Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 196 Back to the Carbine

After sitting down, Zhang Weiping kept chatting with Jiang Ershao in a low voice, but Cheng Xiaodong asked Li Tang about the moves, characteristics, etc. of Wu's Tai Chi Thirteen Spears. It seemed that he was very interested in marksmanship. There is a fight scene between Wuming and Changkong in the film, which is a sword against a gun. He hasn't figured out how to design this action scene.

About half an hour later, there was movement downstairs, and then someone came upstairs.

"Yimou is back." Zhang Weiping said first.

He has cooperated with Zhang Yimou for several years, and he has long been familiar with each other's footsteps.

Sure enough, the next moment, director Zhang Yimou walked in with an old woman who looked like a 60-year-old woman dressed like an old goblin, followed by a young woman in professional attire.

Seeing Li Tang here, Director Zhang nodded first, and then introduced the old lady beside him to the people in the room.

Only then did Li Tang know that this old lady dressed like an old goblin was a famous Japanese movie costume designer named Emi Wada, who had even won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.In Japan and even in the whole of Asia, it is definitely No. 1 in the field of film costume design.

When introducing Li Tang, Director Zhang introduced him as a "famous young actor in our country". Compared with the previous two big men and Cheng Xiaodong, a famous martial arts instructor who is well-known in Asia, Li Tang is really not enough.

But Little Japan has absolutely no choice in terms of etiquette in public. The old lady still bowed as before, and said polite words in Japanese such as long-awaited daimyo.

Before the girl in professional attire behind her could translate, Li Tang also bowed to her and said in Japanese, "Senior Wada, it's an honor to meet you!"

Almost no one in the production team can speak Japanese, and the old lady doesn’t understand Chinese, so she has to carry a translator with her anytime, anywhere, which makes it very inconvenient to communicate. Could it be that when someone greets her in Japanese, the old lady’s eyes lit up, and she chattered again. A big pass.

In fact, Li Tang's Japanese is average, and he learned it from a Japanese girlfriend in his previous life. Simple communication is okay, but complicated ones are a bit blind.Fortunately, he even guessed that he more or less understood the meaning of some old ladies' words. It was nothing more than praising himself for being handsome, and he would definitely have better development in the future. He was looking forward to his works and so on.

Li Tang also expressed his gratitude for imitating the Japanese style, and at the same time expressed his compliments on the Oscars she had won.The old lady was still shy.

Sometimes the Japanese are quite cute, just like the Japanese girlfriend he found in the previous life. In fact, she is not particularly beautiful, but the clip sound she makes when she is happy is really unstoppable, full of self-confidence and The sense of satisfaction is overwhelming.

On the other hand, Director Zhang was stunned for a while, and after sitting down again, he said: "Xiao Li, I have heard that your English is good, but I didn't expect you to be able to speak Japanese!"

Li Tang originally wanted to say that he not only knows Japanese, but also some French and German.But I don't want to be too pretentious in front of the bosses, lest the bosses lose face, I just smiled shyly and said: "I don't know much Japanese, so I can only do some simple communication."

As long as Li Tang is from Shanghai, it won’t be too surprising that he can speak some Japanese. After the re-opening, there are quite a lot of people from Shanghai going to Japan, and there are also the most Japanese-funded enterprises in Shanghai.In addition, the pronunciation of Japanese is somewhat similar to that of Shanghainese, so Shanghainese are relatively eager to learn Japanese.

Director Zhang liked Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" very much, so this time he turned several corners and invited Emi Wada, the winner of the Oscar for Best Costume Design, to be in charge of the film's costume and character design.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Cheng Xiaodong couldn't wait to say: "Director, I just communicated with Li Tang. He has a lot of experience in marksmanship. I want to go downstairs with him and try it."

The role of "Hero" has almost been implemented. The actor Wuming wanted to find Cheng Long at first, but on the one hand, because Cheng Long was positioned as a martial arts comedian in Hollywood, which did not match the main tone of the movie, on the other hand, it was also because Cheng Long is too expensive, as the "Rush Hour" series hits theaters in North America, Cheng Long seems to be a member of the 2000 million club.

In contrast, Li Lianlian's salary is half cheaper than him.Moreover, Li Lian's screen image with facial paralysis fits well with Wuming.

Then the two roles of Can Jian and Feixue were already decided on Liang Chaowei and Maggie Cheung, and Zhang Ziyi was given the role of Can Jian's servant girl Ruyue.After all, Xiao Zhang has now successfully entered Hollywood with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Qin Wang found Chen Daoming, who was full of imperial spirit in "Kangxi Dynasty" broadcast last year.

Now there is only one role left in the sky. Originally, Jiang Ershao recommended Hong Kong-American actor Donnie Yen, but Zhang Weiping did not nod. On the one hand, Donnie Yen is not well-known internationally, and he exists more as a martial arts instructor. On the other hand, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung are both Hong Kong actors. Mainland actors Chen Daoming and Zhang Ziyi's roles are obviously not as important as the former two. He prefers to find a domestic actor to play Sky.

Of course, this is not a dispute between the mainland and Hong Kong, but a dispute over the right to speak.The new picture is obviously a big hit, so Zhang Weiping will naturally have the dominant position in the right to speak.

It's not difficult to understand why Second Young Master Jiang's expression was cold when he saw Li Tang, and his face became a little ugly when he heard the exchange between Li Tang and Cheng Xiaodong.It's nothing more than if someone has the real thing, then Donnie Yen recommended by him will not have an advantage.

Tony Leung is the new Best Actor in Cannes. Daoming Chen became popular again with "Kangxi Dynasty" last year. Needless to say, Zhang Ziyi and Maggie Cheung, the remaining candidates for the role of Sky also need a popular actor.So Er Zhang's eyes naturally focused on Li Tang who played Linghu Chong in the hit "Swordsman".

The key point is that Director Zhang has a particularly good impression of Li Tang, and he still remembers that he heard Li Tang say that he is practicing big guns at the closing ceremony of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival last time, which undoubtedly matches the role setting of the sky.So there is today's meeting.

As for why Director Zhang's assistant, Zhou Wei, is arrogant and respectful, it's because Director Zhang met too many actors. At first, he didn't take Li Tang seriously. Tang came to interview for the role of Chang Kong, which made him feel Li Tang's weight.

Originally Director Zhang wasn’t quite sure how well Li Tang’s big spear practiced, but as long as he had the basics, it was fine. After all, this was a movie, not a martial arts competition, not to mention that Liang Chaowei, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, etc. didn’t have any martial arts foundation. Is it the same shot?

Hearing Cheng Xiaodong's words at this time, Director Zhang suddenly became interested, and hurriedly said: "Okay, let's go down and have a look together."

After finishing speaking, Director Zhang also wanted to say hello and apologize to Wada Huimei who was beside him, and let her take a break.As a result, the old lady listened to the translation and learned that Li Tang was going down to demonstrate martial arts, so she also said that she would go down to observe it.

The old lady even clenched her fists and said to Li Tang: "Damn!" (Come on)

There is a large backyard behind the villa, which is covered with turf, but it is all withered and yellow this season.Cheng Xiaodong ordered the staff to bring over a big gun.

Li Tang took the gun and weighed it. It weighed about the same as the white wax rod he usually practiced, but it was a little shorter. The total length was only about 1.8 meters and less than two meters.

But the shorter the gun, the better it is. Li Tang shook the gun flower and gestured twice, which was quite smooth.

As the saying goes: A connoisseur knows if there is one as soon as he stretches out his hand.His marksmanship in the past two years was not in vain, and Cheng Xiaodong couldn't help nodding when he saw the movement of shaking the gun flower, at least it was not a fake move.

It made him look forward to Li Tang's marksmanship a little more.

So he shouted in front of everyone: "Li Tang, don't play tricks, let's do something real."

Li Tang was originally thinking about how to show his skills in front of the big bosses. Now that he heard what Cheng Xiaodong said, he immediately said: "Director Cheng, since you are here for real, let's set a target."

"no problem."

Cheng Xiaodong gave another order to the staff, but the man brought out a model dummy from the house and erected it on the lawn, with wooden stakes behind it to prevent the base plate from being unstable and falling down with a poke.

Li Tang first did a few stretches to warm up, and then he stared at the dummy on the lawn with a big gun in his hand.

Tai Chi Thirteen Spears focuses on the word "tie". At this time, Li Tang's pricking spear, which he has been practicing almost rain or shine, finally has a place to use.

I saw him take a deep breath, shake the gun, and stab the dummy's head.

One pierces the eyebrows, two pierces the hands, three pierces the shoulders and four elbows, five pierces the chest and six knees, seven pierces the monster snake and walks through the crotch, eight pierces the golden rooster nods wildly, nine pierces the silver snake pierces the throat, ten pierces turn around and the enemy cannot escape.

Li Tang completed these ten spears almost in one go, and the connection between the spears was very fast.The onlookers were dazzled, and only heard the sound of "Tuk Tuk Tuk", the sound of the gun head stabbing the model dummy, and the gun did not fail.Especially in the last shot, I saw Li Tang dragging the gun and walking back, and suddenly saw him holding the gun body behind his back and turning around in a circle.

"Crack!"

There was a loud bang, and the gun shot out like a dragon, and the gun head rushed directly to the neck of the dummy model, directly stabbing the neck, and the dummy's head fell to the lawn with a plop.

"it is good!"

Cheng Xiaodong couldn't help clapping his hands, and shouted loudly: "It's a good move to return the carbine!"

Although Director Zhang couldn't understand the way, he saw Li Tang's nimbleness when he stabbed the gun, and while the gun didn't miss, it was extremely powerful.Especially the last shot is extremely entertaining.

"Pretty!"

He also clapped his hands, and turned his head to ask Cheng Xiaodong, "Is this the carbine?"

Cheng Xiaodong said affirmatively: "Of course, this is a real killing move!"

As for Zhang Weiping, he was all smiles, feeling that he was right, the little guy Li Tang really had skills.

As for Jiang Ershao, although his face was not very good-looking, he had to admit that Li Tang was indeed a good candidate.

As for the two old Japanese ladies, they clapped their hands exaggeratedly while jumping in place, not afraid of flashing their old arms and legs at all.

　The second update!I have been typing since six o'clock until now, and I haven't even eaten dinner.Ask for a ticket with the audacity!

　　
　
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