I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 522 520. What a pity, comrade

"I hope that more outstanding talents who will contribute to Chinese films will come out of the Home of Art and Creation. I also hope that more and more people with lofty ideals will join our Home of Art and Creation and contribute to the prosperity of China's films."

"Thank you, Director Xu!"

"Hua la la la la..."

Amidst the applause of the venue, Xu Xin stood next to Yang Mi and finished his blessing.

There were bursts of applause from the audience.

Among the people in the audience who were familiar with Xu Xin, Wang Sicong put his hand on Jay Chou's shoulder and laughed:

"Hahahahaha, Old Xu is so scared! Look at his face turning red! Hahahaha..."

Lang Lang and Jay Chou were also enjoying themselves, looking at their friends on the stage who had nowhere to put their hands, and their teeth were white.

On the other side, Song Wen and the others who were invited were also applauding.

But he seemed to be worried.

The eight men and one woman sitting next to them had some eager eyes:

"Lao Guo, when do you think we can be the ones to speak on stage?"

After hearing Wen Muye's words, Guo Fan said something bad:

"You can go up now. Rush on stage, grab the microphone and send a blessing to Xiying Studio, and others won't blame you."

"Pooh."

Fumino rolled his eyes:

"You, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, have such a dark heart!"

As young talents invited by Xu Xin, these trainees also borrowed Xu Xin's light to appear on this occasion.

Take a closer look at these great directors and actors.

Being in the middle of a celebration right now, being infected by that atmosphere, it's really a bit exciting.

Although Director Xu looked a little nervous.

However, in this kind of situation, being able to go on stage and speak is already very impressive.

I haven’t seen so many figures that I often see on TV, but they can only sit in the audience...

In fact, Wen Mino's judgment was correct.

When Xu Xin and Yang Mi took the stage, it was the best stage for the factory to send a signal of strong support to the outside world.

But as far as the establishment of the entire Art Creation House is concerned, at present, he actually has nothing to do with it.

The House of Art and Creation is a place that recruits outstanding directors, screenwriters, and actors and helps them reach the next level.

After uniting with Yindu, it becomes a bridge for communication and cooperation between the two parties.

Not to mention anything else, according to Tian Shuanghe's idea, it will become a talent database in time.

For example, the screenwriting troupe and the actor troupe are now integrated into the House of Art and Creation.

The preparation is still at Xiying Studio, but their future development activities, script writing, etc. will all be submitted to the database of Art House.

Xi Film Studio will allocate 10 million director support funds every year and select three to four film works from it.

The screenwriter provides the script, is chosen, and takes a cut of the money.

The director takes a fancy to the script, submits an application, selects it, and when preparations begin, he receives a sum of money.

After the crew is set up, actors are found, the project is approved and filmed, and if funding is needed, just go directly to the factory for support.

Investment money and support funds are not the same.

To put it bluntly, the directors who joined here are not bad, mainly the screenwriters, who no longer have to worry about food and clothing.

As we all know, the status of screenwriters in China is quite low.

For a script that may cost 10 to 20 million yuan, the screenwriter may get it for less than 100,000 yuan.

And Xiying Studio wants to give them an extra guarantee.

After a few years, the scripts have accumulated to a certain amount, the director is ready to go, and the actors have gathered together.

This home of art creation is equivalent to Xiying Studio’s own incubation pool.

Excellent directors, actors, and screenwriters will move to a higher level here.

Great idea.

At least Xu Xin thinks so.

First, recruit a group of mature actors, screenwriters, and directors, and attract outstanding talents who are fresh graduates or who are outside several circles to come here every year and return to the big family where movies can best reflect their essence.

The House of Art and Creation is not a place where results can be achieved in one or two years.

But what about five, ten, twenty years from now? As long as it continues to operate well, there will be batch after batch of excellent works landing on the screen and going to heaven.

As for Xu Xin’s current position in Art Creation Home, it is called a member of the Director’s Club.

Directors Club, Actors Club, Writers Club, Creators Club.

Xiying Studio adopts this name, which does not look formal at first glance, and sets the tone of the atmosphere of a creative home.

You don’t need to be so tense, you can speak freely, and just come to the club and sit down if you have nothing to do.

The formal activities every year are to study the charter and build up the spiritual outlook.

This is one of the duties of state-owned enterprises.

The rest of the time, if people inside have something to do, they can go directly to the heads of various departments in the big office of Yichuang House and solve it with them.

Xu Xin is only a member and not in the leadership.

However, the copyrights of several of Yang Mi's books, including "Bu Bu Jing Xin" and "Thirty-three Days", have completed a copyright transfer this year.

If these works are put on the market in the future, the sources will be attributed to ArtCreative Home.

Famous Art Home and Shuangwei benefited together.

In almost two years, Qi Lei, currently one of the three top leaders of the Art House, will step down from the throne of financial power and hand it over to Xu Xin.

The name is right and the words are right.

People like Yang Mi, Liang Binning, and even Zhang Yi, who has little presence below today, can all be counted among Xu Xin's "powers".

As a big leader, when he gets promoted, the people below him will naturally move up as well.

Liang Binning's next goal is the position of group leader after Gao Ming retires.

Zhang Yi's current goal is to become a first-class actor in the factory.

Same as Yang Mi.

Because only when the internal rating reaches level one can the two of them continue to move down.

The cadres, deputy head, and head of the group followed Xu Xin step by step.

Even counting, if Wen Muye and Guo Fan are interested in going this way, they can be considered from Xu Xin's family.

Because everyone is sitting here through his relationship.

And going further, if Xu Xin can finally achieve the position of group leader, then even if this group of people have mediocre achievements in movies and TV series, they can be said to have risen to the top as they hold important positions in various departments.

The premise is that Xiying Studio is prospering instead of plummeting.

In Xu Xin's heart, Mr. Tian and the others will one day grow old, but the inheritance of the faction will move forward step by step and will not be changed by anyone's will.

Therefore, from the perspective of ordinary people, Director Xu does not seem to hold any important position.

But in fact, in the eyes of insiders, as representatives of the younger generation of directors and actors, he and Liang Binning, who gave a speech, have been labeled as "direct descendants" of Xiying Film Studio.

From now on, it will be a serious matter of success and failure.

As for the actors and leaders in Hong Kong...

It can only be said that strong dragons cannot suppress local snakes, and it will take time for Yindu to transfer its business back to the mainland.

It also takes time to adapt to the mainland.

And what happens in the end...it depends on who is more up to date.

Is Director Xu the best in the world?

Or is it the dragon and the tiger sitting on the dragon's plate as the Xiangjiang crosses the river?

Hard to say.

Just healthy competition.

Who will win is yet to be determined.

…

After the celebration, there is a feast.

After the banquet, it is the end of the work.

Although Zhang Yimou is not a very lonely person, his social world is relatively simple.

In the morning, for the sake of his daughter's future, he took Zhang Mo to hang out with these old friends. After lunch, Zhang Mo went directly to Lao Zhu with two cups of milk tea.

She was responsible for editing the English side of the subtitles.

After all, she majored in architecture and literature at Columbia University. In terms of Chinese-English translation, some of her wording may be more poetic than other translations.

As soon as she left to do her business, the old man lost interest in continuing to socialize.

Just as Yang Mi was finishing her work, the two of them went directly back to the Royal Garden.

He really wanted to spend some time with the two little guys.

Xu Xin and Qi Lei began to finish yesterday's work.

"The Voice" recorded normally in the afternoon, and F3 went to rest after eating.

Xu Xin arranged for his senior brother and sister to leave together with Zhang Mo.

Go watch the clip of "The Hawthorn Tree" and, after watching it, come back to yourself.

Xu Xin will formally extend an invitation to them at that time.

Join the Directors Club of Creative Home.

People in the Art House need to join Xiying Studio, but people in the club don't.

The rules are relatively loose, and they can enjoy the benefits of having Xiying Studio as their backer, but the conditions for cooperation are not that harsh.

At first glance, the Director's Club seems quite loose, but in fact, after getting used to the various conveniences provided by the factory, from equipment and themes to venues, equipment, and personnel, it is not easy to leave.

At least, there are no mandatory clauses in the club such as "only films produced by Western Film Studio".

It doesn’t matter which company these directors work closely with.

To put it bluntly, the underlying logic of the entire Art House is a win-win situation.

In this era where everyone sticks together and seeks a circle for everything, Xu Xin asked himself... Mr. Tian's idea is really far-sighted.

Open the door of convenience widely, and you will find wonderful methods.

This kind of courage... most people really can't achieve it.

After Guo Fan and the others were settled, they went to leave with Zhang Mo. Xu Xin followed Qi Lei back to the office again.

In just one cigarette, Song Wen and the others knocked on the door.

"Director Xu, Mr. Qi."

"Well, welcome everyone, come on, come on, take a seat."

Xu Xin looked enthusiastic.

It was as if Song Wen hadn't called yesterday.

The four people nodded politely and sat down respectively. Xu Xin asked with a smile:

"How did the morning celebration feel?"

"It feels good. So many big names in the industry have come and learned about the various benefits of Art Home. We are all very excited."

"Haha, if you come to the factory, you will have better benefits than them. In the final analysis, the four major clubs of the Art House are a loosely structured alliance. But as internal staff, if you have the ability to write or direct, the project approval can be directly When it is delivered to the factory, there is no need to go through the Yichuang Home link. The so-called first-come-first-serve approach will have greater advantages."

After speaking, he smiled and asked:

"How are you thinking about the film festival?"

"Well……"

Seeing that Director Xu was so straight to the point, Song Wen simply stopped hiding it.

"We gave Director Xu and Mr. Qi a plan. Please take a look at it."

As he spoke, Li Ziwei opened his briefcase.

Two documents were taken out.

Qi Lei and Xu Xin each have one, take it over and take a look...

"About the "Xi'an (tentative) Film Festival" project plan"

“This is what we took into consideration last night, the development ideas of the College Student Film Festival, as well as some of the shortcomings of the current domestic film festivals, as well as the staff training regulations, film review standards, jury formation, etc. All of our thoughts on the film festival Consideration and experience are all included here.”

When he said this, Xu Xin turned directly to the last page.

The number in the lower right corner of the last page is 47.

A 47-page plan.

It is estimated to be at least tens of thousands of words.

Song Wen's eyes were full of sincerity:

"Director Xu, this is the most comprehensive and detailed plan we can produce so far."

"Well……"

Xu Xin seemed to hear something and looked away from the plan.

"Mr. Song means..."

"I'm sorry, Director Xu...Mr. Qi."

He sat up straight, his eyes filled with guilt:

"It's because we don't know how to praise. But... Binzi's family is also a member of our small group. We discussed it for a long time yesterday. Although we understand that Director Xu has promised us, it may only be a year or two. It will be back to normal when the time comes. But Binzi’s child will go to elementary school in September this year, and we really can’t let him leave the child for a long time.”

This time, Xu Xin understood what he meant.

Looking at the plan, he thought about it and said:

"Actually, it won't take that long. If it's quick, it might be online next year..."

"Director Xu, it's like this."

Xu Kaibin chose to speak instead of Song Wen:

"Actually, I also advised everyone yesterday. If it doesn't work out, I will go back to Yanjing to take care of the children first, and then I will come back to help everyone when everything is normal...

But what everyone means is that we are a collective.

We can also understand what Director Xu said yesterday. After all, small groups are unacceptable in any company. But we all decided not to separate...

But we are also afraid of letting down the good intentions of Director Xu and President Qi, as well as Xiying Studio. Therefore, this plan is our apology. It contains all our work experience from the past few film festivals, and we are still preparing people there to summarize a solution to the problems summarized by grassroots employees.

In about two days, we will send it to Director Xu’s email. "

"That's it..."

Hearing this, Xu Xin didn't know whether to be speechless at their "stupidity" or moved by their unity.

Call it stupid, that's not false at all.

A broad road is put in front of you, but you won't take it.

But he refused.

Perhaps in the face of such interests, they would not be tempted and just continue to pursue their inner dreams with simple goals. The four of them went hand in hand to pursue their dreams...

"well."

Thinking of this, he sighed.

The gift...is heavy.

It is also what the factory needs most.

He appreciates it.

But feedback must also be given.

It's not like violating the factory's principles and giving the green light.

The current situation is obviously that we are not destined to each other, but it does not prevent us from becoming friends.

As a friend, his promise is:

"It seems that we are destined to have no connection..."

Hearing this, a trace of guilt appeared on the four people's faces.

After all, in the past two days, Director Xu and Xiying Studio can be said to be corporals of courtesy.

To say they are ignorant is an understatement.

"In this case, I can only wish you all great success and a bright future. However, since I cannot be a gay, it does not affect my commitment to you. At the film festival, I promised that if you need my help, Yes, you can call me at any time. This promise is still valid..."

Speaking of this, Xu Xin paused and asked curiously:

"So do you have any goals for the next step?"

"We... want to go to Xining."

"...?"

"???"

Hearing this, not to mention Xu Xin, even Qi Lei couldn't help but have doubts on his face.

"Xining?"

"Yes, Xining. The dean of our school, who was also the founder of the film training club we met a few times, got in touch with us after being introduced by the school. After hearing about our plight, he gave us a Before the director mentioned this, he had also invited us. Although Xining is not a film production base... but they are actually similar to Xi Film Studio. My senior is currently in charge of cultural tourism in XN City and invited us to come and watch. look."

"Haha, so we have not become partners, but we may become competitors?"

Xu Xin couldn't help but be happy.

He didn’t laugh out of anger, but heaved a sigh of relief:

"Huh... But, this is good news. At least, I don't have to worry about the whereabouts of the four of you."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The aboveboard words can almost be said to have shaken the hearts of the four people at this moment.

The heart of this man...

Just like those heroes in martial arts novels...

It seems to be glowing!

It's obvious that a smile doesn't show the generosity, but the heroic spirit of loyalty is really like a ray of light, which can sting people's lives without leaving even the slightest feeling of ill-will...

I can't wait to follow in his footsteps.

But... they are not destined to be homeless people.

When one is prosperous, both are prosperous; when one is lost, both are harmed.

If you can't cooperate with him... you might regret it for the rest of your life, right?

With this regret, Song Wen said sincerely:

"Although our abilities are very weak, as long as Director Xu needs us, we will definitely come to help! It is our duty to help!"

"Yeah. Each other!"

Xu Xin stood up with a smile.

Stretched out his hand:

"I accepted the gift and expressed on behalf of the factory that although we are very sorry that we have not been able to become partners with you. But equally, we hope that you will have a bright future in the future. Comrade Song Wen! Comrade Li Ziwei! Comrade Li Ningning! Comrade Xu Kaibin! I wish you success, come on!"

Obviously, I have heard the title "comrade" not ten thousand times, but eight thousand times.

But at this moment, after Director Xu said it, when the four of them stood up, for some reason, they all felt...a very inexplicable impulse.

he……

He called us comrades.

Even though we can't be partners.

But this cry of comrade...

It’s worth more than anything else!

…

"well."

Four people arrived in less than 20 minutes.

After leaving the plan, he left.

Next time, they were about to embark on a journey to Xining, but in the office, after closing the door, Xu Xin let out a somewhat melancholy sigh.

"It's such a shame."

"yes."

Qi Lei couldn't help but nodded:

"Although I think it's still a bit emotional, it's rare for someone at my age to have a new understanding of the word "unity."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked at the plan:

"They are all kind people. They kept the most precious things."

"Um……"

Then there was no sound in the office.

The two of them took one copy each and began to read the plans.

It's okay if you don't look at it. Once you look at it, you'll know...they really put a lot of thought into it.

All aspects, from the procedures to the early establishment of the functions of each department, as well as entry points, etc., are all recorded in detail.

It can be said that with this note, at least the early preparations are completely fine.

This silence lasted for about half an hour.

After Xu Xin finished reading half of it, he rubbed his eyes, took out his cell phone and called Zhang Mo:

"Sister Mo, have you finished reading?"

"Well, I've finished watching it. I'm talking to Director Zhu about the subtitles."

"Then let Lao Guo and the others come over."

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Qi Lei also raised his head.

After throwing Xu Xin a cigarette, he asked:

"How do you fellow brothers and sisters feel?"

"Frankly speaking, they are all pretty good. They have solid theories and are very diligent. If they weren't that kind of person, I wouldn't be able to get them here."

"Then let's go to the director's club to practice first?"

"That's what I mean too."

Xu Xin nodded:

"Although the House of Art and Creation has been established, we really can't rush the new blood. Just like this film festival and some of our benefit strategies, they all take time. I also talked with Mr. Tian before , I said that the momentum in the past two years may have been mediocre, and we still have to rely on our works to support it. But once we get enough support from both a literary and artistic point of view and a box office point of view in a certain year, we will become famous by then, and many people will admire it. It won’t be a problem if you come here.”

Speaking of this, he sighed...

"You still have to leave everything to time."

Qi Lei nodded:

"Just wait a little longer."

Wait and wait.

After waiting for a while, Wen Mino and the others arrived.

"You're here? Come on, come on, sit down. Let me introduce to you, this is the Qi Lei and Mr. Qi issued by our factory supervisor..."

Using himself as a bridge, Xu Xin began to pave the way for several senior brothers to build bridges.

Compared with Song Wen and the others, Wen Muye and Guo Fan were actually much easier to talk to.

I am a student myself and have not made any achievements so far.

But you want to say that they don’t understand the film and television industry at all? That's not the case either.

In the film and television industry, they feel the same as Ming Jing.

This group of people is invisible.

But at this moment, I can sit in the office of the boss of the Xiying Studio Distribution Company. It goes without saying who is lucky.

In a daze, several people had an illusion.

Being able to worship is because of the teacher.

I'm really lucky.

While others were still worrying about their mentor's thesis and their own uncertain future, because of their mentor's relationship, they could already use the light of their junior disciples to find a way to a higher starting point.

Knew it.

When I first took the postgraduate entrance examination, the warnings I received from my senior brothers and sisters were absolutely correct.

When taking the postgraduate entrance examination, what you study is secondary.

The main thing is... you have to be able to find a capable mentor.

If you can find this kind of mentor, your graduate career will be half successful.

Tsk.

Seniors and sisters, you will not deceive me.

Really~