Zhang Jie stayed on the set for one more day, and director Qi Xin certainly welcomed him. He also encouraged Brother Biao and Mr. Ge to accept interviews with him, hoping to take the opportunity to promote his new movie. There's no way around it. Movies have a limited budget, and they probably won't be able to spend much money on publicity when it's released.
In the evening, Zhang Jie set up a table with Li Tang again. Although it was him who was the guest this time, Li Tang still insisted that Zeng Jia pay the money. It makes no sense to ask people to pay for your free publicity.
After two drinks, we talked everything that needed to be said, and Zhang Jie left with satisfaction the next morning. Zeng Jia also left the crew with him.
The return trip was another nearly seven hours of train ride. When we arrived in Xi'an, one flew to Beijing and the other to Guangzhou. Naturally, we had to part ways. Before leaving, Zeng Jia hesitated for a moment, but finally summoned up the courage to say to Zhang Jie: "Mr. Zhang, can you read the manuscript of this interview before publishing it?"
Zhang Jie was shocked at first, and then laughed angrily: "Xiao Zeng, do you not trust me, or do you doubt my integrity?"
Just kidding, does a dignified senior reporter from "Southern Weekend" need a little girl to review a film? Zhang Jie works as a cultural reporter and has interviewed many big stars. This is the first time he has encountered this situation.
Faced with Zhang Jie's fierce reaction, Zeng Jia remained calm and said calmly: "Teacher Zhang, first of all, thank you very much for this interview. Secondly, I don't question your meaning at all. But at the same time, please understand that as Li Tang As the teacher’s executive agent, I must safeguard the interests of Teacher Li Tang.”
In fact, when Zeng Jia asked to read the manuscript, she thought about it for a long time and expected Zhang Jie to have a violent reaction. But so what?
The reason why she switched from the well-known Rong Xinda Company in the industry to a small company in Nai'an was because she took a fancy to the position of Li Tang's executive agent. At that time, she had the same mentality as advertisers who are now betting on the popularity of actors. She bet that Li Tang, who played Linghu Chong in the CCTV drama "The Swordsman", would become popular.
The executive agent of a popular actor is far more than an unknown publicity planner. Moreover, Li Tang's original agent, the company owner Nai An, was temporarily unable to work due to pregnancy, which gave her a rare opportunity for internship and training.
Originally, she wanted to stay with Li Tang, and while performing her duties as an executive agent, she would take the opportunity to get to know Li Tang deeply and lay a foundation for long-term cooperation in the future. But Li Tang did not agree to her suggestion, and she could clearly feel Li Tang's distrust of her.
She is not a person who gives up when faced with difficulties. Since Li Tang asked her to do her job as an agent in Nai'an's place, she must do her best. What does an agent do? To put it bluntly, it is to protect the interests of the actors and help them strive for the best interests.
She was originally engaged in publicity and planning, so she paid special attention to Li Tang's interview. Although "Southern Weekend" is a large media, Zhang Jie is still a senior cultural reporter with the title of senior reporter, but this does not prevent her from requesting review in order to safeguard Li Tang's interests and prevent the media from taking quotes out of context.
Zhang Jie was really angry and funny looking at this tough little girl. A few years ago, he might have turned around and left, and would not have paid attention to such an extremely unreasonable request from a reporter's perspective, but now that he is older, his mentality has become calmer.
I have to say here that the good looks of the little girl in front of me play a big role. If it were an ugly girl at this time, she might become hateful in Zhang Jie's eyes, but a good-looking girl will always make people feel sad. If you have a good impression, even if it is abrupt, there will be some cute elements in the eyes of the old man.
In Zhang Jie's view, Zeng Jia is an ignorant girl who has just stepped out of school, is arrogant and has not yet been beaten by society. At this time, he had two choices. One was to refuse and mention this matter in his report to teach this ignorant girl a lesson; the other was to hope that the girl could continue to maintain this seemingly childish behavior. Innocent style.
He pondered for a moment before choosing the latter, and said with a smile: "I can show you the manuscript, and you can also give your opinions. But I have something to say first. I do not accept this so-called review. Your opinions can only be used as a reference. Understand What?"
When Zeng Jia heard Zhang Jie's words, she knew that she had made the right bet, and quickly said: "I understand, thank you, Teacher Zhang."
Now that her goal was achieved, there was no need for her to explain too much. In fact, she knew very well that big media like Southern Weekend and Zhang Jie, a senior reporter, would most likely not take quotes out of context to attract attention like tabloids, but what she wanted was this opportunity to review, even if the other party didn't It’s okay to adopt your own opinions.
When she asks the media for review in the future, if the media has any objections, she can move out and even "Southern Weekend" accepts her review. Why can't you do the same?
Everything has a precedent, and if this precedent is "Southern Weekend", then it couldn't be better.
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Of course, Li Tang didn't know that his new executive agent would do such a showy thing. It should be said that Zeng Jia's behavior style is completely different from Nai'an's. Nai'an is often evaluated in the industry as being generous and righteous. She is obviously a Jiangnan woman but has the bold character of a northerner, which also makes her have a wide network of contacts in the industry. In the future, Zeng Jia will probably only be judged by others as "smart".
Li Tang was enjoying the performance on the crew at this time. Yes, just enjoy it.
In fact, the two actors he collaborated with this time were not actors with professional backgrounds in the serious sense. Mr. Ge Zhijun came from a well-known family. His father was a famous doctor in Xi'an and came from a scholarly family. The above brothers all studied medicine or chemistry, but Ge Zhijun, who graduated from the Department of Water Resources of Xi'an Jiaotong University in the 1950s, chose acting and has been working in Shaanxi People's Art since the 1960s. Forty years of working as an actor.
His performance can be said to be natural. Every smile and every move of Li Gongan he plays in the play will make people feel that this old man is full of intimacy, just like those naive neighbors on Yulin Old Street. uncle.
Although Brother Biao said he got a diploma from the film performance major of China Social University, everyone knows that this is actually a pheasant university, and what he can learn is limited. Brother Biao's performance was something he explored on his own little by little after joining the coal mine art troupe.
Because he became famous with "Endless", he was inevitably labeled as a comedian. Indeed, it is not difficult to find in his performance the cunning and bad humor of Beijing people like Chen Peisi and Ge You, which adds an irresistible sense of joy to the role of Yu Tai, a fraudster.
But at the same time, if you observe carefully, his control over the details of the performance is amazing. For example, there is a scene where he is sitting on the kang and thinking. In fact, this is just a passing scene. It is about Li Tang and Mr. Ge discussing the route back to Xi'an. Brother Biao is sitting on the kang alone and no one pays attention to him.
I saw him taking off his shoes and sitting cross-legged on the kang, lighting a cigarette and smoking slowly. As the cigarette butt flashed, his eyes lit up from time to time, revealing a subtle smile, as if he was immersed in the memories of the good past. in; suddenly his eyes dimmed again, as if he realized his current situation, he took a deep breath of cigarette, raised his head and looked out the window...
Although the play at that time mainly focused on Li Tang and Mr. Ge, Biao Ge's performance as the backdrop was particularly vivid.
In addition to being an alcoholic, Brother Biao is also addicted to acting. He loves acting and telling people about dramas. Even as an extra, he will take the trouble to tell people about dramas over and over again, stealing the job of director Xiao Teng. When he didn't have a role of his own, he would take the initiative to play for others. After work, he would take Li Tang to drink together and just talk about the show.
To be honest, Li Tang also benefited a lot from the process of chatting with Brother Biao.
The performances of Brother Biao and Mr. Ge have a common feature: they are very down-to-earth. There is no trace of performance in them, as if they are the characters themselves.
Li Tang originally joined the cast with the mentality of flattering and making connections, but as the filming progressed and in the scenes with these two, he suddenly realized that he was making a lot of money this time.
Performance not only requires technology and emotion, but also requires countless details to form a vivid character.
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Under the setting sun, Li Tang hobbled on the rugged mountain road carrying Ge Zhijun, who had an injured foot on his back. Brother Biao followed behind, carrying his luggage on a branch.
Finally reaching the foot of a willow tree with withered leaves, Li Tang carefully put down Mr. Ge on his back.
"Ouch, ouch, oh my god!"
The old man was throbbing in pain and kept moaning.
Brother Biao threw down his luggage and lay directly on the slope, breathing heavily. He didn't even have the strength to speak.
"Cut, passed!"
Qi Xin poked his head out from behind the monitor and asked the three of them, "Would you like to take a rest?"
Brother Biao stood up and looked at the sun setting in the west. He asked Mr. Li Tang and Mr. Ge for their opinions, and then said to the director: "No, let's continue while it's hot."
The crew has been filming around this abandoned quarry for three days. Everyone was very tired from climbing up and down the mountain all day long.
The main story here is about Yu Tai, played by Brother Biao, who learns that his mother is critically ill and wants to run away and go back to see her for the last time. He was closely chased by Public Security Bureau Li and Public Security Bureau Zhang and ran into a quarry. Publican Li fired a warning shot, and Brother Biao stood still. But with the sound of a cannon, rocks and smoke fell from the sky. Publican Li took a step and pressed Brother Biao under him. The rocks hit him and gravel flew. Brother Biao was fine, but Publican Li was hit on his calf by a stone and was bleeding profusely.
It is said that when we were filming this scene yesterday, because the crew did not have money to hire professional pyrotechnicians and blasting experts, they could only ask a stage manager who was said to know a little about pyrotechnics to do it. Maybe there was too much powder, or maybe the explosives were not buried properly. It's reasonable. During the actual filming, the earth and rocks were blown up everywhere. The scene was very dangerous and everyone was scared.
"Okay, let's continue. Everyone, cheer up and finish filming as soon as possible."
"Action!"
Continuing with yesterday’s second update.
(End of chapter)
