Chapter 1 First encounter with wind and sand
"Hey, Teacher Su Qing, do you see if we are going to set off directly from Jingbei together" The person on the other end of the phone was talking about the planning and guidance this time.
"Okay, I've already booked a ticket, and I'll be able to go to Jingbei tomorrow night." Su Qing said softly.
"Okay, then we'll see you then, Mr. Su." The other end of the phone said respectfully.
"Okay, hard work, bye-bye." Su Qing hung up the phone and sighed softly.
Su Qing is 23 years old this year, and he has just graduated from college for a year, he usually likes to write things, and he submitted a manuscript to the editorial department in his senior year, and was directly signed by Editor Zhang.
Director Liu Tongtong, who is famous for making documentaries, plans to go to the prairie to shoot a documentary on the cultural scenery this time, and rush for the Siao Ke Award. Editor Zhang specially invited people to a meal and stuffed Su Qing into the entourage, it is best to show his face in the documentary, publicize the new book, and bring some heat to the editorial department.
Su Qing thought while packing his suitcase, he didn't want to travel so far to a place, I heard that the place was remote and there was no Internet, but well, for work, for money, I still had to move.
A short time after I cleaned up, my phone rang again.
Su Qing picked up the phone and saw that it was her little Liu Wanwan, and as soon as she picked up the phone, she heard the background sound of the hustle and bustle on the other side and Liu Wanwan's shout: "Hey! Baby Qingqing! Come out to play, I'll leave tomorrow, I've saved up a game, come out quickly, it's still the bar before! ”
Su Qingzhen's ears hurt, so he took his phone away and said, "I'm not going, I still want to pack up my things, you guys can play."
Liu Wanwan shouted: "I'm too noisy here, I can't hear you clearly, anyway, hurry up, I'm waiting for you!" Hearing the voice, someone seemed to be calling her, and she shouted to Su Qing on the phone in response: "Did you hear it, they are all acquaintances, come on!" ”
"I... ....."Su Qing was just about to speak, but he hung up the phone." I had no choice but to get up and put on a coat and go out.
When he arrived at the place where Liu Wanwan said, he heard the noisy sound of electric music and shouting inside, Su Qing had a headache, tucked his collar and went in.
"Qingqing!" Su Qing followed the sound and found Liu Wanwan dancing on the dance floor, she quickly waved her hand and walked towards Liu Wanwan.
Liu Wanwan got down from the dance floor, took Su Qing's hand and led him to the somewhat dim sitting on the side.
Hugging Su Qing's shoulders and shouting, "Our Qingqing is here!" Welcome! ”
When he got closer, Su Qing saw who was sitting on the sofa, all of them were classmates he had known since he was in school, but Su Qing was not familiar with them, because of Liu Wanwan's arrogant personality, there were always many friends around him, so Su Qing was also familiar.
"Welcome, welcome, Editor Su!" A big wave of red lips said, Su Qing doesn't remember the name, only vaguely remembers seeing it.
"No, no, it's a writer." A boy pushing a glass of wine said.
"Yes, yes, yes, our gang has such a cultural person as Su Qing!" The red lips said in big waves. The others followed suit, and it looked like they had been drinking for a while.
"No, no, it's just a worker." Su Qing replied with a smile.
"Don't be weird, I called you here to practice for my Qingqing baby, not to step on it." Liu Wanwan pulled Su Qing to sit on the seat and said.
"Got it, Qingqing heard that you are going to play on the grassland with the big director this time," the short-haired girl sitting next to Su Qing asked with a smile.
Su Qing took the wine glass that Liu Wanwan gave her, and quickly replied, "Yes, just follow the study." ”
"Huh! Grassland, the people of the grassland are hospitable and fun. The boy shouted with a smile.
"Yes, Qingqing, don't be nervous, it's the first time to go to someone who hasn't been, and there is no one around you who knows you. But Shan Wei has traveled to the grassland, and said that it is good, it is not at all that there is no network and no electricity in our impression, and it has already developed. Liu Wanwan said while drinking.
Su Qing's parents divorced since she was a child, and she has been living in a relative's house, and she is also a close friend of Liu Wanwan. Although Liu Wanwan has been like a boy since she was a child, she has a delicate mind, and she has long seen that Su Qing has been very nervous because she was arranged to shoot with the group, so she arranged a practice to relax Su Qing's mind. Su Qing looked at Liu Wanwan, who was talking eloquently, and her heart warmed, and she really didn't think about some miscellaneous things anymore.
Su Qing also drank a lot tonight, and Shan Wei also told her a lot about what she saw and heard when she went to the grassland. Not to mention the nervous thoughts, there is a little more yearning.
After arriving home, Liu Wanwan sent a message to Su Qing, "There is an event tomorrow, I have to supervise, so I can't send you"
Su Qing saw the news and hurriedly replied, "I know, you don't have to worry about me, I'll call you when I arrive."
Liu Wanwan replied with a crying emoji, and Su Qing smiled when she saw it.
After putting down the phone, I packed my suitcase and put a blue notebook in it, thinking that it would be interesting to write about what I saw and heard.
The next day, Su Qing got off the plane and called yesterday's planning guide.
"Hey, instructor, I'm in Jingbei, can I go straight to you now?"
"Teacher Su Qing! Then come directly to the hotel, we have a meeting here, you can also come and listen. ”
"Okay, I'll go over now." Su Qing hung up the phone and sighed softly, this planning guide is also a senior of the uncle's generation. Always called by a teacher, Su Qing was always very awkward in her heart, and she always felt that she was too respectful, and she didn't know how much money Editor Zhang stuffed.
When Su Qing arrived at the hotel, he put down his salute and went to them to talk about the place where the meeting was held.
405, this is it. There was a knock on the door.
The one who opened the door was a fat uncle with an inch head and wearing black short sleeves, "Yo--Teacher Su Qing, right?"
Su Qing smiled and nodded: "Yes, planning teacher, you can just call me Xiao Su."
Uncle Fat smiled honestly: "Okay, okay, Xiao Su come in, they have a meeting, let's just listen"
Su Qing followed the fat uncle into the room, there were about eight or nine people in the room, both men and women, all of them looked very tired, and it seemed that they had been busy for a long time.
"This time, we tried to go north as much as possible, looking for the ancient tribes recorded in the ancient books, as well as the folk customs left behind." It should be the chief director Liu Tongtong who spoke this time, with a little beard, and he should be forty or fifty years old.
"Well, the cars are all ready, the instruments and equipment and the staff, we have a total of seven off-road vehicles." It was a middle-aged lady wearing a hat, speaking calmly and looking at the booklet in front of her.
"Today's meeting has been held in the afternoon, and there is nothing else to disperse in advance, so we will leave at five o'clock tomorrow morning." The lady in the hat said to the director in a booklet.
"Well, let's go. Everyone is tired, you can order a supper and give reimbursement. The director leaned back sleepily.
The other staff members cheered quietly.
"I still have one more question," said a girl timidly, "do we still need to shoot footage on the way there?" ”
The middle-aged lady wearing a hat glanced at her but didn't speak, and the director said: "Let's shoot, don't shoot too much, and then focus on shooting when you get to the grassland." ”
"Okay" The girl sorted out her notes and left.
"Be friendly to newcomers, you see what they're afraid of you." Liu said with a smile to the lady wearing the hat.
The lady wearing the hat didn't smile, but still said with the same expression just now: "This is work, not to coax children, I won't bring useless people" said with her eyes in the direction of Su Qing.
Su Qing immediately stood up straight, and said with some unease: "Hello director, I'm Su Qing." ”
The lady in the hat ignored her and went straight out.
Liu Tongtong smiled kindly at Su Qing: "You are Xiao Su, I read the book you wrote, and it is very interesting."
Su Qing listened to the book that people praised her face-to-face, and her face was a little red: "No, no, I just wrote some thoughts about sitting in a well and watching the sky, and the director smiled." ”
Liu Tong listened to Su Qing's words and said with a smile: "Don't be too humble, young people have the ideas of young people, and we old people have the thoughts of old people, which is right and wrong." He stood up and stretched, and continued; Team, send Xiao Su back to rest, you have to get up early tomorrow. ”
"Yes", it turns out that the planning instructor is called the team.
On the way back, Su Qing still couldn't help but ask, "Instructor, who was next to the director just now?" ”
The team looked at Su Qing's cautious expression and smiled: "Harm, that's our assistant director Lin Mo." She just doesn't have sand in her eyes, you don't have to worry, she just looks serious, and she is still very good. ”
Su Qing has been afraid of serious people since he was a child, and this Lin Mo is right in the middle.
Early the next morning, Su Qing hurriedly got into the car with the suitcase and the group, who was originally a person who couldn't get up early, but with Lin Mo's deterrent, he could only get into the car and wait early.
"Here you go, I have to eat something in the morning" is Lele. The girl who asked the director the last question yesterday happened to be in the same room as Su Qing, she was a warm-hearted girl, and Su Qing had a good impression of her. I took the bread she handed me, but I couldn't eat it when I got up early.
"Thank you"
"You're welcome, we'll take care of each other for this shoot."
Su Qing smiled and made an OK gesture.
It took two days to see the grassland, the endless green fields. Su Qing was a little confused in the car, but when he saw the grassland, he was a little relaxed.
I opened the window, and a wind that belonged to the smell of the grassland blew into the car, clearing away the troubles in my heart.
"It's time to the prairie!" Lele was so excited that the walkie-talkie next to him sounded, "Group A is ready to shoot, leave 40 minutes of material." The indifferent voice was Lin Mo as soon as he heard it.
Su Qing shook his head, took out the blue notebook he had prepared, felt the wind blowing in his ears, and wrote: Chen Qi Yibi went to the clouds, and it was impossible to say that Jiangnan Jing Duyan.
Since Liu wanted to shoot the content of the historical relics of ancient times, the convoy walked according to the information they collected, and did not pass through tourist areas and villages. Walking in the endless grassland, the compass is the only reliance.
By noon, the wind in the grassland was blowing louder and stronger, and there was already a sign of yellow sand in the sky. The windows of the various convoys were closed, the drivers were getting more and more serious, the wind and sand were getting bigger and bigger, sweeping the sky, the whole sky turned yellow, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the black clouds were overwhelming the city.
The walkie-talkie rang, "Director Lin, the wind and sand are getting bigger and bigger, and I can't see the road ahead clearly, so it is recommended to stop, otherwise it will be very dangerous." ”
"Everyone park, grab their backpacks, get out of the car and find a leeward place to take shelter!" Lin Mo ordered.
Su Qing picked up his backpack, took a headscarf to wrap his head, and got out of the car with everyone. But the wind was too strong and the visibility was less than 30 meters, Su Qing could only see a parked car behind him, but he couldn't see whether there was a parked car in front of him.
The walkie-talkie in Su Qing's hand rang, "Go south, there is a back slope in the south!" ”
Su Qing picked up the compass, pulled up Lele and walked south.
The wind was too strong, and every step required the strength of the whole body, Su Qing felt that he was going to be torn apart by the wind, and the sand hitting his face was very painful.
Finally dragged each other with Lele to the leeward hollow, Lele was tired and spread on the ground, Su Qing looked around and saw Director Liu and Director Lin squatting not far away, as well as a few photography brothers.
The wind gradually decreased, and Su Qing looked up at the sky, returning to a bluer appearance than before. The weather is really strange, the wind comes and goes quickly, the grassland is still peaceful, and I can't see that it is blown by the wind and sand.
"Count the numbers! Get in order and get ready to go back to the car. Director Lin stood up and shouted with a full breath.
"Director Lin and Director Liu, there are eighteen of us in total, but now there are only eight people, and the walkie-talkie is still not easy to use, and I can't contact anyone else." One of the photographers said.
"Let's go back and look for the car first, there are flare guns in the car, and they will know when they see our flare guns." Director Liu said.
"It's broken! The compass is out of order! Lele jumped up from the ground and shouted anxiously.
When the others heard this, they hurriedly took out their compass, and Su Qing also looked at the compass with a frown.
Presumably, the result is the same for everyone.
The compass is out of order.