Song Tan's Notes

Chapter 1247. Wasteland

Song Tan thought to himself that I didn’t buy the car for sightseeing, but because it’s inconvenient for everyone to drive other cars.

But to be honest, these sightseeing buses are really worth buying.

There are many people in my family now, and this car is very convenient for people to sit in. Moreover, as long as we don’t go to the town, we can travel around several villages without any problem.

From the stone slope to the river beach, everyone can pull it over in carts when they work - but most villagers don't need to, because every household has a motorcycle, and they are more accustomed to riding their own bikes.

  To get from home to the river beach, the director had to go around a large area of ​​wasteland owned by other people. He looked around all the way and couldn't help sighing when he saw a field of weeds growing taller than a person:

"If the area was a little bigger, it would be much easier to take photos!"

Song Tan laughed: "It's simple. You can rent a few plots of land here and you can decide what seeds to sow on the land. If it's just weeds like this, they will grow into something like this in a month."

  director:……!!!

"Why didn't I think of that!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Song Tan warily again: "This land is not expensive, right?"

How much can this land cost? How many people in the village still farm? Even if they do, they farm for his family.

The situation is better this year because most people have reclaimed their own vegetable plots to get more seedlings, and since plans to work have been suspended, everyone has time to take care of their own land.

But the ground is still covered with weeds in this season, after all, the whole family no longer lives in the village.

  Song Tan thought about it and called Secretary Xiao Zhu:

"We are almost at the village office. Come over to discuss something."

She hung up the phone, and Chen Yuan turned the car and stopped precisely at the entrance of the village.

Secretary Xiao Zhu was on his way out in a hurry. When he saw three strangers sitting in Song Tan's car, his eyes lit up again.

At this moment, she also sat down: "Hello, I am the village party secretary, my surname is Zhu, who are you..."

Song Tan quickly explained: "This is the crew that signed the contract with me before. Now they are here to see the attractions in advance..."

“See the sights!”

Secretary Xiao Zhu was in high spirits. "Isn't the environment of our village pristine enough? Whether it's a period drama or an ancient drama, our vast wilderness is worth seeing. What do you think? Do you have any favorite places?"

The director subconsciously looked at Song Tan, and Secretary Xiao Zhu quickly refused: "Her family is not good enough, I can't do her job... You can look at other families in the village, I can negotiate for everyone if the price is right!"

director:……

He looked at Song Tan cautiously again. Even the village secretary didn't dare to talk business with her. Could she be a bully in the village?

Then he pointed to the large field where weeds grew taller than the trees and said, "I want to rent this field and have them clean it up and plant weeds... Is that okay?"

"Sure! Why not!"

In the eyes of the villagers, nothing is more practical than money.

There were only about a dozen families living in Yunqiao Village, and the rest either moved to other places or lived in the city. She didn't rent the large terraced wasteland in front of her because it was not connected to the old Song family and was some distance away from the river beach or Song Tan's house.

  But now if the crew pays, don’t they have the final say on what to plant, let alone weeds?

Secretary Xiao Zhu thought quickly, then drew a circle on the large piece of wasteland in front of him with his finger:

"If we rent this whole area, about 23 acres - how many months will the crew need it? I can negotiate the rent to 6000 within three months."

"Mow the grass, turn the soil, sow the seeds, and then plant the weeds you want..."

"We villagers do this job, 200 per day."

After she finished speaking, her eyes were earnest and her expression was sincere, as if everything was the most fair price. The director didn't know what the price of land in this poor mountain village was. The rent of such a large piece of wasteland didn't seem expensive at 6000...

  but!

He still had some rationality left, so he handed over the producer's phone number with difficulty: "Talk to him, he's in charge of the money."

Secretary Xiao Zhu was not at all disappointed. He quickly wrote down the phone number and then looked at the three directors. He thought to himself that it was a good thing that the price he offered just now was a little high, but not too high.

After all, the crew of a serious film or TV series should have a large group of people coming, right?

  Do you want temporary workers to do the rough work on site?

Do you want extras who lie on the ground without any acting skills?

Do you want someone to help boil water and make tea?

And eating and shopping...

At this moment, she was looking at Song Tan with burning eyes, and she almost shook her shoulder to ask her to stay.

  The car gradually approached the riverbank. The temperature of the wind had changed, and the moisture was a little heavier. The director looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help muttering again:

"If we shoot so many scenes here, it's too remote..."

Secretary Xiao Zhu smiled and said, "It's good to be remote. There are not many young people in the village, so we won't post anything randomly even if they take photos."

If it really comes, we have to tell the villagers to put away their cell phones as much as possible while working...

"Besides, although the location is remote, our transportation is not! Look at this road. Most of the natural and pristine villages that the crew has visited don't have asphalt roads like this, right?"

"And the most important thing is electricity. Our village is currently undergoing electricity upgrades. By the end of the month at the latest, every household will be able to use electricity without any burden."

"Don't worry about accommodation, there happen to be two homestays being built in the village..."

These things coming from Secretary Xiao Zhu seemed like a huge advantage. The director couldn't help but look at her again.

To be honest, he didn't have the same exaggeration as others when he was soliciting investment and money.

Then look at Song Tan who is smiling silently beside him, and the young driver in front of him who doesn't say a word but drives straight with his back straight as if he has been carefully trained...

  This small village is full of hidden talents!

……

As they were talking, they had arrived at the river beach.

The wind carried the warm and moist scent of river water. On a large stretch of dry riverbank in a corner connected to the mountains, a large group of people were busy planting something.

On the other side, various grasses with tall, dense, green leaves grow.

Farther away, green new shoots sprouted from the dry and yellow reeds, and a big white goose led a large group of ducks leisurely swimming on the water.

On one side of the rocky slope, sheep of all sizes were bleating and jumping back and forth. Some had snow-white, slightly yellowish, and some had black fur, and even their jumps were so cheerful.

On the riverbank pasture, pigs, cattle and sheep are leisurely living on the green grass...

"Wait a minute, why are there pigs?!"

Not only were there pigs, but they were also exceptionally large. One was a large white pig that was plump, and another had reddish-brown hair and was even more sturdy.

  There is only one black pig that is more compact, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like a wild boar.

The director's eyes lit up: "Free-range pigs, cattle and sheep... Boss Song, are you selling them?"

Update two.