Literary Master 1978

When it was almost time for dinner, several main actors from the crew that Li Hanxiang had invited came to his room one after another.

"The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Behind-the-Curtain Ruling" are two movies, but the stories are coherent, revolving around the three main characters, Xianfeng, Cixi, and Ci'an. There are also several supporting roles with more scenes, but only two of them came today.

The actor who plays the devil Liu Yixin is Zhang Tielin from the Yenching Film Academy. He is still a senior. Li Hanxiang's movie is his first trip to the big screen. Before that, he only filmed a one-episode TV series "There is a Young Man" for CCTV.

As a student with little acting experience, he was very terrified to be selected to play the role of the second male lead in Li Hanxiang's movie.

Compared with the two male actors who can be regarded as having almost no acting experience, the three female actors selected by Li Hanxiang are quite experienced.

Zhou Jie, who plays the role of Concubine Li, is a dancer from Shanghai. She is extremely talented and was selected by the Shanghai Song and Dance Theater at the age of 13. She has already made her mark at the age of 15. She has starred in large-scale national dance dramas such as "Banping Mountain", "Fengming Qishan", "Xiaodaohui", and "Mulan Piaoxiang". She is now a well-known dancer in Shanghai.

Concubine Li in history was good at dancing. In Li Hanxiang's imagination, this role must be a perfect combination of beauty and dancing talent. He tried many actors and was not satisfied until someone recommended Zhou Jie from Shanghai.

When Zhou Jie came to the audition, she did not audition, but performed a dance, which won Li Hanxiang's recognition and got the role of Concubine Li.

In addition to Concubine Li played by Zhou Jie, the actors who played Cixi and Ci'an were Zhang Jinling and Liu Xiaoqing, two Huadans from Yanying Studio.

Zhang Jinling has been active in the film industry since the early 1970s. Many classic movies such as "Crossing the River Reconnaissance", "From Slave to General", and "The Great River Flows" made her a well-known movie star in China in the 1970s.

Compared with Zhang Jinling, Liu Xiaoqing debuted a few years later, but her momentum in the film industry is even faster than Zhang Jinling.

1978 "Little Flower", 1979 "Looking at the Family", 1980 "Mysterious Buddha"...

She debuted for only a few years, but the movies she starred in became more and more popular, and she has become one of the most famous actresses in the Chinese film industry.

Zhang, Liu, and Li Xiuming are called the "three golden flowers" of Yanying Studio in the film industry.

"The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "Behind the Curtain" were invested heavily and received full support from government departments. Yanying Studio, as the leading big brother of domestic film studios, had to follow suit.

Zhang Jinling and Liu Xiaoqing are also very famous in China. With this opportunity, they successfully became the heroines of the movie.

Li Hanxiang introduced the names and corresponding roles of several people one by one. When he heard that Zhang Jinling played Cixi and Liu Xiaoqing played Ci'an, Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything.

After introducing the actors, everyone came to the restaurant under the leadership of Li Hanxiang.

"I have no other intentions in inviting you to dinner today. The film will start shooting in a few months. Next, you all have to prepare for the shooting. I hope everyone can get familiar with the role as soon as possible. I also wish our filming will go smoothly!"

Li Hanxiang raised his glass and finished his opening remarks, and drank it all. Several actors also toasted happily, and Liu Xiaoqing was particularly active.

After everyone finished drinking, they found that Zhang Jinling, who played Empress Dowager Cixi, only took a symbolic sip of the wine and put it down.

Everyone at the table had different expressions when seeing this. Li Hanxiang was a big director from Hong Kong, and the people present were all young actors. When having dinner with such a big director, even if they don't drink, they should show some respect for the first glass of wine. Zhang Jinling's behavior was too embarrassing.

Liu Xiaoqing secretly pulled the corner of her clothes. Zhang Jinling smiled apologetically and said to Li Hanxiang: "Director Li, I'm sorry, I don't know how to drink. Please forgive me."

Lin Chaoyang didn't wait for Li Hanxiang to speak, and said with a smile: "Who of you poured wine for Comrade Jinling? She is a female comrade who doesn't know how to drink. Please change it to tea."

Zhang Jinling cast a grateful look at Lin Chaoyang, but everyone's eyes were still on Li Hanxiang.

Li Hanxiang acted as if nothing had happened and waved his hand generously, "It doesn't matter. Our crew is not accompanying the drinking. If you want to drink, drink. If you don't want to drink, don't force it. The most important thing is to have fun."

Hearing his words, the atmosphere at the table suddenly relaxed.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lin Chaoyang was helping Zhang Jinling to smooth things over. Li Hanxiang had a fierce face and looked ferocious when he smiled. When he didn't smile, he was a ghost.

Several young actors had little contact with him, so they were a little scared. Seeing that he acted calm, no one thought he was really generous, but they all thought he was giving Lin Chaoyang face.

Several young actors were very happy to be able to participate in the new work of a great director like Li Hanxiang, and several people at the table frequently toasted Li Hanxiang.

The atmosphere at the banquet gradually relaxed. The film was scheduled to start shooting in July and August. Li Hanxiang arranged homework for these actors before shooting, which was considered to be an experience of life.

Among them, Tony Leung's homework was the most difficult. In addition to cultural courses, he actually had to go to Inner Mongolia to live with herdsmen.

He really didn't understand why he had to go to Inner Mongolia to experience life when he played an emperor. He had never dared to ask Li Hanxiang this question. Today, he drank a little wine and asked Lin Chaoyang, the screenwriter, under the influence of alcohol.

"The Qing Dynasty declined since Qianlong, and the later period was even more humiliating. Later generations always talked about it with indignation.

But to be honest, the Qing Dynasty’s training of heirs to the throne can be said to be the most stringent among many dynasties. The emperor Xianfeng was average and had a weak character. You can say that he is incompetent, but in terms of personal qualities, his advantages There are quite a few.

According to historical records, his writing and painting skills were among the best among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. He also loved riding and hunting. When he was a prince, he was hunting in Nanyuan and while chasing a group of animals, he fell from a horse and injured his buttocks.

There are rumors in later generations that he was a lame and came from here.

In fact, he is not a cripple. He just injured his thigh due to falling from a horse twice and suffers from a hidden disease.

Therefore, from a personal level, he is considered to be both civil and military. "

After listening to Lin Chaoyang's explanation, Liang Jiahui nodded clearly, "That's it. Thank you Mr. Lin for clearing up the confusion."

"You're welcome."

Liu Xiaoqing sat on the side of Lin Chaoyang. When Liang Jiahui asked him for advice, her eyes were fixed on the two of them without blinking.

"Mr. Lin is really knowledgeable."

Lin Chaoyang looked at Liu Xiaoqing. In his impression, Liu Xiaoqing had a face that had undergone plastic surgery in his 60s, but the Liu Xiaoqing in front of him had a face like a silver plate, eyes like apricots, and was youthful and charming.

He had a kind attitude and said, "'Mr. Lin' is their name in Xiangjiang. You can just call me by my name."

"I'll call you Comrade Chaoyang, and I'll toast you with a glass of wine."

Liu Xiaoqing toasted Lin Chaoyang with a glass of wine, and then said: "I like to read all your novels. I went to see "The Wrangler" twice when it was released. The character Li Xiuzhi was really well written, but it's a pity that Director Xie Jin didn't cast me. "

There was regret in Liu Xiaoqing's tone, but what was more revealed was a sense of pride.

She became famous at a young age and has a very flamboyant personality. It is not surprising that she has this idea.

"You are so well-known. Your reputation will grow even higher after starring in Director Li's film. You will have the opportunity to work with Director Xie in the future."

“For your kind words, I’ll pay you one more tribute.”

After drinking another glass of wine, Liu Xiaoqing asked Lin Chaoyang, "I heard that Director Xie is preparing for the movie "Garland Under the Mountain" written by you?"

It's no secret that Xie Jin wants to film "Garland Under the Mountain". Lin Chaoyang said: "Yes. What? Are you interested in this movie? There are not many actresses in it."

Liu Xiaoqing shook his head, "I heard that he was going to film "Qiu Jin" before."

"That's right. I guess after filming "High Mountain" I will film "Qiu Jin"."

Only then did Lin Chaoyang understand that Liu Xiaoqing wanted to ask him about "Qiu Jin".

"Qiu Jin" tells the story of Qiu Jin's heroic deeds. In the words of later film and television circles, this is a proper heroine movie, and with the blessing of a famous director, it is not surprising that an ambitious actor like Liu Xiaoqing covets this movie.

It's a pity that Lin Chaoyang didn't understand the situation of "Qiu Jin" and stopped talking after a brief conversation with Liu Xiaoqing.

The banquet lasted until about seven o'clock in the evening. Everyone was chatting or changing glasses. The atmosphere was much more lively than when it started.

At this moment, Zhang Jinling, who had been very reserved since he sat down, suddenly turned his head to the side and made a gagging sound while lowering his head.

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.

You didn't drink either. Why did you vomit?

With the thoughts in their hearts, everyone suddenly felt disgusted.

When we all eat together, no one wants to make you drink. It doesn’t matter if you don’t drink. If we drink and make you vomit, is it because we drink and make you nauseous?

Not only did everyone think so, but even Li Hanxiang's face looked a little unsightly.

Lin Chaoyang had good intentions to smooth things over for Zhang Jinling before, but in the current situation, he didn't know what to say.

The biggest possibility he could think of was that Zhang Jinling was ill and had to come to the banquet today. However, no one noticed any abnormality in her body from the moment she entered.

Just when the wine table fell into silence, Liu Xiaoqing said with a smile: "Director Li, Sister Jin Ling is not feeling well today. I heard that you are going to treat me to dinner. I'm sorry that I can't come. I really can't hold it anymore at this moment. How could you be so kind?" be magnanimous."

Li Hanxiang didn't say a word when he heard this.

Zhang Jinling also followed her words and apologized to Li Hanxiang, "Director Li, I'm so sorry for ruining everyone's fun."

His expression softened a little, "If you're not feeling well, go and rest. Do you need to send someone to take you back?"

These words seemed gentle, but they deprived Zhang Jinling of the right to continue sitting with everyone.

Zhang Jinling didn't seem to feel any sense of loss. He lowered his eyebrows and said goodbye to Li Hanxiang and everyone, "No, I'll just go back by myself."

She stood up as she spoke, and Liu Xiaoqing on the side took the initiative to support her, "Sister Jin Ling, let me take you out."

The two left in the eyes of everyone, and Li Hanxiang greeted everyone with a normal expression to continue eating and drinking.

After a while, Liu Xiaoqing came back and apologized to Zhang Jinling sincerely in front of Li Hanxiang.

Although she tried her best to hide it, Lin Chaoyang could still tell that she was in a happy mood now.

After that, everyone ate and drank for nearly an hour before the banquet ended. Li Hanxiang was a bit drunk and had nothing to do, but a few young people decided to send him back to his room.

"You go back first." Li Hanxiang grabbed Lin Chaoyang's shoulders, "Just let Chaoyang see me off."

Everyone left first, and Lin Chaoyang half-supported Li Hanxiang to walk to the room.

Before reaching the door of the room, the two of them saw Zhang Jinling, who should have left, standing at the door of Li Hanxiang's room.

this……

Lin Chaoyang knew that the entertainment industry in the future was chaotic, and he had also heard about some of the chaos in the literary and art circles of this era, writers and female readers, directors and actresses...

Lin Chaoyang looked at Li Hanxiang, "How about... I go first?"

Li Hanxiang, under the influence of alcohol, slapped him on the head, "Fuck you! What do you think of me, Li?"

I want to leave because I know who you are!