Chapter 258 Entering the Village

After seeing off the new big brother Zhao Liming, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Su Yun was obviously much more relaxed.

Without thinking too much, you can understand why Su Yun was uncomfortable before: although the two had always had a good relationship because of their work, they suddenly became siblings. Although Zhao Qiming's embarrassment was diluted by guilt and sibling love, it was understandable that a young girl like Su Yun was unable to make the psychological transition all at once.

Of course, the reason why Su Yun was so reserved in front of him, besides the embarrassment that people guessed, was that Zhao Qiming always looked guilty and aggrieved, and would secretly stare at her whenever he had time.

What Su Yun fears most is this kind of endless concern caused by overflowing emotions - just like Grandma Su always thinks that she must not eat well or sleep well when she is working outside, so as soon as she gets home, she starts a fat-keeping mode of three meals a day plus afternoon tea and midnight snacks for her. It can be said to be a real sweet trouble.

Now that the person who had restrained her has left, Su Yun has immediately become the monkey in the mountain without a tiger, jumping around everywhere with the staff of the first filming unit, turning those scenes that are seen everywhere and ignored by ordinary people into the beautiful mountains, clear waters, and outstanding people in the art of light and shadow.

When they reached the agreed mountain village, this very "Western"-looking convoy attracted villagers from all over the place to come and watch the fun.

"Why does this car look so strange? It's different from the ones we've seen before? It's so flashy!" An old man stared at the passing convoy.

A middle-aged man wearing a brand new cotton-padded jacket beside him laughed out loud: "Hey, Boss, how many cars have you seen? I'm afraid you've seen the green cars that the leaders drove when they went to the countryside. Our leaders are simple and use old cars discarded by the army, but these cars are from big companies in Hong Kong!"

"Ah? What are those people from big companies doing in our countryside?" Faced with the talented young people who had made a lot of money from the village, the old man lost his usual arrogance as an elder and asked again cautiously and doubtfully.

"I heard that they are a film crew here to shoot something. The things called movies that we show during festivals and holidays, which we invite projectionists from the city to come over, were made by these people..." Relying on his knowledge from wandering around the Special Administrative Region in the past two years, the middle-aged man talked incessantly.

"Ah? Why would such a powerful person come to our village? Our village is not as beautiful as in the movies." The middle-aged man boasted about the gold everywhere outside. The old men and women in the village were stunned: If the outside world is so good, why would he come all the way to their remote mountain village?

"Auntie, you don't understand this!" The middle-aged man became more and more excited as he spoke, with a proud look on his face. "Nowadays, there are few places in big cities. They are all several or even more than ten stories high. If you want to take some beautiful pictures of the scenery, you have to find a place like us with mountains and water!"

"Hey, how can we, the peasants who make a living in the dirt, appear in some movie?!" The crowd was instantly excited after hearing this.

Su Yun sat in the car, looking sideways at the boiling scene outside, and suddenly began to worry: Although this was a mountain village that was selected after thousands of selections and was famous for its simple folk customs, even if there were no malicious people, "watching and killing" was a common occurrence in China since ancient times...

There was no way to deal with the unsolvable situation of crowding accidents, even though her team had more than two dozen martial artists and most of the staff were young and strong.

Fortunately, not long after Su Yun began to worry, the village chief of the mountain village they were going to, as well as the secretary and team leader in charge of the area, hurried to the scene and immediately began to call on and organize the crowd.

"Everyone, please make way. This is Comrade Su Yun, the great benefactor who helped build the roads in our villages. Don't scare the guests who have come from afar!"

It would have been better if they hadn't said it. As soon as the name Su Yun was mentioned, the villagers became even more excited.

"Is that Su Yun from the movie?!"

"Oh my goodness, I finally see the girl—where is she?"

"Here, here, I think it's in this car! There are a few lesbians in here!"

Seeing the situation becoming increasingly chaotic, Su Yun finally had no choice but to quietly open the car window a little, revealing most of her face and waving to the crowd: "Hello!"

"Oh! She can actually speak our language!" an old lady said in surprise.

"She can definitely speak our language. I heard that she did the Mandarin dubbing for the movie herself!" said a man who looked quite intellectual. He looked like one of the educated youth who stayed in the village to become a teacher.

The crowd was excited, but they did not try hard to maintain their image as they had done in the past when leaders went on inspections. They called out all sorts of names, such as daughters, little girls, and children, which gave a headache to the village chief and others who had come to host the reception. They hurriedly shouted at the crowd to calm down.

Fortunately, Su Yun didn't mind these things. While the situation was under control, he rolled down the car window a little more.

The car drove all the way to the big banyan tree at the end of the road. She moved left and right and waved to the crowds of onlookers on both sides, attracting people on both sides of the road, whether they came to watch the excitement or for other reasons, to follow her all the way to the big banyan tree at the entrance of the target village.

"I didn't expect you to be so popular." Zhuang Long was a little surprised at how widespread Su Yun's "fans" were.

"Of course, they have watched me grow up, and I helped build this road below!" Su Yun raised her head proudly, and then simply explained to Zhuang Long why she was so popular.

After getting off the car and leaving some people to look after the car, Su Yun took most of the crew and, following the guidance of the village chief and the team leader, walked to see some iconic landmarks in the village.

"Walk from the old banyan tree at the entrance of the village. This is the road to the fields. This path is often taken by people going into the mountains. If we continue walking straight, we will reach the village's grain-drying field." The village chief introduced along the way, "There is a big loudspeaker at the grain-drying field. Usually, if there is anything, everyone will gather at the grain-drying field..."

Because they wanted to introduce Su Yun and other new faces to the villagers - although they had become familiar with them from the onlookers along the way, they still had to go through the prepared procedures for the big companies and big stars from Hong Kong to come to their village to film.

"Our film is mainly about a group of people protecting the things left by their ancestors." Considering the cultural level of the villagers, Su Yun, standing on a small platform in the sun-drying field, used the most down-to-earth words possible. "In recent years, with the policies in place and many places open up, those foreigners, or what we used to call 'foreign devils', can come to mainland China under the name of 'tourism'."

"Let me put it this way. If a guest comes from so far away to visit us with good intentions, we would of course welcome him." Su Yun felt that his Mandarin was a bit out of place among the crowd, so he looked at the people below and tried his best to imitate the villagers' tone, which made many of them laugh from the bottom of their hearts.

"But there are some bad-hearted people who want to come here and steal our old things. They even go so far as to dig up our ancestors' graves and steal the good things inside to sell for money!" As soon as Su Yun said this, it immediately caused a burst of outcry.

"Are they really that bad? I heard from my aunt who married into the town that those foreigners are so stupid that they don't even want gold rings or silver bracelets. They just spend money to buy those broken bowls and old bottles from them!"

"Yes, I've heard that before. A village dug up an old grave. There was nothing valuable in it. They came over and just checked it a few times before leaving. The foreigners who followed them just paid the villagers some worthless trinkets - that was several dollars!"

"Wow, a few bucks for some junk? Are those foreigners really that stupid?"

"This is exactly why I made this movie—" Su Yun raised her voice, "Maybe some foreigners are stupid, so they don't know the value of things and just follow the trend to buy some broken things, but some old things with great historical and commemorative value cannot be bought no matter how much money you spend!"

"And these things are like the shoes that your mother sewed overnight before you went out to play, the craft tools that your father passed down to the next generation, and the things that children gave to their parents for the first time, even if it was just a piece of mud..." Su Yun said, her voice getting louder and louder, "Foreigners are running around everywhere, so there are not many things left by their ancestors as memories, but we Chinese have many, many years of cultural history..."

"Oh, I understand. It's just like a story I read in a book - some wandering people without the protection of their ancestors think of robbing other people's ancestors, and then claim to be the descendants of so-and-so, to flatter themselves, right?" A short-haired girl holding a book raised her hand and spoke.

"Yes, that's about what I mean." Su Yun gave the short-haired girl a thumbs up, and then continued, "Of course, there are many kinds of people in the world, and that doesn't mean that all foreigners are bad people."

"We don't need to be too wary of normal foreigners who want to see China. What we need to be wary of are the bad guys who want to cheat and steal things from us!"

"Yes, Comrade Su is right. We need to welcome guests with good hearts and be rude to bad people with bad hearts!" the village chief concluded.

"Then... Comrade Su, who's the one next to you?" Amidst the responses, someone suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Keanu, who was sitting obediently next to him because of the language barrier. "This guy... looks like a foreigner, but he has black hair and black eyes?"

When Zhuang Long started working with Su Yun on a film, he was already an adult, so the villagers had already recognized him through the movies that were broadcast every year. On the contrary, no one could recognize Keanu, who played the male lead's nemesis in "The Fault in Our Stars", because he had changed a lot as he grew older.

Moreover, in the impression of today's people, foreigners are equal to blond hair and blue-green eyes. If you suddenly see someone with black hair and brown-black eyes but with deeper and more Western-style facial features than ordinary people, you will immediately feel a little confused.

"Is this person... a comrade from Xinjiang?" The village chief turned his head and took a look, then asked tentatively.

Su Yun couldn't help laughing: "No, he is a foreigner, but his grandmother is Chinese - in the old movie "Falling in Love", he played the little boy who always laughed at me."

"Good fellow, it turned out to be you!" Many people suddenly realized and slapped their thighs, and then asked one after another, "What is he acting this time?"

Every time the movie "Falling in Love" is broadcast, the little boy played by Keanu, who forgets his roots and laughs at the national lady Su Yun, always arouses the enthusiasm of the villagers everywhere...

After hearing this gossip, and then remembering that Keanu tried very hard to learn Chinese but still spoke with a foreign accent, Su Yun of course teased: "This time, he plays the role of a bad guy who digs graves."

"How come you can't change your bad habits!" When everyone heard this, they started to cum passionately again.

Keanu was confused: "They look so excited... Do they want to say something to me?"

"No, they are just praising your acting skills." Su Yun did not even blink when she said such heartless and shameless words.

Practice your Chinese well, bro!

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