I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 203 201. Ouchi General Manager (Thanks to the leader of "Chengmang丶"!)

Year 2008.

April 30th.

noon.

"Eat, eat, eat."

"Wow~"

Jay Chou's eyes widened, looking at the large plate of seafood stew full of Sicilian style in front of him, and he said to Wang Sicong next to him in surprise:

"Hey, do you think A Xin will be mad to death if he finds out?"

Wang Sicong, who has finished his spring school vacation in the UK and returned to China until early May, shrugged:

"I don't know if he is angry or not. If you say such heartless things in front of his future wife, you will probably have to eat this meal with the dog."

"..."

Jay Chou was a little speechless and turned to look at the two black-backed puppies looking at him with cute eyes...

Those two pairs of small black eyes looked at him, as if saying:

"Come on, let's eat together."

At this time, Yang Mi spoke:

"How about... the three of you give it a squeeze? I'm making a bowl of goat's milk for you?"

"...Hey, after all, I am also the eldest brother, so you can't go too far!"

"Who asked you to say sarcastic words?"

Yang Mi shrugged and whistled to the two puppies:

"Zai Zai, Niuniu, come here."

The two puppies, who looked like they were just born, staggered and followed their "mother" out of the restaurant.

Soon, after settling the "children", she walked in and sat on the chair after washing her hands.

As the "hostess", she sat down and moved her chopsticks, and then the two of them started eating with their chopsticks.

Jay Chou asked while adding a shrimp and picking it up with his hands:

"So how do you plan to raise this dog? It seems that it is banned in the city, right?"

Yang Mi nodded:

"Yes, but Xu Xin and Director Zhang have already told him that he will be put in the army's dog farm for training. Then there will be a set of retirement procedures and there will be no problem."

"Okay...hey, I want to get a fox hound. Can you get one?"

"no problem."

Wang Sicong responded:

"But... that dog lives in a pack. Originally, I didn't want to bring two black backs back this time. She also likes that... but that dog is raised in a family, understand? Two dogs are not enough. If you want to raise them, you have to raise them." A group of them. Moreover, that dog likes to bark very much and is very energetic. If you want to raise it, I will bring five or six dogs back to you this time, but you have to be mentally prepared. That thing is different from the black-backed dog, which requires special training. Breeder, you must at least have an estate where they can have fun... If you raise one alone, the dog will become depressed and will starve to commit suicide."

"..."

Obviously, Wang Sicong's words have touched Jay Chou's knowledge blind spot.

After hearing such harsh feeding conditions, he shook his head:

"Forget it...are there any smaller ones that are easier to raise?"

"Yes... Pomeranian? That dog is quite beautiful. I originally wanted to bring this one to Lao Yang, but Xu Xin didn't like it, so I replaced it with these two black backs."

"How's your bloodline?"

"Absolutely. My friend is also a little noble after all. Those pretentious British people like to compare these things, about whose dog has a pure bloodline and whose horse has a good bloodline... Do you want it? You have to wait until I bring it back during the summer vacation. for you?"

"Okay~"

The two of them were talking and eating.

After Jay Chou ate a shrimp, he took the toasted baguette and dipped it into the tomato red soup of the seafood stew. After taking a bite, he let out a very silky praise:

"Mimi, your craftsmanship is even better~ Wow, it's great!"

Unexpectedly, after Yang Mi heard this, she suddenly asked in confusion:

"Are you nervous? Why do you feel like you talk so much today?"

"..."

Jay Chou's movements paused.

There was some embarrassment on his face:

"Are you kidding? Why am I nervous?"

"Because of the performance tonight."

"...I've gone through hundreds of performances, big and small, okay? Why am I nervous?"

Seeing him talk back, Wang Sicong shrugged:

"Anyway, you talk a lot today."

"..."

Listening to both of them saying this, Jay Chou suddenly laughed bitterly and stopped hiding it:

"To be honest, I'm really a little nervous... Mainly A Xin... He made it too big. There are so many people singing the song "Bei Gen Welcomes You", so it seems that it is suitable to be sung in the second half... But now you put me in the countdown...hey, the finale, it's you two, aren't you nervous?"

"I'm not nervous."

Wang Sicong has the virtue of standing up and talking without hurting his back:

"I don't sing."

"..."

To be honest, if we weren't all teammates playing DOTA together, Jay Chou would have jumped over to see how bad he was.

Is this human language?

But Yang Mi said:

"What's there to be nervous about? Then follow the original order. If nothing else, even Ke Zhendong can run behind you, then what have you become? Do you think only Xu Xin is competing for this award show? Others? Are entertainment companies also competing for good? This is a status issue. Xu Xin thinks quite simply, let alone the national team. Among singers, the most he can tolerate is Hua Zai and Cheng Long running behind you. Others...see He couldn't stand any of those lists. According to what he said: Bu Jingyun can run behind you? Why?"

"That doesn't mean you should put me in front of Liu Huan. I'm under a lot of pressure."

"It's the front, not the back. You just get in and that's it. Besides, we are here tonight, Xu Xin is also here, Director Zhang Wu and the others are here. We are supporting you. What are you afraid of?"

"..."

"Tsk tsk..."

Jay Chou was speechless, but after Wang Sicong heard this, he shook his head and sighed:

"Don't tell me...it smells like something internal."

"Stop being so weird, otherwise it will be your turn to sit next to the rice bowl with Zaizai Niuniu."

"Hahaha~"

Wang Sicong couldn't help laughing, and then asked:

"So according to you, these brokerage companies are also competing for ranking?"

"right."

Yang Mi nodded:

"This is not what I said, Xu Xin told me. After we decided to hold the Olympic awards ceremony at the Taimiao Temple at the beginning of this year, we started to compete openly and covertly. Speaking of which, "Bei'an Welcomes You" is pretty good Fortunately, firstly, there are many stars, and secondly, there is no point in fighting for the group performance, so just follow the arrangements. But for the individual part, after the national team's performance part is introduced, those companies are all vying for the position. This is a great honor...understand? And...I'm telling you a piece of gossip. Of course, I'm just telling you this news, okay? You just think I'm farting."

As she spoke, her voice lowered even though there was no one else at home:

"It is said, it is said that there is a quota for a song that can fly to the sky. This is something someone told someone. And someone who heard the news is trying his best to let his friend's song fly to the sky. Go up to space and play it.”

"Dang Cang..."

Jay Chou lost his chopsticks and fell on the table.

Wang Sicong was similar. He stared straight at Yang Mi and said:

"What a fool, are you playing so big!?"

Yang Mi shrugged, took a sip of beauty tea, and said with a smile:

"Eat, eat, eat. After dinner, come and try on your clothes. The clothes for this occasion must be more dignified and decent. I specially made a suit for you. I saw your performance clothes. You look like a little hooligan. , not very good. Try another one and try again."

"..."

Jay Chou no longer knew what to say.

At this time, Wang Sicong said:

"Lao Xu won't come back tonight?"

"No reply...sigh."

Yang Mi let out a long sigh.

Wang Sicong was speechless:

"So busy? You don't even have time to go home?... I've been back for almost a month, and I just met him once. Is it that busy?"

"What do you think... You were so busy last night that you told me good night at 4:30 in the morning. At 9:30 this morning, you sent me a message telling me to ask Sun Ting to get our invitation letter. Tens of thousands of people are busy over there. The top on-site person in charge of everything is the people in the creative team. Now I don’t even dare to call him for fear of delaying his affairs, so I only dare to send messages... Sigh."

The girl said, shaking her head.

The eyes are a little red.

Not wronged.

It's distressing.

but……

"Oh, by the way. Have you seen the two boxes at the door?"

"You see, what are you doing?"

"Those are posters and notebooks. Xu Xin asked you to sign them before leaving. Those are gifts from the new team of volunteers."

"..."

Jay Chou's face immediately turned green.

"Please, I've signed at least a million names in the past few months! If you two catch me, this sheep, you must pluck out the wool! Doesn't your conscience really hurt!?"

Yang Mi shrugged:

"He wants it, why are you angry with me... just tell him to go?"

"...Isn't he busy?"

"Yo yo yo? Do you still know how to feel sorry for someone?... If you feel sorry for someone, you will sign it immediately. I will give it to him when I see him at night."

"..."

In Jay Chou's speechless and sad eyes...

Wang Sicong laughed out loud:

"puff……"

It's like farting.

…

Director's office.

indoor.

Smoke billows.

Wei Lanfang opened the door, glanced at Zhang Yimou, who was frowning and thinking hard, and then raised his finger at Xu Xin.

Seeing this, Xu Xin nodded, quietly got up and followed Wei Lanfang out.

"What's wrong, Sister Wei?"

"The paintbrush glove manufacturer is here."

"What are you here for?"

"They won the bid, but we haven't approved the funds yet, so they can't make this thing. They have to get the money first."

The giant "paper" paintings of the Olympic Games are done with a special "pen" made of gloves that can react chemically with certain materials in the paper. There is no technical problem with this.

At that time, through friction, the gloves and paper will appear like ink marks.

After hearing this, Xu Xin nodded and walked quickly through the corridor. Then he saw Li Zhitong, the head of the budget office for the opening and closing ceremonies, talking to a young man with a briefcase and short hair. Communicating something.

After Li Zhitong saw Xu Xin, he quickly pointed out:

"Here, here comes the man. Do you know who he is?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xin spoke:

"Manager Chen, we meet again."

The young man stood up quickly:

"Hello, Director Xu, I'm really wasting your time."

"Um."

Xu Xin responded:

"Brother Li, what's going on?"

"Hey, didn't they win the bid? We are still waiting for the test, so I asked them to do it quickly. But they want research funding... I haven't submitted the application for approval yet, and I won't get it until next Thursday at the earliest. This money. I said you do it first. I have prepared all the procedures. I will apply on Monday and give you the money on Thursday. But this won’t work... take a look... I can’t do it. "

Hearing Li Zhitong's words, Xu Xin nodded and asked Manager Chen:

"How much?"

Manager Chen quickly replied:

"From the time we submitted the production data and were authorized by us for research and development to now, the total is 66,000."

"Then you do it first."

Xu Xin didn't seem angry because he was bothering himself with such a small amount of money. Instead, he smiled and said while letting go of the cigarette:

"At the bidding meeting, I remember that so many manufacturers were there, and I told you. I said first, the Olympic Games will not owe any of you money. Second, all manufacturers' R\u0026D funds will be allocated between bids. It’s an advance payment. Third, after winning the bid, submit your R\u0026D expense documents for approval, and then settle the expenses normally according to the progress of the Olympic Games’ settlement. I should have said this, right?”

Immediately, Manager Chen became a little embarrassed.

Nod:

"I said it... Director Xu, you said it."

"Isn't that enough? I won the bid two days ago, so it's a bit inappropriate to ask for money today, right?"

"Yes, yes, but the manufacturer has invested so much after all..."

"I understand, but procedures are procedures... Manager Chen, we are not a grassroots team. The Olympics is so big, can it run? I understand your desire to get the advance payment first, but you should also understand that at the beginning, I have told you everything up front. In this matter, it is not that we cooperate with your manufacturers, but that you must cooperate with us.

Every penny spent on the Olympic Games is our taxpayers' money and the country's money. It must be clearly organized, clear and understood before we can make a payment. Do you understand? Since you accepted our conditions and participated in the bidding, isn't it a bit unkind to ask for money as soon as you win the bid... instead of following our procedures? "

Speaking of this, Manager Chen's face became a little confused.

In fact, Xu Xin somewhat understood their thoughts.

Some manufacturers for the Olympic Games are indeed facing serious debt arrears.

But that doesn’t mean I won’t give it.

But timeliness.

For example, when reporting the progress this Monday, the manufacturer's schedule comes in and it's from last week. Then report this week and get money next week. The progress is still the same as last week.

And so on.

In addition, some of the things they produced need to be adjusted. For example, the painting on the sailboat's oar needs to be repainted and adjusted, for example, the actors' clothes need to be adjusted, etc.

The director team said adjustments, so the budget will have to be re-declared...

It sounds like it’s actually quite troublesome, but that’s the procedure. No changes can be made.

As the Olympics approach, more and more details begin to be refined, and the funds become increasingly difficult to approve.

It’s not that the state doesn’t provide it, it’s that there are too many problems with rework and industrial reform.

The one-and-done transactions lead to delays in placing payments.

The country is waiting for the director team to agree, the director team is waiting for the revision to be qualified, and the manufacturer is waiting for money to produce the next batch of things...

This is a triangular negotiation process, which is very troublesome.

This is true for big manufacturers, let alone small jobs like this that cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Looking at Manager Chen's embarrassed look, Xu Xin was happy and waved his hand:

"So, don't worry. In this way...Brother Li, is the temporary special approval quota still available this week?"

Every week for the Olympic Games, there will be a temporary independent allocation of 100,000 yuan, which is mainly used for emergency purchases of urgent materials that cannot wait for approval.

"No, because of the LED lights this week, they have all been used up."

"...Well, today is Friday, next Monday, Manager Chen, next Monday, you come to Director Li and ask him to approve 5,000 yuan for you first. Okay? Your more than 60,000 yuan is not a one-time use. It’s over, we won’t run away. Brother Li, please do some hard work and give us 5,000 yuan to produce the gloves first. Then the rest will be given to others according to the procedures. Manager Chen, is that okay?”

After some relaxed and tactful words, Manager Chen nodded and said rather embarrassedly:

"Okay, okay... I'm so sorry, Director Xu. There's nothing I can do about it. The manufacturer is in a hurry..."

"Don't worry, we won't run out of the Olympics. Let's understand each other~"

As he spoke, he nodded to Li Zhitong:

"Brother Li, let's just say this? Okay? Five thousand will be approved next week. You can give me the list later and I'll ask Director Zhang to sign it."

"Okay, okay, no problem."

Li Zhitong nodded and agreed.

At this moment, with the appearance of Xu Xin, some people around who were also carrying briefcases gathered together.

Just as Xu Xin was about to leave, he saw this group of people looking at him eagerly...

"..."

He sighed in his heart, suppressed the urge to rub his temples, and nodded:

"What's wrong with you guys?"

"Director Xu, our clothes..."

"Director Xu, I'm from an audio cable manufacturer."

"Director Xu, there is a problem with foot paint..."

Xu Xin was instantly overwhelmed by endless questions.

However, from the beginning of the year to now, he has already been smoothed out by these trivial problems.

Already used to it.

So he nodded:

"Come one by one, come one by one... Keep your voice down, the director team is still having a meeting inside... Tell me what's wrong with you first..."

After about an hour, Xu Xin, who had appeased everyone and finally found peace, let out a long sigh.

After taking the cold mineral water from Wei Lanfang, he didn't even say a word. He just waved to her and returned directly to the small conference room.

When you come back, sit down.

Sha Xiaofeng was talking about the lighting of the scene in front of the slide.

Xu Xin put the mineral water against his temple to cool it, and then heard Zhang Yimou next to him ask:

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay, all the little things have been taken care of."

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou nodded:

"Um."

…

Xu Xin's current position, according to the joking name among the directing team, is the general manager.

Manage both inside and outside.

Externally, he has to coordinate some matters that sometimes require the chief director's approval, but are extremely small.

For example, just because of tens of thousands of dollars, I had to interrupt the chief director's train of thought and trouble him to come over and make a guarantee in person.

Things are too small, too small to be small.

But someone has to do it.

Otherwise, these small things will accumulate into a mountain of big things.

But the problem is... Anyone who has done creative work knows that the process of being frequently interrupted and having to trouble you with big and small things is actually very annoying.

In October last year, after the overall process of the Olympic Games was finalized and all processes were changed to the rehearsal stage, Zhang Yimou began to work in such a state.

Look to him for everything big or small.

But at that time, there weren’t actually many things going on. His most important job was to go to various places to cheer up and cheer up some people who were practicing rehearsals. Even taking photos and so on.

Not too busy yet.

But after the beginning of this year, everything entered the second stage, and a tsunami and buzz came over us.

In the first few days of work, he struggled to even think.

There are tons of documents to sign.

There are countless things that need to be decided by him.

How strict is the Olympics' censorship? To put it bluntly, the cleaning staff found that the rag was gone. If they wanted to buy one, they had to go through the normal procedures...

That's how troublesome it is.

Because these are state-owned assets.

Although such a trivial matter would not warrant Director Zhang's signature... but the example is here.

This made Zhang Yimou extremely annoyed.

But the good news is that Xiao Xu is back.

Therefore, Xu Xin took the initiative to take over these tasks.

Communicate with manufacturers, communicate with leaders...even the procurement of various props, he will come to the scene as "one of the leaders of the directing team of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games".

The meaning is very simple.

You don’t need to know Director Zhang.

You just need to know my face.

For all things, if you can avoid troubling Director Zhang, then don’t bother Director Zhang. Come at me.

If I can't make a decision, I'll leave it to Director Zhang.

It's like a filter.

Keeping countless trivial matters out of the conference room.

Are you tired?

very tired.

Very annoying.

Very grumpy.

Don't even understand.

If you want to talk about other things, forget about hundreds of thousands or millions. But the problem... to be exaggerated, even if the living environment cannot take a bath, or the hot and cold water is broken, the director team has to solve it...

Children of all nationalities who came here to participate in the Olympics didn't even take a shower for a week... If you don't resolve this matter quickly, why are you still waiting for the director's reply?

Zhang Yimou made a phone call and the morning's matter was settled by noon.

It's that simple...can't handle it?

He was simply anxious at first.

But after gritting his teeth and getting through a stage, he became more comfortable.

Everyone knew about the existence of such a big internal manager. If there was anything that happened, he would go to the manager. If the manager couldn't handle it, he would go to the emperor.

That's probably what it means.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou was liberated instantly. He only needed to spare an hour every day to accept the documents handed over by Xu Xin and sign them.

At the beginning, I still read and asked.

For example, what is the situation with XXX in this information?

Where is the progress of this XXX, what's going on, etc.

But as time passed, he realized that Xiao Xu had handled everything almost perfectly, so he didn't even ask.

Not even looking at it.

Xu Xin brought the things over and signed them casually while chatting with others about various aspects.

That's it.

Xu Xin used his ability and overall perspective to win not only the trust of Director Zhang, but also the reliance of Olympic-related staff, manufacturers, and heads of various departments.

Not to mention the team of volunteers and some young performers.

Everyone knows... Director Xu has something to do with it.

Jay Chou's autograph is like playing with it.

As long as Director Xu comes to "sympathize", as long as you open your mouth, Jay Chou's signature will be big.

Plus the identity of the director of "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable"...

Not just weight.

more importantly……

He is handsome~

Who doesn't like that?

…

At around 3 p.m., another meeting ended.

Xu Xin stood up and planned to walk out.

After walking outside, he saw a new group of "guests" looking at him eagerly...

After seeing him come out, they started to rush this way.

"..."

The corner of Xu Xin's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he glanced at the time on his watch. After realizing that it was too late, he nodded:

"Go to my office and talk, one by one."

Soon, Zhang Yimou walked out and saw that there was no one in the place nicknamed the "Olympic Street Service Hall". He asked Wei Lanfang next to him in confusion:

"Where are the people?"

"They're all in Xiao Xu's office."

"...Isn't Xiao Xu rushing to go to the Ancestral Temple to attend the award ceremony?"

"I guess it depends on the time."

"Zhang Wu didn't help him?"

"Don't mention it. Director Zhang broke up for a while and ran out immediately after Xiao Xu was blocked."

"..."

After hearing Wei Lanfang's words, Zhang Yimou thought for a while and said:

"Then let's leave quickly, before we get blocked again later."

"...?"

Wei Lanfang tilted his head with a question mark on his face:

"Aren't you going to save Xiao Xu?"

"What should I do to save him? Young man, it is a good thing to have more experience."

Zhang Yimou walked very fast. As he walked, he touched his belly:

"What is there to eat in the cafeteria now?"

"..."

Wei Lanfang was completely speechless.

But he still quickly kept up with Zhang Yimou:

"If we go to eat now, we will probably only eat a bowl of noodles... Director Zhang, let's take the stairs. It will be more uncomfortable if we get blocked when we go down the elevator."

"Well, yes, that makes sense. Let's go quickly."

"..."

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