Li Tang still wanted to talk to Cheng Er about the character Hu Tian, because Cheng Er is not only a director but also a screenwriter.
He finished the small wontons in front of him and felt that today's steamed pork ribs were good. When he wanted to pick up more, he found that the plate was empty. When he looked again, he saw a few bones piled in front of Cheng Er.
Cheng Er noticed Li Tang's actions, half apologizing and half complaining: "The amount is too small, Brother Li, I want another one."
Li Tang corrected him: "It's one guest, or two guests, one for each person."
Cheng Er often heard that Shanghainese like to use the word "ke" when ordering things, such as a guest of fried steamed buns and a guest of small steamed buns. One customer had eight fried steamed buns. He understood that one customer was probably two taels, but one customer's steamed pork ribs was a little unreasonable. Although a small plate of pork ribs didn't have much quantity, it had to be at least three taels.
He asked the waiter for two orders of steamed pork ribs, and asked the waiter in a low voice what "one order" meant.
"One customer is just one customer!" the Shanghai aunt replied in broken Mandarin.
"I'm asking how much does one customer cost?"
"A serving of steamed pork ribs costs about six or seven yuan... Oh, don't worry, they're all the same. You won't be short-changed."
The Shanghai aunt was very busy. Seeing Cheng Er insisting on how much a guest was, although her words were still polite, her meaning was very impatient, and she almost wrote the word "Bazi" on her face.
When Li Tang heard the commotion, he raised his head and said with a smile: "There is no specific amount per order. We are eating breakfast snacks now. One order is one for each person. If I order one, I will eat one. Whoever orders it eats it, If you don’t want to eat other people’s food, then order another one.”
Cheng Er suddenly realized that he was not embarrassed about the steamed pork ribs he had just eaten from Li Tang. Instead, he was particularly interested in this kind of Shanghai slang.
Li Tang explained to him some local slang that he didn't quite understand, and then said, "Let's talk about the character Hu Tian."
Li Tang can now recite almost the entire script of "Criminals". The more he read the script, the more he felt that the character Hu Tian was almost tailor-made for his father, Li Guoqing.
For example, Hu Tian loves to fight against injustices and is willing to help others; for example, when his mother is sick, Hu Tian takes care of him with all his heart; for example, Hu Tian says to his younger brother, "You should study hard and don't be like me"; and in particular, there is a detail that Hu Tian's ex-girlfriend swept away All his savings have been lost, but he still misses his ex-girlfriend.
All of these can be found in Lao Li.
In the end, Hu Tian even picked up a huge sum of money and took it for himself, thus turning to crime. This is a choice that a person is forced to make when he is at the end of his rope.
The same was true for Lao Li. When he first returned to the city, Lao Li joined a supply and marketing cooperative with a salary of thirty-six yuan a month. At that time, Li Tang was still young and his wife wanted to go to college, so Lao Li had to take risks and do this. Some speculative transactions, but Lao Li was lucky and nothing happened.
Cheng Er did not start communicating with Li Tang immediately. At this time, the two guests of steamed pork ribs with black bean sauce that he had just ordered were brought to the table. This time, it was one person per person, each eating his own thing. Cheng Er picked up a piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. After he almost finished eating and spit out the bones, he looked at Li Tang and asked, "Brother Li, what kind of person do you think Hu Tian is?"
Li Tang lowered his head and thought for a while, then carefully said every word: "On top of the background of love and righteousness, there are some gray elements; surrounded by life on all sides, he has been struggling with all his strength without complaining; just like the little people at the bottom of society in reality, Lively and colorful!”
"Snapped!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Er slapped his hands hard, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the store, but he didn't care about it, looked at Li Tang with bright eyes, and stretched out his hand: "Brother Li, happy cooperation!"
Li Tang, who was still a little embarrassed at first, relaxed when he saw this, raised the corners of his mouth, shook hands with him and said: "Happy cooperation!"
This is probably what is called "Heroes see the same thing!"
Then the atmosphere became obviously much more relaxed, and everyone was enjoying their meal. This steamed pork ribs with black bean sauce is the specialty of this restaurant. The pork ribs are tender and tender, and the bean flavor is rich.
Cheng Er looked satisfied, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and took the initiative to fill Li Tang's tea cup with a teapot. He hesitated for a moment, and then asked curiously: "Brother Li, why are there so many Cantonese snacks in this store? "
"The boss is from Cantonese, oh, including the aunt you just asked about is also from Cantonese." Li Tang was still dealing with the last two pieces of ribs on the plate without raising his head.
This store was very close to the apartment where he lived. He often visited it when he was a kid.
"Then aunt obviously speaks Shanghainese?"
Although Cheng Er cannot speak it, he can understand some Shanghainese, including Mandarin with a distinct Shanghainese accent.
"Yes, they speak Shanghainese outside, but when they come home they speak Cantonese." Li Tang said with a smile.
Seeing that Cheng Er still looked puzzled, Li Tang then explained to him: "Shanghai is a city of immigrants. The most people are from Jiangsu, and the second is from Zhejiang. Do you know which place the third is from? They are Cantonese!"
“Why are there so many Cantonese people?”
Cheng Er was very curious. He knew that there were Jiangsu and Zhejiang immigrants in Shanghai, but he had never heard of so many Cantonese.
"Well……"
Li Tang thinks Cheng Er is quite funny. He doesn't talk much, but he is very persistent in topics that interest him.
"Why are there so many? They are here to do business! Cantonese people have money. The famous department stores such as Xianshi Department Store, Yong'an, Xinxin, and Daxin in Shanghai's history were all opened by Cantonese people. And what did you eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year? Have you tried Xinghualou mooncakes? Xinghualou, Xinya, and Guanshengyuan are all opened by Cantonese people. There is another one you must know, the Shanghai Xiaodao Society uprising. You must have learned it in history class, Liu Lichuan, the leader of the Xiaodao Society uprising. They are Cantonese. You said that there are many Cantonese people in Shanghai?"
Li Tang took a sip of tea and saw that Cheng Er was listening very seriously. He smiled and said: "Actually, no matter where you are from, they all speak Shanghainese outside. You can't tell it in general. Only when you get home will you speak your own hometown dialect." . If you have nothing to do, you can go shopping in Zhejiang Road and Bridge. You will see some fashionable old aunts or young girls who come from the north of the Suzhou River. In the north of the bridge, they most likely speak Subei dialect, but As soon as you cross a road or bridge in Zhejiang, it will automatically switch to Shanghainese."
Cheng Er listened with interest and suddenly asked: "Brother Li, where are you from?"
Li Tang paused and said, "A local, also commonly known as a country person in Shanghai."
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Good time KTV.
"It is difficult to explain all kinds of sorrows, but we know each other and love each other deeply"
"The sea of love becomes vast, and infatuation encounters the cold wind."
"..."
"Ah - I miss you in the storm"
"Ah - sending my infatuated heart into the storm"
"Hold the moon and go..."
Bald Xu was holding a Sichuan girl in his arms and singing "Lovesick in the Storm" affectionately in broken Cantonese.
Liu Xiaofeng, who was clearly drunk on the sofa, held up his cup and said loudly: "Old classmate, long time no see. You are so dishonest. You haven't contacted me for so long."
"Okay, okay, it's my fault. Come on, you do it, I do whatever you want." Li Tang clinked the cup with him.
"readily!"
Liu Xiaofeng laughed, raised his head and drank the wine.
The lady sitting next to him quickly filled his glass with wine.
Today's game was planned by Baldy Xu. His movie "Spring and Pig", which has been in production for more than half a year, is finally about to start shooting. In two days, he and Liu Xiaofeng will report to the set.
Liu Xiaofeng also landed a relatively important role in this drama, playing Wu Gang, who is said to be Chang'e's licking dog.
After finishing a song, Guangtou Xu threw away the microphone, walked over and squeezed Liu Xiaofeng away, sat down and put his arm around Li Tang's neck, saying in a tone full of envy and jealousy: "You red guy, how can you be so lucky? Now you pay the bill." !”
After repeated broadcasts on various TV stations, "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" became popular all over the country, and Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei have become popular idols. Now everyone is looking forward to the broadcast of the second part. It will definitely become popular before it is broadcast. As the second actor in the second film after the four leading actors, Li Tang fully possesses the potential to be popular. This is something that no one expected at the beginning.
Speaking of which, Li Tang is very lucky. Last year, he unexpectedly became the leading male lead in a gift film from Shanghai Film Studio. He took on a seemingly ordinary costume drama and was just a supporting role. This is the result again. No wonder Baldy Xu wants to All kinds of envy and jealousy towards him.
Seeing Baldy Xu's despicable behavior, Li Tang immediately said righteously: "Don't even think about it. You have taken so much money and still want to get nothing!"
"Not much, not much." Bald Xu said hurriedly.
Having said that, the look on this guy's face has already betrayed his heart, and he will definitely take it no less this time.
This time he negotiated with Fan Xiaotian, and he actually negotiated a salary of 10,000 yuan per episode, and he had already received part of the advance payment. Thinking that his house dream would soon come true, this guy was very excited and took the initiative to save up for today. game, and even brought Liu Xiaofeng along with him.
This guy has a purpose in everything he does. Although Liu Xiaofeng is only a supporting role, he has been acting for a long time. In the past few years, he has appeared in seven or eight TV series. Although the roles are not big, it is enough to prove that he is very good in the industry. open.
It was Baldy Xu's first time as a leading actor, so he was still feeling quite uneasy. He wanted to contact Liu Xiaofeng in advance and build a good relationship, so that if something happened to the crew, he wouldn't be left alone.
This can be regarded as a precautionary measure.
