Li Tang has been having a comfortable life this past half a month. He runs and steps every day, practices boxing, watches movies, and helps run the hall when the hotel is busy.
When it comes to boxing, even Lao Li is very curious.
He had no choice but to tell Lao Li that he had studied when he was in college and practiced blindly.
When he was in middle school in his previous life, he was often bullied by white ghosts and niggers, so he ran to the martial arts school in the Chinese gathering area to learn kung fu, but ended up learning loneliness.
The master who immigrated from Hong Kong taught Cai Lifo boxing, which is a routine and a scheming, and it is useless in actual combat. It was not until he learned Sanda that he had to avenge his previous shame.
However, routines have the benefits of routines. At least they look flexible and steady, with free and generous movements, and magnificent fist styles, which are quite intimidating. After practicing for a long time, they will have the effect of stretching their muscles and bones, which is considered a set of things to strengthen the body.
Aerobics are done.
As for watching movies, he doesn't watch Hollywood blockbusters, but mainly watch domestic movies. In addition to movies familiar to many major directors such as Xie Jin, Chen Dada, and Zhang Yimou, he has also seen many good movies, such as
Huang Jianxin's "Black Cannon Incident", Huang Jianzhong's "New Year's Eve", "Sanmao's Joining the Army" produced by Shanghai Film Studio, and the Hong Kong martial arts film "Burning Red Lotus Temple" and so on.
Most of these films have been watched, but I have a deeper understanding and feeling when I read them again.
In addition, he also found a new film, which is said to have won a grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival. But after watching it, the movie "Xiao Wu" has no skills and the only one that can win the award
The explanation probably comes from the fact that the movie shows a poor and backward society, which hits the pleasures of Westerners.
Labor Day is coming as scheduled. There is no concept of Golden Week yet. Labor Day only has one day off. It will be resting on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and work on the 4th.
After May Day, the leave Li Tang had asked for expired. On May Fourth Youth Day, he attended a youth symposium at his unit in the morning and sat in the theater to watch rehearsals in the afternoon.
Not long after he sat down, the cell phone in his pocket vibrated, and he quickly ran outside to answer the phone.
"Sister An, do you believe me?"
The phone call was called by Nai An, and Li Tang’s first reaction was whether the preparations for "Suzhou River" were almost done.
Although his life was very leisurely in the past half month, his heart was itchy after filming "Shanghai Chronicles".
"Well, are you free in the afternoon?"
“So free.”
"At that three o'clock, it's still the cafe on Xiangyang Road."
"Okay, I'll arrive on time."
At three points, Li Tang rode a motorcycle to the cafe.
It was still the long table beside the window. Naian had arrived and no one was seen from Lou Ye.
Li Tang walked to her and sat down: "Sister An, didn't Brother Ye come?"
Naian raised his wrist and looked at the time and said, "I agreed to have three o'clock, it's coming soon, he's very punctual."
There are many kinds of coffee in this cafe. Li Tang ordered a cup of Blue Mountain. Although it is likely to be a fake Blue Mountain, he asked again: "The heroine has been decided."
"It's settled, today I'll introduce you to you."
Li Tang's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "So that's what I said, the computer will be turned on soon?"
Naian smiled and said, "The plan is to start the computer this month. There are still some preparations that have not been completed. It is estimated that it will be around the 10th. It will take Lou Ye to decide."
"That's good."
Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
According to the American saying, the movies Lou Ye made now are called "independent films". The original concept of independent films came from Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, Hollywood was monopolized by the so-called eight major film companies. The operation of a movie follows rigorous steps.
Producer system.
The goal of this system is completely aimed at the market and expects to obtain the maximum profit. Therefore, although this system brings a lot of money to the film industry, it also limits the space for film creators to play.
As a result, a group of filmmakers broke free from the control of the eight major film companies, raised funds themselves, and even wrote scripts themselves, and directed themselves. They made many highly ideological films that were completely different from mainstream commercial films, which were called "independent films".
At present, the concept of "independent film" is gradually emerging in China. It is roughly to get rid of the monopoly of state-owned film studios. The source of funds is private enterprises or private investors. The director raises funds for self-financing, and produces movies with relatively low costs.
In layman's terms, domestic "independent films" are movies that are independent from the system.
However, independent films often become ruined due to lack of funds, or are unable to complete due to the break of the capital chain. The movie "Super City" that Lou Ye made before was abandoned halfway due to funding issues.
"Suzhou River" can be started smoothly at least.
He didn't ask who the heroine was. Although Lou Ye's movies talk about love, he had even read the script and didn't even know what role he played, and it didn't matter who the heroine would be.
Lou Ye was indeed very punctual. He arrived as he spoke, and there was a young girl behind him. She was very small, and Lou Ye was at most 1.7 meters tall. The girl was still half a head away from him.
"Brother Ye!"
Li Tang stood up and said hello, and at the same time he could see the girl's appearance clearly. Her little oval face was very delicate, her big eyes were lively, and she felt very familiar.
"This is Zhou Xun!" Lou Ye introduced it.
"Hello, my name is Li Tang." Li Tang Dynasty, the girl named Zhou Xun, reached out her hand.
"Hello."
Zhou Xun Zhanyan smiled and shook hands with him, his voice a little hoarse.
When Li Tang saw her smile, he was stunned. He was not surprised, but he finally remembered it.
"Are you the Hua Diao in "Daughter Red"?"
"Ah, you've seen this movie!"
Zhou Xun was surprised that this movie was very niche and she didn't have many scenes.
Li Tang smiled and said, "I just watched it not long."
He watched this movie because of Xie Yan, the son of the director, Xie Jin, and the male lead is the senior brother of the opera, and Xu Guangtou's good friend Fu Chengpeng. Zhou Xun plays the heroine Gui Yalei in it.
When young.
Since the two met Lou Ye, they didn't say much. They sat next to Naian and couldn't wait to talk about the preparations for the movie.
Naian said hello to Zhou Xun awkwardly, and started chatting with Lou Ye.
"What do you drink?" Li Tang asked.
"What kind of coffee are you drinking?" Zhou Xun blinked his big eyes and looked into his cup.
"Uh, Blue Mountain."
“How is it?”
"It's okay."
"Then it's as good as yours, I'll have a cup of Blue Mountain."
Zhou Xun smiled very sweetly. Li Tang subconsciously compared her with Yuan Quan, whom he was most familiar with recently. Both of them were girls with very recognizable appearances, and they both had big eyes that looked very clean.
The difference is probably that Yuan Quan is tall and Zhou Xun has a smaller face. With the same clean big eyes, Yuan Quan looks vibrant and has a strong sense of oppression, while Zhou Xun is more agile and delicate.
Lou Ye and Naian couldn't take care of them for the time being. Li Tang couldn't ignore Zhou Xun too much, so he asked, "Besides filming "Daughter Red", what other films have you made?"
"I've made a comedy and several TV series, but they're all small characters."
Zhou Xun felt a little embarrassed and added: "I just finished filming Director Chen's "Jing Ke Assassination of the King of Qin."
"Jing Ke assassinate the King of Qin"? Yes!" Li Tang immediately exclaimed.
Although Director Chen's movie is still in the filming stage, there have been many reports on TV and newspapers. The most eye-catching thing is that Director Chen spent more than 200 million yuan to build a momentum in Hengdian to shoot this movie.
The magnificent Qin Palace.
Moreover, Director Chen, who is now pursuing his momentum to win the Cannes Palme d'Or that year, is still firmly in the first place of the so-called fifth-generation director in China. Zhang Yimou, who has won many awards, is just on an equal footing with him.
"Hehe, actually, there are not many scenes. I just acted in it..."
Halfway through, Zhou Xun suddenly covered his mouth, then looked at Li Tang with an apology, and whispered: "I can't tell you what you want to keep it secret."
Seeing her very cute appearance, Li Tang couldn't help but ask, "How old are you?"
In his impression, Zhou Xun may be about eighteen or ninety or twenty.
"I've been in 74 years."
What, it's as big as myself?
"Really or false?"
"Of course it's true."
Li Tang did not care about his rashness and continued to ask: "What month is it?"
“October.”
Wow, he is actually a month older than himself.
Li Tang suddenly didn't want to talk anymore, otherwise he would have to worry about the little girl who looked like a high school student calling her "sister".
Zhou Xun looked at him with his head tilted and asked, "Hey, how old are you?"
"Uh...is similar to you."
"You are from 74 years old too? What month did you come from?"
“Ten…November.”
"Puff!"
Zhou Xun suddenly laughed out loud.
Maybe the atmosphere was too warm and Lou Ye and Naian, who were chatting in a daze, turned their heads when they heard the sound.
Zhou Xun pointed at Li Tang with a depressed look on his face and said, "Haha, it turns out that I am a month older than you."
Naian had a smile on his face, but Lou Ye's gaze was helpless. The strangeness he deliberately created was broken like this?