13. Start from the ground
Hua Jianchen's words were sincere, with tears in his eyes, as if he was pleading sincerely, Huo Yu and Su Tina on the side couldn't help but look at Song Wenbin when they saw Hua Jianchen like this.
They and Song Wenbin had a mustard before filming the show, so they naturally didn't want to discuss it with him at this time, but the meaning in their eyes was obvious.
A green tendon broke out of Song Wenbin's head.
Call?
Wouldn't that really admit that he had no positive effect on the show, wouldn't it admit that he made the wrong decision, wouldn't it admit that the other three people's decisions were correct. If so, what will viewers think after the show airs.
He glanced at the director next to him, who was engaged in filming without distraction, and his knuckles were pinched.
Seeing Song Wenbin's expressionless face, Huo Yu immediately understood the little Jiujiu in his heart, and couldn't help waving his hand a little irritably: "Okay, let's make a call." It's time like this, let's go out first. โ
"yes, let's make a phone call."
Sutina took out her mobile phone and said, "We're not familiar with this point, if something happens, it's really dangerous!" โ
"No, you don't have to."
Song Wenbin said lightly.
Yes?
Huo Yu and Sutina frowned in unison.
"There's no signal here." Song Wenbin patted Hua Jianchen's shoulder, "Wait for a signal to cry again, okay?" โ
Hua Jian Chen shuddered, looked at Song Wenbin, and was stunned.
Huo Yu and Sutina also quickly took out their mobile phones to take a look, ho, there was really no signal. The desolation of the place was far beyond their expectations.
The three of them had to give up the idea of calling for help, and obediently squatted on the ground and waited.
By the end of the evening, the scorching sun had set over the plain, the distant gunfire had long since subsided, and the smoke from the burning vehicles had disappeared.
This place is probably not a place with a legal system like China, and no one can really say who is the boss in this land, and they have not seen any law enforcement officers come to search for it after such a long time of conflict.
It wasn't until the heat faded that the Latin American aunts and uncles on the side got up again and walked along the sand and cactus bushes. Song Wenbin pushed Huo Yu beside him and said to those uncles and aunts.
The four of them stood up and hung not far away from those Latin American aunts all the way forward, all the way to the middle of the night, they finally crossed the desert and returned to the side of the Gobi Highway.
Those Latin American natives stood on the side of the road, sitting on the road in twos and threes, trying to wait for the passing cars to take them to the end, but they didn't know whether the road was remote or the time was early in the morning, and after waiting for a long time, no civilian car came, even if there were occasional cars coming, it was the kind of large trucks carrying goods, and those trucks completely ignored the raised hands of the passing aunts, and roared with the kind of cold spirit that if you don't get out of the way, I will directly kill you, without any intention of stopping at all.
As the sun and moon re-changed, a new round of the sun rose above the ground, and everyone's patience was gradually exhausted in waiting and frustration.
"If there is no car willing to stop... Shall we not die of thirst in this hellish place? Anyway, the program team has a radio... There should be... Why don't you ask them for it? Hua Jianchen pessimistically talked beside Song Wenbin.
"They won't use it for you." Song Wenbin said coldly: "It's only been a day, and it's not yet a matter of life and death, bear with it." โ
After enduring it for about ten minutes, Hua Jianchen couldn't help but think in pieces: "Maybe we should be honest... It's true... If we hadn't made this trip, we would have been in Panama... Or... When we get out of this place, let's contact the previous snakehead again, tired of the teacher, what do you think...? โ
Huo Yu and Su Tina couldn't help but look at Song Wenbin when they heard this, but Song Wenbin didn't want to agree to this request, these people didn't even discuss it with him when they made a decision before, how could he fulfill their wish at this time.
"Okay, you don't have the film crew with you?" He was impatient: "Do you think you want to make a documentary?" โ
"We can use the small equipment we carry with us to take candid photos..."Hua Jianchen was still trying to persuade Song Wenbin: "I remember that you used to do this when you went to many countries, in that kind of very hidden occasions and private places, you all carried small devices with you, didn't you?" Holland, Indonesia, and many, many more...."
"Well, I don't mind if you want to take me." Song Wenbin said.
He really doesn't want to BB with this guy anymore, if it weren't for the fact that the other party is the host arranged by the investor, he can't help but want to explode at this moment, why would a person who has never traveled make irresponsible remarks about his decision-making!
"I'm sorry, I didn't question what you meant, I hate you, teacher, you've been to so many places, you must be more familiar with the outside than I am. But after all, you are only one person, Mr. Su and Mr. Huo studied a lot of strategies and materials, and finally made the decision to find a snake..."
Song Wenbin rolled his eyes, and at this time, the roar of the engine was heard in the distance.
A small truck carrying haystacks clattered up and stopped in front of everyone.
The uncles and aunts who were waiting on the side were overjoyed, and they hurriedly got up from the ground and hugged them. Song Wenbin and his entourage were no exception, and when they saw that there was finally a car willing to help, they hurriedly stepped forward.
At this moment, a brown-skinned and bearded truck driver jumped out of the cab, still holding a rifle in his hand, and the group of people who surrounded the extraordinary journey quickly took a few steps back.
Fortunately, the locals were very calm, and after a few uncles stood in place and communicated with the driver with the gun for a while, the driver put down the gun and said, "Ten dollars per person, get off the border station." โ
Song Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly took his team to get into the car, but before they could get into the car, they were stopped by the driver again.
"A hundred dollars for you."
The bearded driver said.
"What?" Song Wenbin listened to the English truthfully, and couldn't help but be stunned: "I just heard what you said about ten dollars a person!" โ
"Whoever has a hundred dollars, I charge ten dollars, and those who have a thousand dollars, I charge a hundred dollars." The driver said as a matter of course, pointing to the cameras on Bao Li and Wei Ning, and said, "You guys look rich and have a lot of equipment, so I have to charge some more." โ
"Then do you have to collect a billion from him!"
Song Wenbin was shocked.
"If he's here, I will."
The driver said calmly: "There are not many cars passing by here, the weather is very hot, and most of the cars are company trucks, it is impossible to stop and take you, if you want to wait for the next flight, I don't mind." โ
Song Wenbin stared at this bearded man with wide eyes, seeing that he was not embarrassed at all, he was completely calm, and then looked at the rifle in his hand, knowing that he couldn't talk about the price with him, he could only raise his hand and surrender: "Okay, you are amazing, a hundred dollars, okay, as long as you can send us to the Panamanian border, a hundred dollars will be a hundred dollars." โ
Soon, the group sat on the car one after another, the car is divided into two layers, the middle and the outside, another layer inside the straw stomping, and another layer above the straw stomping.
Song Wenbin, Su Tina and others, who paid a hundred dollars, of course have the right to freely choose VIP seats, but unfortunately there is not only no air conditioning in the haystack, but there is a smell of sheep dung, as long as they choose to sit on the haystack on the roof of the car, there is still a little breeze here.
After the car drove away, the wind was there, but the 40-degree sun could not blow away. Soon, Song Wenbin was sweating profusely. Of course, even more unbearable than this is the annoyed gaze of colleagues.
Su tina and Huo Yu sat on the haystack opposite, swaying with the vehicle while glaring at Song Wenbin.
Song Wenbin was uncomfortable and asked, "What do you see, can you still live in peace?" โ
"A trip of 100 US dollars, a ticket of more than 700 yuan, is enough to fly from Shanghai to BJ!" Huo Yu gritted his teeth in the sun and said.
"But now we're sitting on the haystack, basking in the sun." Sutina said sadly, this car is so slow, when we get to Panama, I'm afraid we will all be sunburned. โ
Before Song Wenbin could speak, suddenly, there was an extra awning sunshade on Su Tina's head, and it turned out to be the fourth person, Hua Jianchen, who made a small ceiling out of his own clothes and the straw under him, and put it on Su Tina's head diligently.
After he finished the fight, he said to Huo Yu: "Teacher Huo, you sit here a little, and I will make one for you immediately." โ
Huo Yu snorted, leaned generously beside Su Tina, and praised: "You are still sorry for people, let's build a shed for yourself, I'm not so delicate." โ
"I'm fine, old man, don't rely on appearance to eat."
Hua Jianchen smiled: "But you are different, you have to protect it, after all, you are girls, and you are also the face of this show." โ
Rao is this person has a bad reputation on the Internet, but at this moment, neither Huo Yu nor Su Tina can find fault with him. Sutina hesitated for a long time, but could only bow her head and say thank you.
Song Wenbin, who was flipping through the sunscreen face towel, put down his bag, closed his eyes, and his teeth were clenched secretly.
Fortunately, the desert was not wide, and soon they were in the dense rainforest and near the river, and the air became hot and humid. It's just that the roads here are unusually tortuous and bumpy, those former cement roads are rolled by trucks in a mess, and no one can be seen repairing, there are potholes everywhere, and everywhere you can see cars breaking down on the side of the road waiting for maintenance.
Song Wenbin's car was no exception, from time to time it fell into a pit, from time to time it got stuck on the side of the road, and every time at this time, they had to get down and push the cart, which was a difficult and annoying process.
Another dozen hours of long-distance travel, until late at night, this slow little truck finally drove to the border, which can be covered with rainforests, as the only relatively developed country in Central America, Panama's border is not much better than other places, the same old and dilapidated, but now the old border is armed to the teeth.
As the headlights swept over the border station, Song Wenbin saw heavily armed soldiers and even tanks and armored vehicles among the people who were being checked. The barking of police dogs and the shouting of police officers are incessant, and the trucks that have stopped for inspection have formed a long line and are undergoing strict screening. The trucks were being dismantled and inspected in piles and piles, and the merchants were lined up as they were being searched by border soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Huo Yu was very depressed, and said irritably: "It's really better to follow the snakehead to the rainforest, when will this be searched." โ
"It must be because of the case on the road earlier."
Sutina analyzed: "Those people have done such terrible things, they will definitely attract revenge!" โ
"We... Do you want to call again? โ
Hua Jianchen took out his mobile phone and said, "Now there is a signal here." โ
Before Song Wenbin could refuse, Huo Yu, who had pushed all the way to the car and basked in the sun, directly took his mobile phone and dialed a call.
Seeing her like this, Song Wenbin wanted to speak and stopped.
Soon, the phone was connected, and Huo Yu and the person on the phone explained their intentions a little, but soon, her face gradually changed. Huo Yu handed the phone to Sutina, and Sutina opened the outlet.
I only heard the person on the phone say, "...... There's no way to get $7,000 over now, at least $10,000. โ
"Didn't it pay back $7,000 the day before yesterday, why did it rise to $10,000 now??" Sutina asked in shock: "And we are not starting from Colombia, it stands to reason that the shorter distance should be cheaper!" โ
The person on the phone patiently explained: "You were in Bogotรก at the time, which was our starting point, the route we were most familiar with, and the price was of course the fairest, but now you have gone to the Panamanian border, and we have to send someone to pick you up, and we have to re-check the crossing, and the route you are taking now is completely different from what we usually take, and it is also very risky for us." โ
"But......," Sutina still wanted to bargain.
"No, I think you also know that some bad things have happened on the border recently, and a number of DEAs have been attacked over there, and the risk and difficulty of the current line are not comparable to before, and I am very merciful that I didn't give you a rise of 15,000 dollars, so think it out for yourself."
Song Wenbin listened to his decisive tone, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to get his mobile phone.
But the person on the phone said as if he were a prophet: "Ten thousand dollars, no counteroffer." Tell your brother who came with a machete to stop talking to me. โ
Song Wenbin heard the voice on the phone, and his outstretched hand stopped.
The phone was hung up, and the four of them stood in place, staring at each other with big eyes. The main thing is that Sutina Huo Yu glared at Song Wenbin, and Hua Jianchen looked at the sky with his head pinched, as if he was nothing.
"Look! I would have promised them if I had known! โ
Sutina was the first to attack, she stomped her feet irritably and said, "Originally, I told them everything, but now they have transferred 10,000 US dollars!" We only have a total start-up capital of 10,000 yuan, and we have spent some miscellaneous, and we don't have 10,000 yuan of money now!! How is this going to pass!! โ
(End of chapter)