"Sister An, I just took a short film, and it was explained by Brother Ye." Li Tang said helplessly.

Nai An got him another job this time, a Wanwan martial arts TV series that is being filmed in Hengdian and needs a small role. Don't look at Li Tang as the male number one in the gift film of Shanghai Film Studio as soon as he debuted, he is awesome and coaxing, in fact, a small role like this is in line with his current positioning.

The movie has not been released yet, the TV series has not been broadcast, and it has not been tested by the market, let alone popular. Speaking of which, the biggest reason why Ney was able to get this job was because of "Returning the Pearl II". "Returning the Pearl" is popular, and "Returning the Pearl II" will naturally not be far behind.

"How long will this short film take?"

Because there is no salary, there is not even a contract, and Ney Ann doesn't know about this situation yet.

"At least half a month." Li Tang thought for a moment and said.

The crew of "Criminals" has been established, and Cheng Er brought seven or eight classmates from Nortel to act as the main creators behind the scenes, photography, lighting, art design, recording, etc., and declared that "Nortel's 99 graduates are joint works".

Li Tang just met with the other two main characters in the short film yesterday, playing Hu Tian's younger brother Hu Di is a young man named Hu Ge, who is only seventeen years old today, is a small host of educational television, and is now in the first year of high school in Shanghai No. 2 Middle School.

Shanghai No. 2 Middle School is very close to the drama center and has a tradition of cultural and artistic performances, and Xu Guangtou graduated from this middle school.

The young man is quite handsome, about the same height as Li Tang, not to mention standing together, he really has the taste of a brother. And after all, he has been a small host for many years and has a certain performance foundation.

Playing Hu Tian's lover and clerk Xiao Zhang is a young model who has just debuted to shoot advertisements, named Huang Yi, three years younger than Li Tang, and he is very beautiful, but his voice is relatively rough.

In the final analysis, the crew still has no money, and Cheng Er asked the short film to be all in Shanghainese, so he could only find local actors in Shanghai.

"That should be fine."

Nai An was relieved and continued: "This drama has just started, and it is expected to be filmed for about two months. That character of yours doesn't have many scenes, only about eight episodes. I'll discuss it with the crew, and it's too late for you to report to the crew after you finish filming this short film. ”

"Well, that's good."

In recent years, with the opening up, many Wanwan and Hong Kong dramas have come to the mainland for filming, the motherland is beautiful, and the labor cost is low. Generally, the leading actors and creators are their own people, and the supporting roles are mainland actors, at most they are given a second male or female or something.

But to be honest, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are indeed very well-known in the mainland in recent years, and they are very popular with mainland audiences. In a sense, the success of "Huanzhu Gege" did make Xiaoyanzi the first mainland idol star.

is probably also stained with the light of "Returning the Pearl II", Li Tang played this small role in this eight-episode scene, and the other party still offered a salary of 5,000 for one episode, 40,000 for eight episodes, and 32,000 after deducting the share.

"Don't worry, when "Returning the Pearl II" is broadcast, I dare to shout a salary of 10,000 yuan per episode." Ney laughed.

It seems that now everyone is full of confidence in "Returning the Pearl II", and Ney is ready for Li Tanghong. 10,000 per episode, that's the treatment of the male number one.

……

"Brother Li, discuss something?" Sun Li smiled and came to Li Tang's side.

He is Cheng Er's classmate, working as an art designer in the crew, compared to Cheng Er's taciturnity, this guy is much more lively, he sees people who are either brothers or sisters, his mouth is like honey, and he is especially able to speak.

"Grinning is not a good thing. Say, what's the matter? ”

"Brother Li, can you shave your hair?"

"Shaved your head? No problem. Li Tang said.

He shaved his head when filming "Returning the Pearl II", and now more than two months have passed, his hair has grown a lot, the sides and back have been slightly trimmed, and now he has neat short hair. Li Tang also thought that this hairstyle was a bit trendy, not suitable for the character of Hu Tian, and he had a flat head or something.

But then Sun Li hesitated and said: "I mean shave your head, do you think it's okay?" ”

"Bald? Why? Li Tang was stunned.

It's not that he doesn't want to, or his hair has grown out with great difficulty, so why do he have to shave his head again?

"Hu Tian took the box in the hotel lobby, and the police found the person who took the box from the surveillance video, because it was not a frontal shot, and a more eye-catching feature was needed, I discussed it with the director, and the best way was to shave his head."

"That's ......"

Li Tang thought about it and felt that what Sun Li said made sense, so he said briskly: "No problem, shave." ”

Actors, everything has to serve the play.

So after a while, Li Tang appeared in front of everyone with a big round bald head.

Hu Ge was very surprised, the seventeen-year-old boy is the time to love beauty, because he wants to be a host, his hairstyle is not too trendy and exaggerated, but every day he wears gel water, combed and slippery.

Huang Yi saw it, covered his mouth with both hands and made an exaggerated expression, and then pulled her male duck and laughed: "Brother Li, your head shape is so good, and your bald head is also beautiful!" ”

Because of her family background, this little girl has been in contact with the society very early, has a hearty personality and will come to things, and within a few days she is very familiar with the people in the crew, and when she learned that Li Tang had starred in "Returning the Pearl II", Li Tang's gaze became different, and she was a little deliberately friendly.

Li Tang also has a bit of sympathy for her, everyone was very young, their parents divorced, and they still have a father who loves her like a mountain. This little girl is much more miserable, her parents don't care, she can only live with her grandparents.

So Li Tang understands this very well, a little girl who has neither backing nor resources wants to change the status quo, she can only not give up any possible opportunity, even if this possibility is very small.

It was out of this psychology that Li Tang heard her praise, touched his bare head, and rolled his eyes at her: "Thank you, I thank you for your family!" ”

Huang Yi giggled and deliberately said loudly: "Brother Li, what I said is true. ”

In fact, the more Li Tang has this attitude, the more natural Huang Yi feels. Young people, it's normal for everyone to joke and fight together. But if you are too polite, then the distance between the two sides will be farther away, and there will even be a feeling of rejection of people thousands of miles away.

In the two days after the start-up, I basically shot empty shots, mainly running-in. Don't look at them are all Nortel classmates, they often quarrel over a shot and a composition, as if everyone is an artist, but Cheng Er is always very persistent every time, not much to say, but in the end, everyone has to accept his opinion.

This is the basic quality of a director, if he can't even control a crew, Li Tang probably should really think about it, and should give him enough trust.

Today is the first time to shoot a human scene, and it is also a highlight, and the filming location is in the lobby of the International Equatorial Hotel on Yan'an Road.

This time, the crew was able to easily enter the hotel lobby to shoot, thanks to Huang Yi, because she was the front desk of this hotel before, and the hotel gave the green light for this.

This scene tells that Hu Tian was waiting for a friend in the hotel lobby, but the friend missed the appointment, he accidentally ran into an unmanned box, and after some ideological struggle, he picked up the box and ran.

There are three elements in this scene, the first is waiting, waiting for a friend to borrow money to save his life, but the friend has not arrived for a long time, obviously because of the frustration after being released from the pigeon; The second is panic, when he touches the box and finds that it is definitely not an ordinary box, he wants to take it for himself; The third is to escape, and finally make up my mind to take the box and run away.

"Brother Li, you can start."

The on-site camera has been set up, and the lighting is in place, but this grass platform team doesn't have a monitor or anything at all, the director Cheng Er is standing next to the camera, and a buddy is holding a stopwatch in his hand to pinch the time.

It is said that it can be started, but in fact, it is not to start the actual shooting, but to act first, make sure that there is no problem, and then measure the length of the required film according to the time that the stopwatch pinchs out, and finally start the real shooting.

Because there is no money, the film is all budget-conscious, making sure that every frame of the film is effective, and there are no second chances. At this point, the so-called monitor is meaningless, because you don't have a chance to do it all over again.