As he said this, the fat man suddenly stood up and said, "This is unreasonable. I didn't expect that there is such a thing as forced marriage here."
Cindy waved her hand and said: "You are wrong. This is their custom, like singing to find a partner or something... Until finally, everyone cleared up the misunderstanding, and they all seemed very polite and enthusiastic. How can I put it,
We follow the local customs when we go to the country, maybe we didn’t understand other people’s customs from the beginning.”
"Cindy is right, we have to do as the Romans do. What's more, there are many ethnic minorities here. Don't be too reckless in doing things in the future, so as not to cause more complications." Yi Feiyang laughed.
Cindy and Fatty nodded.
"Alright Cindy, let's get down to business, how's the filming location you picked doing!?" Yi Fei threatened to get back to business.
Cindy laughed, took out a few stacks of newly developed photos from her bag and handed them to Yi Feiyang. She said: "Boss, this place is completely suitable for us to take pictures. The local tour guides said that the place is called Monkey Valley.
It is simply a natural gathering place for monkeys, so it would be perfect to serve as our Huaguo Mountain! You can’t believe what you say, just look at these photos.”
Yi Feiyang picked up the photos and looked at them one by one. After reading them, he murmured: "What kind of Monkey Valley is this? It's just like the Flower and Fruit Mountain!"
A waterfall hangs down like a silver chain, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant all around, and various fruit trees are covered with beautiful fruits.
Such a place is exactly as Yi Feiyang imagined.
"It's really great! This place exists entirely for our movie! If we dress up all our people as monkeys and decorate the entire hill, it will look like the legendary Huaguo Mountain!" Holding those
Photo. Yi Feiyang was so excited that his hands were shaking.
"Boss, what should we do now?" Cindy was eagerly waiting for Yi Feiyang to issue an order.
Yi Feiyang briefly told him the preparations. The guy immediately became excited: "So, can we start shooting right away!?"
Yi Feiyang shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work. There are still some preparations that have not been completed. Besides, I am still thinking about the role of the Monkey King. In my opinion, it will take some time... How about this? I think we can just
The troops must be divided into two groups."
"Why are the troops divided into two groups?" Cindy and Fatty were slightly stunned.
He also vaguely guessed what Yi Feiyang meant.
Yi Feiyang took a sip of tea and said: "That's what I think. Yes, we don't have all the costumes and props now. It's impossible to film a movie, but you can do it by choosing various scene arrangements at the filming locations.
For example, Huaguo Mountain and the like, and building some good scenery nearby, well, it doesn’t matter if you spend more money. The most important thing is that it is beautiful. Of course, the premise of all this is that the nearby environment must be guaranteed.
We can't destroy the ecology here just because we film a scene, do you understand?"
"Okay! Boss, let's remember it. Let's do it like this. This will save a lot of time." Cindy and Fatty agreed with Yi Feiyang's idea.
"Then the division of labor is now official, Cindy. How many people do you need there?" Yi Feiyang asked Cindy.
Cindy thought for a moment and said: "Boss, you might as well ask all the people in the prop team to follow me. Anyway, they have nothing to do here for the time being."
"Okay, then I will give you all the props team. In addition, you can also bring the drama team there. The more people there are, the more strength you will have. When you get there, you must build good relations with the nearby residents. By the way,
Don't cause a problem of forced marriage, otherwise I will have to ransom you." Yi Feiyang warned Cindy.
Cindy stood up and said with a smile: "I understand this. Boss, I'll go and get ready. I'll go out when I'm ready."
"Go." Yi Feiyang waved his hand to Cindy.
"Boss, this guy is quite impatient." Looking at Cindy's hurried back, Fat Jack laughed.
"You should also help him gather people. I'm afraid he will be too busy alone." Yi Feiyang smiled at the fat man.
The fat man chased after him without saying a word.
Determining the filming location was a major event that was on Yi Feiyang's mind. Up to now, all the most important problems have been solved. Next, all he needed to do was prepare and start filming. He became more excited than ever before.
stand up.
In the next few days, Yi Feiyang devoted himself completely to the script. According to the requirements of the story, he made some modifications until he was completely satisfied. In terms of acting skills, although he had never acted before, he was very interested in the Monkey King.
He believed that he had nailed the role. Especially during the rehearsal, the actors, including Brother Cheng Long, Robert Downey Jr. and others, were completely impressed by Yi Feiyang's acting skills, so he was even more interested in this drama.
Be confident.
Three days later, the person arranged by Yi Feiyang sent a verbal message that the shooting location had basically been set up and was waiting for him, a great director, to "review" it.
Yi Feiyang was actually a little anxious after waiting, but slow work pays off. It took a full year to prepare for Cameron's "Avatar", and he was already a little unable to sit still for only a few months. In comparison, he was weak in concentration.
Not as good as others.
What's more, for the drama "Havoc in Heaven", there are four very important scenes. The first is "Huaguo Mountain", the second is "Water Curtain Cave", and the third is "East China Sea Dragon Palace"
", the fourth one is the "Nine Heavens Palace", in addition, there are the Royal Horse Prison, the Peach Garden, the Erlang Temple, and the Western Paradise where the Tathagata Buddha lives, etc.
It can be said that so many special scenes require Yi Feiyang to perfectly outline and arrange them, rather than simply relying on computer special effects technology to create an oriental magical world.
You know, Yi Feiyang's mortal enemy Cameron once said, "Although I like to use special effects to create my own Avatar world, 80% of this world is based on real scenes!"
What does this sentence mean? That is to say, people are not making cartoons when filming. All scenes are fake. On the contrary, they find real scenes and then use special effects to render and beautify them.
Yi Feiyang agrees with Cameron's point of view. After all, movies are not purely deceptive. And the audience is not fools. Who are you trying to fool with so many fake mountains and scenery?!
It is precisely because of the importance Yi Feiyang attaches to the filming location that he goes to such great lengths.
Now, there is finally news, and Yi Feiyang can't wait to go to the venue to see it in person.
That morning, Yi Feiyang got into a special car and headed towards the mountains and rivers of the world. Along the way, the beautiful mountains and rivers made people feel relaxed and happy.
Sitting in the car and looking at the beautiful scenery outside. Not only did I not feel tired at all, but I was full of energy and had the energy to travel around.
The car drove for almost an hour and came to a mountainous area. The speed of the car began to slow down. The roads here were very rough, but it was okay. Vehicles could still pass through.
After almost half an hour, passing through the dense mountain forest, the front suddenly opened up, and it turned out to be a Zhuang village.
In front of the cottage, Fat Jack and Cindy were waving to them.
Looking at it, the cottage is very big. The buildings built on the trees and the stepped buildings give people a very primitive and ancient feeling.
The fat man was also assimilated by Cindy and wore a local ethnic costume. As soon as he saw Yi Feiyang, he gave him a bear hug and said, "Boss, you are finally here, and you miss me so much! Come, I will introduce you to him.
Look, this is the old village chief in the village..." Yi Feiyang then discovered that there was a thin old man wearing Zhuang costumes standing next to the two of them. The old man was smoking local dry tobacco. Seeing Yi Feiyang, he put the ashes on the soles of his feet.
He knocked, then smiled and stretched out his hand, saying in unskilled English: "So fat!"
Yi Feiyang smiled, shook hands with him, and said in Chinese: "Hello!"
The old village chief was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It turns out you can speak Chinese. Oh my God, I'm so anxious because I'm afraid you won't understand what I'm saying!"
After saying this, the old village chief said to Yi Feiyang: "I can't speak either. Anyway, on behalf of our village, I welcome your crew to film here!"
"Thank you for your support!" Looking at the honest and simple old man in front of him, Yi Feiyang suddenly felt relaxed.
With the help of the old village chief, the men from the village were called to help Yi Feiyang and the others successfully unload the goods in the vehicle team. Then, under the leadership of the old village chief, a group of people headed towards the village
Walk inside.
I just looked at the village from a distance and thought it was very primitive and simple. When I got closer, I realized that the entire village was like a paradise, so beautiful!
In an open-air garden in the cottage, all kinds of flowers are blooming. People are walking through the flowers with homemade rice wine, eating minority-style food, and watching Zhuang girls dancing in fancy clothes and wearing various silver jewelry.
Dancing is indeed a unique enjoyment.
"Jack, how far is our filming location from here?" Yi Feiyang asked, making the fat man laugh. The fat man stretched out a finger to Yi Feiyang: "Almost ten miles. It's just behind the mountain in front. I heard that there are many monkeys in the past.
They gathered together, so it was called Monkey Valley, but now it seems that the monkeys are attracted to the mountainside by tourists, and those tourists like to feed them, so Monkey Valley has become an open space."
"So amazing. How are your preparations going?" Yi Feiyang stuffed a piece of glutinous rice pastry into his mouth, turned around and asked. The fat man squeezed his eyes, and did not answer Yi Feiyang's question, but kept it in his mouth.
He said vaguely: "Boss, you'll be there after you finish eating anyway. Then you'll understand by looking at it for yourself, right?" His words were filled with confidence and pride.
After eating, Yi Feiyang talked with the old village chief for a while. This old man was simply a good old man. No matter what Yi Feiyang asked or requested, he always agreed. In the end, Yi Feiyang himself felt very happy.
Sorry.
"Mr. Yi, it is the glory of our village that you are filming a movie here, so we will do our best to help you. You don't have to worry about safety at all. I have gathered the most capable men in the village.
With their help, you don't have to worry about anything when you enter this deep mountain!" The old village chief looked at Yi Feiyang and said very enthusiastically and sincerely.
"Then thank you very much. Don't worry, I'm not that stingy person. I'll give you enough to guide you!" Yi Feiyang said with a smile.
"Hey, that would be ridiculous. Don't mention the money or not. We just hope to see the movie you shot by then... You don't know, old man, I am almost sixty this year. I will spend my whole life in this
In this village, I haven’t been out much, and I haven’t watched any movies. My only hope now is to watch your movie and see how beautiful our place is in the movies!” the old village chief said.
A handful of tears.
Yi Feiyang's heart couldn't help but move. He held the old village chief's hand and said, "Don't worry, as long as the filming of this movie is completed, I will definitely show it in the village, and you will be able to see it by then!"
"Then it's all thanks to you!"
…
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, after a short rest, the old village chief sent someone to protect Yi Feiyang and his group as they walked toward the top of the mountain.
The crowd was in front, and behind were various shooting equipments carried by men, including cameras, recorders, etc. These equipments were very heavy, but the men seemed very carefree, singing folk songs loudly while carrying them. The singing was loud and surprising.
Flying mountain birds.
Yi Feiyang originally thought that it would be very hard, and he might have to climb over mountains and ridges. In fact, the newly opened mountain road was easy to walk. After walking for almost forty minutes, he arrived at the other end of the hill.
The distance was so far that Yi Feiyang could hear the sound of the waterfall and even feel the damp smell in the air.
Turning around a jungle, parting the green branches and leaves, you suddenly see a huge waterfall in front of you. The waterfall is like white water hanging from the sky. The water of the waterfall falls, rolls and breaks, forming a deep green pool.
"It's so beautiful here!" Yi Feiyang couldn't help but sigh.
"The more beautiful ones are over there!" The fat man pointed with a smile not far away, and saw a dense forest of flowers in full bloom. All kinds of flowers bloomed beautifully and brilliantly. Among the flowers.
There are all kinds of fruits hanging down, heavy, red, green, purple...
"This is..." Yi Feiyang was completely shocked.
"Part of it is wild fruits in the mountains, and part of it is the props we arranged..." the fat man said proudly.
"Of course, these are nothing..." Cindy, who had not spoken much, was not willing to let the fat man take away all the credit. He clapped his hands and said: "Okay, everyone, come out!"
Immediately, there was a noise, and a large group of monkeys - oh no, to be precise, a large group of extra actors dressed as monkeys jumped out and jumped. There was also a banner in the front of the group that read:
:Welcome the king back to the mountain!
So fun!
It’s incredible!
Yi Feiyang couldn't believe his eyes, these flowers, this fruit, and these monkeys. Isn't this the Huaguo Mountain in his dream?!
…
"How's it going, boss, is it the same thing?" Cindy and Fatty looked at Yi Feiyang and laughed proudly.
"You arranged these?" Yi Feiyang pointed at the monkey team in front of him.
The fat man chuckled evilly, nodded and said, "That's natural. After we came here, we discussed it with the people in the village. When they heard that we were making a movie, and it was Journey to the West, they were very cooperative.
They also took the initiative to decorate the place with us. You see, everything was basically designed according to the needs of the plot. We also put hundreds of sets of clothes we brought in advance for them to put on and let them practice it in advance. After a period of time,
, it’s really like that.”
"Not bad, not bad. I think we can start filming soon." Yi Feiyang was very satisfied with Fatty's work.
In the afternoon of that day, Yi Feiyang began to familiarize himself with the venue with the crew members, and made some modifications to the layout. When it was almost dark, there was a commotion outside. It turned out that it was the old village chief in the village who asked people to pick him up.
Bring over the drinks and food.
Yi Feiyang felt warm in his heart when he thought of people being so enthusiastic and coming all the way to pick things up.
The old village chief said it well, "This is the custom in our village. Distinguished guests must eat at least three full meals. One meal at noon in the morning, and another meal in the evening. In fact, we are still short of one meal!"
For this, Yi Feiyang can only express his gratitude.
Originally, the crew also prepared food and drinks, but most of them were sausages, canned food, and instant noodles. Of course, they were not as delicious as the authentic delicacies here.
Although they had already eaten to bursting their stomachs at noon, who could resist the delicious food? Of course, they drank wine and ate food, and then a bonfire party was held. A large group of people sang and danced and had a great time.
Watching the singing and dancing in front of them, Yi Feiyang, the old village chief and others sat together and chatted casually. The atmosphere was very friendly.
"Come on, Mr. Yi, have another glass. The rice wine here is not intoxicating." The old village chief handed the wine bowl to Yi Feiyang. Yi Feiyang took it and took a sip and said, "Don't drink it from now on."
I'm Mr. Yi. It sounds too stiff. Just call me Ayang. It's kind enough!" "Okay, as long as you don't dislike me, an uncultured old man, I'll be happy with whatever you call me!" The old village chief said that was true.
He was so happy that before Yi Feiyang finished drinking, he had another big bowl.
After drinking, the old village chief wiped his mouth with his hand, and then said to Yi Feiyang: "Since you think so much of me, a bad old man, let me tell you what difficulties the crew has and see if I can help.
busy……"
Yi Feiyang smiled and said: "Actually, it's already very good. We already have Huaguo Mountain, but we still need a water curtain cave..."
"Water Curtain Cave?"
"Yes, this is also an important scene in my play. Unfortunately, I haven't found it yet... If I really can't find it here, I think I have to go to other places to shoot, but that will delay a lot.
time."
Yi Feiyang showed a look of worry when he spoke. He said that Huaguo Mountain and Shuilian Cave were originally supposed to be one. Now that Huaguo Mountain is there, Shuilian Cave is not yet known where it is. Can Yi Feiyang not be in a hurry? Moreover, the movie
The filming is about to start, and the time is getting shorter and shorter. The longer the delay, the greater the impact. If nothing else, the eating, drinking and sleeping of these hundreds of good people is a problem.
The old village chief laughed and said, "What do I think? A Yang, aren't you just looking for a cave? In fact, there are quite a few caves here, but few people come. I don't know where they are. Fortunately, I am an old immortal."
I'm old enough, and I liked to mess around when I was young. If you can trust me, I will go see one with you and see if you are satisfied with it and can you film it?!"
"Are you serious?" Yi Feiyang was stunned for a moment.
The old village chief stood up directly and said: "Do you think I look like the kind of person who is drunk and talking nonsense? If you don't believe it, just wait until tomorrow morning and ask the old man to take you to see it."
"Tomorrow morning? Why don't you go now?" Yi Feiyang stood up eagerly.
"Now!? It's too late now!" The old village chief immediately shook his head like a rattle.
"Yes, boss, it's almost a little late now, why don't we go tomorrow." The fat man also shook his head.
Yi Feiyang waved his hand and said: "When shooting in a cave, it's day or night. Besides, after searching so hard for so long, I heard that there is such a suitable place. Can you sleep?"
The fat man looked at Yi Feiyang and laughed sheepishly.
"Ayan, do you really want to go?" the old village chief asked.
"Go! You two go get ready. We will set off in ten minutes." After saying that, Yi Feiyang walked into the tent.
After arriving at the tent, he put on thicker clothes, brought a flashlight and a storyboard, and then Yi Feiyang walked out unsteadily.
"It's so late, you want to go out!?" The little girl Bao'er looked at Yi Feiyang and said leisurely.
He nodded and put the things into his backpack.
"Then I'll go too!" Bao'er put on his coat and walked out with Yi Feiyang.
She has the nature of a little girl and is curious about everything she sees. When she heard that there was an "adventure show" in the evening, of course she wanted to follow it.
Yi Feiyang didn't say anything more and agreed to let her go. Although there were some dangers in the mountains and forests, with the protection of a master like himself, the little girl should not be harmed.
