Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 211 Jade Guanyin

Some things really can't bear to be talked about. Within a few days of Zhou Xun's call, Li Tang received a call from Zhang Dahuzi, asking him to come to the capital to chat about the drama.

It was a verbal agreement between Li Tang and Da Huzi before, and he also informed Da Huzi that he had accepted "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, and the schedule was in September or October.

In other words, if "Shooting the Condor" starts before or between September and October, then he will have to leave the crew for a period of time.Anyway, Yang Kang, the male second, should squeeze out this time.

The bearded man called at this time, and Li Tang reckoned that the preparations for "Shooting the Condors" were almost done, and it might officially enter the casting stage.

During this time, Cheng Er has been working hard at the Shanghai Film Studio, and Naian is also actively contacting international film festivals. At present, the last hope is the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, which will open in early August, and the 58th International Film Festival, which will open in late August. Venice International Film Festival.

Because the chairman of the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the head of the Asian region of the Venice International Film Festival Film Selection Committee, Marco Müller is an old acquaintance of Naian.

Of course, this European filmmaker lived in China as an Italian student for a long time, and his first wife was Chinese. He is also an old acquaintance of many Chinese directors and has given a lot of help to Chinese films.

For example, Director Chen's "Yellow Earth" was introduced to the Locarno Film Festival by him and won the Silver Leopard Award.

For example, "Raise the Red Lantern" directed by Zhang Yimou ten years ago was also recommended by him to the Venice Film Festival, and won the Grand Jury Award that year, which was also the first award for a mainland Chinese film at the Venice Film Festival.

Another example is that during his tenure at the Locarno International Film Festival, Wang Shuo's "I Am Your Father" and Lu Le's "Mr. Zhao" both won the highest award of the film festival - the Golden Leopard Award.

To put it bluntly, Marco Muller can be regarded as an old friend of the Chinese people.

Cheng Er hopes to participate in the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. After all, the pressure of competition is much less than that of the Venice International Film Festival, which is attracting worldwide attention.

But the current problem is that the opening time of the film festival in early August is too tight, and it has to pass the review before then.Now the General Administration has expressly stipulated that those who participate in overseas film festivals without censorship will be punished with a ban on directing.Lou Ye, including the so-called "Seven Gentlemen" are all lessons learned from the past.

Li Tang rushed to the capital the day after he received a call from Zhang Dabeard.

"Brother Li!"

Zeng Jia is now running between the capital and Shanghai, and Li Tang saw her waiting outside as soon as he got out of the gate.

"Hurry up, it's probably too late."

The appointment time with Big Beard was at two o'clock in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the flight was delayed, and it was already past one o'clock. It is estimated that the road from the airport to the Beijing Film Studio will not be able to make it in an hour.

There are many cars in the capital, and the congestion on the road is much more serious than that in Shanghai.

Zeng Jia had been waiting at the airport for more than an hour, and while calling to inform Shen Lin to drive up, she and Li Tang went out.

The traffic situation in the capital was indeed not optimistic. It took a full hour to walk from the airport expressway to the North Third Ring Road, and it was already 02:30 when Li Tang arrived.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, teachers, I've been waiting for a long time."

When Li Tang entered, there was a room full of people sitting inside.Except for Zhang Dahuzi and several behind-the-scenes creators who have worked together in "Swordsman", most of them are unfamiliar faces.

"This is Director Wang Rui and our chief director."

Zhang Big Beard first introduced a middle-aged man in his early forties sitting on his left.

Li Tang's eyes lit up when he heard Wang Rui's name, and he quickly stretched out his hands and said, "You are Mr. Wang from Nortel, right?"

Wang Rui stood up with a smile and shook hands with him, "Hello, Li Tang, I've heard Cheng Er mention you more than once!"

Director Wang is an associate professor in the Directing Department of Nortel and Cheng Er's teacher.

He then asked with concern: "How is your project going?"

"The filming is over, and we are currently doing post-production."

Although they met for the first time, because of Cheng Er's relationship, the chief director was finally considered an acquaintance.Moreover, Li Tang had learned from Cheng Er that his teacher's level was very good, and he had filmed several film and television dramas, but compared to Huang Jianzhong, his qualifications and reputation were much worse.

Li Tang even murmured in his heart that the reason why the bearded man found such a chief director was probably for the sake of making things right. After all, the last time he cooperated with the cunning and cunning Huang, the bearded man with a strong desire for power suffered a lot of hidden losses .

The other two directors, one of them named Yu Ming is the old partner of the bearded man. Because he has not participated in "Swordsman", Li Tang just knows but is not familiar with it.Another literary and opera director, Ju Jueliang, is a senior drama director of TVB and has filmed many TVB versions of martial arts dramas.

Two martial arts instructors, one is an old acquaintance Zhao Jian, he is one of the action directors of "Swordsman"; the other is Ma Yucheng from Hong Kong, whose masterpieces include "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" and a few years ago There is a very popular Chinese-Korean co-production "Flying Dance".

It was the first time Li Tang and Ma Yucheng met, but he was very enthusiastic about Li Tang. After talking with him, he found out that he and Cheng Xiaodong were in the same group.

So the entertainment industry is really not big, and there is always an acquaintance who can connect two strangers after going around.This is probably the so-called circle.

The two screenwriters from the group are not very old, and they both graduated from Zhang Dazi's alma mater - China Opera.A thin and bespectacled guy named Lan Xiaolong, a professional screenwriter from the Comrades Art Troupe; the other one, who looks wretched and has a bit of a tongue, is called Shi Hang, who is also a professional screenwriter, but has no staff, and is currently acting as a substitute for Chinese opera.

In today's meeting, in addition to getting to know everyone, there is another important topic that is casting.Although the bearded man kept claiming that he would discuss with the chief director about the candidates for actors, he came up with a list himself.

The first one in the list is Li Yapeng, who plays Guo Jing.Li Yapeng became popular a few years ago because he starred with Xu Jinglei in the hit "Love to the End", but it has been a little quiet for the past two years.Last year, he competed with Li Tang for the role of Linghu Chong.

This time Zhang Big Beard was selected as Guo Jing's No. 1 choice. It can be seen that the guy did a good job in advance.Naturally, Zhou Xun played the role of Huang Rong, and she finally agreed to Zhang Dabeard's invitation.

What surprised Li Tang the most was that Jiang Qinqin played the role of the second female number Mu Nianci, who played a pair with him.Knowing that she was going to play the role of Yang Kang in "Shooting the Condors", this woman didn't tell her anything beforehand.

For the selection of actors, other people have no say, it is mainly a game between the producer and the chief director.Last year, because of the casting, Lao Zhang and Lao Huang fought openly and secretly for a long time.

This time when Wang Rui got the list, he was surprised at first, then his face was obviously ugly, but he didn't say much in front of everyone.As soon as the meeting was over, he left in a hurry without even eating the pre-booked dinner on the pretext that he was still filming in Tianjin.

Seeing this situation, Li Tang and several familiar behind-the-scenes creators looked at each other speechlessly.

Today's gathering is the first time after the conclusion of "Swordsman", and everyone has reunited after a long absence. In addition, many new members have joined, and it is necessary to change the cup. Li Tang, as the second focus person after Lao Zhang, really No less drinking.

When he was slightly drunk, Zhang Dazi still put his arms around his neck and said: "Li Tang, I didn't expect you to be a real person without showing your face! But take it easy, don't make things big."

At the beginning Li Tang was puzzled by these words, maybe he was unresponsive after drinking, and it took him a long time to figure it out, but because of Zhou Xun and Jiang Qinqin, Old Zhang might have misunderstood.

But there is no way to explain this kind of thing, and it often gets darker and darker.Li Tang simply pretended to be stupid and ignored him.

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"Teacher Li, be careful!"

Shen Lin helped Li Tang into the small courtyard, and Fan Xiaopang, who heard the movement, came out after hearing the movement.

As soon as he got close, he pinched his nose: "Hey, how much wine did you drink!"

He didn't dislike it as he said that, and took Li Tang, who was staggering, from Shen Lin's hand.

"Master Shen, leave it to me, you have worked hard!"

"It's okay, it's okay, then I'll go first." Shen Lin quickly waved his hands and said goodbye with interest.

He showed Li Binbin and Fan Binbin alternately in the small courtyard, regardless of what he thought in his heart, without showing any flaws on his face, and always played the role of an honest and diligent driver.

Celebrities have a rich private life, and others can only envy them.Besides, he is quite satisfied with the current job that is enough to support the whole family, and there are some things that he can't even say to death.

In fact, Li Tang wasn't too drunk, but he couldn't hold back everyone's enthusiasm. After drinking a few more drinks, it was difficult for him to walk in a straight line.

Xiaopang returned to the capital before the May [-]st Golden Week last time. Because of the filming of "The Third Man", she also missed a lot of work.And it is said that Hairun Company, which has a close cooperation with Chang Jihong, is preparing a new work in Haiyan.

The previous "Your Life Is So Passionate" starring Xiaopang couldn't be broadcast on satellite TV's prime time due to the subject matter after several revisions.

Originally preparing for Haiyan's new drama this time, Hairun Company did not include Xiaopang in the plan at the beginning. After all, it failed once. It cannot be said that it was because of the actress, but due to metaphysics, everyone did not have enough confidence in her.

But after Chang Jihong's strong fight, Xiaopang was reluctantly included in several candidates.In fact, among these few candidates, Xiaopang is the most popular and popular. Except for a young girl from Shanghai who retired from the military, the rest are all newcomers with professional backgrounds.

To be honest, it was a bit humiliating for Xiaopang to compete with this group of newcomers, but this time Xiaopang just held his breath and wanted to fight for a turnaround.For this reason, he did not hesitate to reject two plays.

Li Tang took a shower and came out of the bathroom. Although he was still a little dizzy, he recovered a lot. Seeing that Xiaopang was concentrating on reading the script, he walked over and glanced at the cover, and saw three words written on it - "Jade Avalokitesvara".

　Second more!

　　
　
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