"Congratulations, the movie won the award!"
Jiang Qinqin's voice is not as high-pitched as that of most girls, but slightly thicker. In Li Tang's words, it feels like she has her own subwoofer, and is very recognizable.
This is probably related to her training in Peking Opera since childhood.
"Hey, the information is quite good!"
"Suzhou River" won the Golden Tiger Award at the 29th Rotterdam International Film Festival, which just concluded a few days ago.
The Rotterdam International Film Festival is very unique. First of all, it is the only international film festival without a red carpet. Secondly, it has a total of three awards: Best Film, Best Film Critics Award and New Director Award, corresponding to the three Golden Tiger trophies, and they are not divided. High and low. There is no such thing as a best actor or actress award.
"Suzhou River" won the Emerging Director Award this time.
In addition, the Rotterdam Film Festival has an HBF fund that specifically supports film production in developing countries, which is very attractive to struggling Chinese independent film directors.
Previously, Tianzhuangzhuang, Zhang Yuan, He Jianjun, Wang Xiaoshuai, including the newly rising Section Chief Jia, have all received funding from this fund.
The so-called "Seven Gentlemen" incident that caused a huge uproar later was a direct result of their "private" participation in this film festival.
And precisely because of the support of the fund, the prize money of this film festival is also quite generous. Winning a Golden Tiger Award will give you a bonus of fifteen thousand US dollars. This is also very attractive to a bunch of poor people in China.
Think about it, fifteen thousand US dollars is nearly 130,000 yuan. You must know that the movie "Xiao Wu" that made Chief Jia famous overnight in the past two years only cost 200,000 yuan. This movie alone made Chief Jia both famous and wealthy. It is said that when he was preparing to shoot "Platform" last year, he easily obtained tens of millions of investments.
This time Lou Ye not only won the Golden Tiger Award in Rotterdam and received a bonus of US$15,000, but he also sold the copyrights of several countries and successfully recovered his investment. Next, he will go to various film festivals around the world, and the income from copyright sales in the future will be the net profit.
When Li Tang and his father went to Uncle Lou's house to pay New Year's greetings the day before yesterday, Lou Ye was still in Rotterdam and said he would not arrive in Shanghai until today. He was probably already home by now.
Li Tang didn't take the initiative to call to congratulate. Now that he knew, there was no need to be vain. Everyone understood it tacitly.
Lou Ye likes this tone.
The reason why Li Tang said Jiang Qinqin was well-informed was because it had only been a few days since she won the award, and there were no domestic reports on this at all. The only people who could get the news so quickly were insiders. Rather, industry veterans and people in the independent film community.
Reminiscent of the fact that Jiang Qinqin's ex-boyfriend who had been with her for four years was a second-generation director, and she must have known some people in this field, so it was not surprising.
Jiang Qinqin said on the phone: "Didn't I hear last time that "Suzhou River" was shortlisted for the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and you starred in it, so I paid attention and just got the news today. It's a pity that there is no actor award in this film festival. , otherwise maybe you can become an international actor!"
"I don't dare think about being an international movie star!"
To be honest, Li Tang was somewhat moved when he heard Jiang Qinqin's words. After all, people paying attention to the movie "Suzhou River" were directed at him.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Jiang Qinqin asked.
"Nothing to do, just sit and drink tea and read."
"Why don't you help with the New Year's Eve dinner... Oh, that's right, your family runs a restaurant, so you don't need to do anything as a little boss, just wait for the ready-made food."
Speaking of the little boss, Jiang Qinqin couldn't help but laugh.
"No, the restaurant is closed. My dad is working on it, but he doesn't want me to help because he thinks I'm in the way."
In fact, when it comes to the young boss Li Tang, he is quite helpless. The aunt in the restaurant used to call him that. Now he is considered a celebrity in his hometown. The country people are very simple. It's okay to call him by his name behind his back, but it always feels a bit impolite to call him by his name in person. I don’t know when the term "little boss" started to spread among the aunties in his hotel. Even the driver of the black car that Li Tang sent Jiang Qinqin and Xiao Tang to the airport last time saw him. Called "Little Boss".
"Wow, uncle can also cook!"
"You're not talking nonsense. The restaurant owner doesn't know how to cook. He doesn't know what kind of restaurant he is opening. He's been cheated."
"Then why can't you, a little boss, know how to cook?"
"As you said, I'm the little boss. There's a boss above, so it's not my turn. Hey, can you cook?"
"Of course. Just now I was helping my mother make tamales and glutinous rice balls."
"Hey, don't you eat hot pot during the Chinese New Year in Chongqing?"
"Do you think that we Chongqing people eat hot pot every day? Of course we cook a table full of dishes during the Chinese New Year just like you. In addition to hot pot, we in Chongqing also have many delicious dishes. I miss my mother's Shao Baihe right now. Kung Pao Shrimp Balls…”
"What is burning white?"
"The roasted pork is similar to the pork belly you have, but the meat here is fatter."
"Then you still eat, aren't you afraid of gaining weight?"
"Didn't you say that I gain three pounds during the holidays? I'm mentally prepared to lose it back after the New Year..."
The two of them were on the phone for more than an hour, and they didn't hang up until Li Tang's cell phone battery alarm started. Afterwards, Jiang Qinqin asked Li Tang to take care of Uncle Li, wish him a happy new year, and said that he would definitely come to the restaurant for a meal again if he had the opportunity in the future. .
More than an hour, full roaming, two-way charges, 60 cents per minute, one call costs dozens of dollars each.
The sun had completely set by this time, and it felt a little cold sitting on the balcony. Li Tang returned to the house and changed the battery. As soon as he turned on the phone, a call came in.
By coincidence, it turned out to be Fan Xiaopang.
"Hello……"
The call had just been connected, and before Li Tang could speak, he heard Xiaopang's excited voice: "Teacher Li, Teacher Li, I got the role of Yue Siying, the female lead in "Li Wei as an Official"!"
Li Tang was surprised but also very happy. All his hard work was finally in vain.
He hurriedly asked: "When did it happen?"
"Just this afternoon, Mr. Jiang called me suddenly. He first said to wish me a happy New Year in advance, and then told me the news. He said that since it was decided, he would give it to me as a New Year's gift so that I could have a good New Year. The specific contract details will be discussed after the new year.”
Oh, I didn't expect Jiang Xuerou to be quite good at operations. One phone call made Xiaopang burst into tears of gratitude. Emotional intelligence is indeed high. For the same thing, choosing the right time has a huge difference.
Li Tang thought for a while and then said: "So how are you doing with your agent now? You can't talk about it yourself when the time comes, right?"
"It's okay. My mother said she would help me negotiate when the time comes. My mother is now my temporary manager."
"Your mother, she..."
Li Tang knew what to say when he thought of Fan's mother talking about the contract with Jiang Xuerou with her big belly.
Xiaopang heard the subtext of Li Tang and said with a smile: "It's okay, my mother said, you should pay attention in the first three months, and now it's almost five months, it's okay. Oh, by the way, my parents also said that this time Thank you very much. Next time you come to the capital, our whole family will treat you to dinner."
"There's no need to eat. As long as you play the role well and don't embarrass me. The Xu Zheng who plays opposite you is my senior brother. This guy always wants to see my jokes. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Teacher Li, I will definitely not embarrass you this time!"
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The ancestral tablets are arranged in rows in the middle of the hotel lobby. On the table in front are chicken, duck, fish, pork and beef instead of the five animals, as well as fruits, pastries, etc.
The father and son washed their faces, hands, changed clothes, and stood in front of the ancestral tablets.
The top center is the memorial tablet of Grandpa Li Tang. Grandpa Li was the most outstanding figure of the Li family in modern times. It is said that he was a famous child prodigy at the time and was a scholar at the age of sixteen. However, before the provincial examination, the Qing Dynasty abolished the imperial examination system. . Grandpa had no choice but to live in the countryside. Later he went to Shanghai to do business and saved thousands of acres of land for his family. When the Japanese invaded, my great-grandfather passed away in sorrow and anger.
Below is the tablet of Li Tang’s grandparents. In fact, according to my father, the Li family has many ancestors. When he was a child, he used to have dozens of memorial tablets to worship his ancestors. But later, when he understood them all, he smashed them all and burned them all. Later, his grandparents also passed away, and all Lao Li could think of was Li Tang's great-great-grandfather and grandparents.
As for Li Tang's grandparents, they were all decent people. It was a pity that they encountered the change of dynasties. It was a great blessing to be able to survive, but they still did not escape what happened next.
It was difficult for the Li family to have heirs. Great-grandfather and grandfather both had their next generation when they were over 30 years old. When it came to Lao Li's generation, it was a hit. Unfortunately, his wife ran away and only Li Tang was left with a son.
"Where are your trophies and certificates? Hurry up and bring them over. Let your great-grandfather and your grandparents take a good look at them later. Our Li family finally has a promising person."
Li Tang quickly went upstairs to take down the Huabiao Award trophy and the Golden Rooster Award nomination certificate, and placed them in the center of the altar table.
The father and son kowtowed respectfully and burned incense, and then Lao Li talked about his son's achievements. The Huabiao Award and the Golden Rooster Award were both national-level awards. If they were to be put aside, they would definitely bring glory to their ancestors.
It is said that the ancestors of the Li family have an ancestral motto that if you learn martial arts, your goods will be in the imperial family. Now that Li Tang has entered a public institution and won an award, he can be regarded as living up to this ancestral precept. Lao Li was proud of the son he had raised.
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