Zeng Jia did not like Li Tang, but was like reading a novel. She turned the pages very quickly. While reading, she said, "The writing style is so good, so delicate."
Well, after all, I am a college student who graduated from undergraduate studies, but not a poor student with low educational level like Xiaopang, who can’t understand it.
After reading it for about half an hour, she closed the script and said, "I haven't finished reading it. Personally, this book is quite interesting, realistic but not romance, just like writing about many people around us.
But, brother, what's the situation?"
Li Tang sat up from the sofa, rubbed his swollen temples, took a sip of tea before telling her what happened last night.
Finally, he said: "You are the head of the studio, so let's discuss this in the future."
A trace of brightness flashed through Zeng Jia's eyes, but for only a moment, he pondered: "Brother, what do you think?"
"My script is barely enough. If you just want to act, you can ask me to act, but if you want to invest..." Li Tang was a little hesitant.
When he first invested in "The Third Man", he recognized Cheng Er's ability on the one hand, and also liked the script. In fact, when he looked back, there was also impulsiveness at that time. After obtaining such a great return, he could only sigh:
"lucky!"
After all, movies are an industry with high investment risks, as huge as the top six Hollywoods. When investing in large-scale productions, they often have to attract multiple investors to share the risks.
Moreover, movies are sometimes really a metaphysics. They are obviously big IPs and the cast lineup is extremely powerful. As a result, the audience does not sell their accounts after they are released and suffers huge losses.
Yes, I'm still too deeply involved.
Li Tang put a pear in a toothpick, which was very watery and sweet.
"It's Zhang Yibai, urging me to invest money."
Xiaopang said quietly: "Do you guys easily become bad as soon as you do business?"
Li Tang suddenly realized that this was a bit far-reaching. After all, the studio has not even recruited everyone now. But at the same time, he also admitted that what Zeng Jia said makes sense. After all, the studio is officially about to open after the Chinese New Year.
There must be projects to do. In addition, it is also a good suggestion to train employees by doing projects.
He ran back and said happily: "I know the owner, so I can't lose it if I ask him to help me."
Since that's the case, Li Tang couldn't stop him anymore. This was probably my only psychological comfort to make up for the guilt of the past.
A small round table of six people, sitting on four people is very spacious. As the stove is served, Liu Fendou was still thinking and introducing with a smile: "Teacher Li, this is an authentic shabu-shabu restaurant in the old capital, and it is open.
It’s been a hundred years, you must try it.”
Li Tang is rich now, so she doesn't need to send money to send clothes every year. But I am still very persistent, and the money is still 5,000 US dollars. The clothes sent are of a grade, and I try to choose some brands that are not common in China.
.For example, the Canadian goose on him is not cheap in the United States, and it costs at least seven or eight hundred dollars per piece.
Li Tang thought there was something on his face.
Today he put on his sunglasses, his baseball cap, rode his bicycle, followed the Paoju Hutong to Berlin Hutong, and then to Beixin Hutong, and then to Yonghegong Street. Fifty meters south of Yonghegong Street is Fangjia Hutong. Hutong is the Hutong.
Less than a hundred meters inside, there is a house with a sign of Liu's pork shabu on its face.
"Uh... OK, then tomorrow, how do you look at it at noon tomorrow?"
The alleys on the Dongcheng side are well connected, and it is very close to the Cannon Alley, and it takes only ten minutes to ride a bicycle. Moreover, it is not far from the Central Academy of Drama. Zhang Yibai and his group of Central Academy of Drama may be in this area.
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The other one is a taciturn handsome guy with glasses. He is not only handsome, but also tall, standing about the same as Li Tang.
Now that Zeng Jia also agreed, he had nothing to hesitate and immediately said, "Okay, I will talk to Zhang Yibai tomorrow and the next day, but the specific investment negotiations..."
Those present can be regarded as his predecessors, so Li Tang was not willing to attend the seat. The so-called seating arrangement may not be very particular in Shanghai, but it would be a big deal to pay attention to the rules in Beijing.
Both of them were sitting inside, Liu Fendou, the young man with a flat head, was almost four, and he seemed not to be called a young man, but this guy was so young that he was young, even if he was less than twenty or thirty, he probably wouldn't be able to call him a young man.
Will doubt.
At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Tang wrapped a black down sweater with a big Canadian goose embroidered on the sleeves. This brand of down jacket is almost impossible to see in China these days. It was sent by my mother from the United States a year ago.
of.
Li Tang was about to park his car on the side of the road. Zhang Yibai hurried over and grabbed the bicycle and pushed it to the door of a grocery store next to the hotel. After saying a few words to the owner, he parked Li Tang's road bicycle, which looked very high-end.
Go to the front of the grocery store.
Diao Yinan just smiled and nodded, while Liu Fendou said enthusiastically: "It's not late, it's because we're early. Come on, Teacher Li, please sit down quickly, please sit down."
This is the address that Zhang Yibai sent to his mobile phone yesterday.
The phone rang and it was connected.
Then he said carefully: "Teacher Li, have you read the script?"
"Okay, okay, I'm relieved if you say that. Look at this investment..."
"good!"
"Will you have time then?"
Li Tang originally wanted to contact Zhang Yibai the next day, but was stopped by Zeng Jia. She said that since she had promised the other party to give a reply for two or three days, don't be too anxious, so as not to give the other party the illusion of being a pole.
The longer the time is, the less at ease the other party feels. The Beijing city is called "stretch" and the commercial term is called "extreme pressure".
Zeng Jia said seriously: "Since we have already set up our own business, I think it is worth it to train our own team."
Xiaopang sat down opposite him and looked at him with his chin.
With Li Tang's fame, I have also heard of it in the United States. Especially after he won the Best Actor in the Venice Film Festival against the Current Unit, I made a special call to congratulate him.
"No need to worry about this. Just send the address to my phone."
I have to say that he is very glad that Xiaopang was able to receive the role of Anxin. Xiaopang has changed a lot in the past six months. Not only has he learned to cook and do housework, but he has done such considerate details very well, which has also made him.
Find the feeling of being with your ex-girlfriend.
"Is time? There will always be a squeeze."
Xiaopang said with a confused look on his face: "Yes...but I still like your original appearance, otherwise, what's the difference between you and Mao Jie!"
"Can."
On the third day, before Li Tang called, Zhang Yibai called first. He didn't answer the previous two times, but when it was almost evening, the third call came again.
"Look, it's pretty good."
Li Tang stood up, walked around her, hugged her in his arms, and said softly: "Silly, I am still me, what are you afraid of? Your task now is to finish the filming and then take a break,
I'll accompany you to relax."
It seems that he is indeed an old land here. Li Tang is used to living in the Pao Bureau Hutong, and forgot that there is not a detention center everywhere.
Xiaopang tilted his head and thought for a while, finally nodded, but frowned and said, "I know, but don't always do this. The changes have been too big. I, I'm a little scared."
The weather was good the next day, and the sun was bright, but the temperature was always below freezing point. Fortunately, the capital was dry and cold, unlike Shanghai, which was also a few degrees below zero. The cold air penetrated into the cracks of people's flesh and blood. No matter how much you wear, it would be
Nothing works.
"Director Zhang, let's do it. You see when you have time. Let's talk about the book first."
If you listen carefully, you can clearly hear the other person's rapid breathing sound.
...
"Okay, Teacher Li. I'll send it here later. Then we'll see you tomorrow."
In this case, Li Tang could only comfort him with kind words: "Actually, I don't want this, it was Jia Jia who taught me. Moreover, my studio has been independent now, and it is said that the mall is like a battlefield. Otherwise, it would be stupid,
Do you know if someone will lead the nose?"
"Well, do you understand the negotiation strategy? Besides, I can't say that I deliberately didn't answer his phone call, right?"
Xiaopang's mind is now very sensitive. He actually compared himself to Mao Jie in "Yu Guanyin" and has something to do with Mao Jie?
"What's wrong?"
Zeng Jia thought for a while and said, "Brother, since you think this book is OK, I think we can consider it. I think so. I am definitely not as good as you in terms of grasping the book. I completely listen to you in this.
On the one hand, our studio is truly independent, so there must be projects to make the personnel move. Moreover, the investment in this project itself is not large, and it can be used to train soldiers."
"Teacher Liu, Teacher Diao, I'm sorry to be late!"
"No hurry, stretch it first. Alas, be careful not to get stuck."
Zhang Yibai said in a hurry: "It's okay."
Before he finished speaking, Zeng Jia rushed to say, "I will be responsible for following up on investment negotiations."
Push open the door of one of the rooms: "Teacher Li, please!"
Li Tang turned into Fangjia Hutong and saw a short and fat man wearing a velvet hat standing at the door of the store.
"What's going bad? What do you mean?"
"Since you have discussed with Jia Jia, why don't you answer the phone?"
"Aren't you afraid that people will be trained, but they will be poached by other companies or will change jobs by themselves?"
But in the end, Zhang Yibai and Liu Fendou, who were wise, could not stand the eloquent Zhang and Liu Fendou, and forced him to sit down.
Li Tang was a little confused.
Sometimes there are some small investment projects, and the actors are well-known. Even when there is not much investment in publicity, they can spread their reputation based on word of mouth, thereby achieving a counterattack in the box office market.
He knew very well that his two lives were not the same business project, and he needed someone like Zeng Jia to help make decisions and execute them.
Li Tang agreed in the front, but when he heard the back, he couldn't help but smile: "Even if the investment is not big, it will cost one million. Is it a bit expensive for you to use this to train troops?"
Although the store is not big, it is quite large inside. The lobby is steaming and the business is very good. Zhang Yibai took him through the lobby, and there was a row of private rooms behind it.
Xiaopang finished work early today and bought vegetables and was cooking. When he heard the sound of his mobile phone sizzling on the table, Li Tang was having a leisurely tea and couldn't help but say, "Who?"
"Director Zhang, I'm in trouble!"
Fortunately, the other party was also a decent person and would not urge him endlessly. After dinner, Li Tang took the initiative to dial the phone.
Li Tang said hypocritically: "Director Zhang, I'm really embarrassed to talk to someone about something. I mute my phone and saw it just now."
It looks like the heat is almost the same.
Maybe because of riding a bicycle, it was not until Li Tang rode in front of him and stopped, Zhang Yibai recognized it and said in surprise: "Teacher Li, you came here by riding a bicycle!"
It is precisely because of his previous understanding of movies that although Li Tang made such money this time, he was clear-headed and even more cautious. After all, no one can say that he is like luck. Last time he was lucky.
OK, it’s impossible for him to have good luck every time, maybe he will be in trouble next time.
Zhang Yibai hurriedly followed his words and said, "That's right, the traffic jam in the capital is getting worse and worse... Oh, Teacher Li, I'll help you park it. It's not safe to park your car here. I'll come out after dinner.
, maybe the car will be gone.”
The road bike I bought when filming "Extreme Summer" was taken out and cleaned it up, cleaned it up, and the gears and chains were a little oily to boost your breath.
"Hello, Teacher Li!"
...
“Not far from here, it’s convenient.”
"It's okay, let's go, Struggle and Yi Man have arrived."
"Then we will come to pick you up tomorrow?"
After packing the kitchen, Xiaopang cut a plate of fruit and brought it over. She knew that Li Tang was not very adapted to the dry climate of Beijing, and the fruits at home had never stopped.
"Just like you just now, you can talk nonsense. You have decided to deliberately drag others down."
"Haol, see you tomorrow!"
"Brother, if you say that, I can't do anything about it." Zeng Jia smiled bitterly, but then changed the subject and said, "But I think I want to keep people, on the one hand, it is a problem of treatment, and on the other hand, it is a development prospect.
If our studio develops well by then and the treatment is not bad, I believe most people are still unwilling to leave."
Liu Fendou's words were exaggerated. Although Li Tang looked very enthusiastic on the surface, he actually didn't take it seriously.
To put it bluntly, the food desert. When he came to the capital in his previous life, the streets were full of old capitals and various time-honored brands. In fact, these things were all ruined and had no characteristics at all.
A plate of good mutton, and the mutton belly was served on the table, as well as vermicelli, mushrooms, vegetables, etc., and the prepared sesame paste. Li Tang put two spoonfuls of leek flowers in it according to his taste, a piece of it
The fermented bean curd was dripped with a few more drops of sesame oil, and then stirred well.
Both Zhang Yibai and Diao Yinan were not from Beijing, one from Sichuan and the other from Xi'an, but Liu Fendou was a native native. Seeing Li Tang's operation, he immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "Authentic!"