Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 371 Red Roses and White Roses

Li Tang chatted with Director Xiao Teng for a while and saw Diao Yinan sitting alone in the corner, so he walked over and said hello: "Teacher Diao!"

"Teacher Li!" Diao Yinan stood up quickly, grasping the etiquette quite well.

Li Tang felt that he was very similar to Lou Ye, both of whom were not very talkative.But if you are talking about social fear, these two people just like to join in the fun. Just call them to invite them to dinner or participate in an event, and they are basically there at your call.But when I get to a place, I often stay alone quietly, always seeming a little out of place.

"Sit and sit."

Li Tang pulled Diao Yinan to sit down and asked, "Teacher Diao, how is the writing of the script you mentioned last time?"

He was very interested in the story Diao Yinan told last time.The main thing is that the company has been established, and now it is faced with the problem of how to carry out the project.

To be honest, with the current domestic situation, it is impossible to make some normal commercial movies.The reality is there, piracy is rampant, the box office market is seriously sluggish, and movie theaters everywhere have opened game halls and billiard rooms, resulting in fewer and fewer screens.

In today's domestic market, unless it's a low-cost comedy, a small one can make a big difference. Feng's New Year's comedy is a successful example. Unfortunately, it cannot be copied, and those who follow the trend will die miserably.

But this is still a way, and currently Li Tang is also planning to try something in this area, namely Wu Bin's "Surprise Victory", which Baldy Xu strongly recommended.The investment is not big. If you succeed, you will be able to find a way. Even if you fail, you will not lose much.

In addition, there is no domestic market at all, so we can only rely on overseas film festivals.In this regard, Li Tang was quite successful. He connected with France's MK2, and both works were promoted to overseas markets, and "The Third Man" also made him the first pot of gold.

But Li Tang also knew that there was chance in this. To put it bluntly, it was just good luck, which happened to bring a sense of freshness to overseas audiences.However, this model is destined to not last long. After all, the mainstream themes of Chinese films in overseas film festivals are marginal and low-level, just like Chief Jia's "Xiao Wu".

Realistic style, gray tones, messiness, ignorance and backwardness can meet the movie-watching taste of Western audiences’ inherent impression of China.

At present, the company plans to take a diversified path, that is, it will not give up no matter how bad the domestic market is, and follow the successful path of Feng's comedy to try low-cost comedies.Going to overseas film festivals is still the company's mainstream, but we can't rely on luck. We still have to abide by the laws of the market and shoot whatever the market needs.

The script Diao Yinan is writing has a realistic theme similar to that of Chief Jia, focusing on depicting the living conditions of marginalized and underclass people.

The reason why I am interested is because his story represents the most real group of people around us, who compromise for the reality of life and struggle to live at a certain level of society.

Especially participating in the Huabiao Award Ceremony made him feel more and more that movies should not only praise virtues, but also portray the real life conditions of people at the bottom of society.For example, the realistic work "The Crying Woman" directed by Liu Bingjian he saw at the Cannes Film Festival.

"It's almost written." Diao Yinan said.

"Then can you show it to me first?" Li Tang said.

After the last conversation, Diao Yinan revealed that he wanted to direct it himself and wanted to cooperate with Chief Jia, but he still wanted to fight for it.

"Uh...good!"

Diao Yinan hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

After this period of contact, Li Tang got to know the man in front of him somewhat.To put it nicely, it means saving face, which always gets in the way of human feelings; to put it worst, it means having a cowardly character and not being able to say no.

The gentleman deceives it with the square!
This was not the time to talk. Li Tang planned to get the script first and then have a good chat with him.

The company currently has only two contracted directors. Cheng Er is indeed a talented director, but he has such high self-esteem that his work efficiency is very low.It has been more than a year since the filming of "The Third Man" was completed, and there is still no news about the new script.Even the Shanghai Film Studio wanted to train him, but he didn't like the scripts that came to him, and he didn't seem to have any good direction when it came to writing his own.Recently I heard that I am planning to go to the South of Caiyun to collect some scenery.

In short, this is me, even if I don’t have any works for the time being, I still have to offer them.

In comparison, Zhang Baibai is much cuter.Last time, the two of them had a night chat around the fire in Venice. They talked about "Spring in a Small Town" by Gian Zhuangzhuang, and then extended it to his previous film "The Blue Kite". When he mentioned that this might be Director Tian's personal experience, Li Tang suddenly Faqi wanted to ask Zhang Bai: "Why don't you take pictures of the suffering in your heart?"

Zhang Baibai is 11 years older than him. He has experienced the entire special era since he was sensible. After graduating from technical secondary school, he worked in a small coal mine for four years. To be honest, it is not easy for him to embark on this path now. During the growth process experienced a lot of hardships.

At that time, Zhang Baibai rarely said seriously: "I really don't particularly want to film the low-level life that I have experienced. I feel that the movie does not have to show what I have experienced. I would rather show the things that are missing in my life experience." Experience it through movies.”

After saying that, he said with a smile: "I'm older now, I already have four pictures, and I can never go back to when I was young. When I was young, I didn't experience those beautiful loves, but now I can use the method of making movies Go through it again.”

I have to say that his open-minded personality has created a more positive side of him. In fact, such a director is more adaptable to the market and more creative.

As for Diao Yinan, since he wanted to be a director, Li Tang's idea was to take two shots first before deciding whether to do it or not.If the script is really good and the investment is not large, then convince him to cooperate with the company.As for assigning him an assistant director who understands technology during filming, let's give it a try first.

Yu Dong answered the phone, found Li Tang sitting in the corner, and walked over quickly and said, "Mr. Han is here, he will be there soon."

"Is Mr. Han here?"

Li Tang stood up quickly when he heard this, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of Yu Dong's relationship, Li Tang handed over the invitation to Mr. Han to him, so as not to be suspected of overstepping his authority.

Today's premiere is not only a publicity event for the film's release, but also a brand new appearance in the capital for the newly established Shengtang Film and Television.

If it were just for publicity, the finale with director Zhang Yimou and Zhang Ziyi would be enough, but the nature of Mr. Han's arrival is different, as it represents the official recognition of Tang Film and Television.Reporters from the media at the scene told colleagues that Shengtang Film and Television also had its heels, and not just any cat or dog could bully them.

Yu Dong also said with a beaming face: "Yes, I will definitely make it to the red carpet."

"Okay! Mr. Yu, you still have a lot of face!" Li Tang said with a smile.

"Where are you? The invitation has been sent a long time ago, but there has been no reply. I am still afraid that I will not be able to complete the task." Yu Dong felt very proud at this moment.

He is in the publishing business, and to put it bluntly, he relies on the relationship between the top and bottom. Mr. Han is his biggest supporter.

At this time, almost everyone had arrived, and those who did not show up in the lounge, such as Director Zhang Yimou and Zhang Ziyi, probably stayed in the car out of fear of trouble. They would go directly to the red carpet to walk around and help build momentum, which would have been enough. Save face.

But Jiang Qinqin was the only one missing, which made Li Tang feel a little disappointed and guilty.

"Brother, it's almost time."

Zeng Jia walked over quickly. She was the general conductor of the premiere today. Almost all the company's staff were dispatched. So far, everything was in order.

She also knew that Jiang Qinqin had not seen anyone yet. She looked at Li Tang's face, swallowed her words, and just urged: "Brother, you can come over." "Okay!"

According to the process, the main creative team was the first to appear, and then the guests appeared one after another in order, and the main creative team stood at the door of the theater to greet them.

When Li Tang walked out of the lounge, he glanced in the direction of the back door reluctantly, but still didn't see the figure he was expecting.

Today was just a simple red carpet, and only the news media were notified, and it was not widely publicized due to safety reasons. Therefore, apart from reporters, there were not many movie fans who came to watch the excitement.

After all, the premiere is just a gimmick to create news and topics, and more of it depends on the media for publicity.

However, when the creative team led by Li Tang and Xu Jinglei stepped onto the red carpet, they were greeted with cheers from fans, almost all of whom called by their names.Gao Yuanyuan, who is dressed in a fresh and fresh look, is still just a little transparent, but her beauty still attracts the attention of movie fans, and occasionally she will hear a surprise "Qing Mouth Girl"!
After the creative team walked through the red carpet and stood at the entrance of the cinema to act as welcome guests, when people like Diao Yinan, Meng Jinhui, Xiao Teng and others came over, the fans' reaction was average, most of them didn't recognize them, but the flashlights of the reporters didn't show any sign of it. Stop, they all know the goods.

Surprisingly, Mr. Han did not have the finale, but walked over talking and laughing with Yu Dong and Hou Kemin, one of the film's producers, a professor at Nortel and director of Qingying Film Studio.

Li Tang hurriedly took a step forward.

"Mr. Han, thank you for the honor!"

"Teacher Hou!"

"Haha, Xiao Li, the scene today is quite big!" Mr. Han held his hand and said with a smile.

"I just want to make it lively and build momentum!"

"Not bad, not bad. I think our current thinking really needs to change. Many good movies have not been very good at the box office. I think the publicity work has not been done well. I hope that premieres like today will be more and more popular in the future." many."

The domestic box office market is sluggish, which puts a lot of pressure on him as the general manager of China Film.After all, the General Administration integrated various superior resources and established China Film on the basis of Beijing Film Studio in order to revitalize the film industry.

But two or three years have passed in the blink of an eye. Instead of changing its decline, the current film market has even gotten worse.Although there are many objective factors involved, it is also an indisputable fact that the quality of domestic films is not good and audiences are unwilling to watch them.

Today, "Subway to Spring" had a lively premiere with great fanfare. Mr. Han was happy to see it and was willing to come and support it.

Finally, Mr. Han patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Xiao Li, you did a good job!"

"Thank you Mr. Han!"

Hou Keming did not have as many high-level speeches as Mr. Han, but said with a smile: "Xiao Li, it is a pleasure to cooperate. I hope we can work together again in the future."

"Mr. Han, Mr. Hou, Mr. Yu, please, please come inside..."

Just as Li Tang was greeting Mr. Han and others to enter the theater, he suddenly heard a commotion among the crowd outside, followed by the cheers of movie fans: "Golden Lock!"

"Bing Bing!"

However, Jinsuo still accounts for the majority, which shows that Xiaopang is still resting on his laurels after so many years since his debut.

Li Tang was not surprised at all by the cheers from the fans. He had already seen Xiao Pang in his bright uniform last night, and he was sure to kill everyone when he appeared on stage.

Looking from a distance, sure enough, a brighter red appeared on the red carpet, and the small shawl that was worn outside was gone, adding a bit more sexiness and elegance.

When Li Tang saw this scene, the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up slightly, and the pride in his heart was beyond words. This was his woman, and others could only envy her!
Not only men are envious, but women are also envious and even jealous. Especially Xu Jinglei and Gao Yuanyuan, who were standing next to him at this time, inevitably felt a little ashamed when they saw the snow-white skin exposed outside the red dress of the fat man. The key is that they are still. Beautiful.

Xu Jinglei even whispered sourly: "Teacher Li, you are so lucky!"

"Don't talk nonsense, we are just good friends." Li Tang quickly corrected him.

Faced with this guy's shameless expression of not having 300 taels of silver, Xu Jinglei almost lost her guard and suppressed a smile and said: "Oh, yes, good friend!"

Gao Yuanyuan, who was standing on the other side, heard the conversation between the two and secretly curled her lips, not knowing whether it was disdain or disbelief.

Just as the chubby boy on the red carpet was walking through the crowd of fans and posing proficiently in front of the reporter's camera, there was suddenly another burst of cheers: "Jiang Qinqin! Qinqin!"

"Wow, it's so beautiful! It feels more beautiful than the bright moon on TV!"

"The Storm" starring Jiang Qinqin, Zhao Wenzhuo and He Rundong was recently aired on Beijing Channel, and she even played the roles of Second Dream and Mingyue by herself.

Li Tang was stunned instantly. Not only was he stunned, but Fan Xiaopang, who was posing on the red carpet, was very surprised and couldn't help but look back.

I saw a white figure slowly walking in from the steps at the door. Although the white dress was only a common style with deep V suspenders, it was really white than snow, especially against the red carpet, it looked particularly dazzling.

As the white figure slowly approached, Fan Xiaopang finally saw it clearly.

Today, Jiang Qinqin usually has long, straight black hair. Compared to her flaming red lips, she only wears a light nude lip gloss. Her fair and delicate skin has a translucent beauty.

She knew nothing about Jiang Qinqin's arrival today, but at this moment she watched her getting closer and closer, and finally swallowed quietly and shouted: "Sister Qinqin!"

"Bing Bing!"

Jiang Qinqin walked a few steps quickly and reached out to her.

Two beauties, one red and one white, met on the red carpet. Just as they held their hands together, a large flash of light suddenly lit up around them.Photojournalists are all knowledgeable, and no one will miss such a beautiful moment.

And Li Tang, who was stunned, was shouting in his heart: "I'm lying in a big trough, what do you mean..."

Before he could think of a suitable sentence to describe the scene in front of him, he heard Xu Jinglei, known as a talented woman next to him, suddenly exclaimed: "Wow, red roses and white roses!"

　No, the state has not been adjusted yet, and my mind keeps wandering while typing.I obviously have ideas in my mind, but I always stumble when typing words. I often sit there for a long time, wandering in my mind over a sentence that connects one sentence to another.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)