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Chapter 530 Pain

"Of course." Wang Shu replied without comment.

Seeing Wang Shu answer so easily, Mei Ting couldn't help but bury her head in Wang Shu's chest and said in a sweet and tender voice: "I just like the way you are full of confidence."

He caught a glimpse of his second brother Wang jumping around, and immediately reached out to grab him and play with him.

Wang Shu is in good health and can be fine no matter how hard he works.

At this moment, he was far from exhausted, and he couldn't help but reach out and stroke Mei Ting's smooth back.

This action gave Mei Ting motivation.

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The night deepens and midnight arrives.

April 4th passed and today is April 29th.

Wang Shu took out a red gift box from the bedside table and handed it to Mei Ting, saying softly, "Happy birthday."

April 4th is Mei Ting’s birthday.

Mei Ting had been wondering whether Wang Shu would give her a birthday present, when, or what he would give her.

Unexpectedly, the gift was placed in front of me just after midnight.

Obviously, Wang Shu had always remembered her birthday and prepared a gift in advance.

Thinking of this, her round eyes looked at Wang Shu affectionately and asked in surprise, "What is it?"

"You'll know if you open it." Wang Shu pinched Mei Ting's face.

This action caused Mei Ting to glare at him in pretended dissatisfaction.

Then he sat up and opened the gift box.

What caught my eye was a glittering silver bracelet.

White gold with diamonds, sparkling.

Putting aside the IQ tax, the style is indeed very nice.

Mei Ting's eyes were bright, and she obviously liked it very much.

Wang Shu knew what he should do now. He stood up, took out the bracelet from the gift box and helped Mei Ting put it on her wrist.

Mei Ting raised her wrist and shook it in front of Wang Shu's eyes, and asked proudly, "Does it look good?"

"It looks good." Wang Shu praised.

Mei Ting's lips curled up slightly when she heard that. She leaned over and kissed him on the lips, then said with a smile, "Thank you, I like it very much."

Wang Shu then took Mei Ting into his arms and reached out to knead the small hillside.

I pinched it hard and asked, "Doesn't it hurt?"

Mei Ting bit her lip: "It hurts!"

"Then why didn't you say anything?" Wang Shu asked immediately.

When Mei Ting heard this, she looked at him with a dim eye without saying anything.

Seeing this, Wang Shu increased his efforts again.

Mei Ting bit her lips in pain and frowned, but still didn't say a word.

Not only was he not angry, he also did not blame Wang Shu, and did not even stop Wang Shu.

Instead, endure it silently.

May Day is here in a blink of an eye.

Wang Shu did not take a vacation, but was filming "Life of Pi".

The crew arrived in Beijing yesterday and will start work today under the arrangement of producer Jill.

As they are rushing to prepare for the Oscars early next year, the crew is not working at a slow pace, but at a very high speed.

Under normal circumstances, when a Hollywood crew goes to other places to shoot, they will have to take a few days to rest before they can start working again.

This time, the construction period is tighter.

Of course, as soon as Jill arrived, the crew was able to get going, mainly thanks to Wang Shu's Yikeshu Company.

Yikeshu Company also participated in the production of the drama "Life of Pi".

Many employees have been learning the Hollywood model from the crew, and the domestic set design was mainly completed by Yikeshu.

Moreover, the filming location of "Life of Pi" is not in Beijing, but in Jiangcheng.

The filming in India has been completed, and most of the remaining shoots will be done in the zoo and botanical gardens.

The zoos and botanical gardens in Beijing are quite expensive, and unless you pay a huge price, they will not agree to rent an area for the crew to renovate and film.

Just at this time, relevant personnel from the provincial capital of Wang Shu’s hometown came to him and hoped that Wang Shu would choose Jiangcheng as the filming location for "Life of Pi".

In this way, the city's reputation will be expanded, tourists will be attracted, and the economy will be boosted in the future.

Wang Shu thought that since the capital was not interested in it and his hometown provincial capital would not only cooperate as much as possible but also make contributions to his hometown province, he agreed to this matter.

Facts have proved that this kind of proactive approach really saves time, effort and worry.

Not only does the venue require no rent, but in order to facilitate filming, some areas of the zoo were also renovated to cooperate with the crew.

The original words of the park: Just renovate it as you like. The more renovations you make and the more fancy they are, the more you can use it as a gimmick to attract customers in the future. If the renovations are too few, the effect will be limited.

With such a statement, the team of Yikeshu Company renovated an area in the zoo according to Wang Shu's request in order to more realistically restore the scenes in the novel.

As for rent and so on, at Wang Shu's request, the park charged normal prices.

"Life of Pi" is a movie invested by Fox, and Wang Shu is just the director. He will not save money for Fox.

"Director Wang, if you need anything, just tell our staff directly. You're welcome. We will fully cooperate with you."

The park representative expressed his views politely to Wang Shu.

Not only the zoo in Jiangcheng, but also the city of Jiangcheng hopes that this event can serve as an advertisement for Jiangcheng and attract tourists from all over the world to come to Jiangcheng.

"You're welcome. We'll let you know if we need anything, and we'll definitely trouble you when the time comes." Wang Shu responded politely.

The park representative then exchanged some pleasantries with Wang Shu and turned to leave.

Afterwards, the filming work was once again in full swing.

In addition to building a studio here for filming, there is also an open space where the world's largest fully automatic wave device tank was built.

This water tank can simulate various marine environments, including calm seas and rough sea storms.

Jiangcheng is a large city with many rivers and lakes and a well-developed water system, which is perfect for building this studio.

As for the water being a completely different color than the ocean, that's not a problem.

"Life of Pi" is a 3D movie and will have many special effects shots.

Fresh water was used during filming, and special effects were used to render it into sea water later.

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May Day passed in a flash, and another day of filming was completed.

That evening, Wang Shu, as the host, invited Tabu to have a meal and took him for a stroll around Jiangcheng.

"Shu, this city is beautiful." Tabu said politely.

Wang Shu smiled when he heard this, knowing that he was just being polite.

It’s impossible to visit any tourist attractions at this time in the evening, so we just took a walk.

On weekdays, when Tabu was walking from the hotel where he was staying to the filming crew, he would see people either digging or working.

That's it, a beautiful chicken.

Immediately, he responded in the same polite way: "India is also beautiful."

When Tabu heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

As an Indian, she knows what India looks like.

No matter whether Wang Shu was sincere or not, she was happy to hear it.

The two did not hang out outside for long and returned to the hotel after a while. "Life of Pi" is a Hollywood movie, and even though it was filmed in China, there is still a break according to the Hollywood system.

Well, after a busy week, today is the time for the crew to stop work and take a break.

Wang Shu took advantage of the crew's holiday and drove back to his hometown.

Jiangcheng is not far from his hometown county, only an hour or two drive away.

In addition, the May Day holiday has passed and the highway is not congested, making it more convenient for him to drive home.

Wang Shu drove home in the afternoon and it was already evening when he arrived back home.

Compared to the bustling village when returning home during the Chinese New Year, the village is relatively deserted when returning home during the middle of the year.

Most of them are middle-aged and elderly people, as well as left-behind children. Most of the young people have gone out to earn money.

It’s not that the young people in the village are unwilling to farm in their hometown, but the per capita land in Wang Shu’s hometown is less than one acre. Farming at home won’t make you starve to death, but you won’t make much money at the end of the year, not even enough to pay for your children’s tuition.

The only way out is to go out and work.

Moreover, the fields in Wang Shu’s hometown are not flat like the Jianghan Plain, Northeast China, and Henan.

His hometown is a hilly area with undulating fields, somewhat like the terraces in the mountains of Guizhou, but not as steep.

Even harvesters can't enter this kind of field.

If you want a harvester to enter the field to harvest, you need to first destroy the ridge, create a slope like a ladder, and then go down layer by layer.

Although the Jianghan Plain, which is an hour or two's drive away, is an endless plain, Wang Shu's hometown happens to be part of the remnant of the Dabie Mountains, which is not a plain.

Although the fields in some villages in Wang Shu's hometown are relatively flat, the village is built at the foot of a mountain, and the gullies below the mountain lead down to fields layer by layer.

It is quite troublesome to cultivate the fields.

Some families work outside and do not farm, so they give their land to villagers for free, but the villagers do not farm.

Later, the villagers decided to plant fruit trees in the wasteland.

In short, Wang Shu’s hometown is only an hour or two’s drive from Jiangcheng.

But it happens to be a hilly terrain that is not very suitable for growing crops.

Not only is the land difficult to cultivate, but the average per capita land area is less than one acre.

Moreover, the fields were scattered here and there and not together.

When I got home, my parents had already prepared a sumptuous dinner.

If he had come back during the Chinese New Year, someone would have seen the commotion and come to visit by now.

But right now, there is none.

Since he had to return to the crew, Wang Shu didn't stay at home for long.

We only stayed there for one night, and drove back to Jiangcheng after lunch the next day.

On the way back, Wang Shu received a call from Yang Mi.

"Director Wang, I have nothing to do these days. Can I visit your crew?" Yang Mi's phone rang.

"No." Wang Shu refused without thinking.

"Ah?" Yang Mi was a little surprised when she heard that. She didn't expect Wang Shu to reject her so decisively.

Wang Shu explained: "It's not that I don't allow you to visit the set, but the crew's confidentiality is very strict."

"Producer Jill and Fox don't want non-crew members to come in and out of the set."

After a pause, he continued, "Many Hollywood crews are like this."

"Okay." Yang Mi expressed her understanding after hearing this.

She also knew that Hollywood movies are producer-centered and that the producer is the most powerful person in the crew.

Although Wang Shu's Yikeshu Company was also involved in the production, and given Wang Shu's status as a great director, there would be no problem if he agreed to let her visit the set.

But, there is no need for that.

Therefore, although Yang Mi understood, she was still quite disappointed in her heart.

For Wang Shu, it was absolutely impossible for him to agree to let Yang Mi visit the set.

Because Yang Mi came to visit the set, as long as the news gets out, Zhou Xun, Mei Ting, Fan Binbin, Li Binbin and others might also express their intention to come to visit the set.

At that time, it would be neither right to refuse nor to agree.

It’s better to block it directly.

"Then Director Wang, when will you return to Beijing? We haven't seen each other for a long time. I'd like to treat you to a meal." Yang Mi continued.

Wang Shu thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure when I'll be back in Beijing. I'm afraid I'll only be back after the filming is finished."

"Let's have dinner together then." Yang Mi said in a hoarse voice.

The sound of the clip sounds soft and crisp, which is really nice.

However, Yang Mi doesn't talk in a sarcastic tone all day long. She only does so when she wants to.

When she talked to Wang Shu on the phone, she wanted to lower her voice.

"Okay." Wang Shu responded.

Although he agreed, he didn't necessarily make time to have dinner with Yang Mi.

"Yeah." Yang Mi responded with a smile.

We chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.

We drove all the way back to Jiangcheng Hotel and it was still light.

As soon as I returned to the hotel, I received a call from Zhou Xun, who also said that he came to visit the set.

A glance at Yang Mi was also a rejection.

The filming continued in the following days. Wang Shu received calls from Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Mei Ting and others, all of whom said they wanted to visit the set, but Wang Shu rejected them all.

He knew how to pass the buck and directly stated that it was Jill who issued a strict order not to allow non-crew members to enter or leave.

Fox, one of the eight major Hollywood film and television companies, has the same attitude.

He is just a director and he still has to work in Hollywood in the future, so he doesn't want to offend anyone.

After persuading them with emotion and reason, Fan Binbin, Lin Binbin, Mei Ting, Zhou Xun and others gave up the idea of ​​visiting the set.

During this period, Wang Shu received an invitation from the organizers of the Cannes International Film Festival.

I was busy filming "Life of Pi" and hadn't planned to go.

However, the organizers of the Cannes International Film Festival invited him many times, so Wang Shu discussed it with Jill and Fox's people and agreed to it.

The purpose of this trip is not for anything else but to promote "Life of Pi".

Although the movie is still being filmed, we can send some posters over.

With his status as the youngest Oscar-winning director in history and the name of Fox, one of the eight major Hollywood film and television companies, he can still promote the movie.

However, this time, he will not walk the opening red carpet or the closing red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival. Instead, he will appear a day or two before the closing awards ceremony to promote "Life of Pi".

Many film crews use the Cannes Film Festival stage to promote their films. Compared with these film crews, Wang Shu, Jill and others were actively invited by the organizers.

In a blink of an eye, the Cannes Film Festival opens.

As the most prestigious of the three major international film festivals in Europe, it is destined to be a grand event that attracts the attention of international filmmakers.

Although due to the impact of the global financial crisis, many Hollywood films and production companies have reduced their promotional activities in Europe due to financial considerations or the risks of the films.

But the stage of the Cannes Film Festival is just an opportunity, and many Hollywood films appear here to promote their films.

Although the financial crisis is good for the film and television industry, even good news has risks.

Especially since many Hollywood film companies have been affected, they will be more risk-averse.

Therefore, on the one hand, it is beneficial to the film and television industry, and on the other hand, production companies have to save costs to avoid bankruptcy accidentally.

(End of this chapter)