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MTL - How Can I Get Confused with the Top?-v3 Chapter 591 falling apart music festival
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"Xiao Chu, tell me." Jiang Xiaogong said.
"Gao Wei should have done simple training, right?" Chu Zhi said: "The movements are very clean and neat. I am not very standard in the movements, and today's filming delayed the progress of the crew, so I would like to ask Uncle Jiang if there is any way to shorten the time. Improve it, don’t say how good the requirements are, but I don’t want to hold back.”
Jiang Xiaogong has also collaborated with the current top performers in "Gong Xin Gong Zhong", in which Meng Wuping is full of martial arts substitutes, and Lin Xia is a small number of martial arts substitutes. Chu Zhi, as the biggest traffic star in China, was already shocked by the thought of not using martial arts throughout the whole process, let alone wanting to make a small fuss for the filming in private.
The action actors of Jiang's class, who worked hard to cook, also looked sideways at Chu Zhi, the surprise in their eyes was self-evident.
"It's impossible to improve your ability to shoot action scenes in a short period of time, but it's okay to be able to cope with this movie better." Jiang Xiaogong said: "If you have enough time, take one hour a day and let Xiaohan give you tomorrow Look for the action you want to shoot, and you will become familiar with it after searching a few times, so you won’t be clicked many times.”
In this way, it is actually equivalent to working an extra hour of overtime, but Xiao Han, as Jiang Xiaogong said, is not dissatisfied at all, this is an opportunity. Don't mention anything else, just tell others, once taught Chu Zhi action scenes, maybe it is the pinnacle of life.
"That's really troublesome brother Han." Chu Zhi said, "One hour of extra training, how about 3000 yuan per class based on acting class?"
Oh mom, three thousand soft sister coins for 60 minutes? This income sounds too exaggerated, and it is hot to hold. Xiao Han quickly waved his hands, and declined, "Mr. Chu, you don't need it, and it won't waste much time."
"Brother Han, listen to me." Chu Zhi said, "I have two reasons why I want Brother Han to accept me. The first is that the training time allows me to keep up with the progress of the crew, and the shooting efficiency is accelerated. The time saved can't be used for three thousand. The second is the training of martial arts movements, which is no different from teaching acting skills. Since it is all about learning, then learning should be paid to the teacher. Three thousand yuan for 60 minutes is the standard for extracurricular tutoring by Beijing Film Academy acting teachers.”
"Based on these two reasons, I don't feel at ease if you don't accept Brother Han." Chu Zhi said.
"Everyone has said that, so you can keep Xiao Han." Jiang Xiaogong's evaluation of Chu Zhi has a higher level in his heart, because he heard the respect for martial arts in the words. "...Then I won't be polite." Xiao Han smirked, how can such a good thing happen? You can earn money and get in touch with superstars.
The brothers next to me looked at it, their eyes turned green.
The special teaching starts today, because there will be action scenes tomorrow, Xiao Han pays attention to control and doesn't drink much. After a short break after the meal, the movement teaching will begin.
After another hour of tossing around, Yandi Beast thought that he was about to fall apart, Xiao Han overestimated Chu Zhi's physical fitness, or because he got such a high hourly salary, he thought it would be uncomfortable not to teach more. He was merciless and dragged on for more than 20 minutes.
It was already ten o'clock when Chu Zhi returned to the hotel, and he, who never washed or went to bed, fell down straight. Intense drowsiness struck.
"I still have work to do, so I can't sleep."
Chu Zhi struggled to get up, but all the bones in her body seemed to have been fried in a frying pan, becoming crispy and weak. I sent a message to my friends and went to bed first.
On the second day, the efficiency was improved visible to the naked eye, and Davis was delighted to hear it. As for how Chu Zhi did it, the director did not pay attention.
Correspondingly, Kagome, who is acting in the opposite role, is very concerned, because she entered the group three months in advance, received training from Mr. Jiang Xiaogong, and suffered a lot, such as the one-character horse...
And now that Chu Zhi can keep up in a day, doesn't it seem that she has suffered a lot and is dumbfounded. Kagome asked, "How did Mr. Zhi do it?"
"It's just some inconspicuous strengths." Chu Zhi replied. Inconspicuous... very dazzling, okay! Kagome thought.
On the third day after entering the group, I was still very tired, but I didn't fall asleep, at least I took a shower.
It wasn't until a week later that Yandi Beast finally got used to this intensity and was able to pick up the daily homework,
I haven't read a book or translated a foreign language for a full six days. This is the first time I have stopped for such a long time since I traveled through time.
The action scene was filmed for two months, which means that Xiao Han earned a small amount of money.
200,000 Ruanmei coins, which is equivalent to their martial arts salary for a whole year.
"Mr. Zhi doesn't need special training tonight. From tomorrow onwards, there will only be literature and drama left." Kagome thought that she had asked Chu Zhi to dinner many times, but failed every time.
It doesn't mean anything else, it's just that Chu Zhi is famous and wants to make friends, and Rupert often brings various snacks to the crew and enthusiastically feeds them to the main creative team.
"It's really unfortunate. I just made an appointment to record an album in a recording studio more than 20 miles away. I hope that I can finish recording the new album in the next few months." Chu Zhi said, "I'll treat you to guests after two days of vacation. .”
The production team also has a holiday, especially the local statutory holidays, and in two days is Good Friday and Easter in Australia. There are a lot of holidays in Australia in April.
Kagome clicked her tongue and said: "Mr. Zhi, your schedule is too strict, you finally finished filming the action scenes, and now you have to finish shooting the movie at six o'clock, and you have to record two or three hours of songs?"
"I have too many things to do, so I can only save time." Chu Zhi said.
Unable to offend, Kagome came back to her senses and realized that this might be the difference between the two. Anyway, she didn't have the energy to go back to other things after filming. There is good news and bad news, which one to hear first?
Then listen to it first, first sweet and then bitter.
The good news is that the progress of the production team is much faster than expected, especially with the coordination of the Sydney City Hall, the "Allianz Security Center", which had to negotiate back and forth and was difficult to reach an agreement, agreed to rent the location to the production team, and would not Make any restrictions.
The bad news is that The Matrix went over budget again.
The overspending last time was due to the fire, which was an accident, so this time it is Davis who is striving for perfection and demanding too much perfection.
After negotiation, Aigo and Warner injected another 30 million US dollars and 35 million US dollars respectively, so the production cost of the film reached 280 million dollars (Warner 150 million, Aigo 90 million, Village Roadshow 20 million, and Digital Domain 20 million).
Should I say it or not, does Chu Zhi count as bringing money into the group?
"The Matrix" plus the cost of publicity and distribution, the box office needs to exceed 900 million to make money, which is almost the top five in the total box office of the year. The director has a mountain of money on his shoulders.
This money directly hurt Davis, he became more and more irritable on the set, and whenever the actors made mistakes, he would yell and curse. When facing Chu Zhi, he was a little better, but he was also very strict.
"Please tell me, why do you want to act like this, where is your brain?"
"Murphy can't have this kind of fear, don't talk about psychological transformation with me, I'll tell you about the character design now!" "Mr. Jiang, I hope the movement range is bigger, bigger than the one you designed!"
"Props department! Why is there an obvious play on the set?"
Sets, props, and costumes all belong to the props group, and of course, if it's a film like "Unsinkable," the costumes will be incorporated into the styling department.
Chu Ji can understand, thinking about the endless thoughts of the producer, the progress and quality need to be measured by himself. At this time, if the behind-the-scenes personnel or actors make mistakes again, it is normal to be unable to hold back. However, there are indeed disadvantages in venting all the anger to others, which caused the entire crew to be tense. In such a high-pressure environment, even lighting engineers and many extras resigned.
After another three months of high pressure, it took a full 6 months before the filming of the scene was finally finished. The crew held a wrapping ceremony, and Davis got drunk at the banquet. Chu Zhi left the film crew in early August, and he took over the soundtrack work. Fortunately, the film will take some time in the later stage, so there is no rush in the schedule.
During the filming, he used the piecemeal break time to make "Is Peace?" "After the recording, of course I have to spare a whole block of time to shoot the MV.
Most of the current song MVs have to be released on the Internet. After all, the click-through rate is also a reflection of popularity, so trouble is trouble, but we still have to shoot it.
Chu Zhi is holding both hands at the same time, the Chinese music MV with the highest clicks, and the English music MV with the highest clicks, that is, singing sugar while eating and drinking at a wedding.
The real king of high popularity will not have any shortcomings in any field.
Arrived in Huaxia, played
Di Zeng hurriedly had a meal of hot pot, which made him think badly.
After nightfall, he also learned of an Asian problem—director Yang Xiuyun had a stroke and was hospitalized with hemiplegia due to a fall.
I knew Director Yang because of director Wang Anyi's introduction. Almost all of Chu Zhi's film circle contacts were expanded by Wang Anyi's help.
Director Yang is a very good director. He may not be very famous in the audience's impression, but he has also made great contributions to the development of commercial films in China. He is already sixty-five years old and still active in the front line. Hemiplegia is a blow to Director Yang himself. Also huge.
"Huaxi Hospital..." In Chu Zhi's impression, Director Yang was a very kind senior. He clicked on the WeChat circle of friends, and saw that Director Yang's son temporarily used his father's WeChat to explain the situation.
Many people left messages of congratulations below.
Wang Anyi: [What's going on? It was fine during the meeting half a month ago. ] Ge Zongfeng: [What did the doctor say? Good luck]
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The mechanism of the space is different, and the person who left the message must be a mutual friend to see it, which means that Chu Zhi's mutual WeChat friends have all left a message.
The family members are very busy now, so I won't add trouble, and Chu Zhi didn't say much, leaving a message and hope you are well. "There are flowers that can be folded straight, don't wait for no flowers to break branches." Chu Zhi muttered to herself.
Are you trying to fold flowers? Chu Zhi asked herself inwardly.
Are you trying, or making it look like you're trying? After examining herself for a while, Chu Zhi came to the conclusion that she worked hard. "Is there a God?" " MV shooting.
For the recording of "Concert Singles Collection", the MV will not be shot for this kind of single. The recording and MV shooting of "Four Great Masterpieces".
So many things are waiting in line, and all of these things can bring immediate benefits.
In addition, in her spare time, Chu Zhi also sorted out the selected collections of Thomas and Eliot opened in the blind box, eliminated inappropriate poems, and finally synthesized a book "The Way the World Ends".
If you have time, write five versions in English, Japanese, French, Spanish, and Chinese. As for the Russian and Arabic versions—… you can, but it’s not necessary, and the benefits are not great. It is better to let others translate it like the German and Italian versions. Now Huainan, a literary signboard, is already very famous in the world.
"There are still a lot of things, when will I be able to retire?" Chu Zhi stretched.
[With the deposit of the host and the copyright of the song, you can retire now. ] The system said.
"Brother System, you don't understand this. People who say they want to retire often want to fight harder than anyone else." Chu Zhi said. [Human actions are often inconsistent with language. ] System Road.
"It's Ming, these humans are too bad, they say no, but they are very honest." [So the host wants to fight again? ]
"..." Chu Zhi thought for a moment, and then responded: "Brother System, I haven't drawn a special prize for a long time, let's arrange it." So it was Brother System's turn to stop talking.
After paying attention to the progress of Liao Dachong's movie "Yunmeng", Chu Zhi sent a message: [I am looking forward to the screening of "Yunmeng", if possible, can you give me a spot, I can't wait to see it sliced. ]
If it's not bad, I can help promote it. Chu Zhi's idea is very simple.
It's time to go to bed, it's almost three o'clock, and I have to get up early tomorrow.
Chu Zhi glanced at the time and put down the phone. His mobile phone has also been used for two years, and it fell once halfway through, and it felt stuck. He just happened to buy a new mobile phone when he was going out tomorrow.
The early bird is eaten by the bird, and the early bird eats the buffet. He is neither a worm nor a bird, but a laborer who catches a flight early in the morning. "Little Zhuzi, take a moment, there is still half an hour to arrive at Pudong Airport." Chu Zhi saw that the head of the living assistant next to her was shaking. Having worked as an assistant for more than five years, they have known each other for a long time. Xiao Zhuzi knew that what the boss said was not a joke, so he felt that he should hurry up and take a nap for a while. Ordinary people still need to experience jet lag when they return home.
Three hours later, I arrived at the Capital Airport and saw Zheng Huo. Since he retired, Zheng's aging has become more and more obvious, and his hair has become much more gray.
"It's good to be busy, but also
take care. What Zheng Huo was referring to was that Chu Zhi started to work on the first few days of the new year.
In the entertainment circle, the elders who treat Chu Zhi the best are Zhang Ning, Wang Anyi and Zheng Huolao, so Chu Zhi respects him very much.
Before playing Emperor Beast, I made an appointment to sing "Fake Borrowing" with Zheng Huo. There was still some oil in the old car, especially when Zheng Huo sang "I don't want to believe that there are real devils, and I don't want to fight against anyone", hoarse and low The little angry voice shouted in his throat was very emotional.
Overall, the version of the cooperation between Chu and Zheng is very complete.
"Xiao Chu, you are really born to do rock and roll, and your voice contains firmness and rebellion." Zheng was praised: "At first I couldn't sing, but the chorus with you unconsciously gave me a boost. I can Said it was my best performance in the past two years.”
Firmness should refer to 10% of the voice of the first emperor, and rebellion should refer to 50% of the voice of the honey badger. However, Chu Zhi has already sung the rock masterpiece "The Internationale", and the real rock is to strive for the realization of Internasional.
"Leave the post-production to me." Zheng Huo said, "I have fulfilled a wish."
The business was over, and before leaving, Chu Zhi had a big meal at Brother Zheng's house, and Brother Zheng's son, Zheng Luo, was also there.
Although her sister-in-law, Jia Xue, is a model, her cooking skills are excellent. Legend has it that the strong woman outside and the delicate cook at home is the outsider who Chu Zhi has seen make the most delicious Bishan rabbit.
"Xiao Chu, I am definitely in your favor. I usually want to eat sister Xue's food, but it is as difficult as heaven." Zheng Huo said: "Sister Xue often said that going to the kitchen will affect the skin, and this brat , After graduation, I don’t know what metaverse I’m busy with, and I don’t do my job.”
"The big pig's trotters can't stop your mouth." Jia Xue specially cooked her husband's favorite Dongpo elbow, and now puts a piece of it in a bowl for him, which means to let him say a few words in front of the guests.
"Old Zheng, what you said is wrong. Yuan Universe is the most promising industry in the future." Zheng Luo said anxiously: "In the future, you and Sister Xue may depend on me for support." "But you are relying on me now." Live with Sister Xue." Zheng Huo pursed his lips.
Although Jia Xue is Zheng Huo's second wife, the family of three has a very good relationship. "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty!" Zheng Luo was decisive.
"I didn't do something serious. I asked you to go to college to form a band, but you went to Carnegie Mellon University in the ugly country to get a master's degree in software engineering. It's not a job." Zheng Huo said.
Good guy, redefining what is not doing business properly, the computer major of Carnegie May University should be among the best in the world. "Now I don't even have a successor," Zheng Huo said.
Ah, family harmony is only interesting if you look at other people's homes. Chu Zhi listened to the friendly exchanges between the three members of the Zheng family with ears pricked up. "What's so good about being your successor." Zheng Luo pursed his lips: "If I want to be the successor, I must also be the successor of Brother Nine."
"Hey!" Zheng Huo is one of the founders of Guoyao. He has a high status in the music scene. He is self-aware and thinks that even if he is not as good as Chu Zhi, he is still a very good existence in the Chinese music scene. Why is that not working.
The reason why Zheng Huo invited Chu Zhi so enthusiastically was to take care of him on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because there were two mother fans in the family of three, yes, Zheng Luo was a male mother.
Yandi Beast had a great time eating, and there were some clichés at the dinner, "Don't eat takeout all the time, it's not healthy", "I feel like I'm losing weight again, it must be because of an irregular diet" and so on.
Although Chu Zhi couldn't leave the capital yet, he didn't have time to play in Sijiu City. Before he came, he took on a job. Played the soundtrack of the CCTV TV series "Dynasty", which is Yang Ma's Taiqing drama.
The concept of Taiqing Opera comes from Xiangjiang TVB. The drama broadcast in November, the month when TVB was established, was called Taiqing Opera. Later, it was derived and became the most valued project of the TV station every year.
The main creative team of "Dynasty" is very exaggerated. First of all, the director is a famous director who has never failed in his 31-year directing career. Secondly, there are two movie kings and one movie queen. In addition, the supporting roles are all old actors, and they spent a lot of money to hire Chu Zhi to do it. It can be seen.
Chu Zhi and Yang's mother have a good relationship, but the price of the soundtrack is not discounted, so it is based on the market price. After all, Yang's mother is rich, so there is no need for a discount.
There are too many famous songs in the soundtrack encyclopedia, although the previous life played Emperor Beast
I don't pay attention to the entertainment industry at all, but I still have impressions of most of the songs.
It can also be seen in "Daquan", that the composition of Neon is a bit strong, and the current use of "Memory of the Old Official" comes from Shen Si Zhe. Of course, Master Hu Weili's "Forbidden City" and Master Tang Jianping's "Etiquette Ceremony" were also used, and Teacher Jiang Ying's "Impression of Chinese Music Daqu" was added, with a total of more than 20 songs.
"Brother Chu, I put the package from the company on the table in the living room." Xiao Zhuzi said. Staying temporarily in a hotel in the capital, the soundtrack of a drama cannot be completed in two or three days.
"Got it." Chu Zhi replied.
Going back to the room and unpacking the package, it was an envelope sealed with wax. When Yandi Beast was lurking in Bilibili, he found that someone could play with the seal of sealant. "The invitation letter has arrived." Chu Zhi received the official invitation letter from the Woodstock Music Festival Organizing Committee, making it quite formal.
The Woodstock Music Festival in the Sahel region completely copied the time of the first session, officially starting at 5:07 pm on August 15th and continuing until the morning of August 18th.
It was only a few days before the opening of the music festival. Before flying to Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, Chu Zhi asked Xu Xiang, the bodyguard of Zhongnanhai, to find out if Nigeria was safe in the near future.
"Although it is a bit redundant, because the South African newspaper's move is equivalent to Wall Street's move, and Wall Street's move is equivalent to the beautiful country's move. This thing can definitely be done well in the beautiful country."
Don't wonder why, the beautiful country has deployments in the Sahel region, and the underground has discovered billions of tons of oil reserves, as well as a large amount of natural gas, iron, manganese, copper, lead, titanium, uranium, etc.
With a piece of cloth on his head, I am the richest Middle Eastern rich man in the world. He is rich because his family has resources, and Africa is so chaotic because of his family’s resources. "It's better to be careful when sailing for thousands of years, and cherish the dog's life."
Chu Zhi decided to play it safe.
Xu Xiang gave a detailed security calculation report that night, and the situation was more complicated than imagined, divided into two aspects: hardware and software.
The first is the hardware. The detailed address of the music festival is closer to the grassland in the middle of the Sahel zone. The outdoor venue has been built, three giant steel stages, and the empty auditorium can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. The hardware is well-equipped.
Software is the audience, the shadow of a famous tree. Whether a music festival attracts the audience or not, reputation is very important, and Woodstock Music Festival is undoubtedly the most famous in the world.
There are also invited star lineups including Chu Zhi, Pop King Akanda Bell, Band of Seven, Phoenix, Donna Jackson, Talented Female Singer, Anna Golan, etc. Whether it is a global superstar, or a national treasure band of a certain country, there are many crowds, and it is a monstrous feast in the eyes of fans.
According to estimates by Xinxia News Agency and Reuters, there will be at least two million viewers participating. This is an extremely exaggerated figure. You must know that the number of people at OA, the world's largest outdoor metal music festival, is only about 500,000 in a few days, which is six times different from the estimate. .
However, the data of the two news agencies is not nonsense, but estimates from various aspects, such as aviation data. There are too few direct flights to the Sahel, and major airports in countries around the region are currently overloaded.
Once some events are held, they are destined to cause a global sensation, such as the Beijing Bird’s Nest Olympics, or the Neon Tokyo Olympics. Media organizations from various countries send reporters to watch three days in advance, because it is too important to get first-hand news! ***: "Woodstock online, save the world with music."
Bild: "Recovering World Peace, All the Stars Gather in the Sudanese Grasslands!"
The Times: "Woodstock, after 27 years, he's back."
Pyramid News: "The greatest prosperity in the history of African music, can he bring temporary peace to this land full of chaos?" The music festival has not yet started, and discussions on the global Internet are quite high.
The above information can be collected by ordinary people with a little more time. Naturally, it is impossible for Xu Xiang to bring back only the superficial things.
Secretly, the three major constituent organizations of the music festival organizing committee, the "funder" South African newspaper, the "contributors" the UNHCR and the World Food Program, and the "organizers" George Robderick and Mike Long, are almost in the same place. chicken feathers.
The reason for the wrangling is profit, which is different from the first
The first Woodstock Music Festival is free, but this time there is a fee, and the admission fee is 300 US dollars. Fans who are willing to spare no effort to come to the Sahel region to listen to the concert must think that the price is not bad, after all, there is a long list of superstars.
But considering the estimated number of attendees, there is really a lot of small money. In addition, the fans who come here need money for their food, drink, and salar. And because the theme was peace, the celebrity guests invited were paid at low prices, and even Chu Zhi himself only charged one-tenth of the usual remuneration.
How to allocate so much money? This problem caused fierce conflicts in the organizing committee. Even Mike Lang was dissatisfied with the small amount of allocation, so he directly quit the organizing committee and warned that the name Woodstock was not allowed to be used throughout the event.
Mike Lang was one of the three people who convened Woodstock that year, and he was the only one alive among the three. He had the right to prevent the organizing committee from using the name "Woodstock".
The UNHCR and the World Food Program also evacuated a large number of people, because Ethiopia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and other countries are still in civil strife. They are willing to give face to South African newspapers and will not spread the civil war to the music festival area , but domestic affairs, that will not give face.
Negotiations broke down, and the two UN organizations only withdrew some of their people.
"World peace is not as important as the uneven distribution of benefits." Chu Zhi sighed, and then asked seriously, "Is Brother Xu safe? There is a problem within the organizing committee. If I go to this music festival, will I be safe?"
As soon as Xu Xiang in front of him said that it was unsafe, he immediately found a reason not to go. After all, a man who knows the current affairs is a hero, and a gentleman should not stand under the fence.
"Safety." Xu Xiang said: "Although the United Nations has withdrawn many people, there are still many policemen, and through a little contact, I found out that the South African newspaper industry has invited the French army. No one can shake the South African newspaper industry. The determination to earn this money.”
Through a few connections... Chu Zhi silently called out to Liu. The shit-stirring stick in France is also involved?
Since the newspaper industry in South Africa is so determined, Chu Zhi absolutely believes in the determination of the capitalists to make money. "But..." Xu Xiang hesitated to speak.
"Brother Xu, please tell me." Chu Zhi showed an attitude of listening attentively.
"Currently, the reputation of music festivals in the Sahel region will not be good." As a bodyguard of Zhongnanhai, Xu Xiang has a principle of talking less and listening less. According to the rules, he should not talk to Chu Zhi about safety during working hours Any suggestions other than .
But he and Chu Zhi have been together for a year, and they are polite to each other. Chu Zhi is very self-disciplined and has a very charming personality, so Xu Xiang is willing to make an exception and talk to him more.
He said: "To a large extent, there will be a carnival of music fans on one side, and tens of kilometers away, there will be hungry people harassed by war." It's a hellish comparison scene.
"Brother Xu's suggestion ~www.novelbuddy.com~ I will definitely think carefully about it." Chu Zhi said solemnly.
After a night of deliberation, Chu Zhi still decided to go, as long as his life is not in danger.
Even though there are a lot of scandals in the background of the music festival, the intention of the event is still very good, and Chu Zhi is the hottest star in the world at the moment, with countless people staring at her, she cannot be ignored.
The failure to restart Woodstock only affected the music festival brand itself, and the celebrity guests were also "deceived". Day after day, two days later.
Two bodyguards, Chu Zhi, Xiao Zhuzi, and Huang, a group of four took China Southern Airlines from the capital to Dubai, and then changed to Qatar Airways to Lagos. Lagos is the old capital of Nigeria and the largest city in Africa, much better than Chu Zhi imagined.
Originally, according to the list released by the Global City Lab, the ranking of Lagos is similar to that of Jiaoao in China and Hamburg in Germany. Of course, the ranking is only a ranking. Chinese cities generally rank low in these European and American lists.
Chu Zhi and his group stayed at the Sheraton Hotel, which is very close to Mortala Muhammad Airport. After all, it would be better to stay at a chain brand when going abroad.