Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Seeing this, the group temporarily changed their itinerary and rushed to the Xianjing Hotel by car. Yu Dongqing met Director Huang.

He looked fatter than the previous two years. Director Huang was very enthusiastic. He pulled Yu Dongqing to sit next to him at the banquet and said with a smile:

"Director Yu, your song "I Want to Go to Guilin" has become popular all over the country, but it has greatly promoted the development of our tourism industry in Guilin. The number of people traveling to Guilin has steadily increased in the past few years, all thanks to your song."

"Director Huang, you are overly praised. How can a song be so powerful?" Yu Dongqing replied with a smile.

"Director Yu, don't underestimate the charm of songs. Sometimes a song is the business card of a city. Hasn't the song "Chengdu" you written become a promotional song for the local cultural and tourism industry? This is more than what is spent every year. Spending tens of millions of dollars on publicity still works!”

Yu Dongqing nodded.

Although Director Huang's words were a bit exaggerated, the song really made the city popular.

Having said this, Director Huang stood up and picked up the wine glass.

"Director Yu, this time your film crew has entered the Gongcheng Film and Television Base. On the one hand, I wish you smooth filming and good box office and word-of-mouth success for your films in the future. On the other hand, I hope that through your filming experience, your films can bring our world to the forefront." Promote the film and television base! Come on, let me toast you!"

Yu Dongqing stood up and raised his glass: "Thank you, I have tried my best."

At this time, Director Zhang also intervened: "Director Yu, in our county, from the county leaders to the cultural tourism department to our base management committee, we attach great importance to your filming work. The county leaders have said that they will provide you with the greatest possible convenient!"

"Thank you, thank you very much."

"Wu Lili, on behalf of our base management committee, will specially receive your filming work this time. If you have any problems, go to her. If you can't solve it, go to me. If I can't solve it, go to the county leaders. You must satisfy Director Yu!"

Speaking of this, Yu Dongqing could only express his gratitude repeatedly.

After eating, everyone got on the bus contacted by the film and television base and rushed to Gongcheng. On the bus, Li Wan whispered to Yu Dongqing.

"This film and television base has just opened, and there are not many film and television photography crews stationed there yet, so when I contacted them, they expressed a warm welcome. I also heard that you were the director, and immediately decided to transfer the scenes, studios, and rented props The equipment is half-price for us, as well as the hotel accommodation, don’t tell me it saves a lot of money.”

"But the pressure is great. You heard what Director Huang and Director Zhang said. We are not only here to film, but also shoulder the responsibility of publicity." Yu Dongqing said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Hey, as long as the movie is popular, that doesn't matter!" Li Wan replied with a smile: "Ask where it was filmed? It was filmed in Gongcheng, Guilin! You can say a few nice words for them, why is it very convenient to eat, drink and have sex there? , isn’t everything solved?”

This is true.

Gongcheng is in the southeast of Guilin. The film crew took a bus directly to the film and television base not far from the county seat and checked into the hotel in the base. That night, the local county leaders held a reception banquet for Yu Dongqing and others at the hotel. In addition to repeating what he said at noon, he also introduced the film and television base in detail.

It is a major investment project in the county. The total investment of the project is about 1.5 billion yuan. It will build a film and television tourism industry zone focusing on film and television shooting, integrating leisure, sightseeing, tourism, Guangdong and Guangxi catering and training, creating Guilin's "Hengdian" .

Invest 1.5 billion!

It seems that county officials are also under great pressure.

Of course Yu Dongqing was just sighing.

As other members of the film crew arrived one after another by high-speed train, the filming start ceremony of "The Swordsman" was held grandly at the base on November 28.

In addition to the film crew, the deputy county magistrate in charge of cultural tourism, accompanied by the director of the Culture and Tourism Bureau, also made a special trip to attend the shooting ceremony and delivered a passionate speech.

Activities attended by county-level leaders will be reported by local TV stations. The news will then be broadcast on the news programs of county and city TV stations, and will also be reported on the local official website.

Of course, this is not sensational news, and not many people will pay attention to it, but it was noticed by Lu Yongru who was far away in Hengdian.

Since Yu Dongqing declined to shoot the film "The Sky Slays the Dragon" produced by Royal Capital Film and Television, Jin Yunfeng was finally handed over to Lu Yongru.

Lu Yongru couldn't refuse, so he had to take over. He immediately organized a film crew, found actors, and rushed to Hengdian to shoot.

The film is a martial arts film that I am good at, and the filming progress is relatively fast. Now that it has been completed, I will immediately return to Yanjing for post-production, striving to be staged during the Spring Festival this year.

After working hard for more than two months, Lu Yongru was having dinner in the hotel at noon today when he accidentally saw this message while checking his mobile phone.

Yu Dongqing actually went to Guilin to shoot a martial arts movie!

"Lao Lu, what are you looking at? Are you so attentive?"

A middle-aged man in his fifties came over with a dinner plate and sat down next to him and asked.

He is Ma Helin, the producer of this film.

"Lao Ma, look at this." Lu Yongru handed him the phone.

Ma Helin took a few glances and suddenly felt a little surprised, "This Yu Dongqing didn't take Mr. Jin's job, but went to make martial arts movies by himself?"

"People don't like this script." Lu Yongru said with a smile.

"Don't you like it? His script must be good?" Ma Helin sneered: "I want to see what kind of martial arts movie he makes that will make people cry!"

He is the producer of this movie, and it was his opinion that originally selected this script, but Yu Dongqing actually refused to accept it!

I felt somewhat uncomfortable.

After hearing what Ma Helin said, Lu Yongru shook his head gently.

To be honest, he felt very sorry for Yu Dongqing's rejection.

He was very optimistic about Yu Dongqing's potential in making martial arts films. He was deeply impressed by the martial arts action designed by Yu Dongqing in the movie "Martial Arts Heroes".

He is now making martial arts films alone, and this year's Spring Festival film "The Tuner" showed that his shooting skills are quite impressive.

He can shoot literary dramas and martial arts dramas. How can a film made by a director like this be any worse?

Ma Helin didn't pay attention to Lu Yongru's expression and continued to look at the phone, a little surprised. "Hey, Li Yunjie actually plays the male lead? Didn't he declare that he wanted to take a break?"

"I guess Yu Dongqing invited him and he went. With Li Yunjie joining us, he will definitely be even more powerful."

"It's okay. Although Li Yunjie is great in martial arts movies, our Zhang Zidan is also in the limelight now, no worse than Li Yunjie!" Ma Helin hurriedly comforted.

"Also, I understand why Yu Dongqing traveled all the way to Guilin to film."

"Why?"

"The pictures are cheap. Think about how much Li Yunjie's salary is? The market price is 50 million! He, Yu Dongqing, writes and takes selfies by himself, and I haven't heard of which media company he cooperates with. How can he have so much money? He can only get it from other sources. The local area is compressed. That film and television base has just opened and not many film crews are going there. The local area will definitely give him a big discount, which can save a lot of money."

"Also, the costumes, exterior scenes, and I guess the special effects are also the same kind of 50-cent special effects!"