"Finished?"
When Li Tang knocked on the door of his ex-girlfriend's house with his suitcase, Li Binbin was surprised.
Today is December 20th, and Li Tang finished filming half a month ahead of schedule.
"Well, we finished shooting the last scene tonight and it's finished."
Li Tang changed his shoes and sat comfortably on the sofa.
"Then if you don't call in advance, I'll pick you up!"
"Forget it, there are many reporters on the set, so we won't be photographed and troublesome." Li Tang shook his head.
After "Returning the Pearl" became popular, it not only attracted countless fans, but also attracted a lot of media. Reporters often squatted beside the crew, and even unfamiliar faces like him were stopped by reporters several times.
Li Binbin opened the suitcase and was packing it. His movements suddenly stopped, but then he packed it up quickly. He naturally skipped the topic just now and asked, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
"What do you have at home?"
Because he had to film in the evening, he didn't eat much for dinner, but he was really a little hungry now.
"Dumplings and noodles, how about I cook some vegetables and have a drink?"
"Let's have a drink."
Li Tang was a little excited. The project was completed, as if a burden had been lifted. He was feeling physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, and drinking some wine would be a good way to relieve his fatigue.
"Go and take out the package of shrimps from the refrigerator and soak them in water to defrost them."
Li Binbin picked up a pile of dirty clothes and walked to the bathroom.
"oh."
Li Tang responded lazily.
As soon as he raised his buttocks, he saw a printed manuscript on the coffee table, which had four big characters written on it, "Go Home for the New Year". It was obviously a script, but in a line of small characters next to the four big characters, he saw "Yu Hua" This name immediately caught his attention.
His original memory told him that he had never read most of Yu Hua's books, but the movie "Alive" directed by Zhang Yimou, which was adapted from Hua's work, was deeply impressed in his original memory. It was used as a teaching film for the theater, and he had watched it more than once. twice.
Li Tang picked it up and looked at it, but he couldn't find the director's name. In addition to Yu Hua's name in the screenwriter column, there were two other names, but they were both unfamiliar and he had never heard of them.
It's just that he was a little unsure whether this "Yu Hua" was really the "Yu Hua" who wrote "To Live", so he opened it to see what was written.
The story begins with a reorganized family. The parents each have a daughter. The two daughters dislike each other, and the family relationship is very tense. Immediately afterwards, a fierce conflict broke out around the five yuan lost at home, and the eldest daughter accidentally beat the younger daughter to death.
Li Tang couldn't help but gasped when he saw this. In just the beginning, the dramatic conflict was very big. It started with a family conflict, and then developed into a conflict that killed people and tore the family apart.
At this time, Li Binbin walked out of the bathroom and saw Li Tang still sitting on the sofa, so he asked: "Have you taken out the shrimps and soaked them?"
"Ouch!"
In this distraction, I forgot about it.
Li Tang quickly stood up.
"Forget it, forget it, let me do it."
Li Binbin rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen in a hurry.
The reason why Li Tang broke up with his ex-girlfriend and they are still disconnected is that apart from being an unforgettable first love, a big reason is because his ex-girlfriend is capable.
For example, as soon as he walked in, needless to say, his ex-girlfriend quickly helped him pack his suitcase, hang up his coat, put away the clean clothes, and take out the dirty clothes for washing.
I usually clean the house, cook, and manage money. I have always taken good care of him for the three years we have been together. If his ex-girlfriend wasn't so career-minded, she would really be a very good wife candidate.
Well, since his ex-girlfriend went to work, Li Tang sat down and continued reading the script.
The eldest daughter named Tao Lan was taken away by the police, and then the story jumped to seventeen years later. Li Tang did some math on his fingers and found that the beginning of the story should have happened in the early 1980s, when five yuan was indeed a large number.
Seventeen years later, on the morning of New Year's Eve, Tao Lan, who had served seventeen years in prison, was allowed to go home for the New Year because of his good behavior. This is her first time home, and she will be released from prison in another year.
A female police officer in the prison was also very happy today because this was the first time she had the opportunity to celebrate the New Year with her family after working as a prison guard for three years.
At the station, many prisoners' family members were waiting here after receiving notices from the prison. Only Tao Lan had no one to pick her up. She felt that her family might not welcome her. It happened that the female police officer was passing by, and she decided to send Tao Lan home first, and then return to her own home.
The story in the middle section tells the story of the female police officer and Tao Lan's journey home. Tao Lan, who has been in prison for seventeen years, is completely unable to adapt to the current urban feel. The female police officer played an important role in her journey home.
During their short journey home, they felt a long indifference. This indifference existed in the information gap with their families and in the demolished ruins. When their families were nowhere to be found, that helpless feeling crawled into the hearts of the two young women. Even though one of them was a policeman and the other a prisoner, this was destined to not be a pleasant return.
"Hey, stop looking, let's eat!"
Before I finished reading the script, my ex-girlfriend had already cooked the food.
A plate of freshly cut red sausage, cold cucumbers, stir-fried shrimps, and a pot of five-year-old Huadiao.
Last time when I was filming Xiao Jian's scene, Li Tang felt that Xiao Jian's line "Chen Shao is fine" was very cool. On a whim, he bought a box of Huadiao and put it at his ex-girlfriend's house. Whenever he came over, he would Have a drink.
The warm rice wine warmed his stomach, but it could not relieve the chill in his heart - the story in the script was too cold.
"Hey, what about the script?"
His ex-girlfriend went to have a drink with him and just picked out all the cucumbers to eat.
"I haven't finished reading it yet."
Li Tang shook his head. He couldn't tell, or he didn't want to.
From the bottom of his heart, he didn't like this script at all. It was too cold, too heavy, and too cruel.
It is also a fringe subject. Lou Ye's "Suzhou River" at least has love and at least beautiful things, but he can't see a glimmer of hope in this script. He even regretted reading the script, which turned him off. The chewy shrimps felt like wax in his mouth.
"What do they want you to play, Tao Lan?" Li Tang hesitated and asked.
"No, I'm playing a female police officer."
Li Binbin hesitated for a moment and then said: "If it were Tao Lan, I might take the role."
"Hey, don't you want to take it?" Li Tang was stunned.
Although he didn't like the script, he couldn't deny that it was a good script, with female themes, intense drama conflicts, and profound social issues exposed. For actors, this kind of script is rare.
Li Binbin shook his head and said distressedly: "The schedule is wrong. If I take this role, I will report to the crew immediately. I will also have to go to prison to experience life for a period of time, and then I will have to film until the end of February next year. Not only will I go to Hong Kong If it doesn’t work, I won’t be able to go home even for the Chinese New Year. I have agreed with my parents and Xiuxiu that this year I will go back to my hometown to celebrate the Chinese New Year..."
She talked a lot, and then added: "Not to mention it doesn't cost much!"
Li Tang finally understood. In the final analysis, the money was not in place.
Although he felt a little sorry, he couldn't say anything more and asked casually: "Who is the director of this play?"
"Zhang Yuan!"
"who?"
"Zhang Yuan, he is the director who was banned five years ago and was just lifted this year."
"You don't accept any of his plays?" Li Tang looked incredulous.
