This is Li Wan after his friend's introduction, personally flew to Ningxia to check on the spot, Zhongwei is located in the southeast edge of the Tengger Desert, where the famous Shapotou Scenic Area, where the traffic and conditions are relatively good.

Li Wan and a group of crew members have arrived in advance, and the actors from Xiangjiang and Baodao also took their assistants to Xi'an by plane, and then transferred to fly to noon, Yu Dongqing was the last group to set off.

There's no way, this time it's not by myself, but with my family.

"Mingmei, hurry up, you won't be able to catch the plane if it's too late." Yu Dongqing looked at his watch and urged his daughter-in-law.

"Don't worry, I'll take a look again, do you have all Lele's things?" Mingmei opened the suitcase and checked.

The little nanny Xiaxia stood aside with Lele in her arms.

Yu Dongqing was a little helpless when he heard this.

The Zhongwei we went to, although the conditions are not as good as Yanjing, but it will not live in the wilderness.

Do you have to carry so many large bags and small bags?

But you'd better not interfere with these thoughts of women, otherwise they will be the source of quarrels.

Finally waited for Mingmei to check the luggage, the three of them walked out the door with their luggage, and Li Wei, who was waiting outside, also helped put the suitcase in the trunk of the car.

"What about Tongtong, did Tongtong bring the key to the house?" Mingmei thought of another question.

"Isn't the key to the house for your mother?" Yu Dongqing asked rhetorically.

"Oh, look at my memory."

According to Mingmei's meaning, let Yu Tongtong also follow them to Zhongwei to play for a few days, anyway, it is now summer vacation, but Yu Tongtong said that he had been to Ningxia with his father a few years ago, and he didn't want to go again, and wanted to go to a farther place to play.

In the end, Mingmei simply signed up for a 14-day summer camp in Brisbane, Australia, and the girl happily went to Australia to play!

Finally, a family of three and a little nanny checked in their luggage at the last time, rushed to the boarding gate after the security check, and finally boarded the plane.

At this time, Yu Dongqing let out a long breath.

After nearly a two-hour flight, the plane stopped steadily at Zhongwei Shapotou Airport, and Yu Dongqing's family saw a big fat man wearing sunglasses and a floral shirt when they left the station.

Zhang Yang not only invests, but also plays a small role in the play.

In fact, for him, it doesn't matter whether he is filming or not, the main thing is to play.

It's boring to stay in Yanjing, it's hard enough to look at the great rivers and mountains of the motherland!

"I said Holly, let you go with me, take my RV all the way to the mountains and rivers, I have to take a plane."

Zhang Yang said while helping with the suitcase.

Zhang Yang came in his own RV this time!

Starting from Yanjing, along the line of Inner Mongolia, I also made a special turn to the old classmate's house in Qinbei for two days.

Yu Dongqing also thought about it.

But the corners of his mouth turned to Mingmei, who was holding his son next to him, and that meant that I ran away with you, what should I do with the girls?

I'm not like you, my son is already old, and now the two of them are at ease.

I'm still early.

Zhang Yang immediately looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

got into the flamboyant RV and went straight to the booked hotel.

"Have the actors from Xiangjiang and Treasure Island arrived?" Yu Dongqing asked casually.

"Huang Jiahui's last drama has not been completed yet, and I heard that it will have to be a week late."

Yu Dongqing listened and nodded.

These are all communicated in advance, and it's nothing.

"Hey, Liang Xiyan is here, but she is really a big beauty, more beautiful than on TV." Zhang Yang smiled.

"Nonsense, when people were studying at Treasure Island University of the Arts, they were once selected as Miss Treasure Island, can they be beautiful?" Yu Dongqing replied.

"You men," Mingmei, who sat in the back row and hugged his son, snorted.

"Mingmei, don't be angry." Zhang Yang smiled while driving: "Holly and I are both serious people, just casually." ”

The crew lives in the Zhongwei Jervis Holiday Hotel, which is located near the drum tower in the center of the city, and the conditions and environment are not bad, of course, it can't be compared with those luxurious five-star hotels.

In Yu Dongqing's words, whether it is the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the accommodation of the actors and crew, they are all treated equally, the difference is that those big stars are just single rooms.

Of course, if you want to live in the famous Desert Star Hotel in Shapotou Scenic Area for more than 1,000 yuan a night, Yu Dongqing will not say anything to see the stars every night.

Pay for it yourself and don't delay the shooting.

In the evening, Yu Dongqing and Li Wan also specially invited all the actors and staff of the crew to have a mutton hot pot at a hot pot restaurant called Xiangyang Four Seasons Ice Boiled Sheep.

With more than a dozen tables packed, Sunit lamb tastes really good.

Early the next morning, several buses pulled the actors and crew straight to the filming location, as well as reporters.

These were all invitations issued by the outreach group, and Li Wan personally checked them, and one reporter from the province, city, and even Xiangjiang also came.

The filming location is a village called Wangjiabao in the northwest of the suburbs, which is already on the edge of the desert.

From the village to the north, about six or seven miles, through a Gobi planted with red willow trees, is a sea of sand, the famous Shapotou National Scenic Area is still some distance away.

The village is not large, with less than 50 households, and an abandoned primary school, which was placed here after temporary repairs in the early stage.

It's a bit tough.

Yu Dongqing stood at the gate of the school, looking at the surroundings.

With so many vehicles and people coming to the small village that is usually deserted, it suddenly became lively, and many villagers came out to see the excitement, basically the elderly and children.

The village party secretary's name is Wang Laifu, an old man of nearly 60 years old, wearing a small white hat unique to the Hui people, found Yu Dongqing, and sent him two local selenium sand watermelons.

greeted him warmly and said that if you encounter any difficulties in filming, you will find him, and he will help solve them.

Yu Dongqing expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

"Why don't you go to Shapotou? The conditions are better there. ”

Wang Laifu asked.

Originally, according to Li Wan's meaning, he simply went directly to the Shapotou Scenic Area, where the conditions are much better than here.

Of course, the cost is also much higher.

But Yu Dongqing said that it was best to save some money, and finally chose here.

Of course, Yu Dongqing will not say that it is cheap to shoot and rent a house here, and you don't have to pay a penny for photography in the sand sea.

Don't look at the budget as high as 190 million, Yu Dongqing has his own plans, and sometimes he has to save money.

Of course, these words cannot be said to this old man.

"Wang Zhishu, because the watermelons in your village are delicious." Yu Dongqing smiled and pointed to the watermelon on the table that had been killed.

Wang Laifu grinned.

He already knew that the producer named Li Wan next to him, who was said to be the producer, had promised to package all the watermelons on the three acres of land he had planted this year, and he would send twenty or thirty watermelons every day.

"Our watermelon here is sweet, it tastes like Sha Linlin's, and it is rich in selenium, experts say that eating it can improve human immunity and antioxidants!"

Wang Laifu said that the spit flew wildly.

Although there is a princess who sells melons and boasts about herself, this watermelon is really sweet.

After Wang Laifu left, Li Wan whispered to Yu Dongqing: "There is a small bridge in the west of their village that is broken, I promised Wang Laifu that the crew will help rebuild the cement bridge." ”

"How much does it cost?"

"Wang Laifu gave a budget, about 280,000 yuan."

"Repair it, just repair it, contract it directly to him, let him find someone to buy materials, and we just have to pay for it." Yu Dongqing said.

"That's what I mean, too." Li Wan said with a smile.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the start-up ceremony officially began.

8.18, a brief description of the recent episode

Thank you readers for your support, mainly because Pig's Feet recently made the movie "East Evil and West Poison". Some people say that there is no original "Shooting the Condor", and this movie is very abrupt.

In fact, Wong Kar-wai only borrowed the three titles of East Evil, West Poison, and Northern Beggars in the back of this movie. The character setting, storyline and the original book have nothing to do with it at all.

Even if you haven't read the original book, it doesn't affect the movie. On the contrary, there is no preconceived feeling (the characters of the evil West and the poisonous North beggar in the original book are completely inconsistent with those in the movie.) It's easy to understand. If it is adapted later, it will be written first according to the situation.

Why didn't you write "New Dragon Gate Inn"? That movie was also very well made, but it was also a repeat of the filming routine of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", I wrote it again here as the author, I don't think it's interesting, it's a waste of everyone's subscription, so I want to write "East Evil and West Poison".

Write something different, and what happened during the filming, don't forget that "East Evil and West Poison" also has a sister movie, hehe.

Also, I'll say a few more words.

According to the conception of this book, the plot has passed more than half, and the results are quite stable, that is, it is a level that has just passed the boutique line, but the subscription has declined recently.

I'll write the rest carefully, and do my best.

Finally, thank you readers for your support!

On the evening of August 18, 2023

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