"Xiao Li, congratulations!"
"Brother Li, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Li Tang, you won another award, you have to treat me!"
When Li Tang returned to the set, it was no surprise that there was a wave of congratulations. After all, it was his return with a great reputation. The main reason is that there are too few domestic film awards these days. In addition to Huabiao, Golden Rooster, and Baidu, there is also a so-called Directors Guild Award similar to Hollywood, but these awards are irregular. There has been no movement for years. The rest is that the Beijing University Student Film Festival is a great success, and its influence is increasing year by year. Otherwise, there would not be the presence of senior officials from the General Administration and many big names at the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.
However, with his official response at the "A Very Summer" viewing conference, the issue of changing roles in "The Swordsman" has begun to ferment in the media.
For this reason, Li Tang reported to Zhang Dabeard as soon as possible after returning. Although it is a big deal, the posture must be shown. After this period of in-depth contact, he could see that although Lao Zhang was a small-minded person with a strong desire for power, he was a docile donkey. He could say nice or soft words for free, so why not do it?
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lao Zhang holding his mobile phone. Lao Zhang waved his hand to him to signal him to be silent, and then pointed to the sofa and asked him to sit down.
"You reporters, don't make false claims. This is not a question of whether you're cool or not..."
It seemed that the other end of the phone was being interviewed by a reporter, and Lao Zhang's tone was obviously impatient.
Not sure what the reporter said, Lao Zhang suddenly raised his voice and said: "It's true. It's not that he didn't read the script thoroughly. It doesn't matter if he can't grasp the characters. The key is that his condition is not good! Do you understand what I mean?"
Lao Zhang placed an emphasis on the word "state".
Maybe the reporter on the other end of the phone did not correctly understand what Lao Zhang meant, so Lao Zhang said again: "No. It means that he is not committed and impetuous. You should understand what I mean. Many people are in this state now..."
"For example, when we made a phone call, for a dozen and a half hours, dozens of people at the scene could only wait helplessly. Later, the crew simply stipulated that mobile phones were not allowed to be brought into the venue..."
"Yes, there is no other way. If we continue to accommodate, it will be irresponsible to the audience and him. It is better to make a decision earlier."
"Maybe, but you can imagine it when you think about what we risked to do it... Of course it is very bad for him to say bad things to him here, you can think about it yourself."
"Of course Li Tang is very good. As a young actor, the fact that he was recognized by the Beijing College Student Film Festival this time speaks for his ability. No matter what the outside world thinks, Linghu Chong will not change again."
Just kidding, Li Tang has been filming for a month, so of course it is impossible to change people.
Then Lao Zhang patiently explained to the reporter on the other end of the phone: "There were many actors who came to ask to play Linghu Chong, some were recommended by others, and some were self-recommended, but our casting range was only two or three people, and we finally selected Li Tang Shi was one of the candidates before filming started, and his image and temperament were relatively close to the character. But at that time, the director felt that Shao Bin was the most suitable, so Linghu Chong missed Li Tang..."
Li Tang, who had always had his ears pricked up, couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart when he heard this. He thought to himself: Lao Zhang is really shameless. Shao Bin was clearly appointed by you at the beginning. How come he is now the director and thinks it is suitable? This great move of the universe is really great!
Then Lao Zhang said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, this role still fell on Li Tang. Now I have filmed many scenes with him, and Li Tang performed very well, and he is quick to pick up and accept. The director I am also very satisfied. The other actors in the crew are also in good condition, and we are still working on the original plan..."
At the end of the day, I didn’t know what the reporter on the other end of the phone said. Lao Zhang suddenly emphasized his tone and said, "I think this should be a lesson to Shao Bin. He should have a good attitude when joining any crew in the future."
Oops, this confirms the rumors that Shao Bin is a big name. As expected, Big Beard has a dark heart. This is the way to darken Shao Bin to death!
After Zhang Bearded hung up the phone, Li Tang said carefully, "Am I causing trouble to the crew?"
The bearded man waved his hands disapprovingly and said: "It's okay, this matter will be disclosed to the media sooner or later. I have been looking for a suitable opportunity, and this is just the opportunity. And you responded very well. You only talked about your own affairs. It’s smart to talk about other people’s business.”
As he said that, Lao Zhang took the initiative to hand him a cigarette and said with a smile: "The crew has prepared a few tables tonight to celebrate your success. Let's all have fun together."
Li Tang was somewhat flattered and quickly took out his lighter to light Lao Zhang's cigarette. At the same time, he said gratefully: "Thank you, Teacher Zhang."
Although the crew's budget is tight, everyone still has enough money to eat and drink.
Lao Zhang leaned comfortably on the back of the sofa, took a puff of his cigarette, looked at Li Tang and said, "Did you think I was a little too much towards Shao Bin just now?"
Li Tang felt that Lao Zhang's words seemed to be a little more than he said, and maybe there was a trap hidden there. He quickly shook his head and said, "No, seek truth from facts!"
Before, he thought that Lao Zhang wanted to keep a low profile regarding the role change, but now it seems that Lao Zhang is still holding back some big moves.
Lao Zhang nodded happily, and then said with a slightly serious expression: "Have you noticed some reports about your starring role in Linghu Chong in the past two days?"
Li Tang shook his head blankly. He was interviewed the day before yesterday, and he had not paid attention to the news in this regard in the past two days.
Lao Zhang snorted and said: "Now many media are saying that you drove away Shao Bin, and that you are too young to play Linghu Chong. They even say that you can't even compare to Shao Bin, because Shao Bin is at least good. There is a certain arrogance.”
Li Tang was dumbfounded, but he keenly felt that someone must be deliberately setting the pace here. After all, this kind of thing is quite common in Hollywood, including on Broadway. Generally speaking, it is slander and strife from competitors. For example, in order to compete for a role, the dark history of the competitor is revealed to smear and suppress it, so as to give oneself an advantage.
But now that he has been filming for a month, no one is competing with him for the role of Linghu Chong. Could it be that Shao Bin is targeting him in order to clear his name?
Sure enough, Zhang Dabeard angrily said: "This was obviously done on purpose by someone, deliberately throwing dirty water on you, so I must speak out and make the truth known to the public."
He said with a big beard and said with a mocking look: "You said you hope to live in a corner and have your true self. Huh, why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf?"
It was only later that Li Tang learned that when he accepted an interview to confirm the news that he was playing the role of Linghu Chong, he also confirmed the fact that Shao Bin was kicked out of the crew for being a big name.
Shao Bin immediately carried out crisis public relations. On the one hand, he circulated a lot of revelations from various insiders through the media. For example, Li Tang's performance was not grand enough and he was more suitable to play Lin Pingzhi. Another example was that Li Tang was quite polite when he joined the group, but Gradually, it became a bit staged, and he liked to boss people around. The most reliable evidence is that after the crew started filming, Li Tang left the crew for more than a week without permission because he was dissatisfied with the crew's arrangements.
Shao Bin also personally appeared for an interview. Of course, he first denied the rumors about himself being a big name, explaining that the reason why he was replaced was mainly due to his wrong image and no other reasons. He also said that there is absolutely no problem with his character and character. He also said that he was very nostalgic for the crew of "The Swordsman", and then said that facing the slander from netizens and the hype from the crew, he just wanted to be quiet and didn't want to be disturbed.
In fact, they are just backhandedly accusing the crew of deliberately hyping it up, while trying to create a tragic character for themselves.
Although most of these gossips appear in tabloids and online media, I have to say one more thing here. With the emergence of online media, especially in the barbaric stage when the Internet has just begun to become popular, the cost and cost of spreading rumors have been greatly reduced. All kinds of gossip are spread, but these gossips are popular among the people, and they are particularly easy to be influenced by.
As a result, more and more people sympathized with Shao Bin, and netizens pointed their fingers at the crew and Li Tang himself.
However, some people particularly praised the Hong Kong TVB version of "The Swordsman" and the movie version of "The Swordsman" and "The Invincible" series. For this reason, they also criticized the famous Yue opera actor Mao Weitao for playing the role of "The Invincible", which is obviously a copycat of Lin Qingxia. Dongfang Bubai, who plays Dongfang Bubai, also mocked director Huang Jianzhong, saying that even if Mao Weitao's performance satisfied him, it would not stop the audience from comparing him with the character played by Lin Qingxia who has become a classic.
The implication is that no matter how good Mao Weitao's performance is, he can't compare to Lin Qingxia. In the final analysis, he is just imitating others.
This report directly made this famous Yue opera actress very angry.
Now the bearded man could no longer hold back any longer. During a public interview, he listed all the "crimes" of "Big Tail Wolf" Shao Bin for playing a big name, and even almost burst into tears.
As a result, after his clarification and denunciation were reported by the media, a certain southern media outlet immediately published a commentary on "big-tailed wolves" and "small-tailed fish."
First of all, it points directly to the fact that Shao Bin was appointed by Zhang DaHu Chong, and at that time, most of the audience did not approve of Shao Bin playing Linghu Chong, in order to ridicule whether Zhang DaHui had poor eyesight or had prepared a condom to cut Shao Bin's " Big tail". In fact, it means that Zhang Dabeard's appointment of Shao Bin was a conspiracy, just to use the "corner-changing controversy" to hype up.
Secondly, in response to Lao Zhang's response to the media's remarks about Dong Shi's imitation, it actually rose to the height of the CCTV version's intention to use "culture" to counter Hong Kong and Taiwan's "jokes". The plain lines in the play show that it is cultured.
At the same time, I borrowed Lao Zhang's phrase "Li Tang is the last Linghu Chong" and said that you should never follow the saying that people in the capital often say: One net will not catch the fish, two nets will not catch the fish, three nets will catch a small tail. fish.
So Li Tang became that little tail fish.
First update!
(End of chapter)
