I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 862 858. Xinlong

"Bella CIAO! Bella CIAO! Bella CIAOCIAOCIAO!"

In a winery on the outskirts of Rome, this immortal famous song from Italy to the world has become the best booster for the banquet~

Xu Xin, who obviously didn't know how to dance, but was still forcibly caught and danced together, now had a red face and a bright red lip mark on his cheek.

Brackets: Kissed by Jasmine.

When she left this big lip mark, her husband Antonio was right next to her.

He is the happiest person to applaud.

Um.

In a sense, isn't this a kind of NTR?

Of course, this is a joke.

The actual situation is that this kiss expresses everyone's gratitude for nearly a month from the beginning of the movie to now.

The so-called expert will know whether there is something or not as soon as he takes action.

Although the actual shooting time was only ten days, during these ten days, Xu Xin appreciated the artistic performance of this group of Italian actors.

At the same time, these actors also felt the foreign director's top-notch talent.

Our cooperation is like wine and bread.

There is nothing more appropriate than this.

At this closing banquet, everyone drank, sang, and danced... The atmosphere was not the same as the wine table culture of the Celestial Dynasty, but they reached the same goal by different means.

Happiness is the main theme throughout.

After dancing the song "BELLA CIAO", Xu Xin knew that his dancing posture was hard to describe, so he just raised his red wine glass high amid the applause of everyone.

Next to him, Eduardo, who plays Casimo, asked:

"Xu, do you plan to return to China for the later part of this movie?"

"Well, yes. After all, there is more effective communication when you come back to me."

Hearing this, the other party nodded:

"Then when we are needed later, we will be there."

"Thank you, friend...oh!? That's right."

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Xu Xin's mind.

"Everyone, do you want to come to the film festival we are holding over there?"

Several people were stunned.

Jasmine asked curiously:

"Film Festival?"

"Yes, our Silk Road Film Festival. This year is the second one. It opens on August 2nd and ends on the 10th, a total of 9 days. It will be held in Xi'an, one of the oldest cities in our country. It's The nature is to imitate the three major ones, but focus more on the artistic aspect of the film. How about it? Do you want to come over and have fun? It just so happens that our film post-production work can be completed together at that time."

"Well……"

The men looked at each other.

Anna Fogletta, who played Carlotta, shook her head:

"I'm sorry, Xu, I have to go to another crew in a few days. It's a pity~ But when I need to dub, I can take a few days off and I'll just wait for your time."

Except for her, everyone else looked at each other.

Jasmine said directly:

"I'm interested, what about you?"

"why not."

Marco shrugged:

"I haven't been to China yet."

"Hahaha, you won't be disappointed, I promise."

Following Xu Xin's words, everyone else nodded.

In this case, Xu Xin directly counted the number of people and asked other members of the crew. Some came and some refused. But there were about ten people in total.

After counting the number of people, Xu Xin sent a WeChat message directly to Qi Lei.

However, the other party has already taken a rest, and the reply will be tomorrow.

But it's definitely no problem.

Although Silk Road is not yet an international film festival, it is uncertain in the future.

The arrival of these friends of mine is likely to bring about some surprising works in the future.

He firmly believed.

Because these people are really good actors.

…

After a celebration banquet, Xu Xin and Liu Yifei packed their luggage that night.

Early in the morning on the 29th, I said goodbye to my friends and returned to China together.

On the plane.

Liu Yifei, who had just finished shooting a movie, seemed very tired. She started to sleep as soon as she got on the plane and never came out of the bedroom.

Xu Xin's spirit was very high.

He was copying the clips from the small-format master disc and showing them on the computer, working on his editing ideas bit by bit.

After three hours of reviewing all the film footage, he came to a conclusion.

This movie may be the fastest one I have completed.

It's... too "simple".

No editing skills are required at all.

The only thing that needs attention is the connection between several transitions, and Xu Xin already has ways to deal with these areas that need attention.

For example, the method recorded in his notebook, "The next second the shot of Bianca and Casimo walking out of the bedroom switches to Carlotta Lehrer's house, and then the shot of the two walking out of the bedroom" is not dense at all. After a few sparse conversations, the editing methods that need attention in the entire movie were highlighted.

As for the rest...it's even simpler.

Follow the timeline and insert close-ups of whoever is speaking. When the group speaks out, it is recorded from a large perspective...

Compared with previous movies, the editing ideas of this movie are like a child just learning to speak in front of Xu Xin, which is extremely easy to deal with.

Even the difficulty of editing gave Xu Xin an illusion.

If there was a studio now, he could have the finished edited movie out in an hour.

Or a finely cut version!

You see, this movie is so easy.

But as for the soundtrack...it will take some time.

As soon as he thought of this, a person jumped out of his heart.

A Kun.

The other party's soundtrack is quite to his liking.

Thinking of this, he also recorded Akun's name in the notebook.

At this time, the bedroom door was opened, and Liu Yifei came out with a facial mask on her face.

A man with short, slightly messy hair sat across from him.

"water."

Hearing this, Xu Xin took out a bottle of Italian San Pellegrino sparkling water from the groove by the window.

This is what he has been drinking these days.

It was hard to accept it when I first drank it. There was an indescribable smell in the water.

It's a little bitter, and a little...inexplicable.

Return to Shakou.

But after you get used to it, it's really good.

Liu Yifei took it, raised her head and drank more than half of the bottle, then burped in an awkward manner.

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless.

The pale face opposite saw him staring at him and shrugged casually:

"Why, haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman burp?"

"You are getting further and further away from the image of a fairy with me..."

"Haha~"

Through the mask, the fairy sister revealed her signature teeth.

"You haven't rested?"

She asked, looking at the dense handwriting on his notebook.

"No, I slept very well last night and I wasn't sleepy."

"...Tsk, there is a big difference between actors and directors. Although our film was shot very quickly, I will have to sleep for at least a week before I can fully "awake"."

Of course Xu Xin understood that her sobriety was out of touch.

Nodding slightly:

"Well, then I told Yang Mi that she won't come to you for a week."

"She can't find me either. I've made all the money I want to earn for my boss this year. In the first half of the year, she pushed me a lot of business orders. A conservative estimate is that I made a lot of money for your housekeeper." Ten million."

"It means you made at least 100 million this year?"

The share Shuangwei gave her was 226.

The agent gets 20%, the company gets 20%, and she gets 60%.

"I don't know, I'm too lazy to calculate. I give all the money I make to my mother. She helps me take care of the money now. I don't usually spend much... Well, by the way, I met Huang Xiaoming some time ago. . He asked me to invest together...invest in something...what, I forgot the details. Is he looking for you? "

"without."

Xu Xin looked down at his notes while chatting with her.

"I can't find anything he invests in. Even if I want to do it, Lao Wang has to stop me. If you don't know his ungrateful character, you will definitely say: Ah, three melons and two dates are not enough to waste your brain. ?”

"Haha, it's true. But I see that after he got together with Seventh Brother, his arrogance disappeared a lot..."

"Well, Seventh Brother brought him to death. This is what I most agree with the two of them being together... Seventh Brother is a person who can live a good life. Lao Wang is rich, but he lacks someone to set the boundary for him. . Seventh Brother is just right~... Speaking of your hair being cut short, over there in "Four Famous Catchers"..."

"It's a wig, I asked in advance, it doesn't matter... you just think about it now? The movie is finished and you become a good person? What were you thinking when you asked me to cut my hair?"

Hearing this sister's disgust, Xu Xin laughed.

Then he felt it was a bit embarrassing to lose his momentum, so he said angrily:

"Can you please take off the mask and talk to me again! You, Yang Mi, and the blind one! The three of you act like lunatics every day, keeping the mask on your face from morning to night. Are you sick?"

Hearing this, Liu Yifei didn't reply.

He opened the phone screen, poked it twice, and then put his mouth to the screen:

"Shishi, Xu Xin said you were blind."

"..."

Under Xu Xin's speechless gaze, the fairy sister who finished the report smacked her teeth and said proudly:

"I learned this from Sister Bingbing. Why is her skin so good? So white? She relies on facial masks. Do you understand? She wears nearly a million facial masks a year. Do you think the money is wasted?"

The words fell.

Xu Xin's cell phone lit up on the table.

He opened it and took a look.

Sent by Liu Zhishi.

"[Knife][Knife][Knife][Knife][Angry][Angry][Angry]"

Obviously, the blind sister was greatly irritated by the glare.

Then……

"Wait, I'm going to have sex with your wife now!"

Xu Xin looked at her overestimating message and sneered.

Green me?

If you really go, you two can't decide who is playing with whom.

Without replying, he directly closed the phone screen and waved his hand:

"Okay, go ahead and do whatever you have to do, I'm busy."

Liu Yifei is not leaving either.

Put down the single sofa and lie down.

I closed my eyes with the mask and hummed a song.

…

10 at night.

The plane arrived at Yanjing Airport safely.

"Are you going home?"

Hearing Xu Xin's words, Liu Yifei waved her hand:

"I'm going home to sleep. Tell Mimi, don't arrange any work for me this week. Let me have a good rest, otherwise it will be very difficult for me to improve my status after joining the group."

"Then if I ask you to eat and drink..."

"...You can have this."

"Pooh."

Xu Xin spat at her without any image.

Pat your butt and leave.

When we got home all the way, the child had already fallen asleep.

Yang Mi herself greeted him at the door.

The tacit understanding between the husband and wife allowed Xu Xin to push the suitcase and turn around without saying anything, and came to the laundry room.

Yang Mi followed closely behind.

"You shot the movie too fast, didn't you? Finished it in ten days?"

"Yeah. Once the editing is finished, you'll know why it was so fast after watching the finished film. But...it's fast, but the quality is also good...this."

He took out a small paper package from the box:

"The gift for you was bought in an antique shop over there."

After Yang Mi opened it, she took out a small square box.

After opening it, it is a brooch that looks very delicate.

"It's pure silver with turquoise inlaid on it. I liked it very much when I saw it. The shop owner said it was from the 19th century. It is said that it originally belonged to a certain noble? It's not expensive, 700 euros."

"Ah~ so beautiful~"

Yang Mi looked at the brooch in her hand, her eyes turning into crescent moons.

Apparently, she loved it.

But I didn’t wear it directly, but put it in the box.

Every gift my husband gives me is from my heart.

The pajamas in front of me cannot bring out the beauty of this brooch.

Because there is his tenderness in this beauty.

"I took my children to see a kindergarten two days ago. Let's go to Qingmiao International. It's pretty good."

"Well, okay... Oh, yes, speaking of which, I haven't seen Dalin for a long time."

As soon as Xu Xin talked about kindergarten, he thought of Guo Qilin.

He hadn't seen the child since the last incident in "Yin Yang and Five Elements".

"Have you seen Xiaobing recently? Is there any news from Dalin?"

"No. Ask our dad tomorrow. He keeps going to Brother Qian'er recently. Maybe we can see him."

"Um."

The two were chatting. Yang Mi put away the dark and light colored clothes one by one. After screwing on the two washing machines, she said:

"Remember to dry your clothes later."

She knew her husband was jet lagged, so she assigned the task directly.

Then under Xu Xin's nod, she mouthed in the direction of the bedroom:

"Go take a shower. The child is in our parents' room."

There are some tacit understandings that need no words.

As long as she speaks, Xu Xin will understand.

…

It goes without saying that Xu Xin is obsessed with his wife.

To put it in the most popular terms, if we haven’t produced the third child in so many years, then Okamoto’s quality is considered to be good.

More than half a month's separation is enough for any small parting to be comparable to the wedding night.

It's around 12 o'clock in the evening.

His chin unconsciously rubbed his wife's back.

At the same time, her fingers were still feeling the rough feeling of goosebumps on her arms.

"Going to Xi'an to film the movie?"

"Well, I also invited Jasmine and the others to attend the film festival this time. But things about this movie should be done very quickly. Tomorrow I will contact A Kun from "The Tip of the Tongue" and plan to hand over the soundtrack to him. Do it. I estimate... maybe ten days and a half to finish it."

"Then do you want to go to Xiangjiang? Lao Wang seems to have a lot of things to ask you."

"We have contacted each other, and we can do it together after I come back from Xi'an. By the way, what about the advanced spiritual study that I started a few days ago?"

He was talking about the study session organized by Xiying Film Studio this year to learn the spirit of speeches.

Do it once a year, do it every year.

Yang Mi, who had her back turned to him, responded:

"Everyone came here, except you... but no one said anything about you. You have special privileges. After studying for 5 days, you got a certificate issued by the Organization Department. This year's theme is the spirit of integrity, which is quite good."

"Um……"

Missing me for more than ten days is not only a physical dependence, but also a spiritual dependence.

The two of them chatted like this, until his wife's response was almost a whisper, and then he fell silent.

After her breathing became steady, he tiptoed out of bed, got dressed, and came to his studio with all the information about "Telephone Ringing".

The large 100-inch projection screen in the studio is much more comfortable to use than a laptop.

After all, it is a home theater, and a set of equipment costs close to 700,000 yuan. Both in terms of clarity and viewing experience, it is better than a computer.

He imported all the footage and continued to work on editing and soundtrack ideas.

I was busy until almost 4 o'clock in the morning. After I felt a little sleepy, I didn't go back. Instead, I went directly to the rest room and lay down.

At 9 o'clock in the morning the next day, he opened his eyes after only sleeping for more than 5 hours, and quickly went to the bathroom to wash his face and wake up. At this time, the jet lag was adjusted.

Yang Mi went to the company, and while taking care of the children, he called A Kun to communicate.

Ah Kun is naturally willing to cooperate with Xu Xin.

It's not even an exaggeration to say that I'm a little excited.

After agreeing to hand over the movie to him after the refined version of the movie came out, Xu Xin saw that the time was almost up and dialed Lao Wang's phone number.

Wang Sicong is now in Hengdian.

The plot filming of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has come to an end, and he wants to accompany Seventh Brother to finish it.

When the call was dialed, Xu Xin heard the messy movement over there.

"Where are you?"

"On the set, we're filming a martial arts scene, and it's quite noisy... Are you home?"

"Yeah. When will it be over?"

"I guess another week will be enough. I'll go find you in a week, right?"

"Okay. What about the shares you talked about before?"

Since the acquisition of PO Chaoting was launched, when Xu Jian and others saw the acquisition document and accepted Wang Sicong's invitation to go to Xiangjiang and then returned to China, the two parties were discussing the acquisition of MOREVFX.

The final negotiated condition was 15 million, 85% equity.

At first glance, it seems very cheap. After all, PO Chaoting spent 150 million to acquire it, while MOREVFX only spent one-tenth of theirs.

But in fact it also involves the redistribution of equity after the establishment of the new company.

Wang Sicong plans to compress Yang Wenjie's 15% stake in PO Chaoting.

The method adopted is also cash payment + equity distribution in the new company.

He planned to let Yang Wenjie and Xu Jian hold a total of 20% of the shares in the company.

The strategy of withdrawing more and making up less is adopted.

This is the reason why MOREVFX is so cheap and sold together with various CGI technology models accumulated in equipment, venues and engines.

Not only did they receive 15 million, they also received 5% of each person's shares in the reorganized new company.

As long as the company's business develops properly, then these 5% shares are worth more than anything else.

When Xu Xin chatted with him before, both sides were considering it.

Now the answer given by Wang Sicong is:

"We all agreed. The two companies will be directly integrated by then. Then the wheel came here to hold a concert two days ago, and we met and talked about this matter. Do you plan to let the new company expand into animation in the future? Business?"

"right."

"Then let's set up a film and television investment company first. He is also very interested. When the time comes, we will merge it into the new company. Then we will promote it when the time comes.

During this time, I got to know the basics of domestic animation and found that in the past few years, animation in Japan has also been outsourcing. Many companies produce original paintings, and then domestic companies do it. The level of the industry has really improved a lot~ I even know a few companies that specialize in making content for them... Don't you think it's outrageous?

However, the entire animation industry currently lacks a large investment company similar to a leading company to take the lead. It’s not that we like to play small, but we want to go big. Except for those IPs such as “Pleasant Goat” and “Pig Man”, there are no investors at all for other stories.

It's like finding a needle in a haystack...

These days I have people feel the bottom of the market and plan to do it in three steps.

The first is to establish an investment company to recruit excellent story scripts and original production content. This aspect is mainly the film business. At the same time, this adaptation can also directly bring business to our new company. Self-produced and sold.

The second step is to accumulate a batch of excellent story scripts, increase visibility, and accumulate copyright. After a certain amount of high-quality stories are available.

The third step seems to be to seek cooperation. Look at domestic IP birthplaces such as comics and novels. Can you launch some kind of IP conversion platform in the form of cooperation? A popular novel can be directly adapted into a comic, and if the comic has a large audience, it can be adapted into an animation, anime, or even a live-action version.

What do you think of this idea? "

Not to mention, when Wang Sicong expressed this idea, Xu Xin's eyes completely lit up.

He didn't really think that far ahead.

I just feel that the animation industry is also a blue ocean.

In addition, it can be combined with a new company that has not yet taken a name to achieve the effect of self-production and self-marketing.

Can……

This "trilogy" that Lao Wang extended from his thoughts...

Sounds really good.

"Okay, I think it's okay. As long as you work steadily, there should be no problem! Then... just do it step by step. What do you need me to do here?"

"When the acquisition of the new company is completed, we will do some public relations and spread the company's business. At that time, we will let those who have no connections know what service attributes our company has and open up the reputation. The rest will be waiting for these people to invest. That’s good.”

"No problem. Let's put it this way...by the way, have you decided on the name of the new company? How about I do it?"

Hearing Xu Xin's words, Wang Sicong was furious:

"Don't do it! Your ability to name names... tell me first what you plan to call me?"

Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

"Xinlong! How are you? Xu Xin's Xin, Xinglong's Long, it's a homophone. Xinlong~Xinglong~Business is booming, oh! It must be booming!"

"..."

Wang Sicong was silent for a long time.

Like deathly silence.

Dear mother.

Are you really a normal person?