Chapter 181: Zeng Jia's Saoy Operation and Li Tang's Harvest

Zhang Jie stayed in the crew for one more day, and the director Qixin of course welcomed it, and also encouraged Brother Biao and Mr. Ge to accept his interview, wanting to take the opportunity to promote a wave of his new movie. There's no way, the movie is the most afraid of deep alleys, the budget is limited, and it is estimated that it won't be able to pay much for publicity when it is released.

In the evening, Zhang Jie set up a table with Li Tang again, and although this time he was treated to a treat, Li Tang still insisted that Zeng Jia pay the money. It doesn't make sense for people to help you promote it for free, and you have to let people pay.

After two meals of wine, he talked about everything that should be talked about, and Zhang Jie left contentedly the next morning. Zeng Jia also left the crew with him.

The return journey is a nearly seven-hour train, and when I arrive in Xi'an, one flies to Beijing and the other flies to Guangzhou, so naturally we have to separate. At the time of parting, Zeng Jia hesitated slightly, but still mustered up the courage to say to Zhang Jie: "Mr. Zhang, can you read the manuscript before this interview is published?" ”

Zhang Jie was stunned at first, and then laughed angrily: "Xiao Zeng, do you not trust me, or do you doubt my integrity?" ”

Just kidding, the dignified senior reporter of "Southern Weekly", does he still want a little girl to review the film? Zhang Jie is a cultural reporter and has interviewed many big stars, but it is the first time he has encountered this situation.

In the face of Zhang Jie's fierce reaction, Zeng Jia was very calm and said calmly: "Mr. Zhang, first of all, thank you very much for this interview, and secondly, I have the slightest doubt about your meaning. But at the same time, please understand that as the executive agent of Mr. Li Tang, I must protect Mr. Li Tang's interests. ”

In fact, when Zeng Jia asked to read the manuscript, she thought about it for a long time, and she expected Zhang Jie to react violently. But so what?

The reason why she jumped from the industry-renowned Rongxinda company to a small company in Nai'an was because she took a fancy to Li Tang's position as an executive broker. At that time, she had the same mentality as the advertiser who is now playing the role of an actor who can be popular, and she bet on Li Tang Nenghu, who played Ling Hu Chong in the CCTV drama "Smiling Proud Jianghu".

The executive agent of a popular actor is far from being comparable to an obscure publicity planner. Moreover, Li Tang's original agent, that is, the company's boss Nai An, was temporarily unable to take care of things because of pregnancy, which gave her a rare opportunity for internship and exercise.

Originally, she wanted to stay by Li Tang's side, while fulfilling the duties of the executive agent, and at the same time taking the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of Li Tang as a person, so as to lay a foundation for long-term cooperation in the future. But Li Tang didn't agree with her suggestion, and she could clearly feel Li Tang's distrust of her.

She is not a person who retreats in the face of difficulties, since Li Tang asked her to do the job of an agent instead of Nai'an, then she must do her best. What does a broker do? To put it bluntly, it is to safeguard the interests of the actors and help the actors fight for the greatest interests.

She was originally a publicity planner, so she attached special importance to Li Tang's interview. Although Southern Weekly is a big media and Zhang Jie is also a senior cultural reporter with the title of senior reporter, this does not prevent her from putting forward a request for review in order to protect Li Tang's interests and prevent the media from taking words out of context.

Zhang Jie looked at this little girl with a tough attitude, she was really angry and funny. If he might have turned around and left a few years earlier, he would not have paid attention to such a request that seemed extremely unreasonable to a reporter, but now that he is older, his mind has become calmer.

Here I have to say that the high appearance of the little girl in front of me has played a great role, if you change to an ugly girl at this time, she may become hateful in Zhang Jie's eyes, but a good-looking girl will always make people feel good, even if there is something abrupt, in the eyes of the old man, there will be some cute ingredients.

In Zhang Jie's view, Zeng Jia is an ignorant girl who has just walked out of school, is arrogant, and has not yet been beaten by society. At this time, he had two choices, one was to refuse and mention it in his report, to teach the ignorant girl a good lesson; The other is to hope that this girl can continue to maintain this seemingly childish but innocent style.

He chose the latter after a little hesitation, and said with a smile: "I can show you the manuscript, and you can also give your opinions." But I have said in advance, I don't accept this kind of so-called review, your opinions can only be used as a reference, understand? ”

When Zeng Jia heard Zhang Jie's words, he understood that he had made the right bet, and hurriedly said, "Understood, thank you Mr. Zhang." ”

Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need for her to explain too much. In fact, she knows very well in her heart that a big media like "Southern Weekly" and a veteran reporter Zhang Jie will most likely not take words out of context in order to attract attention like tabloids, but what she wants is this opportunity to review the manuscript, even if the other party does not adopt the opinions she puts forward.

In the future, when she asks the media for review, if the media disagrees, she can move out and even accept her review by Southern Weekly, why can't you?

There's a precedent for everything, and if that precedent is Southern Weekly, then it couldn't be better.

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Of course, Li Tang didn't know that his new executive agent would have such a comical operation. It should be said that Zeng Jia's style of acting and Nai An are completely two types. The evaluation of Nai An in the circle is often atmospheric, righteous, obviously a Jiangnan woman but has the bold personality of a northerner, which also makes her very well-connected in the circle. And Zeng Jia's evaluation of her in the future may only be the word "shrewd".

Li Tang was enjoying the performance in the crew at this time. That's right, it's enjoyment.

The two actors he worked with this time were actually not actors from a serious class. The old man Ge Zhijun was born in a famous family, and his father was a famous doctor in Xi'an City, and he was a scholar. The above brothers are all studying medicine or chemistry, but Ge Zhijun, who graduated from the Department of Water Conservancy of Xi'an Jiaotong University as early as the 50s, chose the profession of acting, and has been engaged in actor work in Shaanxi Renyi for 40 years from 60 to now.

His performance can be said to be natural, and the Li Gong'an he plays in the play smiles and gestures, which will make people feel that this old man is full of intimacy, just like those cute uncles next door on Yulin Old Street.

Although Brother Biao said that he had a certificate of completion in the film performance major of China Social University, he knew that this was actually a pheasant university, and what he could learn was limited. Brother Biao's performance was explored by himself little by little after he entered the Coal Mine Art Troupe.

Because he became popular with "Endless", he was inevitably labeled as a comedian. Indeed, in his performances, it is not difficult to find the cunning and bad humor of the Beijing people in Chen Peisi and Ge You, which adds an unconcealable sense of joy to the role of Yu Tai, a fraudster.

But at the same time, if you observe carefully, his control of the details of the performance is amazing. For example, there is a scene where he sits on the kang and thinks about his thoughts, but in fact, this is just a cutscene, about Li Tang and Old Man Ge are discussing the route back to Xi'an, and Brother Biao is sitting alone on the kang and no one cares.

I saw him take off his shoes and sit cross-legged on the kang, light a cigarette and smoke it slowly, with the flickering of the cigarette butt, his eyes lit up from time to time, revealing a subtle smile, as if immersed in the memories of the good past; Suddenly, his eyes dimmed again, as if aware of his current situation, he took a deep breath of his cigarette and looked up at the window......

Although the play at that time mainly focused on Li Tang and Old Man Ge, Brother Biao's performance as the background board was particularly vivid.

In addition to being addicted to alcohol or drama, Brother Biao loves acting and telling people, even extras will take the trouble to tell people over and over again, robbing Director Xiao Teng's work. When he doesn't have his own role, he will take the initiative to play with others, and after finishing work, in addition to pulling Li Tang to drink together, it is a play.

To be honest, in the process of playing with Brother Biao, Li Tang also benefited a lot.

The performances of Brother Biao and Old Man Ge have a common feature that they are very down-to-earth, and they can't see the slightest trace of their performances, as if they are the characters themselves.

Li Tang originally joined the group with the mentality of patting sycophants and making contacts, but as the filming deepened, in the rivalry with these two, he suddenly found that he had made a lot of money this time.

Acting requires not only technique and emotion, but also countless details to make a living character.

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Under the sunset, Li Tang staggered along the rugged mountain road with Ge Zhijun, who was injured on his foot, and Brother Biao carried his luggage with a branch and followed behind.

Finally walked under a willow tree with withered leaves, Li Tang carefully put down the old man Ge on his back.

"Ouch, ouch, my mother!"

The old man twitched in pain, and his mouth kept humming.

Brother Biao threw down his luggage and lay directly on the dirt slope panting heavily, not even having the strength to speak.

"Cut, it's over!"

Qi Xin poked his head out from behind the monitor and asked the trio, "Do you want to take a break?" ”

Brother Biao propped up his body and looked at the sunset in the west, and then asked for the opinions of Li Tang and Old Man Ge with his eyes, and said to the director: "No need, take advantage of the heat, go on." ”

The crew has been filming around this abandoned quarry for three days, and everyone is tired from climbing up and down in the mountains all day long.

Here is mainly about Yu Tai, played by Brother Biao, who learned that his mother was critically ill at home and wanted to run away and go back to see his mother for the last time. was closely chased by Li Gong'an and Zhang Gong'an and ran into a quarry. Li Gong'an fired a warning shot, Brother Biao stopped, but with a cannon sound, the smoke and dust of the stones fell all over the sky, and Li Gong'an pressed Brother Biao under him with an arrow step, and the stones smashed on his body, and the gravel splashed. Brother Biao was fine, but Li Gong'an was hit by a stone and injured his calf, and blood flowed.

It is said that when filming this scene yesterday, because the crew did not have the money to hire professional pyrotechnics and blasting experts, they could only let a drama who said to know a little pyrotechnic technology to do it, it may be that there is too much medicine, or it may be that the explosives are buried unreasonably.

"Okay, go on, everyone cheer up, finish filming early and finish work early."

β€œAction!”

Make up for yesterday's second update.

(End of chapter)