Sunday
Chen Xia brought his whole family back to his hometown in Xipu Town.
As the car passed Taiping Bridge, we saw a towering palace complex in the distance, with green glazed tiles shining particularly brightly in the sun.
Some people might ask, "Shouldn't the palace roof be yellow glazed tiles? Why is it green? That's just a mess."
This is really unfair. According to the research of the Ancient Architecture School, the most noble color of the Tang Dynasty palace was green.
Maybe this has something to do with the chaotic relationships within the Tang Dynasty royal family?
Li Shimin killed his brothers and took their wives as concubines. Li Zhi married his father's concubine as his wife. When it came to Li Longji, he simply snatched his son's wife.
This family is as messy as it can be. I guess there are still a lot of scandals that have not been exposed. Since everyone has green hair, even the roof is like a green grassland.
After Chen Xia got off the car, a large group of people including Yu Chenyang, general manager of Yuezhou Film and Television City, were already waiting.
Yu Chenyang, a native of Hong Kong, was formerly the general manager of Songcheng Film and Television City in Hong Kong. He was poached by the Four Seasons Group and later came to the mainland. He first presided over the construction of the film and television city and was later responsible for its operation.
Coming to the mainland with him were 18 senior managers from Hong Kong's tourism and film and television industries.
In order to recruit these people, Chen Xia offered more than three times their annual salary, which is considered a sky-high price in Hong Kong.
Yu Chenyang quickly ran forward and opened the car door: "Welcome, Boss. I haven't seen you for a year."
"Haha, Mr. Yu, everyone, thank you for your hard work in the mainland. I came here today prepared to be surprised. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."
"Don't worry, boss. Our company has sufficient funds and the construction is going very fast. The overall framework of the film and television city is almost complete. It just needs some interior decoration before it can be used."
At this time, everyone stood in front of the gate of the scenic area, that is, the "Danfeng Gate", and the visual impact was great.
Not only was Chen Xia stunned, but even Chen Zijin, Chen Zipei and Chen Ziyu were shocked. They kept looking up as if they couldn't see the end.
At this time, Yu Chenyang introduced:
"Boss, let me introduce you. These are professors of history and architecture from Northwestern University. We specially invited them from Xi'an to provide comprehensive guidance for the Daming Palace project."
Chen Xia quickly stretched out his hand and shook hands with this group of old professors, while constantly greeting them.
Professor Zhang also shook Chen Xia's hand firmly:
"Hello, Comrade Chen Xia. Nice to meet you. I've heard of your heroic deeds for a long time, and today we've seen you in person. Haha. Come, I'll be your personal tour guide today and take you on a journey through the glory of the Tang Dynasty."
Youyou was held in Chen Xia's arms and asked curiously, "Dad, this gate is so big! Can we make the gate of West Garden as grand as this next time?"
A group of old professors all laughed
"Little friend, this gate can't be repaired. It's made up of five gates. The gate piers and platforms are 74.50 meters long from east to west and 33 meters wide from north to south. There are 54-meter-long bridleways along both sides of the city wall, and the span from east to west, including the bridleways, is nearly 200 meters."
Xiao Youyou doesn't care whether you run 100 meters or 200 meters. She pouted and said:
"I don't care. My dad is really good. He will definitely be able to make it."
Chen Xia was really at a loss for words. Her daughter thought too highly of her, but it was also inappropriate to hold a child in such an occasion. After handing Youyou to Gu Lin, Chen Xia followed everyone towards the scenic area.
The entire Daming Palace is truly a one-to-one replica.
The architectural groups are clearly divided into primary and secondary, with staggered heights and complex combinations of large corridors and courtyards. The main hall is flanked by corridors on the left and right or by wings, forming courtyards. There are pavilions and secondary halls at the corners and on both sides of the courtyard.
It's really astonishing to watch.
Professor Zhang pointed to the most magnificent of them, the "Hanyuan Hall," and introduced:
"Comrade Chen Xia, this is the Hanyuan Hall, the largest building in the Daming Palace. It's 200 meters long from east to west. The main hall is 76 meters long from east to west and 42 meters wide from north to south. The rammed earth platform is 15 meters high. The main hall above is eleven bays wide and five bays deep."
Chen Xia suddenly said, "Am I having an illusion? I feel like this Hanyuan Hall is even larger than the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City?"
"It is true that the Hanyuan Hall is larger. According to the data we have, the base of the Hanyuan Hall is 15.6 meters, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony is 8 meters.
In terms of width, the Hanyuan Hall is 65 meters, and the Taihe Hall is 62 meters, while their spans and depths are similar.
Chen Xia nodded, already calculating in his mind how much money this would cost.
He had heard that when these experts and professors heard that Yuezhou was going to rebuild the Daming Palace and replicate it in a one-to-one ratio, they were all overjoyed.
In order to grab the consultant position, this group of old men and women almost broke their heads over each other, but in the end, Xi'an defeated the experts from the capital.
After all, what Chen Xia wanted to rebuild was the "Tang Dynasty Palace", while the experts in the capital were more professional in "Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture".
This group of experts from Xi'an did not even want salary or subsidies. They had only one request: the Daming Palace must be built according to archaeological data and their years of research.
It seems that they have already regarded Yuezhou Film and Television City as a place to put their lifelong learning into practice. Otherwise, where can they find such a sucker?
It’s also because Four Seasons Group is not short of money. If it were an ordinary enterprise, it would really be ruined by them. The budget is 50% more.
Because the hall was still under renovation and not very safe, Chen Xia and everyone else had no choice but to walk around outside.
He was very satisfied with the entire project. At least Chen Xia thought it was much better than Hengdian, which he had visited in his previous life. The shoddy workmanship in the palace area of Hengdian was obvious, but Yuezhou Film and Television City was a real deal.
Chen Xia finally asked Yu Chenyang:
"Mr. Yu, Huaxia TV is expected to start production in April. You must complete the project by then. We'll then conduct large-scale promotion to coincide with the TV series' broadcast. Then, like Songcheng, we'll embark on a path of balancing film and television production with tourism."
"Don't worry, four months is enough for us to finish the project. Look over there, boss. We don't even need to advertise now, there are already so many people visiting."
Chen Xia looked over there and saw a large group of people outside the wall pointing and talking in this direction, looking very excited.
Xipu Commune is only 40 kilometers away from the provincial capital and 20 kilometers away from Yuezhou City. I heard that there was a "palace" in Xipu Town, so there are usually many people coming to watch the fun.
Not only were the farmers shocked, even the city dwellers were stunned.
Of course, what Chen Xia didn't know was that everyone was secretly cursing him in their hearts. The prodigal son of Ke Zhen who used to eat 5 bowls of meat in one meal has now upgraded.
They actually spent hundreds of millions to build such an ancient palace for fun. Are they trying to ascend to heaven? Do they want to be the emperor?
The number one prodigal son in Ke Town quietly upgraded to the number one prodigal son in China.
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