491 The Problem of Providing for the Aged (1/2)
Chapter 491: The Problem of Providing for the Aged
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
”Famous! Wake up!”
Famous yawned, shook its head and stood up.
The Imagined Landscape was still clear in its mind, but it had gradually become accustomed to switching between reality and its Imagined Landscape.
It was troublesome for Famous to explain to Old Time Tea the process of making a movie. It exhausted its patience before Old Time Tea could understand what the positions of director, producer, and cinematographer meant. In its Imagined Landscape, Famous kept telling the same story, of how the food guy in the Dog Warrior crew gave a box of dog feces to the production director, from the dusk till it fell asleep. When it woke up, it had returned to the Amazing Fate Pet Shop.
Zhang Zian remembered that when Famous was new to the pet shop, it usually woke up the moment he woke up. Nowadays, it slept deeper and longer. He wanted to let it sleep longer since filming was tiresome. Today, he needed to visit the police dog nursing home with Old Yang, and Famous had already told him that it wanted to check it out with them. So, he could only let Famous sleep a while longer before they had to leave.
The set didn't need the police dogs today. The scenes were about the hardships faced by border control police officers who were trapped in the snowy plateau, and how they supported each other after the police dogs ran back to headquarters for help. Hence, why Zhang Zian and Famous did not need to report to the set today.
After breakfast, Lu Yiyun came in to work. Zhang Zian gave her the instructions for the day before he heard a car horn.
It was Old Yang's turn to pick up Zhang Zian. He drove a car provided by the crew. He leaned against the car, narrowing his eyes to look at the pet shop while he smoked.
Zhang Zian had been ready a long time ago. He led Famous out the shop.
”Nice shop, how's business?” Not yet finished with his cigarette, Old Yang did not want to drive right now.
”It's okay. Just means to an end. I have more freedom than if I worked for a company.” Zhang Zian laughed.
”Good for you! When I retire, would you hire me?” Old Yang said half-jokingly.
Zhang Zian, going along with the joke, said, ”Of course, I'll hire you! Don't you want to enjoy retirement, though?”
Old Yang threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped on it to put it out. ”I don't like idle days, and I don't really get along with other people. Isn't there a saying, 'the more humans I see, the more affection I have for dogs?' After I retire, I think it's best for me to stay in a dog-related job. I don't care about the money. If I can't find such a job, I'll consider opening a nursing home for retired police dogs. Let's get in the car, it's cold.”
Zhang Zian made Famous sit in the back seat while he sat in the front.
Old Yang started to drive towards the edge of the city.
”Master Yang, is it true that all police dog nursing homes are privately owned?” Zhang Zian asked.
Old Yang watched the road and slowly replied, ”As far as I know, all are privately owned. I haven't heard of a police dog nursing home that is run by the government, at least not in Binhai City.”
Old Yang further explained, ”Military dogs and police dogs are not the same thing. After retirement, there are only two paths for the military dogs. One is to stay in an exclusive military dog nursing home, and the other is to be adopted conditionally because military dogs only serve the army. Police dogs' circumstances are more complicated because they are frequently recruited by departments other than the guard system. Theoretically, the departments in which the police dogs serve are supposed to be responsible for the dogs' retirement benefits. However, there are difficulties in the actual operation of such a policy because some departments do not have the ability or are not willing to provide for the retired police dogs. This is how the privately-run police dog nursing homes come in handy. ”