Chapter 61: Los Angeles Travelogue

In order to make Chen Zishan's mood better, Zhang Lexing took her to have a good tour near Los Angeles for more than a week, and the first stop was Sunset Boulevard, which is only an hour's drive from the city center.

Sunset Boulevard is a famous shopping street in West Hollywood, lined with palm trees and movie billboards, trendy clothing stores, restaurants and cafés, and is said to be home to many movie stars and entertainment giants. Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan held hands, walked and stopped on Sunset Boulevard, sometimes going to the roadside video store to rummage through those old records, reminiscing about those classic melodies, sometimes buying a cone in a cold drink shop, and the two of them slowly tasted it while walking, and often spent an afternoon leisurely like this.

When you come to Hollywood, you can't miss a visit to Universal Studios. Because of the cooperative relationship between DreamWorks and Universal, Zhang Lexing has been to Universal Pictures several times before, and by the way, he has also visited Universal Studios, so this time he came to visit with Chen Zishan, and Zhang Lexing was the guide of the city.

There is a fountain in front of the gate of Universal Studios, and there is a huge Universal Pictures earth sign inside, many tourists have taken pictures in front of the sign, and Chen Zishan is also full of interest to join in the fun. Not far from the door, I was greeted by several bronze statues showing the filming of the movie, and the breath of the movie came to my face.

Universal Studios is built on the mountain, divided into two parts, the upper and lower parts of the mountain, which are called the high area and the low area respectively, and the area is very huge, but when you buy the ticket, you will come with a guide map. When you enter the gate of the studio, you will go to the high area, and under normal circumstances, you will start the tour from here, because some theme pavilions in the high area will have regular performances every day, and the low area will not have this problem, you can watch it at any time, so it is natural to start with the "scarce" resources.

Zhang Lexing is the same today, planning to visit the theme pavilions according to the performance time marked on the tour guide map, but it is still early, so he took Chen Zishan to take a tour bus and visit the studio work area. The tour guide wears a headset and sits on the first tour bus, but the tour bus behind has a TV to see the tour guide's wonderful performance. The tour bus drove along the road to the studio area at the bottom of the mountain, and the first thing it passed was a photo studio, which from the outside looked like a warehouse, with numbers printed on the outer walls of the studios, and a signage at the door indicating the titles of the films being filmed inside. Next pass through the town district, which is made up of various styles of town blocks that were used to shoot films of different eras and countries. After passing through the town, the tour bus passed through an area that showed the effect of the film, and saw how scenes such as car explosions, heavy rains, floods, and earthquakes were made in the film, as well as scenes such as landscapes and plane crash scenes that could be completely realistic by the design of the set.

In this process, Chen Zishan is most interested, she looks around like a curious baby, and even thinks about how this scene is built.

After touring the studio workspace, the next step is to rush to see the time-limited theme pavilions. At this time, there are not many Universal Studios theme pavilions, such as "Shrek 4D", "Terminator-3D", "Water World" and other venues have not been built at all, of course, there are not even movies at this time, how can it be possible to build corresponding venues. However, these theme pavilions are still very interesting, such as the "Animal Show" theme pavilion, which is introduced by the host how animal movies are filmed, and then interspersed with some well-trained animals and tourists to meet, among which there is an orangutan and the host's interactive performance is particularly funny, causing Chen Zishan to laugh non-stop, even Zhang Lexing, who has watched it a few times, is not immune.

There is also the "Thriller Studio", a competitive reality show event in which the audience participates. A few volunteers who volunteered to participate were really impressive, flying and climbing walls, and sticking their heads in sealed cages to spend some time with scorpions and spiders. The last link is the speed of eating in the competition, but unfortunately it is a few caterpillars that are taken out, it is so disgusting, I didn't expect that the fastest thing to eat was a lady, but Chen Zishan swore never to come to this kind of theme pavilion to play again after watching it once, maybe because the two were sitting in the front row.

came out of the "thriller set", Zhang Lexing led Chen Zishan to the "haunted house" again. As soon as he entered through the smoke-filled stone gate, the light immediately became dim, and Zhang Lexing pulled Chen Zishan inside, and the light became darker and darker. Suddenly, a ghost with long nails and fangs appeared in the iron window next to him, he rushed to the iron window, grabbed the railing of the iron window and shook it desperately, so frightened that Chen Zishan screamed "Mom" and jumped into Zhang Lexing's arms. Zhang Lexing has been immune after watching it a few times, he was not frightened, and waved his hand to greet the ghost very heartlessly, and the ghost waved his hand very well.

After that, the dark rooms were one after another, full of skeletons and zombies, and the successive frightes made Chen Zishan shrink into Zhang Lexing's arms like a cat, her eyes closed tightly, and all kinds of strange screams from time to time still made Chen Zishan's body tense from time to time. Smelling the fragrance coming from his chest, Zhang Lexing felt a little dizzy, but his hands still did not relax, and his feet were also very steady. After walking for a while, she came to a room called a mummy, and when Zhang Lexing walked through with Chen Zishan in her arms, a row of mummies wrapped in plastic bags hanging at the door wiped her face.

Chen Zishan opened her eyes and took a look, and reached over to touch it, and when she saw clearly that it was a row of mummies, she was so frightened that she screamed again, hugged Zhang Lexing tighter, and even buried her whole face in Zhang Lexing's chest, and didn't dare to turn her head back.

"Lexing, hurry up and get out, it's too scary!" Chen Zishan's slightly pitched voice came from below.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. Get out of this house and you should be not far from the exit, and I'll get you out safely. Zhang Lexing patted her on the back a few times and comforted.

Holding Chen Zishan and flashing past a few ghosts on the road, he walked down the stairs for a while, and then flashed a fanged monster with a bloody mouth, walked out of the door, and a bright light greeted him.

Zhang Lexing patted Chen Zishan's back lightly and said, "Zishan, when you get to the exit, do you want to come down and take a walk." ”

Chen Zishan opened her eyes carefully, looked around, and after making sure that it was safe, especially when she found that there were staff not far away, she quickly broke free from Zhang Lexing's arms, grabbed Zhang Lexing's arm with one hand, moved her legs and feet that were a little sore, and finally stood firm.

Chen Zishan took Zhang Lexing's arm and walked out together, the staff at the door applauded and congratulated, it turned out that there were staff in normal clothes standing in many corners, if you are afraid, you can take you out from the nearest exit, and those who can go to the end are brave. At this point, the "haunted house" trip is a successful end, as soon as she saw the sunshine outside, Chen Zishan's courage became bigger again, and she said that she would come again if she had the opportunity in the future, and she didn't know who was so scared that she couldn't even open her eyes, of course, Zhang Lexing would not come to touch her head at this time.

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After seeing several theme pavilions in the high area, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan came to the low area again, and saw how the fire scene was filmed, how various visual and sound special effects were made in the two special effects halls, and then came to the "Jurassic Park", which had just been built. Sitting on a circular tour boat, floating along the river, other tourists on the same boat held cameras to shoot around the jungle simulating the Jurassic period from time to time, Chen Zishan also excitedly held the camera to look left and right, all kinds of dinosaurs appeared in the jungle from time to time, and some would roar at tourists, as if to warn outsiders who invaded the territory. Passing through a cave at the end of the river, Chen Zishan screamed in fright as the boat fell almost vertically from a hole almost 25 meters from the waterhole below. Fortunately, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan were wearing raincoats, so they were not stained with water, but the others were not so lucky, and they were only a little short of falling soup chicken.

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It took two days to watch everything that should be seen in Universal Studios, and when he left, Chen Zishan took Zhang Lexing's arm and said reluctantly: "It's a pity that I couldn't go into the studio just now to see how the movie was made." Lexing, shall we do it again next time?"

"Zishan, it's actually easy for you to watch and make movies, I have a film company in Burbank, how about going there in two days?"

"Oh, well, I'm actually quite interested in movies, but I've always watched them on the big screen and occasionally wondered how movies were made, and this visit to Universal Studios completely hooked my interest. Lexing, you have to be responsible. ”

"Zishan, don't worry, I'll arrange it for you. ”

"Thank you. After speaking, Chen Zishan stood on tiptoe and kissed Zhang Lexing's face gently, then turned around and walked slowly behind his back with his hands.

Zhang Lexing was slightly stunned, this was the first time Chen Zishan took the initiative, it seemed that her status in her mind had risen again, and she couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in her heart. Chen Zishan's figure slowly moved away, Zhang Lexing, who came back to his senses, hurriedly chased forward, and when he came to her, Zhang Lexing grabbed her hand, and the two of them held hands again and walked towards the parking lot outside the gate.

The next day, according to the original plan, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan came to Santa Monica, near Los Angeles. Located just north of Los Angeles International Airport, Santa Monica is a well-known seaside wellness city very close to the beach. As Zhang and Chan walked the streets, there were hotels, restaurants, cinemas and Lovehouses on one side, and the beach on the other. After walking along the street for a while, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan took off their shoes and walked to the beach, the sand was very fine, and it was very comfortable to step on, as if stepping on silk.

The sun was a little dazzling, and after walking for a while, Zhang Lexing rented two deck chairs with parasols by the beach and lay down to rest with Chen Zishan. Two more cups of soft drinks were called, one for each person, and they drank it through a straw while half-lying down. Maybe it's not a weekend, there aren't many people on the beach, except for two or three adults, only a few children are playing on the beach. The waves were afraid of hitting the beach, a seabird was pacing slowly on the beach, and did not panic for the waves getting closer and closer, suddenly a big wave hit, and the seabird jumped up.

The sea is vast and vast, and the feeling on the beach is even more so, you will feel your own insignificance when you see too much, your brain will slowly become a blank, and your mind will return to emptiness, which is a good way to rest, so Zhang Lexing slowly fell asleep in the sound of waves crashing.

When Zhang Lexing woke up and looked at his watch, almost an hour and a half had passed, and when he turned his head to look to the side, Chen Zishan was no longer on the recliner. Zhang Lexing got up and looked for it, and found that she was chatting hotly with a woman playing with her child on a nearby beach.

Zhang Lexing ran over to say hello, and the woman with the child also smiled back with a friendly smile. Chen Zishan found out that Zhang Lexing was coming, and said happily: "Lexing, let's go to the side and build a sand castle to play." ”

"But we don't have the tools. ”

"Look what it is. Chen Zishan's right hand behind her was raised, and the tools in her hand were revealed, which turned out to be a small shovel, and a naughty smile appeared on her face.

Since this is the case, Zhang Lexing had no choice but to nod, took the small shovel, and Chen Zishan came to the side and squatted down, and began to work hard for the sandcastle of the two. After being busy for a while, with the efforts of shovels and hands, the sandcastle gradually took shape, but there was also a lot of sand on their faces and hands.

Zhang Lexing couldn't help but gently scratch Chen Zishan's nose with his hand, and said with a smile: "Zishan, you have become a big cat, hehe." ”

"You're no better. Chen Zishan unceremoniously fought back.

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After playing for a while, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan left the beach hand in hand, near the famous Santa Monica pier. Said to have been built eighty years ago, this pier is a symbol of the city and the oldest dock on the West Coast. The pier is much more lively than the beach, with plenty of rides and street performers, such as guitar players, painters, and even seabirds standing on the railings.

Walking across the pier, the two of them came to Santa Monica's Third Stroll, a street dedicated to parades and performances, which is bustling with entertainers, movie bars, bars and a variety of small restaurants at night, but it's quieter during the day.

After two days in Santa Monica and a leisurely time, Zhang Lexing planned to take Chen Zishan to visit the Dream Factory in Burbank, but a survey report from the blue information market research company forced Zhang Lexing's plan to be postponed for a while.

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