The location of "Journey to the West", Zhao Zhenghao chose the Beibao Film and Television Base in Ningxia Town, which is also the location of the original "Journey to the West".

However, when the original version of "Journey to the West" was filmed, the film and television production industry in China was still in the early stage of development, and the so-called film and television base was actually a desolate wilderness.

Now, after more than 20 years of development, Zhenbeibao Film and Television Base is now a national 5A-level scenic spot, and is one of the three major film and television bases in the Dragon Kingdom.

The film and television base is not very far from Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia, only an hour's drive away, and the transportation is very convenient, which is one of the reasons why Zhao Zhenghao chose this place as the location of "Journey to the West".

Zhao Zhenghao set a total investment of 500 million for the upper and lower parts of "Journey to the West", which is a very generous budget, because although this film has magical colors and some special effects shots, but overall, the cost of special effects will not be more than that of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

In terms of actors' salaries, the cost is not much, and the two heroines, because they are both newcomers in the film industry, only got a basic salary, which is not as high as the salaries of the main supporting roles!

And Zhao Zhenghao, the biggest name in this film, is paid in the name of investment, not taking cash, but waiting for dividends afterwards.

Therefore, this film, in terms of logistical support, has a sufficient budget, and has the wealth to charter a hotel directly near the film and television base as a foothold for the entire crew.

Zhao Zhenghao, as the core and soul of the entire crew, was the last to arrive at the hotel and join the crew, because he first dealt with some special effects production in the capital and delayed some time.

However, the actors who arrived early and the rest of the crew were not idle, and the actors could familiarize themselves with the script - this time it was the full version of the script, including those classic lines, and the rest of the crew was also preparing for the official shooting.

This time, the crew of Zhao Zhenghao used many old people who had cooperated in the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story", they already have a certain understanding of Zhao Zhenghao's work habits, and they can do as much as possible with their prior preparations.

In fact, when Zhao Zhenghao did not come, the crew had already tried to shoot a few shots under the control of Wang Yulan, of course, all of them were cutscenes that had nothing to do with Zhao Zhenghao, the actor, which also got Zhao Zhenghao's permission, after Zhao Zhenghao arrived, he looked at the shooting materials, felt that the effect was good, and decided to use it.

After Zhao Zhenghao and the crew converged, the official filming began in full swing.

Because there are many action scenes in this "Journey to the West", Zhao Zhenghao specially hired an action director to be responsible for the shooting of action scenes, so that the entire crew can be divided into two parts to speed up the filming progress.

Most importantly, it can also save a lot of time for actors.

The entertainment industry of the Dragon Kingdom, although it has developed quite maturely, but some deep-rooted things have not been transformed, for actors, especially popular actors, there is a word to describe it with an appropriate word, that is, "quick success"!

As long as it is an actor with a little name, he will seize every opportunity to take on as many plays as possible, on the one hand, to increase his exposure and strive to become a little more famous, and on the other hand, to make money as much as possible.

For those actors who are popular, this is even more so, and even the disadvantages of "rolling dramas", "using stand-ins", and "cutting pictures" are far greater than the benefits that can be obtained for the development of the entire film and television industry, which are already managed in the industry and are not uncommon.

The film industry is better, compared to making cinema movies, it is the highest thing in the entire entertainment industry, and movie cafes can also greatly enhance the status of the actors themselves, and the treatment is naturally different.

However, even so, there are very few that are dedicated to a movie, preparing for months, or even a year, or taking months, a year to craft!

Especially for those popular little fresh meat and little Huadan, it is already quite difficult and face-saving to be able to squeeze out two or three months of schedule, and An An can make a movie in parts, and the crew can't ask for more.

Among the actors of "Journey to the West", although there are no popular little fresh meat and little flowers, Feng Xiaojing and Yu Yabin, who can barely be regarded as little flowers, have also been agreed by the brokerage company "Nine Star Entertainment", and the filming schedule is not limited!

However, when "Nine Star Entertainment" said this promise, it was gritting its back molars. As the pillar of their company's artist department, Y's income from commercial performances accounted for more than one-third of the company's total revenue in previous years!

And. Y is promoted to the front line and a good time to make a lot of money, Feng Xiaojing and Yu Yabin return one day later, and "Nine Star Entertainment" will have to endure a day's losses!

If it weren't for the hope that "Journey to the West" could bring the two of them to a higher level of fame, and "Nine Star Entertainment" itself is also one of the investment shareholders of "Journey to the West", it would be absolutely impossible for them to make this promise!

People are benevolent and righteous, no matter what Zhao Zhenghao says here, he has to get by, he can't use chicken feathers as an arrow, and really extend the filming schedule of Feng Xiaojing and Yu Yabin indefinitely!

Therefore, when there were not too many scenes of Yu Yabin in the early stage, Yu Yabin followed the action director and went to shoot the action scenes first, and when Feng Xiaojing's main scenes were roughly finished, the two of them were dropped one by one.

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The beginning of "Journey to the West" explains the antecedents of the whole story - Sun Wukong, who couldn't stand Tang Seng's nagging, was born to the guts, and decided to kill the teacher, but was stopped by Guanyin Bodhisattva who arrived in time, after a dialogue, Sun Wukong was accepted by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and decided to kill, Tang Seng at this time with the fearless spirit of my Buddha, to fight with Sun Wukong, hoping that Sun Wukong can reform himself.

However, Zhao Zhenghao did not shoot these shots first according to the plot of the movie, but left them behind, the main reason for this is that in these scenes, Zhao Zhenghao played Sun Wukong has to carry out special effects makeup.

Although the current makeup technology is changing with each passing day, and the Monkey King style designed by Zhao Zhenghao only seeks to be like a god, and does not require a similar shape, which greatly reduces the difficulty of makeup, but it still takes at least three hours to put on the entire special effects makeup.

In addition, Zhao Zhenghao specially asked to play the old artist Tang Seng, in the first half of "Journey to the West", there are only these few scenes, and then there will be no role for him in the whole movie, in line with the principle of thinking about his old man's body, Zhao Zhenghao decided to postpone the shooting of these shots, and wait until the second half of the filming is carried out, and then shoot together.