I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 148 146. The first hidden easter egg in "SECRET"

"Don't want to renew the contract?"

"Um."

"Hmm... So, she is the same as Jay Chou?"

"That's right. It's due on New Year's Day anyway. During dinner today, I saw that Director Li and the others had no intention of keeping her."

"Tsk...then what do you think?"

"I don't have any ideas at the moment. My contract expires in 2009, which is when I graduate. I don't want to think about it that much... I'll see when the time comes. In fact, the company's commission is indeed quite high, mainly including transportation fees, training fees, or work Yes, it's very expensive. As soon as she told me about the Audi car today, I understood that she must have left because she made less money."

"But at least it's a peaceful breakup, right? It's better than causing embarrassment and letting outsiders laugh."

"That's true... Hey, brother, as a director, what do you think of her acting skills?"

"Well... to be honest, the scene that impressed me the most about her was actually the scene in "Ci of the Ming Dynasty" where Princess Taiping scares the consort and eats her own fingers. But it made me sick... I thought it was scary at the time , but now that I think about it, there is actually a reason why she can be called Mr. Zhou. Her acting skills are indeed interesting."

"What about me?"

"You?... There's probably three Jay Chou's difference between you and her."

"Boom!!"

Jay Chou, who was playing the piano there, was unhappy:

"Hey, can you speak well?"

Xu Xin waved his hands casually, ignoring his grievances, and continued to say to his girlfriend:

"Don't compare yourself with others. As an actor, if you have a suitable script and a suitable role, you will have a suitable performance... Okay, it's getting late. Come back early tomorrow, do you hear me?"

"Um...you're staying at his place tonight? Is your party over?"

"Ha...uh~"

Yawning lazily, Xu Xin responded:

"It's over, I'm going to sleep too."

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. I'll hang up. Good night."

"Good night~"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xin rubbed his eyes, stood up and said:

"I'm going to bed."

"okay."

Jay Chou, who seemed to have some inspiration, responded, and the piano sounded again.

…

New Year's Day.

There is only one overwhelming news in the entertainment industry.

Jay Chou and his old club Holiday officially broke up, and together with Fang Wenshan and Yang Junrong, he established JVR Jewel Music Company.

At the same time, Taiwanese media broke the news about Jewell’s company location and information on the Internet.

The company's address is located in an office building on Changchun Road overlooking Taipei's landmark 101 Building. On that day, some media went to watch, thinking that they could wait until Jay Chou appeared downstairs in the company.

Don't you want to be blind?

It was impossible for Jay Chou to go because he went to Taichung Film and Television City with Xu Xin that day.

However, the newly launched Jewel official website still announced a series of "three tips" for new officials to take office.

One is that even though Jay Chou hoped to break up peacefully with his old club, Yang Junrong directly started negotiations to get back the song copyright.

Moreover, according to Yang Junrong's words, the person who should be most grateful for being able to directly start negotiations for return is actually Jay Chou's father, Mr. Zhou Yaozhong. When signing the contract with Alpha, one of the special clauses was changed: Party A is the exclusive agent for the works of Party B (Jay Chou). The original "agency" was "ownership".

If it's "possessed", then you're in big trouble.

Because in the future, even if Jay Chou wants to sing his own songs, he will have to buy the copyrights from Alpha...or, let's say, Holliday.

But "agency" means that it will be returned to Jay Chou after the expiration of the term.

Therefore, the return of copyright is a matter of time. And here Xu Xin also learned one thing...

That is something like a contract, and you still need to find a professional lawyer to handle it.

Otherwise... there are too many traps.

The second point is the announcement of the first male artist and the first female artist signed by JVR Company.

The first male artist is called Yang Ruidai.

All Jay Chou fans know that this person is a member of the "Nan Quan Mama" generation, and is the designated recording engineer for every Jay Chou album.

In 2004, after Jay Chou discovered that he could write songs, he recommended him to Alpha and formed the Nanquan Mama Generation. However, Yang Ruidai's temperament was a little boring. He found that after joining the group, he could not freely create and play music, so he quit.

As the royal sound engineer, if Jay Chou left, he would definitely leave too, so he came directly to JVR.

The media is not curious about this.

After all, they are old acquaintances.

But the first female artist left everyone confused.

Guo Caijie?

Who?

Have not heard.

The photo posted on the official website PO shows a girl with a baby-faced look. And then check the resume... National Taipei University?

College Students?

The Taiwanese media was a little confused, and then they started to dig up information. After digging around, they found two pieces of information. One was that she had won the sixth prize in a singing competition in college.

Note, it is the sixth prize.

Not first, not second...but the sixth prize with 5 winners...

Can such a person also be a singer?

The second one is that she was once a contracted artist of a small agency founded by the artist nicknamed "Milk" Ye Naiwen.

In December, I found an announcement on the official website of the Entertainment Center, announcing that Guo Caijie had paid the termination fee and ended her contract with the Entertainment Center. And when I checked other things, it seemed that the other party had performed in a music video... and then disappeared.

Nothing is left.

Although it is too late to dig out more information, we have to admit that after JVR's actions, the name "Guo Caijie" was never known at all, and was directly labeled as "Jay Chou's hand-picked" and "Jay Chou's strong support". "female artist.

Even before his debut, he has already gained a lot of attention from both coasts.

At the same time, JVR's official website also announced that Guo Caijie's new album is in production, and the title song will be composed by Jay Chou himself.

Although there is no mention of when it will be released, it is "expected" to be available to everyone soon.

And if the first two points can barely be considered "news", then the third point is a real big move.

Jay Chou's original script, the movie "The Secret That Cannot Be Told" has been officially approved. The script of the drama was written by Jay Chou himself! "Mou Girl" Yang Mi joins the team again!

Although the overseas box office of "A City of Golden Armor" is not satisfactory, at least it has become very popular in the past two months.

The appearance of Prince Jie and Jiang Chan is like quietly "digging" the cake of "A City Full of Golden Armor", and it immediately heats up the popularity.

What's more, on the starring list, there is also Gui Lunmei, who recently served as the film and television ambassador of the Wanwan Province International Film and Television Expo, as the heroine! As well as Huang Qiusheng, who formed a "father and son" in "Initial D", music geek Huang Junlang, the lyricist of "In the Name of the Father", "General", "Night Chapter 7", Warhead and a series of other actors joined, and... the photographer turned out to be Hou Xiaoxian and Wang Jiawei's royal photographer Li Pingdong!

While such a lineup was joining, filming actually started after New Year’s Day!

Although the total investment, other castings, directors, etc. have not yet been disclosed, as soon as this news came out, it still gave a wave of New Year's Day gifts to all Jay Chou fans!

Jay Chou + new girl Mou + literary girl Gui Lunmei!

No matter how you look at this combination, it has enough gimmicks.

only……

Who is the director?

Why didn't you give me any news?

…

"Hey, are you sure you don't want to publish your name yet?"

"Sure."

Seeing Xu Xin's persistence, Jay Chou had no choice but to nod.

Taichung Film and Television City, in Studio No. 7.

Xu Xin looked at the staff who were also busy making arrangements on New Year's Day. After answering "OK", he said nothing.

Instead, he was staring at the set and wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Jay Chou did not interrupt, but walked to Yang Mi who was also silent holding a script in his hand.

Seeing him coming, Yang Mi looked up at him and said:

"Are you silent again?"

"Um."

Because there was no stool, Jay Chou simply squatted next to Yang Mi. Looking at Xu Xin, whose figure was frozen, he suddenly said in a confused voice:

"Have you noticed...A Xin looks a lot like Director Zhang?"

"Well……"

Yang Mi was a little stunned.

Looking at her boyfriend's back, she blinked and nodded:

"Don't tell me...especially this posture, it really looks like it."

After saying that, she quickly took out her mobile phone, took a photo of her boyfriend, and sent it to Wei Lanfang:

"Sister Wei, sister Wei, look quickly...does it look like Director Zhang..."

…

"Ding."

Because of the time difference, it was already late at night at Wei Lanfang's place.

However, everyone gathered in Zhai Guoqiang's art studio has not rested yet, but is discussing creative plans.

Wei Lanfang, who followed Zhang Yimou to New York as the coordinator, took a look at the information and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha~"

Her laughter caught everyone's attention.

Zhang Yimou didn't know why, but Wei Lanfang quickly handed over the phone:

"Director Zhang, look...hahahaha..."

"...?"

After taking the phone and holding it a little further, Zhang Yimou squinted and saw Xu Xin holding his arms with one hand and holding his chin with one hand, frowning.

"...What's the matter? Isn't this trivial?"

He didn't understand it at first, but then he heard Wei Lanfang say:

"Scroll down... this was sent by Mimi. Didn't you find that Xiao Xu's actions in this photo are very similar to yours, hahaha~"

Upon hearing this, Fan Yue, Chao Chaoge and others also came over.

After taking a look...

"Don't tell me yet, they are exactly the same."

"It looks like, it really looks like."

"Are you posing for a photo? Or what's going on?"

"I don't know...but it looks like it."

"Hahahahaha~"

The whole room laughed out loud.

And Zhang Yimou was also happy:

"Is this how I usually do?...Give her a reply and ask Xiao Xu to work hard. The film will be released for all of us to see."

"okay."

Wei Lanfang responded.

…

"Director, you want the wire brush."

Just when Xu Xin was frowning and thinking, two stage managers came over.

After Xu Xin came to his senses, he nodded:

"Oh, okay... I'm calling a few people over."

Looking at the crew members holding a bunch of steel balls in their hands, Xu Xin led them directly to the corridor outside the old piano room set.

Including Jay Chou, a total of 7 people came out.

Xu Xin pointed in the direction of the set door:

"Take steel wool and start scrubbing the floor. This floor is too new. Do you know the feeling of the wooden floor at home that has not been waxed for a long time? That feeling of friction and wear, starting from the door... Come on, floor manager , come here with the tape in your hand."

The field manager looked puzzled, but still followed Xu Xin with the tape in hand.

I saw Xu Xin walking a few steps in front, turning his head to look at the assumed camera position, squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, then turned to look at Jay Chou:

"You still remember those few simple notes you taught me to play, right? It was the intro to your theme song."

"Uh...what's wrong?"

"Didn't you notice, this one looks a lot like a piano...Have you ever played with a band?"

"...?"

Jay Chou became increasingly puzzled.

But Xu Xin had a strange smile on his face, like a child about to play a prank:

"Let's leave the first easter egg for the movie, shall we?"

"...For example?"

"Don't you think this place looks like a piano?"

He stepped on the long floor under his feet:

"It's like the falling beat of a power band... You see, in the movie frame, this is the dividing line."

Everyone followed the direction of his finger and saw a wooden board in front of the camera.

But Yang Mi, who was following her, suddenly understood what her boyfriend was doing, and her eyes lit up:

"You're going to turn the board into that falling note?"

"BINGO!"

Xu Xin nodded vigorously:

"Look for your rhythm. Just that thing 52, 52, 52, 555444666444..."

"Please, that's 1645 in G major, and the number you're talking about is SOSOSO\\RERERE..."

Jay Chou was speechless.

I'll teach you how to play the intro, but why don't you recite the numbers for me?

Unexpectedly, Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Just tell me if I can do it. Look, this kind of misaligned and overlapping wooden boards, you can try to arrange them according to the piano or something...ten keys or a few keys, like a dome, and then put that into Get the orchestra's rhythmic arrangement of falling notes. Can you do it?"

Jay Chou has played in the band Jin, so he naturally knows what Xu Xin is talking about.

After hearing this, he looked at the wooden boards and nodded:

"Can. Splice the prelude?"

"right."

Xu Xin pointed out the field affairs:

"You follow him, and wherever he steps, you stick it, and then the others take the steel balls and mottle the wooden floors that are not stuck, you know? I want the kind that is often scratched by the friction of shoes. Is there anything wrong with the texture of the wooden floor?”

What could be wrong?

Of course there is no problem.

The director has already spoken, so let’s do it.

then……

When the heroine Gui Lunmei, who plays Lu Xiaoyu, joined the set on the first day, she saw a group of people "kneeling down to welcome" her.

It was obvious that she was at a loss as she stood at the door.

After thinking for a while, she squatted down and asked politely:

"Yingdao HIA~is it "SECRET"?"

"……What?"

Xu Xin, who took the lead in sweeping the floor, raised his head subconsciously. After seeing this face, he immediately understood:

"Gui Lunmei, right? Lu Xiaoyu?"

"...?"

Guilun Mei was stunned.

mandarin?

Does he speak Mandarin?

Mainlanders?

So he nodded quickly:

"Yes, yes...this is the crew of "SECRET", right?"

"Ah hello……"

Xu Xin was about to stretch out his hand, but after realizing that his hand was still wearing gloves, he retracted it.

After standing up, he glanced at the floor in front of him. After confirming that all the wood grains on the floor were scratched and had mottled marks, he said to the others:

"Just follow my example. What you want is this kind of texture that is not particularly flowery. Do you understand?"

"Okay, director."

Several field props responded.

And Gui Lunmei was confused when he heard this title...

director! ?

She looked directly at the short-haired young man in front of her with doubts in her eyes.

Xu Xin, who took off his gloves, also smiled and nodded:

"Welcome...Awei, Gui Lunmei is here, take her to change clothes and see how she feels."

"Oh, here we come."

A fat man wearing glasses walked out of a room. Director Gui Lunmei, who still felt that the style of painting was not right, stole her attention:

"Hello, Miss Guilunmei, would you like to try on your makeup?"

"Well……"

Only then did Gui Lunmei react, and then bowed politely:

"Hello, director. I am Gui Lunmei..."

"Yeah, I know. You go change clothes first, and we'll chat when you come out later... Awei, just in time, let Jie Lun and Yang Mi go change clothes. By the way, call Teacher Li and ask him to go to the old piano room. Set up a plane and let’s see the effect.”

"Okay, director."

As the deputy director, Zhang Xunwei responded and guided Gui Lunmei:

"Come with me."

"……OK."

Still feeling a touch of absurdity in his heart, Gui Lunmei turned back three times and followed Zhang Xunwei into the house.

After walking a few steps, I couldn't help but ask:

"That...is the director?"

"That's right. The director appointed by Chairman Jay Chou."

"..."

Because she heard that Zhang Xunwei's accent should be "local", she couldn't help but ask:

"Are all mainland directors so hands-on? ...What is he doing?"

"Burying easter eggs... Hey, let me remind you, Jay Chou really hates people talking about how the mainland is clearly defined, so don't use this title here."

"Uh... ok, ok."

Gui Lunmei nodded quickly to express his understanding. When he finally entered a set room, he took one last look at Xu Xin standing at the door, with the absurdity still remaining in his eyes.

…

"Director, is this light okay?"

"No, make it brighter."

"Do you still want to light it up?"

"Well, go on, what is it now?"

"3000W."

"Use 4000...Teacher Li, take off the filter and try it."

"good."

Xu Xin's words rang out in the old piano room, while three people who had changed into school uniforms stood nearby.

Gui Lunmei is actually quite curious, even though it's just a test shoot now, but... after all, standing next to him is Jay Chou, and the girl Mou who has been fired very recently...

Plus this young director...

This crew always gave her an "unreliable" sense of déjà vu.

She didn't know where this impression came from.

and……

As the 4000W lighting was turned on, and the slightly dazzling light came in from the three windows of the old piano room, she squinted her eyes and couldn't help but think:

"Is this really not going to be exposed?"

But at this moment, Xu Xin looked at the monitor on the camera and seemed to have found a satisfactory effect. Then he came to the door and found the lamp placed at the door.

After pressing it, the lamp was powered on.

The dim light came on.

"Okay, Jielun, come here."

"good."

Jay Chou came to the piano and Xu Xin pointed:

"You just sit here."

"Sitting in the light?"

Looking at the light shining straight through the glass onto the piano, Jay Chou asked.

"right."

Xu Xin nodded.

After Jay Chou sat down, he looked at the monitor again and said:

"Take off your jacket."

"good."

Having already collaborated once, Jay Chou naturally took off his coat without asking any more questions, revealing the gray fleece underneath.

Then Li Pingdong nodded:

"Well...the gray velvet jacket was really the right choice."

"right?"

Xu Xin responded with a smile.

Li Pingdong expressed some emotion:

"The texture of this gray fleece is like a vague feathering effect on the entire human figure outline. It looks very good."

"Ha~!"

Xu Xin was quite happy to be recognized by photography.

Then he waved to Guilun Mei:

"Sit next to him."

"OK."

Gui Lunmei quickly sat next to Jay Chou.

After the two of them sat down, Xu Xin looked at it and pointed to the lamp next to him:

"Change the light bulb and make it brighter... 5000, 5000K neutral light."

After hearing his words, the lighting engineer quickly found a light bulb and removed the original 6000K cold light, turning it into a 5000K warm light that looked yellowish.

"What do you think?"

After changing, after hearing Xu Xin's words, Li Pingdong thought for a while and said:

"The contrast is a bit too obvious. The set of the old piano room itself is a bit old, and with the addition of Jielun's sweater, Lu Xiaoyu will look dim in the camera, and there will be no glow."

"Because she and he are not from the same era, what I want is the symbol of the old time that is always marked on Lu Xiaoyu. As long as she appears in the old piano room, the lamp will definitely light up. And when it lights up , this color of time appears on her body. Because...she does not belong to this era. "

"Well……"

Li Pingdong frowned...

Then he looked at Gui Lunmei in the monitor. After specially adjusting the exposure, it looked clearer than Jay Chou due to the blur caused by the strong light... but darker. He thought for a while and asked:

"You want to keep this bleakness throughout?"

"Yes. Until the end, at the end, his light will dim, but Lu Xiaoyu's light will completely brighten up. That is the light at the turning point of life's destiny, and the color of Lu Xiaoyu itself in normal time and space."

"That's it..."

After hearing Xu Xin’s shooting ideas, Li Pingdong couldn’t help but say:

“It’s not easy to shoot.”

"That's why we need a great person like you to take charge of the camera."

"...Haha~"

The compliments from the younger generation made Li Pingdong laugh out loud.

But I have to admit...

This young man's camera sense is really strong.

Who did I learn it from...

The use of color language...

With some emotion, he nodded:

"No problem. But it can't be too dark...Hey, Aaron, add a set of reflectors under the piano."

Lighting director Li Longyu nodded:

"OK."

After placing the reflector on Gui Lunmei's knees and dispelling the shadow under her neck.

In Xu Xin's eyes, the pictures seemed to complement each other more and more.

A kind of feathered unreality and the mottled falsehood of time suddenly filled the lens.

Looking at it, he nodded:

"It works better."

After speaking, he looked at the two people who seemed to have completely failed to understand what he and Director Li said:

"Four-handed bombing, let's do it again."

Gui Lunmei was stunned...

Then he showed a guilty look.

She can't play the piano, so she practiced hard for this script for a month.

But at the scene, she and Jay Chou were asked to play together with four hands...

She must be feeling a little weak.

But for Jay Chou, this four-hand song was composed by him, so there is definitely no problem in holding it with both hands.

Xu Xin seemed to notice her nervousness and waved his hand:

"It's okay, don't be nervous. It's just a test shoot. There won't be any close-ups of your hands. You two just need to show the feeling of "using the piano to communicate each other's feelings."

"OK……"

Guilunmei nodded.

This piano is a real piano, the kind that produces normal sounds.

Jay Chou has already put his hands on the keys that belong to him.

He knew that Gui Lunmei didn't know how to play the piano, so the parts he gave her were very simple repeated scales. As for Gui Lunmei, just like when he taught Xu Xin how to play the piano, the beginning of the song was all about repeating scales.

"Three, two, one, let's go..."

"Ding dong ding dong ding dong..."

After Gui Lunmei heard Xu Xin's movements, he pressed his fingers on the three scales.

A repetitive piano sound appears.

But Xu Xin's brows furrowed.

She was... nervous.

In other words, he acted very unfamiliar.

The body is stiff and the expression on the face is stiff.

The movements of shoulders and arms are also stiff.

No need to look at it, your fingers must be stiff.

In comparison... Jay Chou's performance seems extremely natural, perhaps because of the piano.

It's not that his acting skills are better than Gui Lunmei's, but that when he plays the piano, he falls into a very confident mode.

In addition to the piano music composed by myself, and the body language swaying with the music, it feels very good.

Just compare it.

Li Pingdong looked at Xu Xin subconsciously.

Xu Xin is the director, he can decide whether it is good or bad.

But Xu Xin didn't say anything, but waited until the end of the solo where various note errors and noises appeared, and Gui Lunmei apologized with a somewhat shy "sorry". , Xu Xin waved his hands and silently returned to the camera facing the two of them.

The picture taken is actually very disharmonious.

However, as a director, in test shots, what he wants is to look at the light and the lens, not the actor's reaction.

Therefore, he directly regarded these two people as substitutes.

After confirming that the texture of the entire shot was okay, Xu Xin nodded:

"Change the lights, Qingyi SOLO, come over and get ready."

There was a "click" and the light that illuminated the entire old piano room dimmed.

Jay Chou and Gui Lunmei stood up at the same time, while Yang Mi sat down.

Gui Lunmei actually knew that her performance just now was very poor, but it seemed... the director didn't seem to have any intention of communicating with her. Instead, he took the walkie-talkie and began to adjust little by little for Yang Mi, the actor who plays Qingyi, in the set with cold lights.

Then, in the cooler light, as the debugging was completed, Xu Xin said "Are you ready?"

The girl who seemed to have "no sense of existence" suddenly straightened up.

Her back was straight, her hands were placed on the piano keys, and she nodded directly to her boyfriend:

"Um."

"Okay, three, two, one..."

“叮叮咣咣噼里啪啦哒哒哒哒……”

A bunch of random notes suddenly appeared that I had no idea what they were playing.

Jay Chou's lips twitched when he heard this...

Gui Lunmei thought the director would call CUT, so he subconsciously raised his head. But they saw a smile on the faces of both Xu Xin and Li Pingdong, who was sitting on the slide rail.

She instinctively turned her gaze away and landed on "Qingyi".

The girl who was playing notes randomly had a straight back, relaxed shoulders, and a dignified and elegant expression...

It was as if he had no idea how terrible his playing was.

The limbs that seemed very relaxed appeared in her eyes.

The piano is terrible.

But the posture is extremely graceful.

An actor.

Learn what is like.

Never mind whether it sounds bad or not.

At least at this moment, she looked extremely beautiful under the cold light.