What Zeng Jia drove was not Li Tang's Audi but her own champagne-colored Guangben.
Li Tang walked over, opened the back door, threw the backpack he was carrying into the back seat, and sat in the front passenger seat.
Zeng Jia, who was sitting in the driver's seat, saw this, a smile flashed across his lips, started the car, and asked: "Brother, are you going home?"
"It's better to go to the company first and finish the work." Li Tang put on his safety belt and said.
It has been more than a month since he left the company this time, and he probably has a large pile of documents that he needs to sign.
Zeng Jia's car is not like most girls' cars where there are always some small decorations hanging on them to create a cute or warm style. Her car was neatly packed. There was nothing extra except a box of tissues and two bottles of water next to the driver's seat. It was almost like a new one from the factory. At first glance, it was easy for people to think that she was an idiot. Uninteresting woman.
But as soon as Li Tang got in the car, he smelled a fragrance. It was not the smell of strong car perfume. It was fresh and indifferent, exactly the same as the smell exuding from Zeng Jia.
Different perfumes, different cosmetics, and even the different smells of women themselves, give each woman her own unique smell, and this smell is one of the key indicators that two people are attracted to each other. Maybe he was used to it. When Li Tang smelled the familiar smell permeating the car, he became very relaxed. He also deliberately moved his seat back to put himself in a sitting position as comfortable as possible.
Zeng Jia, who was driving, glanced at him nestled in his seat and said with a smile, "Is everything settled at Bingbing's place?"
"Well, that's right." Li Tang was a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Zeng Jia is a smart person. She will not pay too much attention to her boss's personal life. Instead, she will wipe the boss's ass, fill in the gaps, and solve various problems in work and life.
She immediately changed the topic and said: "This time "Surprise" was submitted for review, Director Qi helped to say hello, and it came out in three days."
"Well, I really should thank him. I'll make an appointment with him later to find a place to have some tea." Li Tang said.
Movie censorship is a very mysterious thing. If it is fast, it only takes a few days. If it is slow, it may take several months. There are even some films that have never been heard from, such as "Xiao Wu" back then.
When Director Jia made his first feature film, he won the Forum Award at the Berlin Film Festival. He originally thought it was bringing glory to the country, so he excitedly submitted it for review, hoping that his work would be able to meet the domestic audience. As a result, So far there has been no news, several inquiries have been unsuccessful, and to this day there is no concrete result.
The second time I cooperated with Shanghai Film Studio, I didn’t even pass the script review. Later, Chief Jia finally learned his lesson and established Hutong Production Film Company in Hong Kong under the name of photographer Yu Liwei to circumvent mainland censorship.
Then Li Tang followed suit and established Shengtang Film and Television (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Of course, it is still a Chinese movie in name. After all, Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong.
"There is a new club opened in Dongsi. The environment is quite elegant, and you can have food and tea."
In the past two years or so, many courtyard houses have popped up in the capital. A two- or three-entry courtyard house hidden in an alley has been renovated and has everything you need for eating, drinking tea, and even sleeping.
After all, the capital is the imperial capital. All kinds of dignitaries and dignitaries gather together, and it is inevitable to attract attention when entering and leaving high-end hotels. Therefore, there is a huge market for this kind of secret club.
Nowadays, more and more such clubs are opening, and the scope of customers has gradually expanded to include celebrities. On the one hand, celebrities do have the need to conceal themselves from others; on the other hand, celebrities are rich, and because of their low social status, they especially want to get closer to high-ranking officials, so they naturally flock to them.
Of course, those who can open such a club have a background, and generally safety can be guaranteed. As for the price, it doesn't matter.
"Well, just look at the arrangements for the place. I will tell you the specific time after I make an appointment with Director Qi."
I have to say that it was a wise decision for Li Tang to take on "The Escort Story" when he only received 30,000 yuan in salary. Not only did he win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor with this film, he also gained the friendship of the director Qi Xin .
Over the years, Qi Xin has been steadily sitting in the Film Bureau's position responsible for film production, distribution, screening and other businesses. Although his rank is not high, he is a small official with great power. In addition, he has already entered the Film Bureau as early as the 1980s. The job is old and the qualifications are old. Last year, I heard that China Film Group wanted to transfer him to be responsible for the film and television planning and script review of the entire group, and at the same time, he could be promoted to a higher level.
It should be said that the conditions were still very attractive, but after much thought, he decided to stay at the film bureau. After all, no matter how big the China Film brand is, it is still a second-tier unit under the leadership of the Film Bureau.
After returning to the company, Li Tang spent a busy afternoon briefly looking through the accumulated documents and accounts, and then signed each one. The company's revenue last year was good, but its expenses were also high. Not to mention the company's current size of more than 30 people, staff salaries alone were a considerable expense. Just for the decoration of that old house in Shanghai, almost two million has been invested.
Thinking about it now, Li Tang feels a little regretful. On the one hand, he bought the old house for investment, and on the other hand, he also wanted to fulfill his dream of owning an old house. But now it seems that the gain outweighs the gain. Since the decoration is so good, he may not necessarily move in. After all, a bachelor can live anywhere.
In fact, the best solution at the time was to simply renovate the old house and use it as the office location of the company's Shanghai office in the future. This not only allows him to use rent to offset the company's costs, but also allows him to avoid part of the personal income tax while earning rent. According to the new policy introduced the year before last, individuals’ income from renting out residential housing at market prices is levied a personal income tax at a rate of 10%.
To be honest, at present, whether it is a company or an individual, there are really not many people like Li Tang and Shengtang Film and Television who pay taxes honestly. To put it bluntly, the main reason is that the laws, regulations and implementation are still very imperfect, let alone the policies and countermeasures. . But the concept of paying taxes in Li Tang's previous life has almost been engraved in his genes.
As the saying goes, there are three things you must never do on earth. If you do them, you are courting death. The first is to ban alcohol in Russia; the second is to promote independence in China; and the third is to evade taxes in the United States.
The most feared thing for Americans is the IRS, because once you are targeted by this agency, no matter you are a gang boss, a well-known star, or the commander-in-chief of the United States, they will all be investigated.
Therefore, although there are many loopholes in this aspect in China, Li Tang still dare not follow the trend to evade taxes. Just kidding, trying to take advantage of the country without a strong background is not courting death!
Of course, he is not a fool. Some reasonable tax avoidance can still be done. Otherwise, how could the profession of accountant who helps people file taxes in the United States become so popular?
When it was almost time to get off work, Li Tang called Qi Xin and made an appointment to have tea together the day after tomorrow.
At this time, assistant Xiao Zhao knocked on the door and came in. He hesitated and asked, "Teacher Li, do you have any plans for the evening?"
"No arrangements. What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"Uh... Sanjin would like to treat you to a meal."
"Hey, is this guy Sanjin really here?"
Li Tang couldn't help but look surprised, and then said hurriedly: "Why did he invite me to dinner? It's my turn to invite him to dinner. Where is he? When did he come?"
When Hu Jian was filming, Xu Sanjin said he wanted to come to the capital to study acting. At first, Li Tang thought he was just a three-minute sensation, but he didn't expect that he actually came. Moreover, Xu Sanjin helped him and the crew a lot at that time, and he still remembers this favor.
Xiao Zhao was still a little nervous at first, but now he smiled and said: "He came here at the end of last month, and I rented a house for him. I didn't hear that you were back, so I wanted to treat you to a meal. .”
"Then why didn't you tell me in advance?"
"Aren't I afraid of disturbing you?"
"Okay, you go and arrange a place and tell him that I'll treat him to a drink. What about... Oh, yes, there will be fine wine when friends come!" Li Tang said with a smile.
"He has already booked a place to eat, and he also has a teacher there who teaches him acting." Xiao Zhao said.
"Hey, the acting teacher has been found. Did you help him find it?"
"Well, I also asked a friend to help introduce him. He is a teacher at the Nortel Performance Institute."
"Well, that's reliable!" Li Tang nodded.
There are quite a lot of training courses for various types of performance these days, and there are a lot of good and bad people among them. The teachers at the serious Nortel Performance Institute are pretty good.
For example, the Chinese Opera also has an acting research institute, and the famous Wang Zhiwen, Gong Li, and the currently rising Chen Jianbing are teachers there.
"Okay, let's go there now."
Li Tang tidied his desk and suddenly remembered that he should call Gao Yuanyuan. After all, Gao Yuanyuan and Xu Sanjin were also very familiar with each other. But more importantly, he and Gao Yuanyuan have not been in contact for a while. Before he resigned, Gao Yuanyuan did not call, so he must be unhappy. Now that we have accepted it again, we will have to work together when the time comes. We can't keep the relationship so frozen.
After thinking for a moment, he first pushed away Xiao Zhao who was helping him get clothes, and then dialed Gao Yuanyuan's number.
The phone rang for a long time, and it took a long time to hear the other party answer the phone. Just when Li Tang was about to hang up, he heard a voice from the other side: "Hey! Brother Li, are you finally willing to call me?"
The voice sounded obviously full of resentment.
"Didn't you call me too?"
"I……"
Gao Yuanyuan on the other end of the phone was speechless for a while. In fact, she had just seen Li Tang's name on the caller ID on her phone and was so excited that she took a while to calm down before answering the phone.
Originally, she wanted to question Li Tang about why he resigned after knowing that the female lead was her. But when she heard Li Tang's voice, she couldn't say anything. She could only ask dryly: "What do you want from me?"
"Oh, it's Xu Sanjin here. He is currently studying acting in the capital. He heard that I arrived in the capital today and made arrangements to treat him to dinner. If you are free, let's go together!"
"OK!"
"Then where are you? I'll come to pick you up later?"
"I'm at home, but you don't need to come to pick me up. It's the evening rush hour and the road is very congested. Just tell me the address and I'll just go there by myself." Gao Yuanyuan said.
"Oh, okay, I'll send the address to your mobile phone later."
"Well, then...see you later!"
"See you later!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
Yuanyuan's temper is quite good, at least on the surface she doesn't seem to be resentful about what happened before.
I have to say that Xu Sanjin is very understanding of the world, and the place he arranged to eat was at a newly opened restaurant near the Liangmaqiao Embassy District. This place is right between 798 and Paoju Hutong. It is very close whether Li Tang comes from the company or from home.
I guess this was Xiao Zhao's idea. After all, as an assistant, it's quite taboo for him to reveal his residence without his consent.
Li Tang sent Gao Yuanyuan the address and took a car to the restaurant that specializes in fresh seafood.
The door of the restaurant is very impressive. Because it is newly opened, the inside is very lively. Guests in the private rooms can take the elevator directly upstairs.
"Teacher Li!"
Seeing Li Tang come in, Xu Sanjin, who had been waiting in the box for a long time, quickly got up and trotted towards him.
"Isn't this Sanjin restaurant owned by your family?" Li Tang joked with him with a smile.
"My family is just a fisherman, how dare I come to the capital to start such a big business!"
With that said, Xu Sanjin introduced Li Tang: "Teacher Li, this is my acting teacher, Teacher Zhang Songwen."
"Hello, Teacher Zhang!"
Li Tang quickly extended his hand to say hello to the short man with a broad forehead and gentle face who had just followed Xu Sanjin.
"Don't you dare, Teacher Li, it's an honor to meet you! Just call me Songwen or Xiao Zhang."
Zhang Songwen quickly held Li Tang's hand with both hands, nodded and bowed, with a humble smile on his face.
"Teacher Zhang, you're welcome, you are a teacher from Nortel!"
To be honest, the first impression this teacher Zhang gave him was not very good. He was still a teacher after all. How could he be so flattering?
Xiao Zhao, who was following Li Tang, naturally knew Teacher Zhang, but Teacher Zhang was still very polite to her.
"Oh, by the way, Yuanyuan will be here soon!" Li Tang immediately said to Xu Sanjin.
"Sister Yuanyuan is coming too!"
Xu Sanjin suddenly looked surprised and said sheepishly: "I originally wanted to contact Sister Yuanyuan, but I was afraid of disturbing her."
"What's so polite about this? Don't forget that we received a lot of care from you when we were in Hu Jian."
After exchanging a few words, everyone sat down.
Out of politeness, Li Tang asked Zhang Songwen, who was restrained and smiling all the time: "Teacher Zhang, you also graduated from Nortel, right?"
Zhang Songwen said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, I graduated from the 2000-level vocational class of Nortel."
Oops, it’s actually level 2000!
Li Tang couldn't help but be stunned, why did this guy look older than him.
Seeing this, Zhang Songwen quickly explained: "I was born in 1976, and I joined Nortel at the age of twenty-five."
In 1976, he was two years younger than himself. However, besides being surprised at the other party's maturity, Li Tang was even more surprised that the other party was only a graduate of a vocational college and could actually enter the Nortel Performance Institute as a teacher. In addition to having connections, Then the business ability must be quite outstanding.
Just looking at his humble state, it seems that he has no strong background.
Li Tang subconsciously asked again: "Teacher Zhang, have you ever filmed a movie?"
"Uh... not yet. I have been working as a film crew before, but I haven't had a suitable opportunity yet." Zhang Songwen said with an embarrassed look.
It can be heard that he can't take the role.
Think about it, if you have a relationship, how could you not get the role? Then the only explanation is that this person has excellent business ability.
Li Tang couldn't help but look at him with admiration.
(End of chapter)
