"It is a pleasure to meet you, Sir Scott. ”

Zhang Chu stepped forward to shake hands with the gray-haired Ridley Scott, who has loved the director's work since his last life, and calls him Lao Lei on the Internet as affectionately as fans.

Chris gave Zhang Chu a hug, "As you wish, I invited Jazz over, how are you going to convince us?"

Universal's filming crew is scattered across New Zealand, some by helicopter and others with viewfinders.

Zhang Chu pointed to the luxury car he rented and said, "I invite you to my house as a guest." ”

"You bought a house here?" Chris knew that Zhang Chu had a limited edition mansion in Yanjing, but he didn't expect it to be on the other side of the world.

"It's not about buying a house, it's about buying land. When I was traveling in New Zealand before, I noticed that the scenery of one place was very beautiful, exactly like Hobbiton inside, and it happened that the ranch was for sale, so I simply bought it. ”

Ridley was not familiar with Zhang Chu, it was just a routine, he moved his shoulders and said, "Everything in this place can be found in the UK." I don't know why I came to such a remote place!"

For those who have witnessed the glory of the empire, the colony of New Zealand is certainly not in the eye.

Even though it is now an independent country, it is still a member of the Commonwealth.

Faced with the old man's doubts, Zhang Chu simply explained: "Britain is too developed and does not have such pure natural scenery, where we can avoid the prosperity of modern industry and directly substitute the audience into the magical world." ”

A simple tout of Britain in exchange for Ridley's nod, this deal is not a loss!

Heading southeast along the highway from Auckland Airport, the asphalt road is flanked by endless green savannahs full of cattle, sheep and horses, and it looks very harmonious.

"Now this is my ranch, and I want to show you a place before I go to my house. ”

Zhang Chu sold the guanzi and did not explain where he wanted to take them.

A convoy of six or seven cars drove down the main road onto the dirt road, and Ridley Scott felt the bumps of the rough road, and although he was over eighty years old, he was very interested in such a journey that brought a little bit of adventure, something carved into his bones!

The endless meadow is covered with rolling hills, covered with a large amount of grass, and where the car stops, there is a large tree.

Both the director and the producer have read "The Lord of the Rings" over and over again, and now when they open the car door and walk out, they immediately link it to the text!

"If you dig a few small caves in the hills over there and put a fence around them, it's the Hobbits' houses!"

When it describes the Hobbit Village, it focuses on the towering round tree. During the festival, the hobbits in the village celebrate with a party under the tree.

Now it's all like a reality from words!

"My initial thoughts were very similar to yours, and I was very surprised when I saw this scene. Zhang Chu was very satisfied, no matter how many words he spoke, he couldn't compare to reality.

This is his last effort, if he still doesn't shoot here, then he will ask the set designer and architect of the crew to create a Hobbiton dream for himself as it is.

Ridley-Scott, who had been silent, scanned his surroundings with his gaze, and suddenly took out a monocular telescope-like thing from his coat pocket and stared at the small hill not far away.

"Chris, what is he doing here?"

Zhang Chu, as a novice in the film industry, doesn't know what the meaning of this move is, could it be that the old man can't see things clearly and must carry a telescope with him?

Chris found that Zhang Chu really didn't understand, so he stepped aside and explained in a low voice: "Sir Scott's first job was to do set design on BBC TV, and he has very high requirements for the set of the film. What he has in his hand is not a telescope, but a director's viewfinder, which is indispensable when making movies. ”

If you often watch the behind-the-scenes footage of movies, you will find that these directors almost have one, and often use this thing to simulate the environment of the big screen in the theater.

"The overall environment is ok, but it looks too monotonous, and it would be better to dig a small lake under the hill to decorate!"

Ridley Scott, who had not said a word before, suddenly said a startling statement, it turned out that he already had all the ideas for the transformation here.

"The round door can be embedded directly into the top of the hill over there, and it doesn't really dig a hole, it's just used for filming. We only need to get the hole in the bottom of the bag where the protagonist is located, and we can get one here to do the exterior scenes, and we still need to rebuild it when we actually shoot. ”

That's for sure.

There are so many crew members in a crew, how wide does the cave have to be dug to allow the actors, cameras, tape recorders, and lighting machines to fit in?

"Whatever you want, anyway, when you're done shooting, I'm going to build a hole in the bottom of the bag on another hill according to my height standards. ”

If it is really according to the standard of a halfling, Zhang Chu estimates that he will have to learn the bone shrinking technique!

Chris didn't say yes directly, and he didn't know if it was Ridley's kind words or if he really thought so.

It was not early now, and the ranch had specially slaughtered cows and lambs to entertain these guests from afar, and Zhang Chu led them to drive towards the living quarters.

The driver was driving in front, and Zhang Chu took out his iPad, took out the photo album he had specially set up and put it in front of Chris and Ridley, and took the initiative to explain: "These are all scenes taken when I went on a trip last time. All three were taken from Wellington, and the forest above Mount Victoria doesn't look like the forest where Frodo and the Black Knight are hiding from the Black Knights? Is there a better place to photograph Rivendell recovering from his injuries after Frodo's assassination than Esengard Gardens?"

Next, Zhang Chu showed them a variety of scenery and landforms, where they could photograph the main city of the Rohan Kingdom, where there were swamps, snow-capped mountains, hills, and wilderness.

The fact that tiny New Zealand can find so many scenery that fits the movie scene makes Chris and Ridley Scott nod their heads frequently.

"Maybe you can write us these addresses to save the time of the location team members surveying the scenery. ”

Ridley silently calculated, "I guess we will spend the whole year in New Zealand, this is still a primitive scene, if you want to create a leisurely country life like Hobbiton and Shire, it will take at least half a year or more." There are other sets that need to be built, and it would be nice to be able to officially start shooting in June next year!"