Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 193 Call from Director Zhang

"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"

When Fan Xiaopang heard that Li Tang had invested in a movie, he actually yelled in a questioning tone.

Li Tang explained patiently: "Cheng Er has just received funding from the HBF Fund. If you don't take the money, it will be in vain. Let's all join together."

"Then how big is the risk? Don't lose all your money then!"

"So let's work hard together to make this movie well. Hey, don't talk nonsense, are you going to act or not?"

"Act, of course I will." Fatty hurriedly said.

That was the heroine of the movie, she was excited just thinking about it, but at the same time worried about Li Tang's crazy behavior.

"Then it's settled, the money is not much, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pay much for the film."

It's ugly to say whoring for nothing, there must be some hints.

Sure enough, Fatty said: "Oh, who do you think I am, I don't want a salary."

"It's not suitable, your manager's side..."

Before Li Tang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xiaopang: "It's okay, I'll talk to Miss Hong. Oh, by the way, when will you shoot?"

Li Tang can't tell for a while now, so he can only guess: "The preparations have just started, but anyway, the filming must be finished in the first half of the year."

"That's not a big problem, but you guys better hurry up, I'm going to join the team in June..."

Speaking of this, Xiaopang on the other end of the phone suddenly smiled strangely: "Guess what I was talking about with Sister Hong just now?"

"Let's take the show, didn't you just say that you would join the group in June?"

"Then what play do you think it is?"

"I don't know that."

The biggest difference between domestic and foreign countries is that the traditional Chinese New Year is the Spring Festival.Now at the beginning of the new year, all walks of life are busy, and the new year is a new atmosphere.Specifically in the entertainment industry, with the launch of a large wave of dramas, preparations for another wave of dramas have begun.The most popular these days are nothing more than costume dramas, costume martial arts dramas, or period dramas of the Republic of China.

"Hee hee, "Youth Bao Qingtian 2", I will play the female lead!"

Xiaopang revealed the answer to the mystery, and it's not difficult to hear her complacent mood from her laughter.

Last year, the "Youth Bao Qingtian", which the ex-girlfriend co-hosted with Zhou Jie and Ren Quan, was very popular, and the ex-girlfriend also gained a lot of fans for this.

Didn't expect the sequel to be changed?

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand that there are always too many monks and too few food in the entertainment industry, and everyone is scrambling for various resources.If Xiaopang really snatched the leading female role in "Youth Bao Qingtian 2", it can only mean that Sister Hong is better than Sister Hua.

Li Tang secretly rejoiced that he didn't find his ex-girlfriend to play the role of sister Xiao Feng this time, otherwise they would have to fight.

You must know that robbing roles is actually cutting off other people's money. There is a saying that cutting someone's money is like killing their parents. It is a deep hatred!I really didn't expect big and small Bingbing to match up so quickly.

When Xiaopang heard Li Tang not saying a word, he was immediately dissatisfied and said, "Why, do you feel distressed? Let me tell you that she is not the only one being replaced this time. Brother Jie has also been changed. Lu Yi plays Bao Zheng."

Li Tang understands that the jewels of "Shaobao" are now in front of them, like a piece of sweet pastry, and there are more people robbing them. Of course, the producer is willing to replace Zhou Jie with the more popular Lu Yi.So Xiaopang also picked up the bargain, and took the opportunity to squeeze out Da Bingbing.

Big and small Bingbing competed for the same role, and Xiao Bingbing won in the end, which is a good hype topic.

The two most popular among the new generation of actors in the past two years are the male Lu Yi and the female Xiao Yanzi.It’s just that there are obvious differences in the development routes of the two. Since "Never Rest In My Eyes" became popular, Lu Yi has actually taken the idol route of singing and dancing artists. The commercials are very enjoyable, but the works that can really be called out Not many.It is estimated that his agency realized this this time, so he did not hesitate to let him play the role of Bao Heizi.

On the other hand, Little Swallow, they have already mixed into the Hong Kong circle. Since last year's "Decisive Battle on the Top of the Forbidden" co-operated with Andy Lau and Zheng Yijian, it is said that this time she is still playing the leading role in Star Master's new work "Shaolin Soccer". Number.

And last year, CCTV reformed and launched two major dramas in cooperation with Hong Kong and Taiwan. One is "Swordsman", which has just finished broadcasting and has been slandered all over the world, and the other is "Deep Love" in cooperation with Aunt Qiong Yao. "Rainy".

A big hero, a big heroine, the concept of two sides of the strait and three places.

Compared with Li Tang who was lucky enough to play the role of Linghu Chong, Xiao Yanzi has long been designated as the heroine of "Deep Love in the Rain". In addition, the reason why "Deep Love in the Rain" was postponed until November last year is said to be In order to take care of Little Swallow's schedule.

But despite this, Lu Yi's performance as Bao Zheng in "Small Bags 2" is still a blow to reducing dimensionality, and Zhou Jie has no way to compete.Sometimes I feel helpless when I think about it. Even though my acting skills are more superb, I have to lose to a pretty face.

There is no way that everyone likes to look at the face, as long as you don't stretch your hips too much, the audience will still be happy to accept it.For example, Tom Cruise and Pete Bradley in Hollywood are examples of this.

Including Li Tang himself, when he was able to successfully play Linghu Chong, in addition to his acting skills, his appearance must have played a big role in it.

Li Tang didn't want to entangle Xiaopang too much about his ex-girlfriend, so he changed his mind and said, "Hey, don't you want to read the script first?"

"Of course I have to watch it, but I believe in your vision. Since you are willing to invest money to play the lead actor, the script must not be bad. I still have some work on hand, so I can't leave for the time being. I will come over when I am busy. "

Hearing this, Li Tang felt warm in his heart. Although Xiaopang would play a little temper occasionally, most of the time he was quite considerate.

So she said softly, "Well, I'll wait for you."

Zeng Jia took the flight from Beijing to Shanghai at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning. This girl's work attitude is really beyond words.

After two hours, it landed at around nine o'clock.Li Tang had no choice but to go to Xu Guangtou to pick up the car again, and give him the script by the way.

"Cen, I want to help you buy a car!"

Although Xu Guangtou's mouth was broken, he still took care: "Don't add more oil."

Li Tang made a goodbye gesture to him, and drove away in a small Sail.Early in the morning, there were many large trucks on the G20 outer ring, especially when crossing the Xupu Bridge, the traffic jam was severe.

When Li Tang drove to Pudong Airport, Zeng Jia was already waiting at the domestic arrival exit.

"Ouch, I'm sorry to be in a hurry, there is a traffic jam on the road." Li Tang hurriedly got out of the car to help carry the suitcase.

Zeng Jia took the lead and said with a smile, "It's okay. Actually, you don't have to go there yourself. It's very convenient for me to take a taxi."

"Nonsense, I asked you to help, and I'm sorry to ask you to take a taxi. Come on, get in the car."

Li Tang personally opened the car door for her.

Zeng Jia was flattered: "Brother Li, I feel even more embarrassed if you do this."

"Hurry up and get in the car, you can't stay here for long, the traffic police will come to catch up."

After getting into the car, Zeng Jia first looked at the inside of the car curiously. After all, this new car that was just launched last year is quite popular.But she didn't ask any more questions, and immediately got into work.

"Brother Li, how far has the work progressed?"

"I haven't started anything yet, I'm just waiting for you to come over to help... Oh, the actors are basically confirmed, here are some things I wrote yesterday, you can take a look first."

Li Tang handed her a plastic document bag placed between the two seats.

Zeng Jia opened the file bag, took out the paper inside and looked at it.Li Tang's handwriting is not good-looking, but she pays more attention to the content of writing.

She didn't ask until after watching it, "Brother Li, why don't you get paid?"

Li Tang said with a smile: "The money is not enough, it doesn't matter."

Zeng Jia said seriously: "This is unreasonable. Even if you don't get paid, it can be converted into investment. In this case, your share will be higher."

"Uh...it seems that you are quite confident in this movie."

Li Tang really didn't think so much, he just thought about how to save money.Hearing what Zeng Jia said, his heart was moved, he didn't understand but he didn't expect it, and then he was a little confused: "But Bingbing, and Jiang Qinqin, I have already told them that they are all here to help , no pay."

"Brother Li, it's because of your face that they don't want a salary. It's your favor, but it's a different thing from investment. The salary of all actors must be included. It doesn't matter whether the movie can make money in the future, but the rules must be set first. Otherwise, no one can tell what entanglements will arise in the future."

Li Tang is a person who is most afraid of trouble. Hearing these words, he immediately became vigilant, nodded and said, "Then draw up a charter and show me later."

Zeng Jia's arrival made him breathe a sigh of relief.He arranged Zeng Jia in a Jinjiang Inn Express Hotel on Changshu Road, not far from the old apartment on Wuyuan Road, only about ten minutes' walk away.

"You take a rest first, and I will treat you to dinner later."

"Brother Li, I want to meet with the director as soon as possible to talk about the group."

"Okay, let's meet in the afternoon."

……

Xiao Ke: Fan Binbin;

Xiao Feng: Jiang Qinqin;

Lin Mo: Xu Zheng.

Looking at the list of actors, Cheng Er couldn't help opening his mouth: "Brother Li, this, this...is it true or not?"

You must know that one of these three is more popular than the other.

"I can't lie to you, don't worry, everything is settled. Bingbing may come over after a while. My senior brother Xu Zheng has given him the script here, so we can chat anytime we want."

As a director, you must meet and talk with the actors, mainly to reach a consensus on the understanding of the characters.

"Besides, you should talk to Zeng Jia about group building."

It has been introduced before that Zeng Jia is not only Li Tang's executive manager, but also the assistant producer of the crew.

The preparatory work before the filming started was very cumbersome. As the director, screenwriter, and one of the producers, Cheng Er was eager to have a helper to take care of the overall situation, but he was somewhat hesitant about Zeng Jia's age.

Because he is also a newcomer and knows the difficulties of a newcomer.But it didn't take long for Zeng Jia's vigorous and vigorous work style to dispel his hesitation.

Although Zeng Jia is young, she has strong working ability and a tough attitude.It's not easy to put on senior status in front of her, in one word: can you do it?Can't do it, leave!

To put it bluntly, it is a bad face. At this time, Cheng Er or Li Tang came forward to sing the bad face, appease the emotions of the old comrades, pass a step, and many things will be solved.

By the time the work was almost straightened out, it was already the end of February.On this day, Li Tang suddenly received a strange call.

"Excuse me, are you Li Tang?"

The tone sounds a bit arrogant.

"I'm Li Tang, may I ask if you are..."

"Oh, I'm Director Zhang's assistant Zhou Wei, please come to us tomorrow afternoon, and I'll send the address to your phone later..."

"Hey, I'm sorry, who is Director Zhang?"

Li Tang sounded a little puzzled, the name Zhou Wei, his first reaction was the character in Lou Ye's "Summer Palace" script, and then it was Director Zhang or something, he didn't know who it was.Big Beard Zhang likes being called Director Zhang. Could it be Lao Zhang's new assistant?

There was a pause on the other end of the phone for two seconds, and he was obviously upset and said, "Director Zhang Yimou wants to invite you over for a chat."

"Ah? So it's Director Zhang!"

Li Tang couldn't help opening his mouth wide, and then quickly said: "Tomorrow afternoon, right, okay, no problem."

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(End of this chapter)