Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 124 New Year's Eve
On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Tang packed a car and hurried to Hangzhou.

Naian got married. She had a good eye for the successful person outside the circle, and she was not too young, so she cut the mess quickly and completed the relationship from falling in love to getting married in less than half a year.

Before Li Tang received a call from Naian, he was neither surprised nor surprised.It's no surprise that he knew Naian was going to get married from the very beginning, but the surprise was that he didn't expect it to be so soon.

At the same time, he also had to reconsider the cooperative relationship with Naian.As an agent, Naian has obvious advantages and disadvantages.The advantage is that she has a wide enough network. Her stepfather is a domestic cultural celebrity. She herself was in the cultural circle at first, and later in the director circle. With qualifications spanning both Shanghai and Chinese dramas, it is not difficult for her to accept the above.

But the disadvantage is that she is not a competent manager at all, and she has no career plans for Li Tang. Apart from acting, the commercial resources are not pitifully few, but none at all.In addition, when the actors are filming, their managers are always busy. In addition to arranging life, they are also responsible for communicating with the crew, etc., while Naian is purely a hands-off shopkeeper.

It's not that he doesn't want to cooperate with Naian, in fact, Naian's hands-off shopkeeper style makes him feel very free, without any sense of restraint.But now that Naian is married, she will definitely face many practical problems in the future, such as having a child, there will be at least a two-year gap in the middle, and it will be even more troublesome if there are more children.

And for Naian herself, being an agent is just incidental, and she prefers to be a producer. "Suzhou Creek" was a success, and it was said that she planned to develop a new project with Lou Ye.

In fact, when Li Tang was a rookie, Naian was a good manager because he had the resources to help him get a certain position.But now that Li Tang has reached a certain level, Naian's disadvantages as an incompetent, or amateur manager have emerged.

It's not that he wants to cross the river and tear down bridges, but he knows that continuing to do so will not benefit his career, or even damage him, so he must make timely cuts instead of foolishly showing loyalty.

Li Tang decided to find a suitable time this year to talk to Naian and explain their respective ideas.If Naian still wants to continue to cooperate with him, he must clarify his demands, such as planning, business resources and so on.

Especially commercial resources are very important to Li Tang at present. On the one hand, it is very helpful to improve his own coffee status, and of course, the more important thing is to make money.An aspiring actor must have a considerable financial foundation, which can help you resist temptation and help you get the role you want.

For example, when you read the script and know that it may be a bad movie, but the other party charges a high price, whether you should accept it or not is a question.

Most people may not be able to resist such a temptation, but when you have a certain brokerage foundation, you can say no with confidence.

Similarly, when you fancy a role, in the case of fierce competition, if you don’t care about money, you can completely reduce the salary to increase competitiveness, and you can even bring money into the group, let yourself become an investor, and give back everything opponent.

And when you have accumulated enough financial foundation, then congratulations, you will become capital like Xiao Lizi, Matt Damon and other Hollywood big shots.

In fact, with Li Tang's current position in the entertainment industry, in terms of professional ability alone, the most suitable agent is precisely a manager like Sister Ruhua.On the one hand, after all, he has been working in this field for many years and has accumulated certain resources, especially commercial resources; on the other hand, his professional work literacy will definitely save him a lot of trouble in the future.

But Sister Hua, after all, the ex-girlfriend is there, trouble!
Naian's wedding was held in Wangzhuang by the beautiful West Lake. There was no big fuss and it was very low-key. The guests invited were all relatives and close friends.

Lou Ye will definitely not be absent today, he actually arrived last night, wearing a black Chinese tunic suit, looking very elegant.

Li Tang approached with a smile: "Brother Ye, how does it feel to win the award?"

Lou Ye smiled shyly, but said nothing.

"I heard from Sister An that she is preparing a new movie?"

Speaking of movies, Lou Ye finally spoke up: "I just have a preliminary idea, the script has not been implemented yet."

Li Tang originally wanted to inquire about it to see if he had a chance, but when he heard that the script hadn't been finalized yet, it was likely to be revealed early, so he was inevitably a little disappointed.

"There will be a film festival in Paris next month, do you want to go together?" Lou Ye asked this time.

"Next month... I might not be able to go." Li Tang hesitated.

Now it's just early February, and there's still time to apply for a visa, but he just got the news from Naian that preparations for "Swordsman" have already begun, and the selection of actors is also on the agenda. If he can be selected smoothly, There is also a one-month training, and there is a time conflict.

In addition, it originated from several unpleasant experiences in his previous life, which made him have a bad impression of Paris.

Lou Ye didn't force it, but just nodded.

After a while, he said: "Xiao Zhou should be able to go."

Sister Xiaoxun, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Some time ago, I saw news that the TV series "April Day on Earth" starring Huang Lei, Liu Ruoying, and Yi Neng Jingyi was broadcast in Wanwan and received a good response.

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"Teacher Zhang, Happy Chinese New Year!"

On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Tang knocked on the door of Zhang Jizhong's house.

The bearded man was slightly taken aback when he saw it, and then immediately said enthusiastically: "Li Tang, a rare visitor! Come on, please come in."

Li Tang was somewhat flattered by the enthusiasm of the bearded man, because when they first met for dinner, Lao Zhang acted quite aloof, coupled with his oppressive appearance, it made people feel superior.

But some people are like this. They may be very deserted at work and always keep a distance from others, but they are often warm and thoughtful when they meet in private, as if they were two different people.

This kind of people usually work hard, and have self-cultivation and etiquette.And it is this kind of person who is the most difficult to deal with. He may give you an illusion in private, but he is absolutely business-like at work.

Of course, Li Tang definitely didn't come to the door empty-handed, Maotai wine, Zhonghua Tobacco, two boxes of Shenxiang brand Cordyceps sinensis in a flat gift box, and a basket of packaged fruits.

Two days ago at Naian's wedding, Li Tang planned to meet Fan Xinman by chance to inquire about the current progress of "Swordsman", but unfortunately, the holidays are the busiest time for CCTV, and these sisters can't get away at all. Came to my best friend's wedding.

Fortunately, although Naian is newly married, he still takes his affairs to heart.He called the next day and asked him to visit Zhang Dahuzi face to face in the capital.

On the one hand, it is etiquette. Since there is something to ask for from others, New Year's greetings should be justified.On the other hand, no matter how good the relationship between Naian and Fan Xinman is, it is still Zhang Dazi who makes the decision. The visit to pay New Year's greetings is to express a kind of sincerity and try to leave a good impression on Dabeard.

And Naian also found out that the couple rarely rest at home on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

The day after Li Tang received the call, that is, yesterday, he rushed to the capital in a hurry.Tobacco, wine and fruits were all bought at the mall before coming here, and the 16-gram packs of Cordyceps were brought from home.

Li Tang suddenly remembered that Cordyceps sinensis is a very high-end tonic, the biggest effect is to invigorate the kidney and strengthen yang. Lao Zhang’s eyes are almost five, and Fan Xinman is at the age of a wolf, he thinks that Lao Zhang must use it get on.

In fact, Cordyceps sinensis is not expensive these days. For the 16-gram flat-packed gift box, the wholesale price that Lao Li gets from the medicinal material company is only a little over [-], and it is also a Shenxiang brand produced by Shanghai Leiyun, a century-old brand in Shanghai. Famous products, absolute fidelity.

Although Shanghai's supply and marketing cooperatives have declined, two subordinate companies are still very prosperous due to their monopoly positions.One is called sugar, tobacco and alcohol company, and the other is medicine company.

Lao Li is considered a veteran in the supply and marketing cooperative in his hometown, and has many friends. It is easy to get expensive tobacco, wine and ginseng tonics at wholesale prices from these two companies.

As soon as Li Tang entered the room, he felt a heat wave rushing towards his face.There is one thing to say, don't look at the small yard he has built now, which looks good on the outside, but if he really wants to live comfortably, especially in winter, it has to be a building.Especially in the Zizhulin area where Zhang Dahuzi lives, many government agencies and large state-owned enterprises dormitory buildings here, and the heating is particularly well done.

No wonder Lao Zhang was wearing short sleeves and pajama pants in the house.Unlike the Paoju Hutong where Li Tang lives, although the electric heating is used, it is always lukewarm, far from the temperature in Lao Zhang's house.But he is not bad, after all, the house is newly renovated and has electric heating.Most people in the hutong still use stoves for heating, and the houses are in disrepair for a long time, and there are air leaks everywhere, making winter even more difficult.

The old Zhang's house is not big, with a two-bedroom layout, about fifty or sixty square meters.Lao Zhang enthusiastically invited Li Tang into the room, and shouted into the room: "Xinman, Li Tang is here."

"Hey, Li Tang, you are a rare visitor! No wonder Naian kept asking Lao Zhang and me on the phone the day before yesterday when we would have a rest. I dare say you are coming!"

Fan Xinman came out of the bedroom upon hearing the sound, oh, these sisters are actually wearing a silk pajamas with low cut, Li Tang stared at the white breasts.

"I've always wanted to visit you and Teacher Zhang. Isn't it just the Chinese New Year!" Li Tang said hastily.

At the same time, he quickly looked away, he didn't dare to stare at his wife's chest in front of the bearded man.

"Sit down quickly! Lao Zhang, make tea!"

In a word, the status of the family is determined.

Lao Zhang responded and went to the kitchen to make tea.

The living room is not big, so you can only sit around the dining table.

"Li Tang, why do you come here as soon as you say, why are you so polite... Oh, they are all good things!"

Fan Xinman flipped through the gifts that Li Tang brought, especially when she saw that the two boxes of Cordyceps sinensis were still the idol brand produced by Lei Yun, her eyes lit up immediately.

There is Tongrentang in the north and Lei Yunshang in the south.Especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, they all recognize the brand of Shenxiang.It can be seen from this that Li Tang's visit today was not perfunctory, but carefully prepared and sincere.

Besides, Lao Zhang may be too busy during this period, and he is a little bit unreliable, so I just give him a supplement.

"Li Tang, stay for dinner later. Although my family is not prepared, Lao Zhang is excellent at making dumplings." Fan Xinman enthusiastically asked him to eat again.

Li Tang looked at Zhang's bearded man, and was about to decline for fear of disturbing him.But Lao Zhang said cheerfully: "Yes, yes, stay for dinner, we two have a drink, the dumplings are just wine, the more you drink, the more delicious you are."

　The second change, roll around and ask for tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)