After graduation, Wang Xiaoshuai was assigned to Hu Jian Film Studio, and resigned after two years to become an independent director; after graduation, Lou Ye was assigned to Shanghai TV Station, but did not even register, and became an independent director; after graduation, Mr. Lu was assigned to Beijing Film Academy In the factory director's room, I have been working diligently until now.
The next morning, Li Tang and Nai'an drove to Beijing Film Studio and knocked on the door of the director's room. The person who opened the door was a young woman. She was stunned when she saw Li Tang: "Li Tang... uh, senior brother!"
Li Tang looked at this familiar face and said in surprise: "You are Li..."
"Li Min!"
"Yes, yes, Ma Yili's classmate, Li Min! Long time no see." Li Tang said hurriedly.
This young woman is Li Tang, a junior sister, and graduated from the 94th level of the drama department.
"Brother, I have changed my name now to Li Jiaxuan." Li Jiaxuan said with a smile.
"Oh, that's a nice name."
It is popular these days to give oneself a stage name. Compared to the ordinary Li Min, the name Li Jiaxuan is obviously more refreshing and refined, and has a bookish air, making it easier for people to remember.
In addition to having a recognizable appearance, an actor's name is actually also very important. He must also be recognizable and catchy.
"Are you assigned here?" Li Tang asked again.
Li Jiaxuan looked a little embarrassed and said, "No, I'm here to help. I will temporarily serve as Director Lu's assistant."
"Jiaxuan, who is it?"
At this time, Senior Lu heard the sound and came out.
"Senior, it's me."
"Director Lu!"
"Naian! Li Tang! Oh, welcome, welcome."
Senior Lu was surprised to see Nai'an and Li Tang. While inviting them in, he complained to Li Jiaxuan: "Why don't you invite guests into the house?"
"Director Lu, I..."
"Director Lu, Li... uh, Li Jiaxuan and I were classmates, and we were reminiscing just now." Li Tang helped explain.
"Yes, yes, you are all in the show. Hey, did you receive the package I sent you last time?"
"Yes, I received it. Sister Nai'an and I came here today just for the show."
Li Tang also introduced her specially: "Sister Nai'an is my agent."
"Well, if I had known this, I would have given the script to Nai An directly."
This was the first time that Senior Lu heard that Nai'an was actually Li Tang's manager.
Nai'an also smiled and said: "So I am here to talk to you on behalf of Li Tang today."
Senior Lu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm most afraid of dealing with agents like you."
"Don't worry, Li Tang has agreed to take on this role, and you've given me a fair salary. We don't plan to increase the price, we just came here to take a look at the contract first."
Hearing Nai'an say this, Senior Lu breathed a sigh of relief. After sitting down, Li Jiaxuan was busy making tea for everyone.
Senior Lu pointed at Li Jiaxuan and introduced to Li Tang: "Jiaxuan plays Yanzi, Lei Haiyang's ex-girlfriend. Since you two know each other, it would be best."
Li Jiaxuan served the tea and said with a smile: "It's a rare opportunity to ask Senior Brother for advice."
"No, let's learn from each other." Li Tang said hurriedly, he didn't dare to blame others.
This girl is not simple at all. As early as when she was in school, she played the leading role in a main theme movie produced by the movie channel.
Although it was only a low-budget TV movie, there are more wolves and less meat these days. Being able to stand out from many candidates is at least somewhat powerful.
After everyone chatted for a while, Senior Lu and Nai'an went to the back room to discuss the contract details, while Li Tang chatted with Li Jiaxuan.
Li Tang was surprised to hear that Li Jiaxuan was still in Beipiao. After all, this girl had a very high starting point and had played the leading female role during school. Logically speaking, it should be easy to find a public institution in a literary and art group.
Li Jiaxuan said helplessly: "Our class is the most unlucky. We are stuck in the first year after the education reform. It doesn't matter, we can't get into a serious unit at all. We can only find our own way!"
It turns out that in the education reform of 1997, in addition to expanding university enrollment, the country completely abolished the graduation allocation system. In fact, the pilot program started as early as 1995. From 1995 to 1997, it was a transitional stage, and in 1998, it was directly implemented across the board. From this point of view, Li Tang and others were lucky to graduate in 1997.
"So now you are considered to have joined the group in advance?"
Before, Li Jiaxuan said that she was working as a temporary assistant for Senior Lu. Later, Senior Lu said that she was one of the actors, specifically the second female lead. Li Tang felt a little strange at the time, but he saw that Senior Lu was not disloyal to Li Jiaxuan. He had a very good impression of Senior Lu, so he didn't think too much about it.
Unexpectedly, he asked casually, but Li Jiaxuan was obviously a little embarrassed and said: "After the success of the last audition, I saw that Director Lu was very busy. I wanted to be idle, so I helped out and asked Lu by the way. Learn something."
When Li Tang saw this, the first word that came to his mind was "red sofa".
Then I felt it was inappropriate and too bare-bones.
After all, actresses these days are marrying directors, or many of them are close friends with directors, starting with the earliest and most famous ones, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou, and later Xu Fan married Director Feng; Chen Hong married Director Chen; Jiang Wenli married Gu Changwei and so on.
It’s not easy to live in Beijing. Finding a director with potential to rely on and act in can kill two birds with one stone. This is also a shortcut to success. Of course, it is not ruled out that some emotional actresses are completely attracted by the director's talent.
"Li Tang, happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation, Director Lu!"
The details of the contract have been discussed. Li Tang can simply sign it. Because it is a film produced by Beijing Film Academy, Senior Lu still needs to add an official seal and sign the legal representative and other procedures, but it has basically been finalized.
From Li Tang's point of view, he really likes to work with a strict director like Mr. Lu. As long as he understands the script thoroughly, there is a high probability that there will be no surprises during filming.
Nai'an was just in a hurry when she went out. It wasn't until she got into the car downstairs that she showed an annoyed look and said: "We suffered a loss this time. The restructuring of the Beijing Film Studio has been completed. We probably won't survive." The establishment of the China Film Group will be announced in a few days. If we had known this was the case, we should have raised the offer. An increase of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan is not a big problem."
There have been rumors that the former China Film Group Corporation, Beijing Film Studio, Children's Film Studio, Printing and Printing Plant and many other units will merge to form China's largest film company.
The so-called restructuring refers to business restructuring, asset integration, and property rights system reform. If it reflects on the specific project, it means that if you have money, or if you have more money, you can increase the quotation appropriately. As long as it is not excessive, the producer should not refuse.
Thirty to fifty thousand may not seem like much, but it means an improvement in the celebrity status. In the future, if you look for Li Tang to make a movie, you can't just spend tens of thousands. The starting price is more than 100,000, and there are projects of China Film Group Co., Ltd. that are proofing.
And after winning the Huabiao Award this time, Li Tang's salary will be able to increase further on top of this 100,000 yuan. It's like pulling one hair and affecting the whole body.
Calculating the inside and outside here, the loss is not only the 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, but maybe more than 10, 200,000 yuan, or even more.
However, Li Tang is still very open-minded about this point. Compared with Hollywood, which often pays tens of millions of dollars in salary and the so-called "20 million club", this is only the salary and does not include such big things as box office dividends. Now these ten or two hundred thousand RMB are nothing. In the memory of the past life, China will be the second largest box office market in the world in the future, and by then the tide will naturally lift all boats.
Think about the actor Ning Li whom I met in my previous life, who was living a soft life in the United States. Soon after returning to China, he became prosperous. Compared with the miserable state in the United States, it is a world of difference.
Nai'an thought for a while and then said: "Oh, by the way, on the day of the Huabiao Award Ceremony, Director Han Sanping... Well, next time I guess I have to call him Mr. Han. Mr. Han will definitely attend. He is the producer of this drama. , when the time comes, I will introduce you to each other and leave a good impression on Mr. Han. This man will be our God of Wealth in the future!"
Li Tang understood that Mr. Han was a Big Man in Hollywood parlance. He was even a bigger Big Man than the so-called "Big Six" bosses in Hollywood.
