I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 1043 1038. The graceful beauty

Xu Xin is quite happy that "Fireworks in the Day" was shortlisted.

After all, this is a movie starring Sister Bingbing, maybe she can come back as a movie queen.

As for the other two movies... As a side note, Lou Ye's movies have always been particularly popular in Europe.

Apart from "Dog Thirteen", a movie that did not enter the main competition, among the other three movies, "Massage" may be the one that really has the home field advantage.

Moreover, it is a film about the underprivileged.

Regardless of whether Lou Ye did it intentionally or unintentionally, the innate advantages of this film are indeed very strong, and this cannot be faked.

As for "No Man's Land"...

Ning Hao submitted his film for review after receiving the Dragon Ball Award, which means it is still an abridged version.

In Xu Xin's opinion... the chances are slim.

Of course, this is by his standards. And if measured by the common standards in the industry, if a movie can be shortlisted for the top three, it is a victory in itself.

After the list was announced, the Berlin Film Festival also sent a notice.

The first round of film judging for the main competition unit will begin on December 1.

December 1st to December 5th.

It lasts for five days.

This is the first round.

The second round is from December 18th to December 22nd.

The last round is from January 6th to January 11th.

There are three rounds in total.

I don’t vote in the first and second rounds, I just watch.

In the third round, the judges will choose their favorite choices for various awards after watching the movies at intervals and continuously. In the end, the number of votes determines who wins.

The date for the Berlin Film Festival has also been announced.

February 6th to 16th.

Fortunately, the New Year is early this year, and the 6th is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

Xu Xin can finally spend a good year at home.

On the day when the list was announced, Yang Mi’s first words after returning home were:

"Husband, for the best film, "Fireworks in the Day" is selected. For the best actor and actress, one goes to Qin Hao and the other goes to Sister Bingbing. Do you hear that?"

Xu Xin was speechless for a while after hearing this.

What do you think of the Berlin Film Festival?

This hasn't even started yet, and the pork has already been distributed?

But facing his ridiculous look, his wife didn't care.

"Oh, the good news doesn't flow to outsiders."

Fine.

Due to her attitude, Xu Xin felt that if one day she was selected as a judge for a certain film festival, it would definitely cause the biggest scandal in the history of that film festival.

The kind that's not fake at all.

While the couple was chatting about the golden bear at home, things were already turbulent outside.

OK OK.

It’s almost the end of the year, and your Xiying Film Studio has done a lot of work, right?

Counting "Dog 13", there are four Chinese films released in a whole year. Are all four films yours?

No wonder this year's Venice Film Festival didn't make any splash.

After working on it for a long time, with Xu Xin as the judge, you guys decided to send all the films to Berlin, right?

Not only did I vote, but I also appeared in four movies at once.

Is this an attempt to replicate last year's idea of ​​"Li" and "Zong" sharing the world?

Okay, okay, this is how you play, right?

This year’s main competition section includes three works that were explicitly not shown in the competition: George Clooney’s “The Monument”, Lars Von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac”, and Cao Baoping’s “Dog 13” In addition, a total of 20 works were shortlisted.

Among them, there are nine German films that are local films.

In second place are French films, with four.

The third place is Tianchao Movie, with three films.

But there are also co-productions in the first two. If we talk about "roots and success", there are actually only two pure-blooded French films.

Looking at the three Chinese movies on the list, many people actually had a feeling in their hearts.

It feels like... I don’t know when it started. Most domestic movies are just trying to achieve high box office, or chasing domestic awards. When you are chasing me to win, Xiying Film Studio overseas... started again with Fifth As in the modern era, the country began to fight its way out of the encirclement and suppression campaigns of the "great powers".

This list... is like telling all Chinese filmmakers one thing.

“Take the long view.”

Or to be more straightforward:

"It's not a good thing to be a gangster. Let's see the truth in the world."

This feeling is actually very strange. Everyone knows that the Northwest Circle is currently plundering the market of the Beijing Circle and digging into their foundation.

The northwest circle attracts more investors, provides more work opportunities, and has a relatively less deep-rooted “fighting for the top” mechanism.

To put it bluntly, regardless of whether their ancestors were glorious or not, they are more like a rising star now.

New stars and new circles naturally bring new promotion channels and conditions.

Didn’t you see that Zhang Yi is now almost the number one brother in the northwest circle?

It is said that the busy feet hit the back of the head and cannot stop.

From a business point of view, now that the opponents are weak, the most important thing for the Northwest Circle to do is to speed up the pace and eat as much meat as they can from the weak enemies. Weaken your opponents and strengthen yourself.

At this time, the fastest and most effective method is to expand wildly.

This is also true.

Now that the entire West, Shanghai and Hong Kong are united, the Beijing circle is really overwhelmed.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about film and television investment companies, the so-called "Xiangjiang investors and northwest local rich people" in previous years are simply inferior existences. But now, whether it is Hengdian or Yanjing, they can be seen everywhere.

There are even many practitioners in the industry who have been in this circle for many years. Sometimes they can't tell what these inexplicable companies are. But after listening to others' introduction, they suddenly realized that it turned out to be the XX producer of "XX". XX investors from the northwest circle came together to join forces.

There are really many companies in the northwest circle.

Moreover, as long as you check these companies, you will find that the shareholders or persons in charge have certain strengths.

Whether it's money or film and television dramas.

However, companies under this cooperation mechanism are a bit confusing in the industry.

From this we can see how fast they are expanding.

Logically speaking, this kind of brutal expansion should lead to chaos.

But their management is quite benign, as if someone has set a few red lines.

In addition, there are no good works in the Beijing circle this year, and I was really overwhelmed by them for a while.

And at the same time as this barbaric expansion, this group of people can still produce excellent works frequently... This is a very outrageous thing.

While making money, you are still producing excellent works.

Want both?

When did... enterprises led by state-owned enterprises have such a high level of awareness and discipline?

In the past few years, either Venice or Berlin has brought almost all the international limelight of Chinese films to them.

Some people even think that the sudden explosion of domestic movie box office is because movies released in the northwest region have repeatedly won gold medals internationally, giving domestic audiences a very inflated cultural confidence, making them willing to take out the money in their pockets. Money goes further to support Chinese-language films.

This view is certainly reasonable, but the question is... is their rise too fast?

How long did it take for Beijing Circle to reach its current position, but it only took them a few years?

And looking at the journey of the Northwest Circle... whether it is overt or covert, it seems that it only started after Xu Xin joined.

Is it possible that Director Xu is really the reincarnation of Zhuge? Not only does he have an extraordinary talent as a director, but he also has an extraordinary vision and strategy. How can he set his sights on the Central Plains and compete in the world?

Looking at the commotion caused by the shortlist of the Berlin Film Festival in the circle, I don’t know how many people started muttering the same old tune again.

But under the muttering, some people's reactions were more direct.

The Western Film Studio is so strong... If it can really continue to win at the Berlin Film Festival this time, then it can achieve such high achievements for two consecutive years, and if the box office of these movies is not bad, ... Then I really don’t know what it will be like next year.

then.

More and more people have changed from a wait-and-see attitude to a "give it a try" mentality.

It is not a good idea to hang on to the Jingquan ship, which seems to be sinking no matter how hard it is. It's time to take the initiative to lower your stature, otherwise... in this place where a new generation replaces the old, when others have firmly occupied and blocked the promotion channels for further advancement, it will be really difficult to go there by yourself. I have become the unlucky guy that my grandma doesn’t love and my uncle doesn’t love.

…

The Art Creation Center suddenly became busy.

In the past few days, I have received many messages from people wanting to join the three major clubs.

There are many familiar faces among them who are considered to be well-established and successful in the eyes of Northwest circles.

After this matter was reported to Qi Lei, it was naturally reported to Xu Xin.

Xu Xin is not stupid and can guess why this is happening.

Just like Su Meng holding the work phone on WeChat, it makes sense that people would add friends every day under the banner of "introduced by XX".

To put it bluntly, the essence of the entertainment industry is to strive for the top.

If one road doesn't work, then change the track quickly.

If you really go all the way to the dark side, you are not a loyal minister, but you are stupid.

After all, art doesn’t even have national boundaries, let alone circles.

The same is true for acting/filming, whether it’s for the Beijing Circle or the Northwest Circle, it actually doesn’t make any difference.

We only devote ourselves to art.

Xu Xin had no reaction to this kind of thing.

If the Northwest Circle is not open and tolerant, it will sooner or later follow the path of the Beijing Circle.

In his opinion, the decline of the Beijing Circle is inevitable as the old saying goes.

But it was also sudden.

Sometimes, a pool of stagnant water goes from clear to semi-green in just one day.

But the reasons for this qualitative change were by no means formed overnight.

Therefore, what we need to do at the source of this pool of water is definitely not to block it, but to let it flow.

Only when the source is alive can a steady stream of excellent works be produced.

Therefore, he personally set the red line for the northwest circle to "fight for the upper reaches".

If you are not afraid of these people coming, you are afraid of death in this pool of water.

Anyone who dares to create any kind of clan or monopoly in the circle will die.

That’s why there are companies that outsiders see as “wild growth”.

You can work together as a group, but you can't be alone.

This is also the result of Xi Film Studio’s deliberate delegation of power. Otherwise, with the current size of the factory, it would be too easy to restrict others.

Unfortunately, no one did it.

Rely on the art creation center to provide a steady stream of works, directors, and actors, and drive private investors to invest together and produce excellent works.

At the same time, it drives the development of the entire industry.

This is the way the Northwest Circle is going to go.

As for the Beijing area...

Looking at the familiar names among the new members of the three major clubs... Xu Xin knew that they were really struggling this time.

If changes are not made, they will suffer even more in the next few years.

To be honest, Xu Xin is also looking forward to some changes in the Beijing circle. After all, they have indeed been passive in recent years, and there must be capable people in that circle. Judging from some unseen things, their abilities are not small.

How will they... change?

Do you continue to rely on Director Feng, who in your opinion is really exhausted and unable to keep up with the trend of history?

Or should we continue to be superstitious about Huayi’s stock price?

Or is it a round of shuffling?

he does not know.

But he'll see.

I really want to see what kind of path they can take when the Internet enters the game.

…

Of course, this proposition is a bit big.

The days have to be lived day by day.

It's the end of this year, and except for a "Private Customization" directed by Feng, Xu Xin can't see any signs of change in the Beijing circle.

But he definitely did not believe that the people across the sea would sit still and wait for death.

In the past two days, he could really think about nothing at home and take a good rest.

Since Seventh Brother is pregnant, "Monster Hunting" is no longer urgent.

In addition, the formalities for the "Forbidden City" documentary were approved.

And he doesn’t have to worry about “Broken Out” being sent to Cannes.

With nothing to do, he immediately became a homebody. In addition to eating and sleeping every day, he would just sit here and hang out like an idle worker.

Yang Mi also tossed him several times and asked him to go to the company with her. Obviously, I feel very unbalanced seeing my husband doing nothing all day long. But Xu Xin is a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water this time.

No matter how you like it, I will never go out.

Yang Mi fished it out several times but couldn't get it out, and finally let it rot.

Time flies and it’s the 13th.

That afternoon, Xu Xin was reluctantly pushed onto the makeup stool at home.

As soon as he sat down, he said to his wife somewhat uncomfortably:

"Baby, this shirt is a bit small...can I change it to a bigger one?"

When he said this, he was wearing a tight-fitting shirt and a pair of boxer briefs, looking like a nondescript gangster.

But when Yang Mi, who was holding a powder brush to apply makeup on him, heard this, she sneered:

"Little? Why didn't you say you were fat?"

Xu Xin will naturally not admit that he is fat:

"Nonsense, where do I have it?"

"Anyway, your shirts have been the same size for so many years. Who is fat and who is thin knows in your heart... Okay, close your eyes."

He closed his eyes obediently.

In fact, it sounds like a failure.

As a public figure, after so many years, he can't even do the most basic makeup by himself.

If he wants to attend an event, either a makeup artist will come, or his wife will help him do it.

If it was a makeup artist who took action, he would definitely be very honest.

But if this makeup artist is Yang Mi...

"You little rascal, please keep your hands down and behave yourself!"

Yang Mi, who was helping him apply powder, felt the hand on her butt and persuaded him without even raising her eyelids.

"hey-hey."

Xu Xin laughed dryly and said:

"I see that peach butts have become popular in Europe and the United States recently."

"Are you pairing it with yoga pants?"

"Yeah."

Seeing his expression of approval, Yang Mi rolled her eyes:

"Don't think about it, I'm not the kind of person with a big frame. I'm round, but not big. If you really want to find someone that's really big...well, I really can't think of it for a moment. But there should be someone. ...That thing can also be used as a cosmetic filler. For a director as big as Director Xu, can't he just pinch a big butt with his hands?"

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

Sometimes he really wonders about his wife's brain circuit.

Listen.

Big ass.

What did you think of giving him such a nickname?

As for the unspoken rules and other words that followed...he didn't pay any attention to them.

If you really want to dive, you have already done so, why wait until now?

So he said:

"I'm doing this for your own good..."

"Go away. That butt is so ugly, it looks like there's a big pendulum hanging behind it when you walk. Have you seen too many Kim Kardashians?"

Yang Mi complained while continuing to greet her husband's face with the paint.

Accidentally brushing against his ear, an itching sensation made Xu Xin shrink his neck.

Seeing this, the young woman quietly walked around to the side, leaned down, and blew gently into his ear:

"hu~~"

"Don't tease me, do you hear me?"

"Hehe~ It's like I'm afraid of you."

Standing up straight again, she began to pat Xu Xin's face with the powder puff.

Xu Xin looked at himself in the mirror, whose face and neck were not the same color, and complained speechlessly:

"I've never heard of anyone's birthday party where men have to wear makeup. I'm not gay, why am I dressed up so fancy?"

"There are not many people today."

Yang Mi comforted:

"You put on makeup today for no other reason than to save my face, do you understand? You men are looking at beautiful women at the banquet. What do you think we women are looking at there? Isn't it just for this handsome guy?"

"...My name is not enough to support you?"

"That's enough, but you have to know...you have talents, and face belongs to face. Think about it, if you stand next to me tonight, and people take a look...oh, a handsome guy like Director Xu is not only You are handsome, and you are so talented. I envy Yang Mi so much!! I am so jealous!! How enjoyable is this? But if you are not handsome, but just talented, won’t others feel balanced? Well, although Director Xu Talented, but not as handsome as my boyfriend! Yang Mi must be living a make do with life..."

"..."

For a moment, Xu Xin didn't know how to refute this sentence.

It makes sense.

"Who is there tonight?"

he asked.

The place Huang Xiaoming chose today was not his home or a hotel, but a red wine manor.

It's quite far, almost to Shijingshan.

When calling to inform, the request was for a formal dress.

Not even mentioning makeup.

But Yang Mi knew at a glance that the dress must be matched with makeup, otherwise the effect would not be achieved at all.

And she checked the place and found it was quite big.

There will probably be a lot of people tonight.

But she didn’t know the guest, so she shook her head slightly:

"I don't know who he is, but he is just eating and drinking."

As she spoke, she glanced at her husband's stomach, the somewhat tight shirt buttons, and warned:

"Be careful today. Your stomach has been bulging these past few days. If you eat too much at night and the buttons on your shirt fall apart, it will be embarrassing."

Hearing this, Xu Xin patted his belly:

"Do I need to lose weight?"

Yang Mi shrugged:

"Anyway, your washboard abs are gone forever since I first met you... But there's no need to pursue your previous figure. You're almost 30. A man looks better if he's richer. .”

"...Are you serious?"

With a ridiculous look on his face, he asked after hearing his wife's words, "She's almost 30."

But Yang Mi burst out laughing:

"Hehe, of course not, I still prefer muscular men."

"..."

Although the donkey's lips did not meet the horse's mouth, Xu Xin received two critical hits just by saying this.

Looking at myself in the mirror looking round and plump, I thought to myself, could I start losing weight again?

After thinking for a while, Yang Mi patted him on the shoulder:

"Okay, go ahead, it's my turn."

"Don't wear too much makeup..."

"Don't worry, I know. I'm not the protagonist tonight, so I'll just draw whatever I want."

And when she said she could draw casually, it was true.

When Xu Xin saw her again, he found that his wife really didn't have much makeup on.

only……

It really answered that sentence.

She only made a slight move, and she was already at the limit of this segment.

Looking at his wife who was putting on an off-white cheongsam, he nodded:

"This makeup is beautiful, very elegant."

Yang Mi smiled slightly, and after accepting her lover's praise, she turned her back to him, meaning to ask him to help pull the zipper at the back.

When Xu Xin went over to help, he heard her say:

"Can you tell from behind that I'm wearing underwear?"

"...?"

Xu Xin glanced down and shook his head:

"can not tell."

"What about this?"

The two of them were very close to each other, and after she finished saying this, she bent down.

After Xu Xin took in everything, he subconsciously took a step forward.

"Snapped."

Yang Mi turned around and patted him, but there was a satisfied smile on her lips.

Then he walked to the cabinet next to the dresser, opened the cabinet door, and pulled out three large drawers.

When the drawer was pulled out, the light sensor switch above was triggered, and a soft light shone down.

Covered in velvet and covered with jewels.

All the expensive jewelry she bought herself and Xu Xin gave her in the past few years are here.

Xu Xin took a look and said:

"Choose the string of emeralds?"

"this?"

She picked up a diamond necklace that looked green without having to look closely at it.

This is an emerald and diamond necklace that Xu Xin bought for her at Christie's the year before last.

Produced by Van Cleef \u0026 Arpels.

He didn't quite remember the specific parameters. Anyway, this necklace, which consisted of a large emerald paired with 10 small emeralds and various broken diamonds, cost him nearly 35 million.

Today, my wife chose an off-white cheongsam, and even had her hair tied up, looking so graceful and charming.

Off-white should be paired with some greenery.

It looks vivid, lively and full of vitality.

But after Yang Mi took it on herself, while Xu Xin was admiring the beauty like a handed down oil painting, she shook her head:

"No, you can't bring this."

"Why? It looks good. It looks full of life."

"It's too ostentatious."

She directly untied the necklace and put it back on the velvet. While choosing jewelry, she said:

"My child is four years old..."

"You're still young then."

"That's not what I mean. There must be a lot of people here tonight. Don't worry about whether other people understand this necklace or not. Just take a look and you will know that it is not cheap. Why am I dressed up so gorgeously at someone else's birthday party? Are you trying to steal it? The limelight? If I really want to steal the limelight, I won’t wear a cheongsam today."

As she spoke, she picked up a jade necklace.

"Today, I am a graceful oriental beauty. When joining hands with my husband to accept an appointment, I have to be gentler and more feminine. Leave it to the rising stars to steal the limelight."

As she spoke, she put the necklace on her neck.

Not to mention...

Xu Xin may know movies very well.

But when it comes to the aesthetics of women...

He is a level weaker than Yang Mi.

As soon as this jade necklace was put on her neck, the vitality did not diminish. On the contrary, because of the elegance and calmness of jade, it gave her whole life a graceful aura.

"Tsk, not bad."

Xu Xin nodded:

"Is this the string I bought for you?"

"Well, the blue sea makes waves."

Yang Mi admired it in the mirror and nodded:

"Don't tell me, maybe it's because I'm getting older and I didn't know how to appreciate the beauty of jade before. But now I can get it..."

"Sister, you are not even thirty yet..."

"But I am already a mother of two children!"

"...these two children were born together."

"But they're four years old!"

"..."

Xu Xin finally saw it.

The bridesmaids are not going there today as celebrities, but to use their status to oppress others.

I don’t want to compare my beauty with you. After all, how can a person who is a mother compare with some unmarried girls?

So, you can be as enchanting as you want today.

I will just force myself to be a mother today.

Looking at his wife who was applying some hand oil and putting on an jade bracelet while speaking, he shook his head helplessly:

"You know your way around deadly attacks."

"Hehe~"

Seeing that he seemed to have understood her plans for today, Yang Mi smiled even happier.

One finger fitting room:

"Go help me pick out two pairs of shoes."

"Pick your own."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes.

Too lazy to talk to her.

…

Early 7pm.

Xu Xin looked at the red wine manor and nodded slightly:

"Not to mention, it's also a place of tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle."

"Um."

Yang Mi, who was wearing a woolen coat to keep out the cold, responded.

Soon, Sun Ting stabilized the car in front of the welcome desk of the manor.

Under the reception of the doorman, the automatic door slowly opened.

Xu Xin got off the bus first.

As soon as he got out of the car, he felt some eyes falling directly on him.

There is curiosity, consideration, and yearning.

There are all kinds of emotions.

He didn't say anything, but turned sideways and stretched out his hand.

Then, a plain hand with an jade bracelet placed on his hand.

The next second, in Xu Xin's ridiculous look of "you took it off so fast", Yang Mi, who was wearing a cheongsam and wearing only bracelets and jade necklaces, took her lover's hand and pressed the cheongsam gently. He stepped out of the car.

In an instant.

In front of the western-style wine manor...

The graceful beauty from the East shines brightly.

The sound of birds is crisp.

But when the phoenix perches,

All the birds bowed their heads.

On the first day of the new year, I wish you all a whirlwind of wealth from the southeast, northwest and northwest.