Facing the reporter's obviously divisive question, Li Tang smiled and said: "As we all know, when filming "The Swordsman" last year, I initially played the role of Lin Pingzhi, the second male lead, and later Teacher Zhang gave it to me. The opportunity to play Linghu Chong made me what I am today. As a human being, you must always pay attention to gratitude. Teacher Zhang is my noble person. This time, let alone Yang Kang, even if I play Jin Bingyi, I won’t have a problem. So. Don’t ask again why you don’t fight for the male lead or something like that.”
Li Tang answered this question very candidly, so candid that he almost had the words "repay the favor" engraved on his forehead.
Of course, his answer made Zhang Beard very satisfied. Lao Zhang would definitely not give up such a good opportunity. In particular, he added: "I want to make a statement here. After the filming of "Swordsman" was completed, I talked with Li Tang This matter is completely a verbal gentleman's agreement. You have also seen the result. I would like to say that this is a kind of cooperation between friends. This kind of mutual trust is no longer based on a relationship maintained by a contract. Of course, Li Some people may not be able to understand Tang's behavior, find it incredible, and may even think he is too stupid, but I would say that this is precisely because he has a "Linghu Chong" heart. So I would like to emphasize, or advocate, All of us should be moral and affectionate in everything we do in life..."
It has to be said that Lao Zhang's eloquence is quite good, and even gave the reporters in the audience an illusion - as if they were not attending a press conference, but taking an ideological and political class.
So after Lao Zhang finished speaking, the scene was silent for more than ten seconds before a reporter raised his hand to ask a question.
This time, the question was finally thrown to the male lead Li Yapeng. Li Yapeng, who had been prepared for it, naturally started to talk eloquently. Especially when talking about the prospect of cooperation with Zhou Xun, he said very disgustingly: "When I learned that Zhou Xun was indeed playing the role of Huang Rong, my first impression was: Zhou Xun is quite petite, and I am taller, so this should be The Guo Huang Pei in my imagination should be very good. The night after I finished styling for the first time, I dreamed of Guo Jing and Huang Rong. After I woke up, I called Zhou Xun and wanted to call her 'Rong'er'! I never thought she would still be there. It’s not turned on.”
Li Tang got goosebumps after hearing these words, and the reporters at the scene burst into laughter. Maybe in their eyes, this was the so-called entertainment spirit. Unlike Li Tang's stiff answer, he was just telling the truth.
Just like before the filming of "The Swordsman", the crew released the news in advance and selected the most suitable actors to play the characters in "The Condor" on the Internet. Jiang Qinqin was selected as the most suitable to play the role of Mu Nianci. The reason is simple: Jiang Qinqin is beautiful enough.
When Jiang Qinqin was asked about her feelings about the character Mu Nianci, Miss Jiang seemed to be infected by Li Tang who told the truth. She said with disgust on her face as soon as she opened her mouth: "Actually, I don't like the character Mu Nianci at all. , I feel like she is too weak and too indecisive.”
Fortunately, she immediately changed the subject and said, "But I particularly like her persistence in love."
After saying this, she glanced at Li Tang intentionally or unintentionally, and said confidently: "I will inject strong elements into the character Mu Nianci in terms of character modeling and personality. As for the Hong Kong version you mentioned I think Mu Nianci has not been explored to the extreme yet, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.”
A launch conference lasted for more than two hours, and reporters focused their firepower on the actors. Although the host repeatedly stated not to ask questions unrelated to "The Condor", many reporters still asked Li Tang about "The Third Man" being shortlisted for this Venice International Film Festival. Some reporters even asked Li Tang as a producer whether he wanted to be Zhang Jizhong second or Li Tang first?
Finally, it was over. As soon as he returned to the lounge, Li Yapeng exclaimed, "Good guy, my clothes are soaked through."
As the male lead, he does bear a lot of pressure. He was not ambiguous. In response to reporters' comparisons with the Hong Kong version, he said directly: "I hope that in twenty years' time, no one will have seen the Hong Kong version of "The Condor", but only our version of "The Condor". 》People will definitely say: This version of "The Condor Shooting" is a classic!"
Big words are said, but if they are not fulfilled, they will become a laughing stock. Li Tang felt that this guy was quite similar to Zhang Beard in some aspects, so it was no wonder that he was chosen to play Guo Jing.
Zhou Xun came and went in a hurry. As a "popular idol", her time was very precious. It was said that she had to continue rehearsing the musical called "The Love of Heaven and Earth in July" at night.
Li Tang took executive agents Zeng Jia and Zhang Dabeard and chief director Wang Rui to talk about the time to join the team. In fact, Li Tang's schedule is similar to Zhou Xun's. The movie "Hollywood in Hong Kong" starring Li Tang was shortlisted for the main competition.
This Venice Film Festival opens on the 29th and ends on September 8th. Due to the time difference and returning to China, joining the festival must be at least after September 10th.
Moreover, the preparations this time were very hasty, and there was no such thing as joining the crew 20 days in advance like when filming "The Swordsman", and then intensively training and reading the script.
Of course, the main problem lies in the actors' schedules, especially for a "popular idol" like Zhou Xun. It is completely unthinkable for you to ask her to join the cast twenty days in advance.
When she came out after the chat, she found Jiang Qinqin and her assistant Xiao Tang waiting in the corridor.
"Brother Li, let's have a meal together?"
Lao Zhang did not arrange a launch banquet for today's launch conference, which is really a bit excessive. But when a beautiful woman invited her to dinner, Li Tang immediately accepted it happily and said, "Okay, where can we eat?"
Jiang Qinqin smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll find out when you get there."
As the imperial capital, the most indispensable thing in Beijing is the private, frighteningly expensive so-called private kitchen. Li Tang and Zeng Jia followed to a private restaurant near Chaoyang Park that specializes in Cantonese cuisine.
As for the dinner party, eating is secondary. The main thing is to find a place to chat and connect with each other.
"Hey, you said before that you took on two more dramas. What dramas were they?"
"One is "The Storm" and the other is "Half Life", both are adapted TV series."
"Is it "Wind and Cloud" from "Wind and Cloud Dominate the World"?"
"yes."
"Oh, they are all big productions!"
"Win the World" is a Hong Kong comic book movie, and it also set the box office championship in Hong Kong that year. As for "Half Life", it was a film adapted from Zhang Ailing. It was directed by Ann Hui and starred by Karen Wu, Lai Min, Anita Mui and Uncle Ge. Adapting it into a TV series is definitely not a small production nowadays.
Jiang Qinqin, however, showed little interest and said, "It's just average. The company accepts them, so they have to work."
Since her debut in 1992, when she starred as the heroine in the TV series "Mesmerizing Guanyin", most of her roles have been costume dramas or period dramas, which are inevitably a bit boring.
"What, you want to transform?" Li Tang couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Qinqin shook her head and said distressedly: "How can it be so easy? Let's see, let's talk about it when we have the opportunity in the future."
For an actor who has become famous in one field, transition means there are great risks and uncertainties. Of course, as an ambitious actor, you definitely want to challenge some different roles instead of always staying in your comfort zone.
Originally, Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin were chatting at the dinner table. Zeng Jia and Xiao Tang were both being transparent. At most, the two transparent people made some eye contact with each other and then ate the rare delicacies.
But at this time, Zeng Jia's heart moved and she asked a little presumptuously: "Sister Qinqin, how many years have you been cooperating with Teacher Qiong Yao's company?"
"ah?"
Jiang Qinqin was stunned for a moment by this abrupt question. She looked at Zeng Jia and said, "I signed for eight years, and there are still two years left."
Zeng Jia then asked: "In the future, should you continue to stay in Wanwan for development or come back for development?"
At first glance, it sounds like Zeng Jia's question is redundant. Mainland actors have signed contracts with many agencies in Wanwan, but they are only in Wanwan. They usually live and film in the Mainland.
Jiang Qinqin could naturally hear Zeng Jia's subtext. To be honest, she really hadn't thought about this question seriously and fell into silence for a moment. However, Xiao Tang looked at Zeng Jia warily at this time.
After pondering for a while, Jiang Qinqin shook her head and said, "It's hard to say what will happen in the future right now."
After saying that, she glanced at Li Tang meaningfully and said with a smile: "What, your company wants to poach me?"
Li Tang originally thought that Zeng Jia was being very presumptuous just now, but now he looked at his executive agent in surprise, because Nai'an's company has always been focused on production, and he had never heard of expanding the company. Brokerage department.
As a result, Zeng Jia looked at Li Tang and said without any panic: "If Sister Qinqin can join our company in the future, it will be a dream."
And Jiang Qinqin actually said quite cheerfully at this time: "Okay, I will definitely consider it seriously in the future."
Jiang Qinqin debuted early. After graduation, because she was assigned to Beijing Film Studio, she bought a house in Beijing early, in the Xiaoguan area near the Asian Games Village on the North Third Ring Road. Li Tang had only heard her talk about it, but he had not yet been invited to sit at home for a while.
After eating, Li Tang couldn't help but ask as soon as he got in the car: "Is the company looking to recruit people?"
"No." Zeng Jia shook his head.
Li Tang suddenly became unhappy and said, "Then why are you asking around?"
"I suggested to Sister An that our company should expand the scale of the brokerage department."
"Sister An, do you agree?"
"No, Sister An just said that she needs to think about it, and there is no reply yet."
At this time, Li Tang's face brightened slightly and he said, "Then you are so anxious?"
"No, Brother Li, listen to me. I think it will be a trend for film and television companies to expand their brokerage departments in the future. There is no reason for our company to give up this business for nothing." Zeng Jia said seriously.
Li Tang did not expect that Zeng Jia was young but quite ambitious. In fact, in his understanding, film companies and brokerage companies are complementary and cooperative relationships. Together they are suspected of being a monopoly, so in the United States, film companies and brokerage companies are separate.
But the situation in China is different. A few years ago, the so-called brokerage industry was still an emerging industry. However, in the past few years, this industry has developed very fast, and it has learned from the Hong Kong and Taiwan models. From the merger of Huayi Brothers and Hua Jie last year, to the close relationship between Chang Jihong and Hai Run, and to Rong Xinda signing a large number of actors such as Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, domestic private film and television companies are becoming more and more popular. Focus on its brokerage department. This is similar to how every movie studio used to have an actor troupe.
But based on Li Tang's understanding of Nai'an, as a former artistic young woman, Nai'an pursues more so-called art rather than making her company bigger and stronger. Otherwise, after Xiaopang terminated his contract with Aunt Qiongyao's company last year, Nai'an would have been the first to get in.
Li Tang looked at Zeng Jia and said, "What if Sister An doesn't agree?"
"Don't agree?"
Zeng Jia was stunned and said in confusion: "Why doesn't Sister An agree to such a good thing?"
Li Tang shook his head and said, "You, you haven't even said a single word about this matter. From now on, I won't ask anything else. What if someone takes it seriously?"
Zeng Jia sat there blankly, still muttering: "Sister An really doesn't agree, right?"
…
"Teacher Li, haha, I got the role!"
Li Tang had just gotten off the plane at Pudong Airport when he received Fan Xiaopang's call. What a coincidence this time. In the few days since he returned to the capital, Xiaopang happened to be attending a business performance out of town. No, as soon as he walked away with his front foot, the little fat guy came back, perfectly staggered.
"Congratulations then!"
Li Tang said with the same surprise as he walked out.
Xiaopang put in a lot of effort for the role of An Xin, and speaking of it, this role also had twists and turns. It was originally said that the role would be confirmed in mid-June. At first, director Ding Xiaohei had his eye on Zhou Yun, a Chinese actor. To be honest, Xiaopang has no advantage compared to Zhou Yun, who has a professional background, in terms of acting skills and the image that fits the character.
But at this juncture, something unexpected happened again. Zhou Yun accepted director He Ping's film "Heroes of the World". Not only was she able to work with Jiang Wen, Xiao Yanzi and other big names, but she was also the second female lead. Of course, she jumped into the big screen without hesitation.
Director Ding Xiaohei has always valued actors with professional backgrounds. To put it bluntly, he is discriminating against wild actors like Fan Xiaopang. So he fell in love with Yang Rong, who was on the show, but Hai Run's boss seemed to be more optimistic about the newcomer Sun Li.
Logically speaking, the boss has the final say on this kind of thing, but after all, the investment in "Jade Guanyin" is huge, and it is not just Hairun's family who has the final say.
And because of the failure of the previous drama, Teacher Haiyan attaches great importance to this drama. To put it bluntly, other investors invested in it because of Teacher Haiyan, so Teacher Haiyan's opinion is very important.
Originally the least favored, Xiaopang, who was in the last seat, had an opportunity. Xiaopang’s efforts were seen by Teacher Haiyan. The failure of the previous film should be said to be the fault of no one, but Teacher Haiyan kept holding his breath. It would be more convincing if Fan Xiaopang, the heroine of the previous film, was used to make a comeback. With their own strength, coupled with Chang Jihong's mediation, they successively convinced Mr. Liu of Hairun and director Ding Xiaohei, so that Xiaopang could finally stand out.
At this time, Xiaopang was also holding her breath. She never expected that this time, my mother was the most famous and the most senior, but she was outcompeted by three newcomers. If it weren't for Teacher Haiyan's support this time, she would Just lose this role.
"Teacher Li, just look at it, I will prove myself no matter what this time!"
Sorry, just one chapter today. It's a bit stuck for some reason, and I owe three chapters. I'll definitely make up for it this month.
(End of chapter)
