I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 830 826. The road ahead

"You... don't be angry. You are a little fairy, and little fairies can't be angry!"

"Shut your mouth! Even if I am a fairy, I must have violated the rules of heaven! God wants to send you to me to punish me...Ah!!! Xu Sanjin! I will kill you!!! "

Seeing his daughter's crazy look, Yang Dalin, who had just walked out of the kitchen, quickly advised:

"Okay, okay, it's okay. As long as the water pipe didn't burst..."

"Nothing!? My kitchen! My enamel pot! My fish!!! And the little mushrooms in the trash can!!! Ah!!!"

Yang Mi stuck Xu Xin's neck and started shaking.

And Yang Dalin looked at the painful look on his son-in-law's face... and opened his mouth.

After all, he didn't say those words...

The refrigerator stinks...

Forget it, forget it, if I keep talking, I'm afraid there will be blood at home today.

Clean it up quickly.

…

"Actually, I just want to give you a surprise... I really forgot about the kitchen and the refrigerator, believe me. I just thought that when you come back, I will hold you and say to you: Hey, little fool, look Look, my husband and I are already diligent and thrifty and manage the household... How romantic~"

"..."

Yang Mi, who was hopeless, no longer had the energy to argue with him.

He just pointed feebly at the fish pond, which showed signs of becoming civilized as the electric heating pump was turned on:

"I leave this to you, do you understand?"

"understand!"

Xu Xin glanced at the fish pond where the dorsal fin of a certain unlucky koi carp was frozen together with the ice, and nodded quickly:

"I'm going to buy you fish this afternoon and replace them with new ones! I'll also change the water for you! I guarantee you won't notice any difference!"

"It makes no difference! My hair will never come back!"

Xu Xin didn't know what evil this fish had done to be given such an unscrupulous name by his wife.

But let’s quickly guarantee:

"I'll buy you a big one! A super big one!"

"You...sigh."

Thousands of words finally turned into a sigh.

Yang Mi glanced at the frozen hard koi in the fish pond and said to her husband like she was begging:

"Brother, I beg you... From now on, can you just be the little trash I raised? Wash clothes, cook, clean the house... I don't need you to take care of anything. Just be down-to-earth. From now on, I'm here to take care of you. I owe you what I owe you in my previous life... Can you let me be a cow and a horse for you in this life? Let me beg you... Let's not do things beyond our capabilities. ,OK?"

truth.

Xu Xin was very moved when he heard his wife's heartfelt words.

It is true that his wife has taken good care of him in the past few years...it was clear that there was nothing wrong with living alone before. But now he doesn't care about anything... If his wife hadn't come back today, he would really not have been able to remember how stupid he had done these... romantic things.

But Xu Xin always felt a little unbearable when she expressed her love with such earnest words:

"I just want to share some of your burden..."

Before she finished speaking, Yang Chunling came out with two pairs of socks:

"Xiao Xu, are these socks worn or not?"

"……ah?"

Xu Xin was stunned, thought for a moment, and said:

"I don't know. Where did you find it?"

"One is in your room, thrown together with Mimi's bath towel, and the other is on the sofa..."

Before Yang Chunling finished speaking, Yang Mi's eyes swung and pierced Xu Xin's face like a sharp sword.

"Did you use my bath towel?...Ah!!! Xu Xin! I will strangle you to death!!!"

…

There were two bags of garbage in the kitchen, and all the doors and windows of the house were open to take in the smell.

After struggling for a while, the family was finally able to go out to eat shabu-shabu.

As Xu Xin drove, he watched his wife clicking randomly on her phone, and asked curiously:

"Who are you talking to?"

“Taobao seller who makes labels.”

"...Ah? Tag? What tag?"

Under Xu Xin's curious gaze, Yang Mi replied:

"I want to sew a label on my bathrobe, bath towel, face towel, hand towel, foot towel, etc. Write: Xu Xin and dogs are not allowed to use!"

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched...

He said something dumbfounding:

"Zai Zai and Niuniu are at Brother Qian'er's place. We don't have any dogs at home, so why bother?"

Yang Mi didn’t even raise her head:

"It can be done without you!"

"..."

have to.

Heartless bitches!

What nonsense are you talking about?

…

At noon, he had a meal of extremely solid meat-shabu-shabu. In the afternoon, after Xu Xin unloaded his wife, children, and children who had gone home to clean up the mess, he drove directly to CCTV.

Met with A Kun, the composer of "The Tip of the Tongue".

"Director Xu."

"Hey, Kun'er~"

Hearing this address with the sound of "er", A Kun looked strange.

However, he also knew that Director Xu was making fun of him, so he didn't care and said directly:

"Director Xu, there are currently 19 pieces of music in total, and they have all been completed."

"Yeah. Play it with the clip and let me hear how it feels."

"good."

Soon, along with the beginning of the edited "Bite of the Tongue", the background music called "Working Spring, Summer and Autumn" sounded.

…

At present, the dubbing, soundtrack, post-production, and editing of "Bite of the Tongue" have been completed.

What's left is for Xu Xin to go through all the episodes shot by the director to see if there are any errors and make corrections.

And if there are no problems, it can be sent directly to the station for review.

Xu Xin spent the entire afternoon in the soundtrack room.

After completing the music proofreading of the first three episodes, when I came out of CCTV, it was already the beginning of the show.

To be honest, he is very satisfied with the quality of the filming of the series.

There’s nothing wrong with the soundtrack either.

In every episode of "Bite of the Tongue", you can actually feel the director's shooting style.

He has one of the most basic requirements for the team to shoot this documentary, and that is "not to record purely from the perspective of a gourmet."

Food documentaries are actually very simple to shoot.

The process of cooking, the control of heat, ingredients, and seasonings.

As well as the preparation of ingredients before cooking, where the chef got his inspiration, and finally the guests’ reaction...

There are countless food documentaries around the world, all of which provide golden ideas for this documentary type.

But this is not what Xu Xin wants.

What he wants is what he told the team: "We don't want the rigid method of how many grams of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and what ingredients to add. What we want is to use food as a link to link geography, customs, customs, and many other things." A lot of "nostalgia". What we are making is a documentary about a journey to find our roots, rather than simply introducing food. It is a reflection of the values ​​that belong to our country."

Now it seems that everyone on the team understands what he expressed.

And, while doing this well, he must also admit...

The food everyone photographed is quite tempting.

Not to mention anything else... He hadn't eaten yellow steamed buns, something that only existed in his childhood memory.

It was actually photographed by someone from the team.

Tsk…

Sitting in the car, he touched his stomach.

I was obviously very full at noon, but now my stomach was already pounding with thunderous drums.

So, he dialed Yang Mi’s phone number:

"Hey, I'm going home now. What should we have for dinner?"

"Zhajiang Zhajiang Zhajiang Noodles!!! Come back quickly! I'm mixing the sauce, so I won't talk to you now."

Beep, the phone hangs up.

"Gu~"

Xu Xin rubbed his stomach and impatiently honked the horn twice for the car in front of him that was still refusing to leave even after the light turned green!

"Didi!"

Hurry, I'm waiting to go home for dinner!

…

"Let's eat in the living room today. I brought the documentary "Bite of the Tongue" with me. It feels great when I shoot it. Can I eat while watching it?"

"OK."

Yang Mi nodded.

She actually didn't know much about "The Tip of the Tongue".

I simply didn’t ask anything that was too detailed.

However, she still trusts her husband's aesthetic standards.

He came to the living room with a basin of fried sauce and set out bowls and chopsticks.

With the hand-made noodles coming out of the pot, Xu Xin cut the cucumber into two halves, and then he and his wife pressed the video play button on the TV.

Yang Mi did watch it as a food show at first.

"Matsutake? Speaking of which, the Matsumoto family's matsutake soup is pretty good."

"Wow, the scenery over there is still beautiful."

"...Can I make a suggestion? Why don't you take pictures of the detailed cooking process? Just roasting a matsutake mushroom? It's too simple."

Feeling that the rhythm of "Bite of the Tongue" was different from other food documentaries, she said with some discomfort:

"The matsutake soup is also delicious... Also, as the saying goes, high-end ingredients often use the simplest cooking methods... Is it really appropriate for you to include your own nonsense in the text so openly?"

Xu Xin ignored her.

Continue to eat noodles and drink soup.

As for Yang Mi's complaints, after the story segment of "Matsutake" in the first episode ended, it began to gradually decrease.

From the "bamboo shoots" stage, "Dad, I want to eat this, let's buy some bamboo shoots and try frying them tomorrow?", "What are you shooting, stir-frying with heavy oil...adding various seasonings? You actually put the details in Let me explain clearly to others what to add to the "Nuodeng Ham" series...it took a while for her to say: "Huh? Well salt? Is it the same as the mineral salt we eat at home? Or is it? What’s the special taste?”

Then to "Nuodeng ham? I really haven't heard of it. Is Jinhua ham delicious? ... No, I have to try it."

So, while reading, she started to search on Taobao with her mobile phone.

From Nuodeng salt, to Nuodeng ham... Finally, I started to search for the method of braised spring bamboo shoots in oil.

Then the story reaches the chapter of "Digging Lotus Roots".

"Eh? This is the first time I know how hard it is to dig lotus roots... Ouch, this lotus root is red, and it looks delicious at first sight... Oops... No, I have to buy some. This pork ribs and lotus root soup looks greedy. …”

Then there is "Winter Fishing in Chagan Lake"...

"I've seen this before. When I was filming in Liaoning, I saw them selling fish in winter. When I put it on the ground, the fish was frozen and hard... Tsk, it's so cold here, it's so hard."

"What's the significance of this "head fish"? Is it for blessing? Do we want to go there?"

Before you know it, the 50-minute first episode of "Bite of the Tongue" is coming to an end.

Yang Mi already has a bunch of things in her Taobao shopping cart that she might not have even realized before.

On the TV, the narrator's voice slowly said:

"When we enjoy delicious food away from nature, the most grateful people are these people who have put in their labor and wisdom."

"Nature, on the other hand, uses its generosity and trustworthiness as rewards and rewards to humans..."

The episode ends with the smiling faces of the protagonists and greetings to the camera.

The meal is actually finished.

But except for the two children, the whole family stayed in front of the TV.

Xu Xin paused the screen and asked:

"how do you feel?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

None of the three spoke.

After about ten seconds, Yang Chunling nodded:

"The photography is really good. There are many things in it that make you want to eat them..."

Her words were quickly recognized by Yang Dalin:

"Indeed. Especially the sour bamboo shoots. When I was in the institute, a case came out and I went from Yanjing to Guangxi to track down the suspect. I was taking the train and I smelled the smell and felt something was wrong. I thought, whose feet are these? I didn't know how to wash it after I got in the car. Why was it so smelly... Later I found out that the smell came from the tables of several southerners.

This is it... We all thought it smelled bad at first, but seeing them eating it with dry food, I wondered if it was similar to the stinky tofu here? I need to order some to try...it's really delicious. Snail noodles have become popular all over the world in the past two years. When they were first introduced, I bought them for your mother to try. Your mother also said that our toilet was clogged..."

His words were full of memories.

But it can be heard that he also agrees with the film produced by his son-in-law.

It looks really good.

Finally, Xu Xin looked at Yang Mi, who had been silent for the longest time.

"What about you, how do you feel?"

"I... think brother, you are so awesome!!!"

She nodded vigorously, looked at the items in the shopping cart on her mobile phone, and said:

"This movie, just the first episode, made me realize that there are so many delicious things in our country that I have never tasted. Really, our family didn't even realize it before... Look, home-cooked food and so on I won’t mention it anymore. Let’s take seafood as an example. When you say you want to eat seafood, it’s nothing more than lobster, crab, sea bream, grouper, etc... This has become a habit of our family... When it comes to ham, our family will definitely I just recognize the one from Jinhua... But after watching this episode, I really want to eat the braised bamboo shoots in oil. I can even imagine its texture. It must be so soft and elastic, just put it in your mouth. There will be a creaking noise... Gudu~"

The female star who could basically eat and see everything actually swallowed her saliva at this moment.

"Oh, I'm so greedy... Really, brother, this is the first time I feel that our country is so big! Although I can cook a lot of dishes, but... compared with various local delicacies, I actually have There are so many delicacies that I have never seen...or even heard of. I think this is the best part of your film!

I think as a person from the south of the Yangtze River, I am certainly no stranger to braised bamboo shoots, but for people from the north, it is very new... Your film is like a link, bringing together all the local delicacies... Not to mention it is representative. , it is more like showing the state and style of the local life of people in each region. "

Having said this, she paused and seemed to agree with her words from the bottom of her heart. She couldn't help but nodded vigorously:

"Yes, that's it! For many people, I believe that it is the ordinary fireworks that touch people's hearts the most. It does not require exquisite knife skills, cooking, etc... just... home-cooked food, too It’s not very expensive, but you’ll love it just by looking at it… It’s great! This film was shot really well!”

Her words made Xu Xin couldn't help but smile.

The family is clearly pleased.

There is no such thing as relaxing the "hanging heart"...

Not really.

After watching it, he was convinced of the quality of the film.

But when he heard his wife's words, what he was most happy about was the theme of this documentary, and he reflected it.

That's "fireworks".

Whether it is high-end ingredients and cuisine, or food that can be obtained through ordinary labor...the food culture of our country for five thousand years is a link that tightly connects everyone's hearts.

This is also the reason why he likes Yu Guangzhong’s song "Nostalgia" so much.

It seems...

You didn’t make the wrong choice!

So, he smiled and asked:

"Continue watching?"

"Go on, what's the next episode?"

"Hmm... a staple... one of my favorite episodes."

"That won't work, I just finished eating... Where's the third episode?"

"The name of the third episode is "Inspiration for Transformation", which is all kinds of tofu, pickles, etc..."

"Okay, watch this. I'll watch the second episode when I have dinner tomorrow morning..."

As she spoke, the third episode began to play.

moment……

"Why can't I find Jianshui grilled tofu on Taobao...Brother, shall we go? Let's try it in Jianshui?"

"Wensi Tofu, I remember we had it before, right? Good guy, I always thought that thing was pressed out with some kind of press."

"Hey! This is good, this is good! Shall we go to Inner Mongolia?"

"AH? Ah, dad, this is our hometown! Have you ever eaten hairy tofu?...Brother, let's go?"

"Hey... Shaoxing rice wine, I've had this before, it tastes so good... No, I have to buy some."

In the two-episode documentary, Xu Xin was inexplicably burdened with many promises.

We agreed to go to Yunnan to dig fungi together.

We agreed to go to Chagan Lake together to buy fish to get the jackpot.

We agreed to go back to my wife's "hometown" together to see...

Oh yes, we also go to Jianshui to eat tofu together... just eat her...

But no matter what, seeing his wife and even the whole family being satisfied, Xu Xin felt more and more confident.

I believe "Bite of the Tongue" will be loved by many people.

He was convinced!

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that.

Tomorrow’s family recipe has been decided.

During the day, Yang Mi had to go to the company, and Yang Dalin was responsible for buying pickled vegetables and minced meat fillings.

At home, we want to eat the Northeastern version of dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage.

She had no choice but to eat a big bowl of fried noodles with two cucumbers in the evening and she was almost starved to death.

…

"Teacher Yu, I wish you a happy old age and a happy new year~"

number 20.

on Monday.

Xu Xin knocked on Yu Zhen's door in the morning, carrying a bag of gifts.

After Yu Zhen opened the door, she smiled happily as she listened to the words of blessing from her most proud disciple in her teaching career:

"Come on, come in quickly."

"Um."

After Xu Xin entered the house with his things, he asked suspiciously when he saw no one else came out:

"Where are Master, Xiaoxin and the others?"

"Your master is at work, and Xiaoxin is at cram school. What do you eat for lunch? Make dumplings at home?"

She still clearly remembers that when she, a student, came over with the homework "Not Drunk" in the spring of 2006, he ate at least two kilograms of dumplings.

Unexpectedly, this time Xu Xin shook his head directly:

"No. Let's go out to eat... Didn't I make a documentary? Yang Mi has been cooking me all kinds of home-cooked dishes like crazy these days... I want to eat something like a professional chef's meal."

"You are so blessed that you don't know how blessed you are."

Yu Zhen couldn't laugh or cry.

However, he still asked:

"Has the documentary about food been filmed?"

"Well, I have been doing the final touches these days, otherwise I would have come to see you long ago."

"I'm not in a hurry. Let's go to the study. Make the tea yourself. I'll turn on the computer first."

"Hey, okay."

Yu Zhen did not treat him as an outsider at all.

Xu Xin didn't feel like he was an outsider either.

I picked out the most pleasant jasmine in the tea box, made myself a cup, and walked directly into the study with the teacup in hand.

After entering, she saw Yu Zhen taking out a folder from the drawer.

He said directly:

"I chose for you. Of these three papers, to be honest... "On the Possibility of "Implosion" and Future Judgment of Hollywood Due to Huge Investments", although it is very advanced, your arguments are consistent with The guess is a little one-sided. It is not enough. But the two papers "Actors' Employment Situation" and "Market Standards for 33 Days of Broken Love" are very good. I gave your manuscript to the editor of the journal for a look. There are a few You need to polish it up. Once you’ve made the changes, take it over and it’s almost certain that it will be published.”

The full name of the "journal" she mentioned is "Journal of Yanjing Film Academy", one of the most professional and authoritative film and television C-journals in China.

Being published in a journal is almost equivalent to Xu Xin having one foot buried in the door to a Ph.D., and...

"But I suggest that you publish these two papers separately. "Hollywood Implosion" will be used for graduation, and the other two papers will follow the journals of the past few months and serve as a stepping stone for your Ph.D. Then the other one will be waiting for you to take the exam. Get a Ph.D. and publish during your studies... Mainly because you are very busy, this can help you save the conditions for doctoral graduation. In this way, you only need to publish one more C journal during your Ph.D., and you will meet one of several graduation conditions... …” (Note 1)

"OK."

After hearing her words, Xu Xin agreed without any hesitation.

This was also one of the reasons why he came to see Teacher Yu today.

Ask your mentor to help you plan.

After agreeing, he said:

"Just listen to you...and there's one more thing. After I pass the exam, I'm thinking...what do you think about staying in our school to teach?"

"Okay."

Similarly, Yu Zhen nodded without the slightest consideration:

"Then when school starts, you come with me to the school to sign up. Come directly and work as a teaching assistant for me. It just so happens that at the beginning of this semester, the school wants me to continue teaching freshmen students. As long as you are free, just follow me. First. Be a teaching assistant for a few years and survive for a while, then..."

She glanced at Xu Xin and said:

"Take it easy."

(Note 1: I have never taken the Ph.D. exam, so all the information about how to take the exam is from Baidu. If there are any mistakes or misunderstandings, please don’t laugh at me... At the same time, I only know that Beijing Film Journal is very good in C journals and so on. But I don’t know what level the paper can go up to. Please don’t take it too seriously. Finally, about teaching assistants... I don’t understand... I checked a lot of information, and they are all relatively general. I know that I need to take some certificates... So this If there is anything “wrong” in the follow-up of the plot, please don’t take it too seriously. Thank you for your understanding.)