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Chapter 1057
Since this is the second film in the series, the team is also the same as before, and the main actors have not changed, but Zhou Xia's identity has changed.

He is no longer the director alone, and brought Yan Fei as the co-director.

Yan Fei has cooperated with Zhou Xia several times before, from "Charlotte Annoyance" to "Painted Skin 2" and "New Detective", he has participated in several of Zhou Xia's comedies, and his experience and ability are useless.

Moreover, he and Damo directed "Old Boy" before, and the two co-directed "The Iron Fist of Shame" with Happy Twist.

This time Zhou Xiabian brought him, in addition to focusing on cultivation, but also attaches great importance to his talent for comedy movies.

In China, there are mainly a few scenes in the imperial capital, and then there are a few scenes in the island country Tokyo, and the rest of the scenes are filmed in New York, the United States.

The filming of this movie is very well prepared. Since Zhou Xia finished filming "I'm Not the God of Medicine", in the past few months, except for the promotion and release of several movies, participating in film festivals, and post-production, the rest of the time is busy is preparing for this movie.

He returned to China one day late, hurriedly finished the company's affairs, and officially started filming this new movie in the imperial capital on August 8, the day of the Qixi Festival in the lunar calendar.

After spending ten days filming domestic scenes, Zhou Xia took people directly to a Chinatown in New York, USA to prepare for a two-month filming.

The name of the movie is "Detective Chinatown", as the name suggests, it is natural that the case will be carried out in a specific Chinatown.

Moreover, Chinatown is a window of Chinese culture, connecting China and other countries in the world, combining Chinese national culture and local culture, so Chinatowns in each place are different, and stories with Chinatown as the background can be shaped into detective groups with Chinese characteristics.

And Chinatown is not just a street, it is a neighborhood, even a town.

There are three recognized Chinatowns in New York, including Chinatown in Manhattan, Flushing in Queens, and Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn. The so-called Chinatown in New York refers to this one in the lower part of Manhattan.

Zhou Xia's main location for this film is also here.

The story of "The Price of Love" filmed by Zhou Xia before also took place in Manhattan, New York. Although it is a story of the last century, the scene shooting will not be in Chinatown, but he is quite familiar with New York.

After all, his first TV series "You at the Same Table" was also filmed on Madison Avenue here.

This is his third time shooting here, but because the plot involves many street fights, group performances, and even horse-drawn carriage scenes, it is more complicated and difficult than before, and naturally costs more high.

However, in order to film this drama well and continue to achieve brilliance, Zhou Xia and the entire creative team of the company are also willing to invest in real-location shooting in New York.

Especially for the main scenes involved, such as Times Square, Grand Central Station, Madison Avenue, New York City Library and other places with high density of people, the local police station was also asked to assist in maintaining law and order during filming, which also required a great deal of effort. big expense.

Moreover, it is much more expensive to make a movie in the United States than in China. Zhou Xia, who is shooting a movie in the United States for the third time, knows it best.

The most expensive thing is not the cost of consuming public resources in these scenarios, but the cost of labor.

For example, for a background extra, the cost of a scene is nearly 2000 yuan, which is 10 times that of China.

And as long as the extras speak, even if there is only one line, the cost can reach nearly 20000 yuan.

In addition, the daily shooting time must be within 6 hours, and you can only shoot 12 minutes more at most, otherwise you will be fined.

Therefore, Zhou Xia had to compress the shooting time to two months. Naturally, the shooting time in the United States was tight and the task was heavy, but there was no way to save costs.

Fortunately, the main characters Zhou Xia, Wang Baobao, and Huang Bo are all experienced actors this time, and they are fully prepared and can guarantee the quality of the shooting.

As for the newly joined Erdi and Song Zuer, they have also undergone more than three months of training, and there is no problem in this regard.

While Zhou Xia was busy filming in the United States, the biennial 30th Golden Rooster Awards was about to be held in China. The time was scheduled to be held from September 9th to 16th in Jicheng, Baishanheishui.

Zhou Xia had just filmed a scene in New York for three days, and returned to the hotel after a long day of work. It was already two o'clock in the morning, but he received a call from Yang Tianzhen in China.

There is a 12-hour time difference between the two places, and it just so happened that I went to work in the afternoon there.

"Boss, didn't you disturb your rest?" Zhou Xia answered the phone, and Yang Tianzhen sent a slightly apologetic message.

"Okay, don't be so polite, just talk about something, I'm about to rest."

Zhou Xia didn't beat around the bush, but said straightforwardly.

Before Yang Tianzhen called him, he must have contacted his assistant, Xiao Bai, and asked about his situation.

He had just finished editing the scene that was filmed that day, and arranged for tomorrow's filming task. Yang Tianzhen obviously knew about this.

"Okay, that's how it is. This morning, I received another call from the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee to confirm whether you can attend the awards ceremony."

Yang Tianzhen was no longer polite, and quickly said what she meant.

"Oh, is that right, before I left China and came to the United States last time, didn't I say that the shooting schedule here is very tight, and I will be delayed for three or four days this time, and it will cost millions of dollars here. Thousands of dollars."

Zhou Xia frowned and said, in fact, after Yufei persuaded him last time, he really wanted to attend, but now the filming arrangement really couldn't leave.

"Boss, I, I, you have to come back anyway."

"What?" Zhou Xia asked in amazement, this was the first time Yang Tianzhen spoke so hesitantly and asked him so.

"No, boss, that's not what I meant."

Yang Tianzhen quickly continued to explain: "Someone sent me a letter, saying that you went to the Golden Horse Awards last time, and you won't come back for the Golden Rooster Awards. What do you mean?"

"Ah..." Zhou Xia was stunned, he really hadn't thought about it.

"So, boss..." Yang Tianzhen stopped talking.

"This..." Zhou Xia pondered slightly, sighed, and said directly: "Okay, I see, how about this, is it the red carpet of the domestic awards ceremony on the evening of September 9?"

"Yes, you just need to arrive in Jicheng before five o'clock in the afternoon, and you can leave after the award ceremony that night." Yang Tianzhen said.

"Okay, that's it. I'll go back that day, and you and Xiaobai can coordinate my schedule. The journey will take at least [-] hours, and I will only stay for three or four hours when I go back."

Zhou Xia sighed helplessly. Now that he is in this position, some things still need to be based on the overall situation.

Otherwise, it would be easy for people to criticize, thinking that there is no overall view, and this time the award ceremony, at least from the list of nominations, Xia Hua Film and Television is already the biggest winner.

(End of this chapter)