my time as a director

Fame is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is very useful.

As a white man, he is famous enough to get the government to help you.

Zhang Yimou is currently filming in Yicang, and the media has reported several times that the love of the hawthorn tree received preferential treatment in the local area.

The best hotel in the local county, after the coordination of the government, originally charged 1880 for a luxury suite at 380 a day, and only 180 for a standard room at 80 a day.

In order to cooperate with the filming, the local county has specially set up a "shooting assistant office", which is the shooting assistance office.

It was filmed in cooperation with the crew. It is said that the filming co-organizer rented a wooden boat all the way from Yichang for the scene where the heroine was on a boat.

The shoot was over again, and the next day, the filming co-organizer was asked to transport the boat back from Yicang, which is 90 kilometers away. It was too troublesome to go back and forth, and the crew asked the filming co-organizer to buy the boat directly.

In addition, the filming co-organizers set up a gazebo for the show where the hero and heroine wanted to meet, and built a pier, all for free.

The Love of the Hawthorn Tree also went on location in Yiling, Yicang, and the district committee also sent a request for instructions "about solving the reception fee for film shooting". According to the reporter's interview, the reception fee was 23 yuan.

Moreover, there is also a list of condolences from the local government to the film crew on the Internet, two to three hundred catties of pork, five to six hundred native eggs, and other such foods.

There is not much money, but the attitude of the city and county governments is enough to see how effective Zhang Yimou's reputation is.

There is also Chen Kai, who built a city for every film. In order to cooperate with the filming of Zhao's orphans, Xiangshan Film and Television Base specially spent a lot of money to build a Spring and Autumn Warring States City.

However, on the day of the launch conference last month, the platform collapsed, sending ten journalists to the hospital.

As one of the largest cities in the country, Shanghai, of course, will not take the initiative to serve the crew like other cities, but Li Qian is still very welcome to come here to shoot.

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On the top floor of the building, looking around constantly, Li Qian said regretfully, "It's almost fine here, just blow up the Nanpu Bridge. It's a pity that there are only tunnels and no bridges on Yan'an East Road, otherwise it would be an excellent location."

This bridge is about to be closed by the government in Pudong, closing all tunnels and bridges. A large number of people living in Pudong are flocking to cross the Huangpu River. However, soldiers at the bridgehead will test everyone and only those who are confirmed to be free of infection can be released.

But the virus has already spread, not to mention Pudong, the whole Shanghai is not safe, some rich people and politicians have arranged to leave by plane.

As a military expert on the front line of virus research, the military dispatched a helicopter to the hero to evacuate his family. As soon as the helicopter took off, the hero's wife lost control of her symptoms, causing the plane to crash on the Nanpu Bridge in an accident.

It also just filled in the pit where the male protagonist used his own identity privileges to let the inspectors repeatedly monitor the wife who showed danger.

There was a problem with the first monitoring, and I asked for another monitoring based on my rights. This time it was fine, but something happened as soon as I got on the plane.

As a bystander, I will definitely applaud and say that I deserve it.

It also shows the seriousness of the virus, and even the specially researched equipment cannot determine whether it is infected.

It would be great if this bridge was above the Yan'an East Road Tunnel, connecting the Bund and Lujiazui, these two iconic areas of Shanghai, would be much better than the remote Nanpu Bridge.

When researching the information, Li Qian discovered a funny thing. It seems that when the Nanpu Bridge was built, because it was too far away, many people in Shanghai did not know that there was another bridge on the Huangpu River.

"Then even if there is a bridge, I guess it will be difficult. It will be difficult to open it to the crew for three nights, even in the middle of the night."

Ren Zhonglun shook his head, Li Qian was too picky.

This is a magical city, and it is not comparable to any other city except the capital. Those second- and third-tier cities meet directors like Zhang Yimou, Ma Xiaogang, and Li Qian. It is estimated that a section of the road in the city center will be closed for a week.

But this is Magic City!

In the early morning hours of the Nanpu Bridge, the film crew was filmed for three nights, which was already won with the help of Ren Zhonglun.

Moreover, he also agreed to clear the square around the Oriental Pearl TV Tower for Li Qian to shoot. It’s easy to say that the surrounding square is not a must-see, but it’s not a big deal for some tourists to open it to the crew in the morning.

After getting off the Nanpu Building, the group came to Nanjing Road again.

As the most prosperous business district in Shanghai, Li Qian planned to take shots of the male protagonist wandering aimlessly in broad daylight here.

The prosperity of the past, and the emptiness of today.

"Street closures are for sure."

Along the way, Li Qian pointed to both sides of the street and said, "When the time comes, arrange all the flowers, plants, trees, and burned cars, and create an apocalyptic scene of nature defeating Ming."

Ren Zhonglun said, "If Nanjing Road is to be closed, the price will not be small."

This is the capital city, and it is the most prosperous business district in the capital city. It is not satisfactory to describe it as making money every day.

Moreover, the Nanjing Road business district does not need to advertise at all, and there are countless passenger traffic every day.

Li Qian also knew that he would be happy to change to a smaller city, but it is different in Shanghai.

"It doesn't take too much time. During the period from early morning to nine o'clock in the morning on a five-day working day, the crew will come to prepare in the early morning, start filming at dawn, and finish work at nine o'clock, and return to the original state after an hour, try not to delay We can also give a certain amount of compensation for the merchant's business."

This is more or less the same, but you still have to seek the opinions of the merchants.

Under the leadership of the local street, Li Qian negotiated with various merchants for a whole day, and finally obtained the consent of the merchants, the street, and various departments after paying a price of 200 million.

The price is not high, it can even be said to be very low.

The streets are closed for shooting, so no one can be in the shot.

It's not just about these merchants, there are many other aspects involved, and the transportation department alone has to plan ahead for traffic issues at that time.

I stayed in Shanghai for another two days, and waited for other places to get approval from the government and various departments before I could successfully complete the task of this trip.

The price paid was quite a lot, 200 million yuan was still a small matter, and the Oriental Pearl Tower, Nanpu Bridge and other places also confiscated money.

However, this is all converted into the investment of the Modu Film Group, which is equivalent to the support of the Modu government, plus the 100 million from the Modu Film Group, in exchange for I Am Legend 10's investment share.

The production cost of I am Legend will be about 8000 million, and more than 5000 million will be used for post-production special effects and rendering.

Rendering costs the most. It can be said that how much time and how much money is spent on rendering determines the final effect of special effects.

In the post-apocalyptic city, it is not enough for the buildings to be made old, and the roads cannot be handled by growing grass, and there is no room for flaws on the big screen.

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Before leaving Shanghai, Li Qian was also grandly entertained as a part of Ren Zhonglun, and many people came from Xiaoguang and the entire media system of Shanghai.

However, Li Qian didn't know anyone, and the big and small bosses didn't come.

It's normal if you don't come, Xue Jian, the boss of Daguang, was the deputy secretary-general of the Magic City Mansion before.

I don't know anyone else, even Ren Zhonglun, this is the first time I've seen him.

After finishing the business, Li Qian wentssip, "Director Ren, I heard that the entire media system of Shanghai Metropolis is going to be merged and split. The Moying Group should be separated this time, right?"

Ren Zhonglun smiled, "Hehe, Director Li is also interested in the media industry in Shanghai?"

"I'm just curious. China Canton Group was disbanded four years ago. I heard that the nine major subsidiaries of China Canton Group will be reorganized this time. It will probably be a big change."