Get Rich and Be Well-off [Ninety]

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Chapter 221
There is nothing wrong with Producer Li's recommendation of Jiang Ning, mainly because Producer Li's mission in making this drama is to promote and publicize the local tourism economy. If the effect of his filming can achieve this goal, it can be regarded as a political achievement for Producer Li himself. For people like him who work in CCTV, they need some practical things if they want to move up.

Therefore, in terms of shooting schedule and time, he is completely different from other crews who rush to shoot in order to save money or meet actors' schedules.

The same is true for the actors in his crew.

Jiang Ning said to producer Li, "My hometown just experienced a huge flood this year. After the flood, all the lotus roots were drowned. It will take about three to five years to restore them to their original state. But these can be cultivated artificially. If we plant lotus roots in the spring, we can see new lotus flowers growing in the summer. By then, it will not only promote the local tourism economy, but also the aquatic economy of the people who make their living on the Shahe River."

Producer Li was still very interested in these and asked Jiang Ning: "Tell me more about your ideas."

Jiang Ning said: "In fact, many places are now using this method to promote the local tourism economy. After a movie or a TV series is released, they hang photos of it in the local area, saying that the popular TV series was filmed there again, the lotus root powder drunk by so-and-so is produced locally, and the pearl powder used by so-and-so is the pearls from Shahe."

This is actually a way of embedding advertisements in TV dramas. This method was often used in TV movies ten years later, but it is still very rare in this era.

Jiang Ning's words suddenly opened up new ideas for Producer Li.

Producer Li, who had never tried this before, decided to give it a try by promoting Jiang Ning's hometown.

The adaptation of the TV series "Legend of White Snake" is somewhat similar to "Legend of Sword and Fairy". The little white snake goes down the mountain to gain experience and meets Xiaoqing and other friends. After arriving in Lin'an City and meeting Xu Xian, she also subdues various monsters around her. During this process, there are many different scenic spots to shoot. When they were shooting before, summer had passed and no scenes about lotus had been shot.

When talking about shooting the scene of lotus flowers on the river bank, Jiang Ning couldn't help but think of their hometown Wugong Mountain and the Wugong tea on Wugong Mountain. He discussed with producer Li and two screenwriters whether they could add some Wugong tea from their hometown to the plot.

The truth is that the story of "The Legend of White Snake" takes place in Hangzhou, so there are excellent conditions to promote the beautiful scenery and specialties of their hometown. There is no need to deliberately modify the plot. It is enough to just buy and sell things on the street and drink a sip of "Wugong Tea".

She told Producer Li about her ideas one by one. Producer Li said that this drama is about promoting local tourism economy, but he did not specifically mention promoting the tourism economy of a certain place. Jiang Ning's proposal was specific to a certain place. The thought that a certain place would boost the local economy because of a drama she shot made Producer Li interested.

This is different from Hangzhou, which has already been promoted by "White Snake". "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". Hangzhou itself is famous, and Producer Li's promotion of it is actually icing on the cake, but for Jiang Ning's hometown, it is really a timely help. If it can really succeed, it will concretize the achievements of Producer Li, and it can be used as an example in the annual work report.