As a member of the crew of "Detective Chinatown", Li Mo is the latest to join the group.

He was accompanied by only the commander of the kingdom of Thailand.

Li Mo's assistant Feng Wen, as well as the production team under Zong Shuai, were sent to the Kingdom of Thailand half a month ago.

Because "Detective Chinatown" was temporarily added by Li Mo because of Cheng Sicheng's demon, the preparation time was indeed tight, but in order to show the unique appearance of the exotic Chinatown in the movie, the crew had to choose to go abroad for on-site shooting, so what worried Li Mo the most was whether he could find a suitable location.

Originally, Li Mo was still thinking of going to Yunnan Province near the southwestern border of the Celestial Empire to try his luck, but as soon as his idea came out, it was unanimously opposed by Zong Shuai and Zhong Lifang.

After inquiry, Li Mo realized that he had made a mistake of taking it for granted.

Not to mention how fast the economic development of the Celestial Empire has been in recent years, even if you go back ten years, the urban planning of southern Yunnan Province has been quite good, and it is already an impossible task to find the old-fashioned streets, buildings and abandoned car yards in the huge vacant land that Li Mo envisioned in the local area.

What's more, although they are only separated by a border, the Celestial Empire and a certain country in Southeast Asia on the opposite side have long been completely different worlds.

So, what if you build a scene in China?

Please, Molong Media's family background is not comparable to the local government and local money that are willing to let Chen Ge take the money, even if Li Mo has that spare money in his hands, he can find such a large piece of vacant land, just talking about the time cost, Li Mo feels that he can't afford to lose.

There is a wise saying in ancient times: 'An inch of time is an inch of gold, and it is difficult to buy an inch of time'!

With so much time to wait for the set, why not do something else?

Besides, the Qin Palace built by Chen Ge, Tang Cheng can still slowly return to its roots by renting a space for filming by the crew in the later stage, and tourists coming to visit and visit, how can anyone travel to a dilapidated and dirty old neighborhood?

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After arriving in the Kingdom of Thailand, Li Mo first learned about the progress of the advance team's work in Bangkok. It was only at this time that Li Mo deeply realized how correct it was to pull Zhong Lifang into Molong Media.

Even if it is not too much to describe it as a treasure.

In such a short period of time, Zhong Lifang actually urged his subordinates to find a large vacant studio in the eastern suburbs of Bangkok.

Although the place was not so much a set as it was an empty space for all kinds of waste.

In the entire Southeast Asian region, the level of development of the film and television industry is actually a bit low.

Although the Kingdom of Thailand has begun to build its own film and television industry after entering the new century, except for the occasional youth romance movie and action movies such as "Boxer", the film and television industry of the Kingdom of Thailand still lacks more influential works.

But none of this has anything to do with Li Mo.

He just came to make a movie, not to make a movie to help the poor in the countryside......

Standing at the entrance of this venue, Li Mo felt this place up close and intuitive for the first time.

…… Except for a few slightly dilapidated sound stages, most of the space is filled with empty spaces stacked with miscellaneous items and old-fashioned buildings that seem to have obvious ideas.

"Eh, Sister Zhong, in addition to this place, do we still have some scenes to shoot in Chinatown in the south of Bangkok?"

After going around the venue, Li Mo already had a basic understanding of this place, but for the sake of prudence, he still tilted his head and asked Zhong Lifang, who was making a cameo appearance.

"Mr. Li, I just have something I want to tell you. Zhong Lifang took out a shooting plan that had been prepared a long time ago, pointed to a part of the content that had been checked on it and said to Li Mo: "If you can, try to consider completing this part of the shot in the eastern suburbs." ”

"Eh, Sister Zhong, what are you?"

Li Mo took over the plan in Zhong Lifang's hand, and the whole person was stunned.

If you follow this part of the content marked by Zhong Lifang, then a series of indoor scenes including Songpa's studio, Tang Ren's house, and Ah Xiang's house in "Detective Chinatown" can only be completed here.

"Sister Zhong, if those scenes are to be built on the spot, it is possible to hire a large number of local people to complete them," Li Mo almost didn't need to calculate much, and he could quickly come to the conclusion, "Even if the local labor is cheap, the materials and props needed to build the scene are ...... The most important thing is that we don't have that much time. ”

"If you have a new situation, you should be able to understand it by looking at the list below on page 2. ”

"Page two?"

According to Zhong Lifang's words, Li Mo turned to the place she said......

And then ......

"No problem, Sister Zhong, just do as you say. ”

…… Of course, Li Mo is not stupid, and Zhong Lifang is a master of cost control.

There is a reason for them to make such a seemingly laborious decision.

It all started with a tax refund policy recently introduced by the Kingdom of Thailand.

Due to the huge influence of Xu Zheng's "Thai Embarrassment" in the Celestial Empire, the number of tourists from the Celestial Empire to the Kingdom of Thailand has shown a trend of increasing year by year in recent years, which also makes the local government see the great role of the Celestial Empire, especially the Celestial Empire film industry, in tourism and external image promotion for Southeast Asian countries like the Kingdom of Thailand.

Therefore, in order to promote the tourism industry in the Kingdom of Thailand, but also to boost the local employment rate, after the current Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, has been committed to pushing the parliament to pass a tax rebate policy specifically for foreign film crews.

Coincidentally, this policy was passed by parliament just before the filming of Detective Chinatown began.

(PS: Thailand does have this tax refund policy, but for the sake of the situation, the implementation time has been advanced, and the party must not delve into it.) ）

According to the provisions of this policy, as long as the expenses incurred due to the production of the film in the Kingdom of Thailand exceed 50 million baht, you can enjoy a 15% tax refund, and if the film has a policy to promote the tourism of the Kingdom of Thailand, you can enjoy an additional 3% of the amount.

In addition, the eastern suburbs of Bangkok, which Zhong Lifang selected, was originally a well-known local low-income area, and the local city government simply took advantage of this shareholder trend to launch a tax rebate with local characteristics: if more than 500 locals are employed here and the expenses exceed 30 million baht, then they will also enjoy a 10% tax rebate discount......

If Li Mo follows Zhong Lifang's suggestion and calculates so miscellaneously, the investment of 120 million in "Detective Chinatown" can be at least a quarter of the tax refund alone.

With this premise, the problems that Li Mo mentioned just now don't seem to be problems at all.

What's more, the filming work has not yet begun, and even if the shooting plan is revised at this time, the impact will be limited, and it is estimated that Zhong Lifang also saw this, so he will put forward his opinions to Li Mo as soon as he arrives in Bangkok.

For the sake of money, Li Mo doesn't mind being a little troublesome.

However, before starting filming, Li Mo first confirmed the status of the actors.