That year Huayu

On the city wall, several soldiers wearing different styles and colors of armor, holding different weapons and shields were preparing according to the instructions of the crew's scheduler.

Following Zhang Yimou's "action", three troops of two men and one woman interspersed and marched in an orderly manner. Various arrows, spears, and weapons were hurriedly but orderly taken out and supported...

The target of the attack is the air under the city wall, because this part of the shot must be added with special effects later.

"I...Is this how they beat their war drums?"

Liu Yifei tugged at Lin Nan's sleeve in disbelief, her eyes filled with confusion, speechlessness and astonishment.

"Well, this war drum is quite interesting, the rhythm is very good, there are many tricks, it's quite enchanting... Hey, it's a bit fancy, haha..."

Lin Nan couldn't help but laugh.

It is indeed a bit strange to find a group of slender and beautiful female soldiers beating drums to cheer and convey orders with the sound of drums.

Moreover, the posture and movement of beating the drum are soft and not at all in line with what a drummer should look like on the battlefield.

But when I think about it, this is a movie after all, so I can understand it. Looking at it again, not to mention, these female soldiers are really eye-catching when they beat drums to summon people!

A few meters away, Wang Jing and Chen Kaige were chatting wordlessly, and from time to time they pointed at the crew who were filming.

Lin Nan noticed that Director Chen was quite pleased with it, but Wang Jing was a little frowning.

"Matt's makeup is too sloppy, isn't it?"

Following the direction indicated by Liu Yifei, Lin Nan saw Matt Damon. He looked quite vicissitudes of life, but it also fit the background of a mercenary.

"It looks like this scene is almost over, let's go over there?"

"okay."

Sure enough, less than two minutes after Lin Nan finished speaking, Zhang Yimou shouted "Ka".

Director Zhang Da, who hadn't seen him for several months, was obviously not in high spirits. When he saw Lin Nan, Chen Kaige, Wang Jing and others walking over, he really had to steel himself to smile.

"Let's go sit down below. It's not a place to talk up here."

"Okay, Director Zhang."

"Um."

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were not in a hurry, but walked towards the actors.

"Hi Lin, Crystal."

"Director Lin, Yifei."

Matt came up with his bow and arrows, and Liu Dehua greeted him from behind.

"Brother Lin, Sister Yifei."

Jing Tian is dressed in blue armor and has a high ponytail. He has the feeling of dreaming back to "Warring States".

"We came to visit the class as promised. Do you guys want to go down and have a chat?"

"Let's go, I need to take a rest. I can't hold on anymore. I've done it more than a dozen times today." Liu Dehua started laughing.

When several people walked down the city wall and walked into the palace, Wang Jing and Chen Kaige were already there watching the previously shot scenes of "The Great Wall".

Zhang Yimou was drinking tea on the side and responded to Chen Kaige from time to time.

"...The ALEXA 65 camera is new this year and is currently the highest-definition digital camera in the world. It is provided by Universal. You can go up and try it out later..."

"Okay, I'll take a look at it later."

"Director Chen is preparing a new movie?" Lin Nan asked curiously and walked over.

Chen Kaige nodded decisively, very confidently:

"I have been preparing the script for several years, and I can polish it in the next few months. The film and television base also officially opened at the beginning of the month, and the hardware is all ready. After "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" is released, I will fully devote myself to the new movie. In preparation.”

Chen Kaige didn't say any more and chose to stop there, but Lin Nan could already guess about seventy-seven or eighty-eight.

In June 2010, the Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base project was officially launched because Chen Kaige wanted to film "Shaman Kukai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty".

It has taken 5 years of construction, and on the 1st of this month, it was finally completed!

This was not a sensational news in the industry, but Lin Nan happened to hear Yue Jun mention that there would be an additional film and television city for filming movies in the future.

Director Chen Da also lives up to his reputation as "one blockbuster, one city"!

I think he came here today because he wanted to try Zhang Yimou's ALEXA 65 camera in preparation for his "Kukai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty".

"I'll go take a look at this camera later."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want."

Zhang Yimou also nodded towards Lin Nan.

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While chatting, Liu Yifei was shocked again and again by the costume props in "The Great Wall".

The various colorful armors are really eye-catching, but they look very "brittle" and lack the heaviness and security of armor at all.

Especially when she saw those "bungee jumping" shots without special effects, she was confused and speechless for a long time.

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When Lin Nan climbed up the city wall and was holding the only camera in the country, Liu Yifei followed him specially just to whisper:

"Lin Nan, you were really wise not to accept this movie. You didn't see that Director Zhang's brows never relaxed during the half-hour break."

"I know. Wang Jing is also frowning."

Lin Nan laughed and complained. He just discovered that Wang Jing was also in a state of confusion when watching those scenes.

"It's really great... It's indeed a piece of equipment worth millions of dollars. I heard the body costs nearly a million dollars, and the lens is even more expensive..."

Operating the camera, Lin Nan commented as a director.

"When are we leaving? We agreed to go shopping."

Liu Yifei shook the camera in her hand and winked at Lin Nan.

I've been here for more than an hour, catching up on old times and visiting classes, that's pretty much it.

"Then let's go."

Lin Nan stood up and smiled. Miss Liu was urging her personal photographer to get on duty.

After greeting Zhang Yimou, Matt Damon, Liu Dehua, and Jing Tian, ​​Lin Nan and Liu Yifei took their assistants and prepared to go to other parts of the film and television base.

Unexpectedly, Wang Jing chased him from behind not long after he walked out of the set.

"Director Lin, do you understand Director Zhang's "The Great Wall"?"

"Director Wang, don't you understand?"

Lin Nan smiled and asked back, and Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him implicitly.

"I, I seem to be a bit confused. I don't know what Director Zhang is filming. I originally said I would come here to learn from him, but it seems I am going to leave empty-handed this time, haha..."

Wang Jing's tone didn't sound like a lie. He did come to learn from it, but he did look confused.

"Wouldn't it be clear when the premiere of "The Great Wall" is held and we watch the finished film? Director Wang, we are going to visit other attractions, so we won't talk more."

"Okay, then I won't disturb Director Lin and Producer Liu."

In one afternoon, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei visited more than half of the Huairou Film and Television Base and took many photos.

It wasn't until he was driving home in the evening that he thought again of the movie for which Director Chen Da was about to complete the script.

"Director Chen is going to film his "Kukai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty". The script of this movie has been in preparation for more than five years, which is interesting."

"Huh? From the Tang Dynasty?"

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