"Ding!"
Less than a minute after I hung up the phone, I received a text message on my phone.
The time is one o'clock tomorrow afternoon; the location: the so-called Central Villa District in Shunyi, the capital, a certain villa community, No. XX.
Looking at the text message displayed on the phone screen, Li Tang felt excited.
I remember that when he attended the Huabiao Awards the year before last, Nai An told him that director Zhang Yimou was planning to make a martial arts film. It has been almost two years, and counting the time, he became more and more certain that the martial arts film directed by Zhang Yimou was about past life memories. The one in "Hero".
He is all too aware of the influence of "Heroes". Not to mention being nominated for the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, its box office revenue of more than 50 million US dollars in North America alone was second only to Li Eucalyptus's "Heroes". "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Roberto Bernini's "Life is Beautiful" have become the third-highest-grossing foreign-language film and the second-highest-grossing Chinese-language film in North America.
But compared to the yellow skin and white heart of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero" is obviously a more pure Chinese movie.
He still remembers the leading actors in the movie, including Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Dannie Yen, and of course, many Zhang Ziyi. At that time, he was not very impressed by the actor who played the king in the movie, but now that he thinks about it, he turns out to be the famous Uncle Dao Ming in China!
This time Director Zhang wanted to talk to him in person, and Li Tang knew that his opportunity had come. Of course, Li Tang didn't dare to think about one male and two male roles. After all, the film was going to enter the international market, and Jet Li, who had already made a name for himself in Hollywood, and Tony Leung, the new Cannes best actor, were naturally the best candidates. Then the only character left is Chang Kong, played by Dannie Yen, who is good at wielding a big gun.
At this time, Dannie Yen was currently living in Hong Kong and was still just a little Karami. Li Tang felt that he still had a chance. Not to mention anything else, just relying on the huge popularity that "The Swordsman" has just finished airing, you can compete. Although the domestic box office market has been sluggish in the past two years, mosquito legs are also meat. I believe this factor cannot be ignored by the producer and Director Zhang.
Without saying anything, Li Tang quickly called and booked a flight to the capital for the same day. He didn't wait until the next day, for fear that there would be some unexpected factors that would make him unable to make the appointment tomorrow.
Before leaving, he told Zeng Jia and hurried to the airport.
When the plane landed at the Capital Airport, night had already fallen. Li Tang, fully armed with a fisherman's hat and a magic mirror mask, walked out of the pick-up gate and saw Li Xiuxiu, who was looking for the crowd in the crowd.
Until Li Xiuxiu came closer, she still didn't recognize herself.
Li Tang could only shout: "Let's go."
"elder brother!"
Li Xiuxiu recognized the voice when she heard it, and she laughed and said, "Brother, is it so exaggerated?"
"How about I take them off now and try them?"
Li Tang, who arrived in the capital smoothly, was in a good mood. He smiled and joked with his former sister-in-law, and pretended to take off his hat as he spoke.
"Don't!"
Li Xiuxiu hurriedly stopped her and said, "My sister is still waiting in the car."
Now that both of them are famous, they can no longer appear in public unscrupulously to avoid another scandal.
Fan Xiaopang has been very busy recently, and out of guilt, Li Tang came over this time and took the initiative to notify his ex-girlfriend.
When the two walked out of the terminal, they saw the ex-girlfriend's car parked on the side of the road. The ex-girlfriend urged her through the car window: "Hurry up, the traffic police has already called me twice."
Li Xiuxiu sat in the back seat consciously, and Li Tang naturally got into the passenger seat.
The ex-girlfriend quickly started the car and looked at her skillful shifting movements. It was obvious that her driving skills had improved significantly.
"You're in a hurry, what's going on?"
In front of Li Tang, his ex-girlfriend never concealed her Northeastern accent.
"Come for the interview."
"There's a new drama coming, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"?" The ex-girlfriend is relatively well-informed.
"Still working on the script, it's early."
With the release of "The Swordsman", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has been restarted.
"Hey, do you think there is hope for me?"
"If you want to cheat, Lao Zhang won't be able to pass." Li Tang shook his head.
My ex-girlfriend has a full work schedule this year, and she won’t be able to do drama. Besides, what can she act? Huang Rong is not smart enough; Mu Nianci is not stunning enough. Can she play a silly girl?
The ex-girlfriend probably had the same result, so she couldn't help but sigh and said: "Oh, it's so boring."
Li Tang glanced at her and said with a smile: "You said you can be considered an international movie queen after all, and you have some potential, okay?"
"Tch, what am I, an international movie queen? I'm not as good as a Pheasant Award."
Although the Singapore International Film Festival is not an international Category A film festival, it has a pretty good reputation. But she has little influence in China, far behind the Paris International Film Award winner that Zhou Xun won last year.
The possible reason is that one is "Singapore" and the other is "Paris". Obviously, Paris, a famous European city, sounds more noble and more popular.
However, Li Tang also faintly heard a hint of resentment, probably because Fan Xiaopang stole her role, but as long as she didn't tell him, he would definitely not take the initiative to mention it, so as not to cause trouble for himself.
The ex-girlfriend rolled her eyes bitterly when she saw this guy was silent. This damn man knows how to act stupid. But she secretly sighed in her heart. She could only blame herself for being too hasty in the first place, allowing the little vixen to take advantage of the situation.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the car was a bit strange, Li Xiuxiu came up and patted Li Tang on the shoulder and asked, "Brother, you haven't said anything yet, what's the show?"
The ex-girlfriend also pricked up her ears at this moment.
Li Tang looked back at his former sister-in-law, pretending to be indifferent and said: "I don't know what the show is yet, but Director Zhang wants to talk to me."
"Director Zhang?"
Li Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, then opened her mouth and said, "Brother, are you talking about director Zhang Yimou?"
His ex-girlfriend also changed her expression and glanced at him in disbelief.
Li Tang wanted this effect, and said with a stern expression: "Who else could be Director Zhang besides Director Zhang Yimou!"
"Wow, brother, so you're going to become a man-hunter?" Li Xiuxiu exaggerated.
After Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi was called the "Mou Girl" back then.
But when Li Tang heard why this "man-seeker" was so awkward, he felt like "Midnight Cowboy", so he quickly said: "Don't talk nonsense, we are just chatting. I don't know what the show or the role is yet."
"Brother, your performance as Linghu Chong is so good, and he is so popular now, he will definitely succeed."
Xiu Xiu was still good at talking, so Li Tang nodded and said with a smile: "Xiu Xiu, I'll lend you some good words."
Along the Airport Expressway, the car got off the East Third Ring Road and drove to the door of the ex-girlfriend's community. Li Xiuxiu said very wisely: "Sister, just put me down at the door. There is no need to drive in."
The ex-girlfriend was doing good things, and the car stopped at the gate of the community.
"Brother, everything goes well tomorrow! Bye!"
"Bye-Bye!"
Watching Li Xiuxiu walk into the gate of the community, the car turned around and drove towards Paoju Alley in the Second Ring Road.
When they arrived at the door of their courtyard, their ex-girlfriend took out a travel bag containing a change of clothes, pajamas and pajamas and an insulated bag from the trunk.
"Hey, did you bring me food?"
Li Tang took it over and opened it and took a look. There were several Lock and Lock lunch boxes inside.
The ex-girlfriend was obviously still angry. She rolled her eyes at him and said coldly: "I was cooking when you called, so I left some for you."
What Li Tang liked most was his ex-girlfriend's virtuousness and ability. After looking around and seeing no one around, he hugged his ex-girlfriend and kissed her heavily on the face. He comforted her and said, "Okay, don't be angry. Come into the house. It’s weird outside.”
At the end of February, the temperature in Beijing was still very low at night. After entering the house, I first opened the windows for ventilation, and then turned on the heating and air conditioning. The electric heating was too slow to heat up.
"You eat first, I'll go to the room to clean up."
Li Tang opened the Locks and Locks one by one, including pot-roasted pork, braised prawns, cabbage vermicelli, and a dish of steamed eggplant with egg sauce. There were many varieties and there was still warmth.
Li Tang was in a good mood, and he rarely coquettishly said to his ex-girlfriend: "Just have a couple of drinks with me."
His ex-girlfriend is almost two years older than him, so this is how the original girlfriend and his ex-girlfriend used to get along. Maybe it had been too long, but his ex-girlfriend was actually a little moved. She raised her hand to touch his face and said softly: "Obey, you eat first. I'll come over after I've finished packing."
Because I have to meet with Director Zhang tomorrow, Li Tang scored twice that night, so I just tasted it. Fortunately, his ex-girlfriend was also very considerate. After having lunch early the next day, Li Tang drove his ex-girlfriend's car and set off from home an hour early.
Of course, using the car was also an important reason why he notified his ex-girlfriend yesterday.
Otherwise, it is convenient to take a taxi to the central villa area, but it may not be convenient to come back.
The address left by Director Zhang's assistant Zhou Wei was easy to find. When he arrived at the gate of the community, he reported the house number and Zhou Wei's name, and the security guard let him through smoothly.
The villa area is right on the Wenyu River and very close to the airport. In fact, it is not a big problem to buy a round-trip ticket and go back and forth on the same day, but it was Director Zhang's call, and Li Tang did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. And today he specially changed into loose casual clothes so that he could show off his martial arts skills during the interview.
Changkong is a master of big guns, which gives him a bit more confidence. After all, he has already mastered the Thirteen Spears of Tai Chi and the Eighteen Spears of Zhao Zilong. Even the cumbersome Thirteen Spears of Wu Mu can be used with style. The key is to shoot " During "The Swordsman", he also learned a few real skills with a big gun from Mr. Yu Chenghui, which were real killing moves.
The car drove to the villa with the house number left in the text message, and saw a man in his thirties waiting at the door. The security guard may have notified him in advance.
As soon as Li Tang got out of the car, he came up to meet him.
"Hello, Teacher Li Tang! I am Director Zhang's assistant Zhou Wei."
Seeing him reaching out from afar, Li Tang felt a flash of surprise in his heart. He was obviously arrogant and respectful, completely different from his attitude yesterday. But he didn't have time to think too much and shook hands with him enthusiastically: "Hello, Brother Zhou!"
"Director Zhang went out temporarily for something, but he will be back soon. Teacher Li Tang, please come in quickly. Mr. Zhang, Mr. Jiang, and Director Cheng Xiaodong are all here."
Mr. Zhang, Li Tang knew, must be Director Zhang’s partner, Zhang Weiping, the boss of New Picture, whom he had met at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Festival the year before last.
It is not clear who Mr. Jiang is.
As for director Cheng Xiaodong, he is naturally the famous Hong Kong martial arts instructor who is as famous as Yuan Baye, Sammo Hung and others.
Second update!
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