Nai Anzhen negotiated a good salary for Li Tang, 10,000 yuan per episode, which is close to the price of the leading male lead in an ordinary TV series.
Lin Pingzhi, played by Li Tang, appeared in about 20 episodes. After deducting the share and so on, he was able to get 160,000 to 70,000 yuan, which he was quite satisfied with.
In fact, in Nai'an's words, if you persist, even if it costs 12,000 yuan per episode, it will be no problem. As a major drama with an investment of 40 million yuan, you will never care about the extra 20,000 to 30,000 yuan for the second male lead. The symbolic reduction of the salary of one thousand yuan per episode is mainly to take into account the influence of producer Zhang Jizhong, so as to avoid the difficulty of being a bearded man.
The contract was signed and the script was returned. Li Tang roughly flipped through the script. Except for some minor changes, Zhang Bearded basically fulfilled his promise to Mr. Jin Yong - to be faithful to the original work.
On the last day of February in the second millennium, Li Tang finally left Beijing and returned to Shanghai. The only regret of this trip is probably that I still didn't succeed with Fan Xiaopang.
The main reason was that Uncle Fan and Aunt Zhang had not left for a long time. With these two old policemen watching, it was difficult for him to have a further intimate relationship with Fan Xiaopang.
Fortunately, he and his ex-girlfriend got along very harmoniously during this period. The year's plan is in the spring, and her ex-girlfriend is about to join the cast. She will star in a costume drama "Young Bao Qingtian" with Zhou Jie and Ren Quan, and she will get her wish to play the leading female role.
This is the most important film she has ever taken on since joining the industry. She was very excited and naturally needed to be enriched in all aspects.
Another objective factor is that sand has begun blowing up in Beijing during this period. Whenever you go out, you will be covered in dirt, and you can't even hang your clothes outside to dry. Such a harsh natural environment prompted him to return home quickly.
Li Tang's life was much more comfortable when he returned to his hometown. Spring was full of fresh food. The freshly pickled spring bamboo shoots were so delicious, and the smooth and crispy malan head made people unable to put down their chopsticks. Not to mention that it was the time of year for all kinds of river delicacies. The most plump time.
In addition to eating and drinking these days, Li Tang also took the time to familiarize himself with the script. Because the changes were not big, it was easy for him, who had already read the original work well, to clarify the relationship between the characters in the script and his understanding of the character Lin Pingzhi. understand.
Early in the morning on March 5th, Li Tang, wearing a stylish leather jacket and leather trousers, a helmet and goggles, rode on the retro classic car and reported to the set under his father's instructions to "be careful along the way".
The happiness that was originally parked in the old apartment on Wuyuan Road had been driven back to my hometown 90 years ago. This classic car, which was used as a prop when filming "Suzhou River", has been overhauled and properly maintained, and its performance is good in all aspects. The horsepower is large enough, the style is retro, and it is a niche brand imported from abroad. In a sense, it can be regarded as a powerful tool.
My hometown is at the junction of Shanghai and Jiangsu. I left home and went all the way north to Airport Road, passed Suzhou, and followed National Highway 320 to Wuxi Water Margin. The whole journey was more than 120 kilometers and took less than three hours. It was about the same in the morning. We arrived at the hotel where the crew stayed at around ten o'clock.
He arrived relatively early, and after asking the receptionist of the crew, he learned that the producer Zhang Dabeard would not arrive until later, while the two directors Huang Jianzhong and Yuan Bing went out to scout the location.
He is the second male lead and has some privileges on the set. He lives in a business room, has a special car to transport him to and from the set, and is even assigned a temporary assistant.
I have to say that Zhang is a domineering and bearded man, and his logistics services are quite thorough, generous and humane. After filming so many scenes, Li Tang still enjoyed the treatment of a special car and an assistant for the first time.
I went to the room to put away my luggage, took a shower, put on an Adidas clover sportswear, and sat on the balcony with a cup of tea and a cigarette, looking through the schedule for this period that I had just collected downstairs. For example, one day will be martial arts training, and another day will be equestrian training, with script readings and other arrangements interspersed in between.
It should be said that with the development of the times, the twenty-day training for "Swordsman" has become quite easy. Think about the past "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", which often required more than half a year of various equestrian and martial arts training. Not to mention the three-year intensive training for "Dream of Red Mansions". In a sense, this is no longer training, but no different from a university majoring in acting, and it is only for the play "Dream of Red Mansions".
So it's no wonder that "A Dream of Red Mansions" has become the most classic TV series among the four classics remade by CCTV.
The hotel where the crew stayed is right next to the film and television city. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the air is very fresh. Li Tang lived in a lake-view room. Sitting on the balcony, he could see the endless Taihu Lake, which was refreshing. And the weather today is good, the sun is shining warmly on your body, making you drowsy.
At this time, the sound of the doorbell woke him up from his half-dream. He yawned, pulled on his slippers, and lazily walked over to open the door.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw a young girl wearing a purple checkered coat standing at the door. She looked slim and slender. Her long black hair was tied into two twin tails, and her whole face was exposed. Although she was not gorgeous, she was It can also be called delicate and charming.
When she saw Li Tang, she immediately showed a flattering smile, two pear dimples appeared on her cheeks full of collagen, and her bony eyes shone with agility and shrewdness.
"Hello, Teacher Li, my name is Jia Yuling, and I am the assistant assigned to you by the crew."
Seeing that it was a female assistant, a young and beautiful one, Li Tang couldn't help but frowned. Although he was a temporary assistant arranged by the crew, he would have preferred it to be a man, or an older one with ordinary looks.
As his fame grew, especially when he was involved in a drama such as "The Swordsman" that attracted much media attention, he paid great attention to his image. You said that having a young and beautiful female assistant next to you is inevitably a bit embarrassing.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, when he was about to ask her to leave and find another assistant, the girl named Jia Yuling probably noticed the hesitation on his face and rushed to get ahead of him. She was very sincere. Said: "Teacher Li, please give me this opportunity, otherwise I will lose this job."
Hearing this, Li Tang inevitably showed hesitation and said hesitantly: "If you don't want to be my assistant, you can also be someone else's assistant."
When Jia Yuling heard that there was an opportunity, she quickly said: "Teacher Li, the assistants arranged by the crew are all useless. If you don't want me, then I can only pack my bags and leave."
"Can't you just change it to another one?"
Obviously Li Tang is not so easy to fool.
The little girl looked pitiful and said: "You don't want me because you are dissatisfied with me. The crew must think that I am not doing well and others will not be satisfied either, so they will not replace me and can only fire me." Recruit another one."
As she said that, she begged: "Teacher Li, I am also studying acting. Really, I really need this job. Don't worry, I can do anything and I will definitely serve you well."
The little girl talks eagerly, can do anything, and provides good service. Could it be that the bed-warming maid can also do it?
Of course, Li Tang would not care about the younger girl's speech problems, and felt a little sympathy in his heart. After all, it is not easy for anyone these days, so he decided to stay for a few days to try. If there was any inconvenience, it would not be too late to replace her.
After pondering for a moment, he said, "What's the matter?"
Jia Yuling was stunned at first and didn't react for a moment, then she showed a look of joy and hurriedly bowed to Li Tang and said, "Thank you, Teacher Li, for giving me this opportunity."
Then he quickly said: "That's it. The crew asked me to inform you that there will be a crew meeting in the conference room on the second floor at four o'clock in the afternoon, and then we will have dinner at the hotel restaurant at six o'clock."
"Oh, got it."
Li Tang nodded and was about to close the door when Jia Yuling said again: "Teacher Li, it's already lunch time. How do you arrange your lunch?"
"Does the crew have any arrangements?"
"Yes, it's just a regular lunch box."
"Okay, please help me get it."
After driving a motorcycle for nearly three hours in the morning, I was a little tired and didn’t want to move for the time being.
"OK."
Jia Yuling responded, took out a card from her pocket, handed it over and said: "Teacher Li, this is my pager number, it's in Chinese. If you have anything to say, just leave a message. I'll be there when you call."
"okay."
Li Tang took it, took a look at it, and put it in his pocket.
The little girl acted very quickly and delivered the lunch box in less than ten minutes. Li Tang saw that she was still holding a bag with a lunch box in her hand, and said, "Come in and eat together."
Jia Yuling suddenly smiled and said hurriedly: "Thank you, Teacher Li."
Although the business room Li Tang lived in was not a suite, there was a square table in the room in addition to the desk.
Jia Yuling quickly opened the lunch box and diligently helped Li Tang pull out his chair.
"Teacher Li, sit down!"
"Don't just call me "teacher", just call me brother."
Although the cast list has not been officially announced, it is said that many veteran artists were invited. Li Tang did not dare to call himself a teacher.
"Hey, brother!"
There is one good thing about this little girl, she is very cheerful and not coy.
Li Tang asked her to come in and have dinner together mainly because he wanted to get to know each other. As the saying goes: You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must not have the intention of guarding against others. The assistant is the person around you. If someone has ulterior motives, you have to be on guard.
The little girl was very honest, saying that she was from Xiangyang, Hubei, and came from a peasant family. She studied acting at Wuhan Art School for two years when she was a child. This time she came to Beijing to apply for the Chinese Opera Performance major, but she was rejected in the first test. She wanted to take the exam again next year, but she didn't want to increase the burden on her family, so she stayed in Beijing and "drifted" in Beijing. It happened that "The Swordsman" was recruiting extras, and she signed up. Maybe the production director saw her ability and arranged for her to be on the crew. As a handyman, this time he was selected as Li Tang's temporary assistant.
Li Tang nodded. The little girl's resume was simple and she was indeed the ideal candidate in his mind. He agreed for the time being and would wait and see for a while.
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