Lamb tripe cooks quickly, just rinse it a few times. Dip it in the seasoning and it will be crispy and tender in your mouth. It makes a "squeaking" sound when you chew it. The texture and taste are quite good.
The mutton is also good, with alternating fat and lean meat, without any smell, and the taste is even better when dipped in seasonings. When you take a bite, it is tender and juicy, with a mellow taste, which is very satisfying.
To be honest, this was the first time Li Tang had eaten such delicious hot-pot meat, much better than Dong Laishun.
Seeing that Li Tang was eating well, Liu Fendou felt very proud. He picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Teacher Li, I picked the right place. Come on, I want to toast you."
"Hey, Teacher Liu, you're welcome! To tell you the truth, this is the first time I've tasted such authentic shabu-shabu, so it's my turn to toast you with this cup!" Li Tang quickly picked up the wine glass and said.
Zhang Baibai immediately joined in, holding a cup and saying: "We are all our own people, let's have a drink together."
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, we started to talk about business.
"...The subway of modern civilization is a kind of gray heaviness, which can also be understood as the pressure of life. The most beautiful love among those who go in and out of the subway will also lose the luster of the rose and exude a faint bitterness. It symbolizes and Reason, life and art form a long train heading towards the not bright spring..."
Perhaps because of his drinking, Liu Fendou, who was not a heavy drinker, was talking eloquently, and his eyes that glanced at Li Tang intentionally or unintentionally seemed to have a certain sense of superiority.
This is probably a common problem among these stinking intellectuals. It is also a drama school. Compared with the performance department, which does not have high requirements for cultural courses, the literature department that can write is indeed much higher in terms of cultural level and literary quality.
On the one hand, these people envy the stars who graduated from the acting department for their brilliance and earning a lot of money, but on the other hand, they despise them for being uneducated.
They are obviously asking for help, but they still can't let go of their arrogance, openly and covertly showing off their so-called spiritual superiority.
At this time, Li Tang, who had graduated from acting, was the same in their eyes. He had no education and his understanding of the script may be superficial, so they talked about the so-called profound meaning of creation in front of him.
In addition to showing off his sense of superiority, Liu Fendou may have deliberately tried to use profound and professional language to stun Li Tangkan and make him feel unclear, and then let them fool him.
But who is Li Tang? He may not have much education, but in his previous life he graduated from an Ivy League school in the United States and worked on Broadway for more than ten years. Perhaps his knowledge reserve is not enough to deconstruct those world famous works, but for This kind of pseudo-literary movie script can still be analyzed very well.
After finishing his long talk, Liu Fendou deliberately asked Li Tang: "Teacher Li, I wonder if you have any other thoughts about my script?"
Even though he said it politely, the smile on his face actually deserved a beating. Maybe in his mind, the script interpretation just now was undoubtedly a dimensionality reduction blow for Li Tang, suppressing Li Tang's momentum and making it easier for him to spend money.
Although Li Tang couldn't see through his inner calculations, he could clearly see the pretense and deception. It's nothing more than showing off a sense of superiority. Not only does it want to cheat your money, it also wants to keep the right to speak in its own hands.
Since everyone has already laid the groundwork, how could he give up this opportunity to show off?
So he looked around, and faced three pairs of expectant or scrutinizing eyes, he smiled slightly and said, "I completely agree with what Teacher Liu said. In fact, I felt the same way when I was reading the script..."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the three people showed more or less disdain, as if they were imitating parrots!
But then Li Tang changed the subject and said: "But this is how I understand it. The story in the script takes place in the subway, but the subway not only carries the story. When we take our eyes away from the story level, we use more Looking down at the subway from a detached perspective, you can clearly feel the non-subway significance of the subway."
The non-subway meaning of the subway, such a refreshing and refined statement immediately scratched Liu Fendou's itch. He quickly asked: "How do you say it?"
The contempt shown by the other two people before was long gone now, and they looked at Li Tang curiously.
I saw Li Tang using his magnetic voice with a dramatic accent, saying unhurriedly: "The fast-moving train, the flow of people coming and going, the tunnel passing by, the empty carriages... flow, Flow, eternal flow. Here, there is no sense of stability, everything is like water, like wind, only a momentary process, no solidified end..."
Hey, it actually has a sense of picture!
After a brief pause, Li Tang came to his own conclusion: "In modern society, the subway, whether in essence or phenomenon, is a fruitless and uncertain transportation center."
As soon as he finished speaking, the table fell silent.
After a long while, I heard Liu Fendou sitting there and muttering to himself repeatedly: "There is no result, there is no certainty..."
Suddenly his eyes lit up, he looked at Li Tang and said excitedly: "That's right! Teacher Li, your summary is very accurate! That's what I think, but it's hard to describe it for a while."
As he said that, he actually held Li Tang's hand tightly and said emotionally: "Teacher Li, my soulmate, my soulmate!"
Liu Fendou has always thought highly of himself, and it is rare that he loses his composure like this.
Li Tang was suddenly held tightly by this guy's hand, especially when he felt that his hands were moist. In addition, this guy was breathing heavily and staring at him fiercely, with his eyes shining, which made his skin crawl all over.
He quickly took his hand out and secretly wiped it with a tablecloth under the table. He laughed twice and said, "Actually, the concept of the subway is very good. If there weren't so many thieves, I would also like the subway and buses. Transportation. The endless flow of people, their expressions with their own thoughts, and their hurried footsteps. I can do nothing, just quietly watch the people coming and going in front of me. It feels like a huge container , can hold everyone’s sadness, joy, sweat, and happiness!”
"Yes, yes, that was my original intention in writing this book."
Liu Fendou echoed again, and when he was excited, he wanted to grab Li Tang's hand. Fortunately, Li Tang was prepared. He quickly raised his glass and toasted to the taciturn Diao Yinan: "Teacher Diao, I respect you!"
Diao Yinan quickly stood up, raised his glass with both hands, and deliberately lowered his glass when clinking it.
"No, no, no, no, Teacher Diao, you're welcome."
Li Tang hurriedly lowered his height, but the other person lowered it again. He lowered it... In the end, everyone's glasses even reached the bottom of the table. There was no need to be polite anymore, so they looked at each other and smiled. Everyone clinked their glasses together and cheers. !
At this point, none of the three people here can underestimate Li Tang anymore. Based on his words, I can’t say that he has high literary quality, but at least he is not someone who is easy to fool.
"Director Zhang, I would like to hear your opinion on this book?"
Li Tang's main purpose today is actually to chat with Zhang Baibai and hear his understanding of the script. After all, if a script is to be turned into a movie, the director's thinking must still play a leading role.
Zhang Baibai would definitely have to show off at the beginning. Although he is not a directing major, he is still the director of a hit drama. After he directed "Love to the End" and became an instant hit, he took over a CCTV New Year drama and won the Feitian Award Silver Award. Even though I haven’t had any productions in the past two years, I still have a lot of fun shooting music videos and commercials, and I’m making a lot of money.
It is precisely because of the accumulation in this area that when it comes to using the terminology used by directors, just like Liu Fendou just now, it is absolutely like the endless flow of the Yangtze River.
But at this moment, he could only say honestly: "Mr. Li, to be honest, after I read this script, I felt that there was something deeply empathetic to me, which aroused my imagination and resonance, and aroused my thoughts. It’s an impulse to shoot, and more importantly, I think the audience should like this kind of movie.”
Li Tang was quite surprised to hear this. He originally thought that they were self-centered people who expressed themselves through movies. It was rare that Zhang Baibai could view the script from the audience's perspective.
This alone is very rare, at least the script will not be made incomprehensible for the sake of so-called artistic expression.
In fact, this was what Li Tang was most worried about before. The reason why he defined this script as a "pseudo-art film" was because it was a commercial film script pretending to be an art film. To put it bluntly, it had low artistic content.
Now that he knew what was going on, he stopped being pretentious and said directly: "There shouldn't be any problems with the investment. I'll ask my agent to contact you later on the specific matters."
Zhang Baiyi was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly picked up the cup and said, "Teacher Li, thank you, thank you so much! Thank you for trusting us."
Li Tang also smiled and said: "The main reason is that the book is good, and I also like the character Jianbin very much. Of course, I believe that with Director Zhang's ability, he should be able to make this movie well."
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In the cold winter, Li Tang wore thin training clothes and practiced Changquan meticulously. I saw that his eyes were sharp, his steps were brisk and steady, and his punches were fast and powerful.
Wu Jing is very familiar with this most basic boxing technique. In his words, it is Tongzi Kung Fu. The first boxing technique he practiced was Changquan.
Although Changquan is the most basic boxing technique, Li Lianjie is best at Changquan. Changquan has very strict requirements on physical fitness and basic skills. There are many kinds of jumping, leaping, rolling and falling, high-leg chain and other movements. It is precisely because of his good foundation in Changquan that it is easy for Li Lianlian to perform any martial arts during filming.
The one-month filming between Li Tang and Li Lianjie was not in vain. During this period, he also asked Li Lianjie many martial arts questions and gained a lot.
Take Changquan for example. In Li Lianjie's words, as long as you practice Changquan well, you can basically handle all fighting scenes. After all, making a movie is not a martial arts competition, and dangerous moves are strictly prohibited, as long as the fight looks good.
Of course, being good at fighting does not mean just using fancy punches and kicks. You must have solid basic skills. Although Li Tang has a good foundation in Sanda and can react quickly on the spot, sometimes his movements are not good-looking. To put it bluntly, he has not practiced the basic boxing skills well.
Wu Jing was cracking melon seeds while watching him practice boxing with great interest. From time to time, he would comment and say: "Your breath just now was wrong. Remember, you must sink the energy in the Dantian and accumulate energy in the Dantian, so as to ensure the continuity of the movements." …”
"Yes, yes, but the force you used just now was wrong. It was too rigid and rigid. You have to use your force smoothly..."
I have to say that with Wu Jing as a good teacher, Li Tang's Changquan Kung Fu has improved by leaps and bounds during this period.
At the beginning, Li Lianjie only told him his experience in practicing martial arts. It was impossible for him to teach him how to practice Changquan step by step. He had to figure it out on his own.
Although Wu Jing talks about martial arts terms, he has scientific basis for it. For example, when Qi sinks into the Dantian, it is because Changquan has a complex structure, ups and downs, and is fast and powerful. This feature determines that Changquan exercise is intense and requires a large amount of oxygen. If you are not good at mastering and using the method of accumulating energy by sinking Qi into the Dantian, it will easily lead to hypoxia, resulting in unsustainable movements and breaking the balance of exercise.
There is also the method of exerting force. To put it bluntly, you cannot use brute force. You must make full use of all parts of the body and concentrate your strength on one point. It is often said that we should take advantage of the situation and go with the trend.
In fact, the reason why Chinese martial arts is called "broad and profound" contains many principles of life to a certain extent. Moreover, martial arts is often called "martial arts", and the highest state of "martial arts" may be philosophy.
Li Tang started practicing martial arts just for filming, but now he has started to like it after practicing for a long time. Of course, the more important thing is to strengthen his body, such as the energy sinking in the Dantian and accumulating power just mentioned, not only for the durability of the movements, but also for the Some persistence is also helpful. Apart from anything else, when we used to study scripts with Xiaopang, the most critical plot might only last about ten minutes, but now if the condition is good and the performance is good, it can take twenty minutes or even half an hour.
In addition, every time he practices martial arts, he often designs a plot for himself and then immerses himself in the plot. He has already summed up an experience. In addition to making the action look good, he also needs to make every move full of emotion and determination through subtle changes in movements and eyes. Only in this way can the audience not only feel the shock of the action while watching, but also be deeply touched and moved.
In the final analysis, no matter what kind of performance, there must be emotional investment, only in this way can the performance be more advanced and the audience moved.
Li Tang practiced it twice more according to Wu Jing's instructions. Even in the cold winter, he was still sweating profusely and felt extremely comfortable.
"I'll take a shower first, order two dishes later, and have a drink at noon if I have nothing to do."
"Okay, but let's agree first, no more than one bottle per person, no more."
"One bottle for each person? What a beautiful idea, just one bottle, half for each person. If it's not enough, turn left when you go out. There are plenty of Erguotou in the canteen."
When Wu Jing came back this time, except for the first two or three days when she stayed at home honestly, she spent most of the time hanging out with him after that. In his words, he was tired of seeing the old man at home, so he had no choice but to come here.
But Li Tang seriously suspected that this guy was just here to trick Moutai into drinking.
(End of chapter)
