I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 509 507 Ten Years of Drinking Ice

Chapter 509 507. Ten years of drinking ice

As a public figure, Xu Xin himself has actually always lacked the minimum vigilance of a public figure.

Unlike Yang Mi who would cover herself up like a Middle Eastern gangster when she goes out, he basically only wears a mask when going out.

It's so hot that I don't even bother to wear a baseball cap, because I heard people say that wearing too many hats will make your scalp unable to breathe, and your hair will fall out.

He still quite likes his green head.

But after arriving in Wuxi, he became cautious about everything.

The airport in Wuxi is relatively small, so when he comes out, he can only wait for the commuter bus to pick him up and walk to the big terminal with others.

When we got off the bus, a group of passengers happened to arrive.

Just like a thief, he let Su Meng take the lead while he followed behind.

Waiting until Su Meng finished communicating where Chen Ting's car was parked, she took him towards the agreed exit.

Unfortunately, his wife has been in control of his clothes these years, so even if he wears something casually, he can easily be targeted by others if he stands in a crowd.

After all, these clothes are very eye-catching regardless of their shape or style, plus the embellishments on his body that even he has ignored, such as watches.

From time to time, I will attract the attention of some young ladies.

I want to see the true face of this handsome guy with a mask.

Fortunately, this is not a big city like Yanjing or Shanghai.

Not so many paparazzi.

But Xu Xin was still quite nervous as he walked in the eyes of everyone along the way.

Even if he knew that the old man had hidden Aunt Ting very well for so many years.

But the more he hid it, the more he had a doubt that he never dared to ask.

That is...does Aunt Ting really have no resentment in her heart after all these years?

No marriage certificate, no status, 3 children...

Perhaps in order to hide the news, some of the relatives and friends at home... must have been kept in the dark.

Then she will always be criticized by many people behind her back.

This taste...

The name is not justified...

How does she feel after so many years?

His thoughts continued to diverge, and then he heard Su Meng's words:

"Brother Xu, I saw the car."

Xu Xin took a quick look and saw a white Audi A4.

"Well, let's go."

Su Meng actually didn't know what was going on with Chen Ting.

Although logically speaking, assistants and artists have a very close relationship, but there are some things... before the public knows about it, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

So Su Meng's explanation for this trip was that she was just "seeing a friend."

As for Su Meng, she usually looks a bit silly.

But it is indeed unambiguous in some respects.

Brother Xu said he was visiting a friend, but she didn't even ask. He followed him to the back of the A4 and opened the trunk.

After installing it, Xu Xin opened the passenger door directly.

Su Meng sat in the back row, which was not very spacious.

"Xiao Xu."

"Hey, Aunt Ting...my assistant, Su Meng, is the person who called you just now. Mengmeng, you have to call Aunt Ting, my friend."

"Hello, Aunt Ting."

"Hey, hello, Mengmeng."

As soon as the name Xu Xin came out, both Chen Ting and Su Meng knew what was going on.

Therefore, even though Xu Xin could clearly see Chen Ting's urgent excitement through Chen Ting's profile behind her sunglasses, the conversation was all about other topics.

Chen Ting always complained that Xu Xin called too late.

When the second elder heard the news that he was coming, he hurriedly went to buy vegetables and cook, fearing that the family banquet would be too sloppy and Xu Xin would not be entertained.

What do you mean by asking him to make breakfast next time... At least, I said it a day in advance, so I have a lot of preparations.

The gratitude and closeness in the words are beyond words.

Then we talked about other topics, about all aspects of life.

For example, the three children occasionally ask Xu Xin when his brother will come to play at home...

While walking along the airport to the villa by Taihu Lake, Xu Xin paid special attention to the city.

It really can't be compared to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but to be honest...it actually doesn't feel bad.

I don’t know where the so-called “economic brakes” and the painful period of growth, such as being at the bottom of the province, come from.

But he didn't ask either.

He doesn't understand things like urban planning.

Then I heard Chen Ting ask:

"Xiao Xu, will you stay here tonight?"

"Not here. After lunch, I will go to Nanjing."

"See you...oh, I understand."

Chen Ting was so anxious that she didn't stop the car.

But luckily I didn't say anything.

After arriving at the door of his house, Xu Xing just got out of the car and said to Chen Ting:

"Auntie, this is Mengmeng's first time in Wuxi. Please give her the car keys and let her go around Taihu Lake and so on."

"Well……"

Chen Ting was stunned for a moment, seeming to feel something was not good.

After all, they came all the way and were not even allowed to enter their home...

Then he saw Xu Xin take out a stack of ten or twenty bills from his wallet and handed it to Su Meng:

"Take a good look around. There are not only beautiful women in Jiangnan, but also many handsome men. I'll call you this afternoon."

"Okay, Brother Xu."

Su Meng responded. Although she was curious about what Brother Xu was hiding... she didn't ask any more questions. After taking Xu Xin's money, she said with a smile:

"Thank you, Brother Xu."

"Ha~"

Xu Xin chuckled, and Chen Ting handed the Audi car keys to Su Meng.

When Su Meng got in the car, Xu Xin asked curiously:

“Where was that Lexus from last time?”

"My parents drove to buy groceries..."

Just as he was talking, Yinan, Yiding and Yijiao, who heard the commotion, appeared at the door. After seeing Xu Xin, they trotted around and surrounded him.

"Brother Xu Xin!"

"Haha, hello everyone."

Xu Xin greeted them with a smile.

"Let's go inside first, let's go inside and talk."

As soon as he entered the house, he saw a man holding a photo album placed at the entrance and passing it to him:

"Brother, look! Look!"

After the last time Xu Xin showed her "loneliness" with a photo of red wine and a cat doll, it was obvious that the child was holding back some energy.

"Okay, okay."

Xu Xin took the photo album with a smile and walked into the living room.

Chen Ting hurried up to the second floor.

Children’s photography skills are actually not very good.

But Xu Xin keenly discovered that in his photo album this time, there were mostly natural scenery photos.

I no longer stick to the previous poses.

"Dad told me that the beauty in nature is actually the most real beauty. So I took a lot of landscape photos this time..."

"Uh-huh……"

Xu Xin nodded while looking at it.

Although technological progress is limited, children's hobbies during this period are more about imagination.

And freshness.

If you really want to get some kind of award for a photo, that's just wishful thinking.

What is truly valuable is their dreams.

After chatting with the three children for a while, Chen Ting appeared at the top of the stairs again with a burst of footsteps.

He also held a folded portfolio in his hand.

No need to ask, the contents inside must be the "procedures" of the two of them.

"Xiao Xu..."

Seeing Chen Ting's suddenly timid expression, Xu Xin smiled and stretched out her hand:

"Aunt Ting, just give it to me."

"……Um."

Chen Ting handed over the portfolio.

Xu Xin opened it and took a look. Household register, ID card, and...

A photo with a red background.

In the photo, the old man in a white shirt and Aunt Ting's heads are facing each other, smiling happily at the camera.

From the director's perspective, he could see that the old man smiled really happily, while Aunt Ting's smile was a little complicated.

Emotions are not pure.

It's understandable, after all, the two of them have never received a marriage certificate, and this photo must have been taken by Aunt Ting for the first time.

Normally, taking a photo, going to get the certificate, and coming out with a red book... this is a complete process.

But this photo...

Although it could be seen that it was a new photo, when she thought that this photo was finally "developed" after so many years, Xu Xin felt that even if Aunt Ting couldn't smile, it would be normal.

After all, the meaning of this photo is much more complicated than others.

"Okay, that's enough. Don't worry, Aunt Ting, just leave this matter to me."

"……Um."

Chen Ting nodded, her face full of forced calm.

As an elder, she couldn't reveal her feelings in front of her "children".

At this time, as her mother's most considerate little cotton-padded jacket, Yijiao noticed something was wrong with her mother.

"Mom...what's wrong with you?"

"Mom is fine."

Chen Ting smiled extremely reluctantly.

But there are still more complicated emotions in the reluctance.

But thousands of words turned into just this sound of nothing.

Seeing this, Xu Xin sighed.

well……

…

At this family dinner at noon, it can be said that Aunt Ting’s family has done everything they can.

It's not that they can't invite Xu Xin to eat out, but no matter how expensive the restaurant is, they can't express the gratitude in their hearts.

And it’s hard to say too much in front of children.

After all, Yinan and Yiding have grown up and can understand speech.

Therefore, thousands of words are actually transformed into these two taels of white wine.

Don’t drink too much, because you have to go to Nanjing in the afternoon.

Afraid of making mistakes.

What's more, the person drinking with him is Chen Ting's father, so it's not easy to drink too much.

After finishing two ounces of wine, Xu Xin waved his hand and refused to start eating.

Soon, the meal was finished and the time came to early 2 o'clock.

The scheduled route with the plane was at 3:30. When it was almost time, Xu Xin asked Su Meng to come back.

It can be seen that Chen Ting feels quite guilty towards Su Meng. After all, because of her family's affairs, the child cannot even eat at home at noon.

I can only leave a verbal agreement: "I will come to my house often and I will take you to eat fish from Taihu Lake next time."

Before getting into the car, Chen Ting's father held Xu Xin's hand:

"Xiao Xu."

The complex emotions in the old man's eyes turned into the most sincere words in his mouth:

"Our family's affairs... I'm sorry to trouble you!"

"It should."

Xu Xin quickly shook his head and tried to pull his hand away but didn't.

Instead, the old man grabbed it in his hand and shook it hard twice.

"..."

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and nodded:

"You two, just don't worry."

"……Um!"

After opening the door for Xu Xin himself, Father Chen said:

"Let's go, Xiao Xu... Have a nice journey!"

"Hey, okay."

Soon, the Lexus with more space in the back row left.

The old couple let out a sigh of relief after watching the vehicle disappear from sight.

Although this most serious heartache is not over yet, at least...

Not far away.

…

Because Su Meng was there, he got in the car, and Xu Xin closed his eyes and fell asleep in the quiet atmosphere.

The wine I drank today was a bottle of 1999 Jiannanchun.

The feeling of drinking is quite mellow, and at this moment Erliang is just a little tipsy. The light-colored privacy film of Lexus allows the sunlight to flow in the car, accompanying him with his full sense of comfort.

The whole world is bright.

After all, he was happy too.

Seeing that things were starting to take shape, I met the old man and couldn't tell what the expression was on his face.

He was quite curious.

Even for something as big as the Olympics, the old man's face looked calm except for frowns.

He even remembered clearly that when everyone left after the opening of the Olympic Games, the old man walked out of the broadcast room alone.

The figure from behind didn't look lonely, but rather a mixture of loneliness and relief.

At that time, he felt... the old man's attitude was too good.

Such a big thing can be handled so calmly.

This Qi nourishing skill can be regarded as mastery.

But now he really wanted to see... to see for himself whether he would show any emotions on his face.

Although he occasionally heard Zhang Mo or Pang Liwei say that the old man was arguing with someone, or was angry...but he had never seen it.

Because in front of him, the old man always looked like a calm and composed international director.

This time you, old man, just let me take a look.

It’s okay even if you shed a tear...

After thinking about it all the way, we arrived at the airport.

After the car parked in the parking lot, Xu Xin opened the door and got out of the car.

Chen Ting also got out of the car. Although it was not a farewell, the proper etiquette and politeness were indispensable.

Lifting the box out, Xu Xin turned to look at Chen Ting aside:

"Aunt Ting, let's go then... Don't worry, I will contact you as soon as there is news."

"……Um."

After Chen Ting responded, there was something wrong with the expression on her face.

Can't tell what it feels like.

He was deliberately keeping a straight face, as if he was suppressing something, but his eyes were twinkling more and more.

Su Meng looked a little confused... what was going on.

But Xu Xin seemed to see something and nodded directly:

"Okay, let's go then. Don't send us off either. There will be more people ahead."

After saying that, he waved his hand, the box made a "clack" sound, and left as if fleeing the scene.

"Then I won't give you two~"

Chen Ting's voice finally sounded.

"Yeah, there's no need to send it off, we're leaving."

Xu Xin turned around again, waved his hand, and subconsciously quickened his pace while carrying the box.

And Su Meng quickly followed.

After walking about four or five steps, she realized with some hindsight that Aunt Ting's voice was strange and turned her head.

I saw Chen Ting, who was in the trunk of the car just now, ready to get in the car.

Su Meng walked forward less than ten steps, when a car happened to pass by on the road they were walking on.

Xu Xin stopped, and so did she.

They waited until the car passed and continued walking forward.

And just after such a pause, Su Meng subconsciously turned back and glanced at the Lexus.

"...Brother Xu!"

"Um?"

"Look..."

Following Su Meng's words, Xu Xin turned his head.

The good light transmittance of the light-colored privacy film allowed him to see the shadow of his head on the steering wheel at a glance...

That action was quite awkward.

Most people can drive normally after grabbing the steering wheel with two hands.

But the car didn't move at this moment, but Chen Ting's head was lying on the steering wheel and buried in her arms.

She is...

"Mengmeng."

"ah?"

"gone."

"Uh... ok."

Su Meng responded quickly and followed Xu Xin's footsteps. The sound of the suitcase's rollers sliding sounded again.

…

After the morning training class ended, Zhang Weiping did not eat with everyone during lunch.

He has an appointment at noon.

According to him, the total investment in "Jinling" is 600 million including publicity and distribution. Why don't we find more advertisers?

As for these girls, when they heard about the "600 million" investment, some of them looked at Zhang Weiping and felt something was wrong.

This... how rich is this?

A movie is an investment of 600 million...

And we are actually able to star in this kind of movie... which has the largest investment in China...

The level of effort each one exerted was simply off the charts.

From this perspective, the number "600 million" has actually acted as a catalyst, which is a good thing.

But in fact, except for the inexperienced actors like them, the entire inner circle of the crew had a clear understanding.

Not counting Bell's salary of US$9 million, the maximum investment in this film is around 100 million.

After all, except for Bell, most actors' salaries are not particularly high.

The good actor was hired, but he didn't have much of a role.

And those who have roles are all newcomers.

So for now, the most valuable thing about this drama is not the remuneration.

As for live shooting, two places have been initially decided, one is the Shiqiu Film and Television Base in Shiqiu Town, Lishui County, and the other is Wuxi Film and Television City.

However, there are not many scenes in Wuxi Film and Television City, only a few.

Shiqiu Film and Television Base showed considerable sincerity. The venue fees for the crew's filming, including decoration and layout, were almost at the cost price, and they didn't ask for anything more.

But even so, the crew still had to build a half-ruined Nanjing city if they insisted on filming the scenes in real locations.

That's why it's expensive.

In order to spend more than 100 million, Zhang Weiping has been following Zhang Yimou in Nanjing recently. While supervising the film project, he is dragging investors to the film and television city in droves every day.

Arguments such as "We Yimou will shoot in real locations this time, but it is a real big production" made the ears of several assistant directors who took turns accompanying investors to explain the film almost calloused.

No, after having a meal with a few investors and advertisers at noon, at almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Pang Liwei, Li Shuang, and Zhao Xiaoding were still studying these girls with the morning's fitting video. , Zhang Weiping pushed open the office door drunkenly.

Perhaps because he drank too much, he couldn't control his strength.

"Boom!"

The movement startled Pang Liwei.

Who do you think you are, don’t you know how to open the door gently?

But when she looked up and saw Zhang Weiping, whose face was red and drunk, she put back her anger and dissatisfaction.

Zhang Weiping, on the other hand, completely ignored these people and looked around the office...

"Hiccup...Where's Yimou?"

"...I don't know."

Pang Liwei said:

"Probably still on lunch break."

"...Call him...huh...say I'm looking for him..."

After hearing this, Zhang Weiping staggered into the room, sat on the sofa and began to breathe heavily.

It looked like he had really drunk a lot.

Pang Liwei was speechless.

She just emphasized that Yimou was taking a lunch break because she didn't want Zhang Weiping to disturb him.

After all, the two of them were arguing so fiercely last night that they couldn't stop them.

Yimou also dropped the thermos cup.

Zhang Weiping was drinking at this moment. If the two of them quarreled again... This was during the day, and the crew rented a local art school in Nanjing.

There are people there during the day.

Not to make people laugh?

So, she advised:

"We'll talk about it later when Yimou comes. He slept late last night..."

"It's over if you don't fight me!"

Zhang Weiping was not happy:

"He sleeps late? He sleeps as late as me?!"

Speaking of this, he burped again:

"belch……"

A strong smell of alcohol began to rise in the room.

Also mixed with the flavor of the food.

It made everyone unable to stay any longer.

Zhang Weiping still said without knowing anything:

"You don't know... this movie... costs so much money... I have to contact advertisers... is it easy for me..."

"..."

As the director of photography of the crew, Zhao Xiaoding glanced at the time on his watch and said:

"Xiao Pang, go find him."

"That's right! Hurry up... hiccup... just say I'm waiting for him!"

"..."

Zhao Xiaoding did not continue speaking, but just glanced at Pang Liwei.

After receiving it, Pang Liwei walked out of the house directly.

Zhao Xiaoding lit a cigarette to dispel the smell of alcohol in the room. At the same time, he ejected the DVD and handed it to Li Shuang.

Although he didn't say anything, Li Shuang, one of the assistant directors, got up and left after taking the CD.

Then, Zhao Xiaoding walked over with the cigarette case, handed Zhang Weiping a cigarette, and asked:

"How much did you drink?"

"Less than two kilograms..."

Zhang Weiping held a cigarette in his mouth and did not move his hands.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaoding took out the lighter from his pocket.

"Crack."

Flames appeared.

Zhang Weiping didn't even cover himself, and didn't even make any intention of leaning forward.

Just sitting on the sofa.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaoding put the lighter to his mouth.

Only then did he make a move to stretch out his head.

The cigarette butt reached the flame and lit the cigarette.

"hiss……"

Zhang Weiping, the producer, investor, and producer of the "Thirteen Hairpins" crew, the boss of New Picture Pictures, and the famous domestic investor Zhang took a deep breath and exhaled a wisp of smoke.

The head does not move.

He glanced at Zhao Xiaoding and said:

"Old Zhao, is there really no way to insert advertising into this film? ... Just like that old brand. "Pechoin", you know, right? It's a time-honored brand in Shanghai for more than a hundred years. It's a cosmetics brand that existed during the Republic of China. , it is said that it cost a lot of money to sponsor "The Voice" this year. Can't we build a shop for it and put the three characters "Pechoin" on it, wouldn't it just work together? Can't we do it?"

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoding smiled and shook his head:

"In the script, the entire city of Nanjing was reduced to rubble, so it definitely can't be done..."

As he spoke, he paused and added in a slightly more euphemistic way:

"What's more, this is a serious historical film, we...have to treat it with caution."

"Treat this shit with caution!"

Zhang Weiping sneered:

"It's such a fictitious story, why can't it be added? Let me see... you just don't agree with me! You are so fucking uninteresting!"

"..."

Zhao Xiaoding was speechless.

Just stood up and got an ashtray.

Just avoided his words.

When people reach middle age, their anger is not so strong.