Impression of Chapter 109 of the main text volume

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The next two days were mainly to familiarize myself with the environment, contact the local Chinese in New York, and find suitable locations for filming.

Feng Xiaogang will take the cameraman to shoot some of the exterior locations, those New York landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, so that the audience will know that this is New York when they see it on TV.

The prop master follows the requirements in the script to find the right props.

Feng Xiaogang said the plan, Lin Zixuan occasionally added on the side, and they had a small meeting after dinner.

"You don't have to worry about me, I'll wander around by myself." Jiang Wen said confidently.

Feng Xiaogang and Lin Zixuan glanced at each other, and knew that this person would not settle down, if he lost the first-line actor in China in the United States, the joke would be big.

Jiang Wen is quite confident, as long as he understands the basic English conversation, he is afraid that he will not be able to find the way, how simple it is.

He's the kind of guy who dares to run around the world when given a car, he wants to experience life, he wants to find the feeling, preferably the feeling of being lost in New York.

In "The People of Beijing in New York", Wang Qiming later became a philistine and greedy, and was completely lost in the drunken gold of New York.

There's no way, those who engage in art follow their feelings, that's how capricious they are.

Jiang Wen can be willful, Feng Xiaogang and Lin Zixuan can't be willful, Lin Zixuan stipulates that at least two people can go out on the grounds that the United States is not safe, and arranges for one person to stare at Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen's problem was solved, and everyone rested.

Mu Shanshan didn't speak, she quietly watched the group of people hold meetings to discuss and solve problems one by one.

At this time, she is not a famous host of Huaguo TV, this is not her stage, she does not need to show her talent, just watch quietly.

This is not the first time she has seen Lin Zixuan work, and she has often seen it in the past when she was in the art center.

In Mu Shanshan's impression, Lin Zixuan is often very quiet at work, does not like quarrels, thinks seriously, and then uses a very ingenious way to resolve disputes within the team, and can always come up with a solution.

Before, the two of us didn't work together, but now it's a good feeling.

After the meeting ended, Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan returned to the room.

"Tomorrow we'll report to New York University and settle the admissions." Lin Zixuan discussed.

"I'm just a sideliner, so I'm not in a hurry." Mu Shanshan objected, "You just came, I'd better stay and be a translator." ”

"Well, since you're here, you have to study, New York University's School of the Arts is a place to cultivate film talents, you first break into them, get acquainted with those classmates, and then tell them that we have a shooting project, maybe we can get a few free labor." Lin Zixuan pondered.

"So you hit this idea, and you thought it was really for my sake." Mu Shanshan said dissatisfied.

"Now you know that you have a heavy responsibility, but you can't live up to the expectations of the people of the motherland." Lin Zixuan joked, "When we were filming, there were a few scenes that required a lot of foreign group performances, and when you arrived, you would invite them to dinner, and make a cameo appearance in a few scenes after eating, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Lin Zixuan and Wang Ji inquired about the situation in the American film and television industry, and the salaries of actors here are very expensive.

In order to protect the interests of actors, the actors' union also stipulates a minimum weekly wage, and even extras are protected by the union.

In the United States, if you find an extras to show their faces, it costs $20 a day, and you have to take care of the food, and if they feel uncomfortable, they may complain, and they are as hard-working as the group performers in China.

Lin Zixuan couldn't stand this kind of toss, he thought that he would mobilize his friends to help and deceive those who could be tricked.

"You, after becoming a producer, you've become more and more picky, and I'm still a part-time chef." Mu Shanshan said sarcastically.

"So, you're going to school so you can skip the cooking errand." Lin Zixuan persuaded.

"So what do you do? What to eat? Mu Shanshan said uneasily.

"We can't starve to death, just make do with it, they're just too lazy." Lin Zixuan said indifferently.

"Forget it, I'll cook for you, so that you don't have to go hungry and have no energy to work." Mu Shanshan resigned herself.

She can't really go to school with peace of mind, as a wife, she naturally has to support her husband's work, such as translation, cooking, all of which are handy, but just casually say a few words.

Maybe it's because of the time difference, or maybe it's because they are not used to it when they just arrived in a strange place, and the two chatted for a long time before falling asleep.

It was their first night in the United States.

The next day, everyone got up in turn, and the breakfast was very simple, boiled millet porridge and two plates of side dishes, which aroused everyone's praise.

It's not that it's really a delicacy, it's just suitable for the taste of the people in Beijing, millet porridge nourishes the stomach, it tastes warm to drink, the side dishes are refreshing, and it is comfortable to match.

"Xiao Mu's craftsmanship is amazing, and we will have a good mouth in the United States in the future." Feng Xiaogang praised.

"That's it, it's all in the smell of the Eighth Building." Jiang Wen agreed.

Others have spoken out in support of the so-called cannibalistic people's short mouths, and these people have taken great pains not to cook.

After breakfast, the group went out and walked for about half an hour before they came to the center of the town, found a car rental company, and rented two ordinary cars, one for Feng Xiaogang to show people the exterior scene, and the other to let others get familiar with the nearby environment.

Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan did not drive, but chose to take a bus to New York City.

After all, it's the first time, it's easy to get lost if you drive yourself, even if you hold the map, it's not safe, at this time the car has not installed a navigation system, take a bus to remember the path, and the next time it's no problem.

It takes about an hour's drive from the small town of Oyster Bay to Manhattan in New York.

The two of them took all their documents, took a bus, and headed for New York.

Long Island is adjacent to the Brooklyn borough of New York, where many wealthy people settle down due to its pleasant climate, forests, and beautiful surroundings, and you can see luxury villas with different characteristics along the way.

Entering the city of New York, from the bus, there are skyscrapers everywhere, cars on the streets, colorful billboards on both sides, men in suits, women in bright dresses.

This is a different picture from the country, if the color of the domestic city is gray, then New York is colorful.

This is the United States in the nineties, a country with a rapidly developing economy.

However, in Lin Zixuan's eyes, he felt like he was watching an old foreign movie, and compared with the United States of his world, the United States of this era seemed a bit old.

"This is America!" Mu Shanshan looked at the Empire State Building standing in the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

It's not the first time she has come to the United States, but she still can't help but say this, Chinese people in this era must feel this way, it is undeniable that there is a huge gap between China and the United States in terms of material life.

This is precisely the reason why there is a wave of going abroad in China.

"We'll get better and better in the future." Lin Zixuan said affirmatively.