When Li Tang went to the Wu family to deliver New Year's goods, the old man of the Wu family showed that he missed his son when he mentioned that Wu Jing might not have time to go home for the New Year. As a result, within a few days after my son came back, he couldn’t stand this or that. It can only be said that the old man of the Wu family is the traditional Chinese image of a strict father. In this regard, Lao Li can definitely be called a good father.
Wu Jing actually has many former childhood friends, classmates, etc., but what should I say? It has been seven or eight years since Wu Jing debuted. She cannot be said to be a big hit, but she is at least somewhat famous. She has been filming outside for so many years, so there are very few opportunities to meet her, so many of her relationships have naturally fallen into the cold.
Another more important aspect is that everyone's levels are different now. It's not that Wu Jing dislikes the poor and loves the rich. It's because the people and things he usually comes into contact with are not on the same level. Even if they are together, it doesn't matter. With a common language, we can never regain the feeling we had before.
Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that some people will make sarcastic remarks or follow others' advice. Sometimes when Wu Jing comes back, he doesn't know how to get along with these childhood friends, and simply ignores them. As a result, he really had no place to go except Li Tang.
As usual at noon, Maotai is enough.
One more thing, the price of Moutai has increased this year. The price of 53 Degree Feitian Moutai has increased from 220 to 280. In the past two years, he has been drinking and giving gifts. The ten boxes of Maotai he brought from his hometown have been almost consumed. Fortunately, Lao Li recently bought 20 boxes at wholesale price from the tobacco, sugar and wine company in his hometown, and entrusted Wang of the team to My uncle brought them over and stacked them in the basement.
Because of geography, altitude, soil and climate, basements are common in Beijing and are warm in winter and cool in summer. This is not the case in Shanghai. The terrain is low-lying. You can’t dig down more than two meters before water comes out. Even if you take waterproofing measures, it is still damp and wet, and there is no way to store things.
After half a pound of Moutai, Wu Jing began to complain about the unsatisfactory career. At first glance, it sounds like this guy is too ambitious and not satisfied. After all, he was a martial arts athlete. Apart from Li Lianjie, who went to Hollywood, he and Zhao Wenzhou are probably the only ones active on the screen today, and they are basically tough male leads.
Although this guy always has a heart that yearns for the big screen. Let's talk about the matter, don't look at the various ancient costume martial arts TV dramas that are flooding the small screen now. They seem to be quite popular, but the tastes of the audience are always like scumbags, and their tastes will change from time to time.
Action actors like Wu Jing actually have a very narrow career path. Once they leave the scope of action movies, they may have nothing to film. So from another perspective, he can be regarded as being prepared for danger in times of peace.
But what can be done?
Action movie actors are very popular in Hollywood. There were Schwarzenegger and Stallone in the past, and Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and others later. They are all macho types.
This is also due to the wide range of themes in Hollywood, including spy films, war films, gangster films, including science fiction films, etc. In China, due to censorship issues, many sensitive subjects cannot be filmed. Hong Kong is quite free, but it is limited by its production or creative capabilities, and it has not been able to produce many good films in recent years.
So all Li Tang could do was to be a quiet tree hole and listen to Wu Jing's complaints. In fact, as an actor, listening is also a process of accumulating performance materials.
Wu Jing didn't drink too much today, but it was almost enough. Li Tang sent him all the way to the alley entrance to catch a taxi. Before getting into the car, this fellow said with a loud tongue: "Brother, see you later!"
"See you next year. I will be returning to Shanghai in two days."
As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Lao Li also called to urge me. Li Tang planned to go back after Xiaopang's crew took a break, and his air tickets were booked in advance.
Zeng Jia has already been in contact with Zhang Baibai, and there is no problem with the investment. The rest is negotiation on some details such as return on investment.
In fact, Li Tang's investment amount is far more than one million. For example, his salary has increased to one hundred since he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor and finished filming "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou. Ten thousand.
Of course, "Subway to Spring" is a low-cost project. Even if Li Tang lowers his salary, the limit can be reduced to 600,000. Zhang Baibai currently faces two choices, either 600,000 yuan can be converted into investment, and the studio will invest another 400,000 yuan in cash; or it can be calculated as 1 million, and the same can be converted into investment, and the original 1 million yuan can still be invested. In this way, the studio has an investment share of two million.
The former does not pay much real money, has low risk, and the corresponding investment share is not large; the latter has high risks, but with a larger investment share, the right to speak and future investment returns will naturally be greater.
Zhang Baibai finally chose the latter, after all, what he lacked most now was money.
Another investor has also surfaced. He is a boss in the construction industry. He invested two million with one condition: he recommended his girlfriend to play the second female lead in the film, the kindergarten music teacher with an injured eye. Role.
Originally Li Tang hated this kind of thing the most, but Zhang Baibai also explained that the second female lead was not some messy cat or dog. She graduated from Nortel's advanced training class, and her image and acting skills were okay. The most important thing is that his investment is to make his girlfriend happy, and his requirements for investment income are not high, and he will not interfere with the specific shooting.
As for the female lead, Zhang Baibai chose Xu Jinglei. This talented woman is one of the new four actresses, and she is an old friend of theirs. Zhang Yang's "Love Malatang" and Zhang Baibai's "Love to the End" established Xu Jinglei's four roles in one fell swoop. The status of one of the Xiaohuadan.
Although there have been no well-known works in the past two years, her selection as one of the so-called "Four Little Actresses" seems unconvincing, but Li Tang has seen her works, and after all, she came from a Nortel major, and her acting skills are good. And it can be seen that she is very emotionally involved when performing. Compared with Xiao Yanzi, who is three years younger than her and one of the "Four Little Actresses", her acting skills are much better.
The only problem now is the launch date. Although casting for Lou Ye's new film "Purple Butterfly" has not yet begun, the launch date has been roughly set, probably in May or June, and Li Tang is worried that it will crash by then. Fortunately, Zhang Baibai's preparations have been completed, and he is just waiting for the rice to be cooked. If everything goes well, it will be ready to start in mid-to-late March of the new year.
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On February 9, 2002, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Tang finally returned to Shanghai.
Xiaopang held his arm and took him all the way to the airport.
The car stopped at the airport, and the driver Shen Lin got out of the car to unload the luggage. Li Tang kissed the little fat girl on her fair cheek, patted the back of her hand and said, "Okay, don't get out of the car, so as not to be photographed by reporters. I'll call you when I get off the plane."
The crew of "Jade Guanyin" had a holiday the day before yesterday, and the scenes in Beijing have been filmed. After the New Year, the crew will move to Yunnan again for filming. This farewell may take another two months, and Xiaopang is reluctant to leave.
"Then can you come here early? We won't go to Yunnan until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year."
Li Tang thought about it for a while and still felt confused: "I can't come. I didn't have much time at home last year. I had to wait until the Lantern Festival before I could come. There are also casting matters..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiaopang's little face fell. Although Li Tang had been working very hard recently, she was very sensitive because she was too involved in the drama. Fortunately, according to An Xin's character setting, she did not make trouble unreasonably. He said with an aggrieved look: "Then after I finish the filming, does it count if you said you wanted to accompany me on a trip to relax?"
"Of course it counts."
After receiving Li Tang's affirmative answer, she finally showed a smile: "Then I'll wait."
After getting off the car, Li Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Little Fatty was as miserable as a little white flower all day long. Who could bear it after a long time?
"Boss, I wish you a happy new year in advance and see you next year!"
Shen Lin handed the suitcase to Li Tang and bowed to say goodbye.
Since he switched jobs to the studio, he changed his title of Li Tang from Teacher Li to Boss. And although the studio was newly opened, he still received a large red envelope. For him with a heavy family burden, all his gratitude was turned into service to the boss.
"Okay, see you next year!"
Li Tang nodded towards Shen Lin, waved to the fat man in the car, and walked briskly towards the departure hall, holding his suitcase.
Fortunately, today's flight was on time and not delayed. The plane landed at Pudong Airport two hours later.
Since the opening of Pudong Airport, most domestic flights have taken off and landed here, and Hongqiao Airport, which is more convenient for entering and exiting the city, has mostly international flights.
As soon as Li Tang pulled his suitcase out of the gate, he saw Lao Li's bright smiling face.
"son!"
"Abba, I've already told you, there's no need to come here to pick me up. I can just get a taxi from the door (it's convenient)!"
"Oh, my son is back, I'm happy!"
Lao Li would never hide his feelings, unlike the old man of the Wu family who was obviously very happy that his son was back, but still had to put on the face of a strict father.
With that said, he stretched out his hand to take the suitcase from Li Tang's hand: "Come on, come on, give me the suitcase."
"No, no, no, let's go. The car parked at the door is waiting for a copy of the report."
"Oh, come on!"
The two men left the airport hall one after another. The Jinbei van used in filming "The Third Man" last year was parked on the roadside. Seeing a traffic policeman coming, Lao Li quickly took three steps and then two steps. He went over and kept shouting: "Let's go, I'm leaving soon."
As a result, the traffic policeman didn't listen to Lao Li's instructions and took out his notebook to write out a report. When Li Tang saw this, he quickly ran up and said, "Comrade, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. We'll leave immediately. Please help me. Don't open the order."
Maybe it was Li Tang who said it politely. The traffic policeman looked up at him and was stunned. He obviously recognized him and showed a faint expression of excitement. Due to the traffic coming and going at the airport passage, he did not show too much, he just put away the list and said: "Let's go!"
He also explained: "Whether you are sending people off or picking up people at the airport, generally speaking, you can stop and go. You can stop for ten minutes at most. If it exceeds 10 minutes, you will definitely need to issue a declaration form!"
"Oh, I understand, thank you!" Li Tang nodded repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Although it's a bit unorthodox, I finally succeeded in brushing my face.
Lao Li also thanked him, quickly opened the car door, loaded the suitcase into the car, and asked his son to leave.
Looking at the taillights of the van, the traffic police comrade said to himself with a surprised look on his face: "Big star, take the car!"
From Pudong Airport to my hometown county is equivalent to nearly 80 kilometers from the easternmost end of Shanghai to the westernmost end. Fortunately, the Shanghai-Qingping Expressway, which extends from the Yan'an Road Elevated Highway to my home county, has been opened to traffic. It's a lot faster, and I can get home in just over an hour.
There was no one at home, so Aunt Xiao stayed in the store. Xiao Xiao had to make up classes during the winter vacation of her senior year of high school this year. There was actually a little yellow dog in the yard. When he saw Lao Li coming in, he hurriedly greeted him with a shake of his head. Although it was the first time he met Li Tang, he didn't bark. He walked up to him, sniffed him, and then rolled around at Li Tang's feet. change.
Li Tang hugged the little yellow dog in surprise. He was so chubby and cute. My family had a yellow dog before, but it was kept in the courtyard of the hotel to look after the house.
Li Tang likes dogs very much. In his previous life, he had a Jack Russell terrier in his apartment in New York. It was the Milo raised by Jim Carrey in the movie "The Man in Disguise". It is a British breed with a yellow and white coat that looks a lot like a Chinese garden dog. It's a pity that he didn't know what happened to the little guy after he was shot by Nico on the street in his previous life.
"This is Ah Huang's son Xiao Huang." Old Li said with a smile.
Even if Huang is already two and a half years old, he has already reached the age of blooming. It is rare that this little guy looks exactly like his father.
Xiao Huang is obviously smarter than his father. When he was just over two months old, he knew how to go to the bathroom outside. He would lie under the eaves and bask in the sun when nothing happened. If there was any disturbance outside, he would get up alertly and when he saw strangers "woof, woof, woof" She kept shouting, she was so fierce.
On New Year's Eve, Aunt Xiao took Xiao Xiao back to the old house. Li Tang and his father worshiped their ancestors as usual. This year's sacrifices were more abundant than before. Not only did Li Tang win the top prize in the Against the Current category at the Venice Film Festival, A certificate for the Best Actor Award and a glittering golden rooster trophy.
Old Li Laohuai was relieved that he had to nag in front of his ancestors to show off that his son was promising, and that there would be successors to the Li family. At the same time, he also warned his ancestors that the Li family would have a new child next year. Not only would there be his step-wife, but he also planned to include Li Xiaoxiao in the family tree, so he would ask his ancestors for permission in advance.
"Abba, what kind of Chenguang service organization does Nong and Aunt Xiao have?"
The father and son sit opposite each other and have a drink. They have been two people every New Year for so many years. Fortunately, this year is the last time. Aunt Xiao will get married next year.
"What are you doing? You're too old, keep a low profile! Just go to Chenguang and get a certificate."
"Aunt Xiao agrees to cut it?"
"That's what Yi Lu means. If you want to follow my ideas, you must do something about it. If Yi doesn't want to, there is nothing you can do!"
"What? Where's Xiao Xiao? If Yi is included in the family tree, Yi agrees to cut it down?"
"After discussing it, we are all the same ancestors."
Lao Li took a sip of wine, changed the subject, and repeated the old tune: "Oh, how can I prepare for next year? Don't forget to have a New Year's Eve dinner, I will be thirty years old! At thirty, I will follow you How can Bingbing plan anything?"
Shamelessly ask for a vote!
(End of chapter)
