Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 384
"stop!"

Before Li Tang spoke to the camera, Jiang Wen shouted to stop.

"Xiao Li, you are acting wrongly. Stop for a moment, come on, Xiao Li, let's analyze it."

This is a group play. Li Tang, Xu Jinglei, Ye Daying, and an actress who was also brought in temporarily to play Ye Daying's girlfriend, the four of them sat around a dinner table.The story is about Li Tang and Xu Jinglei getting married, and they invited Ye Daying and his live-in girlfriend to have dinner together, which immediately triggered a conflict over different values.

"What's the matter? I think Li Tang's performance is pretty good."

As a director in name only, Xu Jinglei is a little unwilling to be ignored.Originally, Zhang Yuan was in control of the overall situation, and Ye Daying occasionally put forward some opinions. Xu Jinglei used the acting knowledge she learned at Nortel to guide the performances of Ye Daying, Zhang Yuan and other non-acting actors, and everything went smoothly.Of course, she didn't go as far as giving advice to Li Tang, she just explained the effect she wanted.

But since Jiang Wen appeared, the situation has changed.This eating scene has been filmed for two full days, and the dishes on the table have been changed five or six times. Fortunately, the recorder was careful and recorded it with the camera at all times to avoid confusion.

"Tsk, if it were anyone else, I wouldn't say it, but Xiao Li has this ability, and I think he should show it better." Jiang Wen said with a smile.

This guy only guest-starred in two police scenes in the movie, which were already finished filming. Moreover, during the filming, they had a very eloquent conversation and made Xu Jinglei faint with his talk. In the end, they all followed his path.

According to rumors in the industry, this guy has not stopped since he was banned from directing for five years. During the filming of "Looking for a Gun", he tortured new director Lu Chuan to the point where he almost doubted his life; while filming "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", he had a huge quarrel with director He Ping. It was said that the boss of the Wang family, who was also the investor Huayi Brothers, came to the crew several times to comfort him before the film was completed.

Before taking on this film, he had just finished cooperating with Zhang Yuan on a literary film called "Green Tea".But Zhang Yuan's good-natured character is probably something he can manipulate.

"Director Jiang, tell me."

Li Tang really wanted to hear how Jiang Wen analyzed this character.Because while filming this scene in the past two days, he saw with his own eyes that Jiang Wen was constantly changing the scene while scheduling, and even changed the lines of the original script. But you have to admit that this change is better than the original script. The description above works better.

For example, "Don't think that you are simple if you come from a poor background. If you look honest, you won't be rich."

"This kind of honest-looking person is the scariest person and the one who can't afford to suffer the most. If you brag to him in the future, be careful. You will get into trouble. Just give him whatever he wants. If he brags to you, It’s not a big problem.”

"People with a low moral bottom line will always have an advantage over people with a high moral bottom line. Because you can't do it, but they can do it."

At first glance, these lines may seem like fallacies, but they are full of wisdom about life and are far more convincing than the sermons in books.

Li Tang had never dealt with Jiang Wen before, and he thought he was an acting genius from the beginning. From his debut in "Furong Town" to "The Last Emperor" and then to "The Great Eunuch Li Lianying", it can be said that his style is changeable and his acting style is special. wide.At that time, both Wang Zhiwen and Chen Daoming were younger brothers.

Speaking of his talent as a director, when I first watched "Sunny Days", except for the cute and empathetic moments of adolescence, the other scenes depicting life in the imperial capital compound were quite indifferent to be honest.

It wasn't until I watched "The Devil Is Coming" that I realized how awesome he was as a screenwriter and director, because he really captured the reality of human nature hidden under the high-sounding appearance, which was even a bit hard to accept.

In the end, you had to pull off this fig leaf, and when you pulled it off, it turned out to be a eunuch.It doesn’t matter if you know it yourself, you have to make a movie and make people all over the world clamor for it, so everyone should come and see it.

You definitely deserved being banned from directing for five years.

At this moment, Jiang Wen said in a friendly manner like an uncle next door: "Xiao Li, look, the role of the husband you played came from a poor background. You came to the capital through your own efforts, and You have always been excellent in school and are determined to write masterpieces. So you have always been very proud. Although you are poor materially now, you feel that spiritually you are a noble, so you look down on it from the bottom of your heart. I was once an old fish, do you think this is true?"

Li Tang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, this character should be like this. Director Jiang, what happens next?"

Jiang Wen smiled with a teachable look on his face and continued: "But it's because you have a hard life and come from a small place. After seeing the colorful world of the capital, you have low self-esteem in your bones. It's like the old fish in your eyes He is an irresponsible social scum, but this does not prevent him from living in a building, driving a car, and being accompanied by a beautiful girl. But your father can only face the sun and the earth in his hometown, feeling that the world is unfair , which further intensifies your contempt for Lao Yu. So you have to..."

Before Jiang Wen finished speaking, Li Tang rushed to speak: "Should we try our best to hold on, the kind of person who looks fierce but is soft on the inside, using superficial disdain and fierce reactions to cover up the weakness in the heart?"

"Snapped!"

Jiang Wen patted his thigh: "Yes, that's what it means."

As he said that, he couldn't hide his surprise and said: "Hey, why didn't you show it just now?"

"Well, I think there must be a foreshadowing first. No matter what you say behind your back, you should always be polite when you first meet. Is this human nature?"

Jiang Wen was obviously a person who was not easily persuaded. He pondered for a moment and said, "Then do it your way first, then do it mine, and let's compare."

"Okay!"

In fact, the highlight of this scene is not the husband played by Li Tang, but the conflict between him and Lao Yu and then the dispute with Lao Yu's live-in girlfriend. They ran into another room to quarrel, which led to the idea of ​​Lao Yu. Fish uses his philosophy of life to teach his daughter the theme.

To put it bluntly, the role of Li Tang is to promote the development of the plot and serve as a link between the previous and the following.But for such a small character, Jiang Wen insisted on breaking it apart, crumbling it, and tearing it apart carefully.

In this regard, Jiang Wen, who looks rough on the surface, is actually quite delicate and even a perfectionist.

But this also shows from the side that this person is really awesome, or in other words, these big guys in the courtyard are pretty awesome in general.I remember Jiang Wen said in a previous chat that their parents were the lucky ones who survived countless bullets and bullets. This in itself shows that their parents are top-notch people.

After winning, entering the city, and having priority in choosing a mate, the next generation will naturally inherit the excellent genes of their parents. In addition, during the years when they were growing up, they had access to information that ordinary people had no access to, so they would naturally be better than Ordinary people are much better.

Regarding the lines he temporarily changed, to put it bluntly, he has already thought through human nature, otherwise he would not have said "Don't think that a poor background means you are simple", "Honest people can't afford to suffer the most", "Once the poor If you stand up, you will be more aggressive in ordering people around."

People have already studied you thoroughly and despise you.As an ordinary person, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you simply cannot fight against them.Society will always need classes, but an unspeakable history once disrupted classes, and now they are slowly recovering and solidifying.

In short, when you are eating Wo Wo Tou, others are eating special food.You have already lost at the starting line from the beginning, and you have to accept your fate.The husband played by Li Tang just refuses to accept his fate. He tries to change his class through hard work and hopes to be more diligent in ordering others after he turns over in the future.And it is precisely because of his origin, his inferiority and sensitivity caused by his origin, and his strong self-esteem to cover up his inferiority, that are actually very ridiculous in the eyes of others.

As long as he grasps the core of the character, Li Tang will have no difficulty in handling it.This kind of role does not have to be taken seriously. The difficulty lies in how you understand the character. Once you understand the character, the difficulty of performing it is almost the same as that of a junior acting student.

After taking two pictures, Jiang Wen was still unable to choose, so he simply kept both.At this point, Li Tang's guest role has been completed.

"Xiao Li, that's good. I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"Director Jiang, it depends on whether you give me a chance or not!" Li Tang said with a smile.

Jiang Wen was not pretentious while holding a big cigar in his mouth, and said frankly: "If you can afford to wait, there will always be a chance in the future."

"Li Tang, thank you!"

Xu Jinglei expressed her gratitude to him and handed him a red envelope, which was regarded as travel expenses.

Generally speaking, everyone would refuse. After all, since they were coming to guest appearances, they wouldn't care about the small amount of money, but Li Tang took it and put it in his pocket honestly.Mosquito legs are also meat, so prostitution for free is definitely not allowed.

……

On November 50, "Metro to Spring", which had been in theaters for more than 350 days, was finally released, with a total box office of 300 million.In other words, after the movie exceeded the [-] million mark in its third week of release, the box office for the entire month was only a little over [-] million.

Although this result ultimately failed to exceed the box office of Director Chen's "With You" which grossed 480 million, Yu Dong was already very satisfied.This box office is second only to the co-production "Legend of Tianmai" which hit 700 million among the dozen movies released by Bona this year.

Of course, this result is not enough to recover all the investment. After deducting the copying and publicity expenses, and Bona's distribution expenses, a total of 180 million was obtained. In addition to the 100 million guarantee previously paid by Bona, at least Shengtang Film and Television's All the cash investment has been recovered, and the remaining 100 million cost is Li Tang's remuneration equivalent to his investment.

The construction boss who invested 200 million also received a share of nearly 100 million, which was definitely an unexpected surprise for him.It was originally intended to make a beauty smile, but it was wasted. Unexpectedly, nearly half of the money was recovered.

It's just that overseas income has nothing to do with him. The original contract clearly stated that Li Tang Studio, the major shareholder of Shengtang Film and Television, would exclusively enjoy overseas income.

In early December, after much push and pull, Shengtang Film and Television finally reached an agreement with Gao Qunshu to buy out the rights to the TV series "Conquer" for 460 million.

"I was kind enough and left 15.00% of the profit for Director Gao. Otherwise, I would have ruined this show."

Zeng Jia looked somewhat dissatisfied.

"How did you pay for it?"

"I paid 200 million first and settled it at the end of the month. This way I won't have to go to the bank for a loan."

"Then what to do next?" Li Tang asked again.

Generally speaking, the DVD copyright of a 80-episode TV series like this can be sold for about [-] million. There is no way, there are too many pirated copies.If a TV series becomes popular, genuine DVDs can be sold for ten and a half months at most, and then they will have to compete with pirated copies.

The bulk still depends on the TV station, and for a TV series like "Conquest" with little publicity, there is no need to think about getting stars, it can only rely on pilot broadcasts.If the pilot is popular, it can be sold at a good price in the second and third rounds, and it may even gain stars.

"I want to contact Blue Whale Channel first. Jiang Shan is from Zhenjiang, so she can be considered a local star."

Zeng Jia obviously had a plan.

"Do you have someone at Blue Whale Terrace?" Li Tang said unexpectedly.

One of them is from Shanghai and the other from Xi'an. Li Tang from Shanghai Taiwan can find a relationship. For example, Nai'an has a good relationship with Shanghai Taiwan.Moreover, there are many alumni from the theater in Shanghai Taiwan. If it doesn't work, you can ask Uncle Lou or a teacher from the theater to come forward for help. I guess it won't be a big problem.

Zeng Jia's family is well off, and their family also has certain connections in Xi'an.Li Tang originally thought that she would find Xi'antai first to find a solution.Popular documentary criminal investigation TV series such as "Xi'an Manhunt" and "12.1 Shooting Case" were all produced by Xi'an TV, so they have the foundation for this.

Zeng Jia smiled and said: "Brother, you forgot that I was the one who contacted you last time for an interview on Blue Whale Channel. The person in charge of the art department there has a good relationship with me. And our only trump card in this drama now is Jiang Shan, Blue Whale Channel should have a greater advantage."

Li Tang pondered and nodded. Since it was a pilot broadcast, we should not consider how much it could sell first, but the ratings.Compared with Shanghai and Xi'an, Blue Whale Channel obviously has more advantages.

"By the way, brother, what are you going to do with "Bright Sword"?"

The rights to the TV series "Liang Jian" have been purchased for 20 yuan, and the rights are for eight years.More money or less money is not a big problem. The key is that these eight years are too important, leaving enough time for waiting for opportunities or copyright transfer in the future.

"How is the adaptation of Teacher Duliang's script going?"

"It's almost finished, and I will definitely get the script before the end of the year."

After saying that, Zeng Jia paused and then continued: "I heard that Galloping Horse and Kong Zheng are preparing a TV series about the Anti-Japanese War. It is said that it is adapted from a work that won the Mao Dun Literature Award. I checked , there is only one such novel that won the award, "The Sky of History."

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