After a long flight journey, Gu Xiaofan, Liu Shishi, and Chen Keer came to Socrates before the rest of the crew, and landed at Glasgow City Airport with the plane. 【】

But as soon as they got off the plane, they jumped, two rows of soldiers stood neatly on the airport, and Lope, the Scottish Secretary of Culture, actually led the officials of the entire Scottish Ministry of Culture to conduct a pick-up ceremony for Gu Xiaofan and the people from Black Feather Studio at the airport.

This surprised Gu Xiaofan and Liu Shishi very much, and while going down the escalator of the plane, they looked at each other, their mother's ...... How could there be such a big show? Didn't Hasen say that there were just one or two Scottish Department of Culture officials coming, and why did the Secretary of State for Culture himself come to pick him up?

"Welcome Director Gu, we've been looking forward to you for a long time." "You're so polite, I didn't expect you to come back in person."

Gu Xiaofan got off the plane, shook hands with Culture Minister Lop with a smile and hugged him, and faintly felt that this matter was a little strange, was Mrs. Cadigham, who was in charge of Zhang Luo's Scottish shooting, really just a little nobleman......?

Why do you always feel that this thing is a bit too grand......

"Let's go, we're going to have a short press conference." Minister of Culture Luo Pu took Gu Xiaofan's hand and said with a smile:

"We, the people of Scotland, are looking forward to Director Gu's crew, and we all support you in making Game of Thrones a representative drama of our national culture."

In the face of this kind of scene, Gu Xiaofan just smiled politely, but in his heart he was scolding this cultural minister with a smirk, on the surface, he was so polite, didn't he want him to invest more money, shoot "Game of Thrones" as well as possible, and promote it for Scotland......

You, the Minister of Culture, came in person, making it clear that you are putting pressure on our crew......

However, as soon as Gu Xiaofan walked to the airport hall, he immediately saw about a few hundred Scottish citizens holding signs, and when he saw them come out, he shouted and protested:

"Don't want episodes!? We want free Edinburgh! "Oppose the government's expropriation of private buildings for profit!" "The Jatiya Party is down!"

Gu Xiaofan and the three of them looked at each other again, and felt that their scalps were numb, what is the situation? We're just filming a series, no matter how big the investment is, it's not the Wall Street vampires who affect the country's economy, and we won't make so many people protest.

Luo Pu disagreed, and whispered to Gu Xiaofan and the others:

"Director Gu, don't mind, these are some protests organized by the opposition party in our Scottish Parliament, and they do not represent the public opinion of our entire Scotland, you can rest assured, our Scottish parliamentarians and the mainstream people fully support the filming of this "Game of Thrones".

Soon they squeezed through the crowd and, escorted by soldiers, to a meeting place near the airport to attend a press conference that had been prepared for a long time.

At the guest seats, surrounded by flowers and colorful flags, Culture Secretary Lopp introduced to various media the Scottish government and Black Feather Studios to cooperate in the filming of "Game of Thrones".

There were rows of black-pressed reporters and Scottish politicians sitting in the audience, and with Loop's subdued tone, there were also discussions in the venue from time to time.

Gu Xiaofan, as the leader of the Black Feather Studio, sat in the center, and the venue didn't know how many pairs of eyes were looking at him, or looking at him.

Peter Jackson used a copy of The Lord of the Rings to get the full support of the New Zealand government, and the whole of New Zealand was transformed into "Middle-earth" known to everyone.

It is understandable that the Scottish government would want to learn from New Zealand's experience, after all, the two places have similar populations, industries and economic conditions.

But the people present, looking at Gu Xiaofan's young Asian face, no one believed that Gu Xiaofan could have the ability of Peter Jackson.

Everyone looked at Gu Xiaofan with very surprised eyes, and Gu Xiaofan, his mood had calmed down at this time, he had long been accustomed to facing the indiscriminate bombardment of media reporters all over China, did he still care about this kind of small scene?

Scotland is just a British Commonwealth with a population of 5 million, and there are not as many people as Yanjing, and he, the "billion director", really doesn't take these people seriously.

At question time, a reporter from the "Times" stood up and asked a menacing question:

"Director Gu, can you tell us a little bit about this series of Game of Thrones, what do you think this series can bring to us in Scotland? So much so that the council is so supportive of your filming work? By the way, I would like to ask the Secretary of State for Culture, why wasn't this series filmed by a Scottish director? ”

Although Gu Xiaofan is representing Warner this time, he also represents China's most powerful film and television production company, Black Feather Studio, and there is no country other than the United States that can compare with China's film and television market.

This reporter's aggressive attitude obviously didn't take him too seriously, and at this time, Gu Xiaofan didn't think about that incident with Edward's News Corporation, and the "Times" happened to be News Corporation's, so he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Gu Xiaofan was just about to say something, but Culture Minister Luo Pu took the microphone.

"Everyone......" Lopp looked at the reporters below and coughed dryly:

"I'll start by announcing the production specifications of Game of Thrones, although this is only a series, but it is a careful production by Black Feather Studios, and the cost of each episode is about $7 million, and they expect to shoot at least 40 episodes......"

What the!? The Scottish media reporters in the audience immediately caused a commotion, and many even looked at the people next to them, some of them couldn't believe what they heard.

$7 million per episode, filming 40 episodes? Coupled with the cost of publicity, it has surpassed the production cost of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is this really a series?

"Game of Thrones is fully funded by Black Feather Studios, and we in the Scottish Parliament only support some of the locations, and if Director Gu were to move the film to Ireland or any other country, I'm sure I'd get the same support."

Loop looked at the Scots who were against him below, and said indifferently:

"You have to understand that it wasn't our Scottish government that chose him, it was our Scottish government that he chose, because Game of Thrones will bring far more than we can give."

The more Gu Xiaofan listened, the more surprised he became, how could this Scottish Secretary of Culture be more high-profile than him...... This Nima has blown himself too far, he was stunned for a moment wearing a high hat, how could this guy have so much confidence in him? Or is there some other purpose?