After a whole day of shooting, it was getting dark. Feng Xuan announced the end of work for the day. The tired employees put the props in their hands back into the equipment room. They discussed where to go for dinner and whether they should go to the KTV or health care center after dinner. They left one by one.
Liu and Wang were waiting at the gate of the base. It was cold, and Zhang Zian didn't want them to wait too long. He was about to leave, but Feng Xuan stopped him.
"Zhang, what's up? Come with me, we need to discuss something, "Feng Xuan said in an unquestionable tone." By the way, call Old Yang. "
Zhang Zian had no choice but to send a message to Liu and Wang, asking them to wait a little longer.
He also called Old Yang, and they went to Feng Xuan's simple conference room. Xu Gang, the outreach producer, was also there. Famous also followed them in, quietly lying on the floor.
Xu Gang warmly shook hands with Zhang Zian and Old Yang, and sincerely said, "Thank you so much! Thank you so much! Today's shooting went unexpectedly well. If it weren't for you, I can't imagine how we could make these ferocious Tibetan Mastiffs cooperate with us... To be honest, when we transported these wild Tibetan Mastiffs from Tibet, I was worried that there would be an accident during the shooting process. It would be troublesome if someone was hurt... "
Old Yang absent-mindedly said a few words, and then saw an unopened cigarette on the conference table. He picked it up and put it under his armpit, knowing that it was the bet that Feng Xuan had lost to him.
Feng Xuan was in a good mood, happily drinking hot cocoa without saying anything.
Zhang Zian felt unworthy of Xu Gang's gratitude, because he really didn't do anything. Everything was settled by Famous. Yesterday and today, Famous was like a different dog.
After chatting for a while, they sat down.
Feng Xuan put down the thermos, said a few words of encouragement, and then got to the point.
He said, "Zhang, Old Yang, Gang Zi, you did an excellent job, and I am very satisfied. After shooting today's scene, it means that the shooting of our crew is about to enter the final stage. There are only some scattered scenes left. With the intelligence and obedience of Famous and the two police dogs, the shooting will be very smooth. "
Old Yang smoked happily, while Zhang Zian listened carefully.
"Today, I called you here to discuss with you what to do with the other dogs in the crew, including the Tibetan mastiffs, except for Famous, Red Dragon, Prince and the German Shepherds sent by other kennels." Feng Xuan looked at the three of them in turn and asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"
Xu Gang already had a script in mind, so he spoke first, "Director Feng, I'll go first. Before these Tibetan Mastiffs were transported from Tibet, they had already agreed with the monks and Tibetan people in the local monastery that their lives should not be harmed. So my opinion is to send these Tibetan Mastiffs back to the stray dog shelter in Tibet after sterilization. There is no other place for them to be placed. "
Old Yang exhaled a mouthful of smoke and nodded, "That's the only way. Let me tell you an example that you may not know: On April 14, 2010, during the Yushu earthquake, the police dog brigade in Binhai City also deployed some police dogs to the disaster relief, searching for trapped people under the rubble. After the disaster relief work was over, I heard from the police officers with dogs who rushed to the disaster relief work about similar situations. "
The others listened quietly and didn't interrupt him.
Old Yang flicked the ash off his cigarette and recalled, "You know, after a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic, especially an earthquake that causes heavy casualties. Yushu is the epicenter of the Himalayan marmot plague. The earthquake caused the wintering marmots to come out of their burrows early. The Himalayan marmot is a kind of rodent with two big front teeth. It's furry and cute, but it's the main bacteria-preserving animal for the virulent plague. It's just like a fly. It's covered with bacteria, but it won't die from the disease … "
He paused for a moment to catch his breath, then said, "In addition, there are a lot of rats in Yushu. No one raises cats there, so rats have no natural enemies. After the disaster, rats are all over the ground, and they are not afraid of people at all. Seeing that a major epidemic is about to break out, the disaster relief headquarters decisively decided to carry out a comprehensive work of killing rats and marmots. However, they were stopped by the local residents, because marmots are regarded as gods by the local people, and they have to feed them delicious food every day, even if they don't have enough to eat. "
Hearing this, the others felt that it was very similar to the current situation of the Tibetan Mastiffs, which was very tricky. Obviously, killing the stray Tibetan Mastiffs was the best solution, but due to the local customs, they couldn't do it. Even if they killed the stray Tibetan Mastiffs by force, they wouldn't appreciate it, and it would cause internal conflict among the people … Once the conflict intensified, no one could bear the responsibility.
Xu Gang was interested and asked, "How did they solve it in the end?"
Old Yang shrugged and said vaguely, "In that case, they had no choice but to kill the gods."
The others understood tacitly, but the Yushu earthquake was a special case, and it was an unavoidable natural disaster. It could be dealt with in special cases, but it was not suitable for this situation.
After discussing for a long time, no one could come up with a better solution, so they decided to follow Xu Gang's suggestion, sterilize the Tibetan Mastiffs, and then send them back to the stray dog shelter in Tibet.
After talking about the Tibetan Mastiffs, it was time to talk about the eliminated German Shepherds.
These German Shepherds were bought as stand-ins. Although they weren't used, they couldn't go back to the police dog training base. If they went back, they would be killed. So what should they do with them?
In fact, some people in the crew expressed their willingness to adopt one or two of the German Shepherds, but when they heard that the police had to provide a guarantee, they backed off.
No one in the room spoke for a while.
Famous patted Zhang Zian's shoe with one of its front paws, coughed, and said solemnly, "Director Feng, I want to say something."
Feng Xuan was stunned and said subconsciously, "Please go ahead."
Zhang Zian said, "There are very few movies in China with animals as the main characters, but there are a lot of movies and TV shows with animal actors."
Feng Xuan nodded.
"I've seen a lot of Western animal movies, and the ending credits of these movies often say, 'No animals were injured during the filming of this movie.' Obviously, Dog Warrior can't do that. Whether it's the injured police dogs in the audition, the injured Big Teeth and Mastiff King today, or the sterilization of these Tibetan Mastiffs, they can all be said to have harmed the animals. We can't lie through our teeth, or we'll feel guilty. But we can settle for the next best thing, and write another sentence at the end of the movie — 'All the animals in the movie have been properly settled.' "
Zhang Zian said meaningfully.
He was quietly putting pressure on Feng Xuan, hoping that Feng Xuan wouldn't casually send these German Shepherds to the local stray animal management center. It was difficult for ordinary people to adopt these German Shepherds. If they were sent there, they would inevitably be euthanized. After all, they were at least extras in the crew. Even if they didn't make any contributions, they still worked hard. They shouldn't be killed when they were dead.
Feng Xuan was surprised, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Zian in a new light. His wife had said something similar to him before going to bed at night, but the starting point was different.
As a veteran film fan, his wife said that how the animals in the crew were treated, whether they were German Shepherds or Tibetan Mastiffs, would determine the upper limit of the movie.
To make it easier to explain, she used the movie Peacock as an example.
In this famous movie, there was a creepy scene in which the actress who played the mother poured a cup of poison into the mouth of a goose and pinched its neck to prevent it from spitting it out. She pinched it for a long time, and the goose was struggling painfully on the ground.
Regarding the fate of the goose, there was no relevant subtitle at the end of the movie. However, when it was participating in the International Film Festival, this scene was questioned by foreign judges and audiences. The film producer had to come out and say that the goose was anesthetized and not really dead, so the movie won the award.
However, the goose was struggling painfully, and it couldn't have been faked. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that it was definitely poisoned, and in order to shoot this scene, it was very likely that more than one goose had been poisoned.
Feng Xuan's wife said this to him, implicitly reminding him that if Dog Warrior, a movie with animals as the main characters, wanted to go international and not be limited to China, then the key was how to treat the animal actors in the crew properly.
Her opinion coincided with Zhang Zian's. If they wanted Dog Warrior to win an international award and further increase the movie's upper limit, then they had to properly display the subtitles at the end of the movie — "All the animals in the movie have been properly resettled." They had to reject all possible doubts with humanistic care.
His wife said so, and Zhang Zian, the chief dog trainer, also said so. Feng Xuan didn't think much of it before, but after being reminded by them one after another, he felt the seriousness of this problem.
The Tibetan Mastiffs were rented, and as long as they were sterilized, they could be sent back to the Tibetan stray dog shelter, and some extra subsidies would be provided. What about the German Shepherds?
After everyone discussed for a while, Old Yang put out his cigarette in the ashtray, coughed a few times, and said, "I have an idea."
The others stopped talking and listened to him.
"How about sending the German Shepherds to the police dog retirement home?" Old Yang suggested.
When Zhang Zian saw the touching scene of Cui Yi and Storm parting at the police dog training base, he asked Old Yang about the placement of the retired police dogs. At that time, Old Yang mentioned the police dog retirement home, but he didn't ask in detail, and Old Yang didn't explain in detail.
Feng Xuan, Xu Gang, and Zhang Zian didn't know the specific situation of the police dog retirement home, and they didn't know if sending the German Shepherds there would be a "proper placement." In fact, Old Yang wasn't sure either, because he had never been there.
After discussing for a while, they couldn't think of any other good ideas, so they decided that Zhang Zian and Old Yang would go to the police dog retirement home to find out the truth.
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