I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 208 206. This profiteer (ten thousand words! Thank you to the leader of “Don’t Go Home Tonight”!)

Ten o'clock at night.

"Director... withdraw. Everyone has been waiting all day. I am probably exhausted by now... How about we let everyone go back and rest?"

Sitting on the broadcasting platform, after hearing Xu Xin's words, Zhang Yimou stared at the falling rain in the sky...

He nodded with sunken eyes:

"Withdraw."

Hearing this, everyone picked up the walkie-talkie.

Then...noisy sounds sounded from all directions.

"……well."

After Xu Xin finished his instructions, he leaned on the chair and sighed helplessly.

Another day's progress was delayed.

The actors in the Bird's Nest auditorium also began to retreat one after another.

Xu Xin sent a special message to Lang Lang to express his apology.

I got a message saying "Haha, it's okay, good things come in time. Don't get angry, I'll come back tomorrow."

When the crowd was pouring out, Xu Xin rarely said to Zhang Yimou:

"How about...director, let's go and worship God too?"

"..."

Zhang Yimou was speechless.

"If you don't have the time, why don't you dig a drainage ditch?"

"Isn't it okay that I was wrong..."

As he spoke, Xu Xin clasped his hands and bowed to the sky:

"Old man, please forgive me, Tong Yan Wuji, I was wrong, let's stop, okay?"

The sound of falling rain is still there.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Seeing his clumsy behavior, no one else knew what to say.

He just leaned on the chair with a tired face, staring at the field covered with raincloth in a daze.

It was as if he was waiting to see God forgive Xiao Xu and show mercy to Xiao Xu in the next second. It was a truth that the rain really stopped.

Foolishly……

Wait for the result.

Then...waiting until after 12 o'clock, I realized again...

Ah, one day closer to the Olympics.

That absurd feeling, to put it bluntly, is like waiting for the Queen of Autumn to ask for mercy.

Know when to die.

Know how to die.

There is nothing I can do but wait quietly for that day to come.

There is nothing more terrifying than this in the world...

…

Outside the bird's nest.

"Xiao Xu, can you help me put this information in my office when you go back? I won't make a trip."

Listening to Wei Lanfang's words, Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to say something... but in the end he nodded:

"OK."

But his stunned look made Wei Lanfang subconsciously ask:

"Aren't you going back there?"

"It's okay, I'll just take a trip and it'll be over."

"...No, I thought you were going back there to rest, so I asked you to run for me. Are you going back tonight?"

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded and pointed at the clothes on his body:

"I've worn them for two days and they're all rotten. When she comes back tonight...if she sees that I haven't brought the dirty clothes home, she might explode. So I hurried back."

"Where did you go again?"

"I went to Shanghai to shoot the new Adidas commercial."

"Okay, then you should go back quickly, I will go there myself."

After hearing Wei Lanfang's words, Xu Xin still reached out for the documents:

"It's okay. I'll just make a quick trip. Sister Wei, don't you have to go around too?"

"It's nothing if I go around in a circle, but you can't do it... Go back and rest quickly, I'm leaving first."

Wei Lanfang waved his hand and walked directly to his car.

Seeing this, Xu Xin stopped stopping him.

He was indeed a little tired.

Driving the car and heading home.

All the way back home, sure enough... a commercial vehicle had parked at the door.

Yang Mi has come back.

at the same time……

The rain stopped.

Xu Xin parked the car on the steps at the door and stared blankly at the wiper scraping against the glass. His ears were filled with the sound of rubber rubbing against the glass.

Then he couldn't help but cursed.

He walked into the house carrying a plastic bag of dirty clothes.

And when he heard the door opening, the door to the main hall was pushed open.

It was Wu Qiqi who opened the door.

"Brother Xu!"

"Um."

Xu Xin responded and saw Yang Mi's figure also appearing at the door.

But unlike Wu Qiqi who greeted her at the door, she went out of the house directly, looked at her boyfriend's sunken eye sockets, and pointed to the kitchen:

"The medicine is in the kitchen, go drink it."

"okay."

After giving her the plastic bag of dirty clothes, he turned and walked into the kitchen.

There is a small porcelain cup in the kitchen. When opened, it contains still warm Chinese medicine.

He didn't know what this stuff was for, but he had been drinking it since he caught the cold, one bag a day.

I haven’t drunk it yet today.

Because the drink I brought this time has been finished, I didn’t expect that my girlfriend had already prepared it for me according to the day.

In fact, it can be seen from here that he is very different now from before.

My girlfriend takes care of all my basic necessities, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, and daily life.

I can't live without her.

Yang Mi always fulfills her promise.

Raise her boyfriend into a loser who can't live without her.

He drank up the medicine in the kitchen, found sour plum juice in the refrigerator, and took another big sip to get rid of the bitterness in his mouth. After he came out, he walked to the bathroom.

I had no interest in taking a bath at first, I just wanted to take a quick shower and rest.

As soon as I entered the bathroom, I saw that the bathtub was filled with a pool of hot water.

It's for yourself.

If my girlfriend wants to take a bath, she will definitely buy some beauty and skin care bath salts to take a bubble bath.

Seeing this, he felt warm in his heart, and after hurriedly showering, he lay directly in the bathtub.

The warm water quickly submerged the whole person.

There is no massage function.

He found it too noisy.

The noise of the Olympic Games has given him an instinctive pursuit of "quietness".

And while he was just lying there enjoying the tranquility, about five or six minutes later, he heard voices outside:

"Sister Mimi, let's go...do you really not care about Tieba?"

"Well, you don't need to worry about it. Just pretend that you can't see it. Just go back and rest quickly. Good night."

Xu Xin was stunned.

Post it?

What happened to Tieba?

After thinking about it, he sat up and went to the dressing table outside to pick up his mobile phone.

He didn't post it himself.

So I directly opened the webpage and found "Yangmi Bar" and clicked in.

Want to see what's going on.

For more than half a year, he knew almost nothing about his girlfriend's career.

One is lack of interest.

After giving his girlfriend the first draft of the script adapted by several screenwriters from the West Film Studio and asking her to delve into the inner world of "Gu Xiaomeng", he never paid attention to it again. And Yang Mi didn't tell him that except for talking to her boyfriend before every business trip, she didn't talk about other career matters.

Reduce his stress to the greatest extent.

And since he heard it today, he said to himself... don't let anything happen to his girlfriend. He has been very unqualified as a boyfriend this year, but now that he knows it, if he still doesn't care, it would be really heartless.

Clicked on the post bar, and then saw many topics:

"Brothers, why haven't Tang Ren officially announced Mimi's joining?"

"Everyone, please wake up. No one stipulates that after voting, you must act."

"I laughed. When filming Fairy Sword, I actually found someone who has never played the game to play Fairy Sword. It's really cool."

"Where's Xiaoba? Didn't you say you were going to communicate with Mimi? What's the result?"

The threads posted one after another made Xu Xin a little confused.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Xu Xin responded instinctively, and then the bathroom door was pushed open.

"Elder Tang~ Hehehehehehe..."

"..."

The never-ending joke strikes again.

But this time Xu Xin didn't answer, but raised his phone and asked:

"What's going on with these posts in your forum?"

"Well……"

Yang Mi was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion:

"When did you start following my post?"

"I just heard Sun Ting asking you there, and I just watched it... What's going on? Tang people? Shooting Immortal Sword? Isn't the filming of Immortal Sword finished?"

While talking, Yang Mi had already walked to the edge of the bathtub.

She didn't look at her boyfriend's cell phone. She just took it off and put it on the grid next to her. Then she put her hand in the bathtub and stirred the water, saying:

"It's a small problem, it's okay... Hi, Xiao Xinxin, sister, I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you miss me? Ouch~ Let me miss you~"

"I'm talking to you about business."

Seeing that she suddenly started to lose her temper, Xu Xin was speechless:

"What's going on?"

"Well, it's just that Tang Dynasty wanted to ask me to film "Sword of Immortal", but I didn't accept the offer."

My girlfriend, who had already reached into the water with her hand, shrugged casually:

"They are probably used to riding on the popularity of "Sword and Sword III", you know? Long before the filming started, I don't know where I found a girl who looked very much like Liu Yifei. It just so happened that her surname was Liu and her name was Liu Zhishi, and then they started They promoted something like "Liu Yifei's Cousin" and then announced that they would film "Sword and Sword III"."

"...How did it get you here?"

"The strategy was wrong. They messed up~"

Yang Mi said, stood up and took off her nightgown.

Xu Xin naturally stopped lying down and sat up to make room for her.

By the way, I took a pack of bubble bath salts from the back and threw them into the water.

Yang Mi lay opposite him and continued:

"After finding this actor, they announced the filming plan for "Fairy Sword 3". In order to help Liu Zhishi build momentum, they conducted a netizen vote to choose the actor who everyone thought was most suitable for the first heroine of "Fairy Sword 3". It probably means : As long as you choose and get the first choice, we will talk. Then Shu Chang, Zhou Xun, Lin Xinru, these people are all there. Of course, I am also there. Everyone is there, except Liu Yifei. Then Liu Zhishi The posters are still hanging there... To put it bluntly, they are just mocking Liu Yifei. There are quite a lot of people who voted..."

"And you won?"

"That's right... I killed everyone, and all of them combined are not as tall as me."

"...?"

This time, Xu Xin was really surprised:

"Are you so angry?"

"It has nothing to do with that, it's mainly because I'm a big fan of the Fairy Sword game, you know?"

The two little feet, which looked like they had just had their nails done, were pressed against her boyfriend's invisible chest muscles. Yang Mi said with a smile:

"In May, didn't I compete with Big Lao Wang to see who could clear the level first? Then I posted my own progress on the Tieba. This news hadn't come out at that time, so I was competing with the people in the Tieba. People are chatting.

Then we talked about it from floor to floor, and everyone may think that I know a lot about fairy swords... I do understand it very well. right? The news came out later. As soon as the voting opened, fans of Fairy Sword started to vote for me like crazy, and I came first.

You don’t even know... At the beginning, many people said that I had premeditated it... to cooperate with Tang Dynasty’s hype. I was shot while lying down, right? Big Lao Wang and I were just competing to see who could clear the level faster. When I was playing the game, the Tang Dynasty hadn’t released any news yet. But I took this opportunity to contact Liu Yifei.

Hey, do you know? My guess is absolutely correct...she can only hang out in the Hong Kong circle now. Then when I told her about this, I also tried to talk about it. Although she didn't tell me clearly, I could tell that she hated Liu Zhishi.

If I were to act, as long as the limelight could overshadow Liu Zhishi's, and if only a small manipulation of our friendship was needed, then she would definitely be able to get a lot of bad vibes out of her. After all, it bothered her that Tang people had been using her every day to consume their popularity in the past few years. "

"Then why don't you answer it?"

"Because I want to accompany you."

Yang Mi shrugged, fiddled with the foam that had gradually emerged from the water, and said:

"After the first round of voting, Tangren did come to me. But I heard that the filming plan was to be in August, so I refused. You have been busy for two years and it is easy for me to take a break. I can't accompany you well? What's more? I still have to think about Gu Xiaomeng. The TV series is too long... so I stopped picking it up.

The company wanted me to take it on, after all, no one expected... "Wulin Gaiden" to become such a hit. I heard what Sister Zeng said. Due to the slow progress of "A Dream of Red Mansions" in the company, the atmosphere in the company's recent meetings has not been very good. Now some people have begun to badmouth this drama. They probably mean that if they had known that it would be so thankless, it would be better to choose Yang Mi as Lin Daiyu.

The company has spent so much resources on this drama, and if it doesn't get it right, its vitality will definitely be greatly damaged. At this time, they need a ratings sign to stop the bleeding, but I definitely won't get involved. You don't know... the show is in chaos.

I've heard some rumors, but anyway... they're not very good. Then the company began to plan an escape route. As soon as Tang Ren contacted me, the company wanted me to take over. But after I refused, they asked Sister Zeng to let the news out.

It probably means that my two most popular dramas were won by myself, as was "The Golden Armor". The support the company gave me was not enough, and then they threatened me with "Dream of Red Mansions". Now I accept it out of affection, but not out of obligation. Now many companies, including Tangren, have begun to contact me.

When the contract ends next year, there will basically be no so-called ungrateful gossip. However, I still made two preparations. This is the draft I just told you. The resources related to my rise and increase in popularity are all my own. As long as there is a hint that something is wrong, if I tell a few well-connected media and let it out, I will still be innocent. "

It seems that these words have not been spoken to others for a long time, and they have been accumulated in my heart.

It’s also like seeing her boyfriend too tired and wanting to tell him something else to distract him from his anxiety about the Olympics.

In short, Yang Mi talks a lot.

The kind that can't be stopped.

Xu Xin nodded while listening.

There is nothing wrong with what my girlfriend did... and to put it bluntly, there are many familiar flavors in her choices.

So I couldn’t help but say:

"My dad is about to leave the ability to keep things under control to you."

"Hehe~"

The girl who heard this smiled happily:

"Then I, my apprentice, must do my best. Uncle Xu is so powerful. If I were a fool and couldn't learn anything, wouldn't it be in vain?...But it is true that I learned a lot from Uncle Xu. Sometimes I follow him As I started to think about it, I suddenly discovered that many things in this world are actually not difficult at all. As long as we look at the problem from a different angle, everything will be easily solved."

"Then what? If it was just one vote, it shouldn't be all over now. Is there still a fuss in the forum?... They started filming in August. If the voting ends now, it is obviously unrealistic. Service, interior and exterior scenes, script directors, etc. At least two to three months of preparation period, right? Why are you still asking now?"

"Because they are gangsters."

Yang Mi shrugged and said in a disdainful tone:

"Now I understand why Liu Yifei said they were gangsters. You said you wanted to find actors for a normal scene. I can shoot it, so let's discuss the cost and other things, and then join the cast, right?"

"Um."

Xu Xin responded:

"If you don't want to shoot or if you don't have the schedule, just say it and find someone else. Don't delay other people's affairs."

"That's right. After I knew their filming schedule, I told them that I didn't have time in the second half of the year and had other arrangements. So thank you for your love. Forget it, we'll work together again if we have the chance. You said I'm a young actor... ...It’s not like a company as big as Tang Ren is so flattering, right? I’m so flattered.”

The words are quite personable, but the speechless expression on her face cannot be faked:

"Let's just get together and relax, and that's it. Guess what happened?"

"how?"

"Another round of voting."

"..."

Seeing Xu Xin's speechless look, Yang Mi nodded:

"Really, it's the second round. But the problem is that I refused in the first round. You can give the fans an explanation. Oh, no, no. Even the list has changed a few times. I'm still in it. ...and then first again..."

"What are you doing? Using public opinion to force you into the palace?"

Xu Xin was happy:

"Really... Tang Ren... is not a small company."

"But they are so rogue. I knew that when the second round of voting started, I was speechless. Then in this round, someone was added... who is also related to the Olympics. His name is Tang Yan, I have heard of it. What?"

Xu Xin shook his head.

"Who is the relative?"

"Not a relative. She is a member of the women's dance team that plays the erhu during the Athens Olympics. She is the Olympic treasure appointed by Director Zhang."

"Well……"

At this time, Xu Xin was really stunned.

Looking at his girlfriend blankly:

"Eight Minutes of Darkness?"

"Yes, she is one of them and an actress. Strictly speaking, she started in the industry last year. She only made her official debut in this year's "Zhenguan Long Song". She appears on this list..."

"...killed you?"

"That's not true. To be precise, after I refused the first time, Tang Ren planned to let her play the role, and then left a final makeup photo to see the market reaction. But... the big guys didn't buy it, so they did I voted for the second time. In the second round, I was still number one. But they didn’t look for me again.”

Hearing this, Xu Xin reacted immediately and asked:

"Find a way out for yourself again?"

"That's right. If you keep repeating again and again, even if Tang Yan's pictures are not good, they will still say something. For example, they chose Tang Yan after they approached me twice but I didn't give him any face... Hey, It seems that Liu Yifei is quite smart. A fairy sword stopped the loss in time. When encountering such gangster methods, that is me, I can break up with them and let others try it. I have been burned by this method for a long time. .”

When she said this, Yang Mi's eyes were full of pride and confidence.

Indeed, if others can see through these twists and turns right now, I won’t say, even if they can, they may already start to worry about what to do if this happens.

But it’s just like Jay Chou’s perception.

These two people together...

Eight hundred eyes.

The moment Yang Mi said these words, Xu Xin was speechless:

"You don't want to drag Liu Yifei into trouble, do you?"

"...Hehehehehehe~"

The girl was instantly happy.

Then start humping in the bathtub full of bubbles.

Arching and arching, she arched from her feet to her boyfriend's arms.

Lying in the warm chest, she held Xu Xin's face and pecked it gently:

"It has to be my brother, and no one else can do it... Everyone is worried that I might offend a lot of fans if Tang Ren does this. But they are all wrong... Tang Ren is not Huayi, they don't have that much energy . If you really have the energy, you won’t use such rogue methods... That’s right, I just intend to drag Liu Yifei into the water... because I have already asked why she didn’t sign with Huayi."

"Why?"

"Her mother doesn't agree...and neither does her godfather. I don't know the specific reason, but it's true that the two of them broke their promise, understand? They were not kind. They originally agreed, but in the end they fooled Huayi. Then Can Huayi pamper you? After all, such a big company, if I don't do it, how will you meet people in the world in the future?

However, apart from this way of grabbing her resources, Hua Yi did not dare to go too far. After all...they come from a good family, understand? Even if you don’t look at the monk’s face, you have to look at the Buddha’s face. Although Honglu Temple is a Qingshui Yamen, not everyone can get into trouble with it. Therefore, I guess her mother and her godfather also relied on such a relationship to boldly break the contract... Tsk, tsk, it's true. If this continues, I think she will be tricked to death by these two people. "

"..."

This time, Xu Xin stopped talking.

Instead, his mind started spinning rapidly.

Are you tired?

Not tired.

On the contrary, compared with the Olympic Games...

The little witch saw the big witch.

Let’s call it a way to relax.

After a moment of silence, he shook his head:

"This time, if she is not awake yet, then you are doing useless work. Moreover, everything you do now has a prerequisite, and that is... you have to get up first and be able to hold on. Do you understand?"

After speaking, without waiting for his girlfriend to answer, he continued:

"But you don't have to worry about this. I'm here, so don't be afraid. But if... even according to your most ideal result, she is really willing to submit a certificate to you, but these two black and white impermanence are following behind, you Headache too.

Therefore, unless she can really think clearly on her own, she has grown up, is an adult, and can think independently. And I am willing to believe in some... people who know the rules of this circle better and are more professional, instead of trying to make myself into a private enterprise that sells its face and only relies on youth to make money.

Otherwise, although I don't deny her market...but in the end she is still a BURDEN (burden), understand? "

After saying this, Yang Mi was surprised:

"Hey, when did you start learning English?"

"Don't mention it. The people at the International Olympic Organizing Committee are like busybodies every day. After working with translators for a long time, they know a few words..."

Seeing Xu Xin shaking his head, Yang Mi smiled even happier:

"Hehehe, Brother Wuli is awesome... You are right, indeed, if she is followed by these two generals, I will have to go around her. But the premise of all this is based on... itself I just don’t want to take on “Sword of Immortal”.

If people in the Tang Dynasty want to have a good conversation and have a sincere conversation, then everyone can sit at the same table and have a good conversation. The problem is that they treat me like a weakling, so I won’t tolerate them. As long as they dare to bring up the fact that I acted like a big name and rejected them twice, I will directly say that I am doing it for the sisterhood with Liu Yifei and don't want to see my friends being consumed like this.

If you throw the bowl, I will flip the table. Everyone, stop playing~ Who told them to be careless in the first place... In this casting, the actor who plays Jingtian is a stubble, and Liu Yifei is not there, so many people are dissatisfied. This card in my hand is equivalent to putting it on their fate. Right? "

"Um……"

Xu Xin nodded.

Indeed, there is nothing wrong with what my girlfriend did.

There is a knife hidden in the smile and a needle hidden in the cotton.

There are soft and hard.

Every aspect has been considered.

but……

"I don't know whether you stood up to their fate...but you stood up to me..."

"...Then let's stop washing and get straight to the point, okay?"

A hot breath hit Xu Xin's ear.

Xu Xin shrugged:

"To be honest, I'm a little tired..."

"It's okay, just lie down..."

…

The next day.

It's sunny and sunny!

Ho!

Great sun!

Xu Xin didn't lie at all.

because……

It's really sunny.

When the strong sun shone into the house through the window, Xu Xin opened his eyes in a daze, and the moment he saw this beam of light, the sleepiness in Xu Xin's mind disappeared without a trace.

"Ouch!"

She didn't know she was sleeping like this. The girl who was sleeping soundly with her head on her boyfriend's belly suddenly lost her strength and hit her head on the mattress.

He opened his eyes drowsily:

"What are you doing..."

"It's dawn! I have to leave quickly!"

Xu Xin said hurriedly, grabbing his pants and putting them on his legs.

Yang Mi was speechless.

Then his eyes turned...

"Oh, yes, come on, hurry up, my husband will be back soon!"

"Uh-huh?"

Xu Xin, who instinctively responded, was suddenly startled...

He turned his head blankly and looked at his girlfriend who was smiling but not smiling...

"Are you sick? What the hell?"

"Goose goose goose goose goose~~"

Yang Mi laughed like crazy.

"Hey, your reaction is so funny, and you still agreed... goose goose goose goose..."

"Nonsense, I didn't even react. What you said is really human!"

Xu Xin said angrily:

"I am the only one who trusts you so much... If you try it with someone else, it will definitely blow up."

"Don't I care about the skillful things you promised? Goose goose goose goose goose..."

Yang Mi rolled around on the bed happily.

"Your reaction is so funny...hahahaha!"

"Neuropathy!"

He rolled his eyes at her, and when he wasn't paying attention, Xu Xin jumped up and shouted.

"Snapped!"

"ah!!!!"

Yang Mi covered her butt and screamed.

Then when he raised his head, Xu Xin had already walked out of the house without looking back.

This time, she was no longer in the mood to play around, and quickly shouted:

"Brush your teeth! You haven't brushed your teeth and washed your face yet!"

"Go over there and brush again, I'm leaving!"

"Hey, I really am..."

Yang Mi was speechless, shook her head and glanced at the time on her phone, then turned around and covered herself with the quilt...

The standing pigeon this morning.

My legs are sore, go to sleep!

…

It turned out that Xu Xin was not the only one excited.

When the sunny weather showed up, all the participants of the Olympic Games were extremely excited.

Even with the heat island effect and high temperatures that come with this sunny day...

But even so, for Yanjing City, which has been looking at the gray sky for most of the month, it is enough for everyone to be happy.

In the morning, the site’s drainage system was in full swing.

Many staff also took big brooms and started sweeping away the water. Sweep away all the water stored in places where the road surface is not smooth.

By the time Xu Xin arrived, the Meteorological Bureau had already received the weather forecast for the week.

Everyone seems to have forgotten that yesterday the people from the Meteorological Bureau were still saying "it won't rain" and the rain dropped for several hours. Looking at the weather forecast that it will be sunny this week, everyone in Tongzhou, Chongwen, Tianjin, Performers from Hebei and other places began to mobilize.

Zhang Yimou ordered that everyone go to Beijing and enter the overall rehearsal stage.

Within one day, all personnel were mobilized.

In the evening, more than 20,000 performers and behind-the-scenes staff gathered at the Bird's Nest.

Braving the sweltering heat and after dark, the first overall rehearsal began.

And today is also the rehearsal for the director.

Zhang Wu has been in the director's supervision team's office all day, simulating various situations with various film crews and reviewing the broadcast plans prepared in advance.

Then, at early 8 p.m., the rehearsal officially began.

To be honest, because it was a rehearsal, the costumes were not directly changed. At the same time, important links such as the flag-raising ceremony were only replaced by music. In addition, these links are all choreographed by the entire director team working day and night on, over, and over again.

In the current rehearsal session, everyone is not particularly excited.

On the contrary, everyone looked at it with a scrutinizing gaze.

Watch these shows.

because……

The Olympics are only half a month away.

The rehearsals these days are the last chance.

If anything is inappropriate or needs to be changed, final revisions must be made again.

From the very beginning of the rehearsal, to the Olympic gifts and movable type printing, all the processes were carried out in an orderly manner under the command of each sub-director.

And Xu Xin was not idle either.

He directed the people in the LED large screen working group at the auditorium to start dealing with the black screen.

Each black screen area has a sensor and is monitored in real time by the software.

On the day of the Olympics, what his project team had to do was very simple: wherever the screen went black, restart it within 6 seconds.

That's it.

So what everyone has to do is to repeat and repeat, and try to enter the restart command within six seconds of the black screen detected by the software, so that no black shadow appears on the screen.

And after these few months of running-in, the technical staff in the team have indeed become proficient in handling this aspect.

Then, when the movable type printing was about to end, Zhang Yimou took the walkie-talkie and said:

"Prepare shadow puppets for interlude transition, prepare for puppet show."

After the cover of the movable type printing was lifted and the actors waved to the camera while holding peach blossoms, Zhang Wu said directly:

"Lights out! Interlude 1, shadow puppets, get ready!"

After a few seconds, all lights dimmed.

After a period of adaptation, several shadow puppets composed of huge light tubes appeared on the edge of the Olympic venue and began to move vividly.

But no one said anything.

Everyone looked at it with scrutiny.

There was even someone holding a cell phone in the dark and starting to count the time.

When the huge shadow puppets followed the traditional Chinese opera clapper performance and started the "Flying Dance" segment that represented the Silk Road of ancient civilization, Zhang Yimou shouted:

"Okay, stop. Put the shadow puppets aside, all actors and puppet show are ready."

The lights came back on, and the people who had originally set up the shadow puppets did not leave the stage. Instead, they came to the lower right corner of the entire broadcast stage and came to a puppet show near the stage. They either surrounded the stage or lined up on both sides to wait.

After waiting for the signal that preparations were complete, the gongs and drums sounded again.

"Dong choking dong choking, clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang..."

Four national intangible cultural heritage puppet show masters controlled the puppets and started performing to the beat of gongs and drums.

The actors who were still promoting shadow puppets just now changed into a rather playful clown image, and made various series around the puppet stage...

Then, the puppet show ends.

At this moment in the performance, only half an hour has passed.

"Very well, let's all take a rest first."

After Zhang Yimou gave instructions through the walkie-talkie, all the directors, including Xu Xin, gathered around.

"What do you think? Should we keep shadow puppets or puppet shows?"

As early as March this year, this issue had already appeared in the creative team's debate.

be honest.

Is the shadow puppet show effective?

very good.

But there's a problem.

The duration of the shadow puppet show is 5 minutes and 33 seconds.

As the interlude waiting for the actors to enter the "Flying Dance", it was a bit too long.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yimou liked this link very much.

However, some people, including Xu Xin, felt that the interlude was too long. In such a bleak venue, several shadow puppets could not be said to be able to perform with "real swords and guns" like ordinary shadow puppets. Because the props are too large in size, they can only use literary plays from shadow puppet shows.

It's just like a mechanical dance.

Five minutes and 33 seconds...

Too luxurious.

As a result, the two sides had differences again.

But everyone has become accustomed to such debates, so they have been considering whether to remove the shadow puppet show, and after removing it, what should be used to express some of the intangible cultural heritage programs of the Chinese Dynasty.

It started out as an argument.

But Xu Xin put forward an idea that is very concerning.

That is:

"It's best to think of a plan for this kind of thing in advance, notify the people of the shadow puppet show, and then find an alternative plan to continue the execution. Otherwise... the shadow puppet, our earliest plan, from production to rehearsal, everyone has already paid for this set of things The time cost is close to two years. If it is replaced suddenly, many people will not be mentally prepared... It is not good.

So I think it’s best if we come up with another plan and tell everyone about it. Let everyone be prepared and tell them clearly: We have not decided whether to use shadow puppets or not. After there is a buffer, if it turns out that it really doesn't work, after it is removed, these warriors with great enthusiasm will not be disappointed because the program is gone. "

This plan initially seemed absurd.

In such a big event as the Olympics, every actor who is responsible for an individual program is actually under a lot of pressure.

It’s not enough to get one set…I need to get two sets…

What if both programs don’t work out?

But Xu Xin's real idea is indeed this... In addition, he is an unswerving "elimination of shadow puppets", so after studying for a few days, Zhang Yimou decided to adopt Xu Xin's plan.

Just tell the soldiers about this.

Therefore, although everyone heard that the shadow puppetry that had been practiced for more than a year might finally be rejected... Although it was uncomfortable, it was not unacceptable.

After all, they are just changing the program, not the entire group.

Therefore, they are the only team in the entire Olympic Games that has "two sets of programs".

As for today's first official rehearsal, after they finished the two sessions, they didn't feel disappointed or worried. They just waited quietly for the director's decision.

in the end……

Which one do you want?

"A puppet show of three minutes and 12 seconds. As an interlude, I think it is very suitable."

Xu Xin took the stopwatch on his mobile phone and showed it to everyone.

I have finished expressing my opinion.

Then came the others…

To be honest, as soon as the results of today's big rehearsal came out, everyone more or less already had the answer.

Indeed...

The expected shadow puppet effect... without the fighting scenes such as military commanders and terracotta warriors and horses. Compared with the concept of other programs, the artistic conception is not bad, but it is missing.

On the contrary, it is not as satisfying as a simple puppet show as an interlude.

Defects do not mean regrets.

Full does not mean perfect.

But it is true...if we talk about it in terms of the "interlude".

Obviously puppet show is better than shadow play.

Zhang Yimou, who had the final decision-making power, frowned and stared at the scene for a while, then nodded:

"Use puppet show. Remove the shadow puppets. What do you think?"

"agree."

"good."

"so be it……"

…

A big rehearsal ended successfully.

It was busy until almost 1 o'clock in the evening.

From lighting coordination, to the director’s perspective, to the rehearsal process.

Everything is required to be perfect without any mistakes.

And as far as rehearsals go.

It can be said……

very successful.

But... after deciding whether to perform puppet show or shadow puppetry, at the end of the rehearsal, everyone did not feel relaxed.

Because compared to the next experiment...

The shadow puppets and puppets in the interlude are just insignificant.

"All actors clear the stage."

"Security personnel checked all rooms and exits to ensure that irrelevant personnel left."

"Security is in place."

"Security teams are in place."

Order after order was issued.

After all the actors were ordered to leave the Bird's Nest, only the more than 300 professional "security guards" responsible for the security of the huge Bird's Nest were left, guarding all entrances that might allow prying eyes to come here.

And everyone on the directing team is waiting with bated breath.

Waiting for the moment when the middle-aged man comes out of the actor's aisle and hangs up the stunt rope.

Just tonight.

The top-secret link: the "Lighting of the Main Torch" link was officially released for the first time.

Although the torch will not be lit, the purpose of this rehearsal is to test the perfect connection between the high-altitude walking and lighting the torch.

But in every Olympic Games, how the torch is lit has always been a top secret.

It must not be exposed until the opening of the Olympic Games.

Today is no exception.

Just when the main torch was lit, Li Huan, the first gymnastics Grand Slam winner in the Chinese Olympic Games, the "Prince of Gymnastics" and the chairman of the domestic first-line sports brand "LI-NING" Group, was slowly pulled by the hook rope. Slowly lift off.

Striding in the air...

Started running.

Xu Xin's eyes followed him unconsciously, even though he knew that the main torch would not be lit tonight, but would only be lit for demonstration when the leaders of the organizing committee came over during the "official" rehearsal.

But despite this, his heartbeat inevitably accelerated.

because……

That's his masterpiece.

"It must succeed..."

Listening to Wei Lanfang's words next to him, Xu Xin was speechless and just clenched his fists silently.

And Li Huan was also walking in the air step by step, and finally arrived at the lead connector extending from the torch... in front of it!

"...???"

Looking at Li Xin, who was nearly one and a half meters away, with the torch in his hand unable to reach the fuse, Xu Xin was stunned:

"What...is going on!?"

Suddenly, he became anxious.

But the next second, the voice of the security officer on top of the Bird's Nest sounded from the intercom:

"Director Zhang, the pulley block made a mistake... it got short. We will correct it immediately."

Short...short?

The moment he heard the news, Xu Xin instinctively complained:

"Dulei Laomou...this profiteer..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone was speechless.

First of all, thank you for your support. What’s more, today are two big chapters of 10,000 words, supplementary alliance leader update. Then the Olympic Games should end tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and officially open a new chapter. As far as this chapter is concerned, I actually feel that the progress is quite fast, but all the foreshadowing that should be buried has been buried, and writing anything else would be really wasted. Um! Thank you! 20,000 words sincerely sent!