In early May, the fifth Huabiao Awards announced the shortlist. "Shanghai Chronicle" was shortlisted for the Outstanding Feature Film Award and the Best Director Award. Li Tang and Yuan Quan were also shortlisted for the Best Actor and Actor Award and the Newcomer Award.
The Huabiao Award is a film award sponsored by the Ministry of Truth, Radio, Film and Television and the Film Bureau. It is a government award in the film industry. "Shanghai Chronicle" was naturally successfully shortlisted as a gift film.
It was the first time in Li Tang's life that he had been shortlisted for an award, and he was very excited. The specific award ceremony will be held three weeks later, on May 22, and the award ceremony will be held in Beijing.
"What? You want me to prepare a show?"
The organizer also informed Li Tang to prepare a program to be performed at the award ceremony. He must register in advance and rehearse before the award ceremony.
"You are stupid. I asked you to prepare the program in advance, which means that you can win an award, probably the Newcomer Award for Film." Nai'an said excitedly.
Although Li Tang was also nominated for the Best Actor Award, neither Nai An nor he was arrogant enough to win this award. After all, except for him, a newcomer, the other shortlisted candidates are all well-known actors, such as Uncle Motoyama in "The Director", Ge You in "You Are Not Stupid", Shao Bin in "Spring Rhapsody", etc. .
Of course, if Li Tang can win the Newcomer Award, that is also something worth celebrating.
It's just that performing a program is a problem. Li Tangsi thought about it and could only say: "Otherwise, let's sing a song."
After all, he was born in an opera class and studied voice acting and acting for four years, which is real. Moreover, although Li Tang opened the back door when he took the exam, his physical and vocal conditions still passed.
This is why many actors can act but you can sing. With a solid vocal foundation and good voice conditions, your singing will naturally be on par.
"What song?"
Li Tang hesitated and asked, "Can you sing English songs?"
The main reason is that most of his memories are Hong Kong and Taiwan songs, while in his previous life he sang basically English songs. While talking, he even hummed "We will we will rock you..." by Bucktooth Brother.
Nai'an glanced at him and frowned: "English songs are not suitable, let alone rock music."
What's the point of singing an English song at a government awards ceremony? Moreover, the current domestic mainstream cultural consciousness is not friendly to rock music.
"Then let's do "My Motherland"." Li Tang added.
This was the Chinese song he was most familiar with in his previous life. It was funny to say that in his previous life, his father had obviously become an American citizen, but he often sang this song "My Motherland" at home.
"..."
Nai'an looked at him speechless and said, "You can't pick a more normal song!"
As she said that, she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, you'd better not sing. The performers at the Huabiao Awards Gala are all actors, and I guess the majority of them are singers, otherwise..."
She thought for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "Why don't you perform a sword dance? It's the same one you did last time. It's very beautiful and the stage effect must be good."
"Sister An, this is not called sword dance, it's called Sancai Sword!" Li Tang corrected.
Yes, this is the swordsmanship he learned from Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin is the swordsmanship champion of the National Wushu Championships and is especially good at Tai Chi sword. But he felt that the movements of the Tai Chi Sword were too slow, like an old man and an old lady exercising.
So Zhang Jin taught him this set of three talents sword. It is said that this set of swordsmanship is Wudang Tai Chi Sword fused with the essence of Shaolin Bodhidharma Sword. It is faster than Tai Chi Sword and slower than the fierce and fierce Shaolin Bodhidharma Sword. It is the so-called combination of hardness and softness. The sword flowers are dazzling, the sword dancers dodge and move around, their bodies are fast but not chaotic, and their sword skills are sharp and stretched.
In a word, it looks very good when played, and it is a powerful tool for showing off.
"Whether it's the sword dance or the three-talented sword, it's pretty good to watch anyway. Think about it, no one will perform this kind of show. It is innovative and promotes Chinese martial arts culture. The most important thing is that the Huabiao Award Ceremony will definitely have many directors, Zhang Yimou, Director Chen and others will all be present. This is an opportunity to show off your talents, a very good platform..."
The more Naian talked, the more excited she became. She felt that she still lacked experience as an agent. She originally thought it was a task, but now it seems to be a very good opportunity to showcase.
Most performances include singing, dancing, or skits, but it is indeed rare to see actors performing martial arts, and it is easy to attract the director's attention.
"But I haven't mastered it yet."
Li Tang was a little confused, worried that he wouldn't be able to master this half-baked swordsmanship.
"If you're not familiar with it, practice it quickly. I'll ask someone to help you find a suitable background music later. Unfortunately, time is too tight, otherwise it would be more perfect if you find a few more backup dancers." Nai'an said with regret at the end.
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"Swish, swish, swish..."
In the practice room of the Drama Center, Li Tang practiced the three-talent sword technique meticulously. Although he has not been practicing this swordsmanship for long, as long as he has the basic skills and can learn it quickly, he is now at the proficiency stage.
As the saying goes: practice makes perfect. The more you practice, the more muscle memory you develop, and you will naturally feel like the sword follows your heart.
Moreover, this set of swordsmanship is inherently flashy and highly entertaining. Especially when Li Tang jumps up, he can make a move, and when he is lying on the ground, he turns his head and looks at the moon. His sword energy is sharp, and his sword flower dance is even more dazzling.
Xu Guangtou, who was watching from the side, was stunned. He couldn't wait to applaud and applauded: "Li Tang, you are such a stubborn person, you really can't tell, what are you doing with optics?"
It is said that after Xu Guangtou came back from filming "Zhu Bajie", he seemed to be a completely different person, feeling refreshed and smiling constantly on his face. When I went out to film a movie, I not only got 300,000 yuan, but I also found the heroine in the movie.
The key is that this heroine is incredible, Taohong, commonly known as: Xiao Taohong, not to mention the "Sunny Days" that took 50 million box office in the Mainland, last year she starred in "Dark Eyes", which not only won the Damascus She won the Best Actress Award at the International Film Festival, and also won the Best Actress Award at the 4th Huabiao Awards and the Best Actress Award at the 18th Golden Rooster Awards.
He is like a rising star. In terms of popularity and status in the circle, he doesn't know how many places he will surpass Guangtou Xu. Even so, Xu Guangtou was actually picked up by Xu Guangtou. This sense of accomplishment is no less than Wu Jing's wining Miss Hong Kong. It's no wonder that Xu Guangtou is always smiling recently.
"I learned it from a martial arts champion during the last filming."
Li Tang wiped his sweat with a towel.
The swordsmanship program was submitted, and the organizer was surprised. He went to check the information submitted by Li Tang, and sure enough, in the specialty column it was clearly written: English and martial arts.
The show of performing swordsmanship is indeed very novel, and the organizers are particularly looking forward to it. They hope that Li Tang can bring surprises during the rehearsal in the middle of the month.
Of course, the Drama Center also attached great importance to Li Tangyao's performance at the Huabiao Awards Ceremony, and specially set aside a practice room for him to train.
Xu Guangtou played with Li Tang's performance sword in his hand and sighed: "After all, there is kung fu, but I can't do it. I don't have the talent."
Li Tang knew that he didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. He was a little coy when he invited him to drink coffee last time. Today, he came to compliment him again. There must be a purpose.
He said, "Boss, if you have something to say, do you want me to treat you to a flower bar again?"
Xu Guangtou immediately shook his head and said seriously: "Don't talk to me about eating flower wine in the future. It's not interesting at all. I won't go there in the future."
Seeing his serious look, Li Tang got angry and said disdainfully: "It looks like the real thing. How could you quit drinking and drinking after dating a big star?"
Baldy Xu sighed and said, "I can't do it without quitting. The wallet can't bear it!"
As he said that, he hesitated for a moment and then said sheepishly: "I bought a house."
Baldy Xu had been thinking about buying a house for a long time, and he finally bought it this time.
"Where can I buy it? What's the price?"
"Next door in Luwan, it costs more than six thousand per square meter!"
"The price is okay." Li Tang nodded.
Luwan is the city center after all.
So the question is, why is the house in Xujiahui Garden that Lao Li bought for him more expensive?
This is because Xujiahui Garden is adjacent to the Xujiahui business district, which is surrounded by Oriental Commercial Building, Sixth Department Store, Pacific Mall, Metro City, etc. Except for Nanjing Road and Huaihai Road, this area is the busiest.
Moreover, houses in Shanghai are now divided into domestic sales houses and export houses. Domestic houses in the city center are roughly 6,000 to 7,100 square meters, but the starting prices for export houses in the same location are more than 2,000 US dollars.
In the long run, buying a house is not only a solution to the housing problem, but also the best way to invest and manage money.
"It seems like you're making pretty good money this time." Li Tang said with a smile.
But Xu Guangtou said with a bitter face: "No matter how hard it is, my pockets are empty. Big family, can you borrow some copper to help me cut it?"
Li Tang was stunned: "Real or false?"
Could it be that this guy just wants to borrow money from himself? This is a bit inconsistent with his face-saving character.
"of course it's true."
This guy said coquettishly: "I paid half of the down payment, I ran out of money, and I don't have money for decoration."
"50% down payment? Why don't you borrow more?" Li Tang asked puzzled.
"Oh, it's not cost-effective to borrow too much, and the interest is unbearable! Even if you have money to repay in advance in the future, all the interest will be deducted from the front, and the principal will not be much. Don't worry, if I ask you to borrow money, I will follow the bank's one-year regular schedule I’ll lend you the interest for one year.”
When Li Tang heard this, he realized that Baldy Xu had indeed calculated very shrewdly. He asked himself to borrow money based on the one-year deposit interest rate and did not borrow more from the bank. This saved him nearly two points. Calculated at 100,000 yuan, that would be less than 2,000 yuan a year, which is enough to pay for a meal and drinks at a KTV. This does not include the additional interest deductions for early repayment, and it is far more than a meal of wine.
"Then how much do you want to borrow? First of all, I don't have much money on hand right now."
Xu Guangtou stretched out a finger and said with a flattering expression: "Not much, one hundred thousand is enough."
