As the director called to stop, Li Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took off his heavy suit. There was no air conditioning in the studio, and the surrounding lights were very hot.
The unknown Hong Kong advertising director ran over and said hello in broken Mandarin: "Li Laoxi, thank you for your hard work!"
Li Tang waved his hand: "It's okay."
"Brother Li!"
At this time, Zeng Jia walked over quickly with her mobile phone in hand, smiled and nodded at the Hong Kong advertising director.
The guy was very knowledgeable and hurriedly said: "Li Laoxi, Miss Zeng, you are busy!"
Saying this, he said goodbye and left.
Li Tang glanced at his cell phone in Zeng Jia's hand and asked, "Whose phone number is it?"
"It belongs to Sister Zhou Xun. She asked you to come back after you are done."
I was quite surprised to hear Zhou Xun's name, Li Tang, because in the past two years, except for greetings during festivals and festivals, or congratulations on winning an award, there have been almost no phone calls.
However, he did not rush back immediately, but walked quickly back to the lounge next to him. Because the oil paint on his face sealed the pores, he could not sweat, which was very uncomfortable.
The coolness in the lounge made him breathe a long sigh of relief. After taking a sip of water, he sat down and let the makeup artist help remove his makeup.
Today he was reshooting a commercial for a suit he was endorsing, which was all work he had delayed while busy filming "The Third Man". And now that he saw that his bank balance had dropped to six figures, he felt a little panicked.
Ideas to make money!
There have been quite a lot of scripts submitted to me recently, and they are all based on popular costume dramas, and the pay is not low, but to be honest, none of them are attractive to him.
Although "Swordsman" received mixed reviews after it aired, he has become popular. At this juncture, reputation is very important. Li Tang now accepts as few interviews as possible and keeps a low profile. Moreover, he emphasizes quality over quality in the selection of scripts.
It's better not to overdo the weight. What's more, he already has a film contract with Zhang Yimou's "Hero", so his horizons will naturally be much higher.
After the makeup artist took off his makeup and went out, he called back.
"Sister Xiaoxun, is there something wrong?"
"I can't call you if I have nothing to do."
Zhou Xun's unique voice was a little distorted on the phone.
"No, where are you?"
"I'm in Hong Kong, filming a movie."
"Oh, they all went to Hong Kong, congratulations!"
With the decline of Hong Kong movies in the past two years, many Hong Kong filmmakers have gone north to find work, but mainland stars are proud to go to Hong Kong to develop their careers, including Zhang Ziyi, Xiao Yanzi and others.
However, Zhang Ziyi obviously used Hong Kong as a springboard. After catching up with brothers Li Eucalyptus and Cheng Long, she successfully jumped to Hollywood. This also made many ambitious female stars in the mainland jealous.
Although the two have little contact, there is no sense of alienation at all. To use a fashionable saying, the souls are connected. Of course, this soul connection does not refer to love, but the two people's thinking, opinions, opinions, ideals, pursuits, and feelings.
Taste and so on, all aspects are relatively similar and mutually recognized.
Li Tang has worked with many actresses, and if he were asked to choose the one that he most agrees with, it would undoubtedly be Zhou Xun.
After the two joked with each other for a while, Zhou Xuncai said: "Are you playing Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"?"
Speaking of "The Condor", there are currently many rumors in the media. Because of the controversy in "The Swordsman", CCTV suspended the project of "The Condor". At that time, Zhang Dabeard told Li Tang that "The Condor" must be filmed.
.Sure enough, he just received reliable news not long ago,
The investor of "The Condor" has been changed from CCTV to the Literary and Art Association. Secret preparations for "The Condor" have begun. The producer is still Zhang Bearded, but the candidate for the chief director has not yet been decided. But according to Lao Zhang's wishes,
He and Huang Jianzhong will definitely not be able to cooperate this time.
Although "The Condor" is being prepared secretly, according to Lao Zhang's usual style of doing things, some news will definitely be released secretly, which will lead to various speculations and reports from the media.
For example, a certain director teamed up with a certain producer to compete with Zhang Dahu for the filming of "The Condor"; "The Condor" has locked the ancient giant chicken, with Zhou Jie playing Guo Jing and Yang Kang; whether Xiao Yanzi can play Huang Rong is still a mystery, etc.
Regarding this so-called exclusive news, Zhang Dabeard solemnly stated to the media not long ago that these are all nonsense, and he hopes that everyone will stop spreading rumors and spreading rumors.
The media is not a vegetarian either. At that time, a reporter asked Lao Zhang: "I heard that as early as before the filming of "The Swordsman", there were specialized personnel responsible for creating fake news, building momentum for the crew, and illegally promoting it. Is it happening again this time?
A successful publicity plan concocted by this group of behind-the-scenes think tanks?”
Of course, Lao Zhang would not admit it, and angrily accused the reporter of being a meddler on the spot, and hoped that these reporters would stop causing trouble to the crew.
As for the casting issue that everyone is most concerned about, Lao Zhang neither admitted nor denied it. He just said that it is impossible to determine the actor before the chief director has been selected.
As a result, the topic of "The Condor Shooting" has been buzzing in the media for a while.
Anyone who cares can understand at a glance that this is Zhang Big Beard's regular routine. Of course, reporters see through it but don't tell it. Zhang Big Beard wants to hype it up, and the audience likes to watch it, so let's speculate.
Of course, the hype also included Li Tang, who became popular with "The Swordsman". In particular, Mr. Jin Yong also came out to enhance his presence. While he praised Linghu Chong played by Li Tang in "The Swordsman", he also said that Li Tang was Guo Jing's
An ideal candidate. As for Huang Rong's candidate, the old man expressed his special liking for Xiao Yanzi.
At this time, Li Tang thought Zhou Xun had seen the relevant reports, and smiled: "Do you think I look like Guo Jing?"
"No, you and Yang Kang are quite similar."
Hearing Zhou Xun's answer without hesitation, Li Tang couldn't help but be surprised: "Hey, have you read the novel?"
"Hehe, I just read the script and they want me to play Huang Rong."
"You play Huang Rong? Well, not bad! I didn't expect Lao Zhang to be quite discerning."
Although there is a lot of news about Xiao Yanzi playing Huang Rong in the media now, Li Tang never thinks that Xiao Yanzi is an ideal person.
Although Xiao Yanzi in "Returning the Pearl" became very popular, he really couldn't connect the stupid and crazy Xiao Yanzi in "Returning the Pearl" with the extremely intelligent and quirky Ronger in "The Condor".
In fact, when it comes to quirky characters, Zhou Xun is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Zhou Xun said, "I haven't agreed yet, that's why I called you to ask, if you play, I will play too."
"Didn't you just say that I don't look like Guo Jing?"
"I'm saying that your personality and temperament are not like Guo Jing's, but I'm not saying that you can't play Guo Jing well."
"No, don't praise me so highly, I can't play Guo Jing. To tell you the truth, I can play, but I don't play Guo Jing, I play Yang Kang."
"Wow, are you really playing Yang Kang?"
Zhou Xun's tone on the phone seemed surprised at first, but he couldn't hide his disappointment.
Li Tang smiled and said, "You don't have to ask me. You decide whether to act or not. Personally, you are quite suitable for the role of Huang Rong."
In fact, for Li Tang, playing Yang Kang is to repay a favor. Just like the recently hit movie "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" starring Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, but Lu Yi, who is currently popular, was second to none.
The role of the second male lead is not likable, but it is just to repay Zhao Baogang's favor for supporting him to star in "Never Rest in Eyes".
For Zhao Baogang and Zhang Dabeard, using the popular Lu Yi and Li Tang, they can determine the lower limit of a TV series. At least they don't have to worry about topics that no one pays attention to and publicity. The upper limit depends on the real male lead.
, succeeded, and the male lead became popular, which undoubtedly maximized the benefits for the producer.
"Three Images" has been very successful in this aspect. Chen Kun was unknown before the show was aired. After the show was aired, he and Zhou Xun have become golden boys and girls. Now they are almost as popular as Li Tang.
"My agent said the same thing, but I don't know who will play Guo Jing. Do you think it's really the ancient giant chicken?"
Gu Juji is the male lead in another big project "Love in the Rain" that CCTV collaborated with Aunt Qiong Yao last year. This TV series has now been launched in Wanwan, and it is said that the response has been quite good.
Come to think of it, after all, with Xiao Yanzi starring in the lead role, the audience has been looking forward to it for a long time.
However, when it comes to the rumors that Gu Juji will play Guo Jing, Li Tang mused: "I think it's unlikely."
Regardless of Gu Juji's silly head and silly brain, his temperament is quite consistent with Guo Jing's. But based on Li Tang's understanding of Zhang's big beard, Lao Zhang, who is an actor, pays great attention to the actor's acting skills when selecting actors. Like Gu Juji
Lao Zhang despises Ji, a third-rate Hong Kong actor who was born as a singer.
Besides, "Swordsman" and "Love in the Rain" were two key projects of CCTV last year. Although "Swordsman" broke the record in ratings, it was widely criticized and CCTV had to suspend "The Condor".
This project. And the "
"Love in the Rain" and "Swordsman" are undoubtedly in competition. What Lao Zhang is probably most worried about right now is that "Love in the Rain" has received good ratings and reviews since its launch. Therefore, Lao Zhang will definitely not praise "Love in the Rain".
The male lead in "Love is Deep and Rainy".
Zhou Xun on the other end of the phone was obviously relieved and said: "That's good, I don't like this person very much, he's too girly."
After saying that, Zhou Xun asked again: "Hey, will you appear in the third part of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge"?"
Speaking of "Huan Zhu Princess III", there have been various gossips in the media in the past two years. And at the end of the second part, Aunt Qiong Yao left an easter egg for next year, which is the thousand-year glance between Xiao Jian and Qing'er.
It is conceivable that the third part may have the main storyline of Xiao Jian and Qing'er.
But today is different from the past. Both Xiao Yanzi and Fan Xiaopang have terminated their contracts with Aunt Qiong Yao's company. Compared to Xiao Yanzi's peaceful termination of the contract, they even went to court and had a bad relationship. Besides, Xiao Yanzi's contract was terminated peacefully.
Yan Zi is now squeezing into the film industry. She previously starred in the TV series "
"Love is Deep and Rainy", on the one hand, it may be to return the favor to Aunt Qiong Yao, but most likely it is for the sake of CCTV. Not to mention that Li Tang is now famous, how can he play a third male lead or even a male lead?
Four supporting roles are not available? So it is obviously impossible to reunite the original cast.
And based on Aunt Qiongyao's style of conduct or Tai Bazi's always shrewd and stingy nature, the smartest way is to rely on the big IP of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", find a bunch of new people, and make a big profit at the minimum cost. One stroke.
The reason why Zhou Xun asked this today is simply because when "Love in the Rain" was launched in Wanwan not long ago to build momentum, Aunt Qiong Yao frankly said that she would continue to cooperate with Fulantai, and the much-anticipated third episode of "Huan Zhuge Ge" The department has already started preparations.
Li Tang shook his head and said: "I have not received any news in this regard. If filming is indeed going to start this year, I will definitely not have a schedule."