The remote town has seen its population grow to about 70,000, from 19,000, in 10 years. New residents lured by the glamour of show business have earned a nickname: hengpiao, or 'Hengdian drifters.'
Cathy Yan/The Wall Street Journal图片：走进横店影视城十年间，这座偏远小镇的人口数量从1.9万增长至七万左右。被演艺圈的光鲜魅力所吸引、进而常驻于此的人群有了一个称号：横漂。
   
Many become extras. Mao Mao, 25, came to Hengdian three years ago from the southern province of Fujian with dreams of becoming an actor. Playing a pedestrian or a guard earns him 60 yuan ($9) a day -- enough to send some money back home. And shaving his head for a Qing period show earns him another 40 yuan.
(For women, he says, a shaved head commands much more.) 许多人都成了群众演员。25岁的毛毛（音）三年前怀着明星梦从福建来到横店。扮演一名路人或是一名警卫的话，他一天可以挣到60块钱（约9美元）——够他寄些钱回家了。要是为了拍清朝戏需要剃头，他可以再多拿40块。（他说如果女演员需要剃头，她们可以拿到更多报酬。）
   
'I've seen myself on TV. If I look realistic, I'm happy,' he says, standing in front of a makeshift hospital on a fake Hong Kong street.
 他说，我在电视上看到过自己。只要还认得出那是我自己，我就满足了。说这番话时他正站在一条仿造的香港街道上，身后是一家仿造的医院。
   
Since Mr. Xu constructed his first set in 1996, extras have poured into town. Some 3,000 extras are under the studio's control.
自从徐文荣1996年兴建首批影视场景之后，大量群众演员涌入这座小镇。目前由横店影视城负责调配的群众演员人数大概在3,000人左右。
   
Productions must use the studio extras, says Nansun Shi, a Hong Kong film producer. 'They stick out like a sore thumb,' she says.
香港电影制片人施南生说，在这里拍电影必须用影视城的群众演员。她说，他们的表现不是那么自然。