Some things really can't stand the chatter, and a few days after Zhou Xun's phone call, Li Tang received a call from Zhang Dabeard, asking him to come to the capital to talk about the drama.

There was a verbal agreement between Li Tang and Da Hu before, and he also informed Da Hu that he had taken over "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, and the schedule was in September and October.

That is to say, if "Shooting the Condor" starts before or between September and October, then he will have to leave the crew for a while. Anyway, Yang Kang is the second male, he should be able to squeeze out this time.

The bearded man called at this time, and Li Tang estimated that the preparations for "Shooting the Condor" were almost over, and it might officially enter the casting stage.

During this time, Cheng Er has been immersed in filmmaking in the studio, and Ney is also actively contacting international film festivals, and the last hope is the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, which opens in early August, and the 58th Venice International Film Festival, which opens at the end of August.

Because Marco Müller, the president of the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the head of the Asian region of the selection committee of the Venice International Film Festival, is an old acquaintance of Naian.

Of course, this European filmmaker, who has lived in China for a long time as an Italian student, whose first wife is Chinese, is also an old acquaintance of many Chinese directors, and has given a lot of help to Chinese films.

For example, Director Chen's "Yellow Earth" was introduced to the Locarno Film Festival and won the Silver Leopard Award.

For example, ten years ago, Zhang Yimou's "The Red Lantern Hangs High" was also recommended by him to the Venice Film Festival, won the jury award that year, and was also the first award won by a Chinese mainland film at the Venice Film Festival.

For example, during his tenure at the Locarno International Film Festival, Wang Shuo's "I Am Your Father" and Lu Le's "Mr. Zhao" both won the festival's highest award, the Golden Leopard Award.

To put it bluntly, Marco Muller can be regarded as an old friend of the Chinese people.

Cheng Er hopes to participate in the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, after all, there is much less competitive pressure than the Venice International Film Festival, which is the world's attention.

But the problem now is that the festival opens in early August and has to pass the censorship before then. Nowadays, the General Administration has clearly stipulated that those who participate in overseas film festivals without review will be punished with a ban on directors. Lou Ye, including the so-called "Seven Gentlemen" before, is a lesson from the past.

Li Tang rushed to the capital the day after receiving a call from Zhang Dabeard.

"Brother Li!"

Zeng Jia is now running at both ends of the capital and Shanghai, and as soon as Li Tang got out of the gate, he saw that she was already waiting outside.

"Hurry up, I guess it's almost too late."

The time I made an appointment with the bearded man was two o'clock in the afternoon, and I was unlucky enough to run into a late flight, which was already more than one o'clock at this time, and it was estimated that the road from the airport to the Beijing Film Studio would not take an hour to catch up at all.

There are many cars in Beijing, and the congestion on the road is much more serious than in Shanghai.

Zeng Jia had been waiting at the airport for more than an hour, and while calling to inform Shen Lin to drive the car up, he and Li Tang walked out.

The traffic situation in the capital is indeed not optimistic, and it took a full hour from the airport expressway to the North Third Ring Road, and when Li Tang arrived, it was already half past two.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the teachers have been waiting for a long time."

When Li Tang entered the door, there was a room of people sitting inside. Except for Zhang Dabeard and several behind-the-scenes creators who have worked together in "Smiling Proud", most of them are unfamiliar faces.

"This is Wang Rui, director Wang, and we are also our chief director."

Zhang Dabeard first introduced a middle-aged man who looked to be in his early forties sitting on his left.

Li Tang's eyes lit up when he heard Wang Rui's name, and he hurriedly stretched out his hands and said, "You are Nortel's Teacher Wang, right?" ”

Wang Rui stood up with a smile and shook hands with him and said, "Hello Li Tang, I have heard Cheng Er mention you more than once!" ”

Director Wang is an associate professor of Nortel's directing department and Cheng Er's teacher.

He then asked with concern, "How is your project going?" ”

"I'm done shooting, and I'm currently doing post-production."

Although it was the first time they met, because of Cheng Er's relationship, the chief director was finally an acquaintance. And Li Tang learned from Cheng Er's mouth that his level as a teacher is very good, and he has filmed several film and television dramas, but compared to Huang Jianzhong, both qualifications and fame are much worse.

Li Tang even muttered secretly in his heart, the reason why the bearded man is looking for such a chief director is probably to take care of it, after all, the last time he cooperated with the treacherous and cunning Lao Huang, the bearded man with a strong desire for power really suffered a lot of dark losses.

The other two directors, one of whom is named Yu Ming, is the bearded man's old partner, because he has not participated in "Smiling Proud", Li Tang only knows but is not familiar with it. Another literary and opera director, Ju Jueliang, is a senior TV drama director of TVB and has filmed many TVB versions of martial arts TV series.

Two martial arts instructors, one is an old acquaintance Zhao Jian, who is one of the action directors of "Smiling Proud"; The other is Ma Yucheng from Hong Kong, whose representative works include "Smiling Proud Jianghu: Undefeated in the East" and a very popular Sino-Korean co-production "Flying Dance" a few years ago.

Li Tang and Ma Yucheng met for the first time, but he was very enthusiastic about Li Tang, and after chatting, he realized that he and Cheng Xiaodong were in the same group.

Therefore, the entertainment industry is not really big, and there is always an acquaintance who can connect two strangers when going around. This is probably the so-called circle.

The two screenwriters with the group are not very old, and they both graduated from Zhang Dabeard's alma mater - Chinese opera. A thin and glasses man named Lan Xiaolong, a professional screenwriter from the Comrades-in-Arms Art Troupe; Another obscene-looking and big-tongued person is called Shi Hang, who is also a professional screenwriter, but he is not compiled, and he is currently substitute teaching in Chinese opera.

In today's meeting, in addition to getting to know everyone, there is also an important topic of casting. Although the bearded man kept saying that he would discuss the selection of actors with the chief director, he came up with a list by himself.

The first in line is Guo Jing's actor Li Yapeng. Li Yapeng became popular a few years ago because he starred in the hit "Love to the End" with Xu Jinglei, and it has been a little quiet in the past two years. Last year, he also competed with Li Tang for the role of Linghu Chong.

This time, Zhang Dabeard was Guo Jing's first choice, and it could be seen that the guy was still doing a good job in advance. Huang Rong's actor is naturally Zhou Xun, and she finally agreed to Zhang Dabeard's invitation.

And what surprised Li Tang the most was that the female No. 2 Mu Nianci was actually played by Jiang Qinqin, who played a pair with herself. knew that she would play the role of Yang Kang in "Shooting the Condor", but this woman didn't tell her a little bit in advance.

Others have no say in the selection of actors, and it is mainly a game between the producer and the chief director. Last year, because of the casting, Lao Zhang and Lao Huang fought openly and secretly for a long time.

This time, when Wang Rui got the list, he was surprised at first, and then his face was obviously ugly, but he didn't say anything in front of everyone. As soon as the meeting ended, under the pretext that he was still filming in Tianjin, he left in a hurry without even eating the dinner he had scheduled in advance.

Seeing this situation, Li Tang and several familiar behind-the-scenes creators were speechless.

For the first time after today's gathering "Smiling Pride" was completed, everyone was reunited after a long absence, and many new members were added, and it was indispensable to push the cup and change the lamp, Li Tang, as the second focus person after Lao Zhang, really drank a lot.

When he was slightly drunk, Zhang Dabeard still hugged his neck and said, "Li Tang, I didn't expect your kid to be a real person and not show his face!" But take it easy and don't make a big deal out of it. ”

Li Tang was inexplicable when he heard this at first, maybe he was slow to react after drinking, and it took him a long time to figure it out, but because of Zhou Xun and Jiang Qinqin, Lao Zhang may have misunderstood.

But there is no way to explain this kind of thing, and it often gets darker and darker. Li Tang simply pretended to be stupid and ignored it.

……

"Teacher Li, be careful!"

Shen Lin helped Li Tang into the small courtyard, and Fan Xiaopang, who heard the movement, walked out when he heard the movement.

As soon as he got closer, he pinched his nose: "Oh, how much wine have you drunk!" ”

said that he didn't dislike it, and took Li Tang, who was stumbling on foot, from Shen Lin's hands.

"Master Shen, leave it to me, you have worked hard!"

"It's okay, it's okay, then I'll go first." Shen Lin waved his hand hurriedly and said goodbye with interest.

He took turns to appear in the small courtyard for Li Binbin and Fan Binbin, no matter what he thought in his heart, he did not show any flaws on his face, and always played an honest and diligent driver.

celebrities have rich private lives, and others only have envy. Besides, he is quite satisfied with the current job that is enough to support the whole family, and there are some things that he can't say.

In fact, Li Tang was not so drunk that he broke the piece, he just couldn't stand everyone's enthusiasm, and after drinking a few more glasses, it was a little difficult to walk in a straight line.

Xiaopang returned to Beijing last time before the May Day Golden Week, and because of the filming of "The Third Man", she also delayed a lot of work. And it is said that Haiyan Company, which has a close cooperation with Chang Jihong, is preparing a new work of Haiyan.

Last time, "Your Life Is So Amorous" starring Xiaopang failed to be on the prime time of satellite TV after several revisions because of the subject matter, and it could only be broadcast on local TV stations, and it couldn't make waves.

Originally, this time to prepare Haiyan's new drama, Haiyan Company did not include Xiaopang in the plan at the beginning, after all, it failed once, and it cannot be said that it is the actor's reason, but out of metaphysics, everyone's confidence in her is insufficient.

But after Chang Jihong's strong struggle, he reluctantly included Xiaopang in several candidates. In fact, among these candidates, Xiaopang is the most popular and popular, and the other few are all newcomers from professional classes except for a little girl from Shanghai who is a retired soldier.

To be honest, it was a bit humiliating for Chubby to compete with this group of newcomers, but this time Chubby just held his breath and wanted to make a comeback. For this reason, he did not hesitate to push off two plays.

Li Tang took a shower and came out of the bathroom, although his head was still a little dizzy, but his spirit recovered a lot, and he saw that Xiaopang was concentrating on reading the script, walked over and glanced at the cover, and saw that there were three words written on it - "Jade Guanyin".

The second update!

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