I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 401 399 Splashing Ink

Chapter 401 399. Splashing Ink

"Director Xu, I just took that film away? Do you have anything else to explain?"

"No, let's make a rough cut first. I'll take a look after the rough cut is finished."

"good."

"Thank you for your hard work, Director Lu... You all have worked hard too. We look forward to our next cooperation. Goodbye, everyone."

"Thank you for your hard work, Director Xu."

"Thank you, Director Xu..."

After having enough wine and food, we said goodbye at the door.

For Xu Xin, these few days of contact were not enough to make him have any particularly deep feelings for everyone.

To put it bluntly, he didn't even remember the names of at least half of the people in the crew.

And the team this time is actually not particularly top-notch.

Even if he wanted to help him, he couldn't find a general among the short men.

They said goodbye to each other, got in the car, and he waved and closed the door.

But just as she closed the door, she heard Zhang Jiao say:

"Brother Xu, there are paparazzi."

"……ah?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

Then, as if he wasn't satisfied yet, he turned up the volume again:

"ah?????"

Paparazzi?

He is... really unfamiliar with this word.

In other words, it's not an exaggeration to say it's unfamiliar.

In normal life, when the couple goes shopping or eating, they basically don't shy away from people.

Take photos if you want, as long as you don't go overboard and be polite, whether you are a fan or a passerby, taking a photo is nothing.

As for acting and making movies...he made two movies.

The first "Secret" he was a passerby, and the second one was shot directly in the studio of Xiying Film Studio.

Paparazzi are even more insulated.

Or to put it more exaggeratedly...

What's wrong with the paparazzi? Aren't they all taking photos of Yang Mi?

This... come to take pictures of yourself today?

He blinked, stretched his head and looked around:

"Where is it? Where is it?"

"That does not."

Zhang Jiao pointed in the direction of about seven or eight parking spaces from the hotel entrance.

"Just squatting next to the parking space..."

"Well……"

Xu Xin really searched for a while before he saw a figure... who seemed to be squatting behind a black Honda.

A subconscious sentence came out:

"What can you take without turning on the flash?"

"..."

This time it was Zhang Jiao's turn to be speechless.

"If you really turn on the flash, can you still imitate Gu Changwei?"

"Haha, are you hooking up with him?"

Xu Xin was happy and waved his hand:

"Let's drive slowly. We'll be next to him in a while and throw two packs of cigarettes down."

"good."

Zhang Jiao nodded, took out half a carton of Chinese cartons from the central storage box of the Volvo, opened two boxes, held them with one hand, drove the car to the Honda, and lowered the window.

Two packs of cigarettes were thrown out.

The paparazzi was also stunned, but when he saw that the windows were down, he took pictures of the inside of the car with all his strength.

The flashbulbs crackled.

Xu Xin didn't mind either.

Zhang Jiao threw down the cigarette, raised the window, accelerated, and left directly.

Waiting until the Volvo walked away, the guy lowered his head and glanced at the thing thrown out from underneath.

Two boxes of soft China.

"Tsk... quite particular."

He muttered somewhat unexpectedly.

I picked up the cigarette, wiped a handful of the snow water on my pants, put it in my pocket and started checking the photos I just took.

At first, I didn't see clearly who the woman who came to pick up Xu Xin was.

I thought I had found some news.

But after taking a clear picture this time, I couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Isn't this Yang Mi's pretty assistant?

This photo is of little value.

But... two boxes of Chinese are still one hundred and fifty.

It’s worth it too.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shook his head:

"I should have known I would have filmed Liu Yifei."

…

There was nothing to say all the way. When he returned home, he saw his father-in-law sitting on the sofa, with a small stool in front of him. There was a stack of peanuts and a plate of Mushu eggs on the stool, and he was drinking by himself.

When she saw her son-in-law coming back, she even invited him with her face glowing.

When Xu Xin asked what was going on, he found out... My father-in-law won 300 yuan in lottery tickets today.

Money doesn't matter.

The key is to take advantage of the good luck and want to have a drink by yourself.

Anyway, he didn't drink much in the restaurant, so he simply brought a cup to accompany him.

While pouring the wine, I talked about what happened just now...

"What? A paparazzi took a photo of you?"

Yang Mi was a little surprised:

"My husband finally came through and became famous!!!"

"That's what I said..."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes, picked up a peanut and muttered:

"But I was quite surprised... when Jiaojiao threw the cigarette out, he slapped us both hard..."

"It's out of the way."

Yang Mi shrugged:

"Who doesn't know that Jiaojiao is my assistant? I can't find any fancy news."

As she spoke, she suddenly became speechless:

"There are indeed more and more paparazzi nowadays. And the secret photography technology is becoming more and more advanced... Anyway, don't mess with me. If you mess with me, I will find Brother Yong!"

"Cough cough cough cough...what?"

Hearing the word "Brother Yong", Xu Xin suddenly coughed violently.

He looked at his wife with wide eyes:

"Brother Yong you are talking about...which brother Yong is it?"

"That's your cousin."

"..."

Xu Xin's face suddenly began to twitch.

"The old man even told you about this person?...What is he going to do?"

"...who?"

Seeing his son-in-law's reaction, Yang Dalin became a little curious.

"Well……"

Considering the nature of his father-in-law's work, he simply told Yang Mi insinuating:

"The man who took advantage of others opened a debt collection agency in Yanjing."

"..."

Yang Dalin's brows frowned instantly.

After working as a policeman all his life, he had seen countless people from all walks of life. He had never had a good impression of such people.

However, Xu Xin did not let him misunderstand too much and explained:

"His approach is a little different from others. He is... how should I put it? Back then, we were the kind of people who had a lot of crooked ideas. After coming here, he would ask for debts from others and never make trouble. Threatening. He has several AIDS patients under his command and carries the medical records with him. When you find a debt collector, stand in front of him and give you the medical records. After you see clearly that he has AIDS, he starts coughing again. Those who spit again...who do you think is not afraid?"

"..."

Yang Dalin's mouth twitched...

He turned around and glared at the girl fiercely, then said to Xu Xin:

"He is your cousin?"

"The kind that can't be further away. Anyway, I always keep a respectful distance..."

After receiving Xu Xin's explanation, Yang Dalin said to his daughter without thinking:

"Stay away from this kind of person, you know!"

"I know~ Hehe, I was joking too."

Obviously, Yang Mi is not a person who doesn't know the importance of things.

Xu Xin also said that he was being conservative.

Brother Yong's family belongs to a small village in Shenmu County, which is also a remote and remote village.

There are no resources under the land.

The bottom of poverty falls.

Only when his family was poor did he go out to make money.

When I came out, I relied on my strength and stood firm. Nowadays, the entrance and exit start with a Rolls-Royce, followed by countless younger brothers.

The family history... can't be said to be black, but it's gray enough to be permeable.

The most important thing is to only recognize money and nothing else.

As for the people who can really convince him, the old man can be regarded as one of the few people who will listen like a junior whenever he speaks, whether it is to persuade or lecture.

There was no way, if it hadn't been for the old man, he might not have ended up well.

A life-saving kindness.

Shenmu County is too small, and those who can be mixed up, but those who can't... there are many people and many things that have formed a dense group of different colors.

No matter how far apart they are, they are inseparable.

This is also the basic reason why after confirming that the family's property will be the three water pipes and that he will only take the money, the old man will clearly separate some relationships or contacts with him.

For some things, the best way is to stay with the previous generation.

Xu Xin didn't care about anything.

It's not good to know too much.

From this point of view, he, the second child... really grew up in a honey pot.

Not wrong at all.

…

For a few hundred yuan in lottery money, the two of them got a bottle of Maotai to drink.

With the help of alcohol, he may not have seen as many mountains as the old man in his life, but he has gained a solid working experience in a place where people from three religions and nine schools are mixed. Yang Dalin began to make insidious remarks to his son-in-law and daughter.

If we talk about Xu Daqiang's thing, it is the peak of counterattack starting from the bottom and climbing all the way up.

So what the old father-in-law, a glorious people's policeman, said is something that many people may have heard of in their lifetime, but never imagined.

There are so many cases, so many human natures, and so much turmoil in the world...

They were all in the middle of the conversation over half a pound of wine.

What's more, he is a policeman born and raised in this 49-city.

From the time he started working to the time he retired, the same cases happened one after another, whether they were handled by himself or heard about from colleagues, but Xu Xin was experiencing a completely different kind of life.

Not spectacular.

But the better you taste it, the more you can taste it to be closer to the cruel side of human nature.

He really liked listening to his father-in-law talk about the cases, farces, and the different deeds of different people in the disputes.

If you can, listen to it more. Maybe I can make a TV series or movie in the future. I think it will be very good.

Just think about it...

I think the scale might be a bit too big.

I'm afraid I won't pass the trial.

All I can say is that this is a wonderful alternative life.

The kind that reveals true knowledge in the ordinary.

In the end, this "drinking party" born out of three hundred dollars ended with the drunken Yang Dalin saying, "The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red a few times."

Xu Xin was filled with emotion after hearing this.

Looking at my father-in-law's bright red face, I don't know how many things in this sentence I haven't had time to say, or have forgotten, such as the rolling water of the Yangtze River, have been turned into jokes.

Finally, it's time to go to bed.

Yang Mi watched her husband pick up the book "Sunspot" again, thought about it, and asked:

"Feeling it?"

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded:

"I used to think this story was pretty good, but after listening to what my dad told me, I felt even more emotional... and I plan to start adapting it."

"...You won't be able to film next year, right?"

"There's no rush. Polish a good script first... The content level in this story should be richer."

"...You want to come in person?"

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded, touched the book cover and said:

"I don't feel comfortable handing over the main plot outline to others. Let's work out the concept first, and then let others polish it little by little. I'm going to bed~"

"Hmm~"

Yang Mi nodded.

…

The completion of the filming of "Deal" means that Xu Xin's work this year has almost come to an end.

The rest is Zhang Mo's scene selection and some designs to serve the Tao.

Fortunately, the designs are all first drafts, as long as you choose the right style or scenery. Needless to say, it has to be viewed on an actor.

No one forced him to quickly choose actors...

So, taking advantage of these few days of free time, he repeatedly took the auditions of Liu Yifei and Jing Tian to make a decision.

And after choosing and choosing...in the end, he followed his inner guidance and finally decided on the candidate.

With this result, I wanted to go find the old man.

As a result, I found out after calling... that the old man was in Wuxi.

And after hearing that he had chosen the candidate for "Hawthorn Tree", the old man rarely expressed anything.

He just said in a... let's call it a depressed tone:

"Okay, just make your decision."

Hearing this tone, Xu Xin knew something was wrong.

But he didn't talk much, but after hanging up the phone, he called Zhang Mo.

As a daughter, she obviously knows more information.

According to her:

"My father went back to Wuxi directly the next day after reading Takakura Ken's letter. When he got home, in addition to spending time with his children, he wrote a reply to Takakura Ken in the study. But the letter was not sent, and it all turned into waste paper. Aunt Ting can’t read Japanese, but my dad really hasn’t been in a good mood lately.”

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xin did not continue to comfort the old man.

The old man is not that fragile.

And his bad mood... is actually more of a feeling of powerlessness.

This feeling of powerlessness is not about a director, but something that ordinary people face.

In these matters, the director's level, ability, ideas, etc. do not matter. Because it is the most real joy, anger, sorrow, love, hate, separation and choice.

On one side is Zhang Weiping, who has been as close as a brother since they met.

On one side is Zhao Benshan, who has become a close friend of Mo Niyin.

Next up is Ken Takakura, who has gone from being an idol to being a soul confidant...

And, in the end, it is the intimate lover who has been silently giving without asking for anything in return for more than ten years beside the pillow.

The current predicament that "Zhang Yimou", an ordinary person, is in cannot be solved by whether he can successfully turn around in the next movie, or whether his child's household registration can be quietly processed.

This matter is much more complicated.

It is also much more difficult for outside forces to intervene.

At least Xu Xin couldn't find any point of intervention here, except that he was helping the old man to take care of the children's schooling.

The old man...

Don't want to hurt anyone.

This is also his biggest weakness.

Even some "ridiculous" weaknesses.

After the all-powerful international director had some setbacks in his artistic career, it was like a fuse that suddenly pulled him off the altar... It was not a movie, but it happened to these ordinary people. things.

Xu Xin didn't know what to say.

We can only wait for the old man to figure it out before thinking about how to deal with it.

After all, he is not an old man and cannot make any decisions for him.

And time passed by day after day on this seemingly peaceful winter day.

It's almost the end of the year and everything is calm.

As Christmas approaches, the "foreign" flavor on the street suddenly becomes stronger.

The date of Peak Night is December 25th.

These days, the students and several instructors of "The Voice" are in full swing arranging the program.

And the time came to December 23, the day before Christmas Eve.

For Xu Xin's family, this is the most ordinary day.

But for the paparazzi of Yanjing, it was a day that was neither too big nor too small.

Countless paparazzi have been gathering at the entrance of the famous Park Hyatt Hotel in Yanjing since the afternoon, squatting with long guns and short cannons.

According to reliable information, tonight, the 45-year-old goddess Zhang Manyu and her French boyfriend, who is 7 years younger than her, will hold an engagement party here.

Both parents will be present.

Although I didn’t invite any friends, and speaking of the scale, it was only a family dinner for five or six people.

But for this quiet December, there is already rare entertainment news.

Naturally, the paparazzi would not let go of the news about the sale at a good price. They squatted aside and planned to take photos of Zhang Manyu and her young boyfriend, who had not appeared in the public eye for a long time.

Night falls little by little.

Time passed little by little.

The reporters were so impatient that they could only tremble in their cars outside the hotel.

The capable ones have already arrived in the hotel lobby and are waiting patiently.

And Zhang Manyu seemed to have eaten this meal for a long time.

It seems like it's already 11 o'clock, why aren't you getting down yet?

Just as the paparazzi were wondering, suddenly, a Q7 parked outside the hotel door.

Several men wearing camouflage uniforms, black hats, and sunglasses at night walked into the hotel menacingly.

After coming in, look for the reporter first.

After seeing a group of reporters who were fighting with each other, several people looked at each other, and one of them suddenly shouted:

"Which floor does Zhang Ziyi live on?"

His loud voice caught everyone's attention at once.

It is naturally impossible for people at the Park Hyatt Hotel to answer such customer privacy questions.

But he was also a little confused by this scene.

These people... what kind of methods are they?

Then, the man wearing sunglasses did not wait for anyone to answer. Instead, after seeing that the reporter had raised his camera, he took the lead and shouted:

"Zhang Ziyi!!"

Several people behind him immediately shouted as if they had agreed:

"Big idiot!"

"Cheating people for money!"

"Seduce someone else's husband!"

"Hold**!"

Obscene words resounded throughout the hotel lobby.

Then, several people turned around and left...

A group of people were left behind...including the confused people who were still looking at each other after taking pictures of this scene.

Varied……

what?

This all happened so fast, only a minute in total.

From looking for someone, to cursing, to leaving.

A few people who cover themselves up are quite "professional".

After the people left, the reporters who reacted quickly and raised their cameras showed excitement on their faces.

this……

This news...

It seems bigger than filming Zhang Manyu’s engagement!

But it's not over yet.

The incident took place inside the hotel lobby, and reporters outside were not aware of it yet.

People inside won't say it. After all, when news like this comes out, whoever can sell it first will get the most money.

If people from outside can't get in, who cares whether they live or die?

So, all of a sudden, after a few people left, the phone calls in the waiting area of the Park Hyatt Hotel never stopped.

But that didn't last long.

About ten minutes passed.

While the people inside were still making phone calls to sell photos and explain what happened... some reporters standing guard outside suddenly discovered... that the Q7 had left and returned.

But this time, two people came down with small buckets in their hands.

At the entrance of the Park Hyatt Hotel, I splashed the huge photo on the door of the platinum store where Zhang Ziyi endorsed...

"Wow!"

"!!!"

"Idiot!"

"???????"

In the confusion of a group of reporters, two buckets of ink were sprinkled on a large poster of the smiling international superstar.

Being illuminated by the light from the light box...

Dark red...

Like blood.

When others cough, they feel like their lungs are about to come out.

I'm different.