Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 387 Foreplay
There was no clothing requirement for the premiere of "Hero", but Li Tang still tidied up a little and put on a black suit from the brand endorsement, a white shirt, a black tie, and a sleek and sleek hairstyle.

But when we arrived at the place, we realized that we had made a mistake. Except for the two female celebrities Zhang Manyu and Zhang Ziyi, and a few bosses, everyone was dressed casually.

For example, the director wears a black T-shirt and a black leather jacket. The only difference from the past is that his hair is shaved very short today, almost bald.

The male number one, Li Lianlian, is also dressed casually, wearing a black turtleneck sweater and a yellow leather jacket.

"Li Tang, here we come!"

"Brother Jack!"

Among this group of people, the one Li Tang is most familiar with, besides classmate Xiao Zhang and the director, is Li Lianlian.After all, the two fought face to face for nearly a month.

At this time, he was chatting with the two bosses Zhang Weiping and Jiang Ershao. At his position, he no longer needed to cater to anyone, he could do whatever he wanted.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Lianjie waved to Li Tang and called him over.

"boss Zhang!"

"Boss Jiang!"

Li Tang shook hands with Zhang Weiping and Jiang Ershao very politely and said hello.

Both bosses were dressed quite formally today, wearing suits and ties.Compared with Zhang Weiping's tall and burly appearance, Second Young Master Jiang standing nearby looked extraordinarily compact, but he was not seen wearing a windbreaker, which was a negative comment.

"Li Tang, you're going to have to work hard this time." Zhang Weiping smiled and shook hands with him.

The schedule for the publicity road show has been announced a long time ago. Among the six leading actors, only Li Tang followed the whole process. As the investor and domestic distributor of the film, Zhang Weiping was of course very welcoming. At the same time, he was also very pleased that he had not chosen the wrong person in the first place. This young man is knowledgeable and knowledgeable.

"Mr. Zhang, you are very polite. This is also a good learning opportunity for me." Li Tang said quickly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Lienjie smiled and said: "Li Tang, you are right about what you said. You really need to study hard. I heard that you are your own boss now?"

"I don't want to be the boss, so I'm just making a fuss." Li Tang said with an embarrassed look.

After all, the three in front of me are big bosses worth billions.

"You are right. Sometimes the initiative must be in your own hands." Li Lianjie looked at him with admiration and said.

Li Lianlian has deep personal experience of this.When he went to Hong Kong alone to develop his career, it was the time when Hong Kong was at its most chaotic. Stars were kidnapped and coerced into filming. Even his manager was shot dead in the street.

After this incident, Li Lianlian simply established his own Zhengdong Pictures, becoming his own boss and filming his own movies, completing the primitive accumulation of capital.Then, relying on his own capital and enough free initiative, he made his way to Hollywood step by step.

Not only him, but Cheng Long's situation is also the same.Including the current Zhou Xingxing and Andy Lau, apart from being celebrities, they all have the identity of a boss hidden behind them.

At this time, Second Young Master Jiang also laughed and joked: "We all grew up from small to large, and we may have to work together in the future."

Both Zhang Weiping and Li Lianlian started from scratch. Although he inherited the family business, Anle Film and Television was indeed carried forward in his hands. There is nothing wrong with this.

Many things often happen when the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional.Jiang Ershao's casual words made Li Lianjie's heart move.As an actor, especially a Chinese actor, he has basically reached the top.But as an action actor, his biggest regret is that he has never been recognized by a significant award.

People always look at the mountains as high as the mountains. Li Lian had his reputation and money, but now he was short of honor.To be honest, there is a kind of...well, I can't say discrimination against action actors in the film industry. In short, they think that action actors attract audiences by killing and killing, just like idol actors who rely on their appearance to make a living. It's the kind of person whose acting skills are not up to par.

Take Cheng Long, for example, who is definitely a representative figure in the Hong Kong film industry and the first person in the Hong Kong film industry.It has been nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards almost every year for more than ten years in a row, but it turns out that it always fails.

In fact, everyone knows very well that the reason for nominating you is to help attract popularity for the Academy Awards. The reason for not giving the award is because you are an action actor. It's as simple as that.At most, I can give you an award for Best Action Design once in a while to appease you a little.

But after all, Cheng Long has won the Golden Horse Award once. On the other hand, Li Lianlian has been nominated for a Golden Horse Award 20 years after his debut. As for the Hong Kong Film Awards, if you are a mainlander, they don't care at all.

Of course, if Li Lianjie shouts, "I want to act in a literary film" in order to win an award, countless literary film directors will definitely extend invitations to him, and even kneel down to lick him.After all, literary films also need box office.

What are the conditions? Most likely they will join with zero remuneration, and it is best to invest some money. Then it will not prevent them from treating him as a tool and giving full play to their so-called talents.

Li Lianlian has his pride, and he also wants everyone to cooperate on an equal and normal basis.Moreover, he felt it was a shame to collaborate with long-established art film stars like King of Sunglasses and Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Li Tang's Shengtang Pictures is a small company, and the two literary films it has produced so far have achieved good results. If possible, he would like to cooperate with such a company.On the one hand, you won't be played as a fool by others; on the other hand, you can still have a certain amount of initiative.

Jiang Ershao's unintentional words were like a seed planted in Li Lianlian's heart.Of course, he doesn't show off at all on the surface that he can mix well in Hong Kong and Hollywood.

Still smiling, he said to Li Tang, "By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet. Your last movie was a box office hit!"

"No, no, everyone helps."

"Any new projects?"

I have to say that Li Lianlian is very good at speaking, and the topic transitions very naturally.

"I invested in two low-cost projects and tried my luck." Li Tang said modestly.

"Hey, you're quite busy then. Are you filming or..."

Li Tang himself starred in the previous two movies.To put it bluntly, when actors open a film company, they want to promote themselves. After Li Lien established Zhengdong Film Company in Hong Kong, he successively produced the "Fang Shiyu" series and "Once Upon a Time" series, including "The Adventurer" and "The Dark Knight" that later attracted the attention of Hollywood. "Xia" were all created by him personally and with the directors he collaborated with.

"One film has been completed and the other is being filmed. However, I did not appear in these two films, so I am very free now." Li Tang said with a smile.

He understood Li Lianlian's subtext, and at the same time he tactfully explained an objective reason why he followed the promotional roadshow all the way to the end.

Although he has the lowest status among the six leading actors and has the smallest role, the publicity roadshow should run from beginning to end.But there is no guarantee that other people will have ideas. For example, everyone takes turns going to several places, as if you are the only one who is proactive and sets off others who are not dedicated to their work.

Li Tang, this can be regarded as taking the vaccine first. I am a young person and I am not busy with big shots like you. Since I have nothing to do, I just run around more.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Lianlian said in surprise: "You didn't act?" In his opinion, since it was not a schedule conflict, there seemed to be no reason not to star in the movie invested by his company.

Li Tang smiled and said with a relaxed look: "Maybe the director thinks I am not suitable. Anyway, I am only responsible for investing money and keeping good financial control. I try not to interfere with the director's work."

"Oh."

Li Lianjie nodded, inevitably giving Li Tang another high look.The young man in front of me is very rational and unassuming. If there is a chance in the future, he will be a good partner.

After the two chatted for a few more words, Li Lianlian continued the previous topic with Zhang Weiping and Jiang Ershao, which was mainly about distribution in North America. He had a strong say in this aspect.

Just as Li Tang was about to say goodbye, he heard Zhang Ziyi's voice: "Hey, Teacher Li, come on, come on!"

Looking up, he saw her standing with Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu, waving to him.

He hurriedly said hello to the three bosses and walked over.

"Mr. Liang!"

"Sister Maggie!"

Although Li Tang and they had never met during filming, they had said hello at the Hong Kong Night in Cannes in the first half of this year, and they both knew that the other was an actor on the "Hero" crew, so they were no strangers to each other.

Moreover, Li Tang was also very familiar with these two people in his previous life. He had watched Tony Leung's "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", Maggie Cheung's "Love in a Foreign Land", and the movie "In the Mood for Love" in which the two co-starred.

"Hello there!"

Liang Chaowei smiled and nodded at him.

"Li...uh, Teacher Li!"

Zhang Manyu actually followed Zhang Ziyi and called him Teacher Li.

Li Tang was startled and said hurriedly: "Sister Maggie, don't listen to Ziyi's nonsense. She is joking. Just call me Li Tang like before."

Just kidding, if Li Lienjie only has box office but no awards, then these two are definitely the actors with the most awards among Chinese actors.

A Cannes Best Actor and a Berlin Best Actress.One Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor was nominated for five out of eight, and the Golden Horse Best Actress was nominated twice and one was nominated. The other was even more exaggerated, and the Hong Kong Film Awards was nominated for five out of ten, and the Golden Horse Best Actress was nominated five out of eight times.

To be honest, it would be a great achievement for any mainland actor to win one of these awards these days.

Compared to Tony Leung who is taciturn, Zhang Manyu is still very lively, especially her smile is very exaggerated, but it gives people a very natural and sincere feeling, not the kind of professional fake smile, or her acting skills are too good, To the point where it is difficult to tell the difference.

Especially today, she was wearing a particularly exaggerated bang hairstyle, and said with her magical laughter: "Li Tang, the fight scene between you and Jet was so exciting. I didn't expect you to have real kung fu." ! Unlike me and Tony..."

As she spoke, she pointed at Liang Chaowei, who looked shy, and danced and gestured: "We are all playing blindly, under the command of Sir Cheng, just one stroke at a time."

At this time, "Hero" was being screened in the auditorium, and in addition to the hundreds of reporters who came to attend the premiere press conference, there were hundreds of spectators.

Of course, these audiences are complimentary tickets sent by the production unit and distribution unit to organizers such as China Film and Film Bureau and cooperative units.

Of course, as the lead actor and main creator, I have seen the preliminary version and the director's cut before.It should be said that the fight scene in the rain between Li Tang and Li Lian is the most exciting in the whole film, because most of it is a large panorama, which requires the actors to have certain martial arts skills, otherwise such a large panorama will not work at all. Can't be photographed.

In contrast, between Liang Chaowei's Broken Sword and Zhang Manyu's Feixue, including Xiao Zhang's classmate Ru Yue, their fighting scenes emphasize more on artistic conception and are very elegant. Most of the shots are close-ups and close-ups. Even if there are large panoramic shots, many of them are shot from behind. To put it bluntly, they were done by a stunt double.

Although Li Tang was very proud to be praised by the actress, he still said modestly: "I am a three-legged cat and I can't compare with Brother Jie."

As the saying goes: Slow work produces careful work.You must know that it took him and Li Lianlian almost a month to complete the 10-minute fight scene shown in the movie.It was also the most serious and painful scene that Li Tang took in his career.Fortunately, the results presented are very satisfying.

Zhang Manyu is very talkative, and whenever she talks about some interesting things during the filming, she always brings Tony Leung with her.It can be seen that their relationship is really good.

In fact, as long as you watch the scenes where they work together, you will know that a good relationship is normal, but a bad relationship is abnormal.There are some scenes that, at least in Li Tang's opinion, cannot be performed by acting alone.

Although Liang Chaowei doesn't talk much, he is not introverted or socially afraid like the legend, and he occasionally participates in topics.

He is not as good at dancing as Li Lianjie, Cheng Long, and Liu Dehua, nor does he own his own company like them.As far as Li Tang knew, his management contract was signed with Wang Sunjing's Zedong Film Company.

He just concentrates on acting and does not have to cater to social events, so he seems to be silent and introverted, even socially anxious.

In fact, anyone who is an actor knows that when you have put in a lot of effort to complete a film, you will need to adjust and withdraw for a long time in the future, and you will not want to talk at all.If you are really acting like a normal person, it can only mean that you were not distracted when filming, or that you had to force a smile for work and resources.

Li Tang felt that Liang Chaowei should belong to the experiential school, which could be seen from the smiling and loving look in his eyes that he glanced at Zhang Manyu from time to time.

Experiencers are often self-taught, such as Zhou Xun.

Although Liang Chaowei graduated from a wireless training class in his early years, what he learned from the so-called performance training could only be superficial, and more of it required his own exploration and exercise.

Li Tang had seen some of Tony Leung Chiu-wai's early works, such as Wei Xiaobao in "The Deer and the Cauldron". To be honest, it was really embarrassing. He couldn't see the person who would become the Cannes Best Actor in the future.

It wasn't until he met the King of Sunglasses later that he got rid of his immature acting skills and gradually entered another realm under his guidance.

Of course, his advantage is that before he enters another realm, he has already become famous and has enough capital to resist unnecessary things from the outside world and immerse himself in his own world.

Focus is the first priority for success.

But if you are not popular but are too unique, others will only say that you are pretending and may not even give you a chance.

(End of this chapter)