I'm not just a director

Jiang Peian's remarks at the press conference indeed attracted a lot of attention.

No matter now or in the future, public figures need to have a face.

There's very little of that kind of lashing out at the media.

Of course, it's not just a matter of one or two days for Jiang Peian to curse people or have trouble with the media.

Looking at his record in Hong Kong, what he said at the press conference is considered trivial.

After all, reporters from Hong Kong Province now want to run around when they see him.

Perhaps what Jiang Pei'an said at the press conference was sincere enough and reasonable, so many people turned around and were willing to support him.

"Personally, I think Director Jiang is right. Movies are inherently subjective."

"Why aren't Director Jiang's films art films? "Heartbeat" looks very good."

"No, what happened to commercial movies? Did they dig up your family's ancestral graves?"

Another quarrel broke out on Weibo.

Nowadays, Weibo has more and more users due to the popularity of celebrities in the entertainment industry.

Brother Xiao Ma made a rough estimate. By the end of the year, based on the number of users Weibo has accumulated, Weibo's hot search list will basically no longer need to use Penguin News data...

Jiang Pei'an never expected that he would attract so many people to watch just because he was complaining.

It seems that the popularity with the audience I accumulated in the past few years has played a role.

After the press conference, the crew began to organize, and the group rushed to Guangdong Province.

"Let the Bullets Fly" was filmed in the Kaiping Fortress in Guangdong Province.

The crew's art set, props and other staff have been here for half a month to set up the scene.

When Jiang Pei'an and others arrived here, they saw that the place had been cleaned up and organized.

This is a tourist area with many large and small watchtowers.

Many of the tower's owners have settled overseas, leaving the tower uninhabited and becoming a tourist attraction.

The earliest watchtower in the village is called Longsheng Tower, which was built in 1917, and the latest Zhanlu Tower was built in 1948.

Among all the watchtowers in Kaiping, the most luxurious and tall one is called Ruishi Tower, which is located in Jinjiangli Scenic Area.

However, this watchtower is a private residence and is currently not open to tourists. It can only be viewed from the outside.

Since June 2007, Kaiping Diaolou and villages have been included in the World Cultural Heritage. This is also the only World Cultural Heritage in the entire Guangdong Province.

However, the Kaiping Diaolou was not well-known at that time, and many tourists did not know this place.

Later, "Let the Bullets Fly" was filmed here. After the movie was released, Kaiping Diaolou quickly became popular.

Kaiping Diaolou mainly includes three scenic spots, namely Zili Village, Liyuan and Majianglong.

There are also several smaller scenic spots, such as Jinjiangli, Sanmenli and several other villages.

You can buy separate tickets for each scenic spot, or you can buy combined tickets. There are buses going to and from these scenic spots, and the transportation is very convenient.

Among them, Zili Village is the main filming location of the movie "Let the Bullets Fly", and the mansion of Huang Silang's family in the movie is located here.

Zili Village currently has 15 well-preserved watchtowers. It is the village with the highest concentration of watchtowers among all scenic spots in Kaiping. It is also a must-see scenic spot for tourists visiting Kaiping Watchtowers...

Jiang Peian took the actors and crew to get familiar with the scene environment, and started looking at the drawings and scripts for the scenes to be shot one by one.

These watchtowers have unique architectural styles, almost all of which are a combination of Western architecture and traditional Chinese Lingnan architecture.

And most of them have a history of about a hundred years.

The largest and most exquisite watchtower in Zili Village is called Mingshi Tower, and this is the place Jiang Pei'an had chosen long ago.

Huang Shilang's home.

Kaiping, Guangdong Province, is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. Since the Opium War, many local people have begun to go abroad for work and business.

After making money, he went home and built a mansion, and watchtowers were built one after another.

Especially during the period before the Anti-Japanese War, bandits were rampant in the countryside of Kaiping, and many people built such watchtowers for self-protection.

These watchtowers are very strong, made of reinforced concrete structures, equipped with iron doors and iron windows. The upper floors are full of gun holes and store a large amount of food.

Many of the building materials such as cement and iron plates were imported from abroad at that time.

Once bandits invade, villagers can hide in the watchtowers to ensure peace.

The tallest Mingshi Tower was built in 1925.

There is a large viewing platform on the top of the building. When you climb to the top of Mingshi Building, you can have an unobstructed view of the whole village.

Looking at the towers towering high among the rice fields, Jiang Pei'an and his party had a very strange feeling.

Each of these watchtowers is unique.

Many of them are built domestically by their owners who ask foreign designers to design drawings.

Some of them were imitated by local villagers after seeing other people's watchtowers.

There are more than 1800 large and small watchtowers in the entire Kaiping area...

Jiang Wen looked at these large and small watchtowers and sighed:
“I don’t know how you found this place, it’s exactly the same as the Huang Silang’s home I imagined in my mind.

This is where the landlord Lao Cai lives. You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat. It is impregnable. "

Hearing Jiang Wen's words, Jiang Peian smiled and asked Ni Dahong, who was far more mature than his peers:

"Teacher Ni, are you satisfied with the new home I chose for you?"

With a mature smile on his face, Ni Dahong nodded and said:
"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied."

The people present laughed when they heard this.

Ni Dahong is the youngest among the three main protagonists.

Needless to say, Jiang Wen is a talented director and actor, and Ge You needs no introduction.

Most people who have a TV at home have watched his performance in "The Story of the Editorial Office".

Only Ni Dahong made his debut very early, but he doesn't have many outstanding works.

Moreover, this person also put in a lot of effort when he passed the drama test.

He failed to pass the audition for the first time. Ni Dahong felt that he lost due to image and voice issues.

In order to improve his voice, he asked his parents for help and asked someone from the local Peking Opera Theater to learn Peking Opera, hoping to open up his voice.

As a result, after singing for some days, there was no change.

After failing to get into the Chinese Opera, Ni Dahong went to the Heilongjiang Jixi Theater and stayed there for more than a year.

It wasn't until a year later that he got his wish and was admitted to the Chinese Theater Academy.

After appearing in Chinese dramas, Ni Dahong fell into the category of "looking a little anxious".

So when the class was arranging sketches, he would first be his father, then his grandfather, or he would be older than his grandfather, lying in bed speechless, so he was a super senior.

Ni Dahong is the squad leader and often opens boiled water for students in each dormitory.

Students from other departments thought he was a school worker and did not regard him as a student at all.

Before joining Jiang Pei'an's crew, this man had only acted in one movie.

It was the movie "Garland Under the Mountain", the movie starring Tang Guoqiang when he was still a young student... Jiang Pei'an knew that Ni Dahong was different from other stars. People like him could be more calm.

Just like Wang Jingsong, when they are not famous, they can settle down and ponder their acting skills.

This alone has put many actors in the entertainment industry to shame.

Jiang Peian and others are getting familiar with the scene. This process will take at least two days.

During this period, some villagers near the watchtower also came over.

"Are you the leaders who came from the capital to film a movie?"

One of them, an old man on a cane, came over, followed by a young man.

The young man should be the old man's translator. The old man obviously speaks the local dialect of Kaiping, leaning towards Cantonese.

The young man translated his words into Mandarin.

"Hello, old man, we are coming from the capital."

Only when Jiang Pei'an heard the introduction from the local external producer around him did he know that this old man was the village chief of a nearby village.

When the crew came here to view and set up the scene, the old village chief and the villagers provided a lot of help.

When making a film, you need to have a good relationship with the local area. For example, films from some countries or films produced by CCTV will most likely be handed over to the local government in advance, and the local propaganda department will take the lead in coordinating the filming.

Films produced by private companies like Jiang Peian basically have to choose a reliable local external producer.

Then it is about using money to open up roads and open up local relationships.

Some crews simply had troubles with the local area, and as a result, they were unable to shoot the scenes they had built.

I watched helplessly as the locals pulled everything out.

Especially in rural areas, if the locals unanimously oppose filming, it is almost impossible to shoot the film locally.

Even if the local government comes forward, they don't dare to force it too hard.

After all, when filming, if someone breaks in or stops the power and water supply, the crew will be paralyzed.

The same is true when shooting in cities. In later generations, because of filming, there were still few conflicts between the crew and the local people?

Rao is a long-established star like Cheng Long, and the film crew also made a lot of noise when dealing with local relations.

In fact, if the movie is shot somewhere, such as the Kaiping Diaolou today.

After the movie is released, it will definitely promote the development of local tourism.

The same is true for Cheng Long's new film. After filming, the public can not only get up close and personal with the stars.

It may also become an internet celebrity attraction due to the movie.

It was supposed to be a win-win situation, but it didn't follow the script!
Due to filming needs, the crew closed the streets for filming.

However, because the roads were blocked, many original residents were unable to return home normally, which also aroused strong dissatisfaction among surrounding residents!

According to reports from citizens, the staff wearing vests have a very tough attitude and are rude to others.

They had a strong conflict with the citizens and almost got into a fight!
What is even more interesting is the scene of conflicts between staff and citizens, which continued to take place on many roads.

The act of blocking roads for filming has seriously affected the normal traffic of local residents!
Many local residents expressed their strong dissatisfaction with the road closure for filming.

Many netizens also uploaded the video of the road closure to the Internet!
Afterwards, a reporter interviewed the local transportation department, and the staff said:

The crew definitely couldn't seal the road privately, but they went through the procedures and applied for the road closure for three days.

It's legal, but not reasonable?
In order to film a movie, the normal traffic of citizens has to be affected for three days. What benefits can the local people get?

When it comes to road closures for filming, there is nothing wrong with having the formalities completed.

But the fault lies in the attitude of the staff, which has seriously affected the traffic of surrounding residents, and their attitude is arrogant.

In this world, not only those who make movies work, but others also have to live, and everyone must be considerate of each other.

Just because you have gone through the formalities, there will be no problems with road closure...

So when Jiang Pei'an saw the village chief coming, he quickly stepped forward to entertain him warmly.

The village chief is a bit of a local coward, especially in Guangdong Province where family and neighbor values ​​are strong.

It would be really uncomfortable if there was a reason not to allow them to film.

However, Jiang Pei'an obviously thought too much. The old man didn't come here to look for trouble.

"The movie you make is also a promotion for our local area, so the old village chief wants to invite you to sit in the village and feel the local customs."

The translator smiled and invited.

Jiang Peian didn't expect this.

The current situation is:
"Old village chief, thank you for your kindness, but we still have work to do. Can we visit you after we are all settled?"

The young man translated Jiang Pei'an's Mandarin into Cantonese. The old man smiled and nodded, agreeing to Jiang Pei'an's request.

Not long after the old man left, he saw a few more villagers pushing carts.

There were five or six carts in total, and each cart was filled with lychees, longans and other fruits.

The young man was still leading the team. He smiled and said:

"The old village chief said these fruits are for you to eat. Kaiping is rich in fruits. The only fruits in season right now are lychees and longans. I hope you won't dislike them."

Everyone looked at Jiang Pei'an, who was frightened by the local enthusiasm.

Jiang Peian quickly called the local external relations producer and life producer, planning to buy these carts of fruit.

Jiang Pei'an could tell that these lychees and longans were fresh, and the locals planted them in large quantities, probably as crops to support their families.

The crew cannot charge these for no reason.

The external relations producer was found locally and knew the prices of these fruits.

He and the life producer roughly estimated the price and gave the money to Jiang Pei'an.

Jiang Peian forced the money into the hands of the translator and said with a smile:
“Thank you to the old village chief for your kindness, but we can’t collect these things in vain.

Just think that we are buying these things from the fruit farmers in the village and bring them to the old village chief for me. "

The translator's face turned red, and he was obviously at a loss for Jiang Peian's move.

"The village chief said it doesn't cost money, it doesn't cost money... You just come to make a movie to promote our local area..."

"Take it, making movies is our job, and the environment here is better. Just keep the money first. I will tell the old village chief next time I see him."

"Well, that's fine."

The translator nodded and had no choice but to accept the money.

After the translator made such a fuss, Jiang Pei'an could almost rest.

So I asked the life producer to lead someone to share a portion of the fruit that was delivered.

After everyone had a rest, they walked around the watchtower again. This was when all the tasks were completed.

Tomorrow is the official start-up time.

...(End of chapter)