Half past six in the evening

Spring City, a food street in the XC district

Zuo Le took his mobile phone and looked around, until he saw a fat man in a yellow T-shirt at a barbecue stall, with a smile on his face and a loud greeting.

"Bright. ”

Gao Mingliang heard someone shouting his name, turned his head to look, a bright smile appeared on his round face, and he quickly got up and waved to Zuo Le.

"Brother Zuo, here. ”

Zuo Le answered, came closer, moved a chair and sat down, Gao Mingming called the waiter loudly, and asked Zuo Le to order.

"Brother Zuo, I have a treat today, you can order it casually. ”

Zuo Le was not polite to him, took the list and pen from the waiter, brushed and ordered a bunch of his favorite skewers, and asked for two bottles of beer.

Zuo Le usually doesn't like to drink, and he can hide when he has a drinking game, but eating barbecue is a rare time for him to make an exception.

After all, if you don't drink alcohol when you eat skewers, you always feel less delicious, so when Zuo Le eats barbecue, he can't help but order two bottles of beer to help the fun.

Although Zuo Le's alcohol consumption is lower than the average of Dongshan Hanzi, he still has the foundation of two bottles of beer.

Two bottles of beer, just right for him, not only help the fun, but also keep a clear head, sweating after the meal, the wine will be dispersed, and it will not make the body uncomfortable.

Gao Mingliang and Zuo Le have known each other for two years, and they know Zuo Le very well, seeing that he ordered two bottles of beer, he didn't coax him to persuade anything, took the menu from Zuo Le, added a few hard dishes, and handed it to the waiter.

"Hurry up, you can put more chili noodles, less cumin, just improve the flavor, roast oysters and eggplant to look at the heat, the taste is not to me, I can scold the cook." ”

Looking at Gao Mingming, who was nagging and explaining to the waiter, a smile flashed in Zuo Le's eyes, what Gao Mingliang said and the waiter said were actually his taste preferences.

Zuo Le is a native of Zhaoshi in the south of Dongshan Province, and his taste is salty and spicy, so he can eat spicy when eating skewers, and at the same time, he doesn't like too heavy cumin flavor, so when he goes out to eat barbecue, he often makes special instructions to let the master put less cumin.

As for oysters and eggplant, they are Zuo Le's two favorite barbecue dishes.

Zuo Le clearly remembers that he and Gao Mingming never went out to eat barbecue more than five times, but Gao Mingming discovered his taste preferences in this limited number of times and remembered them.

In ancient times, this guy was at least a figure at the level of the chief manager of Ouchi............

But anyway, it's a nice feeling to be taken to heart.

Of course, if this person is not a fat man with a fat head and big ears, but a delicate girl, Zuo Le will be more satisfied.

The waiter in the room over there remembered Gao Mingming's request seriously, and then took the menu to the back kitchen, handed it to the barbecue master in the back kitchen, and said concisely.

"Fifteen tables, skewers and spicy. ”

"Understood. ”

The kebab master didn't raise his head in response, and continued to fiddle with dozens of skewers of waist in his hand with a sweaty face.

............

Gao Mingming, who didn't know that he had let the waiter ignore gorgeously, was looking at Zuo Le expectantly at this time.

"Brother, I read the flying letter you sent, and you want to ask me to play a role, there are still a lot of scenes?"

"Hmm. ”

Zuo Le picked up a piece of cucumber and chewed it: "An important supporting role, well, it can even be regarded as one of the protagonists, but it can be said in advance, a small-scale sitcom, don't expect too much." ”

"I don't pick, I don't pick. ”

Gao Mingming shook his fat hand, his face was full of excitement: "My previous highest record was only a big trick of more than a dozen scenes, you can let me play an important supporting role, I am already very content, I don't care about the size of the production or anything."

It's just ......"

Gao Mingliang wanted to speak and stopped, with some hesitation on his face: "Brother, you give me such an important role, I'm afraid that I won't be able to play well and live up to your trust." ”

"You don't have to worry about that. ”

Zuo Le shook his head, peeled the saltwater peanuts in his hand, and said with a smile: "I won't joke about my debut, the two of us have known each other for so long, I know your acting skills, and it is not difficult for you to make a surprise attack during this time and understand the role of Yang Baolu." ”

There is another reason why Zuo Le didn't say it, that is, Gao Mingliang himself is very close to the image of the actor who played Yang Baolu in the original version, and at the same time, some of the personality of Yang Baolu's character is very similar to Gao Mingming.

Gao Mingming plays this role, and to a certain extent, he can barely be regarded as his true colors, otherwise Zuo Le would not have looked for him.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the relationship between Gao Mingliang and Zuo Le, the two met in a crew, Zuo Le was the screenwriter and assistant director of the group at that time, and Gao Mingliang was an ordinary group performer.

The two did not intersect originally, but once Gao Mingliang accidentally helped Zuo Le once, Zuo Le confessed his feelings and helped Gao Mingliang operate a special role, Gao Mingliang was very grateful, and took the opportunity to recognize Zuo Le's eldest brother, but in fact, Gao Mingliang was three years older than Zuo Le.

Because when Zuo Le was an assistant director and executive actor, he inevitably had to deal with the group performances frequently, and for the convenience of work, they would buy a few insiders from the group performances to help manage the crew and group performances or listen to information.

Gao Mingliang and Zuo Le are such a situation.

However, because Gao Mingliang is a good guy and shoots Zuo Le's sycophants, Zuo Le usually values him a little more than other group actors, and now he is the first director, and he also specially promoted this little brother.

............

And here Gao Mingliang was relieved by Zuo Le, and finally let go of most of his heart, and then flattered Zuo Le more diligently.

Zuo Le was used to being praised by him, and he had some immunity, so he picked up a string of mutton skewers that the waiter had just served, boldly stroked a string, chewed it twice, and a hot feeling suddenly rose in his mouth. ”

"Hey, chili noodles don't cost money. ”

Zuo Le hurriedly drank a few sips of beer to relieve the spiciness, and then grabbed Gao Mingming, who was about to go to the waiter: "It's okay, it is estimated that the master did not sprinkle evenly when he roasted it, and the skewers I ate were a little spicy, and the others did not have so many chili noodles on them, so they should be able to eat."

Don't mess around, we let them be more spicy, and it's no wonder that people are no wonder. ”

With Zuo Le, the main owner, in the way, Gao Mingliang finally didn't have anything to do with the store, but sat down unwillingly, glaring at the direction of the back kitchen several times.

Zuo Le didn't want to cause trouble, so he took the initiative to open his mouth and diverted Gao Mingming's attention: "I heard that you have opened a restaurant at home, so how about your skills, the role of Yang Baolu is a chef, there are several scenes of cutting vegetables and cooking in the play, you had better practice, how much is a chef." ”

Hearing the matter, Gao Mingliang didn't care whether the skewers were spicy or not, and nodded hurriedly.

"Brother Zuo, don't worry, I learned a few tricks from my dad when I was a child, although it has been abandoned over the years, but the basic skills have not been lost, I will review and review when I go back, it should not be a big problem. ”

"The main ones are knife work and spoon reversal, if you practice these two well, you will have the posture of the chef, as for whether the dishes are fried well or not, the audience outside the screen can't eat them. ”

Zuo Le specifically mentioned two sentences, the actor who played Yang Paul in the original version should have deliberately practiced knife skills and spoon flipping during the filming, judging from several kitchen cooking clips in the play, the actor's cooking level has changed from rusty to skilled, and the progress is visible to the naked eye.

Although from the audience's point of view, this is not a big flaw, but as a director, Zuo Le, still feels that it is better to avoid mistakes and omissions that can be made up.

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The meal was eaten until half past ten in the evening.

Except for some of the skewers that are a little spicy, Zuo Le is still very satisfied with the barbecue, and sent away the half-drunk Gao Mingming, Zuo Le found a shared bicycle, rode to a wonton shop at the other end of the food street, drank a bowl of hot wontons, and then took a taxi home.

Climb the stairs, open the door, change shoes, take a shower.

Zuo Le, who cleaned up neatly, opened the computer while eating half a watermelon, found a document, and marked the three words Gao Mingliang in the cast.

Paul Yang: √

And before that, Zuo Le had successfully managed the actors of Old Lady Qi, Quan Fu and Xiao Shi.

The actor of the empty ear queen and Mrs. Qi is a colleague of Bao Xiaoyong's repertory troupe, but now she is retired, but the old lady is not old-hearted, and she often comes out to take over the drama activities.

Zuo Le asked Bao Xiaoyong to pull a line in the middle, and the old lady read the script and immediately agreed to participate, and by the way, she also wrapped up the role of the Chinese professor of the play.

The old lady's wife happens to be a professor at the School of Foreign Languages of Dongshan University, majoring in Spanish.

And the role of Quanfu, because there are not many scenes, and there is no need for acting skills, Zuo Le directly let the crew props for ten thousand years.

This teacher Wan has run tricks in Dongshan's self-made dramas many times, and he has rich acting experience, and it is more than enough to play the big trick of Quanfu.

As for the last little stone, because of the age of the character, it was a little troublesome, but after Zuo Le found a well-connected old party, he also successfully signed a contract with a well-known child star.

Dingxianglou Tiantuan, all in place!