Reboot the heyday

Chapter 996 Documentary Is Against Human Nature

Many years ago, Africa, the vast East African plateau.

Speaking of Africa, many people may have the impression of deserts, but in fact, not all of them are like this.Northeastern Uganda is also somewhat deserted, but there are many trees.At the same time, many animals live here.

This is the hottest time of the day.A jeep speeds through a desolate area in northwestern Uganda.

Albert, the documentary cameraman at the time, was dozing off in the co-pilot.A hot environment always makes people drowsy.

While driving the car, Ah Chong complained: "Really, isn't it very comfortable to soak in hot springs in Japan? You have to suffer here!"

"Aren't soldiers all iron-willed? Why do you talk so much nonsense?" Albert opened his eyes slightly, his tone was also cold, there was no smile on his face, and he looked a little gloomy.

Albert, who is far away from the city and suffers from bipolar disorder, has become like a madman a little bit.In addition to non-stop shooting, there is no new goal in life.

"But it's different. A soldier has a soldier's mission, which is a sense of honor. As for you, I think you just want to go crazy, but you are afraid that no one will collect the body for you, so you drag me." Ah Chong said: "The last time I When you photographed penguins in Antarctica, what did you say? Didn’t you say rest? A three-day vacation is also called rest? I fell into the sea and almost froze to death.”

"So come to Africa, it's warm and warm." Albert joked, but he didn't smile at all. He took out the compass and looked at it, and then looked at the map, and said, "Here, drive more steadily, I will We're going to start filming."

Although Achong usually complains a little bit, he is still very reliable in handling things at critical moments.Honestly drove without talking.

Albert took out his SLR camera, with an exaggerated super long lens on the front.

The model of this lens is: EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM.In the industry, there is a more lovely name called Xiaobai Lens.

Xiaobai is a telephoto zoom lens commonly used by professional photographers and photography enthusiasts. It is a large-diameter telephoto zoom lens with a bright maximum aperture as its main attraction.It is very suitable for shooting in this environment.

The documentary filmed this time is not in the aesthetic style, but in an exploratory style.The purpose is simple, to try to find an animal in Africa, the white northern rhino.

This rhino was once widespread in northwestern Uganda, southern Chad, southwestern Sudan, eastern Central African Republic and northeastern Congo.

However, in the 80s and 500s, illegal hunting reduced the number of white northern rhinos from 15 to [-].

At the beginning of this century, the number of white northern rhinos recovered to 30 individuals.But after the middle of 2003, illegal hunting became rampant again, and their number in the wild dropped sharply to 5-10.

In the Garamba National Park in Congo, the number of white northern rhinos reached 80 in the late 35s, and 2003 in April 4. After that, 30 were killed, 6 were born, and then they were reborn. 4 were hunted.

The remaining white northern rhinos were sent to Kenya by the Congo and live in the Opejata Nature Reserve in Kenya.But the reproduction failed, and not long ago, all of them died.

Anyway, by the time Albert filmed the documentary, this animal had already been declared extinct in the academic sense.

However, according to the satellite remote sensing map not long ago, someone found that there seemed to be traces of a white northern rhinoceros in the northwest of Uganda. This is likely to be the last white northern rhinoceros in the world!
So, Albert took Ah Chong on a journey to find the white northern rhino.Of course, at the same time, there are many poachers.

Horn from the last white northern rhino, it's really a good money-making stunt!
At this time, Albert and Ah Chong went to the place where the white northern rhinoceros was finally found, but what is disturbing is that there are already many ruts here, and there seem to be traces of people living here, and the garbage on the ground has not been collected yet.

"It's late, the poachers have already arrived." Ah Chong was a little worried, after all, professional photographers and scientific research personnel would not leave rubbish anywhere.

"Follow the ruts! Hope we can catch up!" Albert got into the car, hesitated with the camera, and drew two more rifles from the back.

Owning two guns in Africa, Albert is legal.After all, when shooting a documentary in the wilderness, it is inevitable to encounter some kind of beast, which is a necessary life-saving measure.Now, they are facing a group of vicious poachers.

The jeep rolled up smoke and dust, and Albert and Ah Chong followed the ruts, and finally found a small bush.And in the middle of the bushes, a huge white northern rhino can lie on the ground, howling weakly.

Ah Chong stopped the car and hurried over to take a look, showing a surprised expression.

Albert followed, and saw that the bushes had been stained blood-red, and in the middle of the bright red, the white northern rhino was lying on the ground with many wounds on its body, but the most deadly was its head. on the corner.

At this time, there were no horns on its head, only an empty bloody hole left!

Its horns were pulled out alive!Because only in this way can the integrity of the rhino horn be guaranteed!
"It's too cruel." Ah Chong couldn't bear to look directly.

Albert slowly walked up to the white northern rhino, knelt down and touched the white northern rhino.The white northern rhino seemed to have a spirit, but it just uttered a "woo woo" and then died.

On March 3, the last white northern rhino in the world died in Africa, in front of Albert.

Albert stood up and took a picture of the white northern rhino carcass with a DSLR.

At this moment, Ah Chong couldn't take it any longer: "You are too cold-blooded, it's all like this, and I still think about your filming!"

"Crack!"

Albert was expressionless, and he didn't know whether he was used to it or he was numb. He just said coldly while taking pictures: "Do you know why I chose to be a person with a SLR?"

Ah Chong was puzzled.

Albert said: "The white northern rhino, human beings ended its 5000 million-year history, but they didn't have time to look at it. I have known for a long time that if I don't take pictures of some things, no one will ever see them."

"Somewhat cruel." Ah Chong felt helpless.

Albert showed a smile that wasn't a smile: "I'm sorry, there is an original sin in documentaries, because it violates human nature. To live is to choose to forget, to forget things that shouldn't be remembered, and to have the courage to live in forgetfulness. And documentaries always reveal those that have been forgotten or tried hard to cover up. Perseverance treats reality with a 100% attitude, rather than creating a fantasy in the movie theater. Therefore, making a documentary requires a very strong heart, because reality is true. Unbearable. Sincerity is more important than truth!"

"China should also become a major documentary country, because there are too many things to record. The value of documentary photographers lies in this. They are the conscience of a country." Albert finished taking photos and turned to leave.

Ah Chong asked: "What about this corpse?"

Albert waved his hand and said, "Get in the car, it belongs to nature, so the corpse is left to rot here, which is the best destination. Otherwise, it will become a specimen in a museum. Ha ha."

Ah Chong was stunned, looking at the blood-red cruel scene in front of him, thinking about what Albert said just now, he seemed to understand a lot in an instant, but he didn't seem to understand anything.

Yes!Documentaries are really against human nature.After all, in this world where everyone likes to forget, it takes more than courage to bring up those things that shouldn't be remembered, and reveal those things that have been forgotten or tried hard to conceal.
The reality is really unbearable.It is a pity that many people have the courage to live only in oblivion.

Ah Chong suddenly felt that Albert was a philosopher.Even looking at his back as he walked back into the car, he somehow felt much taller.

Albert got into the car and said, "It's really time for a vacation. I listen to you and go to Japan!"

This is a shitty thing that a person who has cut off the past walks on the road.

His name is Wang Taika, he makes documentaries, and he has bipolar disorder.

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The last paragraph is an adaptation of real events. On March 2018, 3, Sudan, the last male northern white rhino in the world, died in Kenya at the age of 19.

If there is a next book, I would like to write about Wang Taika's experience of making a documentary, I believe it will be very interesting.

(End of this chapter)