Chapter 129 of the main text volume has no way back

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Filming funding is always a big issue for crews.

Lin Zixuan thought of a lot of ways, and he went to Coca-Cola's New York branch to solicit sponsorship.

When he was in China, he signed an investment agreement with Coca-Cola's Huaguo branch, and the drinks in this TV series were all Coca-Cola, in exchange for a sponsorship of 300,000 US dollars.

Lin Zixuan found their New York branch and hoped that they would invest another $100,000, and the crew could arrange a scene to shoot in their branch.

However, Coca-Cola's New York and Huaguo branches belong to different business units.

They had little interest in a TV series that was broadcast in China, and they couldn't increase the profits of the New York branch, so they rejected Lin Zixuan's request after discussion.

In American society, business is business, and there is not much about friendship.

It's not that you have cooperated with us, we have to cooperate with you, and they won't do anything without interest.

Not to mention other advertisers in the United States, who simply ignore an unknown Chinese TV series, even Chinese-run businesses would not rush to invest in a TV series they don't know about.

This is the difference between foreign and domestic.

Huaguo is a society of personal affection, everyone talks about friendship and face, it is not that there is no affection abroad, but more attention is paid to interests, not to mention that Lin Zixuan and them have no friendship to talk about.

Unable to attract sponsorship, he continued to apply for loans from Huaguo Bank on the one hand, and on the other hand, he tried to save money.

When the crew first started filming, he didn't want to cause trouble, followed regular procedures, and always reported to the local police station when there was a location.

For example, if you are filming on the street in New York or on the Brooklyn Bridge, you need to inform the police, otherwise you will block the traffic and get into trouble if you are caught.

In this regard, the police in New York are cooperative.

There are many film and television crews in New York, and the police are used to it, and they have police officers who specialize in dealing with this kind of errand, but their fees are really expensive, and they are all billed by the hour.

At a time, two police officers will be sent to the police station, and they can collect money by standing there.

Now the crew members are familiar with each other in New York, and in order to save money, they don't report to the police station for filming locations.

On the street, when I saw that there were no police, I started shooting, and when I saw the police, I ran, and every time I took an exterior shot, it was like fighting a guerrilla.

Once, to shoot a scene of a cemetery behind a high-rise building in Manhattan, New York, a drone was needed to take aerial photography over the cemetery.

Just took a risk, everyone sneaked to the cemetery, tied the camera to the drone, and controlled the plane to take off.

The drone was rented by them, and they were also operating it for the first time, so they had no experience, so it was easy to shoot in fear, and when they took it down and took a look, they found that the lens shook so badly that it couldn't be used, so they had to shoot again.

After the shooting, they were all scared, and if they were caught by the police, they would definitely be severely fined and their equipment confiscated.

Lin Zixuan is glad that this is still 1992, and if he dares to do this in Manhattan, New York ten years later, he may be shot directly.

In the TV series "Beijingers in New York", Feng Xiaogang used a lot of film shooting techniques, from large close-ups to long shots, and boldly tried aerial photography and handheld camera follow-up.

In terms of filming, he is a very thoughtful person, combining the scenery of New York City with the content of TV dramas.

Even if you are so frugal, it will be difficult to maintain the remaining funds for a month.

"Let's send some people back to China first, leave the main creative staff, and if we can't hold it, we will return to China to make up the film. Lin Zixuan discussed.

"It's just like this, it's okay to go first, take all the tapes back, don't be able to leave if you want to, I heard that those who were repatriated to China by the United States don't need to issue air tickets, or we will be repatriated." Feng Xiaogang joked.

"If we are really repatriated, we are considered famous, so we might as well borrow some money from the embassy. Lin Zixuan smiled bitterly.

Although the conditions are difficult, everyone's feelings are quite optimistic.

At the beginning of August, the first batch of crew members of "Beijing in New York" returned to China and brought back all the filming materials.

As a result, there are only about ten people left in the entire crew, and they are back to the state they just came to New York, and the extra house can be returned, and they don't have to rent so many cars, so they can save a lot of money in life.

Those who remained were elite soldiers, and everyone's workload increased exponentially, and everyone worked hard for the final victory.

They also need to be in New York for twenty days, every day with a careful budget.

For example, the props used by the crew for filming are all picked up from garbage stations, and there is a garbage station in New York that specializes in enlarged scraps, which contains household appliances such as refrigerators and color TVs.

Although it's all bad, it's enough as a prop, and it's just a decoration anyway, so you don't need to open it to see if it's good or not.

They even found a 40-inch large color TV, and there are sounds and images after turning it on, but the picture flashes greatly, and it is estimated that it can be used after repairing it.

A group of people began to criticize the extravagance and waste of capitalism.

In China, this kind of large-screen color TV costs tens of thousands, and ordinary people can't afford to use it at all, so it is thrown into the garbage station in the United States, which is really different from the national situation.

Lin Zixuan originally wanted Mu Shanshan to return to China at this time, her documentary was almost filmed, it didn't matter if she didn't attend the training class at New York University, she had already got her certificate.

However, Mu Shanshan felt that there were fewer people in the crew, and the chef hired could be dismissed, and someone needed to take care of the crew's life.

Since the two of them came together, it is better to go back together.

"If we don't have the money to go back to China, we can only live on the streets, you see those artists on the streets of New York, they don't have the money to return to China, and then we will also have art. Lin Zixuan said with a smile.

"As long as you are still an artist, then the artist is too worthless, you are at most a literary and artistic worker. Mu Shanshan struck, "Didn't you say you were going to dig through the earth before? ”

"It's okay, I'll dig slowly, I can't still have our son, my son can't have a grandson, there will always be a day when I dig through the earth, and my feat will be recorded in the history books in the future, which is called Lin Gong digging the earth, in order to encourage the perseverance of future generations. Lin Zixuan said nonsense.

"Come on, it's good that we don't be taken for fools. Mu Shanshan said speechlessly.

"What's wrong with being a fool, doesn't it mean that a fool has a fool's fortune?

"You're not stupid, I'm stupid, I sometimes think that I was deceived by you when I didn't know how to be confused. Mu Shanshan recalled.

They chatted and thought about the past, some sweet, some warm. (To be continued.) )