"Tu tu tu tu..."
Li Tang rode his motorcycle to Xujiahui. In the afternoon, when he was at home in the countryside, he received a call from Lou Ye, saying that some of his classmates were coming over to have a meal together.
Although the building guide is taciturn, he is not afraid of society. If you invite him to dinner, he will definitely be happy to participate. He will say very little and sit there quietly to listen. When everyone is drunk at the end of the drink, he will take out a pocket camera and take pictures of your ugly behavior one by one with great interest.
Of course, there were only a handful of people who invited him to take the initiative to treat guests. Li Tang remembered that the last time it was his classmate who came over, he also took him to accompany him.
The classmate last time was named Wang Xiaoshuai. He has a very good relationship with Lou Ye. Lou Ye also played a role in his debut film "Winter and Spring Days".
Wang Xiaoshuai is also from Shanghai. According to him, he was born in the JA District Central Hospital. Later, his parents supported the construction of the third line of the University and the family moved to Shangougou in Guizhou. But the environment in which he lives in Guizhou is still a group of third-line construction supporters like his parents, who are all from Shanghai, so he can still speak Shanghainese fluently.
Compared to Lou Ye, who was taciturn, Wang Xiaoshuai was talkative and romantic. He had just graduated from Nortel's directing department and took advantage of the opportunity to shoot an advertisement with the actress who played Lin Daiyu in the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" where he ran an advertising agency at the time. We lived together for several years.
After that, Wang Xiaoshuai was recruited by the system. Last year, he made a literary film "Dream Pastoral" jointly produced by Beijing Film Studio and the Movie Channel. The female lead was Yang, who had just collaborated with Li Tang in "Little Li's Flying Knife". Yu Feihong, who plays Yan, is said to be in a relationship now.
The person who came today is called Senior Lu. Compared with the well-known Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye, Li Tang only heard of his name when Wang Xiaoshuai came last time. He and Wang Xiaoshuai were both from the High School Affiliated to the Academy of Fine Arts. classmates, and then they were admitted to the Nortel Directing Department together.
Therefore, most of the directing students in their group had a background in painting. As a director, their understanding of composition, color, and aesthetics are particularly important.
When passing by the intersection of Xingeng Road and Wanping South Road, he stopped to take a look at Xujiahui Garden, which is still under construction. They are all small high-rise buildings. The structure has been capped and the exterior walls are being decorated. It is expected that the house will be handed over in July or August.
This community is definitely considered a prime location, with Zhaojiabang Road to the north. It only takes five or six minutes to walk from the entrance of the community to the Xujiahui business district. There is also the Fourth Middle School opposite the community, which is a proper school district room. Moreover, the houses in the entire community are of plate structure, not the common point structure, with one staircase and two households, and are transparent from the north to the south.
The only shortcoming is probably that the distance between the houses is not large enough. Fortunately, Lao Li bought it early and paid full price. The house he picked happened to have a small garden in front, with no obstruction and a wide view.
The restaurant where Lou Ye was treating guests was on Xingen Road. It was not big, but its business was very good. The lobby on the first floor was already full. He went up to the second floor and opened the private door.
There were three people sitting inside, two men and one woman. Except for Lou Ye, Li Tang recognized the lady among them at a glance as the big star Ma Xiaoqin.
In the memory of the original body "Ah! Xiao Xiangzhu in "The Cradle", Liu Meiping, the female doctor who fell in love with Ge You in "The Stubborn Master", and the most impressive one is of course her role as Jiang Wen and Yan Xiaoping's daughter Ning Ning in "BJ in New York".
Speaking of which, she is not much different from Jiang Wen and Yan Xiaoping in age, but with her baby face, she doesn't feel out of place.
She was really popular in the early 1990s, but she seems to have been a bit quiet in the past two years.
The man sitting next to Ma Xiaoqin looks very elegant in his mid-thirties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and long hair.
Seeing Li Tang enter the door, the three of them stood up.
"This is Senior Lu, Ma Xiaoqin, and this is Li Tang." The floor director's introduction was concise and to the point.
"Hello, Director Lu!"
"Hello!"
Senior Lu obviously has a Beijing accent.
"Ma...uh, Teacher Ma, hello!"
Li Tang wanted to call her Miss Ma, but considering the other person's status in the industry, and the fact that the other person was in the 86th grade of theater and his class teacher was a classmate when he was in school, it was understandable to call him "Teacher Ma".
"Hey, I don't dare to be called Teacher Ma." Ma Xiaoqin said with a smile.
He was used to seeing her play a Beijing alley girl, but when he heard her speak Shanghainese, Li Tang was a little uncomfortable for a while.
Fortunately, Lou Ye added: "Li Tang graduated from theater."
Ma Xiaoqin immediately smiled and said: "It turns out he is his own junior brother!"
Li Tang also took advantage of the situation and shouted: "Hello, Senior Sister!"
"My senior sister is not very qualified. I only attended school for two years and then dropped out."
This is no longer news. As Ma Xiaoqin becomes popular, her past is naturally being explored by the media.
When everyone arrived, Lou Ye signaled the waiter to serve the food and brought over two bottles of rice wine.
Li Tang stood up and poured wine. The first one was of course today's guest of honor, Senior Lu. But before Senior Lu could speak, Ma Xiaoqin took the wine glass in front of him and said, "Senior, I don't drink."
Senior Lu also nodded apologetically to him.
"Here, fill it up for me." Ma Xiaoqin took the initiative to bring her cup over.
Li Tang didn't pay much attention to the scene of pouring wine at first, but slowly he realized that something was wrong. It seemed that Ma Xiaoqin was very familiar with Senior Lu. Whatever dish he liked, he handed him a napkin and directly picked up Senior Lu. You don’t even need to say hello when you light up a cigarette, it’s very casual.
But it seems that Ma Xiaoqin already has a boyfriend, and he is very mysterious. Just using him as a substitute is like a dragonfly touching water, and that's it.
During the dinner, Senior Lu was mainly chatting about the new film he was currently preparing, called "In Broad Daylight". It is a suspense-themed film based on a real case. This time I came here mainly to invite Ma Xiaoqin to play the leading female role in this film.
Lou Ye spoke very little and occasionally answered some questions about "Suzhou River". The post-production of "Suzhou River" has almost been completed. At present, it is mainly the film soundtrack and some subtitle translation work. After all, it has to be taken to the film festival.
"When do you plan to submit it for trial?" Senior Lu asked.
"Look, I'll give it away when it's done." Lou Ye said.
"What if it doesn't pass? Do you plan to take it directly abroad to participate in the exhibition?"
Faced with this problem, Lou Ye was obviously hesitant.
Senior Lu obviously understood what Lou Ye was thinking, and sighed: "You and Xiao Shuai are both unwilling to compromise, but I still want to say that there is no rule without rules."
"They have no rules or fixed standards at all. What do you think I should do?"
Lou Ye was unexpectedly excited, which startled Li Tang next to him. This was the first time he had seen Lou Ye acting so gloomy.
Senior Lu seemed very calm. He took a sip of tea and said calmly: "You know what to do, but you just don't want to do it."
Lou Ye remained silent and ate the dried malan in front of him, seeming to have a special liking for this dish.
That's right, Malantou is supposed to reduce fire.
The atmosphere was a bit dull, but Li Tang had the awareness to accompany guests, so he quickly picked up his wine glass and toasted: "Director Lu, if you use tea instead of wine, I'll give you a toast."
"Thank you, you can do whatever you want." Senior Lu picked up the cup and touched it with him with a smile.
After drinking, his eyes fell on Li Tang and said, "I just watched the clips of "Suzhou River" at Lou Ye's place this afternoon. You and Zhou Xun both acted very well."
Li Tang said politely: "Director Lu, thank you very much."
But Senior Lu waved his hand and said, "I never speak in a formal way. Good things are good, and bad things are bad. Lou Ye and Xiao Qin both know this."
"Then... uh, thank you, Director Lu."
Li Tang was a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Senior Lu immediately said, "I heard that you just helped Cheng Er complete his graduation project. How do you feel?"
Li Tang glanced at Lou Ye and said, "Well, Brother Ye introduced me. Cheng Er is a very thoughtful director."
Senior Lu smiled, picked up the tea cup and said, "We have a consensus on this."
Li Tang drank a drink with him, and the embarrassment immediately dissipated.
Then the two chatted about some things during the filming. Mr. Lu’s questions were very professional, and Li Tang answered his questions from an actor’s perspective.
After chatting for a while, Senior Lu looked at Li Tang differently. It was not the way he looked at his little brother just now, but a look that meant everyone was communicating on an equal footing.
