Chapter 191 189. Pearl of the Plateau
The Hoh Xil is located in Yushu Prefecture, with a total area of 4.5 million hectares. It is also the largest uninhabited area in China.
This was once the largest habitat for Tibetan antelopes in the country. At most, there were millions of Tibetan antelopes resting and recuperating here. However, due to demand, countless poachers sneaked into this originally pure land, bringing countless blood to this pure land.
"Now there are less than 50,000 Tibetan antelopes here. Although the country has established a Wildlife Conservation Bureau, the number is still decreasing every year. As a national first-class protected animal, the value of Tibetan antelopes is too high. This is why these poachers dare to take risks and keep breaking into this pure land." Sitting in an old Kyoto jeep, Lu Chuan introduced this land to Nie Wei.
At this moment, Lu Chuan is no longer the literary man with gold-rimmed glasses and a clean face. At this moment, Lu Chuan's hair is messy like a bird's nest, and his whole face is purple and red. This is not because he is shy or excited when looking at Nie Wei, but because of the altitude reaction that makes him lack oxygen.
Watching the unkempt Lu Chuan talking to me about this land, I knew what kind of life he had lived these days and how he enjoyed it.
Looking at the scenes that kept flowing back outside the car window, there were sky, grass, and endless openness. Without high-rise buildings blocking my sight, my whole vision seemed to be infinitely broadened, and so was my mind.
While Lu Chuan was talking again, Nie Wei was distracted and opened the car window. A burst of fresh air suddenly poured into the car.
Nie Wei took a deep breath and felt that his whole mind was purified. Compared with the air in Kyoto, this place is really a paradise.
"Nie Wei, are you sick?" Seeing Nie Wei open the window, Lu Chuan asked worriedly. Even the driver in front began to slow down, as if he would stop at any time, for fear that Nie Wei would vomit in the car.
"No, I just want to breathe some fresh air. The environment here is so good." Nie Wei explained with a smile.
Hearing this, Lu Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he looked at Nie Wei in surprise, and asked in confusion: "Don't you have any altitude sickness? This place is much higher than Kyoto, with the lowest altitude of 4,600 meters. How come you are fine?"
After saying this, Lu Chuan couldn't help but look at Nie Wei again. He was breathing steadily, with a rosy face, facing the grassland wind, with a comfortable expression, and really didn't look like someone with a little altitude sickness.
"Maybe my physical fitness is good enough." Nie Wei rolled up his sleeves and exerted some strength. Under the clothes, he saw that his thin arms were actually bulging with muscles. It was obvious that the person who had this arm must be quite powerful.
"Oh, awesome, how did you train it? Teach me too." Lu Chuan's eyes widened. Is this the legendary thinness when dressed and flesh when undressed?
The driver in front also saw Nie Wei showing off his muscles through the rearview mirror, and also gave a thumbs up to the back, praising: "Young man, your physical fitness is great!"
"Thank you for the compliment." Nie Wei put down his sleeves and hid his muscles again. Lu Chuan, who was standing beside him, looked at him with excitement. If he had Nie Wei's physical fitness, he would not have to suffer for a long time when he entered the Kekexili.
However, when Nie Wei mentioned the air, Lu Chuan also brought up the topic again.
"Speaking of the air in this place, it's really nothing to say. It's much better than Kyoto."
"Well, if the air in Kyoto can be managed like this, the average life expectancy of tens of millions of people in the capital can be at least ten years longer. Anyway, those respiratory diseases will definitely not occur frequently in one spring and autumn." Nie Wei also joked, causing the three people in the car to laugh non-stop.
However, Nie Wei was the one who laughed the least heartlessly, because only he knew what the air in the capital would be like ten years later. I'm afraid that his jokes would become reality one by one.
"Kekexili, do you know the meaning of this sentence?" Lu Chuan suddenly asked.
"Mongolian, beautiful green mountains? Or beautiful girl?" Nie Wei replied.
"It's all right, anyway, they are all praising the beauty of this land." Lu Chuan nodded and said with emotion: "This place is also called the 'third pole of the world', a forbidden zone for life. Humans cannot survive here for a long time. That's why it has become a paradise for animals. Unfortunately, all of this has been destroyed by unscrupulous poachers."
Speaking of this, Lu Chuan said fiercely with a ferocious face: "I just want to make such a movie to let the whole country and even the whole world know that there are such a group of hateful people in the world. I hope that after this movie is broadcast, the country can pay more attention to environmental protection here and truly give these animals a pure paradise!"
Looking at Lu Chuan's firm eyes, Nie Wei was really stunned. He didn't expect that this young director was really passionate. He was indeed a rookie who had just started out, just bloody and ideal.
However, Nie Wei also knew that after the release of "Kekexili", this land did gain more exposure, especially when the film won an international award, the country really paid more attention to the management of this land because of this film, and the living environment of wild Tibetan antelopes and other animals is getting better and better under the protection of the country.
Lu Chuan's words obviously made the driver in the front row feel the same indignation. He heard the uncle mutter a few words in Qinghai dialect viciously, which roughly meant "poachers should be cut into pieces", and Nie Wei also saw the deep hatred between the local residents and poachers.
Soon, the car drove to a place similar to a township.
"Get out of the car, we've arrived." Lu Chuan said and opened the door first, followed by Nie Wei who got out of the car.
There was a jeep parked behind Nie Wei. When the door at the back opened, he heard two sounds of retching. Nie Wei saw his parents, Luo Kai and Luo Yuan, lying on the back door vomiting wildly. The driver in the front seat had a half-smiling expression on his face. He was obviously used to it, and he was even more curious when he saw Nie Weiwei looking refreshed.
Nie Wei gave a helpless smile. The environment in this place was indeed a bit uncomfortable for Luo Kai and Luo Yuan, who had lived in the city for a long time. Nie Wei tightened his hooded windbreaker, took two bottles of mineral water and walked over, helping He patted the two people on the back and handed them water to rinse their mouths.
"Nie Wei, I feel a little out of breath." Luo Yuan said uncomfortably. Although Luo Kai on the side did not speak, he had the same meaning.
"Take two more steps and we'll arrive at the hotel later. I have an oxygen machine for you to use." Lu Chuan was obviously very experienced. He even prepared an oxygen machine for Nie Wei Xingren early, but Nie Wei's performance made him a little nervous. Unexpectedly, I'm afraid an oxygen machine can be saved.
As soon as they heard that there was an oxygen machine, the Luo family's father and daughter were like the soldiers inspired by Cao Cao's "looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst". They straightened their bodies and followed Lu Chuan towards the hotel.
Nie Wei smiled and shook his head. He didn't have any altitude sickness, but he walked very slowly. The main reason was that he put his mind on this small town again. The completely foreign and mainland style made him interested in admiring it, so The pace naturally slowed down.
It can be seen that compared with ordinary towns across the country, this place is also very backward. The ubiquitous adobe houses have long been rare in the mainland. The gravel roads are full of potholes. The tallest building in the town is only a three-story building. The villages and towns around Kyoto are simply inconspicuous, but here they have become the most eye-catching existence.
Poor, this was the only impression left on Nie Wei.
However, Xihai is also famous for being poor, and it is on the edge of the no-man's land of Hoh Xil, so it is not surprising that it is a bit more difficult.
"Stop." After Nie Wei looked at the surrounding scenery, he was about to approach the hotel when he was stopped by a crisp voice.
Looking up, it turned out to be a girl who looked to be in her mid-twenties.
"Who are you?" Before Nie Wei could get confused, the girl asked again.
"I'm a resident. Do you know Lu Chuan? I came with him." Nie Wei explained with a smile, but the disgust in the girl's eyes made him confused.
After all, this is his first time in Hoh Xil, and he is definitely the first time he has seen this girl. Why is he disliked by her? Doesn't this girl like handsome boys?
Nie Wei touched his face and thought wildly.
But what's interesting is that Nie Wei actually saw the girl carrying a Bayi gun behind her back. When did China allow someone to carry a gun behind their back so arrogantly?
"Lu Chuan?" The girl glanced at Nie Wei suspiciously, then stared at his clothes for a while, and then when she was about to speak, a person walked out of the hotel, it was Lu Chuan.
"Dawa, this is Nie Wei, an actor from our crew." Lu Chuan immediately pulled Nie Wei and introduced the girl as soon as he appeared.
"Yes." After listening to Lu Chuan's words, the girl looked at Nie Wei's clothes again and then nodded, but her face was still a little unhappy.
Nie Wei saw the girl paying attention to her clothes several times and instantly found the reason.
"This is fake, artificial." Nie Wei pulled down the plush sewn on the edge of the hood of her hooded windbreaker and said.
"Fake?" The girl was startled. She walked to Nie Wei's side in a few steps and unceremoniously pulled the hat of Nie Wei's windbreaker and smelled it. Then she looked relieved: "I'm sorry, I wrongly blamed you."
"It doesn't matter." Nie Wei was very understanding of the girl's emotions. After thinking about it, he knew that the reason why the girl was hostile to him in the first place was entirely because she regarded him as the kind of person who loves animal fur. The reason why this place is frequented by poachers is officially due to the needs of such people. It can be said that in their hearts, if their hatred of poachers ranks first, those who are in demand for animal furs Undoubtedly ranked second.
Showing an understanding smile towards the girl, Nie Wei then followed Lu Chuan into the hotel. However, Dawa stared at Nie Wei's back until the door completely blocked her sight, and she slowly withdrew her gaze.
"Why is this girl carrying a gun?" As soon as he entered the room, Nie Wei immediately closed the door and asked Lu Chuan.
"Guns are not uncommon here, please listen to my explanation." Lu Chuan said: "The reason why Dawa has a gun is because she is a member of the mountain patrol team. To fight against poachers, a gun is a must. This is their last life-saving weapon. Speaking of which, Dawa is also a poor girl. Her father was a mountain ranger, but unfortunately he was killed by poachers and died at gunpoint. "
Hearing this, Nie Weiyi fell silent.
"Brother Nie Wei, aren't you scared?" Lu Chuan looked at Nie Wei's heavy expression and couldn't help but tease him. However, he felt a little guilty when he said this. In fact, when he first came here, he Once I saw someone carrying a gun, I was shocked.
"It's not fear, it's emotion." Nie Wei suddenly opened his mouth and said: "They may sacrifice themselves at any time for their responsibilities. These mountain patrol members are really respectable people."
"That's right." Lu Chuan had more say in this. The contact over the past few months made him admire the patrol team more than ever. At least he was in awe of their ideals. They were really taking on and guarding a mission with their lives.
"It's your first day here. Don't talk about these heavy topics. Take a look at what I shot first. It's guaranteed to be a surprise." Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere in the room was too heavy, Lu Chuan quickly changed the subject, then took out a videotape from the table and put it into the machine next to it.
"Tibetan antelope? Wild Tibetan antelope?" Looking at the picture on TV, Nie Wei shouted. Lu Chuan really brought him a good surprise. He didn't expect that he really caught the real picture of wild Tibetan antelope.
"It's amazing, I waited for two months before I caught this precious picture with the help of the patrol team. I dare say this is definitely the first time in Chinese film history that someone has used film to capture the real picture of Tibetan antelopes living." Lu Chuan pointed to the screen excitedly and introduced.
"It's really amazing." Nie Wei couldn't help but nod. This is not the period before 1985 when there were millions of Tibetan antelopes. Now there are only tens of thousands of Tibetan antelopes in Hoh Xil. They are almost killed by poachers and have become national first-class protected animals. It can be said that it is absolutely difficult to take pictures of the life of Tibetan antelopes now. Lu Chuan was able to do it, which really showed great perseverance.
After watching "Animal World" with Lu Chuan for more than half an hour, Nie Wei returned to his room with the excuse of being tired.
It was a simple but clean hut with simple furnishings, but the location was very good and full of sunshine. The only electrical appliance in the room, except for the lamp, was a square 21-inch black and white TV. Nie Wei did not turn on the TV to see how many channels there were, but took out his mobile phone and edited a text message.
"Duoduo, brother arrived safely and will help you take nice photos." Thinking of Duoduo's lost look that day, Nie Wei felt a little distressed, but the crew was about to start filming, and he really couldn't spare the time.
Fortunately, the little girl didn't have the bad temper of those naughty kids, and she didn't cry all the time. After Nie Wei explained, she comforted Nie Wei with understanding. After returning home, she even went to the computer to check the environment of Kekexili, and then told Nie Wei the instructions she found on the Internet word by word.
How could Nie Wei not worry about such a well-behaved and obedient sister, so when he was free, he sent a safe text message to Duoduo as soon as possible.
However, just as Nie Wei sent the text message, his mobile phone received a text message notification sound of "ding"...
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