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CHAPTER 50 - If Someone Could Help Me
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"Lady Zhou, each work has a different theme, and not all movies have to be filmed in the city."
Wen Yan briefly introduced the story of "Voiceless" to Zhou Po Po.
She continued, "But I can't reveal the specific details of the filming. Because I signed a confidentiality agreement with the crew, there are things that can be said and things that cannot be said."
Zhou Po Po nodded, "City people have so many rules. But don't worry, I won't blab about what you told me. But what you're acting is quite real, it has really happened here, and not just a few cases."
"Not just a few cases? Really?" Wen Yan was shocked.
She had just told Zhou Po Po that she was playing the role of a mute girl who was kidnapped by human traffickers and taken to the deep mountains. She was trying to escape, but was caught and brought back.
"Yes," Zhou Po Po replied firmly.
"In the earlier years, it was difficult for mountain men to find wives. Because they were poor, no one was willing to marry into the impoverished mountain valleys, so they bought wives. But think about it, good families would never sell their own daughters, so most of them were definitely kidnapped.
"It's similar to what you're acting. Most of the women sold to the mountains were disabled, unable to speak or hear, or had crippled legs, or they were simply mentally handicapped.
"Those old bachelors in the mountains didn't have many requirements. They just needed a wife. As long as the wife could give birth and continue their family line, it was enough. I remember that many people bought wives in the mountains over a decade ago.
"Some of them would escape like you portrayed, but those who were caught had a miserable fate. I heard they would be stripped naked and tied up at home, or have their legs broken. As time passed, or after giving birth to children, they gradually lost the urge to escape."
Wen Yan felt her heart grow cold. "So the plots in movies and TV dramas are not just made up. But are there really no one reporting these things to the police?"
"Report what to the police? At that time, there weren't even telephones, and they were all relatives in the village. I've lived in this mountain for most of my life and have never seen a policeman come by. If you really reported to the police and took someone's wife away, they would kill you.”
"But there were also people who suffered losses in the process of buying wives. There was a period of time when I heard that the crackdown on human traffickers was strict, so they started buying wives from Vietnam through intermediaries. But most of these women were just after the dowry.
"They would behave obediently, take the money when they arrived home, and then say they wanted to go to the market. But once they got to a crowded place, they would disappear, taking the money from the family with them.”
"But now, there are basically no more of these incidents. Now, besides us old folks that are still living in the mountains, the younger ones have gone out to work. They can earn money and find their own partners.”
"But going out to work doesn't necessarily mean you'll meet good people. Although the outside world is big, people are cunning, and there are a lot of scammers.”
"I remember about five or six years ago, a boss came by our nearby village in a car to recruit workers. She said she wanted to hire dozens of workers for a clothing factory. The boss didn't want men, only women, so many people wanted to go.
"Three people from our village went, but none of them came back. Some say they ran away with other men, some say they died outside, but in the end, no one could find them.
"In my opinion, that boss wasn't a clothing factory boss at all, but clearly a scammer, a human trafficker. Otherwise, why would she only want women and not men? She wanted to sell these women outside!"
Hearing this was extremely terrifying.
Wen Yan couldn't help but ask Zhou Po Po, "Didn't anyone realize that the boss who was recruiting workers was a scammer?"
Zhou Po Po shook her head, "At that time, it wasn't really a realization. We hadn't seen the world before, and the town was the farthest place we had been. When the boss came, many people also said they were scammers and didn't dare to go with them. Those who went were the brave ones who wanted to earn big money outside.
"One thing I remember clearly is that the boss brought her whole family. She brought a daughter, around fifteen or sixteen years old, who was very beautiful. Think about it, would a scammer bring their whole family to deceive others?
"That's how she deceived us. We are all women, and she was so merciless enough to specifically target those who haven't seen the world."
"Women? Lady Zhou, are you saying that the clothing factory boss you mentioned was a woman? Is her last name Zhao?"
For some reason, as soon as she heard these key words, Wen Yan immediately thought of the adoptive parents of Shen Zhirou.
Because they happened to own a clothing factory too.
Last time, the man who spoke the dialect at the supermarket also mentioned the boss Zhao in front of Shen Zhirou.
He asked if Shen Zhirou is Zhao's daughter. However, at that time he did not mention whether Zhao was the father or the mother.
Shen Zhirou's adoptive mother happened to be named Zhao Jing.
However, after such a long time and without much interaction between them, Grandma Zhou couldn't answer this question at all.
"I don't know what her last name is. Maybe I used to know, but I can't remember now. What's the matter? Do you know this person? It shouldn't be, at that time I think you were only around fifteen or sixteen years old, still in school."
"Yes, six or seven years ago I was still in high school."
But where Shen Zhirou was six or seven years ago, she didn't know.
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In the evening, when Wen Yan had a night scene to film, she was absent-minded while waiting.
On one hand, she empathized with the character she played and those women in real life who were really abducted into the deep mountains.
On the other hand, she still hadn't given up on dialing that phone number.
Once again, after hearing the mechanical voice of the computer saying that the number had been disconnected, she couldn't help but furrow her brows.
Annoyed, Shen Jinghe's voice suddenly sounded next to her.
"Who are you calling?"
Wen Yan glanced at him with wide eyes. "Professor Shen, you scared me!"
"Keep acting, keep acting!" Shen Jinghe sneered, "If you were really scared and said something instinctively, it wouldn't be calling me ‘Professor Shen' anymore."
Wen Yan: 'This person is not only sharp-tongued, but also his eyes are sharp. He even noticed this.'
"So, who are you calling? If I remember correctly, this isn't the first time I've seen you make this expression while making a call. But it seems like the other person has never answered your call."
'Sigh' Wen Yan sighed heavily in her heart
"Sometimes it feels helpless to investigate these things alone. It would be great if Shen Jinghe could help me."
"Unfortunately, I haven't even figured this out myself. It's really a mess."
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"Lady Zhou, each work has a different theme, and not all movies have to be filmed in the city."
Wen Yan briefly introduced the story of "Voiceless" to Zhou Po Po.
She continued, "But I can't reveal the specific details of the filming. Because I signed a confidentiality agreement with the crew, there are things that can be said and things that cannot be said."
Zhou Po Po nodded, "City people have so many rules. But don't worry, I won't blab about what you told me. But what you're acting is quite real, it has really happened here, and not just a few cases."
"Not just a few cases? Really?" Wen Yan was shocked.
She had just told Zhou Po Po that she was playing the role of a mute girl who was kidnapped by human traffickers and taken to the deep mountains. She was trying to escape, but was caught and brought back.
"Yes," Zhou Po Po replied firmly.
"In the earlier years, it was difficult for mountain men to find wives. Because they were poor, no one was willing to marry into the impoverished mountain valleys, so they bought wives. But think about it, good families would never sell their own daughters, so most of them were definitely kidnapped.
"It's similar to what you're acting. Most of the women sold to the mountains were disabled, unable to speak or hear, or had crippled legs, or they were simply mentally handicapped.
"Those old bachelors in the mountains didn't have many requirements. They just needed a wife. As long as the wife could give birth and continue their family line, it was enough. I remember that many people bought wives in the mountains over a decade ago.
"Some of them would escape like you portrayed, but those who were caught had a miserable fate. I heard they would be stripped naked and tied up at home, or have their legs broken. As time passed, or after giving birth to children, they gradually lost the urge to escape."
Wen Yan felt her heart grow cold. "So the plots in movies and TV dramas are not just made up. But are there really no one reporting these things to the police?"
"Report what to the police? At that time, there weren't even telephones, and they were all relatives in the village. I've lived in this mountain for most of my life and have never seen a policeman come by. If you really reported to the police and took someone's wife away, they would kill you.”
"But there were also people who suffered losses in the process of buying wives. There was a period of time when I heard that the crackdown on human traffickers was strict, so they started buying wives from Vietnam through intermediaries. But most of these women were just after the dowry.
"They would behave obediently, take the money when they arrived home, and then say they wanted to go to the market. But once they got to a crowded place, they would disappear, taking the money from the family with them.”
"But now, there are basically no more of these incidents. Now, besides us old folks that are still living in the mountains, the younger ones have gone out to work. They can earn money and find their own partners.”
"But going out to work doesn't necessarily mean you'll meet good people. Although the outside world is big, people are cunning, and there are a lot of scammers.”
"I remember about five or six years ago, a boss came by our nearby village in a car to recruit workers. She said she wanted to hire dozens of workers for a clothing factory. The boss didn't want men, only women, so many people wanted to go.
"Three people from our village went, but none of them came back. Some say they ran away with other men, some say they died outside, but in the end, no one could find them.
"In my opinion, that boss wasn't a clothing factory boss at all, but clearly a scammer, a human trafficker. Otherwise, why would she only want women and not men? She wanted to sell these women outside!"
Hearing this was extremely terrifying.
Wen Yan couldn't help but ask Zhou Po Po, "Didn't anyone realize that the boss who was recruiting workers was a scammer?"
Zhou Po Po shook her head, "At that time, it wasn't really a realization. We hadn't seen the world before, and the town was the farthest place we had been. When the boss came, many people also said they were scammers and didn't dare to go with them. Those who went were the brave ones who wanted to earn big money outside.
"One thing I remember clearly is that the boss brought her whole family. She brought a daughter, around fifteen or sixteen years old, who was very beautiful. Think about it, would a scammer bring their whole family to deceive others?
"That's how she deceived us. We are all women, and she was so merciless enough to specifically target those who haven't seen the world."
"Women? Lady Zhou, are you saying that the clothing factory boss you mentioned was a woman? Is her last name Zhao?"
For some reason, as soon as she heard these key words, Wen Yan immediately thought of the adoptive parents of Shen Zhirou.
Because they happened to own a clothing factory too.
Last time, the man who spoke the dialect at the supermarket also mentioned the boss Zhao in front of Shen Zhirou.
He asked if Shen Zhirou is Zhao's daughter. However, at that time he did not mention whether Zhao was the father or the mother.
Shen Zhirou's adoptive mother happened to be named Zhao Jing.
However, after such a long time and without much interaction between them, Grandma Zhou couldn't answer this question at all.
"I don't know what her last name is. Maybe I used to know, but I can't remember now. What's the matter? Do you know this person? It shouldn't be, at that time I think you were only around fifteen or sixteen years old, still in school."
"Yes, six or seven years ago I was still in high school."
But where Shen Zhirou was six or seven years ago, she didn't know.
-
In the evening, when Wen Yan had a night scene to film, she was absent-minded while waiting.
On one hand, she empathized with the character she played and those women in real life who were really abducted into the deep mountains.
On the other hand, she still hadn't given up on dialing that phone number.
Once again, after hearing the mechanical voice of the computer saying that the number had been disconnected, she couldn't help but furrow her brows.
Annoyed, Shen Jinghe's voice suddenly sounded next to her.
"Who are you calling?"
Wen Yan glanced at him with wide eyes. "Professor Shen, you scared me!"
"Keep acting, keep acting!" Shen Jinghe sneered, "If you were really scared and said something instinctively, it wouldn't be calling me ‘Professor Shen' anymore."
Wen Yan: 'This person is not only sharp-tongued, but also his eyes are sharp. He even noticed this.'
"So, who are you calling? If I remember correctly, this isn't the first time I've seen you make this expression while making a call. But it seems like the other person has never answered your call."
'Sigh' Wen Yan sighed heavily in her heart
"Sometimes it feels helpless to investigate these things alone. It would be great if Shen Jinghe could help me."
"Unfortunately, I haven't even figured this out myself. It's really a mess."
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