Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 214

Li Tang walked into the room. This is the living room of a suite. Except for Zhou Xun, the most eye-catching person is a plump Caucasian aunt, and there are two middle-aged men beside him. One of them has long hair and wears glasses. With the temperament of an artist, when Li Tang came in, he was shorter than Chen Kun when he stood up.

As for the other tall and thin face, Li Tang immediately smiled at him, stretched out his hand and said, "Director Zhao, you are here too."

This person is Zhao Chunlin, a director from Beijing Film Studio, who is usually relatively low-key. Li Tang knew him when he was in and out of Beijing Film Studio, but he was not close.

"Li Tang, long time no see." At this moment, Zhao Chunlin shook hands with him enthusiastically.

After all, compared with when he was filming "Extreme Summer", Li Tang is already different now.

Then Zhao Chunlin took the initiative to introduce to Li Tang: "This is Director Dai Sijie, and Director Dai is from France."

The small man with long hair and glasses had a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand in a strong Sichuan accent: "Li Tang, hello!"

"Hello, Director Dai!"

"This is Ms. Lisa, a producer from the French Film Company."

"Mr. Li, hello!"

Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the white aunt stretching out her hand instead of hugging her. Before waiting for the translation by the director Dai next to her, she said directly in French: "Ms. Lisa, it's an honor to meet you."

"Wow! Mr. Li, your French is very standard. You must have been to France, right?" The white aunt was surprised.

There are quite a few people in China who can speak English, but those who can speak French are rare. This is the first time that a white aunt has been in China for so long, and she has met a Chinese actor who can speak French in her daily interactions.

Li Tang wanted this effect, and said with a smile, "I have never been to this beautiful country, and I hope to have the opportunity in the future."

Although he didn't have a good opinion of the city of Paris in his previous life, it doesn't cost much to say good things, so why not do it if he can get the good feelings of others.

It is common all over the world, and in a foreign land, everyone is willing to hear the praise of foreigners for their motherland.

The white aunt was really happy, and hurriedly said: "That's a pity, but I believe you will still have this opportunity in the future."

Dai Sijie was very curious about Li Tang's knowledge of French, and asked, "Li Tang, did you learn French in China?"

Only his family members know about his family affairs. Before he went to France to study abroad, he studied French art history and French for a year and a half, but found that his French was not standard when he arrived in France, and then spent several years until he was naturalized in France. , to speak fluent French and be able to write in French.

"Yes."

Li Tang nodded, but immediately said modestly: "I only know some simple daily conversations."

"It's not easy, and your pronunciation is very standard. I think besides having a good teacher, you are also very talented in languages." Dai Sijie said with emotion.

At this time, Zhou Xun echoed: "Yes, Li Tang is indeed talented in languages. Before, I only knew that his English was very good, but I didn't expect to be able to speak French."

As he spoke, he said to Li Tang: "Be honest, what else are you talking about?"

"Miss Xiaoxun, except for English, I only know a little bit of superficial knowledge." Li Tang spread his hands and said.

"Others? What else?" Zhou Xun asked a curious baby.

Li Tang could only say: "I can also speak Japanese, Spanish and German."

All of this is due to the fact that he was in the big environment of Broadway in his previous life, because there gathered a large number of actors from all over the world. After a long time of contact, he would naturally speak a little bit.

It's like being in a group, English is equivalent to Mandarin, and there are many dialects, as long as you want to learn, Sichuanese, Henan dialect, Cantonese, etc. must be spoken in a certain way.

Of course, Li Tang learned the dialect purely to pick up girls.

"Wow, Li Tang, you really don't show your face! I think you can work in the waijiao department."

"We can't go to the waijiao department, at least we need to be proficient in two foreign languages." Li Tang corrected seriously.

This is really not his nonsense, because Xu Qing came from the Diplomatic Compound in Beijing. He once heard Xu Qing say that those young diplomats who graduated from the Diplomatic Academy, no matter their majors are English, French, Spanish, etc. Must master a second foreign language.The mastery here is not just to be able to speak, but also to be able to read and write.

"Really?" Zhou Xun asked suspiciously.

"It's true, mastering two foreign languages ​​is the most basic." Dai Sijie answered for Li Tang.

As a celebrity among the French Chinese, he also often dealt with the diplomats of the embassy in France, and had a better understanding of the situation in this regard.

As he said that, he asked Li Tangdao curiously, "Is someone in your family in the diplomatic system?"

"No." Li Tang shook his head.

However, Dai Sijie immediately thought that Li Tang was a Shanghai native who graduated from the Shanghai Opera, so he didn't seem surprised.After all, Shanghai is a very western city in the eyes of many Chinese.Among other things, let’s just say that the three foreign ministers since the reform and opening up to now are all from Shanghai.

Zhou Xun blinked her big eyes at the side, she knew that Li Tang's mother was in the United States, but of course she would not grin about such a private matter, but looked at Li Tang with eyes full of curiosity about the treasure boy.

But Chen Kun, who was standing aside, had complicated eyes. Originally, the popularity of "Three Images" made him a popular niche, especially when it attracted the attention of French directors like De Sijie, but at this time he was standing with Li Tang. At the same time, he found that he had no comparability at all, and a sense of inferiority arose spontaneously.

After taking his seat, Li Tang naturally turned his attention to Zhou Xun, a phone call called him, and there were so many people present, what was the meaning?

Before Zhou Xun could speak, Dai Sijie took the initiative to say: "Li Tang, I'm sorry for delaying your schedule. I invite you to come today. On the one hand, it is Xiao Zhou's introduction. On the other hand, we have also seen you and Xiao Zhou's performance. "Suzhou Creek", I think you are very suitable for a role in our movie, so I invite you to come and have a chat."

As soon as Li Tang heard that it was true, he said, "What movie?"

"It's a novel I wrote personally, and now it has been adapted into a play called "Balzac and the Little Chinese Tailor."

Li Tang heard that the name was very unfamiliar, but then the white aunt named Lisa made a lot of noise, roughly meaning that this novel by De Sijie was one of the top ten best-selling books in France last year, and the literary script won the Italian award. A literary film script creation award at a certain film festival, this time director Dai Sijie will personally direct the film Yunyun.

Then he praised Dai Sijie a lot, for example, he has a doctorate in directing from the School of Art of the University of Paris First, and he once won the Young Director Short Film Award at the Venice Film Festival and so on.

Who said that foreigners can’t brag, in reality, foreigners play tricks on others, if they change to others, they will definitely be bluffed by the words of the white aunt, but Li Tang is very clear that the so-called University of Paris [-] is a community The university, even a doctorate in director, is probably about the same gold content as the film art department of the Chinese Society University that Fu Biaobiao graduated from.

However, the Young Director Short Film Award at the Venice Film Festival is a real deal, at least it shows that Director Dai has some skills.

Finally, Aunt Lisa took out a novel and handed it over.

Li Tang took it and saw that it was in French, and couldn't help showing a look of embarrassment.

He can speak a little French, but that doesn't mean he can read.

Fortunately, Dai Sijie immediately handed over a Chinese version of the script. The first page was the outline of the story and the introduction of the characters.

While watching, Li Tang casually asked, "What role should I play?"

Dai Sijie obviously hesitated for a moment, turned his eyes around Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, and said: "I think you are quite suitable for the role of Ma Jianling."

"Oh, Ma Jianling..."

While Li Tang was muttering, he looked down at the introduction of the characters.

The little tailor is a young female character, so Zhou Xun must be playing it, but when he saw Ma Jianling's name next to him, he was stunned.Because from the beginning he thought it was a cameo role, but now it is clear that he is the leading male role.

"Uh...Director Dai, are you kidding me?" Li Tang raised his head and said blankly.

Dai Sijie shook his head and said seriously, "I'm sure I'm not joking."

"no……"

Li Tang didn't know what to say for a while, it was the first time he met such a sloppy director after so many years of filming, he called him over with a phone call, and then said that he would play the lead actor.If it wasn't for Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, and Zhao Chunlin from Beijing Film Studio, he really thought he had met a liar.

He turned his attention to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun pursed his lips and said with a smile: "That's right, I also think you are quite suitable for the role of Ma Jianling, so I recommended you to Director Dai. This role was originally played by Kuner, but he prefers the role of Luo Ming."

Luo Ming is only behind Ma Jianling, so he should be considered the number two male.What's wrong with a good male lead instead of acting as the second male lead?
He looked at Chen Kun suspiciously again.

At this time, Chen Kun finally found a sense of existence, and hurriedly said: "Brother Li, these two roles are similar, but I personally think that the role of Luo Ming is more suitable."

As he said that, he also looked at Li Tang and said with a smile: "Xiaoxun's vision is very accurate, and I also think you are quite suitable to play Ma Jianling."

Fuck, you all keep saying that I am suitable to play Ma Jianling, but why don't you ask me if I have a schedule and would you like to take this role?
Hey, no, why did Mao himself call Xiaoxun to Zhou Xun, but Chen Kun called Xiaoxun directly?
This guy is obviously smaller than himself and easy to cut!
Just as he glanced suspiciously at the faces of the two, Dai Sijie asked again: "Li Tang, can you play the violin?"

"Oh, it will pull a little..."

Before he finished speaking, Dai Sijie's eyes lit up and said: "This character is gone, it's you."

What do you mean you didn't run away?
Li Tang swallowed, hesitated and said, "Uh, Director Dai, I want to ask, when will your movie start?"

This time it was Zhou Xun who popped up again and said, "Are you worried about the schedule of "Legend of the Condor Heroes"? Don't worry, it will be fine!"

That's right, she has already accepted the role of Huang Rong, of course it's no problem.

Dai Sijie also said at this time: "We are cooperating with China Film Group for this movie. We are currently applying for a shooting license. If everything goes well, we can start filming at the beginning of next month."

Sure enough, the time is tight enough, it will start up next month, and it will only take half a month to fully play, and it is really no one to find the male number one now.

With this skeptical attitude, Li Tang hesitated and said: "Director Dai, I want to read the script first, and I will give you an answer in two days?"

Dai Sijie was not surprised, nodded and said: "No problem, I also really hope that you can take a good look at this script."

　The first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)