Chapter 16: Filming

Mountain King, tall and long-legged, left the boss far behind, running towards Zhuo Le and Wei Xiaojia.

Wei Xiaojia hugged the dog’s head and praised it wildly. Mountain King wagged its tail, not worth mentioning.

“Let’s go, let’s eat.” Zhuo Le waved. There was a small stir-fry restaurant next door. It was a little early for dinner, and there weren’t many people in the restaurant.

The mother and son each had a steamed egg, a stir-fried seasonal vegetable, a small stir-fried pork, and two servings of rice.

Mountain King had a steamed egg, a braised pork, a stir-fried seasonal vegetable, two servings of rice, and five steamed buns.

Zhuo Le… After not being able to hunt, Mountain King’s food expenses rose sharply.

The restaurant owner also admired the family who was willing to feed their dog so well. He felt sorry for the mother and son for pouring so much stuff into Mountain King’s newly bought food bowl.

Zhuo Le and her son didn’t feel sorry, they were just worried.

After eating and drinking their fill, the sky was just starting to darken.

The two of them and the dog didn’t rush home, but went for a walk around to digest.

They walked along the street, turned right at the intersection, and at the end was a lakeside park.

The park was built around the lake, surrounded by communities and pedestrian streets, which was very lively.

There were a lot of people who came here for a walk and to digest food in the evening.

Before they even entered, they saw a lot of noise. There were a lot of stalls selling snacks and small toys on both sides of the entrance, which were especially popular with children.

Now that life was better, there were more people with money and leisure, so they naturally started to enjoy themselves.

“Oh, son, there’s someone selling popsicles, quickly go buy one for Mommy.” It was hot in July and August, and she wanted to eat something cold.

Wei Xiaojia looked at his old mother helplessly: “Mommy, you can’t eat cold things, your tummy will hurt.”

Zhuo Le pinched his face with a smile: “Good baby, can Mommy eat half a stick? It’s too hot.”

Wei Xiaojia sighed like an old man and went to buy two sticks, half a stick for his old mother, half a stick for himself, and one stick for Mountain King.

After eating the popsicles, the two of them and the dog strolled into the park.

When they reached the lake, they found a little girl splashing around in the water. There were a lot of people watching the excitement, but no one went down to save her.

Only one man was kicking a dog’s butt: “Dead dog, get down there, I told you to get down there, aren’t you listening? Do you believe I’ll skin you?”

The black and white border collie clamped its tail and refused to move, and the man cursed angrily.

Zhuo Le looked up at the surroundings and saw the equipment behind the crowd, knowing that they were filming.

“Mountain King, go.”

Wei Xiaojia was short and couldn’t see anything, only the little girl splashing around and no one saving her. Of course, even if he saw it, he wouldn’t know what filming was.

Saving people couldn’t be delayed, and Mountain King plunged down.

He neatly grabbed the little girl’s collar and swam ashore, so fast that no one reacted.

Zhuo Le silently retracted her reaching hand. It’s okay, it’s okay, they can reshoot it.

“Good,” a shout came from behind the equipment, very loud: “This is the general I want, it’s my general.

Quick, quick, don’t let it go, we must keep it.” The skinny man was so excited that his eyes were shining.

Mountain King brought the little girl ashore and shook the water off his body, arrogantly ignoring all the surrounding exclamations.

Someone came this way, but was stopped by the owner of the border collie: “Little brother, little brother, it was an accident just now, an accident, can you let Afu try again? I promise, there won’t be any more accidents, please, please.”

The stagehand couldn’t avoid the interception no matter which way he went, and glared over angrily: “It’s no use telling me this, I’m just an errand runner, please let me through, I have something to do.”

The man knew that the stagehand was going to find that German Shepherd, so how could he let him through: “Little brother, please help me, if Afu performs well, I’ll treat you to a drink, please.”

He secretly stuffed twenty yuan into the stagehand’s hand. This was the reward for a scene, and it pained him.

The stagehand glanced at it, very tempted.

But thinking of the director’s uprightness and stubborn mule temper, if he hadn’t seen that German Shepherd, it would be fine, but now that he had seen it, he wouldn’t settle even if he didn’t film it.

So this border collie was out of luck.

He ruthlessly pushed it back: “Instead of saying nice things to me, you should go back and train your dog properly.

I’m just a small person, I can’t say anything, I really can’t help, sorry, let me through.”

He found a gap and ran over. The man kicked the border collie in anger.

The little border collie clamped its tail, both scared and wronged.

When the stagehand came over, Wei Xiaojia was hugging Mountain King and praising it wildly, ignoring its wetness and rubbing it in his arms.

“Oh, good, good, that dog is yours, right? What’s its name?”

Zhuo Le’s eyes lit up. She had found a way to make money. It might not be so easy to gnaw on her son, but gnawing on a dog should be no problem.

Wei Xiaojia hugged the dog’s head and looked at the stagehand with a silly look, a little timid: “Mountain King is mine, its name is Mountain King, do you need something, brother?”

The stagehand glanced at Zhuo Le and saw that Zhuo Le didn’t intend to speak, so he squatted down and spoke to Wei Xiaojia.

“Hello, little friend, don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad guy. I just saw your Mountain King’s bravery and wanted to ask it for help, is that okay?”

“Help?” Wei Xiaojia opened his doggy eyes wide. He was a kind-hearted little friend: “Yes, Mountain King is very smart, and he has also helped the police uncle catch bad guys. Do you want to catch bad guys too, brother?”

The stagehand was surprised: “It’s also a hero dog, that’s really great. Well, like this, you go to the side with me first, there’s an uncle there who will tell you what to do, okay?”

Wei Xiaojia thought for a while and looked at Zhuo Le: “Mommy, is that okay?”

The stagehand was afraid that Zhuo Le wouldn’t agree, so he quickly said: “Comrade, we’re a film crew, you should know what filming is, right? We’re a regular film crew, and we’re currently filming a show called General Dog.

Your Mountain King fits the image of the general in the script very well, so our director asked me to talk to you. Don’t worry, we won’t let Mountain King film for nothing, we’ll pay it a salary according to the contract, please consider it.”

Zhuo Le patted Wei Xiaojia’s head: “Do you and Mountain King want to go?”

Wei Xiaojia looked blank: “Mommy, what is filming?”

Zhuo Le thought for a while: “Remember the movie Mommy took you to see?”

The little guy remembered, he liked it very much.

“Filming is when you speak and do things according to the things on the script, and on the other side there is a machine, like a mirror, that shines you in, and then you can take it to other places and let many, many people see it. The things you see are the movies Mommy took you to see, and doing this thing is called filming.”

Wei Xiaojia didn’t understand, but his doggy eyes were shining: “It feels fun, if Mountain King films, will many people be able to see Mountain King?”

Zhuo Le nodded: “That’s right, not only will many people be able to see Mountain King, but you can also make money.

However, filming is very tiring, and maybe someone will want to snatch Mountain King from you in the future, are you willing?”

The stagehand panicked when he heard the last sentence: “No, no, Mountain King is yours, no one can snatch it away, as long as you don’t agree, they can’t snatch it.”

Zhuo Le smiled. Wei Xiaojia couldn’t understand what it meant to be unable to control himself, and that society was complicated. She didn’t refute the stagehand, letting him fool him.

Wei Xiaojia was scared for a moment, and then he heard that as long as he didn’t agree, no one could snatch it away, and he felt relieved: “I definitely won’t agree, no one can snatch Mountain King away.”

The stagehand smiled: “Yes, yes, yes, as long as you don’t agree.”

Wei Xiaojia tilted his head and thought for a while: “Mommy, I want Mountain King to film.”

Zhuo Le had no objection: “Okay, Mommy supports whatever my son decides.”

Wei Xiaojia was happy: “Mountain King, shall we film?”

Mountain King just shook his ears, his expression was indifferent, which was a sign that he had no objection.

This smart dog knew that its owner was very worried because it had a big appetite.

The fact that it could make money made the dog very happy.

The stagehand was happy: “Filming is very fun, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go over first.”