Chapter 74: Frustration in the casino, triumph in love
A private room in the restaurant.
In addition to Li Yang and the three leading actors of "Blind Shaft", there was also the royal photographer at the table. Now Mine F5 was reunited.
When everyone met, they talked about the difficulty of filming and thought about the prospect of winning an award in Berlin in the future.
"By the way, Director Li."
After three rounds of drinking, Xu Kun asked hopefully: "What prize do we all have the chance to win?"
"They only said that it will be nominated for the Golden Bear Award, but there is no telling whether it will win or not."
After Li Yang finished speaking, he saw that Xu Kun was still looking at him eagerly. Knowing what he was really paying attention to, he shook his head helplessly and said: "The other party didn't mention the nomination for Best Actor, so maybe he has to wait a little longer."
The second half of the sentence was obviously to comfort Xu Kun.
But Xu Kun didn't expect to be nominated for Best Actor. Seeing that Li Yang had nothing to say, he quickly asked: "What about the Best Newcomer Award? It's the one the two male protagonists of "Seventeen Years Old Cycling" won the year before last! The three of us Ordinarily there should be a chance, right?”
"Don't count me out."
Li Yixiang interjected from the side: "My performance in "Che 44" has already participated in several film festivals. It should not meet the criteria for the Newcomer Award."
I see.
Could it be that the actor who originally played Tang Chaoyang was not selected because of this relationship, so he took advantage of it to stay strong?
Then now I have an extra self...
Although they were all brothers, Xu Kun couldn't help but his heart was beating rapidly.
"this……"
Li Yang and the cameraman looked at each other, shook their heads helplessly and said: "The Berlin Film Festival currently only has one Newcomer Award, called SHOOTINGSTARS, also known as the European New Star Award. It is only awarded to young European actors under the age of 35."
"That's wrong!"
Now even Wang Baoqiang felt strange: "The movie magazine that Brother Kun and I bought clearly stated that last year we Chinese won the Best Newcomer Award at the Berlin Film Festival. The two male actors were from the mainland and the female actress was from the mainland. Bend over there.”
Li Yang was still thinking about what to say. The cameraman put down his glass and said, "There used to be no Newcomer Award at the Berlin Film Festival. It was set up that year, and then it was covered for us, and then there was no Newcomer Award."
Xu Kun and Bao Qiang: "..."
After chatting to death about the Newcomer Award, Xu Kun thought that there had been no news from "Conquest" for a long time, so he asked Li Yixiang again: "Brother Li, is there any news from Director Gao?"
Li Yixiang shook his head and said: "Director Gao is now frustrated in the casino and happy in love. If he can't find a successor after the New Year, he will probably go bankrupt."
With the memory of future generations, Xu Kun naturally is not worried that Gao Qunshu will go bankrupt, so he is more concerned about what this 'love success' is all about.
Li Yixiang didn't think much and gave the answer: "Liu Weiwei went out on location to bring a gift to Director Gao. Seeing that Director Gao was haggard, she stayed to take care of him for two days, and then the two of them got together."
Hiss~
Xu Kun took a breath of cold air.
I thought it was to seduce the ‘sister-in-law’, but who would have thought that I actually drank the director’s head soup!
You said this is a serious matter...
He is very lucky now that he and Liu Weiwei went to the crew as a couple, so they acted more cautiously and never showed anything strange in front of others.
Otherwise, he really wouldn't know how to face Gao Qunshu.
Xu Kun decisively changed the topic again: "Brother Li, what have you been busy with recently?"
"It's nothing. I saved a few notebooks, but I'm not very satisfied with them."
Li Yixiang said, took another sip of wine, and said helplessly: "But what will I eat if I don't start working? If it doesn't work, I can only throw dice."
It seems that artists have to sacrifice themselves for five buckets of rice.
Xu Kun hesitated for a moment and said: "There is a character in the crew I worked for recently who should be suitable for you, and the script is definitely not bad."
Although Bao Qiang had just been added to the team, it was somewhat inappropriate to recommend Li Yixiang again - but Brother Li was a nice person and had helped him find a job in "Conquest" before, so he couldn't be ungrateful, right?
"What role?"
Li Yixiang immediately became energetic.
"He was a deserter who tried to assassinate Shunzhi after being massacred by the Qing army."
Generally speaking, Liu Heng's script is relatively objective, fully exposing the ugliness of the Manchu nobles and the royal family. Even the kind-hearted Emperor Shunzhi often made people laugh at his willfulness and ignorance of worldly affairs.
But the common problem of good writers and screenwriters is that they like to delve into the complexity of human nature.
For example, this "Qiao Bainian" deserted because he didn't want to work for the Manchus. As a result, he almost lost his life when he met Jidu, the king of Jian County, who took pleasure in torturing Han prisoners.
After luckily escaping, he accidentally met Hua Shuangzi [Jin Fei]'s father, Ambadoo (played by Wu Ping). He was taken in by Ambadu's kindness and worshiped him as his adoptive father.
Because he heard his adoptive father brag about Shunzhi, Qiao Bainian once hoped that Emperor Shunzhi would be wise and decisive, and planned to bring the matter to the imperial court.
As a result, because most of the Manchu nobles did not take the Han people seriously, Shunzhi finally chose to compromise and forgive Prince Jian and others.
Qiao Bainian was completely disappointed with the Manchu court and tried to assassinate Shunzhi twice. He was eventually arrested, and before his death he scolded Shunzhi and the Manchus in front of their faces.
From a national standpoint, this man is obviously a righteous man.
But in the play, in order to take revenge, he repeatedly used Ambadou's kindness to achieve his goals, and finally put Ambadou to death, but he did not show any regret.
All these things during this period made people dislike this character again.
In short, it is necessary to create an atmosphere that makes people tangled: XX people are wrong and bad, are X people innocent? !
Xu Kun doesn’t have much artistic talent, and he doesn’t know what’s so good about this tone, but Li Yixiang obviously likes this tone. After asking about the general plot, he immediately decided to fight for this role.
The drinking lasted until midnight.
Fortunately, Xu Kun laid an ambush in advance, and Deng Chao was there to help him, so he didn't alert anyone else when he returned to the courtyard.
But on the second day, Xu Kun and Bao Qiang were inevitably a little out of shape.
It just so happened that Yang Rong and Cui Bo were also a bit off the mark. Several experienced seniors had obviously misunderstood something. Li Fazeng even took Xu Kunti aside to scold them.
"Although rehearsals have not officially started filming, and film and television dramas are not as strict as dramas, but you are so free and casual, can you perform well?"
After learning that Xu Kun was half a fellow villager, Li Fazeng treated him with a little more care and a little more strictness, showing a sense of deep love and deep responsibility.
"Uh~"
Xu Kun hurriedly explained: "Yesterday's situation was really special. Baoqiang and I will definitely not dare to delay business anymore in the future."
After hearing what Xu Kun said about "The Blind Shaft", Li Fazeng, who had watched the movie, immediately softened his attitude a lot.
Xu Kun took the opportunity to talk about Li Yixiang again, especially emphasizing Li Yixiang's character of striving for excellence and never relaxing his pursuit of art.
Generally old-timers like such actors.
But Li Fazeng didn't buy it and asked: "Since he has a pursuit of art, why doesn't he take the exam for a repertory troupe? Even if he can't get into the national language and humanities exams, the local repertory troupe can always do it, right?"
Where does Xu Kun know where to go?
However, he also discovered from this that Li Fazeng had a condescending mentality towards film and television dramas. He seemed to think that only drama actors were called actors, and film and television drama actors could only be regarded as a grassroots team under the control of the director.
"There's nothing strange about this."
Li Fazeng did not hide this at all, and said openly: "This is the consensus of the older generation in the drama industry. Unless it is a task given by the superiors, how many of our seniors are willing to act in film and television dramas? But the younger generation, I don’t care about this anymore.”
"Then you..."
"I belong to the old age group. Besides, haven't I already retired? A retired old man comes to earn some pocket money, and he doesn't care about any rules or regulations."
Xu Kun: "..."
When Li Fazeng saw that Xu Kun had stopped talking, he laughed and raised his hand to blow his brains out: "Tell me, which role does Li Yixiang like? I'll tell Director Liu."
"Ama, you are a saint!"
Xu Kun exaggeratedly told Li Yixiang that he was interested in playing the role of Qiao Bainian.
Li Fazeng didn't say anything and was ready to talk to Liu Heng.
But after taking two steps, he stopped, turned around and asked, "What's going on with that little girl named Cui?"
"What's going on, I don't know..."
"to be honest!"
Just when Xu Kun wanted to clear it up, Li Fazeng's face darkened: "That little girl named Cui has been looking at you for eight hundred times with red eyes for a long time. Do you dare to say that it has nothing to do with you?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Xu Kun had no choice but to tell everything about what happened yesterday.
"Oh, today's young people."
After hearing this, Li Fazeng shook his head and sighed, and then walked towards the backyard again.
"Old man."
Xu Kun hurriedly caught up and carefully tested: "Are you going to..."
"Of course I am recommending actors to Director Liu!"
"Then about Cui Bo..."
"I am just a retired old man who earns a small amount of money. How can I manage so much? Besides, young people are bound to make mistakes, so we can't just beat them to death, right? It is our party's consistent policy to avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to treat illnesses and save talents."
Xu Kun watched Li Fazeng's back disappear behind the Moon Gate, and then he remembered that this old man was not only a drama actor, but also a manager with real power.
(End of chapter)