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Chapter 045 Premiere

 Seeing this scene, Dong Xi's eyes couldn't help but jump.

This opening logo is the masterpiece of Sun Haiping. I heard that just a few seconds of simple animation wiped out all the remaining funds after the filming of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"!

If he hadn't known about Sun Haiping's character, Dong Xizhen would have suspected that the other party had siphoned off the money.

This dark muscular figure, in Sun Haiping’s words, was modeled after Dong Xi. It is absolutely real!

Although it looks simple, the technology contained in it is beyond the control of ordinary people.

Dong Xi didn't understand high technology, but he also knew about a business at this time, a studio specializing in special effects production for film and television works.

The opening animation flashed by, the picture suddenly became brighter, the blue sky was very clear, and then a special melody sounded.

Crisp, loud, melodious, and penetrating, it directly catches people's ears.

At this time, there were still some audience members in the back row who had not yet taken their seats and were still attracted by this unique sound.

"It's Suona!" Someone knowledgeable said directly.

However, more people are still confused. After all, this is a foreign country, and the majesty of suona has not yet been suppressed.

Sure enough, as the camera panned down, a special small village appeared on the big screen.

It is said to be special mainly because of the house in which it lives. The unique shape of the cave dwellings on the Loess Plateau instantly caught the attention of all moviegoers.

Coupled with the high-pitched sound of the suona, the whole scene slowly freezes on a fool at the entrance of the village.

He has a silly grin, the hair on his head is in clumps, and his face is the typical red and black color. What's more, half of his front teeth are missing, making him look extra silly!

This is the "spoon" that Hong Mao makes a guest appearance, and it is also a specialty of every village - the village guard.

I saw him riding a bamboo pole and holding a simple windmill made of bamboo in his hand, running across the screen.

At the same time, along with the sound of the suona, Wang Baoqiang's narration also slowly sounded: "This is where I grew up in northern Shaanxi and Qin Dynasty. Welcome to my hometown!"

The camera slowly followed the cave house where Hongmao ran, with red slogans spray-painted on the earth-yellow walls.

"If one person is reborn, the whole village will be sterilized!"

"Have fewer and better students and make meritorious service to the country!"

“If you want to be rich, have fewer children and plant more trees!”

"It's better to have only one child!"

Naturally, in order to make it easier for foreigners to understand, German subtitles are added.

"Hahaha~" Sure enough, as soon as these slogans appeared, there was a burst of laughter in the screening hall.

The arrogance contained in this laughter made Dong Xi frown unconsciously. Han Bin next to him seemed to feel his emotions and touched his thigh comfortingly.

"Don't be angry, it's reality!"

Dong Xi understood the meaning of Han Bin's words and what these foreigners were laughing at, but he still clenched his fists unconsciously.

The video on the screen continued, and the camera finally stopped at the door of a house.

White cloth is hung on the loess wall of the cave dwelling, a black coffin is placed in the center, and people wearing mourning clothes come and go.

Perhaps it was because of the camera, but the two folk artists playing the suona pumped their cheeks and performed particularly energetically.

The protagonist played by Wang Baoqiang was kneeling beside the coffin, with no expression of joy or sadness on his face.

The younger brother and younger sister beside him were playing with their toys, completely unaware of what was happening.

This scene was shot in real life. An old man in the village passed away, and the crew used the venue to film it.

In the script, Wang Baoqiang's grandfather passed away.

But Wang Baoqiang's character doesn't feel sad, and Duan Yihong, who is responsible for receiving guests, is all smiles.

Logically speaking, your father just died, so you can't be like this!

At this time, Wang Baoqiang's narration in the movie continued: "My grandfather just passed away, but I don't feel sad because he is too old to do farm work!"

"In the village, this kind of funeral is called happy mourning, which means that when the old man dies, the children and grandchildren don't have to be sad."

As the camera rolls around, it is clear that it is a funeral, but there is a lot of eating, drinking, and a banquet!

This seems to allow the deceased to leave with dignity, and also shows the filial piety of the children and grandchildren.

But it was this funeral banquet that made the Qin family even worse.

As the story progresses, Qin Dahai, played by Wang Baoqiang, uses his personal experience to slowly reveal the memories of this era.

Duan Yihong vividly interprets the image of a peasant with a low level of education!

The huge screening room gradually became quiet, and it was obvious that the story on the screen had attracted the attention of all the viewers.

But occasionally I still get a knowing smile, especially when drought comes and the villagers raise money to hire a goddess to dance for rain. Her exaggerated movements are simply breathtaking.

The whole village danced wildly in the mud, stirring up patches of dust, which was quite a bit of black humor.

If paired with exciting music, it would be a Renaissance! But Dong Xi chose to silence the sound here, making the whole picture appear as a silent roar.

Conflicts caused by poverty and generation gaps caused by knowledge gradually changed the original harmonious relationship between father and son.

There are also various stories interspersed in it, but gradually they all converge into a main line.

That's poverty~

When the protagonist's sister, played by Huo Siyan, could not stand her husband's domestic violence and alcoholism, she eloped with the teacher, played by Dong Xi. The Qin family's few real assets, pigs, were taken away by son-in-law Pan Yueming as compensation for the loss, and the conflict finally broke out. Start to explode!

The uncertainty about the future makes the protagonist played by Wang Baoqiang become confused. Coupled with the continuation of the drought, Duan Yihong hopes that Wang Baoqiang will join the ranks of collecting water for irrigation.

In fact, Wang Baoqiang is a bit selfish here. On the one hand, he is unwilling to fetch water to irrigate the land, because the land is far away from the well. If he fetches water, it will definitely affect his schooling!

Therefore, compared to his father's "local method" of working hard, he inherited the radio from his grandfather and gained a lot of knowledge from the outside world. In addition, Wang Baoqiang, who is self-taught, has his own ideas.

He hopes to use wind power in the Shaanxi-Qin region to drive the automation of water conservancy!

This can greatly reduce the amount of physical labor required.

But there is a big problem, and that is raw materials. I and a group of street friends found a lot of materials in the garbage dump and prepared to build a windmill to generate electricity.

The only thing missing is the main transmission device, and the only one suitable for this transmission device was my father's bicycle.

And the entire car must be cut off at the waist before it can be used!

In Wang Baoqiang's opinion, this is the only way to solve the family's dilemma, but in Duan Yihong's opinion, it is just his son's whim!

So when Wang Baoqiang led a group of street gang friends to his home to negotiate with his father.

All the conflicts finally began to break out!

"I can catch the wind. Where there is wind, there is water. Where there is water, there is hope!" When Wang Baoqiang shouted this with his eyes wide open, the audience burst into applause and whistles.

Duan Yihong was stunned for half a second, and then, holding a shovel, he chased Wang Baoqiang throughout the village like a god of war. In the lively soundtrack of the famous song "Flight of the Bumblebee", the audience finally burst into long-lost laughter.

In fact, the rhythm of the whole movie is very depressing, but under Dong Xi's emphasis, the editing and rendering colors are very clear.

It makes people unconsciously ignore the darkness in their hearts and yearn for the moment when the protagonist succeeds!

So in the end, with Liang Guanhua's help, the estrangement and conflict between father and son disappeared, and they worked together to build the windmill.

At the end of the movie, Wang Baoqiang climbed onto a simple platform built of wooden piles as nimbly as an ape and turned the wings of the windmill with his hands.

There was a "chirping" sound of mechanical rotation, and a stream of turbid water first spurted out of the pipe.

Duan Yihong, who was below, ignored her dirt, laughed loudly and threw herself down in front of the water pipe. She took the water with both hands and raised it toward the sky like a pilgrim. The water lines reflected a rainbow under the dazzling sunlight!

The villagers nearby rushed forward, and the former village chief played by Liang Guanhua cried with joy.

"The one from Shandandan is blooming in bright red..."
Chapter completed!
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