My village can't be like this

Chapter 653 The Horse That Makes a Lot of Money

After a long while, Lin Hui finally finished explaining to Zhang An.

"Brother Zhang An, this is what we want to film later. In general, we want your horse to run as wildly as possible like a horse king."

His mouth was dry from talking, so he took two sips of water. Afraid that Zhang An might not understand, he summarized it at the end.

"that's all?"

Zhang An hesitated for a moment, then said.

At first, he thought it would be very troublesome, but after listening to the explanation, he found that there seemed to be nothing special.

"That's true, but the horses we can rent are usually ordinary draft horses. It's easy to make them run, but it's very difficult to make them run beautifully and with a certain temperament. That's why I fell in love with your two horses at first sight."

Seeing Zhang An's tone, Lin Hui spread his hands helplessly.

In fact, he had already shot many of the shots here when he was in other places.

However, the final product is more disappointing than just passable.

After all, the horses they rented before did not have the temperament and personality of good horses, so it would be useless even if they tried again and again.

This was also the reason why he had seen so many other people's horses after arriving in Changqing Village, but was still not satisfied. It was not until he saw Zhang An's Dahei that he felt like he fell in love at first sight.

The feeling was very mysterious, as if someone kept telling him in his mind that this was the Horse No. 1 he had always wanted to find.

It was also because of this that when he was at Zhang An's house, he looked like he would not give up until he achieved his goal.

"Then how about we try it out first and let Director Lin take a look?"

Although Zhang An did not understand what kind of effect Lin Hui, the director, wanted to achieve.

But after listening for so long, he felt that this was not a problem at all for Dahei.

"OK, let's get started."

Hearing Zhang An say this, Lin Hui immediately asked others to get ready.

By the time Zhang An led Dahei to the designated place, all the camera positions were ready.

"Um, Director Lin, didn't I have to show you a preview first? Why did you just start right away?"

Zhang An originally wanted to let Dahei run a race according to Lin Hui's request and see what happens next.

But he didn't expect that although the other party said that, he actually started it right away.

"It's okay, Zhang An, just pretend that these camera positions don't exist and let it run. If it doesn't work, we can try again. It won't delay anything anyway."

Lin Hui waved his hand nonchalantly, because he had spent so much time before and still hadn't gotten the photo right, so he didn't think he could finish it in just a few tries.

Anyway, he planned to shoot today's scenes in a whole day.

The reason why he took the camera position at the very beginning was because of his experience as a director over the years.

Sometimes the things you want to shoot seem like a flash of inspiration. Sometimes you think you can finish it in a few shots, but it takes you several days to get it right. And when you don’t expect to succeed in one go, you succeed.

So he asked someone to start the machine right away. If it worked, he would make a fortune. If it didn't, starting over wouldn't delay anything.

Before getting started, Zhang An patted Dahei's slender and strong neck, and then whispered softly in its ear.

In the eyes of others, it seemed that Zhang An was saying something to the dark horse, but in fact, Zhang An was really telling something to Dahei.

When Lin Hui shouted start, Zhang An slapped Dahei on the butt.

When Dahei received the order, he immediately started running as fast as he could with his four strong legs.

Since last year, Zhang An hasn't taken it out to run wildly. Now that it has the opportunity to indulge itself, it will certainly not let it go, especially since this is a task assigned to it by its owner.

By the time it enters the camera's shooting range, it has already entered the state.

Following Zhang An's gesture on the sidelines, Dahei ran wildly, raised his head and roared to the sky.

"Okay, that's the look, that's the momentum."

Lin Hui was standing in front of the switchboard, and he was so excited when he saw this scene on the camera.

At the end, when Zhang An raised his right hand to signal to stop, the big black horse raised its two front hooves high, with its head raised proudly, and an unruly temperament jumped into the camera accompanied by the bamboo leaves blown by the wind.

"Very good, very good, done in one go. I told you that some horse people are born with this kind of domineering aura."

Lin Hui never thought that he would succeed at the very beginning.

He was very glad that he had turned on the camera just now. Otherwise, if he had done it again as Zhang An said, he might have missed this brilliant shot.

Ma No. 1's scenes were finished, and then it was the turn of the male lead and Ma No. 1's scenes together.

To be honest, the male lead actor chosen by Lin Hui looks quite handsome and masculine, completely different from those effeminate male stars in later generations.

But when he got close to Dahei, Dahei became stubborn and wouldn't let him get close.

“Forget it, let’s lengthen the reins a little, adjust the lens, and then use the dislocation method.”

Because the protagonist's face had to be shown frontally, a body double couldn't be used. After trying several times without success, Lin Hui had to rely on the camera to make adjustments.

On the other hand, Taxue, who was following the actress, was very well behaved and didn't get angry at all. He was much better than Dahei.

However, after letting the reins run longer, the man and the horse were a little further apart, and with Zhang An's comfort, Dahei became much more well-behaved, and the subsequent filming went much more smoothly.

The next day, it was time to shoot the horse riding scenes.

After Lin Hui discussed with Zhang An for a long time, Dahei was still unwilling to let the male actor ride on it, so he had to change the method and use a stand-in.

Just like that, Zhang An was recruited by Lin Hui to be promoted as an actor, and his small goal of appearing on camera and filming a movie for the first time in his life was achieved.

When filming the horse riding scene, Zhang An still pulled the reins and did not let Dahei run away.

Because there was an actress following behind him, Zhang An was worried that if he ran too fast, she would not be able to control the snow.

Although the actress is very beautiful, has good riding skills and is very gentle when walking on snow.

But if Dahei lets go and takes the lead, Taxue will also be accelerated, and the actress will also suffer.

Even so, it failed many times and was not completed until the sixth reshoot.

Its role ended only when Dahei and his stand-in Zhang An were pierced through the hearts by thousands of arrows from the props.

Before ending, Lin Hui gave it a close-up.

Dahei, lying on the ground, was a little restless and wanted to get up because he had no habit of lying on the ground. Even when he slept at night, he still stood, day after day, year after year.

But Zhang An was watching it right next to it, so it had no choice but to lie there and wait for Lin Hui to finish taking the photos.

In the drama, the male lead was only injured and the filming was not finished, but Dahei was dead, so he died like this. "Done, brother Zhang An, it's all thanks to you this time."

Lin Hui was very satisfied with the efficiency of yesterday and today, as well as the quality of the finished film, so when he came over to talk to Zhang An, he couldn't stop smiling.

"Haha, this horse is a good horse, but it's a pity that people are not allowed to ride it. Otherwise, I would like to satisfy my urge to ride a good horse."

Actor Chen Yuan also came over to chat for a while. They have become more familiar with Zhang An in the past two days.

"Hahaha, forget about letting other people ride it. At first, many mares in our village were fascinated by it, but it wouldn't let anyone get close to it, or it would kick its hooves crazily. Later, my friend was worried that it would end up lonely, so he bought Taxue from the grassland to be its wife."

Chen Yuan has a very good personality and speaks in an approachable manner, so Zhang An is quite willing to get to know him.

After a while, the crew had to continue filming, so Zhang An didn't stay any longer and prepared to leave with his horse.

"Here, Zhang An, these are your two horses and your pay, a total of five thousand yuan."

Before leaving, Lin Hui gave him the money.

The two horses received a total of four thousand, and Zhang An himself received one thousand.

Even though he took on a job as a stand-in, his salary was still not as high as that of the Dahei couple.

But it’s also pretty good. It has decreased from one-fifth to one-half, and the net worth is approaching very quickly.

"Thank you, Director Lin. When you're done today, come over to my place for a drink?"

Zhang An did not refuse and took the money directly. This was the money he and Dahei had earned by working hard for the past two days.

"It's not possible today. I think we have to shoot until tonight. Let's wait until tomorrow. I will definitely go tomorrow. I have heard everyone talk about your delicious wine and food these past two days. I must go and taste them myself."

They have been living in the village these days and have been eating at Zhou Yang's house. They have boxed lunches and go directly to eat at noon.

They were already astounded by the dishes prepared by this small restaurant in the mountain village.

But no one expected that Zhou Yang told them that the best food in the village was still at Zhang An's house.

However, the Zhang An family had long since stopped doing this business, so even if they wanted to try, they no longer had the opportunity.

Now hearing Zhang An's invitation, Lin Hui agreed without thinking.

"Okay, then tomorrow night, I'll wait for Director Lin to come over then."

Zhang An was just being polite, but he didn't expect Lin Hui to agree directly.

But it’s nothing. It’s just cooking a meal to entertain them. It’s not a big deal. After all, I just made so much money from them.

When she got home, Wang Fang was putting the garlic shoots that everyone had picked into plastic baskets in the yard.

Little Siqi was dancing around with his little wooden sword, with several big dogs surrounding him, looking just like a sanctioned villain.

"Mom, this is my wages for the past two days, you can keep it."

The first thing Zhang An did when he got home was to hand in his wages for the past two days.

Because the wall of the sheep pen will be scraped off tonight, and then we have to pay my second uncle and his men their wages.

Although I sold a lot of garlic shoots yesterday, I haven’t received the money from Ding Yi yet. I have to wait until later to settle the account.

Based on Zhang An's understanding of his mother, she must be heartbroken when it comes time to pay the wages at night.

So he planned to use the wages from these two days to provide some support for his mother, so that he wouldn't feel so bad about the money then.

"You've only been working there for two days, haven't you? How come you have so much money?"

Wang Fang hadn't received the money yet, but she felt something was wrong just by looking at it, because it looked like several thousand yuan.

Even if she sold all the garlic shoots she picked all day yesterday, plus today's, she could only make a little over a thousand yuan at most.

How many fields of garlic shoots must be harvested to sell for so much money?

"Hahaha, this money is not earned by me alone. There are 5,000 yuan in total, and only 1,000 yuan belongs to me. The rest is earned by Dahei and his wife."

Zhang An chuckled and then began to explain.

Because Wang Fang only knew that he had gone to work for others these two days, and had no idea that Lin Hui had come to negotiate the price with him before.

"Ah, they are so capable. We should feed them a basin of corn tonight."

Wang Fang was stunned after hearing this. She had never thought that she could make four thousand yuan from these two horses in just two days.

If this happened in a big city, it would be equivalent to the salary of two people.

But no matter how surprised she was, in her eyes, merit must be rewarded.

The best reward for the livestock at home has always been a pot full of corn.

"Then forget it. They definitely won't like to eat corn now. I can just cut two more baskets of grass for them when the time comes."

If it were in other families, feeding corn to livestock would be the best treatment.

But this is not necessarily the case in Zhang An's family, because even last winter, their livestock ate silage that had been prepared last year.

In addition, after the Chinese New Year, Zhang An irrigated the acres of pasture in the depression with space spring water, and now they are growing very green and beautifully.

So now the livestock in their family don’t even eat silage, but instead eat fresh grass.

Although corn is a food and a top-quality food, its taste is much worse than that of fresh and delicious grass, especially grass that has been watered with space spring water.

However, Zhang An is not going to treat them unfairly, and there must be rewards.

Although the grass grown at home was watered with space spring water, he still felt a little embarrassed about it.

So he had already thought about it. In the next few days, he would cut some grass from the space for them to eat as much as they wanted.

When the time comes, I will find an opportunity to let them all run around in the space as much as they want.

Then Wang Fang carefully put away the money and took it back home.

Zhang An removed the saddles from Dahei and his wife, and then let them go to the pen to rest.

In the evening, the wall of the sheep pen had been scraped off. During dinner, at Zhang An's signal, Wang Fang took out the money and paid everyone's wages.

But you wouldn't know until you calculated it. Once you did, you would be shocked to find that I spent more than a thousand just for wages.

Because this is not just the work of scraping the walls in the past two days, but also the work of building walls and laying tiles a few days ago are counted together.

Even so, Zhang Jianjun still refused to take his share. In his words, why should he get paid if he worked for his own family?

The others also gave in a little, but except for his second uncle, Zhang An still declined other good intentions and settled everything. After all, it is not easy to work outside.

(End of this chapter)