The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 454 Kaishan Fengweihan City
The male and female leading actors have been determined, which can be regarded as the completion of an important preparatory work in the early stage of the film.

Li Shengyao gave the script to Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong, and then took people south to Yunnan Province.

He had already arranged for the assistant director and photographer to come here to scout and select locations. The assistant director and the others have now confirmed three domestic cities and four foreign cities. Now it is up to Li Shengyao to make the final decision on which two City.

These two cities correspond to two important places in the movie, one abroad and one domestic.

In his previous life, Sicario was filmed directly in Juarez and El Paso. I have to admire the courage of the production company, which is very bold.

After all, Juarez is known as the capital of violence.

If Li Shengyao chooses the location according to the story of the script this time, he will choose a city in Lao Myanmar/Northern.

He still felt it was too dangerous and gave up the idea.

The local warlords in Lao Burma have a lower limit than the drug dealers in Mexico.

Many people may be very surprised and think that Mexican songs are very dangerous.

Compared with the mainland, Mexican songs are indeed very dangerous.

But for tourists, it is really hard to say who is more dangerous, Mexico or Lao Myanmar.

Mexico is one of the top five tourist receiving countries in the world all year round, and a large number of people from all over the world travel there.

Many cities run by drug dealers are very gentle with foreign tourists. Local thieves have stolen tourists' wallets. As long as you report them, they can quickly find them for you.

These drug dealers hired the best Wall Street economists to help them develop the local economy, and the money earned from the drug dealers was used to open casinos, hotels, and nightclubs to attract tourists from all over the world.

Las Vegas often complains that Mexico has taken away a lot of their business.

Mexico City does have the highest number of shooting cases in the world, but if you are a tourist, as long as you don't mess around, your basic safety is still guaranteed.

As for Old Man?
Li Shengyiu cannot trust them. He feels that the threshold of this group of people is really low. They engage in fraud every day, sell human organs, treat tourists with a narrow vision, and do not understand long-term development at all.

After reading the script to the assistant director and photography team, everyone discussed where to shoot.

Some people suggested that they simply go to the cities in the south of Lao Myanmar. They felt that the south would be safer.

In fact, no, Lao Myanmar is really not kind to tourists.

For the safety of the crew, Li Shengyao directly refused.

After careful consideration, he planned to arrange for the assistant director and photography team to go to Laos/Laos and Tyrande to find suitable cities.

The reason why I did not choose Annan and Kampuchea is because the characters of these two countries are very different from those of Lao Myanmar, and they belong to the kind of characters that can be seen by a layman at a glance.

However, Laos and Laos and Tyrande are different. The characters of these two countries and Laos and Myanmar are all evolved from Sanskrit, and they look very similar.

However, Lao/Laos and Tyrande can be regarded as the difference between Ho Nan dialect and Hebei dialect. The languages ​​​​of these two countries are very different from Burmese.

Of course, these are small problems, and dubbing will be fine when the time comes.

The three domestic cities selected by the assistant directors are Guangnan County and Honghe County in Yunnan Province, and Mashan County in Guangxi Province.

The four foreign cities selected are Kaisanfengweihan City, Pakse City, Luang Prabang City in Laos/PDR, and Chiang Rai in Tailand.

After Li Shengyao went south, he inspected these three domestic cities and finally chose Honghe County.

These three small counties are all very poor, but Honghe is a border city after all, and the poor ones are more distinctive.

He continued to go south, went out of the country, and observed four foreign cities. He quickly ruled out Chiang Rai.

Chiang Rai is also poor, but the environment here is quite good, the scenery is very beautiful, and the temperament of the border city in Li Shengyao's imagination does not match.

He then rushed to Laos. Laos actually has an airport, but there are not many flights.

Li Shengyao and the others went to Laos from Tailande, and it was much faster to take the train. They went there by train. As soon as they got out of Vientiane Railway Station, they felt a gust of yellow sand rushing towards their faces.

This train station is still some distance from the city center, and there is nothing outside the train station. There are several small shops built next to the dirt road full of mud, all of which are one-story tile-roofed houses. A dozen tricycles are parked under the trees. Greet travelers coming and going.

This level of development, to put it bluntly, is incomparable to the railway stations in small domestic counties.

But it's a relief to think that there are only a few million people in this country.

Li Shengyao and his party quickly waited for the pick-up car, and then they got on a bus and headed towards Vientiane.

It feels like riding a rocking car along the way, with constant bumps.

The weather was very hot at this time, and the bus did not have air conditioning, but everyone closed all the windows early, because the dirt road was too dusty.

If the window is open, it is full of dust.

Soon after, they arrived in Vientiane, the roads were still dilapidated, and there were many construction sites here, the air was very bad, and the sky was gray.

The assistant took pictures with his mobile phone and said, "Boss, this place actually looks like a border city. I just sent it to my friends, and they all thought we had reached the China/Myanmar border."

Vientiane is really poor at this time, and now it is engaged in construction, and there are many construction sites, all of which are developed by mainland companies.

If it weren't for Huaxia's desire to take this little brother with him, Laos would be even poorer.

Vientiane can indeed be regarded as a border city in the movie.

The assistant director immediately said: "Boss, we considered Vientiane at the time, but our story is quite special, and the big guy still thinks not to shoot in Vientiane, after all, this is the capital of the people."

The foreign city in the movie is not a good place, with gangs running rampant, gunfire constantly, and dead bodies hanging in the streets.

In the movie, Lee Shing Yew does not specify which city it is, but uses City A instead.

In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles.

The awareness of the assistant directors is not bad.

After all, Laos and China have friendly relations, so there is no need for a black family.

"It's okay, I also think it's not good to shoot in Vientiane."

In this way, Li Shengyao and the others only stayed in Vientiane for one night, and then left, heading north all the way to visit the cities of Kaishan, Phongvihan, Pakse, and Luang Prabang.

Every day, we go to one place by car, and the bumps on the road make Li Shengyao and his group feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, they found a suitable place, and this city was Kaishan Fengweihan City.

Kaishan Phongvihan City is the second largest city in Laos. At this time, the urban area already has a population of 10.

This city is called "the city in heaven" in Laos/DR.

I have to say that the Lao people at this time are still less knowledgeable.

There are almost no high-rise buildings in the urban area. Most of them are one-story bungalows, and a few are small buildings with three or four floors. If you shoot directly without using the BBC's underworld filter, you will feel that the houses are gray and very dilapidated.

The common people were also poorly dressed. Many were wearing grass-green mainland militia uniforms, or short-sleeved shirts with a certain middle school embroidered on them.

Of course they are not soldiers from China, nor are they middle school students from China.

Such clothes are old clothes that people in China don’t want and throw them into trash cans or donation boxes.

Those with business vision recycle them, clean them, package them and sell them in poor places.

Especially popular in Africa, where five dollars can buy a snakeskin bag of clothes.

This snakeskin bag is packaged and cannot be picked, which is equivalent to opening a blind box.

Li Shengyao did not expect this industry to exist in Laos.

There are many homeless people on the streets here, sitting together in groups and chatting.

Almost no fat people, the vast majority of people are dark and thin.

The overall temperament of the city is very bad. There should be no such cities in China, maybe 80 years ago.

When Li Shengyao first came to this city, the bus had just entered, and he immediately fell in love with him. He felt that this city was like a poor and chaotic frontier city in his impression.

After it was confirmed that the filming would take place in Fengweihan City, Kaishan, Li Shengyao brought the film crew to this city again.

They will meet with the leaders of the city. In addition to giving some benefits, there is also a very important point of meeting with the local security company executives.

As long as you search for news about major domestic companies in Laos/DR, you can basically find one company, which is the Lao/DR state-run security company.

In other words, the top management of this country runs a security company.

All major domestic projects in Laos will sign an agreement with this company and hand over security work to them.

This kind of industry can also be regarded as one of the ways for Laos to earn foreign exchange.

This time, Li Shengyao will meet with the senior management of the state-run security company to sign an agreement.

In a cloud of dust, Li Shengyao got off the bus and hurried into the largest gold hotel in Fengweihan City, Kaishan.

This hotel has seven floors, making it the tallest building in the city.

It is said that the boss behind the scenes is from Huaxia, and of course local officials have shares.

"Director Li, you are finally here. Welcome, welcome."

A group of Laotians was waiting for Lee Shengyao. The young man leading him was not tall, about 1.6m[-], with big eyes and very energetic.

His nose is relatively flat and his nostrils are large. At first glance, you can tell that he looks like a tropical person.

What he just said was Mandarin, very standard.

This person is called Si Sawang, who had studied in Yunnan University for four years and was the third generation of Lao/DR officials.

Li Shengyao shook hands with Sisavang with a smile, "I will trouble you this time."

"Where, where, please come in, we have prepared a lot of Lao / Lao food."

Not long after, Li Shengyao and his group came to the box that Sisawang had prepared long ago, and met some high-level officials in Kaishan Fengweihan City.

People here in Laos like to eat glutinous rice and cold dishes. If it is cooked food, it is usually cooked.

It's somewhat similar to Sange, but they don't put as many spices in it.

Li Shengyao took it as an early adopter, and sat down to eat some Lao/Laos delicacies.

After dinner, with the help of an interpreter, Li Shengyao signed a filming agreement with the local senior officials in Laos. According to the agreement, during the filming period, at least [-] local people will be hired to work and a donation of [-] US dollars will be made To a local middle school for the development of the education industry in Laos/DR.

Then signed a security agreement with Sisawang.

It is said that Sisavang’s grandfather is the person in charge of the state-run security company in Phnom Viehan City in Kaishan. According to the agreement, during the two months of filming, the Lao/DR state-run security company will be responsible for the security of the entire crew, and the cost is 20 US dollars .

After the agreement was signed, photos were taken, and Li Shengyao was interviewed by a local TV reporter.

The senior officials of Kaishan Fengweihan City will stay for a drink.

But Li Shengyao and the others were quite tired and planned to go back to the hotel to rest.

Si Sawang chased him out, and he followed Li Shengyao onto the bus, followed by one of his younger brothers. The younger brother carried a bag, and then the younger brother began to give gifts to people from Li Shengyao's side.

All are coffee, and Laos/Laos is quite famous for coffee. There are many mountains here and the weather is hot, which is very suitable for growing coffee.

Li Shengyao also received a bag, his bag of coffee was more than the others.

Sisawang said from the side: "I heard that you don't like drinking coffee, but it doesn't matter. This coffee is very fragrant. If you don't like drinking it, you can give it to someone who likes coffee. It is definitely worth collecting."

"Okay, thank you."

"Director Li, the state-owned security company in Kaishan Fengweihan City is the best security company in Laos/DR, and the security company with the strongest overall strength. You will not be disappointed if you cooperate with us. When it comes time to shoot, you will never be disappointed. any question."

The employees of the Lao/Laotian state-owned security company are all local retired soldiers. The security company in that place is more reliable.

Li Shengyao doesn't know this.

"If you have any other matters related to the filming of the movie, such as procedures or permit applications, you can contact me. I like to make friends the most."

Li Shengyao looked at Si Sawang with a smile, he felt that Si Sawang had something to say.

"We are friends, if there is something on my side, I will not be polite."

"Of course, don't be rude to me. I like Huaxia the most. I plan to move to Huaxia when I earn enough money. Now I often dream about the days when I was studying in Yunnan Province."

"Sisawang, I remember."

Sisawang looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he continued: "Director Li, thank you for your approval."

"I have liked movies since I was a child, especially Hong Kong Island movies, and now I like Chinese movies. I especially want to act."

"Director Li, can you give me a chance to play a small guest role? It doesn't matter whether I have lines or not, as long as I show my face."

After talking for so long, I finally expressed my thoughts.

There are almost no self-produced dramas in Laos, and ordinary people watch Thai dramas.

Sisawang wants to act, but he really has no chance.

Without waiting for Li Shengyao's reply, Sisawang continued: "I heard that you are very strict in this regard. If you are not willing, then forget it."

Li Shengyao smiled, "If it's a small role, there's no problem."

A small role with one or two lines will not affect the overall quality of the movie.

When Xi Sawang heard this, he almost jumped up. He looked excited, "Okay, Director Li, I will definitely prepare well. What role can you play for me?"

"Let's play the role of a local handover policeman. You caught a small drug dealer and handed it over to the Huaxia police."

"Okay, okay, okay, I will definitely prepare well."

Looking at the excited Sisawang, Li Shengyao couldn't help looking forward to the filming in Fengweihan City, Kaishan.

(End of this chapter)