Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 354

"Establish a studio?"

Jiang Qinqin ignored the leak and sat up in surprise, shirtless.

"Yes, setting up a studio will give you more flexible choices and a higher degree of freedom. You can decide by yourself what movies you want to take or don't want to take in the future," Li Tang said.

"But...but I don't have any resources at hand now?" Jiang Qinqin frowned.

Li Tang smiled and said: "If you don't have resources, there is nothing to be afraid of. Your current popularity is resources. Besides, you are not allowed to work alone. Our company can buy shares in your studio and we can start strategic cooperation!"

"Tch, there's strategic cooperation, what a big statement!"

Jiang Qinqin first snorted disdainfully, then thought about it carefully, and said dissatisfied: "You just don't want to sign me after talking for a long time, right? Why, do you want to avoid suspicion?"

She was not particularly ambitious to begin with, so she just wanted to make more money while she was young, and then find a man she liked to marry her.Now I have found the man I like, but it is a pity that what I eat in the bowl is in the pot... Well, it seems that I cannot say that, it seems that I am the last one to come.

But no matter what, love is not about first come, first served. It is about who is the most suitable and who has the last laugh.So when Zeng Jia secretly talked to her, she didn't consider the development prospects or anything like that, she just wanted to get the advantage first.

"What does it mean to avoid suspicion? Didn't I just say that if you set up a studio, our company can invest in it? It's equivalent to being tied together and it's a cooperative relationship."

"Then why bother? If you just sign me up, that's the end of it."

Jiang Qinqin is afraid of trouble. She is just a little woman and an actress. She just wants to find a job instead of starting a business. She is bored to death.

Li Tang had no choice but to say sincerely: "It will be good for you to set up a studio. As long as our company exists, even if you stop filming in the future, you can still invest and train new people, and you can still make money!"

Jiang Qinqin thought for a moment and said, "What if the investment loses money?"

"..."

Li Tang was stunned for a moment, and finally turned into a long sigh and said: "Then we can't talk anymore."

Jiang Qinqin liked to see Li Tang's helpless look, giggling and hugging his neck: "It's still early, before we talk about such a big thing, you should let me think about it first!"

"Okay, anyway, remember this, this is an opportunity, if you miss this village, you won't have this store." Li Tang said in a bad voice.

In the next two days, he accompanied Jiang Qinqin around the city of Venice, leaving their presence at the famous St. Mark's Basilica, the Bridge of Sighs, the Golden Palace, and the Colorful Island, until Jiang Qinqin said goodbye and went to Rome.

In the next itinerary, she will go to the famous Sicily to check in, and then a ten-day European tour of France, the Netherlands, Norway, etc. She will not be able to return to China until September 15th.

When Li Tang returned to the hotel where the troops were staying, the film festival was already halfway through.Except for "Spring in a Small Town", all the shortlisted Chinese-language films have been released.

New director Lu Chuan's "Looking for a Gun" was so popular because it had the blessing of starring Jiang Wen and was represented by Columbia, and even a movie billboard was hung in a prominent position in the movie palace to promote it.

In contrast, Cheng Guo's "People's Public Toilet" received unprecedented cold reception.In fact, Cheng Guo can be considered an old man in Venice. In recent years, new works have been shortlisted almost every year. Perhaps his style is too single, always nagging, and full of political metaphors. Except for the "Durian" that year, Apart from "Piao Piao" which has attracted attention, other works have received very average responses.

The film "People's Public Toilet" he brought this time may have too strong taste. During the premiere, most of the movie theaters that were full of seats left the audience during the screening. In the end, only two or three kittens were left, among which Including the two pilgrims Zhang Baibai and Liu Fendou.

After Zhang Bai talked about it with great enthusiasm, he finally expressed his frustration and said: "I think the filming was too real. After watching it, Lao Liu and I couldn't even eat dinner."

At this time, Zeng Jia also chimed in: "The funniest thing is that this time their press conference was ranked behind the American movie "Road to Destruction." I originally wanted to use the popularity of Tom Hanks to help them improve Let’s take a look at the influence. Guess what? When the “Road to Destruction” press conference was held, it was packed with people. I heard Wang Ji from Nandu Daily said that even the aisles were full of people. But Tom Han. As soon as Kes left, almost all the reporters in the room were gone, leaving only a dozen Hong Kong, Wanwan, and Wang Ji. This scene was really embarrassing."

As he said this, the expression of gloating on Zeng Jia's face was beyond words.Think about this time last year, because Li Tang criticized the movie "Hollywood in Hong Kong", he suffered various criticisms and even slanders from the Hong Kong media.

The final summary is just two words - "Deserved"!
The only Wanwan film shortlisted for the main competition unit, "Beautiful Time", has received good reviews. This film is somewhat similar to "The Third Man", both are crime themes, and both use love, friendship, family affection, indulgence, and violence. and dreams and other elements, intertwined with a lament for the rapid burning out of young life.

Tonight is the premiere of "Spring in a Small Town", and Li Tang is going to attend it.First of all, he has a good relationship with director Tian Zhuangzhuang. When "A Very Summer" was filmed, Tian Zhuangzhuang was the head of the director's room of Beijing Film Studio.In other words, he is the immediate boss of Senior Director Lu, Director Xiao Teng, and Director Old Teng, and he is at the right level.

However, as the leader of the fifth generation of directors at that time, Director Tian had no airs. He especially liked to deal with young people and was willing to support young directors.For example, Mr. Lu's debut film "Grown Up", Director Tian not only served as the producer to help Mr. Lu control the film, but also played a role in it.

Even when filming "A Very Summer", Director Tian would often come to the set to visit everyone and chat or have dinner together.In particular, Director Tian's words are very humorous, and it seems that even a man of several decades still maintains a childlike innocence.

In fact, for actors like Li Tang who graduated from three major art schools, they got to know Gianzhuangzhuang earlier through educational films.For example, "The Hunting Ground", "The Horse Thief", "Blue Kite" and so on.

The reason why it is said to be an educational film is because it cannot be seen outside. It is a banned film but it is a very well-made film with a very high artistic content.

As long as you have watched these instructional films, you will find that Director Chen and Director Zhang Yimou are all younger brothers.It's a pity that Director Tian was banned from directing for ten years after "Blue Kite" and he just made his comeback this year.

"Spring in a Small Town" is his comeback, but unfortunately it is only a remake. This also shows that the ten-year ban on directing has worn out his spirit, or he is afraid.

But no matter what, "Spring in a Small Town" is a classic after all. As for the quality of the remake, Li Tang is quite looking forward to it.

Secondly, it's because the female lead in "Spring in a Small Town" is his junior sister who was the first level above him when he was on the show.Although the two of them didn't have much interaction when they were in school, they were still from the same school, and they always wanted to support each other.

Compared to last year, this year's Venice Film Festival was a little less star-studded. Apart from Tom Hanks, the only Hollywood stars who came to show their support were the very old Harrison Ford. Got a little girlfriend.

Perhaps the organizers were aware of this and invited Sophia Loren, who had not been seen for many years, to come out during the opening ceremony. The old lady was wearing a pair of signature glasses and looked as elegant as ever.

In contrast, Gong Li, the chairman of this year's jury, seems unsatisfactory.At this time, her aura was far less powerful than later, especially at the opening ceremony. As a host, she could only stand awkwardly on the stage and listen to another local Italian host talking non-stop.And when she introduced the shortlisted films in English, she seemed very restrained.It turned out later that she didn't understand Italian at all.

However, when he saw Gong Li in private, dressed in a costume, Li Tang still had the mentality of a fan and was very excited.

"Teacher Gong Li, hello!" Gong Li used to work in the Drama Research Institute of China National Drama Theater, and she was a real teacher in the teaching position.

"Hello Li Tang!" Gong Li smiled, nodded and shook hands with him.

At this moment, Li Tang felt very proud. He was now considered the number one person, at least he no longer had to introduce himself in front of Gong Li.

"I watched your movie "Metro to Spring" and Zhang Baibai directed it well." Gong Li said with a smile.

She has a beautiful smile, but it's a pity that her teeth have been repaired and she didn't see the playful little tiger teeth in "Red Sorghum".

But this surprised Li Tang: "Have you seen it?"

"Subway to Spring" was only shortlisted for the screening section. How could the chairman of the jury as the main competition section see it?
"I went to the theater to watch it, and I saw Zhang Baibai and screenwriter Liu, but there were a lot of people at the time, so it was not convenient to go over and say hello."

"Director Zhang and Screenwriter Liu just entered. I'll tell them when I turn around. They will be very surprised."

"It's okay, Zhang Baibai and I are old classmates." Gong Li said with a smile.

Speaking of which, Gong Li graduated from the 85th class of the Chinese Opera Department of Acting, while Zhang Baibai graduated from the 86th class of the Chinese Theater Department. Although there is only one class difference between the two and they are in different departments, they were in the Landlord's Courtyard of the Chinese Opera in the 80s. There are only about [-] students in total, so they know each other for sure.

As for Liu Fendou, he is a junior in the courtyard. He graduated from middle school and has no academic qualifications. However, he likes writing and admires Wang Shuo.It was not until later that she broke out of the entertainment industry because she wrote "Love Malatang" with Zhang Baibai, Diao Yinan and others. At that time, Teacher Gong Li had already become famous in China and immigrated to Lijiapo, so naturally she was not familiar with it.

"By the way, I heard that you also filmed the director's "Hero"."

"Uh... yes!"

Originally, he avoided mentioning Director Zhang, but he didn't expect that the other party actually took the initiative to mention this topic.

Then he quickly said: "It's just a small role."

"how do you feel?"

"Well, I was so impressed. It was a scene with Li Lianlian that took almost a month to shoot."

"That's the way he is, always striving for perfection."

I don't know why, although Gong Li said it with a smile, Li Tang saw regret and loneliness behind this smiling face.

Reminiscent of having heard some secrets about the two of them, it was said that the two were indeed in love back then, but it was a pity that the director was hesitant at that time, and it was not until Gong Li ran out of patience that she left Li Jiapo.

However, it can also be seen that although the relationship between the two has ended, at least Gong Li is still paying attention to the director.After all, an unforgettable relationship is unforgettable for both parties involved, such as myself and my ex-girlfriend.

When the two were about to enter the theater, they heard a familiar voice: "Sister Gong Li!"

Then came the sound of hurried footsteps.

Looking back, it turned out that Xu Jinglei had frequently appeared on the show during this period.

Originally, Li Tang thought the two of them knew each other.As a result, Xu Jinglei came up and said with a smile: "Sister Gong Li, hello, I am Xu Jinglei."

One of the four little actresses in Mainland China, it stands to reason that Gong Li is still somewhat popular, but in the end Gong Li just glanced at her and replied coldly: "Hello!"

Then he turned to Li Tang and said, "I'll go in first."

"Uh, good!"

Li Tang was very embarrassed, and he couldn't leave Xu Jinglei and enter the theater with Gong Li. At least he and Xu Jinglei were on the same team, so he had to stay where he was.

It turned out that Xu Jinglei, who was so excited, had never expected that Gong Li would react like this to her. Just now she saw Gong Li and Li Tang chatting happily, so she ran over to say hello in a familiar manner, and her manager Everyone is ready to take pictures.She also thought that it would be best to give Gong Li a hug, and then take a photo and spread it across the country. With Gong Li being the chairman of the jury of the Venice Film Festival, she would definitely make the headlines in the entertainment pages when the popularity is high.

The result can be...

Xu Jinglei felt her face getting hot, especially in front of Li Tang, and she was stunned for a moment.

Of course, Li Tang was also confused. It was obvious that Gong Li didn't want to see Xu Jinglei, and Xu Jinglei's self-introduction just now showed that the two of them met for the first time today.The only answer can only be that Xu Jinglei may have offended Gong Li somewhere, and even she herself doesn't know.

When you reach a position like Gong Li's, you can do whatever you want without fear of offending anyone.It is said that she once fell out with Zhang Weiping, Director Zhang's investor, in public. Naturally, a little Xu Jinglei would not take it seriously.

But at this moment, he was quite sympathetic to Xu Jinglei. Thinking about it from her perspective, if it were his hot face and her cold butt, the feeling would definitely be unpleasant.

Facing Xu Jinglei who was in a daze, he could only cough twice and reminded: "Old Xu, let's go in too."

At this time, the manager with a camera on his chest also hurried over and asked worriedly: "Jinglei, what's wrong?"

Only then did Xu Jinglei react, forcing out an ugly smile: "It's nothing!"

At the same time, she nodded gratefully to Li Tang, because she knew that if Li Tang left with Gong Li just now, she would only be more embarrassed.

It's just that she still can't figure out how she offended Gong Li, so much so that the other party didn't even pretend to be superficial.

(End of this chapter)