Chapter 69: Be diligent when you have nothing to do
Author: Chen Mercedes-Cheng
Chapter 69: Be diligent when you have nothing to do
In early May, the fifth Huabiao Awards announced the list of shortlists, "Shanghai Chronicles" was shortlisted for the Outstanding Feature Film Award and the Best Director Award, and Li Tang and Yuan Quan were also shortlisted for the Best Actor and Actress Award and the Newcomer Award in Film.
The Huabiao Award is a film award sponsored by the Ministry of Truth, Radio, Film and Film Bureau, and is a government award in the film industry. "Shanghai Chronicles" was naturally successfully shortlisted as a tribute film.
Li Tang's two lives combined, and he was still very excited to be shortlisted for the award for the first time. The specific award ceremony will be held in three weeks, May 22, and the award ceremony will be held in Beijing.
"What? Do I have to prepare a show?"
The organizer also notified Li Tang to prepare a program. At that time, the live performance at the award ceremony must be reported in advance and there will be rehearsals before the award ceremony.
"You are stupid. I asked you to prepare the show in advance, which means that you can win the award. It is probably the Newcomer Award for Film." Naian said excitedly.
Although Li Tang was shortlisted for the Best Actor Award, Naian and him were not arrogant enough to win this honor. After all, except for him, the shortlisted candidates are all long-standing actors, such as "Male"
Uncle Benshan in "Women Director", Ge You in "Seeing No Silly", Shao Bin in "Spring Ramblings", etc.
Of course, Li Tang won the Newcomer Award for Film, which is also a thing worth celebrating.
It’s just that performing a show is a difficult problem. After thinking about it, Li Tang could only say, “Or else sing a song.”
After all, he was a professional class in Shanghai Theater Academy and studied the sound stage for four years, which was real. Moreover, although Li Tang opened the back door when he was taking the exam, his body and sound conditions were still passed.
This is also why many actors can perform but sing as good as they are. The vocal foundation is solid and the voice conditions are good, so singing is naturally at the level.
"What song?"
Li Tang hesitated and said, "Can you sing English songs?"
The main reason is that most of the original memory is Hong Kong and Taiwan songs, but in his previous life he sang basically English songs. As he said that, he hummed the bucktooth brother's "We will we will rock you..."
Naian glanced at him and frowned and said, "English songs are not suitable, and rock is even worse."
What's the matter with singing English songs at the government award ceremony? And with the current mainstream cultural awareness in China, it is not friendly to rock.
"Then it would be "My Motherland"." Li Tang said again.
This is the most familiar Chinese song he had in his previous life. It's funny to say that his father was obviously an American citizen in his previous life, but he often hummed the song "My Motherland" at home.
“…”
Naian looked at him speechlessly and said, "You can't pick a song that is slightly normal!"
As she said that, she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, you'd better not sing. The performers of the Huabiao Awards Gala are all actors, and most of them are probably singing, otherwise..."
She thought about it, and suddenly her eyes lit up and said, "Just perform a sword dance, it's the one you played last time. It looks very good, and the stage effect must be good."
"Sister An, this is not called Jianwu, it is called Sancai Jian!" Li Tang corrected.
That's right, this is the sword technique he learned from Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin is the swordsmanship champion of the National Martial Arts Championships, and is especially good at Tai Chi swords. But he thinks that Tai Chi swords are too slow, just like an old man and a woman exercising.
So Zhang Jin taught him this set of Sancai Swords again. It is said that this set of swordsmanship is the Wudang Tai Chi Sword that integrates the essence of the Shaolin Damo Sword, which is faster than the Tai Chi Sword and slower than the fierce and sharp Shaolin Damo Sword.
The so-called combination of hardness and softness. The sword flower is dazzling. The sword dancer flashes and moves, his body is fast but not chaotic, and his sword technique is sharp and stretched.
In a word, it looks very good and is a powerful tool for showing off.
"No matter whether it is sword dance or Sancai Jian, it is quite good anyway. Think about it, no one performs this kind of program, it is innovative, and it also promotes Chinese martial arts culture. The most important thing is that there will definitely be many directors at the Huabiao Awards Ceremony, Zhang Yimou,
Director Chen and the others will be there. This is an opportunity to show your talents, a very good platform..."
Naian became more and more excited as she spoke. She felt that she still lacked experience as an agent. She originally thought it was a task, but now it seems to be a very good display opportunity.
At most, people sing and dancing, or skits, or sketches, but it is rare for actors to perform martial arts, and it is easy to attract the director's attention.
"But I haven't mastered it yet."
Li Tang was a little confused, worried that he would not be able to show off his half-baked swordsmanship.
"If you don't practice it well, hurry up and practice it quickly. I'll ask someone to help you find a suitable set of background music. Unfortunately, time is too tight, otherwise it would be more perfect if you find a few dancers." Naian said regretfully at the end.
...
"Swish, swish, swish..."
In the practice room of the Drama Center, Li Tang meticulously practiced the three-talent sword technique. Although he had not practiced this sword technique for a long time, as long as he had basic skills and could learn it quickly, he was now in the proficiency stage.
As the saying goes: Practice makes perfect. If you practice too much, you will naturally give people a feeling of being moved by the sword.
Moreover, this sword technique is fancy and highly ornamental. Especially Li Tang can jump and drive a horse when he jumps, and then lie down on the ground and look back at the moon. The sword energy is fierce, and the sword flowers are even more dazzling when dancing.
He was stunned by the bald head Xu who was watching from the side, and couldn't wait to applaud and applaud, "Li Tang, you are such a clumsy person, you really can't tell what Chen Guangzhi?"
By the way, after Xu Guangtou came back from filming "Zhu Bajie", he felt refreshed and smiled constantly. When he went out to shoot a movie, he not only got 300,000 yuan, but also the girl in the trick.
The protagonist was caught.
The key is that this heroine is amazing. Peach Red, commonly known as Little Peach Red, not to mention the "Sunny Days" that won the box office of 50 million yuan in mainland China, the "Black Eyes" she starred in last year not only won Damascus
The Best Actress Award at the International Film Festival, and the Best Actress Award at the 4th Huabiao Awards and the Best Actress Award at the 18th Golden Rooster Awards.
It is like a rising star. In terms of popularity and status in the circle, I don’t know how many streets Xu Baldtou will be thrown out. Even so, he was actually soaked by Xu Baldtou. This sense of accomplishment is no less than that of Wu Jing.
It’s no wonder that Xu Bald Head has always been smiling recently.
"I learned it from a martial arts champion when I was filming last time."
Li Tang wiped his sweat with a towel.
The program of swordsmanship was published. The organizer was surprised. He also checked the information from the Li Tang newspaper. Sure enough, it clearly stated in the specialty column: English and martial arts.
The show of swordsmanship is indeed very novel, and the organizer is very looking forward to it. I hope that Li Tang can bring surprises during the rehearsal in the middle of the month.
Of course, the Drama Center also attached great importance to Li Tang's performance at the Huabiao Awards Ceremony, and specially allocated a training room for him to train.
Xu bald head played Li Tang's sword for performance in his hand and sighed: "After all, I can't do it, I don't have this talent."
Li Tang knew that he would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Last time he invited himself to have coffee, he was a little hesitant. Today he came to give a compliment, which must be purposeful.
Then he said, "Boss, if you have anything to say, would you ask me to treat me to a flower bar again?"
Xu Guangtou immediately shook his head and said seriously: "Don't talk to me about eating flower wine in the future, as it's meaningless, I won't go in the future."
Seeing him looking serious, Li Tang became angry and said disdainfully: "It makes it look like it is real. How can you? After talking about a big star, you will quit Huajiu?"
Xu bald head then sighed and said, "You can't quit, you can't stand the wallet!"
As he said that, he hesitated for a moment, and then he felt embarrassed and said, "I've bought a house."
Xu Guangtou has been buying a house for a long time, but this time he finally bought it.
"Where are you buying it? What's the price?"
"The next door Luwan is more than 6,000 per square meter!"
"This price is OK." Li Tang nodded.
After all, Luwan is the city center.
So the question is, why is the house in Xujiahui Garden that Lao Li bought for him more expensive?
This is because Xujiahui Garden is adjacent to Xujiahui business district, and is surrounded by Oriental Commercial Buildings, No. 6 Department Store, Pacific Shopping Mall, Meiluo City, etc. Apart from Nanjing Road and Huaihai Road, the most chaotic here is the most popular.
Moreover, houses in Shanghai are divided into domestic sales and export housing. Domestic sales in the city center are roughly 6,700 per square meter, but export housing in the same location costs more than 2,000 US dollars.
In the long run, buying a house is not only a solution to housing problems, but also the best way to invest and manage finances.
"It seems that you made a good profit this time." Li Tang said with a smile.
Xu bald man said bitterly: "No matter how hard you can, your pockets will be empty. A big deal, can you borrow some copper coins?"
Li Tang was stunned: "Is it true or false?"
Is this guy just trying to borrow money from him? This is a bit in line with his personality that wants to save face?
"Of course it's true."
The guy said shyly: "I paid half of the down payment, and I used up all the money, and there was no copper decoration."
"50% down payment? Why don't you borrow more?" Li Tang said in confusion.
"Oh, it's not cost-effective to borrow too much, and the interest rate is not enough! Even if you have to pay back the money in the future, the interest will be deducted in advance, and the principal will not be much. Don't worry, if I ask you to borrow money, I will follow the bank's one-year regular period
I will borrow the interest for one year.”
When Li Tang heard this, Xu Bald Head was indeed very smart. He asked himself to borrow money at the annual deposit rate and did not lend more from the bank. He saved nearly two points as soon as he made an inflow. He calculated it at 100,000 yuan.
It's 2,000 yuan a year, which is enough to spend on a KTV to eat a flower wine. This doesn't count as the interest you need to deduct in advance repayment, and there's more than one flower wine inside and outside.
"Then how much do you want to borrow? First of all, I don't have much money on hand now."
Xu bald head stretched out a finger and said flatteringly: "Not much, one hundred thousand is enough."