Xiangjiang giants

Chapter 158

Just after the Spring Festival, spring in Hong Kong seems impatient to come. The warm breeze is blowing on the faces of passers-by, heralding the arrival of the new year.

Not far from the Phoenix Building, An Yifei and Zuo Lan were browsing a slightly old building.It was obviously built during the Japanese occupation, with a very obvious Japanese style, which is incompatible with the surrounding buildings.

Glancing at Zuo Lan who was full of doubts, An Yifei smiled, "This used to be a bank during the Japanese occupation, and it was built on the ruins of buildings destroyed by artillery fire in the early years. If you look carefully, you can find obvious There are traces of rushed work, and the floor is very low. But it covers an area of ​​more than 32000 square meters, which is considered very large.”

Zuo Lan noticed that the building had been completely evacuated, and the gatekeepers had been replaced by Hong Kong Heishui Security Guards. His eyes lit up, and he waited for his next words.

"As far as I know, some people on Hong Kong Island contacted me and wanted to control me in terms of building materials and labor, because my development and growth made them feel uncomfortable. As for me, I want to slap them in the face and demolish this place. After that Build the tallest building in Asia”

"Wow, how tall is that?" Zuo Lan imagined that tall building and looked at An Yifei, "Brother Fei, you mean to ask the country to help, but our construction technology is probably not good enough?"

"No problem, just follow..., look, he's here"

Following An Yifei's fingers, Zuo Lan saw a man who was obviously British coming over, "Hello, Your Excellency the Duke; Hello, beautiful lady, I am Norman Foster"

An Yifei didn't care about Zuo Lan who was bewildered for the time being, but after shaking hands with Norman, he calmly introduced: "Mr. Norman is the designer of Fenghui Bank Building and a world-renowned high-level executive A master of architectural design, because of his familiarity with the geological structure of Hong Kong Island, I asked him to design the entire building for me.”

"Oh", Zuo Lan nodded in understanding.

An Yifei went on to say: "During the nearly two months when I went to the mainland, Mr. Norman will live in Hong Kong. You are responsible for arranging the coordination between him and all aspects of the company. More importantly, let the mainland send professional talents as soon as possible. Come to make preliminary contact and lay the foundation for the construction of the building"

These words were spoken in English very politely, so Norman nodded, "Preliminary preparations for the construction are very important. Since the Duke has encountered difficulties from some local forces, it is best to call the team from the north nearby. However, The main frame steel still needs to be customized in Europe, because the standard requirements are particularly high.”

A group of people walked in the empty building yard, An Yifei stepped on the ground, "Norman, do you think you can build this big guy with 108 floors?"

"Of course, sir, you have to believe in the rigor and confidence of an architect. Give me two months, and I will come up with a design that satisfies you."

Although the guy's design fee was as high as 80 pounds, An Yifei felt very satisfied.After leaving the scene, An Yifei formally assigned the task to Zuo Lan, "Those who can do more work, no one can do this except you, contact the construction team in the mainland, and ask them to come over and demolish the old building quickly." right?"

"Oh, Feige, may I ask how much you paid for the whole building and the land?"

"It's very cheap, 1360 million Hong Kong dollars, haha, it's like a robbery"

Can't figure out why he thinks it's cheap. Zuo Lan doesn't know that some land kings in the future are simply built of gold mountains. Maybe in another 30 years, when she thinks back to An Yifei's words, she will understand that it is what do you mean.

……

The permitted Boeing 787 was parked at Chang'an Airport. February in the northwest was still relatively cold. Except for An Yifei and Gong Li who had been prepared for a long time, others such as director Liu Zhenwei and Qiu Shuzhen, who played a supporting role, shivered as soon as they stepped out of the cabin. up.

The mayor of Chang'an and others who came to welcome them had already prepared, and some service personnel quickly put on brand-new military coats for the shivering people.

"Welcome, Mr. An, you are finally here."

"Mayor Li, why don't you greet him in person?" An Yifei was very hypocritical, and after exchanging pleasantries with his previous acquaintances, he stepped into the car to greet him.

These cars were all "donated" by An Yifei. In fact, they are the common goods in the United States, but in today's mainland, they are considered high-end gadgets.

When the car entered the film and television city, everyone's eyes lit up. It has to be said that the officials of this era are doing things in a down-to-earth manner. The entire film and television city is built according to the plan, almost like a reduced version of Chang'an City.

After entering the imitated Xianyang Palace along the stone pavement, the circle of majestic buildings gave everyone the illusion of time travel, as if they had come to the Qin Kingdom thousands of years ago.

The place where An Yifei lives is imitating Xianyang Palace, a palace that looks ancient on the outside, but is actually very modern on the inside. This is also the place where the two crews meet for a meeting.

After attending the welcome banquet, the shooting began with the preparatory meeting
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"For this shooting, although the costumes and props are common, the story is completely different, so I brought two exclusive directors to introduce to you."

This is an empty hall, and now it has become a meeting place for two film crews. Most of the staff are from Chang'an Film Studio.

"First of all, Mr. Liu Zhenwei, the famous director of the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" is in charge of directing "The Love of Terracotta Warriors from Ancient to Modern Times"

After everyone's applause ended, An Yifei continued to introduce, "The other film "Myth" is directed by myself, but the main assistant director is Mr. Tang Jili, a new director from Hong Kong."

This time the applause was even more enthusiastic. After making a movement that made everyone whisper, "Everyone should have divided the film crew according to the arrangement. In order to distinguish, before coming to Chang'an, I have customized two colors: blue and gray. hats, please come up to receive them according to the crew, and then take your seats in groups."

When everyone was receiving the fashionable baseball caps, An Yifei finally saw Chen Hong, the heroine of "Mythology", and smiled at her. The girl was also peeping at him, and returned a sweet smile upon seeing this.

Later..., An Yifei looked at the neat blue and gray teams in the audience with satisfaction, "I'm the lead actor in these two movies, heh, don't be surprised. Similar stories are faced with different audiences. "Ancient and Modern" is mainly aimed at Chinese-speaking audiences, while the relatively fantastic "Mythology" will be aimed at European and American audiences."

Both directors nodded with understanding and agreed with their boss's explanation. An Yifei continued to explain: "The stories of the two films span ancient and modern times, and they are both fantasy stories about the cultural inheritance of Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Therefore, The props are basically common, and my role is actually not a lot, please be prepared, we will officially start next Monday."

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Of course, preparations before the start of the film are necessary. The director and his crew need to be familiar with each other, and communicate with the actors about the script; actors also need to communicate with each other, which will take some time.

Nowadays, the prices in mainland China are extremely cheap for An Yifei, so the props team prepares everything as if they don’t need money, and they can get it as they are good.

There are very few special effects in "The Love of Terracotta Warriors in Ancient and Modern Wars", so you don't need to pay more attention.However, the underground palace of the other "Mythology" has been discussed by the director and others for a long time without any result.

When he found An Yifei, he replied calmly, "Just use the black background as the background to shoot, and the guys from Industrial Light & Magic will satisfy you by then."

Now that these "difficulties" were solved by An Yifei with a wave of his hand, the film crew went to the battle lightly and started preparations, and the actors also started to play against each other.

Of course, Chen Hong's beauty is needless to say, especially now that she is still in her infancy, and she also came to Chang'an after the Spring Festival.Because An Yifei gave her a chance to send her to Columbia University for further study, she got a high school degree in advance, and her family also supported her, so she participated in the filming without any burden.

So in the first scene, Chen Hong, who came out of makeup, proved herself with her beauty. Wearing Hanfu, she was like Princess Yushu resurrected.

However, what surprised everyone even more was the makeup of An Yifei. In the past half month, he grew a short mustache again. After putting on his battle armor, his tall body was like that of a great general of the Qin Dynasty.

Since the content is similar, the pictures of Qin Jun and others shot by multiple cameras can be used mutually between the two films, the difference is only the "viewpoint" of the lens.

Outside Chang'an City, the vast northwest land has just turned green.The film crew closely relied on the base of the film and television city, shooting battle scenes one after another nearby.

Although there is a film and television city not far behind, facing the endless Pingchuan, even An Yifei often has the urge to sing Xintianyou.The "meaning" of General Qin came out naturally, leading the crew to start the show again.

"A Fei, do you want me to keep my hand?" An Yifei shouted loudly to the embarrassed soldier who made a pig for three days and a case of wine for five days.

"Tch, just rely on your three-legged cat's kung fu? Come on, don't be like a sissy"

As the relationship between the two parties became more and more familiar, the entire company that cooperated with the performance was basically convinced by An Yifei, only the company commander Zhou Debao remained unconvinced.Of course, he admired him in his heart, but as the head of the company, he couldn't get rid of this face.

"Okay, open it for me." An Yifei's dislike of using props, knives and guns has also won the admiration of a group of soldiers. They like such a straightforward temper.

Therefore, the spear of Company Commander Zhou was a real weapon with a jujube pole and an iron tip, and it hit "Meng Yi" who was already "ragged" with a "huh".

All the "worry" is of course just from the makeup, and the camera will switch when the spear dances into the air, leaving a suspenseful scene.Then, everyone's mouths were opened wide and they looked at the field. An Yifei easily grabbed the gun with one hand, and whistled at the bewildered company commander Zhou: "Hey, big black man, want to It’s still possible to win against me by drinking, but you can’t do it in this regard.”

After finishing speaking, Lianchang Zhou's palms went numb, and the spear came into the opponent's hand, "Forget you, I'll drink you to death tonight."At the bottom of his heart, he finally believed in one thing: "In ancient times, there were indeed strong generals. With a combat effect like Ah Fei, in ancient times, my company would be defeated, right?"

(End of this chapter)