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Brian Yang
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Beijing Bling

I've made it to Beijing for the start of my 6 week trip throughout Asia.  I still don't know what it will bring, but I've already started forming some meetings, so we'll see!  Gonna attempt to blog regularly from the road here...for some reason, before I started this excursion, I'd been feeling like were I actually to make the jump over to Asia, Beijing is where it would be at.  They call this city the Hollywood of Asia now and so, with that in mind, I've kinda been preparing for this to be the place where the most action is at.  On a personal livability side, in my mind, Beijing is the last city I'd want to live in though of all the places I plan on visiting.  I don't know, it's probably a combination of being the "2nd" city to Shanghai (which I see as more exciting obviously), fewer people I actually know here, and the fact that the Beijing accent is so heavy that I feel even more out of place when I speak my American Mandarin here.  But last night, and this morning, as I sit inside of a quaint internet cafe at this moment, my mind is slowly changing a little.  I already met a film producer last night, had dinner at a really hip outdoors cafe/bar/restaurant area, and went for a run this morning on a major street that sorta kinda helped me feel a little like I could live here.  Beijing Brian.  Bling bling.

over 15 years ago 0 likes  8 comments  0 shares
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beijing grows on you very very quickly ..... bet u end up loving the place by the time u leave .... check-out Hou Hai for evening drinks with friends ... enjoy ur time there .... China's first city in my humble opinion!
over 15 years ago
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I have a few friends in beijing if you need people to hang with or just to show you around! =)
over 15 years ago
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haha ... yeah !!! welcome to Beijing !!! ADI
over 15 years ago
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Not sure if this interests you... but I saw this posting.... ************* I am a video artist who will soon be doing a residency in Beijing [for the whole month of October] and I am seeking: *** Assistant Producer *** What follows is a bit of a description of what the assistant producer would need to help with: -help locate actors. -help find locations [quiet field, roads on the outskirts of the city, apartment, small train station,] -help find props [inexpensive men's suits] -help rent equipment [I will need to rent a light kit, since mine does not work on the correct voltage for China, I usually only use a small inexpensive set of 4 lights, usually universities can rent these, as well as movie rental houses] I will pay the assistant producer, the equivalent of US$500 for these services. ***** ACTORS **** The leads will be: 1 young man in his 20s 1 young woman in her 20s 1 man in his 30s or 40s there will be a few other roles but they will be small, most of the cast will be in their 20s. Actors should have a working knowledge of English and/or French. ****************************** I would ideally like to have some meetings in the beginning of the month of October to see the locations, meet the actors... and then shoot during the second half of the month, it should be a short shoot of maybe 4 full days and a few days where I need to shoot only a few hours, these will be scheduled when the actors have been selected and I can know everybody's free time. Interested candidates can email me at pierre@pierrestjacques.com Also to take a look at past work of mine, in order to have an idea of what this production might entail please go to: http://www.pierrestjacques.com ************* My friend Pauline is currently in Beijing studying Mandarin. if you are interested meeting another New York based Actress.... her website is: http://www.paulinecheung.com Have fun in your trip in China and good luck.
over 15 years ago
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I think Pat might know more than I do. a have a friend who works for cityguide beijing, he might know more people!
over 15 years ago

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June 28, 2007