"What, attending the closing ceremony of the Beijing College Student Film Festival? No, Brother Lu, I'm filming a movie, how can I have time!" Li Tang said holding his cell phone.
This year marks the first May Day Golden Week, with a total of seven days of holiday from April 30 to May 6. Of course, there is no holiday at all when filming.
Today is May 5th. As soon as Li Tang finished work and returned to his room, he received a call from Senior Lu, informing him to attend the closing of the 7th Beijing College Student Film Festival held on Beijing TV Station on May 8th, the day after tomorrow. ceremony and awards ceremony.
This year’s Beijing College Student Film Festival opened as early as April 15th and lasted for twenty-three days. Senior Lu had told him before that "A Very Summer" had been shortlisted for this year's Beijing College Student Film Festival, and would be toured and screened in major universities in Beijing.
It's just that he has been filming every day since April 10th when he substituted for the role of Linghu Chong, and he has long forgotten about it.
Moreover, because the crew suffered from floods and fires one after another, the filming schedule was very tight. After the filming of the Hanging Temple scene was completed, it would be shot in Shaoxing, Xinchang, Huangshan and other places. It is said that Mr. Jin Yong will come to visit the crew by then. It is really there is no time.
"Can't you take a leave? You might win a prize."
When he heard that he might win a prize, Li Tang immediately became energetic and asked hurriedly: "Is the news accurate? What prize?"
The Beijing College Student Film Festival, at first glance, seems to have a very generic name, as if it is just a college student film festival in a city. But don’t forget that this city is the capital. It is the center of politics and culture. It houses almost one-third of the best universities in the country. It is also China’s Hollywood, and its gold content is still very high.
"The news should be accurate. It is probably the most popular actor award among college students." Senior Lu said on the phone.
There is one thing that Mr. Lu has not said yet, that is, according to one of the judges of this year's University Student Film Festival, his university teacher revealed that he himself will win the Best Director Award at this year's University Student Film Festival.
I didn't want Li Tang to blurt out when he heard the news: "Hey, this award can also be manipulated in secret?"
Although the Beijing College Student Film Festival has a small name, it has a lot of awards. In addition to the regular best film, best director, best screenwriter, best actor and actress awards, etc., there are also awards for the most popular films among college students. and the Most Popular Actor and Actor Award among College Students.
It is estimated that the organizers have concerns in this regard. This is a film festival for college students after all. They are worried that the ugly appearance will cause a backlash from college students, so they added these three awards voted by college students.
Generally speaking, for this kind of voting award, no one can predict who will win until the last moment of the deadline, so Li Tang said this.
"Don't talk nonsense. According to the current statistics, you are much ahead of the second place in votes. It's close to ten." Senior Lu explained on the phone, and then solemnly warned: "You kid, be careful to keep your mouth shut. There is no trace." Don't be so careless about what happened, and don't spread what I told you to others."
It is common for domestic film and television awards to be privately revealed before awards are given, but in the end this is against the rules.
"Understood! Brother Lu, don't worry, I'm just telling you, and I promise not to reveal a word to anyone else."
"Okay, I've informed you anyway. It's up to you whether you come or not. But if you don't come, the prize will be gone. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
"Hey, didn't you say that I was far ahead in the vote? How could I not get any prize..."
Before he could finish his words, Senior Lu said "goodbye" first and hung up the phone.
Li Tang held the mobile phone that was beeping with a busy tone and said to himself: "If you don't get the prize, you will lose it. Isn't this just a secret operation?"
In fact, winning the award was definitely a surprise for Li Tang.
The reason why he didn't pay attention to this Beijing University Student Film Festival before was that besides being busy with filming, another important reason was that there were so many films shortlisted for this year's University Student Film Festival.
For example, "Tell Me Your Secret" starring Wang Zhiwen, "My 1918" starring Chen Daoming, "Born Out of the Sky" starring old theater senior Li Youbin, and the critically acclaimed films Pu Cunxi, Jiang Wu, and Zhu Xu. "Bathing" by Zhang Guoli, and "A Sigh" by Zhang Guoli, etc.
This does not include the main theme of the war movie "The Great March: The Battle of Ninghuhang". Generally speaking, this type of film has always been a cheat in the awards selection.
Therefore, he never paid attention to the fact that "A Very Summer" was shortlisted for the Beijing University Student Film Festival from the beginning.
Oh, I almost forgot, there is also "Crash Landing" produced by Shanghai Film Studio. The starring role of this movie is Shao Bin, who I just worked with not long ago.
It would be impossible not to get the prize, so Li Tang didn't even think twice and went upstairs to ask for leave from the bearded man.
As soon as he walked in and told the purpose of his visit, the bearded man's first reaction was: "Did you win the award?"
Sure enough, everyone knows the unspoken rules.
Li Tang couldn't say it clearly, so he could only say: "It's possible."
It's possible, that's for sure.
"Best Actor Award?"
"Uh... no."
Since it's not the case, there's no need to ask what kind of award it will be.
The bearded man immediately agreed: "No problem, I'll give you three days off."
Oh, so generous? Li Tang thought he heard wrongly.
You know, he originally thought it would take a lot of talking, and he was even mentally prepared to go back and forth that day.
"Teacher Zhang, are you kidding?"
"Are you kidding? Winning awards is a good thing and should be encouraged." The bearded man said with a serious face.
In fact, the old man was already happy. He had always felt that Li Tang's only shortcoming was his lack of publicity. Now that he had the opportunity to be exposed, he would of course support it with both hands.
Compared with the Best Actor Award, the old man values the Most Popular Actor Award among College Students more. Without him, no matter how he operates, he must have a certain mass base.
The future target audience of "Swordsman" is young people, of which college students are an indispensable group.
"Then I'll leave tomorrow afternoon."
Li Tang made some calculations and found out that there was still a scene to be filmed tomorrow morning and it would be difficult to take a break in the afternoon. After calculation, he would have three and a half days of vacation.
"No problem, I'll ask the show manager to book a flight for you. I'll be back on the afternoon of the 9th."
The crew could also help with the travel expenses, which was another unexpected surprise. Li Tang hurriedly said: "No problem on the afternoon of the 9th."
…
Lao Zhang was so polite that he actually booked a business class seat. The only inconvenience is that you still have to get to Shanghai Pudong Airport by plane, which is nearly 200 kilometers away.
Fortunately, the flight is rarely on time. After getting off the plane, Li Tang walked briskly towards the door of the airport hall with his backpack on his back.
By the way, the last time I said goodbye to Xiaopang in Suzhou, a month has passed in the blink of an eye. When we talked on the phone two days ago, Xiaopang also said that she was about to finish filming in Beijing and would come to Wuxi to visit her when she had time to relieve her lovesickness. He deliberately didn't call Xiaopang this time because he wanted to give her a surprise.
"Hi!"
Suddenly his shoulder was tapped from behind.
Li Tang turned around in surprise and saw a familiar face.
"Xiuxiu!"
"Brother, I just looked at the back and I guessed it was you."
Li Xiuxiu dragged two large boxes and smiled excitedly.
"Do you have an interview assignment?"
"I quit!"
Li Tang looked at her two big boxes, no wonder.
"So you changed jobs and came to the capital?"
With that said, he took the initiative to help her get a box.
Li Xiuxiu was not pretentious and said with a smile: "That's right, I plan to be my sister's assistant."
"As an assistant?"
Li Tang was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but said: "You're so good at leaving reporters alone, so you can be your sister's assistant?"
Li Xiuxiu nodded and said: "My sister is working so hard, I just want to help her."
Hearing what Li Xiuxiu said, Li Tang was silent.
My ex-girlfriend works very hard, and now that her popularity is rising and she is getting numerous film appointments, she really needs someone around her to help take care of her.
Li Xiuxiu immediately said: "Hey, brother, I heard that you are filming "Swordsman" now, who is playing the role?"
"Linghu Chong!"
"Wow! It's true, isn't it Shao Bin?" Li Xiuxiu said with wide eyes.
Speaking of which, the crew did a good job of keeping secrets. It has been a month since the casting incident happened, and no news has come out at all.
"Of course it's true. Shao Bin won't be acting. I'm lucky enough to be the substitute." Li Tang smiled, while not forgetting to say: "This matter is still confidential for now, so don't tell anyone!"
"Hehe, don't worry, I'm no longer a reporter. I didn't expect that both you and my sister would meet such a happy event."
"Your sister, what's the big happy event?"
"My sister won the Best Actress award at the Lijiapo International Film Festival! Hey, brother, you didn't even know?"
"Uh... when did it happen?"
"On the 20th of last month, my sister and Liu Ling won the Best Actress Award together."
It turns out to be the film "Going Home for the New Year" that won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice International Film Festival last year. The only regret is that the film was said to be too gray in content and failed to pass the screening review. Because it could not be released in China, director Zhang Yuan could only take copies of it to film festivals around the world to sell the rights. Unexpectedly, his ex-girlfriend and Liu Ling were able to win an international movie queen.
At this time, Li Xiuxiu was looking at him with suspicious eyes and said, "Brother, how long has it been since you last contacted my sister? Are you two completely broken up?"
"..."
Li Tang was speechless because he seemed to have not contacted his ex-girlfriend for a long time, so much so that he didn't even know about such a big thing as her winning the award.
Alas, men are really like pigs. They forget about the old love when they have a new love.
Second update, sorry, I had something to do during the day, so it’s a little late.
(End of chapter)
