Although Director Fu's new drama will not be filmed on Xingzhou Island until the end of the month, the crew will have the production director go to the island a few days in advance to arrange the crew's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Director Fu is a famous director, and his drama is also a big investment drama, so the crew is naturally large. However, when discussing the details of the cooperation with Vice President Qi, Vice President Qi's only requirement was "not to affect the normal operation of Xingzhou Island". Therefore, considering that too many people will affect the tourists' experience on Xingzhou Island, Director Fu does not plan to bring too many people this time.
The final list of people confirmed to land on the island included six people from the production team, eight people from the director team, nine people from the photography team, the male and female protagonists and a few extras, and the remaining stage management, lighting, costume design, and assistants brought by the actors, totaling only about twenty people.
The production director booked a holiday cabin for Director Fu and the male and female protagonists, and the rest of the people were arranged to rest in tents in the camping area.
The crew's food was also easy to solve. The production director spent money to book lunch boxes at the employee cafeteria on Xingzhou Island. Although takeout is cheaper, it is too troublesome to enter and exit the island every day, and it is not as clean and hygienic as the employee cafeteria.
Of course, if someone wants to eat better, they can also go to the seafood buffet restaurant at their own expense, and he will not stop them.
The production director initially thought that Xingzhou Island was arrogant, but after coming here, he realized that it was just too loud. Other scenic spots are eager to attract more tourists, so when promoting, they would say that the number of tourists received has reached tens of thousands, but Xingzhou Island actively controls the number of people landing on the island, and it is almost as if they have said "The number of people entering the island is full, don't come."
Xingzhou Island has a lot of repeat visitors, some of whom come for the seafood buffet restaurant, and some for the scenery of Xingzhou Island.
However, with more and more repeat visitors, the number of new tourists who come here for the island’s reputation is also increasing day by day. This has led to many tourists in the oil market starting to "fight" with others: "We beg you not to compete with us for tickets. We just want to have a comfortable and relaxing weekend. Why is it so difficult?"
Therefore, even if Director Fu's drama has promoted Xingzhou Island, for many tourists, this will only make it more difficult for them to grab tickets.
When the production director was communicating with Vice President Qi, he asked fantastically: "Does your island have any plans to build a film and television base? If this place is built into a film and television base, I am willing to stay here every day."
Vice President Qi: "..."
He pointed to the other side, "There is a film and television base under construction there."
The production director said: "I've been there, and I'm not interested."
Vice President Qi said: "Then don't even think about it. Unless our business scope extends to the other side, it's not realistic to build a film and television base here." "Then why don't
you work harder and get the right to use the other side as well?"
Vice President Qi: "..."
This is a bit fantastic!
The opposite side was developed more than ten years earlier than Xingzhou Island, and there are several travel companies involved behind it. Who would be willing to give up such a big piece of cake!
However, it seems that it is possible for the island owner who can always create miracles to achieve this.
...
A few days later, the crew arrived at Xingzhou Island one after another. The female lead Zhou Qunfang even came here a day earlier, under the pretext of getting familiar with the place and getting a feel for it.
Crew member: "..."
You just want to come here to play earlier!
People with annual tickets can do whatever they want!
Director Fu saw that the crew members were always yelling in the group, and the frequency of updating their Moments and Weibo was exaggerated, as if they were paid to promote Xingzhou Island. He also began to lose his temper, and finished other work early, and rushed to Xingzhou Island in the afternoon before the shooting started.
When he arrived, he happened to encounter the evening "sea slick" phenomenon. He saw a dugong nibbling seaweed in the shallow sea full of seaweed. Next to it was another young dugong. It occasionally rubbed against the big dugong and occasionally went to play elsewhere, just like a mother and daughter out foraging.
Not far from them, there were also several sea turtles.
This scene made many tourists burst into shouts of surprise and surprise, because they recognized that these sea turtles were green sea turtles and leatherback turtles living in the waters of Xingzhou Island. The fact that they were in the camera showed that the two dugongs, one big and one small, were now active in this sea area!
All the people in the reserve management station went out to confirm whether this scene really existed. Not to mention the fishery department, even the municipal government was alarmed.
Dugong, that is a national first-class protected animal!
Dugongs have not appeared alive near the coast of China in nearly 20 years. The last time they appeared was in 2008, but that time people only found a corpse.
In the 1970s, there were still many dugongs active in the Beibu Gulf, and the oil market had also recorded the activities of dugongs. However, with the uncontrolled killing of dugongs by people and the impact caused by various environmental damages, the traces of dugongs have become increasingly difficult to find. ①
If dugongs are really found this time, it will be a big news that will shock the whole country!
Director Fu got goosebumps all over his body. This scene was so shocking that it inspired him more than a mirage. He seemed to fall into the sea all of a sudden. The sea water washed his soul and gave him warmth, as if he was back in his mother's arms. He could also take close-up photos of dugongs and play with them.
Then he vaguely remembered that if dugongs really appeared in the waters of Xingzhou Island, would it affect the development of the diving project? Would it affect his filming plan?
...
Li Yaolin also received a notice that the relevant department was going to investigate whether there were dugong activities in this area.
Regarding the sudden appearance of this rare species, Li Yaolin thought of something and silently opened the [No Fishing Area] to check.
As expected, after a few months of governance, the affinity coefficient of the [No Fishing Zone] has increased to 30 points at a very slow rate, and the pollution index has further decreased to only 15 points.
[No Fishing Zone]
Affinity coefficient: 30
Pollution index: 15 (Level 1 pollution)
Operation cost: 100 yuan/day
The higher the affinity coefficient, the more suitable the environment is for marine life to survive and gain their favor. So when the affinity coefficient was only 15 points at the beginning, there were no rare marine life here. After it was increased to 20 points, sea turtles appeared one after another, and laid eggs and lived here.
Now it has quietly increased to 30 points, so it is not surprising that dugongs are attracted.
Although their presence does have an impact on some projects on Xingzhou Island, Li Yaolin still welcomes their arrival. When Xingzhou Island became a hot topic, she also cooperated with relevant departments to conduct an investigation.
The results of the investigation came out soon. Experts speculated that dugongs did appear in the waters within the protected area because there were very obvious traces left by them after they ate seaweed.
However, the investigators did not find any dugongs at the scene, so it is not ruled out that they were active here and left for various reasons.
In the face of those who said that the development of diving and fishing projects on Xingzhou Island scared away the dugongs, Li Yaolin scoffed and asked the person who made such a statement: "Is it because of the development of diving and fishing projects on Xingzhou Island that dugongs disappeared from the waters of Youshi?"
The other party choked.
Although he was very reluctant to admit it, the current investigation results showed that the reason why dugongs were attracted here was most likely the same as the reason why sea turtles lived here, which was the positive impact of Xingzhou Island's vigorous pollution control and improved marine environment.
If we assume that the reason why dugongs came and left is because Xingzhou Island developed tourism and entertainment projects, this is too contradictory. After all, Xingzhou Island developed diving and boat fishing projects first, and then dugongs appeared. It is unreasonable to prohibit Xingzhou Island from continuing to operate various entertainment projects because dugongs are suspected to have appeared in this sea area.
As for why "Haizi" released images from a few days ago, scientists have not even fully understood the principle of its appearance, let alone explaining the principle of real-time and delayed.
Li Yaolin recognized the other person as the professor who had been rejected by him last time and was stationed in Xingzhou Island to investigate the marine environment. He knew that he must have a little selfish intention of revenge when he said this, so he smiled and said, "It's possible that you are too warm and hospitable and scared them away."
The professor was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, "You are talking nonsense!"
At this time, Cen Yingda fully exerted his imagination in his knowledge field and said, "Under normal circumstances, dugongs will move together with their family members, just like the killer whale group. So the two dugongs, one big and one small, that appeared in Haizi, could it be that they temporarily left the group and mistakenly entered this sea area. When they finished foraging, they returned to the group, rather than being disturbed by external factors?"
Haizi has been around for so long and has shown a lot of footage of the ocean world. No one has questioned the authenticity of the footage it shows. Almost everyone has tacitly accepted that the two dugongs appeared in the surrounding waters.
Wan Min said, "We can't rule out this possibility, but they all live near the coast. If they migrated from somewhere else, someone should have seen them along the way, but there is no relevant news elsewhere. We can't rule out the possibility that they were released by the aquarium. We still have to contact the aquarium where dugongs are registered to verify this."
Since no one has seen dugongs appear here, the traces of seaweed being eaten alone cannot be conclusive evidence, so this investigation plan has been put on hold.
Cen Yingda privately told Li Yaolin: "I was really excited when I saw the dugongs appear, because experts have organized many exploration and tracking activities to find dugongs, but no wild dugongs have been found for so many years. The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the London Zoological Society have proposed a possibility in their recent research that wild dugongs are likely to disappear completely in China."
Li Yaolin comforted him, saying: "I believe they will appear again."
Cen Yingda sighed: "I am looking forward to their appearance. , and hoped that they would not appear. Their appearance would certainly prove that they have not disappeared in China, but their appearance would inevitably attract a lot of attention, and people who poach them would also be ready to act. The staff of our small management station alone is too weak.
"I will work with the reserve to protect them and provide them with a good habitat."
It's a pity that she couldn't know the movements of these marine animals, otherwise she wouldn't have discovered that they had been here after they left.
Suddenly, Li Yaolin had an idea. She asked the "Smart Butler": "Since the Butler can monitor various data of Xingzhou Island, it should also be able to detect the survival of organisms in the [Special Marine Ecological Protection Area], right?"
This was inspired by the new changes in the sea fishing grounds after the merger with the ship fishing project. She thought, since the sea fishing grounds can check the data of fish living in that area, what about the Special Marine Ecological Protection Area?
It is nominally managed by the Protection and Management Station, but in reality it is still under Li Yaolin's control. In other words, the Smart Butler should have the same monitoring authority over this area.
The smart housekeeper replied: "The monitored data has been recorded in the 'monitoring log'. The island owner can enter keywords to extract relevant logs."
Li Yaolin directly entered the keyword "dugong."
Soon, several records appeared in the log, including the time, behavior, health status and departure time of the dugongs in the waters of Xingzhou Island.
This data confirmed that two dugongs had indeed appeared in the waters of the reserve. They appeared in the early morning, ate their fill and ran away. At that time, the first ship to Xingzhou Island had not yet left, so no one noticed.
The housekeeper said considerately: "This is the default mode now. If you don't want to miss important messages, the island owner can set the reminder mode."
If it is set to reminder mode, I am afraid that too many messages will pop up every day, which is quite troublesome, so Li Yaolin said: "Remind me next time a dugong appears, and if there are any health problems with the wild protected animals living in the reserve, please notify me."
"Setting successful!"
...
The results of this survey disappointed some scholars and animal protection organizations, but Director Fu was moved by this because his drama was able to start shooting smoothly.
Shooting in the sea is much more difficult than shooting in a swimming pool. In winter, there will be ocean currents that often stir up the sea water. If you encounter a cold current, the water temperature will drop rapidly, which will bring a lot of trouble to the divers.
If an accident occurs in the sea, rescue is difficult, so the crew checked all equipment several times when filming this part of the scene.
Director Fu also invited two diving coaches, including Zhou Yingying, to provide professional guidance. If Zhou Qunfang really couldn't shoot this scene, she would be asked to be a stand-in.
However, his worries were unnecessary. Even at the end of October, the temperature in Xingzhou Island was only a little cooler than in midsummer, and the sea water temperature was the same as before, not too cold. The visibility in the sea was still very high, and the pictures captured by the camera were even better than those taken in the swimming pool!
Zhou Qunfang's performance in the sea was not like a novice at all. She perfectly interpreted the character of the heroine "I love diving, so I dive very professionally."
"Passed, very good!" Director Fu shouted excitedly. In addition to being satisfied with Zhou Qunfang's performance, he couldn't take his eyes off the beautiful underwater scenery under the camera. Isn't this more touching than the special effects in the later stage? ! If Zhou Qunfang wasn't wearing diving equipment, she would be a beautiful mermaid against the backdrop of these scenes!
Suddenly, a very bold and adventurous idea popped up in Director Fu's mind. He immediately contacted the screenwriter: "Change the script, and change all the scenes where the male protagonist dives into the water to save the female protagonist to the female protagonist saving the male protagonist!"
Screenwriter: "..."
Then Director Fu looked at Zhou Qunfang with a burning gaze and asked: "Do you dare to dive without an oxygen tank? Only shoot two shots."
Zhou Qunfang's assistant immediately said: "No, it's too dangerous. Besides, Xingzhou Island will not allow it."
Zhou Yingying also said: "Currently, free diving requires relevant certificates, and must be accompanied by a special person."
Director Fu was a little disappointed. It seemed that this shot could only be shot in the swimming pool, and then special effects were added.
But it didn't matter. In the scene where the hero and heroine first met, the heroine was diving. She could wear diving equipment to save the hero!
Zhou Yingying added: "But it's okay in the snorkeling area. The water there is two or three meters deep, and the risk factor is not that high."
Director Fu's eyes lit up and contacted Li Yaolin again. After all, the shooting plan had changed, and he had to discuss with Li Yaolin in advance and get his consent.
Li Yaolin said, "This is not planned, but we can wait until Xingzhou Island is closed for filming."
Snorkeling areas are generally closed after 5pm, so filming after this time will not affect the operation of Xingzhou Island.
What would Director Fu say? He said happily, "That's perfect!"
Director Fu's scene took two or three hours to shoot, from 5pm to 7pm. The sun had set, and only a trace of rosy clouds remained in the sky. The lights on the other side were brilliant, and there was a prosperous atmosphere everywhere, which formed a strong contrast with the tranquility and peace on Xingzhou Island.
Li Yaolin passed by after work. She had never seen a film crew filming in her life, so she went over to join in the fun. She happened to hear someone say to the man who seemed to be the director: "After it gets dark, the effect here will not be as good as the previous diving area. If the light is on, the underwater shots will be clear, and it will be difficult to deal with it in the later stage."
Director Fu was also worried. The water quality of this snorkeling area is good, but it does not emit light. So after nightfall, the effect here is far inferior to the experience diving area.
He sighed: "Let's do special effects in the later stage!"
Li Yaolin was not convinced. She would never allow anyone to use special effects after shooting in the waters of Xingzhou Island. Isn't this a slap in her face, saying that the seascape here ultimately needs special effects to present its beauty? !
Even if special effects are added, only she can add them!
At this time, someone looked at the sea and blinked hard, rubbed his eyes, and then asked uncertainly: "Is it the lighting effect on the other side? Why do I feel that the sea is glowing?"
His question stunned everyone, but the tourists reacted faster than them, screaming: "Ah, it's sea fire, I finally encountered sea fire!"
Director Fu's voice trembled: "Sea fire, could it be the magical phenomenon circulated on the Internet?!"
Li Yaolin glanced at him. Wasn't he looking forward to encountering sea fire? Ye Gonghaolong?
Director Fu probably didn't expect his luck to be so good. After he reacted, he shouted to everyone: "What are you all doing, hurry up and shoot!"
This scene must not be missed. No special effects were allowed in the later stage. He wanted to present the most real and beautiful picture to the audience!
"That's right!" Li Yaolin was satisfied.
Suddenly, she heard a faint singing voice in the sea breeze... It seemed that every time she released the "Sea Fire", there would be such a sound, but because it was very ethereal, she just thought it was an auditory hallucination caused by the visual effect brought by the "Sea Fire".
The housekeeper reminded: "Dugongs have been detected in the waters of Xingzhou Island."
The author has something to say:
When everyone was arguing about the departure of the dugong...
Dugong cub: Mom, where are we going?
Dugong mother: I have something good to share with my family, go back and call your grandma.
——Note
: ① The dugong data is referenced from the "Dugong" entry on Baidu. In 2022, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the London Zoological Society announced in a report that dugongs are functionally extinct in China after research.
——This
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