Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 109

Jiang Xuerou drove a Buick New Century that Shanghai GM just rolled off the production line in the first half of this year. It has a 3.1-liter V6 engine and a classic bouffant design. It is a product of imported parts and domestic assembly. The landing price is as high as 40.

This is enough to prove that the Hainan Zhouyi in Ms. Jiang's mouth should not be an ordinary pheasant film and television company, at least it has strength.

Xu Guangtou was sitting on the passenger seat to guide the way. It was actually not far away. It took only five or six minutes to drive to a small road connecting Maoming South Road and Shaanxi South Road. Changle Road.

The place where Xu Guangtou entertained guests was a small restaurant with only one facade, and there were only a few tables inside.If it is placed in the north, this kind of house is called a house of flies.

The business of this small restaurant was very good. When it was time for dinner, the tables were almost full, leaving only one empty table inside.Xu Guangtou greeted the old aunt sitting at the counter familiarly, and led the two of them to the empty table inside and sat down.

Xu Guangtou was quite proud and said: "If you come to eat here, you must make a reservation in advance, otherwise there will be no seats."

Li Tang looked at the other tables, and found that the dishes were all the same. Basically, they were home-cooked dishes, such as braised pork, shredded eel in oil, fried pork liver in sauce, fried shrimp in oil, and the like.

Xu Guangtou didn't look at the menu, and directly ordered braised pork, shredded eel in oil, dry-roasted pomfret, razor clam with scallion oil, wine and herb head, and a hot and sour soup.

"How about warming up the rice wine?"

"Yes, but Ms. Jiang still needs to drive, do you want a drink?" Li Tang asked.

Jiang Xuerou smiled and said, "It's okay to drink less."

Well, drunk driving checks are not strict these days.

Although Xu Guangtou was talking about this small restaurant before, but Li Tang took a look and thought it was normal, this kind of home-cooked food is also available in his own restaurant.For restaurants, the fire is heavy and oily, and the dishes cooked are generally better than those cooked at home, but home-cooked food is home-cooked food, no matter how well it is cooked, it will not produce flowers.

When the food and wine were on the table, Xu Guangtou, as the host, raised a glass first: "Come on, this glass is to Ms. Jiang first, and Ms. Jiang is welcome to come from afar."

"Thank you, Teacher Xu Zheng, and thank you, Teacher Li Tang, for your kindness."

"Hey, Ms. Jiang, don't keep talking about Mr. Xu Zheng and Mr. Li Tang. If you say that Li Tang and I are going to swell, just call them by name."

Jiang Xuerou smiled sweetly and said, "Then how dare I, in my eyes, both of you are teachers."

Li Tang couldn't bear to hear the two people's non-nutritious exchange of politeness, and couldn't help interjecting: "Boss, Ms. Jiang, let's have a drink first, and then chat while eating."

As soon as this remark came out, the two who had been praising each other just now looked at each other, and tacitly picked up the cup and touched each other with Li Tang.

After Li Tang took a sip of his wine, he couldn't wait to move his chopsticks.Not to mention, the taste is really good, for example, the smell of wine vanilla head is very strong; the heat of the eel shredded in oil is just right, and the shredded eel is tender, smooth and tasty in the mouth.What surprised Li Tang the most was the razor clams with scallion oil. The razor clams were very clean without any sand.

The same is true for that Ms. Jiang. After taking a sip, her eyes lit up, and the frequency of chopsticks became significantly faster.

The three chatted while eating, mainly Xu Guangtou and Jiang Xuerou, and Li Tang was in charge of listening.

He also had a preliminary understanding of the so-called Hainan Zhouyi Film and Television Company. The predecessor of this company was Pumpkin Creation Center, a group engaged in script creation. This year, it transformed into a film and television company.

The boss of this company, Zhou Ping, is a wanwan and a screenwriter himself.The TV series "Bao Qingtian", which has dominated the screen for a long time in the past two years, and the hit TV series "The Beggar Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang" in the first half of this year were all created by the Pumpkin Center led by Zhou Ping.

Li Tang has a deep impression on these two TV series, especially the drama "The Beggar Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang", in which the Wanwan actress who plays Peiyao has a really big heart.

The script creation center became famous, and then the business extended to the downstream industry - the establishment of a film and television company, from script creation to film and television production, distribution, one-stop.

One-stop!It is definitely bigger and stronger.

And this Jiang Xuerou in front of her is the proprietress of Hainan Zhouyi.

Naturally, the proprietress herself is not aimless.

It turns out that the previous "Bright Spring Pig Bajie" starring Xu Guangtou, Hainan Zhouyi's predecessor, the Pumpkin Creation Center, also participated in the script creation.

Although this TV series has not been aired yet, Zhou Ping, who had watched the show in advance, admired Xu Guangtou's performance very much. He probably believed that this drama would be popular, so he sent his wife to contact Xu Guangtou, hoping that he would Able to star in the new drama "Li Wei as an Official" currently being prepared in Hainan Zhouyi.

"Li Wei as an Official" is a follow-up work as soon as you hear the name.Because at the beginning of this year, "Yongzheng Dynasty", which was the opening year of the film and television drama, was really a hot batch.

If the phenomenal "Returning the Pearl" series attracts old ladies and young people, then "Yongzheng Dynasty" attracts a large number of adult male audiences.

For example, Mr. Jiao Huang, who has acted in dramas all his life at the Shanghai Drama Center, became popular because of his role as Kangxi in this TV series.Of course, Mr. Jiao Huang has long been famous in the drama industry, but it will be the first time that he is widely recognized by the public.It is said that when I go out to buy groceries, I am often surrounded by crowds, and there are many people asking for autographs and group photos, which makes the old man dizzy.

In this TV series, Li Wei is a strange character. He comes from a humble background, does not know a single word, and starves to death, but under the support of the nobleman Yongzheng, he is like a starving man.

Moreover, Li Wei, a character who is difficult to deal with ghosts, loves to play tricks, and is clever, is probably the only comedy role in the whole play, which left a deep impression on the audience.

But although it is a follow-up work, this time Hainan Zhouyi obviously put a lot of effort into it. Not only did Liu Heping, the original screenwriter of "Yongzheng Dynasty", and Yuyue, a descendant of Prince Gong, join hands with Pumpkin Center to write the script, but also planned to Please invite the original crew of "Yongzheng Dynasty" to co-star.

And this time Jiang Xuerou personally came out to contact Xu Guangtou, who was the leading male Li Wei who invited him to play in this show.

Not to mention, even Li Tang was moved by these words.But Xu Guangtou was very reserved, saying that he had read the script before talking.

During the period, Jiang Xuerou went out to answer the phone.

Li Tang took advantage of this opportunity and hurriedly said, "Boss, it's such a good opportunity, why don't you be in a hurry?"

Xu Guangtou looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and he said in a daze: "What's the hurry, I have to whet my appetite first. Besides, I'm just listening to Yi's talk now. I don't know if it's true or not. I must read the script before reading it." speak."

As he spoke, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "And I want to wait a little longer, and discuss the price after "Zhu Bajie" is broadcast."

"Yo, you're quite confident!"

"Since Yila has confidence in this drama, of course I do!" Xu Guangtou said confidently.

Jiang Xuerou took a long time to make this call, and she came in from the outside after about ten minutes, and she seemed to be a bit uncomfortable looking at her face, but she concealed it very well, and immediately said with a smile on her face: "Sorry, Keep the two of you waiting."

"it's okay no problem."

Xu Guangtou looked at the dishes on the table and said, "Should I add two more dishes?"

Jiang Xuerou wanted to decline politely, but Li Tang jumped ahead and said, "Then have fried shrimp in oil, and this razor clam."

"Uh, good!"

Xu Guangtou, who was originally polite, could only respond, and shouted at the old lady sitting in the cashier: "Madam, let me have another fried shrimp in oil, razor clams in scallion oil... Uh, and another fried pork liver in sauce." , a little faster."

Although it's a treat for myself, but I can't be too bad when I think about it, so I added another dish.

Jiang Xuerou looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "You two have such a good relationship!"

"We are brothers, and we are in the same unit. Of course we have a good relationship." Baldy Xu said, patting his chest.

Unexpectedly, Li Tang said leisurely: "Today is a big boss' treat, a rare opportunity!"

"Pfft!"

Jiang Xuerou was really amused, she looked at Li Tang with great interest, her heart moved suddenly, and she asked tentatively: "Teacher Li Tang, do you have any schedule recently?"

Huh, what do you mean?Not only Li Tang, Xu Guangtou immediately pricked up his ears.

Jiang Xuerou hurriedly explained: "It's like this. Our company is about to open a play now. It's the first play after our company was established. Originally, the actors have already been confirmed, and the film will start next month. But I just received Call, one of the actors may not be able to act, so if Teacher Li Tang is free, I hope he can help."

Hearing that the machine will be turned on next month, Guangtou Xu felt relieved, and smiled at Li Tang, as if to say: Seeing Fa, coming out to eat with me is not free!
Li Tang didn't care, Zhang Jizhong's "Swordsman" was still early, and he was idle at first, so he asked: "You guys, what is this drama about?"

"Oh, our play is called "New Yijianmei", which is adapted from the original TV series "Yijianmei"..."

As soon as he heard "One Cut Plum", the special BGM for this TV series sounded in Li Tang's mind: "Snowflakes are fluttering, the north wind is rustling..."

Jiang Xuerou introduced the general plot. Although it has been adapted, the core of the story is basically the same as the original "Yi Jian Mei".

At the end, Jiang Xuerou specially introduced: "Currently, we have invited Shui Ling as the female lead, Zhao Wenzhuo as the male lead, Liu Ximing as the second male lead, and Qinggege Wang Yan as the second female lead." .”

As she said that, she said apologetically: "What is missing now is the role of Xing Zhengyang, the fourth male lead, and the role is about [-] or [-] episodes."

Although it is the male number four, it sounds like there are not many scenes, and I just listened to Jiang Xuerou's introduction, this male number four is the childhood sweetheart of the female number one, and occupies a very important role in the play.

Li Tang hesitated for a moment, then said, "Ms. Jiang, can I read the script first?"

Jiang Xuerou was overjoyed when she heard that, and hurriedly said: "No problem, I'll send someone to bring it to you tomorrow."

Li Tang wanted to read the script, indicating that he was basically willing to take the role.In fact, it turns out that the role of the male number four is a Wanwan actor, and this actor can only reach the second-tier level in Wanwan.

Just now when Jiang Xuerou said that this actor might not be able to act anymore, she was actually speaking politely. The real reason was that the actor's agent probably thought that Hainan Zhouyi was a new company and that they valued this drama very much, so they proposed to increase the price.

It is very annoying for producers to raise prices, but it is very common.Since you intend to use me, I will add a little more on the basis of the previous verbal or formal agreement in order to strive for greater benefits for myself.

Originally, the price increase proposed by the agent was not too much, and it was only tens of thousands of dollars more.In normal times, Jiang Xuerou would probably have endured it.Today happened to be having dinner with Li Tang, so she asked tentatively.

Compared with the actor who is not well-known in the mainland, Li Tang is much more popular in the mainland. "Returning the Pearl II" helped him accumulate a lot of audience base.After all, they are cooperating with Hainan TV this time, and their main market is in the mainland.If Li Tang was cast as the male number four, the price-performance ratio would be much higher.

In fact, when Jiang Xuerou saw Li Tang at the entrance of the Drama Center, she just wanted to get to know him.Hainan Zhouyi is a newly established film and television company, and its resources in all aspects are still relatively weak. It is very necessary to establish extensive contacts with directors and actors.

Li Tang is an actor in the Drama Center. He has won the Huabiao Film Newcomer Award and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. According to rumors in the past two days, his relationship with director Zhang Yimou seems to be unusual.In the eyes of discerning people, these are red potential stocks, potential stocks with full stamina.

Of course, Jiang Xuerou was very willing to make friends with such a newcomer, but she didn't expect that a sudden change would make the company's cooperation with Li Tang possible.

Jiang Xuerou immediately raised her glass and said, "Teacher Li Tang, although I really want to say that the cooperation is pleasant, but anyway, thank you very much, I would like to offer you a toast!"

Li Tang had a drink with her, without going around in circles, he said directly: "After I read the script, if it's suitable, I'll have my agent contact you."

"Okay, then I will wait for the good news!"

At the entrance of the restaurant, Li Tang and Chief Xu Guang saw the headlights of the Buick New World that Jiang Xuerou was driving away.The two of them declined Jiang Xuerou's send-off, because drunk driving is not safe after all.Moreover, Guangtou Xu lived on Changshu Road, and Li Tang lived on Wuyuan Road not far from here. When he was full of wine and food, he took a walk to digest food.

Xu Guangtou was full of pride and said: "Brother, how can you, brother, go on the road now? After a meal and a play, you have to express it at any time."

Li Tang smiled and said: "Okay! This time I have cooperated with Hainan, and I can ask Yila in Chenguang to participate in the competition of "Li Wei as an Official", and help the boss raise the price by the way!"

Xu Guangtou's face turned green when he heard it, and he hurriedly said: "Nongzhi red man, don't make fools, I have a good talk with Ira now, what do you mean? Preparing to help is a waste of help!"

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