On the early morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Tang chartered a car and hurried to Hangzhou.
Nai'an got married. She fell in love with the successful person outside the circle. In addition, she was not too young, so she cut the knot quickly and completed the relationship to marriage in less than half a year.
When Li Tang received a call from Nai An, he was neither surprised nor surprised. Not surprisingly, he knew that Nai An had been rushing to get married from the beginning, but what was surprising was that he didn't expect it to be so soon.
At the same time, he also had to reconsider his cooperative relationship with Nai'an. As an agent, Naian's advantages and disadvantages are very obvious. The advantage is that she has a wide network of contacts. Her stepfather is a domestic cultural celebrity. She herself was originally from the cultural circle, and later she was involved in the director circle. She has a good relationship with the so-called sixth generation directors who are currently rising. Moreover, she herself is also good at it. With qualifications spanning both top and mid-level dramas, it is not difficult for her to take on roles due to all the above.
But the disadvantage is that she is not a competent agent at all. She has no career plans for Li Tang. Apart from taking on roles, her commercial resources are not pitiful, but non-existent. In addition, other people's managers are always busy when actors are filming. In addition to arranging life, they are also responsible for communicating with the crew, etc., while Nai'an is purely a hands-off manager.
It's not that he doesn't want to cooperate with Nai'an. In fact, Nai'an's hands-off style makes him feel very free and without any sense of restraint. But now that Nai'an is married, she will definitely face many practical problems in the future, such as giving birth to children. There will be at least a two-year break in between. It will be even more troublesome if she has more than one child.
And for Nai'an herself, the agent is just incidental, she prefers to be a producer. "Suzhou River" was a success, and it is said that she plans to develop new projects with Lou Ye.
In fact, when Li Tang was still a newcomer, Nai An was a good agent because he had resources and could help him get a certain position. But now that Li Tang has reached a certain height, Nai'an's shortcomings as an incompetent, or amateur, agent have emerged.
It's not that he wants to burn bridges, but if he knows that continuing will be unhelpful or even harmful to his career, he must make a timely cut, rather than being silly and loyal.
Li Tang decided to find a suitable time this year to talk to Nai'an and explain their respective ideas. If Nai'an still wants to continue to cooperate with him, then he must make his demands clear, such as planning, business resources, etc.
In particular, business resources are very important to the current Li Tang. On the one hand, they are very helpful in improving his status. Of course, the more important thing is to make money. A pursuing actor must have a considerable financial foundation, which can help you resist temptation and help you win the role you want.
For example, when you read the script and know that it may be a bad movie, but the other party offers a very high price, whether you accept it or not is a question.
Most people may not be able to resist such temptation, but when you have a certain brokerage foundation, you can say no with confidence.
Similarly, when you fancy a role and the competition is fierce, if you don’t care about money, you can completely lower your salary to increase your competitiveness. You can even bring money into the group, turn yourself into an investor, and give away everything. opponent.
And when you have accumulated enough financial foundation, congratulations, you will become capital like Hollywood celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon.
In fact, given Li Tang's current position in the entertainment industry, in terms of business ability alone, the most suitable agent is an agent like Sister Ruhua. On the one hand, he has been working in this field for many years and has accumulated certain resources, especially business resources; on the other hand, his professional work quality will definitely save him a lot of trouble in the future.
But Sister Hua, after all, my ex-girlfriend is there, trouble!
Nai'an's wedding was held at Wangzhuang by the beautiful West Lake. It was very low-key and not grand. The guests invited were all relatives and close friends.
Lou Ye will definitely not be absent today. He actually arrived last night, wearing a straight black tunic suit and looking very elegant.
Li Tang approached with a smile: "Brother Ye, how does it feel to win the award?"
Lou Ye smiled shyly and said nothing.
"Did you hear that Sister An is planning a new movie?"
Speaking of the movie, Lou Ye finally said: "I just have a preliminary idea, the script has not been implemented yet."
Li Tang originally wanted to inquire and see if he had a chance, but he was inevitably a little disappointed when he heard that the script had not been finalized yet.
"There is a film festival in Paris, France next month. Do you want to go together?" Lou Ye asked proactively this time.
"Next month...I might not be able to go." Li Tang hesitated.
It was just the beginning of February, and it was still too late to apply for a visa, but he had just received news from Nai'an that preparations for "The Swordsman" had already begun, and the selection of actors was also on the agenda. If he could be selected smoothly, There is also a one-month training, and there is a time conflict.
In addition, he had a few unpleasant experiences in his previous life, which made him have a bad impression of Paris.
Lou Ye didn't force it, he just nodded.
After a while, he said: "Xiao Zhou should be able to go."
Sister Xiaoxun, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Some time ago, I saw news that the TV series "April in the World" starring her and Huang Lei, Liu Ruoying, and Yi Nengjingyi was broadcast in Wanwan and received a good response.
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"Teacher Zhang, happy New Year!"
On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Tang knocked on Zhang Jizhong’s door.
The bearded man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said enthusiastically: "Li Tang, a rare visitor! Come on, come in quickly."
Li Tang was somewhat flattered by the bearded man's enthusiasm, because when they first met for dinner, Lao Zhang acted quite aloof, and his oppressive appearance made people feel superior.
But some people are like this. They may be very cold and distant at work, but when they meet in private, they are often warm and thoughtful, and they are completely different from each other.
Such people usually work hard and are well-educated and polite. And it is this kind of person who is the most difficult to deal with. In private, he may give you an illusion, but at work he is absolutely businesslike.
Of course, Li Tang certainly didn’t arrive empty-handed. He had Moutai, Chinese cigarettes, two boxes of Shenxiang Cordyceps sinensis in tiled gift boxes, and a basket of packaged fruits.
At Nai'an's wedding two days ago, Li Tang originally planned to meet Fan Xinman by chance and inquire about the current progress of "Swordsman". Unfortunately, the holidays are the busiest time for CCTV, and these sisters can't get away at all. Came to attend my best friend's wedding.
Fortunately, although Nai'an was newly married, she still took his affairs to heart. I called him the next day and asked him to go to the capital to visit Zhang Dabeard in person.
On the one hand, it is etiquette. Since you are asking for help from others, New Year greetings are the proper thing to do. On the other hand, no matter how good the relationship between Nai'an and Fan Xinman is, it is Zhang Beard who makes the decision. Visiting to pay New Year's greetings is also an expression of sincerity and trying to leave a good impression on Big Beard.
Moreover, Nai'an also found out that the couple rarely rested at home on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
The day after Li Tang received the call, that is, yesterday, he hurried to the capital. I bought tobacco, alcohol, and fruits at the mall before I came here, and I brought those 16-gram packages of Cordyceps sinensis from home.
Li Tang suddenly remembered that Cordyceps sinensis is a very high-end supplement. Its greatest effect is to nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang. Lao Zhang saw almost five of them, and Fan Xinman was at the age of a wolf and a tiger. He felt that Lao Zhang must use it. Get on.
In fact, Cordyceps sinensis is not expensive these days. It comes in a 16-gram flat gift box. The wholesale price that Lao Li got from the medicinal material company was only a little over one hundred, and it was also the Shenxiang brand produced by Lei Yunshang in Shanghai, a century-old brand in Shanghai. Famous and high-quality products, absolutely authentic.
Although Shanghai's supply and marketing cooperatives have declined, two of their subordinate companies are still very prosperous due to their monopoly status. One is called a sugar, tobacco and alcohol company, and the other is a medicinal materials company.
Lao Li is considered a veteran in his hometown's supply and marketing cooperative and has many friends. It is easy to get expensive tobacco, alcoholic drinks and ginseng antler tonics at wholesale prices from these two companies.
As soon as Li Tang entered the room, he immediately felt a wave of heat hitting his face. There is one thing to say, even though he has a small yard that looks nice from the outside, but to really live comfortably, especially in winter, it has to be a building. Especially in the Zizhulin area where Zhang Dabeard lives, there are many dormitories of government agencies and large state-owned enterprises, and the heating aspect is particularly good.
No wonder Lao Zhang wears short-sleeved shirts and pajamas in the house. It's not like the Paoju Hutong where Li Tang lives. Although it uses electric heating, it's always warm, and it's nowhere near as hot as Lao Zhang's house. But he's doing pretty well, after all, the house is newly renovated and has electric heating. Most people in the hutongs still use stoves for heating. In addition, the houses are in disrepair and air leaks everywhere, making winter even more difficult.
The house of Lao Zhang's family is not big, with a two-bedroom layout, about fifty or sixty square meters. Lao Zhang enthusiastically invited Li Tang into the room and shouted into the room: "Xinman, Li Tang is here."
"Hey, Li Tang, you are a rare visitor! No wonder Nai'an kept asking me and Lao Zhang on the phone the day before yesterday when we would have a day off. I bet you are coming!"
Fan Xinman heard the sound and walked out of the bedroom. Oh, these sisters were actually wearing a pair of silk low-cut pajamas. Li Tang was dazzled by those white breasts.
"I've always wanted to come and visit you and Teacher Zhang. Isn't it just the Chinese New Year!" Li Tang said hurriedly.
At the same time, he quickly looked away. He didn't dare to keep looking at his wife's breasts in front of the bearded man.
"Sit down quickly! Lao Zhang, make some tea!"
In a word, family status determines whether one is superior or not.
Lao Zhang responded and hurriedly went to the kitchen to make tea.
The living room is not big, so we can only sit around the dining table.
"Li Tang, you came just as you asked, why are you so polite... Oh, they are all good things!"
Fan Xinman flipped through the gifts that Li Tang brought without any surprise. Especially when she saw that the two boxes of Cordyceps sinensis were the Shenxiang brand produced by Lei Yunshang, her eyes suddenly lit up.
There is Tong Ren Tang in the north and Lei Yunshang in the south. Especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, people all recognize the brand of Shenxiang. It can be seen from this that Li Tang's visit today was not perfunctory, but carefully prepared and very sincere.
Besides, Lao Zhang may be too busy during this period and is a little weak, so I just need to give him some help.
"Li Tang, stay for dinner later. Although my family has no preparations, Lao Zhang is good at making dumplings." Fan Xinman enthusiastically invited him to eat again.
Li Tang looked at Zhang Bearded and was about to refuse for fear of disturbing others. But Lao Zhang said cheerfully: "Yes, yes, stay for dinner. Let's have two drinks. The dumplings will be the wine. The more we drink, the more we will have."
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