Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 297 Help each other
Seeing Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan coming together, Zhang Baibai was taken aback for a moment, then relieved.

Since ancient times, beautiful women love talented men!

There are too many such examples as Xu Jinglei and Wang Shuo, Xu Fan and Feng Xiaogang, Deng Jie and Zhang Guoli, Chen Hong and Chen Dadao, etc.

Gao Yuanyuan is a well-known beauty in their circle. There are many people like Director Xiao Teng who covet her, but they have never heard of anyone who this girl is with.Now that the answer to the mystery has been revealed, it's not surprising when you think about it. The last time Xiao Teng directed the gathering, Gao Yuanyuan stayed by Li Tang's side every step of the way, and the two left together later.

As for the relationship between Li Tang and Fan Binbin, this kind of thing is too normal in the circle, not to mention that the two have never had a public relationship, even if they are married, so what, when the above-mentioned few are good, the man has a family , Who told a hero to be sad about a beauty!

He even felt that Gao Yuanyuan had a good vision. Although Li Tang was only an actor, he had already established his own company, and it was rumored that the "The Third Man" that he invested in made a lot of money overseas, which can be called fame and fortune.In the words of later generations, people are now capital.

And compared to most people, Li Tang is handsome.Of course, men, at a certain level, appearance is the cheapest thing.The competition is about money, resources, background, ability and so on.

"Ms. Li, Yuanyuan, come here, please sit down!"

Zhang Baibai hurriedly stood up to greet them, and poured two cups of tea for them himself, keeping his posture very low.

The investment agreement for "Subway to Spring" has been signed. The construction company that invested 200 million and Li Tang's studio that invested 100 million in cash plus 100 million remuneration each accounted for 45%, and the other 10% went to director Zhang. One hundred, it can be regarded as an incentive, this is also proposed by Li Tang's studio.After all, the soul of a movie is the director, which is very common in Europe and America.Of course, it is impossible for a commercial film with a large investment to earn such a high share of the director's box office.

To put it bluntly, it is to bind the box office of the movie with the director's income. If you make money, everyone is happy; if you don't make money, I'm sorry.

More importantly, Zhang Baibai has ambitions. Everyone can see the success of "The Third Man" overseas. Not only did Li Tang win Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, but more importantly, the film was successfully distributed overseas and made money.In fact, the whole world is the same, whoever can help me earn money will be my guest of honor.

For example, the French MK2 company that cooperated with Li Tang is inextricably linked with the three major European film festivals.Why did Mr. Jia’s films appear frequently in the three major European film festivals, and won various awards. After all, there are overseas film companies behind them, and everyone has common interests.

Although Zhang Baibai is directing a film for the first time, he cannot stop him from having the ambition to become a great director.If you want to become a great director in China, it is very easy to win awards overseas!

Zhang Yimou and Chen Dadao are ready-made examples. Only those who can win awards overseas can be called artists.Movies like Feng Xiaogang's are not recognized in the industry even if they do well at the domestic box office.The so-called "three major domestic leaders" are more of Huayi Brothers' external propaganda, putting money on their own faces, and to put it bluntly, it is touching porcelain.

To put it bluntly, when looking for Li Tang to cooperate this time, Zhang Baibai not only valued his people, his money, but also his resources.If this "Metro to Spring" can be shown in overseas film festivals, especially the three major European film festivals, Zhang Baibai dare not expect to win an award, even if it is just an appearance, it will undoubtedly open up for him. With one door, it will be much easier for future works to go overseas.When he won the award, who would dare to call him a little director who became a monk halfway through!

People, after all, have to pursue.

Zeng Jia had already communicated with him on the phone before.In addition to accepting plays and managing affairs, the manager's role is also an important job. Li Tang is not easy to say, and she will do all the things that are easy to offend people.

So after a few pleasantries, without waiting for Li Tang to speak, Zhang Baibai began to introduce the actors of the movie and the candidates behind the scenes.

The behind-the-scenes creative is not a big problem. Apart from the photographer Zhao Xiaoding, art design, modeling design, lighting, recording, etc. are all well-known in the circle, and most of them have backgrounds in Chinese opera and Nortel.

As for the actors, apart from the ones who have already been confirmed, the subway salesman is played by Ke Lan, a host of a Phoenix TV music program, and it is said that he has a deep family background.Ordinary people dare not offend easily.

In addition, Wang Yao is played by the sketch actor Fan Wei who often appears on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with Uncle Benshan.To be honest, the sketch actors are somewhat disliked in the circle, thinking that most of them are from Yeluzi and have no professional background.

When Zhang Baibai was introducing, he secretly glanced at Li Tang's face. The actor he chose was both a host and a sketch actor, for fear that Li Tang would not be satisfied.

In fact, it was all a matter of lack of money. Ke Lan was simply interested in acting, and he was not short of money. As long as he had the opportunity, he would rather not have money.And Fan Wei's situation is similar, he is interested in acting, has a bit of popularity, and the key salary is low enough.

When it came to Ke Lan, Li Tang didn't express his opinion. After all, he had a background, and he didn't dare to offend him, nor could he afford to offend him.

And when he heard Fan Wei's name, Li Tangduo asked: "Is that the one who played the big flicker?"

"Correct."

Zhang Baibai nodded quickly, and immediately explained: "I mainly think that his image is similar to that of a chef, and his age is also suitable. His acting skills are also good. We have tried acting before."

Li Tangduo's question is not to question, but to hear Xiaopang mention this big fool before. He played a cameo role in "Jade Guanyin", playing the inmate of the male number one Yang Rui. It is said that he was filming this scene. During the play, Tong Dawei, who played Yang Rui, couldn't catch the other party's play.

Except for the skits in the Spring Festival Gala, Li Tang has never seen Fan Wei's screen image, but this alone is enough to show that his acting skills are reliable.Combined with Fan Wei's performance on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Li Tang naturally had an image of a naive, timid, and a bit of a thief chef in Li Tang's mind, which matched the character Wang Yao described in the script.

Seeing that Li Tang was silent, Zhang Baibai said nervously, "Mr. Li, you treat Fan Wei..."

"Oh, it's okay, this actor is pretty good."

Zhang Baibai breathed a sigh of relief, and then introduced the actor who played the deaf-mute boy Daming, who was also an amateur. Although the character was a deaf-mute, Zhang Baibai's idea was to design this character as a trendy youth.

This idea is quite unique. Generally speaking, deaf-mute people seem to be a disadvantaged group in people's consciousness as disabled people, but such a design will give people a sense of contrast.It can also be seen from this that Zhang Baibai does have some ideas.

It sounds like there is basically nothing wrong with Li Tang, even if there is a problem, such as the female number two, such as the wealthy Ke Lan, but there is nothing to do about it.

"What about the tiger? Director Zhang agrees to play it?"

To put it bluntly, this role is the evil taste of screenwriter Liu Fendou.It was a helpless move to ask Zhang Yang to act, after all, to save money, and as a graduate of the Department of Chinese Opera Director, Zhang Yang has some acting skills.As for Zhang Yang, it was purely a matter of rushing ducks to the shelves.

Zhang Baibai knew the elegance of the song, and after the small eyes behind the thick glasses slid around, he asked tentatively: "Mr. Li, do you have a suitable candidate?"

Hey, that's right, Li Tang especially likes chatting with smart people.So he didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "What do you think of Xu Zheng?"

Xu Zheng?

Zhang Baibai's first reaction was Li Wei who played Zhu Bajie, and then he remembered Lin Mo who was depressed and behaved strangely in "The Third Man".

From his perspective as a director, this actor is undoubtedly very malleable, and his acting skills are good, and he can handle different types of roles.

"It would be great if Teacher Xu Zheng could be invited to play this role. But it's just the salary..."

Zhang Baibai was hesitant to say anything, excluding Li Tang's 100 million salary, the remaining 300 million investment was tight, there was really no extra money to hire professional actors, the key was that Xu Zheng's current popularity was not cheap.

Li Tang waved his hands and smiled, "You don't have to worry about the salary."

Now that the benefactor had spoken, Zhang Baibai breathed a sigh of relief immediately, and reciprocated, "That's really what I wish for."

Afterwards, the two discussed the work schedule again. Around March [-]th, the crew would meet up for a three-day script reading before the filming started.As for the launch date, it was set on March [-]th, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and the dragon raised its head, which is considered a good compliment.

……

"Hey, boss..."

Li Tang dialed Xu Guangtou's number, and just as he opened his mouth, Xu Guangtou on the other end of the phone interrupted anxiously: "Cena, I just wanted to call Nong (for you), and Nong called me himself. Oh, how could it be a coincidence! Brother, I must help you!"

"What's the matter?"

"Didn't you tell me last time that "Li Wei is an Official" will be filming the second part, and the original crew should ask Nong to say hello to Bingbing."

"That's right, but boss, it's time for a long time, so I thought I wouldn't be filming."

"Oh, don't be so clear about the matter (this matter). It has been finalized now, and it is going to start in April and May. Brother, let me introduce myself as a director, and support me no matter what."

Hearing this, Li Tang roughly knew what was going on, so he pretended to be stupid and said, "What can you do? (What to do)"

"How can it be? I contacted Yi's agent directly two days ago, and just now the reply came, and Yi told Yi not to shoot."

"Oh, maybe there is a conflict in Chenguang."

"Don't help me pretend to be confused. I'm all clear. Yi's current filming of "Jade Guanyin" will end at the beginning of April at most. I can just pick it up here."

Seeing that Xu Guangtou was not easy to deceive, Li Tang could only say: "Boss, it's not that I don't help. You know that Yi spent a whole year working on "Jade Guanyin". Do not come out after twisting and twisting (for a while) and must have a good rest for a while. How can I do it?"

He kicked the ball back again.

"Uh……"

Xu Guangtou is also an actor himself, so of course he understands what it's like to walk away, but he is not reconciled.After a long silence, he said: "Brother, no matter how I can, I need help. I don't know that Yue Siying, played by Yi in the first movie, is always popular. If you gossip about changing people, the effect will definitely be bad! Brother, To tell you the truth, my whole family has invested in this drama, so I really can't afford it!"

Li Tang understood, it turned out that Baldy Xu himself invested. "Li Wei as an Official" Zhu Yu is in the front, Xu Guangtou must not be reconciled with such a smart mind. He was almost the executive director when the first film was filmed. The investment also took control.

But what he said made it difficult for Li Tang. Originally, he wanted Baldy Xu to play the male lead.As a result, his new play will be launched in April and May, so he definitely can't get away.

But "Subway to Spring" also has its own investment, and I also hope to make a good film.Don't dare to say the miracle of re-enacting "The Third Man", at least not at a loss.

"Boss, I can help you with the work, but I can't guarantee success..."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Guangtou thanked him again and again: "Brother, thank you! I know, as long as you go out, you will be fine!"

"Take it easy, boss, I haven't finished my gossip yet. Listen to me, I will do you a favor, and you will do me a favor."

"What's the matter?"

"I invested in another movie this time. This month, NO.15 will be launched. There is a cafe owner who can't find the right person. I thought it would be perfect. So I want to invite Lennon..."

"Impossible! Impossible! Brother, you know, I'm about to start a new movie. I'm either an actor or a director. How can I escape? Impossible, brother, it's because I don't want to help, Don’t run away. Understand, okay?”

Li Tang knew that this matter was very embarrassing, the key point was that this guy didn't reveal anything in advance, Li Tang only knew that this guy had been working on the French drama "Art" recently, and there was nothing to film, so he thought of letting him play a tiger .In the end, he said all his words, but people couldn't come. It was a trivial matter to lose face, but the key was that he really felt that Zhang Yang was inappropriate.

So he pretended to be unhappy and said: "Boss, this help is coming and going. I will help you. Who can help me? Besides, the time is not long, at most half a month, how can I help you?" ?”

"Oh, a coffee shop owner, why don't you just find anyone (can't you)?"

"Yue Siying, you can just find one."

"It can't be the same. Bingbing filmed the first part, and the audience was always happy. The second part was good with the original cast, but the heroine was replaced... definitely don't worry about it!"

Li Tang didn't want to argue with Xu Guangtou, so he simply said in Mandarin: "Boss, I think you must be the owner of this coffee shop! It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, just order it and give me a word!"

"Uh...you're just a red guy, don't you have to make things difficult for the strong!"

Having said that, in the end Baldy Xu gave in, and had to say: "Everyone, please show me the script first... Don't pass it up, let the gossip be clear first, and you can help me deal with Bingbing. Otherwise, everyone will gossip. Take two shots!"

(End of this chapter)