"Binbin, eat it! I tell you, the bean sprouts in Maoxuewangli are very delicious. The fish fillet is very tender, and they are made of black fish, which can be killed freshly..."
Seeing Ren Zhenquan looking at his ex-girlfriend with attentiveness, Li Tang couldn't help but curl his lips, especially looking down on this look of terrible legs.
However, this guy does know how to do business. For example, the big pot of hair is strong in front of him. In fact, there is not much real blood tofu and tripe. There is a thick layer of soybean sprouts under it, and three or two fat shrimps are decorated on it.
He actually dared to sell it for 38 yuan per serving.
Moreover, the business in the store is really good, and the upstairs and downstairs are full. The three of them can only squeeze into the warehouse and office converted from the attic, surrounded by a small desk.
Li Tang was not used to eating Sichuan cuisine that was heavy on oil and spicy, so he could only choose some not very spicy food.
"Hey, Li Tang, how was the situation in the last audition?" Ren Zhenquan asked in a hurry.
"It's not so good, I guess there's no hope." Li Tang shook his head.
Last time in the interview, I first had an English conversation for no reason, and then asked him to act in a clip. He consciously acted well, but three days later, without any response.
"Don't hurry, take your time."
Ren Zhenquan picked up the cup and toasted him, and looked like he empathized.
"I'm not in a hurry."
Li Tang rolled his eyes and ran into him.
...
Looking at the casting list submitted by Peng Xiaolian, Zhu Yongde was very upset. Regarding the candidates for male and female protagonists, the factory recommended outstanding young actors from his own actor troupe from the beginning, but none of them were on the list.
Even if you don’t use actors in the factory, it’s okay if you use big-name stars. But the protagonists selected by Peng Xiaolian are all unknown newcomers.
The heroine Yuan Quan is in the acting department of Central Academy of Drama and is studying in the sophomore year.
The male lead Li Tang is an actor at the Drama Center.
After seeing the list, he specifically asked. Yuan Quan learned Peking Opera and was considered a good student with excellent character and academic performance. Furthermore, from his perspective as a photographer, this little girl has a distinctive appearance.
, with deep eye sockets and high and thin nose bridge, she is definitely a beautiful woman with a European and American style and a natural movie face.
If the candidate for the heroine can be barely accepted, then what's the matter with the hero?
Although this guy looks pretty handsome from the photos, he has taken a lot of handsome guys from the Film and Television Troupe. The key is that Li Tang has nothing to do with his resume. If he has no resume, he can enter the drama center. It is said that he is still a real person in the middle of the road.
relationship.
It’s not that he insisted on interfering in the casting candidates, it’s that the factory finally had a big project, and everyone below was watching.
To give the most obvious example, if the drama center arranges a big drama, the male protagonist does not use the actors in the center, but uses the actors in the film studio. It would be strange if the drama center does not make a fuss!
If this person's heart disbands, it will be difficult to lead the team.
As the factory director, Lao Zhu expressed his embarrassment.
"Xiao Peng, should you take a look at the candidate for the role of Guo Shaobai? If you think Wang Yanan is not suitable, there are many excellent young actors such as Tong Ruixing, Zhang Xiaolin and Liu Xiaofeng."
Lao Zhu said it very politely.
In recent years, the film market has been in a downturn, and Shanghai Film Studios, which once supported half of Chinese films, has inevitably begun to decline.
As a film practitioner, everyone knows whether a movie is successful or not lies in the director. Shanghai Film Studio’s glory in the past few decades is largely due to its top domestic director, Xie Jin.
But as Director Xie grows old, there is a situation of disagreement in the factory. The reason why Peng Xiaolian was selected this time was that on the one hand, she once studied under Director Xie, and Director Xie has high hopes for her.
On the other hand, the most important point is that Peng Xiaolian has just returned from New York University in the United States. The factory hopes that her, the director who exudes the American impression, can use an international perspective to re-see our past history.
Internationalization, learning advanced foreign concepts, and going to the world are all current trends.
Therefore, Shanghai Film Studio attaches great importance to Peng Xiaolian, a returnee director. Even though the other party is unwilling to return to the system and cooperates in the form of a contract, Shanghai Film Studio still entrusted her with the important task.
Obviously, Peng Xiaolian also knew this very well. She had psychological advantages in the face of Director Zhu, and said with a kind and decent smile as always: "Director, I think Li Tang is suitable."
"Can't you pick the right actors in the factory?"
"right!"
“…”
Zhu Yongde was speechless. He knew Peng Xiaolian very well. When Peng Xiaolian graduated from Beijing Film Academy and was assigned to Shanghai Film Studio, he started to grow up slowly as a director. He was still a photographer in the factory at that time. The two often worked together. They knew each other well.
It's a positive idea. To put it bluntly, it's hard to get the head and neck, and even eight horses can't pull it back.
Lao Zhu sat there, looked at her for a while, then smiled bitterly, "You have caused me a big problem!"
"If you are worried, you can check it out for yourself."
...
Li Tang has been living a very leisurely life these days and has fully released his body and mind. Unfortunately, his ex-girlfriend has not been there for a long time and has returned to Beijing after filming the advertisement.
His life began to follow the steps again. As for the Shanghai Film Studio's audition, he thought it was over. Unexpectedly, he got the news when the Spring Festival holiday was approaching. Director Peng Xiaolian called him and asked him to go for the audition again.
The second time I came here, it was still the room, except for Director Peng and Director Zhang, there was one more person next to him.
He has gray hair, dark skin, and a bitter and revengeful face.
When Li Tang saw it, he was shocked. Today, the situation was big enough, and the leaders all appeared.
Just kidding, in the Shanghai literary and artistic circle, everyone knows the two bigwigs, the director of the Drama Center and the director of the Shanghai Film Studio. Besides, Director Zhu is also a former famous photographer.
The well-known movies "The Wrangler", "The Wreath Under the Mountains", "Sunrise", etc. are all works by Lao Zhu.
"Hello, Director Zhu!"
Although Li Tang was surprised, he was not restrained.
"Hello."
Lao Zhu nodded, and had no impression of this kind of minority.
"Xiao Li, we tried the drama last time. I feel that your temperament is very consistent with the male protagonist in our movie, so today I ask you to come here and try the drama again, so that everyone can have a clear idea in their hearts."
Peng Xiaolian's attitude was obviously much more enthusiastic than last time.
Hearing the three words of the male protagonist, Li Tang looked unbelievable and said in a daze: "Director, are you talking about the male protagonist?"
Peng Xiaolian smiled and said, "Yes, it's the male lead. The main reason is that this character has certain special features. He is a Chinese-American journalist and has a lot of English dialogues."
As she said that, she picked up two pieces of paper and handed it over and said, "Okay, let's talk less. This is a character introduction and some dialogues, so you can get familiar with it first."
"good!"
Li Tang hurriedly took it over. This was the first time in his two lives that he had come into contact with the male lead role. How could it not be exciting?
The first page is the introduction of characters, name, era background, and character images.
The second page is a plot, which roughly tells that Guo Shaobai went to the US consulate to seek help, and there was a long English dialogue with the US consulate.
Li Tang read it carefully and his excitement gradually calmed down. The performance of this part of the content is not difficult, mainly because he has more dialogues.
But when he was watching, he found something wrong.
Peng Xiaolian noticed that his expression was strange and asked, "Xiao Li, what's wrong? Is there any problem?"
The content of today's audition was carefully selected by her. On the one hand, she wanted to let Lao Zhu see it, and on the other hand, she also wanted to examine Li Tang's English lines skills.
"Uh, no." Li Tang said hurriedly.
He was very cognitive and did not dare to raise his so-called doubts at this critical moment, not to mention that the content in the script itself has the limitations of the times.
He read it silently twice, basically thinking that his lines were his expertise in the training of stage plays for many years.
"Director, that's OK."
"Okay, I'll help you with the show." Peng Xiaolian said.
The only one here is her English skill.
Li Tang moved his body as usual, did a few warm-up movements, and then began the performance.