Chapter 237: Ruined City
"Where did you choose to shoot the film?" Red Moon asked.
Wang Yang smiled: "I must have chosen the ghost town in the magnesium country." ”
Hongyue asked idiotically, "Is there a ghost town in the magnesium country?" ”
Wang Yang said: "There must be, there are ghost towns in every country and region in the world, such as Detroit. ”
Hongyue said: "I know that there is a very famous oil ghost town in our Huaxia. ”
Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yumen, I'll go over and take a look at the situation over there when I have time." ”
Red Moon asked, "Isn't Detroit pretty good right now?" ”
Saying that, she also went online to Google search or something, but after searching, she saw some pictures of the ghost town of Detroit, the collapse of real estate, the city and the frequent bankruptcy, it will not be long before the long-term resident population here will be less and less, and the basic companies will move, when the time comes, don't look at it as a high-rise building, in fact, it is an empty building and an empty city.
It must be very easy to shoot biochemical movies in this kind of city and create a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, especially if there are some places that are completely deserted and look like ruins on the outside, even if they are not, Wang Yang can still spend money to directly destroy them, and then create a real sense of apocalypse.
After reading the news on the Internet, Hongyue nodded and said: "This is really suitable, with the situation of a city like Detroit, our biochemical movie will save the problem of scenes, and when the time comes, just invite actors and extras directly." ”
"It's not so easy, the labor cost in the magnesium country has always been very expensive, it's not like domestic at all, and it doesn't matter if you don't pay for overtime often. But in a foreign country, whether you are a director or a producer, everything is bound by a contract, so you have to adapt. ”
Wang Yang thought for a while and said, "Although it is said that I applied for permission to shoot abroad. It's also very easy, but in terms of actors, after all, we don't have any resources, and this part can only start from some bigwigs, for example, to see if we can let TM Group come in as shares, and then we will contact some more big-name actors together, at least four, Alice, Addison, Wren, James. ”
"It's probably a sweetheart of the magnesium country, a handsome guy from the magnesium country. A strong man in the magnesium country, a black man in the magnesium country, such a lineup, the others are secondary supporting roles, you can choose magnesium people, and you can even come to some skewers of China, South Korea and Japan, so that this movie will also be international and has multiple languages. ”
Red Moon listened. She was very excited, because isn't such a movie a typical Hollywood blockbuster?
"Husband. You're really amazing. ”
"It's still too late for you to praise me after the movie is made and you have a good score."
"Hey, hey."
Red Moon asked, "So what are we going to do next?" ”
Wang Yang thought for a while and said: "It's better to do things in a division of labor, I want to go to Detroit to see the scene first, you first recruit supporting roles with TM Group here in Hollywood, and as for the protagonist, I will directly invite Detroit to audition." ”
Hongyue asked, "What about the equipment and equipment for shooting?" ”
Wang Yang said: "You don't have to worry about this. I asked Yan Le to find a rental company for photographic equipment from Magnesium Country over there, and then the crew was already preparing, and almost a week later, they flew over. When the time comes, it's going straight to Detroit. ”
Hongyue nodded: "Okay then, you go first, I'm here." ”
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Three days later, Wang Yang was on a road in Detroit, driving himself from Chicago.
He drove a very bright Ferrari, of course, which he had rented.
Detroit used to be the largest city in Michigan, Detroit is a port city, it is the music capital of the world, if you are a literary and artistic person, you must come to visit Detroit.
It's a pity that the current Detroit is already desolate, Wang Yang drove from Chicago in the west, got off the highway and entered the Michigan Avenue in Detroit from west to east to the city center, this is not Chicago's Michigan Avenue, the street is very wide, but the roadside is dilapidated, some houses have collapsed or the doors and windows have long been broken, there are few pedestrians, there are few cars, slowly approaching the city, on the right side of the road, Wang Yang was shocked by a scene in front of him.
He hurriedly drove the car straight over, stopped the car, and looked up to take a closer look at the environment.
“Michigantrainstation……”
The abandoned Michigan train station is really a shocking place, Wang Yang took out the GPS map, looked at the map, it is two kilometers away from the city center, in such a short distance, there is such a completely abandoned train station.
Wang Yang remembers that this train station seems to have been filmed by Transformers 4, not only in the building, but also in some other ruined urban areas of Detroit, filming some scenes of ruins caused by the battle.
“‘Howdoyoudo,dontcomeclosetothis,heresaprivatedomain.”
An American police vehicle drove over, approached and greeted Wang Yang.
Wang Yang understood what it meant. (How do you do it, don't get close to this, it's a private domain here.) )
It means police patrols and inquiries.
When Wang Yang heard that it was a private domain, he was very puzzled, could it be that someone bought this kind of deserted place.
"Hello, I'm a film director, I came here to visit, and I chose some locations and buildings suitable for filming, I wonder if you can help me find the owner here?"
"Oh." The man in the police car glanced at the Ferrari over there and asked, "That's your GT?" ”
"Yes."
"Do you have a green card?"
"Oh, I don't, I only have an O work visa."
"What about the documents?"
After Wang Yang chatted with the police, he got a contact information, and he sent a text message directly to Hongyue. Let her directly ask the assistant director at that time, or TM Group is negotiating to hire a local director from the magnesium country to assist him in his work.
A movie like this, if it means a bit of transnational shooting, it must be a double director.
In fact, Wang Yang really wants to lead it to the ghost town in China at the end, but the script is just in this aspect. Or is it written by Magnesium Country, in Huaxia, it is necessary to review the script first and then obtain some filming permissions, and this time, it is Xingchi Group that is preparing to directly establish a film company in Magnesium Country, so whether he is from Huaxia or Magnesium Country, the current place of ownership of this film is naturally still from Magnesium Country. Naturally, it can be directly released in the magnesium country, but some taxes from outsiders in the middle are still quite powerful.
Therefore, in the end, Wang Yang is also considering whether to get a green card from Magnesium Country.
In this world's China, because the welfare of the people is improving, there are some relatively good rules for holding green cards. For example, on the issue of resident certificates, although the current Huaxia does not officially recognize the nationality of the two countries. But in fact, people with dual citizenship are no longer legally held accountable, but they do not have some more affordable benefits.
For example, all kinds of welfare money, as well as the problem of credit overdraft, although it is also said that it is also according to the treatment of foreigners, but in fact, it is definitely much more convenient than foreigners. At least nominally, there is no problem at all in terms of residence.
Of course, when there is peaceful development, there is also a time when China maintains this kind of strength. Of course, this is not a problem at all, but once it is a special situation, this kind of rule is definitely not allowed.
But no matter what, Wang Yang still won't give up his nationality, and he is not ready to try to apply to join the magnesium country, at most he just gets a green card.
The green card is a resident card for frequent residence, and you can freely enter and exit the country, and basically there will be no time limit, but in terms of nationality, you are naturally still Chinese.
Wang Yang is inspecting the scene here, and Hongyue is in Hollywood, and she is also starting to get busy.
In the past two days, Hongyue had an exchange at the embassy about the green card, and she called and said: "Husband, you don't have to worry about the green card, basically we can get it in 20 days." ”
"How did you do it so quickly?"
"Well, it's better to be an ambassador."
"That's really nice."
Wang Yang's Category O visa, which is a visa for art workers, music, literature, and film work, he applied for a two-month visa, and basically got a permanent resident card before the time of this visa expired.
"Shall I take a picture or something?"
"No need, I've already handed in your information here, and the green card will be mailed to you directly at that time, but the states we enter are very remote, your direct is Michigan, and then Detroit, I'm Dearborn, Michigan."
Wang Yang was stunned when he heard this, and he said, "Dear, wife, do you know where Dearborn is?" ”
"I don't know!" Red Moon shook her head on the phone.
Wang Yang was particularly speechless, he said: "Dearborn is a satellite city of Detroit, you know what a satellite city is." ”
"Dearborn is much better than Detroit now, right?"
"I don't know, anyway, Dearborn is about 100,000 people, which is equivalent to some small counties around Detroit."
"That Dearborn is also a big county town."
"Almost."
"Oh, we're not from the magnesium country, so why do we care about this."
"That's right."
After all, it is the first time for the two of them to get a green card with such privileges, and they are different from those in China and have a certain network of contacts in China, so if there are some more privileges than ordinary people, they are still relatively understandable in their hearts, but in foreign countries, they really don't feel how capable they are.
"If you make it Detroit, it's no problem, after all, we're going to shoot a lot of movies here, and we're probably going to live in this city for the next few years, so there's no problem." Wang Yang said.
"Okay, how are you looking over there, are there any ruined buildings that you are satisfied with after all?" Red Moon asked.
"There are a lot of them, all of them are very good, this shooting, I am full of confidence, and I will strive to become famous in one fell swoop, so that we can also be famous here in the magnesium country."
“Boycomeon!”
Hongyue suddenly came to such a sentence, which made Wang Yang is spirits lifted, this "Boycomeon" simply made him unbearable, in the magnesium country, if a girl shouted at a boy like this, it must be in bed.
"Don't shout, I can't stand it anymore."
“comeon~oh~”
Wang Yang listened to his wife's screams like this, he was also drunk, it seemed that it was really a mistake for a few days, which made her itch.
In the past few days, Wang Yang has been driving around the city of Detroit, holding a pen and a large A4 paper, as well as an old map of Detroit, recording the locations and routes of some of the ruins in the city.
In the movie, so that the audience can believe that this is the real end of the world, then first of all, the director must believe that this is true, of course, generally speaking, very few movies can be done here, but for Wang Yang, it is different, this is a biochemical movie, it can be shot realistically, but it is just to paint the actors and people's faces with very real special effects makeup.
After waiting for a week, the crew and crew arrived from Chicago by car.
But on this day, they called the director before they came, and when they came, they didn't see Wang Yang at the agreed place.
"What's the matter, why didn't the director come?"
"Will your phone be able to get through?"
"I can't get through!"
"Detroit's so bad security, it's basically a vice city, the director can't be in trouble, right?"
The crew and crew were very anxious, and immediately called to react to Hongyue, Hongyue was naturally very anxious, but she was still interviewing some of the actors over there, although Wang Yang couldn't be contacted, but she couldn't fly over directly, I'm afraid she would be useless.
But she still thought of a number, that is, the big guys that Wang Yang knew when she was in Japan before, such as those from the Yamaguchi-gumi?
"Okay, we know, if you wait two or three days and he still doesn't hear from him, let us know."
Hongyue can only wait for news now, she is now like an ant on a hot pot, and there is nothing she can do. (To be continued......)