Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 215 Tini’s 20-Year Agreement (Complete Chapter)
In the abandoned house, several people were sitting in front of a bonfire made of floor tiles. The small open space in front of them had been demolished beyond recognition, leaving only the dusty land.

Kevin used the lighter in his hand to light a small firewood pile made of wooden furniture, and then stirred it with an iron pipe. The lit flame instantly added a touch of warmth to the cold room.

"So who are you here to find?" the brown-haired girl Tini asked. Another boy sitting next to her, Steen, was unpacking the snacks given to them by Chen Pingsheng.

"To be honest, I don't know either." Chen Pingsheng spread his hands and said, "I often receive express delivery from him, but I have never spoken to him, and I don't know his name?"

"A stranger traveled thousands of miles to send you a courier? Is this the address you filled in?" Kevin frowned, with an expression of distrust on his face.

His eyes were like the vigilance of a dog when facing a stranger. His black natural curly hair stuck to his scalp, and his dark face was sharp and angular, like a Doberman Pinscher.

Steen, who has already started eating snacks, looks gentler, and his round chin makes him less aggressive.

"This is cool, it must have been done by aliens," he said while chewing potato chips.

"Aliens? I don't think so, Steen, could they be your parents?" Tiny retorted.

"Them? Although they may have some money, I think they will definitely worry about the postage of express delivery. And if they know that I am here, wouldn't the first thing they do is come over and beat me?" Steen knows his parents very well. Personality, it seems that he usually gets beaten up a lot.

"So why do you want to live here?" Chen Pingsheng was a little confused. These people in front of him should have their own families. Why did they run away from home and would rather live in such a shabby place than go home?

"Where should we go if we're not here? To prison? Or to an orphanage?" Kevin's tone was harsh and his expression was still disgusting.

"No, I mean, family." Chen Pingsheng asked.

"Haha, family?" Kevin sneered, and then used the iron pipe to stir the fire again.

Steen did not continue to speak, but just ate snacks silently.

Only Tini spoke up and told her story: "I don't have a father, and that bitch works in a bar. Besides me, there are three sisters in the family. She loves having children so much that she never asked us for our opinion." , I might as well be outside at home, at least I don’t have to take care of her children.”

After Tini said this, she snorted coldly, seeming to think of her previous life.

Her bandaged right hand protruded from her sleeve, as if it were the mark of a previous fight.

Chen Pingsheng suddenly realized that he had always heard that there was indeed such a phenomenon in the United States, that is, the absence of a father.

Many children’s fathers are intangible cultural heritage fathers, and they will basically never see them in person.

Even the child's mother probably doesn't know who the father is.

This sounds ridiculous, but it happens all the time.

After listening to Tini's words, Steen also said: "I also have many brothers and sisters in my family. They seem to have children every day besides going to bed. It was so noisy at night that I couldn't help but escape."

"It's like a male dog and a female dog." Steen showed no awe to his parents and showed no mercy in his words.

The other two children had also heard a lot about this, so they had no expression on their faces.

After Steen and Tiny finished speaking, they looked at Kevin together.

"Come on, man," Steen urged.

Seeing this, Kevin sighed and said, "I don't have parents, they have abandoned me."

In other words, he has been an orphan since he was a child and has been wandering.

"That's it, so what else do you want to do?" Tiny turned her head and asked.

Chen Pingsheng was silent. He didn't expect to meet three children who had such complicated life experiences. To be honest, he wanted to help.Because looking at their age, I think of myself who was still in junior high school, and I can't bear to let them continue to wander like this.

But reason told him that he couldn't help, and he couldn't help with this kind of thing.

Even the government can't do anything, so what can he do alone?
But Chen Pingsheng was not one to give up easily. He was silent for a moment and suddenly had an idea.

"Have you ever been photographed?" Chen Pingsheng raised his head and asked.

"What do you mean by filming?" Tini looked confused.

"It's like this, I'm a photographer." Chen Pingsheng patted the bag on his waist and said, "I have an idea. I want to photograph a group of people, or a person's life, which lasts for more than ten years. That kind of thing.”

"So long?" Tini looked surprised.

"Yes, so are you willing to accept my photography? Of course, I will pay you." Chen Pingsheng thinks this is a very good subject.

He has photographed so many works, including landscapes, street scenes, animals, and humanities.But I have never tried to follow a person's growth and make a work that is shocking enough.

And now, he happened to meet it.

The life of a street child is far more ups and downs and unpredictable than the life of an ordinary person. He felt that he had discovered a good subject.

The three children looked at each other, and then Kevin was the first to shake his head: "No, I don't want to."

Steen thought for a moment, and to Chen Pingsheng's surprise, he also refused: "I don't want that couple to see me."

Only Tini looked a little struggling, as if she was hesitating.

Chen Pingsheng immediately advised: "First of all, I won't shoot every day, because I can't stay here all the time. I may come once every three months, shoot for a few days, and then leave. Every time I finish shooting, I will Pay your remuneration. Secondly, the span of this photo album will be about 20 years. In other words, by the time it is published for others to see, your lives will have been turned upside down, and you may have returned to your own family. "

"Tini, you can think of this as an ordinary photo recording life. There will be no burden." Chen Pingsheng tried his best to win her consent.

Tini was obviously moved, and she asked: "Then how much money will you give?"

Chen Pingsheng stretched out his hand: "I will give you the same remuneration as on the market and sign a contract. As long as you don't lose contact, this contract can continue forever."

Tini lowered her head, seeming to be thinking about something.

Kevin and Steen didn't speak to persuade her, one silently lit the fire and the other ate silently.

"Okay, I agree." After waiting for a while, Tini suddenly raised her head and agreed to Chen Pingsheng's shooting suggestion.

She laughed, and Chen Pingsheng discovered that there were two dimples at the corners of her mouth.

Then he laughed too.
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When Chen Pingsheng enters shooting mode, he no longer exists.

Even if the subject has a miserable life and a tragic experience, he has to separate his perceptual thinking and calmly look at the things happening in front of him.

For the filming, he also specially bought a set of sweatshirts to wrap himself up and prevent others from feeling that he was too outstanding.

Now that we have discussed it with Tini and the others, the filming will naturally start.

In the abandoned villa, Chen Pingsheng took a few photos of them sitting by the fire. After that, Tini went back to the house to change clothes, saying she would go out soon.

The air suddenly fell into silence. Chen Pingsheng didn't know what to say. The only sound in the living room was the sticky sound of Steen chewing gum.After waiting for 10 minutes, Tini came out.

She was wearing an off-shoulder black sweater, and her pants were changed into khaki trousers. She had light makeup on her face, and she could still see the smeared eyeliner.

"Come on, guys, it's time for us to meet the boss."

After Tini said something, the other two people followed her out of the door.

Chen Pingsheng didn't know who was the boss. He just followed them, watched their every move, and was ready to take pictures of them at any time.

However, the further they walked, the more remote the places they passed became more and more remote. They did not stop until they came to a small square.

"Hey, Shani, Zach, Ron." Tini greeted the people here very familiarly, while Chen Pingsheng behind her looked at these people in surprise.

Shanni is a pregnant girl, with a high bulge in her belly that is covered by loose clothes. Judging from her age, she is clearly similar to Tini.

She was sitting by the wall at this time. When she saw Tini coming, she immediately stood with her happily and talked enthusiastically.

The disabled person not far away was called Zach. He was sitting in a wheelchair, and Ron with the afro next to him was feeding him water.

In addition to these few, there are more people gathered here, as if this is a homeless camp.

"Who is he?" Soon, someone discovered Chen Pingsheng, a boy with an unkind face, with short hair that reached his ears, like a pot lid on his head.

"John, he is my friend." Tiny replied loudly.

"Friend?" John glanced at him up and down and sneered: "Maybe it's the undercover agents sent by the police."

"Undercover?" The others were shocked when they heard this, and then looked at Chen Pingsheng with an unkind expression.

Chen Pingsheng spread his hands and said, "I'm not an undercover agent. Who do you think would let a yellow man be an undercover agent?"

He took off his mask, exposing his skin.

Sure enough, when they saw that he was a yellow man, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's right, John, those policemen with butts as big as pregnant women will never use yellow people as undercover agents." Zach sneered with confidence.

John raised his eyebrows: "Then what are you here for?"

Chen Pingsheng did not say that he was filming, but asked first: "Is your boss here?"

"You want to see Sasha? She's behind." John pointed to the woods behind the square, and then said, "But you have to stay under my supervision."

"No problem!" Chen Pingsheng agreed.

Tini also came over: "I'll take you there."

So the three of them walked towards the woods together. Not long after, Chen Pingsheng, who had not seen anyone yet, heard gasps not far away.

"Sasha! Someone is looking for you!" John shouted directly without any scruples.

"Crash!" The people in the woods immediately stopped moving and walked out.

What caught his eye was a girl who looked more mature than Tini. Yes, a girl. She looked about 16 years old.

She was a little short in stature, but her eyes were sharp. She stared at Chen Pingsheng, making people afraid to look directly at him in just a few seconds.

"Who is this?" she asked.

Tini immediately stepped forward to communicate with her, and then saw Sasha's expression slowly softening from alert.

"Hello." Sasha stepped forward and greeted Chen Pingsheng.

"Hello." Chen Pingsheng nodded.

"So you're a photographer?" Sasha reached out and touched the camera on his chest.

"That's right, can I take the photo?" Chen Pingsheng asked.

"How do you prove that you will continue to shoot and publish it 20 years later?" Sasha kept his eyes on Chen Pingsheng as he spoke.

Chen Pingsheng was not afraid. He looked at her and said, "I can't prove it, but you can look at this." He took out his passport and gave Sasha a look: "I'm not an American. I can't." If you live here for a long time, you don’t have any feelings for this place. You don’t need to worry about me reporting or doing anything. For me, my works are more important than other things."

"And more importantly, I will pay and sign the contract, as long as you don't accept filming from anyone other than me." Chen Pingsheng did not mention his identity as a competition winner or his film industry, because of the identity gap If it is too high, trust cannot be born.

And there is no point talking to these young people in front of me. They are living in embarrassment. How can they have time to care about metaphysical things?

Talking about money, negotiating contracts, and showing your vulnerable identity are the most effective ways.

After all, everyone knows the status of most East Asians in the United States.

"Okay, sign the contract, and I can agree to your filming." Sasha didn't say anything else. In fact, the contract was just a superficial project. People like them would not go to the court or the police station at all. She just didn't want to show her cowardice.

Therefore, after the negotiation was concluded, Chen Pingsheng paid them a sum of money.

Not much, but enough for them to spend a week without any worries.

At this moment, a girl walked out of the woods. The makeup on her face was a little smudged, and her lips were swollen, as if she had been kissed.

Chen Pingsheng looked at the pink clothes she was wearing, and then at Sasha's pink pants.

Suddenly he raised his eyebrows and realized that the sounds just now came from the two girls.

But judging from the calm expressions on Tini and John's faces, this is not the first time this has happened.

Chen Pingsheng didn't make any fuss and asked, but followed Sasha back to the small square.

"Hey guys." Sasha clapped her hands and gathered everyone's attention.

"This is Chen! He is a good man and a photographer. He is completing a work, so if he wants to shoot, please cooperate." Sasha said, and others immediately agreed.

"No problem, boss." Several boys replied.

"I haven't taken a photo yet, so I don't know if it will be photogenic." A girl flipped her hair.

"Photographer? Damn it! I should wash my hair and come back." Zach muttered while sitting in his wheelchair.

Chen Pingsheng looked at everyone's energetic look and raised his camera. It seemed that he was going to be busy next.

(End of this chapter)