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Chapter 152 Never fades in time
Yang Shu flew to Jinan with a group of people, and then a Mercedes-Benz minibus took them to Langya Menglianggu first, and then traveled all the way southeast to Lanling.

It takes one and a half hours from Jinan to Mengyin. The road in Shandong is very good, and soon enters Yimeng mountainous area via Tai'an.

Most people in the car were taking a nap and resting, Yang Shu and Ning Song sat together, staring outside along the way, the scenery was beautiful.

Ning Song pointed out the window: "It is getting more and more difficult to restore historical scenes now, do you know why?"

Yang Shu didn't pretend to understand with him: "Because of large-scale afforestation."

"Hey, you know that too?"

"What kind of secret is this? More than one film crew in the circle has said that a large area of ​​northern Shaanxi is now afforested, and trees are planted on the Pagoda Mountain. The effect of the shooting is completely different from the photos before liberation. Only with the help of special effects, the greening in Shandong is better."

As a photographer, Ning Song is still very professional and serious: "I also consulted historical materials before I came. The Yimeng mountainous area in the 30s was not like this. They were basically bare hills."

Yang Shu was also a little worried: "I also checked Meng Lianggu's information, it seems that he is building a theme park now, I hope the appearance will not change too much."

Menglianggu was developed into a tourist area, of course, mainly because the famous battle of Menglianggu took place here, and a large number of film and television dramas have filmed this theme, which is very topical.

In addition, this place also has a long history. The so-called Meng Lianggu is related to Meng Liang, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that he once trained soldiers here.

Meng Liang and Jiao Zan are two members of the Yang family who are famous for their bravery. They often go on stage together. This is how the saying "Jiao does not leave Meng, Meng does not leave Jiao".

This man was born in the green forest when he occupied the mountain as king in his early years, so there are many mountain names related to him, such as Meng Lianggu, Meng Liangying, Meng Liangti, etc., which should be the places where he occupied in those days.

The two people's worries are justified. Meng Lianggu has a state-run forest farm, which has been completely afforested. The mountains are full of trees, and there are also orchards.

The sharp corners of the lotus swaying in the wind, the simple and fresh corridors, the verdant lawns... In late spring, Menglianggu Wetland Park, Duozhuang Town, Mengyin County welcomes you.

The Menglianggu Battle Site is a provincial-level key cultural relic protection unit, with memorial halls, stele pavilions and corridors, and some modern sculptures.

There is also a hero Meng Lianggu theme park. Standing at Zhang Lingpu's command post, you can see a folk garden opposite, and a shooting equestrian club next to the Huaye command post.

Ning Song shook his head when he saw it: "What's the matter? It's impossible to shoot on the spot. The buildings can still be covered by scenery vehicles, but these forests are not easy to handle. Back then, we fought on bare mountains."

"It's useless," the artist also said: "If you use scenery cars to block buildings, you can only make trees according to the surrounding environment, so there will be more trees."

There are always more solutions than problems. If other people can shoot, poplar can of course also shoot.

He watched a lot of film and television works about the Battle of Menglianggu, including the early "Red Sun", in fact, only the early "Red Sun" was shot in this place, and most of the rest were filmed on a bare hill. .

The terrain of the Yimeng mountainous area has a unique style, which belongs to the hills with strange rocks and rolling hills. It was later designated as a UNESCO World Geopark, and Yang Shu didn't want to find a place to fool him.

In the afternoon, Yang Shu and his party went to the government of Duozhuang Town and met with the mayor.

Unexpectedly, the sassy-looking female mayor in her 30s is a fan of "Love Letters from Heaven" and "Wonderful Events in the World", and she warmly received the group.

According to the requirements of the crew, she introduced the greening situation around Menglianggu, and then selected Lushantou, Huangshishan, Dadingshan, and Huangyading, which were similar to the battlefield in the past and had not been planted with vegetation, and recommended them to Poplar.

And she also pointed out: "Back then, the reorganized 74th Division fought and retreated. In fact, Lushantou is also the main battlefield besides Daguding, the main peak of Menglianggu. I can send someone to take you to see it."

With the cooperation of the local area, Yang Shu inquired carefully about the nearby accommodation situation, whether it can accommodate the crew of thousands of people.

This is no problem, because of the development of tourism, there are a large number of hotels in Mengyin County and Yinan County around Menglianggu. If one county can't accommodate them, they can live in two counties, and the drama will be arranged a week in advance.

The group stayed in Duozhuang Town, and under the leadership of the town staff, they inspected four recommended locations, and finally chose Huangshi Mountain, which was the most similar to the main peak and easier to shoot.

For three days in a row, more than a dozen people traveled all over Huangshi Mountain, determined the shooting locations, camera positions, blasting locations, fireworks locations, etc., and made a shooting plan.

Both Yang Shu and Ning Song carried cameras and camcorders on their backs, took pictures of all the terrain, and took them back for further research.

This is definitely a hard job. After three days of exposure to the wind and sun on the unsheltered rocky mountain, almost everyone was darkened when they saw it.

Ning Song liked it quite a bit: "Jingyun has always suggested that I learn how to get tanned like a foreigner, so that I will be more manly. This time, it's good, and saves money on UV lamps."

Yang Shu doesn't really care too much, the dark spots are thinner, which actually fits his image better in the play, and the makeup also saves effort.

On the evening of the 26th, Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu arrived in Tokyo. The next day "Love Letter from Heaven" premiered in Japan. Dongbao arranged a press conference, which was not large.

Liu Man said: "However, I saw an advertisement on the electronic screen on the street. The advertisement was a cheesy one: stunning beauty, sad love, and the beginning of misunderstanding. I don't know what to say."

It’s hard to say, the cultural atmosphere is different in different places, mainland filmmakers don’t actually know what their audiences eat, but Dongbao does.

On the afternoon of the 28th, Yangshu and his party bid farewell to the Yimeng folks and went to Zaozhuang.

After the car started, Ning Song sang emotionally: "Mengshan is high, Yishui is long, I cook chicken soup for my relatives, add a handful of Mengshan firewood, the fire will be more prosperous, and add a scoop of Yihe water, the friendship will last forever... "

Yang Shu went on to sing: "May my relatives heal their wounds as soon as possible, seek liberation for the people, return to the front, return to the front..."

The two of them didn't care whether the other people in the car liked to listen or not, and they moved themselves first.

This section of the journey lasted about an hour and a half. On the way, Yang Shu received calls from director Tian Gehuang and Liu Man respectively, both reporting today's Japanese box office: "The first day's filming rate was 8.2%, which is medium, but the box office is still good." Not bad, there are 2.3 million yen, equivalent to about 1500 million yuan."

The screening rate is one-fourth that of mainland China, and the box office is one-sixth, and even when the ticket price is three times more expensive, the actual performance is almost five times different.

But Yang Shu was satisfied, as he judged before, this movie had to rely on word of mouth to open up the market.

Jiang Shiyu has always been in charge of commenting on this part, telling Yang Shu: "Some film reviews have come out, but not too many. I read some with camera translation, and the overall is good. They probably all expressed surprise. I didn't expect that the mainland can already I feel a little arrogant in the tone of making a love movie of this level, but the appreciation is also obvious, and I will continue to pay attention.”

Then she sent a screenshot of the article, and Yang Shu also translated it, probably referring to the cool tones of black and white, which already revealed that this is not a youth film or romance film in the traditional sense, but about farewell and memorial service.

There is a passage that is beautifully written: "The long-lost memory has never faded in time, the sincere emotions of youth flow out with the memory, the memory is no longer a series of isolated fragments, but the sparkling past , a true paradise in life."

Yang Shu showed it to Ning Song, and he laughed: "Little Japanese, you can complete words."

(End of this chapter)