"I can't get your love, it's like a spring flower without rain; if you don't give me an infatuated heart, it's like a phantom of a spring flower in a dream; I want your love, I want your infatuation..."
In Yao Li's magnetic and enchanting singing, Li Tang danced with his ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend's grasp of the character was very accurate. She lowered her head slightly, but from time to time raised her eyes to look at Li Tang. Their eyes met, but then she immediately avoided her gaze like a frightened bunny, with a shy smile always on her face.
After all, no matter how open-minded women were back then, they still couldn't escape their reserved and shy side. In today's terms, it's probably like smoldering, the kind of thing that you want to reject but still welcome. This is quite similar to the character of my ex-girlfriend.
Li Tang always looked at his ex-girlfriend with a gentle smile. The character of Situ is actually quite simple. Although his character is introverted, sensitive and timid, when facing the person he loves, his eyes become even more intense.
At first, his dance steps were a bit stiff, as he had not danced a dance like the rumba for several years. But with the guidance of his ex-girlfriend, he gradually found the rhythm and the dance steps became smoother.
After peeking and escaping several times, the ex-girlfriend gradually let go, and finally summoned up the courage to face Li Tang's burning gaze and no longer evade. The shyness in his eyes gradually faded away, replaced by deep obsession... …
When the dance music finally stopped, as the last line of the lyrics stretched out, the music stopped, and Li Tang and his ex-girlfriend also stopped dancing.
This is the first time the two have performed together since graduation. In the past, it was not intuitive to watch Li Tang's performance on the screen or on the screen, but today, after joining hands with him, my ex-girlfriend deeply realized that Li Tang is no longer the Wu Xia Amon in school. His performance is natural, accurate, and touching. Full of strength, in the second half I was almost following his rhythm.
"Bah bang bang!"
But the ex-girlfriend didn't have time to think about it. When the two stopped, Lou Ye had already clapped his hands.
"good, very good!"
Lou Ye had a gentle smile as always, but his eyes flashed with surprise.
He knew Li Tang's acting skills well, and the kid had been preparing for a long time, so he wouldn't be surprised no matter how well he performed. But Li Bingbing was different. She clearly took the initiative, and her peeking, evasive eyes and shy expression were very accurate.
He even had a picture in his mind: On a night of heavy rain, a man and a woman ran into the room soaked. On a rainy night, under the dim orange light, the ambiguous atmosphere begins to become confusing...
Yi Ling turned on the gramophone, music started playing, Yao Li's charming singing voice began to flow, and Yi Ling slowly swayed with the music. Situ stood there, looking at his lover with a smile, while nodding and swaying to the rhythm of the music.
Yi Ling jumped in front of Situ and spread her hands to invite him. Situ put his hand into hers. From being shy and stiff at the beginning, she gradually became in tune and devoted, and finally blended in perfectly.
At the same time, Lou Ye also determined his candidate for Yi Ling. Why did he ask Li Bingbing to do a dance when he came up? Because in his opinion, of all Yi Ling's scenes, only the one where she dances with Situ is the most outstanding or important one for this character.
The existence of the character Yi Ling is the driving force behind Situ's change, and the core of this push is love. The scene where the two dance together symbolizes the germination, passion, and final sublimation of their love.
Obviously Li Bingbing's performance just now exceeded his expectations and was a pleasant surprise.
"Thank you, director!"
The ex-girlfriend didn't seem to be out of touch with the character's emotions. She smiled shyly, and then subconsciously turned her attention to Li Tang.
Li Tang gave her a thumbs up.
The performance of Ex-Girlfriend has improved greatly over the years. The details of the characters are very clear and the rhythm is very good.
Lou Ye and Nai'an have worked together for many years and have a tacit understanding. They can often understand each other's meaning with just one look.
So Nai'an spoke first: "Bingbing, do you have any schedule in June and July?"
While Nai'an spoke, he also looked at Li Xiuxiu, because when Li Tang introduced him before, he explained that Li Xiuxiu was Li Binbin's executive agent.
This kind of situation where family members serve as agents is very common in the industry. After all, the wealth does not go to outsiders. Of course, the premise is that you have to be popular enough. Even if you don't rely on the connections of professional agents, there are still various film and television companies and brands coming to you.
"Well……"
The ex-girlfriend didn't react for a moment. Nai An's words obviously meant that the director approved it. The next step was to talk about schedule and contract.
This is Lou Ye’s movie!
A huge surprise enveloped her, making her mind go blank for a moment.
However, Li Xiuxiu was relatively calm. She asked first: "Is there a more specific date?"
Nai'an glanced at Lou Ye and said, "About mid-June, we need Bingbing's one-month schedule."
As soon as Nai'an finished speaking, before Li Xiuxiu could speak, her ex-girlfriend, who had already come to her senses, rushed over and said, "No problem, Sister An, Director, I don't have any problems at all."
…
The three of them came downstairs and got into the car. The ex-girlfriend was still immersed in excitement and couldn't wait to say: "I didn't expect today to go so smoothly. Li Tang, thank you!"
She knew very well that without the biography written by Li Tang, including her cooperation during the dance, she would never have performed so well.
"It's okay, you did a good job and you were lucky." Li Tang said with a smile.
In fact, he felt a little depressed at this time. The role of his ex-girlfriend was finalized, but Lou Ye didn't mention it at all, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Li Tang's guess was correct, Lou Ye did have other ideas. Because he already had a good candidate in mind, the new Golden Horse actor Liu Ye, who was recommended by Chang Jihong through Shanghai Film Studio.
This young man is nice, shy and shy, especially his big wet eyes that look like a frightened deer, which fits the image of Situ in his mind.
But the problem is, Li Tang also wants to act, and his interpretation of the script and characters is quite good. Also, he was very satisfied with Li Binbin just now, but this was based on his performance with Li Tang. Would Li Binbin's performance have been as amazing if it had been someone else? He wasn't sure. Just like the explosive power that Zhou Xun unleashed when he met Li Tang when filming "Suzhou River".
Performing something like this is sometimes very mysterious, and it is also a group project. No matter how amazing the performance is, it needs green leaves to set it off. Otherwise, it will not only fail to add points, but also destroy the atmosphere of the entire play.
In addition, Liu Ye's image is quite suitable, but will he have a stable performance like Li Tang? Lou Ye was also not sure.
On the one hand, it was clear and safe; on the other hand, it was uncertain and risky, but he wanted to try this uncertainty. Ever since, he was in a dilemma.
Nai'an saw Lou Ye's contradiction at this time, but she didn't dwell on it. After all, she had already expressed her opinion before. Li Tang's acting skills are reliable and safe, and he is more or less famous overseas.
What does Liu Ye have, just a Golden Horse Award winner? It may have an advantage when it is released in China, but Li Tang's popularity with "The Swordsman" and two movies that have done well at the box office, "The Story of Escort" and "The Third Man", are enough to prove his influence.
Nai'an sorted out the information at hand and said to Lou Ye: "Do you think the role of Xie Ming, the third male lead, is suitable?"
The third male lead, Xie Ming, is the leader of the resistance organization in the script, and has the same emotional entanglements as the female lead. If the Japanese Hidehiko Itami represents the past of the female lead, then Xie Ming represents the present of the female lead.
After Nai'an and Zhang Rong were screened, the candidate recommended to Lou Ye was Feng Yuanzheng, an actor from Beijing People's Art Theatre. On the one hand, of course he has good acting skills, but more importantly, last year's "Don't Talk to Strangers" made him popular. Although this fire has the meaning of fear and black and red among the general audience, it also fits the ruthless temperament of the leader of the resistance organization.
Lou Ye, who was holding a small digital camera to watch the scene of Li Tang and Li Binbin dancing that Zeng Jian had just taken, paused when he heard this, pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "No problem, it's him."
"Okay, since you agree, then I will contact him."
Although the film is scheduled to start shooting in June, all preparations have already begun, especially for actors. When it comes to scheduling issues, many of them have to start contact and coordination months or even half a year in advance.
Just as Lou Ye's eyes returned to the small display screen of the camera, he pressed the pause button again, raised his head and asked, "Has there been any response from Zhang Ziyi?"
Nai'an shook his head: "Not yet."
Then he said helplessly: "That brother of hers is quite difficult to deal with."
Lou Ye frowned and said, "Didn't you come into contact with her last time?"
"Yes, but she currently travels between Hong Kong and Hollywood, and her brother is in charge of domestic management affairs. Now I can only deal with her brother."
Lou Ye sat there and said nothing. For him, Zhang Ziyi is the perfect choice for the female lead. The only problem now is that the salary is too high, making it difficult to negotiate. At the same time, a popular star like her has no shortage of scripts, but she is afraid that someone will get there first.
If this is the case, then who should the female lead look for? Maybe only the weekly news.
Zhou Xun and Li Tang, these two names flashed in his mind, which inevitably made him a little irritated, because the performances of these two people were predictable and there were no surprises.
But what about Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi?
Although the two had just filmed "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, it was learned from Li Tang that the two had no interaction in the film and did not even meet during the filming.
There might be something to look forward to when the two of them collide.
…
The plane landed smoothly at the Capital Airport.
As a first-class passenger, Li Tang greeted the flight attendants who had taken photos with him before, got off the plane and walked directly to the VIP aisle.
There has been no news from Lou Ye, and after the Lantern Festival, he no longer waits in Shanghai. After all, there are still a lot of things going on here in the capital.
Zeng Jia and driver Shen Lin had already been waiting at the door.
"elder brother!"
"boss!"
I haven’t seen him for more than 20 days, but the driver Shen Lin actually responded to the saying of “I gain three pounds during the holidays”. His face became rounder and he was very energetic.
But Zeng Jia's brows and eyes could clearly see the look of exhaustion.
"Jiajia, thank you for your hard work!"
"Master Shen, happy New Year!"
Shen Lin consciously took the luggage and walked ahead quickly.
Li Tang and Zeng Jia walked side by side behind.
Zeng Jia is tall, wearing a pair of medium-heeled leather shoes and is two or three centimeters shorter than Li Tang. With her good figure, she looks pretty good from behind.
"Anyway, we have plenty of time, so the renovation is not urgent."
Now, to put it bluntly, he has just stepped aside as the boss. Basically, all the work in the studio falls on Zeng Jia alone.
"fine!"
Although Zeng Jia looked tired, she was in good spirits. She shook her long shawl hair and said with a smile: "Brother, it's not like you don't know me. I'm an impatient person and can't sit still."
"Then there's no need to fight so hard." Li Tang said somewhat unbearably.
The two kept in touch by phone during the Spring Festival, and Zeng Jia basically reported to him. Throughout the Spring Festival holiday, except for two days of rest when she went home to celebrate the New Year, the girl worked the rest of the time.
After getting in the car, Zeng Jia couldn't wait to take out a dozen renderings and handed them over and said: "The design renderings have come out. Brother, look, the empty space from the office building to the factory has been assigned to us by the factory. , so that the two sides are enclosed and become an independent space. The people from the design company suggested to me that part of this open space can be used as a parking space, and the other part can be used as a small garden..."
Zeng Jia explained it to Li Tang one by one. The basic idea of the design is to maintain the original style of the factory facade. This is a relatively popular design style in the world today and can be called avant-garde in China.
The factory building at the back will not be used for a while, so a few renderings have been released, but during the actual renovation, Zeng Jia plans to renovate the interior a little, create a rehearsal area, and build a screening room.
At present, the main decoration is the decoration of the three-story office building, which covers an area of more than 400 square meters. With the current size of the studio, in addition to the first floor on the third floor being used as Li Tang's office, reception room and a lounge where he can sleep, In addition, other staff members, including Zeng Jia himself, found the first floor too spacious.
The decoration design company Zeng Jia found was quite reliable. Li Tang was very satisfied with the renderings and immediately nodded and said, "Let's do it like this."
"Okay, workers have been returning to Beijing one after another in the past few days. If we hurry up, we can start work at the end of the month."
Zeng Jia nodded and said, still a little worried: "What I'm most afraid of now is whether this factory will be demolished, and if so, when. It would be a pity if it has to be demolished in two or three years."
Li Tang, relying on the few time-traveling benefits, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, be bold, I don't think it will be demolished here. Look how remote this side is, it's almost to the Fifth Ring Road."
Currently, except for the North Fifth Ring Road, which has been opened to traffic, the rest of the Fifth Ring Road are still under construction. Every time a ring is built in Beijing, it means the dividing line between the urban area and the suburbs. However, the area covered by the Fifth Ring Road is so large that many places are synonymous with outer suburbs.
Zeng Jia disagreed with Li Tang's judgment. Wangjing is just across the airport expressway from 798. Nowadays, large and small buildings are rising. It stands to reason that the 798 factory is closer to the urban area, and there are complete supporting facilities in the Jiuxianqiao community nearby. From a development perspective, this will be an absolutely prime location in the future. How can it not be demolished?
(End of chapter)
