"What's wrong?"
"fine!"
"Even though I have it, my hands are so cold."
"Okay, okay, let's forget it."
"You should be happy. Like me, I am very happy every day!"
"I feel so happy all day long, there is no basis for it."
"You are just worried too much, and you always put pressure on yourself. Hey, if you do this, it will make the people around you uncomfortable."
Li Tang and Wang Li sat face to face, asking and answering each other's lines. At this time, Li Tang paused for a moment, and then said uncertainly: "Really?"
Wang Li smiled and said, "Let me tell you a story."
Li Tang said lazily: "Can you make me happy?"
Wang Li said coquettishly: "Listen up..."
As he spoke, he started to tell a story while holding the script: "Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Mary. When she was four years old, an angel flew to her home to see her one day..."
Generally speaking, you can tell an actor's line skills by just listening to them. To be honest, Wang Li's line skills are very poor at first glance. She looks like a newcomer without professional training. But after all, she also graduated from Nortel's advanced training class.
At the beginning of the conversation between the two, Wang Li's charming tone was just passable, but when it came to the storytelling session, Li Tang subconsciously frowned while listening.
What is this?
It was almost like reading a text, and she was still clinging to the script at this time. I don’t know how she did her homework.
Sure enough, before she could finish telling the story according to the script, Zhang Baibai couldn't help it anymore: "Stop, stop, stop!"
Zhang Baibai said with a constipated face: "Xiao Wang, you are slurred in speech and have no emotions at all. This is not acceptable."
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, director. I'm sorry, Teacher Li. Then I'll do it again."
I have to say that Wang Li's attitude has always been very good. She seemed to have brewed her emotions for a while, and then started to tell the story vividly again, but the effect can be imagined.
"How do you think we can do this?" Zhang Baibai said with a depressed look while he was smoking in the corridor.
"Ask me, and I also want to ask you, why did you agree to such a top-notch product in the first place?"
Li Tang was also speechless. If it weren't for the fact that the little girl was a fan of his movies and had always had a good attitude, he would have turned against him long ago. But being an actor, especially playing the second female lead in a play, requires more than just a good attitude. You must have basic acting skills. Now that she can't even speak her lines well, do you still ask her for more?
"I think she came out of Nortel's advanced training class after all. She must have some acting foundation. Who knew this would be the case! Hey, Teacher Li, can you tell me if there is any way to help her? Otherwise, it will definitely not work."
Li Tang suddenly turned around and looked at the honest and honest face in front of him. If it wasn't an illusion, he really couldn't understand that a person could be so thick-skinned.
"No, Director Zhang, you are the director, and you also found the person. You ask me?"
Let’s not talk about coaxing him to invest before, but now he actually asked himself to teach a newcomer how to act. Li Tang really looked dumbfounded.
Zhang Baibai could only say: "Well, Mr. Li, I'm really sorry. I know we might have had some misunderstandings before, but there's really nothing we can do about it. After all, we all want to make this movie a success, don't you think so?"
Oops, you actually dare to threaten!
Li Tang's expression suddenly changed.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Baibai said quickly: "Mr. Li, I have no other intention, I just want to finish filming. You see that things have reached this point, so you can't give up."
Li Tang really wanted to shout: "I won't shoot anymore!"
But this million of real money has already been taken out. If I want to get it back, I guess I will not get it back, and I will have to bear the liability for breach of contract. As for substitution, that is even less realistic. That's an investment of two million. You can't say that you have changed people. I will pay for the two million!
Although Li Tang is rich, he is not so impulsive. After all, it was two million, not two hundred thousand. This year, two million can buy a large flat in prime locations in Beijing and Shanghai.
Zhang Baibai is now clearly a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water. Li Tang can only take a deep breath, suppress the discomfort in his heart, try to calm himself down, and muttered: "There is nothing you can do about the lines. You can discuss it with Lao Liu later. , see if it can be changed. If it really doesn’t work, I have to find someone to dub it. As for the acting... I’ll think of a way."
Dubbing is a helpless act, but any ambitious actor will definitely not accept it, because dubbing means that he cannot be judged for awards. But the reality is that in Wang Li's situation, it is definitely impossible to award an award.
"Okay, that's all I can do."
Zhang Baibai nodded, and at the same time he was secretly making up his mind, wondering if he could change the role of the second female lead to less. On the one hand, it was to appease Li Tang, but more importantly, as a pursuing director, he really couldn't bear to see his first film directed by a newcomer being held back.
Back in the room, Wang Li looked obviously anxious. She knew that her performance could not satisfy the director and Li Tang.
Seeing Li Tang walking in, he timidly shouted: "Teacher Li, is my line..."
Li Tang looked at her with a look of pity on her. What should I say? This appearance is really stupid. Maybe finding a rich husband is her only way out.
However, he is still a little soft-hearted, of course, more for the sake of the two million. Since a beautiful girl has a dream to be an actress, how can I kill her dream? I should try my best to help her realize her dream.
So he smiled, waved his hands and said, "Let's not talk about the lines now. I want to ask you what your understanding of the character Lichuan is?"
When it comes to acting, you first have to understand the characters.
As a result, Wang Li looked confused and looked at Li Tang blankly. It took a while to realize it and said: "I understand, I just think this character... uh, is quite cheerful. Even if he can't see, he still maintains an optimistic attitude. .”
"anything else?"
"She particularly likes children, and, uh... I think she is in love with Jianbin." As she said this, she actually glanced at Li Tang shyly.
"Is that all?"
Li Tang looked disappointed. This girl really had a pretty face but a stupid heart. Her so-called understanding was very superficial. She only saw superficial things and did not explore the characters in depth at all.
He could only ask heuristically: "Do you think Lichuan is a local or an outsider?"
Wang Li thought for a moment and said, "Her profession is a kindergarten teacher, so she should be a local."
"If she is a local, why didn't her family come to see her for so long after she was hospitalized? This is enough to show that she should be a foreigner or an orphan."
When Wang Li heard what Li Tang said, she suddenly realized, "Hey, it's true! Why didn't I think of that?"
Li Tang continued: "Let's assume that she is a Beidiao from other places, so where is she from? What was her previous life like? What other family members are there at home? Why didn't she notify her family when such a big thing happened? What is her personality like? Why is she so optimistic..."
Hearing Li Tang's series of whys, Wang Li was dumbfounded and said weakly: "Teacher Li, do you need to understand all of this?"
"Didn't you attend Nortel's advanced training class? Didn't the teacher teach you to write biographies when preparing for homework?" Li Tang couldn't help but feel a little impatient.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I attended Nortel's advanced training class, but within a few days, something happened at home, so I stopped attending it..."
Wang Li's voice became lower and lower at the end, and her eyes became red.
Seeing this, Li Tang quickly waved his hand. Maybe they had something to hide, but he was interested in inquiring into other people's privacy. He continued to say patiently: "These questions I just mentioned are all elements that constitute the character's biography. If you want to play the role of Haoli If you have the character Chuan, then you must make this character come alive in your heart. A person is not born as such a person, but has to go through a process from scratch, from childhood to adulthood, from birth to maturity, such as Why is her character so cheerful, why did she come to the capital, why did she choose to date the Chef King..."
Li Tang talked about why for a long time, and finally said: "You can only read the script carefully and use the information told in the script to discover the characteristics of the character. You have to believe in the character, so that you can play the character well. Understand What?"
Wang Li nodded in understanding, but she had a good habit of keeping notes in her notebook when Li Tang was talking just now.
She looked at Li Tang's sincere eyes, bit her lip, and said as if she had made up her mind, "Teacher Li, let me give it a try."
"You can try it, but you have to hurry up."
After all, the filming starts in two days, so even if her role is pushed back, there won't be much time.
Li Tang decided to force her, and then said: "You can write it when you get back today. No matter if it is good or not, bring it over to me tomorrow for a look."
"Ah? Uh... Okay, Teacher Li." Wang Li was obviously embarrassed, but she still reluctantly agreed.
Today is already the third day of script reading. In fact, "Subway to Spring" does not have many lines. It is more about the psychological activities of the characters expressed in the form of narration.
This kind of narration in which characters are separated from the story situation seems to have borrowed the artistic expression form of Peking Opera, which is very novel, but it also inevitably makes the pace of the story development slow and somewhat draggy. Of course, it's just a script at the moment. When filming begins, it will depend on director Zhang Baibai's skills to see if he can effectively overcome these problems.
The script reading in the previous two days was actually almost done. After all, Xu Jinglei had gone through four years of professional training and had no words to say. As for Gao Yuanyuan, Lao Fan, Ke Lan and others, Gao Yuanyuan had some acting experience and didn’t have many lines. It's passable; as for the other two who are already eating, it's even better. As for the adolescent boy who plays Daming, he is mute.
Today, Li Tang mainly accompanied the second female lead to read it again to see if there was any opportunity for improvement. As a result, he could only use dubbing, and Li Tang had to work hard on the performance.
Well, now he has not only become an actor and investor, but also has an additional job as a performance director.
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"Brother Li!"
No need to ask, Gao Yuanyuan is here again.
Li Tang ran over to open the door and saw her carrying a plastic bag and smiling at him: "I'm good at making braised chicken today."
After saying that, he walked through the door as if no one else was around.
Li Tang followed her with a sore face. Although he knew that this girl had bad intentions, it was hard to drive them out since everyone was shopping for groceries.
"It starts tomorrow, can't you just stop for a while?" He could only complain.
"How many scenes do I have? Besides, the director has arranged all the scenes between me and Hu Qiang for half a month, so there is enough preparation time."
Gao Yuanyuan walked into the kitchen familiarly, put the vegetables in the bags away, and then began to select and wash the vegetables. Li Tang wanted to step forward to help, but she wouldn't let him, and he was too embarrassed to leave her to work alone, so he had to chat with her while holding a tea cup.
"Hey, how was your training with Wang Li these two days?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.
Although Wang Li is beautiful, she is the woman of the sponsor, so she is not worried at all.
Speaking of Wang Li, Li Tang was speechless. The last time he assigned her to write a biography, she handed it in the next day. It was basically based on the whys he asked, but it could only be said that it was at the level of a primary school student, and he didn't know what she could do. She cannot empathize with her and can only continue to provide heuristic education. I hope she can make progress slowly.
Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but laugh with schadenfreude when she saw him smiling bitterly but not saying a word, but she didn't go too far and immediately told Li Tang another piece of good news.
"Brother Li, our company is helping me pick up a drama recently."
"What kind of show is this?"
“The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword adapted from Jin Yong’s martial arts!”
Oh, Li Tang, who has acted in two Jin Yong martial arts TV series, was immediately surprised and asked quickly: "Which company invested in it?"
Sure enough, after setting up his own business, his perspective on problems changed. The first thing he cared about was investors.
"It is jointly invested by Wanwan Central Television and our Uni-Asia Audiovisual Company, and is directed by Hong Kong director Lai Shuiqing." Gao Yuanyuan said.
Although Lai Shui-ching is a Hong Kong director, most of the time he has cooperated with film and television companies in Wanwan. He has remade several Jin Yong dramas before, such as the earliest version of "The Legend of Heaven and Slaying the Dragon" by Ma Jingtao, Yip Tong and Zhou Haimei, and the version by Ren Xianqi and Wu Qianlian. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and so on.
This time, directing "The Legend of Heaven and Sword of the Dragon" again can be regarded as the second time after ten years.
I guess I saw that CCTV's previous film "The Swordsman" made a lot of money, and last year's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was still very popular, so I wanted to take advantage of this wave of Jin Yong's martial arts trend. soup.
Gao Yuanyuan then added: "You should know both the male lead and the female lead."
"Who is it?"
"Su Youpeng and Jia Jingwen."
Su Youpeng has become famous since starring in the "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" series, and now he can be regarded as an A-list niche actor in the Mainland.
Although this girl Jia Jingwen was only a supporting role when she worked with Li Tang in "Little Li Fei Dao", she has risen in the mainland after starring in several popular dramas such as "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" and "Emperor of the Han Dynasty" soon. Of course, there is a backer behind him and there is no shortage of resources.
"Then what role are you planning to play?"
Li Tang has read the original work, which contains many female characters, such as Yin Li, Xiao Zhao, Ji Xiaofu, etc. He felt that Gao Yuanyuan was quite suitable to play the role of a vase in it.
"It hasn't been decided yet, but the company is doing its best to help me win the role of Zhou Zhiruo, the second female lead."
"Oh, that's okay!"
Li Tang couldn't help but be speechless.
Perhaps when most people read the original work, they usually like the affectionate and righteous Zhao Min and hate the capricious and cruel Zhou Zhiruo. But the more this is the case, the greater the room for this character to play.
It’s 300 chapters, I’m so shameless in asking for a vote!
(End of chapter)
