The trouble of Light and Shadow Media did not affect the filming of the crew of "Curse", in fact, even if they stopped supplying funds to Curse, Lu Zhengyi was fully capable of paying for the rest of the filming funds.

Because the box office payment of "The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village" has come down.

With a small and large investment, Lu Zhengyi has a sufficient return.

"This is the filming location that the village has prepared for you."

In front of an old mansion that looks quite old, an old man in a dark red Chinese robe is speaking a relatively ordinary Mandarin, explaining the situation of the house to Lu Zhengyi and them.

"This house is one of the best places in our village."

"In recent years, there have been more and more tourists near Taicheng, and I heard that many villages have become rich."

"The young people in our village came back after making money, so they thought about trying it out in the village, building a farmhouse, building mountain roads in the surrounding mountains, and renovating some buildings with a relatively long history like this old house."

"However, because the village is so remote and we don't have many people here who understand the propaganda, tourists don't come at all."

"Fortunately, the city leaders cared and gave such an opportunity, and our village will follow."

As he spoke, he opened the iron lock on the wooden door, "I knew that you were going to come over for filming, so I locked it in advance, and when the time came, no one would disturb you." ”

"Another point, although there are no valuables in this old house, you should be careful when filming, after all, the house itself is also a cultural relic."

Xiaxi Village is a relatively remote village around Taicheng.

Although it is not in the mountains, it is still relatively poor economically.

There are no young people in this village, and most of them have gone out to work.

The only ones left are children and women.

Even the school in the village has only one primary school and junior high school, all of which are public.

And the next filming location of the "Curse" crew is this village.

But the main thing is an old house in the village - the Chen family's hometown.

The surname Chen is a big surname in the folk village.

Three-quarters of the village's population is basically surnamed Chen, and they are more or less related by blood.

The old residence of the Chen family is an ancient mansion with a history of nearly 200 years.

"Understood."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand to take the key to the old mansion from the hand of the village chief of Xiaxi Village, "Trouble, village chief." ”

"No trouble, no trouble."

Seeing that Lu Zhengyi was about to take the key from his hand, the old man suddenly held his hand, two thin palms clenched his big hand, and said solemnly, "If you can really do the tourism here, our whole village will thank you." ”

"Director Lu, we are the ones who trouble you."

"Da Yuan, and rushed over to save our village."

Lu Zhengyi was a little helpless, "It's too heavy, old man." ”

"The word 'save' is too heavy."

"I just have such a plan, everyone is ...... Let's be mutually beneficial. ”

He didn't take on that responsibility.

After all, whether the film will succeed or not, he is still somewhat sure.

But whether this can be used to help this village publicize and publicize through the film, he really can't guarantee it.

“…… All in all, sorry for your trouble. ”

The old village chief shook his hand for a while, but he really couldn't say anything good.

He has no education, and this village chief is all elected by the people in the village.

Lu Zhengyi nodded silently and withdrew his hand from his hand.

Then, he signaled with his eyes to the crew behind him that it was time to enter the house.

A group of people carried props and photographic equipment into the house lively.

"Is this where to shoot next?"

"Big production, oh my god."

"Director Zhang, is our crew finally rich?"

And presented in front of the crew of "Curse", it is an extremely spacious and retro old house.

The mottled marks on the wall, although it makes the house a little damp, let everyone clearly understand the history of this old mansion.

And the verandah, which is endless, always tells everyone what the status of the former owner of this house is.

It can be seen, although in modern times.

The Chen family in Xiaxi Village is a remote ethnic group far from the city.

But in ancient times, this Chen family must have been generous, and it may have to be a class such as the gate lord and the scholar clan.

"Director Lu, it costs a lot of money to rent this house as a filming location, right?"

As an assistant director, Zhang Yu has always cared about these.

Because he knows very well that Lu Zhengyi can handle everything needed for filming.

But this time, he couldn't help but ask out loud.

"It's free."

Lu Zhengyi glanced at him and replied casually.

"Free?!"

Zhang Yu replied in disbelief.

"yes, it's free."

Lu Zhengyi repeated again, "And it's not just that the venue is free, if we need some people in the village to cooperate in acting, it's also free." ”

"So good?"

Their conversation, without muffling their voices.

Nearby, others heard it.

Such a big house, if it is placed in Taicheng, the rent of the venue alone will have to be smashed hundreds of thousands.

"yes, it's all free."

Lu Zhengyi continued, "But ......"

Then, the twist came, "The village wanted us to cover the cost of the ritual of wandering the gods. ”

"After all, when the time comes, if you want to expand the scale of the event, the village will definitely not be able to afford it."

"Also, by the way, donate money, do some good deeds, and help renovate the school and mountain roads, which is four million."

The last sentence, he said quickly.

But the others could hear it clearly.

"How much?!"

Zhang Yu shouted again, "Four million?!" ”

"It's not ...... Robbing? ”

"If someone else has a big business, the big business will donate one or two million, and we will donate four million directly to a broken crew!"

At this price, all the costs of their previous filming for more than a month are combined, and it is almost this number if it is doubled.

"Do something good, understand, understand."

Lu Zhengyi is very open, "Moreover, we are making this kind of film, and we are filming in this kind of place where the folk atmosphere is very heavy." ”

"I rented that old building in Taicheng before, didn't it cost a lot of money to get the landlord to agree."

"The four million are spent, no matter how much we toss in this village, as long as we use the banner of 'tourism promotion', they will be willing to believe that we are doing good deeds and will not come to stop us."

Not only Taicheng, but also Fucheng and Chaocheng......

There is a saying in the south of the Tang Kingdom to describe these cities with a strong folk atmosphere - 'It is impossible to get up at five o'clock in the morning to exercise, but if it is an auspicious time at four o'clock in the morning to wander the spirit, then I can get up at three o'clock in the morning to bathe and change clothes, and prepare to go out to incense.' ’

This can be reflected in the fact that people in these areas still attach more importance to traditional culture.

In this case, Lu Zhengyi and his crew intervened and wanted to shoot a horror movie, which was obviously not an easy choice.

Even if it is really filmed secretly, when the movie is released, the locals will know about it.

When the time comes, once the dissatisfaction of the locals is aroused, it is easy to cause the film to be directly removed from the shelves.

Therefore, Lu Zhengyi needs to coordinate everything and achieve a win-win situation as much as possible.

Four million, if the film can be successfully filmed and released, it is actually not much.

And no matter how bad it is, it will be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating blessings.