Li Tang was very busy during this time, especially after the nomination was announced, he had to deal with all aspects of congratulations, the personnel and itinerary of the film festival, and the docking with MK2 and the organizing committee of the film festival from time to time. The key "Surprising Win" is about to be released, and all kinds of trivial matters are too much to disturb, and he doesn't have time to study the script.

Therefore, the five-day script reading organized by the crew is very necessary for him, at least he can calm down and read the script again, otherwise he will shoot it when he goes up, he really has no bottom in his heart.

Director He Qun is an old-school director, and old-school directors generally pay attention to the reading of the script before filming. Of course, the premise is that you, the director, must have qualifications and high morality, otherwise the actor will rely on his big name and say that the schedule does not match and he will not come, then you will have no problem.

However, even if the director is old and can deter actors, he will still be constrained by investors. For example, this time, one of the investors, the Literary Association Audiovisual Publishing House, crammed in two singers to play an important role in "Ping's Trace".

One is named Sun Hao, in the memory of Li Tang's predecessor, this buddy is famous for the song "Chinese Folk Song", and he also went to the Spring Festival Gala. But after so many years, this guy seems to be famous for this song.

Fortunately, although this guy became famous as a singer, he was also an actor at the earliest, and he played the husband of Princess Pingyang Cao Shou in the hit drama "The Son of Heaven", and he played very well.

But what's going on with that hairy twist? In Li Tang's impression, he is an idol singer with a somewhat deflated mouth, and once formed a golden boy and jade girl group with the girl who was raised for sweet songs. can still play the two roles of black Capricorn and white Capricorn in the play.

Of course, there is no way to avoid this kind of thing, as an investor, you must have a huge say in the casting of actors, unless the director is strong enough, and at the same time you have to be a big name, you have to count on the director to sell tickets. But even so, as long as it is not the male and female number one characters who determine the quality of the whole play, many times the director will often choose to compromise.

Because the current situation in the city is relatively serious, the crew found a resort in the mountains of Huairou this time as the gathering place of the crew, and the closed management allows the actors to read and prepare the script without distraction.

The place where the resort is located is a tourist area, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is good. And the small reservoir next to it also has a nice name - Yanqi Lake.

It's just that there are no tourists here anymore.

Li Tang set off early this morning in a Buick business car driven by Shen Lin and came to Gao Yuanyuan's community downstairs to pick up people.

"Hey, you have to bring so many things?"

Seeing Gao Yuanyuan's assistant Xiaojuan pushing two large boxes out, and Gao Yuanyuan herself was pulling a small box, Li Tang couldn't help but be speechless.

"The situation outside is quite serious now, I want to be well prepared, in case it ......"

This sounds unlucky, Gao Yuanyuan realized it halfway through speaking, and hurriedly said: "Bah, bah! ”

"Alright, let's get in the car, there's still some way to go."

Li Tang was speechless, and took the small box in Gao Yuanyuan's hand as he spoke, and the driver Shen Lin also hurriedly helped Xiaojuan move the two large boxes into the car.

Zhao Luoyao sat in the co-pilot's seat, Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan sat on the two spacious seats in the middle row of the business car, and had to be aggrieved Xiaojuan and the suitcase to squeeze into the back seat.

It is almost 70 kilometers from the city to Yanqi Lake, which is equivalent to the distance from Shanghai to Suzhou, but fortunately, the road is very smooth, and it only took a little more than an hour to reach the destination.

The precautionary measures at the resort where the crew stayed were quite strict, and everyone had to get off the bus at the gate to take their temperature, and their body temperature was normal before entering.

Li Tang and the others had already parked two cars in front of them when they arrived, and the people in the cars were queuing up to take their temperatures.

When Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan got out of the car, they immediately attracted the sideways glances of the people in front of them. The main reason is that the scandal between the two during the Spring Festival is boiling, and now when they see the two getting out of the same car, they will naturally have some gossip mentality.

Therefore, it is said that there is no wind in the ground, and there may not be no yin. It seems that once some things are exposed, those who rush to refute rumors are often true.

"Li Tang!"

Li Tang looked up and saw a man with dark skin and a bitter face walking towards him, but there was an inexplicable sense of intimacy when he smiled.

He was accompanied by two people, one of whom seemed to be about his age, fair-skinned, upright, and carrying a small bag under his arm; The other was darker than him, with a small flat head, and a slightly rustic and green face.

"Hello, Mr. Sun! Hello Mr. Zhang! ”

The Li Tang who shouted his name is no stranger, it is the out-of-fashion singer Sun Hao who sang "Chinese Folk Songs", he plays the role of Yun Lei's brother Yun Zhong in the play, according to the number of scenes, he can be ranked as the second male lead.

The white-faced buddy is the teacher Zhang in Li Tang's mouth, although it is the first time they meet, they can often be seen in film and television dramas, most of them play roles such as the second male and the third male, and he can be regarded as an old actor, this time he plays Zhang Fengfu, the first master of Jinyiwei in the play.

As for the rustic young man next to him, he was a fresh face.

"Yo, don't you dare to be a teacher! Just call me Sun Hao. ”

This out-of-fashion singer is quite familiar, and after speaking, he shouted at Gao Yuanyuan behind Li Tang with a smile: "Sister! ”

Gao Yuanyuan was not stunned, and shouted along with his title: "Brother! ”

At this time, Teacher Zhang also came over with a smile and shook hands with Li Tang: "Teacher Li, fortunately!" ”

"Don't, Teacher Zhang, just call me by my name." Li Tang hurriedly said.

Just kidding, this is Nortel level 87, and it is said that he was admitted to Shangju and Nortel at the same time, but in the end he chose Nortel. If you are selected for the play, you will be a serious brother, and your qualifications will be older than Xu Guangtou.

"Yo, you know the kid...... Oh no, the boy has changed his name to Chiayi now, haha, Zhang Chiayi. Let me introduce, this kid's name is Ji He, Ji of King Ji of Zhou Wu, you and me. This kid's last name and last name are a little special, haha! I promise, though, that it's a real name, not a stage name. He is now a senior in Nortel's performance department, and he is about to graduate, and he is still a young ...... Uh, Chiayi's cousin, haha, it's all family. He plays Jebel in the play, and I will ask you to take care of him when the time comes! ”

Sun Hao smiled like a chatter and introduced the rustic young man.

Ji He's name is quite rare, Li Tang immediately remembered the young man in front of him, smiled and stretched out his hand to greet him: "Oh, Ji He, hello!" ”

"Hello Mr. Li! I especially like your play. Ji He said with a visibly excited face.

Then the two got to know each other with Gao Yuanyuan, and then went to the door to line up to measure the temperature. Sun Hao was very polite, and he pushed Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan to the front and let them come first.

Although Sun Hao is currently just an out-of-fashion singer, his familiarity and enthusiasm can easily win the favor of others. On the contrary, the pair of black and white cousins seem to be more introverted.

……

"Xiao Li, I've finally looked forward to you."

Director He Qun was very enthusiastic, and he stretched out his hands to welcome him.

Also coming out with him were producer Fan Xiaotian and another producer representing the Audiovisual Publishing House of the Literary Association, who was also the producer of "Shooting the Condor" and an old acquaintance with Li Tang.

"Director He, you are too polite!" Li Tang hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Director He Qun.

It is not the first time he and Director He Qun have met, they have met several times at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival and other different occasions before, but they are just not familiar with each other. However, since the launch of "Mansion Gate", every time I see his big bald head and the pair of color-changing glasses on the bridge of his nose, I always think of shouting on TV, "Insects eat rats bite and tear up a bad jacket!" The pawnshop profiteer.

"It's good to come, you won't be able to feel at ease if you don't get to me for a day!"

Director He Qun looked at Li Tang with a face full of relief, and then congratulated: "Congratulations, Xiao Li, this time all four works were shortlisted for Cannes, which has never happened before." ”

When He Qun said this, he couldn't hide the envy on his face.

To put it bluntly, in the context of a very sluggish domestic box office in recent years, what directors are pursuing is that their works can win awards, and their works can appear and even win awards at the three major European festivals, which is the biggest pursuit and yearning of many domestic directors at present.

Even a director like Feng Xiaogang, who has proven himself in the domestic box office market, won the award at the Cairo Film Festival in Egypt, one of the top 12 A-category film festivals in the world, and he was still very happy, happier than his own film box office sold tens of millions.

The same is true for Director He Qun, he graduated from the Fine Arts Department, and his transformation into a director is relatively early. Maybe he is not comparable to Tian Zhuangzhuang, Director Chen Dadao, who graduated from the directing department, including director Zhang Yimou, who graduated from the photography department, but seeing that Huo Jianqi, an old classmate who had a major and even a dormitory with him, and almost changed careers to become a director together, won awards frequently in the world in recent years, his heart was quite uncomfortable.

"Director He, you have won the award, and I have been shortlisted for two films, and I have to thank Director Lou Ye and Director Wang Xiaoshuai. The other two are just investments in our company, and I am not personally involved in them. Li Tang modestly explained.

"That's also because you have a good eye and are good at discovering new people."

I have to say that Shengtang Film and Television and the predecessor Li Tang Studio have invested in several films, similar to Cheng Er, Zhang Baibai, Diao Yinan and Ning Hao, all of them are newcomer directors, and all of them can be shortlisted for the three major European film festivals. And now it has long been rumored in the circle that he has an unusual relationship with the French MK2 company, and he belongs to the kind of person who has a way.

This is just like the relationship between Section Chief Jia and Takeshi Kitano Studio and MK2 Company, and the relationship between Lou Ye and France TV Channel 5, which is a relationship that others cannot envy.

The reason is simple, this kind of opportunity is not only to speak by the work. If your work can stand out from all kinds of art films around the world, and you can give them money to companies that distribute overseas, they will be willing to work with you.

And like Li Tang, who has cooperated with MK2 many times and has formed a relationship of mutual trust, it is even more commendable. Those ambitious directors can rely on the platform of Shengtang Company to open up the road to overseas exhibitions.

It's like Chief Jia has gathered a group of such people around him now. As for Lou Ye, his personality is too withdrawn, and he is very tall in his bones, so he is not easy to approach. So Li Tang's Shengtang Pictures naturally became the new target of these people.

Director He Qun is naturally one of them, you said that he has now fallen into the situation of filming TV series, and he always wants to have the opportunity to fight again and return to the stage of the big screen.

Li Tang then exchanged greetings with Fan Xiaotian and the producer of the Literary Association Audiovisual Publishing House, they were all old acquaintances, and they were naturally very cordial.

Sun Hao, Zhang Jiayi and others witnessed all this on the side, especially Sun Hao, who had been famous for a long time, and the relationship between the Literary Association and the Audiovisual Publishing House behind him, although he was very enthusiastic when he met at the gate just now, there was always a little bit of support, and now he thinks about it, he may have to re-examine the relationship with Li Tang, is his posture lower.

After some greetings, Director He Qun said: "You go back to the room to rest for a while, and then have a meeting in the conference room at eleven o'clock, and everyone gets to know each other." We had a dinner at noon, and in the afternoon we officially got to work. ”

The first update, there is!

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