Li Tang has been very comfortable in the past half a month, running every day, boxing, watching films, and helping to run the hall when the hotel is busy.

When it comes to boxing, even Lao Li is curious.

He had to tell Lao Li that he learned it when he was in college, and practiced blindly.

In his previous life, when he was in middle school, he was often bullied by white ghost animals and, so he went to a martial arts hall in a Chinese gathering area to learn kung fu, but he was lonely.

The master who immigrated from Hong Kong taught what Cai Li Buddha Boxing was called, it was a routine, a showmanship, and it was not useful at all in actual combat. It wasn't until he later learned Sanda that he became ashamed.

However, the routine has the benefits of the routine, at least it looks flexible and steady, the movements are chic and generous, and the boxing is magnificent, which is quite bluffing. After practicing for a long time, it has the effect of stretching muscles and bones and strengthening the body, so it should be regarded as a set of aerobics.

As for watching films, he doesn't watch Hollywood blockbusters and the like, mainly watching domestic films. In addition to the movies that are familiar to many big directors such as Xie Jin, Director Chen, and Zhang Yimou, he has really seen a lot of good films, such as Huang Jianxin's "Black Cannon Incident", Huang Jianzhong's "Chinese New Year", "Sanmao's Army" produced by Shanghai Film Studio, and Hong Kong martial arts movie "Burning Red Lotus Temple" and so on.

Most of these films have been seen in their original bodies, but I have a deeper understanding and feeling after watching them again.

In addition, he found a new film, which is said to have just won the grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival. But after watching it, the perception is very poor, this film called "Xiao Wu" has no skills at all, and the only reason for winning the award is probably because the film shows a poor and backward society, which pokes at the cool point of Westerners.

Labor Day is coming as scheduled, and there is no concept of Golden Week yet, Labor Day only has one day off, and it is closed on weekends 1, 2, 3, and 4.

After May Day, Li Tang's previous leave also expired, and on May Fourth Youth Day, he participated in a youth symposium in the unit in the morning, and sat in the theater to watch rehearsals in the afternoon.

Not long after he sat down, the mobile phone in his pocket vibrate, and he hurriedly ran outside to answer the phone.

"Sister An, do you have a letter?"

The call was made by Nai An, and Li Tang's first reaction was whether "Suzhou River" was almost ready.

Although he has been very leisurely in the past half a month, after filming "Shanghai Chronicle", his heart has been itching.

"Well, are you free in the afternoon?"

"It's so free."

"At three o'clock, it's still the café on Xiangyang Road."

"Okay, I'll be there on time."

At three o'clock and five o'clock, Li Tang rode a motorcycle to the café.

It's still the long table by the window, Nell has already arrived, and there is no figure of Lou Ye.

Li Tang walked across from her and sat down: "Sister An, didn't Brother Ye come?" ”

Ney Ann raised his wrist and looked at the time and said, "It's three o'clock, it's almost there, he's very punctual." ”

There are many varieties of coffee in this café, Li Tang ordered a cup of Blue Mountain, although it was most likely a fake Blue Mountain, and asked: "The heroine is settled." ”

"It's decided, today is to introduce you to each other."

Li Tang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said, "So it's about to start?" ”

Naian smiled: "The plan is to start this month, and now there are still some preparations that have not been completed, it is estimated that it will be around the tenth, and the details will have to be decided by Lou Ye." ”

"That's good."

Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief.

The films Lou Ye is making now are called "independent films" according to American parlance. The original concept of independent cinema came from Hollywood in the fifties and sixties, when Hollywood was monopolized by the so-called Big Eight studios, and the operation of a film shoot followed a strict system of producers.

And the goal of this system is to target the market exclusively, with the expectation of maximum profits. Therefore, although this system brings a lot of money to the film industry, it also limits the space for film creators to play.

As a result, a group of filmmakers got rid of the control of the eight major film companies, raised their own funds, and even wrote their own scripts and served as directors, making many ideological films that were completely different from mainstream commercial films, which were called "independent films".

At present, the concept of "independent film" is also gradually emerging in China, which is roughly to get rid of the monopoly of state-owned film studios, and the source of funds is private enterprises or private investors, and the director raises his own funds, and the production cost is generally relatively low.

Generally speaking, domestic "independent films" are films that are independent of the system.

It's just that independent films often go yellow because of lack of funds, or because of the rupture of the funding chain, which cannot be completed. Lou Ye's previous "Super City" was abandoned halfway because of financial problems.

"Suzhou Creek" can at least start smoothly at the moment.

He didn't ask who the heroine was, although Lou Ye's movies were all about love, he had even read the script, and he didn't even know what role he played, and it didn't matter what kind of person the heroine would be.

Lou Ye was really punctual, and he arrived while talking, followed by a young girl, very small, Lou Ye was at most one meter seven, and the girl was more than half a head behind him.

"Brother Ye!"

Li Tang stood up to say hello, and at the same time saw the girl's appearance clearly, the little goose egg face was very delicate, and a pair of big eyes were smart, and he felt very familiar.

"It's a weekly news!" Lou Ye introduced it.

"Hello, my name is Li Tang." Li Tangtang, a girl named Zhou Xun, stretched out his hand.

"Hello."

Zhou Xun smiled and shook his hand, his voice a little hoarse.

When he saw her smile, Li Tang was stunned, not amazed, but finally remembered.

"Are you the flower carving in "Daughter Red"?"

"Ah, you've seen this movie!"

Zhou Xun was surprised that this movie was very niche, and she didn't have many scenes.

Li Tang smiled: "I just watched it not long ago. ”

He watched this movie because the director was Xie Yan, the son of the master Xie Jin, and the actor was the senior brother in the play, Fu Chengpeng, a good friend of Xu Guangtou. Zhou Xun played the heroine Gui Yalei when she was young.

Since the two met Lou Ye, they didn't say much, sat next to Ney An, and couldn't wait to talk about the preparation of the movie.

Ne An said hello to Zhou Xun slightly embarrassed, and chatted with Lou Ye.

"What do you drink?" Li Tang asked.

"What kind of coffee are you drinking?" Zhou Xun blinked his eyes wide and looked into his cup.

"Uh, Blue Mountain."

"How's it taste?"

"It's okay."

"That's as good as yours, I'll have a cup of Blue Mountain too."

Zhou Xun smiled very sweetly, Li Tang subconsciously compared her with Yuan Quan, who was most familiar recently, both of them were the kind of girls with particularly recognizable appearances, and they both had big eyes that looked very clean.

The difference is probably that Yuan Quan is taller, and Zhou Xun's face is smaller. With the same clean big eyes, Yuan Quan looks energetic and has a strong sense of oppression, while Zhou Xun is more agile and delicate.

Lou Ye and Nai An couldn't take care of them for the time being, and Li Tang didn't want to snub Zhou Xun too much, so he found something to ask: "In addition to filming "Daughter Red", what other films have you made?" ”

"I've made a comedy and a few TV series, but they're all small roles."

Zhou Xun felt a little embarrassed, and added: "I just finished filming Director Chen's "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin". ”

"Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin"? Yes! Li Tang was immediately amazed.

Although Director Chen's film is still in the filming stage, it has long been reported on TV and newspapers, and the most eye-catching thing is that Director Chen spent more than 200 million yuan to build a magnificent Qin Palace in Hengdian in order to make this movie.

And today's director Chen Dadao is still firmly in the first position of the so-called fifth-generation directors in China with the momentum of winning the Cannes Palme d'Or that year. Zhang Yimou, who has won many awards, is also on an equal footing with him.

"Hehe, in fact, there are not many scenes, I just play a ...... in it"

Halfway through speaking, Zhou Xun suddenly covered his mouth, then looked at Li Tang with apologetic eyes, and whispered: "I can't say what I want to keep secret." ”

Li Tang looked at her very cute appearance and couldn't help asking, "How old are you?" ”

In his impression, Zhou Xun may be about eighteen, nineteen, or twenty.

"I'm 74 years old."

What, it's as big as yourself?

"True or fake?"

"Of course it's true."

Li Tang couldn't be reckless, and continued to ask: "What month is it?" ”

"October's."

Wow, it's still a month older than me.

Li Tang suddenly didn't want to speak, otherwise he would have to call this little girl who looked like a high school student "sister".

Zhou Xun tilted his head to look at him and asked, "Hey, how old are you?" ”

"Uh...... It's about the same as you. ”

"You're also '74? So what month are you? ”

"Ten...... November. ”

"Poof!"

Zhou Xun burst out laughing.

Maybe the atmosphere was too warm, and Lou Ye and Nai An, who were chatting attentively, turned their heads when they heard the sound.

I saw Zhou Xun pointing at Li Tang with a depressed face: "Haha, it turns out that I am still a month older than you." ”

Ne An had a smile on his face, but Lou Ye's eyes were full of helplessness, and the strangeness he deliberately created was broken like this?