Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 11 The Broker

Seeing Li Tang's obedient attitude, most people were puzzled. Even though you kept the details in detail, it's useless if you don't get an answer.

Only a small number of people who reacted quickly saw the change in Li Tang's eyes, and thought to themselves: This guy is smart enough to easily take the initiative into his own hands.

It's no wonder that many actors' thinking is relatively solid these days. They are used to following the director's baton, and acting as the director tells them to do.However, the director often focuses on the camera on the scene, and is not very willing to hold back the scene, so the actors need to bear the losses and risks.

To take the simplest example, if there is a lot of controversy and bad reviews in an actor's performance, it does not necessarily mean that the actor's acting skills are not good, but the problem lies with the director.

At this time, Li Tang didn't seem to get an answer from the director, but in fact he got the right to speak about the interpretation and understanding of the characters, which can completely avoid the losses and risks in the shooting process to the greatest extent, and even make further use of it.

After thinking about this point, it is not difficult to understand that the patriarch Liu Qiong looked at Li Tang with full approval.

The meeting ended at noon, and there was a two-hour lunch break. Li Tang packed up and was about to go home. Yuan Quan came over with his notebook in his arms: "Brother Li, can you tell me how you understand the role in detail?"

The short half-day script reading session was like opening a window for her, and there were many things she couldn't learn in school.For example, she had never heard of the questions Li Tang asked, and she couldn't imagine that someone would narrow down the role to such an extent.

"Understand the characters? You have to think a lot! Didn't the director require you to write a biography of the characters? You need to think divergently. You just imagine the life experiences of the characters from childhood to adulthood, and how their characters are developed? By the way, there is also your character Li Hui." How did the character Rong embark on the road of revolution..."

"But...but I don't know if my thinking is right."

Seeing the embarrassed look on the little girl's face, Li Tang could understand that she just turned [-] and was only a sophomore.

What can be learned in the sophomore year, the most basic performance theory, Chinese dance, Western dance, vocal music, basic line training, a prototype of the so-called vocal table.

Performance requires skill, but skill is only a threshold for performance, it just has a shape.The supernatural is the god. If you want to catch the god, you need the actor to have enough knowledge accumulation, because in this way, you can feel the life tension behind the character and the character characteristics that the character should have through the simple lines in the script, so that Deduce God.

But if you want to reach this level, it doesn't matter whether you have skills or not, as long as you feel right, everything is right.This is a bit like the swordless sword described in martial arts novels.

This is how Li Tang came through in his previous life. At the beginning, he acted with his skills, and after continuous accumulation, he gradually entered the realm where no sword wins with a sword.

Of course, this is not a state that any cat or dog can reach. You need to read more books and accumulate more knowledge to have cross-cultural understanding.

To sum it up in one sentence: How profound a person's cultural background is, how profound his understanding of the world is.

This is also due to the fact that his parents in his previous life were both academic masters and elites. The genes of academic masters and his elite education since he was a child make most actors in this industry have a deeper cultural foundation and deeper understanding ability.

In fact, there are many things that cannot be explained by just talking about them, and you have to comprehend them by yourself.Li Tang could only bite the bullet and said: "You have to choose to believe first, and you have to believe in the role you want to play. Only when you believe can you understand the role from the perspective of the role, so that your understanding may not be biased..."

The little girl was almost dizzy by his indistinct flickering, her face was full of confusion, and she kept muttering: "You have to believe, you have to understand..."

"Uh, you try to understand in this way first, if there is any problem, we will communicate next time."

Before the little girl could react, this guy left quickly.

……

Li Tang's film salary is [-] yuan. Of course, this figure cannot be compared with the sky-high film salary of tens of millions or hundreds of millions in later generations, but it is already quite good for a fledgling young actor this year.

There is an old mage in the center of their drama, who is currently playing the role of Lin Chong in "Water Margin", which is currently broadcast on CCTV. This TV series was filmed from March 10,000 to April [-]. To [-]+ remuneration.

It's just that when signing the contract, Li Tang found many problems.For example, the filming extension contract only states that the actors are obliged to cooperate with the filming and provide appropriate subsidies depending on the situation, but the specific amount is not specified.In addition, there are box office incentives, promotion, insurance, etc. The terms in the contract are very vague, and the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of actors is seriously insufficient.

In a sense, this is a very irregular overlord contract.

But he noticed that almost everyone signed without even looking at it. As a newcomer, he couldn't say much, so he could only hold his nose and sign.

After signing the contract, this guy realized later that he should find a broker.

Without an agent, this is a terrible thing. In the United States, actors cannot do without an agent.Even if it doesn't exist, there is still a powerful actors' union. As long as you pay the dues, the union will send lawyers to help you avoid risks when signing a contract and protect your interests to a minimum.

These days, the agent industry is still a new thing in China. Many actors in the drama center, including the actors who collaborated with "Shanghai Chronicle" this time, seem to have no agents.For example, his ex-girlfriend filmed "No Regret Tracking" back then, and only after he became famous did his agent come to contact him.

Li Tang is not short of money, he saves the living expenses sent by his mother every year, and his father will give him some every now and then, plus salary and bonus, it is enough to live on.

But of course, the more money, the better. For example, it is difficult for him to say anything this time, but if he has an agent, it can help him strive for the greatest benefit.

Many things, such as accepting dramas, endorsements, commercial performances, etc., are not easy for me to come forward, and I can leave them all to my agent. I just need to act well.

But it is precisely because the relationship between the agent and the actor is very close, which is mutually beneficial and at the same time a double-edged sword.A solid agent can take an actor from nobody to superstar.But once they turn against each other, the backlash from the agent will do great harm to the actor.

Sister Hua, the ex-girlfriend's manager, was pretty good, but she was far away in the capital, so she couldn't quench her thirst.Moreover, he was unwilling to sign with the same agent as his ex-girlfriend from the bottom of his heart, because some things would be embarrassing.

"Brother Ye, do you know a reliable agent?"

It's not that there are no brokerage companies in Shanghai, but if you want to find a good broker, you must know the basics.After thinking about it, Li Tangsi could only turn to Lou Ye for help. After all, he has been in this industry for more than ten years. As a director, he will definitely come into contact with many agents. The most important thing is the friendship between the two companies. Trust is the key.

"..."

The phone was on, but there was no sound from the other end.

When Li Tang's patience was about to run out and he couldn't help but think "Hey, hey", there was an unhurried voice: "I have a partner, and her company seems to have actors and agents in its business scope." One item, I can ask for you."

"Uh……"

What is the scope of business? There seems to be such an item in the scope of business. No matter what Li Tang heard, he felt that it was unreliable, so he could only say: "Then trouble you, Brother Ye."

"See you!"

Brother Ye is always concise and to the point.

(End of this chapter)