The conference rooms and dormitories in the outdoor location were all temporarily built with plastic steel. They weren't very airtight, so even indoors, people had to wear cotton-padded or down jackets.
The assistant knocked on the door, then led Zhang Zian and Old Yang in, followed by Famous.
"Director Feng, here they are," the assistant said and left.
There was an electric heater in the room, but it wasn't warm due to the frequent comings and goings. Feng Xuan was still wearing the green military coat that he had worn to the police dog training base. He was sitting opposite a middle-aged man in a dark blue down jacket.
"Zhang, Old Yang, let me introduce you. This is the outreach producer, Xu Gang," Feng Xuan said. "These two are Zhang Zian, the chief dog trainer hired by our crew. He brought the dog that played Lightning. Master Yang, who was seconded from the police dog training base, has been in the base for more than 20 years and has a lot of experience in dog training."
Xu Gang's face was covered in frost and he looked extremely tired. His hair looked as if it hadn't been washed for a few days, and he looked like he wanted to sleep. He struggled to stand up and shook hands with Zhang Zian and Old Yang.
"Hello, just call me Gang Zi." Xu Gang's tone was very straightforward. He was a person who didn't care about trifles. He said to Zhang Zian, "Zhang, although I haven't met you before, I've heard people talk about you. Your Famous is very good. If it were any other dog, I'm afraid the filming wouldn't have gone so smoothly. Everyone in the film and television industry knows that animals and children are the most difficult to film. They are all disobedient, especially animals. "
"Thank you," Zhang Zian said honestly, "I don't have any skills. It's just that this dog is more intelligent."
Xu Gang thought he was being modest, so he laughed.
Feng Xuan said from the side, "Zhang, before you joined the crew, Gang Zi went to the west with the outdoor location team, so you haven't met him."
Xu Gang nodded and said, "The title of 'outreach producer' sounds nice, but I'm actually just a handyman. I went to the west to look for props."
Saying this, he looked at Feng Xuan and said meaningfully, "Fortunately, apart from being tanned, I didn't disappoint you and found satisfactory props."
Zhang Zian was surprised. What kind of props needed to be found in the west?
"You've worked hard, Gang Zi." Feng Xuan encouraged him. "Go to the hotel later and have a good rest. Come back when you've rested enough."
Xu Gang smiled bitterly and said, "You don't have to tell me that. I also need to rest well. The altitude sickness almost killed me. I'm only half-dead now."
Feng Xuan joked for a while, then stopped smiling and said to Zhang Zian seriously, "Xiao Zhang, have you read the script?"
"Yes," Zhang Zian answered immediately.
Feng Xuan would ask the same question every day, and he would give the same answer every day.
She had read the script many times. When she first got it, she read it a few times. Then, she read it a few more times every day before filming. She could almost recite every word in the script accurately.
Feng Xuan smiled. "Do you have any questions about the script?"
"What I need to ask …" Zhang Zian repeated subconsciously. The script flew page by page in his mind, and finally stopped on a page that he had marked with a big question mark.
"Ah! The electric fence outside, is it … "He suddenly realized.
When he read the script for the first time, he had some questions. Some were about the performance, and some were about the plot. He knew that he was just a dog trainer. Although he had the title of "chief," he was still just a dog trainer. To put it crudely, he was just a dog trainer. His position in the crew was very low. Even if he had questions about the performance and the plot, he was not qualified to raise them.
After participating in the filming, these questions were answered one after another. Some things that were not very reasonable were actually prepared for the little fresh meat or vases that were forced in by the outside world, or because of the lack of funds and technology.
In addition to the questions about the performance and the plot, there was one question that bothered him from the beginning to the end. The script mentioned that Lightning, played by Famous, and several other police dogs, had to cross the vast Gobi Plateau, tread through dangerous minefields, escape from poachers, be besieged by ferocious beasts, and finally successfully return to the garrison headquarters to ask for help. This was the big climax of the whole movie. The only thing that was not mentioned in the script was what kind of beast the "ferocious beasts" was.
Of course, because of the word "besieged," Zhang Zian assumed that the beast was a wolf. Wolves were almost the best at working together to hunt prey. They were indeed distributed in the western region, so he kept this question in his heart and did not ask Feng Xuan.
It was not uncommon for wolves to participate in the filming of movies. Whether it was Wolf Totem or Game of Thrones, wolves and wolf trainers were involved. There was no wolf trainer in the crew, so Zhang Zian thought that Feng Xuan would use a German Shepherd to play the role of a wolf.
However, when he heard Feng Xuan's question and thought of the electric fence outside, Zhang Zian began to doubt his own thoughts. It was obviously not necessary to use a German Shepherd to play the role of a wolf … So was it going to use a real wolf to shoot the movie? Then what about the legendary wolf trainer? It was not like he, a dog trainer, was going to make a cameo appearance.
He really did not have the ability to train a wolf. If he entered a wolf pack, the only result would be becoming wolf dung … The 1,000 yuan a day salary was not worth the risk.
Feng Xuan nodded slowly and said, "Yes, the electric fence outside is used to prevent the beast from escaping. As for what kind of beast it is … Can you guess? "
"Is it a wolf?" Zhang Zian asked naturally.
"No, guess again." Feng Xuan and Xu Gang looked at each other and smiled.
"Not a wolf? Then I can't guess it, "Zhang Zian said in confusion. He was inexplicably anxious and had no interest in this guessing game.
But Old Yang was surprised and asked, "Can I guess it? Is there a prize? "
Feng Xuan knew what he wanted, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Old Yang, if you guess it right, I will give you a whole carton of cigarettes."
"A whole carton of cigarettes? Then let me guess. "Old Yang said confidently," If it is not a wolf, then it must be a Tibetan Mastiff. "
Tibetan Mastiff?
Zhang Zian's heart suddenly tightened. He thought of those empty iron cages, which were more than two times bigger than the cages for German Shepherds. Even a wolf did not need such a big cage. Was it really a Tibetan Mastiff?
Snap! Snap!
Feng Xuan and Xu Gang applauded at the same time. Feng Xuan said approvingly, "Old Yang, you guessed it right! This time, Gang Zi went to the west and brought back a group of Tibetan Mastiffs. "
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