I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 829 825 Surprise on returning home?

Chapter 829 825. Surprise on returning home...?

"I'm back……"

At early 6 p.m., Yang Mi walked into the house.

The two children immediately threw their father aside and rushed towards their mother.

"Go, go, find dad."

Although Yang Mi, who was dissatisfied with her integrity, said so, she still hugged Nuan Nuan.

Yangyang immediately became unhappy and jumped up and down asking her mother to hug her.

But the problem is that the weight of both children has exceeded 20 now, and it is really difficult to hold them both at once.

Helpless, she could only hug one and pull the other. When she came to the floor mat, she glanced at her husband.

After seeing a pile of English scripts on the coffee table, and some of the pages had traces of modifications and smears, he asked:

"Script? What story?"

"I told you that before."

"The one with the incoming call ringtone?"

"Hmm. Let's see how it goes."

"forget it."

Yang Mi shook her head, hugged the child and simply refused.

This movie...she has no interest in.

Holding the two little guys in her arms, she casually patted away Nuannuan's hand that reached into her clothes. Yang Mi thought about it and asked:

"When I was not busy at noon today, I checked Twitter."

"Hmm. Then what?"

Xu Xin crossed his legs and asked casually while lowering his head and continuing to write and draw on the script.

"Well……"

Seeing her husband's serious look at work, she suddenly felt that it would be better if she didn't add to the trouble. So he changed his words:

"It's okay, I just saw a few welfare girls..."

"ID is issued...huh?"

Xu Xin, who suddenly felt something was wrong, raised his head and met a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"..."

The couple looked at each other.

Finally, Xu Xin lowered his head again and continued to sort out the contents of the script while asking:

"Did you see the review of "Jinling"?"

Seeing that he had guessed it, Yang Mi stopped hiding it.

As for Welfare Ji's matter...

How can I blame my husband?

I can only say that some of the content on this social software studied by Westerners is offensive!

In broad daylight...

Okay, just kidding.

In fact, she didn't care at all.

The two of them walked across the house together, with their wives and children not avoiding each other, and watching movies showing their friendship.

"I read the comments from this group of people, and they are pretty terrible."

"It's not necessary. You would have felt worse if you had been there during last night's premiere. After the movie was over, there was a dead silence... This is our story. If you change it to a Jewish theme, maybe the direction of the trend will be completely different. It’s different. Sister Mo and I talked a lot last night and looked away. It’s Hollywood~”

When he said this, he didn't even look up.

His tone was also casual.

But Yang Mi’s brows gradually wrinkled:

"That Director Zhang..."

"According to Sister Mo, from the first time she knew that Director Zhang wanted to use this theme film to compete for the Olympics, she knew that the old man would definitely fail. I actually didn't say much. The old man is obsessed with Oscars and has been nominated several times. , failed several times... It is inevitable to feel unhappy. But outsiders can't interfere in this kind of thing, and neither can I. Whether the film is good or bad, whether it is praised or criticized, is now a done deal. The old man is not too much. He’s not that vulnerable to a hit.”

"..."

Yang Mi remained silent this time.

After holding the two children and watching her husband busy there for a while, he said:

"This incident is a reminder for us, right?"

"Um."

After writing the last stroke and settling all the initial suggestions, Xu Xin finally raised his head.

He glanced at his wife and smiled slightly:

"Just relax and act your own voice."

"I'm fine. It's just that you are more sensitive to these things...I have been worried about you this afternoon. Your ambitions are much greater than mine..."

"I'm fine too."

Facing his wife's worried eyes, he gave an affirmative answer.

Then he stacked all the scripts in his hands together according to the page numbers and handed them to her.

"Some things can't be rushed, and there's no need to rush. Just take your time and let nature take its course... Well, look at it. I think Philip wrote this story brilliantly. The things written in English are what I can express. . But you have to translate some sentences written in Chinese for me so that I can send them to others."

"..."

The corner of Yang Mi's mouth twitched...

He sighed helplessly:

"Oh...just treat your wife like a bully~"

"The way you say inverted sentences is so cute~kiss~"

"MUA~"

After giving her husband a smack, she pushed the two children off her lap:

"Okay, you two, go play with dad, mom has to go to work...call me later during dinner."

"Um."

…

"Hey, Xu."

"Hey, Jody."

"You just came back from China? Where is the goods I want?"

"Shh~ MY MAN~ This is a serious high-end product..."

"I understand! How about purity?"

"Don't worry, it's from Heisenberg..."

"Hahahahaha..."

The two were familiar with each other and played jokes about "Breaking Bad", and Xu Xin handed him his "gift."

Tomato flavor.

Mushroom soup.

Bone broth.

There is also a pack of authentic Xiaolongkan...

Jodi likes to eat hot pot. Before returning to China, the two of them had a conversation about hot pot.

Although Xu Xin himself is not a professional hot pot eater, he firmly believes that it should not be a problem for foreigners to be fooled by the base ingredients purchased in China.

"Cool~ How to use these?"

"Take out a pack, put it in the pot, pour water, and wait until it boils. Slice the beef yourself..."

"I know this. Beat an egg yolk again. When you're done eating, use this soup to cook spaghetti, and just eat the garlic cloves!"

"Where's the essentials?"

"Squatting down, holding the bowl! GEJIU~"

"Jody, you're a genius."

"Hahahahaha..."

Bring the few packets of hot pot base ingredients you brought to Jody, completing your mission as Yang Mi’s assistant.

The two of them stood in the studio and glanced at the extras in the direction of the door. Xu Xin asked:

"What are you shooting today?"

"The monster chase scene. The monster entered the city, and as the seawater landed, people fled. The highlight of today is these... Hey, Xu, did you see it?"

Following the direction he pointed, Xu Xin looked at the towers on the side of the studio.

"Water tower?"

"Yeah. In a moment, half the water of a standard swimming pool will pour down..."

"WTF?"

Xu Xin looked ridiculous as to what you were talking about.

A standard swimming pool contains about 2,000 tons of water.

Half a thousand tons at least.

Just rely on these water towers?

"...Okay, actually a hundred tons...Why are you so humorless?"

"..."

Xu Xin simply rolled his eyes.

Then he stopped talking to him. Instead, he quietly watched the crew prepare.

At this point, the special effects, models and other things used by the crew during this period can no longer shock him.

Before long, all the extras were in place under the command of Guillermo Toro.

Also included is Charlie Day, who plays scientist Newton in the play.

Following Guillermo Toro's order, Xu Xin heard a sound similar to the opening of an air valve. Amid the roar, among the ruins of the city, countless water flows swept through the neighborhood like waves, like a huge flood. Like waves...

"Wow, cool~"

Hearing Jodi's words, Xu Xin nodded subconsciously.

It's really cool.

"Jody, how does this thing work?"

"Gravity + booster water pump..."

Jodi began to explain it to him tirelessly.

…

To Xu Xin, Jodi is like a know-it-all about Hollywood physical effects.

His specialty is the production of physical special effects.

These are the words of boasting in his mouth:

"Leave the quality of CGI special effects to those otakus, and leave the physics engine shots to me."

Xu Xin vaguely felt that this line was familiar.

It took me a long time to realize that this was the famous quote from the warden in "The Shawshank Redemption".

“Give your soul to God and your body to me.”

Not to mention, it’s quite vivid.

According to him, as long as the director can think of it, he can make it.

Don't mention...he is really good at this aspect.

On January 13, "The King" was released in North America.

First-day box office...$170,000.

It can be said to be a disastrous failure.

On the 14th, after Xu Xin learned the news, he called the old man.

There was no emotion in the old man's voice on the phone.

He just said to Xu Xin:

"It's okay. It's okay with me."

That’s all.

Xu Xin didn’t ask any further questions.

The new year is approaching and it’s time to celebrate the New Year.

In the following days, apart from accompanying my wife to the set every day, I would also stay at home with my children.

Either I stay up late to have a remote meeting with the domestic "Tongue" team, or I communicate with Philip about "Telephone Ring".

His life was simple and peaceful.

January 21st.

Saturday.

New Year's Eve.

The family, who could no longer return to China to celebrate the New Year, bought some things in Chinatown and began to prepare New Year's goods.

Not to mention, celebrating the New Year abroad is quite novel.

But that's all.

On New Year's Eve, watching the CCTV International Channel's Spring Festival Gala with English subtitles on TV, Xu Xin lazily leaned on the sofa and yawned.

Sleepy.

Although Sun Ting, Cheng Hu, and Su Meng are here this year...

But without my childhood, without my relatives... I always feel deserted.

But there is one advantage, that is, you can fire off cannons.

But it's more troublesome... You have to say hello to the neighbors in the community in advance.

As tenants who had just moved here, the two of them didn't buy too many fireworks. I just ordered a few flowers with my children and put on a small whip that I bought with great difficulty in Chinatown...

This year started off so mediocrely, a little hastily.

If there is anything worth remembering... it might be that Xu Xin saw Shen Teng on the spring evening.

He did a skit that was... not very funny.

But he didn’t ask much.

His wife was taking care of everything in "Happy Twist", and he just yawned again and again.

I don’t know if I can make the dumplings until 12 o’clock.

However, he received a lot of New Year greetings messages on his phone, all of which were handed over to Su Meng for processing.

At 12 o'clock, eat dumplings.

After the countdown ends, it means the new year has officially arrived.

Xu Xin wrapped a small red envelope.

The red 50 Canadian dollars contains two hundred tickets.

Calculated, it's about fifty or sixty thousand.

After handing it to Su Meng, he said to the assistant in a serious voice:

"It's so cute~ Let's continue the life of a handsome boss and a hateful assistant next year~"

Su Meng looked at him with an extremely cute expression of joy: ヾ(°°)

"Okay, Brother Xu~"

It's unclear whether she remembers the word "handsome" in her boss's mouth.

Finished eating the dumplings.

sleep.

Holding his wife's fragrant body, he whispered in his wife's ear:

"Happy New Year, baby. I love you~"

Faced with her husband's affection, Yang Mi repeated her old tune:

"Want a third child?"

"If you want a hammer, let's raise these two living dads first and then talk about it."

"Oh, let me tell you the truth, that little Japanese girl these days plays the role of the girl I used to be when I was a kid... Wow, she is super cute! I love it so much!"

Xu Xin knew that she was talking about the little girl named Ashida Aina.

Indeed, cute and adorable.

It's a pity... For the sake of his and his wife's career, the third child is not in the plan for the time being.

Rolling his eyes, he fed the dog with tenderness and covered himself with the quilt... The next second, someone lifted it off.

"Muhahahaha...brother, the Sa family is here!"

Hello 2012, goodbye 2011.

…

The beginning of the new year.

On the first day of the new year, feeling a little weak and tired from not getting enough sleep, Yang Mi yawned and set off for the set.

Xu Xin, on the other hand, slept until almost noon. When he woke up, he did not see his father-in-law, mother-in-law and children.

He went straight to the study.

Work, work.

…

After the time entered February, as the filming progress of "Pacific Rim" was completed one by one, Yang Mi's role began to shrink.

From going every day at the beginning, it became every two days and every three days.

She spent more time at home.

As long as "Pacific Rim" is still about mechas and monsters, the proportion of the male and female protagonists' roles is indeed not large.

Finally, on February 15th, the day after Valentine's Day, the filming of "MAKO" played by Yang Mi was officially completed.

She is also the first actor in the crew to be completed.

But wrapping up doesn't mean everything is finished. In fact, she still has a lot of work, such as post-dubbing, post-production of special effects, etc.

But these will have to wait until the filming of the movie is completed.

As far as the entire film is concerned, she has already shot it.

The last scene is the scene where she and Charlie Hunnam escape from the escape pod and embrace each other on the sea.

Accompanied by the cheers of the crowd, this heroine, who has rarely failed since the beginning of filming, always understands the director's intentions very clearly, and is also extremely dedicated, has won the respect of everyone.

The applause was given to her without any hesitation.

"Congratulations, Yang."

Guillermo Toro gave her a big hug before sending his own compliments.

"Thank you, director."

Although Yang Mi was also happy, she did not forget to ask:

"The next thing... I won't have anything to do with it, right?"

"Well, see you later."

"Okay. See you later!"

Yang Mi nodded, bowed to everyone again, and walked quickly towards the dressing room.

Others started working on the next piece according to the director's plan.

The actors have finished filming...the crew hasn't finished filming yet.

time is money.

aside.

"Cheers, Xu."

Two Coke cans collided.

"Thanks, Jody."

Xu Xin gestured to him.

"Are you going back to Heaven next?"

"Yeah. Maybe it will only take these two days, and I will go back to heaven directly."

"Lucky guy..."

Jody's eyes were full of envy.

As a special effects artist, he has to stay with the crew until the filming is finished.

When hearing his complaints, Xu Xin smiled slightly:

"As promised, we will come to China to play when the time comes."

"Of course, that's the Eastern country I long for... It's a pity that I don't have much to do during the promotion period, otherwise I could travel at public expense."

"Ha~"

Xu Xin stretched out his hand towards him:

"In any case, I look forward to your coming to China to play, my friend."

Jodi also reached out and shook his hand:

"Of course, this is our agreement, no meeting~~doesn't count~"

"See you there or not."

"Haha~"

…

"call……"

After getting in the car, Yang Mi let out a sigh of relief.

Patting Cheng Hu’s back seat:

"GOGOGO, go home, go home! Hurry, I can't wait!"

Cheng Hu smiled and nodded:

"Hey, okay."

When Yang Mi said going home, she didn't just go back to Toronto.

Instead, we will all return to China early tomorrow morning.

I have been away on business for several months, and I haven’t even been back since the New Year.

Everyone is looking forward to today.

When the commercial vehicle drove out of Songlin Studios, Yang Mi's whole body felt as if her bones had been taken away, and she "collapsed".

Leaning on the seat, she hooked Xu Xin's hand and said:

"Do you know what I miss most right now?"

"Um...what?"

"Sugar pancakes, noodles with soybean paste, stir-fried liver, braised pork, shabu-shabu... and finally two bottles of Arctic Ocean!"

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless for a while.

Are you afraid that you will gain three pounds if these calorie-exploding things are put into your stomach?

But this is hard to say.

It's easy to collapse after saying that.

Then, he suddenly thought of something...

He was startled for a moment, then looked expectant:

"Well, I'm also really looking forward to going home..."

Yang Mi thought he had the same empathy as her, so she didn't care.

Just looking out the window with eyes full of joy, like a bird breaking out of its cage and letting itself fly.

I have been abroad for so long.

It’s finally time to go home!

…

Early in the morning on February 16, the family boarded a plane back to China.

To be honest, his tasks at the beginning of the new year are quite heavy.

When I go back this time, I have to be busy with "Bite of Tongue" on the one hand, and on the other hand I have to hand over the three papers I have written to Teacher Yu.

In June, it will be his graduation defense time.

At the same time, I have to meet with my doctoral supervisor.

The tutor introduced to him by Teacher Yu was Hou Kexuan, the deputy director of the Beijing Film Academy Academic Committee.

After saying hello in advance, the other party welcomed him to take the Ph.D. examination, but he had to pay a visit due to both emotions and reasons.

After finishing all this work, I just went back to the factory.

The list of judges for this year’s second Silk Road Film Festival still needs to be drawn up, and membership expansion needs to be implemented. Not to mention that there is a new year's plan waiting for him to participate in the Art Creation Center.

Moreover, one of the three scripts promoted by the studio last year, Ning Hao's "Golden Robbery", has been completed and the schedule has been selected for late April. He also wants to go back and take a look.

It's not good to be outside the country.

Everything is backlogged together.

There is no free time at all.

Not to mention, he has a film contract in Italy.

Judging from the naked eye, he is expected to be quite busy this year.

But no matter whether you are busy or not, it is a happy thing to go home.

What's more, there is a "gift" prepared by me at home... not a surprise, but definitely a warm "gift" waiting for my wife.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile.

It looks quite permeable.

12 noon on the 17th.

"Ah~my motherland~your baby is back!"

A sentence saying that Northern Shaanxi is not Northern Shaanxi and Sichuan is not Sichuan came out from the mouth of Yang Mi who had just got off the plane.

The couple, each holding a baby who had become impatient on the plane, stepped directly onto the commuter bus.

After arriving at the exit, Yang Mi waved her hand directly:

"Let's go, let's not go together. Let's go and do whatever we have to do~"

Cheng Hu's wife and Sun Ting's boyfriend came to pick her up.

Naturally, I had no objection after hearing this.

On the contrary, it was Su Meng...

She looked at Brother Xu and Sister Mi, who had no intention of taking her with them, and sighed helplessly in her heart.

never mind.

I'll take a taxi and go.

Xu Xin took his family to the long-term parking lot and used the photos on his mobile phone to find the dusty Volvo, and the family quickly got in the car.

Although it was noon now, everyone was not hungry.

I went home first, put all my luggage back, and then planned to go straight to the south gate to have some meat shabu-shabu, to satisfy my craving as winter comes to an end.

in the car.

Yang Mi asked with a puzzled look:

"What are you happy about?"

"hey-hey……"

After holding it all in, Xu Xin finally couldn't hold it in any longer and glanced at her and said:

"I have a surprise for you when you get home."

"...?"

Yang Mi was a little puzzled and asked:

"What did you buy blindly again?"

"No...you'll know when you get home."

"You tell me first."

"It won't be interesting if you say it. You'll understand when you get home."

"……Neuropathy."

Seeing that nothing could be found out from asking, Yang Mi simply ignored him.

There was only one idea left in her mind at the moment.

What kind of surprises are there? The huge surprise is not as real as the meal of braised pork in a copper pot that my aunt has longed for!

Wow, the next plate is cut by hand.

Ouch! Use chopsticks to scoop it up!

Sesame paste, chive flowers, fermented bean curd, chili oil... Stir together slowly in a bowl, and add the meat in the bowl...

Ho!

Even if you give me a secretary, I won’t change it!

With full expectation, her heart had already flown to the copper pot.

And Xu Xin also knew that she was eager to return home, so he drove as fast as possible.

When they saw the intersection of Shijia Hutong, everyone felt at ease.

Turn right, enter the alley, and arrive at the door of your house.

The sensor device in the car should have allowed the electric door to open directly.

Can……

"……broken?"

Seeing that the warehouse door didn't open for a long time, Yang Mi asked in confusion.

"It shouldn't be..."

Xu Xin didn't react at first.

But Yang Mi ignored it.

"Forget it, let's stop on the side of the road first. Dad, you and Xu Xin get your luggage. Mom, let's take Nuannuan and Yangyang back to change clothes, and then go eat hot-pot meat!"

Yang Mi said and opened the door directly.

"Hey..."

When Xu Xin was about to say something, Yang Mi had already run away.

"..."

He was speechless for a while, and then said to Yang Dalin:

"Dad, the door shouldn't be broken. You can go to the door and pull up the switch. It should be fine."

"Oh, okay, what about me...huh?"

Suddenly, Yang Dalin stopped, held the half-open car door and looked at his son-in-law...

"What the hell?"

His eyes widened unconsciously:

"The switch...you pulled the switch?"

"……yes."