Ever since time travel, Li Tang has always had one biggest shortcoming, which is his lack of understanding of the domestic entertainment industry.
In his previous life, he watched very few domestic movies, except for some famous ones, such as "Hero" and "The Wandering Earth". As for Li Yu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall", they are essentially American films. Movie. The stars that can be recognized are limited to those who appear in these movies, or who have participated in some roles in Hollywood movies.
But if he didn’t travel back in China but in the United States, he thought about it carefully. Unless he traveled through time and became a white man, he would still be Chinese. Even if you know very well, as a Chinese, as long as you have yellow skin, it is still difficult to mix. To stand out, he is not even as good as a Nico.
If you put yourself in Gong Li's shoes, you can imagine that if a black man and Gong Li hug, kiss, and fall in love together, and appear on the big screen in China, will the domestic audience accept it?
By the same token, it is difficult to imagine a yellow-skinned male actor and a white female star starring opposite each other on the big screen in the United States. Only a relationship between a white male star and a Chinese actress would be reluctantly accepted. Because they are males, they take advantage and dominate at the same time. Chinese actresses are nothing more than a vase at best.
Even if you go behind the scenes and become a director, if you want to succeed, you have to work ten times or even a hundred times harder than white people.
This is determined by racial consciousness and social formation, and it is the same everywhere.
So when traveling in the United States, the simplest way of living may be to buy Apple stocks, invest in Internet companies, and become a rich man steadily.
But this ratio must be controlled, and you must not have any contact with the country. Otherwise, the US government will never let you grow bigger, and will definitely do everything possible to restrict you. If not, you will be imprisoned. In short, Americans' discrimination and distrust of Chinese Americans are engraved in their bones.
Of course, you can also make enough money and return to your country for development, but what development? In his superficial understanding, apart from investing in real estate or engaging in venture capital under the guise of a Chinese-American, he seemed to be unable to do much else.
But in this case, wouldn't he become the most hated capitalist in his previous life?
A person must have a dream. Li Tang's dream is to become a great actor. Even if he cannot become a great actor, it seems good to become a household name.
Some people will say that dreams are too vague and ridiculous, and it would be more practical to make some money.
But what’s the difference between having no dreams and salted fish?
Now that God has given him a chance to start over, Li Tang is very willing to realize his dream.
Under such a general premise, the feelings of his ex-girlfriend, the fear of being misunderstood by Fan Xiaopang, etc., have become unimportant.
Of course I think so, but in practice we still have to pay attention to methods.
He is not allowed to take the initiative to call his ex-girlfriend. Whoever contacts him first is a loser. Once he contacts her first, then he can be sure that the Northeast ladies will laugh at him for a long time in the future.
So he called Ren Quan first, told him about the matter, and asked him to give his ex-girlfriend a break and get vaccinated to avoid a fight that would end badly.
But then again, his ex-girlfriend chose to break up with him for the sake of his career, so now he is also rumored to be having an affair with Fan Xiaopang for the sake of his career, and he is not embarrassed at all.
Everything has to be justified.
On June 20, Li Tang boarded a flight to Changsha. In addition to visiting the class, he also had to participate in an episode of Fulantai's variety show "Happy Camp", where Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei would be present.
Two hours and ten minutes later, the plane landed steadily at Huanghua Airport.
"Sister Jingping, why are you here in person?"
When Li Tang came out of the station, he saw Li Jingping who came to pick him up.
She is the agent responsible for mainland affairs of Zhongjie Company. Xiao Yanzi, Fan Xiaopang, and the heroine Jiang Qinqin in "The Sky Has Tears" are all actors under her.
Li Jingping smiled and said, "Li Tang, I'm sorry to trouble you this time."
"No, no, we should cooperate with the publicity." Li Tang said hurriedly.
Since you agreed, things must be done well. This is his consistent motto.
Being coy and reluctant, even if you get things done, others may not praise you. This kind of operation is purely due to low emotional intelligence and a flawed brain.
Li Jingping was very satisfied with Li Tang's attitude and nodded: "This time, the main reason is that time is tight. There are some things I want to explain to you in advance."
"No problem, Sister Jingping, just ask."
"Come on, let's get in the car and talk."
Li Jingping said, pretending to help push the suitcase. Li Tang quickly stopped her and said, "Sister Jingping, I can do it myself."
The two of them walked out of the airport and exchanged some pleasantries.
Li Jingping is very busy. After handling the matters here, she will immediately rush to Wuxi Water Margin City, because her actor Jiang Qinqin was injured on the first day while filming "The Legend of the White-haired Witch" there, and many things have to wait. Let her deal with it.
After getting in the car, Li Jingping took out a planner, which recorded his and Fan Xiaopang's itinerary for the past two days. For example, this afternoon he was going to visit the cast of "Youth Out" with flowers. After that, he would invite the actors in the same cast to have dinner together. After the meal, he would go back to the hotel to rest. The next morning, the crew would give Fan Xiaopang a half-day off and they would go together. Walking around the streets and so on.
"We have arranged for reporters to take photos of you during visits, meals and shopping. Try to be as casual as possible and pretend that the camera does not exist."
Finally, she added one more thing: "The reporter is one of our own arranged by Fulantai."
"I see."
Li Tang took the plan and thought to himself: That's it?
You must know that in Hollywood scandals, people actually let one party move into the other party's home or hotel, and then arrange for paparazzi to stay at the door, occasionally smoking or sunbathing on the balcony, or deliberately not being intimate when Pulling the curtains, etc., and all kinds of sexy operations are all fake and real, a real experience.
Li Tang went straight to the production crew in the suburbs without stopping. When he arrived, flowers and coffee were ready. Of course, the flowers were for Fan Xiaopang, and the coffee was for the crew members.
This is a scenic spot, similar to a farmhouse or a picking garden. In order not to disturb the filming crew, Li Tang did not go in and waited at the tourist center at the door.
While waiting, there was a guy with a camera standing opposite. The two looked at each other, somewhat awkwardly. Li Tang took out a cigarette on his own initiative and handed him one. Then he searched for a lighter all over his body. Finally, he realized that when he boarded the plane in the morning, the lighter was confiscated.
"Come on, Teacher Li."
Seeing this, the buddy quickly handed over the lighter to help light the cigarette.
"Thanks."
Passing a cigarette can often bring two men closer together quickly. The man took the initiative to introduce himself: "Teacher Li, I am a reporter from the entertainment column of Fulantai. I am currently following the group. The photos of you and Binbin are on the Taiwanese TV station. Leave it to me to take charge. Don’t worry, I will help you take good photos.”
"Uh, thank you!"
Li Tang felt a little embarrassed when he kept calling him Teacher Li, and said: "Brother, you're welcome, just call me Li Tang."
"Okay, okay, is this your first time back to Changsha, Teacher Li?"
This guy is very humorous and promised well, but he still calls him Teacher Li.
Li Tang could only follow him and nodded: "Yes, it's the first time."
This was the first time in his two lives. In his previous life, he had not visited many cities in China. There were only a few relatively representative cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Xi'an.
"Then you have to take a good stroll. Orange Island, Yuelu Mountain, Aiwan Pavilion, Taiping Street, and the Mawangdui Museum are all good places. There are also a lot of delicious food..."
After all, he is a reporter. He talks endlessly about Changsha’s tourist attractions and food, and he talks about them in detail. Li Tang was very excited when he said that. When he was done with his work, he really wanted to take a stroll here.
Not long after, I heard noise coming from inside. The reporter who was following the team was very experienced and said hurriedly: "Hey, it's time to call it a day."
With that said, he stood up, checked the camera, and got ready to work.
To be honest, Li Tang was a little nervous at this moment. Although Ren Quan had already taken his words to heart, he was still a little unsure of his ex-girlfriend's reaction.
As the sound got closer and closer, he didn't think much, just picked up the flowers and walked out.
