Liaison producer Ang Lee and Lao Liang worked together to lease three areas of Cefalù Beach, streets, and vacant land for three months.

The props team and they arrived in mid-April in advance, and the props team had to start the set after renting, and many scenes were not rented and could be used immediately.

For example, Chu Shun filmed Sweet Honey and rented Canton Road, and the items on the street that did not conform to the eighties and nineties had to be demolished.

"It should be a little better than last time. Ang Lee remembered that the last time he went to Syracuse, he was very troublesome to sign various protection contracts, and he was expected to be able to process it in three days, but he had to wait for two weeks.

"Definitely, Director Chu is now very famous in Italy. "Lao Liang is very confident.

The two went to the Cefalù government, which was an old-fashioned European-style building, known as a ribbed vault, and buttresse minarets.

Although it is a little dilapidated, the gravel and broken bricks look a bit "remnant style", which is the background that many Internet celebrities like to check in.

Li Ang also asked the staff who managed the rental place, and a small town naturally did not have a tourism department, but the traffic safety department was in charge.

"If you want to rent a beach and a street, are you filming?" the female clerk suddenly remembered something.

"We are the crew of "Paradise Cinema", a new play directed by Chu Shun. Ang Lee is even more proud to introduce it, he can cooperate with Chu Shun twice as an external producer, the main reason is that he knows French, Italian, and English, and many people in China will look for him if they want to shoot abroad.

Ang Lee studied in the UK and knows how to communicate with foreigners.

"Director Chu Shun filmed "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", Sicily's best friend, is that director Chu Shun?"

"Yes. Li An nodded even more, looking at the excited female clerk, she didn't know what the situation was now.

"The place of choice for director Chu Shun's new film is our Chefalù. ”

"Is this true?"

"Great, I thought it was still Syracuse. ”

"Our city is also beautiful, and director Chu Shun is very discerning and proud of the Cefalù people. ”

exploded in an instant, as if a dozen ducks were suddenly airdropped, and although Ang Lee could speak Italian, he was too fast and there were too many people, and he had a headache to listen to.

"Lao Li, what's the situation?" Lao Liang saw the chaotic office hall.

"You ask me, who do I ask. "Li An probably knows that the Cefalu people are very happy, but he is also confused, although Director Chu is famous, it is not so exaggerated.

The female clerk calmed down a little, and then handed Li Ang a stack of newspapers.

Director Chu Shun will give his lover a gift again, and according to star Carlo, the new film is still being shot in Sicily. - The Daily Journal of Rome

Syracuse is ready for director Chu Shun's second shoot, and Mayor Pani said: Director Chu Shun likes Syracuse the most, and the people of Syracuse will always welcome director Chu Shun. —Sicily Weekly

"Exclusive interview with Azula, the second female star valued by director Chu Shun since Valentina. - Milan Entertainment Newspaper

According to the analysis of the famous film critic Pang Ke, director Chu Shun's shooting style is to instrumentalize everything, including actors, photography, and filming locations, and Syracuse is suitable for filming the beautiful legend of Sicily, but it is not necessarily suitable for shooting new films, so the possibility of choosing the same shooting location is low. - Torino Business Newspaper

That's right, since the audition, Chu Shun's new film has become a hot topic in Italy, to be precise, not only Italy, but also Europa is very concerned.

The Turin Business newspaper also opened a voting channel on it, listing more than 20 small towns in Sicily, and Cefalou was at the bottom of the vote because there were no famous churches.

"Wait a minute, gentlemen, and I will inform Mr. Mapihuni of this. The female clerk said a word, and went upstairs.

Originally, the lease was just a matter of finding the head of traffic safety, but now the female clerk is looking for the mayor of the town, Mapihuni.

The others arranged seats for Li Angen and Lao Liang and served a cup of black tea.

The reason why the official staff treats the two so seriously must be because Chu Shun, in addition to the pride of being selected to shoot a new film, also has tangible benefits.

Since the release of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", the number of tourists in the small town of Siracusa has increased by an average of 31 percent, an extremely frightening figure.

Not to mention foreign tourists from France, Germany, Argentina and other places, there are many people in Italy from Milan, Genoa and Naples.

In particular, some European Internet celebrities go to Sicily for the central square of the Syracuse Church.

Although the salary of civil servants in small Italian towns is also a constant standard, the benefits are not, and if the town's finances are good, the benefits will be much better.

This is similar to the United States, why do some people say that the United States is safe, some people say that every day shootings, the law and order are in the rich areas, and there are seven or eight policemen with loaded guns on a street, what gangsters commit crimes?

Well—it doesn't seem right, it seems that the police are more dangerous.

"Lao Li, what is written in this newspaper?" Lao Liang felt that he had become illiterate.

"To sum up, Director Chu is awesome. Li An said.

"Huh?" Lao Liang [ ] was confused, isn't the world known about Chu Dao's? Why do you repeat it, is there something big about it?

After a while, Ang Lee waited for the mayor of the town, Mabehuni, a white man in his fifties wearing glasses.

Mapihuni was very excited, when he saw the news report, he had fantasies, but he really just thought about it, first of all, the beach is not as good as Trapani, Agligento has the most complete ancient Greek temple complex in the world, Taormina can overlook the largest active volcano in Europe, and there is at least a cathedral in Syracusa, which is where Marlena walked.

There is nothing in Cefalù, there is no name in Sicily, and there are basically no tourists to visit.

"Welcome to the crew of director Chu Shun. Mapihuni's first sentence was a direct statement: "The crew needs any support, and I give it my full support on behalf of our Cefalù." ”

Things are simpler than Ang Lee imagined, the conditions are also very relaxed, how many locals must be invited, how many jobs must be created, there are none, even the rental fee is extremely low, the most important thing is official cooperation.

"I've been an external producer for so many years, and I've never seen such good conditions. Ang Lee didn't say a word, and he had never been treated so politely.

Of course, leasing is to create tax revenue for the local area, so the official attitude is not bad, but the official attitude of Cefalù cannot be described as not bad, it is simply welcome.

"Two gentlemen, we just did a quick survey in the town, and the residents are very welcome, and we want to hold a welcome event for Director Chu Shun and everyone in the crew, I don't know if it's okay. After the negotiation, Mapihuni moved on to something else.

From the time Li Liang and the two of them said their identities, to the present time that they have been negotiated, it has not been half an hour since the total of the total has been done, and half an hour has been done in the town?

"I need to discuss this with the director. "Regarding other things other than the filming location, Ang Lee can't make the decision.

Mapihuni expressed his understanding: "Indeed, it is true that Director Chu Shun must be informed. ”

Li An immediately called Chu Shun to inform him, the latter's phone could not be reached for a long time, or no one answered it, but fortunately this time it was lucky, after two rings, it was connected over there, and Chu Shun's voice came.

Chu Shun said: "Has the matter been negotiated?"

Li An didn't delay and reported all the situation to Chu Shun.

As a well-respected Italian director Chu Shun, he is looking for yellow nuts all over the mountain, whose scientific name is pine lactobacillus.

Most of the mushrooms are best in July, August and September, while pine lactobacillus mushrooms can be eaten in April and May, and once they exceed June, they are bitter and unpalatable.

"The signal is a bit bad, so I can't hear you exactly. Chu Shun summed up by hearing sporadic voices: "I'll summarize that we have already negotiated in Cefalu, and then the town wants to get us a welcome ceremony, right?" ”

Li An said: "Yes. ”

"That's fine, the next report will be simpler, summarized in detail into a document, and send it to me. Chu Shun said.

"Got it. "It's the first time Ang Lee has encountered such an easy thing, so I'm a little excited.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Shun continued to look for mushrooms, he stayed in Heihe Village for two weeks, also to wait for Xiao Ni's junior high school exam, and then participate in the promotion ceremony.

The time of the junior high school entrance examination varies from region to region, with mid-June in Shancheng and early May in Sichuan Province.

At the end of April, almost all the cast and crew arrived in Cefalù, and there were quite a lot of people, and the bustling and deserted town was lively.

With the cooperation of the authorities, the Beach Center Hotel, and the surrounding row of residential houses, were used as residences for the cast and crew.

Chu Shun, Odia, Carlo, and Azula are important crew characters, and the room must be much better.

"Director Odia, I didn't expect you to be here. Azula hurriedly came over to say hello.

Odia has won three David Awards for Best Director and two Silver Ribbon Best Director, and has a very high status in the Italian entertainment industry, to be precise, he is a famous director in the European circle.

"I'm pleasantly surprised, I'm the assistant director of this film. Odia laughed.

Azura smiled, she thought Odya was joking, but after laughing, she noticed that Odya had a serious face and restrained her smile.

She tentatively asked, "Really?"

"Of course, I'd love to see in person, with the style of the film. Odia's tone was full of anticipation.

Azula doesn't know what to say, the famous director is the assistant director, Chu Shun's card is too big!

Odia was originally invited by Chu Shun to play the elderly Duoduo, but later he proposed to be the executive director of this play.

Obviously, Chu Shun has no reason to refuse, and for this No. 1 fan in Europe, Chu Shun is also counting on Odya to give him an award.

"Director Odia, hello for the first time, I'm Carlo. Carlo came running too.

"Act well, the movie directed by Chu Shun must be a good movie. Odia encouraged.

"Cinema Paradiso" is about to set sail.