Qingqing Lou Ye introduced his agent to him. Although Nai'an only mentioned his identity as his agent at the end, he introduced himself in detail earlier, and it was obvious that he came here with sincerity.
Then she expressed frankly that her dream art company would have only Lou Ye and herself as the broker. The implication may be that they are not particularly professional or have limited resources.
It stands to reason that Nai'an is not the best choice in Li Tang's mind, but as the saying goes, "Trust is the most important thing." Furthermore, he is a newcomer now and has insufficient capital. He does not need a large professional brokerage company with abundant resources for the time being. Even if they come to you, they may not be able to take a fancy to you.
"Sister An, since we are all on our own side, it would be great. I will leave my affairs to you in the future." Li Tang said directly without thinking too much.
"Thank you for trusting me. I will do my best for you in the future." Nai'an smiled.
Dream Art Company is a small company that has been deeply tied to Lou Ye from the beginning and focuses on production. The brokerage business is just incidental, but Li Tang has already won the role of the male lead in a gift film from Shanghai Film Studio, which shows that he is a potential stock, but his quality needs to be tested.
Whether it's a gamble or selling Lou Ye to save face, Nai'an has no reason to refuse.
"Then I'll bring the contract over to you later. You can take a look at it first."
"OK."
Of course, you have to read the contract. If Nai'an can't even understand the agency contract with him, I'm afraid he won't feel relieved.
Li Tang thought the business was over, but the other party had no intention of leaving. Seeing Lou Ye's tired look, he asked one more time: "Brother Ye, have you been very busy recently?"
"I went to the capital and came back yesterday."
Brother Ye always has the ability to chat to death with just one sentence.
Li Tang didn't know how to answer it, so he just thought to himself: No wonder it took so long to contact him.
At this time Naian interjected: "Li Tang, when will the tribute film you have now start shooting?"
"The sixteenth of this month."
February 16th is the twentieth day of the first lunar month. It is a good day to start construction, construction, business opening, travel, etc.
"Oh, that's coming soon. Where's the shooting cycle?"
"It's two months on the contract."
"Almost until mid-April."
Nai'an nodded, turned his gaze to Lou Ye, and gave him a meaningful look. Lou Ye blinked and their eyes met.
Li Tang noticed that the two of them were flirting with each other, and couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. You must know that Lou Ye has a girlfriend, who is also a director, and they are already talking about marriage. What is going on with these two people?
Fortunately, Lou Ye quickly turned his attention to himself. He moved forward, adjusted his sitting posture, moved his lips, but stopped talking.
Seeing this, Li Tang asked knowingly: "Brother Ye, what's the matter?"
Lou Ye pursed his lips and said sheepishly: "I do have something I want to ask you for help with."
"What's the matter? If I can help, I will definitely help." Li Tang said.
"Well……"
Maybe Nai'an really didn't want Lou Ye to be in such trouble, so he simply told Li Tang: "Lou Ye is preparing for a new movie recently and would like to ask you to help play a role."
"Hey, Brother Ye, what can't you say?"
Li Tang suddenly realized this and said with excitement: "To be honest, Brother Ye, I'm really looking forward to filming your movie."
This is not a deliberate compliment, he really likes Lou Ye's movies. Maybe he couldn't completely deconstruct all the film language of the other party, nor could he speak clearly about the photography, art and other aspects of the film, but he felt that the actors in the other party's films were particularly relaxed and seemed to have unprecedented freedom.
The fact that the actor is very relaxed during the performance shows that the actor enjoys the performance, and freedom is an extremely luxurious thing for the actor. This is something that any actor has to be tempted by.
Lou Ye became very shy and said: "It's just that our budget is very limited..."
"..."
Li Tang was stunned when he heard this. Why did it sound like he was going to have sex for free?
Naian on the side also apologized at this time: "Li Tang, the budget this time is indeed very limited, and the salary may not be as good as your expectation. I hope you can understand."
Oh, it turns out it wasn’t free sex.
Li Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It stands to reason that the Lou family helped him a lot during the two most important turning points in his life, studying and working. Even if it is said to be a huge favor, it is not an exaggeration.
Lou Ye asked him to film a movie, even if it was for free, it was the right thing to do. But he has his own principles since his previous life. He can have less money, but he must not spend it in vain.
"It's okay! Brother Ye, Sister An, you have the final say." He smiled quickly.
Nai'an also laughed and said: "It seems that I am a very incompetent agent. You suffered a loss in the first drama I helped you with."
"I would be happy to be in Brother Ye's movie for even one dollar."
Yes, as long as one dollar is not free.
"Brother Ye, what role am I playing? Can you read the script first?"
"No, you can't see anything!"
This time Lou Ye's answer was unexpectedly straightforward.
Li Tang looked confused and asked subconsciously: "Why?"
"I wanted the actors to be unknown before filming."
There was no way to continue chatting anymore, and the two of them stared at each other for a while.
Li Tang was puzzled, because in his two lifetimes, acting always started with the script, including understanding, experience, character biographies and other desk work, but he had never heard of actors not being able to read the script before performing. I don’t know what role I want to play.
Lou Ye also looked at Li Tang. He was very familiar with the person in front of him and had almost grown up watching him. However, he was unfamiliar with the actor Li Tang.
The leading actors in his previous two films were all popular stars. In his words at the time: If these actors were willing, they could film any director's film.
But these big stars chose to hang out with him, who was unknown at the time.
At that time, he said these words with pride, confidence and high spirits. I think I have gained artistic recognition from these big stars.
Time passed, and when he was about to pick up the guide tube again, the first person he wanted to find was the former star with whom he first collaborated. Although the star has long since faded, he likes him very much and thinks he is a talented actor.
But this trip to the capital made him very disappointed. The has-been star has long been decadent and even addicted. The literary and artistic stars who were once irreplaceable in his mind have fallen, from angels to devils.
Then he remembered the figure riding a motorcycle in the traffic. Of course, Li Tang played a huge role in becoming the leading actor in Shanghai Film Studio's gift film. He did not deny that this kid had something, but he still Very hesitant.
Until today, Nai'an's words made him determined.
How much money can you do?
Yes, art is expensive, and film art is particularly expensive.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the girl sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle that day. Li Tang said that she was also an actress. But he soon shook his head and rejected his idea.
Too ripe, not good.
He hoped that the hero and heroine would be the same as in the play, where everything starts from strangers.
Of course, it was impossible for Li Tang to know what Lou Ye was thinking, and it was difficult to understand the other party's strange brain circuit. Even before leaving, he still couldn't hold it back and asked: "Brother Ye, what is the name of this play?"
Lou Ye pondered for a moment and then slowly said: "Suzhou River."
