For the performance at the Huabiao Award Ceremony, Li Tang specially bought a training suit in bright Chinese red. Originally, he chose a white set with dark patterns, but Nai Anfei said red was festive and tried to get off to a good start.
So backstage at the rehearsal scene of the newly built CCTV No. 1 Studio Hall last year, Li Tang was wearing this bright red training uniform, which looked like a red envelope. Fortunately, his skin was white, so the red suit did not look out of place.
"Hello teacher!"
"Hey, hello, hello!"
"Teacher, you have given me a reward. I still have to learn more from you."
Most of the people backstage at the rehearsal were familiar artists, so it was right to call them “teacher”. Although Li Tang is very young and looks like a newcomer at first glance, the teachers all seem very amiable.
Just kidding, those who can come to the rehearsal are definitely not ordinary people. The teachers are very aware of this. Anyone who has read "Shanghai Chronicle" will recognize Li Tang at a glance, and a few words of praise and encouragement are indispensable. Even if you haven't seen it, there are only a few people on the shortlist, and they are pretty close to matching.
Li Tang also saw Uncle Benshan in the background.
This time, Uncle Motoyama was nominated for Best Actor for "The Director". The most important thing is that this movie was personally invested by Uncle Motoyama.
Li Tang hurriedly ran over to say hello: "Hello, Teacher Benshan! Hello! I particularly like your sketches."
He didn't mean to compliment, he really liked it. Especially the skit "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" that Uncle Benshan performed with Song Dandan and CCTV host Xiao Cui on the Spring Festival Gala this year.
"I am Baiyun."
"I am Kurotsuchi."
"Is this a shoehorn face? This is an authentic pig kidney face!"
"You are squeezing the wool of socialism..."
"You can pluck wool in one go, good fellow, you pluck it like Ge You..."
"Holle, the meal is ready, come down Missy."
Oh, these lines made him so amused at the time. Who says southerners don't like to watch the Spring Festival Gala? Uncle Benshan's sketches are still very popular in Shanghai at least in this era.
"Thank you, thank you. What are you doing, young man?"
Uncle Benshan, who was wearing the iconic blue Chinese tunic suit, didn't recognize him, but he was a little curious when he saw this guy wearing a red Tang suit and holding a dazzling sword in his hand.
"I perform a sword dance."
"Yo, this show is good..."
At this time, the staff next to Uncle Benshan whispered to him, and Uncle Benshan immediately said with a smile on his face: "Xiao Li, so you still have Kung Fu?"
The Qingqing staff reminded him of Li Tang's identity, probably the works he acted in, his workplace, and what awards he was shortlisted for. Although his attitude changed a bit quickly, Uncle Benshan handled it very naturally.
Sure enough, not everyone can succeed casually.
Li Tang hurriedly said modestly: "It's just a superficial knowledge, it's not worth mentioning."
There were many people coming to say hello to Uncle Benshan. Li Tang was very understanding, exchanged a few pleasantries, and took the initiative to leave as if they looked familiar. The small backstage of the rehearsal scene is like a social platform.
This is what Nai An paid special attention to before coming here. He took advantage of the rehearsal opportunity to get to know more people, and as a newcomer, he tried to maintain a low profile to leave a good impression on others.
Sometimes it's not about getting something, but trying not to offend others unintentionally because of your own negligence.
I have to say that Nai An seems to be very cold, but he is actually very good at being a good person and is quite skillful in handling interpersonal relationships.
That's right, Lou Ye is a boring gourd. If Nai'an was like him, many things would be impossible to do. A good combination must be complementary.
"Brother Li!"
Li Tang looked up and saw three beautiful girls. The one who called him was Hu Jing, whom he had met once in Zhuozhou Film and Television City. The girl had a bun today and her hairline was a bit high. She was nominated for the Newcomer Award for her role as the heroine in "Love in the Internet Age".
Next to her was Yuan Quan, an old acquaintance. She was a reserved girl. When he looked over, she smiled at him without saying anything.
Another girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was quite handsome, looked at him with curious eyes.
Li Tang knew that he was dressed too sluttishly today and received a lot of attention and courtesy like this.
"Hu Jing, Yuan Quan, long time no see, congratulations!"
"Brother Li, congratulations to you too!" the two girls laughed.
No introduction needed, Li Tang nodded again to the girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes: "Hello, Miss Mei Ting!"
Mei Ting also said formally: "Hello, Mr. Li Tang!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, she burst out laughing. She seemed to have a low point of laughter. She knew it was rude, but she still covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing.
Li Tang smiled a little baffled.
Fortunately, Hu Jing, who has high emotional intelligence, immediately smoothed things over and said, "Oh, why are you so formal!"
As he said this, he also introduced to Li Tang: "The three of us are all classmates."
"Hey, then you guys from the 96th Chinese Opera Class are really awesome. The three of you are like the three golden flowers!" Li Tang couldn't help but be speechless.
Yuan Quan and Mei Ting were nominated for the Best Actress Award, and Yuan Quan and Hu Jing were nominated for the Newcomer Award. Three Huabiao Awards nominations in one class were shocking. The key is that they have not graduated yet. .
Hu Jing smiled and said: "There are more than three golden flowers. Others say that our class has seven... er, eight golden flowers!"
Mei Ting, who had been laughing non-stop just now, was a little embarrassed, while Hu Jing secretly pulled her sleeves and looked at her with apologetic eyes.
Li Tang didn't notice and asked with a smile: "Then what show are you performing today?"
"The three of us will dance together." Hu Jing said.
She and Mei Ting both studied dance before entering Chinese opera. Although Yuan Quan first sang in Peking opera, opera actors also pay attention to their figure, and dancing is actually a basic skill.
"Brother Li, what about you, are you performing martial arts?"
Yuan Quan looked at his sexy red training uniform curiously and asked.
When the two were filming "Shanghai Chronicle", she often saw Li Tang warming up before filming, doing boxing and so on, and knew that Li Tang knew some kung fu.
Li Tang did a sword dance handsomely and said with a smile: "It's almost like you, doing a sword dance."
The reason why it is said to be a sword dance rather than a performance of swordsmanship is mainly because Naian helped him set a piece of classical silk and bamboo music. In the past two days, Li Tang made some changes according to the background music during practice. His movements were fast and slow according to the rhythm of the music. Such movements are more elegant and rhythmic, so it is simply called sword dance.
Yuan Quan has a shy personality, but after all, she has worked with Li Tang and got along very well. It is inevitable that they will have more conversations this time after a long separation. Hu Jing is purely familiar and can pick up any topic.
In comparison, Mei Ting seemed very quiet, standing there quietly with a decent smile, like a fragrant jasmine flower.
Li Tang only met her for the first time today, but he was already deeply impressed by her in his memory. I remember that she starred in the once-popular TV series "Blood Child Heart", especially the scene of her wearing that white nightgown, which caused many adolescent boys to dream back at midnight and wake up with wet crotches.
After time travel, Li Tang also watched "Blood Romance" starring her and Leslie Cheung, and it was for this movie that she was nominated for the Best Actress Award.
From a professional point of view, her performance in this movie is actually average, and she is not even as impressive as Chu Chu in the TV series "Blood Heart".
Including the leading actor Zhang Guorong, he is far less amazing than in "Farewell My Concubine". With Li Tang's shallow understanding of the Chinese revolution, I feel that he plays less like a real revolutionary and more like a young master in distress.
The only thing that impressed him deeply was the actor who played Mei Ting's father. For this reason, Li Tang also specially wrote down the actor's name - Tao Zeru.
But no matter whether he acted in "Shanghai Chronicle" or "Blood Romance" starring Mei Ting and Zhang Guorong, there was a common feature that he couldn't understand.
He especially couldn't understand why there was always an American in these two movies that reflected the Chinese revolution.
This American showed deep sympathy for the China of that era, and then appeared as a superior or savior to help the protagonist.
