Li Tang was carrying a black leather backpack, which was a gift from his ex-girlfriend last time. humming the tune of "Meet Ninety-Eight", which became popular at this year's Spring Festival Gala, went upstairs.

It was a quarter of an hour early, and the small building was quiet. Pushing open the door of the conference room, he suddenly felt a sense of warmth, the air conditioner in the room was on, and someone was earlier than him.

A woman who was writing at her desk looked up at the sound. At this moment, Li Tang also saw the woman's appearance clearly, she was very young, with a pair of big and bright eyes, deep eye sockets, and a straight and slender nose, looking like a mixed-race child.

"Hello, I'm Li Tang from the Drama Center." Li Tang didn't know him, and introduced himself.

"Hello, Mr. Li! My name is Yuan Quan and I play Li Huirong. The other party hurriedly stood up.

It turned out to be the female number one in the play, playing a pair with herself.

"Don't, don't call me a teacher, just call me Li Tang." Li Tang hurriedly waved his hand.

In these years, the title of "teacher" has not been rotten on the street, and only truly talented seniors and artists can afford this title.

Li ...... Uh, Brother Li, please take a seat. ”

The little girl looked restrained, and said that she was going to help make tea.

"You're welcome, I'll do it myself."

Li Tang rushed ahead, made himself a cup of tea, and came over with a hot water bottle to refill Yuan Quan's cup.

"Thank you, Brother Li."

Yuan Quan had to stand up again in fear.

"Sit down, you're early enough." Li Tang smiled and gestured.

Considering that the two play a pair of lovers in the play, the strangeness between the two should be eliminated as soon as possible. He glanced at the script on the table by the way, and saw that there were a lot of sketches and drawings on the script. Then he smiled and said, "You have done enough preparations." ”

Yuan Quan smiled shyly: "It's my first time filming, and I don't understand anything." ”

"Coincidentally, strictly speaking, it's the first time for me."

Seeing Yuan Quan's puzzled eyes, this thing pretended to exaggerate and explained: "It used to be a trick, and strictly speaking, it was not a real filming. ”

Yuan Quan snorted, successfully laughed by him, and his restrained mentality suddenly relaxed. She traveled thousands of miles from the capital to Shanghai, and everything around her was unfamiliar, tense, and full of gains and losses.

Li Tang walked over to her with a teacup and sat down, keeping a certain distance, but they could communicate face-to-face.

"I heard that you are from Chinese opera, how did you get chosen?"

"Well, I'm the class of '96 and a sophomore this year. Last year, I took a street interview, and I happened to be seen by Director Peng, so he found me. Brother Li, what about you? ”

"Me? Good luck! ”

"Giggles, Brother Li, you're so funny!"

Let go, and the conversation will be much smoother. Yuan Quan is a girl who loves to laugh, her smile is like a flower, and her whole person is full of youth and agility, and it is a very pleasant thing to chat with such a beautiful girl.

After a while, the main creators of the crew came to the conference room one after another, and finally Peng Xiaolian and Zhang Jianya walked in with an old man.

Probably except for Yuan Quan, who was a little dazed, everyone present stood up.

Li Tang was also startled when he saw this old man, and said in his heart: Why is this old man here?

The old man's name is Liu Qiong, more than 80 years old and 90 years old, a film actor who entered the industry in the silent film era, and a proper grandfather. In the thirties and forties, he was a smash hit in Shanghai, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also served as a director, and made many excellent films, such as "The Female Concubine", "Master Qiao on the Sedan Car", "No. 51 Military Station", "Ashima" and so on.

After the introduction of director Peng Xiaolian, everyone knew that the old man played Guo Shaobai fifty years later, and there was no such character in the original script, it was added by Peng Xiaolian later.

The script reading is not simply a matter of matching the lines between the actors, but the entire creative team, including the directors, screenwriters, photographers, lighting, art and other bigwigs behind the scenes, participated in collective discussions, and everyone put forward various modifications to the script in combination with the actual shooting.

In a way, the script reading is equivalent to the script finalization meeting. After the meeting, the finalized script will no longer be allowed to be changed at will, and it will become the crystallization of wisdom and creative consensus maintained by all crew members.

Before the meeting began, everyone briefly introduced themselves, except for the two male and female protagonists Li Tang and Yuan Quan, as well as the special actor who played Mr. Chen, the other actors, including the main creative team behind the scenes, were all from Shanghai Film Studio. This can be regarded as Director Peng's compromise and exchange in the factory.

After the meeting began, Peng Xiaolian asked everyone to give comments on the script.

This script was first provided by Shanghai Film Studio, but Peng Xiaolian was not satisfied with the original script, so Zhang Jianya recreated the script together.

There is little difference between the reading of film scripts and the reading of stage plays, with an additional photography link, and at the same time, the role of lighting effects and art is more prominent.

The behind-the-scenes team mostly emphasizes the adjustment of technical details, and the actors have to put forward their own views in combination with the characteristics of the characters****** when Li Tang arrived, he flipped forward the notebook he was recording, and during this time he did a lot of preparations, listing a lot of problems.

The goods first greeted: "Director, I'm sorry, I may have more questions?" ”

"It doesn't matter, it's a good thing to have more problems, and only when we have all the problems clearly can we create a good character. Xiao Li, you can ask boldly. Director Peng waved his hand and encouraged.

"Thank you, Director. First of all, I want to ask what is the exact age of Guo Shaobai's character, the script only says that he is in his twenties, which is more vague. And what is he? What is his zodiac sign? Does he have siblings or an only child at home? How old are his parents? What is the personality? How is the relationship between the parents......"

Peng Xiaolian was stunned when she heard a lot of questions coming up from Li Tangbalabala, and raised her hand to interrupt: "Xiao Li, you slow down first." It's understandable that you ask Guo Shaobai about his age and family background, but why do you ask so carefully? Even the horoscopes, the personalities and relationships of the parents come out. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the venue, and the laughter accounted for the majority, obviously many people were resistant to Li Tang, a foreign actor candidate, only the old man Liu Qiong looked at Li Tang who asked the question, and looked thoughtful.

Li Tang was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Director, I'm sorry, the constellation may be a joke, this is a bit metaphysical." But the situation of the parents includes personality and relationship, which must be asked, because the words and deeds of the parents will affect some of the character traits in the process of growing up.

Guo Shaobai's character is very complex, and his character has a strong side and a cowardly side. If Li Huirong has faith as an underground party, then Guo Shaobai's belief is blank, or simply his belief is Li Huirong. As the story progresses, the character is wobbly, and I wanted to capture the most basic point in his character. ”

His words made the venue suddenly quiet, everyone is knowledgeable, and after thinking about it, I have to admit that what he said makes sense, but they usually don't think of such details, or it is due to inertial thinking.

"Uh, Xiao Li, you go on."

"I wonder when he went to the United States? How to get naturalized? How did you become a reporter for the American media...... Also, is he and Li Huirong married or in free love? Their love experience ......"

Li Tang asked a lot of questions again, and then looked at Peng Xiaolian, full of curiosity.

Peng Xiaolian could only smile bitterly and said: "I don't know what you asked, I believe that the original screenwriter may not have thought so much when writing this character, and it is estimated that he will not be able to give you an accurate answer." So I still suggest that you infer the character of Guo Shaobai through the plot and lines. ”

"I see, director."

Peng Xiaolian's answer was exactly what Li Tang wanted.

This is the experience he summed up on Broadway, where stage plays are often playwright-centered, plots and lines often cannot be easily changed, and actors' performances are inevitably limited.

In this case, there will be a process of a two-way game between the actor and the screenwriter. The actor asks a question, which needs to be answered by the screenwriter. If you can answer the question, I'll follow your path. On the contrary, if you can't answer the question, then there is more room to play as an actor.

After all, there is no actor in this world who doesn't want to be popular, and every supporting actor has a heart to be the protagonist. Even small characters want to show themselves as hard as they can. There is more room to play, and there are more opportunities for natural expression.