Chapter Thirty-Three: Kidnap a Celebrity Home
The news of Gu Tianle's disappearance was brought back by his assistant.
The assistant was a young man in his twenties, and he was so scared that he cried when he called me.
Du Qifeng was also shocked when he learned that Gu Tianle was missing.
Filming is about to start, but the leading actor is missing. How can we film?
In desperation, he pulled Wei Jiahui and Murong Fu into the car and headed straight to the city.
Gu Tianle disappeared in the city.
When Murong Fu and his party found the assistant, the assistant was explaining the situation to the police.
He had already called the police before calling Du Qifeng.
Du Qifeng arrived and asked hurriedly before learning the specific situation.
In the past few days, Gu Tianle and his assistant have been around Leshan and Chengdu. Today, they originally planned to take a car back to the set.
But just in the time it took to buy a bottle of water, Gutianle disappeared.
For safety's sake, Gu Tianle's mobile phone and wallet are kept with the assistant.
This also resulted in the assistant having no way to contact him after he got lost.
When they learned that a big star was missing, the police took it seriously and contacted all police stations in Leshan to dispatch police forces to search for him.
The assistant wanted to send a missing person notice to the media, but was stopped by Du Qifeng.
He was worried that Gu Tianle might not have disappeared, but had been kidnapped.
It is not uncommon for celebrities to be kidnapped in Hong Kong. Even the son of the richest man in Hong Kong has been kidnapped.
If Goo Tsai is really kidnapped, then once the missing person notice is released, it will alarm the media, which will then alert the kidnappers, and may lead to the kidnappers calling it quits.
Therefore, the safest way now is to trust the police and wait patiently.
There is no other way.
While everyone was waiting anxiously, Gu Tianle's cell phone suddenly rang in the afternoon, and a strange call came in.
With everyone watching, the assistant answered the phone and heard Furuta Raku's voice coming from the other end.
Two hours later, Du Qifeng and Murong Fu, accompanied by the police, arrived in Mbyz Autonomous County, more than 100 kilometers away from Leshan.
Mabian County is one of the four major ethnic minority autonomous counties in Sichuan Province and is also a national-level poverty-stricken county.
Except for the main road in the county seat, there are no cement roads in the surrounding towns and villages. There are only potholed dirt roads that are very muddy.
After passing through a muddy mountain road that could bump up stones, everyone came to a village and saw Gu Tianle surrounded by happy Yi brothers in the center, eating lumps of meat and drinking Zhuanzhuan wine.
Gu Tianle had a great time, watching the Yi boy and his sister sing folk songs, their big white teeth standing out in the crowd.
After seeing him, everyone knew the truth about his disappearance.
It turned out that when Gu Tianle was waiting for his assistant to buy water, he saw a person whose figure, back and clothes were very similar to the assistant's. He mistakenly thought that the person was the assistant and followed him.
After catching up, I discovered that the person was not an assistant.
He was lost in the city, without a phone and no money in his pocket.
So, he took a taxi and wanted to go back to Emeishan directly, and pay the driver after he got to the set.
He randomly caught a taxi on the street, and as soon as he got in, the driver recognized him.
The driver is a Yi brother. I watched his movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and was very surprised.
But his Mandarin was very poor and the driver couldn't understand where he was going.
However, the driver didn't want to let him go, so he drove him back home.
It was the first time a big star came to the village. The driver called the whole village to see him.
The Yi compatriots were very enthusiastic and directly killed a pig to welcome him. The whole village ate the meat and held a bonfire party.
Gu Tianle knew that the crew and assistants must be very anxious when they find out that he is missing.
He talked and gestured, and finally the driver understood what he meant and borrowed the phone for him.
After calling his assistant, he felt relieved and immersed himself in the joy of the celebration.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after finding out that he was okay.
The police stopped the party, severely criticized the brother driver, and took Gu Tianle out of the village.
After getting in the car, Gu Tianle still had some unfinished thoughts and lamented: "It would be better if you guys came later. The party ends in the middle of the party, which is a bit disappointing!"
"You are still thinking about having a party. Do you know how anxious we are?"
The assistant was very angry and couldn't help scolding him.
"I don't want to either! Who made that guy's back look exactly like yours?"
Gu Tianle spread his hands, glanced at Murong Fu, the co-pilot, and asked, "Who is this?"
"The martial arts instructor who came to the rescue, Mu Rong."
Du Qifeng introduced him and asked with a smile: "Are you having fun this time?"
Hearing his somewhat reproachful tone, Gu Tianle reluctantly apologized: "I'm sorry, Director Du, it's just bad luck. Who knew that driver would pull me here directly?"
Glancing at the dark sky outside the window, he sighed: "But the people in that village are quite enthusiastic. This is the first time I have seen pig slaughtering with my own eyes.
Just kill the pig and eat it as it is cooked. At most, you can dip it in some chili powder, but it tastes pretty good, but you will get tired of it after just a few pieces..."
The middle-aged policeman in the driver's seat couldn't help but said: "Those are the poverty alleviation pigs distributed to them. They were originally supposed to be kept until the Chinese New Year before being killed."
"Poverty Alleviation Pigs? What are Poverty Alleviation Pigs?"
Gutianle didn't understand.
The middle-aged policeman explained: "Since 1986, China has carried out large-scale poverty alleviation work. Mabian County is a national-level poverty-stricken county, and poverty alleviation efforts are very strong. The Poverty Alleviation Office will distribute piglets, chicken seedlings, etc. to local farmers.
Let them raise it, add value and generate income.”
"How much is a pig worth?"
Gu Tianle didn't take it seriously.
"A lot."
The middle-aged policeman sighed: "The poverty alleviation line set by the Millennium is an annual income of more than 800 yuan. If you can raise a big pig, you can basically pass the poverty alleviation line."
Murong Fu heard this and secretly made some calculations.
More than 800 yuan, which is almost equivalent to one tael of silver during the Song Dynasty.
During the Song Dynasty, it was indeed quite difficult for a family that only earned one tael of silver a year.
"The annual income is more than 800 yuan?"
Gu Tianle calculated the exchange ratio of Hong Kong dollars and was a little shocked: "Isn't that just less than one thousand Hong Kong dollars?"
"That's right."
The middle-aged policeman glanced at him and said, "In other words, if you go there, you will eat up a family's annual income in one go."
"..."
Gutian was stunned.
He could never imagine how a family could survive when they could only earn less than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars a year.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Are all poor households in that village?"
"Eighty percent yes."
"Then what do they usually eat?"
"Potatoes, just potatoes, and sweet potatoes."
The middle-aged policeman explained: "Three meals a day, for many years, at most I can add some rice to make porridge, but I can't always eat rice."
"..."
Gutianle fell silent.
He recalled the enthusiasm with which those Yi compatriots piled meat into his bowl and refilled his wine, as well as their dark skin and rough palms...
He remembered that many people in the village still wore straw sandals.
Originally, he thought it was the original ecology and national customs, but now that he thought about it, he felt very uncomfortable.
After thinking about it, he turned around and told his assistant: "A Ming, you can find a way to buy some pigs. After I finish filming, I will come back and deliver them to them."
After hearing his words, the middle-aged policeman sighed and said, "Mr. Gu, you are a good person with a good heart, but I personally do not recommend that you buy pigs as gifts to them."
"Why? I ate their New Year Pig, what do they eat during the New Year?"
Gu Tianle looked at his dark skin and asked puzzledly: "Are you also from the Yi ethnic group? I gave them a New Year pig. Is there any problem?"
Chapter completed!