"Tu tu tu tu..."
Li Tang drove his little white Changan to the entrance of Shengqiang Hotel opposite Shengqiang Film and Television City.
This old car may be due for maintenance again. The exhaust pipe is a bit loud and emitting blue smoke. It seems to be burning some oil. It seems that it will need a major maintenance next time.
Because when the filming was completed, everyone who had to say goodbye had said goodbye. Li Tang did not drive the car into the hotel parking lot, but parked the car on the roadside outside the door.
There were few cars in the parking lot. Wang Yan's exaggerated RV and the temporary cars of several leading actors were missing. Maybe the crew had disbanded, but Jiang Xuerou's Buick New Century was still there.
Li Tang called Jiang Qinqin, and Jiang Qinqin told him to wait and come down immediately.
When a girl says wait a minute, any boy who has been in love will understand that the wait may be more than ten minutes, half an hour, or even more than an hour. It is not unusual.
Li Tang waited for almost half an hour before he saw Jiang Qinqin come out of the building. The assistant Xiao Tang behind him was pushing two large suitcases, and the two of them stood at the door and looked around.
"Here it is."
He rushed to meet him.
Jiang Qinqin, who had taken off her Republican attire, was wearing an off-white long down jacket, her hair was simply tied into a ponytail, but the air in front of her was carefully styled, her eyelashes were slightly raised, her lip gloss was attractive, and she obviously wore some light makeup.
Jiang Qinqin was very satisfied with his attitude today. She gave him a rare smile and said, "Are you in a hurry?"
"No no."
Li Tang shook his head with a smile, and even took a box from Xiao Tang's hand to help push it.
"The car is parked at the door."
When a group of three people walked out of the gate, they saw the small white Changan parked alone on the roadside.
Jiang Qinqin and Xiao Tang were both stunned when they saw this.
"Is this your car?" Jiang Qinqin couldn't believe her eyes.
"Yes, to be exact, I don't have a car. This is my hotel's car, which I usually use to buy groceries."
When Jiang Qinqin heard that it was a grocery cart, she subconsciously showed disgust on her face.
Li Tang was secretly proud when he saw this, he did it on purpose.
Logically speaking, he should rent a better car and come pick him up today. There are many Santana 2000, Nissan Bluebird and other black cars near my hometown, and a round trip in one only costs a hundred yuan at most.
But he just drove the family's grocery cart, but out of politeness, before coming out, he specially drove Xiao Chang'an to the car wash and had it scrubbed inside and out, making it very clean.
"Wow!"
When he opened the door and moved the luggage into the car, Jiang Qinqin and Xiao Tang were even more dumbfounded because the car was empty, not even a seat.
Xiao Tang finally couldn't help but said, "Where should I sit?"
Li Tang looked apologetic, patted the suitcase and said, "Sorry, sit on the suitcase. It will be quick, half an hour at most."
Xiao Tang glanced at Jiang Qinqin, pouting with a speechless and aggrieved look on his face.
Jiang Qinqin frowned and said, "Why are you sitting on the box?"
Li Tang spread his hands and said helplessly: "Which of you can drive? Why don't I sit in the back?"
"..."
Xiao Tang can't drive. Although Jiang Qinqin has a driver's license, she doesn't drive it often. If she could drive an automatic car, she could still make a living, but she was afraid of sitting in this simple little bread with a manual transmission, let alone driving it.
Li Tang also moved another box into the car. When he turned around and saw that neither of them said a word, he opened the passenger door and urged: "Okay, let's make do with it, let's get in the car."
Jiang Qinqin looked reluctant and opened her mouth, but seeing that the car was still clean, she finally said nothing and reluctantly got in the car.
Seeing his boss getting in the car, Xiao Tang had no choice but to get into the car aggrievedly and carefully sit on the lying suitcase.
Li Tang didn't like Xiao Tang who often arranged for him behind his back. He pointed to the back of the seat in front of him and said, "Hold on, sit tight, and be careful not to fall."
After saying that, he closed the car door with a bang, ran to the side of the cab, opened the door and got in the car.
After getting in the car, he turned around and said to Jiang Qinqin beside him: "Fasten your seat belt."
Jiang Qinqin thought about it and quickly put on her seat belt.
Li Tang then turned the key to start, put the car into gear skillfully, slowly released the clutch with one foot, lightly stepped on the accelerator, and started the car slowly.
What they didn't know at this time was that someone on the balcony of the penthouse suite of Shengqiang Hotel had witnessed this scene from beginning to end.
Seeing the white minivan driving away, Zhou Ping was standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette with a smile on his face. Then he put out the cigarette butt and returned to the warm room.
In the room, Jiang Xuerou was sitting at her desk working, and the filming was about to be completed. The various expenses during the filming period were totaled, at least tens of millions. The top priority now is to speed up post-production and sell the drama as soon as possible so that funds can be raised to develop the next project.
When he heard the noise and looked up, he saw the smile on his husband's face and couldn't help but said: "What good thing did you think of again?"
"I just saw Li Tang pick up Shui Ling."
Hey, Jiang Xue suddenly became interested and said hurriedly: "You said Li Tang took Shuiling away?"
"yes!"
Zhou Ping smiled and said: "Guess what kind of car Li Tang drove to pick up Shuiling?"
"What car?"
"It's a seven-seater minivan, a very cheap one. Shuiling was reluctant at first..."
Jiang Xuerou's focus was different from her husband's, so she interrupted: "Hey, why do you think they got together?"
"How did I know this? Shuiling is so beautiful, there must be many people pursuing her."
In fact, Zhou Ping was quite envious of Li Tang in his heart. After all, men like beautiful women, especially the best ones like Shui Ling.
"If they really get along, it would be really good news."
Jiang Xuerou held her chin in thought, but she quickly shook her head and said regretfully: "It's a pity that our drama focuses on Shui Ling and Wen Zhuo..."
The meaning is very simple. When a TV series is launched, it must be a hot spot to attract the audience's attention. If Li Tang is the male protagonist, then the scandal between Li Tang and Shui Ling will undoubtedly be a hot spot. But now the male lead is Zhao Wenzuo. We must consider not only the obvious feelings of this kung fu actor, but more importantly, the audience's acceptance.
After all, "New One Cut Plum" is an adapted drama. In the old version of "One Cut Plum", Zhao Shijun played by Kou Shixun and Shen Xinci played by Shen Hairong left a deep impression on audiences on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and have a deep audience base.
The reason why they chose "Xin Yi Jian Mei" as the first TV series launched by the company after the establishment of Hainan Zhouyi was precisely because of this.
Zhou Ping walked to the sofa and sat down, picked up the cold coffee on the coffee table and took a sip. He shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't think about things so simply. Even if Li Tang is the male protagonist, I'm afraid he may not cooperate. He had an affair with Fan Binbin before, and later he took the initiative to recommend Fan Binbin to us, which shows that the relationship between the two is not simple..."
Having said this, he paused and then said: "Oh, by the way, what did you think about the choice of Yue Siying?"
Speaking of this, Jiang Xuerou's melon-eating mood quickly subsided, replaced by a slight headache, and said: "General Manager Wu of NEC recommended Cheng Hao, the spokesperson of their Business Link, to us."
"How's Cheng?"
Zhou Ping was unfamiliar with this name.
"She is a third-year student in the Chinese Opera Department. In addition to being the image spokesperson of NEC Business Communication, she is also the location host of Phoenix TV Chinese Channel's "Jiuzhou Le Xiaoyao". Last year, she also starred in the movie "The Mountain That Man That Dog" Number 2, his acting skills must be passable."
Of course Zhou Ping knows the movie "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", which won this year's Golden Rooster Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Actor.
However, an unknown junior college student can become the image spokesperson of NEC Business Communication, and Zhou Ping can think of the activities involved with his toes.
"Is there any specific sponsorship from NEC?"
Jiang Xuerou shook her head. She mainly considered that NEC was a multinational company after all, and its annual advertising fees were not a small amount. It's just that "Lee Wei is an Official" is a costume drama. Although NEC cannot place advertisements, it will be a good relationship and there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future.
Of course Zhou Ping understood what Jiang Xuerou was thinking. He pondered for a long time before saying: "NEC President Wu should push it away."
Jiang Xuerou was a little surprised and said, "You mean Fan Binbin?"
Zhou Ping nodded and said: "Li Tang will know about the change of director sooner or later, maybe he already knows it now. And Xu Zheng also talked to me about this matter yesterday. Although he didn't say it explicitly, I heard that his meaning was obviously leaning towards Fan Binbin. It must be. It was Li Tang who communicated with him in advance. No matter what, we must take Xu Zheng’s opinion seriously."
"Li Wei Becomes the Official" was originally scheduled to be directed by a senior director from Wanwan. It was true that Zhou Ping told Li Tang before that he would consider the director's opinion. But things changed later, probably because of the strife among his peers. Hainan Zhou Yi obviously had a good conversation with the director and reached a verbal agreement, but when the contract was signed, the director changed his mind and took on another film. .
In desperation, they accepted screenwriter Liu Heping's recommendation and found a young mainland director. To be honest, Zhou Ping was somewhat worried about the director. But after several exchanges with Xu Zheng, he found that Xu Zheng was a very thoughtful actor, and Xu Zheng himself also played the role of director in the drama center. He deliberately wanted Xu Zheng to participate in the director's work.
In this way, the quality of the play can be ensured, and the face of Teacher Liu Heping can also be maintained.
In fact, from Zhou Ping's perspective as a screenwriter himself, the key to the drama "Li Wei Becomes an Official" lies in the character of Li Wei. As long as this character stands up, then the drama will be more than half successful.
Therefore, he had to sell Xu Zheng, and at the same time make friends with Li Tang. In addition, from an actor's point of view, Fan Binbin is obviously more famous than Cheng Hao. Many factors accumulated, and of course he chose Fan Binbin.
"But wouldn't we offend Mr. Wu?" Jiang Xuerou asked worriedly.
Zhou Ping smiled coldly and said: "What's there to offend? If you want the leading female role for free, your appetite must be too big. And even if you offend me, what can you do? You're just a comprador."
First update!
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