He pointed to a section of the ruined earthen city wall outside the car window, "This kind of ancient castle, commonly known locally as 'Tu Wai', is a unique 'earth-covered building' in the northwest region of XJ. The ancient people also paid attention to local conditions, local materials, the castle wall did not have a single brick and stone, completely rammed with loess. Because of the weathering eyes here, after hundreds of years of rain, snow, wind and frost and man-made destruction, by the fifties and sixties of the 20th century, the majestic capital of the border fortress has disappeared. ”

Since he was here for tourism, after getting off at Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City, Chen Feng did not rush to the location of the movie "The Mummy 3: Phantom of the Ancient City" to inspect the progress of the project, but took Yerong to visit around.

The establishment of the Western Film and Television City has brought new vitality to the decaying and declining castle in the past. When the average person walks through these familiar film and television scenes, lingering in the props that are inseparable from the real and the fake, they may feel like they have arrived in a dreamlike movie world. And Chen Feng is not very interested in these props and built scenes because he is making movies himself. He walked in it mostly with a feeling of emotion and nostalgia.

Ye Rong is different, because of cultural differences, she is full of curiosity about everything here, and Chen Feng has to take pictures of her everywhere she goes, and finally Chen Feng basically became her full-time photographer.

The most interesting thing is that everywhere Chen Feng and Ye Rong go, those small merchants and vendors will flock to sell souvenirs to them. In this kind of tourist attraction, the best way to make money is the money of outsiders, because they never bargain, and when they meet someone they like, they will give as much as they want.

Because the dialect is not understood, when introducing the price. They will all be better than a number. Generally, the price is not particularly excessive, and Chen Feng will not stop it. These small traders also came out to eat with their mouths, and it was not easy for everyone. But when encountering that kind of price that is too outrageous, Chen Feng will pull Ye Rong and leave directly, and if it doesn't work, he will shake out one or two fluent local dialects, and then in the stunned eyes of the small trader, he will leave.

"The Mummy 3: Phantom of the Ancient City" is basically based on the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan in the desert. This incident did not attract more media attention in Hangzhou Port, but it caused a lot of waves in XJ. This should be the second time that a commercial blockbuster in Hangzhou and Hong Kong has aimed its camera at XJ, for XJ's fans and filmmakers. This news is both joyful and worrying.

People are happy that the rise of XJ's local economic status has led to an increase in cultural status, which is a self-proclaimed and proud dream factory. I also began to favor oriental culture, so I came back to XJ from time to time to pick up some scenery. While the pride was satisfied, the insightful also raised their own concerns.

Nearly half of the total annual box office of the Chinese film market is swept away by DreamWorks commercial blockbusters, and now DreamWorks is "intensifying" and preparing to use commercial films packaged in Chinese culture to make Chinese people's money, which makes many people sad. At the same time, some people are worried that DreamWorks only has a superficial understanding of Chinese culture, and if it shoots something that is different from their ideas, it will not only fail to expand the influence of Chinese culture internationally, but will mislead the people of other countries.

Supporters and opponents have engaged in a scuffle of "verbal and pen-and-write" in the media. These discussions, for better or worse, have drawn people's attention to Zhenbeibao Film and Television City. With the continuous increase of media attention, the phone of Huaxia Western Film and Television City Co., Ltd. began to ring non-stop, and they were all reporters who wanted to make an appointment for an interview.

After sending off a group of reporters for interviews, Zhang Xianliang dragged his tired body back to his office. When you sit down. He felt weak and exhausted, his upper eyelids were constantly fighting with his lower eyelids, and he didn't want to stand up when he sat in the chair. Although the thought of having a reporter come to interview me later, the spirit of fighting finally couldn't resist the excessive fatigue, like a bubble in the ocean. As soon as he got up, he disappeared again. …,

During the break, Zhang Xianliang dreamed of some past events from a long, long time ago. In 1961, Zhang Xianliang, who was working on a nearby Nanliang farm, discovered that it had a majestic momentum that was undefeated and a tenacious vitality that came from the depths of the loess. For the first time, Zhenbeibao was written into his novel "Greening Tree", called "Zhennanbao" in the book, and it was introduced to the film and television industry, and crews came here to shoot one after another.

The films "Wrangler", "Sorghum" and "The Ballad of the Yellow River" were filmed during this period and won international awards, and the ruined Zhenbeibao began to attract attention, but the wind erosion and the damage were also becoming more and more serious, and in 1993, the western cinema of Zhenbeibao was established, and the ruined walls were repaired "as old as the old".

In the new century, Huaguo Film has entered a commercial era, and the western cinema of Zhenbeibao has also become busy. This ancient castle, which integrates the cultural landscape of historical relics and modern film and television art, has become the best location shooting base for films and television with western and ancient themes at home and abroad, and Zhang Xianliang's company has gradually realized the development leap from "selling desolation" to "selling culture and history".

The scale of the film and television city has expanded, and the strength of the company has also risen to a high position as a whole, Zhang Xianliang naturally has to see farther than others, he has set his sights on the international film market, but he has not been able to find a breakthrough.

But it is "stepping on the iron shoes and finding nowhere to find, it takes no effort to get it", just when Zhang Xianliang was at a loss for this matter, an opportunity was sent to the door by himself, Hangzhou-Hong Kong film giant Long's Company was preparing to shoot an adventure movie related to the theme of the desert, and they took the initiative to contact the western cinema of Zhenbeibao, wanting to build a location similar to the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan nearby.

The overjoyed Zhang Xianliang knew that this was a rare opportunity, and agreed to the other party without hesitation, and the two sides soon signed a cooperation agreement. The construction of the exterior has attracted the attention of all parties, and the name of Zhenbeibao Western Cinema has begun to appear frequently in newspapers and on the Internet. It is conceivable that if that film is successful, more crews will come to visit after that, and Zhang Xianliang's dream of building an international film and television city seems to be about to come true.

The knock on the door woke Zhang Xianliang from his sweet dream, he shook his head violently, and when he was fully conscious, he shouted: "Come in." ”

Assistant Xiao Wang pushed the door in, and as soon as he saw Zhang Xianliang, he couldn't wait to shout: "Mr. Zhang, good news." ”

"What's the good news?" Seeing Xiao Wang's excited face, Zhang Xianliang also looked forward to it.

"Chen Feng is here," Xiao Wang rushed back to the company's headquarters immediately after confirming the news, and before he had time to drink saliva, he hurriedly ran to report to Zhang Xianliang, at this time his face was red from excitement, he couldn't breathe, and he didn't speak one sentence after another, "Others are in... It's in the studio. ”

"What did you say?" Zhang Xianliang Huo Ran stood up, he held back the excitement in his heart, personally poured a glass of water for Xiao Wang, and said with a pleasant face: "You take a breath first, and say slowly, what is the situation?"

After taking a sip of water and quickly sorting out his thoughts, Xiao Wang began to tell Zhang Xianliang the whole story. This morning, he went to learn about the construction progress of the location of "The Mummy 3: The Phantom of the Old City", and met two outsiders wearing sunglasses at the gate of the construction site. At first, Xiao Wang was surprised that two tourists from other places went to the wrong place, but one of the young men from other places talked to the doorman at the construction site in Uyghur.

Wang was curious and eavesdropped a few words, the outsider wanted to go inside because there were regulations in the company that forbade outsiders to visit, and the requirements of these two outsiders made the doorman very difficult. After several attempts were rejected, the out-of-town youth began to listen to the progress of the project, which aroused Xiao Wang's vigilance. …,

"I went up and questioned the suspicious guy, but he took off his sunglasses." Xiao Wang paused, "Who did you meet me?" ”

"Chen Feng?" The answer is obvious, Zhang Xianliang guessed correctly.

"It's him," Xiao Wang slapped his thigh excitedly, "This is the first time I've seen him outside of the movie, and I was stunned at the time." ”

Zhang Xianliang began to urge Xiao Wang impatiently, "What happened later? ”

"Later, I did something very inappropriate..."Xiao Wang held the paper cup in both hands, looking like he wanted to say something.

Zhang Xianliang was anxious when he heard it, "You had a conflict with him?" ”

"Not really." Xiao Wang shook his head, "Without your consent, I took Chen Feng to visit the filming location without permission. ”

Zhang Xianliang's heart fell suddenly, he laughed, and then patted Xiao Wang's shoulder, "You did this right, Chen Feng is the screenwriter and producer of the film, and I can't stop him if he wants to visit." It's just that you still didn't think about it at the time, and you should have notified me as soon as you met him. ”

Xiao Wang scratched his head, "I was so excited at the time that I forgot about it"

Zhang Xianliang didn't blame him, "Then you sent him back to the hotel later?" ”

Xiao Wang took out the address of the hotel where Chen Feng was staying, Zhang Xianliang nodded with satisfaction, he was not in a hurry to see Chen Feng, but paced back and forth in his office, "Have you ever asked how long he will stay here?" ”

"It's probably a day or two."

"If you want to visit the construction of the location, he should contact us through official channels, based on your observations, do you think he went there today by chance or on purpose?"

"I think he's just here for a tour, to take a look."

Zhang Xianliang stopped and looked at Xiao Wang, "What is the reason?" ”

Xiao Wang reminded: "You forgot, when I met Chen Feng, there was another person with him. ”

Zhang Xianliang realized, "The woman from other places you are talking about?" ”

"You also know this woman, Shen Hai's big star, Ye Rong, has acted in a lot of movies with Chen Feng, I heard that the relationship between the two is a bit like that..." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )