Chapter 74: Failure in Casino and Success in Love
Restaurant private room.
In addition to Li Yang and the three leading actors of "Blind Shaft", there was also the personal photographer on the table. Now the mine F5 was complete again.
When we met, we talked about the difficulties during the initial filming and imagined the prospect of winning awards in Berlin in the future. It was really like everyone was intoxicated by the wine.
"By the way, Director Li."
After three rounds of drinks, Xu Kun asked hopefully, "What prizes do we have a chance to win?"
"They only said that it would be nominated for the Golden Bear Award, but whether it can win is still unclear."
After Li Yang finished speaking, he saw Xu Kun still looking at him eagerly. He knew what he was really concerned about, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "The other party didn't mention the nomination for Best Actor. Maybe we have to wait a little longer."
The second half of the sentence was obviously meant to comfort Xu Kun.
But Xu Kun hadn't expected to be nominated for Best Actor. Seeing that Li Yang hadn't responded, he asked, "What about the Best Newcomer Award? It's the one won by the two leading actors in 17 Years Old Two Years ago! The three of us should have a chance, right?"
"Don't count me out."
Li Yixiang interjected, "My performance in 'Car 44' has been included in several film festivals, so it probably doesn't meet the criteria for the newcomer award."
It turned out to be the case.
So is it that the original actor who played Tang Chaoyang was not selected because of this relationship, so Baoqiang got the chance?
Now there is one more me...
Although they were all brothers, Xu Kun couldn't help but feel his heart pounding.
"This one……"
Li Yang and the cameraman looked at each other and shook his head helplessly, saying, "The Berlin Film Festival now only has one newcomer award, called SHOOTING STARS, also known as the European Rising Star Award, which is only awarded to young European actors under the age of 35."
"its not right!"
Even Wang Baoqiang found this strange: "It was clearly written in the film magazine that Brother Kun and I bought that last year Chinese people swept the Best Newcomer Award at the Berlin Film Festival. The two male actors were from the mainland, and the female actor was from Taiwan."
Li Yang was still thinking about how to phrase it when the cameraman put down his glass and said, "There was no newcomer award at the Berlin Film Festival before. It was only that year that the award was set up, and we took all the prizes. Then there was no more."
Xu Kun, Bao Qiang: "..."
After talking about the new artist award to death, Xu Kun thought that there had been no news from Conquer 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 unsuccessful in gambling but successful in love. If he can't find a buyer after the Chinese New Year, I guess he will go bankrupt."
With the memory of later generations, Xu Kun was naturally not worried that Gao Qunshu would go bankrupt, so he was more concerned about what this "success in love" was all about.
Li Yixiang didn't think much about it and gave an answer: "Liu Weiwei brought a gift to Director Gao when she was on location. Seeing that Director Gao looked 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 she was seducing the "sister-in-law", but who would have thought that she was actually drinking the director's first soup!
You said this was a complete...
He was now very grateful that he and Liu Weiwei had originally chosen to be a couple in the crew, so they acted more cautiously and never showed anything unusual in front of others.
Otherwise, he really didn't know how to face Gao Qunshu.
Xu Kun decisively changed the subject again: "Brother Li, what have you been busy with recently?"
"Nothing, I've collected a few notebooks, but I'm not satisfied with any of them."
Li Yixiang said, taking another sip of wine, and said helplessly: "But if I don't start working, what will I eat? If it doesn't work, I can only roll the dice."
It seems that artists also have to bow down for a few pieces of silver.
Xu Kun hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a character in the crew I'm working on recently that should be quite suitable for you, and the script is definitely not bad."
Although it was a bit inappropriate to recommend Li Yixiang right after getting Baoqiang into the team - but Brother Li was a good person and he had helped me find a job for "Conquer" before. I can't be ungrateful, right?
"What role?"
Li Yixiang immediately perked up.
"He was a deserter who tried to assassinate Shunzhi after his entire family was massacred by the Qing army."
In general, 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 was often ridiculed for his willfulness and ignorance of the world.
But a common problem among good writers and screenwriters is that they like to dig deep into the complexity of human nature.
For example, Qiao Boyan, who did not want to work for the Qing Dynasty, became a deserter. He then met Prince Jian Jidu, who enjoyed torturing and killing Han prisoners, and he nearly lost his life.
After narrowly escaping the disaster, he accidentally met Huabuzi [Princess Jin]'s father Ambadu [played by Wu Liping], and was taken in by Ambadu's kindness and became his godfather.
Because he heard his adoptive father bragging about Shunzhi, Qiao Boyan once hoped that Emperor Shunzhi would be wise and decisive, so he designed a plan to bring the matter to the attention of the emperor.
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 Boyan was completely disappointed with the Qing Dynasty and tried to assassinate Shunzhi twice. He was eventually arrested and cursed Shunzhi and the Qing Dynasty to their faces before his death.
From a national perspective, he is clearly a righteous man.
But in the play, in order to take revenge, he repeatedly took advantage of Ambado's kindness to achieve his goals, and eventually put Ambado to death, but he did not show any remorse.
All these things happened during this period, making it difficult for people to like this character.
In short, we have to create a confusing atmosphere: XXs are wrong and bad, but Xs, are they innocent? !
Xu Kun didn't have much artistic talent, and he didn't know what was so good about this tune, but Li Yixiang obviously liked it. After asking about the general plot, he immediately decided to fight for the role.
The drinking party lasted until midnight.
Fortunately, Xu Kun had set up an ambush in advance, and Deng Chao was there to support him, so he did not alert others when he returned to the courtyard.
However, on the second day, Xu Kun and Bao Qiang were inevitably a little out of shape.
It so happened that Yang Rong and Cui Bo also had some problems, and the experienced seniors had obviously misunderstood something. Li Fazeng even took Xu Kun aside and scolded him.
"Although rehearsals are not the official start of filming, and film and television dramas don't have as strict requirements as stage plays, but if you are so free and undisciplined, can you act well?"
After learning that Xu Kun was half a fellow villager, Li Fazeng took better care of him and was also a little stricter, showing a sense of deep love and sharp criticism.
"Uh~"
Xu Kun hurriedly explained: "Yesterday's situation was really special. Baoqiang and I will definitely not dare to delay important matters again in the future."
After listening to Xu Kun's story about "Blind Well", Li Fazeng, who had seen the movie, immediately softened his attitude.
Xu Kun also took the opportunity to talk about Li Yixiang, especially emphasizing Li Yixiang's spirit of striving for perfection and never slackening his artistic pursuit.
Generally, senior actors like this kind of actors.
But Li Fazeng didn't buy it and asked, "Since he is interested in art, why doesn't he apply to a drama troupe? Even if he can't get into the National Theatre or the People's Art Theatre, he can always get into a local drama troupe, right?"
How would Xu Kun know where to go?
However, he also discovered that Li Fazeng had a condescending attitude 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 makeshift 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 assigned by the higher-ups, how many seniors are willing to act in film and television dramas? However, the younger generation cares less and less about these things."
"Then you..."
"I'm not too old, and I'm retired now. I'm a retired old man who comes to earn some pocket money, so why should I care about the rules?"
Xu Kun: “…”
Seeing that Xu Kun was silent, Li Fazeng laughed and flicked his head with his hand: "Tell me, which role does Li Yixiang like? I'll go and tell Director Liu."
"Father, you are wise!"
Xu Kun exaggeratedly lied and told Li Yixiang that he was interested in playing the role of Qiao Boyan.
Li Fazeng did not hesitate and prepared to go to Liu Heng to plead his case.
But he stopped after taking two steps and turned back to ask, "What's the matter with that little girl named Cui?"
"What's going on? How would I know..."
"to be frank!"
Just as Xu Kun was about to distance himself from the matter, Li Fazeng's face darkened: "That little girl surnamed Cui stared at you eight hundred times with red eyes. Do you dare to say that it had nothing to do with you?"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Xu Kun had no choice but to tell him everything that happened yesterday.
"Oh, today's young people."
After listening to this, Li Fazeng shook his head and sighed, then walked towards the backyard again.
"Old man."
Xu Kun hurried over and cautiously asked, "Are you going to..."
"Of course I'm recommending actors to Director Liu!"
"Then about Cui Bo..."
"I'm just a retired old man earning some pocket money, how can I care about so many things? Besides, young people are bound to make mistakes, so we can't just condemn them all, right? It is the consistent policy of our party to punish past mistakes and prevent future ones, and to cure diseases 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 powerful manager.
(End of this chapter)
