"So you are Li Tang, hello! Hello!"
"Hello, Director Shaohong!"
The last time Li Tang and his classmates came to Beijing for an audition, they didn't see Director Li Shaohong, but an assistant director sent them away. Today is the first time we meet.
"I've heard Xiao Zhou talk about you a long time ago, saying that your acting is particularly good!"
"Director Shaohong, this is an award."
"Oops, this is really unlucky. When Xiao Zhou told me about you, my role had already been arranged. I'm really...sorry!" Li Shaohong looked regretful.
"It's okay, it's okay, I was too presumptuous."
"It's good if you understand. We will definitely cooperate if we have the opportunity in the future."
"Thank you, Director Shaohong."
Although Li Shaohong acted very enthusiastically, her eyes behind her lenses were always dull, with a condescending distance.
Of course Li Tang knew it well. He was from a noble family, but he was a nobleman in the banner. He had already become famous in the circle and had countless connections. Facing him, a newcomer who had just debuted, the compliments he received were just the usual behavior of big people to small people. His words cannot be taken seriously.
After a few words of greeting, a staff member came over to the director with a script and asked for instructions. Upon seeing this, Li Tang immediately said goodbye knowingly. It was just a joke.
If you can hang out in this circle, everyone will understand. After coming out, Zhou Xun was obviously unhappy with a sullen face, and probably felt that he was losing face.
Li Tang smiled and said: "Okay, we've paid our respects to the dock. Let's think about where we can go to eat."
This place is really a food desert, so Li Tang finally took four girls to the county seat to eat Northeastern cuisine. There is actually donkey meat on fire in Northeastern restaurants, which is quite new when you think about it.
Li Tang did not dare to try this local specialty, perhaps because he felt that donkeys and horses were more like human companions than cattle, sheep, and pigs.
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"Sister An, thank you for your hard work! I won't say thank you, it's all in the wine."
At the Japanese restaurant next to the Asian Games Village Hotel, Li Tang held a glass of sake in both hands and toasted to Nai An.
The contract was settled, and the content exceeded his expectations. The salary was 5,000 per episode, tentatively scheduled for twelve episodes, and the final settlement was based on the actual number of episodes shot.
Five thousand yuan an episode is a pretty good figure. Nowadays, the market for newcomers to film TV series is generally only one thousand to one thousand five hundred yuan an episode. If it is a major role, it may reach three thousand. Although Li Tang has made two movies, they have not been released yet and have not been tested by the market. It is like the exam has been completed and the results have not been released yet. He thought that the salary of 3,000 per episode was enough, but he didn't expect that it was almost doubled.
In addition, as for the schedule, I signed a contract for a total of three months and joined the cast on October 10th. This will not only not affect the current performance of the drama "Shang Yang", but also free up enough time to study the script and figure out the role.
Nai'an had a drink with him and said with a smile: "These are the job of an agent, not to mention hard work, and if you can get the movie, the company can make money. I just hope you can perform well now." , strive to become an instant hit."
Li Tang and Nai An signed a 28-cent split, which is a very generous share ratio. You must know that the ex-girlfriend and the flower sister signed a 46-cent split, with the company getting 4 and the individual getting 6.
Li Tang smiled and said: "I don't dare to say whether I am popular or not, but don't worry about acting, I will definitely be able to perform well."
Although this is his first time acting in a serious TV series, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand anything. To put it bluntly, compared to movies, TV dramas are just physical work. As for whether he can perform well, he still has enough confidence.
"Then I can rest assured, perform well, and when the company develops in the future, I will provide you with an assistant."
Oh, Sister An can actually draw pancakes.
Li Tang hurriedly said: "Then I have to assign you an assistant first!"
"Hahaha, come, cheers to our smooth first cooperation and to the company's future development!"
…
He took two days off in total, and Li Tang took the earliest flight back to Shanghai early the next morning.
As soon as he arrived at the unit, he was caught by Bald Xu.
"How was the interview? Did you get it?"
"Um."
"Oh, congratulations! What role?"
"Supporting role, I can barely count as the fourth male lead."
"Okay, I don't know that the TV series I filmed last time was ranked as the male lead. There were only three episodes in total, and it was not even a fraction of the male lead."
As he spoke, Guangtou Xu lowered his voice and said, "Brother, can you tell me the price?"
It was definitely not convenient to reveal the remuneration, but Li Tang secretly extended five fingers because of the favor he had done for him last time by selling train tickets.
"Five thousand! One episode?"
"Um."
Li Tang nodded.
Baldy Xu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he began to make small calculations in his mind.
The script of the mythological TV series mentioned last time finally came out, but when he got the script and saw the character for the first time, he almost threw the script away. After a long time, he was asked to play Zhu Bajie.
What image does Zhu Bajie have in the minds of Chinese people? Needless to say, everyone knows it. But then he reluctantly turned over the script because Fan Xiaotian personally sent it to him.
As a result, I actually saw it at this glance.
The story mainly describes the process of Zhu Bajie transforming from a pig into a human and then into a god before heading west. No wonder it is said to be a prequel to "Journey to the West". It has nothing to do with "Journey to the West". It mainly relies on editing.
The most important thing is that the Zhu Bajie in the script is very different from the Zhu Bajie in traditional perception. Not fat, not stupid. Zhu Bajie was a scholar before he turned into a pig. He is very thin and gives people a very fresh feeling.
This broad public awareness and subversion of classics can be called "postmodern TV drama art." Moreover, the plot uses original classic stories as the basis, and combines folklore and mythological stories for subversive interpretations to compose a story that is full of laughter and tears.
After reading it, Bald Xu had to admit that he liked the script, but he was still hesitant. No matter how much he subverted it, it was Zhu Bajie after all, which was very inconsistent with the so-called "serious dramatist" image he had carefully created.
If you accept it, it will completely subvert your own image and completely change your acting style.
As the saying goes, "If you take one wrong step, you will make mistakes every step of the way." There was no room for him not to think carefully.
But now Li Tang can get a salary of 5,000 per episode just for playing the fourth male lead. I am better than him anyway. He is still the only male lead, which requires 8,000... no, at least 10,000. The salary for each episode, then for thirty episodes, is three hundred thousand!
This number made his heart feel as if it had been scratched by a cat. It was extremely itchy. Three hundred thousand! That’s enough for a down payment on a house. You must know that he is still crowded in a house with his parents. Let alone falling in love, it is inconvenient to bring a young lady to the stage. Every time he has to go to a hotel to book a room, which is very expensive.
Inwardly speaking, Bald Xu instinctively rejected the role of Zhu Bajie, but the script was very attractive to him. In this dilemma, money undoubtedly served as an important medium.
Of course, Li Tang didn't know that his casual gesture of five fingers would trigger so many inner dramas in Baldy Xu. In addition to normal rehearsals and performances, he now spends his free time studying scripts and analyzing the character Xiao Jian.
Xiao Jian's real name is Fang Yan, a native of Zhejiang. His father Fang Zhihang was imprisoned by Qianlong for literary inquisition, and was later ordered to be executed by Master Ma. Nineteen members of the Fang family were implicated, and in a hurry only two siblings escaped. The boy was taken to Yunnan, where he worshiped a Taoist monk as his teacher and studied literature and martial arts. A girl was accidentally abandoned in front of a nunnery, and her whereabouts are unknown ever since. When the boy grew up, he traveled all over the country with a flute and a sword, looking for his sister, and the blood feud was unforgettable.
Although Xiao Jian is not the protagonist, Aunt Qiong Yao made this character very likable: strong in martial arts, cool and loyal, and with an upright and heroic demeanor.
Li Tang has read the script of the first part, and combined with the plot of the second part, he will find that the character Xiao Jian has all the advantages of the four main protagonists in the first part: he has the wisdom of Er Kang, and he has a close relationship with Wu Ah. My brother also dotes on Xiao Yanzi, and at the same time he has Ziwei’s talent and Xiao Yanzi’s unruliness.
And in terms of performance, Xiao Jian's performance is really not that difficult. There is neither too much inner drama nor a layered sense of character. As long as you find the characteristics of the character, you can basically follow the whole story.
