Jiang Xuerou drove a Buick New Century that Shanghai GM just rolled off the assembly line in the first half of this year, with a 3.1-liter V6 engine and a classic pocket design, which is a product imported from spare parts and assembled in China, with a landing price of up to 400,000 yuan.

This is enough to prove that the Hainan Zhouyi in Ms. Jiang's mouth should not be an ordinary pheasant film and television company, at least it is powerful.

Xu Guangtou sat in the passenger seat to guide the way, in fact, it was not far, it took only five or six minutes to come to a small road connecting Maoming South Road and South Shaanxi Road, the place is very recognizable, just behind the famous Garden Hotel, across a Changle Road.

The place where Xu Guangtou was entertained was a small restaurant with only one façade and only a few tables in it. If you put it in the north, this kind of house is called a fly restaurant.

This small restaurant is doing very well, and when it is time for dinner, the table is almost full, and there is only one empty table left. Xu Guangtou said hello to the old aunt sitting at the counter, and led the two to the empty table inside and sat down.

Xu Guangtou also said quite proudly: "If you come to eat here, you have to book in advance, otherwise there will be no seats." ”

Li Tang looked at the other tables, the dishes were all the same, basically all of them were home-cooked dishes, braised pork, shredded eel, fried pork liver in sauce, fried shrimp and the like.

Xu Guangtou didn't look at the menu, and directly ordered braised pork, shredded eel, braised pomfret, scallion oil razor clams, wine herb head and a hot and sour soup.

"How about a warm rice wine?"

"Yes, but Ms. Jiang still needs to drive, do you want drinks?" Li Tang said.

Jiang Xuerou smiled and said, "It's okay to drink less." ”

Well, drunk driving inspections have not been strict these days.

Although Xu Guangtou blew the sky of this small restaurant before, Li Tang took a look at it and felt that it was normal, this kind of home-cooked food is also available in his own restaurant. The restaurant is a big fire and heavy oil, and the dishes that are burned are generally better than those cooked at home, but home-cooked food is home-cooked food, and no matter how good it is, it can't be burned out of flowers.

When the wine and food were served, Xu Guangtou brought a glass as the host: "Come, this cup is to greet Ms. Jiang first, and welcome Ms. Jiang from afar." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Xu Zheng, and thank you Mr. Li Tang for appreciating your face."

"Hey, Ms. Jiang, don't always be a teacher Xu Zheng and Li Tang, what I said and Li Tang are going to swell, just call your name."

Jiang Xuerou smiled and said, "Then how dare I, in my eyes, both of them are teachers." ”

The two of them had no nutritious greetings, and Li Tang listened to the pain in the egg, and couldn't help but interject: "Big guy, Ms. Jiang, let's take a sip first, and then talk while eating." ”

As soon as these words came out, the two who were still touting each other just now glanced at each other, and tacitly picked up the cup and touched each other with Li Tang.

After Li Tang took a sip of wine, he couldn't wait to move his chopsticks. Not to mention, the taste is really good, for example, the wine vanilla head has a strong wine flavor; The heat of the eel is just right, and the eel is tender and smooth in the mouth. What surprised Li Tang the most was the scallion oil razor clams, which were very clean and had no sand at all.

That Ms. Jiang was the same, her eyes lit up when she tasted it, and the frequency of putting down the chopsticks became significantly faster.

The three of them chatted while eating, mainly Xu Guangtou and Jiang Xuerou chatted, and Li Tang was responsible for listening.

The so-called Hainan Zhouyi Film and Television Company, he also has a preliminary understanding, the predecessor of this company is called Pumpkin Creation Center, which is a group engaged in script creation, and has just transformed into a film and television company this year.

The owner of this company, Zhou Ping, is a Wanwan and a screenwriter himself. The TV series "Bao Qingtian", which has dominated the screen for a long time in the past two years, and the hit TV series "Beggar Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang" in the first half of this year were all created by this pumpkin center led by Zhou Ping.

Li Tang was more impressed by these two TV series, especially the drama "Beggars Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang", in which the Wanwan actress who played Pei Yao was really big-minded.

The script creation center became famous, and then the business extended to the downstream industry - the establishment of a film and television company, from script creation to film and television production and distribution, one-stop.

A dragon! It's definitely bigger and stronger.

And this Jiang Xuerou in front of her is the proprietress of Hainan Zhouyi.

The proprietress went out in person, naturally not without purpose.

It turned out that Xu Guangtou starred in the "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie", and the Pumpkin Creation Center, the predecessor of Hainan Zhouyi, also participated in the script creation.

Although this TV series has not yet been broadcast, Zhou Ping, who has watched this drama in advance, has a lot of respect for Xu Guangtou's performance, and it is estimated that he believes that this drama will be popular, so he sent his wife to contact Xu Guangtou, hoping that he can star in the new drama "Li Wei as an Official" currently being prepared by Hainan Zhou Yi.

As soon as you hear the name, you know that "Li Wei is an official" is a work that follows the trend. Because at the beginning of this year, "Yongzheng Dynasty", which was a major film and television drama at the beginning of the year, was really a popular batch.

If the phenomenal "Returning the Pearl" series attracts the majority of old aunts and young people, then "Yongzheng Dynasty" attracts a large number of adult male audiences.

For example, Mr. Jiao Huang, who has acted in dramas at the Shanghai Drama Center for a lifetime, became popular because of his role as Kangxi in this TV series. Of course, Mr. Jiao Huang has already achieved fame in the drama industry, but it will be the first time that he has been widely recognized by the public. It is said that when you go out to buy vegetables or something, you are often watched by onlookers, and there are many people who ask for autographs and group photos, which makes the old man dizzy.

In this TV series, Li Wei is a strange character, he came from a humble background, he didn't know a single big word, he was starving to death, but under the support of the noble Yongzheng, he soared like a hanging.

Moreover, Li Wei's character is difficult, loves to play treasures, and is clever, probably the only comedy in the whole play, which left a deep impression on the audience.

Although it is said to be a work to follow the trend, this time Hainan Zhou Yi has obviously made a lot of effort, not only invited Liu Heping, the original screenwriter of "Yongzheng Dynasty", and Yu Yue, the descendant of Prince Gong, to work together with the Pumpkin Center to create the script, but also planned to invite the original team of "Yongzheng Dynasty" to co-star.

And this time, Jiang Xuerou personally came forward to contact Xu Guangtou, who asked him to play the male number one Li Wei in this drama.

Not to mention, even Li Tang was moved by these words. However, Xu Guangtou was very reserved, saying that he had read the script first.

During this period, Jiang Xuerou went out to answer a phone call.

Li Tang took this opportunity to hurriedly say: "Big guy, what a good opportunity, how can you not be in a hurry?" ”

Xu Guangtou looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, and said: "What's the hurry, you have to hang your appetite first." Let's talk about it now, it's just listening to Yi, it's really not refreshing, I must read the script and talk about it. ”

Saying that, he also deliberately lowered his voice and said: "And I still want to wait, and then talk about the price after "Zhu Bajie" is broadcast." ”

"Yo, you're pretty confident!"

"Since Ira has faith in this show, of course I have confidence!" Xu said confidently.

Jiang Xuerou's phone call took a long time, and it took more than ten minutes to come in from outside, and her face didn't seem to look good, but she hid it well, and immediately said with a smile on her face: "I'm sorry, I made you wait for a long time." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Xu Guangtou looked at the dishes on the table that had already been eaten, and said, "Do you want to add two more dishes?" ”

Jiang Xuerou wanted to politely excuse herself, but Li Tang rushed ahead and said, "Then there will be another fried shrimp, and there will be another copy of this razor clam." ”

"Uh, good!"

Xu Guangtou, who was originally pretending to be polite, could only respond and shouted at the old aunt sitting in the cash register: "Boss, let's have another fried shrimp and scallion clams...... Uh, add another sauce to fry the pork liver, a little faster. ”

Although it was my own treat, I thought that I couldn't lose too much, so I added another dish.

Jiang Xuerou looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "The relationship between the two is really good!" ”

"We are brothers, and we are a unit, so of course the relationship is good." Xu Guangtou patted his chest and said.

I didn't want to, but Li Tang said leisurely: "Today is a big guy treat, it's a rare opportunity!" ”

"Poof!"

Jiang Xuerou was really amused, she looked at Li Tang with interest, her heart suddenly moved, and she asked tentatively: "Teacher Li Tang, do you have a schedule recently?" ”

Huh, what do you mean? Not only Li Tang, Xu Guangtou suddenly pricked up his ears.

Jiang Xuerou hurriedly explained: "That's the case, our company is now having a drama to open, which is the first drama after the establishment of our company, and the original actors have been implemented, and it will start next month." But I just received a call, and one of the actors may not be able to act, so if Mr. Li Tang is free, I hope to help. ”

Hearing that the machine would be turned on next month, Xu Guangtou's heart suddenly relaxed, and he glanced at Li Tang with a smile, as if to say: Seeing Fan, it's not for nothing to come out to eat with me!

Li Tang doesn't care, Zhang Jizhong's "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is still early, and he was idle and idle, so he said: "What is this drama about?" ”

"Oh, our play is called "New Cut Plum", which is based on the original TV series "One Cut Plum" ......"

As soon as he heard that it was "One Cut Plum", Li Tang's mind suddenly sounded the special BGM of this TV series: "Snowflakes are fluttering, the north wind is Xiao Xiao......"

Jiang Xuerou introduced the general plot, although it has been adapted, the core of the story is basically the same as the original "A Cut of Plum", which is about the grievances and hatreds between the two big families, and of course, the love entanglements of the second generation are indispensable.

In the end, Jiang Xuerou also specially introduced: "At present, we invite Shui Ling to be the female number one in this play, Zhao Wentable is the male number one, Liu Ximing is the second male lead, and Qinggege Wang Yan plays the female number two." ”

said, she also said apologetically: "What is currently missing is the role of the male No. 4 Xing Zhengyang, and the role is about thirteen or fourteen episodes." ”

Although it is the male No. 4, it doesn't sound like there are many scenes, and I just listened to Jiang Xuerou's introduction, this male No. 4 is the lover of the female No. 1 childhood sweetheart, and the weight in the play is quite heavy.

Li Tang hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Ms. Jiang, can I read the script first?" ”

Jiang Xuerou was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "No problem, I'll have someone send it to you tomorrow." ”

Li Tang wanted to read the script, indicating that he was basically willing to take on this role. In fact, it turns out that the role of the fourth male is a Wanwan actor, and this actor can only reach the second-tier level in Wanwan.

Just now Jiang Xuerou said that the actor may not be able to act, but it was actually a kind word, the real reason is that the actor's agent estimated that Hainan Zhouyi was a new company and attached great importance to this play, so he proposed to increase the price.

This kind of thing is very annoying for the producers, but it is very common. Since you intend to use me, I will add a little more to the verbal or formal agreement that has been negotiated before, in order to obtain greater benefits for myself.

Originally, the part of the price increase proposed by the agent was not too much, and it was a matter of tens of thousands of dollars more. If it was in normal times, Jiang Xuerou would probably endure it. I happened to have dinner with Li Tang today, so she asked tentatively.

Compared with the actor who is not well-known in the mainland, Li Tang is much more popular in the mainland, and "Returning the Pearl II" has helped him accumulate a lot of audience base. After all, they are cooperating with Hainan TV this time, and the main market is in the mainland. If Li Tang is allowed to play the male number four, the cost performance is obviously much higher.

In fact, when Jiang Xuerou saw Li Tang at the gate of the drama center before, she just wanted to get to know her. Hainan Zhouyi is a newly established film and television company, and the resources in all aspects are still relatively weak, so it is very necessary to establish extensive contacts with directors and actors.

Li Tang is an actor in the Drama Center, won the Huabiao Award for Newcomer in Film, and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, and in the past two days, it is rumored that the relationship between him and director Zhang Yimou seems to be unusual. In the eyes of discerning people, these are red potential, full of potential stocks.

Such a newcomer, of course, Jiang Xuerou is very willing to make friends, but she didn't expect the sudden change to make the cooperation between the company and Li Tang possible.

Jiang Xuerou immediately raised her glass and said, "Teacher Li Tang, although I really want to say that the cooperation is pleasant, but no matter what, thank you very much, I toast you!" ”

Li Tang touched a glass with her, and he didn't go around in any circles at the moment, and said directly: "When I read the script, if it is appropriate, I will ask the agent to contact you." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news!"

At the door of the restaurant, Li Tang and Xu Guang saw the headlights of the Buick New World that Jiang Xuerou was driving. They declined Jiang Xuerou's send-off, after all, drunk driving is not safe. Moreover, Xu Guangtou lives on Changshu Road, and Li Tang lives on Wuyuan Road, which is not far from here.

Xu Guangtou said with a smug face: "Brother, how can it, Brother is on the road today?" Eat a meal and take over a play, what Chenguang you also have to express. ”

Li Tang smiled: "Okay! This time, I can also be regarded as cooperating with Hainan, and when I get to Chenguang, I can also ask Ira to participate in the competition of "Li Wei as an Official", and by the way, help the big guy raise prices! ”

Xu Guangtou's face turned green when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Nong is only a red guy, don't be blind, I'm talking to Ella quite well now, what do you mean?" Prepare to do the unfortunate a disservice! ”

The first update

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