Li Mazi and I took the three in the morning train and returned to Wuhan.

The first thing I did when I returned to Wuhan was to go to a restaurant to order a table of southern dishes and eat them voraciously. After all, we really don’t love northern dishes very much.

The next day, Yin Xinyue came to the antique shop to see me. She smiled at me mysteriously and said that there was something I wanted to ask me for help. I smiled and asked her if any friend was not good at taking any of her eyes and what shouldn't be taken?

She said no, a while ago, their company invested in a costume drama, which was a martial arts blockbuster. It was about to start filming, but the director was a serious person. He thought the props were not restored enough, so he insisted on calling back and reworking. The leader of the props team immediately prepared to go to the museum to invite experts to take charge, but a crew of hundreds of people, even if the play was not filmed, it would cost various expenses. It was all the money from the producer. It was really unstoppable, and it made Yin Xinyue's boss anxious. She immediately thought of me and asked me if there were any antiques from the Ming Dynasty to borrow two temporarily to use them?

I thought about it and said, "I have some items in the Ming Dynasty, but I collect all the things I have. If something happens to the crew, wouldn't I be unable to take it away?"

"What should I do? The crew will have to eat, drink and stay a day, which is not the venue fee." Yin Xinyue said aggrievedly: "This stinky director is really annoying..."

I had an idea and said, "By the way, look for Li Mazi, he should have a lot of antiques on his hands! In addition, will your crew give the rental fee for other antiques?"

Yin Xinyue nodded: "That's sure, public is public and private, and I will never treat Li Mazi badly."

I immediately called Li Mazi and told the story. When I heard that I had money, he was very excited and immediately agreed.

Yin Xinyue and I went out for a meal. When we came back, Li Mazi had already parked outside the store with a pickup truck and asked me to help him move it together. The boxes were all ancient swords, incense burners, jade pendants, and cultural relics from the Ming Dynasty. I asked him why there were so many antiques at home?

"It was all collected before, but I kept pressing it on my hands and couldn't sell it. Didn't I follow you to do this business? So I threw these in the basement and ate them ashes." Li Mazi explained.

"If you don't do this one day, just open an antique shop. The batch of goods you have is enough for you to eat for the rest of your life. It's great." I said.

"What's so good? Ninety-nine percent are fakes. I blame me for not having eyes at the beginning." Li Mazi said secretly in my ear.

Yin Xinyue took a look at it roughly. Li Mazi asked her if she was enough. If she wasn't enough, he would pull a few boxes over. Yin Xinyue said: "It's enough. In fact, it's not really used to film, but just to use it as a copy model for the prop group."

"My brother and sister, how do you calculate the rental fee?" Li Mazi was not ambiguous at all.

"I have to talk to the director in person about this, but now he is filming in the mountains, so I'll help you go! Anyway, I'm now holding the title of producer, and I have to go there every now and then." Yin Xinyue explained.

"Why don't we go to the crew to talk in person? Just think it's an eye-opener. I've watched a lot of TV series like this, but I haven't seen it once." Li Mazi winked at me.

I understood what he meant. A TV series was filmed for several months, and it was isolated from the world. In addition, there were too many wolves in the crew, so I was a little worried about Yin Xinyue going alone, so I agreed: "Anyway, I don't have much business recently, so I can go and have a look."

Yin Xinyue blinked at me playfully: "Brother Zhang, are you worried that I will be unspoken by someone?"

"No!" I waved my hand quickly: "Why did I think in that direction? I'm not at ease with you."

"Don't worry about me? It turns out that I'm so unattractive." Yin Xinyue said with a pout.

"I definitely don't mean that!"

Yin Xinyue immediately called the director. At this time, Li Mazi said to me: "I heard that there are many beauties in the crew, which is just right to enjoy the eyes."

I looked at him with contempt, and I actually thought he was thinking about Yin Xinyue.

Yin Xinyue immediately started booking air tickets. In a small town in Handan, Hebei, she called a car to take these things to the airport. Although they were all useless things that could not be sold, they were worthwhile, so Li Mazi followed the car with them. Yin Xinyue and I also took another taxi and agreed to meet at the airport.

After completing the air transport procedures, we took the afternoon flight and arrived in Handan in an hour, but it took a whole afternoon to go to that town from Handan.

I asked Yin Xinyue: "Why didn't the crew go to the film and television city to film? They had to choose such a remote place."

"You will know when you arrive. There is an ancient town in Ming Dynasty, with small bridges and flowing water, which is very beautiful. We took a lot of time to rent it. In fact, this martial arts film was shot in two parts, a small part is here, and the rest went to the film and television city to shoot."

"It's really hard to film!" I sighed.

"That's right? When I was filming, I could only sleep for four or five hours a day, so sleepy that people were so sleepy that they were wandering. Sometimes in winter, and in summer, you think about what it would be like to wear a single dress at minus five degrees, or wrap a cotton jacket in hot weather." Yin Xinyue complained.

Li Mazi interrupted: "Why do you have to shoot in the opposite direction? You can't shoot in the summer and in the winter?"

"A drama was finished in a few months. How could it be filmed calmly for a year? Now the competition is fierce. Everyone is racing against time. Otherwise, how could a star shoot four or five movies a year?"

Yin Xinyue couldn't stop talking about this topic, and popularized us with some common sense in TV series.

She said that China is a big country in TV dramas. It produces tens of thousands of TV dramas a year, and thousands of practitioners are contributing their sweat and wisdom. However, there are only a few popular movies every year, and most of the remaining people may not even hear of the names. It is really hard to say whether a drama can become popular. There are many examples of investors' money being wasted. Sometimes even big investments, big lineups, and big directors may just lose even worse.

At five o'clock in the evening, we arrived at the town where the crew was located. It was indeed a well-preserved ancient town in the Ming Dynasty. All the brick and tiles are surrounded by mountains and rivers, giving people a sense of tranquility and quaintness. The director is quite good at choosing places.

There were many cars parked at the entrance of the town, some were private cars, some sprayed the words of a certain film and television company on the body, and a banner was pulled on the tree: "The shooting scene of the large-scale costume martial arts TV series "The Legend of the Warriors"". I saw a lot of red paper confetti on the ground. Yin Xinyue said that she would pay homage to Mr. Guan before the start of the film. It was originally a custom in Hong Kong, but now the mainland has become more particular, in order to get a good start.

We got off the car at the intersection, Yin Xinyue called, and soon a SUV car drove over, and a man got out of the car. Yin Xinyue introduced that he was the leader of the props group. Team leader Xu said a few words and said something grateful. We helped him move the things to the car and then took his car into the town.

The car was slowly driving in the town, and we saw some cranes. Yin Xinyue said it was used to lift wires. There was also some camera tracks that the staff had to use when assembling the shooting. There was a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses sitting next to him, discussing something with others.

"The one wearing sunglasses is Director Zhang!" Yin Xinyue said.

"We will not cause trouble for others when we stay here, will we?" I asked.

"Why don't you go and sign up for an extra? Special actors are fine, they just play a servant, waiter, etc., and there are only a few lines." Yin Xinyue said with a smile.

"But we haven't acted in a show," I said.

"If you don't need any acting skills, you will only show your face a few more times than ordinary supporting actors." Yin Xinyue smiled and leaned back and forth.

"Then do you think my image can be photographed?"

"It's okay, being too handsome will steal the spotlight. The director dares not use it."
Chapter completed!