The car stopped at the bottom of an apartment building. Li Tang followed Nai'an upstairs. When he entered the door, he saw a one-bedroom-one-living layout, which was exquisitely decorated, but a little messy.
"Sorry, it's a bit messy. Please sit down."
Nai'an quickly tidied up the sofa and coffee table.
When Li Tang saw an oil painting of Nai'an's portrait hanging on the wall, he was a little surprised and said: "Sister An, is this your own house?"
He originally thought this was Nai'an's temporary rental house, but who would hang his portrait in a temporary house. In particular, this painting is very vivid. Even if it is not done by a famous artist, it is definitely done by an expert.
"yes!"
Seeing that his eyes were fixed on the painting on the wall, Nai'an smiled and said, "This was painted by Lou Ye."
"No wonder!" Li Tang muttered secretly.
Nai'an then continued: "That year when I graduated from Central Theater Arts, I didn't go to Shanghai People's Art Center to register, so I stayed in Beijing and opened a company. It happened that the Asian Games had just finished that year, and the house here was for sale, and my family You bought me this small house as a place to stay in the capital. On the day of moving, Lou Ye gave me this painting."
It looks like Naian likes this painting.
As for the house, that's right. She comes from a scholarly family. Her stepfather is a veteran cadre of the Zhejiang Literary and Art Association and was the editor-in-chief of "Jiangnan" magazine. Her family is well off.
In fact, for those who study art, their family conditions are basically the same. They are either from an artistic family, a cadre family or a businessman. There are very few people like my ex-girlfriend who come from ordinary working-class families and can afford to pay 30,000 yuan for tuition.
Therefore, Li Tang understands some of his ex-girlfriend's seemingly realistic and even snobbish practices. Only when he has experienced difficulties will he work hard to change the status quo and climb up. He will not change his goals for so-called love or anything else. .
"Li Tang, what do you want to drink...forget it, this is the only thing at home." Nai'an took two bottles of water from the kitchen.
The kitchen was right at the door. When Li Tang just walked in, he took a glance at it. The stove was covered with dust, and there was no sign that it had been used.
Needless to say, the life of this older literary young woman in front of me must be quite rough.
"what do you want to eat?"
Li Tang got off the train early in the morning and didn't eat much. His stomach was indeed a bit empty now.
"Whatever, you can eat whatever you want."
"Okay, I'll go downstairs and buy some. There are many varieties of dumplings, cold skin, and meat buns."
Before leaving, Nai'an looked him over and said, "Why don't you take a shower first and change clothes."
Li Tang was still wearing the same black T-shirt and beach pants as yesterday. He slept on the train all night and looked wrinkled. Coupled with the hot weather, he himself felt a little sticky.
"convenient?"
After all, this is a residence for single women, so Li Tang shouldn't be too abrupt. If Nai'an hadn't insisted on picking him up, he would have preferred to find a hotel to take a comfortable bath, enjoy the air conditioning, and wait for the audition in the afternoon.
"It's okay. What's the inconvenience? Just wash up quickly and eat later."
The bathroom was quite clean. There were no frivolous items like Nene as often described in novels. Li Tang took a quick shower and changed his clothes.
It didn't take long for Nai'an to come back with a few bags. As soon as he entered the door, his eyes lit up: "Hey, the young man is quite handsome!"
These days, especially in summer, men's clothing is quite monotonous, either T-shirts or shirts. Li Tang tidied up a little today, wearing a pure white T-shirt with a light green short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, and a pair of slightly loose light blue jeans on the lower body.
This kind of dress, which was commonplace more than ten years later, now looks very novel and trendy.
"By the way, this is the script of the first film shot last year. You should read it first."
After eating, Nai'an took out a thick stack of scripts and handed them to Li Tang.
"Great, I just don't know what to do." Li Tang quickly took it and looked through it.
He would definitely not be able to read such a thick script in a short while, but after reading only half of it, he had a general idea.
It's about Qianlong's daughter Xia Ziwei who goes to BJ City to meet her long-lost father. When he was desperate, he met the female snitch Xiao Yanzi and became sisters. Xiao Yanzi found a way for her to sneak into the palace, but due to an accident, she exchanged identities with Xia Ziwei and became the "Princess Princess" in the Qing palace and was deeply favored by Qianlong.
Although Li Tang was an American born and raised in the United States in his previous life, he was definitely not a banana person. Thanks to the education given to him by his Xueba parents since childhood, he is no stranger to Chinese history. He has especially watched the movie "The Last Emperor" and has a certain understanding of the Qing Dynasty court.
He thought the writing in this script was very funny, for example, the so-called Shufangzhai in it, he remembered, seemed to be just a stage, not a place where the princess lived at all.
What's even more funny is that the two male protagonists, Er Kang and Er Tai, two slaves, can actually go in and out of the harem and flirt with the princess and maids as if no one else is around.
Of course, since it is a joke, there is no need to take it seriously. To put it bluntly, this drama is a Qing Dynasty palace drama, but at its core it is a love idol drama.
Just like the popular "Kangxi Private Server Micro Interview" starring Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie, there is no emperor who has nothing to do. He doesn't even have a bodyguard, but only has a few concubines, maids, eunuchs, and even some people with him. This strange combination of monks is idle among the people.
There are always dangers, and he often rushes to change into his outfit at the last moment, showing off his identity as the emperor and standing up to show off. When the enemy, who has an absolute advantage in numbers or force, sees this scene, they will be shocked, fall to the ground, and surrender. They would never think of simply not doing anything, rushing to kill and silence them.
Li Tang came here with little hope, and was more concerned about Nai'an's feelings. You said that the first time your agent introduced you to a role, you refused. How can you cooperate in the future?
He has made two movies before, both of which were male leads. He cannot say that he is already a movie star and will not make TV series in the future. After all, China is not like Hollywood, where the boundaries between movie and TV actors are so clear-cut, but they are picky. The mentality is still there.
He really has little interest in this kind of idol drama, which is called a play on history if it sounds good, but fabricated if it's not good, and he really has little interest in it, not to mention that it is only a supporting role for the fourth male lead.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Li Tang drove with Nai'an to a hotel next to the Beijing Film Studio, where the crew of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge II" stayed.
"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am the assistant boy of Producer He."
A cute-looking girl with a Bayan accent received them.
Nai'an's surname is Lu, and her original name is Lu Nai'an. There was a period of time when stage names were particularly popular. The simplest ones were double names minus the surname, such as Haixia, Wenjing, Gangqiang, Qiming, etc.
"Hello, I'm Li Tang."
"Hello, Li Xiansen, please come with me."
The kid took them to a conference room on the second floor, where two people were already waiting inside.
They all stood up when they saw Xiaotong coming in with Li Tang and Nai'an.
"These two are also actors here for an interview. Please wait a moment. Producer He and Director He will be here soon."
After the child finished speaking, he nodded to the two men and left the room.
After hearing Xiaotong's acceptance, everyone understood that they were probably all competing for the same role.
The two people looked obviously nervous, but Li Tang was calm and took the initiative to greet them: "Hello, my name is Li Tang, from Shanghai Drama Center."
"Hello, my name is Zhu Hongjia."
One of the guys with thick eyebrows and big eyes introduced himself slightly seriously.
"Hello, my name is Huang Xiaoming, from the Beijing Film Academy." Another refreshing and handsome guy hurriedly followed with a smile on his face.
He stared at Nai'an curiously for a while and asked tentatively: "Sister, are you the one who played the role in "Stepmother"?"
Nai'an was amused by his cute and silly look, and nodded: "Yes, I am that stepmother."
"Stepmother" is a TV series starring Nai An. It received high ratings when it was broadcast on Beijing TV last year. She also won the "Chunyan Award" awarded by Beijing TV that year for this TV series.
"So you're here for the audition too?" the guy asked curiously.
"No, I'm his agent."
Nai An smiled and pointed at Li Tang beside him.
Oops, the way the two looked at Li Tang suddenly changed.
In their impression, agents usually only have the equipment of big stars, and this agent is very unusual, he is a very famous actor in his own right.
What does this guy do?
