It is somewhat similar to Australia, the next door neighbor, Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is not the capital, but the economic, cultural and tourism center here.

When Zhang Chu and his family arrived at the airport, the tour company had already prepared the tour guide and the driver and would lead them to play around Auckland for a day, waiting for the arrival of Chris, Ridley Scott and his group.

The whole country is not too big. It takes about two hours to drive from Auckland to the town of Matamata where the ranch is located, which is very convenient for self-driving tours.

However, at this time, Matamata town was just a traditional agricultural and animal husbandry area and had not developed into a world-famous Hobbit village, so there would not be too many foreign populations.

Zhang Chu has told the purpose to the ranch managers, and the people of the Alexander family have prepared delicious food for tomorrow's meeting.

Although they didn't want to see the ranch being destroyed, they welcomed a blockbuster movie to shoot, not to mention that the ranch had changed its owner!

"The air here is very comfortable, and you can even see the blue sky and white clouds." Chu Lan held her cell phone and kept photographing the surrounding environment. She could no longer hold on to Matcha, so she had to return it to Zhang Chu.

"So I come here to live for one or two months every year to wash my lungs, and I will have a good retirement in the future."

Zhang Bowen flatly refused: "No, I would rather go back to my hometown in Jiangcheng. I don't understand what to say here, nor do I know how to communicate with others, and I can't even get used to food."

For them, it is OK to travel occasionally, but they are not willing to live here for a long time.

Zhang Chu did not force them. He is still middle-aged and is not as old as a retirement age. What's more, he has so many houses in China, so he doesn't have to worry about not having a good place to retire!

Matcha frequently fiddled with the straps on the collar with his claws, and he was not used to being bound.

The black hair and a round figure are not an exaggeration to say that it is the most beautiful boy on the whole street. Almost all passers-by are attracted by its beauty, and there will always be people who stop to say hello to it.

But Chinese cats don’t understand foreign language. Only when facing the blond girls, will Matcha show a look of enjoyment and full of facial control!

There are some museums that cannot be brought in to these places. It happened that Zhang Chu had been there before, so he stayed outside to play with matcha. Zhang Bowen and Chu Lan followed the Chinese tour guide to visit.

Fortunately, most of New Zealand is full of natural scenery, and museums are a minority after all, so that a family of four can get together.

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Xie Yunfei is an editor of "Watching Movies" magazine. When people in China are immersed in the Golden Week holiday, he has to start working.

However, the benefit of this job is to go to Los Angeles, USA to watch movies, which is almost a public business trip, so of course you have to bring your wife and children with you.

This is a magazine sponsored by Emei Film Studio. It is currently the most well-known in China. It has witnessed the rise of Chinese films, influenced generations of movie fans, and is affectionately called the Movie Bible.

The bustling streets of Los Angeles seem to have been occupied by Chinese tourists, and one tour group after another comes and goes.

But Xie Yunfei was different. He walked into the theater temporarily contracted by Warner Bros. He checked his passport and invitation letter many times. Not only did he scan for photography equipment, but he also received a plastic bag with his phone affixed to keep it temporarily.

This situation looks like a visit to the White House, and the confidentiality agreement has been made!

Speaking of which, it is the first time Xie Yunfei has participated in a media trial of such a Hollywood blockbuster. Usually, the first trial is held in Hollywood, and domestic media will never be invited to participate.

Generally, domestic distributors will contact media such as "Watch Movies" to preview the film until the movie is about to be released.

Perhaps this time, the Warner Bros. movie "Pi's Fantasy Drift" has too many Chinese elements. It is impossible to leave the Chinese market. They even think that the box office in mainland China will far exceed its North American box office!

Think about it, the original author is the most famous best-selling writer in China, the film director is the only Oscar-best director in China, and the original novel has sparked discussions.

Among a group of foreign media and film critics, Xie Yunfei felt a little uncomfortable. Although he could understand what he was saying, he didn't know anyone and didn't even introduce him, which was particularly embarrassing.

Fortunately, he saw a familiar face at this time!

The old acquaintance of "Global Screen" and Xu Ou from "Popular Movie", are chatting with another beautiful woman.

"Old boy, I thought I was alone and finally found the organization! Who is this?"

"I knew your magazine would definitely send you here. Only you guys can understand English movies without subtitles. Let me introduce you to you. This is Mr. Ye Shumei and Ye from Hanlin Culture Media."

Since it is the first media preview of Zhang Chu's movie, Hanlin Culture Media must come and take a look, and Ye Shumei is the best representative.

She reached out and shook Xie Yunfei, and smiled and said, "Welcome. This time, Warner Brothers invited three movie magazines and one online media Time Network. However, Time Network is an external film critic, and now she is having a happy chat with those people."

There are too few authoritative film media in the Chinese film industry nowadays, and these four companies are still selected by the top ones.

The media preview is to give the film the last chance to modify.

Ye Shumei did not try to bribe these media people. That was the business of issuers like Warner Bros., as the boss of Zhang Chu's agency, she could not go to this muddy water.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to participate in today's first media preview of "Pi's Fantasy Drift". Please keep quiet during the movie. According to the confidentiality agreement signed by you [m.], the specific plot and related evaluations of the film shall not be disclosed in any way after the screening." The bald foreign man on the stage looked like a Warner Bros., and what he said was something that everyone understood, which is a cliché.

But when will the preview end be over?

Can't say it directly, but it's OK to hint?

The issuing company won’t care too much about playing the edge ball.

The plot of the movie was spoiled by the novel of the same name a few years ago. It was just to see how the director shot these scenes. After all, the visual effects were amazing from the trailer and behind-the-scenes!

Whites occupy a major position in Hollywood, but in recent years, blacks and Latins have also risen. Asians with only yellow skin are not treated particularly well.

Xie Yunfei found his place to sit down. He silently prayed in his heart that this film would have excellent qualities so that the Chinese actors could make a fortune in Hollywood!

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Chapter completed!