Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 210

"Cut, it's over!"

As the director called to stop, Li Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly took off the heavy suit on his body.There is no air conditioning in the studio, and the temperature of the surrounding lights is very high.

The unknown Hong Kong advertising director ran over and said hello in broken Mandarin, "Li Laoxi, thank you for your hard work!"

Li Tang waved his hand: "It's okay."

"Brother Li!"

At this time, Zeng Jia walked over quickly with her mobile phone, smiled and nodded at the Hong Kong advertising director.

That buddy was very knowledgeable, and hurriedly said: "Li Laoxi, Miss Zeng, you are busy!"

Say goodbye and leave.

Li Tang glanced at his cell phone in Zeng Jia's hand, and asked, "Whose phone is it?"

"It's Miss Zhou Xun's. She asked you to go back to the past after you're done."

He was quite surprised to hear Zhou Xun's name, Li Tang, because in the past two years, apart from greetings on New Year's Day and festivals, or congratulations on winning prizes, there were almost no phone calls.

But he didn't go back in a hurry, but walked quickly back to the lounge next to him, because the oil paint on his face sealed the pores, and he couldn't sweat, which was very uncomfortable.

The coolness in the lounge made him breathe a long sigh of relief. After taking a big sip of water, he sat down and let the makeup artist remove his makeup.

Today he is making up a suit commercial for endorsement, which is all the work that was delayed when he was busy filming "The Third Man".And now seeing that the number of my bank deposits has dropped to six figures, I feel a little flustered, and I have to find ways to make money!

There are quite a lot of scripts that have been handed over recently, all of which are themes of some popular costume dramas at the moment, and the salary is not low, but to be honest, he doesn't like any of them.

Although "Swordsman" was broadcast, although there were mixed reviews, he was considered to be popular.Word-of-mouth is very important at this juncture. Li Tang now accepts interviews as little as possible and keeps a low profile.Moreover, in the selection of scripts, quality is more important than quantity, and it is better not to overuse.What's more, he now has the film contract of "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, so his horizons are naturally much higher.

He didn't call back until the make-up artist took off his makeup and went out.

"Miss Xiaoxun, what's the matter?"

"I can't call you if I have nothing to do."

Zhou Xun's unique voice was a little distorted on the phone.

"No, where are you?"

"I'm in Hong Kong, making a movie."

"Hey, they've all gone to Hong Kong, congratulations!"

With the decline of Hong Kong movies in the past two years, many Hong Kong filmmakers have gone north to find work, while mainland stars are proud to go to Hong Kong to develop, including Zhang Ziyi, Xiao Yanzi and others.

However, Zhang Ziyi obviously used Hong Kong as a springboard. After successively catching up with Li An and Cheng Long, she successfully jumped to Hollywood.This also makes many ambitious female stars in the mainland envious.

Although the two didn't have much contact, they didn't feel strange at all.To put it in a fashionable phrase, hearts are connected.Of course, this mind-to-heart connection does not refer to love, but to two people's thinking, viewpoints, opinions, ideals, pursuits, feelings, tastes, etc., which are relatively similar and mutually recognized.

Li Tang has worked with many actresses, if he was asked to pick the one that suits him best, it would undoubtedly be Zhou Xun.

After the two teased each other for a few words, Zhou Xun asked, "Do you play Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"

Speaking of "Shooting the Condors", there are many rumors in the media at present. Because of the controversy of "Swordsman", CCTV suspended the project of "Shooting the Condors". At that time, Zhang Dahuzi told Li Tang that "Shooting the Condors" must be filmed .Sure enough, not long ago, he just got reliable news that the investor of "Shooting the Condors" has been replaced by the Cultural Association from CCTV, and "Shooting the Condors" has already started secret preparations. The producer is still Zhang Dazi, but the chief director has not yet been selected. Sure, but according to Lao Zhang, he and Huang Jianzhong will definitely not be able to cooperate this time.

Although "Shooting the Condors" is prepared in secret, according to Lao Zhang's usual style of doing things, he will definitely release some news secretly, which will attract various speculations and reports from the media.

For example, a certain director teamed up with a certain producer to compete with Zhang Dahuzi for "Shooting the Condors"; "Shooting the Condors" focuses on Gu Juji, with Zhou Jie playing Guo Jing and Yang Kang;

Regarding this so-called exclusive news, Zhang Dahuzi solemnly stated to the media not long ago that these are all nonsense.

The media is not a vegetarian either. At that time, a reporter asked Lao Zhang: "I heard that long before the filming of "Swordsman", there were special personnel responsible for creating fake news, creating momentum for the crew, and illegally hype. Is this time another one? A successful publicity scheme concocted by these behind-the-scenes think tanks?"

Of course, Lao Zhang would not admit it, and angrily scolded the reporter on the spot as a good guy, and hoped that these reporters would stop making trouble for the crew.

As for the issue of actors that everyone is most concerned about, Lao Zhang neither admitted nor denied, but said that before the candidate for the chief director has not been confirmed, it is impossible to determine the candidate for the actor.

So the topic of "Shooting the Condors" became lively in the media for a while.

Anyone with a heart can understand it at a glance, this is a routine routine of Zhang Dazi.Of course the reporters see it through and don't say it out. Zhang Dazi wants to hype it up, and the audience loves to watch it, so let's hype it up.

Of course, the hype is also indispensable for Li Tang, who became popular because of "Swordsman", especially the old man Jin Yong also came out to show his presence. He praised Linghu Chong played by Li Tang in "Swordsman", and at the same time said that Li Tang is Guo Jing's ideal candidate.As for Huang Rong's candidate, the old man said that he has a soft spot for Little Swallow.

At this moment, Li Tang thought that Zhou Xun had read related reports, and said with a smile, "Do you think I look like Guo Jing?"

"No, you are quite similar to Yang Kang."

Hearing Zhou Xun's answer without hesitation, Li Tang couldn't help being surprised and said, "Hey, have you read the novel?"

"Hee hee, I just read the script and they want me to play Huang Rong."

"You play Huang Rong? Well, not bad! I didn't expect Lao Zhang to be quite discerning."

Although the news about Little Swallow playing Huang Rong is widely circulated in the media, Li Tang never thinks that Little Swallow is an ideal person.

Although the little Yanzi in "Returning the Pearl" became popular, he really couldn't connect the clumsy and crazy little Yanzi in "Returning the Pearl" with the clever and quirky Ronger in "Shooting the Condor".

In fact, when it comes to weirdness, Zhou Xun is undoubtedly the best candidate.

But Zhou Xun said: "I haven't agreed yet, so I called to ask you, I will act if you act."

"Didn't you just say that I'm not like Guo Jing?"

"I'm saying that your personality and temperament are not like Guo Jing, but it's not that you can't play Guo Jing well."

"No, don't praise me so highly, I can't play Guo Jing. To tell you the truth, I can play, but I don't play Guo Jing, I play Yang Kang."

"Wow, are you really playing Yang Kang?"

Zhou Xun's tone on the phone seemed surprised at first, but he couldn't hide his disappointment.

Li Tang smiled and said, "You don't need to ask me, you can decide for yourself whether to act or not. Personally, you are quite suitable for the role of Huang Rong."

In fact, for Li Tang, playing Yang Kang is to repay favors.Just like the hit "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" starring Zhou Xun and Chen Kun not long ago, Lu Yi, who is just popular, is the second male, and the role is not likable. It was Zhao Baogang who helped him to star in "Never Close My Eyes".

For Zhao Baogang and Zhang Dabezi and his ilk, using the popular Lu Yi and Li Tang can determine the lower limit of a TV series, at least there is no need to worry about topics that no one pays attention to and promotes.The upper limit depends on the real male number one. If it succeeds, the male number one will explode, which will undoubtedly maximize the benefits for the producer.

"Three Images" has been quite successful in this aspect. Chen Kun was unknown before the show started, but after it started broadcasting, he and Zhou Xun have become golden boys and girls, and now they are almost as popular as Li Tang.

"My agent also said the same thing, but I don't know who Guo Jing will play. You think it's really Gu Juji?"

Gu Juji, the male number one in another big project "Love in the Rain" that CCTV cooperated with Aunt Qiongyao last year.This TV series has already started broadcasting in Wanwan, and it is said that the response is quite good.

Think about it too, after all, with Little Swallow as the leading role, the audience has long been looking forward to it.

But when it comes to the rumor that Gu Juji will play Guo Jing, Li Tang muses: "I don't think it's possible."

Don't look at Gu Juji's silly head and brain, which match Guo Jing's temperament quite well.But based on Li Tang's understanding of Zhang's bearded man, Lao Zhang, who was born as an actor, paid great attention to the acting skills of actors when choosing actors.Lao Zhang really looked down on third-rate Hong Kong actors who were born as singers like Gu Juji.

Besides, "Swordsman" and "Love in the Rain" were the two key projects of CCTV last year. Although "Swordsman" broke the ratings record, it was widely criticized, which made CCTV have to suspend "Shooting the Condors" this project.However, "Deep Love in the Rain" and "Smiling Proud" which have not yet aired are undoubtedly in competition. What Lao Zhang is most worried about at present is that "Deep Love in the Rain" will have a double harvest in ratings and evaluations after it airs.So Lao Zhang will definitely not praise the male number one in "Deep Love and Rain".

Zhou Xun on the other end of the phone obviously breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I don't like this person very much, what a mother."

As he said that, Zhou Xun asked again: "Hey, will you appear in the third part of "My Fair Princess"?"

Speaking of "Han Zhu Ge Ge III", there have been various rumors in the media in the past two years.And at the end of the second part, Aunt Qiong Yao left an easter egg for next year, which is Xiao Jian and Qing'er's glance at ten thousand years. It is conceivable that the third part may have the main line of Xiao Jian and Qing'er.

But today is different, Little Yanzi and Fan Xiaopang have both terminated their contracts with Aunt Qiong Yao's company.Compared with Xiao Yanzi's peaceful termination of the contract, he and Fan Xiaopang even went to court, tearing their faces apart.Besides, Little Swallow is now squeezed into the film industry. She previously starred in the TV series "Deep Love and Rain". On the one hand, it may be to repay Aunt Qiong Yao's favor, but most likely it is because of CCTV's face.Not to mention that Li Tang is now a popular group, wouldn't it be okay to play a supporting role in the male third or even the fourth male?Therefore, it is obviously impossible to gather the original team.

Moreover, with Aunt Qiongyao's behavior style or Taiwan Bazi's always shrewd and stingy nature, the smartest way is to rely on the big IP of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" to find a bunch of newcomers, and make a lot of money at the smallest cost. a sum.

The reason why Zhou Xun asked this question today is nothing more than the fact that when "Love in the Rain" started airing in Wanwan not long ago, Auntie Qiongyao said frankly that she would continue to cooperate with Fulantai. Department has already started preparations.

Li Tang shook his head and said, "I haven't received any news about it. If it is true that filming will start this year, I definitely don't have a schedule."

　The first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)