White dove

It has been the third day since I came to this village called Ronghe in the mountains of Guizhou. The musician Liang Haishen, who had been contacted by several people before, was unwilling to accept their shooting. They arrived at the first village in Ronghe with their luggage and photographic equipment One night, Liang Haishen directly expressed his attitude - he is living a peaceful life now, and he is not a musician, but a farmer now, please let them not disturb his life.

A group of people were turned away, and Shen Shen couldn't see any disappointment. That night, he decided to let the entire film crew camp at the edge of the forest not far from Liang Haishen's home. Since he liked his music, he decided to shoot this person, and everyone came. There is absolutely no reason to send it back with just one sentence.

Both Tongtong and Shen Chen did a lot of homework before coming here. Shen Shen knew the name Liang Haishen because of a popular singing talent show. Among the contestants who sang pop songs, a boy who fought his way to the top five in the final At night, they sang a completely unpopular song - "The River on the Other Side". No one had ever heard of this song. The song is just a very rough demo with almost no arrangement. During the re-arrangement process, there was a big disagreement between the boy who sang this song and the arranger teacher. However, the participating boys strongly protested and said that the teacher did not understand the song at all. He did not want these electronic sounds, electric guitar, bass and electronic drums, but Chinese-style vertical drums, and it was enough to add cello and vocals. Not the perfect way to play the song, but it's the best way to find it on this stage right now.

The arranger teacher finally compromised, relying on five Chinese standing drums, a cello and three groups of harmonies to express the song's majestic momentum. The participating boys finally won No.3. When receiving the award, he thanked the song The original author of the song is Liang Haishen.

Shen Shen was overwhelmed by this simple yet majestic song. He contacted the boy who won the competition, and after getting Liang Haishen's demo, he shared it with Tong Tong immediately.Liang Haishen's version has a completely different feeling, it is not vast and majestic, the demo recording effect is not good, there are many noises, and the sound track synthesis is also problematic, but Shen Shen and Tong Tong heard the wind echoing in the mountains in it. The whistling of a large forest, the boiling spring, and the chirping of insects are like whispers between lovers. The whole song seems to be something I say to myself.

If the version on the stage makes people's skin burn with passion, then this quiet version is like a soft thorn that penetrates into the heart, and it is bit by bit pierced into the blood and bones.

"Still waters run deep, dark tides are raging", Tong Tong replied to Shen Shen with eight words after listening to the demo.

Shen Shenhui: "I listened to it on loop for almost the whole night. This person has great mercy. If it wasn't for the poor sound quality of the demo, I could keep looping it forever."

Tong Tong sent another message: "But I searched for the name Liang Haishen on the Internet, and a large number of commercial songs came out. You should have heard many of them. Could this be the same person?"

Shen Chen said: "It's the same person. I asked a big guy in the music industry. This person used to cooperate with 4A advertising company and produced many famous commercial songs. Then he disappeared suddenly for some reason. There is a story about this person. "

Following Shen Shen, he sent a few more demos: "These were all given to me by the boss. They should be works made by Liang Haishen a few years ago. Listen, isn't this the world music we are looking for? It's awesome. But nobody knew him at all."

Tong Tong asked: "Since the boss has these demos, have you never thought about re-release of these music seriously?"

Shen Chen said: "What the boss means is that the music is too niche, and Liang Haishen himself has no intention of releasing a film at all, so if he doesn't cooperate, let it go."

Tong Tong heard Shen Shen's meaning: "You want to photograph him, okay, I'll come up with a plan, just give me his contact information."

However, Liang Haishen has no contact information, and the boss only has an email address, which was used by Liang Haishen to send him a demo work a few years ago. Tong Tong sent three emails in a row, but there was no news.

Later, through the copyright company of Liang Haishen's previous commercial songs, he found his contact address. In a small village in the mountainous area of ​​Guizhou, which he had never heard of, Shen Shen called the photographer and sound engineer, and several people killed him like this.

On the night of arrival, the film crew waited at the gate of Liang Haishen's small courtyard until the stars and the moon came out, only to see Liang Haishen returning with a hoe and a cow, followed by a native dog. The dog barked desperately when it saw a stranger. The dog was tied into the house before asking who they were and what they were doing.

Shen Shen expressed his intention to come. This teacher Liang looked unattractive. I don’t know how long he has been a farmer in his hometown. Looking at his appearance, he can’t even tell his age. Tong Tong felt that his eyes were gentle, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that it was completely an illusion. Liang Haishen directly He rejected them, he said: "My life is my life, not the target of your novelty... Let me tell you, I have neither any legendary stories nor gimmicks that you want. I have long since stopped writing songs. Already, if you want to be famous for some incredible news story, you should leave as soon as possible."

After he finished speaking, before Shen Shen and Tong Tong could reply, he quickly closed the courtyard door and shut the stunned camera crew out.

Shen Shen's heart was full of energy immediately, who the hell told you that I was here for a stunt?They didn't even give them a chance to defend themselves... they weren't allowed to shoot, right?I still want to shoot.

The filming crew slept in an open-air tent for three days in a row, the cameraman Ruan Fei and Lan Lin slept in the same tent, Shen Shen was going to sleep in the same tent with Tong Tong, and there was only one radio engineer, Qin Doudou, who was still a student, so he refused to be alone Sleeping, afraid of the dark, afraid of ghosts, and afraid of animals that suddenly popped out of the mountains, Tong Tong took the initiative to take care of the children, staring at Qin Doudou deeply, complaining in his heart, why didn't he say so much about himself when he came to apply for the job? problem?ah?

The lead photographer, Ruan Fei, is a tall man who looks like a rough horse. He and Shen Shen have been cooperating in making films for more than ten years. The domestic and foreign documentary award-winning film was produced by him. Lan Lin was his younger brother who was n years younger. He praised his talent and strongly recommended him to join the group. The smell of gunpowder almost spread to half of the airport. Generally speaking, it is Lan Lin who can't understand Ruan Fei and can't help complaining. If you keep complaining, you will be roared by the unbearable Ruan Fei. Tongtong's eyes are all about the joy of life of young children.

I don't know when it started, but Tong Tong always felt that he was older than others, and it must be a mentality problem, 26 years old is like 36 years old.

They have not been idle in the past three days. They took a lot of photos of the environment and the environment, and took pictures of other people in Ronghe Village's impression of Liang Haishen. They also followed Liang Haishen's work in the field from a distance, and took some distant shots.

As soon as he approached, Liang Haishen showed obvious resistance, which was difficult to deal with.

People in the village said that he has been No.1 since he was in school, the number one scholar. At that time, Liang Haishen's parents were still alive, and the villagers always told his parents that his son was a golden phoenix, and he would never come back after flying out.

Suddenly one day Liang Haishen came back. His parents were like a candle that had burned to the end. He came back this time, took care of his parents' funeral and never left again. He picked up his parents' hoe and inherited his parents' cattle. When I started to be a farmer, there were always people pointing and pointing when he first came back. No one knew what happened to him outside and why he came back suddenly. However, people are forgetful, and those who watched him grow up no longer Guessing what, the phoenix that flew out returned to the nest, took off the Nihuang feathers and safely became a native chicken.

The first stop of the "Singer" was so unfavorable, perhaps because it has been shrouded in a low-pressure aura for several days, this night Tongtong told the past between him and Biancheng without warning, as if giving a full heart Finding an outlet, he and Shen Shen went back to their respective tents, filming, the border town... all kinds of messy images were mixed in the drunk mind, until midnight was awakened by a noise like a rushing march.

The low air pressure does not seem to be an illusion. The thunderous spring rain that has been brewing for several days poured down this night. Several rented tents were like paper, and they collapsed in an instant. The ground became muddy. Several people After being awakened, he hurriedly cleaned up the mess, looking extremely embarrassed.

Their car was parked at the entrance of the village, and the roads in the village could not be driven in at all. It was raining so heavily that even if people could run over without hesitation, all the shooting equipment could not be drenched in the rain, and the five of them could only wear a rainproof cloth , Squeezed and scolded the sky.

The others were fine, basically they were veterans who took pictures outside all the year round, but Qin Doudou, who was still a student, couldn't bear it anymore, sneezed, and asked Shen Chen incomprehensibly: "Mr. Shen, do we have to shoot this Liang Haishen?" ? He doesn’t cooperate, and he’s not a well-known figure, so why can’t we shoot with someone else?”

The two photographers and Qin Doudou stood in the middle of the rainproof cloth because they needed to protect the equipment. Shen Shen and Tong Tong stood at one end. Shen Chen would answer Qin Doudou's question at the top of his voice, but looked at Tong Tong : "It's normal not to cooperate. If it were you, suddenly a group of people would come and beat you to shoot every day, and you wouldn't let it. Documentaries are like this. Another point is that we want to shoot real, and our subjects must be very real. , If he cooperates very much when he comes, I will doubt myself. Is this person so enthusiastic about filming? Is he a showman? To put on a show in front of the camera? Then it’s not his own... Well, all three of you go to Let me have some here, didn't you see that Teacher Tong is all wet?"

Qin Doudou nodded half-understood, Ruan Fei and Lan Lin moved to Shen Shen's side, Shen Shen also covered one head, his whole body was in the rain, he was still shouting: "Tong Tong, come inside point!"

Tong Tong was about to say "Nothing in the way", when he saw a flashlight shining in the distance, and a voice shouted in the rain: "Mr. Shen, Mr. Tong, where are you? I am Liang Haishen, it's too cold to rain in the mountains Are you coming back to sleep with me?"