White dove

The next day, the two made an appointment at the Shenshen old studio in Wutai Mountain on Shanghai Road, an old house in Taogu New Village. This not-so-long alley is full of interesting shops. Hitomi parked the car outside the alley and walked past Korean barbecue restaurants, succulent plant shops, and craft beer shops. He saw a steaming homemade pizza at a window downstairs in the old community. He bought three The freshly baked Italian pizza went upstairs and was brought to the studio for editing and post-production children.

There are not many people in the studio, and there are only two edits and one post-production on a daily basis. As the boss and Ruan Fei as the main photographer, Shen Chen doesn't come here often. Usually, Shen Shen contacts live commercial films, which is enough for a few people. For the project, all other staff are temporarily hired outside, which is also a common practice in the industry.

The main reason is that Shen Chen is not active in making money. The main reason for this is that he saved a large amount of studio rent. This house is his own, to be precise, it was his parents' home.

Tong Tong has seen this room in Shen Chen’s documentary. In the film, his parents first lived here, but they kept arguing, fighting, running away from home, and crying bitterly. Later, they divorced and moved out faster than one. Here, it seems that this room is a disaster, and no one wants to stay a second longer.

Tong Tong asked him, "Then where do your parents live now?"

Shen Chen said: "My father is abroad, and my mother has returned to her hometown, Suzhou."

Tong Tong nodded and asked again: "What about you, where do you live?"

"I live in Hexi. My dad bought me a small apartment in Hexi before going abroad. He settled me down before he dared to go out. It's awkward to call him dad now. After all, he is already a woman both physically and mentally. In front of him, I don't even know what to call it." It was natural for Shen Chen to talk about this, but Tong Tong could also hear a little bit of helplessness.

He didn't shy away from these things, and took Tong Tong, who was here for the first time, to look around. It's not big, with two bedrooms and two halls in the old style, but it's very quiet. Wutai Mountain is such a place where every inch of land is so precious, it is very close to several well-known universities, and the Pioneer Bookstore, a holy place for literature and art, is within walking distance. It is really a good place.

The living room was converted into the children's work room. One of the two rooms was used as an equipment room, and the other was used as a reception room and screening room. Shen Shen didn't have a separate office. The sycamore tree can be seen outside the window, Shen Shen said: "It's still early, in summer, the green outside can be reflected in the house, and it can also cool down from the heat."

The whole room was a bit messy, the kind of mess that is unique to art studios. Shen Shen complained that the three children didn't know how to tidy up, while rushing to put things back together. Tong Tong didn't mind at all, he liked this kind of thing.

Tongtong's own home is not like this, there are so few things that it seems that he has stayed in Nanjing for almost five years. After living in a small one-bedroom and one living room by Mochou Lake for a long time, the landlord urgently needs money to sell, so he simply bought it. It is also his home, but anyone who enters the door feels completely ready to run away at any time.

One of the editing boys came over and asked Shen Chen: "Brother Shen, Tian Ming and I have gone through the material in the past two days, and I haven't finished finishing it yet. Do you and Brother Xiao Tong have any thoughts on editing the finished film?" The editing idea of ​​the episode Tong Tong had communicated with Shen Shen on the way back from Guizhou, and the two had similar ideas. This episode is related to the tonality of the entire season of the film. Both Tong Tong and Shen Chen think that only the first cut frame is needed. , Wait until the material for the second and third episodes is finished, I will be more sure about the finished film, and then I will fine-tune it.

Shen Chen introduced to Tong Tong: "This is Xiao Cui, the editing team leader of our studio, Xiao Cui, you have a good chat with Brother Xiao Tong about the editing idea, and come out of the frame first."

"Okay." Xiao Cui nodded readily.

Tong Tong simply sat down next to Xiao Cui's computer, and began to talk carefully about the material with the two editors.

Shen Chen was making hand-made coffee in the tea room. After a while, he took a tray to the balcony and asked Tong Tong to come over. Tong Tong saw that there was a pot of black tea on the tray. She was a little surprised, and Shen Chen smiled and said, "What are you surprised about?" , I don’t know if you don’t drink coffee.”

The two sat on the balcony, drinking coffee while the other drank tea. Tong Tong said, "I don't sleep well. A cup of coffee can keep me awake until tomorrow morning."

"So serious? Then you will have a lot less fun."

"It doesn't matter, not only coffee, green tea, even green tea-based milk tea, black tea is the only acceptable."

"Okay, I'll take it down."

Tong Tong was startled, the words sound familiar, he has many trivial and troublesome little habits, he drinks light drinks, doesn't like mountain climbing, likes spicy food but only slightly spicy food, doesn't eat coriander and garlic... Someone once said "I made a note of it".

He glanced at the ignorant Shen, and suddenly felt a little stuffy in his heart.

Shen Chen said: "When this project is finished shooting and goes online, and it becomes the S-level of the platform, our studio will really expand. By then, there will definitely not be enough here, and we will have to find another place."

Tong Tong looked back and said, "I quite like it here, if I can stay one more day, just stay one more day, and save some money."

"Look at you, don't spend money all over the place, your Brother Shen can make money, don't worry, it's just that I was too lazy to make money before." Shen Chen smiled helplessly.

Tong Tong also smiled, liking people and a place is all about intuition, it has nothing to do with size, new or old, money or not.

The next morning, all the film crew gathered at the airport again, and the second outdoor shooting officially started.

Shen Chen called a car from Hexi early on the grounds that he was on the way, drove to the downstairs of Tongtong's house in Mochou Lake, picked up someone, and went to the airport together.

Qin Doudou was the first to arrive, and the young man was full of energy. Ruan Fei and Lan Lin got stuck, and Ruan Fei was almost dragged out of the car by Lan Lin. This man looked like he had let himself go for the past few days. Turning his head, he was still yawning almost at noon, and his eyelids could hardly be opened. Lan Lin mocked him with a cold face: "When you are old, you have to know how to control yourself. What does it look like to be overly indulgent all day long? I really think I am a contemporary Ximenqing? Whoever comes does not reject women's friends? Sooner or later, he will be exhausted and die."

Lan Lin was handsome, and was very polite to everyone, but Ruan Fei was not angry when he sneered at Ruan Fei at every turn. He yawned deeply again, squinted his eyes and looked at Lan Lin, and said lazily: "If you really want to In that way, I can die as I wished, as a man, being flirtatious until death is the highest way to die, do you understand?"

Before Lan Lin could choke back, Ruan Fei laughed muffledly: "Oh yes, of course you don't understand, you are still a little virgin, hahahaha."

Lan Lin's face turned red with anger, and then turned white again. The red, white and white were all in Ruan Fei's eyes. You dare to provoke me every day with this kind of temperament, that is to say, brother, I have a good temper and let you go, so you can restrain yourself when you go to the Northeast, don't outsiders know like this?"

Lan Lin swung Ruan Fei's arm off angrily, wishing not to answer.

Ruan Fei teased him again: "Are you still angry? You child... How about taking you to the Northeast brother to take a bath, and find a girl for you, and finish the coming-of-age ceremony while working?"

I don't know which sentence was wrong, Lan Lin looked even more angry, his eyes were red with anger, he threw away Ruan Fei and strode forward on his own, and got together with Shen Shen and Tong Tong.

Tong Tong looked back at Ruan Fei, and even an outsider could tell that Ruan Fei was really stupid.

After five people checked their luggage, they put the photographic equipment in the equipment box and boarded the plane. The trip was far enough, and the subject of the photo was far in the hinterland of Daxing'an Mountains. It took a lot of trouble to contact a person before. Known as the guardian of the last forest, Zandalag.

First flew to Harbin, landed and transferred another plane, and after landing again, I saw the professional guide for this itinerary, a young man named Tatur, who was a descendant of a Mongolian-Han intermarriage. He had packed a car in advance and brought a group of people Bumpy from the urban area of ​​Genhe to the county seat, and then to the small town, across the dark mountains and rivers at night, to the forest farm in the hinterland of the forest.

Tatur led them into the log cabin on the forest farm and said, "Everyone will stay here tonight, and I will take everyone to meet Uncle Wu Renqi tomorrow."

Several people nodded and said yes, the long journey during the day is really exhausting, and now they just want to fall asleep.

The forest farm was originally only a place for forest rangers to live in. The conditions were simple and there were only two extra rooms. The film crew checked briefly. Ruan Fei, Lanlin and Qin Doudou lived in a three-person room, and Shen Shen and Tong Tong lived in the only two people. house.

Before leaving, Tatur specially told a few people: "Although we say that it is spring here, it is almost like winter. It is quite cold at night. It is estimated that there will be snow at night on this day. Everyone, please close the doors and windows, no matter what is going on outside. Don't go out, safety first."

There was a kang burning in the cabin, but it was only warm, to the point where they could take off their T-shirts before entering the room. Tong Tong and Shen Shen washed up briefly, and soon they each went to bed.

Clutching the thick quilt, the warm kang under her body gradually warmed up. The temperature was just right. A strong wind blew outside the house and blew through the vast forest. Ghosts were crying and wolves were howling. Tong Tong reached out and turned off the lights, and there was only silence black.

Just as she was about to say good night, she heard Shen Shen, who was leaning against the other wall, ask, "Little Tong, have you not been in touch with Border Town for so many years?"

Tong Tong was stunned, and a shadow flashed in his mind, he said: "No, when we separated, there was no such thing as WeChat, only mobile phone and QQ, and QQ has never been used since we left, I changed the mobile phone number to Nanjing , Although the previous mobile phone and number are still there, they are rarely turned on."

Shen Shen smiled lightly in the darkness, and was immediately lost in the screaming wind, he said: "In your subconscious mind, you are still afraid that you will never find this person again, so you keep your old number, don't you?"

Tong Tong didn't say anything, and after a long while he said: "Once, about three years ago, I didn't go home during the Spring Festival, and went to Yunnan for a trip. I found a group of people on the Internet to go hiking in Yubeng together. One night I stayed In a local village that I don’t know what it’s called, during the festival, the locals set off a lot of fireworks. I watched it there, thinking that I also watched fireworks when I was a senior, and then ran all the way to find him, and turned on the old mobile phone unconsciously. Yes, as soon as I opened it, I saw a phone call from Border Town."

"I stared at the caller ID for a long time, but I didn't dare to answer it... Then I answered it. It was very noisy on the other side, and the fireworks were also very noisy on my side. I couldn't hear what he was talking about. I ran into the house and ended up I heard another person’s voice, saying who are you? Sorry, I’m too drunk in Biancheng. I recognized it and asked if it was Su Lei. Su Lei also recognized my voice and said, oh, it’s Xiaotong, it scared me to death I thought he was drinking too much and calling clients indiscriminately. I asked Su Lei what was going on. Su Lei said it was nothing to cough, just some messy entertainment. I couldn't help but ask him how the border town is doing now, Su Lei It’s very good, we have started a company together, not only building materials, but also real estate, and we will do more in the future... I was surprised, and asked him if he didn’t have a company back home. Su Lei said how is it possible, he Never turn back, think about what you want to do and never regret it..."

"I chatted with Su Lei for a while, and asked him about his current situation. Cheng Shanshan stayed in Shanghai, but they still contacted occasionally. In the end, he said that the entertainment was over, and he wanted to take Biancheng home, and we will talk later. When I hung up the phone, I didn’t know how to blurt out and asked if anyone at home took care of the border town, Su Lei would stop and say, no, he’s been alone all the time.”

"I can't remember how I hung up the phone... If you want to talk about contact, this is the only contact. Later, I often turned on that mobile phone, but I never received a call from him again."

Shen Chen sighed and asked, "You know he's still alone, why didn't you take the initiative to contact him?"

"I can't change the status quo, so what if I contact you? It's been so long, and I can't go back."

After a while, Shen Shen said: "You should all look forward."

In the dark, Tong Tong smiled and didn't speak anymore. Many years ago, that person also said, when will you look forward?

Why do people have to look ahead?Tong Tong felt that she had never stopped moving forward for a moment, it was time to lead people forward involuntarily, but as for her heart, her heart might have stopped at a certain place long ago and could not move forward.

The author says:

there tomorrow