The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 445 Douban [-]:[-]
Before I knew it, it was mid-May, and the weather in the south was already relatively hot at this time.

Especially in Hero City, it can reach more than [-] degrees.

This morning, Gao Zhiyi drove to the office building of the Department of Culture of Alinka Province.

As soon as he entered the office, he found a group of colleagues gathered around and talking in low voices.

"What are you doing?"

Gao Zhitan was in a good mood, so he walked over quietly, and suddenly asked.

The colleagues were taken aback, reacted, and immediately explained the reason.

It turned out that it was Fenghua who sent the tourism promotional video produced by Li Shengyao.

"It's finally delivered. Come on, let's see when it's broadcast."

"Pay attention to discipline. Before the promotional video is broadcast on the TV station, no one is allowed to shoot, record or disclose relevant information."

Colleagues immediately made clear the rules.

So I used the computer in the office, inserted the CD, and played the travel promotional video.

"The countryside of Alinka."

This promo also has a name.

"Did you say you went to Mount Lu, or Mount Longhu?"

"There must be Mount Lu, Mount Longhu, and Mount Jinggang. These three places are indispensable."

"I think there is Tengwang Pavilion and Poyang Lake."

"It should be about the same. Anyway, there must be places of interest in Alinka."

These colleagues are of low grade, they don't know the content of Lee Sheng Yew's filming.

However, Gao Zhiyi knew that he heard the comments of his colleagues, and he couldn't help being a little worried. Will such an unusual tourism promotional film arouse the audience's disgust?

After all, innovative ideas are good, but the audience may not fully accept them.

At this time, the promotional video is just starting to play, and there is a beautiful village in the camera amidst a burst of gentle music.

There is a narrow bridge between the green mountains and green waters.

On one side of the bridge, a large area of ​​houses has been built, and the houses here are built close together.

Most of them are two or three-story red brick houses, some with whitewashed exterior walls, some without.

A few are old houses, and the old houses are tile-roofed houses.

Facing the rising sun, this small village, which seems to be hidden in the mountains and forests, looks extraordinarily beautiful.

The photographer should be sitting in the car, and the camera travels all the way, from the village head to the village tail, lingering an atmosphere called happiness.

At this moment, the camera came to the face of a man in his fifties who looked like a farmer.

He made an introduction with a smile. It turned out that he was the teacher of this village.

"Our village is too remote, with many mountains, and young people have gone out to work."

"The primary school in the village is only up to the third grade now, and students above the fourth grade have to go to the neighboring village primary school."

"It's dangerous for children to go to school sometimes. In May and June, it rains heavily and floods."

"I hope life will be better, preferably with a car to pick up and drop off those children who go to school in the next village."

Others didn't feel much, Gao Zhiyi was a local.

He is well aware that many primary schools in Alinka Province are disappearing, not only because the population here is decreasing, but also because many people send their children to the towns and counties to go to school.

In many primary schools, there are only seven or eight students left in one grade.

The teacher said just now that the fourth grade and above go to school in the next village.

That's because the students under the fourth grade are too young, and it's not safe to go to the next village for a long distance, so they haven't been fully merged.

Regarding this issue, the government has no choice but really hopes that the economy will be better and there will be a special car to pick them up.

The following videos are all shot in a village first, showing this beautiful village in front of the camera, and then will be locked on a person.

"The ancestral hall is on fire. That is the ancestral hall of our surname Wang, and the people surnamed Wang are all separated from here."

"Two days ago on the ancestor's birthday, many people went to burn incense, and it caught fire at night."

"It can't be saved, it's late at night, everyone is sleeping."

This is an old man, with red eyes, telling the camera what happened recently.

This is a distinctive feature of the Hakka area in southern Gansu. There are many villages with single surnames here, and the people are relatively traditional.

It is very important to some inheritance.

When the old man said this, his voice was a little lower, as if something important was missing.

……

"I graduated from a bachelor's degree and worked in Shencheng for three years. I want to buy a house in Shencheng in the future and go back to my hometown for a blind date."

"My wife is a local, from the next village. The bride price is 12, and hardware. The red envelope for the first visit cost about [-]."

"My Yue's family returned two big quilts."

"It's the same here. The return gift is a quilt or a washbasin."

"I have to make money, I don't have time to fall in love."

"Marry a local girl, they are more filial, I don't have high demands on her, just be filial to my parents."

This is a young man who just got married. At first glance, he looks different from ordinary wage earners. He is someone who has the hope of taking root in the city.

Compared with their brothers and sisters elsewhere, the young people of Alinka are more conservative and traditional.

Many people want to escape from this place, but they recognize some customs of this place.

……

"I used to grow sugarcane at home, and I planted a lot. I can make more money by growing sugarcane. If I grow more, I can earn three or four thousand a year, which is much more cost-effective than growing peanuts."

"Later, the sugar mill in our city was abandoned, and it was said to be closed down."

"I've been farming at home. I didn't go out to work. I can't speak Mandarin well, so I changed to growing oranges."

"But my oranges are not sweet. I didn't sell a single catty last year. They are not sweet..."

"I have hope for the future, and I hope that everyone's life will be better."

This is what an uncle in his forties said in front of the camera.

His tone was calm and his face was calm, but his words were full of bitterness.

Few of the colleagues in the office listened to it. Most of them lamented that the village in front of them was beautifully photographed.

Most of these people are city kids who don't know what's going on in the village.

Gao Zhiyi felt very uncomfortable watching it. This tourism promotional video covers a village in 2 minutes, and there are ten villages in total. Although the front shot is beautiful, the words behind it make people feel panicked.

Now that the economy is developing rapidly and living standards are developing rapidly, whether it is in the city or in the countryside, there will be small changes in five years and major changes in ten years.

But there are still people and things that cannot be taken care of.

Not long after, everyone finished watching the tourism promotional video.

"I think what the people in the villages behind say can be cut out and just use the beautiful scenery in front."

"It's better to keep it, I think it's more interesting to keep it."

"It's not something that can't be said, and I think it's better to keep it."

Colleagues are discussing.

Gao Zhitan was a little bored, and was about to pick up the CD and leave.

"Director, here is another CD-ROM, which records [-] villages, all of which are very beautiful places. Director Li is reluctant to delete it, and gave it to us as a souvenir."

One hundred and nine villages, that is, one hundred and nine stories.

Gao Zhitan held it in his hand and felt that the disc was extraordinarily heavy.

……

The sun was sinking, falling westward.

In an urban village in Tianhe District, Yangcheng, a young man in a white shirt and black trousers walked slowly forward with a box of Yanjing Roast Duck.

His name is Lin Zhiyuan, he is from Alinka, and he came to Yangcheng to work for several years.

After get off work today, I bought half a Yanjing Roast Duck for my girlfriend.

His girlfriend is Liu Xiaoqing, who is from southern Hunan. She has a sweet appearance and gentle housekeeping. He likes it very much.

The family has prepared 20 yuan for him, plus the money he has earned in the past few years, he plans to get on the bus in Yangcheng and become a real Yangcheng native.

Not long after, he came to the rental room, opened the door, and saw the meals on the small dining table.

Liu Xiaoqing got off work early today, so he prepared dinner for him.

"Honey, where are you?"

"Do the laundry."

The rental house is very small, with one living room, one bedroom and one bathroom, and the cooking boiler is placed in the living room.

There is no washing machine at home, and Liu Xiaoqing is washing clothes in the bathroom.

Lin Zhiyuan put down the Yanjing Roast Duck and gently opened the bathroom door.

Liu Xiaoqing combed her hair and was squatting on the ground washing shoes.

Lin Zhiyuan felt warm in his heart, "Put it there, let me wash it."

"No, it will be soon."

At this time, the setting sun fell through the small window and into the bathroom.

Liu Xiaoqing's face was bright red.

She grabbed the shoe brush and brushed the shoes vigorously. They were Lin Zhiyuan's sneakers. When it rained a few days ago, water got in and they were a bit smelly.

Even at this moment, there was still a smell of shoes in the air.

"Swipe!"

The brush rubbed against the shoe.

Lin Zhiyuan was moved, he turned the electric fan around and blew on Liu Xiaoqing.

For Liu Xiaoqing, he really likes her,

At the same time, there is still some guilt in my heart.

The bride price in Alinka Province is too high. He discussed this issue with Liu Xiaoqing. When two people get married, should the bride price be given according to the rules of Alinka, or according to the customs of Shonan Province?
Liu Xiaoqing said that according to the customs in southern Hunan Province, it is fine.

This can help Lin Zhiyuan's family save a lot of money.

But for Liu Xiaoqing's family, it may not be a good thing.

Many people know about the high betrothal gifts in Alinka province. Relatives and neighbors will ask about it.

Lin Zhiyuan really wanted to give a bride price according to the rules of his hometown, but he had to buy a house and give a bride price, and his family really couldn't afford it.

This incident made him very embarrassed. In addition to going to work, people often ridiculed Alinka for the high gift, saying that he came to Liu Xiaoqing to save money.

He felt some disgust for the province of Alinka in his heart.

He really wanted to escape that place and cut himself off from his hometown.

After a while, Liu Xiao cleaned the shoes and put them on the anti-theft window to dry.

"It's time to eat, let's play a TV show."

Both were young men who bought a cheap assembled computer instead of a TV.

Both of them are used to eating while watching TV dramas.

This is their rare break after a busy day at work.

Liu Xiaoqing moved the mouse after turning on the machine, clicked on Fenghua Video, and soon saw a title on the home page.

"The countryside of Alinka."

Without thinking too much, she clicked in.

She has been in love with Lin Zhiyuan for three years, and she has met Lin Zhiyuan's parents, but she has not been to Alinka yet.

Lin Zhiyuan served Liu Xiaoqing a bowl of rice, and couldn't help but said, "It's just a broken village, what's so interesting about it."

"Look."

When Lin Zhiyuan sat down, the video titled "Alinka's Countryside" officially started.

It was an early morning, the sun was rising, and the camera fell in a village.

This is a very beautiful, quiet and peaceful village.

Lin Zhiyuan grew up in such a village since he was a child, and later he would go back to his hometown every Chinese New Year. He could tell at a glance that this was the style of his hometown village.

Seeing the beautiful village on the screen, he couldn't help being taken aback, why didn't he find it so beautiful before?
Then he came back to his senses, curled his lips, "And engaged in some false propaganda."

The camera moves quickly, from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, this small village is indeed very beautiful.

Just when Lin Zhiyuan thought he would transfer to a rich family to shoot some modern household appliances or luxury furniture.

The camera came to the face of a village teacher in his fifties.

The following videos are all like this, beautiful villages, and then all kinds of people.

There are teachers, old people, farmers, housewives, newly married men, and veterans who have gone through the Long March.

A total of 10 minutes, ten villages, ten people and ten paragraphs.

They told their stories, and several of them could not speak standard Mandarin.

When Lin Zhiyuan heard his hometown dialect, his nose felt sour for no reason, then he lowered his head, holding back his tears, not letting them fall.

As a native of Alinka, only the locals know how difficult this place is.

There are endless collapses/officials, endless mountain roads to walk, and the old and closed inheritance accumulated over thousands of years.

Who doesn't want to leave young people?
Who wants their offspring to continue their living environment?

But after all, it is the place where he was born and raised. When Lin Zhiyuan heard other people mocking Alinka, he still felt uncomfortable.

This place is beautiful, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the sky is very blue.

The people here are hard-working, low-key, hard-working.

He felt that Alinka shouldn't have such a reputation.

"What a beautiful village, are all the villages over there like this?"

"more or less."

Liu Xiaoqing nodded, "In July, let me go to your house with you. I want to see the village over there."

"It's about the same as Shonan, nothing to see."

"I want to go and see where you stayed when you were a child."

Liu Xiaoqing then clicked on the comment, "Look, many people here say that Alinka is very beautiful, why don't you let me go."

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyuan glanced hurriedly.

He suddenly thought of the reason for this video, "What kind of video is this?"

"It's Alinka's tourism promotional video. I think it was shot very well. The villages just now are very beautiful."

Lin Zhiyuan paused when he heard the words. He didn't expect that Alinka would let such a travel promotional video spread. Although the filming was beautiful, those words were basically not good.

But it seems that outsiders don't care, they pay more attention to the beautiful scenery.

He thought about it, and felt that this was the promotion and encouragement of Alinka's senior management to himself, accepting that this is a beautiful place, but it also has many flaws.

This can be regarded as a deeper understanding.

Lin Zhiyuan felt much more relaxed for no reason, and he realized that he should have such an awareness.

Alinka does have many flaws, such as the difficulty of the college entrance examination, high betrothal gifts, traditional and old-fashioned, patriarchal, these are real problems.

But this place is also very beautiful, with many mountains, rivers, and good air, and the people are kind and hardworking.

There is no need to avoid these problems, no need to feel inferior.

He should face up to his hometown without being humble or overbearing.

"Okay, then I will take you to see the place where I grew up."

(End of this chapter)