Li Tang has lived a very comfortable life for the past half month. He goes for a walk every day, does boxing, watches movies, and helps out with the waiter when the restaurant is busy.
When it comes to boxing, even Lao Li is curious.
He had no choice but to tell Lao Li that he had learned it when he was in college and practiced blindly.
In his previous life, when he was in middle school, he was often bullied by white ghosts and black ghosts, so he went to a martial arts hall in a Chinese area to learn kung fu, but he became lonely as a result.
The master who immigrated from Hong Kong taught Cai Li Fuquan, which was just a routine and showy, and it was completely useless in actual combat. It wasn't until he later learned Sanda that he could avenge his shame.
However, the routine has its advantages. At least it seems that the steps are flexible and steady, the movements are free and generous, and the boxing style is majestic and quite bluffing. After practicing for a long time, it has the effect of stretching the muscles and bones and strengthening the body. It can be regarded as a set of aerobics.
As for watching movies, he doesn't watch Hollywood blockbusters and the like, he mainly watches domestic movies. In addition to the familiar films of Xie Jin, Director Chen, Zhang Yimou and other famous directors, he has also seen many good films, such as Huang Jianxin's "The Black Cannon Incident", Huang Jianzhong's "New Year", and "The New Year" produced by Shanghai Film Studio. "San Mao Joins the Army", and the Hong Kong martial arts movie "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple" and so on.
I have watched most of these films before, but after watching them again, I have a deeper understanding and feeling.
In addition, he also found a new film, which is said to have just won the grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival. But after watching it, I had a very bad impression. This film called "Xiao Wu" has no technical skills at all. The only explanation for why it won the award is probably because the film showed a poor and backward society, which struck a chord with Westerners. .
Labor Day is coming as scheduled. There is no concept of Golden Week yet. Labor Day only has one day off, with weekends off on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and work on the 4th.
After May Day, Li Tang's previous leave also expired. On May Fourth Youth Day, he attended a youth symposium at his workplace in the morning and sat in the theater to watch the rehearsal in the afternoon.
Not long after he sat down, his cell phone vibrated in his pocket, and he hurried outside to answer the call.
"Sister An, do you have the letter?"
The call was from Naian. Li Tang's first reaction was whether "Suzhou River" was almost ready.
Although he has been living a leisurely life for the past two weeks, after finishing filming "Shanghai Chronicle", his heart has been itching.
"Well, are you free this afternoon?"
"Too free."
"At three o'clock, it's still the cafe on Xiangyang Road."
"Okay, I'll be there on time."
At five minutes to three o'clock, Li Tang rode his motorcycle to the cafe.
It was still the long table by the window. Nai'an had already arrived, but Lou Ye was nowhere to be seen.
Li Tang walked to sit opposite her: "Sister An, isn't Brother Ye here?"
Nai'an raised his wrist and looked at the time and said, "We agreed on three o'clock, it's almost time. He's very punctual."
This cafe has a wide variety of coffees. Li Tang ordered a cup of Blue Mountain, even though it was most likely a fake Blue Mountain, and asked: "The heroine has been decided."
"It's settled, today I will introduce you to each other."
Li Tang's eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly asked: "So it's going to be turned on soon?"
Nai'an smiled and said: "The plan is to start filming this month. There are still some preparations that have not been completed. It is estimated to be around the 10th. The details will have to be determined by Lou Ye."
"That's good."
Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
The movies Lou Ye is currently making are called "independent movies" according to American parlance. The original concept of independent films came from Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, Hollywood was monopolized by the so-called eight major film companies, and the operation of a film production followed a rigorous producer system.
The goal of this system is completely aimed at the market, hoping to obtain maximum profits. Therefore, although this system brings a lot of money to the film industry, it also limits the space for film creators to play.
As a result, a group of filmmakers got rid of the control of the eight major film companies, raised their own funds, and even wrote their own scripts and acted as directors. They produced many ideological films that were completely different from mainstream commercial films, which were called "independent films."
At present, the concept of "independent films" is also gradually emerging in China. It roughly means films that break away from the monopoly of state-owned film studios, are funded by private enterprises or private investors, are self-financed by the director, and generally have relatively low production costs.
Generally speaking, domestic "independent films" are films that are independent of the system.
It's just that independent films often stall due to lack of funds, or cannot be completed because of a break in the financial chain. Lou Ye's previous film "Super City" was abandoned halfway due to financial problems.
"Suzhou River" can at least be launched smoothly now.
He didn't ask who the heroine was. Although Lou Ye's movies were all about love, he had even read the script. He didn't even know what role he was playing, and he didn't care what kind of person the heroine would be.
Lou Ye was indeed very punctual and arrived just as he was talking. Behind him was a young girl. She was very small. Lou Ye was only 1.7 meters tall at most, and the girl was still half a head behind him.
"Brother Ye!"
Li Tang stood up to say hello, and at the same time he saw the girl's appearance clearly. Her small oval face was delicate, her big eyes were lively, and she looked familiar.
"This is the weekly news!" Lou Ye introduced.
"Hello, my name is Li Tang." Li Tang stretched out his hand to the girl named Zhou Xun.
"Hello."
Zhou Xun smiled and shook hands with him, his voice a little hoarse.
When he saw her smile, Li Tang was stunned, not because he was surprised, but because he finally remembered.
"Are you the Huadiao in "Nuer Hong"?"
"Yeah, you've seen this movie!"
Zhou Xun was surprised that this movie was very niche and she didn't have many roles.
Li Tang smiled and said, "I just watched it not long ago."
He watched this movie because the director was Xie Yan, the son of the master Xie Jin, and the leading actor was Fu Chengpeng, his senior brother in the movie and Baldy Xu's good friend. Zhou Xun plays the heroine Gui Yalei when she was young.
Since the two of them knew Lou Ye, they didn't say much. They sat next to Nai'an and couldn't wait to talk about the preparations for the movie.
Nai'an said hello to Zhou Xun slightly awkwardly, and then started chatting with Lou Ye.
"What do you want to drink?" Li Tang asked.
"What kind of coffee are you drinking?" Zhou Xun blinked his big eyes and looked into his cup.
"Uh, Blue Mountain."
"How is the taste?"
"Okay."
"Then it's as good as yours. I'll have a cup of Blue Mountain too."
Zhou Xun smiled very sweetly, and Li Tang subconsciously compared her with Yuan Quan, whom he was most familiar with recently. Both of them were girls with very recognizable looks, and both had a pair of big, clean-looking eyes.
The difference is probably that Yuan Quan is taller and Zhou Xun's face is smaller. With the same big clean eyes, Yuan Quan looks energetic and oppressive, while Zhou Xun is more agile and delicate.
Lou Ye and Nai'an couldn't take care of them for the time being. Li Tang didn't want to ignore Zhou Xun too much, so he asked: "Besides "The Girl Is Red", what other films have you made?"
"I have filmed a comedy and several TV series, but they were all small roles."
Zhou Xun felt a little embarrassed and added: "I just finished filming "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" directed by Chen Da."
"'Jing Ke assassinates the King of Qin'? That's okay!" Li Tang immediately praised.
Although Director Chen's movie is still in the filming stage, there have been many reports on TV and newspapers. The most eye-catching one is that Director Chen spent more than 200 million to build an imposing building in Hengdian to make this movie. The magnificent Qin Palace.
And today, Director Chen is still holding the top spot among the so-called fifth-generation directors in China, relying on the momentum of winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Zhang Yimou, who has won many awards, is just an equal to him.
"Hehe, actually I don't have many roles, I just play one..."
Zhou Xun suddenly covered his mouth mid-sentence, then looked at Li Tang with apologetic eyes, and whispered: "It's confidential, I can't say it."
Seeing how cute she looked, Li Tang couldn't help but ask, "How old are you?"
In his impression, Zhou Xun was probably around 18 or 20 years old.
"I was born in 1974."
What, he’s actually as big as me?
"true or false?"
"of course it's true."
Li Tang couldn't care less and continued to ask: "In what month?"
"October."
Oops, he's actually a month older than me.
Li Tang suddenly didn't want to talk anymore, otherwise he would have to call this little girl who looked like a high school student "sister".
But Zhou Xun tilted his head and looked at him and asked, "Hey, how old are you?"
"Uh... about the same as you."
"You were born in 1974 too? In what month were you born?"
"October...November."
"Pfft!"
Zhou Xun burst out laughing.
Perhaps the atmosphere was too lively. Lou Ye and Nai'an, who were chatting in a trance, turned their heads when they heard the sound.
Zhou Xun pointed at Li Tang, who looked depressed: "Haha, it turns out I'm a month older than you."
Nai'an had a smile on his face, but Lou Ye's eyes showed helplessness. Was the strangeness he deliberately created broken just like that?
