I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 158 156 Hit “No” and sing

Chapter 158 156. Hit “No” and sing

If Xu Xin were asked to summarize his impressions of the 2007 Spring Festival Gala, the skit between Teacher Benshan and Song Dandan might have left the deepest impression.

Especially the phrase "The rooster that lays eggs is the fighter among roosters~".

Very impressed.

Spring Festival Gala...not to mention, it's really Uncle Benshan.

Others really can't do it.

However, while watching this skit, he deeply believed in his father’s words:

"Without Fan Wei, the flavor is missing..."

After 12 o'clock, after eating the dumplings, Xu Xin was finally able to sleep.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after the hustle and bustle of ancestor worship, Xu Xin and a group of children followed the rules and began to visit houses for New Year greetings and ask for New Year's money.

Everyone is carrying a schoolbag.

In one morning, I returned home with hundreds of thousands on my back...

Their unmarried children can receive New Year's money, and they don't have to give it out.

Even if you meet some nephews and nieces, you don’t need to give them.

When his girlfriend sent her a ostentatious message, "I received more than 10,000 yuan as a gift this year," he did not reply. He just took a photo of the "tower" stacked on the coffee table and sent it to his girlfriend.

I got the reply of "..." from my girlfriend.

In the next few days, Xu Xin basically lived in a state of drunkenness and dreams.

Let's set off cannons, play cards, and drive to the county town to have fun.

In a blink of an eye, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year has arrived.

Visible to the naked eye, some people have begun to get into the rhythm of work.

Xu Xin was no exception. At noon on the sixth day of the lunar month, Xu Daqiang made another meal of mutton-filled sour soup dumplings for his son. After finishing the meal, Xu Xin set out on his way home.

Oh, yes, I also brought two sheep that were killed in the morning, frozen, and sealed in vacuum bags.

Both sheep were divided into small bags and stuffed into two suitcases.

As a result, when Xu Xin went to check in his luggage, the ground staff who checked him in looked at Xu Xin like a perverted murderer.

After it was finally determined that it was indeed mutton, I gave it to him.

Of these two sheep, one is for Yu Zhen and the other is for his girlfriend’s family.

Xu Daqiang originally wanted to give it to Director Zhang... but when he considered that it was a team... he had to send at least ten sheep to start with, otherwise it would appear that he was favoring one and favoring others, so he decided to come to Yanjing himself in two days. Do this when giving gifts.

Xu Xin can just take the two sheep and leave first.

…

The entire journey was silent.

After arriving in Yanjing, he found the A6 at the airport and the girl wearing a mask, standing next to the A6 and smiling at him.

"Hehe~ Happy New Year, may you get rich, and bring me the red envelope!"

Xu Xin was also happy.

He didn't have any red envelopes, but the hug was big.

Holding his girlfriend, whom he had not seen for many days, in his arms and smelling the familiar fragrance, Xu Xin breathed a long sigh of relief, then his heart began to wander. He bit her ear and said with his girlfriend's goosebumps visible to the naked eye:

"More than half a month, it's going to explode..."

"..."

Yang Mi's heart began to tremble at these words.

Nod:

"Well... let's go home first..."

"No, I have to go to Teacher Yu's place first. I'm taking the sheep for Teacher Yu and my uncle and aunt."

"No matter! Go home first..."

"……Um!"

Not to mention that Xu Xin felt uncomfortable, she thought about it too.

Then go home first.

The main reason is that it's daytime, so it's not good to be in the car, right?

then……

Three boxes, one for the trunk and two for the back seat, Xu Xin muttered:

"Let's go take a look at SUVs in the next two days, what do you think?"

Looking at the crowded cars, after he finished speaking, Yang Mi urged:

"Oh, where did you come from with all this nonsense? Leave now!"

Then, before he even touched the steering wheel when he got into the car, his girlfriend hugged his neck.

He was only let go after all the gnawed fish were pulled out.

Then there was an urgent slapping sound from the co-pilot.

The girl slapped the passenger center console and urged:

"Let's go home! I took a special bath before I came to pick you up..."

"Well...I haven't washed it yet."

"I'll wash it with you, hurry up! You miss me so much~~~"

"...hehehehe~"

…

Although it was urgent, Yu Zhen's house was really the only way to go from the airport to Xu Xin's house.

Xu Xin decided to take a trip.

Send the sheep over.

At the same time, a suitcase can also be removed from the car.

Yang Mi couldn't stand it at first... she felt a little shy.

But in the end, she couldn't resist her boyfriend's tugging. Yu Zhen, who was pushing the box with a slightly red face, called out to Teacher Yu in the face of Yu Zhen's teasing eyes.

But this is a university, not a junior high school, and teachers don’t catch puppy love.

Yu Zhen was just confused about what to do with this large box of mutilated mutton.

There isn’t that much space at home either…

And now that he's here, Xu Xin definitely can't just leave after giving away something.

He took the girl and sat on the sofa at Yu Zhen's house to chat.

"Teacher Yu, is there any news about the review?"

"without."

Yu Zhen, who poured tea for her two students, shook her head:

"But I guess there should be news before the 15th day of the lunar month. Let's wait and see after work on the 10th day of the lunar month, right? If there is any news, Director Zhang must be notified first, and then Director Zhang will notify us."

"……There should be no problem?"

Hearing Xu Xin's worrying words, Yu Zhen was a little puzzled:

"What? Why do you suddenly lose confidence in yourself?"

"No, aren't I worried..."

"There is no need to worry. Even if there is something that the leader is dissatisfied with in some aspects, we will just change it. There are dozens of plans there. When the leader says he denies you, he is not denying them all, but he will definitely provide you with a direction." Opinion. Just follow this path."

"...Would it all be denied...that's what I'm worried about."

After saying that, Xu Xin might have thought it was a bit ridiculous, so he quickly shook his head:

"It's not that I said something unlucky, it's just that I'm afraid. In the past few days, this idea has been lingering in my mind..."

"Definitely not. How is it possible?"

Yu Zhen was a little speechless. She felt that her student was overthinking and that he was "nervous".

"Think about it, from the four major inventions of the big proposition to the countless small links to interact with the world, we have everything we should have, how could we deny them all... Let me tell you something that we should listen to... the leader... Is it possible that he knows art better than us? Right?"

She shook her head, looked at her student who was hesitant to speak, and waved her hand:

"Don't worry. It's absolutely fine!"

Seeing that Teacher Yu had said this, Xu Xin felt relieved.

He might not believe what others said, but when Teacher Yu said this... Teacher Yu would definitely not lie to himself.

Having said that, the probability of this happening is too small.

What Teacher Yu said makes perfect sense.

Can leaders still have Director Zhang who understands art?

Right.

…

After sitting at Teacher Yu's house for a while, the two of them got up and left.

I don’t know if it’s because of the heat or something else, but my girlfriend’s face is red and she looks like a peach blossom.

Then……

Nothing more.

She said she would take a shower with Xu Xin.

Wash it when you get home.

It just takes a bit long to wash.

The cuckoo clock hanging on the wall kept ticking.

Just like singing.

After taking a shower and taking a short intermission, Xu Xin opened the box of decomposed lamb chops and picked out half of the lamb chops according to his girlfriend's taste.

Just throw it into the big jar without adding any onion, ginger, cooking wine or the like.

Fresh mutton doesn't need this.

Throw it into the pot, turn on the stove, put it in over medium heat and let it simmer.

Then he threw a randomly cut radish into the jar and ignored it. Mainly, I was wearing pajamas and no pants, so my legs were a bit cold from being idle.

But just as he was about to walk out of the kitchen, he thought for a moment...and took out a handful of wolfberries from the cabinet and threw them into the pot.

Well, perfect!

After finishing his work in the kitchen, he opened the bedroom door with a smile, and immediately saw the chopstick legs wearing two white knee-high socks.

Xu Xin didn't know what other people were like with that white and rosy look.

Anyway, he couldn't bear it even half a minute.

"Hey hey hey, female donor..."

Upon hearing this title, Yang Mi also said:

"What are you doing, Elder Tang~"

The voice is crisp and soft.

The light shines through the gaps between the toes, which are more flexible than hands, and looks crystal clear.

Or maybe he is an actor.

Act like what you want.

Take a look, isn't this a vixen?

…

That night.

It's ten o'clock.

Ho!

It's sunny and sunny!

A pot of stewed lamb chops that were extremely soft, and a plate of dipping sauce mixed with chili, onion, garlic, coriander, and soy sauce and vinegar.

Each person has a bowl of radish clear soup noodles with a few wolfberries floating on top.

This is the young couple's dinner... or midnight snack.

And Yang Mi on TV...or Wang Zhaojun's innocence is completely different from the girl sitting in front of the TV now, holding mutton chops and chewing them.

"Don't tell me...you look so young..."

"...What's this? Does it mean I'm immature now?"

"Definitely not, but she looks like a little girl now."

"...That's true. Look at my face, how tender it is~ It feels like a pocket of water can be filled with just a pinch..."

"There are quite a few now."

"Well……"

After hearing what her boyfriend said, the girl thought for a while and nodded.

really.

Especially today.

"Hey, how are my acting skills?"

She asked as she changed to another glove and put it on.

"It's quite young...who is the director of this film?"

"Chen Jialin. Director Chen, "Kangxi Dynasty"."

"No wonder..."

Xu Xin nodded:

"I know I'm going to use you at the first glance, whether it's the angle of the capture or the switching of the camera. This kind of strictness can highlight your innocence."

"Really? Director Chen can be considered one of my benefactors."

""Tang Minghuang", right?"

"Yeah. At that time, he didn't recognize it was me... Hehe, I only told him this after I joined the group. He was stunned at the time, and the first thing he said was: He has grown so big."

As she spoke, she picked up another mutton chop, dipped it in some water and started to nibble on it.

My boyfriend’s mutton... I didn’t say anything about it.

It's really not the same thing.

It tastes so good.

"How are the ratings?"

"It's okay in the late-night slot... Actually, let me tell you, I was quite excited when we were filming. This was my first time playing a leading role... I was also thinking about what if this drama became a hit. How. But now it seems..."

Looking at herself in the TV series, she shook her head:

"But now that I think about it, there is a reason why the drama "Wang Zhaojun" can only be placed in the late-night slot. The emotional line is too messy and thin. Moreover, the character I played in the script is not deep enough, and... I vaguely remember the location scenes that I had been filming for a long time. If you look at it this way, more of her content is not after leaving the country... so the positioning feels a bit awkward."

"Yo? Okay."

Xu Xin was quite surprised:

"You all know how to self-criticize?"

"Look... But the ratings for the first episode of this show were quite high, a little over a bit... But I think it was the effect of the girl. It has obviously dropped back in these few episodes, hovering around 1... I I don’t care anymore.”

While talking, she gnawed clean another mutton chop.

Meat, that’s enough.

The bones were thrown aside and he shouted:

"Brother, get me some minced meat and I'll eat some noodles."

"Um."

Xu Xin started to help her break up the meat on the mutton chops and put them in the bowl.

"When will "Nie Xiaoqian" be broadcast? Which channel?"

"Guangdong Channel will start broadcasting in April. Hmm... Speaking of which, when will Wulin Gaiden be broadcast?"

After hearing this, Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

"At this pace, I estimate that no matter what happens, it will be by the end of the year. Think about it, the filming is not finished yet... Let's follow the most reasonable plan, such as finishing it in April. With so many episodes, it will take a long time to edit the soundtrack. It will take some effort. We still have to find a buyer, and the scheduling period...it won’t be until the end of the year anyway.”

"Then if it can be released by the end of the year, I will have three TV series and one movie this year?"

"Hmm... "Wang Zhaojun", "Nie Xiaoqian", "Wulin Biography"... "The Untold Secret" is really three plays and one movie. Oh, it's a big star, that's okay."

He smiled and put a large piece of lamb chop into his girlfriend's noodle bowl:

"Yang Mi Nian?"

"…What do you mean?"

Obviously, Yang Mi didn't quite understand what her boyfriend meant.

In fact, Xu Xin didn’t know how this word came out, so he simply described it:

"You have appeared in four works this year. You can be seen in TV series and movies...you are going to be popular!"

"Goose goose goose goose goose goose..."

These words touched Yang Mi's heart.

She couldn't stop laughing.

But she felt that her boyfriend was just joking.

How can it be so easy to get angry...

"Wang Zhaojun" and "Liao Zhai" were both filmed two years ago. From today's perspective, there is no acting... they are nothing more than quirky and innocent.

This drama will probably be criticized.

Although she is the second female lead in "The Untold Secret", strictly speaking, her scenes are all about the bitch contestant who causes conflicts in the plot.

"Wulin Gaiden" also has a supporting role. It was released after 20 or 30 episodes, and the scenes are all distracting.

Why is it so easy to get angry?

but……

It still sounded happy.

It’s not in vain that I’ve been serving you so much this year, sister~

Stinky brother~

…

It's past 11 o'clock.

After the young couple finished their late night snack, Yang Mi knew that although her father hadn't called yet... he must have been anxious.

So he wiped his mouth:

"I am leaving."

"Um."

Xu Xin responded:

"I'll put the box in your car."

"Be gentle, don't bump into me."

She treasures her little car very much.

It's not a 911, it's a 350Z.

After all, it was given by my father.

Although after driving 911, driving this 350Z is just like driving a bumper car... But after all, it is her father's little cotton-padded jacket. In order to prevent her father from bragging about his future son-in-law, she usually drives this car most of the time. car.

"Know it."

Carrying the box, Xu Xin carefully placed it on the passenger seat for her.

The box is big, this car has the same qualities as a 911, and there is almost no storage space.

After sitting in the driver's seat and making sure that the box did not block the view of the right mirror, I got out of the car:

"Okay."

"Well, I'm leaving then...a hug..."

At the door of the house, the two hugged each other.

Xu Xin smelled her body fragrance and said:

"Why don't you go back..."

"Are you dreaming that you want my dad to arrest you in the middle of the night? I'll leave and come back to you tomorrow. Are you going to the editing company during the day tomorrow?"

"Yes. I just spent the whole morning sorting out the finely edited shots. The 77 minutes of the rough cut are just the main line of the story. Some detailed scenes have to be arranged as soon as possible. Edit quickly. Jay Chou comes on the tenth day of the lunar month and has to get detailed data before he can go. Tokyo, and then..."

"Oh, Elder Tang, Elder Tang... don't read it. I know you are busy and I will contact you tomorrow afternoon. I will leave as soon as possible..."

"...Okay, drive slower and wear your seat belt."

"knew."

Amidst the roar of the car, the girl waved her hand and left directly.

With full satisfaction, she drove to the gate of the community humming songs, and as expected she saw her father holding a flashlight.

So, she lowered the window:

"Dad, why are you out again... This car light is much brighter than a flashlight."

"You still know about coming back?"

Yang Dalin glared at the girl angrily:

"Why didn't you come back the next day?"

The girl said in her heart, I think... I am just afraid that you will break my legs.

Then I saw my father opening the car door:

"Come on, the parking spaces are all full. Dad will find a place for you... What is this?"

Looking at the suitcase that took up a lot of space on the passenger seat, Yang Dalin was a little puzzled.

"The sheep Xu Xin brought for you are delicious."

After the girl finished speaking, Yang Dalin nodded:

"Then you follow me and let's go."

"No, I'll open the trunk lid and you get in the car."

"Nonsense, the rear door won't close and the pole will break easily."

"It's not like..."

Yang Mi just opened her mouth, but Yang Dalin had already turned on the flashlight and walked into the community on his own.

"Eh...Dad...Dad?...Oh, it's really..."

She had no choice but to drive behind him.

At a very slow speed, I followed my father to find an open space on the curb.

As a result, I stopped two times and still couldn’t wipe it in...

"dad……"

"Tell me what an idiot you are. You can't get into such a big empty space... I don't know how you can get through parking on the side."

The complaints from the old father and the disgusted expression deeply "stinged" the girl's heart.

However, dad is still the almighty dad.

It was obvious that he could not park in the parking space, but my father drove out and backed in. The left side pushed over and the right side fell over, and the car parked flawlessly.

"Dad! Your level... is so awesome!!"

Listening to his daughter's admiring tone, Yang Dalin waved his hands with a calm expression on his face:

"Play normally."

"It's so cool. It's so cool."

"……Um."

Although his face was still calm, the pride in his eyes could not be hidden.

He unloaded the heavy suitcase from the passenger seat and walked home with the suitcase in one hand and the girl in the other.

As he walked, he asked:

"Why are you back so late? What were you doing?"

"Went to watch a movie. Why didn't we spend Valentine's Day together? Let's make up for it."

"...Well, be early next time. If you don't go home at eleven or twelve, it will be so dangerous outside."

"Know it……"

…

In fact, Xantao Digital hasn't started work yet.

But as a partner, Cheng Long also gave Xu Xin face, so he came to the company to start work early on the seventh day of the lunar new year.

The 77-minute rough cut of "The Untold Secret" is a splicing without any technical content.

It just puts together all the main story shots to tell a complete story and establish an editing framework for the film.

What is really delicate is the natural switching and transition of each editing shot, as well as how to render it according to the director's ideas, as well as the editing of some close-ups, related clips, and atmosphere-enhancing clips. This is the fine work.

According to Xu Xin's estimation, this film should be about 1 hour and 50 minutes long, excluding the ending stage.

Throughout the morning, he mainly talked with Cheng Long about the concept of precision cutting, and he had already demonstrated his ideas through several examples on the spot.

Cheng Long, who has the same name as his eldest brother, is also a gold medal editor. When Xu Xin said this, people understood.

Not only do you understand, but people can even guess what you want to say after connecting.

It gives Xu Xin the image of a peerless master who has already watched pornographic films all over the world and has reached the uncensored state in his heart.

But if you think about it carefully...you may have seen more movies than you have walked.

I feel relieved.

After all, he is not a professional editor... To put it more realistically, he doesn't even know what the software on this computer is or how to use it.

After all...the person Director Zhang found is really good.

Although he can't understand it...but it's really amazing.

This was his emotion when he met Yang Mi in the afternoon.

In the rough cutting stage, he didn't feel it yet, but in the fine cutting stage, when he saw that others understood the meaning of virtue before he even finished speaking, he looked filled with emotion.

It made Yang Mi think that he was going to be an editor...

But this thing is just talking, laughing and lively.

She is an actress, she just has to act her part well. Even if you ask her to intervene in the director's affairs, she won't be able to interfere.

Without this diamond, I wouldn't be able to do this porcelain job.

But she must admit one thing, that is, she admires her boyfriend's curiosity that is revealed inadvertently.

Curious about everything.

I want to try everything.

It's like a yawn...

…

The tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

February 27, 2007 in the Gregorian calendar.

February is not yet the end of the year, and after a few months of rest, all the teams for the opening ceremony who looked refreshed gathered at the Olympic Building.

The first meeting of the new year was held.

At the meeting, when everyone was most concerned about the issue of whether it had passed the trial, Zhang Yimou shook his head and said that he had not received the news yet. But I think it will be soon, so there is no need to rush.

Then comes the assignment of tasks.

Now that the plan has been formulated, it is now time to implement each link.

Starting from the beginning of the year, various art troupes and soldiers will be on standby, and whether it is Chen Weiya or Zhang Wu, they will start choreographing dances and phalanx drills.

The selection and training of these dancers are all the responsibility of the team.

In addition, production of several major props that have been reported in advance and passed the review will also begin.

The first is the production of the most important prop: the fou.

Last year, because Director Zhang was firmly opposed to using elements such as big drums and red silk, people in the team argued for several days over what to use instead of drums for such a big scene.

Some experts were also invited to study.

Everyone says it’s better to use drums.

However, Zhang Yimou, the chief director, disagreed.

He also showed others the dark history commercial he had shot before, letting them see how disastrous it would be to use 2008 drums in such a scene.

And it turned out to be disastrous.

The scene of hundreds or even thousands of people playing drums... Director Zhang himself achieved this level of excellence in filming, let alone others.

It's a damn thing if it looks good.

Besides, maybe Zhang Yimou didn't say it, but everyone knew it. He is trying his best to avoid all elements of the eight minutes of darkness in Athens.

Including stilts, Yangko, drums, red lanterns, Peking opera, etc.

Then everyone will study it.

Several ancient musical instruments were studied.

The beginning is "混".

An ancient musical instrument, a funnel-shaped thing without a drumhead.

Everyone thought this was okay... but a historian was asked... People in China no longer use this thing, but Koreans still use it.

As a former vassal country, our country has an "orthodox" attack method inherited from the Chinese side.

And if people from our side come to use it, if something goes wrong with the Korean side...

The expert didn't say clearly.

But in the past few years, Koreans have been making trouble with "Confucius is ours" and "Dragon Boat Festival is ours".

I won’t know what will happen then.

The word "混" was rejected directly.

There are many similar things. After searching around, we found... Although these ancient musical instruments are no longer used in China, other countries still hold them as national treasures and continue to this day. No matter which one you use incorrectly, you may end up scratching your head after a "joke".

However, Huangtian paid off, and there were too many things left behind by our ancestors.

Finally, the team members found a gadget called "Fou".

Hit the fou and sing about the "fou" in it.

This thing, first of all, has been around for a long time. Unearthed together with the chimes.

Second, no one knows how to use it... and many people have never even seen it.

Third, other countries have not “taken” it.

It immediately met everyone’s wishes.

But we also face a problem, that is... apart from knowing that this thing is a percussion instrument, I don't know anything else.

How to knock, how to hit, how to make sounds...

no one knows.

I called in a bunch of experts and went to the Magic City for on-the-spot investigation, and found that I didn't know anything except that it looked like a copper jar with two ears.

So, Director Zhang waved his hand:

"change."

I found a group of experts to study and discuss, and finally came up with a concept to create something with the "sound of gold and stone".

This thing is a fou!

Anyway, others don’t know how to use it. As the sovereign state, what we say is what we say.

Then after a while of research, I finally settled on a percussion method similar to that of a drum, except that the sound and position were somewhat different.

It was decided years ago, but I had never seen the real thing. I asked people from the Hongying Percussion Orchestra to study it, but because it was the end of the year, I couldn't make a sample.

It can only be set after the new year.

Xu Xin's first task at the beginning of the year was to go with Fan Yue and Jiang Haoyang to see what was produced.

Going on a business trip.

I went to a prop manufacturing factory in Hebei for two days.

He left after the meeting that day.

Stayed for two and a half days in total.

I'll go at noon on the 27th and return in the evening on the 1st.

Originally nothing...

Xu Xin also talked and laughed with Director Fan and Director Jiang along the way, and everyone was in a relaxed mood.

But I saw the Yanjing toll station.

Fan Yue's phone rang.

Xu Xin turned down the music and heard Director Fan answer the phone: