On the day of the assembly, Chen Xing arrived outside the school on time. The camera crew sent by the TV station arrived in advance. When Chen Xing came, he saw them stuffing suitcases, toolboxes and other things into two vans. There was a senior student among them.
She came earlier than him. When she saw Chen Xing, she said hello and said.
"Chen, come and put your luggage on it. The car will leave soon." Chen Xing followed suit and put the suitcase containing a change of clothes and the shuttle in the back of one of the vans.
As for the camera, lens, and a laptop, of course they have to be carried with them. Chen Xing likes the current Hasselblad very much, and he even signed an agreement and will not let her out of his sight easily.<
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After Chen Xing put his things away and closed the trunk, the two cars drove away. Chen Xing looked around.
There are also some private cars that should take them to the airport soon. Look at the senior next to you.
I was deeply impressed by this senior Chen Xing. His name is Ford. He should be the oldest person in the photography department. He was admitted to the school at the age of 25. He is now in the fifth grade... Yes, this person is already thirty this year. p>
He had been in the studio before, but he really didn't like the atmosphere. He also heard that Professor Nobel was going to make a documentary, so he took the initiative to come over.
Chen Xing knew him, but it was just a casual acquaintance. He also carried his camera with him, and he had a large camera bag slung across his body. There must be a lot of lenses in it.
Chen Xing asked, "How many people are we going to have this time?"
"The TV station doesn't know, but there are three people from our school going there, me and you, and Leifbold. Do you know Lefbold?"
"I've heard of it." He is also in fifth grade. His mother is Professor Likoda from the school. This professor was also one of the examiners who interviewed Chen Xing. The one who has a good impression of Chinese culture teaches visual design.
Composed with color.
Leifbold came out of school with the professor. The professor looked at the time and counted the number of people.
"It seems that everyone is on time. The truck with the equipment has already left?"
"Just left."
"Okay, let's go." Before Chen Xing got to know the film crew, he followed the professor into a car.
The three students are sitting in the back. Chen Xing's seat is by the window on the right, with big brother Ford in the middle and Leifbold on the left.
The two had never met before, so they shook hands across Ford.
"Senior, this is our first meeting, please take good care of me."
"You're too polite. We often hear your name in the studio." He and Ford were both in the school's photography studio last year, doing either art photography or commercial photography. They said that they heard Chen Xing's name so often.
You're not being polite.
Professional photography is a small circle, and if something happens, it will spread quickly. However, Leifbold is still a little unconvinced with Chen Xing.
The school is spreading rumors about Huaxia Chen’s excellence, whether it’s from appearance or grades, but is a Huaxia really that good?
Leifbold still maintains a skeptical attitude, believing that the school is attracting more applicants from China.
Due to different personal aesthetics, it is difficult to find an artist who can convince everyone. The professor had been reading things in the car on the way, and when he was approaching the airport, he said, "Don't run around when filming a documentary this time. Sudan and France
It’s different, it’s not a very safe country there.” Chen Xing rolled his eyes inwardly.
Not much better.
"But don't be too nervous. Our filming of "Exploring Sudan" this time was jointly decided by the governments of both parties. The two filming locations we chose are very safe. Don't be too picky about the accommodation environment. The film crew all understand, so I just
Let me remind you." The three people said in unison, "No problem." The professor looked at the information again and said casually, "Nowadays, everyone likes to shoot animals, savannahs, the Great Rift Valley, and the human environment for documentaries about Africa. It's been a long time since I've seen them.
People have taken photos, and this time we can go there to see the living environment of the people in East Africa and inspire your creative ideas." France is not far from Africa, across a strait is Algeria, and then it takes a while to fly to Sudan. p>
As a powerful player in the Age of Discovery, France has a large say in Africa. However, this right to say cannot affect Sudan for the time being.
After the plane landed, the airport was visibly dilapidated and the yellow sand was flying all over the sky. It was exactly what Chen Xing thought Africa should be like. It was also hot. It felt very hot as soon as I got off the plane. The sun hit my body and it hurt every now and then.
Several people silently put on a thin coat to protect themselves from direct sunlight.
A member of the film crew threw a piece of sunscreen to Chen Xing and said, "Put some on, you guys."
"Thank you!" The TV station sent a total of six people, two photographers, a sound engineer, a lighting engineer, and a translator. The remaining one also understands Arabic, but his job is mainly to deal with external matters, which is considered a good thing.
Wizard.
For example, if there is something to be filmed tomorrow, he will communicate with people in advance to open up joints. Together with director Cliff Noble and his three followers, the team has reached ten people.
They are waiting outside the airport and have contacted a car to pick them up. There are a lot of equipment, is one car enough?
Chen Xing was thinking. But when he saw this car, he felt it was enough. The car that came to pick them up was not a pickup truck or a van. The car that came to pick them up was a serious truck, a big truck. Come here again.
A group of people is enough.
Leifbold blurted out, "We're going to take this car? How can we take it?" Can ten people sit in a truck?
Do you want us to sit in the cargo box? He has obviously not been to Africa, he does not know the sufferings of the world, and such behavior is prohibited in France... He obviously turned a deaf ear to what Professor Nobel said before, and did not realize that
This place is different from France.
A photographer from the program team thought what he said was a bit funny. He smiled and patted Leifbold on the shoulder, then walked forward and said, "Come and move things. The light stand is really heavy." The video recording machine is very big.
The cameras brought by Chen Xing and others are not at the same level at all. After putting the three cameras on, there are microphones, light stands, and other miscellaneous things, as well as everyone’s luggage.
After everything was put on top, all ten of them climbed into the truck and each found a place to sit.
Chen Xing sat on the edge of the truck in order to see the scenery outside the truck. The truck was heightened and the baffles were thickened, so the feeling of sitting on it was similar to sitting on a bench, so as long as you kept your balance
It's quite safe, and many people sit on it.
Leifbold sat in the carriage on his suitcase.
"Won't you get caught by the police?" He was a little worried. Professor Nobel laughed twice.
"Children, welcome to Africa." Africa, what kind of place is it... Chen Xing felt the vibration of the truck as it moved forward and looked into the distance.
It is a vast expanse of sand. It looks like a desert, but you can occasionally see trees and green plants on the road, so it is more appropriate to call it a desert.
Because the water and soil on the ground have not been lost a lot, the water can knead the soil together. It feels a bit like northwest China.
The terminal of their vehicle was a small town in northern Sudan. On the way, they saw a lot of houses that looked like they had no one there, but suddenly they saw someone walking out of such a house, wearing colorful local clothes. Only then did Chen Xing know that this was the case.
There are actually people living in the house.
But soon he was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the scenery outside the car. He occupied the rear of the truck with two or three people who were motion sick, vomiting until stars appeared in his eyes.
I don’t have any strength at all... At this time, the vehicle has already set off for four hours.
"How long?" Chen Xing asked weakly. Ford sat next to Chen Xing, using his collar to block the dry air blowing from the front, and said, "You just asked two minutes ago, and we have only walked halfway.
.You just keep persisting and you will get used to vomiting." The other person next to me who was suffering from motion sickness almost cried.
No wonder the TV station offered so much salary but few people signed up. If I had known it, I wouldn’t have come. Although Leifbold didn’t get car sick, he didn’t complain anymore and leaned against the edge of the cargo box without saying a word.
Professor Nobel sighed. Chen Xing and Ford behaved quite normally. They were people who understood their situation and were mentally prepared for this land.
Leifbold was educated by his mother before coming here, and he himself reminded him many times, but he still seemed unprepared.
Africa is not a nice place. If you shoot a documentary with the intention of taking a vacation, you will suffer.
The truck was driving crookedly on the bumpy dirt road, and the hot weather made everyone on the truck uncomfortable.
The weak Chen Xing kept thinking whether he had made a mistake and whether he would not have suffered like this if he had stayed in Paris.
I really wanted to lie on the young lady's lap instead of this damn suitcase. Chen Xing fell asleep in a daze. When he opened his eyes again, it was dark, the car had stopped, and the truck stopped in a field.
Auburn-toned urban area.
No, it is more like a village than a city. The houses here are almost wooden boards without foundations, and dry grass is scattered among them.
The roads on the ground have not been repaired, nor have the black people who came to greet them. They may have put on their best clothes, which should be national costumes, but they are also very shabby.
This is a small village where you can see the bottom at a glance. Chen Xing was helped down by Ford. The only advantage of being so motion sick that he collapsed was that he didn’t have to move things, but they didn’t need to move either. A group of local black people rushed over to help.
Moving things.
At first, Chen Xing was worried that they would take the equipment and run away, but they didn't. They just put it in the house next to the truck.
"Chen, can you still stand up?"
"I had a good sleep. Is there any water?" Leifbod, who was not far away, heard this and threw a bottle of mineral water over and said, "Don't drink the water here. I heard it's easy to drink."
I drank so much that I lost my stomach... Oh, the three of us are really miserable. There was no need to come." Professor Nobel came over to look at Chen Xing and found that Chen Xing was in better spirits than before. He said with relief, "It's okay, but you have to
We are used to it. We will take a lot of transportation in the days to come. You have also seen the road conditions here, it is like this." Chen Xing forced a smile and said, "Then can I graduate in half a year?"
"Come on, haha." Nobel looked at everyone moving things and said to the three students, "This is the largest town in northern Sudan. The child with natural curly hair is the protagonist we are going to follow these days, 15-year-old Ji
Otta." Leifbold looked at the excited black man carrying the equipment and said in surprise, "You are 15 years old?" He was about 1.8 meters tall. Although he looked a bit thin, he could lift things with ease.
Chen Xing believed that he was twenty-five or six, but he didn’t expect that he was only fifteen.
"Yes, he is only 15." Chen Xing focused on another point. He looked at the surrounding environment again and asked, "The biggest town?"
"Yes, their houses are not dense enough. In fact, some of them are quite big." There are mud houses on both sides of the road, and you can hear the braying of cows. Many locals came naked to help.
It doesn't feel out of place to say that the scene is in a rural area, but it is said to be a town, a very big town, which really surprised Chen Xing.
Well, African guys are poor, he realized it. Chen Xing got out of the car and stayed for a while, feeling much better. Looking at the getting darker sky and the town without any light source except car lights, he asked, "Where are we staying tonight?"
Where?"
"There is a hotel ahead," Nobel said. Just as he was talking, the guide came over and said, "Everyone has worked hard. Let's go to the hotel early and have a rest. Will we start work tomorrow? Director Nobel, how about we let this group
Young man, how about you take a day off?" Nobel thought for a while, went to find the black protagonist to understand the situation, and then came back and said, "Okay, you can take a day off tomorrow." Chen Xing and the others cheered.
Nearly eight hours of bumpy truck rides were a hellish journey for Chen Xing. He was even willing to walk for several days rather than ride in such a car for a day.
The hotel is a three-story brick house, which is not bad compared to the surrounding thatched houses, but it is still extremely simple and has no air conditioning. On the first day, Chen Xing was not used to the heat.
After lying in bed for more than an hour, it was too hot to sleep, so I moved the single bed downstairs and slept in the courtyard of the hotel.
Then hang up the mosquito net. It will be much more comfortable now. The temperature in Sudan during the day exceeds 35 degrees, but it is relatively cool outdoors at night.
The starry sky in the sky is breathtakingly beautiful. This is the only comfort Chen Xing got when he came to Africa for one day.
Chen Xing had a good sleep that night. The next day he was woken up by Leifbold. He shook Chen Xing's bed and said loudly, "Hey! How did you come up with this idea? It's too hot in the room.
, I couldn't sleep all night, Chen! "You are so noisy!
Chen Xing felt that he hadn't woken up yet, and when he saw that it was not even eight o'clock, Ford came down the stairs with a look of disbelief and said, "Do you believe it? There are no mosquitoes in my mosquito net, but I was bitten by seven or eight big ones."
Damn, are the mosquitoes in Africa poisonous? They itch me to death. Do you have any medicine?"
