Except for "The Legend of Tianmai", which won the Outstanding Foreign Co-production Award, and "Pearl Harbor", which won the Outstanding Foreign Film Co-production Award, the award-winning films of this year's Huabiao Awards are all the main themes.

Ten films including "Grandpa Mao in 1925", "Judge's Mother" and "Rushing Out of the Amazon" won the Outstanding Feature Film Award.

Brother Hou and Wang Ying, who played Grandpa Mao, won the Outstanding Actor Award; Da Taohong and Shanghai Film Studio actor Yu Hui shared the Outstanding Actress Award with "Life Show" and "Qiaofeng" respectively.

What do you say about this result?

At least Li Tang felt sorry for Tao Zeru, the actor in "Life Show", Mr. Tao acted too well. There's no way this is a government award, some characters are destined to have their own external halos.

Throughout 2001, the total box office of domestic films was only a pitiful 850 million, falling to a record low. What's even more tragic is that two good Hollywood blockbusters - "Pearl Harbor" and "Breaking Bad" accounted for 200 million box office.

In the top ten box office lists, except for Feng Xiaogang's "Big Names" and Yu Zhong's "My Brothers and Sisters", the rest are Hollywood blockbusters and Hong Kong films.

The total box office of the entire mainland market is not even half of the total annual box office of Hong Kong alone.

And this year, there is a lack of Feng's New Year comedy, which is the only one that can give domestic films to compete for face in the box office rankings, and the best domestic film so far is only "Rushing Out of Amazon", which is in the early 10 millions. And the top 10 in this year's box office list, except for the two co-productions of "Unparalleled in the World" and "Legend of Tianmai", are all Hollywood blockbusters.

What "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings", "Spider-Man", "Spy", "Star Wars Prequel", "Elf Mouse" and so on, just listen to the names of these movies and make people feel desperate.

Thinking about the only one who can save face for Chinese films this year, I can probably only look forward to "Hero", which will be released at the end of the year.

"Hello, Mr. Li!"

As soon as the ceremony ended, Wu Bin, who had just won the Director Newcomer Award, took the initiative to come over with a trophy and certificate to say hello.

"Congratulations, Director Wu."

Li Tang hurriedly shook hands with him.

"Mr. Li, I heard Mr. Xu Zheng say that your company is interested in investing in our play?" As soon as Wu Bin came up, he got straight to the point.

Originally, Li Tang also wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to meet with him to find out. At this time, seeing that the other party not only took the initiative to come to the door, but also looked eager, he had a bottom in his heart.

But think about it, there is no director who does not aspire to the big screen. As for Wu Bin's award-winning "Bitter Tea Fragrance", it is said that it was released as early as last year, but Li Tang has never even heard of it, so there is no need to ask if it must be a touching box office, and it is estimated that it can only be sold to the movie channel in the end to recover the cost price.

"Investment?"

Li Tang pretended to be stunned, and then said apologetically: "Oh, I'm sorry, Director Wu, that's the case, I happened to see the script at my senior brother last time, and I felt that the book was pretty good, so I mentioned it casually." However, I told my brother that investment needs to be evaluated, and it just so happens that the company has been busy with the release of movies during this time, and it has not been free for a while. ”

"That's ......"

Wu Bin obviously showed a look of disappointment, and at the same time couldn't help but secretly scold Xu for being unreliable, he thought that Shanghainese people were very rigorous, but he didn't expect that this goods would be the same as those Kanye in the capital, and they would run the train with their mouths full.

However, listening to the meaning of Li Tang's words, there was no obvious intention of refusal, just that it needed to be evaluated, Wu Bin still held hope in his heart and said: "Teacher Li, see when you are free recently, let's talk about the book together." ”

Hearing this, it is not difficult to find that this Director Wu is somewhat bookish, if he is in the clouds, he will inevitably be suspected of bullying honest people.

Li Tang sighed slightly and said, "Director Wu, do you think this will work, let's sit down and talk after the National Day holiday." In addition, call my senior brother as well. ”

said, and half-jokingly: "He originally provoked this matter, but he can't be allowed to stay out of it." ”

His words have two meanings, first of all, he told Wu Bin that he was serious about this, not to fool people; Secondly, it was clear that he was looking at Xu Guangtou's face.

To put it bluntly, from the very beginning, Wu Bin took the initiative to come to the door, and he deliberately pretended to be stupid, in addition to trying to occupy a favorable position in future investment negotiations, but also to help Xu Guangtou better grasp the right to speak in the future.

For Wu Bin, he didn't think about it so much, being able to get investment is the most important thing, after all, the box office market is sluggish in recent years, and few people are willing to invest. As for the coal bosses who love to find actresses so much, he can't give his girlfriend away.

Hearing Li Tang's words, he was immediately pleasantly surprised: "Teacher Li, then let's talk about it, after the National Day holiday, call Teacher Xu Zheng, and then we will have a good chat." ”

As long as he can get investment, let alone let him wait for more than half a month, even if he waits for half a year, he is willing. And since Xu Guangtou told him about this, he has also inquired, don't look at Shengtang Film and Television is just a small company that has just been established, but people made a lot of money last year with the overseas income of "The Third Man".

What's more, the two films invested in succession went to Venice, which is one of the three major film festivals in Europe! These fifth- and sixth-generation directors who are now active in China almost without exception became famous after winning awards at overseas film festivals.

"Okay, I'll contact my senior brother directly when the time comes." Li Tang said with a smile.

Xu Guangtou has been very busy recently, and when he returned to the capital, he hurried back to Shanghai for a while, busy rehearsing the drama "He Doesn't Have Two Wives", and he will not be free until after the National Day performance.

Wu Bin was not stupid at this time, and hurriedly took out his business card from his pocket with the trophy and certificate and handed it over: "Teacher Li, this is my business card." ”

Li Tang took it, then took out his mobile phone and dialed it according to the mobile phone number on the business card: "I didn't bring a business card, please write down my mobile phone number." ”

The phone was connected, Wu Bin turned on the vibration, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to save it.

Coincidentally, at this time, Li Tang's mobile phone happened to come in with a text message, sent by his ex-girlfriend, "You go back first, I'll be home later." ”

The ex-girlfriend is the host today, and after the ceremony, in addition to removing makeup and changing clothes, it is estimated that the organizer will also have an interesting look, such as the leaders of the General Administration personally condolences or something.

This is an intangible asset for actors.

He glanced at it quietly, put his phone away, and then shook hands with Wu Bin, who was full of joy, and said goodbye.

The next day, Li Tang took Xu Jinglei to participate in the recording of "Super Interview" non-stop. After a year, "Super Interview" has also become bigger, no longer living in the audio-visual education center in Dongcheng, but a specially rented studio, with a larger space and more live audiences.

And with the increase in influence, in addition to premiering on Beijing TV every Wednesday, "Super Interview" has also established cooperative relations with many domestic TV stations.

To put it simply, the wider the spread, the more audiences can see, and the better the effect of the publicity.

Dai Jun was as funny as ever, and Li Jing, who was married, looked fatter, and the two cooperated tacitly, and the whole recording process was very relaxed and happy.

Because there is a lot of material, it will be cut into two episodes in the later stage, which will be broadcast on September 25 and October 2 respectively, which is just stuck in the time period when the movie is about to be released and just released, which can achieve the best publicity effect.

On the morning of September 15, Li Tang drove a dirty Toyota Corolla to the company.

"Master Shen, please drive this car for maintenance."

He asked for the car keys and gave them to the driver, Shen Lin.

My ex-girlfriend flew to Hong Kong early this morning. Huayi Brothers has already given a Audi to one of their sisters, this red, very fun to drive manual gear Corolla is occasionally driven by Li Xiuxiu, parked in the basement and accumulated a layer of dust, Li Tang couldn't stand it, and took advantage of the time to help pick it up in the past two days.

This car is also a bit old, and the ex-girlfriend's driving skills are a second knife. Shen Lin is an old driver and knows cars very well, Li Tang asked him to help check it, so as not to have potential safety hazards.

"Brother, this is the itinerary for the next few days!"

As soon as Li Tang entered the office, Zeng Jia followed in and handed over an itinerary.

On September 18, he flew to Changsha and participated in the recording of Fulantai's "Happy Camp" on the 19th; On the 21st, he went to Shanghai to record "Intellectual Surfing", and then participated in the talk shows of several local stations.

"Happy Camp" and "Intellectual Surfing" are both satellite TV programs with a wider audience, especially "Happy Camp" has high ratings among young people.

"Did Xu Jinglei notify you?"

"Informed."

Zeng Jia brought the brewed tea over and said with a smile: "Xu Jinglei is very cooperative, everything is OK." ”

Although the relationship between Li Tang and Xu Jinglei is good, they are old friends with Zhang Baibai and Liu Zhan, and they have worked together since the beginning of the movie "I Love You" directed by Zhang Yang. What's more, Zhang Baibai's "Carry on Love to the End" also put her in the position of "Four Little Flowers".

"By the way, brother, at the premiere on the 26th, do you have any other invitees here?"

"Subway to Spring" is a literary film, and it is not expected that the box office will be too good, coupled with the overall recession, it is estimated that it is unlikely to exceed the box office of "The Third Man" last year.

But I have to say that Yu Dong is still working very hard, in addition to the necessary publicity in the early stage, he also contacted a number of theaters, and compared with the original expectation of 50 copies, the number of copies increased to 80 at once, which has basically reached the level of copy distribution of "The Third Man" last year.

In addition, on the 26th, the day before the official release of the film, a press conference and a premiere will be added, and the media and many filmmakers will be invited to participate.

The invitation list had already been prepared, and Li Tang thought for a while and said, "Add another Jiang Qinqin." ”

"She's back?" Zeng Jia said unexpectedly.

Only she and Zhao Luoyao knew about Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin's secret meeting in Venice before. Of course, she knew more about it, and knew that Jiang Qinqin was currently a little unhappy with the brokerage company, and used the time when she was waiting for the termination of the contract to go abroad to perform it around the world.

To be honest, she is quite envious of the other party, she can be free, and more importantly, she has a man she likes by her side.

Li Tang didn't raise his head and said, "Well, when I come back this afternoon, I have to go over to pick up the plane." ”

“……”

Zeng Jia looked down at his boss sitting on the sofa, and rarely showed a speechless look. In the short ten days since Venice came back, Fan Binbin had just walked on the front foot, and Li Binbin picked it up; Li Binbin just left today, and Jiang Qinqin came back in the afternoon, which is simply a seamless connection!

She even felt that when she had just made tea, she had misplaced the tea leaves, and she should have put some wolfberries or cordyceps.

Li Tang didn't pay attention to Zeng Jia's reaction, and looked down at the itinerary while still thinking about the invitation list for the premiere. Zhou Xun, Xiaopang and his ex-girlfriend will not be able to attend because they are filming in other places, but Gao Yuanyuan, who is filming "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", said that she would take leave to attend.

She is also an old acquaintance with Zhang Baibai and Liu Zhan, but Li Tang feels that she is more for her own face. It's a pity that the current Yuanyuan coffee position is not enough, at most it is only three or four lines.

Director Zhang Yimou and Zhang Ziyi sent out invitations, but I don't know if they can come for the time being. Xu Guangtou definitely couldn't come, so he sent Xiao Taohong as a representative. Now among the friends, only Xiao Tengdao and the lame Wu Jing are left.

In the afternoon, considering that Jiang Qinqin had a lot of luggage when she came back this time, Li Tang simply asked Shen Lin to drive a van to the airport to pick up the airport.

There were many people at the airport, and he didn't dare to show up, just waiting in the car. Fortunately, Jiang Qinqin walked through the VIP channel, and the car could drive directly to the door of the VIP channel.

After a while, I saw Shen Lin and the female bodyguard walking out with a full luggage cart, Jiang Qinqin and Xiao Tang following behind, dragging a box in their hands.

He quickly pulled the door open, jumped out of the car and loaded his luggage into the car, which was full of seven large suitcases!

"That's so much, how many things have you bought?"

The last time I was in Venice, there were only four boxes, and in ten days, there were three more big boxes.

"Oh, it's all souvenirs!"

I haven't seen her for more than ten days, Jiang Qinqin's complexion looks better than when she was in Venice, after a long trip of more than ten hours, she can't see much tiredness on her face, and she is in a pretty good mood.

After getting in the car, he was tired of being with Li Tang without any scruples. Xiao Tang and the driver Shen Lin are their own people, as for the female bodyguard, she signed a confidentiality agreement, and Li Tang just stuffed her with a thick envelope, one is to express her gratitude, and the other is to be regarded as hush money.

The female bodyguard who got the red envelope was very interesting, and after the car drove into the city, she found a nearby subway station and got off.

"Huahua, let's get together again in two days!"

Jiang Qinqin waved goodbye to the female bodyguard through the car window, and got along day and night for more than a month, and the relationship was good.

"Master Shen, go to Guancheng Garden."

Whenever he mentioned the name Guancheng Park, Li Tang always felt a little crooked.

That's right, Jiang Qinqin's house in the capital is in a community called Guancheng Park, which is also a high-end real estate in the city center. But the boss who developed this real estate was the big money who pursued his ex-girlfriend back then.

I just can't say that.

I'm sorry, I've been riddled with trivial things for the past two days, and I'll have two shifts tomorrow!

(End of chapter)