Chen Feng shook his head, "On the issue of desertification, they are very objective, and this problem is indeed very serious in the northwest of China. ”

"Then why did you have that look just now?"

Chen Feng pouted: "Because they will only tell you how serious the desertification is there, but they will never tell its audience that Chinese movies are from that place to the world, and then slowly recognized and accepted by people." ”

"But that's the Geo Channel," Yerong explained helplessly.

"Okay, let's put this topic on hold for now." Chen Feng made a pause gesture, "Would you like to go with me?" ”

Ye Rong asked puzzled: "But you haven't answered my question yet, why did you go there to investigate, you are just the screenwriter of the sequel to "The Mummy", and it should be the director's job to investigate the filming location." ”

"Well, in addition to being a screenwriter, I'm also the executive producer of this film." Chen Feng's stall: "Beautiful and moving Miss Yerong, do you have any other questions?" ”

This kind of flattering and beautiful words came out of Chen Feng's mouth, even with a joking tone, which still made Ye Rong's cheeks slightly hot.

"Can't you be serious?" She glared at Chen Feng with some shame, she pretended to be angry, but her sweet and joyful eyes betrayed herself.

"Okay then" Chen Feng sat up straight, tidied up his clothes, had a very serious expression on his face, and sent a formal invitation to Ye Rong: "Let's go to Huaguo together." ”

"But you're going to work, is it appropriate to take me with you?" In order to show reserve, Yerong did not agree directly.

"This trip to XJ. Just by the way, travel is my main purpose. Chen Feng once again emphasized the purpose of his XJ trip.

Ye Rong bit her lip lightly, still thinking about it, seeing that the heat was almost the same, Chen Feng magically conjured a letter of intent with the hand that sat down in Tibet, put it on the table, and then gently pushed it in front of Ye Rong.

"What is this?"

"Remember the story I told you earlier?" Chen Feng rested his elbow on the dining table. Ten fingers clenched his chin, "I've always stubbornly believed that you are the best actor in the story of Susan." While agreeing to be the executive producer of this film, I also recommended you to Long's company... Of course, it's not a compulsive condition, even if you don't want to play the role. I still hope you can come with me to XJ. ”

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The distant mountains are actually a large undulating desert high above the river. The fine sand raised by the breeze, like morning mist rising on the golden waves of the desert, slowly drifted towards the road at the foot of the mountain. An off-road vehicle was driving fast on this desert, and it was Chen Feng and Ye Rong who came together in the car, there were four people in the car, and the driver sat next to the tour guide of their trip to XJ Loulan.

It has been nearly a month and a half since Chen Feng and Ye Rong's last candlelight dinner, and it is now the early spring of 17 years, although Long's Pictures has not officially announced the filming plan of "The Mummy 3: Phantom of the Ancient City" to the media, but the preparations have been carried out in advance. The film was determined by Stephen. Sommers continues to serve as a director. The hero and heroine of the film are still Brandon. Fraser and Rachel. Weisz. At Chen Feng's strong request, the filming location of the film was chosen in XJ Town, Beibao Western Film and Television City.

Outside the car window, the vast Gobi Desert is full of boundless sand and gravel, and there is no human population at all, not even a tree. There are only clumps of yellow camel grass and weeds. The car sped by, and the gusts of wind lifted the yellow sand into the air, like smoke rising from the flats, whirling and running on the desert.

A very desolate castle appeared in the business, and a desolate and simple charm came to the face. Who would have thought that a Ming Dynasty castle abandoned in the western desert would not have the magnificent ruins of the Tang Palace in the Qin capital. But it will shine so brightly today, hundreds of years later. …,

The old fort on the east side of the road along the mountain has been eroded by the wind, and only the remnants of the wall remain, and the shape still exists. Crossing the loess road in the city to the north is the ruins of the old fort urn city, and then 200 meters north is the new castle. The city of Xinbao is relatively complete, the wall body is rammed with loess, there is a semicircular urn city in the east, there is a slope on the south side of the city gate to climb the city wall, there is a corner tower originally built at the four corners above, and the base site is still faintly visible.

"Now the ancient castle along the highway is commonly known as the 'old fort', was built in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, is the barracks of the ancient military fortress, was destroyed by the earthquake in the three years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and has a history of 500 years. According to legend, when General Han Yu, a general of the Ming Dynasty, was preparing to build a castle in this area of Helan Mountain, he asked the so-called 'Mr. Feng Shui' to see the 'Feng Shui' here, Mr. walked around, saying that this place is in the middle of the Helan Mountain Range, there is a 'Wolong Huaizhu potential', and there is a 'dragon vein' extending down, predicting that there will be an emperor and a general here' in the future, so Han Yu decided to build the castle here, and it became the current Zhenbei Fort. In the car, the tour guide introduced the history of Zhenbei Fort to the two guests who came from afar in fluent Mandarin.

"Did that prophecy come true?" Ye Rong asked curiously.

"There have never been emperors and generals here throughout the ages, but there are a lot of film and television works, stars and famous directors that have caused a sensation in the world film industry." The tour guide was not very old, and the young man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, thick lips that seemed to be carved out of stone, but his eloquence was top-notch.

According to him, the films made in this place have won many international awards, but Yerong herself has never heard of this place. She looked at Chen Feng beside her with a puzzled gaze.

Most of the award-winning films filmed in Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City were shot in the seventies and eighties of the last century, because the interval was too long, Chen Feng could not remember clearly. What he has a little impression of is Zhang Yimou's "Sorghum", which makes him really remember this place, or the classic "Journey to the West" starring Zhou Xingxing.

Faced with Ye Rong's doubts, he had to make up a barely plausible reason. "All the films made here are some artistic themes, and at that time, commercial films in the true sense of the word in China had not yet appeared. They all won awards at some film festivals in the European Union, and these were twenty years ago, so you don't know a lot. ”

Ye Rong nodded with relief, and then she changed the subject: "You said that there are two castles here, but why didn't I see it?" ”

This Chen Feng couldn't explain it, he could only ask the tour guide sitting in the front row for help with his eyes. The young man nodded knowingly, and explained in place of Chen Feng: "Because in the Qing Dynasty, in order to defend against the entry of foreign tribes, the army guarding here built an earthen castle slightly larger than the 'old castle' less than 200 meters next to the destroyed 'old castle', which is the so-called 'new castle'. It was built in 1740, about two years after the old castle was destroyed, more than 260 years ago. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )