Outside the Beijing funeral home, a bus stopped at the door.

"Director Wu, this is it?" Zhang Guorong curiously pointed to the funeral parlor with white walls and asked curiously.

"This is it, let's get off."

Clapped his hands, Wu Yuan took the main actors of the "Undertaker" crew and got off the bus.

It's their first stop at experiencing life.

Outside the funeral home, there were already people waiting for them.

"Hello Director Wu, welcome to learn about our funeral business."

The curator of the funeral home smiled like a chrysanthemum.

God, the art of film has appeared for so many years, and there has never been a movie that focuses on the "funeral" industry.

Now there is a movie to film the work and life of the mortuary, and to reveal the importance of the profession of the mortuary for the audience, as well as the sadness and difficulty behind it.

The curator who received the news immediately patted his chest and promised that he would definitely let the crew of "The Undertaker" enjoy the treatment of being at home!

Well, it seems a little inappropriate to say that, but the mind is in place.

"Come on, come on, please inside."

"Several masters from our pavilion are waiting for you."

Although it is said that it is to experience the profession of mortuary, it will not let Zhang Guorong and them really follow the mortuary to do the mortuary work for the body.

Every deceased person is to be respected.

Except for the general teachers in the medical school, who have dedicated their bodies to the cause of medicine, no other deceased person should be the object of visitation.

Not even for the sake of making a movie!

Therefore, the crew of "The Undertaker" can't really witness their specific working methods when the undertaker is working.

They can only simulate the profession of mortuary through the dictation of the masters and the use of some practice prostheses.

Of course, after the funeral ceremony, with the permission of the family, several main actors can participate as guests.

Under the leadership of the curator, Wu Yuan, Zhang Guorong, Chen Hong, Li Xuejian, Wu Yanshu, Sun Li and other main creators soon came to a family lounge in the funeral home.

Three well-dressed undertakers were already waiting for everyone inside.

All three were men, two looked to be in their forties and fifties, and one was relatively young, only in his twenties and thirties.

"These three are the mortuaries of our funeral home, and the two older Gan Jianxiang and Master Gao Yan have been undertakers in our funeral home for 20 years, and they are very professional."

"That young man's name is Ji Jun, and he is an apprentice brought by Master Gao Yan."

In fact, the people who do the job of the mortician, except for the special nature of the work itself, are no different from ordinary people in other places.

It may be the first time to see a big star, and the three mortuaries are all a little nervous on their faces, standing there at a loss and not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Wu Yuan took the initiative to step forward and shook hands with them one by one.

When they stretched out their hands, all three of them were obviously hesitant, as if they rarely shook hands with people and were not used to this kind of "intimate" contact.

"Hello three masters, I am the director of this film "The Undertaker", my name is Wu Yuan."

"I came to our Beijing funeral home this time, just to learn from the three masters about what the real life and work of the mortuary are like."

may be the reason why the circle of friends is relatively narrow, and the three masters are all relatively taciturn personalities.

After they looked at each other a few times, the eldest Gan Jianxiang stumbled back: "Actually, we are ordinary people, just doing jobs that many people can't accept." ”

"Usually, although the deceased has seen a lot, they don't say that they can see through life and death, but they see a lot of warmth and coldness."

"I don't know what you want to know, director."

"As long as we know, you can ask, we will answer."

"Okay, let's sit down and talk about it." Wu Yuan nodded with a smile and beckoned everyone to sit down together.

In fact, he also needs to understand the specific situation of the industry from the mouths of these real morticians, and understand what the life they face and come into contact with is like, so as to better improve the details of the script.

As soon as he sat down, Zhang Guorong, who had been looking at the three of them curiously, looked at the youngest undertaker and asked softly, "Aren't you afraid of doing this?" ”

Facing the big star's question, Ji Jun was very shy and nervous, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said haha: "I will definitely be scared at the beginning, after all, I am facing the deceased every day." ”

"The first time I touched the body, I was very scared, I felt that everything was cold, my heart was hairy, and I wanted to end it quickly."

"I didn't expect the back one after another, and in a trance I realized that so many people died every day, and I didn't sleep all night that night, and when I closed my eyes, I had a picture of the body in my mind."

"But after working for a long time, I won't be afraid, it's not that I've become bolder, but after working for a long time, I actually figured it out in my heart, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"On the contrary, it is also a gratifying thing to think that in the last stage of the deceased's life, it is for me to dress up, tidy up, and leave this world with dignity and dignity."

"In my opinion, although they are deceased, they were once living beings, but we are helping them to complete the last journey of life, and we want to give them the last dignity."

"I think even if there are ghosts in this world, they won't harm us, they will only thank us, right?"

Zhang Guorong looked at Ji Jun in a daze, looking at this mortuary who should be "avoided" in the eyes of most ordinary people, and looking at the sincere and relieved smile he showed when he mentioned work, he didn't know what to say for a while.

A thousand words choked up in his throat, but in the end they only turned into a sigh.

Wu Yuan, who was also silent on the side, turned his head to look at Gan Jianxiang: "Master Gan, how do you usually work in this industry?" ”

"How does it work?" Gan Jianxiang frowned, thought about it and said dryly: "Actually, the process is not complicated. ”

"It is to first ask the body out, bow to the body, then repair the body, bathe, wipe it, trim the nails of the hands and feet, and then dress and put on makeup."

"Sometimes I have to give them a massage to relax the stiff body and make it easier to dress."

"When it comes to gender, if it's a man, you need to give her a haircut and shave, and if it's a woman, you need to put on foundation, blush and lipstick."

"After everything is finally sorted out, the body is placed in the coffin and the family can proceed with the farewell ceremony."

"Of course, it's relatively simple to say, but each step is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and you need to not only master these professional skills, but also be able to withstand the pressure of heavy workload."

Compared with the stumbling at the beginning, Gan Jianxiang, who talked about his career, immediately talked eloquently.

Looking at his simple but bright eyes, Wu Yuan sighed deeply in his heart.

Because of people's taboo about death, most ordinary people have a deep prejudice against the mortuary, and they are afraid to avoid it, or even speak ill of it.

But they never complained, but took the initiative to isolate their lives from the outside world.

They take the initiative to refuse invitations to various birthday banquets, wedding banquets, weddings, and birthdays, and are accustomed to not taking the initiative to shake hands with people and hide their hands.

I don't even dare to say "goodbye" and "see you next time" and other greetings easily, for fear of being misunderstood.

In order to make the last journey of the deceased's life beautiful and dignified, they chose to sacrifice themselves to fulfill the deceased.

They are silent and silent on weekdays, as if they have disappeared into society and disappeared from the sight of most people.

But they have been silently giving dignity to death and health to the deceased.

This is the undertaker.