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Chapter 144: Adaptation Rights Are Being Targeted Again (Guaranteed 1 Update)
Wei Ming first chose Yunnan among several options that might be his aunt. Another reason was that the place was very close to where Zhu Lin was filming.

The filming of this drama took half a year, and I couldn't go back to Yanjing for half a year. As an old friend, it was only right for me to go and take a look.

Having lived and worked in an unfamiliar environment with a group of strangers for half a year, she must be eager to see familiar people.

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The story of the movie "Traitor" takes place near the southwestern border in 76. Originally, the crew wanted to go to the Yunnan border to shoot, but there was a war going on at the time and the conditions did not allow it.

In the end, the filming was still done in Yunnan, but the scene was changed to the Ailao Mountain primeval forest in the outskirts of Yuxi.

However, the film has been in production for more than a month, and the crew and actors have not yet been to Ailao Mountain. Previously, most of the scenes shot were urban and indoor scenes, and Zhu Lin had relatively few parts.

Now that the weather has gotten a little warmer, the crew has made several trips to complete the location selection work, so director Zhang Qichang decided to take several actors to Ailao Mountain today.

There are mainly four actors who need to go into the mountains to film, the male lead Ma Jingwu, the supporting male lead Li Antai, the female lead Na Renhua and the supporting female lead Zhu Lin.

The identities of the four people correspond to the overseas Chinese biological expert, the security personnel and the heroine's lover, the hero's daughter and guide, and the hero's assistant and student.

They had lived in Yuxi for more than a month and had long heard from local people about the mystery and beauty of this long and narrow mountain. Zhu Lin had also been eager to try it.

But this absence would not last just one or two days, and she would have to change her place of residence. During this period, if someone wrote to her, she would not be able to receive it immediately.

She has been waiting for Wei Ming's letter, but she has received several letters from her parents and he has not replied yet. Is it because he feels embarrassed because she asked about his girlfriend?
The little boy is so pretentious. I am so happy for him.

Before leaving, Zhu Lin packed a medicine box. Since she knew some medical knowledge and the properties of drugs, Zhu Lin also served as half of the crew's doctor. She could basically handle simple headaches and fevers, but more serious cases would require going to the hospital.

They were a small crew, with only about twenty actors and staff in total. Many people had to take on multiple roles. In the end, everyone else left, and only two actors who did not need to leave the country stayed in the guesthouse in Yuxi to look after the belongings that everyone could not take away.

"Sister Yu Ping, please remember to collect my mail."

Before leaving, Zhu Lin asked the actors who stayed behind for help.

The other party smiled and said, "Don't worry, no one will miss your partner's letter if you miss it."

Zhu Lin's expression was a little unnatural. Apart from correspondence with the little kid Wei Ming, her parents would send her letters regularly. However, her partner had many complaints in the last letter, and there had been no correspondence recently.

As soon as he joined the crew, Zhu Lin made it clear that he had a partner. He had to say it because the guys at Xi'an Film Studio were too enthusiastic about him. They were all in their early twenties, but they didn't care about his age at all.

Fortunately, they didn't continue to bother me after I explained the situation.

The car that Zhu Lin and other leading actors were riding in became increasingly bumpy, so they finally got out and walked.

The new base was a Hani village, close to the Ailao Mountain scenes they needed to shoot, but there were no guest houses or restaurants, so they had to pay to stay in local people's homes, and the staff and actors were all dispersed.

Narenhua quickly grabbed Zhu Lin's arm and said, "Sister Zhu Lin, let's live together."

Zhu Lin clapped her hands: "Okay."

However, for the girls' safety, teacher Ma Jingwu and another male staff member moved into the same household with the two of them.

However, after entering, Narenhua was so scared that she retreated.

"snake!"

The stage manager next to Teacher Ma smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's in a cage."

Teacher Ma understood immediately: "Is this the snake we're going to use for the filming?"

Stage manager: "That's right, Mr. Ma. You're not afraid, are you? They'll have a lot of scenes with you. Oh, and Xiao Na too."

Narenhua let out an "eh" and hid behind Zhu Lin in fear.

Ma Jingwu and Narenhua were both injured by snake venom in the movie, but everyone has scenes with snakes. What Zhu Lin was concerned about was: "Is this snake poisonous?"

Production manager: "These are not poisonous. The poisonous ones are with the director. But we will deal with them before filming. Safety is definitely the first priority."

The three actors immediately gave the director a thumbs up.

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It was almost dark when Zhu Lin and his family moved in. The train that Wei Ming and his uncle and cousin were riding on finally stopped in Kunming after nearly a day of traveling on the Chengkun Line.

Before the car stopped, Wei Ming put away his book. In addition to reading, he also wrote some articles.

He wasn't pretending, there were just too many people asking for his manuscripts, and he had no time to write short or medium-length stories, so he could only write some essays to get by.

When he wrote about his experiences and feelings during this period of searching for his relatives, magazines were still eager to read his works. Wei Ming cannot be compared with those great prose writers such as Zhu Ziqing and Wang Zengqi, but after all, he has decades of writing experience. As long as the emotions are there and his words are meaningful, what he writes can't be too bad.

My uncle took Wei Ming's efforts to heart. No wonder this kid could succeed. He really was working hard to learn and improve himself!
What Long Xiaoyang was concerned about was: "Brother, how much money can you make from what you just wrote?"

Wei Ming tapped his head: "I didn't calculate that when I wrote it, but I definitely wrote down the cost of our accommodation tonight."

Long Xiaoyang exclaimed "Wow" in amazement.

After walking out of the train station, they came to a completely unfamiliar city. The three of them were completely in the dark. It was too late, and they definitely couldn't go to Yuxi today. Wei Ming took out his letter of introduction, found a guesthouse near the train station, and asked how to get to Yuxi.

Wei Ming picked a room with better conditions, so that everyone had a bed. He took out a handful of Yunnan food coupons from his bag and relied on them to fill his stomach for the next two days.

In fact, Wei Ming also has connections in Kunming. Zhang Manling, the big sister in Liu Zhenyun's class, is from Kunming. However, this big sister did not go home for the New Year. She stayed in Peking University to work on her own novel. It seems that she has been noticed by "Contemporary" and later adapted into a movie called "Youth Festival".

Thinking of this, Wei Ming thought of Sister Gong Xing from the crew of "The Shepherd". He wondered how far the movie had progressed now?

"The Horse Wrangler" has just confirmed all the actors, and is now working on the script and building interior scenes in the factory. It is estimated that filming will officially begin next month.

However, seeing that The Sheep Class was becoming more and more popular, Xie Jin could not help but call Peking University again and asked Wei Ming not to agree to let other film studios shoot it and wait for him.

As a result, Wei Ming was naturally still not there.

He heard from Director Xu Sangchu that both the Beijing Film Studio and the Xi'an Film Studio have shown great interest in "The Sheep Class", especially a director named Wu Tianming from the Xi'an Film Studio, who made several phone calls to find Wei Ming.

Director Wu used to be the assistant to Director Teng Wenji. He just completed a movie "The Tremor of Life" independently, which was well received in the industry. He is now considered a highly-anticipated new director.

How could Director Xie Jin not be anxious!

The next piece of news pushed the popularity of "The Sheep Class" to a new peak.

Gong Xing saw in the newspaper that Guangzhou Pacific Audio and Video Company was going to release a stereo cassette of "The Sheep Class" with the same name, which would not only contain five original songs by Wei Ming, but also five classic old songs that appeared in the novel.

After hearing the news, literary and artistic young people rushed to the local audio and video store. This kind of integration of text and music was the first time they had seen it!
Some people didn't even have a tape recorder at home, but they didn't care, they couldn't afford it and just bought tapes first. However, the store told them that the goods had not arrived yet.

The store manager didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Wait a few more days, there will be a big notice outside by then."

After hearing what the manager said, Gong Xing, who was still trying to squeeze in outside, quickly slipped away. Then she entered the department store holding a ticket, ready to use her savings to buy a tape recorder.

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After spending a night in Kunming, Wei Ming and his two companions arrived at Kunming North Station early the next morning, bought tickets and took a train to Yuxi.

Unexpectedly, we met a group of our soldiers heading to the front line against Vietnam. The ordinary passengers in the carriage were all in awe when they saw them lined up.

The railway on which this train runs has a history of more than 70 years. The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway was built and put into use in the Qing Dynasty. It could originally go directly to Vietnam. Of course, now it can only go to the border.

After getting off in Yuxi, you have to go to a town below to find someone.

"Uncle, Xiaoyang, I have a friend in Yuxi. I'll go see her first. Maybe she can help."

In the end, not only was he not able to help, he wasn't even seen.

The actress who stayed behind asked, "Are you looking for Xiao Zhu? What's your name?"

"Oh, my name is Wei Ming. I'm Sister Zhu Lin's friend in Yanjing. I came to Yuxi to deal with some family matters. I didn't expect that she just left. So, where are they filming now?" Wei Ming asked again unwillingly.

As soon as they left, the actress realized that there was a very popular writer named Wei Ming recently. Is it the same name?
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Xi'an.

Director Wu Tianming had just hung up the phone. He first called Peking University to look for Wei Ming, and then learned that Wei Ming had gone to Sichuan and Chongqing to look for his relatives.

Then I called the Sichuan and Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and actually got news about Wei Ming!

Wei Ming found relatives for his mother in Sichuan and Chongqing, but not all of them. Now he went to Yuxi to look for them.

What a coincidence! The Xi'an Film Studio's "Traitor" is being filmed in Yuxi!

He quickly called the crew's guesthouse in Yuxi, and the actress who had stayed behind answered the call.

However, after the call was connected, Wu Tianming suddenly felt depressed. What was the point of making this call? Could he still expect them to help him find writer Wei?

"Director Wu, is there anything wrong?" Yu Ping asked.

"Oh, it's okay. I just wanted to ask about the progress of your filming." Wu Tianming asked.

Last year's "Trill of Life" greatly increased Wu Tianming's prestige. I heard that he will be promoted to deputy factory director.

Yu Ping replied: "The main group has gone to Ailao Mountain to film. They just left yesterday. Xiao Shen and I stayed at the guesthouse."

"Oh, is there anything else?"

Yu Ping felt confused. It was clearly you who called, and you asked me if I had anything else?
She racked her brains and thought for a moment: "Oh, yes, just now someone came to the crew to look for someone. He said his name is Wei Ming, which is the same name as a famous writer recently."

Wu Tianming: “What!”

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