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After leaving the crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Chen Xiao went home.

The next day, he returned to the crew of "To Live" and continued to discuss the script and characters with the actors.

At the same time, he communicated with the art director about the location and scene design to refine the shooting plan.

For the actors, in addition to communicating the script, the crew also invited history professors to explain history to them in combination with literature, so that the actors can further understand the background of the times and better immerse themselves in the roles.

In the busy preparation work, a month passed quickly.

On the morning of October 21, the crew held a start-up ceremony in the capital.

The ceremony was relatively simple, with ribbon cutting, media interaction, and group photos, and the whole process took only one and a half hours.

After taking the group photo, Chen Xiao took some staff and actors on the nanny car to the airport and headed to the first filming location - Shaanxi Province.

There are two main locations for this filming.

One is the Zhou Family Courtyard in Shaanxi Province, which is used to shoot the scenes of Fugui's old house.

The second is Zhoucun District in Zibo, Shandong Province. Zhoucun District retains a street with strong traditional characteristics.

Long stone roads, rich street archways, traditional buildings with flying eaves and brackets, and even Arabic-style Shang Dynasty relics and traces of the Westernization Party reforms in the late Qing Dynasty. It can be called a living specimen of an ancient commercial street.

The crew plans to shoot exterior scenes here, as well as scenes of Fugui's life after losing his old house.

There are relatively few scenes in Zhou Family Courtyard. The crew plans to finish shooting the scenes of the old house in October and then go to Shandong Province.

…

Just when Chen Xiao and his team got on the plane.

The media who came to the opening ceremony to interview posted the film name, starring lineup, and production team announced by the crew on the Internet.

In order to continue to catch the public's attention and maintain the popularity, the company announced the information of each work separately.

In order to avoid "The Truman Show" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "To Live" has not announced the title until today's opening ceremony, when the official title was announced.

So, when Chen Xiao and his team were flying in the sky to Shaanxi Province.

A heated discussion was set off on the ground.

After all, the word "to live" is not simple at first glance.

By noon, the first place in the entertainment list had been occupied by this news.

"Alive?? Looks scary."

"Looking at the name, I have a feeling that all the characters are dead."

"Haha, crazy.JPG."

"No, no, no, it should be living in torture."

"The estimated release date is mid-January. No doubt, it will definitely be the second Farewell My Concubine. @Xiao Liu loves to eat melons, brother, are you going to watch it on New Year's Eve?"

"Another tragedy? I really want to send him a razor blade. What are you doing, tragedy every day."

"Tragedy is good. When I watch tragedy, it will reflect my own life. By watching tragedy, I can see the tragedy in my heart. The drama releases the pain buried in my heart and vents it. After watching it, I feel much more comfortable, as if I have been purified. "

"Well... This reminds me of what an expert said. I can't sleep at night, and when I go to bed, I tell myself that I am ready to die, and then I don't think about anything. The next day, I am alive again, and I have another day, so happy!"

"Anyway, I won't watch it, I won't watch it even if I die!"

"You said so last time, because you are not dead, you will watch it while you are alive."

...

Just when netizens were chatting happily and trembling with fear.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon.

The crew got off the plane, stepped onto the bus and nanny car, and went to the hotel near Zhou's compound.

On the way, in the 7-seater nanny car.

Chen Xiao, assistant Chi Yu, deputy director, deputy art director and others were chatting, discussing the script, or dozing off.

On the right side of the third row, Sun Li yawned and looked out the window in a daze.

Suddenly, a "wow" exclamation was heard.

Looking back, Wang Rui, the deputy art director on the left side of the aisle, was staring at his phone in a daze, with a complicated expression, flustered and confused, and seemed to be trying to hold back laughter.

"What are you looking at? Netizens' comments on "To Live"?" Sun Li asked curiously.

Wang Rui shook his head, "Just scrolling, I saw something... well, I'll show it to you directly."

Sun Li took the phone, and in the picture, a group of foreigners were dancing in colorful clothes, and everyone was wearing different clothes.

Dancing very... casually, unrestrained.

After half a minute, the color of the screen on the ground turned red, and the dancers fell to the ground one by one in various postures.

Under the light, no matter what color clothes the standing dancers wore, they were all red, twisting and falling to the ground one after another.

Sun Li was a little confused.

But he also understood Wang

Why did Rui have an indescribable expression on his face just now?

He tilted his head and asked, "What is this?"

"You haven't seen this video? This is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games some time ago."

Sun Li shook his head, "I was busy at the time and didn't watch the hot news."

At that time, "Home with Children" had just been broadcast, and he had to participate in interviews, press conferences, fan meetings, seminars, etc., and was busy all over. He knew about the Olympic Games, but didn't watch the content.

Sun Li returned the phone to Wang Rui, and just as he was about to sit up straight, he saw Wang Rui showing a meaningful smile and asked mysteriously:

"Hey, Director Sun, can you tell what the theme of this dance is?"

"Theme?"

"Yes, what does this dance want to express?"

Sun Li reached out and took Wang Rui's phone again.

Looking at the dancers on the screen with different movements and various styles, his brows frowned slightly.

Ah?

It's a bit abstract.

What is the theme?

"Is it a common theme or argument?"

"Yes!" Wang Rui nodded.

Sun Li touched his chin. He didn't know much about the art of this country, but he had seen "Notre Dame de Paris".

Freedom and peace or something like that?

No, this dance is very trendy.

It should be a trend in recent years, right?

In recent years...

Suddenly, Sun Li had a flash of inspiration and blurted out:

"AI can't replace humans?"

As soon as this was said, it was quiet in an instant. Even the sound of the assistant director in the front row flipping the script disappeared, and there was silence.

Wang Rui was stunned for two seconds and laughed, "Hahahaha, awesome!"

Others who listened to the soundtrack and remembered the video also laughed.

Sun Li scratched his head awkwardly, "No, I don't understand Western culture, I just said it casually."

He patted Chen Xiao in the front row and put his phone in front of him, "Director Chen, do you know what the theme is?"

Chen Xiao looked back and said, "Environmental protection."

Wang Rui was surprised and said, "Oh my god, Director Chen is awesome, how did you figure it out?"

Chen Xiao put down the tablet in his hand and confessed, "In fact, I just listened to the CCTV commentary. Then I looked carefully at the ground, and the ground cracked and caught fire. Then... Chi Yu, you tell me."

"Me? I...that."

Chi Yu suddenly remembered a sentence that Concubine Duan often said in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" - you write auspiciousness.

No, it's auspiciousness, you tell it.

Okay, it's just environmental protection, it's time to show real technology.

Chi Yu pursed his lips and looked back at the video. "The first half of this dance is unrestrained and intense, symbolizing that human activities have placed too heavy a burden on the environment. As global temperatures rise, no country is immune. This is a call for global cooperation to jointly address environmental challenges and protect our common home!"