In this way, among the four Chinese-language films shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival, only Ning Hao's "Incense" won the "Special Attention Award" in the Un Certain Regard unit. This is definitely a very solid thing for Shengtang Film and Television, an emerging film and television company. At the same time, for Ning Hao, it can be regarded as making his own name.

"Just today, when I just went out, I received a call from a reporter from Beiqing Daily, saying that I wanted to do an interview with Director Ning." Zeng Jia said proudly.

Compared with the Beijing News, which has not been established for a long time, Beijing Youth Daily can be regarded as one of the most widely circulated print media in Beijing, and its reports on entertainment, youth, fashion, etc. are quite popular among young people.

To sum up, in the report of entertainment news, "Beiqing Daily" is a relatively high print media.

As for the reporter Yu in Zeng Jia's mouth, Li Tang has seen it twice, he is the chief reporter of the cultural section of Beiqing Daily, and he is a female reporter known for her pungent and sharp nature.

Just mentioned Ning Hao, Li Tang got up and went to the main room to bring his laptop, opened the downloaded document, and called up the script of "Big Diamond".

"Look at it, this is Ning Hao's new script, I think it's very interesting."

"Oh, really?"

Zeng Jia also showed a look of surprise, Ning Hao just won the award, and the media will definitely ferment for a while, it is a good opportunity to strike while the iron is hot.

Sure enough, Zeng Jia didn't watch it for long, just sat there and laughed "eating, eating, eating, ......eating,

"Those stupid thieves in here are so funny."

After Li Tang had breakfast, he brewed two cups of freshly ground coffee.

"Thank you, brother!"

Zeng Jia also didn't sleep all night, and it was best to have a cup of fragrant coffee at this time, and black coffee is also good for weight loss.

Li Tang took a sip of coffee and said unhurriedly: "I thought about letting Ning Hao get this book first, what do you think?" ”

Zeng Jia had already looked at the ten lines at a glance, pursed his lips and asked, "Brother, how much do you think you need to invest?" ”

In terms of the script, she basically listens to Li Tang, and she also thinks this script is good. It's just that this obviously commercial script investment is definitely not like the previous "Uniform" and "Incense", which is enough to invest hundreds of thousands, with more characters, more scenes, or urban dramas, and naturally more investment.

Li Tang pondered slightly, and roughly estimated a number in his heart and said, "Let's prepare five million first." ”

"So much?" Zeng Jia was surprised.

She estimated that maybe three million was enough, and Zhang Baiyi's "Going" was only in the early three million.

Li Tang said with a smile: "Ning Hao is also a director who won an award in Cannes now, so we can't be too picky." And this book is really good.,Keep improving! ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it later."

Zeng Jia nodded, looked at Li Tang and asked, "Brother, when are you going to leave?" ”

Li Tang hesitated for a moment: "The day after tomorrow, you book me a ticket for the morning after tomorrow." ”

Originally, when I asked for leave with the crew, I also took into account the schedule of participating in the award ceremony, but now that I came back early, I can stay in the capital for two more days.

Speaking of which, when he came back from Cannes this time, he was a little interested in the TV series "Ping's Trace" that he was currently filming. To put it bluntly, I watched too many tall art movies in Cannes, and suddenly found that the cheesy costume martial arts TV series I made was a bit low.

However, he also knows in his heart that when the domestic film market is currently unable to slump, he can only rely on TV series if he wants to become famous, after all, there is only one lucky person like Zhang Ziyi.

It's useless for you to have acting skills, there are so many drama groups in China, don't say anything else, let's talk about your old unit drama center, there are many young and middle-aged actors who are charming on the stage, and their acting skills are not to say, but no one invites them to make film and television dramas, or there are very few resources in film and television. It's not a question of whether you can do it, it's that you have to be famous, and you have to be able to afford the ratings and box office. In this way, you can get a steady stream of opportunities and make a lot of money...... Hai Tui, in order to go one step further in art.

In the current situation, if you want to be famous and have an audience, you can only rely on acting in TV series.

And you must not be disgusted with the TV series, even if you look down on it in your heart, you can't say it. The profession of an actor is, to put it bluntly, the service industry, and the audience is your food and clothing. The so-called art, the so-called spring and white snow, is not suitable for the general audience.

Therefore, as a member of the service industry, you have to cater to your parents as much as possible, rather than putting up a stinky display of so-called artists.

To paraphrase a slogan of the past, that is: The needs of the broad masses of the people are the goal we strive for!

Li Tang always used this way to cheer himself up, but it did not prevent him from staying in the capital for one more day.

……

"Teacher Li, are you looking for me?"

When Ning Hao arrived, Li Tang was sitting on the sofa drinking coffee. No way, I didn't sleep last night, and my spirit was okay in the morning, but after eating at noon, I felt sleepy for a while, but Zeng Jia had already informed Ning Hao to come over in the afternoon, so I could only use coffee to carry it.

Li Tang looked at Ning Hao, who walked in from the door, with a fat and somewhat faded black crewneck sweatshirt on his upper body, a pair of loose beach pants on his lower body, and although he was not wearing slippers on his feet, he was wearing a pair of sandals that were not pulled up on the back.

He couldn't help but say with a little more disgust in his eyes: "You said that you are also a well-known director, so you don't pick up when you go out." ”

Ning Hao looked down at himself, then raised his eyes to look at Li Tang, who had a clear head, straight trousers, and no wrinkles on his shirt, scratched the back of his head, and said with a smile: "Teacher Li, look at what you said, how can I compare with you?" It's not all used to it. ”

Li Tang glanced at him, nuzzled the sofa opposite him with his mouth, and motioned for him to sit down.

Ning Hao was not polite, sat down, took Li Tang's three or five cigarettes and lighter from the coffee table, and handed Li Tang one back.

Seeing that Li Tang didn't want it, he took one in his mouth and took a sip of it. Then he sniffed again, and said with a hippie smile: "The coffee is so fragrant!" Mr. Li, enjoy a cup! ”

He also arrived home in the middle of the night last night, because of jet lag, it was difficult to sleep for a while, and after walking for such a long time, he had to pay public food, and he tossed for half the night until it was almost dawn before he fell asleep, but before noon, he received a call from Zeng Jia to ask him to come to the company, and he was still a little poor at this time.

However, this time he and Li Tang stayed in Cannes for half a month, and the relationship can be said to have grown by leaps and bounds. In front of Li Tang, he was no longer as restrained and polite as before. And this product is very smart, sometimes the more Li Tang doesn't give him a good face, the closer the relationship between the two is, he simply climbs along the pole, and becomes more and more unscrupulous.

To put it bluntly, he is pampered and arrogant, and he deliberately sells cuteness.

Of course, he still has a pretty good grasp of the size, when Li Tang glared at him, and just raised his butt to stand up to pour him coffee, this goods even stood up in front of Li Tang, and said busily: "Teacher Li, I'll come by myself, come by myself, how dare I trouble you!" ”

As he spoke, he went to the coffee machine to pick up the coffee by himself, and muttered: "Yaoyao is getting bigger and bigger now, and she doesn't come to serve tea and water when she sees me coming." ”

Looking at this tired look, Li Tang didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he directly threw a pile of printed scripts on the coffee table.

Ning Hao took the coffee and looked at the big words "big diamond" on the cover of the printout, his expression finally became solemn, and he said carefully: "Teacher Li, isn't this book good?" ”

As soon as Li Tang's words came to his mouth, he saw that this product looked nervous, and temporarily changed his words: "What is the theme of your other book?" ”

Ning Hao's heart suddenly cooled when he heard this, swallowed his saliva, and said, "The other book is about a race car driver's story, uh...... The type is similar to that of a large diamond, but I think it could be further improved. ”

As he spoke, he cautiously pointed to the printed script on the coffee table, and said tentatively: "Mr. Li, is this book not good?" ”

"What do you say?"

"Alas!"

This person's heart was completely cold, and he said with a complicated expression: "I know this book may be too commercial, that, that......"

He stretched out his hand and slowly picked up the printed draft of the script, which lasted for a long time, and he was quite reluctant.

Li Tang finally couldn't hold back anymore, and laughed out loud: "Okay, I won't tease you, this story is very well written, a bit like "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Reservoir Dogs", it seems that you like Gai. Richie and Quentin's? ”

The sudden reversal of the plot turned Ning Hao's hanging heart suddenly relaxed, looking at Li Tang with a smile on his face, this thing originally wanted to be coquettish, but after hearing the second half of Li Tang's words, he suddenly said a little shyly: "Teacher Li, you can see it!" ”

Li Tang stopped teasing him, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, this kind of theme is still quite novel at least in China, and the story is very strong, I discussed it with Jiajia and decided to support your project." Tell me, how much does it cost? ”

"Huh? Belch...... I haven't counted it yet. ”

The speed of this reversal is so fast that I can't even react to it.

Originally, he thought that since the story was good, he should at least talk about the script again, listen to the creative ideas, and then improve it or something. After all, he knew very well in his heart that this script was different from the previous "Incense......

How so?

Maybe in his mind, "Big Diamond" is a real movie script!

"If you haven't calculated it, then calculate it carefully, and this filming location is also very important, I think it should be a more distinctive city, and it has to be a big city, but it is not very developed......"

The reason why Li Tang thinks about it this is because it also involves the content of real estate, real estate, it must be a big city to be profitable. But it is definitely not a developed first-tier city like Beijing and Shanghai, which is determined by the characteristics of the characters in the story and the direction of the plot.

Li Tang explained some of his insights to Ning Hao in the big aspects of his understanding, and finally said: "Of course, what I said is just a reference opinion. You are the director, and you still need to make your own decisions in the end...... Forget it, let me tell you, I discussed it with Jiajia and decided to invest five million in you. The specific group and how to shoot the company do not interfere, you can play freely! ”

"Five million?" Ning Hao was obviously taken aback.

The figure of five million can only be regarded as a medium investment for the volume of investment in a movie, but Li Tang is calculated widely. At this time, seeing Ning Hao's surprised look, he was a little smug and said, "Yes, five million!" ”

said, and also emphasized a special sentence: "Among them, 500,000 are free to dispose of." ”

The so-called non-interference is just that Ning Hao, as a director in shooting, can make a decision, and the company will still send producers and finances. And this 500,000 is not supervised by finance and producers, and belongs to the director's flexible expenses.

It's okay to even be able to put it in your pocket directly, but the premise is that you have to make a good movie and let the company recognize it.

Li Tang picked up the cup with a smile on his face and took a sip of coffee, pricking up his ears and preparing to receive Ning Hao's surprise gratitude and flattery.

As a result, after waiting for a long time without moving, I couldn't help but raise my eyes, and saw that this product was actually frowning, and I was embarrassed: "Mr. Li, what if it's not enough?" ”

Wow, five million is not enough!

Li Tang's original good mood was poured with a basin of water, and his face immediately collapsed: "It's not enough to solve it yourself, anyway, the production cost is so much, you go back and calculate it yourself!" ”

……

Yinchuan, Hedong Airport.

The silky light rain fell from the sky, the raindrops were so small, and the rain curtain was so dense, covering Helan Mountain in the distance with a white veil like cicada wings.

The plane slowly stopped on the wet runway, Li Tang looked out through the porthole of the plane, the light rain like fog, the fog like light rain, the wisps of lingering, and even the mood was a little more melancholy.

When I set off in the morning, the sky was still clear in the capital, but I didn't expect it to rain in Yinchuan, which is located in the northwest hinterland. It is said that the annual precipitation is only one or two hundred millimeters. To put it mildly, the rain here may not be as good as a rainstorm in Shanghai during typhoon season.

As soon as he stepped out of the plane door, the cool breeze wrapped in rain suddenly filled his whole body, Li Tang was excited, and hurriedly quickened his pace and trotted down the gangway, and got into the ferry car with an arrow step.

At the end of May, the maximum temperature in the capital during the day has already soared to about 30 degrees, and the minimum temperature is also around 20 degrees. But it was just estimated that it would be about 15 degrees at most, and it was still raining.

He didn't have any checked luggage and carried a large backpack with him. checked the ticket and went out of the gate, but I didn't see the crew who picked up the airport.

"What's going on?"

Li Tang muttered in his mouth, and secretly complained that the crew was unreliable, and there was no one to pick up the plane or something?

He took out his mobile phone, turned it on, and was about to call the crew producer, but hesitated again, did not dial the phone, but put the phone in his trouser pocket and walked briskly outside the airport.

Because the company was busy temporarily, Zeng Jia needed Zhao Luoyao's help for a few days, so he didn't come with him this time, and flew over to meet him in two days.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

In the past, he was accustomed to Zhao Luoyao helping him arrange everything, such as confirming the pick-up and hotel room arrangements with the other party again before getting on the plane.

It's rare that Xiao Zhao is not around, and he is not used to it.

He didn't want to trouble others, and at the same time, it was also a manifestation of negative anger, so he decided to take a taxi himself.

Just as he came to the exit of the airport and was about to line up to get into a taxi, he suddenly heard: "Brother Li! ”

During the holidays, I was slightly drunk, and I finally finished a chapter in a hurry. New year, new January, cheekily ask for a guaranteed monthly pass!

(End of chapter)