Jiang Xuerou drove a Buick New Century that Shanghai General Motors just rolled off the production line in the first half of this year. It has a 3.1-liter V6 engine and a classic side-mounted design. It is a product of imported parts and domestic assembly, with a landing price of up to 400,000.
This is enough to prove that the Hainan Zhouyi mentioned by Ms. Jiang is not an ordinary pheasant film and television company, at least it is powerful.
Guangtou Xu sat on the passenger seat and gave directions. It wasn't that far in fact. It only took five or six minutes to drive to a small road connecting Maoming South Road and Shaanxi South Road. The place was easy to recognize. It was right behind the famous Garden Hotel, separated by a road. Changle Road.
The place where Bald Xu treated guests was a small restaurant with only one front and a few tables inside. If we were in the north, this kind of place would be called a fly restaurant.
The business of this small restaurant is very good. Just after dinner time, the tables are almost full, leaving only one empty table inside. Baldy Xu greeted the old aunt sitting at the counter in a familiar manner, and led the two of them to sit at an empty table inside.
Bald Xu said proudly, "You have to make a reservation in advance to eat here, otherwise there won't be any seats."
Li Tang looked at the other tables. The dishes were all similar. They were basically home-cooked dishes, such as braised pork, shredded eel in oil, fried pork liver in soy sauce, fried shrimp in oil and so on.
Baldy Xu didn't look at the menu and directly ordered braised pork, shredded eel in oil, dry-roasted pomfret, razor clams in scallion oil, wine and vanilla head, and a hot and sour soup.
"How about warming up the rice wine?"
"Okay, but Ms. Jiang still has to drive. Do you want a drink?" Li Tang said.
Jiang Xuerou smiled and said, "It's okay to drink less."
Well, drunk driving checks are not strict these days.
Although Bald Xu had made a lot of noise about this small restaurant before, Li Tang looked at it and thought it was normal. This kind of home-cooked food was also available in his own restaurant. In restaurants, there is a lot of fire and oil, and the food cooked is generally more delicious than the food cooked at home, but home-cooked food is home-cooked food, and no matter how good it is, it will never be cooked.
When the food and wine were served, Guangtou Xu, as the host, offered a glass first: "Here, I'll give this glass to Ms. Jiang first. Welcome Ms. Jiang to come from afar."
"Thank you, Teacher Xu Zheng, and thank you, Teacher Li Tang, for the honor."
"Hey, Ms. Jiang, don't always talk about Teacher Xu Zheng and Teacher Li Tang. Li Tang and I are going to feel inflated. Just call us by our names."
Jiang Xuerou smiled sweetly and said, "How dare I? In my eyes, both of you are teachers."
Li Tang's balls hurt when he heard the meaningless greetings and false politeness between the two, and he couldn't help but interject: "Boss, Ms. Jiang, let's take a sip first, and then chat while eating."
As soon as these words came out, the two people who were complimenting each other just now looked at each other, picked up the cups and clinked them with Li Tang in tacit understanding.
After Li Tang took a sip of wine, he couldn't wait to use his chopsticks. Not to mention, the taste is really good, for example, the wine flavor of the vanilla head is very strong; the heat of the shredded eel is just right, and the eel is tender, smooth and delicious in the mouth. What surprised Li Tang the most was the scallion oil razor clams. The razor clams were very clean and had no sand at all.
The same goes for Ms. Jiang. After taking a bite, her eyes lit up and the frequency of her chopsticks became noticeably faster.
The three of them chatted while eating, mainly Xu Guangtou and Jiang Xuerou, while Li Tang listened.
He had a preliminary understanding of the so-called Hainan Zhouyi Film and Television Company. The predecessor of this company was called Pumpkin Creation Center. It was a group engaged in script creation. It had just transformed into a film and television company this year.
The boss of this company, Zhou Ping, is a Taiwanese and a screenwriter himself. The TV series "Bao Qingtian" that has dominated the screen for a long time in the past two years, as well as the popular TV series "The Beggar Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang" in the first half of this year were all created by the Pumpkin Center led by Zhou Ping.
Li Tang was deeply impressed by these two TV series, especially the TV series "The Beggar Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang", in which the Wanwan actress who played Peiyao was really "big-hearted".
The script creation center became famous, and then its business extended to downstream industries - establishing a film and television company, from script creation to film and television production and distribution, one-stop.
A dragon! It can definitely be regarded as becoming bigger and stronger.
And the Jiang Xuerou in front of her was the proprietress of Hainan Zhouyi.
The proprietress's personal intervention was naturally not without purpose.
It turns out that the Pumpkin Creation Center, the predecessor of Hainan Zhouyi, also participated in the script creation of the "Springtime Pig Bajie" starring Bald Xu.
Although this TV series has not been aired yet, Zhou Ping, who has watched the show in advance, highly praised Baldy Xu's performance. He probably believed that the show would be popular, so he sent his wife to contact Xu Guangtou, hoping that he would Being able to star in the new drama "Li Wei Becomes an Official" currently being prepared by Hainan Zhouyi.
As soon as you hear the name "Li Wei Becomes an Official", you will know that it is a follow-up work. Because at the beginning of this year, "Yongzheng Dynasty", which was the first drama of the film and television year, was really popular.
If the phenomenal "Returning the Pearl" series attracts a large number of old aunts and young people, then "Yongzheng Dynasty" attracts a large number of adult male viewers.
For example, Mr. Jiao Huang, who has been acting in dramas all his life at the Shanghai Drama Center, became famous because of his role as Kangxi in this TV series. Of course, Mr. Jiao Huang has long been famous in the drama industry, but this is the first time that he has been widely recognized by the public. It is said that when I go out to buy groceries or something, I am often surrounded by onlookers, and there are many people asking for autographs and photos, which makes the old man feel dizzy.
In this TV series, Li Wei is a strange character. He comes from a humble background, cannot read a single Chinese character, and is starving to death. However, under the support of the noble Yongzheng, he rises to great heights as if cheating.
Moreover, the character Li Wei is difficult to deal with, loves to play tricks, and is clever. He is probably the only comedy actor in the whole drama, which left a deep impression on the audience.
Although it is a follow-up work, this time Hainan Zhouyi has obviously put a lot of effort into it. Not only did he invite Liu Heping, the original screenwriter of "Yongzheng Dynasty", and Yu Yue, a descendant of Prince Gong, to work with the Pumpkin Center to write the script, but he also planned to Please invite the original cast of "Yongzheng Dynasty" to co-star.
And this time Jiang Xuerou personally came to contact Xu Guangtou to ask him to star in the drama's male lead Li Wei.
Not to mention, even Li Tang was moved by these words. However, Bald Xu acted very reserved and said he would read the script first before talking.
During this period, Jiang Xuerou went out to answer a phone call.
Li Tang took this opportunity and said hurriedly: "Boss, what a great opportunity, how can you not be anxious?"
Xu Guangtou looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and said: "What's the rush? I have to appease my appetite first. Besides, I'm just listening to Yi's talk now. I'm not sure if it's true or not. I'll definitely have to read the script. speak."
As he spoke, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "And I also want to wait and discuss the price after "Zhu Bajie" is aired."
"Hey, you are quite confident!"
"Since Yi La has confidence in this drama, of course I have confidence!" Bald Xu said confidently.
Jiang Xuerou's call took a long time, and it took about ten minutes before she came in from the outside. Her expression seemed a little unpleasant, but she concealed it very well, and immediately said with a smile on her face: "Sorry, I kept you two waiting for a long time."
"it's okay no problem."
Bald Xu looked at the dishes on the table that were already half eaten, and asked, "Should we add two more dishes?"
Jiang Xuerou wanted to decline politely, but Li Tang jumped in and said, "Then I'll have another fried shrimp, and another one of these razor clams."
"Uh, okay!"
Xu Guangtou, who was originally pretending to be polite, could only respond and shouted to the old aunt sitting at the cashier: "Madam boss, please order another order of fried shrimps in oil, razor clams in scallion oil... uh, and another order of fried pork liver in sauce." , a little faster.”
Although I was treating the guests myself, I thought I couldn't be too embarrassed and added an extra dish.
Jiang Xuerou looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "You two have such a good relationship!"
"We are brothers, and we are in the same unit, so of course we have a good relationship." Bald Xu patted his chest and said.
Unexpectedly, Li Tang said leisurely: "Today is the big boss's treat. It's a rare opportunity!"
"Pfft!"
Jiang Xuerou was really amused. She looked at Li Tang with interest, her heart suddenly moved, and she asked tentatively: "Teacher Li Tang, do you have any schedule recently?"
Hey, what do you mean? Not only Li Tang, but also Baldy Xu pricked up his ears.
Jiang Xuerou hurriedly explained: "It's like this. Our company is currently working on a drama. It is the first drama after the establishment of our company. The original actors have been confirmed and filming will start next month. But I just received the call Call me, one of the actors may not be able to act, so if Mr. Li Tang is free, I hope he can help."
When he heard that the phone would be turned on next month, Bald Xu felt relieved and winked at Li Tang with a smile, as if to say: "See, if you come out to eat with me, it's not for nothing!"
Li Tang didn't care. It was still early for Zhang Jizhong's "The Swordsman" and he was already idle, so he asked, "What are you guys talking about in this play?"
"Oh, our play is called "New One-Jianplum", adapted from the original TV series "One-Jianplum"..."
As soon as he heard "One Cut Plum", the special BGM for this TV series suddenly sounded in Li Tang's mind: "Snowflakes are falling, the north wind is blowing..."
Jiang Xuerou introduced the general plot. Although it has been adapted, the core of the story is basically the same as the original "One Cut Plum". It tells the story of the grievances and hatreds between two large families, and of course the love entanglement between the second generation is also indispensable.
At the end, Jiang Xuerou also specially introduced: "Currently, we have hired Shui Ling as the female lead in this drama, Zhao Wenzhou as the male lead, Liu Ximing as the second male lead, and Qinggege and Wang Yan as the second female lead. .”
As she said this, she said apologetically: "What we are currently lacking is the role of the fourth male lead, Xing Zhengyang. The role will last for about thirteen or four episodes."
Although he is the fourth male lead, it sounds like he has a lot of roles, and I just heard the introduction from Jiang Xuerou. This male lead is the childhood sweetheart of the female lead, and he plays a very important role in the play.
Li Tang hesitated for a moment and then said, "Ms. Jiang, can I read the script first?"
Jiang Xuerou was overjoyed when she heard this and said hurriedly: "No problem, I will have someone deliver it to you tomorrow."
Li Tang wanted to read the script, indicating that he was basically willing to take this role. In fact, it turns out that the role of the fourth male lead is a Wanwan actor, and this actor can probably only reach the second-tier level in Wanwan.
Jiang Xuerou just said that this actor might not be able to act anymore, but it was actually a polite comment. The real reason is that the actor's agent probably saw that Hainan Zhouyi is a new company and attaches great importance to this drama, so he proposed to increase the price.
Price increases are a very annoying thing for producers, but they are very common. Since you plan to use me, I will add a little more to the verbal or formal agreement that I have negotiated before in order to gain greater benefits for myself.
Originally, the price increase proposed by this agent was not excessive, just tens of thousands of dollars more. Under normal circumstances, Jiang Xuerou would probably have endured it. She happened to be having dinner with Li Tang today, so she tentatively asked.
Compared to the actor who is not well-known in the mainland, Li Tang is much more popular in the mainland. "The Pearl of the Pearl" has helped him accumulate a lot of audience base. After all, they are cooperating with Hainan TV this time, and their main market is in the mainland. If Li Tang is cast as the fourth male lead, the cost-effectiveness will obviously be much higher.
In fact, when Jiang Xuerou saw Li Tang at the entrance of the drama center, she just wanted to get to know him. Hainan Zhouyi is a newly established film and television company, and its resources in all aspects are still relatively weak. It is very necessary to establish extensive contacts with directors and actors.
Li Tang is an actor in the Drama Center. He has won the Huabiao Film Newcomer Award and was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. In the past two days, it has been rumored that he and director Zhang Yimou have an unusual relationship. In the eyes of discerning people, these are potential stocks with great potential and great potential.
Of course Jiang Xuerou was very willing to make friends with such a newcomer, but she didn't expect that a sudden change made the cooperation between the company and Li Tang possible.
Jiang Xuerou immediately raised her glass and said: "Teacher Li Tang, although I really want to say that it was a pleasure to cooperate with you, but anyway, thank you very much, I toast to you!"
Li Tang had a drink with her and didn't make any circles at the moment. He said directly: "When I read the script, if it is suitable, I will let the agent contact you."
"Okay, then I'll just wait for the good news!"
At the entrance of the restaurant, Li Tang and Xu Guangtou watched the headlights of the Buick New World driven by Jiang Xuerou go away. The two of them declined Jiang Xuerou's offer. After all, drunk driving was not safe. Moreover, Guangtou Xu lives on Changshu Road and Li Tang lives on Wuyuan Road not far from here. If you are full of wine and food, you can take a walk to eat.
Xu Guangtou said with a proud face: "Brother, how can I, brother, go on a journey today? After a meal and a play, you have to show your respect at all times."
Li Tang smiled and said: "Okay! I can count as cooperating with Hainan this time. When I get to Chenguang, I can also ask Yi La to participate in the competition of "Li Wei is an Official" and help the big boss raise the price!"
Baldy Xu's face turned green when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Children, don't talk nonsense, I'm talking to Yi La very well now, what do you mean? I'm going to do more harm than good!"
First update
(End of chapter)
