Zhang Baibai was stunned at first when he saw Li Tang and Gao Yuanyuan coming together, and then he was relieved.
Since ancient times, beauties love talented men!
There are too many examples like Xu Jinglei and Wang Shuo, Xu Fan and Feng Xiaogang, Deng Jie and Zhang Guoli, Chen Hong and Director Chen, etc.
Gao Yuanyuan is a well-known beauty in their circle. There are many people like Director Xiao Teng who covet her, but I have never heard of anyone that this girl is dating. Now that the mystery has been revealed, it's not surprising when you think about it. Last time Director Xiao Teng organized a party, Gao Yuanyuan stayed with Li Tang, and later the two even left together.
As for the relationship between Li Tang and Fan Binbin, this kind of thing is too normal in the industry. Not to mention that the two have never made their relationship public, so what if they get married. When the above are good, the men all have families. , who tells a hero to have a hard time with a beauty!
He even felt that Gao Yuanyuan had a good vision. Although Li Tang was just an actor, he had already established his own business, and it was rumored that the movie "The Third Man" that he invested in made a lot of money overseas, which can be said to be both fame and fortune. In the words of later generations, people are now capital.
Also, compared to most people, Li Tang looks dignified. Of course for men, after reaching a certain level, looks are the cheapest thing. The competition is about money, resources, background, ability, etc.
"Teacher Li, Yuanyuan, come on, come on, please sit down!"
Zhang Baibai quickly stood up to greet them, and personally poured two cups of tea for the two of them, keeping his posture very low.
The investment agreement for "Metro to Spring" has been signed. The construction company that invested two million and Li Tang Studio, which invested one million in cash plus one million in remuneration, each hold 45%, and the other 10%. It belongs to director Zhang Baibai, which can be regarded as an incentive. This is also an initiative proposed by Li Tang Studio. After all, the soul of a movie is the director, which is very common in Europe and America. Of course, for commercial films with large investment, the director's box office share cannot be so high.
To put it bluntly, it means that the box office of the movie is bound to the director's income. If it makes money, everyone is happy; if it doesn't make money, I'm sorry, I can only pay for the hard work.
What's more important is that Zhang Baibai is ambitious. Everyone has seen the success of "The Third Man" overseas. Not only did Li Tang win the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, but more importantly, the film was successfully distributed overseas and made money. In fact, it is the same all over the world. Whoever can help me make money is my guest.
For example, the French company MK2, which cooperates with Li Tang, is inextricably linked to the three major European film festivals. The reason why Chief Jia's films have frequently appeared at the three major European film festivals and won various awards is because, after all, there are overseas film companies behind them, and everyone has common interests.
Although Zhang Baibai is directing a film for the first time, this cannot stop him from wanting to become a great director. If you want to become a great director in China, it is very easy to win awards overseas!
Zhang Yimou and Director Chen are all ready-made examples. Only those who can win awards overseas are called artists. Movies like Feng Xiaogang's are not recognized in the industry no matter how good they are at the domestic box office. The so-called "three major domestic directors" are more of Huayi Brothers' external propaganda. They are self-proclaimed and, to put it mildly, frivolous.
To put it bluntly, when seeking cooperation with Li Tang this time, Zhang Baibai not only valued his people and money, but also valued his resources. If "Metro to Spring" can be shown at overseas film festivals, especially the three major European film festivals, Zhang Baibai does not dare to expect to win an award. Even if it is just an appearance, it will undoubtedly open up a new world for him. With a door, it will be much easier for future works to be exported. When the time comes for him to win the award, who will dare to call him a young director who has become a monk by the wayside!
People, after all, have to pursue something.
Zeng Jia had already communicated with him on the phone before. In addition to accepting scenes and taking care of affairs, the role of an agent also has an important job: Li Tang is not easy to say things out loud, so she does all the things that can easily offend people.
So after a few words of greeting, before Li Tang could say anything, Zhang Baibai began to introduce the film's actors and behind-the-scenes creators.
The main creative behind the scenes is not a big problem. In addition to the photographer Zhao Xiaoding, the art designers, styling designers, lighting, sound recording, etc. are all well-known in the industry. Most of them have backgrounds in China Theater and Nortel.
As for the actors, except for the few who have been confirmed, the one who plays the subway salesman is Ke Lan, a host of Phoenix TV music program. It is said that he has a deep family background. Most people don't dare to offend easily.
Also playing Wang Yao is sketch actor Fan Wei, who often appears on the Spring Festival Gala stage with Uncle Benshan. To be honest, the industry is somewhat unfavorable to sketch actors, thinking that they mostly come from wild backgrounds and have no academic background.
While Zhang Baibai was introducing, he secretly glanced at Li Tang's face. The actor he chose was both a host and a sketch actor, for fear that Li Tang would be dissatisfied.
In fact, this was all caused by lack of money. Ke Lan was simply interested in performing. He was not short of money and would rather not have money as long as he had the opportunity. Fan Wei's situation is similar. He is interested in acting, has some popularity, and his salary is low enough.
When it came to Ke Lan, Li Tang didn't express his opinion. After all, he had a background, so he didn't dare to offend, and he couldn't afford to offend him.
When he heard Fan Wei's name, Li Tangduo asked, "Is he the one who played the big liar?"
"right."
Zhang Baibai nodded quickly and immediately explained: "I mainly considered that his image is similar to that of a chef, and his age is appropriate. His acting skills are also good, and we have auditioned for the role before."
When Li Tangduo asked, he did not mean to question it, but because he had heard Xiaopang mention this big liar before. He had a cameo role in "Jade Guanyin", playing the role of the male lead Yang Rui's cellmate. It was said that he was filming this scene. During the play, Tong Dawei, who played Yang Rui, couldn't take the other person's play.
Except for the Spring Festival Gala sketch, Li Tang has never seen Fan Wei's screen image, but this alone is enough to prove that his acting skills are reliable. Combined with Fan Wei's performance on the Spring Festival Gala stage, Li Tang naturally had an image of a naive, timid, and a bit of a thief chef in his mind, which quite matched the character Wang Yao described in the script.
Seeing that Li Tang remained silent, Zhang Baibai said uneasily: "Teacher Li, what do you mean to Fan Wei..."
"Oh, it's okay, this actor is quite good."
Zhang Baibai breathed a sigh of relief, and then introduced the actor who played the deaf-mute boy Daming. He was also an amateur. Although the character was a deaf-mute, Zhang Baibai’s idea was to design this character into a trendy character. youth.
This idea is quite unique. Generally speaking, deaf-mute people as disabled people always seem to be a vulnerable group in people's consciousness, but this design will give people a sense of contrast. It can also be seen from this that Zhang Baibai does have some ideas.
Li Tang basically heard that there were no problems. Even if there were problems, such as the second female lead, or the lucky daughter Ke Lan, there was nothing that could be done about it.
"What about Tiger? Does Director Zhang agree to play it?"
To put it bluntly, this character is the bad taste of screenwriter Liu Fendou. It was a helpless move to ask Zhang Yang to act. After all, it saves money, and Zhang Yang graduated from the Chinese Opera Department and has some acting skills. For Zhang Yang, it was just a matter of rushing to get it on the shelves.
Zhang Baibai heard the song and understood the elegant meaning. After circling the small eyeballs behind the thick glasses, he asked tentatively: "Teacher Li, do you have a suitable candidate?"
Hey, that's right. Li Tang especially likes chatting with smart people. So he didn't go around in circles and said directly: "What do you think of Xu Zheng?"
Xu Zheng?
Zhang Baibai's first reaction was the Li Wei who played Zhu Bajie, and then he remembered the depressed and weird Lin Mo in "The Third Man".
From his perspective as a director, this actor is undoubtedly very malleable, has good acting skills, and can handle different types of roles.
"It would be great if we could hire Teacher Xu Zheng to play this role. But the salary..."
Zhang Baibai hesitated, saying that apart from Li Tang's one million salary, the remaining three million investment was very tight. He really didn't have any extra money to hire professional actors. The key is that Xu Zheng's current reputation is not cheap.
Li Tang waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the salary."
Now that the financial sponsor had spoken, Zhang Baibai breathed a sigh of relief and reciprocated: "That's really what I wanted."
Afterwards, the two discussed their work schedule, and the crew met around March 10th for a three-day script reading before filming started. As for the launch date, it is set on March 15th, the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon raises its head, which is also a good sign.
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"Hey, boss..."
Li Tang dialed Xu Guangtou's number. As soon as he spoke, Xu Guangtou on the other end of the phone interrupted him hurriedly: "Cuna, I just wanted to call Nong (for you), and Nong introduced himself." What a coincidence! Brother, I must help you!"
"What's the matter?"
"Didn't I tell Bang Nong on my last trip that the second part of "Li Wei is an Official" is about to be filmed. The original cast members will ask Nong to say hello to Bingbing."
"Yeah, but boss, it's so long, I thought I wouldn't shoot anymore."
"Oops, I can't explain it in one sentence or two. It's been decided now and is ready to start shooting in April or May. Brother, I'll introduce myself as the director. Please support me no matter what."
Hearing this, Li Tang roughly knew what was going on, so he deliberately pretended to be stupid and said: "How can you do it? (What should I do)"
"How can that be possible? I contacted Yi's agent directly two days ago, and the reply just came, saying that Yi will not be filming."
"Oh, maybe there is a conflict in the light."
"Don't help me pretend to be confused. I've made things clear. The filming of "Jade Guanyin" that Yi is currently filming will end in early April at the most. I can just pick it up here."
Seeing that Xu Guangtou was not easy to deceive, Li Tang could only say: "Boss, it's not that I won't help. Nong Xiao knows that Yi spent a whole year on "Jade Guanyin". And I think that after the filming is completed, Yi will Don't go out for a while (for a while), I must take a good rest for a while. What can I do?"
He kicked the ball back again.
"Well……"
Guangtou Xu is also an actor himself, so of course he understands what it means to stay away, but he is unwilling to do so. After a long silence, he said: "Brother, please help me wherever you can. I don't know that Yue Siying, played by Xiang Yi in the first film, is always popular. If you gossip about the replacement, the effect will definitely be bad! Brother, To be honest, I am fully invested in this drama as a family, and I really don’t have to bear the loss!"
Li Tang understood. It turned out that Bald Xu himself had invested. In "Li Wei Becomes an Official", Guangtou Xu is so smart that he will definitely not be willing to give in. When filming the first film, he was almost the executive director. This time, he not only wanted to be the director himself for the second film, but also obviously through The investment also gained control.
However, when he said this, Li Tang was quite embarrassed. Originally, he wanted Xu Guangtou to play the second male lead. As a result, his new drama will start filming in April or May, so he will definitely not be able to escape.
But "Subway to Spring" also has its own investment, and I also hope to make it well. I dare not say that it is a miracle to reproduce "The Third Man", at least it will not lose money.
"Boss, I can help you with your work, but I can't guarantee success..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Guangtou thanked him repeatedly: "Brother, thank you! I know it will be okay if I just take action!"
"Slow down, boss, I haven't run out of gossip yet. Listen to me, I'm doing you a favor, and you have to do me a favor."
"What's the matter?"
"I invested in another movie this time. It will be released on the 15th of this month. There is a cafe owner who plays the role of a cafe owner. I can't find a suitable person. I thought that Nong would be a perfect fit. So I want to ask Nong..."
"It's impossible! It's impossible! Brother, you know, I'm going to start a new play now. I'm not only an actor but also a director. How can I possibly run away? It's impossible, brother, because I'm not willing to help. It’s really important to run away. Do you understand, okay?”
Li Tang knew that this matter was quite difficult. The key was that this guy didn't have any news beforehand. Li Tang only knew that this guy had been tinkering with the French drama "Art" recently and had no scenes to film, so he thought of letting him play the role of Tiger. . As a result, even though he said what he said, no one could come. This loss of face was a trivial matter. The key was that he really felt that Zhang Yang was inappropriate.
So he pretended to be unhappy and said: "Boss, this help comes and goes. I'm helping you. Who can help me? Besides, it doesn't last long, half a month at most. How can I help you?" ?”
"Hey, a coffee shop owner, why don't you just look for someone to cause trouble (can't you do that)?"
"Yue Siying, you can just find someone."
"How can it be the same? Bingbing filmed the first part, and the audience was very happy. The second part has the original cast, but the heroine was replaced... It's definitely not going to cause trouble!"
Li Tang didn't want to argue with Xu Guangtou, so he simply said in Mandarin: "Boss, I think you must be the owner of this coffee shop! If it works, it will work, if it doesn't work, it won't work. Just say something!"
"Uh... I'm a red guy, don't try to force others to do something difficult for you!"
Having said that, Xu Guangtou still gave in in the end and had to say: "Please give me the script first... Don't overdo it. Let's talk about the gossip first. Please help me deal with Bingbing. Otherwise, let's talk about it together." Take two shots!"
(End of chapter)
