I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 995 990 Vigor

Dilraba always remembers what Sister Zeng said to her.

"Tingting's words are the words of your sister Mi to many people in the company."

What Sister Zeng means by this may be that Sister Tingting has a great say.

But to her, the "Are you there" message that Sister Tingting sent to her now was more like a message from Sister Mi.

So she quickly replied:

"I'm here, Sister Tingting, do you have anything to do with me?"

"in class?"

"Yes, this section is about meditation."

"Then you listen carefully and let's talk after class."

"OK."

She replied quickly.

But after I put down the phone, my eyes became a little wandering.

In fact, her grades can only be said to be average, not top-notch, but not bottom either.

Barely maintained around the qualifying line.

In fact, to a certain extent, she quite admired the Beijing Film Academy beauty.

They have signed a contract with the company, and there are also works being performed...but how did this scholarship come from?

What's more, she also watched the interview a few days ago.

If nothing else, she knew that she couldn't compare to her fluent English level and the cultural quality reflected in the interview.

But she was also confused.

In fact, what many people don't know is that the two are alumni of the same school.

They all studied in the Dance Department of Beijiang Art College.

And... I am still the other party's senior sister.

She is one year older than the other person, but they have little contact with each other.

The technical secondary school dance department of Beijiang Art College is actually more like the reserve force of Beijiang Song and Dance Troupe.

After everyone passes the exam, they must work hard to take the exam in the dance troupe. If you want to get into the exam, in addition to your own excellent conditions, it would be better if you can get some awards. Dilraba herself, relying on her excellent folk dance and ballet skills, was admitted to the dance troupe in the second half of the semester when she entered technical secondary school.

After passing the exam, she basically stopped going to school. Instead, she either went to performances with the troupe or rested at home.

The year she was admitted was also the year when she attended the dance troupe most frequently. In September, Guli Nazha had just been admitted to the school.

The two are alumni.

And Dilraba also has classmates and friends who know Gulinazha.

I dare not say that I know the basics, but the specific situation is quite different.

In school, Gulinaza was a student with average talent. This was not said by anyone else, but by the teacher who taught her.

Gulinazha definitely belongs to the type whose talent is not high enough, so she has to go out and win awards to make up for her disadvantages before she can join the song and dance troupe.

In fact, she might not have been able to pass the technical secondary school art exam if it hadn't been for the fact that she had been in charge of displaying the costumes of various ethnic groups at the countdown party for the Olympic Games.

Although Beijiang Art College is not a 985 or 211 program, as the talent reserve base of Beijiang Song and Dance Ensemble, it has very high requirements for young dancers.

And for such a person, her dancing talent is average, let alone her grades... If she really studies well, then she still takes the artistic route? You can definitely use Beijiang's score advantage to go to a famous university.

Maybe there's another way.

But... just such a person, who could be defined as "unremarkable" when he was in school, turned out to be like a cheater after joining Beijing Film Academy.

Scholarships are easy to come by.

This made her feel...a strange sense of frustration and absurdity.

She also knew that she had no direct conflict or hostility towards the other party.

But... just like cats and dogs naturally don't get along. When she sees the other person, the unhappiness from her heart will emerge.

Inexplicable, but extremely true.

But she was able to discover one thing from people like Sister Tingting, including Brother Xu... that is, everyone thinks that students should study hard when they are students.

The problem is... I can’t learn it.

Again.

If she was really a piece of learning material, she might go to 985 or 211 right now.

Even if you get in with art...

The scores in Beijiang are frighteningly low, making it the most ideal "examination venue".

At this moment, she was listening to Teacher Sixiu's class. On one side of her mind, she thought that Gulinazha would spark a wave of enthusiasm just by showing up at the airport. On the other side, she was wondering what Sister Tingting wanted to do with her... Her mind was in a whirlwind. .

She didn't even notice it herself.

She was a little confused at the moment.

People around her were extremely envious of her, especially after learning about Shuangwei's artist structure.

At the level of Shuangwei artist, she is a completely unique person.

Starting from Liu Yifei and Liu Zhishi, plus the plans Sister Zeng tells her on weekdays, many people say that her future is extremely bright.

But the problem is...it's been two years, and I can only practice in a small theater every day.

There are not many serious works.

The drama that my sister mentioned at the beginning of the new year will have to wait until the second half of the year.

Then I threw myself into the small theater...

Although she can also understand that she is honing her acting skills... As long as she can bear her temper, she will definitely get what she deserves.

Can……

It’s uncomfortable.

There is a sense of déjà vu that cannot be achieved without any strength.

In this way, she persisted in this somewhat dazed mood until the end of the meditation class.

As soon as it was over, she sent a message to Sun Ting:

"Sister Tingting, my class is over."

Then, Sun Ting called.

"Hello, sister Tingting, hello."

"Well, Xiaodi, the class is over?"

"Yes."

As Dilraba spoke, she waved to a few of her close classmates, pointed to the phone and walked out quickly.

"Tell me what your current schedule is like."

Hearing this, although Dilireba didn't know what Sister Tingting was going to do, she still answered honestly:

"We are at school on Monday and Tuesday, and we start performing in the theater on Wednesday. There are about five performances a week, two to three performances on weekends, and one to two performances on other days. But most of the time, we go with the group on weekends. Out-of-town performance.”

"Well……"

After listening to this, Sun Ting said:

"How are your grades now? Such frequency of performances won't delay your graduation, right?"

Dilraba was stunned.

Why are you asking this?

Are you going to... add more weight to me?

In an instant, she was shocked and said quickly:

"It won't be delayed. And the graduation program in our acting department mainly relies on works. I've almost passed the exam."

Then, she couldn't help but ask:

"Sister Tingting, do you want me to come to any show?"

"...It's not a drama, it's a variety show. Do you know the Korean show "RUNNING MAN"?"

"!!"

The girl's already big eyes widened again.

It's like my eyes are going to fly out.

"I know! I've been watching that show. I've been following it since the beginning, and I'm following it now."

"Running Man"!

"Running Man" in Sister Zeng's mouth! ! ! ! !

It must be this one.

Could it be... that you want me to be a regular guest?

Otherwise, there’s no point in asking me if I’m free, right? If it was just a guest for one episode, wouldn't it be possible to finish filming in just one or two days?

Definitely not asking in such detail.

And if I could get on Running Man...

She had heard Sister Zeng say before that "Running Man" would be the variety show that Brother Cong and the others would focus on next.

Besides...that show is so popular in Korea now!

All spread to the country.

Not to mention anything else, the program team just went to Macau to shoot a Macau special episode some time ago.

That scene... was so hot!

Especially Song Ji Hyo's shocking jump, just watching it makes me feel hot!

And Brother Cong, who is holding the three programs "The Voice", "The King of Masked Singer" and "I Am a Singer", pays close attention to him.

This show is definitely not bad!

"Dong dong dong..."

Her heartbeat had begun to accelerate uncontrollably.

Fortunately, I can still bear it.

I couldn't help but not take the initiative to ask, "Do you want me to come?"

But...it's also very hard to endure.

And just when her mind was spinning, Sun Ting, who heard what she had watched, subconsciously looked in the direction of Sister Mi who had finished recording the program and was sitting in the car with her eyes closed to relax.

I found that my sister seemed to have heard nothing. She was leaning on the middle row seat of the business car, holding her forehead with one hand and pressing it gently.

So, she thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, I understand. Xiaodi...if you are asked to participate in this show and be a long-term regular guest, can you take care of your career and studies?"

"I can!"

There was almost no thought. The moment she heard what she wanted to hear, Dilireba's instinct had replaced her reason, and she gave her response almost "in an instant."

"..."

Sun Ting said nothing.

I just noticed that my sister's movement of pressing her temples paused.

There was a pause of about half a second.

Then it starts again.

It was as if the pause just now was an illusion.

But Sun Ting, who has been with her for almost 8 years, understands her all too well.

Yang Mi didn't even need to express her position, she said directly:

"Okay, I understand. Then you go to class first, we have to study this matter again. Study hard, do you hear me? Don't delay your homework."

Although she didn't know what there was to learn in the acting department...but she still had to say this.

Because this is also Sister Mi’s attitude.

Then, with Dilireba's obedient response, she hung up the phone.

I looked at the screen and found that someone had sent me a WeChat message.

Open it and take a look...

[Baozi]: "I won't participate. If you are looking for guests, then I can still go, hahahaha. It doesn't matter in the long run, I want to film!"

Seeing this news, she said to Yang Mi:

"Sister, Baozi refused. She said she could be a guest, not a long-term guest. She wanted to film."

"..."

Yang Mi said nothing.

I just opened my eyes and looked where I was.

After realizing that it was still some time before arriving at Quanjude, he looked out the window at the heat wave composed of the sun and the car, as if talking to himself, and muttered:

"Still too young."

"..."

Sun Ting said nothing.

Yang Mi also continued to talk to herself:

"In the past, your brother Xu always liked to pay for some of his stupid actions. For example, every time I said that he drove a Ferrari in school and had a haircut that was very tacky. His all-purpose excuse was that he was young back then. Full of energy. What do you mean: If you don’t have full energy, you can still be called a young man...but you said, does he now regret that he was such a middle-class kid back then?"

As the saying goes, listen to the voice.

Naturally, Sun Ting would not think that her sister was really talking about Brother Xu.

In other words...even if we talk about Brother Xu, she can only speak and listen to herself.

I am a part-time worker, and I follow my boss to complain about the boss lady?

Don't want to die?

So, she pretended not to hear anything and just changed the topic back:

"Indeed, the little girl still needs to learn how to hide her thoughts. It's too obvious, and I'm afraid someone will figure it out in the future."

This time Yang Mi remained silent again.

This made Sun Ting herself start to wonder... Why does my sister's silent appearance look more and more like Brother Xu?

And didn’t she say that she was born unable to imitate Brother Xu’s speech that meant one thing on the surface but another meaning secretly? But what does this look like...does it feel similar to that one?

I was right to ask Fatty.

When I asked her, she nodded.

But now Fatty has agreed and is waiting for you, old man, to make up his mind. Why are you silent again?

Whether it works or not, please give me an accurate confirmation.

The kid's excitement on the phone was almost overflowing.

Maybe...that's why I'm worried, right?

While she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard a sigh:

"well……"

Yang Mi sighed and said:

"Send her information to Lao Wang."

Sun Ting subconsciously came back to her senses and nodded:

"Okay. Then where are the others..."

"There are only three melons and two dates in total. You don't know the tempers of the others? They are all lazy. Even Tang Yan is a love brain, what can I do?"

Sun Ting understood the meaning of Yang Mi's words.

Then I heard Yang Mi say:

"Tell the talent scout department that we are recruiting people this year. There is no limit to male or female. We will recruit another batch!"

"OK."

Sun Ting picked up her phone and started busy.

Yang Mi once again put her forehead with one hand and closed her eyes.

She is actually quite conflicted right now.

On the one hand... there really aren't many people in Shuangwei, that's for sure. So after receiving Jiaojiao's rejection, and even asking Baozi without considering it, the only suitable person left was Pangdi.

But the problem is that she also knows that this is where she is hypocritical.

She was very optimistic about this girl and felt that she would definitely become Shuangwei's pillar in the future.

I want her to be a down-to-earth, "traditional" type of actress.

Money is guaranteed to make a lot of money for her.

Once your acting skills are honed, there will definitely be no shortage of awards.

Not to mention commercial value and celebrity status.

But right now, this girl is so interested in a variety show that purely sells her own persona. The harder she sells her persona, the worse the market feedback for the film will be, but she actually doesn't want to agree to it.

But on the other hand, if you don't agree, then the fat will really flow to outsiders.

Tangled up in this.

Not wanting to give up is also here.

But unfortunately, this girl... can't hide her thoughts anymore.

It gave her a sense of loss as a "closed disciple" who had no ambition to be here.

but……

She opened her eyes again, looked at the scenery passing by outside, and shook her head slightly.

"If God wants to rain, the girl wants to get married, so let her be."

New actors are like leeks.

If this doesn't work, we'll find another one.

You'll always find the right one.

…

""Running Man" I pushed Fatty over."

These were the first words Yang Mi said when she came home at night.

Xu Xin was stunned.

But the next second he nodded slightly:

"okay."

He didn't ask the so-called "Why are you willing to push your little apprentice over" or other jokes.

If Fatty hadn't taken the initiative to do this kind of thing, he wouldn't have believed it even to death.

The attitude of Shuangwei artists toward variety shows is actually a top-down inheritance.

Everyone knows that Sister Mi promotes a lot of variety shows every year, and some old employees will be confused and think, "Why don't you do this kind of job that makes you millions in just one or two days?" , tell them why Sister Mi doesn’t go.

As for Director Xu... let alone that.

He is a director, so he knows better than anyone else what kind of actor he wants.

An actor is well-known to everyone on a variety show. Once a fixed impression is formed, it is really difficult to change it.

The Big Boss hopes that its actors will adopt a prudent attitude towards variety shows.

Others also understand the boss's character.

Except for the rebellious Lin Gou, everyone showed restraint this time.

Does Fatty know?

I definitely know that too.

But she still agreed... which means that at least the other party's original intention of becoming an actor is not very pure.

Perhaps in her heart, "fire" is more important than other professional attributes of an actor.

In this case... everyone has their own ambitions, so why force it?

And Yang Mi’s second sentence was...

"Have you drank the tea I made for you?"

"Drink."

Xu Xin nodded:

"What the hell is that? It's so painful."

Yang Mi did not answer directly, but just asked:

"How many drinks have you had?"

"How many more drinks are you going to have? It's going to be so painful that you're going to die."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes:

"I poured it directly and had a drink."

"That's not possible. You need to drink more...wait, I'll make it for you. Drink more, it's good for your health."

"...?"

Looking at his wife walking out, Xu Xinxin said, what are you talking about?

I always feel that in your heart, my position seems to be less pure?

But after nightfall, he understood.

In fact, his position in his wife's heart has always been very simple.

It has never changed...

Anyway.

Two days flew by.

Neither Xu Xin nor Yang Mi have anything new to say about movie promotion.

It’s nothing more than interviews, interviews, programs, and stunts…

The audience enjoyed watching it, but to the person involved, it was just an ordinary... even a bit boring job.

Yang Mi was too lazy to say, and Xu Xin was too lazy to ask.

Anyway, it’s the same process that comes and goes.

Two days later, she rushed to the next stop of the crew's tour to China.

In Huayi's own theaters, the promotional video for "Pacific Rim" has been rolled out in full swing.

Right behind The Fast and the Furious.

It means positive hard steel.

But Xu Xin completely calmed down.

The reason is that on the 24th, the kindergarten has a holiday.

The children started their 2-month summer vacation. After knowing that their mother was leaving, the two children followed her no matter what. The father-in-law and mother-in-law took the two children to join their mother, leaving the old father behind for the whole day. Days with nothing to do.

Immediately afterwards, Beijing Film Studio also had a holiday on the 26th.

He can't even be a teacher.

But fortunately, he still has a job in his hand, which is Volvo car advertising.

On the 27th, while Yang Mi was still promoting in Shenyang, he had already taken off and boarded a plane to the United States.

…

It’s 3:30 pm on the 27th, Los Angeles time.

The plane arrives.

Xu Xing, who had gradually become accustomed to this jet-lagged life, had just landed. After entering the customs, he turned around and passed the security check before boarding another private plane.

Volvo's civilian car and heavy truck businesses have now been separated. The former was acquired by Geely, while the latter is completely owned by them.

The person who came to receive him this time was Peter Evenson, the advertising manager of Volvo Trucks North America.

Even Xu Xin has to admit that Volvo is indeed a very...how should I put it, a great partner.

Let’s not mention the fact that he can use the car anytime and anywhere in the world with just one phone call. Let’s just talk about this advertisement. Last year it was pushed to this year, at the beginning of this year it was pushed to May, in May it was pushed to June, and then it was the end of June before I finally waited for him.

But even so, there was no complaint at all.

A group of people were incredibly enthusiastic about him.

Perhaps...this is also the credit of the XC90 advertisement that was rated as one of the "top five car advertisements" in 2011?

They knew that the director in front of them was someone who could produce commercials that would actually boost car sales.

So the attitude was extremely polite.

Now everyone is taking this small plane to rush to Silicon Valley.

The shooting location this time was a private airport in Silicon Valley.

The flat runway of the airport can ensure the stability of the car when driving to the greatest extent. After several months of screening based on the locations provided by the film crew, he finally felt that this private airport was the most suitable.

As for the owner of the airport, he belongs to a Silicon Valley rich man.

Xu Xin forgot what his name was, but he only remembered that he was a shareholder of Google and had strong financial resources.

The distance from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley is actually not that far in terms of flight distance, more than 500 kilometers.

Less than an hour by plane.

When landing was approaching, Xu Xin looked out the window at the small airport located on the plain, and nodded with increasing satisfaction.

The plane landed smoothly.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, a familiar figure came up to him.

"Haha, Xu, long time no see!"

Simon Reyes, who still had that bearded face, but seemed fatter than before, opened his arms and hugged him.

Okay, this guy is not French.

Otherwise, Xu Xin would really be afraid of nightmares if he played with this beard.

Muttering in his heart, he also hugged the other party:

"Long time no see, Simon."

Then he said to the smiling people next to him:

"Hey Johnny, Silva, Luke."

"Mud Howl~Director."

Several people responded in Chinese.

As the first XC90 commercial shooting team, although we didn’t keep in touch much after the commercial shooting, the relationship was still very pleasant and there was no quarrel.

"I've seen your creativity, Xu. I have to mention, it's still like a genius. I can't wait."

Hearing what Big Beard said, Xu Xin smiled and nodded:

"Thank you for your compliment, friend. Are you off work now? If not... let's take a look at this runway after the plane takes off?"

"Of course, no problem. I knew you were impatient. Look, I'm ready."

He pointed to the side of the tower, and Xu Xin saw a Ford Raptor pickup truck with a swing arm on the back.

There are two golden Volvo box trucks parked near the exit of the tower.

His eyes lit up:

"This gold color is fine."

Although he chose the color himself, the champagne gold used by Volvo looks particularly beautiful under the sunset at this moment.

"Is the driver here?"

"Uh... No, we are the only ones here. The stunt drivers and the others are still resting in the hotel over in Silicon Valley."

After hearing this, Xu Xin did not force himself and responded directly:

"Okay, let's walk around the runway for a while, I'll take a look at the footage and then it'll be over, half an hour at most, how about that?"

Reyes laughed:

"You are the director, of course there is no problem."

Once the director gives the order, the crew members just do their work.

The photographer was placed on the crane arm. Because it was a mobile shooting, Xu Xin's position was the co-pilot of the pickup truck.

Holding a laptop, he received the footage of Simon Reyes in the trunk.

Soon, the pickup truck started driving slowly on the empty runway.

It must be said that the runway condition of this airport is very good, and the car drives on the road very smoothly.

But there is one flaw, that is, the California sunset is a bit too strong.

The images captured by the camera facing the setting sun are not particularly good, and the contrast between light and dark is too strong.

After the first run, Xu Xin and Simon Reyes discussed the exposure issues.

After the other party made some adjustments, he ran again.

But the effect is still not satisfactory.

“Change Van Damme must show the beauty of his strong facial features and steel-like body in the sun. In my concept, he must have a distant resonance with those two golden pickup trucks. The feeling. He wants to be like the sun god Helios bathing in the sun, and these two golden pickup trucks are his fire-horse chariots. Peter, do you think what I say is right?"

Volvo Advertising Manager Peter Evanson, who was standing next to him, nodded like he was pounding garlic.

That's right, bro.

exactly!

"But this kind of sunset will make people...especially those with their backs to the sunset, make their facial features look particularly dim. This effect is not very good..."

Although there is no model in the picture, the first reaction of photographer Simon Reyes after hearing this was:

"What about adding a set of lights?"

"No, when the time comes we have to shoot from one shot to the end to reflect the stability of the vehicle. It must be shot with natural light."

As he spoke, he looked around and pondered for a moment:

"If the setting sun doesn't work, then we can try the rising sun in the morning. Let's do it today, Simon. We'll get up earlier tomorrow and invite the stunt drivers to try it together."

Simon Reyes shrugged slightly:

"You are the director, you have the final say."

"Okay, that's it for today. When we get back to the hotel, we'll have a meal together and study it... OK, Luke, let's call it a day."

Following his order, the others nodded.

Soon, several cars drove away from the private airport.

It is about 40 kilometers from the airport to Shengjing City, where Apple is located.

Xu Xin and Simon were in the same car. On the way, they kept chatting about things related to the commercial shooting.

Silicon Valley is not a city, but a region.

On the way to Shengjing City, Xu Xin would see some office buildings that were not very high but had a sense of technology on their facades from time to time.

Not to mention...

When he thought that this was the center of the world's Internet technology, if he didn't still have work and was tired from the journey, he would really want to visit all these places.

While he was thinking about it, a phone call suddenly came over.

Caller: Georgia

After Xu Xin took a look, he directly connected the phone:

"Hello, George."

"Hi, Xu. I heard from Yang that you have arrived in the United States?"

"Yes, I just arrived and now I'm here in Silicon Valley."

"Silicon Valley? Do you want to invest in high technology?"

"No, I'm here to shoot a commercial. It will probably take a few days before I return to Los Angeles. George, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Yes, friend. The script Molly submitted has been approved by the company. We would like to talk to you about the script."

Xu Xin was not very surprised.

It has been over a month or almost two months since I submitted several scripts.

It's time for results.