Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry.

Chapter 483 Came to the edge of the desert for filming
After being introduced by his friend, Li Wan flew to Ningxia to check it out. Zhongwei is located on the southeast edge of the Tengger Desert, where the famous Shapotou Scenic Area has relatively good traffic and conditions.

A group of crew members including Li Wan had already arrived. The actors from Xiangjiang and Baodao also flew to Xi'an with their assistants, and then changed trains before flying until noon. Yu Dongqing was the last batch to leave.

There's no way, this time I'm not alone, but with my family.

"Meiliang, hurry up, you won't be able to catch the plane if you are late." Yu Dongqing looked at his watch and urged his wife.

"Don't worry, I'll take a look and see if Lele has everything." Meili opened the suitcase and checked.

The babysitter, Xiaxia, was standing aside with Lele in her arms.

Yu Dongqing was a little helpless after hearing this.

The Zhongwei we went to, although the conditions are not as good as Yanjing, but it is not enough to live in the wilderness, can't we buy it when we need something?
Do you have to carry so many big and small bags?

But you'd better not interfere with women's thoughts, otherwise it will be the root of the quarrel.

After finally waiting for Mingmei to check the luggage, the three carried the luggage and walked out the door. Li Wei, who was waiting outside, also helped put the suitcase in the trunk of the car.

"Where is Tongtong, did Tongtong bring the keys to the house?" Mingmei thought of another question.

"Didn't you give your mother the key to the house?" Yu Dongqing asked back.

"Oh look at my memory."

According to Mingmei's intention, let Yu Tongtong follow them to Zhongwei to play for a few days. Anyway, it is summer vacation now, but Yu Tongtong said that she had been to Ningxia with her father a few years ago, and she didn't want to go again, she wanted to go to a farther place to play.

In the end, Mingmei simply signed up Yu Tongtong for a 14-day summer camp in Brisbane, Australia, and the girl happily went to Australia to play!
Finally, a family of three and a babysitter rushed to check in their luggage at the last minute, rushed to the boarding gate after the security check, and finally boarded the plane.

At this time, Yu Dongqing let out a long breath.

After a flight of nearly two hours, the plane landed steadily at Zhongwei Shapotou Airport. When Yu Dongqing's family stepped out of the station, they saw Zhang Yang, a fat man wearing sunglasses and a flowered shirt.

Zhang Yang not only invested, but also played a small role in the play.

In fact, for him, it doesn't matter whether he is filming or not, the main thing is to have fun.

It's boring to stay in Yanjing, it's enough to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland!
"I said Dongqing, let you come with me. It's so exciting to travel all the way in my RV. I have to come by plane."

Zhang Yang said while helping to carry the suitcase.

Zhang Yang came here in his own RV this time!
Starting from Yanjing, along the line of Inner Mongolia, we also made a special turn to visit an old classmate's house in Qinbei for two days.

Yu Dongqing thinks so too.

But the corner of her mouth moved towards Mingmei who was holding her son beside her, which meant, I ran away with you, what should you two do?
I'm not like you, my son has grown up, and now we are at ease.

I'm still early.

Zhang Yang immediately looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

I got into Zhang Yang's RV and went straight to the reserved hotel.

"Have the actors from Xiangjiang and Baodao arrived?" Yu Dongqing asked casually.

"Wong Ka Fai's last film hasn't finished yet, I heard it will be a week late."

Yu Dongqing nodded after listening.

These are communicated in advance, nothing.

"Hey, Liang Xiyan is here. She is really a beauty, even more beautiful than on TV." Zhang Yang chuckled.

"Nonsense, when I was studying at Baodao University of Arts, I was selected as Miss Baodao. Isn't it pretty?" Yu Dongqing replied.

"You men?" Ming Mei, who was sitting in the back row holding her son, snorted.

"Mingmei, don't be angry." Zhang Yang giggled while driving: "I and Dongqing are both serious people, just talking casually."

The crew lived in the Jervis Holiday Hotel in Zhongwei near the Drum Tower in the city center. The conditions and environment were not bad, but of course it couldn't compare with those luxurious five-star hotels.

In Yu Dongqing's words, no matter the mainland, Hong Kong or Taiwan, actors and crew members are treated equally in accommodation, the difference is that those big stars only have single rooms.

Of course, you have to live in the famous Desert Star Hotel in the Shapotou Scenic Area, which costs more than 1000 yuan a night. Yu Dongqing will not say anything to watch the stars every night.

Pay for it yourself, as long as you don't delay the shooting.

In the evening, Yu Dongqing and Li Wan also specially invited all the actors and staff of the crew to have a mutton hot pot meal at a hot pot restaurant called Xiangyang Four Seasons Ice Boiled Lamb.

A dozen tables were packed, and the Sunit lamb tasted really good.

Early the next morning, several buses drove the actors and crew to the shooting location, as well as reporters.

These are invitations issued by the outreach team, and Li Wan personally checks them out. A reporter from the province, city, and even Xiangjiang also came.

The shooting location was a village called Wangjiabao in the northwest suburbs, which is already on the edge of the desert.

From the village to the north, about six or seven miles, passing through a Gobi full of red willow trees, there is a sea of ​​sand. The famous Shapotou National Scenic Area is still some distance away.

The village is small, with less than [-] families, and there is an abandoned elementary school. After temporary repairs in the early stage, the crew's filming base camp and temporary resting place are placed here.

The conditions are a bit difficult.

Yu Dongqing stood at the gate of the school, looking at the surrounding environment.

The usually deserted small village suddenly became lively with so many vehicles and people coming. Many villagers came out to watch the excitement, mostly the elderly and children.

The village party secretary called Wang Laifu, a nearly 60-year-old man wearing a small white hat unique to the Hui nationality, found Yu Dongqing and sent him two unique local selenium sand watermelons.

He greeted me very warmly and said that if you encounter any difficulties during the filming of the movie, you should come to him and he would help solve it.

Yu Dongqing expressed her gratitude repeatedly.

"Why don't you go to Shapotou? The conditions are better there."

Wang Laifu asked.

Originally, according to Li Wan's intention, he simply went directly to the Shapotou Scenic Area, where the conditions are much better than here.

Of course the cost is much higher.

But Yu Dongqing said that it is better to save some money, and finally chose here.

Of course, Yu Dongqing would not say that it is cheap to rent a house for filming in your place, and it is even free to pay for photography in the sea of ​​sand.

Even though the budget is as high as 1.9 million, Yu Dongqing has his own plans, and sometimes he has to save money.

Of course, these words cannot be said to this old man.

"Secretary Wang, because the watermelon in your village is very delicious." Yu Dongqing smiled and pointed to the watermelon that had been chopped open on the table.

Wang Laifu grinned.

He already knew that the man next to him named Li Wan, who was said to be a producer, had promised to buy all the watermelons he had planted on the three-acre land this year, and he would send twenty or thirty watermelons every day.

"Our watermelon is very sweet, tastes like Charlene, and it is rich in selenium. Experts say eating it can improve human immunity and resist oxidation!"

What Wang Laifu said was spittle flying around.

Although Wang Po sells melons and boasts about herself, this watermelon is indeed sweet.

After Wang Laifu left, Li Wan whispered to Yu Dongqing, "A small bridge in the west of their village broke down. I promised Wang Laifu that the crew would help rebuild a concrete bridge."

"How much will it cost?"

"Wang Laifu gave a budget, about 28."

"Just repair it. Contract it directly to him and let him find someone to buy the materials. We will just pay for it." Yu Dongqing said.

"That's what I mean too." Li Wan smiled.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the opening ceremony officially began.

　8.18, briefly explain the recent plot
　　Thank you readers for your support, mainly because Zhujiao recently filmed the movie "Evil in the East and West in the West".Some people say that there is no original "Shooting the Condors", and this movie is very abrupt.

　　In fact, Wong Kar Wai only borrowed the three titles of Dongxie, Xidu, and Beibei in making this movie.The character setting and storyline have nothing to do with the original work at all.

　　Even if you haven't read the original book, it doesn't affect the movie.On the contrary, there is no sense of preconceptions (the character image of Zhongxie Xidubei Beggar in the original work is completely inconsistent with that in the movie.), so it is easy to understand.If I make an adaptation later, I will first write a novel based on the situation.

　　Why not write "New Dragon Inn"?The filming of that movie was also very good, but it also repeated the filming routine of "Swordsman". As the author, I will write it again here.

　　Write something different and what happened during the filming process. Don't forget that "Ashes of Time" has a sister movie, haha.

　　Also, let me say a few more words.

　　According to the idea of ​​this book, more than half of the plot has passed, and the results are still stable, that is, it has just passed the level of the boutique line, but the subscription has recently declined.

　　I will carefully write the following content, and do my best.

　　Finally, I would like to thank the readers for their support!
　　 The evening of July 2023, 8
　　
　
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