The popularity of martial arts IP brought by "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" not only attracted the attention of many people in the industry, but also brought several very special guests to Lu Chen.
One of them was Luo Rong, the head of Ningshan County, and the other was Fang Xinhou, Lu Chen's uncle, who was also the deputy section chief of Ningshan County's Industry and Commerce Bureau.
Lu Chen received several guests at the headquarters of Chenfei Media.
He received a call from his mother, Fang Yun, the day before yesterday, and then he came today. It was very fast.
Ningshan County was located in the southwest of Zhedong Province. It belonged to the relatively backward area of the province. It was an agricultural county with many mountains and few rivers. However, the natural environment and cultural scenery were quite good, and it was a famous tourist destination.
Fang Yun was from Ningshan, and Lu Chen's grandfather lived in Ningshan for generations. Lu Chen lived in Ningshan for two years when he was a child, so he could be regarded as half a Ningshan person.
It was precisely because of this relationship that a few uninvited guests had come to visit.
Lu Chen complained, "Uncle, why didn't you call me first and let me pick you up at the airport …"
Fang Xinhou had called him after he had arrived in the capital, and then he had directly brought people over.
Fang Xinhou was a few years older than Fang Yun. He was a kind and gentle person with no ambition in his career, so he was only a small deputy section chief in the system for so many years.
This uncle had a good relationship with Fang Yun. When the Lu family was in trouble, he came to Binhai. Although he didn't help much, Lu Chen still remembered this friendship very clearly.
Fang Xinhou smiled and said, "Mayor Luo didn't let me call. I didn't want to trouble you."
Lu Chen shook his head and said, "What trouble? You are all elders. I should greet you …"
He reached out to the middle-aged man standing next to Fang Xinhou and said, "Hello, Mayor Luo."
Fang Yun had already said it on the phone.
"Hello, Lu Chen, I've heard a lot about you!"
Luo Rong smiled and shook hands with Lu Chen. After a few polite words, Lu Chen introduced him to Lu Xi.
Everyone sat down in the VIP lounge.
A group of seven people from Ningshan County was personally led by the county head to the capital. This was considered a very high standard. Normally, with Fang Xinhou's status, he was not qualified to be part of this group.
But now, his importance was completely not beneath Luo Rong's!
Because people in Ningshan hoped that Lu Chen could shoot the movie in Ningshan, or at least shoot in Ningshan, so that the tourism industry in Ningshan could be promoted.
In the past, Ningshan's pillar industries were agriculture, breeding, forestry, and so on. There were no decent industries, so the economic level had always been very backward. In recent years, the domestic tourism industry had been developing, and Ningshan had also benefited from it. The proportion of the tourism industry had been increasing year by year.
After Luo Rong was transferred to Ningshan as the county head, in order to speed up the economic development, he decided to vigorously expand the tourism industry and fully develop the tourism resources of Ningshan. Under his promotion, the county also built a Ningshan Film and Television City in the scenic area of Qingning Mountain, with a total investment of more than 500 million.
The county head's idea was very good. The scenic area of Qingning Mountain was very rich in tourism resources. There was Qingning Mountain, which stretched for hundreds of miles and was covered with primeval forests. There was also the clear and beautiful Qingning River, and the time-honored Yunchan Temple and Sanqing Temple, as well as the ancient villages that maintained the original ecology. It was undoubtedly the right thing to promote the economy through tourism.
But he took too big a step. He invested hundreds of millions to build the Ming Qing Film and Television City. But in recent years, film and television cities had sprung up everywhere. Ningshan was located in a remote area, and the transportation and supporting facilities were not perfect. So when the Ningshan Film and Television City was just completed, it was faced with the awkward situation of a lack of tourists.
Planting the parasol tree had attracted phoenixes. Now that the parasol tree on Mount Ning had been planted, only a few birds had flown over. One could imagine how much pressure Luo Rong, who was in charge and in charge, was facing.
Fortunately, the county head accidentally learned that the big star Lu Chen, who had just appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, was actually half a Ningshan man. And he was going to shoot a big movie with more than 100 million investment. So he immediately connected the dots.
As an official, he didn't know much about the entertainment industry. He basically didn't pay attention to stars and artists. But since the construction of the Film and Television City, the situation was different.
Now Luo Rong was very clear about the influence of a big star like Lu Chen, and how much attention the movie "The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer" would attract. So for Ningshan, it was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
It was not a legend that a movie could make a tourist spot popular. In 2010, the movie "Deep Love" was very popular in cinemas all over the country. The ancient town of Changqiao in the movie became very popular, and the streets were full of tourists.
The demonstration effect of a big movie was very strong. If "The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer" was shot in the Ningshan Film and Television City, as long as Ningshan did a little promotion, the whole project could be revitalized!
Luo Rong brought Fang Xinhou to the capital to find Lu Chen. He was playing the family card.
For this, Lu Chen didn't have any objection. People couldn't live only for themselves. As long as Ningshan met the shooting conditions, it was not a problem to get a few locations. After all, he was half a Ningshan man.
"How about this, County Head Luo …"
Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "I'll send someone to Ningshan first to understand the situation. As long as the conditions are right, I'm willing to shoot the movie in Ningshan."
"That's great!"
Luo Rong couldn't help but be happy. He stretched out his hands to Lu Chen and said, "On behalf of the millions of people in Ningshan, I thank you. In addition, our county government will fully cooperate with the shooting of" The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer "!"
Lu Chen was speechless. He hadn't fully agreed yet, but Luo Rong directly thanked him on behalf of the people.
Shaking hands with Luo Rong, Lu Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "Thank you, County Head Luo."
Luo Rong smiled and said, "It's natural for our government to cooperate. I'm going to transfer Chief Fang to the County Tourism Bureau as the deputy director. He'll be in charge of the tourist area and the Film and Television City!"
Fang Xinhou said, "Ah." Obviously, he didn't know about this before.
Lu Chen and Lu Xi looked at each other and saw the admiration in each other's eyes. This county head was really good at being an official. He was decisive and willing to take out benefits.
It was related to Uncle Tang's future, and because of the relationship between relatives in his hometown, Lu Chen didn't need to pay more. The shooting of "The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer" in Ningshan had basically been finalized.
Of course, it was still necessary to inspect the shooting site. The total investment of hundreds of millions of yuan couldn't be sloppy. Therefore, Lu Xi led the team back to Ningshan with Luo Rong and Fang Xinhou.
When Chen Fei 'er heard about this on the same day, he decided to go and have a look!
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