"Hello, Viagra!"
"Hey, Teacher Li Tang, please don't joke. Xiao Zhou, just call me Xiao Zhou."
Li Tang came to the "Hero" crew to report, and was contacted by Director Zhang's assistant Zhou Wei, whom he had interacted with last time.
I originally thought I would go directly to Hengdian to meet the crew, but I was arranged to stay at the Guomao Hotel in Jinhua. Four stars, considered the best hotel in the area. It is said that Hengdian is still working on the scenery, and Li Tang is arranged here out of the need for confidentiality.
Li Tang originally wanted to meet big names such as Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu, and Xiao Zhang, but after traveling to the Northwest, Jiuzhaigou and Guilin, they were finishing filming and taking vacations. Even Li Lianjie, who was starring opposite him, wanted to meet Li Tang. You can't come to the set until ten days later.
His current task is to practice the tricks and be prepared. The crew also rented a venue at the Jinhua Gymnasium not far from the China World Hotel and usually trains there.
"I made the director cry today."
"real or fake?"
"Of course it's true. Today's filming of An Anxin kneeling in front of her mother begging her to come up with money to save Yang Rui went very smoothly. It was done in one breath. After the performance, I didn't hear the director shouting stop or pass. I was just wondering. , and guess what?"
"What's wrong?"
"In the end, I saw Director Ding coming over with tears in his eyes, patting me on the shoulder and saying that I did a good job!" Xiaopang said proudly on the phone.
"Well, it's pretty awesome!"
Li Tang sighed in admiration while lying on the bed, and then asked: "By the way, how are the acne on your face? Has it gone away?"
"Tsk, why are you picking up which pot doesn't ring? I'm just worried. The acne treatment you sent me from Shanghai No. 9 Hospital last time didn't work even if I applied it on it. It just keeps getting worse!"
"Then you should pay more attention to your diet. I guess you may be acclimatized."
"It doesn't make sense. I was fine when I was experiencing life before, but I can't do it when I'm filming. And now I often can't sleep at night. My dreams are all about filming during the day. Maybe I'm too stressed."
"Didn't you just say that the performance made the director cry? You should be able to do it. Why is there pressure?"
"Oh, you don't know, I have to cry all day now, even if I can't cry. The last time I filmed the scene at the train station, there were too many people on set, and I couldn't get into the mood at all, so I secretly used eye drops, and the result was... I was scolded by Director Ding..."
As he said that, Xiaopang said coquettishly on the phone: "Teacher Li, come and see me when you have time. Maybe the yin and yang are still not reconciled."
Xiaopang is really greasy, and he can say such things as tiger and wolf. You are still not in harmony with yin and yang, but I am not in harmony with yin and yang!
"It's not like you don't know what's going on with me right now. I just reported to the set today and I won't be able to leave!"
"Didn't you say there was only one fight scene?"
"Yes, there is only one fight scene and two lines, but the specific filming method depends on the director, and Director Zhang specifically asked me to set aside a month's schedule, so it will definitely not be easy."
"Then...then how about you come to visit me when you have time in the future, otherwise I won't be able to return to the capital until after New Year's Day."
The filming period of "Jade Guanyin" lasted for half a year, and most of the scenes were shot in Yunnan. According to the shooting plan, the scene could not be transferred to the capital until at least New Year's Day and Spring Festival.
Listening to Xiaopang's pitiful voice on the phone, Li Tang could imagine what her expression was like at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, if the filming here goes well, I will come over to visit the team. If it doesn't go well... … When the time comes, I’ll ask for leave from the crew of “The Condor Shooting,” and I’ll be able to squeeze in some time.”
"Really? Teacher Li, you are so good! Well -"
Xiaopang was very excited immediately and kissed her hard on the phone.
Li Tang couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, let's leave it like this. You should also go to bed early. You have to film tomorrow."
"OK Bye Bye!"
Xiaopang is in a good mood and will probably have a good sleep tonight.
After hanging up the phone, Li Tang didn't feel sleepy because he had squinted for a while in the afternoon. I wanted to make a call to Jiang Qinqin, but I just pulled out her name from the address book, so I decided to forget it.
This woman had been trying to catch him a while ago, just like fishing, to see if he could eat her. He couldn't get too carried away, so he simply took advantage of this period to wait for a while and wait until she came to visit the class.
Since I can't sleep, I just watch TV series. It happens that "Kangxi Dynasty" starring Uncle Dao Ming is being broadcast recently. I watched a few episodes intermittently on Peach Blossom Island before. I feel that it is much worse than the previous "Yongzheng Dynasty".
Recently, due to the popularity of "Kangxi Dynasty", there has been a lot of news boasting about Uncle Dao Ming's acting skills both online and in the media. However, in Li Tang’s opinion, it’s okay for Uncle Dao Ming’s performance to coax laymen. If you carefully examine it from a professional perspective, you will find that Uncle Dao Ming’s version of Kangxi is actually too overt, while Teacher Jiao Huang’s restrained and calm His acting skills fully interpret the image of Kangxi who is unfathomable, calm and self-defeating.
Especially in the physical movements of the character, Mr. Jiao Huang is at least three ways ahead of Uncle Dao Ming.
To put it bluntly, one plays Kangxi and the other is Kangxi.
And Uncle Dao Ming's Kangxi is not even as good as Teacher Guoqiang's Yongzheng. Of course, this is also related to the themes of the two dramas. Teacher Guoqiang’s Yong Zheng is a character who has experienced many ups and downs. Even the princes and emperors have a lot of frustration and helplessness. The inner drama is full and the characters are full-bodied.
Uncle Dao Ming's Kangxi is more about praising a character, who is domineering and domineering. In short, he is wise and powerful, and he travels smoothly, lacking the sense of gravity of the character.
Of course, this is probably why the audience likes it, in one word, "cool".
TV series like "Kangxi Dynasty" are quite good to pass the time, but watching it, Li Tang couldn't help laughing. It turns out that in the TV series, the second young lady of the Bai family, who plays the Empress Dowager, always declares: I am a Xiaozhuang.
You must know that the so-called "Xiaozhuang" is the honorific title given after death. This is similar to the emperor's temple name, such as Emperor Kangxi. Kangxi was the reign name, and his temple name after his death was Shengzu. Because the word "Ren" was highlighted in the posthumous title, later generations generally called him "Emperor Shengzuren". It's the same as calling the late Empress Dowager "Xiaozhuang" respectfully.
As for the living Empress Dowager who actually calls herself "Xiaozhuang" on TV, there is really no one else. Even Li Tang, an ordinary person who does not specialize in history, knows this common sense. Could it be that so many screenwriters, directors, and actors in this TV series all Didn't you find it?
At the end of the day, it’s still the same sentence: being uneducated is terrible.
Watching the second young lady of the Bai family saying "I am Xiaozhuang" on TV, Li Tang was so disgusted that he simply changed the channel.
I took the remote control and scanned it around. It happened that the Zhejiang Cable TV Drama Channel was rebroadcasting "Snow without a Trace". This is an anti-corruption drama. It premiered at the beginning of the year and is replayed quite frequently.
Li Tang often watches TV series intermittently, and most of them are not watched in full. Unless it is for business needs, then he buys the disc and studies it carefully from beginning to end.
In fact, the filming of this TV series was average, mainly because I had acquaintances. The male lead, Ren Chengwei, was a senior who graduated in 1989 and is now a Chinese actor. He met his ex-girlfriend twice as a colleague and he was a nice person.
The second male lead is He Zhengjun, a colleague from the Drama Center. Mr. He, who is rare with thick eyebrows and big eyes, plays a villain, which is very fresh.
When Li Tang watches TV series, he not only pays attention to the plot, but also pays attention to the acting skills of the actors. This may be an occupational disease as an actor. Compared to the superb acting skills of Ren Chengwei and He Zhengjun, Cao Ying, who plays the female lead, seems to have a lackluster performance and lack of heart.
Especially in the context of Ren Chengwei and He Zhengjun, Cao Ying's above-mentioned performance shortcomings are even more magnified. But it's understandable. After all, he didn't come from a major.
In fact, in the profession of actors, those who are truly talented and fed by God, such as Zhou Xun, are really rare. Most actors are the same as all technical professions. In addition to having a certain amount of talent, they also need systematic training. Otherwise, you will not be able to pass your lines, your figure will be very poor, you will not be able to perform a crying scene, and your facial features and muscles will not be very strong. It's so easy to control that I can't act at all.
From Li Tang's point of view, the biggest difference between China and the United States where he lived in his previous life is that most high schools in the United States have drama clubs and professional training teachers. If you are interested in acting, you can be trained in middle school, and you can develop it in college. Some universities have performance majors.
The current professional acting majors in China are concentrated in the three professional colleges and universities of China Opera, Shanghai Opera and Nortel. Although Beijing Guangzhou, Beijing Normal University, Shandong University of the Arts, etc. also have acting majors, those who come from these schools in the circle Not very authentic.
Let's put it this way, the actor training system in the United States is a bit like the popularization of football youth training. Because the base is large, there is a lot of room for selection, and the number of successful actors will naturally be greater.
In the past, in China, because various provinces and cities had dance, opera and other training systems, the proportion of people to choose from was actually very large. Those who could go to China Theater, Shanghai Theater and Nortel were actually very good. But with the current decline of dance and opera, more and more students are selected from recent high school graduates, and the quality of the students can be imagined.
It’s no wonder that when Li Tang went back to his alma mater to visit his teacher last time, teacher Li Zhiyu lamented to him that the students who are currently studying drama are really getting worse every year.
…
The Guomao Hotel is very close to the Jinhua River that passes through the city. Li Tang got up early in the morning and went for a run by the river. He returned to the hotel to take a shower and changed into sportswear. After having a leisurely breakfast in the restaurant downstairs, he walked around Walk to Jinhua Stadium a few hundred meters away.
The treatment given to him by the crew was quite good. In addition to a suite at the China World Hotel, a car was specially arranged for him.
This is the first time he has taken on a film directed by a major director. At least in terms of logistical support, it is indeed extraordinary. It is the first time he has enjoyed this kind of treatment.
Of course, there is no need for a car to pick up and drop off a few hundred meters away.
When we arrived at the gymnasium, there were already martial arts crews training on the field. Even though Li Tang was wearing a hat, he was immediately recognized.
"Teacher Li, are you here?"
Li Tang glanced around: "Isn't Director Cheng here?"
"Coming soon, Director Cheng usually arrives around nine-thirty."
"Well, you guys get busy, I want to take a look."
There were also steel wires hanging in the gymnasium. Watching the martial arts brothers going up and down, or doing some difficult movements with the help of steel wires, Li Tang observed for a while and gradually felt confident. The martial arts action in this film is mostly shot with special effects, and the main focus is to look good.
"Li Tang, it's so early!"
Just as he was fascinated by the sight, someone's voice came from beside him.
The sound means that Cheng Xiaodong has arrived.
"Hello, Director Cheng, I'm here to report."
Although the two of them met once before when they were auditioning for a play in Director Zhang's studio in the Central Villa District, this was only the second time they met. However, the two of them talked on the phone a lot during the period, so the meeting was cordial.
"How's your marksmanship training going?"
Cheng Xiaodong was concerned about Li Tang's marksmanship from the beginning. After all, acting opposite the Kung Fu Emperor Li Lian in an action scene was very demanding. Previously, in the northwest desert, the bamboo forest of Jiuzhaigou, and the landscape of Guilin, Li Lianjie was asked to play opposite Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu, who had no foundation in kung fu. In particular, Director Zhang's requirements were dozens or even hundreds of times higher than the details of Hong Kong films. The difficulty left Cheng Xiaodong speechless.
Li Tang arrived. Although he had already handed over the marksmanship skills and tricks to the opponent via video, after all, the training only lasted for ten days. He was also worried that if Li Tang was busy with other work or lacked self-discipline, time would be tight.
"It's no problem even if we shoot now." Li Tang said with a smile.
Cheng Xiaodong glanced at him in surprise and said in disbelief: "Try?"
"Okay, let's try it."
Li Tang had just been watching the training of the martial arts brothers, and Li Tang's hands were a little itchy.
"Zhang Ai!"
Cheng Xiaodong shouted towards the field.
"arrive!"
A young man who looked short and young in appearance responded and hurried over.
"This is Li Lianlian's stand-in Zhang Ai. You two should try it."
Although the young man looked young, he was smart. As soon as Cheng Xiaodong finished speaking, he hurriedly smiled at Li Tang, showing his big white teeth, and at the same time said cautiously: "Teacher Li, let's run in for a while?"
"OK!"
Li Tang followed the good deeds.
Soon someone sent a prop gun.
However, Li Tang did not rush to try on Zhang Ai, but started to warm up first.
Everyone knows what he's doing. Looking at Li Tang's warm-up attitude, everyone knew that this actor who had just joined the group knew his stuff.
While he was warming up, Li Tang chatted with Li Lianlian's stand-in, Zhang Ai, and learned that this young man had just turned 20. He used to be a member of the Sichuan Wushu Team and had won many provincial championships in Daoguangquan. , because of his excellent swordsmanship and his similar stature to Li Lianlian, he was able to stand out from the many applicants.
The young man was very excited to be the stand-in for Kung Fu Emperor Li Lien Lian, because Li Lian Lian had a stand-in named Xiong Xinxin before, who was already a Kung Fu star, and the "Ghost Kick Seven" was impressive.
After some warm-up exercises, Li Tang fully moved his body and got familiar with dancing with the prop gun. He finally stood on the field, smiled at Zhang Ai holding a long sword and said, "Come on!"
Yesterday's chapter was reviewed and revised once, but because it was the weekend, I had to wait until Monday to contact the editor. I'm sorry!
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