I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 1072 1067. "Cooking"

"Lao Xu, where are you? Are you in China?"

"Yes, I'm in Yanjing."

"Looking for a place to eat at noon?"

"Okay, where to go?"

“Is it the environment or the taste?”

"It must taste good, it doesn't matter if the environment is good or not."

"Okay! Let me send you the location. I know a place that specializes in cooking."

"Okay. See you at noon."

Xu Xin, who had an appointment at noon, naturally refused the proposal of having dinner together with everyone in the film crew.

Although it was only a rough look today, he found that the entire film crew was shooting according to his shooting ideas perfectly. The feeling of objects reflecting people and people and objects contrasting with each other was right.

Then there is nothing more to say.

Although he is the chief director, he also hopes that the executive director can produce his own things.

So after giving a positive evaluation, I asked everyone to shoot in this style. If you have any difficulties, please feel free to contact him... After a series of follow-up work arrangements were completed, he got up and left.

Next, Ye Jun and the others will have a higher degree of freedom.

Xu Xin is increasingly looking forward to what kind of work they can present in the end.

After coming out of Shuangwei, he took Su Meng directly to Fang Xiufa's hotel.

It is a small facade located between residential buildings in a community near Zhongguancun.

Just in Haidian.

It's far enough.

After arriving at the place, Xu Xin looked at the appearance of the upper and lower floors. He estimated that the first and second floors of the hotel together would be at most 100 square meters?

Too small.

Even Su Meng blinked in surprise and asked Xu Xin:

"Brother Xu...did you come here in the wrong place?...Is this a snack shop?"

"Well……"

Xu Xin didn't know how to answer for a while.

truth.

The restaurant in front of him had a sense of... when he was in high school, he had a sense of familiarity with the small restaurants at the entrance to the campus.

However, you have to admit it.

There are really many people.

It was not yet 12 o'clock, and he saw that there was already a queue inside. The customers who ordered food gathered in front of a fresh-keeping cabinet and pointed at their orders.

At the same time, there are also people who have already eaten and drank on the first floor. They are sitting at the table, enjoying their own food, or chatting while changing glasses.

Good guy, you drank it at noon?

Xu Xin thought for a while and dialed Fang Xiu's phone number.

"Dudu... Hey, Lao Xu, are you here?"

"We're here...Old Fang, is it a small restaurant? Not big?"

"Hahaha, yes, yes, I'll go down and pick you up. Just wait."

Soon, Fang Xiu squeezed out from the queue of customers on the first floor and saw Xu Xin and Su Meng wearing masks. He raised his hand with a smile on his face.

"Old Xu!"

"Um."

Xu Xin responded and walked inside with Su Meng, who was holding the Maotai box.

Fang Xiu didn't say anything more, he just led the way.

When Xu Xin passed by the row of customers who were ordering from the waiter, he heard the waiter say with a mouthful of Trump:

"Tengteng vegetables, I got them this morning, Xinxuan, they are very tender! Use the garlic to stir-fry, three pieces of meat and one vegetable are enough for the three of you. Don't waste it..."

"Are you sure, the three of us can eat it."

"Haha, that's enough. My food is big and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it. Don't waste it... Finally, you can make a soup. You have to make soup when you eat. You don't need to ask for a prescription. It's good for your health."

Listening to their conversation, Xu Xin turned his head and glanced at the auntie who ordered the dishes.

Although she sounds like Trump, just listening to her talk makes people feel friendly.

At the same time, in the kitchen just below the stairs, the sound of cooking could be heard. Combined with the noise of the surrounding diners eating and chatting, it was simply a lively scene in the world.

Not to mention the faint scent of chili peppers in the air.

This store... feels like "home".

This was a concept that Xu Xin had determined as soon as he walked in.

Following Fang Xiu all the way up the stairs that made no sound, the second floor was also filled with guests.

But... this store is not small, it should be at least 200 square meters.

I couldn't see clearly from the outside just now, but the hotel is actually quite deep.

There were two private rooms on the second floor. Fang Xiu led him directly to open the private room door and walked in surrounded by a circle of diners.

Once the door is closed, the noise is blocked.

Xu Xin glanced at the community behind him through the window in the box, and even saw a group of children in the community kindergarten holding bowls and chopsticks in their hands lining up to enter the classroom to eat...

It really has a sense of life.

"How did you find this place?"

he asked.

"I live here now."

Fang Xiu's words made Xu Xin a little stunned:

"Huh?... Where is your house?"

At that time, he gave Lao Fang several quotas for his family's real estate, and the houses were bought very cheaply.

Why can't I live in my "own home" properly and instead live here in Zhongguancun?

"sold."

Fang Xiu looked a little embarrassed, handed Xu Xin a bottle of Yuxi, and said:

"This community is located in the school district of Zhongguancun Primary School. The housing prices in Yanjing have been rising in the past two years, especially the school district housing... Zhongguancun Primary School is one of the top five primary schools in Yanjing. After thinking about it, we thought it would be better It would be better for Ning and Huai'an to study here in the future, so we sold the two small apartments we originally bought so that we could buy a small apartment here.

Then... my wife's sister's second child was born this year, and my brother-in-law may also need it in the future. My father-in-law meant that we bought it first, and he found a large apartment of 120 for us. Now this school district house will not be moved. When Ningning and Huaian go to junior high school, the house will be transferred to my wife's sister... Anyway, there will be a quota for school district housing in the future... In the end, this house will still belong to the two of us. "

"Oh!"

Xu Xin showed a look of realization.

"Does it mean that your family will go to Yanjing in the future?"

"Yes, although we are still developing in our hometown... But the medical and educational conditions in Yanjing are too good. And the pressure on children to enter school is not too great. My father-in-law has been doing a good job in his small business in his hometown in the past two years. He has an income of more than one million yuan a year, and he plans to invest in the next generation. "

"Wow~ That's great. "

Obviously, Xu Xin also agrees with Fang Xiu's idea.

No matter when, it will not be wrong to invest in your child's education.

Even if he doesn't study well, he can at least learn to be a good person in the end.

After lighting a cigarette, Xu Xin looked at the old senior who had become fatter and darker... and most importantly, his hair had begun to thin, and smiled:

"Why do you feel so old so fast?"

"Oh... don't mention it."

Fang Xiu touched his head and said:

"The days of youth are gone forever..."

"Hahahaha... Are you envious? Look at my hair volume!"

"..."

To be honest.

When Fang Xiu heard Xu Xin say this, the "big director" temperament of his old classmate was completely gone.

All of a sudden, everyone seemed to have returned to the past.

So, he smiled.

After smiling and nodding, he glanced at the bottle of Moutai that Su Meng had already opened, and said:

"Drink Moutai for home-cooked dishes?"

"I guess his family's taste should be particularly good. This Moutai is definitely worth it! "

"You are right."

Fang Xiu nodded:

"The owner of this restaurant used to run a fly-in-the-wall restaurant in Chengdu. Later, he moved here for his children's schooling. He opened a new restaurant... We moved on the same day and lived across from each other. After getting to know each other, he invited me to have a meal at his home before he opened the restaurant. Lao Xu, let me tell you, the taste I had when I was filming "A Bite of China" in Chengdu was inferior to the owner's cooking skills... It's not fake at all, otherwise I wouldn't have asked you specifically whether you are picky about the place... Just eat at this restaurant, I bet you will definitely come a second time!"

"I heard that the waitress at the door is also from Sichuan."

"That's the owner's mother-in-law. She also came to take care of the children..."

As he said this, Fang Xiu shook his head with a smile:

"Now I understand what it means to live for the children after getting married. It's really true..."

"Of course. "

Xu Xin also felt the same way.

Before becoming a parent, I thought having a child was no big deal.

At most, I could just hand the child over to my parents, and then live as I wanted.

The result...

It was just a beautiful fantasy after all.

Thinking of the two beasts in his family, Xu Xin rubbed his brows.

"What's wrong?"

"I have a headache."

"...Aren't Nuan Nuan and Yang Yang in kindergarten? What's your headache?"

"You'll understand when Huai An grows up. Only one of the siblings can survive. Either you die or I die. My daughter is naughty, but she's innocent. Yang Yang is mean and mean... These siblings make a fuss at home every day. My father-in-law said last night that since taking care of these two children, he has lived 20 years less..."

"Hahahaha... What about Yang Mi? Don't you help take care of them?"

"I dare not let her take care of them. She has a bad temper... The mother is really killing me! ”

“…”

To be honest, Fang Xiu had no specific idea of ​​what Xu Xin was describing.

In his impression, his school girl was beautiful.

Whether it was back then or now when he saw her on TV, the word “beautiful” always stuck with her.

And she was always cheerful and bright, smart, and sensible.

She was simply a model of a wife.

But after hearing what Old Xu said…

He really couldn’t imagine what Yang Mi was like in private.

After thinking about it, he comforted her:

“It’s okay to be strict with the child. A loving mother often spoils her child. It’s enough to be gentle to you. ”

“…”

Xu Xin’s face turned green.

Su Meng laughed out loud with a “puff”.

Suddenly, Xu Xin’s green face had a layer of ill intention.

Su Meng’s radar worth 500 yuan was immediately activated.

Hurry up and lower your head to hide your presence.

But in your heart, you complained about this old classmate of Brother Xu:

“You really didn’t see it… Yesterday, because Brother Xu was protecting the children, Sister Mi made the three of them face the wall.”

Brother Xu is also stupid.

Those two ancestors were obviously going to pull the tiger’s beard, and you were stupid enough to protect them.

If I don’t punish you, who will I punish?

But…anyway.

The two old classmates who haven’t seen each other for a long time chatted a lot about family matters before the dishes came up.

In fact, the main topics were about children and family.

Soon, 8 dishes of four cold dishes and four hot dishes came up.

Xu Xin saw the amount of dishes…and thought that the aunt downstairs really didn’t lie.

The dishes he gave were really affordable.

It’s not about the size of the plate, it’s about the quantity.

Take a plate of white pork with garlic paste. The meat was all piled up into mounds.

As for the taste…

The most genuine reaction Xu Xin could do was to take a photo on the spot and send it to Wang Sicong.

"Lao Wang, if Seventh Brother wants to eat Sichuan home-cooked food, come here. The taste is top-notch!"

He can recommend it to his friends without hesitation.

You can imagine the taste of this dish.

Wang Sicong’s reply was also quick:

"Who are you with?"

"My classmate, Fang Xiu."

"Oh, I remember. When we first met, we met in the cafeteria when we went to Beijing Film Academy together?"

"right."

"Have you already started eating?"

"Just starting, what?"

"How about I come over? I think he's drinking...count me in?"

"Then you can come. But it's quite far in Haidian."

"I'm in Haidian. I checked the navigation. It's 7 kilometers away. You guys wait for me."

"OK."

Putting down the phone, Xu Xin said:

"Let's eat slowly. Wang Sicong will come soon. Do you still remember?"

"Remember."

Fang Xiu nodded:

"Didn't we meet in the school cafeteria?"

"Yes, he is also in Haidian."

"Then shall I add two more dishes?"

"No, that's enough. I heard the aunt downstairs just now, finish all the food, don't waste it."

Fang Xiu was happy when he heard Xu Xin's words.

I thought that Lao Xu was still the same Lao Xu.

Nothing has changed.

…

The two of them waited while eating. In about ten minutes, Wang Sicong arrived.

The speed is also really fast.

But at the same time, he was also troubled when he looked at the doorman. He called Xu Xin and asked the same questions as when Xu Xin asked Fang Xiu.

Soon, the young master without any disguise opened the door of the box and walked in with Apple.

5 people in an instant.

Now I have to add food.

Although Fang Xiu and Wang Sicong are not that familiar, with Xu Xin's relationship, they are not inseparable.

After saying hello, he hurried out to add food.

After Wang Sicong sat down next to Xu Xin, Xu Xin asked:

"Why are you here?"

"Taopiao APP is made by an Internet company here. There will be a major feature upgrade next month. Let me take a look."

"Oh~"

Xu Xin nodded.

After the brothers dug a hole at Jay Chou's concert, they were not as busy as they thought.

Except for the first two months, most of the time there was no "heavy burden".

Even the so-called congratulatory video ends in ten or twenty seconds.

But since the Taopiao APP was modified, as soon as the APP was launched, there were still many active users.

It seems that he just accidentally started a small side job.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Sicong said:

"In the past few months, I have been contacting all theater chains, including Wanda Cinema Line, planning to sell movie tickets."

"Let's do it."

Xu Xin still didn't take it seriously.

But I reacted immediately...

"Getting movie tickets?... Then don't you want to arrange an offline physical ticket printing machine?"

"Um."

The eldest young master took the wine glass brought by Su Meng and said:

"It has been negotiated. The launch will be completed in the first half of the year... In other words, if I am short of money, each of you will have to get me 100 million. These will be included in Tianlai's entity. If you really want to go public in the future..."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Xiu opened the door and walked in.

Wang Sicong shut up at the right time.

But Xu Xin already understood what he meant and nodded:

"Okay, I'll ask Yang Mi to transfer it to you in the afternoon."

Wang Sicong responded and picked up the wine glass:

"I'm late, so I'll mention one first, and then we'll eat the food quickly... It smells pretty good to me."

"Just eat it."

Xu Xin drank with him and laughed:

"Eating without making a sound."

…

The food in this Sichuan restaurant is really delicious.

This is the common view of the five people at the table, including Fang Xiu.

After Wang Sicong came to the table, he also gave full play to his strict wife control characteristics. He took a cell phone and took a video, and said while filming:

"Baby, let me tell you, this Sichuan restaurant tastes so good. I feel like I'm back in Chengdu... If you want to eat, I'll take you to eat at night..."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes after hearing this.

After the first bottle of Moutai was shared by three people, Xu Xin opened the second bottle, took the Yuxi from Fang Xiu and lit it, and then asked the question:

"Old Fang, what happened to "Tongue 2"?"

"I thought you really didn't care and were too lazy to ask."

Fang Xiu, whose face was a little red, smiled.

But Wang Sicong's ears pricked up:

"What? Is there a melon?"

"The rain girl has no melons."

"...What the hell?"

He looked confused as he saw another thing coming out of his friend's mouth that he didn't understand.

But Xu Xin ignored him and looked at Fang Xiu with a puzzled look on his face.

Then I heard Fang Xiu say:

"The second season... at least, from my personal experience, is completely incomparable to the first season. Especially... some of the clips, really... I... feel uncomfortable thinking about it now."

As he spoke, he scratched his head and ears.

It's like having lice on you.

Wang Sicong became interested:

"What's going on?... Oh no, you are still in the team for the second season? But I heard from Lao Xu that CCTV kicked you all away..."

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

After Fang Xiu heard this, he said:

"I am the director of photography in the documentary channel... I am targeting "outsiders" like Lao Xu and others, you know? As someone who has experience in the production of the first season, I will still be in charge of episodes in the second season. Director of photography. And assistant director of photography. It’s a small promotion.”

"Isn't that a good thing? Why do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Because what you're photographing isn't the same thing!"

Under Wang Sicong's curious questioning, Fang Xiu showed an increasingly uncomfortable expression:

"Old...Old Wang, how do you feel about the first season?"

"It's delicious, it looks good, I want to eat it, I want to see it, it's so damn good!"

"Hey~ Thank you for your support."

When Xu Xin heard this, he immediately made a one-armed loop, which was called a tunnel.

Wang Sicong ignored him at all.

He was praising "The Tip of the Tongue". What does it matter that your surname is Xu?

After Fang Xiu heard what he said, he said directly:

"Then... in the first season, did it feel like you were eating something delicious?"

"That's for sure. Let me tell you, the Spanish ham I eat is not as good as Noden's. Our guys are just so patriotic! So unobjective!"

The eldest young master, who had drunk some wine, began to walk in parallel.

But the next second his face stiffened.

Because Fang Xiu said:

"Then when you watch the second season, you'll feel like you ate shit."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Now, everyone, including the two assistants, was stunned.

Looking at their eyes, Fang Xiu sighed helplessly:

"Oh... let me give you an example. This time I interviewed a mother and daughter from Shanghai. The girl majored in violin at the Conservatory of Music... she is quite powerful.

In fact, when it comes to shooting... I don't think there is anything. According to the shooting plan, I mainly shoot the girl taking classes, practicing piano, and her mother cooking for her after returning home, accompanying her to study, etc... She studies music, we understand. . I wish the whole family could create a suitable environment to nurture my daughter.

This little girl is also very up to date and has a very professional level.

Originally, the first two days of filming were pretty good. This family is from Henan and came to study in Shanghai. In order to improve the taste of the children, the mother always mixed the food from her hometown with the food from Shanghai...

On the third day of shooting, I suddenly received an interview copy... It basically meant that I wanted to interview how hard it was for my mother to accompany her to school, and how difficult it was for the family to provide for such a girl... In fact, logically speaking, this is not the case. It’s nothing.

But the problem is that there are several central links in the interview that require our camera crew to "hug" them.

And a piece of information was also sent.

The information contains a general profile of the mother and daughter, and the interview requirement is to first highlight the difficulty of their education journey, and to add a question, why they haven't been back home for five years..."

"...?"

Wang Sicong was stunned.

He subconsciously said:

"Is their hometown Henan or the Netherlands?"

Fang Xiu was also stunned.

I thought about this question...why am I so mentally retarded?

But he still replied:

"Henan."

"A native of Henan, studying in a magical city...haven't been back home in five years?"

The eldest young master blinked and subconsciously complained:

"It should be your hometown in Henan, right?"

In his mind, if the mother and daughter were originally from Henan, and then worked and lived in Shanghai... then it would be understandable not to go back for five years.

But when he saw Fang Xiu shaking his head, he was confused.

"You mean... five years? The demon has never returned to Henan? Huh?"

"During the interview, my mother's answer was that she was quite busy with her schoolwork. Not only did they have regular classes, but they also had small classes. They were extracurricular tutoring provided by professional teachers in the school. Basically, they would not have any rest during holidays...but Naturally, we can't mention the make-up lesson. The country is asking for burden reduction, so we definitely won't talk about it in this interview, so we can only give a general concept, that is... She hasn't been back home in five years, and then she has to add it. In a word, the child’s father is very busy and has not been to Magic City to see his daughter in five years... It’s just the mother and daughter who “depend on each other”..."

"..."

The corners of Wang Sicong's mouth twitched.

Xu Xin frowned and asked:

"Then what?"

"Then it's a normal interview...interviewing how she prepares meals for her daughter, and recording that mother and daughter listen to Vivaldi and the like when eating...but that's not the point, the point is the copywriting. Lao Xu, the angle of entry Very strange.

During the interview, I felt that this paragraph was inappropriate. But since the director has decided so, I definitely can’t make the decision without permission.

I'll just follow suit...

Later, after I finished shooting, I went to shoot other things.

But after the editing of the work was completed two days ago and we watched it together, I saw the problem...

Do you know how the mother and daughter were edited?

It was edited into an eight o'clock TV series about a rural person coming to the city to study art, living in a mini-rental house without a private bathroom, missing his father all year round, and not visiting his grandmother when she was sick, all for the sake of her daughter. The point is, obviously it’s not that painful, but “I” made it look so painful and made me feel like I was being deceived!

The problem is that when I took the photo, it was very warm! My daughter likes the taste of Modu cuisine, and my mother is very attentive to learning it, and then combines the characteristics of some local dishes from her hometown to supplement her daughter's nutrition...

My daughter actually looks forward to her mother's cooking every day, and her mother also thinks her daughter is very good... The mother and daughter actually get along really well!

As a result, the edited film became this virtue.

They obviously don't suffer that much... If I hadn't shot this video myself, I might have thought I was filming "Top Ten People Who Moved China"..."

When Fang Xiu said this, his face was filled with unspeakable pain.

Then, he changed the subject:

"Oh yes, there is one more thing. I am very fond of what the storyboard director of the first episode said privately... In the first episode, two children from South Tibet were lined up to collect honey. The honeycomb for collecting honey is actually not very high. A tree... only three or four meters high. As a result, after he finished filming and finished editing, the text changed to a young man climbing a 40-meter-high tree to collect honey... When he said this, I was confused because the tree wasn’t that tall at all…”

"..."

"..."

"..."

In the silence of everyone, he shook his head, holding a cigarette in his mouth. The smoke he exhaled was filled with a sense of absurdity:

"Anyway, it's nonsense to talk too much. This season gives me the feeling that... the taste is completely wrong. Obviously when our project was originally established, it was to connect our histories through food. To start a journey of finding our roots. But this season Coming out... I really feel awkward. Although there are bright spots, compared to these bright spots, as one of the "old people", those shortcomings really make me feel unbearable..."

Having said this, he discarded the cigarette butt in his hand and suddenly used two sentences to define the second season of "Bite of the Tongue":

"Let me put it this way. "Bite of Tongue 1" is about finding delicious food and discovering the stories behind it. So, "Bite of Tongue 2" is completely about finding a character first and then letting that character cook a few random dishes... This is fucking okay Not right!"

…

"Is it a pity?"

After the dinner, Wang Sicong got into the car driven by Su Meng.

With Xu Xin.

After hearing his words, a crack in the window fell down. Xu Xin, who was looking outside in a daze, shook his head slightly:

"No regrets."

"Not upset?"

"It would be a lie to say I'm not sad...after all, you see how virtuous Lao Fang is. As the chief director, I must feel more sad than him."

"……what is it now?"

"..."

Xu Xin did not respond.

The copyright has been given to me, and it has nothing to do with me anymore. What can I do?

And at this moment, suddenly, an idea flashed in Wang Sicong's mind...

"Hey, Lao Xu."

"What?"

"How about we build a platform ourselves? ...and it's a ready-made platform."

"What do you mean?"

Xu Xin didn't react for a while.

Build a platform?

Ready-made platform?

How did you say this?

When I was wondering, Wang Sicong suddenly tapped me on the shoulder:

"Including my documentary...I suddenly had an idea. How about we put it on Bilibili? Let's make it ourselves, produce it ourselves, produce it and sell it ourselves! How about it!?"

"..."

Xu Xin suddenly frowned.

Bilibili...station B! ?

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