This script is longer than the movie scripts that Li Tang usually reads, because it is very finely written, and the dialogues of all the characters are completely presented, and it is also very interesting, Li Tang couldn't help but laugh out loud several times when he watched it.

For the first time, he really felt that he couldn't bear to release the book, and he read it in one breath from beginning to end, and then he got up and poured a glass of water with the teacup that had already been drunk.

"Smack!"

I sat down on the chair next to the table, lit a cigarette, and looked at the text on the laptop screen, feeling a little complicated for a while.

How so?

This script feels both familiar and amazing to him.

He is familiar because he saw the shadow of many popular black humor crime films in Europe and the United States such as "Kidnapping and Robbery", "Reservoir Dogs", "Two Big Smoking Guns", "Vulgar" and so on in this script.

And the amazing is because ...... Belch......

To set the phrase of the current popular opening number, it is to fully absorb the advanced experience of foreign countries and create a story with a black humor crime theme with Chinese characteristics.

In fact, there is no shortage of black humor in Chinese films, the most famous of which are Huang Jianxin's trilogy "Black Cannon Incident", "Stand Up Straight, Don't Lie Down" and "Back to Back Face to Face".

These films are all about revealing some problems of the current social situation by depicting small people, and they are related to politics. But in the current complex and changeable social environment, this kind of theme is always a little sensitive, and it does not match the main theme that needs to be praised, so that it cannot be carried forward.

However, Ning Hao is very smart, he cleverly avoided the minefield, worked a few stupid thieves, and at most mocked the mercenary real estate developers, and the overall style was relaxed and happy.

Li Tang found that he still underestimated Ning Hao, although this script has a lot of shadows of European and American black humor crime films, but in terms of China, it undoubtedly created a new style.

But any director who creates a new style often reaps the dividends. For example, although Chief Jia's "Xiao Wu" borrowed from the neorealism of Italian cinema in terms of creative techniques, he combined his own experience and the cultural background of the environment, focused on the margins, focused on the truth, and created his own documentary film style. At the same time, he also established his position among the so-called sixth generation of directors in one fell swoop.

His subsequent "Platform", Yu Liwei's "Tomorrow's End of the World", Diao Yinan's "Uniform", including Wang Xiaoshuai's "Second Brother", who just returned from Cannes, actually continued or imitated this documentary film style.

There is also Lou Ye, who borrowed the style of French New Wave cinema and created his own unique postmodern film art style. People who like this style like it to death, and people who don't like it are extremely hated.

To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: especially pretending to be forced! At present, Cheng Er imitates this style.

Then there is Feng Xiaogang, he can't talk about any specific film style, but he put the humorous elements of Wang Shuo's language on the screen, thus forming his own Feng's comedy.

Without exception, these pioneers have become great directors.

And if Ning Hao successfully shoots this "Big Diamond" book into a movie, then he will also become a pioneer of the genre and form his own unique Ning-style comedy style movie.

To be honest, it was a coincidence that Ning Hao was signed at the beginning, and Zhang Baibai introduced him to Diao Yinan, at least he had a good ability in terms of technology. Later, he proposed that he wanted to make a graduation work, and he decided to invest after reading his script and agreeing with it. Of course, it can't be voted in vain, Zeng Jia proposed to sign a five-year contract with him at that time.

It can be regarded as a kind of resource exchange, mainly considering that his skills are good, and it can be regarded as a talent reserve. It's really not good, and you can still be an assistant director in charge of technology.

But I never expected that I would be careless and actually found a potential stock.

It was enough to surprise Ning Hao to win the Special Attention Award in Cannes before, but after reading this script, Li Tang found that Ning Hao's potential was far from being realized.

He couldn't help but peruse the script again. This time he read it more carefully, and he liked the character of the security chief described in it.

On the surface, the chief of the security section, like his profession, is a person with a sense of responsibility and integrity, and even a little pedantic in integrity. In the context of today's society, it is probably that this person is a bit stupid.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that this character is full of complexity, he is full of hesitation and confusion in the face of social transformation, and he is often at a loss and struggling in the face of temptation and threat.

This contradiction and complexity make the character of the chief of the security section more realistic and vivid.

And the growth and transformation of the head of the security section is an important clue in the whole story. In the battle with the thieves, he gradually transforms from a passive character to a brave, witty and courageous character.

His experience not only shows his personal growth, but also reflects the potential and change of human nature in the face of adversity.

Such a role is something Li Tang has never tried, and it is inevitable to see Hunting Heart.

When he finished reading the script again and left several notes on A4 paper, he leaned back in his chair in satisfaction.

Before I knew it, it was dawn, and although I hadn't slept all night, my nerves were still in a state of excitement after reading a good script, and I didn't feel sleepy.

He sat down in his chair and rested a little, raised his wrist to look at the time, it was almost half past five. The latitude of Beijing is higher than that of Shanghai, and the sunrise time is earlier in the morning after the vernal equinox, and the daytime is longer.

One more thing, the watch he wears now in his hand was given to him by Xiaopang back then, he used to always use his mobile phone to check the time, mainly because he was used to it, and he never wore a watch in his previous life.

At that time, the two had just had a relationship, and it was the time for honey to mix oil, and the first birthday gift that Chubby gave him was this Omega Constellation men's mechanical watch set with diamonds and rose gold.

The price of this watch at that time was more than 20,000 yuan, which was almost the salary of a small fat play. And at that time, she had just terminated the contract with Aunt Qiongyu's company and paid 200,000 yuan in liquidated damages.

To be honest, Li Tang was very moved when he received this birthday gift at that time, not because of the value of this gift, but more importantly, because of Xiaopang's heavy heart for himself.

So I have worn this watch until now.

After resting for five minutes, I got up and washed up, mainly because I smoked and drank tea all night, and my mouth was a little bitter. Then I changed into sports shorts and a sports vest, warmed up well in the yard and went for a morning jog.

Out of the alley, run along the north street of Dongzhimen to the north moat on the edge of the North Second Ring Road, and then run along the river all the way west to the intersection of Gulouwai Street and turn back, this circle is almost more than five kilometers and less than six kilometers.

When I returned to the small courtyard, I first played a set of Tai Chi, and then reviewed the sword techniques I learned from Wu Jing twice. I haven't practiced for almost half a month, and my movements are a little stiff.

After practicing twice, I heard the doorbell ring as soon as I finished work.

"Brother, I knew you were going to exercise early in the morning, so I'll bring you breakfast!"

As soon as he walked over and opened the door, he saw Zeng Jia standing at the door with a smile in his hand, still carrying a plastic bag in his hand.

"Why are you so early? Jet lag reversed? Li Tang said in surprise while beckoning Zeng Jia to enter the door.

"Hi, I slept all the way on the plane when I came back and couldn't sleep at all. Besides, there are a lot of things going on in the company, so I plan to hold on today and stay up until the evening with a normal schedule, and the jet lag will just be reversed. ”

While walking inside, Li Tang muttered in his mouth: "Don't you have a key, what door do you knock on......?"

"I'm not afraid of inconvenience!" Zeng Jia rarely joked.

In fact, having said that, she has long mastered several good friends around her boss, including Gao Yuanyuan, who are not in the capital during this time.

"Uh...... I'll go take a shower first. Li Tang said a little unnaturally.

He was still carrying a prop knife in his hand, and the tight-fitting elastic sports vest on his body was already soaked, outlining the toned muscles of his upper body, which made Zeng Jiaduo glance at it several times. may be precisely in this situation that Zeng Jia will make unprecedented ridicule.

went back to the room and took a shower, because he had to go to the company today, he changed into the shirt and trousers that he usually went out of, dried his hair and put on some hair wax, and carefully combed his big back.

It doesn't matter what he wears at home, but every time he goes to the company, he always pretends to be very formal, and his tone must be there. In a sense, it is also a sign of respect for the company's employees and the customers who come to visit.

Walking into the restaurant in the East Chamber, Zeng Jia had already put out the breakfast he bought on a plate, Li Tang saw the plate of fried buns at a glance, and couldn't help but be surprised: "There are also fried steamed buns, where did you buy them?" ”

"I forgot to tell you, there is a new breakfast shop at the entrance of my community, the owner is from Suzhou, and this Suzhou sesame cake is also very delicious. It's just that there is no salted soy milk, I bought some plain flavor, do you want to add sugar? ”

"No, the original flavor is just right, I feel like I'm a little fat for the past two days."

Although he insisted on running every morning in Cannes, the diet of Westerners is always sweet and high-calorie, and it is easy to gain weight if he is not careful.

"I'm the same, I also weighed it this morning, and I gained more than three pounds."

Li Tang looked up at her for a moment, and said with a smile: "You can't see that you are fat or thin." ”

Zeng Jia's figure has always been very good, moderately fat and thin. However, if you are photogenic, you may be a little fat. This is also the reason why actors keep keeping a thin figure, especially every time they want to lose weight before going to the play, they just want to show their best self in front of the camera.

As he spoke, he couldn't wait to clip a fried steamed bun, dipped it in vinegar, bit off the fluffy skin on it, and immediately tasted the delicious juice inside.

The temperature is just right now, so he simply takes a bite. The top dough is fluffy, the bottom plate is crispy, and the meat filling wrapped in the middle is salty and sweet, and the taste is very similar to the fried steamed buns in the big pot of spring.

There is also the Suzhou sesame cake, which is not big, looks ordinary, and is oily and moist to the touch, and it is a very solid sesame cake, which is full of red bean paste filling when you break it open, and the sweet taste gushes out at once, and it is very satisfying to bite it.

After eating Western food for half a month, the dumplings filled with leeks and eggs last night were only a little enjoyable, but today's breakfast made Li Tang have a great appetite and feast.

In contrast, Zeng Jia was still very restrained, so he drank a small bowl of original soy milk, and stopped using chopsticks after eating two fried steamed buns.

"Brother, the results of the Cannes selection are out, have you seen it?"

Zeng Jia's words made Li Tang stunned on the spot, yes, today is May 27th, and the awards ceremony at 8 pm local time in Cannes will begin, which is here in the early hours of this morning. He had planned to get up this morning to check the results of the awards, but he forgot about it without reading the script.

He hurriedly said: "Yes, I forgot, tell me what the result is?" ”

"I'll just say, I haven't heard you talk about it for a long time."

Zeng Jia first complained, and then said with a smile: "Brother, as you predicted before, the American movie "Elephant" won the Palme d'Or; The two actors in the Turkish movie "Uzak" won the best actor together; The only pity is that Nicole didn't get the queen in the end, and was given a ...... by the heroine of the big movie "Savage Invasion"

In Zeng Jia's narration, the Turkish film "Uzak" also won the second Jury Prize; The third prize of the Jury Prize was awarded to the Iranian film "Five Hours in the Afternoon"; The best director went to the director of "The Elephant", Gus. Vincent, this dude used to direct Matt. Damon and Ben. Affleck's famous "Soul Catcher".

Then the best screenplay went to Gamata for "Brutal Attack"; The Caméra d'Or went to Denmark's Reconstruction; There is also the "Special Attention Award" specially set up in the main competition unit this year for the Afghan biographical film "Osama".

If "Elephant" won the Palme d'Or and Nicole. If Kidman's absence from the actress was expected by him, then the other awards have to be said to be a big surprise.

You must know that among the 20 films shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival today, if you count "Purple Butterfly", French films have been shortlisted for six, accounting for almost 30%. Originally, French films have not won the local Palme d'Or for almost 20 years, especially this year's chairman of the jury is still French, and the French occupy three more places in the nine-member jury. There has been speculation that this year's Palme d'Or is a non-French film.

However, this also responds to the sentence "If you are a big hit, you will die", but even if you can't win the Palme d'Or, there will always be a few other awards, but none of the six films shortlisted for the award have won.

Speaking of the movie "Elephant", because it is an American movie and an original English film, Li Tang watched it with Zeng Jia, Diao Yinan, and Ning Hao at that time.

Li Tang naturally has no obstacles, Zeng Jia and Diao Yinan are barely okay, but Ning Hao can't do it, and Li Tang whispered to this product as a translator at that time.

This is a film about school violence, depicting the 1999 shooting at Colombine High School in Colorado, USA, which killed 13 people and injured 27 others.

The reason is that these two gunmen had suffered serious school violence when they were at school, and they were both victims of school bullying, so they couldn't bear it anymore and didn't need to endure it anymore.

The incident was tragic, but after being remade into a movie, it is often very easy to be recognized by the European white left, coupled with the effect of "a big hit must die", Li Tang guessed at the time that the film was likely to win the award in the end.

As for Nicole. The "Dogtown" starring Kidman, although Nicole made great sacrifices in this movie, but this award-winning work, which is said to be tailor-made for Nicole, makes people look a little deliberate, and in the memory of Li Tang's previous life, Nicole is the Oscar-winning actress. Kidman has never won a Cannes actress.

It's still the same sentence: the heat will die!

Happy New Year's Day to all! We are about to enter the new year, I wish you all good health and success in the new year!

Finally, cheekily ask for a guaranteed monthly pass!

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