Chapter 1104 Choose Lion City(1/2)
The time is gradually entering October, the weather is gradually changing from hot to cool, and autumn is coming soon.
Yang Ming's new film "The Fast and the Furious", even though there is no announcement or promotion, it has still become one of the hot topics in the entertainment industry at the moment. Countless fans are paying attention to every move of this film that has not yet been filmed.
On the Internet, Yang Ming's fan base can't wait to set up a "Fast and Furious" forum for this new film, or various forums named after the film's title.
Everyone is talking about the celebrity actors Yang Ming will invite in this racing movie.
The media has confirmed that Yang Ming will not direct and star in "The Fast and the Furious" again, which means that in this movie, Yang Ming's role is just a pure director and screenwriter.
Both fans and the media are paying great attention to Yang Ming's new film and are eager to dig out all the news related to this film.
Many media reporters have used various connections to find out what Yang Ming will do next, because so far, there is no news about the cast of "Fast and Furious" except that it is clear that this time Yang Ming is just a director, not an actor.
Any news comes out.
This made the reporters anxious. They didn't know whether it was because Yang Ming had already confirmed the personnel and the news was blocked, or whether the cast had really not been confirmed so far.
No wonder reporters are so concerned about the news about Yang Ming's new film. Now the outside world is also very curious about Yang Ming's new film.
Yang Ming's successive films have created a series of astonishing achievements, both in terms of box office performance and the influence they brought after release.
Not to mention those die-hard movie fans, even ordinary viewers are now familiar with Yang Ming, a young talented director, and are naturally looking forward to his new film.
Some media even conducted random surveys among many movie fans, asking them whether they were looking forward to Yang Ming's new film and whether they would watch it when it was released.
According to the survey, Yang Ming's new film received the most votes among all the candidates. It was far ahead and dominated.
There is no doubt that Yang Ming already has a pretty good reputation in the hearts of countless movie fans due to the achievements he has made in his previous movies. Many fans have said that they will definitely watch Yang Ming's new movie, regardless of whether the movie is good or not, but
They absolutely believe that Yang Ming's movie will definitely be worth the money to buy a movie ticket.
It can be seen that Yang Ming has accumulated a high reputation in the hearts of movie fans through the accumulation of reputation in several movies.
It is estimated that even several well-respected veteran directors in the film industry may not be able to compare with Yang Ming in terms of appeal.
In terms of reputation alone, Yang Ming's reputation is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary directors.
At this time, another news came out from Oriental DreamWorks, and the location city was decided.
China Lion City.
After Liu Xinsheng negotiated in various aspects for half a month, and after comparing the conditions offered by major cities and the positioning of his own city, Yang Ming thought for a long time and finally decided on the shooting location city - the Lion City!
"The Fast and the Furious" will start shooting in a while, it will definitely be November. When the weather gets cooler, it will be very convenient for the crew to shoot in the southern Lion City.
In fact, the cities on the list are basically in the south, and the temperature difference is not too big.
But Yang Ming carefully compared the importance of several cities with each other. Although the Lion City has unique geographical advantages because it is located in the Strait of Malacca, as a world-famous port, the economic development of the Lion City does not lag behind any other city.
But the brokerage in Lion City is too simplistic.
In other words, we rely too much on the geographical advantages brought by port shipping.
Therefore, in recent years, the Lion City government has been working hard to change the future development model of the city, especially as air transportation plays an increasingly important role, which makes the Lion City government want to create another sustainable development economic model.
The Lion City government conducted research for a long time and then turned its attention to tourism.
With the faster and faster development of the world economy in recent years, coupled with the improvement of transportation, global travel has become more and more convenient, so much so that it has been dubbed the "global village".
Under such circumstances, the Lion City naturally focused on building a tourist city.
In fact, the urban conditions of the Lion City are also very suitable for the development of tourism. With maritime transportation as its core, the Lion City has no heavy industry, and even light industry does not exist much. The urban environment is quite good.
Although there are no historical monuments or natural wonders, the city's hardware conditions definitely do not belong to any world city.
In order to develop tourism, the Lion City has spent a lot of real money in recent years, but the results have always been very mediocre.
Especially after the release of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" filmed by Yang Ming this year, Chibi City, which had been unknown among domestic tourist cities, suddenly emerged and became extremely popular. Countless tourists from home and abroad flocked to Chibi City, making Chibi City famous.
The tourism industry suddenly became extremely prosperous.
This change made all the officials from top to bottom of the Lion City government almost lose their eyes when they saw it.
What a joke.
Maybe Chibi City does have a unique history that everyone can remember.
But with the modernization of the city, in modern times, Chibi City is indeed not very conspicuous among all the cities in China. If it is not mentioned in particular, no one will think of this city that left a strong mark in the history of the Three Kingdoms of China.
In modern times, not to mention Chibi City compared with the Lion City, even some ordinary cities in the interior, Chibi City may be quite inferior.
However, under such circumstances, the tourism industry in Chibi City suddenly became extremely popular because of a movie. It was like pie in the sky. This caused countless real money to be spent in order to develop its own tourism industry.
How can one not feel envious and jealous of the Lion City?
In terms of city popularity, the Lion City definitely surpasses Chibi City. Especially in terms of international reputation, the Lion City cannot be compared to Chibi City.
In terms of urban hardware, the Lion City is definitely a city that is not short of money. You must know that the Lion City is a global metropolis. The city’s goal has always been international metropolises such as London, Paris, and New York. The urban hardware is absolutely world-class.
First class.
No matter how you look at it, the Lion City is definitely much better than Chibi City. But in this case, Chibi City became an instant hit because of a movie and suddenly became a tourist city with a certain international reputation. Why not let this happen?
All officials in the Lion City were stunned.
Yang Ming's name once again entered the eyes of the Lion City officials.
Chibi City is famous at home and abroad for "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms". The director of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" is Yang Ming, who also played the role of Zhou Yu.
The last time Yang Ming held a solo concert in the Lion City was still fresh in the memory of all the people in the Lion City. They never thought that a star coming to a city to hold a concert would be like an emperor parading into a city and everyone would worship him.
In order to gain the favor of the emperor, he would sacrifice all his enthusiasm at all costs.
Therefore, after the news that Yang Ming's new film will be shot in a city that will use product placement, the Lion City government immediately arranged for someone to contact Yang Ming as soon as possible after hearing the news, and invited the filming of Yang Ming's new film to settle in the Lion City.
The person who was the matchmaker in this process was the He family from Shicheng who was already very familiar with Yang Ming.
The He family has been in contact with Li Xingyi and has been negotiating for several months for cooperation in WeChat's investment. If there are no special circumstances, the two parties will be able to reach an agreement soon.
Under such circumstances, Yang Ming naturally had to pay attention to the opinions of the He family.
Therefore, after repeatedly considering the conditions offered by several cities, he finally chose the Lion City as the filming city for "The Fast and the Furious".
After the two parties reached an agreement, Yang Ming was invited by the Lion City government to fly to the Lion City to attend the press conference held by the Lion City government.
Lion City International Airport.
When Yang Ming, Liu Xinsheng, Zhu Jie and many other senior executives of Oriental DreamWorks arrived at the Lion City International Airport on Yang Ming's private jet "Yangming", when Yang Ming led the way out of the airport exit, countless white lights flashed in front of his eyes.
Many media reporters who had been waiting at the airport exit pointed their cameras at Yang Ming and kept pressing the shutter button.
Seeing this situation, this made several staff members arranged by the Lion City government to come to pick up the airport feel very happy. Although they still don’t know what the effect of cooperating with Yang Ming’s new film will be? Just because Yang Ming is so popular in front of his eyes.
The popularity is enough to give the Lion City officials a reassurance that the Lion City government will not lose from this cooperation.
Among the many media waiting at the exit of the airport, in addition to the local media in the Lion City, there are also a large number of local media from China, as well as some media from other countries in East Asia.
Among the several pick-up personnel sent by the Lion City government, one of them was sharp-eyed and noticed that several Western media reporters were among the crowd, staring at the airport exit with eager eyes, waiting for Yang Ming to appear.
This shows Yang Ming’s international popularity.
"Hello, welcome Mr. Yang to the Lion City."
"Thank you. I feel very honored to be a guest in the Lion City."
Under the protection of airport security, several airport pick-up staff came forward to shake hands with Yang Ming and greet each other politely.
"Mr. Yang, this is Vice Mayor Han!" At this time, He Hongguang, the head of the He family who came together, stepped forward to introduce the two parties to each other. "The other two are Congressman Luo and Congressman Chen."
"Hello, Mayor Han."
"Hello, Mr. Yang."
After greeting each other at the scene, the two parties prepared to leave, but the reporters obviously did not want to let Yang Ming leave so easily.
"Yang Ming, I would like to ask if you chose the Lion City as the location for your new film because the conditions offered by the Lion City are the most generous?" Wucuo Novel Network did not skip the words.
"Yang Jun, Yang Jun, can I ask why you didn't choose Osaka, Japan as the filming location for your new film? Do you think Osaka is not as good as the Lion City in your heart?"...
Many reporters crowded on the road where Yang Ming and the others left. Even though the airport security guards vigorously maintained order, they still could not stop the enthusiasm of many reporters from pursuing Yang Ming.
Yang Ming saw many reporters surrounding him. He had experienced this situation several times and had already learned how to deal with it.
He pressed his hands to signal for silence, and then said with a smile: "Thank you in advance for your warm welcome. I am extremely grateful."
Having said this, Yang Ming put his palms together and bowed to all the reporters. In terms of etiquette, he has always done a good job. He has never developed bad habits in treating others because of changes in fame and status. He has always remained humble and patient.
, this is one of the reasons why although he has always refused to be interviewed, his impression in the minds of reporters is quite good.
"Don't crowd in the back and pay attention to safety. After all, everyone has machines in their hands. Don't hit anyone."
Under Yang Ming's words, the airport exit scene gradually returned to quiet. Fortunately, he took the VIP channel. Except for reporters who were allowed in in the name of freedom of press coverage, fans were not allowed in, otherwise the scene would have been even more chaotic.
"Due to time and place factors, I can't say too much to you. Anyway, there will be a press conference held by the Lion City government. At that time, everyone can ask questions as much as they like." Yang Ming said loudly, with a calm and composed expression.
"But I want to make it clear that choosing the Lion City as the location for "The Fast and the Furious" was a decision based on many aspects of research!"
"Another important factor is the climate issue. "Fast and Furious" will start shooting in November. If we choose a northern city, the cold weather will definitely cause trouble for the filming. Therefore, after careful consideration, we chose
As for the city in the south, as for why it is the Lion City, I also chose the Lion City because of the plot arrangement of the movie."
In the process of speaking, Yang Ming glanced at the reporters who were obviously Japanese and North Korean reporters, smiled and nodded, and made a certain response to the question just now.
These two countries are mortal enemies and are both vassal states of China. Their relationship is complicated and messy, and if not handled properly, it is possible that the citizens of the two countries will have unnecessary misunderstandings about them.
To be continued...