Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 279 New Script

"Brother, should we buy a car?" Zeng Jia asked Li Tang, who was texting on the passenger seat while driving.

The car she was driving at this time was the Nissan Bluebird that Naian eliminated.She has fully prepared to follow Li Tang to set up her own company, and is ready to formally submit her resignation to the company after Li Tang and Naian have reached an agreement this time.Fortunately, her job is to deal with Li Tang one-on-one, and it does not involve other business of the company. As long as Li Tang leaves, she has nothing to hand over.

Fatty had a rare half-day rest today. Just after Li Tang told her that his part in "Shooting the Condors" had finished, he kept asking him when he would come to the capital.The two had been separated for two months now, Li Tang didn't care, but Xiaopang missed him very much.So he could only explain patiently through text messages.

After editing the long text message and pressing the send button, Li Tang raised his head and said, "Whether you want to leave this time or not, let's buy a car first."

With the increase in filming and activities, it is really inconvenient for him not to have a car.

Zeng Jia didn't take Li Tang's words "whether to leave or not" to heart at all. According to her judgment, Naian didn't have a strong appeal to keep Li Tang from the beginning.To put it bluntly, Dream Work Culture and Art Company is a film investment and production company, and has little interest in actor brokerage.

On the one hand, the company's scale is small and its strength is limited. On the other hand, it is also determined by Naian's attributes as the company's boss, a middle-aged literary girl.Because the managers are all philistines, they used to belong to the "tooth" in "car and boat shop foot teeth", which is a low-level profession, and they should be killed even if they are innocent. It really doesn't match the temperament of middle-aged literary women.

"I think we should buy a commercial vehicle first, and we need a driver," Zeng Jia said.

She didn't ask Li Tang what car to buy, because she felt that in the future, as the person in charge of Li Tang's studio, she should first have her own ideas, and then ask the boss for approval instead of asking the boss for everything.

Because this is not a person in charge, but an assistant.

Li Tang nodded thoughtfully: "Okay, you can figure it out."

At present, his remuneration, including the domestic box office share of "The Third Man", is put on the account of the studio, and an old accountant is specially hired to do the accounting. On the one hand, it is for clear taxation, and on the other hand, it is also for reasonable tax avoidance .

To be honest, the current domestic regulations and laws on taxation are still far from perfect, and individuals are sometimes confused and don’t know how to pay taxes.In addition, when it comes to reasonable tax avoidance, the main purpose is to avoid double taxation and at the same time avoid the loss of some reasonable tax refunds.

Buying a car is for the convenience of travel, and Li Tang is not very interested in the car itself.One is that the current domestic vehicle brands and models are really lackluster and unattractive; the other is that they have just joined the WTO and the prices of imported cars are still high, which is really not worth the candle.Moreover, for someone like Li Tang who is good at housekeeping, the price of the car is half the price, so buying a car is not worth it when it is not necessary.

In the era when the highways were not well-connected and the navigation was not perfect, the road from Wuxi to Hangzhou was very difficult.Even though Zeng Jia checked the route well before departure, she lost her way when the car arrived in Yixing.Li Tang had no choice but to switch with her. After checking the map, he found National Highway 104, and then followed National Highway 104 all the way to Hangzhou.

"Sister An, I'm sorry, the road is not easy to walk."

The two set off from Wuxi at noon, and it was already night when they arrived in Hangzhou. The main reason was that there were many large vehicles on National Highway 104, and they walked slowly, stopping and going along the way.

Fortunately, I kept in touch with Naian on the phone along the way, and finally made an appointment to meet at a restaurant called Hongni Casserole by the West Lake.

"It's okay, you've been working hard during this time. Be hungry, sit down, sit down!"

Four cold dishes: mixed cucumber, vegetarian roast goose, hand-peeled bamboo shoots, and a must-have sauced duck in Hangzhou.Four hot dishes: Longjing Shrimp, Steamed Mandarin Fish, Southern Milk Pork, Stir-fried Vegetables, and a can of Mushroom Soup.

Li Tang was hungry a long time ago. He ate a lot when he came up to fill his stomach. Then he got to the point: "Sister An, my contract has expired long ago. How does the company think about it?"

Naian didn't seem surprised at all, first glanced at Zeng Jia, and then said to Li Tang: "It depends on you, what are your plans?"

What Naian said is correct, the initiative to expire the contract is in Li Tang's hands.In other words, even if Li Tang switches to another agency now, there is no problem at all, because the contract has already expired, which means that Li Tang has nothing to do with Naian's Dream Work Art Company.

Of course, it is not easy to do this in reality, after all, there are still human feelings in it.The Chinese people pay attention to getting together and getting together easily, and keeping a line of life so that they can meet in the future.

Now that he had made up his mind, Li Tang didn't hesitate, and said simply, "I want to go out and venture by myself."

"It's fine to go out on your own. At first, I thought you were just here for a temporary transition. I didn't expect it to be almost four years in a blink of an eye."

"Sister An, I'm sorry!"

Naian laughed and said, "I should be the one to say I'm embarrassed. You see, your contract has expired long ago, and you've still made a lot of money by dragging the company."

As he said that, Naian said again: "Oh, by the way, the share of MK2 will arrive in the middle of next month. Later, you can find someone to connect with the company. This is not a small amount of money."

Because the producer of "The Third Man" is Dreamwork Art Company, the original contract with MK2 was signed with Dreamwork.Although DreamWork has no investment, it still deducts a certain percentage of distribution costs according to the contract.

Dream Work has been in touch with MK2. So far, the combined overseas copyright buyout and box office revenue of "The Third Man" has exceeded 500 million US dollars. The agency fee for MK2 is 14 points, and after deducting DreamWorks’ distribution fees and taxes, it means that at least 400 million US dollars can be earned.According to the current exchange rate of 1:8.27, there are more than 3000 million!
If the domestic box office revenue is included, the rate of return even exceeds ten times.

This is also the greatest confidence for Li Tang to finally make up his mind to establish his own family.

"Okay, then let Jiajia connect with the company."

Li Tang's words made Zeng Jia a little embarrassed, after all, she had not formally submitted her resignation to the company.However, she has always been a girl with a strong heart, so she immediately adjusted her mentality and said to Naian, "I'm sorry, Sister An, I want to go with Brother Li."

"Decided?"

Naian looked at Zeng Jia and said regretfully, "After Li Tang left, your job is over, but your ability is obvious to all. Originally, I wanted you to be the vice president of the company."

Although Dreamwork Art Company is small in scale, it is a mature film and television investment and production company.From the perspective of a worker, the position of the vice president of MengWork is definitely more attractive than the head of Li Tang's studio, which is still in the initial stage.

In other words, if Zeng Jia can work in the position of vice president of Dream Work for two or three years, she can definitely switch to a bigger platform to display her ambitions.

Although the current domestic box office market is still very sluggish, the Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck, as a film and television practitioner, knows very well that with the rapid development of the domestic economy, the lives of ordinary people are getting better every day, and the material needs are met. The spiritual needs are bound to increase. Growing bigger and bigger, the film and television entertainment industry will definitely be a blue ocean in the near future.

Since it is a blue ocean, the platform is very important.

Hearing Nai'an's words, Li Tang couldn't help but look at Zeng Jia.If Zeng Jia really chooses to stay, then his plan to set up his own company may have to be reconsidered. After all, it is not easy to find a person in charge like Zeng Jia who he knows well, is capable, and can make the studio operate normally. matter.

Zeng Jia didn't hesitate at all, and said with an apologetic expression: "Sister An, thank you for being so respectful of me. But I'm afraid I will disappoint your kindness. Brother Li and I are used to working together, so I still want to go out with Brother Li. At the same time, I also want to test my ability."

"Really don't think about it?" Naian looked at her and asked seriously.

Zeng Jia still shook her head resolutely: "I'm sorry!"

"Ok."

Naian finally sighed, and said to Li Tang: "It seems that you are still more attractive than me!"

This sentence is easy to cause ambiguity, and Li Tang didn't know how to say it for a while.

Fortunately, Naian looked at Zeng Jia again and said, "Come back to the company and go through the resignation procedures. You have made a lot of contributions to the company in the past two years, and you need some compensation. I don't want to be said to have treated the employees badly."

While Zeng Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she quickly smiled cutely: "Thank you, Sister An."

Naian really values ​​Zeng Jia a lot. During her pregnancy and childbirth last year, Zeng Jia helped her manage the company. It can't be said that the results are outstanding, but at least it didn't delay things.

"Today's meal can be regarded as our breakup meal! Li Tang, our cooperation this time can be regarded as fate. Although I am not a competent manager, I still have some connections in this literary and art circle. If you need help with anything, just ask..."

Li Tang opened his mouth to express his gratitude, but Naian waved his hand: "Listen to me first. This time I missed the golden baby of "The Third Man". But in the future, if Don’t forget about any good opportunities!”

"I promise I won't forget it!" Li Tang's chest slapped loudly.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot the business."

As Naian said, he took out a stack of typed drafts from his bag, handed it over and said, "The script of Lou Ye's new movie has come out, you should take a look first."

It has been more than half a year since Lou Ye cooperated with Shanghai Film Studio.Li Tang thought it was the "Summer Palace" book he had read last time, but he took it and looked at the three words "Purple Butterfly" on the cover.

Purple butterfly?
Did the name change?

When he turned the first page, he saw the first sentence above, "In 1928, Manchuria. Japanese translator Hidehiko Itami left his Chinese lover Ding Hui and returned to Tokyo. A few years later, when he came to Shanghai, he had already become a spy..."

Hey, new script!

Just when Li Tang wanted to continue reading, he heard Naian say: "Don't read it, take it back and read it again. I said today is a breakup meal, come and drink!"

After talking about the business, of course the next thing is to drink.

When it was over, Naian drank a little too much.He took out a small card with a yellow cover from his bag and threw it to Li Tangdao: "The room has been opened for you. It is in Wangzhuang opposite. You can go there by yourself."

Turning back to Zeng Jia again, he said, "Jiajia, take me home. You are leaving soon, it's rare for us to have a good chat."

Zeng Jia drinks a lot, and a bottle and a half of red wine is just a drizzle for her.There is no investigation for drunk driving these days, so she gave Li Tang the keys to the Nissan Bluebird, and she drove Naian's new Audi A6 home to Naian.

Don't drive while drinking, don't drink while driving.

This rule has long been deeply rooted in Li Tang's bones.

Wangzhuang is very close to the red clay casserole, and it takes about ten minutes to walk there.

As one of the two major state hotels in Hangzhou, there are armed police guards at the gate, and you can only enter after checking the key card.This is a good thing for a star like Li Tang, at least it can avoid harassment from reporters and movie fans.

Building No. [-], double bed room near the lake.The large glass window is only two or three meters away from the shore of the West Lake. Looking around, the opposite bank of the dark lake is the busiest Hubin Road in Hangzhou.

After taking a hot shower, I sat on the big leader's office next to the big glass window that I had only seen on TV or the old-fashioned wooden frame fabric spring sofa at home, and I couldn't wait to open the script of "Purple Butterfly".

At the dinner table, he asked Naian about the situation of this script. Originally, Lou Ye had started writing this script more than ten years ago, and revised it intermittently several times, but shelved it without a good opportunity.

This time with the Shanghai Film Studio, Lou Ye still wanted to shoot "The Summer Palace" at the beginning, but the timing involved in this book is too sensitive, and he can't even mention it. He just gave it a pass during the internal review of the Shanghai Film Studio. Lost.

Originally, according to the level of Lou Ye's irony, he would definitely not compromise easily, but this time the Shanghai Film Studio really gave too much, with a quota of 3000 million, Lou Ye had never fought such a rich battle.You must know that when filming "Suzhou River" before, I was still digging for an investment of 200 million.What's more, this time he was able to lift the ban early, so he had to give the General Administration a little face, and he couldn't always use sensitive subjects to embarrass others.

So Lou Ye compromised, without a script, just took out this book that had been prepared for more than ten years.

The script is not long, about 5 to [-] words. It took Li Tang more than an hour to read it carefully.Although the lines are full of depressive emotions, Li Tang's first feeling after reading it is to laugh.

Lou Ye is still the same Lou Ye.

At first glance, this script seems to be a script about the anti-Japanese war written by Wei Zhengguang.But as long as you scrutinize it carefully, you will find that this script is just an anti-Japanese shell.What Lou Ye really wanted to portray was Shanghai in that era, and the love between men and women in that era.

To put it bluntly, it is almost the same way as "Suzhou Creek", but the era is different.And compared to the fantasy of "Suzhou Creek", "Purple Butterfly" is more realistic.

(End of this chapter)