Chapter 364: The crew's difficulties and dust tornadoes
The driver drove very fast, coupled with such a hot weather, there are not many people who go to Grad Town, so the road is very smooth, more than 200 kilometers, it only took nearly three hours, and it has reached the destination.
"It's too hot in here, isn't it?" Leaving the taxi with his suitcase, Luo Yang suddenly felt a scorching heat coming, and complained in his mouth.
"This side is close to the desert, it's hot during the day and cold at night, it's normal, little brother remember to keep warm at night"? While waiting for Luo Yang to pay, the driver reminded Luo Yang with a smile not to think that this place is the same as other places, and there is a big gap between hot and cold changes.
"Xiexie, I'll pay attention", Luo Yang gently wiped the fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, then counted out one thousand and five from his wallet and handed it to the driver.
"It's okay, many people just came here and didn't know, it was hot during the day, and they thought it was hot at night, but they didn't cover the quilt at night and caught a cold", the driver took the money and clicked it, and continued: "The money is right, the little brother Xiexie is patronizing."
Luo Yang shook his hand with a smile, and was about to leave with his suitcase, but the driver said again: "Little brother, I have something I want to ask you along the way, I don't know if it's convenient"?
"Oh"! Luo Yang was stunned for a moment: "Excuse me"!
"You wore sunglasses and a hat all the way, what was the reason"? The driver master is also a little embarrassed by his own gossip: "If you have something inconvenient, forget it"?
"Ugh"! Luo Yang didn't expect the driver to ask this question, and he didn't know how to answer it for a while, so he shook his head and took off his sunglasses and hat, and then said: "Actually, it's not inconvenient, I just don't want others to see me"!
"Luo Yang"! The driver saw Luo Yang's appearance clearly, and immediately shouted in surprise: "It turned out to be Luo Yang, a big star, I thought you had some scars on your face and didn't want me to see it, Luo Yang signed it for me, my daughter likes you very much, if I bring her back your autograph, she will definitely be very happy"! In addition to being happy, the driver tried to find a pen and paper to ask for Luo Yang's signature, but he didn't find the paper for a long time, so he had to take out a pack of cigarettes from himself, pour out the cigarettes, open the box, and said to Luo Yang: "Big star, sign me on this, my daughter likes you"?
"Thank you for your love", looking at the ballpoint pen and cigarette case handed over by the driver's master, Luo Yang was also a little speechless, or the first time to sign on the cigarette box, took the pen and cigarette case, Luo Yang signed his name on it, and then handed it to the driver.
"Xiexie", the driver took the autograph and was in a good mood, and then took out the fare that Luo Yang handed him just now: "I'm sorry, the big star just charged a little more, one thousand is about the same, I will refund you the five hundred"!
"No, the weather is so hot, and it costs a lot of money to air conditioning", I didn't expect the driver to return the money to himself, Luo Yang couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to shake his hand and refuse, and then pulled his suitcase and left in the greeting of the driver
Bidding farewell to the gossip driver, Luo Yang walked into this small town with his luggage, it was the hottest weather of the day, there were no pedestrians on the street, and even some plants looked a little listless under the exposure of the sun, this weather was really unwise, but fortunately, Luo Yang's eyes were sharp, and he soon found a cold drink shop, and entered the store with his suitcase, and the cool breeze from the air conditioner suddenly made people feel comfortable.
Ordered a cold drink, Luo Yang took out his mobile phone, made a call to Zhao Yang, asked him to send a car to pick him up, and reported his location before starting to taste the cold drink.
About half an hour passed, just when Luo Yang finished eating this cold drink, took out his mobile phone a little bored, and was about to play a small game to pass the time, a business car stopped at the door of the cold drink shop, two people got off the car, and the leader looked at the name of the cold drink shop, and then pushed the door open and walked in.
The sound of pushing the door alarmed Luo Yang, who was playing with his mobile phone, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang also found Luo Yang, and the two smiled and said hello, and then Zhao Yang beckoned the crew who came with him to pick up Luo Yang's suitcase and get into the business car sent by the crew with Luo Yang.
"How's the crew doing? Is the framing done?" After getting in the car and resting for a while, Luo Yang asked about the recent situation of the crew, because Luo Yang is also one of the leading actors in this play, and the crew would not be able to start filming without him.
"What's the scene, I'm having a headache"! Hearing Luo Yang ask about the recent situation of the crew, Zhao Yang was very annoyed and said: "The ghost weather here is really bad, the temperature difference between day and night changes too much, the crew has been here for a few days, okay, many of the staff are sick, how can they work?" The entire crew is now in a state of shutdown"!
"How sick are people"? Luo Yang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the crew to encounter such a big hardship and was actually in a state of shutdown.
"It's not a lot, but the key is that almost all of the people who are sick are from the film crew, so now", Zhao Yang helplessly spread his hands and continued: "It's still that we are inexperienced, we didn't prepare before coming here, and those preventive drugs didn't buy well, so there was such a thing, this is because I didn't do a good job", Zhao Yang said this, and also blamed himself a little, if he hadn't made preparations before coming, how could this situation have happened.
"It's not your fault Brother Zhao, to be honest, I didn't expect this, it's still the same sentence, we are inexperienced!" Luo Yang comforted Zhao Yang, who blamed himself, and then said: "Since things are already like this, there is no way to do it, have you purchased the preventive medicine now?"
"It's almost ready", Zhao Yang nodded and replied: "It's a pity that it's too late now, so I have to let those who are not sick take it to prevent it, as for those who are already sick, I have to wait for them to get better."
"Forget it, let's talk about something happy", Luo Yang, who was a little depressed, changed the topic and said to Zhao Yang: "Brother Zhao, I have good news to tell you"!
"What's the good news"? Zhao Yang was a little puzzled, he had encountered some depressing things in the past two days, which made Zhao Yang anxious, although he heard good news at this time, Zhao Yang didn't feel that his mood would be much better.
""Get the Father-in-law" is drawn, and the box office broke 400 million, is this good news", Luo Yang patted Zhao Yang on the shoulder: "I wanted to call to tell you, but after thinking about it, it's better to tell you in person"!
"Oh, the box office has broken 400 million"? Hearing Luo Yang talk about the news, Zhao Yang showed a smile on his face, this is really good news, which makes the mood that has been a little gloomy for a few days a lot better.
Zhao Yang, who knew the news, was in a much better mood, and he also talked and laughed when he talked to Luo Yang.
The business car drove on the road for more than half an hour and came to the location of the crew of "The End of Shijie", Luo Yang and Zhao Yang got out of the car and walked towards the crew station, and the staff went to park the car and help Luo Yang put his luggage.
Walking into the crew, Luo Yang found that many people were bored in the house, because there was no air conditioning, so they had to set up a big blower to blow hard, seeing Luo Yang and Zhao Yang, everyone hurriedly stood up and said hello, but the voice was a little listless, Luo Yang didn't care, in such a hot weather, it is normal for these staff to have no energy, Luo Yang said hello to these people, encouraged, and came to the tent where the crew starred a few people.
As soon as he entered the room, Luo Yang found that Liang Huiyao and Ye Die were almost the same as the staff, all of them were napping with their eyes closed, looking at the sleepy appearance of several people, Luo Yang was also a little crying and laughing, and said hello to a few people.
Awakened by Luo Yang, Liang Huiyao, Ye Die was still very happy to see Luo Yang coming, especially Bai Xue, who suddenly came to his senses, ran to Luo Yang's side, complained a lot of bitterness, and then cursed the weather here several times.
Luo Yang also understood, so he had to comfort Bai Xue, and then immediately went to see the sick staff.
In the big tent, more than a dozen people were lying there, resting with their eyes closed, the doctors arranged by the crew were shuttling back and forth, hanging up drip infusions for these sick staff, looking at the row of people lying down, Luo Yang also had a headache, these are all people from the film crew, without them, the crew really can't carry out their work normally.
Without disturbing the rest of these people, leaving the tent, Luo Yang said to Zhao Yang: "Brother Zhao, has the preventive medicine been distributed?"
"Send it down, plus emphasize that the temperature will drop at night, let everyone cover the quilt, but the number of sick people has not continued to increase in the past two days", hearing Luo Yang's inquiry, Zhao Yang replied.
"That's fine, as long as it doesn't increase, now I have to wait until everyone is well", Luo Yang nodded and replied.
"That's all there is to it now", Zhao Yang nodded helplessly
In the next two days, because the preventive measures were better, the number of sick people did not continue to increase, and the original sick people were almost better, but everyone's spirits were not very good under the influence of the temperature, and they couldn't afford to be energetic.
Inside the big tent, all the staff stayed here, Luo Yang walked up to the temporary podium in the middle, looked at the staff who were a little listless below, and then said: "Everyone doesn't seem to have any spirit, but I also know that I can't blame you, it's all this ghost weather, to be honest, in fact, I'm just talking to everyone now, we are all half a catty."
Luo Yang's first sentence made everyone happy, and they were a little more energetic, and they tried to sit up straight and listen to Luo Yang.
Seeing that everyone's interest was raised, Luo Yang continued: "Actually, this is also to blame for our director team not realizing the arrangement, if we had made preparations earlier, there would not be so many problems, here I represent the director team to everyone daoqian"!
After bowing apologetically to the staff below, Luo Yang continued: "But things are already like this, and there is no way, a few days ago, because most of the brothers in the film crew fell ill, so the filming work was postponed, but now everyone is in order, and it is necessary to start work, although I know that in such a hot weather, it is quite painful to work, but there is no way, our work must continue, presumably everyone doesn't want to stay in this ghost weather longer, right?"
Luo Yang's words made these people nod, who wants to stay in this ghost weather longer?
"So, let's take out the spirit, work hard, and finish the filming of this place as soon as possible, so that we can leave here as soon as possible and rush to the next location, so we don't have to work so hard, if everyone continues to be so spiritless, then the crew can't do anything but continue to stay here, are you willing to do this"?
"Unwilling"! Luo Yang's words made these staff members answer in unison.
"Very good, tonight we will start filming the night scenes in the desert, and tomorrow we will find a way to shoot the daytime scenes, I hope everyone will work hard to complete it as soon as possible, and when the work here is over, I will invite everyone to eat and comfort everyone"? Luo Yang said with a smile.
"Okay", these employees also know very well that it is impossible to leave without filming the scenes here, there is a saying that long pain is better than short pain, it is better to work hard and leave this ghost place as soon as possible.
"Then let's get ready to work", Luo Yang waved his hand, and all the staff began to get busy and began to prepare for the evening shooting.
After more than an hour, the prepared crew began to move towards the desert, the car drove in the desert for more than ten minutes, and soon arrived at the predetermined location, and then the staff endured the high temperature and began to set up the shooting site.
Fortunately, it was close to evening at this time, and as the sun set, the temperature began to drop gradually, and everyone's work speed was also faster, and the shooting location was quickly built with everyone's efforts.
After looking at the sky, Luo Yang and Zhao Yang checked the situation of the crew again, and then nodded, the filming work was officially ready to start, the staff carried a bucket of gasoline and poured it on top of the pile of wood in the field, and then lit it, Luo Yang and Liang Huiyao sat around the fire, the scene to be filmed tonight is not complicated, Luo Yang, Liang Huiyao The family played by the four people chatted around the fire about how to safely cross the desert, and then everyone went to rest, and the scene could be closed, However, because this scene is going to reveal a main thread that runs through the entire movie, although it is simple, it is still important.
With Zhao Yang's start, everyone entered the performance state, Luo Yang's son Wu Yang sat next to the fire, took out the kettle he carried, took a small sip gently, and then carefully covered it, moved his chapped mouth due to lack of water, and said: "Dad, how long will it take to finish this desert, can we bring water?"
"It should be possible, right?" Wu Tiancheng, played by Liang Huiyao, was also a little hesitant, and then said a little seriously: "Yangyang, if the water is not enough, I hope you can endure it and keep more water for your sister and mother, your mother and sister are not as good as us, and now you are a man like your father, if you want to let them, can you do it?"
"Don't worry, Dad, even if I die of thirst, I will let my sister and mother leave enough water", Wu Yang, played by Luo Yang, said with a firm face at this time, the various disasters and life and death partings experienced along the way have greatly improved the young Wu Yang's ability to bear it and understand a lot.
"Okay, it's worthy of being my Wu Tiancheng's son", Wu Tiancheng, played by Liang Huiyao, patted Luo Yang's shoulder excitedly and said.
"Woo woo", hearing the conversation between the two fathers and sons, the sister played by Bai Xue couldn't help crying, and the mother played by Ye Die also burst into tears, hugging her daughter and comforting her, seeing this scene, Wu Tiancheng's father and son's eyes were also a little moist, and the atmosphere was a little sad, zuihou or Wu Tiancheng said: "Wu Xue, don't cry, do you have to be strong and understand"?
"Dad, I don't understand that the Weishenme government is going to place the ark so far away"? Seeing his sister so sad, Wu Yang couldn't help but complain.
"I now have a vague understanding of the government's thoughts, this ark is to continue the survival of human beings, for the survival of human beings, the seeds that are reserved need to be excellent, so the hardships along the way are the biggest test, you can continue to survive if you pass, if you don't pass, you will live and die with Blue Star, it's as simple as that", Wu Tiancheng explained thoughtfully
"cut", when Liang Huiyao and a few people were performing, Zhao Yang suddenly called a cut, which made Luo Yang and the others stunned for a moment, and with the suspension of the filming work, Luo Yang came to Zhao Yang's side with some doubts: "Brother Zhao, is there anything wrong there?"
"No", Zhao Yang shook his hand and said with some doubts: "Luo Yang, didn't you hear any strange sounds?"
"Strange sounds"? Luo Yang was stunned for a moment, listened carefully, and sure enough, there was a low whining sound, but when he looked at the sound, he couldn't see what it was.
"I heard it too, what's going on"? Luo Yang's face sank.
"I don't know, but the desert is very dangerous, there are many natural disasters, and it is impossible to prevent it", Zhao Yang was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Although I don't know what this sound is, but it sounds like the wind, I'm afraid that it will be troublesome in the event of a sandstorm!"
"No matter what, call it a day first, we'll get out of here immediately", Luo Yang paid attention instantly, then picked up the megaphone and said loudly: "Everyone, speed up, pack up your things, finish work tonight, hurry up."
The sound made everyone at the scene stunned for a moment, and they called it a day before the filming was finished? However, Luo Yang is the director and producer, so everyone naturally can't refute it, so they have to follow Luo Yang's arrangement and start cleaning up, Luo Yang kept urging everyone to speed, and the anxious appearance made everyone nervous, and they couldn't help but get nervous, and the speed accelerated a lot.
And Luo Yang also arranged for Liang Huiyao and his party to get in the car and leave first, while he and Zhao Yang hurriedly helped the other members of the crew pack their things, and at this moment, the wind became louder and louder, and everyone could hear the voice, and suddenly their faces were a little pale, and they understood that Luo Yang was so anxious.
Listening to the sound getting closer and closer, Luo Yang hurriedly waved his hand and said loudly: "No matter what is left, everyone is ready to get in the car and leave first"!
"However, there are still many things that have not been installed!" Zhao Yang looked at some of the camera equipment that had not been packed up anxiously, and said loudly.
"No matter, you can buy things when they are gone, if they are gone, they are really gone, hurry up and let everyone come back", Luo Yang anxiously took the megaphone and shouted to everyone to leave without these photographic equipment.
At this time, the whining wind was already close in front of them, and everyone could see what was making the sound, only to see a whirlwind whipped up countless sand and dust and moved quickly towards this side.
"Tornado"? Everyone suddenly screamed involuntarily.
"It's not a tornado, it's a dust tornado, damn it, doesn't it mean that the dust tornado only existed after noon during the day, how could it be at night", Zhao Yang corrected everyone's thoughts, and shouted a little incredulously.