Chapter 326: Shangri-La

The other party's offer is very sincere, obviously referring to He Xin's salary in "Wuji", one million! But Sister Hong's lion opened her mouth and replied with one and a half million!

However, after a harmonious and tense tug-of-war, the two sides gave in and finally reached an agreement of 1.2 million.

He Xin signed the agreement without hesitation, on the one hand, because the salary was too tempting, and on the other hand, because he liked the role of the hot one.

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The term Shangri-La first appeared in the thirties of the last century in the British writer James Hilton's famous "Lost Horizon" to describe a paradise on earth that the world yearns for, similar to the "paradise" that the Chinese say.

The word Shangri-La can also be transliterated as "Shambhala", which means "the bright moon in the heart" in Tibetan, and symbolizes a beautiful and ideal way of life.

Shangri-La's original name was Zhongdian, Dian, which is Yi language, translated into the local dialect called "dam", Mandarin is the meaning of "flat land", the so-called Zhongdian is a basin in the valley that is not big or small, and does not slip in autumn.

It is located in the northwest of Yunnan, on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and the Bigu Tianchi where the studio is located is more than 4,000 meters high. The crew arrived here as early as ten days ago, but it was paused for several days, because many people in the group, including the actors, had altitude sickness and could not start work.

However, it has a long history and beautiful scenery, and in the first two years, in order to vigorously develop tourism resources, the slightly rustic Zhongdian was renamed the tall Shangri-La.

Compared with Yuanmou, which has underdeveloped transportation and backward economy, although it is located in a remote area, it can be connected to airplanes. And after all, it is the seat of the state government, and the accommodation conditions are also good, and the most luxurious Longfengxiang Hotel in the city was completely chartered by the crew. As one of the leading actors, He Xin was also assigned a suite.

Shangri-La as a familiar name, He Xin has been yearning for this place for a long time in his last life, but unfortunately limited by economic conditions, he has never been able to make the trip, this time it just makes up for this shortcoming in his previous life.

He couldn't wait to take a Canon EOS digital SLR camera endorsed by Sex Dragon that he had just bought in Hong Kong yesterday, avoid the reporters gathered in the hotel lobby, and took his assistant Lu Xiao and his little brother Zhang Tong, who was temporarily assigned to him by the crew, to sneak out of the back door of the hotel to appreciate the customs and customs of this small city where Tibetans and Chinese live together, and where more than 20 ethnic groups gather.

As long as people have their own hobbies, actors are of course no exception, but they slowly evolved into a label and character on actors.

For example, many actors used to be dancers or singers, and many times the strengths of these actors in dancing or singing often become their personalities.

There are also some more lofty, such as playing the piano with one hand, drawing well, and hobbies of studying the small articles of Nobel laureates in mathematics, etc. Of course, in addition to being tall, there are also down-to-earth ones, such as cooks, carpenters, and the like.

So photography has become the choice of this kind of person, after all, everyone can take pictures, and the actor has been in front of the camera for a long time, he has heard and seen it, and he can at least learn a little bit about composition, color, etc., and occasionally he can take it out and pretend to be forced.

He Xin was purely on a whim, when he was in the crew before, he often saw Wang Xiaoshuai holding a retro-looking Leica camera "click, click" and shoot non-stop, or Director Chen often held the lens of a very tall camera like a cannon barrel to watch the scene.

He was also happy to see the hunt, and this time he signed a big order in Hong Kong, so he made a bloody trip and spent more than 20,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy an EOS to treat himself.

The main attraction of the town is, of course, Songzanling Temple. It is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Sichuan-Yunnan region and the center of the local Yellow Sect. The temple is built on the mountain, the shape is like an ancient castle, the momentum is quite majestic, and it has been known as the "Little Potala Palace" since ancient times.

Unfortunately, due to the grand opening ceremony to be held the next day, a huge stage is being built at the entrance, and it is impossible to see the whole temple.

It is said that the local government attached great importance to the filming of "Wuji" this time, and as early as two months ago, it became a leading group for the co-production of the film "Wuji" headed by the local leader.

Tomorrow's grand all-Tibetan-style kick-off carnival is funded and sponsored by the local government to promote the local tourism resources.

In fact, carefully calculated, as the main scene in the movie, the crew of "Wuji" of more than 1,000 people came here to shoot for a month, people ate and chewed, all kinds of equipment, manpower, extras, and even including the media and tourists who flocked to the area, at least it can create hundreds of millions of yuan of GDP for the local area, which also includes the follow-up impact after the release of the movie, which is definitely a big bargain for a small amount of money.

It is no wonder that the local government not only actively cooperated, but also took things so seriously. It is said that 40,000 people will participate in the boot carnival tomorrow, which is a terrifying number. You must know that the entire Diqing Prefecture has a population of only 100,000, which means that everyone in this small city has run out.

"Hey, new brother, what's wrong with you?"

In the evening, after half a day of playing, He Xin returned to the hotel with the camera on his back, and as soon as he got out of the elevator, he met Zhang Baizhi and two assistants in the corridor.

"What's the matter?"

"Did you just arrive today without altitude sickness such as headache and difficulty breathing?" Zhang Baiju gestured.

"No, not at all. He Xin smiled at her tone, and then asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"

He had heard that this girl had severe altitude sickness when she first arrived here. For this reason, there has been a lot of negative news about her playing a big name.

There are two main things around this negative news. The first thing was that on the day she first arrived, the hotel boss personally selected a bouquet of flowers the size of an umbrella and a basket of the best local fruits that were said to have no flaws at all, and put them in her room in advance. As a result, she was mercilessly thrown out, and it was thrown in the hallway.

There is also the banquet on the day the crew arrived, everyone sat in the lobby and waited for her, but after a while, she said yes, and then she couldn't say it again, so everyone waited for two hours in vain.

After these two incidents were exposed by the waiter, the media reporters who were already at a loss for the crew's various confidentiality measures were like treasures, and they went to full speed to report on them.

All kinds of headlines are sensational, such as "Zhang Baiju does not appreciate the flowers", "Zhang Baijue Shangri-La plays a big name and does not come out of the door, and everyone waits for two hours" and so on.

In his previous life, He Xin, as a melon-eating crowd, was very interested in these celebrity gossip news on the Internet. But after really mixing in this circle for a long time, I found that this kind of gossip, to paraphrase the mantra of the "American king" in later generations, is "you are all fake news"!

Of course, it is an exaggeration to say that it is all fake news, but most of it is exaggerated to the fullest, or deliberately interpreted out of context to attract the attention of readers and netizens.

Even though Zhang Baichu is often criticized for being difficult to play, playing big names, liars, chaotic private life, etc. But at least He Xin felt that this girl was not as unbearable as rumored, and her personality was a bit like Li Xiaoran, such as speaking directly and easily offending people.

As for playing big names, people become famous at a young age, this kind of thing is inevitable, whether you are late or leave early, but the quality of the work is obvious. This is much stronger than those little fresh meat and Tianbao in later generations.

For He Xin, Zhang Baiju can't play a big name on herself; even if she blows to the sky when she chats, it's just to adjust the atmosphere, and no one will take it seriously; As for the chaos in private life, this kind of thing is very common in the circle, if it weren't for Teacher Chen's accident later, who would know about this kind of thing?

So aside from the above factors, He Xin is still quite willing to get along with her, at least he won't worry that she will stab you twice, one in front of you and one behind your back.

"The first few days were really uncomfortable, and I didn't even want to shoot. But it's OK to get through it!" Zhang Baiju said with a smile.

Then he warmly invited: "Brother Xin, I'm just going downstairs to eat something, do you want to come along?"

"Okay, you wait for me first, I'll go and put the things away. ”

Don't look at Zhang Baiju's bragging to him before saying that he is not fat no matter how he eats, but in the face of the special yak meat, pipa meat made with Tibetan fragrant pig, and meat dishes such as local chicken pot, he almost didn't touch a chopstick, and only ate some vegetarian dishes such as fried matsutake mushrooms with celery and yogurt bean skin.

However, this girl's alcohol is quite large, He Xincai drank a bowl of barley wine, but she drank all the bottles of French red wine she brought.

After she drank the wine, her little face was red and her eyes were blurred, which was indeed quite seductive, but her legs were a little shorter.

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In order to participate in this grand opening ceremony, He Xin came to the crew to report almost a week in advance, and also took advantage of this time to browse the beautiful scenery of Shangri-La.

The most famous place is of course the Pudacuo National Forest Park, where the Jinsha River, the Lancang River and the Nu River flow together without confluence of the peculiar natural geographical landscape, and is a world nature conservation heritage site on the same level as Jiuzhaigou.

There is also the Bigu Tianchi where the crew is located, as well as the Haba Snow Mountain and Tiger Leaping Gorge Scenic Area in the south.

In fact, He Xin's highlight part in "Wu Ji" has been almost filmed, and coming to Shangri-La is just some bits and pieces, most of which are rival scenes with Zhang Dongjian, so life is very leisurely.

However, Zhang Baiju and Sanada Hiroyuki have a very heavy role here, and they staged a lot of blood-pumping passion scenes in the Begonia House on the edge of Bigu Tianchi.

Director Chen's requirements are very strict, there is no such thing as borrowing a kiss scene or putting a bank card in the middle, it is all real, and a shot often has to shoot several or even a dozen. Once at breakfast, Zhang Baiju pursed his lips and complained to He Xin in private, his mouth was swollen.

Perhaps in order to avoid embarrassment, Xie Qiwang didn't come late until Zhang Baijue and Sanada Hiroyuki's scenes were almost filmed.

By mid-July, the role of "Wu Ji" in Shangri-La was finally completed.

Director Chen gave everyone a week's vacation very humanely, and then everyone gathered in the capital to shoot the finishing stage in the studio of Beijing Film Studio.