hollywood melon man

Chapter 274 The modern version of Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden
In the West Coast New District of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, the Oriental Film City covering an area of ​​376 million square meters is under construction.

Thanks to the great Hollywood director Gilbert Landrini, he took a fancy to this place and built two large studios here.

Seeing this opportunity, local departments and businessmen used these two most advanced studios in China as a basis to expand the Oriental Film Capital.

Although only two large studios have been completed so far, and their area is no less than that of large studios in Hollywood, this does not affect the number of film crews stationed in the Oriental Film Capital.

No, when the two large studios were completed, they first welcomed the Hollywood crew "Lord of the Rings" to move in.

Because these two studios were built at the suggestion of Gilbert Jr. and the "Lord of the Rings" crew provided part of the funding, the "Lord of the Rings" studio owns a part of the equity.

The studio can be used repeatedly, and you will receive a steady stream of income in the future.

The "Lord of the Rings" studio is a third-party operated studio, derived from the third-party insurance system. If "The Lord of the Rings" is successfully filmed, the studio is expected to be able to operate for more than ten years.

Little Gilbert came to China with a huge "Lord of the Rings" crew, which caused quite a shock to the local area.

This is the first time that so many foreigners have come to China together, which is quite rare.

I heard that the "Lord of the Rings" project has landed in China, and even the higher-ups are paying great attention to it. The big BOSS of Wenhua Port has given instructions several times to do a good job in service.

Little Gilbert is happy that they can learn something, at least to give some inspiration and thinking to Chinese-language movies.

But unfortunately, some things are just developing and starting, and the Hollywood film production model cannot be learned by Chinese-language films.

Although the two of them were confused about the meaning of coming to the crew as actors and they didn't know much English, they had to obey the assigned tasks and had no choice but to come.

Such a large crew is rare even in Hollywood, let alone the Chinese film industry.

What followed was ecstasy. If we could seize the opportunity and entertain all these foreign guests, it would be a brilliant political achievement for the local area.

Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun are good friends and have a very good relationship with Xiao Yanzi.

This is not the end of the story. If you include the Chinese staff working on "The Lord of the Rings" and the people brought by Little Gilbert, the entire "Lord of the Rings" crew has reached a terrifying scale of more than 5,000 staff.

In addition to these film practitioners, in order to take care of these foreigners from Hollywood, relevant departments can be said to have traveled all over the country.

Of course, this does not mean that the scale will always be maintained at around 5,000 people. There will definitely be some comings and goings. But for subsequent shootings, maintaining the number of people at more than 4,000 people is not a problem.

In fact, before Gilbert Jr. came with the huge "Lord of the Rings" crew, more than a thousand people had already come to China to prepare for "The Lord of the Rings".

Of course, what is not mentioned here is that there is an element of stealing from others.

They even went to Hong Kong and Macao to invite Western chefs to do a good job in catering, for fear that these foreigners would not be used to Chinese food.

Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun were not as big names as Xiao Yanzi, but they were also curious about what it was like to shoot a Hollywood movie, so they obeyed the arrangement and came over.

It can be seen that the Chinese are not all lickers. While they are doing a good job in various service tasks, they are also thinking about what they can learn from foreigners like Little Gilbert.

Nortel got this opportunity because Gilbert Jr. was still an honorary alumnus of Nortel. More than twenty students from the directing department, photography department, and even the acting department were specially selected to study, and Ning Hao was among them.

Some leaders secretly told these selected practitioners that this was an opportunity to learn, and they could learn as much as they could.

Ning Hao, who just came to study in the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy, was greatly shocked by the crew of "The Lord of the Rings".

In the acting department, Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun, who were already well-known at this time and had started to take on several dramas outside, were selected to come to the crew to help.

Therefore, in order to serve the Hollywood crew well, the relevant departments organized a group of film-related practitioners to connect with the "Lord of the Rings" crew.

It’s just that Xiao Yanzi is so popular right now, busy recording albums, becoming a singer, and filming movies. I heard that the school originally arranged for her to come, but Xiao Yanzi refused.

When he first arrived in Qingdao, Huang Xiaoming was from Qingdao and was very familiar with his hometown. But I was still surprised to see the changes here.

Huang Xiaoming was even more surprised when there were so many blond and blue-eyed foreigners. It can be said that except during the German Concession, we have never seen so many foreigners here.

Following the teacher to the set to report, Huang Xiaoming noticed at a glance a tall foreigner with short hair, the famous director Little Gilbert.

Director Gilbert's photo is hanging on the alumni wall. I heard that he had been to China in 1994 and 1995 and visited the Nortel campus.

What is even more surprising is that little Gilbert actually communicated with the Chinese staff in fluent Chinese.

A local official said respectfully: "Director Gilbert, we have a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Do you have time?"

"The ribbon-cutting ceremony?" Little Gilbert thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go and attend it when I have time."

The official completed the task and was immediately overjoyed: "After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, we prepared a banquet, had a meal together, and talked about something by the way."

Although he may look like a foreigner on the outside, but he is Chinese on the inside, little Gilbert certainly understands the so-called wine table culture.

However, he was very busy and had no time to attend any banquet, so he refused: "No need, the crew is working, and money is flowing every day. We can't waste time."

The official was a little disappointed. It seemed that the foreigner was not very polite and actually refused.

But they are foreign guests and not one of our own, so we need to curry favor with them. Little Gilbert can completely ignore them. Anyway, this project is being watched from above.

If anyone dares to embarrass this project and do something tampering, then just wait!
Huang Xiaoming reluctantly listened to the general idea and said in surprise: "No, this foreigner can actually speak Chinese."

"Shh!" Chen Kun gestured and said, "Keep your voice down, don't talk, you don't want to do it anymore." Huang Xiaoming immediately made a gesture to shut up, and then followed the team into the studio obediently.

After entering the studio, Huang Xiaoming was shocked. The scale of these two studios is extremely large, covering a large area. They are also very tall and have a wide space.

The same goes for Chen Kun. The two of them have filmed in a studio, but they have never seen such a large studio.

The most important thing is that there are many incomprehensible devices running, which look very high-tech at first glance.

Nowadays, most of the studios in China require manual operation.

Not to mention tired, the efficiency is still very low.

Relying on manual operation, it usually takes a long time to prepare the set and reset, and this is still a small studio. If it were here, it might take two or three days to prepare for a scene.

However, Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun noticed that the part of the studio here that requires manual operation may be the central control system. The rest basically does not need to be completed by humans and is automated.

Ning Hao was also surprised. He felt like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Everything he saw was strange.

I heard that this place is built according to a Hollywood studio. All the advanced equipment comes from Hollywood and is the most cutting-edge film technology equipment.

Ning Hao couldn't help but think about it: What would it be like if I were filming here and commanding a huge team!

There were also students from the directing department who came with them complaining: "Why does the crew need three to four thousand people? These people must have a secret mission to spy on intelligence, right?"

Another classmate patted him on the head and said, "Do you think it's our small workshop? There are more than a hundred people standing in the sky. Even if Zhang Guoshi comes, the number of people rarely exceeds a thousand."

This is Hollywood, and we are professionals. "

"But being professional doesn't mean there are more people. We can't say whoever has more people is more professional, right?" This classmate was still not convinced.

He thinks there is no need to come to study. Isn’t it just about making movies? The script is written, the actors are found, and the camera is shot. Is it necessary to make it so complicated?

Therefore, this directing student believes that the school is making a fuss out of a molehill and does not take any necessary actions at all.

Ning Hao had a different opinion, he said: "This classmate, I think you need to put aside your prejudices and look at the problem with facts.

I heard that this is a large-scale production of a trilogy, and the investment for the entire movie has reached 3.5 million US dollars. This amount of investment is enough for us to make dozens of movies, which is more than enough.

You only saw three or four thousand people and thought it was a lot, but don’t you think that managing these three or four thousand people without making mistakes requires a high level of management? Doesn’t this speak volumes about the professionalism of our colleagues in Hollywood?
Ask yourself, if you are asked to manage 3,000 people, not just for a year, but for a week, can you guarantee that there will be no mistakes? "

This directing student with a different view was left speechless when asked: "This..."

Another classmate supported Ning Hao’s point of view: “Indeed, not to mention, our staff are also involved.

I heard that troops were even provided to assist in the filming. Our staff here totaled more than a thousand people. The working models of the staff on both sides are different, so how to coordinate is a big problem. "

Ning Hao sighed: "I don't know how our honorary alumnus solved this problem. Why did he choose the location in China? I'm very surprised."

This is indeed a very strange point. Although it does not mean that no foreigners have come to China to film movies, "The Last Emperor" is a representative movie.

But for such a large-scale movie, it is not a Chinese story, but a purely Western story, which is very strange if it is placed in China.

I heard that in addition to the studio in Qingdao, the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" actually built a city in a place called Gazi Mountain in Inner Mongolia, which is quite in the style of director Chen Gege.

I heard that the city is quite large and quite astonishing.

Not only that, "Lord of the Rings" also selected locations across the country, and even established a small town in a place in Yunnan Province.

According to a friend who has been there, the place is so beautiful and one of the most beautiful places he has ever seen.

All of this made Ning Hao curious and surprised.

The crew of "Lord of the Rings" is really special.

After the Nortel students arrived, little Gilbert took into consideration the friendship between his alma mater and his previous life, so he went up and spoke to these Nortel students.

"Hello everyone, I am Gilbert Landrini. As you can see, I am a director." Little Gilbert introduced himself in fluent Chinese.

This magical scene amazed the students.

It is rare to see a foreigner speak such fluent Chinese.

Little Gilbert continued: "I believe that when many of you came here for the first time, your feelings were quite different, maybe you were shocked, maybe you were confused, maybe you were disdainful.

But please be sure to calm down, put aside your impetuous mentality, study hard, and watch carefully.

In the near future, you may be able to become a bridge for film culture communication between our two places.

That's all I have to say. I wish you all a happy time studying on the set of "Lord of the Rings". "

The students applauded enthusiastically. If nothing else, at least what this honorary alumnus said was very nice, and everyone benefited from it.

(End of this chapter)