As soon as he heard that it was Lou Ye, Li Tang didn't speak again, took the mobile phone and dialed it directly.

It's only a few years to make a phone call, unless something happens, or you will never have anything to call to say hello, or congratulate or something. Being friends with Lou Ye definitely belongs to the ancients described as "the friendship of gentlemen is as light as water".

"Hey, Brother Ye, what's wrong?"

"Li Tang, excuse me. Are you free right now? Lou Ye said softly on the phone, but the background sound was a little noisy.

"Oh, Brother Ye, you are also in the capital! I just attended the premiere of "Hero" here, and I was about to go to the Yanjing Hotel for dinner, which was organized by the producer. Belch...... I guess it will take about an hour. You tell me an address, and I'll come to you when I'm done. ”

Li Tang didn't say much, Lou Ye must have something to say this, and he couldn't say a word or two on the phone, so he needed to be interviewed.

"That's hard work for you. Xiaoshuai and I are eating at a hot pot restaurant next to Huangtingzi Road in Nortel right now, and we are waiting for you here. You don't have to rush too much. ”

"Okay, then I'll go to you when I'm done."

Li Tang originally thought it was a matter of censorship, and "Purple Butterfly" had been submitted for review once before, but it did not pass. Fortunately, Shanghai Film Studio came forward this time, and the relevant departments gave review opinions, basically in addition to some shots that were out of place, there was also the two passionate scenes of Zhang Ziyi and Nakamura Heng that were too intense.

The so-called inopportuneness may be that the positioning of the anti-Japanese resistance groups in the film is somewhat vague and has no specific direction, and some of their methods in implementing the action are a little incorrect.

In fact, as long as the anti-Japanese theme is involved in film and television creation, there is an unwritten rule that is to highlight the role of my dang, and "Purple Butterfly" does not do a good job in this regard, just vague and trying to get by.

Don't look at Lou Ye, who is usually silent, but his attitude towards the movie is very stubborn, and he refuses to compromise easily, this time he personally went to the capital to explain to the censorship department, and with the Shanghai Film Studio mediating from it, the situation is developing in a good direction.

And another important factor is that the Cannes Film Festival has long sent an invitation to Lou Ye, hoping that he can take "Purple Butterfly" to participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival.

Internationally renowned film festivals such as the three major international film festivals in Europe often emphasize representativeness, and the nominees for each edition, except for Europe and the Americas, have become more and more important in the past decade or so with the rise of Asian films.

As a well-known director of Chinese films, Lou Ye has naturally become the target of the three major European wooing with his unique directing style that is not welcomed by the domestic mainstream.

Of course, with China's accession to the WTO, there is also a need for a cultural strategy at the national level, and generally speaking, the treatment of those "disobedient" so-called "underground" directors is no longer as harsh as in the past, but the premise is that the values must be correct. This led to "friendly" negotiations on the review. It's no longer as if it was in the sea without any news, or just a word - it doesn't work.

But today he is with Wang Xiaoshuai, and there may be other things. However, Li Tang didn't think much about it, anyway, he would know later.

Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye are classmates of Nortel's directing department, and their experiences are similar, but they both applied for Nortel's directing department because they were not admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Senior Lu is the same, and Senior Lu and Wang Xiaoshuai were still classmates at the High School Attached to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Maybe they don't have much talent in the field of painting, but they can shine in the field of directing.

The relationship between the three of them is good, when Wang Xiaoshuai filmed his debut film "Days of Winter and Spring", it was Lou Ye who helped him get busy, and even played a cameo role in the film.

Because of this relationship, Li Tang and Wang Xiaoshuai have met twice or more. is different from Lou Ye and Senior Lu, Wang Xiaoshuai is a very talkative person. He is also a native of Shanghai and is said to have been born at the JA District People's Hospital. But before he was two years old, he followed his parents to Guizhou, and when he grew up, he traveled to Wuhan, and then he was admitted to the capital. After graduating from Nortel, he was assigned to Hu Jian Film Studio, and after four years of assistant director career, he resigned to start his career as an independent director.

Li Tang has seen Wang Xiaoshuai's previous five works, including the "Dream Pastoral" that was incorporated by the system and had a mess at the box office, but finally won the beauty. To be honest, his film style is not as cool as Lou Ye, nor does he have the local culture of "chicken thief" like Chief Jia, but it has the strongest artistic atmosphere. If you want to say who in this group of sixth-generation directors has the style that most resembles Wanwan's Hou Xiaoxian, then Wang Xiaoshuai is definitely the best choice.

After the premiere, the dinner in the evening was a formality. Li Tang toasted with the director and several bigwigs during the banquet, said hello and hurriedly said goodbye.

When I was about to get to Nortel, I called Lou Ye, and then the car drove all the way along Huangtingzi Road, and when I was about to reach the end, I saw a hot pot restaurant on the side of the road, and Lou Ye, who was wearing a black down jacket, was waiting at the door of the store with his neck bent.

The people who came out of Nortel like to get together in this area, for example, there are many small hotels in the vicinity that are where the crew is stationed for preparation and casting.

And most of the Chinese operas like Zhang Baibai and Diao Yinan are entrenched in the Hutong compound near the Chinese opera.

Each has its own territory, and of course it does not prevent the two groups from working together.

"Brother Ye!"

After Li Tang got out of the car, he trotted over.

"Sorry to interrupt." Lou Ye said apologetically with a gentle smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, or I'll be leaving early tomorrow morning, and I won't be able to find it when I want to." Li Tang said with a smile.

Saying that, the two walked to the store together, and just after walking to the door, Lou Ye stopped and looked back at the side of the road: "What about the driver?" ”

"Oh, it's okay, he's already eaten."

Just now, the Yanjing Hotel specially arranged a meal for the driver and assistant, and after eating, he sent Xiao Zhao away first and asked her to go home to rest first. In the next 20 days of publicity roadshow, Xiao Zhao still has to run around with him.

Only then did Lou Ye take Li Tang and continue to walk inside.

Business at a hot pot restaurant is always the best in winter, and the lobby is full of people, so it's no wonder that the background sound on the phone was noisy before.

followed Lou Ye to push the door into a box, and there was not only Wang Xiaoshuai in it, but also a chubby, forty or fifty-year-old, good-looking woman.

It's just that judging from the temperament on this person's body and the heavy makeup on his face, Li Tang judged that this aunt may be from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and she looks a little familiar.

Because some older women in the circle, such as Chang Jihong, Sister Hua, and Li Xiaowan, are always plain-faced, with sharp eyes, and they walk with the wind. It always gives the impression of being very strong, a strong woman.

And the man in front of him seemed obviously calm and kind, and when he saw the person come in, he immediately got up very politely, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Li Tang is here, let me introduce you, this is the chairman of Wanwan Jiguang Film Company, and the famous filmmaker Ms. Jiao Xiong Pingjiao. Sister Jiao, this is Li Tang. ”

"Hello Jiao Dong!"

Li Tang hurriedly stretched out his hand to say hello, no wonder it was familiar, it turned out to be the producer of Wang Xiaoshuai's last work "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle". The film won the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for six nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, at last year's Golden Horse Awards.

"Hello! You can call me Sister Jiao, everyone calls me that. If you don't take the liberty, I'll just call you Li Tang. Jiao Xiongping smiled and shook hands with him.

Like the older generation of Wanwan people, the Chinese language is very standard, and there is no goosebump-inducing Wanwan dialect.

"Sister Jiao, hello!" Li Tang immediately followed the good flow.

may have seen that Li Tang was relatively unfamiliar with this Sister Jiao, and Wang Xiaoshuai introduced the resume of this Sister Jiao, in addition to the chairman of Jiguang Film Company, he also served as an official identity similar to the director of the film bureau in Wanwan. However, what caught Li Tang's attention was that this Sister Jiao also studied for a doctorate in film at UCLA in the United States.

When it comes to the first-class film schools in the United States, it must be USC and New York University, but UCLA's film major is not bad, after all, they are backed by Hollywood.

And they have a good relationship with famous directors such as Hou Xiaoxian and Li Yu. By the way, Li Yan has a master's degree in film from New York University.

He also invested in and supervised Cai Mingming's "Hole" before. Nowadays, in the Wanwan film industry, Cai Mingliang is also a representative figure of art films, and he is also a frequent guest at the three major international film festivals in Europe.

Li Tang noticed that the bottom of the pot and the dishes on the table were obviously new, with his understanding of Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye, they would definitely not be able to do this kind of thing, at most they would eat with a pair of chopsticks. There is no need to ask, it must be this Sister Jiao's idea, Li Tang can't help but think highly of her. As the saying goes: people respect me for a foot, and I respect people for a foot.

Although the dishes of Yanjing Hotel are exquisite, they are used for pomp, Li Tang has not eaten a few bites, and the mutton shabu-shabu here is not happy, and then a glass of cold beer.

After a few words of greeting, Li Tang was not polite, and ate meat in a big gulp, until he found that the eyes of the three people at the table were focused on him, and then he was embarrassed to say: "See laughing, see laughing, I haven't eaten enough before." ”

"Understand, understand, Li Tang, come, I'll toast you."

Wang Xiaoshuai smiled and picked up the cup, and at the same time said apologetically: "I forgot that today is the premiere of "Hero", otherwise I wouldn't have asked Lou Ye to call you." ”

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Li Tang picked up the cup and toasted with him, and said, "Director Wang, if you have something, you can tell it!" ”

Lou Ye has been silent, no need to ask, it must be Wang Xiaoshuai who has something to do with him, and pulls Lou Ye as a matchmaker. As for what's going on, it is estimated that it is unlikely to attract investment, after all, the investors of people's last movie are also sitting here.

Although the last "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" was banned for showing the dilapidated alleys in Beijing to affect the Olympic bid, it was definitely a success to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. And now that the Olympic bid has already been successful, it is estimated that the lifting of the ban on movies does not seem to be a big problem. So Wang Xiaoshuai wants to open a new film, and the original investors have no reason not to invest!

I have to say that it may be because Wang Xiaoshuai's film style is very similar to Hou Xiaoxian, which will attract the favor of Wanwan investors.

"Hahaha, look, you don't have to be verbose when dealing with smart people." Wang Xiaoshuai looked at Lou Ye and Jiao Xiongping and laughed.

As he spoke, he took out a script from his bag and handed it over.

"You take a look at this book first."

The first more, there is.

(End of chapter)