"The Dog Was Injured and the Cat Caught" – Film Crew Chronicle No. 9
After shooting the exterior scenes in Rugao and Rudong, we moved to Nantong, an important town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and planned to shoot some exterior scenes in this ancient city. Nantong Prefecture, North Tongzhou, North and South Tongzhou through the North and South, here is the main road of Tongqu, bustling docks.
When the crew arrived in Nantong, it was snowing, because the location had to be processed and arranged, and the crew members took a day off. Unexpectedly, two actors had an accident on this day, which became the most unfortunate black rest day since the establishment of the crew.
First of all, the actor who played the pirate "Wax Dog" accidentally fell on the street, his head was broken and bleeding, everyone rushed to the hospital, sewed a lot of needles, wrapped the wound and just settled down, the waiter in the guest house duty room ran to say, the public security bureau called, saying that our crew played the "water cat" The actor was caught playing hooligans in the department store, and asked the crew leader to go to the public security bureau.
The news came too suddenly, the crew suddenly seemed to blow up the camp, everyone could not understand what the situation was, and when they were speculating about the discussion, the guest house buyer came back from the street and told the story of the "water cat" accident with a very indignant and contemptuous tone.
Today the crew of the actors on vacation, water cat "alone to go to the department store, at that time a counter in the department store is selling new goods, many people gathered around the counter to see the goods, "water cat" saw that one of the customers had a young girl who looked very beautiful, and pretended to buy something to squeeze in, close to the girl. At that time, there was no security guard in the mall, but there were old workers wearing red armbands patrolling, he found that the "water cat" was suspicious of the girl's appearance, thinking that it was a pickpocket stealing, carefully observed, surprised, he found that the "water cat" actually loosened his pants, exposed the thing, and rubbed against the girl's ass. The old worker shouted and grabbed the "water cat", but the "water cat" was motionless like a fool, and even his pants did not know how to pull up, and his dirty things filthed the girl's long hair braids and clothes and pants, and everyone shouted in unison, even beating and pushing, twisting the "water cat" to the public security bureau.
I was shocked by this situation. The actor who plays "Water Cat" is a young actor from a drama theater in a big city in the north, a college student who graduated from a drama school, usually very Sven, when there is nothing to do, he hides in his room with headphones to listen to music, or read philosophy books, and I have also talked to him about philosophical issues. How could such a seemingly temperamental and cultivated young actor do such a despicable thing? I have read psychology books that say that this is a pathology, a perversion of personality, a so-called "vaginalism", theoretically he is a patient, but in real life can not forgive such a patient, because he has caused great harm to others, especially the girl, and his subordinates have seriously desecrated the public environment.
The crew all got together, and after everyone scolded the "water cat" in unison, they asked the production director to quickly ensure that the "water cat" came out. When the production director saw that everyone said this, he called me and the director together and closed the door to discuss how to deal with it. The production director has been doing professional work in the TV station for a long time and is not familiar with the administrative work of the government, so he followed the opinions of the actors and offered to go with me to the public security bureau to ensure that the "water cat" came out. Before I went to the TV station, I worked in the county government health bureau, had a certain amount of administrative work experience, and knew that it was difficult to keep the "water cat" out of this incident. Such a thing, even if it happens today, which is relatively open and tolerant, will be severely punished, and it is still a fairly closed era twenty years ago. I think that regardless of whether we can be saved or not, we should go to the public security bureau as soon as possible to understand the situation and meet the "water cat". The director believes that the "water cat" can be saved, and can no longer be filmed in the crew, otherwise everyone will watch the TV film in the future and have a very bad impact on the finger poke of the characters in the film, and can only change the actor or delete the scene.
I and the director of production found the detention center of the Public Security Bureau, and as soon as I entered the director's office to explain my intentions, I was reprimanded unceremoniously with a split face, and the director scolded our crew for not strengthening ideological education and letting the actors come out to do such a humiliating and ugly thing. The production director has been the director of the TV station for many years, is a middle-level leader in the provincial TV station, is a well-respected figure in Fuzhou City, has never been reprimanded like this, and is now so humiliated by a small policeman that he is blue in the face and cannot say a word. I had to deal with the very domineering director, saying that the actors of the crew came from all over the world, and some of them had just arrived for a few days, and the crew leaders were strengthening education. Seeing that the attitude of the director of the detention center has eased somewhat, I proposed that the shooting task is very tight now, can we ensure that the "water cat" goes out to work first? Unexpectedly, when the director heard this, he jumped up and said loudly, "Stay out?" To put it mildly, when the change is severe, it is enough to shoot. Wait for the above research to see how to deal with it. "Good to say, and finally agreed to let us go to the "water cat" side.
When the "water cat" saw us, he was ashamed to cover his face with his hands and did not dare to face us, did not say a word, but kept crying.
The production director was still angry, with a straight face, and still didn't say a word. We silently confronted the "water cat" for a while, and before leaving, I comforted the "water cat" and said, since the matter has happened, you have to face it, I believe that the government and organizations will treat you fairly, and you must want to open up. You commit this is actually a disease, after you come out, you have to see a psychologist and don't do it again.
The "water cat" could not be saved, and did not know how the relevant departments would deal with it, so the director decided to send a telegram to a certain theater in the north of the unit where the "water cat" was located, asking them to quickly send someone here to deal with follow-up matters. When passing by the post office, the director Yu was still angry, and personally drafted a telegram draft, the content of which was "Your hospital XXX was detained for committing hooligans in the department store, please come quickly", I think this is too specific, the original unit of "Water Cat" received this telegram has too much impact, if "Water Cat" is later to be leniently handled, it is very unfavorable after going back, it is better to write vaguely, change it to "your hospital XXX accident, please come quickly", leave more room for him and the leaders of the unit. The director saw that what I said made sense and agreed.
Back at the guest house, we noticed that the atmosphere around us had changed a lot. I remember that when the crew first stayed in the guest house, the waiters and the surrounding masses were very warm and friendly to the crew, and many young men and women took the initiative to get close to the actors, full of curiosity and freshness to inquire about the plot and shooting, and enthusiastically helped us. In the blink of an eye, the situation has changed completely, they are all cold to the crew, and some even deliberately say loudly, don't look at these people who look like dogs, they are all some hooligans. After discussing, we felt that we could not stay here any longer, so we abandoned the location shooting plan in Nantong and braved the snow to open the way to the next stop, Yixing.