Chapter 488: Humanistic Care

After a long day of filming, it was dark. Feng Xuan announced that today was the end of work, and the tired employees put the props in their hands back into the equipment room, discussing where to go for dinner, whether to go to KTV and health care after dinner (crossed out here), and dispersed leave.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang were waiting at the gate of the base. The weather was so cold, Zhang Zian didn't want them to wait too long, and planned to leave, but was stopped by Feng Xuan.

"Xiao Zhang, is there anything wrong? Come with me and discuss something." Feng Xuan said, but his tone was unquestionable, "By the way, call Lao Yang too."

Zhang Zian had no choice but to send a message to Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang, asking them to wait for a while.

He called Lao Yang again, and together they came to Feng Xuan's simple meeting room. Xu Gang, the outreach producer, was also present, and Femas also followed in, lying quietly on the ground.

Xu Gang warmly shook hands with Zhang Zian and Lao Yang, and said sincerely: "Thank you two! I really appreciate it! Today's filming went beyond expectations. Without you, I can't imagine how these ferocious Tibetan mastiffs They cooperated obediently... To be honest, when these wild Tibetan mastiffs were transported from Tibet, I kept drumming in my heart, for fear that there would be accidents during the filming process, and it would be troublesome if someone was hurt..."

Lao Yang paid a few words absent-mindedly, and at a glance saw a whole unopened good cigarette on the conference table, picked it up unceremoniously and put it under his arm, knowing that this was Feng Xuan's bet he had lost to him.

Feng Xuan was in a good mood, cheerfully did not speak, and drank hot cocoa with a thermos.

Zhang Zian deserved his gratitude to Xu Gang, because he really didn't do anything, everything was done by Fei Max, yesterday and today Fei Max was like a different dog.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, several people sat down.

Feng Xuan put down the thermos cup, encouraged him with a few words of encouragement, and then got to the point.

He said: "Xiao Zhang, Lao Yang, Gang Zi, your work is excellent, and I am also very satisfied. After filming today's scene, it means that our crew's filming work is about to enter the final stage, and only a few scattered shots are left. With the intelligence and obedience of Femas and the two police dogs, the filming will go smoothly."

Lao Yang was smoking happily while Zhang Zian listened carefully.

"I called you here today because I want to discuss with you how to deal with the other dogs in the crew, including those Tibetan mastiffs, except for the German shepherds sent by Feimasi, Chilong, Prince and other kennels after the production is finished. .” Feng Xuan looked at the three of them in turn, and asked, “Do you have any suggestions?”

Xu Gang had a draft for a long time,

He took the lead in speaking and said: "Director Feng, let me talk first. Before these Tibetan mastiffs were brought from Tibet, we had agreed with the monks in the local monastery and Tibetans that their lives should not be harmed. So my opinion is that these Tibetan mastiffs should be sterilized. Afterwards, they were sent back to the stray dog ​​shelter in Tibet, and there was nowhere else to house them."

Lao Yang puffed out a puff of smoke, nodded and said: "It can only be like this. Let me tell you an example that you may not know: when the Yushu earthquake occurred on April 14, 2010, the police dog brigade in Binhai City was also mobilized. Go to the disaster relief and search for the trapped people under the rubble. After the disaster relief work is over, I heard similar situations from those policemen with dogs who rushed to the disaster relief.”

The others listened quietly without interrupting him.

Lao Yang flicked the soot, and recalled intently: "You know, after a major disaster, there must be a major epidemic, especially this kind of earthquake that caused heavy casualties is often particularly easy to breed epidemics. Yushu is the focus of the Himalayan marmot plague. The earthquake This caused the overwintering marmots to come out of their holes ahead of time. The Himalayan marmot, a rodent with two big dies, is furry and cute, but it is the main bacteria-preserving animal of the severe plague. Just like flies, they are full of bacteria, but they don’t Sick and die..."

He paused for a while to catch his breath, and then said: "In addition, there are a lot of mice in Yushu. No one keeps cats there, and the mice have no natural enemies. After the disaster, there are even more mice all over the ground. They are in groups, 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 all-round rodent eradication work. Both marmots and rats were exterminated, but they were stopped by local residents because marmots are regarded as gods by the local people and they have to take delicious food every day Feed them as much as you want, even if you don’t have enough to eat yourself.”

When other people heard it, they really felt that this was very similar to the current situation of Tibetan mastiffs. It was very difficult. Clearly, culling stray Tibetan mastiffs directly was the best solution, but limited to local folk customs, they could not do so. On the contrary, it will cause conflicts among the people... Once the conflicts intensify, no one can afford this responsibility.

Xu Gang asked with interest: "How did you solve it in the end?"

Lao Yang shrugged, and said cryptically, "In that case, I was forced to have no choice but to kill God."

Others understand it, but the Yushu earthquake is a special case, a natural disaster of force majeure, which can be dealt with specially, but it is not applicable now.

After much discussion and discussion, no one had any other good solution, so they had to decide to follow Xu Gang's proposal to neuter these Tibetan mastiffs and send them back to the stray dog ​​shelter in Tibet.

After talking about the Tibetan mastiff, it's time to talk about the eliminated German shepherds.

These German shepherds were bought as stand-ins. Although they are useless, they cannot return to the police dog base. If they go back, they will die. So how to deal with them?

In fact, some people in the crew expressed their willingness to adopt one or two German shepherds, but when they heard that the insiders of the police station were required to provide guarantees, they felt troublesome and flinched.

No one in the room spoke for a while.

Fei Masi patted Zhang Zian's shoe with one of his front paws, he coughed lightly knowingly, and said solemnly: "Director Feng, I want to say one thing."

Feng Xuan was startled, and subconsciously said: "Please tell me."

Zhang Zian said: "There are very few movies in China with animals as the main characters, but there are quite a lot of movies and TV series with animal actors."

Feng Xuan nodded.

"I've seen a lot of western animal movies, and the end credits of these movies often indicate-'No animals were injured during the filming of this film'. "War Dogs" obviously can't do this, regardless of Whether it was the police dog who was injured in the audition before or the big tooth and mastiff king who were injured today, or the sterilization operation on these Tibetan mastiffs, it can be regarded as hurting animals. We can’t open our eyes and tell lies, otherwise we will be sorry for our conscience. But we can still The next best thing is to write another sentence at the end of the film-'The animals in the film have been properly housed'."

Zhang Zian said meaningfully.

He was quietly putting pressure on Feng Xuan, hoping that Feng Xuan would not send these German shepherds away casually, such as sending them to the local stray animal management center. It is difficult for these German shepherds to be adopted by ordinary people. If they are sent there, they will inevitably be euthanized. Anyway, at least they also acted as extras in the crew, and they worked hard without credit, so they should not be treated like a dead dog.

Feng Xuan gasped in surprise, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Zian with admiration, because his wife also said similar things to him before going to bed at night, but the starting point was different.

As a senior movie fan, his wife said that how to treat the animals in the crew, whether it is a German shepherd or a Tibetan mastiff, determines the upper limit of the film.

For the convenience of explanation, she gave an example, which is the movie "Peacock".

There is a horrific scene in the famous film where the actor who plays the mother pours a cup of poison into the mouth of a goose and chokes it by the neck to keep it from spitting it out. The goose was struggling painfully on the ground.

Regarding the fate of the goose, there were no related subtitles at the end of the movie. However, when participating in the international film festival awards, this scene was questioned by foreign judges and audiences. The film producer had no choice but to stand up and declare that the goose was anesthetized and not really dead, so the film won an award.

However, the goose struggled so painfully and realistically that it could never have been staged. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that it was definitely poisoned, and it is likely that more than one goose was poisoned in order to shoot this scene .

Feng Xuan's wife told him this to remind him implicitly that if the movie "War Dogs" with animals as the main character wants to go abroad and not be limited to China, then how to properly treat the animal actors in the crew will become a problem. key.

Her opinion coincides with Zhang Zian's. If you want "War Dogs" to win international awards and further increase the upper limit of this movie, you must type out the subtitles at the end of the film-"All the animals in the film have been obtained." Proper placement" and rejected 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 the two of them in turn, he deeply felt the seriousness of this problem.

Tibetan mastiffs are rented out, as long as they are neutered and sent back to the stray dog ​​shelter in Tibet, and some additional subsidies are provided, then what about these German shepherds?

After discussing with each other for a while, Lao Yang extinguished 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 these German shepherds to the retired police dog nursing home?" Lao Yang suggested.

Zhang Zian saw the touching scene of Cui Yi and Baofeng parting at the gate of the police dog base, so he asked Lao Yang about the resettlement of retired police dogs. At that time, Lao Yang mentioned the police dog nursing home, but he did not ask in detail, and neither did Lao Yang. .

Feng Xuan, Xu Gang, and Zhang Zian didn't know the specific situation of the Veteran's Police Dog Nursing Home, and whether sending them there was considered "proper placement". In fact, Lao Yang didn't know much either, he had never been there.

After discussing for a while, they couldn't think of any other good way, so they decided to let Zhang Zian and Lao Yang go to the police dog nursing home to find out the truth.

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