Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 477 Twist

"Chongqing is a good place." Li Tang leaned on the sofa and muttered to himself.

There is indeed a profound interactive relationship between movies and cities. The texture of a city can shape the temperament of a movie, and urban life also provides a lot of narrative material for the movie.

For movies, a city’s style, temperament, humanities, and even location will permeate it and blend in seamlessly. The city, in a sense, also serves as the protagonist of the film.

Woody Allen filmed "Midnight in Paris", Ozu Yasujiro filmed "Tokyo Story", "Roman Holiday" starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck is still a classic, Tom Hanks and Mei "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Greg Ryan is also a standard for petty bourgeoisie.

In fact, when he completely let go of the book "Big Diamond" to Ning Hao, Li Tang was a little worried, fearing that he would follow Chief Jia's path and describe the story that happened in a small Shanxi county.

In this case, I can’t say it’s not good, but it just doesn’t feel fashionable enough. "Big Diamond" is the story of a city.

Now that he knew that Ning Hao had chosen Chongqing as the filming location, he was finally relieved.

Zeng Jia on the side heard Li Tang's emotion and naturally thought of Teacher Jiang. She curled her lips subconsciously, but immediately glanced at Li Tang guiltily. Seeing that he didn't pay attention, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "When Ning Hao came over last time, he said he wanted you to help check the script again."

"Didn't I tell him that the company would not interfere..."

Halfway through his words, he hesitated, raised his wrist to check the time, took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket, and called Ning Hao.

After just two rings, the phone was connected, and Ning Hao's enthusiastic voice came: "Teacher Li, are you back?"

"Well, I just came back. Has the script been revised?"

"It's almost done. This time I mainly let Zhang Cheng and Xiaojun help polish it. After all, they are both professionals. I told Mr. Zeng last time that I wanted you to help check it again."

Zhang Cheng and Yue Xiaojun are both professional screenwriters. One graduated from the Chinese Department of Chinese Opera Academy, and the other graduated from the Department of Chinese Opera Literature. In comparison, Zhang Cheng is slightly more famous. He participated in the creation of the hit drama "The True Colors of a Detective" starring Wang Zhiwen when he first debuted.

In fact, Ning Hao's inspiration for the story "Big Diamond" originally came from a drama script called "Diamond Commandment" written by Zhang Cheng a few years ago. It was once performed in the Chinese Opera Theater and told the story of stealing a diamond.

Ning Hao had told him about this before. Because it was based on the other person's story, Ning Hao specially invited Zhang Cheng to help polish the script this time, and also signed Zhang Cheng as the first screenwriter.

From this point of view, it shows that Ning Hao still has a pattern, just like director Zhang Yimou. Although he is often deeply involved in the work of screenwriters, he never takes the name of screenwriter, at most he takes the title of planner. It's not like some people get a group of screenwriters to write a script, and then put their name on it.

As for Yue Xiaojun, he hangs out with Zhang Cheng. He once wrote a fifty-episode sitcom for CCTV, but he is one of those unsigned screenwriters at the lowest level. It's just that he also contributed to Zhang Cheng's creation of "Diamond Commandment", so Ning Hao simply invited him over.

"Is it convenient today? If so, bring it over and show it to me. I'm at the company now."

"It's convenient, it's convenient, then I'll come right over." Ning Hao on the other end of the phone said hurriedly.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

"Okay, half an hour at most."

"Don't worry, I will be at the company today."

Ning Hao is different from other Beipiao. His family conditions are superior. In addition, he has made a lot of money from filming commercials and music videos in recent years. He bought a house and a car in the capital early when he was a student in Beidian. The days were considered to be quite nourishing.

His home is near the North Fourth Ring Road, not far away.

"Ning Hao will be here soon. Let's finish the work first."

Li Tang hung up the phone and stood up to read the documents, while Zeng Jia sat across from the desk and helped explain.

Just some of the company's daily documents and expenses. As the company's business expands, there are really a lot of places to spend money. A rough estimate is that now, including staff salaries and house rent, it costs at least about 350,000 a month. If other emergencies are taken into account, it will be less than 5 million a year.

I didn't feel it when I was still working as a studio with two or three kittens. It wasn't until now that Li Tang really felt the pressure. He really doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are when he's not a master!

Of course, these things that were brought to him were all checked by Zeng Jia. He just glanced at them briefly, listened to Zeng Jia's explanation, and then signed his name.

On the contrary, he looked at the resumes of the newcomers that the company wanted to sign very carefully. The first two were all fresh graduates of the 99 class of the Chinese Theater Performance Department.

Level 99, he should be a classmate of the rustic-looking Chen Sicheng. He had a deep impression on that rustic young man. After all, if he hadn't been fighting with others and had gone to break up the fight, he would have received a wine bottle and his soul would have taken advantage of it.

Speaking of the former Li Tang becoming the current Li Tang, Brother Sicheng definitely contributed a lot. It's a pity that after the last Huabiao Award Ceremony, we never saw it again. I remember when he introduced himself, he was a grade 99 student in the Performance Department of China National Theater.

It was not easy to be expelled from the Chinese Theater Academy and then re-enter the Chinese Theater Academy two years later. Moreover, he was nominated for the Huabiao Film Newcomer Award while still in school. Although he did not win the award, the starting point was already considered to be very high.

When he saw the third one, he couldn't help but said "Hey", pointed at the resume and asked Zeng Jia in surprise: "Is this a freshman, and she's not even an adult yet, are you going to sign her?"

"This girl is good. Before she was admitted to Nortel, she was a student at the High School Affiliated to the Dance Academy. When director Zhang Yimou was filming "Happy Time", she was almost chosen. You can see that she is 1.7 meters tall. She has a good figure as a dancer and has good skin. She is very white, maybe she will be Li Xiaoran again in the future. And her smile is also very beautiful, without the bitter look of Li Xiaoran..."

Li Tang carefully looked at the photos attached to his resume. It was true that he was tall, fair-skinned, and had a good figure, but his appearance was just passable, and it was hard to say how good-looking he was. But listening to Zeng Jia's gushing praises, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you think so highly of this little girl?" "Of course, think about it, she was almost chosen as the heroine of "Happy Days" back then. If she hadn't been a little bit How can such talent catch the eye of Director Zhang Yimou? Brother, don’t underestimate this girl, Director Kwan Kam-peng from Hong Kong also wants to sign her."

"Is it?"

Li Tang was quite surprised to hear this. Guan Jinpeng is also a senior artistic film director in Hong Kong and a frequent visitor to the three major European film festivals. At last year's "Hong Kong Night" event at the Cannes Film Festival, he met Director Kwan once. He was polite and spoke softly, which left a very good impression on him at the time.

Li Tang has also watched several movies directed by him. In addition to the famous "Ruan Lingyu" and the controversial "Lan Yu", the one that impressed him most was "Rouge Button" starring Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. .

It is a pity that Zhang Guorong's life has been forever fixed on this April Fool's Day, but this time I heard that director Zhang Yimou intends to invite Anita Mui to play the role of the flying knife eldest sister in "House of Flying Daggers". Maybe it will be possible to see this "Hong Kong daughter" in the director's studio tomorrow, which I'm really looking forward to.

Li Tang was not a fan of hers, and his deepest impression of her was only the role of Ruhua in "Rouge Button".

how to say?

In fact, as an actor, it is enough to be able to leave a classic role on the screen, not to mention that he is not a serious actor.

"Of course!" Zeng Jia said proudly.

Now that he has been recognized by directors Zhang Yimou and Guan Jinpeng, Li Tang naturally has nothing to say. But he still asked one more question: "My little girl is not yet an adult. What is the guardian's opinion?"

"Of course I have consulted my parents' opinions, and my parents still have to sign when the contract is formally signed."

After saying that, Zeng Jia added: "Fortunately, I talked to Bai Xue's parents. If it had been her own wish, the little girl would have signed a contract with Director Guan Jinpeng's studio."

Come to think of it, as a young girl, it is easy to be intimidated by the name of a great Hong Kong director. It seems that the parents of this little girl named Bai Xue, who is in the first year of the Nortel Acting Department, are relatively rational.

There were four newcomers to sign this time. When Li Tang flipped through the resume of the last person, he saw the photo in military uniform at first sight.

Oh, what a handsome comparison!

It was a handsome face with deep eyes, especially when paired with a military uniform, it looked very heroic.

"His name is Shen Teng. He majored in military performance. He just graduated this year. He made a guest appearance in "Northeast Family" before. Even Director Tian said that he has a special talent for comedy and planned to let him try out for the role of King Wang in the play. Here’s Dong’s role,” Zeng Jia introduced.

Comedy talent?

Li Tang was quite surprised. Isn't this kind of thing the ceiling of appearance in idol dramas, and he can actually act in comedy?

As for the "Northeast Family" that Zeng Jia was talking about just now, although he has never seen it, he knows that it is a popular sitcom directed by Yingda University. It is said that even Feng Xiaogang made a cameo in it.

Li Tang nodded. These newcomers signed this time were originally prepared for the stage play that the company is currently preparing.

"Oh, by the way, how are the preparations for Director Tian's new play that you told me about last time?"

The Director Tian that Li Tang mentioned was actually a teacher in the Performance Department of China National Theater, and he was in the same circle as Diao Yinan and Zhang Baibai. The most famous stage play directed by director Tian Youliang was staged at the Chinese Opera Theater last year, and the comedy "Green Flowers, Sauerkraut" was also a sensation.

"The script is almost ready. The next step is to find actors and rehearse. The initial plan is to try to officially stage it before the National Day this year." Zeng Jiada said.

After saying that, she hesitated for a moment and then said: "Brother, I want to create an independent brand for our stage show, what do you think?"

"Independent brand?"

This question was really too out-of-the-box. Li Tang was stunned for a moment. After pondering for a moment, he immediately said: "Okay, no problem."

"Then what do you think a good name should be?"

When it comes to choosing a name, Li Tang is really stumped. This is because his literary skills are mediocre. After several years of hard work, his current level is only at the level of reading and understanding scripts and writing character biographies. superior.

Moreover, in his previous life, he lived in the United States and received a Western education. For Westerners, naming is very simple, or it is very brainless. Whether it is a program, a brand or a company, it is often named after the founder.

For example, Disney, Fox, Oprah, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, L'Oreal, Versace, etc. are all personal names. That is, the brand names or company names that emerging technology companies use after their products, such as Google, Microsoft, etc.

However, Li Tang's heart was moved when he thought of this, and he mused: "Isn't the name of your stage play called "If you want to eat Mahua, I'll screw it for you now", I think it's better to call it Mahua. It's easy to remember, and in case of the future, This project has become bigger and stronger, doesn’t it still have commemorative significance?”

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