Global Movie Emperor

Passing through the densely populated open-air market, the fishy smell of livestock and seafood entangled with everyone. Vehicles quietly waited for pedestrians to pass by, but these elderly people in front of them staggered, but gave way to the vehicles with a hint of haste.

When young people were locked up in prisons to make a living, this fast-paced city suddenly slowed down, just like the eaves of the vegetable vendors made of iron sheets that could be seen now, as if they had traveled back a long, long time.

This is Imperial City, an old community in the suburbs.

It is old, but not dirty. There are old people enjoying the cool air on the clean and tidy road. The moss-covered red bricks are cracked and sporadic foxtail grass grows. However, it is early autumn and the tips are starting to turn yellow. Pull it off and rub out the tiny seeds.

The vehicle with the program group's garland drove past, attracting the attention of the old people. They looked at it and whispered into another old man's ear. Lu Ze had not seen this scene of neighbors chatting about everyday things, and he couldn't help but feel that he had not seen it for some days. Somewhat friendly, leaning against the car window and looking out.

But in a blink of an eye, I turned around and reached the back of the community. The building in front of me had a door hole dug out from the middle, as if a piece of wood had been pulled out from the neatly arranged wood. Entering through this small hole, the asphalt road turned into The road was paved with black coal ash dumped from the boilers, and the tires made a squeaking sound when driving on it.

This seemed to be a boiler room before, but now it has become the property management office of this old community and... the address of a school for the disabled.

Compared with ordinary primary and secondary schools, disabled schools have no comparable competitiveness and can only become a stone lying motionless at the bottom of the river in the torrent of the times.

There are no sports facilities here, and even the playground has to be shared with the old men in the property management office. Fortunately, you can still hear the sound of reading, adding some youth-related color to this slightly deserted scene.

There is no need to complain, there is nothing wrong with it. At least it can give some children who want to study but lack the ability to study for free in this area where land is extremely valuable. This is already a kind of consideration for these children. of care.

And in this bustling city, there are many disabled schools hidden that even the locals may not know about, creating an opportunity for these children who will hardly have a secure life in the future to support themselves.

The car stopped and parked next to a camel-colored minibus that looked a bit old. This was the bus of the Imperial City Traffic Radio Station. Every week, it would take the hosts who had just finished the broadcast or who had not yet started the broadcast to the disabled bus. Since Lu Ze proposed the initiative of the school to promote talkies, and with the strong support of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, they have been promoting the talkies nationwide. They have been traveling among the major disabled schools in the imperial capital. Now they have It's been almost two years.

Wu Chun was still asleep in the car. He fell asleep a few minutes after getting in the car. He was still awake when he parked the car. After being gently pushed by Lu Ze, he rubbed his eyes, quickly put on his schoolbag, and followed Lu Ze out of the car. .

The main entrance of the school was a bit shabby. It looked like a shopping mall with door plaques of the school and support units hanging on both sides. After Lu Ze got off the bus, someone quickly ran out from the door and shook hands with Lu Ze.

"Mr. Lu, I haven't seen you for a long time. You don't look like you have changed much. You are still so young."

"Principal Liu, today, I just want to take my students to participate in the reading of audio movies, and to find ideas for her future work."

"Welcome, you two follow me."

Principal Liu, who was over sixty years old, shook hands with Lu Ze's left hand. Perhaps seeing Principal Li's empty right cuff, Wu Chun was a little scared. He looked sideways at Lu Ze, did not dare to speak, and just walked in with Lu Ze. .

This is not the first meeting between Lu Ze and Principal Liu. Principal Liu is very grateful to Lu Ze. After all, the school's largest donor over the years has been Lu Ze.

The first payment was 150,000, which happened about ten years ago. At that time, Lu Ze had just made his debut and was still filming the TV series "Youth of the Imperial City". The filming location at that time was nearby here. During his spare time, Since then, Lu Ze has been here and left a donation of 150,000 yuan. From then on, until now, Lu Ze has sent some money every year and has not broken off contact.

This is a privately run disabled school, but it was later approved. Although teachers’ salaries and school maintenance are allocated every year, there are still some financial vacancies, but these vacancies do not come from the school itself, but from Because these students, or their own family conditions are not good, or the children's parents are unwilling to pay for their children's expenses, there will always be children who cannot even pay for food. This is the reason why Lu Ze donated.

It had been a few years since I had been here. The children Lu Ze knew at the time had already graduated and went to study at a more professional vocational school for the disabled. Lu Ze followed Principal Liu and listened to him talk about the new children. , who has such talent, it can be seen that Principal Liu really loves these children.

After walking and listening, Lu Ze smiled and nodded until he arrived at the principal's office. He opened the door and walked in. Six people sat in an office of several square meters and faced the lines. People who listen to radio stations all year round might understand Call them by name quickly.

Seeing Lu Ze come in, the hosts of these radio stations quickly stood up and shook hands with Lu Ze to say hello. Their Mandarin was extremely standard and even pleasant to the ears, which showed their oral skills.

"Is Teacher Lu reading aloud with us this time?"

"No, this time it's my students who are cooperating with you, please take care of me."

"Where are you?"

Lu Ze pushed Wu Chun out and asked her to communicate with these hosts. Compared with these hosts whose working experience was less than three to five years and more than ten or twenty years, Wu Chun, who was only eighteen years old, She seemed too shy. No matter what the host said, he kept nodding in agreement like a kowtowing insect. He hurriedly took out the script and compared it with several people. Lu Ze sat aside with a camera to watch her reaction. And talk to the camera guy from time to time.

"Wu Chun probably didn't sleep well last night. Judging from how sleepy she was in the car, it's hard to say whether she can maintain her condition today. I hope she can perform more stably."

The cameraman couldn't speak and just nodded in response outside the camera. After Lu Ze sat on the sofa and watched Wu Chun's performance for a while, he shook his head, got up and went out to talk to Principal Liu.

This chat lasted for nearly an hour, and we also went to the student cafeteria to have a meal, one meat and two vegetarian dishes. Although the beef stew with potatoes had a little too much potato, it tasted pretty good. I was full and full. Then the students started eating. Lu Ze and Principal Liu were carrying benches at the door to blow the air. When they saw the teachers carrying plastic stools and setting them up on the cinder block, they also took the initiative to lend a hand.

This school is small, and the proportion of blind people can reach more than 80%. Excluding those children who can see the world with their eyes, Wu Chun and the others have an audience of more than 60 people. Soon, the stools are fully arranged , the announcers of this talkie also came out after dinner to adjust the accompaniment and sound effects. Wu Chun couldn't help with these matters, so he could only stand beside Lu Ze, nervously holding the script.

"What did you do last night?"

"I had a little insomnia last night..."

Finally having some free time, Lu Ze looked at Wu Chun seriously. Today he was very dissatisfied with Wu Chun. No matter how lively and naughty you were before, but now you have a very important work arrangement, you are still so lazy, even in I kept yawning that day and that was the problem.

Regarding Lu Ze's question, Wu Chun was a little flustered, and the reason for his answer seemed to be a cover-up. However, Lu Ze asked the PD that she was indeed in the hotel last night and did not go out. It was not easy to ask her in detail. He just glared at her angrily, letting her She went to help the teacher seat the children.

She has never been in contact with visually impaired people, nor has she met many disabled people in her life. Therefore, since arriving at this school, Wu Chun has been nervous and a little sensitive to keep away from groups that make her feel uncomfortable. A more distant distance.

But this time, close contact was unavoidable after all. Following the school teacher, she waited at the door of the class. The children who had been looking forward to today were a little excited. The noisy class was no different from children of the same age in ordinary schools.

She hid at the end and watched the children lined up, holding hands one by one. When she heard the teacher calling her for help, she woke up as if from a dream, followed closely, stood next to the children in the front row, and asked for help. After the child agreed, he slowly stretched out his hand and held hands with these young little hands.

"Sister, who are you?"

The girl next to him raised her head. Although her eyes were closed, her smile was bright. Wu Chun looked at this young face and suddenly felt that his palms were sweating. He looked at the child behind him who was holding hands and also had his eyes slightly closed. My heart was inexplicably blocked.

"I am the announcer who will tell you about the movie this time."

"Really? Thank you sister!"

Wu Chun was startled, looked at the girl with some confusion and asked, "Why do you suddenly say thank you?"

"The teacher said I want to say thank you to you. Without you, we wouldn't be able to hear such an interesting story."

This creates pressure in Wu Chun's heart. The reason comes from the fact that others have expectations for things that you have no confidence in yourself, and take the initiative to express heartfelt thanks to you. This puts a huge psychological burden on Wu Chun, and he follows in silence. Teacher, take these children outside one by one.

Human beings will never lack empathy or the ability to put themselves in someone else's shoes, but it never shows up with someone who is quarrelsome or hostile, but rather with someone you empathize with.

After placing the children on the seats, she looked at Lu Ze, who was sitting with his legs crossed with an expressionless expression. She met with other presenters to make final adjustments. Finally, amid warm applause, she stood nervously with more than sixty people. In front of a child, I picked up the movie script "Forrest Gump".

The same music as the film was played from the speakers, and the noisy children immediately calmed down. The male host, who has worked at the Imperial Radio Station for more than ten years, narrated the narration in extremely standard Mandarin. Compared with the narration in visual movies, , the workload of voice film narration is much greater, not only to complete the original lines, but also to describe and restore the scenes in the film to the audience as much as possible.

"The bus drove over and rolled up a piece of white feather, fluttering in the wind, and slowly floated to the feet of the man sitting on the bench. His shoes were dirty and worn, and the original white color could not be seen. The man He picked up the feather and looked at it, then removed the gift at hand and gently put the feather into his suitcase."

The sound of cars, music, and the host's words were combined. The three sounds complemented each other and reached a good balance. No one spoke anymore, and the children seemed to be imagining this picture in their minds. Although they had never seen it before, Vision is never the shackles of children's fantasy.

"Hello, I'm Fres, Fres Gan."

Lines may not be the host's strong point, but in the field of talkies, they can use their more abundant emotions than actors to strengthen the stability of their lines. Lu Ze listened and couldn't help but nodded.

This man named Gan did not get the consent of the woman next to him who was also waiting for the bus, so he talked about what happened to him since he was a child. However, the script they read was partially adapted, and Forrest's mother slept with the principal. The whole thing about getting A-Gump a chance to go to an ordinary school was changed. After all, it was not suitable for children to be exposed to this aspect of things.

Wu Chun sat down and was gently turning the pages along the passage she was talking about. There was only one character she wanted to talk about, and that was Jenny as a child. Soon, she would appear on the stage, making her debut in Forrest Gump. While on the school bus.

"You can sit here if you want."

Wu Chun's voice was very clear, very clean. If she deliberately controlled her vocal cords, she could imitate a girl almost exactly like him. She said her lines without making any mistakes. She breathed a sigh of relief, and Lu Ze felt a little relieved.

She gradually relaxed and spoke more and more relaxedly. When she asked A-Gump if he was a fool, and A-Gump replied: "Only those who do stupid things are fools," the children in the audience suddenly became a little uneasy. , this is what they hope to see. If it cannot help these children find something to think about while looking for happiness, then the activity of talking movies is not that important.

She relaxed, and had a good rapport with the host who was imitating a boy, until the two of them were walking through the cornfield to avoid Jenny's father, but something unexpected happened.

"Come and pray with me, Fres."

Her old habit of not distinguishing between Q and X happened again. This small mistake made her panic a little. She subconsciously looked up at Lu Ze who was sitting in the front row. He was holding his arms in his arms. He didn't say anything and just looked straight at her. He looked into Wu Chun's eyes.

She suddenly felt as if her tongue had turned into a piece of wood, stuck straight in her mouth, blocking her throat. The next lines became more and more difficult to say, and even her partner couldn't help but pat her on the shoulder. I wanted to cheer her up, but it still had no effect. Even at the end of the reading, if there was a slight mistake, it was difficult to say a line completely.

She was so confused that she didn't even know how she ended up resting. She just stayed silent and sat next to Lu Ze. When he didn't speak, she became discouraged, but fortunately she was still strong and didn't shed a few tears in public.

This was a very serious mistake for Wu Chun now, but if included in her future career, it was just a small, inconspicuous setback, so Lu Ze did not reprimand her and just continued to watch. Others were giving lectures and paying attention to the psychological activities of these children. After a long while, he took out a blindfold from his bag and handed it to Wu Chun, asking her to put it on, and then continue to pay attention to the speaker.

She held the blindfold, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly put it on. The darkness covered her sight, and she listened to the lecture that was still going on on the stage. At this moment, she was temporarily separated from the visible version of herself that she had just opened. Drawing a line of demarcation, I relied only on my hearing and paid attention to every move around me.

In this situation, it was very unsafe. The eye mask was well wrapped and did not transmit light at all. She quietly listened to the hosts' readings in the dark world, and waited until she heard that Forrest Gump had entered the rugby all-stars. Team, when the children laughed out loud, she suddenly began to feel sad.

Just now it was embarrassment and self-blame, now it is sadness.

From this moment on, she truly puts herself in the shoes of these children and recalls the mistake she made just now. It was her mistake that caused the talkie movie these children had been looking forward to for a month to not be so perfect. From this moment on From the beginning, every second that followed turned into torture, beginning to torture her heart, which was not so strong to begin with.

Until the movie was finished, Lu Ze took off her blindfold. Perhaps because of the stimulation of the sun or the emotion of self-blame, she did not dare to look into Lu Ze's eyes, but was quietly pulled up by another female host. , walked up to the children and listened to these children keep saying thank you.

Grabbing the hand of the girl in the front row again, Wu Chun sent the students back to the classroom. Others helped clean up the stools placed outside. When others did not notice her, she quietly walked to the corner, huddled up, and secretly Wiped away tears.

But all her actions that she thought no one noticed were caught by Lu Ze. The cameraman sneaked over and took the picture. After a short time, Lu Ze called her back to ask about her situation.

"How's it going?"

"You're crying. Maybe you feel guilty. Why don't you go and comfort me?"

"Cry, let her cry hard. It's really hard work. She has to cry a lot. Who can comfort her? She has to digest everything by herself. Besides, the other three also cried twice."

Lu Ze didn't pay attention and instead talked about the other three students. Last night he received a call from the film crew and heard the news about Ju Yulin's collapse. The girl started howling in the subway station because she had worked overtime for three consecutive days. It was past eleven o'clock. Last night, she ran for more than two kilometers to catch the subway, but she collapsed as she watched the last subway leave. The film crew also received Lu Ze's instructions and refused to give her money to take a taxi home. The boss asked her to be accommodating and let her sleep in the office all night. I heard that she was not in a high mood when she woke up this morning.

The other one is even worse. Peng Kuo, who went to Sanhe, worked on the assembly line in a factory for a few days, but lost his wallet. He really lost it. He has been sleeping on the street these days. Today, he is picking up bottles and surfing the Internet with some great people he just met. , is obviously already close to Mo Zhehei, and has fallen with the great gods. However, this child's family conditions are too good, and he has never suffered such hardship. He always watches the cars going by in the middle of the night, secretly wiping his tears, how can he be so miserable? .

Compared to them, Wu Chun, a girl who was still under Lu Ze's wings, suffered this little setback. Let her just cry here.

Even if today's event came to an end, Lu Ze sent the hosts to the car. Suddenly his phone vibrated. He looked at the caller with a strange expression and answered the call. The cameraman next to him was drinking water. He heard what Lu Ze said. In short, the water I just drank spurted out.

"What? Huh? Chen Dongsheng also collapsed?"

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