I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 916 912. Silence Germany

Xu Xin actually rarely chats with Xu Miao like this.

The two brothers have had heart-to-heart conversations since they were young, but in terms of career... in a strict sense, they really haven't had many conversations.

He could tell that Xu Miao was actually quite distressed.

After all... Qiangjiu Real Estate was also in the limelight. Just when the family had the most money, Xu Xin put forward his opinion, and everyone started to engage in real estate.

Is it okay? The answer is yes.

But... as the group has gone through the primitive accumulation, will it continue the "people's livelihood" strategy that has been firm since the company was founded, or will it transform like other real estate companies and use this high-turnover method to make money? Money, he must have been thinking about it for a while.

But some of his brother's words today made him feel right.

"All profiteering enterprises ultimately follow the path of privatizing profits, socializing costs, and democratizing risks."

"The only difference between our family and these profiteering companies is that I am your brother, and the path I want to take in the future cannot bear this kind of infamy."

"We can have no conscience, but we cannot have no bottom line."

"How much money is too much? Brother, can't you see? Money is useless."

Some words that could never be said in front of outsiders were brought out by Xu Xin from the deepest part of his heart under the moonlight.

Extremely selfish.

Extremely egotistical.

That's what he said.

Under this bright moonlight, he completely exposed the most selfish side of human nature.

Without considering anyone at all, but from the perspective of the "Xu family", I told Xu Miao, don't mess around. If you mess around, it will not only be bad for our family, but also the next generation of our family, and the next generation after that. , and even the next generation’s affairs.

He is qualified to say so.

Because on this New Year's Day, he and Uncle Liu talked about the feasibility of this matter.

Uncle Liu also agreed with his idea.

Because this is possible.

As for how to go and how high we can go after we really embark on this road...this is not what we are talking about now.

But in the best case, since his idea is feasible, there is no problem.

Xu Xin's surname is Xu, and Xu Miao's surname is also Xu.

This Xu can only go up, not down.

After cutting open the most selfish side of his heart and showing it to his brother, as the wound closed, conscience and humanity returned to him.

His summary to his brother was, "Brother, our family has been poor and how difficult it is to make money. We will remember our mother's illness for the rest of our lives. But now these ordinary people may have to empty the wallets of two families. Only in this way can we have a shelter from the wind and rain. There are some things we can do, and some things we may have to do without conscience. But more things must be done with conscience. If we really have no conscience, then we will not recognize it in the future. It doesn’t look like a ghost. So what’s the point of living?”

Xu Miao's response to his younger brother was even simpler:

"Well, listen to you. It was your idea to buy real estate anyway, so I just have to listen to you. Our family will do it slowly, open a piece of land, and build a building. The people who buy our house will live in a stable and safe life. We will do it step by step. I don’t regret selling it. I’m really waiting for the day when real estate fails... I’ve made enough money anyway, so I won’t do it and just retire.”

So, on this night, the two brothers reached a consensus.

It also completely determined the path that Qiangji Real Estate will take in the future.

As for how much pressure this road will face in the future...

Xu Xinxin said it had nothing to do with me.

Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner, just go to Xu Miao.

He's tall, he's holding on.

but……

Let’s find a warm place to chat next time.

"We are both stupid, why don't we go to the boiler room?"

When a tens of billions-level real estate executive said these words, it was destined that the two brothers would be labeled as "stupid" tonight.

Anyway, Xu Xin was very cold.

…

"Director Xu, "The Grandmaster" has been well received. The translator in the group heard from the group of film critics that the actors in Gong Er are definitely qualified to compete for the best actress!"

"At the end of the movie, when Gong Er was boxing in the snow, the foreigners couldn't stop cheering."

"When the movie ended, the applause lasted for nearly three minutes! Many foreigners were looking for the heroine. Although Mimi didn't come, she stole everyone's limelight!"

Lying on the bed, Xu Xin looked at the message Zhong Changyou sent more than an hour ago, and immediately forwarded it to Yang Mi.

I looked at the time again...

It's almost 12 o'clock.

I don’t know where that woman went.

It's really unfortunate for the family.

By the way...Is there really no one looking for me this night?

I’m really too tired to sleep.

Turn off the lights and sleep.

…

Early morning on February 8th.

Rarely, he woke up before his wife.

Looking at his wife who was sleeping soundly there, he thought for a moment and leaned into her ear:

"Baby, wake up~"

"..."

Yang Mi frowned and ignored him.

"Baby~it's time to wake up~"

"roll."

The words mumbled from his throat hit Xu Xin's face.

Xu Xin was not happy now.

I was thinking of teasing you... and scolding you, right?

OK.

"Do you want to pee?"

"..."

Almost instinctively, the corner of Yang Mi's mouth twitched.

But the strong sleepiness made her still not want to talk to her husband.

Then……

"Can you hold it in?"

A critical blow struck deep into the soul of the sleeping man.

It's hard not to wake up now.

The angry mahjong player got off the bed!

"My surname is Xu! My aunt will die with you today!"

She roared angrily. Not to mention the torture Xu Xin faced, Nuan Nuan, who came to the door of her mother and father's bedroom as usual, suddenly stopped.

Followed by Xu Daqiang who was worried that the child would fall and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"Mom is cruel, Grandpa! We won't go in! Shhh..."

Xu Daqiang was stunned.

He did hear something moving inside just now, but he didn't hear what was said clearly.

Seeing his granddaughter's tiptoeing movements, he quickly lowered his voice:

"Oh, okay, why don't you go in?"

Nuannuan and Yangyang shook their heads at the same time:

"Mom is so angry when she is angry!"

"Hit dad and pinched me, it hurts~"

The two children had lingering fears on their faces.

"..."

Xu Daqiang's mouth twitched...

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his daughter-in-law beating his son.

mainly……

Why do you spank your child?

No, I have to talk to her later. Oh, I don’t dare to hit the child!

…

"Did you win or lose in the card game last night?"

"I lost more than 6,000 yuan. I lost 70,000 to 80,000 yuan in the middle of the period. Later, I was beaten back by Lianliuzhuang..."

"Did you read the message I sent you?"

"Look. It will be over the day after tomorrow. Why are you so anxious?"

When she first mentioned losing more than six thousand, she was still a little unconvinced.

But when it comes to the evaluation of her performance in "Gong Er" in Germany, she seems to be somewhat indifferent.

He didn’t even ask too much in detail, but asked:

"What did you say about your movie?"

"Give."

Xu Xin handed over the phone.

There is a 6-hour time difference between Germany and China, and it is 2 a.m. there now.

After the films on the first day of the festival ended, the critics' comments were yet to come out.

But the movie rating is unlocked.

Yang Mi started to read the chat history sent by Zhong Changyou from top to bottom.

"Director Xu, the queue for "Scorching Sun" has begun."

"I forgot to take a photo just now. This is the cinema where all the main competition premieres are held. It is also where the red carpet is held, Berlinale Palast."

【picture】

"This is the poster for "Heart of the Burning Sun"."

【picture】

"There are a lot of people queuing up, but I looked around and found that people from China account for about one-third. The last game of "The Grandmaster" was not that high."

"The entrance has begun."

"They're all full."

"The movie has started."

【video】

Yang Mi clicked on it directly and found that the movie had already shown a clip of the staff list. Obviously, the movie had finished.

Different from the loud applause and cheers of "The Grandmaster", after "Scorching Sun" ended, Li Haiping led several other crew members from the factory to the stage to express his gratitude.

Frankly speaking, Berlin is pretty good in this regard.

They don't have the same rules as Cannes that strictly prohibit direct contact between the audience and the crew.

but……

Tell the truth.

The scene was very cold.

You can barely even hear the applause.

In Zhong Changyou's video, the vast majority of these audiences, including the Tianchao audience, were quiet except for a few who stood up and left sporadically.

There was no applause, and no one stood up.

As if thinking...

Soon, the video ends.

In the second video, there was less than enthusiastic applause.

It is much worse than the previous "The Grandmaster".

"Director Xu, everyone is very focused."

"The Germans' reaction is actually quite restrained."

"...Just now, a few audience members shouted to Director Li and others on the stage: This movie is awesome!"

"Haha, many people agree with this point of view... I took a look and everyone agreed with this point of view."

"It's not that they don't approve."

“The reviews are really high.”

"There were two film critics who came in with notebooks and kept writing with their heads down. They just finished writing when we were about to leave. When we were leaving together, the two film critics said: Director Xu, your movie is better than "Hawthorn" "Tree" must be excellent. It's so great that people can't find faults."

"We are also going back to the hotel."

After seeing the latest message, which was posted at around 4 a.m., Yang Mi couldn't help but complain:

"I never noticed before that Zhong Changyou is such a talkative person?"

"That's what happens after you get familiar with it."

Xu Xin looked unfazed.

"I specifically asked him to give a more detailed introduction this time and not be so general. After all, we are not at the premiere, so we have to be confident."

"...I am confident. You..."

"Wait. Wait until 2:03 p.m., and the latest film festival viewing guide and film review manual should be out. Take a look then~ I'm not panicking."

Xu Xin's face was calm.

"That's right. When the Film Critic's Handbook comes out, won't we know everything?"

"Maybe the results have been selected before the film festival starts. There's no point in reading the film critics' handbook~ Well, hurry up and eat. "Heart of the Sun" itself is not a subject that can make the audience cheer and applaud. I would rather everyone Hold them together, take the movie back, and slowly ponder it carefully."

He showed a rather relaxed smile.

"You eat slowly, I'm going to smoke."

After getting up and walking out, he saw his daughter crawling into the boiler room with two potatoes in her hands.

Obviously go for the baked potatoes.

Don't tell me, the potatoes in northern Shaanxi are much more delicious than those in Yanjing.

He walked to the boiler room and took a look, and saw his father inside holding a pair of tongs and holding coal to light a cigarette.

The boiler room is considered half an outdoor space and is very ventilated to prevent toxic gases from spreading.

It's okay to smoke.

Xu Daqiang also saw his son and asked:

"Have you finished eating?"

"Um."

The old man was smoking inside, so he wouldn't go in.

The reason why I came here to take a look was mainly because I was worried that the two children would get burned after messing around.

It doesn't matter if there are adults watching.

I lit a cigarette and was about to say something when I suddenly heard Yang Mi's shout in the room.

"Husband! Husband!"

Xu Xin opened the door:

"what?"

"Look at Weibo, I'm following you, trumpet! Someone is here!"

"……ah?"

Xu Xin opened Weibo on his mobile phone with some confusion. After switching to the trumpet account, he saw his wife's trumpet account posting a Weibo post of her own.

The number of words on Weibo cannot be too high, so many people will use pictures to say something when they feel that more than 200 words is not enough.

The same is true for this Weibo.

After Xu Xin clicked on the long picture, he saw the title:

"Berlin Film Festival, sitting behind the crew and watching Burning Sun"

This Weibo long picture is made...to be honest, it is quite high quality.

Not just words, but pictures too.

And this guy should be able to take photography.

The dark red seat in Zhong Changyou's mobile phone is a very good effect for him. The color of the seat is really bright.

And, his opening is interesting.

The original sentence is:

"Let me start with the conclusion: Xu Xin's film is really awesome. The German lady next to me was stunned for a while while watching it. I heard her say "Oh my God!" during this movie. "I've also seen her clenched fists when she was nervous. As a personal opinion, I can only say that I really didn't find any fault with this film at all. Moreover, Xu Xin's arrangement was so invincible. At first I thought it was It was only later that I found out... He used the expression technique of montage to such an extent that it was impossible to tell whether it was a reflection of the inner world or the real environment. Especially the last stage of the movie... it really shocked me. Here we are! With all the imaginative little details and compositional abilities, he really made the most of light..."

There are no long paragraphs of reflections, or an introduction to the film festival.

The opening chapter immediately gives away a rough impression of "Scorching Sun".

What follows is a long paragraph about my feelings about the plot...actually it's a bit of a spoiler. For example, he cryptically stated Wang Yanhui's reversal at the end.

But Xu Xin didn't care.

He kept looking down... and finally saw what he wanted to see.

"I went to see it with my friend (German), three of us. Originally, they wanted to see Matt Damon's "Promised Land."

I was forced to watch the premiere of "Heart of the Sun".

I was actually worried that they were not interested in Chinese movies, because in daily life, the movies they discussed were either German movies or Hollywood. Not to mention watching Chinese movies, they have not even watched "Red Sorghum" which caused a sensation in Berlin. Even the morning's opening film "The Grandmaster" was their first real experience watching a kung fu movie in a theater.

But after watching it, a friend told me: This is one of the most rigorous films I have ever seen. But I don't like it because it's too cruel. Xin Xiaofeng should be redeemed.

I told him: You have watched too many Hollywood movies.

And asked for his evaluation.

The usually rigorous German thought for more than a minute before he said: Although I have already seen it. But if it comes out in Germany, I'll go see it again and take my wife and brother with me.

Another friend was even simpler. When I asked him about his feelings, he said: I will watch all the videos in the main competition in the next two days. But now, "Heart of the Burning Sun" ranks first in his heart.

After leaving the cinema, we went home together. On the way, this guy asked me: Does this director have any other works? He wanted to see it.

Then I told him that Gong Er, whom he liked very much in the morning, was the director's wife. He immediately started swearing.

But, overall, both men had nothing but praise for the film. Although I don’t know what other people think, I even heard a few compatriots wondering why there was a silence after the movie, instead of thunderous applause like "The Grandmaster".

But such is the character of the Germans. They are very good at silence. Sometimes silence is the best compliment (except in football). "The Grandmaster" is like Yang Mi's one-man show, Gong Er is great, but the plot is average. But "The Burning Sun" is different. This is a work that must make people think silently. An excellent work..."

It seems that this Weibo blogger also likes the movie "Lie".

But what Xu Xin cares about most is what he said, "Silence is the best compliment."

Frankly speaking, he didn't know whether the Germans were restrained.

After all, he hasn't been there yet.

But after seeing the blogger's words, he felt much more at ease.

As for "Burning Sun"...

Then wait until February 17th to see it.

Isn't this... soon?

…

February 9, 2013, Gregorian calendar year.

Lunar New Year's eve.

The Spring Festival in Lao Xu’s family filled the whole house with laughter and laughter.

The three ignorant children received red envelope blessings from their elders.

Each one of them was holding the big and heavy portfolio, not knowing what to do.

Then……

"Come on, mommy will save it for you two."

In the corner of Xu Xin's twitching mouth, someone did the most shameless thing in the world.

And it's not over yet.

Just asking, have you ever seen a daughter-in-law ask her husband for new year's money?

But this is not the most outrageous thing. What is even more outrageous is that when Yang Mi called "Dad" and asked for a red envelope for New Year greetings, Xu Xin almost agreed.

It is precisely because of this that he was blackmailed a lot.

Anyway...whatever.

Under the increasingly boring Spring Festival Gala, with the sound of firecrackers, the Year of the Dragon has completely become a thing of the past.

The first day of the new year.

With the children crying, the couple got into the car and boarded the plane.

The busyness of the new year has begun.

On the plane, Xu Xin muttered:

"I'll be honest with you, my family has rules. People who work on the first day of the new year will be busy for the whole year."

"..."

Yang Mi's mouth twitched.

You said it was a coincidence or not.

Her family also has this rule.

Exactly the same.

Let me tell you in advance, tomorrow is the time for re-examination of uric acid and liver function. I will definitely not ask for leave. I will guarantee the bottom line in one chapter and try my best in the second chapter!