"What's going on?"
After dinner, Li Tang sat in Zhou Xun's room. Zhou Xun, who had slept all afternoon, was very energetic now. He opened a bottle of red wine and the two of them drank from a plate of dried shrimps.
"How did I know? I only filmed six scenes in the grassland." Zhou Xun said, shaking the red wine in the goblet.
"You're still trying to be careless with me."
Li Tang took a sip, put it in his mouth to savor it for a while, then smacked it in his mouth and said, "This is the red wine you brought back from Italy. It tastes just average!"
"Tch, what do you know? I'm telling you, this wine is absolutely as good as French Bordeaux wine." Zhou Xun said with disdain.
Li Tang drank a lot of red wine in his previous life. To be honest, red wines from Italy, Spain, Australia, and California were all good, but the details depended on the year and winery. In fact, many of the so-called French Bordeaux red wines that are popular in China are IQ taxed.
The French have always been good at packaging. Almost half of the luxury brands in the world come from France. Marketing methods such as not seeking the best but seeking the most expensive, the so-called limited edition of hunger marketing, etc. also first came out of France.
The same goes for red wine, a lot of it is fried. Of course, we don’t rule out using wine from good vintages to stir-fry and highlight their brand.
At this time, the red wine Li Tang drank was said by Zhou Xun to be from a famous winery in Italy. It was expensive, but the vintage was definitely not good, so it was just a way to fool Zhou Xun, a foreigner who didn’t understand wine and wanted to pursue so-called brands. The plate is cut off like an onion.
Li Tang didn't argue with her, but took a piece of dried shrimp and chewed it.
The dried shrimps were pretty good, and he was thinking of buying some back later. They would be good as snacks and in soups.
Zhou Xun looked at him, took a sip of wine and said: "Director Wang was not satisfied with the Prairie Opera, saying that the crew changed the script whenever they encountered difficulties, and that there were too many literary dramas and too few martial arts dramas. It was like making a historical drama rather than a martial arts drama. As a result, you know, the screenwriter, martial arts director, and actors will all be offended..."
After listening to what Zhou Xun saw and heard while filming the grassland scene, Li Tang roughly understood it. To put it bluntly, he still said: insufficient preparation!
He remembered that during the preparations, the chief director Wang Rui was filming a life ethics drama in Tianjin, and his participation was definitely not high. If you rush into a group, you may not even recognize everyone. In addition, Wang Rui is a relatively rigid person and cannot handle interpersonal relationships well, so he will naturally face many difficulties.
Not long ago, he also saw news in the newspaper about the conflict between the martial arts instructor Ma Yucheng and the actors of the "Condor" crew. To be honest, these days, Hong Kong actors and staff who come to the Mainland to make money have an inexplicable sense of superiority. Discrimination against Mainland employees is common, and conflicts occur from time to time.
Once you see this kind of thing too often, it won't be surprising. Why are Hong Kong celebrities so popular these days? As for the behind-the-scenes work, we are indeed a bit behind them in terms of experience and ability.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is an unchanging truth.
Of course, if you get up on your own and still go up to the pole to lick someone else, it only shows that you are a bitch.
For all the above, Wang Rui, as the chief director, must have his own problems. In addition to lack of preparation and poor communication, his biggest weakness may be his lack of prestige.
When filming "Swordsman", director Huang Jianzhong's qualifications and prestige were enough to intimidate the entire crew. Even if this or that problem occurred during the filming, others generally would not dare to criticize it easily.
If there are many problems, Zhang Dabeard, as the chief producer, must be dissatisfied with Wang Rui. You can say that Big Beard Zhang is short-tempered, retaliates, fights for power, has a strong desire for power, etc., but when it comes to filming TV series, Lao Zhang is absolutely serious.
Judging from the situation at the dinner table today, Wang Rui must have touched Lao Zhang's bottom line, otherwise Lao Zhang wouldn't even bother to pretend. Maybe there will be a "palace coup" drama between Lao Zhang and Wang Rui.
Thinking of the chaos on the crew, Li Tang suddenly felt very boring.
Seeing his gloomy look, Zhou Xun reached out his cup and touched it with him, saying, "Why do we think so much? We just need to complete our assigned work and be worthy of the salary and that's it."
Compared with Zhou Xun's free and easy attitude, Li Tang always feels that he has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder and hopes to have a relatively relaxed and creative atmosphere. However, it is obvious that the current situation of the crew is not something that he can personally reverse.
Anyway, he is just a supporting role. As Zhou Xun said, as long as the task is completed and the favor of Zhang Beard is returned, it will be fine.
Thinking of this, he drank all the red wine in his glass, stood up and said goodbye: "Okay, don't bother me, let's go to bed early."
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The next day, it was still windy and rainy. Although according to the latest weather forecast, the path of the typhoon had changed. In the afternoon, the typhoon did not hit Peach Blossom Island head-on. It might have just passed by the sea. However, the power-on ceremony certainly could not be held as scheduled.
Li Tang was notified to try on makeup first.
The prop warehouse and dressing room are located in a village committee. After driving here in the rain, Li Tang just opened the door of the dressing room and heard Sun Haiying shouting: "Hey, good guy, he has aged more than ten years now. He really looks like a beggar.”
To put it bluntly, this guy is a bit crazy. People who are familiar with him know his personality and generally won't care about him, but those who are not familiar with him will inevitably hate him.
Nowadays, he is somewhat famous. When he was filming "The Burning Years of Passion", he was said to have faked the show and got close to Ge Ling. In addition, he was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor this time, so he is very proud of himself. , it is inevitable that you will get a little carried away.
"Hey, Li Tang is here, sit down!"
When Li Tang walked in, this guy hurried over and pulled him to sit down enthusiastically: "You put on your makeup first, and I'll take the makeup photos first. Let's get together at noon."
Li Tang didn't know where this guy's song came from, so he couldn't help but said: "Didn't we just get together last night?"
"Last night doesn't count. At noon, we two brothers get together privately."
As he spoke, he deliberately leaned closer and whispered: "Brother, I have something to tell you."
"Uh, okay."
Now that he had said so, Li Tang had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The actors' looks are designed in advance, and the costumes are customized according to the actors' figures. Yang Kang, played by Li Tang, is a dignified young prince of the Jin Kingdom. His clothes are of high quality in terms of quality and workmanship.
Compared with the 1983 Hong Kong version of "The Condor" that was praised by netizens, the difference is obvious just by serving the Tao. The ugly thing about the Hong Kong version of "The Condor" is that it obviously lacks background and necessary historical knowledge.
The historical background of "The Condor" is the Southern Song Dynasty. The Hong Kong version of "The Condor" is all in Ming and Qing Dynasty costumes. Maybe their so-called ancient costumes do not consider the specific historical era at all, thinking that as long as you wear ancient costumes, you are an ancient person.
On the other hand, in the current version of "The Condor" they are shooting, both the character modeling and the costumes have been verified. For example, the brocade robe Li Tang is currently wearing is orange, with a round collar, narrow sleeves and a leather belt. This is a typical official uniform style of the Southern Song Dynasty. The orange represents that he is both Yang Kang and Wan Yankang's golden robe. royal background.
The hairstyle is not the various fancy and shocking styles in the ancient martial arts TV dramas that fill the screen today, but a simple headband with a bun. The bun is covered with a black silk mesh and blends with the hair.
Simple yet elegant.
Also trying makeup with Li Tang was an actor named Xiu Qing who played Ouyang Ke. This guy comes from a Liyuan family, and he is a martial arts student in Henan Opera.
There is no market for traditional opera these days. He has been active in various costume dramas all year round. Most of the roles he plays are male and female. They look familiar, but they can't name any masterpieces. They often suddenly realize it after hearing the introduction.
This guy is five years older than Li Tang, but he talks like Teacher Li, which makes Li Tang feel embarrassed. But this guy is so handsome in his ancient costume of white robe. Maybe it's because of the drama he grew up in elementary school. His eyes are particularly playful and he smiles evilly. He has a bit of the demeanor of the young master of White Camel Mountain described in the novel.
After trying on the makeup, take photos of the final makeup. Li Tang was about to go to Sun Haiying's appointment when he suddenly received a text message on his mobile phone.
"call me."
He was a little confused, so he dialed.
"Sister Xiaoxun, is something wrong?"
"Oh, you're here, I'll leave right away."
When he heard the wrong answer on the phone, Li Tang reacted quickly: "Sister Xiaoxun, is there any inconvenience?"
"Oh, okay, I know, I hate it!"
Listening to Zhou Xun's snoring voice, he almost got goosebumps. He hurriedly said: "Sun Haiying and I have an appointment to have seafood at Haichao Restaurant. Come over."
"OK Bye Bye!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Tang guessed that Zhou Xun might be entangled by someone and was eager to get away. Nowadays, there are many reporters on the island participating in the power-on ceremony. Including himself, he was intercepted by several reporters when he went out in the morning.
Journalists are like this, especially those working in the entertainment industry. They are surprisingly thick-skinned. As long as you stop to accept their interviews, they will often ask endless questions. You would like to treat the roadside interview as an exclusive interview.
This is probably even more true for Zhou Xun. When she went to the island yesterday, she had a cold face, refused to be interviewed, and refused to sign or take photos with the islanders. It has already begun to circulate.
In the morning, the reporter asked him to comment on this. What is there to comment on? Actresses always have a few abnormal days every month, so it’s time to catch up!
Of course Li Tang would not say that when he was drinking in Zhou Xun's room and going to the toilet last night, he saw a bloody quilt in the wastebasket next to him.
First update!
(End of chapter)
