"Binbin, eat! Let me tell you, the bean sprouts in this Mao Xuewang are particularly delicious. This fillet is very tender, and it is made of black fish, and it is fresh ...... killed."

Seeing Ren Zhenquan's courteous appearance towards his ex-girlfriend, Li Tang couldn't help but pout, especially looking down on this dog-legged look.

However, this product does do business, such as the big pot of hairy blood in front of him, in fact, there are not many real blood tofu and hairy belly, and there is a thick layer of soybean sprouts underneath, and three or two white and fat shrimps are decorated on top, and they dare to sell for thirty-eight yuan a piece.

And the business in the store is really good, the upstairs and downstairs are full, and the three of them can only squeeze into the attic converted storeroom and office, around a small desk.

Li Tang is not used to eating heavy oil and spicy Sichuan dishes, so he can only pick some less spicy lower mouths.

"Hey, Li Tang, how was the last audition?" Ren Zhenquan asked in a hurry.

"It's not good, I guess there's no hope." Li Tang shook his head.

In the last interview, he first came to an English conversation inexplicably, and then asked him to act in a clip, and he felt that he was okay, but three days passed, and there was no response.

"Don't rush, take your time."

Ren Zhenquan picked up the cup and saluted him, putting on a look of empathy.

"I'm not in a hurry."

Li Tang rolled his eyes and touched him.

……

Looking at the casting list submitted by Peng Xiaolian, Zhu Yongde was very troubled. For the candidates for the male and female protagonists, the factory recommended outstanding young actors from its own actor troupe at the beginning, but none of them were on the list.

Even if you don't use the actors in the factory, it's no problem if you use big-name stars. But the protagonists Peng Xiaolian chose were all unknown newcomers.

The heroine Yuan Quan, the Department of Chinese Opera Performance, is a sophomore.

The actor Li Tang is an actor in the Drama Center.

After seeing the list, he specifically inquired. Yuan Quan was born in Peking Opera, and can be regarded as a good student with excellent character and learning in Chinese opera. Moreover, from his point of view as a photographer, this little girl's appearance is very distinctive, with deep eye sockets, a high and thin nose bridge, and a bony beauty with a European and American style, with a natural movie face.

If the heroine candidate can barely accept it, then what's the matter with the actor?

Although the young man is very handsome from the photo, the handsome young man of the Shanghai Film Troupe grabbed a lot of them. The key is that Li Tang has nothing to show at all, if he has a resume or not, it is said that he can enter the drama center or the relationship between the buildings.

It's not that he has to interfere with the casting candidates, it's that there is finally a big project in the factory, and everyone below is watching it with a daze.

To make the most obvious analogy, the drama center arranges a big play, and the actor does not use the actors in the center but uses the actors of the film studio, so the drama center does not make a fuss!

If this person's heart is scattered, it will be difficult for the team to lead.

Lao Zhu, as the director of the factory, said that he was very embarrassed.

"Xiao Peng, do you want to take a look at the candidates for the role of Guo Shaobai? If you think Wang Yanan is not suitable, there are many outstanding young actors such as Tong Ruixing, Zhang Xiaolin, and Liu Xiaofeng. ”

Lao Zhu said very politely.

In recent years, the film market has been sluggish, and Shanghai Film Studio, which once supported half of China's films, has inevitably begun to decline.

As a film practitioner, we all know that the key to the success of a film lies in the director. The glory of Shanghai Film Studio in the past few decades is largely due to the fact that it has a top director in China - Xie Jin.

But as Director Xie grew old, there was a shortage of green and yellow in the factory. The reason why Peng Xiaolian was chosen this time was that, on the one hand, she had studied under Director Xie, and Director Xie had high hopes for her.

On the other hand, and most importantly, Peng Xiaolian has just returned from New York University in the United States, and the factory hopes that she, a director who has been stained with the impression of America, can use an international perspective to re-examine our past history.

Internationalization, learning advanced foreign concepts, and going to the world are all current trends.

Therefore, Shanghai Film Studio attaches great importance to Peng Xiaolian, a returnee director, even if the other party is unwilling to return to the system, but cooperates in the form of a contract, Shanghai Film Studio still entrusts her with important tasks.

Obviously, Peng Xiaolian also knows this, she has a psychological advantage in the face of Lao Zhu, and said with a kind and decent smile as always: "Factory Director, I think Li Tang is suitable." ”

"Can't pick out the right ones for the actors in the factory?"

"Yes!"

“……”

Zhu Yongde was speechless, he knew Peng Xiaolian very well. Peng Xiaolian graduated from Nortel and was assigned to Shanghai Film Studio, and slowly grew up from a scene reporter and assistant director, he was still a photographer in the factory at that time, and the two often worked together. I know that the other party has a good idea, but if it doesn't sound good, my head and neck are hard, and the eight horses can't pull it back.

Lao Zhu sat there, looked at her for a long time, and then smiled bitterly: "You have a big problem for me!" ”

"If you're not sure, you can see for yourself."

……

Li Tang has been living a very leisurely life these days, and his body and mind have been fully released. It's a pity that the ex-girlfriend didn't stay for long, and she hurriedly returned to Beijing after filming the advertisement.

His life began to go according to schedule again, and as for the audition at the film studio, he thought it was over. Unexpectedly, when the Spring Festival holiday was approaching, he got the news, and director Peng Xiaolian personally called and asked him to audition again.

The second time I came, it was still that room, but in addition to Director Peng and Director Zhang, there was one more person next to him.

His hair is gray, his skin is dark, and his face is bitter and hateful.

Li Tang took a look, hey, he was startled, today's formation is big enough, and the big leaders have all appeared.

Just kidding, in the Shanghai literary circle, the director of the drama center and the director of Shanghai Film Studio, no one knows them. Moreover, Director Zhu is also a former famous photographer.

The well-known movies "Wrangler", "Garland Under the Mountain", "Sunrise" and so on are all works of Lao Zhu.

"Director Zhu, hello, hello!"

Although Li Tang was surprised, he was not restrained.

"Hello."

Lao Zhu nodded, he had no impression of this kind of small character at all.

"Xiao Li, last time we tried the play, I feel that your temperament is very suitable for the actor of our movie, so please come over and try the play again today, so that everyone has a bottom in their hearts."

Peng Xiaolian's attitude is obviously much more enthusiastic than last time.

Hearing the three words of the male protagonist, Li Tang looked incredulous, and said in disbelief: "Director, are you talking about the male protagonist?" ”

Peng Xiaolian smiled: "That's right, it's the actor." The main thing is that this character has a certain peculiarity, he is a Chinese-American journalist with a lot of English dialogue. ”

As she spoke, she picked up two pieces of paper and handed them over and said, "Okay, let's talk less." Here's the character introduction and some dialogue, you should familiarize yourself with it first. ”

"Good!"

Li Tang hurriedly took it, it was the first time in his life that he had come into contact with the role of the leading actor, how could it not be exciting?

The first page is a character introduction, the name, the background of the era, and the character image are very detailed.

The second page is a plot that roughly says that Guo Shaobai went to the U.S. consulate for help, and there was a long English dialogue with the U.S. consul.

Li Tang read it carefully, and his excitement gradually calmed down. The content of this part is not very difficult to perform, mainly because there are more dialogues.

It's just that when he was watching, he found that there was something wrong,

Peng Xiaolian noticed that his expression was different, and asked, "Xiao Li, what's wrong?" Is there a problem? ”

The content of today's audition was carefully selected by her, on the one hand, she wanted Lao Zhu to see it, and on the other hand, she also wanted to examine Li Tang's English line skills.

"Uh, no." Li Tang said busily.

He knows each other very well, but he doesn't dare to raise his so-called doubts at this juncture, not to mention that the content in the script itself has the limitations of the times.

He read it silently twice, and basically knew the bottom of his heart, and the lines were his specialty in the perennial stage plays.

"Director, it's okay."

"Okay, I'll help you play." Peng Xiaolian said.

She is the only one here who has this English ability.

Li Tang moved his body as usual, did a few warm-up movements, and then began to perform.