A great director who grew up happily

After coordinating the evening's work, Chen Jinnian, Yu Hua, and Zhao Jinmai came out of the mushroom house and strolled around the village.

Rural areas in Zhejiang are different from other places in the country, especially the rural areas under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou City, where the economic level and infrastructure are very high.

There is a full supply of tap water, natural gas and electricity. Self-built three- or four-story villas can be seen everywhere. The roadside and in front of the houses are full of cars, including traditional luxury cars such as BBA.

Chen Jinnian naturally would not simply think that all rural areas in the country are like this, and that such a situation would only occur in the common prosperity demonstration province. In other provinces, rural areas are just being sucked dry by cities, and except for the elderly who want to return to their roots, the village has long been deserted.

At the same time, what he saw greatly increased Chen Jinnian's favorable impression of Hangzhou.

After all, any city will have a well-managed city center with bustling squares and towering landmarks.

But in small towns and rural areas far away from the spotlight, things are often dilapidated and desolate.

Anyone who can put in the work to get to the department or bureau level in the system is no fool. Every route that the central inspection team has taken has been taken with great thought and effort.

Therefore, only in places where the central government cannot see can you truly know what the local city officials are thinking.

"Rural development is indeed very good now!" Yu Hua feels very pleased with the changes in his hometown.

"It's not the current countryside, it's just the countryside in Zhejiang." Chen Jinnian corrected him. "Yidi went with classmates to do charity projects last summer and visited many rural areas. I can't really describe the actual situation. I can only say it was very difficult, very difficult."

He shook his head with some emotion. "She wanted me to make a documentary, but I never put it on the agenda. Teacher Yu, you know, I don't dare touch documentaries about rural themes. Too many people's positions are involved in them, and they won't allow them to be broadcast."

The problem with documentaries and realistic art films does not lie with the review by radio and television. As long as the film is approved through the formal process, it is not difficult to pass the review and be released.

The real problem lies in the reporting. If Chen Jinnian shows the real rural situation in a certain place in his documentary, it will definitely be labeled as "partially true, overall distorted", and then the local government will act quickly and report the film.

Solving problems is difficult, but solving the people who raise problems is easy.

For this kind of project, unless it is led by CCTV, it can only be filmed and then banned.

"Understand, film and television are two different things from literature. There are some things we can write that you can't film."

As a representative of avant-garde literature, Yu Hua naturally understands the rules.

"But you still have to have hope for the government. They will also know the situation that you know. Give it some time, and things will get better slowly."

"Of course I want to trust the government, but those bad apples... forget it." They were currently recording a variety show, and there was a photographer following behind them, so Chen Jinnian didn't want to continue the topic.

He stood there, looking around, and after confirming his target, he said, "Let's go to the small supermarket in the village."

"Brother, your cell phone has been taken away. Do you have any money on you?" Zhao Jinmai asked with his head raised.

"Of course." Chen Jinnian turned and reminded the photographer, "Keep your distance from us. Don't get too close and step on my shadow."

The photographer blinked twice. It was clearly all Mandarin, so how could he not understand?

The staff who followed him understood that Chen Jinnian must have gone out to beg for alms, and that was how he got the bucket of fish.

The old man gave Chen Jinnian a bucket of fish, and Chen Jinnian gave the old man several hundred-dollar bills as a birthday gift. The main point was a reciprocity of gifts, and a bug was found right under the nose of the crew.

"Teacher Chen, we can't buy things, we can only exchange them through labor."

"There's no labor exchange in your Mushroom House. I just snapped my head and said, 'Tell your director to finish elementary school before you come talk to me.'"

Chen Jinnian ignored the staff's words.

The labor exchange rules in "Longing" are designed very poorly, or it can be said that they have not considered the economic operating rules of the variety show at all. They are simply designed to stick to the budget, and the numbers collapse faster than web games.

Last season, Chen Jinnian complained about Wang Zhengyu's design planning.

By this season, the highly successful Wang Zhengyu has completely given up and completely ignored the financial accounts of the Mushroom House.

Seeing that the staff had nothing to say, Zhao Jinmai smiled unusually brightly. She was usually controlled by the staff like this, and now someone fought back for her, she felt so good.

Quickly drag Chen Jinnian's arm inside

Several people were shopping in a small supermarket and chatting with the supermarket owner.

Anyone who can open a supermarket in the village is very talkative. Together with Yu Hua, a fellow villager, they chatted very well and found out all the gossips about the villagers.

Chen Jinnian failed to borrow the popcorn stove. Corn is not grown in the south, so it is normal not to be able to borrow a stove. But when he paid the bill and left, the boss gave him two corns.

It's very small and the corn kernels on it are also very small.

"Corn specifically for making popcorn is cooked just like cooking. After the oil is hot, pour the corn kernels and sugar into the pan and stir-fry continuously. When the corn kernels pop, cover the pan."

"Thank you, boss, but two are too many. I'll just take one and leave the rest for the kids." Chen Jinnian put the other one on the counter.

"Just take them all, they're not worth much."

The boss enthusiastically wanted to give both ears of corn to everyone, but Chen Jinnian insisted on not accepting them.

After some heated arguments, they finally took only one.

Zhao Jinmai was used to the refusal of several people. When she was in Northeast China, she would encounter similar quarrels every time she received New Year's money or went out to eat.

Several people returned with a lot of things, and the five people in the Mushroom House were divided into four teams, which was quite like the six people in the dormitory forming eight groups.

It was already very difficult for Pan Yueming to stay awake. He sat in the living room on the first floor and entered the standby power-saving mode, and he might fall asleep at any time.

Li Xiaoran was struggling with the bowl, as if she wanted to wash it into a mirror. This is a common persona for female stars on variety shows. The choice between the strong persona and the mysophobia persona was arranged in advance by the agency team.

Peng Peng was chopping wood while Huang Lei and He Ling were cooking in the room.

It seems to be in order, but in fact, no one says a word.

Such an eerie silence made the film crew at a loss. It was noisy all day yesterday. The two drakes had louder voices than two thousand ducks. They were shouting all the time, which was like a devilish sound filling the ears.

But this afternoon it was so quiet, so quiet that the crew didn't dare to speak, for fear of attracting the attention of the guests.

It was not until Chen Jinnian pushed the door open that some people came into the yard.

"Pumbaa, do we have enough firewood? We need to light the pot and make popcorn."