Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 143 A Colorful Night at the Museum
"Boom!"

Walking into the dark corridor, Chen Pingsheng heard the same dull sound again.

"What's going on?" He looked at the vague exhibition rack in front of him with some confusion, and used his mobile phone to illuminate the direction of the sound.

Unfortunately, nothing can be seen. In front is an area surrounded by workers using scaffolding, which is where the museum has been undergoing renovations in recent days.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated.

"Hello, Captain Fang." It was the WeChat call from Fang Wenqiang in the monitoring room.

"Teacher Chen, what's going on? Why did you go to the west exhibition hall?" Fang Wenqiang sounded confused and was watching Chen Pingsheng's every move through the surveillance camera.

"I just heard some strange noises, so I wanted to see if something fell." Chen Pingsheng said, and there was another "boom" in the distance.

"Listen." He quickly stretched out his phone so that Fang Wenqiang could hear clearly.

"Hey! I heard it. Wait a minute, Teacher Chen. I'm coming to find you now." Fang Wenqiang is afraid that he is someone who steals iron. If he is seen on the spot, he may take some more radical measures to avoid going to jail.

After all, Chen Pingsheng was hired by the museum to help, and he was also a famous photographer. If something unexpected happened, it would be negative news for the museum.

Of course, he actually cares more about his job.

After hearing what he said, Chen Pingsheng stood there and waited for a while, and soon Fang Wenqiang rushed over with a strong flashlight.

"Teacher Chen, where are you?" He also put on a security hat, but maybe he was in a hurry when he came out and it was a little crooked.

Seeing him like this, Chen Pingsheng felt like he was watching Chen Peisi perform Eighth Route Army in the Spring Festival Gala, full of humor.

"Captain Fang, it's over there." He pointed to the side of the scaffolding, where you could see tools and some materials piled on the ground, but they were all placed in place without any problems.

"Come on, let's go take a look. Teacher Chen, be careful." Fang Wenqiang walked forward slowly, scanning the surroundings with the lamp as he walked.

Unfortunately, everything was quiet and there was no problem at all.

There were no traces of animals.

And that weird sound has never appeared again since the two of them stood together.

"Strange, what is going on?" Fang Wenqiang also felt puzzled at this time. He walked back and forth around the scaffolding several times, but did not see anything suspicious.And in the surveillance just now, I didn't see any outsiders entering.

So where does this sound come from?

Usually two security guards work together, but this morning Xiao Li suddenly fell ill and took a rest. Fang Wenqiang had to patrol alone because he couldn't find anyone at the moment.

Don't let it be something evil!

Fang Wenqiang couldn't help but shiver, and then looked back. Fortunately, Chen Pingsheng was still there.

He secretly thought to himself that it was a good thing there was someone to help him, otherwise he might not be able to find out if something really happened.

It's all this scaffolding!

Fang Wenqiang kicked him, then turned around and said, "Teacher Chen, let me go to the monitoring room and take a look first. You can take a look here for me, and then you can take this." He handed Chen Pingsheng one Walkie-talkie, which is used by security guards to communicate with each other.

"Okay, Captain Fang, go ahead." Chen Pingsheng took the walkie-talkie, but he was not afraid.When Fang Wenqiang rushed to the monitoring room, he even took a closer look.

It turns out that the ceiling of the museum needs to be repaired. Speaking of which, the South China Museum of Natural History is also ill-fated. It was originally scheduled to open in November, but the construction period was delayed, and the decoration has only been completed now.

Then as the opening approached, there were problems with the original decoration.

Chen Pingsheng also walked around, but here was the doorway where the hall and the west exhibition hall met. There were no exhibits, only two cyan decorative bottles standing in front of the door and paintings and lighting equipment on the walls.

There are really no clues.

And the museum is even more terrifying at night. There is no light source here, and you can only rely on the light of your mobile phone to illuminate the surroundings.The exhibition hall on the west side is full of ancient unearthed cultural relics and fossils. They are placed in rectangular glass coffins, like corpses imprinted with ancient atmosphere.

Chen Pingsheng looked around and felt as if he was walking among tombstones.

At this time, the intercom rang.

"Teacher Chen, you can come back first. I checked the surveillance and there is no one there. It should still be a problem in the construction area. I will let them take a look when the workers come tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll come back first."

Chen Pingsheng said that he retreated from the construction area and walked back to the original exhibition hall.

They heard no more strange noises after that, and Chen Pingsheng continued busy filming.

"Crack."

"Crack."

The progress was slower than he expected. He only took six pictures in one night, mainly because it was too troublesome to adjust the lighting.

It was not until five o'clock in the morning that Chen Pingsheng finally felt physically exhausted and could not open his eyes.

After moving all the equipment except his camera to the security room, he took a taxi back home to catch up on his sleep.

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For the first time in his life, Chen Pingsheng felt the difficulty of jet lag. Every time he woke up, it was already getting late, which always gave him the illusion of wasting time.Moreover, he could not reply to the messages sent to him by his friends during the day, so he could only wait until night to explain them one by one.

He would have to live like this for at least another week.

After eating and arriving at the museum, Chen Pingsheng first went to the security room.

Today another security guard came, named Xiao Sun, who is younger than Chen Pingsheng.

He has short hair, is 1.8 meters tall, and looks quite strong.He is a young man who makes people feel at ease when patrolling together.

"Brother Chen, what's the name of this thing of yours?" Fang Wenqiang was still in the monitoring room at this time. Xiao Sun accompanied Chen Pingsheng to shoot in the exhibition hall. When he saw such a big camera, he immediately became interested.

"Lin Hafu, retro camera." Chen Pingsheng simply explained, then opened the box and pushed out the lens.

Xiao Sun stood next to him and exclaimed: "This is so handsome."

For any man, the structural beauty of the machine itself is irresistible, just like watching the CNC machine tool turning screws on the short video platform, which makes people unable to resist watching it in one sitting.

Chen Pingsheng smiled and started today's shooting.

What was in front of him at this time was the museum's simulated picture of prehistoric civilization. Three human models were arranged in front of the hand-painted landscape, one high and two low.

There are two primitive humans sitting on the ground, one male and one female. They are covered with simple clothing made of animal hair to cover their bodies. The old male among them stretches out his hand and seems to be saying something to the female opposite.

Chen Pingsheng guessed that he was teaching how to make clothes, because the female primitive opposite was biting the fur with her teeth and scraping the skin hard with a stone in her hand.

Beside the two of them, a tall male primitive man was holding a spear made of sharp branches, holding the sharp point with both hands, repairing the uneven place.

The environment they were in was the front side of the cave, and they could see endless mountains and clear skies in the distance.Watching this scene through the frosted glass and lens, Chen Pingsheng felt as if he had become a witness, traveling through tens of thousands of years of time, taking pictures of the scenes hidden in human blood genes.

"Crack."

Another negative was consumed.

After Chen Pingsheng pulled it out, he put in a new film.

In order to take these photos, he spent a lot of money this time and bought a lot of large-format negatives.I just hope I can get a good result in the end.

While thinking about it, he and Xiao Sun moved the lamp and moved on to the next scene.

This time it is an underwater scene. A huge squid lies on the ground covered with seaweed, lurking and blending in with its surroundings.

If you look at it from the bright side, this scene is very false, because the seawater is made of unknown materials, solidified between the glass and the hand-painted background, and the color of the giant squid is not what you usually see. As a prehistoric creature, It also wears a darker soft shell.

But don’t worry about anything. As long as you take black and white photos, the so-called authenticity is no longer a problem.

Xiao Sun watched Chen Pingsheng busy from the side and rubbed the back of his head because he really didn't understand what was so interesting about this.

Isn’t it just a bunch of fake animals and plants?
It’s not real even if you take the photo, so what’s the difference between it and the exhibition?

And when Brother Chen said he was shooting in black and white, Xiao Sun felt it was even more boring.

However, Fang Wenqiang in the monitoring room took another video on the monitoring screen with great interest.

"Look, how dedicated you are, taking pictures from eight o'clock in the evening to three o'clock in the morning. Look at your phone, it's three o'clock, don't say I lied to you." He showed the time on his phone to the camera, and continued: "I finally understand why people can I won the award, and until now, I haven’t gone to the toilet even once, just for filming.”

"If my children are this motivated to study in the future, they will not be able to attend any school. Family members, what do you think?" After Fang Wenqiang finished recording, he posted it on the short video platform as usual.

At the same time, Chen Pingsheng, who had just set up the light stand for shooting, suddenly heard the same noise as last night.

"Boom!"

Xiao Sun suddenly stood up from the chair.

"Brother Chen, this is what you and Brother Qiang were talking about." He looked at Chen Pingsheng eagerly, as if he was about to rush out and catch the thief who made the noise in the next second.

"That's right." Chen Pingsheng looked at the direction of construction and nodded.

Xiao Sun immediately picked up the walkie-talkie: "Brother Qiang, that voice is coming again. Can you check it on the surveillance camera?"

They asked the workers during the day, but did not find any problems, so they planned to investigate carefully tonight.

"Here it comes again? Xiao Sun, go and have a look. I'm watching from the surveillance camera." Fang Wenqiang turned to look at the surveillance camera outside the museum to see if the sound was man-made.

"Xiao Sun, let me go with you." Chen Pingsheng was a little tired after shooting all night. Of course he would not let it go when encountering such a thing.

"Okay, Brother Chen, please pay attention to your own safety." Xiao Sun picked up the flashlight and the two of them went straight to the source of the noise.

Halfway through, they heard the noise again.

"Boom."

"Hey! Are you provoking me?" Xiao Sun had the simple mind of a young man and was not afraid of anything. Seeing that the sound continued to appear, he ran quickly to the west exhibition hall.

Upon seeing this, Chen Pingsheng hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)