Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 300
"Director Zhang, I'm sorry, you're not late, are you?"

A black girl came in from the door, with long hair and a shawl, high heels, small pants, and a short lamb wool coat, looking very fashionable.

Li Tang heard the prestige, and felt a little excited, because this was the one he had really met face to face in his previous life.

She is younger and thinner than I thought, and her voice hasn't changed much.

In his previous life, he met at a friend's party. At that time, the friend introduced him to him as a famous actor, director and writer in China. It is said that he was quite powerful in China back then.Now she lives in California with her boyfriend who is several years younger.

But the most talked about in the Chinese circle at that time was her love affair with the writer Wang Shuo.What the hell is mistress, Wang Shuo praised her for debut...

The only remarkable thing is that this girl is more affectionate and righteous. When Wang Shuo lost power and was in distress, she even helped him buy a house. It is said that this was many years after the two broke up.

As for Wang Shuo, he was very popular in the Chinese community in the United States for a period of time. The people who followed him were those who came to the United States after the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s, especially the northerners and those who had studied and lived in the capital. .It is said that they are all deeply influenced by Wang Shuo's novels, and they also claim that Wang Shuo's novels have influenced a whole generation.

Maybe it’s because of the relationship between age and region. Li Tang, whether in his previous life or now, has no feelings for this famous writer who has gone to the United States, and has never read his novels. He only knows Feng Xiaogang’s famous screen work Party A and Party B " is his work.

"It's not too late."

Zhang Baibai got up with a smile and said, "Jinglei, come on, let me introduce you..."

"No introduction needed!"

Xu Jinglei first called Liu Fendou affectionately, "Old Liu", and then waved to Gao Yuanyuan. They all hang out in the same circle and have worked together before. They are all old acquaintances.It's just that Xu Jinglei has deeper qualifications, a higher rank, and is known as a talented woman.In contrast, Gao Yuanyuan is still just a rising star, and she is more like a vase by virtue of her beauty.

She took the initiative to reach out to Li Tang: "Li Tang, hello!"

"Ms. Xu, I'm very glad to cooperate with you." Li Tang shook hands with her.

"Hey, I don't dare to be a teacher. Everyone calls me Jinglei, so don't be polite!" Xu Jinglei smiled heartily.

Her smile is casual and full of affinity. It can be seen that she has a high emotional intelligence. It is no wonder that she is able to flourish in the Beijing circle.It is said that the one who received this kind of treatment before was Mr. Yu Feihong, who had worked with Li Tang in "Little Li Feidao".

Then Xu Jinglei greeted Teacher Fan Wei and the restrained boy one by one, then sat next to Gao Yuanyuan, and the two chatted softly, they looked like a pair of close sisters.It's just that Li Tang never heard Gao Yuanyuan mention him in the process of contacting him.

What's interesting is that when Xu Jinglei sat down, the boy's peeking target shifted from Gao Yuanyuan to Xu Jinglei. On the one hand, he may be a popular star, on the other hand, it may be that adolescent boys prefer Mature women.

Just like Li Tang was madly obsessed with his high school female teacher at this age - a big Yangma produced by a Germanic nation in her early 30s, with blond hair and a plump figure, who already has two children.

But Xu Jinglei glanced at Gao Yuanyuan without chatting with Gao Yuanyuan, and asked in surprise, "Where's the tiger?"

Tiger is Zhang Yang's nickname, and it is also his nickname today.As I said before, Liu Fendou wrote this role after Zhang Yang, and he was supposed to play the role, but Li Tang felt it was inappropriate and recommended Baldy Xu, and even made a deal with Baldy Xu.

It's just that Guangtou Xu is too busy to spare time to participate in the script reading. Fortunately, he doesn't have too many roles, and this role is enough for him to handle.

Zhang Baibai hurriedly explained: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Tiger is not very willing to act. Teacher Li Tang helped to recommend Teacher Xu Zheng from Shanghai Drama Center. There is a schedule conflict, so I will not participate in the script reading."

"So it's Teacher Xu Zheng!"

It has to be said that Guangtou Xu has achieved considerable popularity with Zhu Bajie and Li Wei.Of course, in the circle, he is more valued for the title of Best Actor in the Magnolia Award.

The Magnolia Award here refers to opera and drama awards. Although it is a local award, it can definitely be called the two highest awards in the opera and drama circles along with the national Plum Blossom Award in the circle.

At this time, Xu Jinglei said that Xu Guangtou's "Teacher Xu Zheng" was not just a courtesy, but more recognition and respect for the Magnolia Award for Best Actor.

Li Tang also explained: "He can't come to participate in the script reading, and I will temporarily replace the lines of the role of the tiger."

"You will replace me..."

Xu Jinglei looked surprised, then smiled, and deliberately said in a Wanwan accent: "It's quite interesting!"

Why is it interesting?

Jianbin, played by Li Tang, and Xiaohui, played by her, are a young couple who have been drifting in Beijing for seven years, and the second male tiger played by Xu Guangtou, who Li Tang will replace, is Xiaohui's suitor, and the two have an affair. Ambiguous emotion.It would be weird to play these two roles at the same time while reading the script at the same table.And even though it's just a script reading, it's still a test of acting skills and line skills.

Li Tang just shrugged his shoulders at her indifferently, the majestic young actor of the Venice International Film Festival, what's wrong with this.

Don’t look at the fierceness of Chinese opera and Beidian in Beijing. Excluding directors and other behind-the-scenes majors such as photography and recording, Nortel is definitely the first-class in Asia. As far as performance is concerned, Chinese opera is natural to Nortel. The sense of superiority, including the drama is the same.

There is also a complete chain of contempt here, that is, the acting department of Chinese opera despises the acting department of Shanghai Opera, while Shanghai Opera despises Nortel, and Nortel despises the acting departments of other art schools.Li Tang, who graduated from the Acting Department of Shanghai Opera, has integrated the memory of his original body, and occasionally reveals it subconsciously.

In fact, Shanghai Opera does not admit that China Opera despises Shanghai Opera.It's just that the predecessor of Shanghai Opera was called the East China Branch of Chinese Opera, so it's a bit difficult to insist on this.However, this does not prevent the two companies from despising Nortel together.

As for Ke Lan, who also didn't come, it was also because of a conflict in working hours. He took a day off and could arrive tomorrow.

After waiting for a while, Li Tang took out his mobile phone and glanced at the time while chatting with Liu Fendou. It was already [-]:[-], past the agreed meeting time at [-] o'clock.

He who hated being late was somewhat unhappy, but Xu Jinglei, who had been chatting and laughing with Gao Yuanyuan, suddenly raised her head, and said to Zhang Yibai, who was looking anxiously at the time, "Director Zhang, who is that?" Who is it? The shelf is so big, let everyone in our big house wait for her!"

"Be safe, don't be impatient, be safe and don't be impatient, we should be there soon." Zhang Bailian said repeatedly, nodding to Li Tang and Fan Wei in apology.

Just as he took out his mobile phone to make a call, there was a sound of chaotic footsteps in the corridor.

Zhang Baibai's eyes lit up immediately: "Here we come!"

Sure enough, I saw a beautiful girl running over in a panic, saw Zhang Baibai standing at the door, and hurriedly apologized: "Director, I'm sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road..."

Zhang Baibai also looked sad, but the other party was the girlfriend of the patron, and he couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only wave his hand and say, "Xiao Wang, come in quickly, the teachers have already arrived."

"okay!"

The girl bowed and apologized as soon as she entered the door: "Teachers, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

When Li Tang looked up, his eyes inevitably lit up. There is no doubt that this is a very beautiful girl with fair skin and a sweet appearance. She has a small cherry mouth and a pair of big watery eyes. I feel sorry for her. ! ,

Xu Jinglei glanced at the girl, perhaps seeing her fair complexion, her gaze swept away, and the corner of her mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Gao Yuanyuan also wanted to take a look at the girl, but then she shifted her gaze to Li Tang. Seeing that he was still looking at the girl, she couldn't help snorting to herself, feeling very upset.

This girl not only made the pretendingly honest old Fan look sideways at her, but also made the little boy who had been peeking at Xu Jinglei ignore Xu Jinglei's existence in an instant, his eyes were slick, and he kept looking at the girl. sneak peek.

And this girl didn't come alone, there were two assistants behind her.Two assistants are definitely an exaggeration these days.So I saw one take out a water glass from the bag, and the other hurriedly handed over the script.No need to ask, one is a life assistant and the other is a work assistant.

"Sit down, it's getting late, let me introduce myself first." Liu Fendou said honestly.

The 200 million investment was brought in by him, and he was an old acquaintance with the construction owner, so he was naturally familiar with the construction owner's girlfriend.

"Okay, Teacher Liu."

The girl quickly responded, and then bowed to those present: "Hello, teachers, my name is Wang Li, and I'm a newcomer. Please criticize me a lot in the future."

Although Wang Li was late, Li Tang generally had a good impression of her. Of course, her beauty was the main reason, but the key was sweetness and no aggressiveness.And his attitude is quite upright, he doesn't take Joe, he doesn't make a fuss, he looks like a little sheep.

To be honest, when Li Tang saw Wang Li just now, he felt a little emotional in his heart.Although he and another investor have not met yet, as a construction boss, the facial makeup image is always the kind of uneducated, potbellied, rude, and so on.I really can't relate to this pretty, sweet girl in front of me.

Still the same sentence: good cabbage is made to be arched by pigs.

After Wang Li finished introducing herself, the scene fell into an eerie silence.Everyone knew that this person was the patron. For example, even if Xu Jinglei and Gao Yuanyuan were unhappy with this person, they would not show it in person. The best way is to pretend to be silent.As for Lao Fan, he seemed a little embarrassed, while Li Tang was more concerned about it.

Just as he opened his mouth a hundred times to smooth things over, he suddenly heard the little actor playing the deaf-mute boy say: "My name is Hu Qiang, and I play Daming in the play."

It was obvious that the child mustered up the courage to respond to Wang Li's self-introduction.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jinglei burst out laughing.

The scene was unavoidably awkward, so Zhang Baibai hurriedly said, "Except for Xiao Hu, you should know all the little Wangs present here, right?"

"Well, I know."

Wang Li nodded quickly, and at the same time cast her eyes on Li Tang, and said excitedly: "Mr. Li Tang, I am your fan, and I really like your movies. It's a great honor to work with you this time!"

Everyone turned their attention to Li Tang, and Gao Yuanyuan even had a hint of teasing in his eyes.

Li Tang could only smile and said: "Okay, okay, don't be polite, I hope everyone can cooperate happily."

"Ahem, now that everyone knows each other, let's start..."

As the director, Zhang Baibai made an opening speech first, which was nothing more than a show of determination and mobilization at the same time.

The arrangement on the first day is not to read the script, but after everyone gets to know each other, the screenwriter Liu Fendou will interpret the content of the script.

To be honest, he did write this book a bit...well, I can't say it is profound, but the writing style is prose, which makes it a bit difficult for some people with low education levels to read.

Li Tang doesn't care about this, because every time he takes on a play, he must thoroughly understand the characters before shooting, and sometimes he even memorizes the lines of the opponent's actors, so that he can adapt to the situation during the performance, and at the same time, it is also to better cooperate with the other party. .This is also a habit he has developed for a long time in the stage play in his previous life.

Although Liu Fendou's script is suspected of being ostentatious and deliberate, it is not difficult for Li Tang to read it through. As long as it does not deviate from the overall theme, he thinks there is no doubt about it.

On the contrary, Xu Jinglei started arguing with Liu Fendou about a few issues in the script. At first glance, it seemed like such a thing, but after careful analysis, it was found that it was just some trivial things, which did not conflict with the theme at all.

This is probably the so-called "talented woman" personality she maintains.But this kind of fighting for the sake of competition, this so-called "talented woman" is more or less watery.But one thing is certain, that is, this talented woman's handwriting is really good.

In contrast, Gao Yuanyuan and Wang Li, including the adolescent Hu Qiang, were all confused.Gao Yuanyuan and Hu Qiang don't have many scenes, even if they don't understand it, it is estimated that the problem will not be a big problem after reading the script in the next few days.

But Wang Li is in trouble. Although her role is the second female lead, her role is not much less than the first female lead Xu Jinglei.If you can't even understand the script, then the filming is probably not enough.

Fortunately, this girl is very serious, she has been writing and drawing in the notebook, recording something.

……

"Li Tang, Yuanyuan, see you later!"

After the first day of work, Xu Jinglei waved goodbye to Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan, and then jumped into a Toyota Prius parked on the side of the road.

No wonder she was able to buy a house for her down-and-out ex-boyfriend. This black girl is indeed quite rich.This year's Toyota Prius is the world's first hybrid car, and its appearance is quite trendy.Although the displacement is not large, the unit price of imported cars is as high as more than 36, and the landing is just over 40, which is almost catching up with the Audi A6.

But there are bigger ones. The Wang Li with two assistants didn't seem to care about Xu Jinglei's neglect of her. After saying goodbye to Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan enthusiastically, she got into a white BMW 520.

Watching the car leave, Gao Yuanyuan suddenly turned to Li Tang and said, "Mr. Li Tang, I'm your fan and I really like your movies. It's a great honor to work with you this time!"

After cooking and asking for advice some time ago, the two of them had already gotten to know each other well, and Li Tang immediately glared, "Speak well!"

She was imitating Wang Li's tone of voice.

And Li Tang finally figured it out. It was because Wang Li was his fan. When the construction boss invested 200 million, in addition to asking Wang Li to play the second female lead, he also appointed Li Tang to play the first male lead. Number.In this way, the two happened to have a rivalry scene, which also satisfied Wang Li's desire to chase stars.Of course, the more important thing is that there is nothing out of the ordinary between the two of them in the play.

Li Tang knew that he had been fooled by Zhang Baibai and Liu Fendou, so he not only asked him to play the role, but also brought money into the group.Although the matter has come to this point, it is useless to be angry, but I always feel very depressed in my heart.

It was also his own negligence, the people in Beijing were always good at cheating, and later he had to ask Zeng Jia to check the contract again to see if there were any traps or something.

(End of this chapter)