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The opening ceremony of Lu Chen's first movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" was held at Fa'en Temple in Lion Mountain Film and Television City.

The Fa'en Temple in Lion Mountain is an old site. It was first built in the late Qing Dynasty. It was later abandoned after two fires. The ruins became overgrown with wild foxes.

In the early 1990s, when the construction of Lion Mountain Film and Television City began, the former site of Faen Temple was included in it. The scene designer did not restore and rebuild it, but repaired it on the basis of the ruins. Great scene for a horror movie.

Many of the Xiangjiang zombie ghost films that were once popular in the 1990s were filmed here.

But now, due to changes in the market, the themes that used to be popular are no longer popular, and the utilization rate of the former Fa'en Temple site has dropped significantly, so the studio can easily rent it out, and the cost is still very cheap.

There are long tables lined up in front of the temple gate. This is the table for worshiping the gods. The top is covered with red velvet cloth, and there is a statue of Guandi in the middle.

A video camera is placed on the right side of the desk, and it is also covered with a red cloth so that the real face cannot be seen.

In the open space a little further away, a hanging firecracker was lit, and then amidst the crackling sound, the crew members offered incense and worshiped gods one by one, praying for a smooth shooting and a big hit for the new film.

The ceremony of worshiping gods at the start of the machine originated from Xiangjiang. People in Xiangjiang believe in Fengshui superstition, and they like to seek auspiciousness in everything. Worshiping gods and Buddhas is very popular, and film crews are no exception, and there are many taboos.

For example, the direction of worshiping the gods cannot be wrong. At different times and different places, the direction of worshiping the gods is also different. Roughly, there is a focus on all directions. Thousands of miles, some even have to be accurate to longitude and latitude.

It sounds unbelievable, but many Xiangjiang crews have to ask "experts" to make calculations before starting the film, and they are not sloppy at all. Otherwise, they will encounter twists and turns during the filming process, and they will inevitably wonder if they have encountered some bad luck.

Lu Chen's studio has just been established, and the partner Jiayang Films is not a top company in the industry, so the opening ceremony is not a big scene, but it is also very grand.

Zhou Yi, the behind-the-scenes boss of Jiayang Films, came to the scene in person. Of course, he accompanied his cousin, Nie Mingzhu, the heroine of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Mrs. Jin also came, as well as her two goddaughters, Ji Xiaodie and Li Xinyan.

The two girls each have a small role in this film.

There is also Chen Siyi, the daughter of Chen Wenqiang.

Chen Siyi has just turned 20 years old this year. She doesn't like studying. After graduating from high school, she didn't go to university. Instead, she got involved in an performing arts training institution through her father's relationship, received professional artist training, and planned to develop in the entertainment industry.

At the beginning, Chen Wenqiang was successfully recruited by Wan Xiaoquan to Lu Chen Xiangjiang Studio, which had not yet been officially registered. Apart from the relatively high salary, the most important thing was that Wan Xiaoquan promised to give his daughter an important role.

Chen Siyi played Xiaoqing in "A Chinese Ghost Story", a female supporting role with some weight.

In fact, in the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", there are only four important characters, Ning Caichen, Nie Xiaoqian, Yan Chixia and the villain boss tree spirit grandma. Basically all the brilliance is concentrated on them, especially the first three.

As the first female supporting role, Xiaoqing doesn't have many scenes in the play, but both Chen Wenqiang and Chen Siyi are already extremely satisfied.

Although apart from Lu Chen, the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" does not have any big-name actors, and Ma Rongzhen has long since passed away and been reduced to a group performer, and most of the others are newcomers.

Lu Chen himself has just made a name for himself in Xiangjiang's film and television industry, not because of the work itself.

However, the investment in "A Chinese Ghost Story" is as high as 30 million, although it is not a top-level big production,

But just because there are no big-name giants, there is no high salary. This large sum of money is basically invested in filming and post-production.

It was her first filming, and she was able to receive an important female supporting role in such a movie. Compared with those of her peers, Chen Siyi was extremely lucky, and she stood on a very high starting point from the very beginning.

As long as "A Chinese Ghost Story" doesn't mess up after its release, she will have a valuable qualification.

Qualifications represent coffee status.

After the incense worship was completed, Lu Chen, Zhou Yi, Wan Xiaoquan, and Nie Mingzhu worked together to uncover the "red hijab" on the camera. Photograph.

It is said that this procedure first came from the fear of "scribing".

The so-called "scribing" means that in the early film era, the film in the camera was accidentally scratched by the parts inside during shooting. Once "scribing" happened, it would cause immeasurable losses to the crew, but machine scribing and It is unpredictable and difficult to prevent, so the only thing to do is to cover the camera with a red cloth to "suppress evil".

Today's cameras have already been digitized, and there is no possibility of "scribing", but the more sophisticated something is, the more problems it will cause, so this custom is still preserved.

After removing the red cloth, the opening ceremony of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is basically over.

In the end, the crew representatives were interviewed by the media.

Most of the media reporters were invited by Jiayang Films. There were more than a dozen of them, big and small, both for support and publicity. Every reporter was stuffed with red envelopes.

If a film and television entertainment company wants to gain a foothold in Xiangjiang, the last thing they can offend is people in the media, otherwise they will scold them all day long on TV and newspapers, or fabricate some false rumors, so they don't want to make money.

Of course, it is impossible to please all the media. Jiayang Films belongs to an established film and television production company, and the boss Zhou Yi is a Hong Kong businessman. There is no shortage of connections in the media.

But there were still some media who came uninvited. These reporters were obviously very interested in Lu Chen, so they immediately surrounded him after the opening ceremony and asked him questions.

"Mr. Lu Chen, are you going to use this movie to change Xiangjiang's film structure?"

"Why do you have such certainty and confidence?"

"If this movie hits the market, what are you going to do? Return to the mainland?"

"Mr. Lu Chen, as far as I know, there are no famous actors in this movie, please..."

The unkind people who came didn't come. These reporters' barrage of questions were all aggressive, which made Chen Wenqiang and Wan Xiaoquan who were standing by the side blush on the spot.

Zhou Yi's palace is deep, and there is a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

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