Zhai stayed in Geng Chun forever, reporting celebrity stories on the road.

For agricultural journalists who have been fighting at the grassroots level all the year round, this was originally an ordinary interview. However, this time, Zhai, a reporter from CCTV's agricultural channel, stayed on the road of spring ploughing forever.

On March 2 1 day, Zhai and two other colleagues rushed to Meishan city, where the drought was severe. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the interview car suddenly had a traffic accident on the expressway, and Zhai's head sitting in the passenger seat was severely hit. Unfortunately, he died at the age of 58 in the spring ploughing and drought-resistant interview.

"There is no sense of distance when chatting with him."

Since last winter, droughts have occurred in many provinces of China due to the continuous lack of rain. Zhai, who had just finished filming in Geng Chun, Handan City, Hebei Province, arrived in Sichuan at 438+07 on March 6, and joined his colleagues who had arrived earlier to join in the right news report.

In less than five days, they went deep into more than 20 townships with severe drought in Junlian County, Zizhong County and Longchang County, visited more than 60 farmers and obtained a lot of first-hand news materials.

A few days ago, CCTV Agricultural Channel broadcasted a group of drought-resistant pictures taken by Zhai before his death. The shooting location was Qilong Village, Junlian County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Qilong Village is located deep in the mountains, with an altitude of 1000 meters. Due to the extreme drought, the villagers are eager to find water. Zhai followed and filmed a young man who went home to dig a well.

Ke Wen, a reporter from CCTV's Focus on Agriculture, Countryside and Farmers, who was also injured and fractured in this car accident, said: "The villagers have drilled five wells in a row, but they are all abandoned wells. When the boy who dug the well came up from the well, his hands were covered with mud and he had a small shovel in his hand. Teacher Zhai asked me to keep up with him. "

The young man's name is Zou Yuhu. Zhai Yanshu photographed him digging a well and left a deep impression on him. He told reporters on the phone: "The camera teacher kept filming, and then he went home to see what water we all drank. Talking to us is also a topic that our farmers care about. I feel that we are very close and there is no sense of distance when chatting with him. "

In Zou Yuhu's home, Zhai Yanshu scooped a ladle of water from the water tank. "I saw that the ladle of water had completely turned yellow and muddy, and then he took a sip and said to me half jokingly, little guest, you can't waste any more water. Look at how serious the water shortage is in this place. " Ke Wen said.

Young old Zhai's camera

Zhai Yanshu always joked: "Don't call me an old man, I am in my 50 s and 20 s." Perhaps because of this, Zhai's nickname on Sina Weibo is "Young and Old Zhai's Camera".

His popularity is excellent. After work, he likes telling jokes to amuse everyone, and his colleagues also like to travel with him. Lei, a colleague who worked with Zhai for nearly 10 years, recalled: "It was hard to travel. I have to shoot during the day and edit at night, but having him around, like a pistachio, makes us feel very relaxed. "

Shooting is hard work. When going out for an interview, a camera weighing more than 20 kilograms is carried on the shoulder for several hours. Zhai's constitution is very strong. As soon as he has a task, he picks up his camera and leaves.

In the impression of Zhou Zuo, the producer of Focus on Agriculture, Countryside and Farmers, Zhai never found fault with the urgency and danger of the interview task. Whether it is earthquake, debris flow, flood, freezing rain and snow disaster, he is always in the forefront. His first sentence is always: "OK, no problem!"

In the view of Xin Li, a colleague who once reported the news of left-behind children with Zhai, Zhai's optimistic attitude has the greatest influence on him. "No matter how difficult a shot is or a dangerous unannounced visit, he always faces it with an optimistic attitude and takes pains to comfort you." Xin Li said, "What he told me the most was not to be too eager for quick success and instant benefit. Take your time, but take your time.

"I loved TV at first, and then I loved farmers."

He is destined to have something to do with television in his life. In the mid-1980s, Zhai Yanshu, who was still serving in the army at that time, took part in the training of the first batch of audio-visual education personnel in the whole army. Since then, he has been out of control and fell in love with TV news reports. He often says to his comrades-in-arms, "I love audio-visual education and TV. They are like my wife and children. "

In 2003, Zhai, who served in the army for more than 30 years, came to the agricultural channel of CCTV and continued to work in television. This is the year of 10, and he brought many new journalists to the news.

In the program Focus on Agriculture, Countryside and Farmers in 10, Zhai was often invited by film and television companies and other companies with high salaries, but he always declined politely. Zhai's younger brother, a CCTV reporter in Focus, advised him several times: "If outside companies can earn more money, you can continue to do TV. Why do you have to go to the countryside for interviews all day? "

"No way. You don't know, I loved TV at first, and then I loved farmers. " Zhai Yanshu clearly told his younger brother that Zhai Shujie never mentioned this topic again.

In an interview with Cliff Primary School in the poor mountainous area of Ya 'an, Sichuan, he saw that poor children were living in difficulties, so he immediately divided all his 2,000 yuan in cash into 20 pieces and quietly put them in the children's schoolbags. When shooting AIDS orphans in Kaisi Township, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, he gave all the cash of 65,438 yuan+0,000 yuan to the children as the way home.

He often said that farmers are our parents, and we should try our best to observe their sufferings, be anxious about their needs and ask them what they need, so as to be a qualified agricultural journalist.

The youthful old Zhai left in this spring, and he stayed on the road of spring ploughing forever.