Shen Lin had already driven the car to the door and was waiting.
"Brother, you're still so cool! Tsk, why don't you get a nice car?"
It is not uncommon to have a car, but it is uncommon to have a car and a driver. This Buick GL8 seems a bit low-grade. Nowadays, large-displacement off-road vehicles such as Hummer, Land Rover, Overlord, and Grand Cherokee are popular in Beijing. The names sound very domineering, which is in line with the current mentality of people who have been poor for a long time and then become rich. The bigger the car, the more impressive it is.
"I'm used to it. It's pretty good and convenient." Li Tang said with a smile.
Cars are just for convenience, there is no need to be ostentatious.
It was very cold outside. Xiao Teng came out without a coat. He huddled his neck and glanced at Yuanyuan who was following Li Tang.
Yuanyuan understood instantly and said to Li Tang: "Brother Li, is it okay to take me home later?"
"No problem at all."
"Okay, let's talk. I'll get in the car first."
Seeing Yuanyuan get into the car, Director Xiao Teng said apologetically: "Brother, don't blame brother today, there is really nothing you can do. Of course, don't force yourself. My job is to introduce you to the details. It's your business how to talk about it, so you can do whatever you want next, no need to look at my face anymore."
"Okay, Brother Teng, I understand."
Li Tang must have some objections to Director Xiao Teng today, but what about that? We have met each other and talked with each other. To put it bluntly, everyone is hanging around in a circle, not looking up but not looking down. At this time, there is no point in blaming Director Xiao Teng. It is better to go with the flow and become a good person.
Seeing Director Xiao Teng trembling with his neck curled up, all Li Tang could do was pat him on the shoulder and comfort him: "We are all our own people. If you have anything to do in the future, just ask, don't be so meandering. Okay, Go back quickly, the weather is very cold, be careful not to catch a cold."
Director Xiao Teng's face looked much better as expected, and he said quickly: "Okay, no matter what, I owe you a favor this time."
After saying that, he said to the car: "Brother, please take it easy, this girl is very tricky."
Li Tang also looked back, a little dumbfounded. This guy must have failed to handle this person, and his love turned into hatred.
"I know it well, see you later!"
"Well, see you later, take it easy!"
When getting in the car, Li Tang hesitated for a moment and then opened the side door. Gao Yuanyuan was sitting on the seat inside. When she saw him sitting down, she immediately smiled sweetly.
Women's smiles are all kinds of weird. For example, if a fat girl smiles appropriately, she will charm all living beings, but if she laughs heartily in private, she will look silly at first glance. Jiang Qinqin's smile always looked shy. As for the ex-girlfriend, it seems she is always smiling. But Gao Yuanyuan's smile always gives people a fresh and sweet feeling, which is refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
"Where do you live?"
In my memory, Gao Yuanyuan's home seems to be in Yungang, Fengtai. It's very far over there, almost to Fangshan.
"I live in Ciqikou now. I'm sorry, Brother Li, for making you take a detour."
"It's okay." Li Tang smiled.
In fact, Chaoyang Park is quite close to Paoju Hutong, but if you want to go to Ciqikou, you have to make a long detour.
Without any instructions, the driver in front, Shen Lin, turned right and drove south along the East Fourth Ring Road.
The two of them were speechless for a moment while sitting in the car. Gao Yuanyuan secretly glanced at Li Tang who was sitting next to him, hesitated for a moment, and then broke the silence and said: "Brother Li, Director Xiao Teng obviously led you into a pit today, so just jump straight down." ah?"
"We can't talk about jumping into pitfalls or not. We are all friends."
It was very dark inside the car, but with the light of the street lights outside, she could vaguely see Li Tang's smiling expression, and this obvious scene. Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but curled her lips, how boring!
However, Li Tang felt that it was not good to be so silent all the time, so he took the initiative to ask: "Have you not taken any roles recently?"
"No."
Gao Yuanyuan leaned on the back of her chair and said lazily: "I'm not a professional actor. It would be good if I can get one job a year."
"Uh...actually you did a pretty good job."
This cannot be said against his will. Li Tang has watched her in "Love Malatang" and "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", including the film "Unable to Find the North" directed by Xiao Teng. Although Gao Yuanyuan's performance can't be said to have any acting skills, she basically acted in her true self and it was very real. At least it's much better than Xiaopang's exaggerated performance in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge".
Gao Yuanyuan pursed her lips and smiled: "Brother Li, don't be ridiculous. I still know how many pounds I have."
Li Tang shook his head: "I'm not kidding. Your performance may be immature and lacking, but your feelings are true. From this point of view, it is already very valuable."
Gao Yuanyuan smiled bitterly and said: "I can't help it. I can't act. I can only explore by myself and imagine myself as the role I want to play. Otherwise, I really don't know how to act."
What she said is probably the most authentic performance of all amateur actors, but it has great limitations. Once it leaves the familiar scope, it will be suddenly thrown back to its original shape and become at a loss.
Li Tang couldn't help but said: "Then why don't you go to school, learn acting systematically, and recharge your batteries."
Nowadays, China National Theater and Nortel have one-year advanced training courses. Without a nationally recognized diploma, you can basically pay for it. Although it only lasts for one year, I can teach all aspects of singing, acting, and performance. It can be regarded as learning a craft. The master leads me to practice on my own, and those who learn good words are actually no worse than those actors with serious academic backgrounds.
Gao Yuanyuan looked hesitant, opened her mouth, and then said, "I... uh, I actually thought about it, but I'm just a little embarrassed."
To put it bluntly, she just can't let go of her figure. After all, she is considered a little star now. She is crowded into a classroom to go to school with a bunch of people from society or walk-ins. It really can't be wiped off her face. Moreover, these so-called advanced training courses today are indeed somewhat mixed in quality. I heard that there are many who plan to be gold-plated from the beginning, and then package themselves as students from Nortel or China Theater to satisfy the vanity of men.
"Then if you have the conditions, you can find a teacher for one-on-one teaching." Li Tang added.
Xiaopang had previously hired a teacher for training on lines and acting. In fact, there are many students graduating from Nortel and China Theater every year. Not everyone can become an actor, so some people, including some teachers in the school, put on many performances around Nortel and China Theater. Some training courses are for students taking art exams, others are for performance training for performance enthusiasts, costars or extras, and some who are really experienced can have the opportunity to become famous but lack performance skills. Celebrity acting teachers provide one-on-one guidance.
To put it bluntly, although the threshold for acting is low, there is still a threshold to some extent. If you can't control the most basic facial muscles well, then why are you acting?
In fact, Gao Yuanyuan has also tried this kind of one-on-one training, but it is more of a temporary thing. For example, after receiving a movie, she will receive some targeted training based on the characters in it, which saves worry and effort.
But at this moment, she looked like she was listening very seriously, and suddenly said: "Brother Li, why don't you teach me a lesson."
He said with a smile: "I heard that you taught Fan Binbin very well. She will thank you every time she is interviewed now, which proves that you are a good teacher."
"Well……"
Li Tang was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid? Yes, he had taught Xiaopang before, but it all came at a price, or he had bad intentions from the beginning. As for Xiaopang thanking himself every time he is interviewed, it is just an excuse to cover up the true relationship between the two.
Fortunately, the driver Shen Lin said in time: "Miss Gao, the intersection ahead is Ciqikou. How to get there?"
Unknowingly, the car had already got off the East Fourth Ring Road, heading west along Guangqumen Street, passing the East Second Ring Road and the moat, and not far ahead was Ciqikou.
Gao Yuanyuan could only say: "Master, turn right at the intersection ahead and go to the gate of the community."
"Okay."
Li Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then changed the subject and asked, "Did you buy this house newly?"
"Well, I bought it the year before last. I only got the key in July last year. It was renovated and so on. I just moved in a few days ago."
Li Tang looked through the car window and saw that although there were still large tracts of dilapidated bungalows on the south side of Guangqumen Street, there were some newly built communities on the north side. After all, it was within the Second Ring Road and the surrounding area was still very lively.
"The location here is good. It's quite expensive when you buy it, right?"
"It's okay. It was an off-plan house at that time, which cost more than 4,000 yuan, and a two-bedroom apartment cost more than 300,000 yuan. It almost wiped out all the money I saved in the past few years. Fortunately, I didn't lose money when I bought it. Now it is said that it has increased to almost 60,000 yuan. One thousand and one square meters." Gao Yuanyuan smiled.
"It's still cost-effective to buy a house now if you have money." Li Tang nodded.
Now that he has nothing to do, he often reads some real estate advertisements online, and wants to buy two more houses in the capital. One is investment, and the other is just in case of emergencies. If something happens in the future, Xiaopang and his ex-girlfriend should have an explanation.
Especially the ex-girlfriend, after all, she has been with the original person for three years. He didn't have the ability before, but now that he has the ability, he can't forget the old person with a new person, let alone not the old person.
While talking, the car drove to the entrance of a newly built community and stopped.
Li Tang opened the side door and got out of the car first. Gao Yuanyuan helped Xu when she got out of the car.
Next to the car, the two of them looked at each other. Gao Yuanyuan thought for a moment and was about to say whether she wanted to go in and visit her new house. But Li Tang spoke one step ahead: "It's cold, hurry in."
"Uh, okay!"
Gao Yuanyuan could only nod, then slowly turned around and walked towards the community. As soon as she entered the community gate, she couldn't help but look back and saw Li Tang still standing here. When he saw her turning around, he raised his hand and waved to her. Two times.
Gao Yuanyuan's depressed mood felt a little better. She smiled sweetly, waved to Li Tang, and took two steps back before turning around and walking towards the unit building.
It wasn't until Gao Yuanyuan's back disappeared at the gate of the community that Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone knows that just now he was really afraid that Gao Yuanyuan would invite him to sit upstairs. It would definitely not be appropriate to go, but it would be awkward to refuse and he seemed to be unwilling to do so. Some things are better left unsaid.
It was just ten o'clock when we returned to the courtyard, and Xiaopang was already back. He had taken a shower and changed into pajamas and was sitting on the sofa reciting his lines.
"Why are you back so early?"
Director Xiao Teng invited Li Tang to a party today.
"There's no point in making a fuss."
Li Tang took off his coat and hung it on the hanger. He took out the script he brought back from his bag and threw it on the coffee table. Since he promised to give a reply in two or three days, he naturally had to read it carefully.
When he washed his hands in the bathroom and came out, he saw Xiaopang looking through the script curiously. He raised his head and said, "Director Xiao Teng, are you looking for a movie?"
"This book is not his. He helped introduce a director who not only asked me to film the movie, but also asked me to invest money."
"Who is it? Are you reliable?"
"It's Zhang Baibai, the director who made "Love to the End"."
Li Tang sat down on the sofa, picked up a tangerine, peeled it and gave half of it to Xiaopang.
Xiaopang broke off a piece and carefully peeled off the white meridians on the outside, then stuffed it into his mouth and muttered: "Isn't he filming a TV series?"
Li Tang was not as particular as she was. He took a bite of half a tangerine. It was quite moist but not too sweet.
At the same time, he said vaguely: "It's not like those who make TV series can't make movies."
"I'm just saying, I finally made some money, and I hired cats and dogs."
Although she didn't take the initiative to ask Li Tang for a specific number, she could guess a vague number from Li Tang's words, especially since there were a lot of rumors recently.
Li Tang shook his head: "You can't say that. What if this is a good project?"
Xiaopang hurriedly said: "Do you agree?"
"I just promised that I would like to read the script, and we will have to wait until I read the script to talk about anything else."
Xiaopang then breathed a sigh of relief. After saying "Oh", he said, "Then you go take a shower first and let me take a look first."
No matter what, this is a movie. Xiaopang has obviously enjoyed the benefits after filming "The Third Man". If the script is good, the one who is closest to the water will win first.
By the time Li Tang brushed his teeth and came out of the shower, Xiaopang was already lying on the bed, holding the script in his hand, but staring blankly at the ceiling.
"What's wrong?"
"What is written here? It's so confusing that it's hard to read." Xiaopang turned his head and complained.
"Is it?"
Li Tang sat on the bed and took the script. He had read the synopsis of the story before and found it quite normal. Just like Liu Fendou's previous style, one main story line led to several branch lines, telling the love stories of several different pairs of people at the same time.
Just when he was about to open it and read it, Xiaopang grabbed the script and threw it on the bedside table. He came over and kissed him with a smile, and shouted in his ear seductively: "Teacher Li——"
The title Teacher Li has become a little hobby between the two of them.
(End of chapter)
