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Volume 1 Chapter 602 New drama starts

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    On January 24, the northwest wind blew, and the wind and sand rolled up went straight into people's eyes. It was not the most suitable day to start a computer.  However, Lin Xiaozhi is not that delicate, and it has been almost a week since she arrived in Egypt. Media Asia staff have been working hard during this time to adjust the crew, supervise the actors to memorize lyrics, coordinate scenes, contact the local Egyptian government for help, etc.  It's almost done.  After being idle for so many days, he felt that his body was getting rusty, so he was not going to waste any more time. After selecting this day in advance, he was ready to worship God and turn on the phone!  "Pap, crackle, crackle" The clear sound of firecrackers rang out in the outskirts of Tantos, a desert town two hundred miles away from Cairo. It was perhaps the first time in history that a film crew came to the town to collect stories for filming a movie.  , or maybe they were very curious about the worship ceremony before the start of the Hong Kong movie. Not only the children in the town gathered around in groups, but also many adult residents came and peeked around to watch the set.  After all, it is on someone else's territory, and Lin Xiaozhi is also planning to recruit some villagers from nearby to act as extras, so he does not stop nearby residents and children from watching, but only specially orders a few people who were invited to set up nearby.  The Egyptian police asked them to help and be careful not to let ignorant children run across the circle and interfere with the filming.  Although the wind blowing from the Mediterranean Sea hit your face with sand, it was very uncomfortable, but Hong Kong's early filmmakers were all from the grassroots, and they were not as squeamish as European and American artists.  Although there are a lot of white faces in the crew, most of them are European and Australian artists who couldn't make it in the United States, and saw that Hong Kong seemed to be doing well, so they came to Hong Kong to make money. These people couldn't even film in Hollywood.  Go on, where can I find the confidence to make them squeamish?  The traditional Chinese worship of gods pays attention to good times and auspicious times, so although the crew had already prepared, Lin Xiaozhi never announced the start of the worship ceremony.  It wasn't until a crew member came over to remind him that the time was almost up, that he took a look at the time and it was already 8:40, and ordered him to go down and prepare for the worship ceremony before starting up.  The older generation of filmmakers in Hong Kong believe that the start of filming will alarm ghosts and snake spirits, so they have to worship gods to seek peace. Gradually, this custom of worshiping gods before the start of a Hong Kong film has evolved. After decades of evolution, it has become not only Hong Kong's  The convention when starting a movie is also a propaganda method.  Although this is the first time that Lin Xiaozhi's new movie has been launched abroad, there are also many media reporters around. Some of them are from ATV, some from "Ming Pao", some from "Sing Pao", and some  From "Tian Tian Daily", although most of the media are under Lin Xiaozhi's own name, Hong Kong is such a big place, and many other media have come to get the news in advance. Several curious local media in Egypt have also sent reporters.  Although the scale is far smaller than when he started in Hong Kong, there are still almost a hundred or ten people.  Lin Xiaozhi left the task of presiding over the worship of gods to Zhang Yimou. Lao Mouzi, who had not yet gotten over the scandal of his marriage, is still very famous in mainland China, and he was roped in to serve as the assistant director of his new movie. This was also a huge attempt for him.  As a reborn person, he is very clear about Lao Mouzi¡¯s future position in the mainland film industry.  Because he loves commercial films much more than literary films, in his previous life, Lin Xiaozhi did not have the admiration for him that a domestic filmmaker should have. At most, he only had some appreciation for his control over the color of movies, and nothing else.  .     Yes!  But Lao Mouzi is different from him. In this life, he is just a Hong Konger. Even if Hong Kong will return to China in a few years, even if he is the most famous commercial film director in Hong Kong, I am afraid that in the eyes of many mainland filmmakers, he will be like  Hong Kong filmmakers like him are just bananas. There are some things that only Lao Mouzi can do.  So now he is trying to pull Lao Mouzi, a director with very solid basic skills, from the magical path of literary films to the correct path of commercial films.  As long as he, a mainland mainstream academic with established roots, succeeds, as the fifth-generation director of the future Republic, he will surely influence more imitators.  After all, the current mainland film industry is still in a state of groping forward due to the impact of the turbulent times, and is far from being completely corroded by the Wenqing virus.  "Now, I announce the start of the worship ceremony for "The Mummy"!" Under many onlookers, Zhang Yimou did not show any stage fright. He was wearing a casual suit that looked more and more like a successful person. He saw Lin Xiaozhi standing next to him.  After the Hong Kong Feng Shui master nodded to him, he immediately shouted in English, announcing that the worship ceremony had officially begun.  The position and time of worshiping gods when turning on the phone are very particular. The time is accurate to a few minutes, and the position of offering incense and worshiping gods must be found accurately.  Fortunately, this is not the first time we have done something like this. Not only every Hong Kong member of the crew is very experienced, but also some foreign actors who have acted in other crews are holding back their excitement.?Follow and learn in style.  The main camera was covered with a piece of red cloth. Roast suckling pig, roast goose and some seasonal fruits were placed on the table. Some special foods that can only be eaten in Egypt were also added to give Hong Kong people's belief in Guan Er Ye a try.  God opened the meat.  As usual, everyone in the crew held three incense sticks and offered incense to worship the gods. First of all, the director and producer Lim Hyo-ji was the first to come forward to worship the gods.  Lin Xiaozhi held three sticks of incense and worshiped in the determined direction of worship. Holding the incense with his hands clasped together, he casually recited the well-remembered prayer in Cantonese: "The emperor, the queen, the earth, the gods and Buddhas from all directions protect me, help me."  The filming of the new drama "The Mummy" was safe, and the crew was safe." After inserting the incense into the incense burner, the entire crew offered incense in order.  After him were the assistant director, the leading actor and actress, the photographer and the lighting master, etc. A group of foreign actors also received instructions in advance. After knowing that this was a unique ceremony before the filming of a Hong Kong movie, each one of them was puzzled but also took it.  After going to the church to pray piously, I went to the incense burner in a decent manner.  After the worship, it was time to cut the pig's head. Two strong dragon and tiger martial arts masters immediately came out from the crew and came over with knives. They cut off the pig's head neatly. Finally, he pulled off the red cloth covering the camera.  , shouted loudly, "I announce that "The Mummy" has officially started filming." Under the curious eyes of many media and nearby villagers, Lin Xiaozhi's new drama "The Mummy" is about to start filming.  Due to Egypt's protection policy for ancient buildings, Media Asia was not allowed to enter the interior for filming, so it had to hire some Egyptian experts to help guide the interior decoration of ancient Egyptian-style palaces and temples in Shenzhen Cinemas, although the project has already begun.  It has been a full month, but it will still take some time before it is fully used. It is conservatively estimated that it may have to wait until the end of February.  Therefore, "The Mummy" will not immediately film the plot related to Immortun and Ansuna three thousand years ago when it starts filming. Lin Xiaozhi will first start with Yang Lin, played by Fa Ge, and Hani, played by Eric Tsang, who march in the desert and encounter a group of pharaoh guards.  The shooting of the descendant's cavalry attack begins.  "Director, the people sent to help from Egypt have arrived!" Qian Jiale put on a British colonial military uniform and ran over to report to him with his flexible legs.  Behind him were a dozen or so Hong Kong martial artists all dressed in British colonial military uniforms. Among them were not only the well-known boxing stars Liu Jiahui and Hou Yaozhong of the old Liu family who had been signed by Media Asia, but also those who were recently recruited by Media Asia last year.  The backbone of the Hong family class came to play stars - Qian Xiaohao, Ni Xing, Lin Zhengying, Meng Hai, Zhong Fa, Chen Long, Di Wei, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao, Wu Ma and others.  Now that "The Mummy" is being filmed by him, Lin Xiaozhi will naturally not just make the leading actor Chow Yun-fat, leading actress Tong Ling, and the second male lead Arnold and others popular. He plans to use this movie to try the internationalization of Hong Kong movies.  Make.  Therefore, Lin Xiaozhi made considerable modifications to the script. In his movie, these Chinese soldiers will be separated from the protagonist in the early stage of the battle against the descendants of the Pharaoh, and later reunite in Egypt and go to Hamna Tower together.  .  In addition to adding a fighting scene on the ferry, he also carefully arranged many scenes for these top stars in Hong Kong when Immorton leads the mummy army to attack Cairo in the middle.  The reason why foreign audiences love Hong Kong films is because of the flashy, exciting and punchy fighting scenes in old Hong Kong films. Naturally, they want to do what they like and let the audience take a look at the wonderful action scenes in Hong Kong films.  , which is different from the vulgar plot in American blockbusters today where you punch me, I punch you back, you get beaten to a bloody head, and then you explode the universe and defeat your opponent.  Arnos was out of action for a short period of time, but he also appeared on the set. He was sitting in the preparation table chatting wordlessly with Charlize Theron. This South African girl is about to play the second female lead in "The Mummy"  Ansuna.  Lin Xiaozhi is actually not satisfied with her, maybe because the sexy Ansuna played by the Venezuelan girl Patricia Velasquez in her previous life left a deep impression on him. Lin Xiaozhi felt from the bottom of his heart that Ansuna  This role is more suitable for a tall, sexy European and American actress with mysterious long black hair.  To this end, he tried to send an invitation to Sophie Marceau, the French national treasure who best suited his image of Ansuna. Unfortunately, her agent learned that Sophie Marceau needed to appear in Quanguo, and in his movie  After he could only serve as the second female lead, he immediately rejected Lin Xiaozhi's invitation without even listening to the quotation.  He had no choice but to pick and choose among the European and Australian female artists in Hong Kong. From the list of dozens of people, he could not find a competent actress, so he set his sights on Europe again and asked Miss Spain  ¡ª¡ªLaola Fanna sent out an invitation.  Laura Fangner should be the most familiar to Hong Kong filmmakersShe is a Spanish actress. She was discovered by a talent scout from Golden Harvest when she traveled to Hong Kong in 1983. Finally, she was invited to play a cameo role in Jackie Chan's "Plan A" after she had already made her debut in Spain. From then on, she started to appear frequently.  Cooperating with Hong Kong film companies, we have filmed many movies such as "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers" and "Food Truck".  Although Lin Xiaozhi doesn't expect as much from her as Sophie Marceau, with her black hair, she not only has a sexy figure, but also came from the Miss Spain beauty pageant, so she is also qualified for the role of Ansuna.  But after the two parties came into contact, the cooperation soon fell apart.  Lola Fonna could accept the appearance of Quan Guo, but her agent's condition was that the salary should not be less than 60 million pesetas.  Although the Spanish currency is worthless, and the exchange rate with the U.S. dollar has been jumping around 1:55-60, her salary after conversion has exceeded 1 million US dollars, which is impressively a salary only for the first-rate actresses in Europe, even better than when she starred in "  "Food Truck", the salary for the film nearly quadrupled, which can be said to be a big deal.  If Sophie Marceau agreed to Quanguo's appearance at this price, Lin Xiaozhi would be very happy to agree.  But Laura Fangna is not Sophie Marceau, so Lin Xiaozhi immediately withdrew his manpower after learning about her offer, without even paying his own intended price.  In the end, Arnold helped him solve this problem. He recommended his fellow countryman Charlize Theron to Media Asia. This blond girl had worked as a model and appeared in stage plays in South Africa. Arnold had worked with her before going to the United States.  , after arriving in the United States, I didn¡¯t expect that Charlize Theron also immigrated to the United States with his mother and entered the entertainment industry. Like him, there was no place to act and he was very miserable. He could only rely on being a cover girl for some magazines to gain qualifications.  Lin Xiaozhi was originally a little reluctant to let a girl who was just 17 or 18 years old play the role of Ansuna. However, after meeting with her, she realized that she still underestimated the precocity of white people. After some contact, she found that Charlize Theron was not only willing to lose her hair for filming.  She is dyed black and has taken some large-scale cover photos for adult magazines. She is not resistant to Quanguo's appearance. The most important thing is that she only offered her own salary of 60,000 US dollars, which is not an exorbitant price.  , Media Asia finally signed a contract with her, and she will play the role of Queen Anne.  Jonathan is played by Ethan Johnny. This Australian actor has played a foreign gangster in many Hong Kong movies. Lin Xiaozhi took a fancy to him because he has a pair of sinister eyebrows and a temperament that can make him look a bit sleazy without makeup.  , so he directly asked for his contract from the entertainment industry, because his image has been featured in many movies.  "Are the people here?" Qian Jiale's announcement made Lin Xiaozhi stand up. The first scene they were going to shoot in Egypt was the British colonial army where the protagonist Yang Lin was whose marching route had been diverted due to the desert storm.  When they were preparing to rest, they did not know that they had accidentally walked near the legendary city of Hamna Tower, and were discovered by the descendants of the Pharaoh's guards who were standing guard nearby, so the Pharaoh's guard cavalry began to assemble.  , preparing to raid the British army.  Although the war scene at the beginning is not very grand, it is conservatively estimated that at least three to five hundred actors would be needed to create the atmosphere of a war.  Lin Xiaozhi originally planned to hire some extras, and then spend more time to shoot this scene as well as possible.  Who knew that the Egyptian side heard that they were going to film a movie and took the initiative to ask them if they needed help. For example, Egypt has been reducing its cavalry for many years and has been reduced to the last brigade size. They only need the crew to help them with costumes, props and firearms.  , and donated some supplies to the cavalry brigade station. Not only were they willing to send one or two cavalry companies to help with filming, they could even bring their own war horses.  With such a good thing, there is no reason why Lin Xiaozhi should not agree to it.  Someone was sent to contact the other party, and a consensus was quickly reached. The crew spent more than 200,000 Egyptian pounds locally to purchase some camels, beef, fruits, and drinks and sent them to the 112th Cavalry Brigade station where he was in contact.  Lin Xiaozhi also gave nearly 300,000 pounds to a dozen senior officers, who readily agreed to send two full cavalry companies to help when they were filming.  Of course, these people still need to be paid on a daily basis.  There was a splash of sand and dust from the direction of the town. Through the telescope, he saw a group of cavalry riding tall horses rushing towards the camp. Lin Xiaozhi was shocked. He quickly picked up his microphone and spoke loudly.  He greeted in English, "The movie is about to start shooting. Photography and lighting preparations. Everyone listens to my orders and prepares for the last five minutes The crew has idle staff to help and let the irrelevant onlookers move back, so as not to affect our shooting!"  " On the outskirts of the empty desert town, voices echoed immediately.
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