation conditions can be increased a little, well, plus one more, after the filming is completed, we will build apartments for them for free, and all the requisitioned houses can receive an apartment ......"
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A large part of the plot in "District 9" takes place in "District 9", so the shooting task in Africa is quite heavy, according to the filming plan. The crew will spend a month in Africa to complete the location shooting.
There is a team of dog-faced biao to help. The "renting" of the ghetto went well. Anyway, in this country, you just need to give the government. The government pays a part of the "fee", and people don't stop you from doing anything at all. As for those poor people, it is even more impossible to refuse the free food promised by the crew and the offer to help build a new house afterwards, so it is easy to get hundreds of sheds and demarcate a fairly large live-action shooting site.
Wu Tian even gave those poor people who were in good physical condition a job as an extra, and made up prawns. Acting as a background in the movie easily sets off the grandeur of the film's scenes.
However, as a result, the consumption of film shooting has increased dramatically.
Although Wu Tian is not a fanatical philanthropist, he will not unconditionally bear the living problems of all the poor people in the entire slum, but for the owners of the houses he "rents", Wu Tian will not watch them starve.
Therefore, when they moved out of the shantytown, Wu Tian purchased a large number of tents and provided them with temporary accommodation free of charge. Other than that. Large quantities of food were also procured and delivered to the civilians.
It's just that the city is not close to the coastline. If you want to transport food machines in, you have to cross half of Africa, and it is quite difficult to transport, not only because of the long distance and abnormal bumps, but more importantly, this country is not peaceful, and a large number of food and materials have a fatal attraction to the rebels.
Therefore, the escort of materials was in charge of Gouyan Biao, and an elite team was dispatched to transfer it directly from a relatively peaceful country in Linhai, but nothing happened.
After a month of hard work, the location shooting was finally successfully completed. Wu Tian also instructed Goumian Biao to organize the construction of resettlement apartments as soon as possible, and to deliver the second batch of grain ordered to them -- it was necessary for Wu Tian to continue to provide living materials for the poor people before they moved back to the new apartments.
However, just as Wu Tian was about to leave with the crew, Dogface Biao received news that the second batch of grain had been robbed......
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"Are there any casualties among our personnel?"
After receiving the news, Wu Tian asked first.
"I can't get in touch with any of them now!" Dog's face said with anger on his face, "This is the elite team cultivated by Tianwei, there are more than 20 people in total, and none of them can be contacted!" Motors, this is definitely a political thing. The government army did it! ”
"Government forces?" Wu Tian frowned.
"It's definitely good!" "Although the rebels are numerous, their equipment is too poor, even if it is a team of hundreds of people, they are not the opponent of our elite squad at all. The bastards of the government army, there are many people and the equipment is not bad, so that the raid can be successful, so that our elite little pair even released a signal for help! ”
"Politics. The government army would do this kind of thing? Wu Tian said unacceptably.
"There's nothing they can't do!" Dog-faced Biao said, "They are bandits themselves, but they are just powerful!" Hmph, it's just that they bully and bully others, and they dare to provoke me, this matter is not so easy! Tianshao, you better get out of here first, I'll make them look good! ”
"Biaozi, you have to be cautious!" Wu Tian said.
Although in this land, small-scale conflicts are really commonplace, during the filming of the film, there were two small-scale conflicts, and thanks to the dog-faced Biao's security work in place, the other party had no chance at all, and the slightest contact with the other party was defeated.
But this time is different, after all, the government. The government army is not a rogue, but has a strong strength, and occupies a legal status. If there is a conflict between the government army, who knows what the outcome will be?
Not to mention whether the dog-faced team can fight over politics. The government army, calculating that he can win in the end, is afraid that he will also be resisted and suppressed by international public opinion, and the gains will definitely outweigh the losses.
It's nothing more than a batch of grain, which is not worth a few dollars, and Wu Tian even deliberately left him alone, just to think of a way to transport the next batch of grain. It's just that when I think of the elite team trained by more than 20 Tianwei, now there is no news, and it is very likely that they have been murdered, but this makes Wu Tian unable to let people go.
Wu Tian doesn't care if he loses money, but if he loses his life, he must let the other party pay for it!
However, revenge is revenge, Wu Tian will never allow the dog-faced Biao to rush to the front line, let alone allow him to rashly confront politics directly. The government army went to war.
If you want to fight, you must first have a plan, and in the case of foolproof, you will avenge your compatriots!
"Don't worry, I know it!" The dog's face said with a cold face.
Dealing with this shoddy government. The behavior of the government army, the dog-faced biao naturally has his own way of doing things, and he must use his own way to make the other party pay the price, otherwise the ten years of his career in Africa will not be in vain...... (To be continued......)