Driving on the sea, very far away, you can see a group of dark heads waiting on the shore.
As soon as the ship that Li Qing and others were traveling on docked, Jiang Chendong and other crew members came rushing over. In addition to them, there were also government staff from the Gulongyu Subdistrict Office, reporters from Ludao, and people wearing uniforms.
Local residents wearing festive clothes and beating gongs and drums.
Everyone is smiling.
On both sides of the coast, there was a group of primary school students fighting in two rows, clapping rhythmically and shouting:
"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!"
Li Qing was a little flattered and asked, "What happened?"
"They are all here to welcome you."
Liu Qin lowered his head and said to Li Qing: "You are a big shot in their eyes. Please pay attention to your image. There are reporters next to you."
Li Qing hurriedly hooted a few times, and as soon as he landed, the excited leaders of the Gulongyu government held his hands, shook them vigorously, and said with great emotion: "Comrade Li Qing, welcome to Gulongyu,
The construction and development of Gulongyu cannot be separated from the support of Mr. Li Qing! Thank you Mr. Li Qing for your great contribution to the development of Gulongyu. If you choose Gulongyu, then Gulongyu will always be your first choice.
Second hometown..."
Li Qing felt embarrassed by the middle-aged leader in his forties or fifties in front of him. After the other party finished his compliments, he smiled and said: "It should be, it should be."
After shaking hands with the government workers at the subdistrict office one by one, Li Qingcai came to Jiang Chendong and greeted: "Director Jiang, long time no see, how are you doing lately?"
"You still have the nerve to say that? We agreed to transform Gulong Island together, and it's only been two months since you gave up!" Jiang Chendong glared.
Li Qing just pretended not to hear these complaints and asked instead: "How is the transformation going?"
"The transformation was successful. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked you to come over as soon as I heard that you were going back to the mainland." Jiang Chendong said and waved to someone not far away.
Not far away, an electric observation car drove slowly in front of Jiang Chendong.
Jiang Chendong sat on it and turned around and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see it. During this period, I have transformed Gulangyu Island into what you designed according to the script."
"What about them?"
Li Qing looked at the group of people standing there eagerly.
This group of people are all actors and staff waiting for the director to introduce Li Qing to them.
Jiang Chendong said impatiently: "We will have plenty of time to work together in the future. Now let's take a look at the set. If there are any inappropriate places, replace them as soon as possible."
"Yes, yes, it's important to take pictures, it's important to take pictures," the director of the sub-district office said quickly.
When Li Qing heard this, he helplessly said to Liu Qin and others: "You guys stay here for now, I will be back later."
After Li Qing got on the observation car, Jiang Chendong told the driver: "Let's go, take our boss to visit the entire island."
The driver responded, stepped on the accelerator, made a skillful turn, and took Li Qing and Jiang Chendong on their way around Gulong Island.
Overall…
Gulong Island is much bigger than Li Qing imagined!
He had only seen it on a map and thought that Gulong Island was a little small and looked like a pancake. But when he came to the real place, he found that the area was much larger than he imagined.
"After the on-site inspection, I also considered this."
Jiang Chendong said: "So I decided to concentrate the shooting locations in one area, otherwise it would be too expensive to renovate them all."
As soon as Jiang Chendong finished speaking, Li Qing saw a clean and tidy street in front of his eyes, as well as several seven or eight-story office buildings.
"This is an office building left in the middle of the last century. It fits the environmental description in the script very well, so I renovated it." Jiang Chendong said: "It used to look very mottled and had traces of time, but after renovation
, it became what it is now.”
Li Qing nodded. If it weren't for Jiang Chendong's words, Li Qing would have thought that the office buildings in front of him were newly built.
"This is Truman's home."
After wandering around for a few times, Jiang Chendong took Li Qing to a community. The houses in the community were almost exactly the same. At least in Li Qing's eyes, if there were no house numbers in these community "villas", he would not be able to distinguish the houses.
Where is your home?
It is worth mentioning that the community villa where Truman lives has its own garden with a lush green lawn.
Li Qing suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked carefully and found that the lawns in the garden were all fake.
"The writing in your script is very romantic and very capitalist, but the residents of Gulongyu Island have never liked growing flowers and plants. The old people here still retain the mentality of poor farmers. All crops are grown in the yards. This is obviously
It was very inconsistent with your setting in the script, so I eradicated them and covered them with artificial turf." Jiang Chendong said.
Li Qing asked: "Did you pay compensation?"
"What compensation?" Jiang Chendong asked subconsciously, and soon he understood the meaning of Li Qing's words: "Compensation, at first they were not willing to take it, so I bought them some furniture and appliances as compensation, and we are not
The occupation of their land is only for temporary filming. When we finish shooting the movie, we will give them a new house that has been renovated for free, of course they are willing."
Li Qing nodded.
Driving along, the renovated houses, clean streets, and the faint fragrance of flowers in the air gave Li Qing a rough impression of the architectural style of Gulongyu Island.
Although it is inconsistent with the scenes in the previous life "The Truman Show" and is quite oriental, Li Qing feels that this is very appropriate.
You know, all the actors in "The Truman Show" basically have oriental faces.
Since it has been orientalized, Li Qing felt that the buildings around him should naturally have traces of oriental culture.
Otherwise, the combination of Chinese and Western would be a bit nondescript.
After walking around and visiting the whole place, Li Qing was generally satisfied with the place, so he asked: "When will the filming start?"
"You decide! As long as you have time, we will be with you."
After Jiang Chendong finished speaking, he asked again: "Do you think there is anything that needs to be corrected here?"
"Not yet." Li Qing said.
"That's good." Jiang Chendong looked relieved.
It can be seen that Jiang Chendong is also under a lot of pressure to work with Li Qing. The most important thing is that this drama has invested 100 million, which is the most expensive film he has ever been involved in since his debut. He does not dare to show any neglect.
"I have seen the cast list. Chen Xindao and Jiang Meier are all actors I am familiar with. I am very relieved. As for the others, since they passed your audition, it means that they are indeed suitable for this position."
Li Qing stretched himself and said, "The next step is to talk about attracting investment."
"Invite investment?" Jiang Chendong was surprised.
"Yes, there are so many places in the movie where advertisements can be inserted. Am I supposed to turn a blind eye to these resources and let them go to waste?" Li Qing said casually: "That is simply a waste of resources!"
Jiang Chendong looked at Li Qing blankly, and after a while he said: "No wonder you are so rich at such a young age..."
"What did you say?" Li Qing turned around and asked.