Wang Toyota only said that the management arranged for the contact, Chu Xiaxing hadn't thought of who the other party was, and when the crew arrived at the overseas filming base by plane, she met a familiar face at the destination.
In the lobby of the filming base, the staff of the production company arrived early, and the life producer organized the scene order. He warmly waved to Zhang Luo: "Everyone, come with me, I will take you to the room..."
The spacious and bright dormitory of the crew is divided according to the type of work, which is completely different from the ordinary small hotels in China. Everyone standing on the high-rise building of the base can overlook the whole view of the base through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The filming studio here is divided into indoor and outdoor scenes. The indoor area has its own unique design. quite complete.
This is not only a shooting base, but more like a theme park that accommodates multiple cultures. The living facilities in the base are extremely complete, even like a city within a city.
Chu Xiaxing has visited other well-known film and television bases abroad before, but this is the first time she has come to the brand-new Luokang Film and Television Base. Since it has just been built, the environment and equipment are more superior, which is eye-catching.
Hou Shenyue has also arrived at many shooting locations. Looking at the scenery outside the window at this time, he couldn't help but sigh: "This is simply a modern Hengdian..."
Chu Xiaxing shook his head and said, "Hengdian is still too old now, and the sceneries in it can be counted, and those are the ones that come and go."
If it is a practitioner who is familiar with Hengdian, they can basically tell the name of the scene at a glance at a domestic TV series, and the suitable places for shooting are really limited. Most of the film and television bases in China are unable to get rid of the rusticity. Some small film and television cities are more like a joke, and they cannot keep up with all the conditions.
The advantage of Luokang Film and Television Base is not only in the scene, but also in quite advanced technical support. The studio here is equipped with the top cameras and lights, and there are excellent film and television talents in the base, which already has a mature system.
Many film and television talents who returned from famous schools did not develop well when they returned to China. The reason is that they feel that the domestic and foreign industries have a wall. Even if they have advanced knowledge, they are unable to show their talents and integrate into the domestic film and television circle. Therefore, many people choose to be a Hollywood drifter and give up returning to China to develop, only to improve in recent years.
Chu Xiaxing stared intently at the bustling and busy Luokang Film and Television Base, she sighed softly, inexplicably filled with envy.
It is possible for any country to produce world-class film masters, but making a certain industry in a country to the top is not something that can be accomplished by just one person.
"Director, director, let's go back to the house to rest..." Assistant Li Jing had already taken the room card. She called out to Chu Xiaxing cautiously, but she saw that the other party was still standing by the window and staring at the scenery, so she could only pat Director Chu. .
The others had already taken the elevator to their rooms, but now there are hardly any crew members nearby, but a team came up on the other side of the corridor.
The leader of the team was a blond man who was explaining in English, but behind him were a bunch of Asian faces. Someone in the team whispered: "Am I hallucinating, I seem to hear Chinese..."
"What did Mr. Qin hear? Did Mr. Song hear it?"
Most of the members of this team are men. Most of them dress formally and rigorously, which is completely different from the style of the crew. They are following the blond man to visit, and they look mighty.
The blond foreigner at the beginning had a work card on his body, and he introduced the environment of the building kindly in English: "This is the living building for the crew, and the tenth-floor hall where we are located leads to the dormitory areas on each floor. Equipped with supermarkets, gyms and other places…”
Chu Xiaxing and Li Jing were talking by the window, but she noticed Song Wenye in the team with sharp eyes, who made him stand out in the middle-aged male team, who made him stand out in the middle-aged male team, and his temperament was still calm.
Song Wenye also found Chu Xiaxing by the window, he couldn't help but stunned for a moment, politely greeted the people around him, then quietly left the team and strode towards her.
Chu Xia Xing thought about the employer Wang Fengtian said, and she suddenly realized: "I should have guessed it long ago, and you have the ability to make money!"
Chu Xiaxing was surprised at the beginning, how Fanke Films caught up with Wang Toyota, and the coffee position was a bit different.
The same is true now, if Wang Toyota can't establish contact with overseas filming bases, then only Song Wenye of Yuansheng Group can do it.
Song Wenye looked at Li Jing beside Chu Xiaxing, and then looked at the empty surroundings. He asked curiously, "Didn't Director Chu be with the crew?"
"They're back in the room." Chu Xiaxing looked at the suit team not far away, she raised her chin, "What are you doing?"
Song Wenye glanced back at his colleagues, and replied calmly, "This is the group's inspection team. We are listening to the introduction from the person in charge of the base."
Song Wenye wants to restart the Yanchuan Film and Television City project, but this is by no means an easy task, and it has also been controversial within the group. The main purpose of this trip is to absorb advanced overseas experience.
When Chu Xiaxing heard that they were going to visit the Luokang Film and Television Base in one day, her eyes suddenly lit up and she was inexplicably interested. The base is generally only open to part of the crew. It is a rare opportunity to have a full view of the whole scene and to be accompanied by a professional tour guide.
Seeing her glowing eyes, Song Wenye immediately guessed her thoughts and suggested, "If Director Chu has time, why don't we follow along?"
"How embarrassing this is, I'm not a member of your group either..." Chu Xiaxing said a few words of politeness, but he had already returned the room card to Li Jing, and patted the little girl's shoulder implyingly.
Li Jing was quite clever. She immediately pulled her suitcase and left the scene in a hurry. She whispered, "I'll just go back to the house, the director can go."
Today was originally a rest time for the crew, and everyone had to fall into the jet lag, so they wouldn't start filming right away. Chu Xiaxing didn't want to miss the opportunity to visit. This was different from the ordinary gazing at the flowers. Since the person in charge of the base was the tour guide, it meant that she could understand all kinds of equipment.
Song Wenye led Chu Xiaxing back to the team, which naturally attracted the attention of his colleagues, and some people hesitated: "President Song, this is..."
Song Wenye introduced in an orderly manner: "This is the director of "Wu Dao", the play of Mr. Wang Toyota, let's watch it together."
"Oh, hello Director!" The man seemed to be of a lower rank than Song Wenye. He politely and humbly shook hands with Chu Xiaxing, with a friendly attitude.
Chu Xiaxing wanted to go sightseeing, she naturally shook her hand back, trying not to speak as much as possible to cause confusion.
Of course, not everyone in the team likes this set. The middle-aged man beside the blond tour guide has twill now, and he looked at Chu Xiaxing with the tip of his eyes, and he was quite picky and said meaningfully: "Mr. Song is really Young and promising, you can bring a younger one.”
Chu Xiaxing thought that this was bullshit, but she did not know the identity of the other party, so she did not move.
Song Wenye didn't change his face or heartbeat, he said neither humble nor arrogant: "Since he is young and promising, then the director is indeed younger and more promising than me. It is Mr. Qin who is knowledgeable, and you can see it at a glance."
President Qin snorted coldly, turned his head, and said nothing more.
Chu Xiaxing could see the faction in the short confrontation. The Yuansheng Group's team was divided into two factions. Song Wenye and President Qin should be on an equal footing, and there was some friction with each other. She had only seen Song Wenye spending money frantically on the set, but she had never seen him fight with people in the group to earn money, showing a momentary interest.
Chu Xiaxing: It turns out that the Buddha also had to fight openly and secretly. This is to compete for superiority!
Chu Xiaxing followed Song Wenye and asked quietly, "Is it okay for me to follow you? Does President Qin have any opinion?"
There is really no way for the idle people to visit. Even if she is the director of the crew who came to shoot, she can only look at the rented venue, and there is no way to turn it all over.
Song Wenye said calmly: "It doesn't matter, you don't need to worry about what he says, he can just take care of himself."
The first time Chu Xiaxing heard his tone was cold and severe, she laughed in disbelief: "Oh, it's different when you return to the group, Mr. Song becomes hard when he speaks..."
Song Wenye had a low sense of presence in the crew, and occasionally let Xia Hong preside over affairs. When Chu Xiaxing told him to shut up before, he felt that Buddha had a good temper. Who would have thought that Buddha had a cold face
Song Wenye was not serious or tense when facing her, but was still a relaxed friend. He blinked innocently and said in a low voice, "No way, I'm really not as good as Director Chu. If I don't talk like this, I will always be bullied and treated as a child."
Chu Xiaxing heard that he deliberately betrayed him, how could he not know that he was insinuating himself: "..." This is the name of a child who still holds grudges
Chu Xiaxing had never been in contact with Song Wenye's work environment before, and she actually had absolutely no understanding of his life. Song Wenye's words were not wrong. He belonged to the youngest generation in the group's team, and he was surrounded by noisy and stubborn seniors.
Chu Xiaxing had met Duan Chengyan and others at the dinner party. They were supposed to be of the same generation as Song Wenye, but their living environment was completely different. On one side, there was a wealthy boy who had nothing to do and was a little arrogant, and on the other was a group competing for projects and undercurrents. Elites, the experience is different.
Song Wenye must have a calm and methodical character, otherwise he would not be able to stay in the group at all, and would be digging holes in circles every day.
Chu Xiaxing listened quietly to the explanation of the blond tour guide, but she could understand the content in general speaking. Occasionally, she would ask Song Wenye to ask questions to understand the technology and equipment in the Luokang Film and Television Base.
The group had just visited the Luokang Film and Television Base for a while, and Chu Xiaxing had heard President Qin's yin and yang's strange anger countless times.
Song Wenye seemed to be concerned about the emotions of his colleagues and the person in charge of the base. He didn't want to immediately quarrel with President Qin and lose face in front of foreign collaborators, so he simply ignored them.
Everyone arrived at the indoor underwater studio of the Luokang Film and Television Base. The person in charge of Blonde introduced the equipment with great interest. Before the female translator could convert the content into Chinese, President Qin took the lead in asserting: "President Song, isn't this a big deal? Pool, do you think we need to do this?"
There is a huge and wide pool in the underwater studio, and blue light is reflected on the walls, like a mysterious ocean. In the mouth of President Qin, it is a large and unremarkable swimming pool.
President Qin said dissatisfiedly: "We spent so much money, and we still need to learn from the experience of overseas bases. What we finally build is the same as that of domestic film and television bases. Isn't this a waste of time!"
Chu Xiaxing had been enduring President Qin's layman's remarks along the way. She was finally a little annoyed at this time, and couldn't help but interject: "If you follow this statement, then I can also use my mobile phone to film, and it's not all movies in the end!"
Chu Xiaxing's current mood was as if the designer had heard that Party A thought that Photoshop was more high-end than Photoshop. Naturally, her eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, and she looked a little impatient.
People from Yuansheng Group didn't dare to slap President Qin in the face, but Chu Xiaxing couldn't restrain her words, and she didn't make a living under President Qin, so she naturally couldn't stand the other party's stupid and coercive remarks.
President Qin rarely encounters robberies. He suddenly couldn't hold his face, and thinking that the translation has not been introduced, he simply said angrily: "Okay, what's the director's opinion? There are still underwater shooting in China, how much more powerful this place can be. !"
Others were afraid that President Qin would not be able to come down to the stage, and they echoed: "Yes, I watch domestic film and television dramas also have underwater shooting, in fact, it is not that exaggerated..."
The person in charge of Blonde heard the exchanges within the team, and he immediately turned around hesitantly, looking at the visitors from Asia. Song Wenye used English to appease the other party. He was about to arrange an interpreter to smooth things out, but he listened to Chu Xiaxing talking eloquently, and he didn't need the translator to help him.
Chu Xiaxing said with an expressionless face: "The most distinctive feature of the British Pine Forest Base is the indoor underwater studio built in 2005. It can maintain a constant temperature of 32C all year round, allowing all-weather movie shooting. After it is put into use, the rental rate is extremely high..."
"The newly built underwater studio here even surpasses the pine forest, and the return on rental income will only be higher. You can go to China to find a cheap big swimming pool. I really don't know which big swimming pool can earn this kind of money?"
Even though Chu Xiaxing took less pictures as she got older, it did not mean that she gave up learning new technologies. She still paid attention to the updated equipment, otherwise she would be thrown away by the times.
Chu Xiaxing raised her eyebrows. She looked at President Qin with a half-smile, and jokingly said: "Yes, President Qin should know what Songlin is for, right? It is the largest film and television base in the UK and an advanced production center in the world. You The ability to study large swimming pools is world-leading, why should I stay in Yuansheng Group? It's long overdue to go international!"
Chu Xiaxing: If you want to be able to build a large swimming pool that is more cost-effective, do you still need to work for others
President Qin originally bullied Chu Xiaxing for being young and ignorant, but he thought she would throw out a bunch of data when she opened her mouth. The most embarrassing thing was that he was not sure if she was right or not, so he couldn't refute it dryly, and he immediately lost his momentum and blushed.
The others wanted to help, but they were also amateurs in film and television, and they couldn't say anything about the professional Chu Xiaxing.
The person in charge of blonde hair looked around blankly. He seemed to sense the atmosphere between the two sides, and he squeezed out an awkward Chinese sentence to ease the tense atmosphere. His Chinese was so strange that he could only jump out of words, and he gave Chu Xiaxing a thumbs up and said in admiration, "Awesome! I understand!"
Everyone didn't expect the person in charge to understand. They were all shocked, and they didn't dare to talk about the badness of the underwater studio.
Everyone: Why are you a fake foreign devil? This has been secretly eavesdropping!