Lou Ye has been annoyed recently, last year he planned to produce the first digital film project "Super City" in China joined by young Chinese directors, but it could not be completed due to various reasons.

I didn't have anything to shoot, so I wrote a script by myself and wanted to shoot something I wanted to shoot. During this time, he often walked along the Suzhou Creek with his old 8mm camera in search of inspiration.

Making a movie requires money, and his friend Nai'an is willing to invest, but he doesn't want the other party to take all the risks, so he found Shanghai Film Studio through a relationship, and contacted to buy the factory logo while also hoping to get some investment.

But the reaction of the film studio was flat, and there was no accurate answer for a long time, and today he plans to come to the door to talk in person, if it doesn't work, then he can only think of other ways.

The roads in the downtown area during the morning rush hour on Monday were congested, and he drove Santana to stop and go. When he arrived at an intersection and waited for a red light, his aimless gaze suddenly froze.

There was a motorcycle parked not far ahead, the familiar back and model, and he recognized at a glance that it was Li Tang, who he had just met yesterday. There was a girl sitting in the back seat, hugging her waist, very intimate.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lou Ye's mouth, his impression of Li Tang had always been that of a child next door, and in a blink of an eye, the child grew up and had a girlfriend.

After a while, the motorcycle started, and the girl lay on the boy's back, and the motorcycle shuttled through the traffic.

Looking at the back in the distance, Lou Ye suddenly felt that this picture was very familiar, especially like a scene described in the script.

"Doodoo ......"

The car horn behind sounded, and Lou Ye suddenly woke up, only to realize that the green light had already been turned on, and hurriedly put up the gas pedal and walked forward.

……

"I'll come back tomorrow morning, go directly to the set, don't pick me up, bye!"

Sending his ex-girlfriend to the gate of the station, Li Tang turned the head of the car and rode to the Shanghai Film Studio next door.

The audition location is in a small building in Shanghai Film Studio, and someone registers at the door, receives resumes, issues a number plate, and then sits and waits for the number to be called.

There were already more than a dozen people sitting in the lounge, and as soon as he looked out, he heard someone calling: "Li Tang, where is it?" ”

He looked up, hey, old classmate!

"Boss Ren, you're here too!"

In addition to his old classmates, there were several familiar faces present, and he greeted them one by one.

"It's just the two of us in our class, what about Lao Liu and Da Lao Wang?"

After sitting down, Li Tang muttered.

Lao Liu is Liu Xiaofeng, and the eldest Wang is called Wang Yanan, both of whom are their classmates, and after graduation, they were assigned to the actor troupe of Shanghai Film Studio.

"They get the moon first when they are close to the water."

Ren Zhenquan looked left and right, leaned over and lowered his voice: "I heard that Da Lao Wang is already the male number one in this play." ”

"Oh."

Li Tang was not surprised, Wang Yanan was the first to come out to film in their 93 class, and he played the second male lead in his first movie, and last year he starred in the movie "My Love My Blood" with Wanwan idol singer Yi Nengjing, and was also nominated for Best Actor at the Hundred Flowers Awards.

To be honest, Ren Zhenquan was inevitably a little jealous when he heard the news at first, but when he saw Li Tang's indifferent appearance, he stiffened slightly, and then laughed at himself: "I'm here to try my luck." ”

Li Tang glanced at him, saw through it and changed the topic: "Hey, how is your hotel business?" ”

Don't look at the thinness of this person, it is very delicious, and after graduation, he opened a small restaurant specializing in Sichuan cuisine, which is also the origin of the nickname "Boss Ren".

Speaking of business, Ren Zhenquan's eyes suddenly lit up, but he still said modestly: "So-so, it's okay." A few more private rooms were opened upstairs. ”

"Yes! Boss Ren, now the boss is bigger. Li Tang said with a smile.

When the Sichuan restaurant first opened, he visited it a few times, and at that time he saw that the business was good. It's just that he can't eat spicy food, and the distance is far away, so he hasn't been there for a long time.

His family also runs a restaurant, and he is well aware of the hardships. My father had a relationship and capital back then, so he made the hotel to its current scale. Ren Zhenquan, a foreigner, ran a small restaurant in just half a year, which is really not easy.

"General, average. I'm looking forward to paying off my foreign debt sooner ......."

Ren Zhenquan paused in the middle of speaking, because when it comes to foreign debt, one person will inevitably be involved.

He looked at Li Tang, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Binbin is coming over in the next two days, uh, shoot an advertisement with me." ”

Li Tang smiled, didn't hide it, and said, "I came here yesterday, I just sent her to the station and went to Hangzhou." ”

"Really? What's the situation? Are you back together? ”

Ren Zhenquan's face was full of surprise, three question marks in a row, and then a complicated expression.

"No, how can it be." Li Tang shook his head.

Ren Zhenquan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, slurped twice in his mouth, and pretended to regret: "It is not realistic for the two of you to be in Shanghai and the other in the capital. ”

In fact, Li Tang knew his reaction. He and Li Binbin are fellow villagers and have always had a close relationship. Li Binbin pursued a lot of people back then, although he never confessed, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this product is actually one of the admirers.

The people who auditioned for the show came in and out, as short as three or four minutes, and as long as ten minutes, and those who came out were disappointed and excited.

Ren Zhenquan went in, and it took about seven or eight minutes to come out of it.

"How?" Li Tang hurriedly asked.

His expression was a little wooden, and he shook his head for a moment: "No." ”

Li Tang could only sigh when he heard this, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "If you can't do it, then I will be even more hopeless." ”

Ren Zhenquan's academic performance is better than him, and he filmed earlier than him, and these several film and television dramas are listed on people's resumes, although they are not the main roles, but they are also supporting roles with names and surnames.

As for him, either passerby A or bandit B, he was embarrassed to fill in the resume when he wrote it, and only solemnly filled in "proficient in English" in terms of specialty.

It's the only thing he can get his hands on right now. But this is not a foreign company recruitment, it is a selection of actors, and it is probably useless.

Ren Zhenquan is obviously depressed, he opens a restaurant is a side job, acting is the main business, this time he can't even get a supporting role, and the blow is not small.

Reluctantly, he showed a hint of an ugly smile and said, "I still have some things, so I'll go first." Well, I'll invite you and Binbin to dinner when I go back. ”

"Okay."

Li Tang came late and came last. After Ren Zhenquan left, two more buddies went in and hurried out, and it didn't seem that the situation was ideal.

Peng Xiaolian sat behind the big desk and flipped through her resume.

She went to the United States to study in 89 and returned to China in 96, but did not return to the Shanghai Film Studio system, and the Shanghai Film Studio was only a contractual cooperative relationship.

"Shanghai Chronicle" is the most important film of the year by Shanghai Film Studio, and he knows that he has a heavy responsibility, so he specially asked his old classmates for help.

The preparation period for the film began very early, and some of the main roles have been determined, and some have alternate actors, and they are still hesitating whether they are suitable or not.

For example, the candidate for the leading actor, the factory recommended the young actor Wang Yanan. It stands to reason that Wang Yanan's image and acting skills are good, and the two movies he has starred in are both in cooperation with big stars, and the response is very good, and he has a certain audience base, and he is a young actor currently focused on cultivating in the factory.

But the character of the male protagonist is a Chinese-American, and there is a large amount of English dialogue in the play. However, Wang Yanan's ability to speak English is very lacking.

Of course, this is not Wang Yanan's problem alone, it is universal. It is rare for young mainland actors to speak fluent English, unless they are actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan or have returned from studying abroad.

She paid special attention to this aspect of today's interview, but the result was disappointing.

The last one left, an actor from the Drama Center, a newcomer who just graduated last year, has no dazzling acting resume. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she saw that "proficient in English" was written in the specialty column, and she was pleasantly surprised and looked forward to it.

Li Tang pushed the door and came in, and saw two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, sitting in the room. The woman has short hair, is slightly chubby, and has kind eyebrows; Men are thin and have a worrisome hairline.

The woman doesn't need to ask, it must be the director Peng Xiaolian. He knows the man, and he is also the director of Shanghai Film Studio, Zhang Jianya. When he was a freshman, he played Bandit B in the anti-Japanese comedy "Desperate Life" directed by Director Zhang.

"Director Peng: Okay! Director Zhang: Okay! He bowed slightly.

"Oh, the actor from the drama center, Li Tang, please take a seat."

Zhang Jianya looked at the resume and greeted him, and his tone was very kind.

Although Li Tang has acted in his plays, it is a trick, and after many years, he has no impression at all, just for the sake of the face of the drama center.