The flight from Hong Kong to Beijing landed slowly at Beijing Capital Airport at 3 p.m., and more than 10 minutes later, Wei Xiong walked out of the exit with Cui Muqing and Hu Zhiqiang, who were pushing luggage, and then saw a person holding a card with the words 'Mr. Wei Xiong' written on it.

"Hehe, why are you here in person, just send someone over. Wei Xiong smiled and said to Xu Xiaoming next to the person holding the card.

"Mr. Wei, you specially flew all the way from Hong Kong to Beijing, I should pick up the airport, the car is outside, let's go." ”

Xu Xiaoming said, and walked in front to lead the way, and the young man holding the sign took the trolley from Cui Muqing's hand very knowingly, followed all the way behind, and from time to time took his eyes at Cui Muqing, and his eyes seemed to swallow Cui Muqing.

At this time, the Beijing-Beijing Capital Airport has not been rebuilt, and it didn't take long to walk outside, only to see two black Volkswagen Santana cars parked on the side of the road, and the group walked to the side of the car, Xu Xiaoming said apologetically: "Because I didn't know you were coming, the time was too hasty......

Wei Xiong interrupted Gu Jinyuan's words with a smile: "Mr. Xu, don't think of me as too expensive, it's already good to have a car to sit in when you go out." ”

After saying that, he opened the door of a car and sat in. In the eighties, Chinese mainland had just implemented reform and opening up for only a few years, and it was a time when a hundred wastes were waiting to be rebuilt, and few of the country's one billion people could own private cars, even in the capital Beijing.

Eight out of ten cars seen on the road are government departments, and there are very few private cars, Xu Xiaoming, a Hong Kong native, is not familiar with life here, and it is very good to be able to find him two Volkswagen Santana, so he naturally will not make some excessive requests.

The hotel room has been opened, just in the famous Beijing Hotel, the reason why I chose here, in addition to the Beijing Hotel is one of the only few five-star hotels in Beijing, the most important thing is that it is close to the Forbidden City, and it only takes five minutes to walk, which is convenient for Wei Xiong to visit the crew.

One of the purposes of his visit to Beijing this time is to visit the class, "Joking about Qianlong" is in the intense filming of Beijing, the filming progress has passed halfway, as the boss, he came to visit the class, and it is natural for him to send some benefits to the employees below, as for other purposes......

After entering the room and putting down his luggage, Wei Xiong asked Xu Xiaoming: "What about you, where do you live?" The conditions are okay, although everyone left Hong Kong to come to the mainland to film to work, but after all, they have left their hometowns, and they can compensate for it in all aspects of life and food. ”

"Thank you Mr. Wei for your concern, now the crew lives in the Jinwei Hotel not far from here, which is contacted by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of the mainland, and the accommodation conditions are very good. ”

Just like there is no signal on mobile phones to the mainland, there are still many restrictions on the mainland today, such as foreign film and television dramas must be approved by relevant units to be filmed in the mainland, and there must be people from the mainland in the crew, even if it is a crew from Hong Kong and Macao.

At most, it is to provide more convenience in some things to reflect the friendship of compatriots, so at this time, Wei Xiong nodded when he heard Xu Xiaoming say this, and said: "That's fine, the progress doesn't need to be too rushed." Okay, you go and get busy with you, I'll contact you again if you need to. ”

"Okay, I won't disturb Mr. Wei's rest. After speaking, Xu Xiaoming said goodbye and left, in order to pick up the airport at the airport, he handed over the filming work this afternoon to an assistant director, although this assistant director has good ability, he is still a little worried.

You must know that "Joking about Qianlong" is the real first drama of Tianheng Film and Television, and it must be an instant hit, and there is no room for mistakes.

Standing in front of the window, Wei Xiong looked at the still somewhat 'primitive' city of Beijing, and suddenly had the illusion of entering another world. But there was an indescribable intimacy, which he guessed might have come from those memories, or the blood flowing through his body.

"Is this Beijing?" Cui Muqing also walked to the window at some point, looking at the outside world with a pair of eyes full of surprise.

"How's that, it's different from what you imagined?" Wei Xiong habitually hugged Cui Muqing in his arms, and then began to move his hands and feet.

"Pretty much. Cui Muqing's answer was a little hesitant, but she didn't dwell on this issue, but said that the column commentary published by Ni Zhen in the "Ming Pao" in the morning was that she had just called the company to determine the way to contact the two parties.

"Hmph, I didn't bother with him last time, and he really treated me like a soft persimmon. Wei Xiong's face suddenly turned cold, if Ni Zhen just attacked him, as long as he didn't touch the bottom line, he wouldn't have the leisure time to pay attention to it, but this time Ni Zhen actually hinted in the comments that he implemented unspoken rules on Zhou Huimin and Wang Guxian, which was tantamount to scolding the two girls into it, which undoubtedly exceeded the limit of his patience.

"That Ni Zhen is indeed too much, but if we sue him for defamation, no matter what the final result is, it will definitely make a fuss, and I am afraid it will have an impact on the reputation of Miss Zhou and Miss Wang, and that Ni Zhen should also see this before he dares to be so arrogant. ”

"Well, that's true. Wei Xiong looked outside and sighed secretly in his heart, all because he was not strong enough, if he was strong enough to make everyone look down on and fear, then even if he had three wives and four concubines, everyone would take it for granted.

Zhou Huimin and Wang Guxian will not have the problem of reputational damage. He was silent for a while before he spoke, "I'll clean him up when I'm free." ”

After dinner, he walked aimlessly along the sidewalk on the side of the road, looking at the scenery on the side of the road and the pedestrians who passed by from time to time.

In fact, almost every pedestrian who walks by will look at them with curious eyes, and the obviously different costumes make people see at a glance that they are from abroad, and in the early days of reform and opening up, foreigners are still a mysterious existence for mainlanders.

When another man wearing a Red Army cap and a military green factory uniform drove past on an old bicycle, Cui Muqing couldn't help but say: "It feels a little weird, and everyone looks at us with that kind of eyes, like looking at animals in a zoo." ”

At this time, Wei Xiong suddenly remembered the young man who picked up Xu Xiaoming at the airport in the afternoon, and knew that he was from the mainland when he looked at his dress, of course, what he noticed was not this, but the eyes of the other party looking at Cui Muqing, to use an appropriate analogy - like a wolf who has been hungry for three days.

"Hehe, the young man who helped you push the cart in the afternoon looked at you even more strangely, if there was no one around, maybe he would ...... you"

"I hate it, what are you talking about, it's getting out of shape. Cui Muqing glanced at Wei Xiong, the lethality of this glance is definitely comparable to a super nuclear missile with a TN.T yield of up to 100 million tons for other men, but unfortunately Wei Xiong has already given birth to immunity.

After a while, a group of three people came to Tiananmen Square, and they all walked here, so they naturally went to the crew to take a look, but as soon as they crossed the Jinshui Bridge, they were blocked by the guards, who were wearing military uniforms, and their clothes and expressions were meticulous, only to see him first make a military salute, and then said: "These three comrades, the Forbidden City has been closed, if you want to visit, please come back tomorrow morning." ”

Cui Muqing and Hu Zhiqiang's Mandarin was not very good, so Wei Xiong had to come forward to negotiate: "Comrade guard, we are not here to visit, isn't there a crew from Hong Kong filming in the Forbidden City, we are here to find that crew, please be accommodating." ”

The guard looked at the four of them and quickly said, "I'm sorry comrade, according to the regulations, I can't let you in without a pass." ”

Seeing the guard's non-negotiable expression, Wei Xiong didn't embarrass him, glanced at the guardhouse, and saw that there was a phone on the table inside, so he proposed to borrow the phone to make a call, but this time the guard didn't refuse again, mainly because Wei Xiong and the three of them were dressed like Hong Kong and Macao compatriots.

The call went through, and a few minutes later Xu Xiaoming hurried in on a bicycle. The guard obviously knew Xu Xiaoming, and first saluted Xu Xiaoming, and then said to Wei Xiong and the others: "I'm sorry, I was also on business just now, and now you can go in." ”

From the outside, I only feel that the Forbidden City is very big, and when I really come in, I don't know how big it is, it is not words that can describe it at all, but the Forbidden City of this era has not repaired some old places, and there is no installation of landscape lights, and the darkness shrouds this ancient palace group that has lasted for hundreds of years, and the palaces are like giant beasts dormant in the dark, ready to choose people to devour at any time.

On the way to the filming site, Xu Xiaoming introduced the filming progress and some situations of "Joking about Qianlong" to Wei Xiong, after nearly three months of filming, a total of 41 episodes, more than half of the filming tasks have been completed, and it will be completed before the Spring Festival.

Wei Xiong is still very satisfied with this progress. According to his requirements, the background used in "Joking about Qianlong" must be real, which is why he came to the mainland to shoot on location;

While satisfying the drama, we should try to conform to the background of the times, for example, you can't always have a handshake in the Qing court drama, which is completely out of line with the background of the times, so when I was preparing, I specially invited a history professor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong to give guidance.

In a word, this will be a well-crafted Qing court drama, but fine-tuning means an increase in filming time and shooting costs, but Wei Xiong believes that these efforts are worth it, and the ratings after next year's broadcast will give him a satisfactory answer.