At the end of August, the casting process for "Dragon" officially ended.
Many veteran actors participated in the show, and many newcomers were also cast. There were many famous actors and actresses, as well as amateur actors. As long as the audition effect is good and the personal image matches the character image, it will be fine. Wang Xuan did not set too many thresholds.
For example, Li Liguo, who plays Jiumozhi, comes from Huayi Media. He Rong, who plays Quan Guanqing, is from Star Media, and Chen Hansheng, who plays Ding Chunqiu, is from Great Wall Entertainment.
Although these three people are from the three giants, they usually focus on acting without any distractions. Tianhai spends a lot of time with the three giants, but that is a matter at the company level and has nothing to do with a certain actor. So they came to audition and passed the audition. Tianhai did not deliberately block them, as long as the three giants agreed to let them star.
Naturally, the three giants have no objections to this.
Festivals come and go, and capital pursues profits. The three giants will not struggle with money, nor will they struggle with the heat. And right now "Dragon" is all about popularity and money. Naturally, the three giants would not disagree if their actors can play important roles in "Dragon" such as Jiumozhi, Quan Guanqing, and Ding Chunqiu.
As for the role of the eminent monk from Shaolin Temple, Wang Xuan directly invited the eminent monk from Songshan Shaolin Temple to guest star.
It is worth mentioning that the Shaolin Temple attraction has been in operation for two years. In the past two years, the movie "Shaolin Temple" has been popular for a long time and has become popular abroad, setting off a craze for Chinese kung fu. And one of the world's martial arts classics, Shaolin, has also become popular abroad. Therefore, in the past two years, the Shaolin Temple attractions have become more and more popular, attracting not only many Chinese tourists, but also many foreign tourists.
At the end of last year, a year-end inventory of scenic spots showed that the Shaolin Temple received a total of 2 million Chinese and foreign tourists in the past year, and the ticket revenue alone was as high as 160 million. Including some peripherals, the net income is as high as 300 million.
The government is definitely in charge.
Tianhai was able to get 30% of the dividend and received 90 million. If this continues, Tianhai's entire investment will be recouped in about three years.
Shaolin Temple received the least dividend, only receiving 15 million. But the Shaolin Temple also has other income, such as tourists’ incense money, peripheral amulets, fortune telling, and martial arts training classes. The income from these aspects is not low. It is still possible to earn 30 million a year.
Anyway, the abbot of Shaolin Temple was happy.
Thinking back to three years ago, Shaolin Temple was still worried about food and clothing, and worried about the fewer and fewer disciples. Compared with now, the annual income is 30 million, and the entry-level disciples can pick and choose as they please. The gap is really huge. And all this was brought about by Wang Xuan. Therefore, the entire Shaolin Temple is full of gratitude to Wang Xuan.
Because of this, when Wang Xuan came to them and hoped that they could play a guest role as a monk in "Dragon", the host of the Shaolin Temple agreed without saying anything. Wang Xuan decided who would star. The entire Shaolin Temple fully cooperated. Any remuneration.
In his words, Shaolin Temple now earns 20 to 30 million yuan a year, which is their salary.
Moreover, in Wang Xuan's "Dragon", the plot of Shaoshi Mountain was also set in their Shaolin Temple. This is a lot of publicity for their Shaolin Temple. After the broadcast of "Dragon Movie", the popularity of Shaolin Temple attractions is absolutely unprecedented.
Wang Xuan thought so and stopped being pretentious.
It is worth mentioning that due to the popularity of Shaolin Temple attractions last year, some local governments also proposed the idea of cooperating with Tianhai to develop tourist attractions in the filming location of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Such as Dongting Lake.
In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", when Guo Jing and Huang Rong went to Tiezhang Mountain and passed by Dongting Lake, there was a description of the scene: they went upstairs, ordered wine and food, and watched the scenery of Dongting Lake. Looking at the vast expanse, surrounded by vast expanse of green mountains surrounded by towering mountains, it is really small, majestic and majestic.
In fact, Dongting Lake spans Yueyang, Xiangyin, Wangcheng and other places, but Yueyang Lou District, Yuezhou City, Xiangjiang Province is undoubtedly the best viewing area of Dongting Lake. Wang Xuan shot the above scene at the Yueyang Tower.
Dongting Lake has been a tourist attraction since ancient times, attracting many literati. For example, the poet Li Bai wrote a poem "Looking at Dongting from Dengba Mausoleum in Autumn" describing Dongting Lake.
In the early morning, you can see everything around Dengba Mausoleum.
The bright lake reflects the skylight, and you can completely see the autumn colors.
The autumn colors are so green, the sea is clear and fresh.
The mountains are green with no distant trees, the water is green without cold smoke.
Come to sail out of the river, go to the bird to face the sun.
The wind is clear in Changshapu, and the mountains are filled with clouds and dreamy fields.
Gaze at the light and cherish the decadent hair, read the water and mourn the years.
Before Wang Xuan filmed "The Condor Shooting", Dongting Lake was already a tourist attraction, but it was not very popular. When "The Condor Shooting" came to Dongting Lake for filming, it really attracted a lot of tourists. The local government saw the business opportunity and immediately proposed to cooperate with Tianhai to jointly develop Dongting Lake attractions.
However, unlike the Shaolin Temple attraction, because Dongting Lake itself is an attraction, Tianhai joined in to jointly develop it, and its shareholding is much smaller than that of the Shaolin Temple attraction, only 15%.
Tianhai naturally had no objection to this either. In fact, people could have completely bypassed Tianhai and developed Dongting Lake on their own. After all, your TV series has been filmed. After the TV series is broadcast, Dongting Lake attractions will definitely be very popular. In the future, people will no longer need you. I have already attracted you. Very face-saving.
However, if the Shaolin Temple attraction gave Tianhai a sweet taste, the Dongting Lake attraction taught Tianhai a lesson. After all, if Tianhai had taken the initiative before filming "The Condor". The idea of jointly developing Dongting Lake scenic spots with the local government is proposed. The share ratio will definitely be different, at least 5 percentage points higher.
After this incident, I thought that there are film and television cities in many places, such as Dongyang Film and Television City, Yanjing Universal Studios, Liangxi Three Kingdoms Water Margin Film and Television City, Mingcheng Western Film and Television City...etc., after discussion, Zhu Xu and Li Tao, This gave birth to the idea of Tianhai building a film and television city of his own.
Once the idea comes up, it can no longer be suppressed.
You know, Wang Xuan still has several popular TV series that he has not yet filmed. "Dragon", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword", "The Swordsman"...
These works cover the customs and customs of the Southern Song Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. If it were to be filmed, with Wang Xuan's style, it would definitely be shot in real locations. Without his own film and television studio, Tianhai would have to rely on other people's film and television studios for filming. Not only would he have to pay a lot of rent, but he would also be cheaper than others.
In this case, it is better to build a film and television city belonging to Tianhai.
Building a film and television city requires a lot of investment, and it’s probably unthinkable if it’s less than one billion. But Tianhai is really not short of money now, and it can use one billion in working capital. Moreover, Tianhai does not involve physical products, so there is no risk of capital chain disruption.
The two main people have confidence in Wang Xuan. They believe that after Wang Xuan finishes filming those TV series, Tianhai's film and television city will definitely become popular and become a famous tourist attraction. They only account for 30% of the dividends from the Shaolin Temple attractions, and they can get 90 million a year. How can Tianhai's own film and television city make any difference in income?
So the two found Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan had no objection. In fact, he had already had the idea of establishing a film and television city.
It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. What's important is that Wang Xuan wants to leave a trace of his existence, or a few years later, he can point to the film and television city and proudly say to his son: Look, this is what I have laid down for you. country.
It is precisely because of this that the construction of Tianhai's film and television city started as early as the beginning of last year.
The location was chosen in Dali, Yunnan, and it was named Tianhai Film and Television City. The local government naturally supports Tianhai's idea of establishing a film and television city in Dali. After all, this is a film and television city.
Such as Dongyang Film and Television City, Liangxi Three Kingdoms Water Margin Film and Television City, etc., have long become an important business card of a city, and it is unknown how many tourists they attract every year. The Dali government has been coveting it for a long time. Now Tianhai actually wants to build a film and television city in Dali. Can the Dali government not support it?
If you want land, give land, and if you want policy, give policy, and meet all Tianhai's requirements.
Now one year and eight months have passed, and Tianhai Film and Television City has begun to take shape.
The film and television city is backed by the beautiful Cangshan Mountain and faces the vast expanse of blue Erhai Lake to the east. Generally speaking, the design and planning is carried out in accordance with the principles of "Dali characteristics, Song Dynasty characteristics, referring to "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", and combining film and television shooting with tourism". The style is beautiful, elegant and unique, and the structure is mainly made of brick and wood structure. Green bricks and green tiles are the main building materials; the plane composition highlights the layout principles of "scattered, varied, unified and grand", based on
The stepped height difference is processed according to the natural terrain; the colors are colored based on the premise of "history, nature, and life", showing a strong sense of historical vicissitudes.
The main buildings include city walls, city gates, palaces, Dali Street, Liao Street, Jurchen tribe, Xixia City, Ming City, etc.....
Of course, it is impossible to completely build a film and television city covering an area of 3,000 acres in 20 months. Some of the current buildings are only prototypes.
However, at the special request of Wang Xuan, according to the story content of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", the Dali Palace, the Xixia Palace and the "Bai Farm" which mainly show the production and life style of the Bai people in ancient Dali, and the gathering of talents described in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" Buildings such as Zhuangzhuang, Xinyang City, Xixia Grottoes, and Tea Garden have been driven out. It is not a problem to complete the filming of "Dragon".
When the Tianhai Film and Television City project was established, it was naturally impossible to do it quietly, and it caused a sensation at first. But many people don't care about Tianhai's idea of building his own film and television city, thinking that Tianhai is arrogant.
That's a film and television city. Do you really think you can build it casually? Which of the famous film and television cities in China today did not develop slowly after 20 to 30 years of development, and there were many chances and coincidences in the process. Tianhai actually wants to build his own film and television city. Isn't this whimsical?
Mainly in other film and television cities, the supporting facilities are now very complete. The customs and customs of various places are displayed in different film and television cities. Tianhai suddenly wants to get involved in this industry. Is it possible?
Anyway, no one is optimistic about Tianhai Film and Television City, and many people are looking forward to watching Tianhai do somersaults.
For example, the cast and crew of "Dragon" were a little confused when they learned that Wang Xuan was actually going to film "Dragon" in Tianhai's own film and television city.
Does this mean that Tianhai Film and Television City has been built?
But how long has it been?
Wang Xuan won't force Tianhai Film and Television City to sacrifice "Dragon Movie", right?
Isn't this nonsense?
Some actors even regretted starring in "Dragon".
Then when the crew arrived at Tianhai Film and Television City, everyone was stunned by the building in front of them.
The first thing that catches the eye is a city tower, which is grand, simple and grand. At the city gate, there are several big characters of Tianhai Film and Television City dancing in the air.
Passing through the city gate is an official avenue extending in all directions. Conveniently located on the avenue is Dali Street, which has a distinctive architectural style. Dali Street is not yet open for business at this time. Through the design of Dali Street, you can vaguely see the street behind. of prosperity.
There is a tower at the end of the avenue. Passing through the tower, directly opposite is the gate of Dali Palace. Dali's economy and culture were developed, and the architecture of the Dali Palace also imitated the style of the Song Dynasty Palace and was built magnificently. Walking into the backyard, you will find the palace's study room, bedrooms and other buildings, all of which have strong Dali local ethnic style and Buddhist characteristics.
Walking out of the palace and going up a long staircase, a tall archway comes into view. The four stone pillars of this archway are a single piece of native stone. The stone was 12.5 meters long and weighed 30 tons when it was mined. It is said that this is the Yin Province The largest stone archway.
Looking up, the "Zhennan Palace" of King Zhennan is right in front of him. Entering the gate of the mansion is the vestibule of Prince Duan's mansion. There are many pavilions and pavilions in Prince Duan's Mansion. From the back door on the left is the back garden of the Prince's Mansion, followed by the Sutra Pavilion.
Wandering around Prince Duan's Mansion, it is easy to think of the stories of love and hatred that happened here, as if you were seeing the romantic and infatuated Prince Duan, Duan Zhengchun.
After leaving Prince Duan's Mansion, everyone came to the Xixia and Jurchen tribes. Xixia is a foreign country with highly developed culture in the Song Dynasty, so its palace has a very different architectural style from the Dali Palace, with a different kind of exotic style. Moreover, Xixia has no city walls, making it more spacious and bright.
Closely connected to Xixia is the Jurchen tribe. The thatched hall in the tribe is particularly eye-catching. Around the hall, there are thatched houses. Although this community seems simple, it reflects the unique style and style of this nomadic people. The infinite scenery outside the Pass cannot help but remind people of the strength and ruggedness of the Hu people.
As they walked, everyone saw the Big and Little Liao Streets. As the name suggests, they are the streets of the Liao Kingdom. The architectural style is completely different from that of Dali Street.
At the end of Daliao Street is a city tower, which is also different from the style of Dali; at the end of Xiaoliao Street is a spacious courtyard with three large characters "Juxianzhuang" written on the door of the courtyard. I have watched "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" Everyone knows that this should be the filming location for one of the famous scenes in "Devils and Dragons": "Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there."
In addition to the buildings, the entire film and television city also has magnificent scenery. You can see the towering Cangshan Mountains with 19 peaks stretching across it and the noisy 18 streams. The tops of the mountains are covered with snow all year round, and the scenery is dazzling under the clear sky; It is as clear as a mirror, with the moonlight shining on the water, and fishermen singing in the evening, complemented by the snow on the Cangshan Mountains. They are a perfect combination, like a plateau pearl embedded in the Yunling Hengduan Mountains.
Is this Tianhai Film and Television City?
Isn't this amazing? Just these completed buildings in front of them have blinded everyone's attention, not to mention that there are still many places in the entire film and television city that are under construction in full swing. When everyone learned that Tianhai was going to restore the Han Palace in a 1:1 ratio inside the film and television city, they were all a little shocked.
Damn, what a handiwork! !
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