The book is very thin, only about a dozen sheets of paper.

Li Tang was surprised, and hurriedly took the book and said, "Then I'll read it first." ”

The word "drifting" is printed on the cover, and as for the screenwriter, it is not surprising that it is Wang Xiaoshuai himself.

Li Tang took the cigarette handed over by Lou Ye, lit it and began to look at it.

Lou Ye is like this, he is not good at words, and handing over a cigarette is even a way to express his gratitude.

There are more than ten pieces of paper, and it may not take ten minutes to read them quickly, but Li Tang looked at them very carefully, and it took nearly half an hour.

Lou Ye has been smoking silently, occasionally listening to the conversation between Wang Xiaoshuai and Jiao Xiongping, and when the other party's eyes look at it, he always shows a shy smile, and nods his head to express his agreement with the other party's opinion.

Wang Xiaoshuai and Jiao Xiongping mainly talked about some preparations for the film, for example, Wang Xiaoshuai was surveying the southeast coast before, after all, he had been in Hu Jian's studio for four years, and he knew the situation there very well, and he took a fancy to the seaside scenery in the area of Hu Jianlianjiang, where there is still a complete ancient city of Dinghai.

There are two ancient cities in Dinghai in Chinese history, one is Dinghai in Zhoushan and the other is Dinghai in Lianjiang. The Battle of Dinghai, which took place during the Opium War, was in Zhoushan; During the Ming Dynasty, the extermination of the Japanese invaders, including Zheng Chenggong's great victory in Dinghai against the Qing army, took place in Dinghai in Lianjiang.

Li Tang didn't pay attention to their conversation, and kept reading the script carefully. may be the relationship between acting in stage plays in his previous life, and he has always implemented the principle that the script is the foundation of a play. Whether a drama can be established mainly depends on the script.

Of course, only "Suzhou River" is an exception, which also stems from his trust in Lou Ye.

In fact, this book says that the script is not accurate, and there are very few dialogues, it is a story line, about a young man in a small town on the coast of southern Zhejiang who tried to smuggle to the United States, and repeatedly failed to steal, and repeatedly failed to steal.

Later, he finally succeeded, so he lived in the United States for a few years. But when he was in California, he had a relationship with the daughter of a Chinese boss and gave birth to a son. The boss angrily accused him of smuggling, and he was deported.

After returning to China, the young man became a celebrity in the town, not for anything else, but because he had been to the United States. The young man who returned to the town lived a boring life, doing nothing all day long. The only thing that worries him is the little girl of the touring Yue Opera Troupe, the little girl also feels that life is boring, so the two interact silently, and they can't see any other changes in life.

But on this day, a change came, and his son came back with his grandfather. Although he was reluctant to mention this question that puzzled him, his brother and sister-in-law strongly wanted him to see his son, after all, the son was their family's species, and as for whether they let him let it, it was another question.

As a result, there were all kinds of unhappiness and even conflicts between the two families around the son. Fortunately, one day, he spent a pleasant day with his son on the muddy muddy mudflats by the sea. But the son was finally taken away by his grandfather.

At the end, the young man of the small town resolutely took the old path, and this time he was followed by a girl from the theater troupe.

It should be said that the whole story is very bland, and there are no big ups and downs in the plot, but there is always a kind of bond between the lines that controls the emotions of the characters.

This kind of small-town youth is no stranger to Li Tang, and there are many such people in his hometown county. Of course, it is not smuggling, for example, the gang of people who sold foreign cigarettes with Lao Li back then earned a little money by selling foreign cigarettes. Later, the state tightened the channels for smuggling cigarettes, and they couldn't do it anymore, and they had a little money in their hands, and these people either often went in and out of the dance hall, or played mahjong all day long.

These people seem to be living a very chic life, but in fact, the spiritual world is quite empty, they don't know what to do if they don't dance or play mahjong, and they do nothing all day long like the small-town youth in the script.

They are also frequent customers of their own restaurant, and Li Tang will often see them standing at the door of the hotel with cigarettes in their mouths and watching the people on the street, but their eyes never seem to be focused.

If you want to describe the state of these people, Li Tang thinks it is more accurate to describe the moves in Yang Guo's "Gloomy Ecstasy Palm" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". For example: lonely shadow, soulless, walking dead, etc.

However, Li Tang's focus is not here, but he feels that there is a problem with the location where the story is set.

"Tsk, Director Wang, this story shouldn't happen on the southeast coast of Zhejiang, but on Hu Jiancai."

Wang Xiaoshuai's eyes lit up, and he said with interest: "What do you say?" ”

"It is more accurate to say that the southeast coast of Zhejiang is Wenzhou. However, most of the Wenzhou people are going to Europe, especially Italy, which is about to become the second hometown of Wenzhou people. However, Hu Jianren went to the United States a lot, and I heard that most of the supermarkets in Chinatowns in the United States were Hu Jianren. ”

Speaking of which, the reason why Li Tang knows so much is because the owner of an optical shop next door to his restaurant is from Wenzhou, and many of their relatives have gone to Italy.

And I heard them say that at that time, the main route for Wenzhou people to run Europe was to take a train from the northeast, through the Soviet Union, until the Black Sea coast, and then by boat through the Turkish Strait, to Yugoslavia, and finally from the north over the Alps to land in Italy.

Only Hu Jianren would take a boat across the ocean to the United States. In his previous life, he lived in the United States, and the largest group of Chinese he probably saw was Hu Jianren, and basically none of them came to the United States through regular paths.

Li Tang then said: "If the story takes place in Hu Jian, then the kind of touring Yue Opera troupe that goes to the village and the countryside doesn't make sense. Zhejiang people watch Yue opera, but Hu Jian should be a Fujian opera, right? ”

As soon as his words fell, he saw Wang Xiaoshuai and Jiao Xiongping glance at each other, and they all showed satisfaction.

Wang Xiaoshuai then smiled at him: "What you just said is not wrong at all. In fact, I wrote this script based on the story that happened to Hu Jianhai along the coast. ”

Saying that, he said with a wry smile: "The reason why the story took place was moved to the southeast coast of Zhejiang is to avoid checking in, and don't pass the review at that time." ”

"Oh, I see!" Li Tang nodded suddenly, but at the same time, he was a little embarrassed.

Thinking about it, Wang Xiaoshuai has been in Hujian for four years, there is no reason not to know this kind of thing, and it must have been after some investigation to be able to write such a script. Raising this question by himself is a mistake for the class.

I only heard Wang Xiaoshuai say again: "Li Tang, you can ask such a question to show that I didn't choose the wrong person." I asked you to come today, just to ask you to play the role of the second brother. Belch...... The only problem is that we have limited funds, and the salary may not be too high, so I want to ask you for help. ”

Wang Xiaoshuai was also a little embarrassed, the "second brother" in his mouth was the young man in the small town in the script.

What he likes is Li Tang's fame, think about Cheng Er last year, Zhang Baibai this year, Wang Xiaoshuai sees it in his eyes, it is difficult to say that he is not blushing.

In fact, no one wants to be a so-called "underground" director, everyone wants to show the audience in their own country when they make movies, and in the context of the common culture and times, so that they can resonate.

It can only be said that there is a question of compromise and non-compromise in this. But nine times out of ten, artists have a hard neck, and if you don't let him express himself, maybe he won't be able to make a movie.

As Wang Xiaoshuai explained to Li Tang just now, the first priority he thought of was how to pass the review in the future.

The two movies "The Third Man" and "Going" at least show that Li Tang can carry the box office, and now he has a certain popularity overseas, which is definitely sweet in Wang Xiaoshuai's eyes.

Of course, there is also an element of acting in this, but this is not absolute.

For example, Wang Xiaoshuai took a fancy to a Mandarin actor before, and his acting skills were also quite good. And the melancholy and stubborn temperament exuded by this actor named Duan Long is even more suitable for the character of the second brother in the script.

But comparing him with Li Tang, his acting skills are the least important, and he can only be listed as an alternative.

Art films also need box office, investors are not philanthropists, and the purpose of investing in films is simply to return. But now Li Tang's offer of more than 2 million movie salaries to the outside world has discouraged him, and just kidding, it is almost more than two-thirds of the total investment.

So on the one hand, he moved out of Lou Ye to try to play the emotional card, and on the other hand, he also wanted to attract Li Tang through the script. Actors, especially famous actors, what they lack is not money, but a good script.

The script is good, the movie is popular or award-winning, and the actor gains fame. Fame is beneficial, and this is actually an investment.

To be honest, Li Tang feels sincere in this script, but this character is quite challenging. And throughout the script, all the scenes revolve around the character of "Second Brother", whether the movie can succeed depends on whether this character can stand.

Li Tang muttered slightly: "Director Wang, I have to go back and discuss this matter with my agent, can the script stay with me for the time being?" ”

Wang Xiaoshuai was slightly disappointed when he heard the first half of the sentence, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was suddenly happy in his heart, and being able to leave the script showed that Li Tang himself was inclined to take over the role.

He hurriedly said, "Okay, no problem!" ”

"Director Wang, when do you plan to start this drama?" Li Tang asked again.

"The initial plan is around January 10 next year, and it will definitely not exceed January 15, and there will be no holiday during the Spring Festival."

Regarding Wang Xiaoshuai's statement, Li Tang quite understands. Because the most important scene in the script takes place during the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival, which symbolizes reunion.

My grandfather took his second brother's son back to China for the New Year, and during this specific time period, it increased the urgency of the second brother to meet his son.

Shooting during the Spring Festival, on the one hand, it is more convenient to take advantage of the atmosphere of the New Year, but more importantly, it is for the sake of cost savings.

The second more, cheekily ask for a ticket!

(End of chapter)