I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Xu Xin discovered one thing...Xu Zhi became more and more like a scumbag.

He changed the frame style of his glasses. The lenses were very wide and looked like toad glasses. His hair was also permed. He sat there... As a member of the same sex, Xu Xin was born with a sense of repulsion.

It's as if this bitch in front of me is harming women of good families every day.

But in comparison, the flowery arm on Xu Yang's arm looks quite eye-catching.

One is a beast and the other is a beast.

He looks less and less like a good person.

Perhaps his eyes were too strange, Xu Zhi pushed up his glasses:

"What do you see?"

"You don't look like a good person."

Xu Xin shook his head helplessly:

"Why do you get such a look? And Xu Yang, the arms are colorful, doesn't it look downgraded?"

"You know what, this is called art."

Xu Yang proudly showed his arm to Xu Xin:

"Handsome!"

"..."

At this time, Xu Xin was speechless.

The wine was filled and the dishes were served.

A few brothers who haven't seen each other for a long time are getting together, what else can they do besides drinking?

Eat and talk at the same time.

Xu Zhi held the juice cup in his hand and said:

"Three gold, Yang Ying's resources are all gone."

Xu Xin nodded:

"Well, I know, I heard Yang Mi say it. So how is she doing now?"

"Not so good. What's broken is just Yuntu. She still has connections in the Beijing circle. Huang Xiaoming introduced a lot of people to her, so it won't have much impact in the short term. But in the long run..."

Speaking of this, Xu Yang sneered:

"Then it depends on how smooth her journey is. Once she sprains her foot...how realistic is this world? It's hard to think about it."

"Tsk."

Xu Xin shook his head with emotion.

Pity.

As long as she behaves well, her wife will help her digest some sewer resources.

No matter what...

Headwind...or the entire northwest circle really cannot tolerate such unmotivated people.

But then again, people can now play outside the Northwest Circle.

It’s not like it can’t be played.

So there is no need to say who can't live without the other.

Just take a long-term view.

"But it should be said that Yang Ying has great resources recently. People in her studio said that since the box office of "The Dragon King" was released on the first day, her appearance of playing the pipa is really rare. It is said that Advertisers are almost out of business.”

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, Xu Yang also nodded:

"It's true, it does look good. I also like that look...ah, this woman should be very beautiful in white stockings~"

Xu Xin's eyes moved.

Speaking of which... my wife hasn't worn this color for a long time.

Well, go home and discuss it with her and reward yourself.

"Just let her make money for Yuntu now. Then when it's almost done, she will transfer the shares... Oh yes, three golds."

Xu Zhi looked at Xu Xin:

"Would you like to buy Tang Ren's shares?"

"?"

Xu Xin was a little puzzled:

"Did they sell their shares?"

"Not for sale."

Xu Zhi shook his head slightly:

"I hope we can buy some."

"???"

This time, Xu Xin was really surprised.

Although he has never worried much about Tang Ren's affairs... his wife also told him about Tang Ren's general situation.

A small family-run company like Tangren actually wants to be acquired?

“Is it a cloud map or a headwind?”

"Cloud Atlas."

When Xu Zhi answered, Xu Xingang and Xu Yang had a glass of wine.

Taking advantage of the situation, he threw a cigarette to Fa Xiao and said:

"How did you talk?"

"It's not a chat. No, the factory and the station have already set up a film and television drama platform. Wow, after I talked to you last time and you thought it was okay, Tangren became one of the first partners. Nazha Wasn't it the crew that had been assigned to even... "All Quiet in Peking"? After that, the Tang Dynasty sent several scripts to the station.

Among them is the 3D animation "Qin Shi Mingyue" that we watched at that time.

I think... the script is actually just like that, but Hustu is still guaranteed ratings, right? What's more, Mimi doesn't have a good relationship with those directors. They felt pretty good when they saw him, so they took advantage of the situation and proposed cooperation with him. They can sell some shares and deepen cooperation between the two parties. I know they value it very much, but it’s not a loss after thinking about it..."

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, Xu Xin looked at Xu Yang.

Without even asking, with just a look, Xu Yang understood what it meant and shook his head directly:

"He wanted to acquire it, but he didn't agree. He didn't think it was necessary."

After speaking, he glanced at Xu Zhi and then said:

"Er Nao thinks there is a problem with the scandal, but the lawsuit between Tang Dynasty and Shishi was only concluded last year... Even if they turned enemies into friends, it would be too fast. After all, as long as their directors and Li Guoli retire, it can be seen that , everyone has to disperse. As long as Li Guoli leaves, Tangren's TV drama production department will be finished. Who else is among the remaining actors? There is only one stubble left, is it necessary?"

As he spoke, he picked up his phone:

"I'll show it to you."

After fiddling with it for a while, he handed the phone to Xu Xin.

Xu Xin took a look... and found that it was the new friend interface of WeChat. Several directors from the Tang Dynasty, including Lin Yufen, You Dazhi, Liang Shengquan, etc., had actively added Xu Yang's WeChat account.

"Is this added together?"

"It would be better if they were added together. Lin Yufen was the first to add it, and then asked if she could push this WeChat message to other people. After asking the question, she mentioned a few people who were close to her. Pushed over. Sanjin, do you think this is a joke? The people of the Tang Dynasty have been at odds with each other for a long time.

How old is Li Guoli? He will retire in the next two years at most. Once he retires, the directing department will definitely be disbanded. In the casting department, their very... Jinfu just caused a scandal, Yuan Hong also left, and Nazha, the little girl, we also know what happened. Apart from the stubble, what kind of person is this? Therefore, I think it is necessary to do this. In my opinion, the most valuable thing about Tang people is a stubble. Yeah? "

"Well……"

Xu Yang's words made Xu Xin confused for a moment what to say.

after all……

But there is actually no need to say this kind of thing.

From his perspective, he actually doesn’t have any dislike for stubble.

In other words, there are more people who have a good impression of their wife.

What's more, he and she didn't choose to expose it at the beginning, and others didn't know about it. And after he sent the message that "she fell asleep", Hu Tuan was quite a person.

Normal filming and normal work, there has never been any entanglement.

He's not that petty.

Not really.

Thinking of this, he asked:

"Can you dig out the stubble?"

At this time, Xu Zhi and Xu Yang shook their heads in unison:

"Can't dig it out."

Xu Yang sighed with emotion:

"Beard... is a character. I only found out after chatting with Director Lin and the others recently that over the years, there have been as many as fifty people who want to dig out Beard, and the conditions offered are all very good. But Beard He won’t leave. When he had a car accident, the Tang people protected him to the death. The friendship between the two parties... can’t be broken. Otherwise, if they could dig out the stubble, who in the Tang Dynasty would take them to play? "

"Then let's not break up."

Xu Xin shook his head slightly:

"The TV series project launched by Taiwan and the factory this time actually hopes to be more diversified. It will no longer be limited to certain companies or artists in certain circles. To put it bluntly, content comes first. Over-tying a certain company is It's unwise, and it's not necessary. Only through competition can we maintain vitality... If you think a certain play is suitable for Hu Zai, then let Hu Zai play it. But once you cooperate, it is inevitable that the Tang Dynasty will fill in other people... Even if they don't find you, If the fox pretends to be the tiger and the tiger becomes powerful, people may agree to it for our sake. So... forget it."

After hearing his point of view, Xu Zhi did not refute.

In fact, in his opinion, this kind of thing belongs to the category where nothing will be affected if you agree, and nothing will be lost if you don't agree.

And if Tang Ren is eyeing film resources, he may refuse it directly without hesitation.

But the TV series has just started, and it’s the time to recruit people, so we still have to think about it. But Sanjin has said so, so let’s just do it.

Anyway, nothing is lost.

but……

"Sanjin, what about this TV drama platform, how many heroines will be promoted when the time comes...?"

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

Look at this bastard who doesn’t drink...

Why does this sound so familiar?

Is it you who led the imperial army here?

He rolled his eyes angrily:

"Let me tell you first, acting is more important than anything else. This is the bottom line."

"That's for sure. How could you not know this?"

"As long as you know it. Never let Yang Ying do that! You know it!"

Hearing what Xu Zhi said, and looking at Xu Yang's sly smile, Xu Xin nodded slightly to express his agreement, and inevitably started gossiping:

"Which good family are you targeting again?"

"It's a very good family! If it's a good family, he won't touch it!"

Xu Yang looked like he was about to die laughing.

Then he lowered his voice:

"The second naughty guy..."

The three of them muttered there for a while.

at last……

"Idiot!"

Xu Xin looked at Xu Zhi with a "you bastard" expression on his face.

Xu Zhi must be a bastard.

As for these so-called "good families"... it can only be said that the bastard is right about the mung bean.

Again.

Some things, in this circle...are really not surprising at all.

Not strange, not strange.

Tsk…

…

Xu Xin actually didn't drink much during the lunch.

He and Xu Yang drank half a kilo of wine.

Xu Yang naturally felt that it was not enough.

Among the few, he can drink it.

After all, he could lose a Q7 while drinking. Currently, Xu Xin has never heard of anyone breaking this record.

Two ounces of wine is not even mouthwash for Xu Yang.

However, Xu Xin still had something to do at night.

I can only give up.

After drinking, Xu Xin wanted to go back and take a rest.

But I didn’t return to COFCO One.

Because I had to drive the Audi for errands in the evening, it was still at Tomson Yipin.

Returning to Tomson Yipin with Su Meng, Xu Xin opened the drawer containing the car keys as soon as he entered the door...and then froze.

Why are there three?

For a moment, he couldn't tell which one was the A6, so he simply gave them to Su Meng.

Su Meng didn't even enter the room, but took the key and entered the elevator again.

Xu Xin originally wanted to change shoes, but when he opened the shoe cabinet to get slippers, he found a pair of high heels in the shoe cabinet.

Right next to a pair of Nike women's training shoes.

He blinked, as if he had realized something, and looked around subconsciously...

It's okay, everything else is pretty normal.

The home is very clean.

It seems that the old man often asks people to clean.

but……

He thought about it for a while, but he didn't change the shoes after all. Instead, he walked directly into the room and took a look around.

I noticed several changes in my home.

The house the old man bought is about 700 square meters. The house has a total of 8 bedrooms, 3 living rooms, 9 bathrooms and 1 kitchen. Before he entered the master bedroom, he discovered that the elderly room near the balcony had been converted into a place for storing red wine.

The huge bedroom is full of those kind of constant-temperature wine cabinets, which contain a dazzling array of red wine and champagne.

Old man drinking red wine?

Tsk~

Don't be ridiculous.

How can red wine be as delicious as Moutai?

So naturally he didn't believe that this was done by the old man.

This is a change.

And...in another empty room, there are two more treadmills, and two bundles of yoga mats stacked in the corner. There are also hula hoops and those fitness balls.

So...here comes the problem.

Although the old man is exercising, why did he buy two treadmills?

One to run and one to watch?

He thought for a while and went straight to the cloakroom.

But this time, the scene where men's and women's clothes were mixed did not happen as he expected.

On the contrary, the cloakroom is full of men's clothing, including belts, handbags, suits, leather shoes, etc.

To say it's normal...it's not a problem.

But Xu Xin found that there were many more clothes in the cloakroom than when he lived there before.

The clothes are almost full.

You know, my own cloakroom is very big.

To be able to fill such a large cloakroom... the old man at least has dozens of extra clothes.

After thinking for a while, he opened the locker in the cloakroom.

The first layer contains underwear, neatly folded into soap-fast-sized underwear.

a lot of.

Very neat.

I just don’t know if it was the cleaning staff or who did it.

but……

He took out a pair of CK's underwear, looked at the elastic band embroidered with the CK logo, and thought to himself, is my dad so fashionable?

You are so old and still wearing CK?

Apart from the fact that this item looks pure and lusty when worn by a man with a good figure (Yang Mi’s original words), it is actually quite average in terms of quality and grade.

Instantly, he got goosebumps.

After closing the drawer for his father's underwear with a "crash", he opened other cabinets and looked...

You said it was a coincidence or not.

Except for the two pairs of women's shoes in the shoe cabinet, there is actually no women's clothing in the closet.

He stood at the door of the cloakroom and subconsciously glanced in the direction of the master bedroom.

In the end, I didn't take any steps forward.

Instead, he retreated from the spot.

When he came to the door, he sat on the chair where he was changing clothes, and suddenly felt a little trance...

As a son, he had a strange feeling at this moment.

Although I have been aware of the old man's matter before... But at this moment, except for two pairs of shoes, there is no trace of a woman's life, but there are a few more changes...

It made him think a little too much.

Is this...respecting yourself?

He didn't name anyone, so he wouldn't rashly enter the "Xu family" with some identity?

What does the old man mean?

Or does it mean Sister Bingbing?

Or... the old man has a new love?

Then...he felt something strange again.

For the first time, he had a strange and contradictory feeling that "this house is not his home."

Not angry.

It just feels weird.

But I can’t tell you what it feels like.

This feeling lasted until Su Meng came up.

After hearing the knock on the door, Xu Xin opened the door.

Su Meng was stunned and thought to herself, why is Brother Xu sitting here?

But he still said:

"Brother Xu, the car is fine, and it's very clean. It must have been washed not long ago, and it's full of oil."

With that said, he handed over an Audi key and put the remaining two in the drawer.

Seeing this, Xu Xin asked:

"What are those two Audis?"

"An R8 is so beautiful! One is an A8. I almost admitted it was wrong at first."

"...R8 and A8?"

Xu Xin was stunned and asked again:

"R8?"

"yes."

"Well……"

Hearing this, Xu Xin thought for a moment and nodded:

"Okay, I get it. Let's go."

"Huh? Don't you want to take a rest?"

"Let's go back next door."

"Oh, alright."

Su Meng didn't think much, turned around and walked out.

All the way to the underground parking lot, Xu Xin saw the white R8 in his parking space.

Don't tell me yet.

It's pretty good-looking.

Suitable for girls to drive.

He withdrew his gaze and got into the low-key Audi A6 next to him.

And just as Su Meng drove out of the basement, something suddenly popped into Xu Xin's mind.

This home... I'd better come here less often.

But I immediately felt that it was actually good to come less often. After all, there was a 10-year-old living upstairs.

Tsk.

The old man really suffered.

…

Returning to COFCO No. 1, something happened.

Xu Xin couldn't remember the name of the nanny at home.

The three nannies seemed to have forgotten the appearance of the male master...

It was awkward for both sides to look at each other.

Even Xu Xin forgot where the master bedroom was...

It made everyone even more embarrassed.

But there is no way, he is really not good at COFCO.

Finally lying on the bed, he glanced at the time... It was past 3 o'clock. He had to rest for two hours and go to Uncle Liu's house for dinner in the evening.

When I woke up, it was 5 o'clock.

People are also sober.

He changed into a new set of plain clothes without any brand name tags or fancy patterns, and went downstairs with Su Meng.

And next...he got a slap in the face.

Probably the meaning is "Can you trick my daughter into returning to China first!?", "I have long seen that you are not well-meaning", "If she doesn't find a partner this year, I will throw you into the Huangpu River to feed the fishes." …

Xu Xin was also numb.

Oh, after all, you think it’s my fault that your daughter doesn’t come home?

Do you really not know how chic she is in America?

Good guy...Molly Liu is a fool and has too much money, are you kidding me?

In the end, almost a kilogram of liquor was poured into his mouth. In Uncle Liu's eyes, "Bring that evil man back next time", Xu Xin with a wry smile still held two boxes in his hand. Uncle Liu refused to eat and asked to bring the old man. Health care products, get on Audi.

In the car, he sent a message to Liu Momo:

"Liu, if you don't have a boyfriend, my brother will be buried with you in the Huangpu River! It's up to you!"

Because of the time difference, Liu Momo did not reply.

No reply for several days.

It seems that the network in the United States is also quite poor.

But that's okay.

How do you say that?

If the mountain doesn't come towards me, I will walk towards it.

On October 17, Xu Xin boarded a plane to the United States again.

But this time he still took civil aviation.

Yang Mi was going to attend the Golden Rooster Awards, and Xu Xin originally received an invitation, but he turned it down on the pretext that he was working on a new movie.

After attending a pork-sharing award ceremony, he really lost all interest in domestic awards. And for so many years, Yang Mi accepting the award on his behalf seems to have become a natural thing in everyone's eyes. The Golden Rooster Awards didn't even say anything, but they were quite happy.

After all, in a sense, these two couples... Yang Mi is more famous than Xu Xin.

But this was not the main reason why he chose civil aviation. The main reason was that after he went to Los Angeles this time, Lao Wang would pick him up there and take him to the Maldives to see the wedding venue. When the time comes to return home together, two planes will seem a bit silly.

Therefore, his trip this time was on civil aviation with Lin Li.

The time on the plane is quite boring.

Xu Xin asked the stewardess for headphones and planned to watch a movie.

Unexpectedly, in the "Best Movie Recommendations" on the screen, I saw the number one "Perfect Strangers"...

He was instantly happy.

"Perfect" has been released in Hollywood after 45 days of "intense" fighting.

The final box office was $335 million.

truth.

The studio and Paramount were delighted.

This is a real box office of 2 billion.

Xu Xin has also become the fourth Chinese director to earn over 100 million U.S. dollars in box office in Hollywood, following Li Yu, Wu Yusen, and Lao Tou.

However, this kind of record has no comparative significance in Xu Xin's opinion.

Is this an honor?

It definitely counts.

But when it comes to artistic achievements, there are the old man and Li Yu.

When it comes to box office, there is Wu Yusen.

This doesn’t even count the Asian directors of “The Fast and the Furious” and so on.

There is really no need to show off this achievement.

And he has watched "Perfect" so many times that he really can't stand it anymore.

Finally, I went back and forth and chose "Mr. Bean's Golden Week"...

During Mr. Bean's ridiculous vacation trip to France, he fell into a deep sleep.

At around 10 a.m. on the 18th, U.S. time, at almost 11 a.m., he and Lin Li came out of the customs together. What greeted him was none other than Lao Qian and Robert Bentley Vincent.

"Xu, welcome back."

Listening to Robert's words, Xu Xin was speechless for a while.

My heart says this is not my home.

But he also understood that he was just expressing his enthusiasm, so he smiled and shook his hand:

"Long time no see, Robert."

"Haha, isn't it? Xu, next time you come back, you don't have to tell George. Just call Charlie and he will arrange your trip. We will also have Volvo. Hahahaha..."

Hearing this, Xu Xin naturally understood what he meant, smiled and nodded:

"grateful."

He came back this time actually for the rough cut version of "John Wick."

The light chasers have used the past ten days to complete the very rough frame structure of all the special effects lenses.

It's the kind of shot where you just know what the picture is, but there's no rendering stage.

But it was enough for Paramount editors to make a rough cut.

After the rough cut was made, as a director, he naturally wanted to come back and watch it.

Then a fine editing plan is formulated. After the fine editing is completed, the required special effects shots are determined and rendering begins. Then the post-production of the film is checked. Only after all the dubbing and soundtrack are finalized can the film be completed.

After getting into the Bentley, Robert realized that there was nothing to do with advertising this time.

It seemed that he just followed Lao Qian to greet Xu Xin.

After getting in the car, after chatting for a while and talking about Xu Xin's family affairs, the weather in Los Angeles and other things, Lao Qian suddenly said:

"Xu, we have started operating Oscar at full capacity."

Xu Xin was stunned...

The first reaction was, why would you say this in front of Robert?

But I realized something right away.

Could it be that... a car company like Bentley, which has nothing to do with movies, can also help "Perfect"?

Although he didn't know whether his guess was true, he still nodded and said:

"Well, I understand...George, are you having trouble?"

A glimmer of light flashed in Lao Qian's eyes.

But it quickly dissipated.

But I still sighed in my heart... He is really a smart man.

Then, he nodded slightly:

“What we’re told is that The Beautiful City is also involved.”

"Well...that's not good news. After all, I lost to it once at the David Award."

"Yes, Xu, that's why we need more help. Don't worry, our PR team will do their best."

Inside the Bentley, Charlie drove, Robert SHOTGUN, Xu Xin and Lao Qian sat in the back.

Lin Li and Su Meng were sitting in the car at the back.

Therefore, Xu Xin could not see Robert's expression when the two were talking.

But since Lao Qian already had the intention of ending this topic, he naturally would not continue to talk any more.

The conversation between the two seemed to be casual, and Xu Xin responded:

"Of course, I believe you. If there's anything I can do, George, please tell me."

"Yes. I will... Xu, what do you want to eat for lunch?"

"Haha, that's fine. I'm always looking forward to the food in Los Angeles..."

Regardless of whether the words were spoken against one's will, in short, this topic has been successfully resolved.

And Robert also said at the right time:

"Xu, how about letting me choose the restaurant for lunch? I know a good restaurant..."

"No problem, Robert."

Xu Xin agreed immediately.

Later, while chatting along the way, Charlie drove to a French restaurant.

During lunch, Robert seemed to be very interested in the topic of Oscars and asked questions such as "Xu, is "Perfect" going to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?", "I have confidence in this film. You made it." Great" and other compliments.

Moreover, after the meal, Xu Xin saw Lao Qian's driver when he walked out of the restaurant.

And Robert also said goodbye at the right time:

"Xu, let's chat when we have the opportunity. If you need any help, you can also come to me. Although Bentley is only a car company, I still have many friends..."

Xu Xin seemed to not understand, smiled and nodded:

"Of course, Robert. Thanks for the hospitality."

"It should be, Xu."

After watching the two people leave, Xu Xin and Lin Li got into Lao Qian's car together.

Lao Qian seemed to be hindered by Lin Li, so he didn't actually chat much in the car. He rambled on until they got to Paramount Company, and then he said:

"Xu, remember to come to me when you are done with your work later, and let's have a cup of coffee together."

"No problem, George."

Xu Xin nodded and led Lin Li directly towards the post-production department.

After entering the elevator, Lin Li, who had rarely spoken along the way, asked tentatively:

"Director Xu, does Oscar public relations play a big role?"

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded:

"A good movie can win awards without public relations. But if two movies are similar, then it depends on which one has better public relations, so that the judges will have a preference."

"..."

Lin Li was stunned for a moment, with a somewhat absurd look on his face.

Asked again:

"Is this an Oscar rule?"

Xu Xin glanced at him.

He smiled and said:

"No, these are American rules."