Chapter 224: Prove Yourself
Faced with the reporter's obvious problem of sowing discord, Li Tang smiled and said: "As we all know, when filming "Smiling Proud Jianghu" last year, I played the role of the second male Lin Pingzhi at the beginning, and later it was Mr. Zhang who gave me the opportunity to play Ling Hu Chong, which made me who I am today. To be a man, you must always pay attention to gratitude. Mr. Zhang is my nobleman, don't let me play Yang Kang this time, even if I play Jin Bingyi, I don't have a word. So don't ask the question of why you don't fight for the male number one or something. ”
Li Tang's answer to this question was very frank, so frank that he almost didn't engrave the words "return the favor" in his mind.
Of course, his answer made Zhang Dabeard very satisfied, Lao Zhang would definitely not give up such a good opportunity, and especially added: "I want to state here that after the filming of "Smiling Proud", I talked to Li Tang about this matter, and it was a completely verbal gentleman's agreement. And you saw it. I would say that this is a kind of cooperation between friends, and this kind of mutual trust is no longer based on a relationship maintained by a paper contract. Of course, Li Tang did this, some people may not understand, think it is incredible, and even think that he is too stupid, but I want to say that this is precisely because he has a heart of 'Ling Hu Chong'. So I would like to emphasize, or advocate, that all of us should be morally and emotionally responsible in everything we do in our lives......"
I have to say that Lao Zhang's eloquence is quite good, and even makes the reporters in the audience have an illusion - as if they are not attending a press conference now, but taking an ideological and political class.
So much so that after Lao Zhang finished speaking, the scene was cold for more than ten seconds before the reporter raised his hand to ask questions.
This time, he finally threw the problem to the male No. 1 Li Yashed, and the Li Yashed, who had been prepared, naturally talked eloquently. Especially when talking about the prospect of cooperation with Zhou Xun, he said very sensitively: "When I learned that it was indeed Zhou Xun who played Huang Rong, my first impression was: Zhou Xun is quite petite, I am taller, this should be the imaginary Guo Huang, it should be very good." On the night of the first modeling, I dreamed of Guo Jing and Huang Rong. After waking up, I called Zhou Xun and wanted to call her 'Rong'er'! I didn't think she hadn't turned on yet. ”
Li Tang's goosebumps rose when he heard these words, and the reporters on the scene laughed, maybe in their eyes, this is probably the so-called entertainment spirit. It's not like Li Tang's hard answer, what nonsense is telling the truth.
Just like before the filming of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", the crew released a rumor in advance to select the most suitable actors to play the characters of "Shooting the Condor" on the Internet. Jiang Qinqin was selected as the most suitable role to play Mu Nianci, for the simple reason that Jiang Qinqin is beautiful enough.
And when Jiang Qinqin was asked about her feelings about the role of Mu Nianci, Jiang Da Mei seemed to have been infected by Li Tang, who told the truth, and said with disgust on her face as soon as she opened her mouth: "Actually, I don't like the character of Mu Nianci at all, I feel that she is too weak and indecisive." ”
Fortunately, she immediately changed the conversation and said: "But I especially like her dedication to love." ”
After saying this, she glanced at Li Tang intentionally or unintentionally, and said confidently: "I will inject strong elements into the character of Mu Nianci in terms of character modeling and personality." As for the Hong Kong version of Mu Nianci you mentioned, I don't think it has been excavated to the extreme, and there is still a lot of room for play. ”
A press conference lasted more than two hours, and the reporters' firepower was focused on the actors. Although the host repeatedly stated that he would not ask questions unrelated to "Shooting the Condor", many reporters still asked Li Tang about the shortlisting of "The Third Man" for this year's Venice International Film Festival. There are even reporters who ask Li Tang about his identity as a producer, whether he wants to be Zhang Jizhong's second or Li Tang's first?
Finally got to the end, and as soon as he returned to the lounge, Li Yapeng said bluntly: "Good guy, my clothes are soaked." ”
As the male number one, he did take on a lot of pressure. He was not ambiguous, and in response to the reporters' comparison of the Hong Kong version, he directly said: "I hope that in 20 years, those who have not watched the Hong Kong version of "Shooting the Condor", but have only watched our version of "Shooting the Condor", will definitely say: This version of "Shooting the Condor" is a classic! ”
The big words are said, but if they are not fulfilled, it will become a laughing stock. Li Tang thinks that this guy is quite similar to Zhang Dabeard in some aspects, so it's no wonder that he will pick him to play Guo Jing.
Zhou Xun came and went in a hurry, as a "popular idol", her time is very precious, and it is said that she has to continue to rehearse the song and dance drama called "Heaven and Earth July Love" at night.
Li Tang took the executive agent Zeng Jia, Zhang Dabeard and the chief director Wang Rui to chat about the time to join the group. In fact, Li Tang's schedule is similar to Zhou Xun, and the "Hong Kong Has a Hollywood" starring others was shortlisted for the main competition unit.
This year's Venice Film Festival opened on the 29th and closed on September 8, because of the time difference and returning to China, the group must be at least after September 10.
And the preparation this time was very hasty, and there was no way to join the group 20 days in advance like during the filming of "Smiling Pride", and then concentrate on training, reading the script or something.
Of course, the problem is mainly in the schedule of the actors, especially a "popular idol" like Zhou Xun, it is completely unthinkable for you to let her enter the group twenty days in advance.
When the conversation came out, I found that Jiang Qinqin and her assistant Xiao Tang were waiting in the corridor and hadn't left yet.
"Brother Li, let's have a meal together?"
Today's boot press conference, Lao Zhang actually didn't arrange a boot banquet, which is really a bit excessive. But when a beautiful woman invited him to dinner, Li Tang immediately accepted it happily and said, "Okay, where can I eat?" ”
Jiang Qinqin smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know when you go." ”
As the imperial capital, the capital is not lacking in the kind of private, expensive and frightening so-called private dishes. Li Tang and Zeng Jia followed them to a private restaurant near Chaoyang Park that specializes in Cantonese cuisine.
Dinner, eating is secondary, the main thing is to find a place to chat, contact feelings or something.
"Hey, you said before that you took two more plays, what kind of play is it?"
"One is "Fengyun" and the other is "Half Life", both of which are adapted TV series."
"Is it the "Fengyun" of "Storm and Clouds"?"
"yes."
"Hey, it's all a big production!"
"Storm and Storm" is a Hong Kong comic film, and it also set the champion of the annual box office in Hong Kong that year. As for "Half Life", it is a film adapted by Zhang Ailing, directed by Xu Anhua that year, starring Wu Qianlian, Li Min, Anita Mui and Uncle Ge. Nowadays, it is certainly not a small production to be adapted into a TV series.
Jiang Qinqin was not interested and said: "It's just average, it's all taken by the company, and it doesn't have to work." ”
Since her debut in 92 and starring as the heroine of the TV series "Charming Guanyin", most of the films she has taken on are costume dramas or period dramas, which is inevitably a little boring.
"What, you want to transform?" Li Tang couldn't help asking.
Jiang Qinqin shook her head and said distressedly: "How can it be so easy, look, let's talk about it when we have a chance in the future." ”
For an actor who has made a name for himself in one field, transformation means a lot of risk and uncertainty. Of course, as an aspiring actor, I definitely want to challenge some different roles, rather than always staying in my comfort zone.
Originally, Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin were always chatting at the dinner table, Zeng Jia and Xiao Tang were both transparent people, at most, the two transparent people made some eye contact with each other, and then tasted the rare food.
At this time, Zeng Jia's heart moved, and he asked a little presumptuously: "Sister Qinqin, how many years have you cooperated with Teacher Qiong's company?" ”
"Huh?"
Jiang Qinqin was stunned for a moment by this cold question, felt very surprised, looked at Zeng Jia, and said, "I have signed for eight years, and there are still two years." ”
Zeng Jia then asked: "Will you continue to stay in Wanwan to develop or come back to develop in the future?" ”
At first glance, it seems that Zeng Jia asked a lot of questions, there are many brokerage companies for mainland actors to sign Wanwan, but they are only in Wanwan, and they usually live and film in the mainland.
Jiang Qinqin could naturally hear Zeng Jia's subtext, to be honest, she really hadn't thought about this issue seriously, and fell silent for a while. It was Xiao Tang who looked at Zeng Jia vigilantly at this time.
After pondering for a while, Jiang Qinqin shook her head and said, "It's not good to say what will happen in the future now." ”
As she spoke, she glanced at Li Tang meaningfully again, and said with a smile: "What, your company wants to poach me?" ”
Originally, Li Tang also felt that Zeng Jia was quite presumptuous just now, and now he looked at his executive agent in surprise, because Nai'an's company has always been production-oriented, and he has never heard of expanding the company's brokerage department.
As a result, Zeng Jia glanced at Li Tang, and said without panicking: "If Sister Qinqin can join our company in the future, of course it will be unwanted." ”
And Jiang Qinqin actually said quite happily at this time: "Okay, then I will definitely consider it seriously in the future." ”
Jiang Qinqin made her debut early, and after graduation, because she was assigned to the Beijing Film Studio, she bought a house in the capital early, in the Xiaoguan area of the North Third Ring Road near the Asian Games Village. Li Tang had only heard her talk about it, but he hadn't yet been invited to sit at home for a while.
After eating, as soon as he got in the car, Li Tang couldn't help but ask, "Does the company want to recruit people?" ”
"It's not." Zeng Jia shook his head and said.
Li Tang was suddenly a little unhappy and said, "Then what are you doing asking around?" ”
"I suggested to Sister An that our company should expand the scale of the brokerage department."
"Sister An agreed?"
"No, Sister An just said that she needs to think about it, and she hasn't replied yet."
Li Tang said with a slightly pale-colored face at this time: "Then you are so anxious?" ”
"No, Brother Li, listen to me, I think it will be a trend for film and television companies to expand their brokerage departments in the future, and our company has no reason to give up this business in vain." Zeng Jia said with a serious face.
Li Tang didn't expect Zeng Jia to be very old, but his ambition was quite big. In fact, in his cognition, film companies and brokerage companies are complementary cooperative relations, and together they are suspected of monopoly, so in the United States, film companies and brokerage companies are separated.
But the situation in China is different, the so-called broker is still an emerging industry a few years ago, but in a few years, the industry has developed very fast, and it is all borrowed from Hong Kong and Taiwan. From the merger of Huayi Brothers and Sister Hua's company last year, to the very close connection between Chang Jihong and Hai Run, and then to Rong Xinda's successive signing of a large number of actors such as Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, domestic private film and television companies are paying more and more attention to their brokerage departments. It's similar to how every movie studio used to have actors' troupes under it.
But with Li Tang's understanding of Nai'an, as a former literary and artistic young woman, Nai'an pursues more so-called art, rather than making his company bigger and stronger. Otherwise, after Xiaopang terminated the contract with Aunt Qiong's company last year, Ney An would have taken the lead.
Li Tang looked at Zeng Jia at this time and said, "Then what if Sister An doesn't agree?" ”
"No promise?"
Zeng Jia was stunned for a moment, full of incomprehension: "Why didn't Sister An agree to such a good thing?" ”
Li Tang shook his head and said: "You, you haven't written a word about this matter, don't ask nonsense in the future, what if people take it seriously?" ”
Zeng Jia sat there stunned, still muttering, "Sister An won't really disagree, right?" ”
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"Teacher Li, haha, I got the role!"
When Li Tang received Fan Xiaopang's call, he had just gotten off the plane at Pudong Airport. It's really unfortunate this time, in the past few days since he returned to the capital, Xiaopang happened to go to other places to participate in commercial performances. As soon as he walked on his front foot, Chubby came back, just perfect for staggering.
"Congratulations!"
Li Tang said in the same surprise as he walked out.
Chubby has put a lot of effort into the role of Anxin, and speaking of this role is also full of twists and turns. At the beginning, it was said that the role was determined in mid-June, and at first director Ding Xiaohei took a fancy to the Chinese opera Zhou Yun. To be honest, whether in terms of acting skills or the image of the character, Xiaopang does not have an advantage compared with Zhou Yun, who was born in a professional class.
But at this juncture, there was another accident. Zhou Yun took over the movie "Heroes of the World" directed by He Ping, not only can cooperate with Jiang Wen, Xiaoyanzi and other big names, but also the second female lead, of course, she does not hesitate to throw herself into the arms of the big screen.
Director Ding Xiaohei has always valued actors from professional classes, and to put it mildly, it is an actor who discriminates against Fan Xiaopang. So he fell in love with Yang Rong who was in the play, but this is the boss of Hai Yan who seems to be more optimistic about the newcomer Sun Li.
It stands to reason that this kind of thing is the final word of the boss in the end, but after all, "Jade Guanyin" has a huge investment, and it is not just Hai Yan's family who has the final say.
And because of the failure of the last play, Mr. Haiyan attaches great importance to this play, and other investors only voted for Mr. Haiyan to put it bluntly, so Mr. Haiyan's opinion is very important.
was originally the least optimistic, and I would like to accompany the opportunity ushered in by the chubby in the last seat. Xiaopang's efforts Teacher Haiyan saw it in his eyes, and the failure of the last drama should be said to be a non-war, but Mr. Haiyan has been holding his breath, if he uses Fan Xiaopang, the heroine of the previous play, to make a turnaround, it seems to be more convincing, coupled with Chang Jihong's reconciliation from the middle, and successively persuaded Mr. Liu and director Ding Xiaohei of Haiyan, so that Xiaopang was finally able to stand out.
At this time, Xiaopang also held her breath, she never expected that this casting was obviously the most famous and the oldest in the casting, but she was compared by three newcomers, if it wasn't for the support of Teacher Haiyan this time, she would have lost this role.
"Teacher Li, just look at it, this time I have to prove myself no matter what!"
Sorry, I'll be in a chapter today. It's a little Kaven for some reason.,I owe three chapters.,It's definitely going to be made up this month.。
(End of chapter)