Frontier Airport.

Liao Meiqi's team stepped down from the plane in order, and the staff at the airport entrance received the news in advance and arranged more than a dozen security guards to escort them in a double row.

After getting off the plane, He Yongchao, the chief agent of 101, called and said with a smile: "Director Fu has arranged for someone to wait in the airport hall, let's meet them directly." ”

"Okay. ”

After Liao Meiqi replied, she lowered her head and fiddled with her mobile phone.

In the past two days, she has been searching for news about the relationship between her brother and Han Yu on the Internet, and she has called, but the brother doesn't seem to care about this matter at all, and just warns Liao Meiqi not to pay attention to this matter and not to interfere.

But although Liao Meiqi agreed, she didn't think so, and almost had to look at it on the Internet every day to ensure that the situation would not break out further.

Because of the busy schedule, she did not have the opportunity to watch her brother's solo tour, so she could only enjoy the scenery of the concert hall through Xiao Peng's live video broadcast during the break after work.

He Yongchao saw that Liao Meiqi was absent-minded, and frowned slightly, "Meiqi, Director Fu's first film and television work is not something that everyone can participate in, there have been many first-line actors who have to participate in it before, but they all failed, so you have to cheer up! If this audition is successful, you will have more possibilities in the future." ”

"Brother Yongchao. ”

Liao Meiqi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely succeed in the audition this time, not for anything else, just because this drama was written by my brother." ”

He Yongchao was stunned for a moment, and then asked with great interest: "Miki, did you get any news from your brother?

Liao Meiqi shook her head.

He Yongchao frowned again, but he didn't say too much, beckoned a group of staff behind him, and began to walk towards the outside of the airport hall.

Liao Meiqi put on a mask, lowered the brim of her baseball cap, and when she walked, her ponytail kept flicking, coupled with her blue and white sportswear, she looked youthful.

As soon as the group appeared in the airport hall, it attracted the attention of passers-by.

But because the itinerary is confidential, even if some people think it is a star, no one can recognize the identity at the first time, but they will secretly take out their mobile phones to take a few photos and post them on social networks.

Soon, under the escort of security personnel, everyone converged with Liu Hai and others who came to pick up the plane.

The two sides were a little polite, and without too much communication, they took rows of off-road vehicles and drove towards the desert.

The Taklamakan Desert, located in the center of the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang, is the largest desert in China, the tenth largest desert in the world, and the second largest mobile desert in the world.

The entire desert is about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west and 400 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of 330,000 square kilometers. The average annual precipitation does not exceed 100 mm, with a minimum of four or five millimeters, but the average evaporation is as high as 3,000 mm.

This makes the entire desert, even in the air, contain grains of sand that are visible to the naked eye.

Before entering the desert, in order to adapt to the environment, the group also changed into mountaineering clothes, and Liao Meiqi even changed into a top hat and veil to block the blowing sand and dust.

The crew of "Exquisite Ancient City" is setting up a scene here, and the protagonists have also made various preparations in advance in order to shoot this popular IP, such as gaining weight for fattening, tanning for tanning, and memorizing lines for memorizing lines.

Among them, the heroine who played Shirley Yang read the book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" twice in just one week, in order to better understand the soul of the character in the original book.

The initial investment in the whole drama was as high as 200 million yuan.

Although it is Fu Yuntao's first film and television drama, just by virtue of Fu Yuntao's personal charm in the circle, he has united more than a dozen film and television companies to jointly finance, among them, in terms of small yellow croaker culture, he has invested 20 million yuan.

In order to get the best visual effect, the whole team had to shoot not only the large avalanche in the Kunlun Mountains, but also the black sandstorm in the Taklamakan Desert.

In addition, the appearance of monsters such as red slings, pig-faced bats, and black-eyed monster snakes, as well as the presentation of murals, stone carvings, and coffins, also require a dual combination of real scenes and special effects to achieve excellence.

Such a huge investment is not common in the production of online dramas, but this is only the initial investment, and after post-production, the investment of the whole drama to reach 250 million is only a guaranteed number.

Many people actually have a lot of confidence in this drama, after all, it is the most popular IP on the market in the past two years, and it has detonated hundreds of millions of discussions on the Internet before it was broadcast, which is very rare in many big productions.

The only uncertainty point is the director Fu Yuntao, Fu Yuntao is the godfather of variety shows, leading and filming many popular variety shows, but he is not a popular film and television drama director, this "Exquisite Ancient City" can be said to be his debut in film and television, therefore, the outside world is not very confident in Director Fu.

But the key problem is that the copyright of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" is in the hands of Fu Yuntao.

When I think of this problem, many film and television salaries regret it.

At the beginning, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was just popular, Fu Yuntao made the first move, and bought the film and television copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" at the sky-high price of "seven million" that all investors did not dare to throw.

Many people feel that this price is too high.

But as time passes, more and more people have become fans of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and if you put it now, the starting price of the film and television copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" exceeds 10 million.

Many people are annoyed by their short-sightedness.

The crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" did not go deep into the desert, but only filmed in an area 30 kilometers away from the land city, and Liao Meiqi and others will soon meet the crew.

After getting the news, Fu Yuntao threw down the shouting microphone in his hand and greeted Liao Meiqi and his party enthusiastically.

"This is black tea, that is, Pu'er tea, it is inconvenient to transport materials in the desert, so you will drink it!"

In the makeshift tent, Fu Yuntao personally made tea for Liao Meiqi and He Yongchao, which made the latter a little flattered.

He Yongchao hurriedly got up and took the teacup, took a sip, and suddenly felt bitter, but he still gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "The fragrance is mellow, good tea!"

Liao Meiqi took off her veil, looked at Fu Yuntao's dark face, and said with a smile: "Director Fu, it's been a long time, you have turned black." ”

"Hey, it's been like this after a few days in the desert. ”

Fu Yuntao said with a smile: "But, men, it's good to be dark, manly, but you girls can't, you must wear more sunscreen here, otherwise you will definitely become like me, and when the time comes, your brother will have to trouble me, haha!"

After chatting and reminiscing about the old days, Fu Yuntao asked someone to bring the character script and handed it to Liao Meiqi: "This is your script, because many scenes have been built, and there is not much time left for you, so you have to memorize the lines quickly." After two days, the crew and actors will arrive, you can ask them more about their acting skills, of course, if there is anything you don't understand, you can also ask me directly. ”

He Yongchao felt that something was wrong, and he asked cautiously, "Director Fu, let's not audition?"

Fu Yuntao's eyes widened: "Audition?

"No, I'm afraid of gossip from others......" He Yongchao said excitedly.

Fu Yuntao smiled: "Just by virtue of my relationship with Teacher Liao Yuan, her sister takes a role, who dares to gossip? ”