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Time has reached early October. Relatively speaking, there is not much time left for Wayne to film "Wonder Woman". At the latest, this film must complete all the work before next May.

In the meantime, he also had to take into account the preparation and shooting of "Superman" from time to time, as well as the "Lord of the Rings" crew that had been in the final preparations in New Zealand. He could not ignore the "King Kong" crew and "Speed ​​Chase" crew, so that these two projects could grow wildly.

So in order to save time, Wayne had no choice but to abandon the preliminary preparations for "Wonder Woman" and personally brought producer Luke Simmons to inspect overseas locations.

There is no doubt that if "Wonder Woman" wants to shoot in Los Angeles or in North America, temporary scenes alone require a lot of manpower, time and capital costs. Choosing overseas locations for shooting is a helpless move, and there is no better alternative at all.

In fact, Wayne wants to shoot locally. Even though North America has few tax refunds for the project, considering various costs, he is more willing to place the main shooting location of the crew in North America.

Unfortunately, compared to the complex scenes of "Wonder Woman", as well as a lot of action scenes and war background shots, the cost of everything from scratch was too high, so high that he and Warner Bros. could not bear it at all.

Moreover, even if the various scenes of "Wonder Woman" are put into Australia, which I like in the past two years, they still cannot be properly resolved. Wayne is simply planning to put aside other work and shift all the focus of his work to this project.

There is really no way. Once the crew is shooting for a long time, he will definitely not be able to take care of other jobs conveniently, which is a dilemma that he has to do.

Arriving in Italy, he simply met with the head of Warner Bros. Overseas Company. Wayne, Luke Simon and others immediately changed to the small town of Ravello in southern Italy. The long-term view of the opening scene of the "Wonder Woman" movie, he was preparing to film it here.

French writer Andre Gide's comment on this place is: "This is a place closer to the blue sky than to the sea."

There are about 2,500 residents in the town of Ravello, located on the high Amalfi Coast, on the Bay of Salerno. There are two romantic gardens that can view the sea, and you can see the beautiful beaches. This place has become the residence of the nobles of that time since the 12th century and is also favored by artists of all eras.

Lavello is remote and the group can only reach it by car from Naples for an hour. But it may be because of this mountain road that people feel the faint romantic feeling it brings, and many celebrities are attracted by its magic.

"The famous musician Richard Wagner was deeply fascinated by this beautiful town, and he gained musical inspiration here and created many amazing works."

Wayne looked at the beautiful view outside the window and heard the introduction of the Warner Bros. staff. Before he entered the town, he actually knew that he was right this time. This place could not be described as beauty, and it was completely like a paradise that people imagined.

"Do you know? boss."

Several people got off the bus and entered the booked hotel. Nina had a rare emotional fluctuation. Through the hotel's spacious floor-to-ceiling windows, she looked at the intoxicating scenery outside the window, and sighed: "I am following you. I have traveled to countless outdoor locations over the years and have seen countless scenery. Only here is really as beautiful as the ones filmed in the movie."

"That should disappoint you, Nina."

Standing next to the assistant lady, Wayne glanced at Sergei who was carrying luggage in boxes, turned his head and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, and joked: "We won't stay here for too long. We have to set off again after tonight. This time our itinerary is very tight, so we shouldn't have time to indulge you."

"I just knew..."

Pushing the glasses on her face, Nina muttered with an intoxicated expression on her face, "Anyway, I will do it again during the shooting. I will come back next time, so I must take a good look at the scenery here."

"Sergey, you don't have to pack your luggage, let's go out for a walk."

Wayne smiled and shook his head, turned around and waved to the Russian bear. "Dear Ms. Klein, let's go, take advantage of the time to go and stroll around. I don't want to leave any regrets for you."

Since he has come, it is the first time he has seen such a beautiful town, so he just went out for a walk now. The reason is very simple. The assistant lady is looking forward to the second arrival. When the crew officially came here for the scene, it is even more impossible for him to stay for too long, and it is even possible that he would not come at all.

After all, only the long-range pictures of "Paradise Island" will be taken here, which are used to intersperse at the beginning of the movie. After the filming officially starts, it is likely that the photography director Robert will bring several photographers to the scene.

The production time of "Wonder Woman" is relatively tight. Some jobs that don't require Wayne to come forward will definitely be arranged. No matter how beautiful it is, it is not important to focus on the daily shooting work.

Without disturbing the rest of the staff and Luke Simmons, Wayne and the other two went downstairs and began to stroll in this not-so-large town.

"I really hope I will live here in the future."

The three of them did not make a choice deliberately, and walked into a strange ceramic shop with their mood. The goods here were strangely shaped, but filled with strange beauty. Nina rubbed a ceramic rabbit in her hand, and a feeling called happiness flashed in her eyes.

She refused Wayne's generous checkout, took out a few dollars, and bought the weird-shaped ceramic rabbit herself. When she left the weird ceramic shop, she looked at Wayne with pure happiness on her face, gestured at the porcelain in her hand.

"When we go back, I will tell Xiao Fendi how beautiful it is. Boss, do you think she will like this gift?"

Shaking his head helplessly, Wayne said, "Yes, sure..."

He also felt it, or all three of them felt it. This town seemed to have a magical power that would make people walking on the streets feel better naturally, because there was a joyful atmosphere everywhere.

Whether it is the weird ceramic shop on the roadside, or the small spots on the hibiscus flowers and bougainvillea, everything looks particularly beautiful.

The layout of the town is very compact, and none of the three of them deliberately speed up, but in less than an hour, they visited the entire town. Among them, the place where Wayne stayed for the longest time was the Sinponna Villa. The history of this villa can be traced back to the 11th century and has not been encircled by the local government. It is completely open to everyone.

"If possible, it would be great if I could buy this villa."

Standing on the observation deck of Simbonai Villa, all the intrigues, work arrangements, and even the habit of making calculations were temporarily thrown behind Wayne. This is the best place to appreciate the scenery of the Amalfi Coast, and it is also a place where people can forget all their unhappiness.

“Hey, boss!”

Hearing Wayne's admiration, Nina rolled her eyes without hesitation. "Can you stop withdrawing money from this place?"

With Schell smiling, Wayne did not continue to raise this topic. Women are always prone to emotional about beautiful things, but Nina is less common in this state than usual.

Whether it is a garden, fountain, avenue or exquisite sculpture, every corner can form a perfect oil painting. The smiles on the faces of town residents and tourists, after countless years of baptism, are still picturesque. In this environment, even the two big men, Wayne and Sergey, deeply feel the beauty of the impact of emotions.

After confirming that the location was fine, Wayne and others only stayed for one night, entered again and took a car back to Naples, and rushed to the next location for inspection.

In Mont Castle, Italy, the scenes of Diana's life, horseback riding, training in her childhood in "Wonder Woman", and even the scenes of Diana Prince taking the Sword. Wayne plans to shoot here.

The castle is approximately in the middle of the Royal Palace of Melfi and Foggia, where Frederick handled political issues and administrative affairs at that time. There is an octagonal courtyard inside the castle. In terms of style, Monte Castle belongs to early Gothic buildings in southern Italy, despite the influence of Romanesque and Arab Norman.

The castle located on the top of the mountain presents a mysterious but perfect octagonal shape, and the eight represents the basis of infinite or cosmic power. These statements cast a mysterious color on the castle. This castle has a long history in Europe. The castle pattern behind the Euro cent in the euro is it. Due to its wonderful design, it will attract many architectural fans and artists.

No one can deny that the place where Diana Prince grew up in "Wonder Woman" itself has a rich mythological color, and this castle can just show a strong mysterious color. Especially on the mountain where the castle is located, there is a Benedict monastery, which has a faint religious color on the surrounding environment.

This exploration and outdoor tour to Italy was more like a perfect trip in Nina's eyes. Basically, every outdoor site is very beautiful. The only drawback is that they stayed for too short. Basically, as long as they were sure to meet the shooting requirements, they would immediately set off to the next outdoor site.

For example, the ancient city of Matera, located in the Basilicata region of southern Italy, is like a magical movie scene.

In Wayne's plan, he would film the scenes of Diana Prince's hometown market here. No matter which aspect, it is very suitable for his shooting needs. The only headache is that the place he thinks is relatively niche, but there are surprisingly many tourists.

"Luke, you're going to be busy."

When Wayne and his men rushed to the next location again, he looked at Luke Simmons who followed him. "Communicate well with the local city government, it is best to ensure that there will be no so many tourists when the crew shoots."

"Mr. Greenberg." Thomas Sandler of Warner Bros. Italy branch, looked at the bitter producer and reminded carefully: "It is difficult for us to make the local municipal government agree not to receive tourists, even if the crew does not take long. Reception of tourists who come here is the main source of income for most beautiful Italian towns."

"Then tell them that if my movie is successfully filmed, it will be equivalent to an advertisement for their hometown in front of movie fans all over the world!" After glanced at the company staff from Warner Bros. Wayne gave a blunt command, then began to close his eyes and stopped discussing this topic.

He ran around for several days without stopping. No matter how beautiful the scenery of the outdoor site was, Wayne did not feel like he was. He was very sure that his body was not tired, but instead felt extremely tired mentally.

"Boss, I suggest that after this year, we will come to Italy for a vacation, and you need this very much."

Sitting in the car heading to Palinuro Beach, Nina frowned at Wayne's face and whispered: "You have never really had a long vacation after working for many years. If you continue like this, even if you don't have any physical problems, your mentality will sooner or later be crushed."

"Nina, you should know better than anyone else, we don't have time to take a long vacation."

Hearing the assistant lady's proposal, Wayne narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "My work plan has been theoretically ranked two years after the turn of the century, especially in the past two years, which is too important to us and cannot relax at all. As for vacation, haha, as long as the two years have passed, the plan will continue smoothly, and there is time to give us a vacation in the future."

"I knew it would be like this..."

Sergei turned around, opened his mouth and said silently to Nina, then turned around helplessly and continued to look at the scenery on the road.

As long as the people around Wayne knew how much mental stress was, Nina was even sure that if her boss talked to the psychologist, she would definitely diagnose some damn disease.

She always remembered that when she first came to the other party, she was still a young man full of sunshine and energy. But as she became more and more successful in recent years, Wayne has become mature with the naked eye, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Nina was very convinced that he needed a long holiday that could completely relax his spirits, and the town of Ravello, as beautiful as oil paintings, was very suitable for healing tense nerves and very suitable for.

Palinuro Beach on the coast of Cilento, Italy, is also an isolated place just like the Paradise Island in the movie "Wonder Woman".

There was no rest time, Wayne and others hurried to the beach after putting down their luggage in the hotel. In Wayne's plan, the scenes of Diana Prisse in the movie saving heroes and the scenes of the first big scene in the movie will be put on this beach to shoot.

It is very important here. Why is it said that "Wonder Woman" has a feminist color? Just because at the beginning of the movie, it played "Heroes Save Beauty".

In traditional Hollywood commercial films, or in mainstream commercial films around the world, women are the characters of the savior. Even if there are twenty years, there will basically be no big changes. This is caused by people's traditional concepts.

But "Wonder Woman" is different. It can be said that this is the first time that women save men on the big screen. Not to mention that this is the year now, even if it is more than ten years later in Wayne's memory, when similar films are released, the controversy caused is not small at all.

It’s just that this kind of controversy cannot be said openly in that environment, but no one can deny that movies with feminist colors are difficult to gain the fact that male audiences recognize.

Diana Prince is different. This character has been influenced by decades of subtle influence on the comics. When people look at this female superhero, they do not arouse similar feelings too much. The innate hero setting can minimize the vigilance of male audiences.

This is also why Wayne dared to try to film a plot of women saving men in this year, and all the stories of Diana Prince and the protagonist begin at the beach at their feet.

“It’s important here, Luke.”

Bent over and grabbed a handful of sand, Wayne's eyes wandered back and forth on the sea and the reef cliff behind him. "The most important thing in the video will happen here, and it is also the first big scene of war. You must negotiate with the local government in advance, and it is best to sign the contract as soon as possible."

"I see."

Luke Simmons shrugged and said seriously: "Don't worry, I will handle all the locations before the crew officially comes to Italy to shoot."

Nodding silently, Wayne turned around and walked towards the crowd waiting for them. "That's it, we'll get the preparations for Los Angeles as soon as possible and come to Italy to shoot."

Without any nostalgia for the beautiful scenery, I only stayed on the beach of Palinuro for a night. Early the next morning, the group boarded the plane to the next shooting location again. However, this time it was not Italy, but the same ancient British Isles and London.

In the project "Wonder Woman", Wayne also needed to use a large number of overseas locations for the first time. In addition to Italy, which has the most shots, there are also London, France, Greece, and the Aegean Sea.

If he wants better shooting results and holds enough production funds in his hand, he has no reason to make do with it in some places. The standard of this film is to be realistic when he can shoot it, and he can do whatever he wants.

After all, he is no longer the poor young director who was the one who was filming "Happy Death Day" and was a poor director who was in multiple positions such as photographer, director, producer, screenwriter, etc. Since he can fight a wealthy battle, he chose to do whatever he wants without hesitation.

In less than two weeks, Wayne and his group observed all overseas locations and dragged their tired bodies back to Los Angeles.

But others can rest, but he can't. He had already made an appointment to talk to Christopher Rokencott and Steven Spielberg about financing plans, because his work density was delayed again and again.

Just returned to Los Angeles this time, he immediately asked Nina to make an appointment with the rich man from New York, a generous film investor, Christopher Rokencott.

At the same time, an Hollywood Eye Anthony Pelicano personally investigated and put it on Wayne's desk.