Somewhat similar to its next-door neighbor, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is not the capital, but the economic, cultural and tourist center of the city.

When Zhang Chu and his family arrived at the airport, the tour company had already prepared the tour guide and driver, and would take them around Auckland for a day, waiting for Chris and Ridley Scott and his party to arrive.

The country is not too big, and it is about a two-hour drive from Auckland to the small town of Matamata where the ranch is located, making it very convenient for self-driving.

It's just that at this time, Matamata Town was still just a traditional agricultural and pastoral area, and it had not developed into a world-famous hobbit village, so there were not too many foreign populations.

Zhang Chu had already told the ranch management the purpose, and the people of the Alexander family had already prepared a meal for tomorrow's meeting.

They don't want to see the ranch destroyed, but they welcome a blockbuster movie, especially since the ranch has changed owners!

"The air here is very comfortable, and you can still see the blue sky and white clouds. Chu Lan kept filming the surrounding environment with her mobile phone, she couldn't hold the matcha at this time, so she had to give it back to Zhang Chu.

"So I come here every year for a month or two to wash my lungs, and it's good to retire in the future. ”

Zhang Bowen flatly refused: "No, I'd rather go back to my hometown in Jiangcheng Township." I don't understand what to say here, I don't know how to communicate with others, and I can't even eat food. ”

For them, it's okay to travel once in a while, but they don't want to stay here for a long time.

Zhang Chu didn't force them, he is still middle-aged, and he is not old enough to retire, not to mention that he also has so many houses in China, so he doesn't have to worry about having no good place to retire!

Matcha frequently flicked the strap on the collar with her paws, and she was not used to the feeling of being restrained.

With its swarthy hair and round figure, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most beautiful boy in the whole street, and almost all passers-by are attracted by its beauty, and there will always be people who stop to say hello to it.

But Chinese cats can't understand foreign words, and only when they are touched by blonde ladies will Matcha show an expression of enjoyment, full of face control!

Some museums and these places are not allowed to bring cats in, it just so happened that Zhang Chu had been there before, so he stayed outside to play with matcha, and Zhang Bowen Chulan and his wife followed the Chinese guide to visit.

Fortunately, most of New Zealand is full of natural beauty, and museums are a handful after all, so that a family of four can get together.

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Xie Yunfei, an editor at Watching Movies magazine, had to get to work when people were immersed in the Golden Week holiday.

It's just that the benefit of this job is to go to Los Angeles to watch a movie, which is almost a business trip at public expense, and of course you have to bring your wife and children with you.

This is a magazine sponsored by Emei Film Studio, which is currently the most well-known in China, witnessing the rise of Chinese films, influencing generations of fans, and is affectionately known as the movie bible.

The bustling streets of Los Angeles seem to be overrun by Chinese tourists, with tour groups coming and going.

But Xie Yunfei is different, he walked into the theater temporarily contracted by Warner Bros., checked his passport and invitation letter many times, not only to scan whether there is photography equipment on his body, but also to receive his mobile phone in a plastic bag with his name on it for temporary storage.

This posture looks like a visit to the White House, and the non-disclosure agreement has been figured out!

Speaking of which, Xie Yunfei is the first time to participate in the media preview of this kind of Hollywood blockbuster, usually this first preview is held in Hollywood, and domestic media will never be invited to participate.

Generally, when the movie is about to be released, domestic distributors will contact media such as "Watching Movies" for test screenings.

Probably this time Warner Bros. film "Life of Pi" has too many Chinese elements, it is impossible to leave the Chinese market, and they even think that the box office in Chinese mainland will far exceed its North American box office!

Think about it, the author of the original book is China's most famous best-selling author, the film director is China's only Oscar-winning director, and the original book has set off a wave of discussion.

Among a group of foreign media people and film critics, Xie Yunfei was a little uncomfortable, although he could understand what he was talking about, he didn't know anyone, and he didn't even introduce him, which was extremely embarrassing.

Fortunately, he saw a familiar face at this time!

Tong Hao, an old acquaintance of "Universal Screen", and Xu Ou, "Popular Movie", are chatting with another beautiful woman.

"Old boy, I thought I was alone, but I finally found the organization!

"I knew your magazine would definitely send you, and you were the only ones who could understand English movies without subtitles. Let me introduce to you, this is Ye Shumei Ye of Hanlin Culture Media. ”

Since it is the first media test screening of Zhang Chu's movie, of course Hanlin Culture Media must come over to take a look, and Ye Shumei is the best representative.

She stretched out her hand to shake Xie Yunfei and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome." This time, Warner Bros. invited a total of three movie magazines and an online media time.com, but Time.com is an external film critic, and now I have a lot of fun chatting with them. ”

Nowadays, there are too few authoritative film media in the Chinese film industry, and these four are still selected by the tallest of the shorter.

The media preview is to give the film one last chance to make changes.

Ye Shumei didn't try to say that she wanted to buy these media people, that was the business of distributors like Warner Bros., and she, as the CEO of Zhang Chu's agency, couldn't wade into this troubled water.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first media preview of Life of Pi today. Please keep quiet during the viewing process, according to the confidentiality agreement you have signed, you will not disclose the specific plot of the film and related comments in any way after the screening. "The bald foreign man on stage looked like a Warner Bros. executive, and he was saying something that everyone understood, and it was a cliché.

But which test screening will end and not be full of gossip?

You can't say it directly, but it's always okay to imply, right?

Playing a little bit of a sideball or something, the issuing company won't care too much.

The plot of the movie was spoiled by the eponymous spoiler a few years ago, just to see how the director shot these scenes, after all, the visual effects are amazing from the trailer and tidbits!

White people dominate Hollywood, but in recent years blacks and Latinas have also risen in status, and only yellow-skinned Asians are not treated very well.

Xie Yunfei found his place and sat down, he silently prayed in his heart that this film would have excellent quality, so that Chinese actors could make a name for themselves in Hollywood!

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