I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

It lasted a total of 23 days.

On April 6, "Broken Silence" was completed.

This is almost the fastest movie Xu Xin has ever made.

But under the speed, there is the same complete story structure.

In this film, he did not focus too much on the so-called "just results", but the process of pursuit.

His perspective focuses on the transformation of a mother's mentality in the process of pursuit, as well as the inner story of each character based on the destined tragedy.

At first glance it sounds a bit unrealistic, even idealistic.

But in fact, he is experienced in this kind of thing.

After his mother passed away, he gradually realized the pain as he grew older.

Unlike adults, adults can let this pain heal over time.

But for the child, the pain has never been felt, so he can never let it go.

And he reversed this process and created a story of pursuit from the perspective of a mother.

Tell the truth.

During the overall shooting, he looked at the clips he had taken and felt quite depressing. Because there was nothing "beautiful" about this movie from the beginning.

But now that all the filming was completed, he felt relieved.

It's like a big stone that has been accumulated for many years has finally fallen to the ground.

There are no more utilitarian thoughts like "Ah, I want to win so many awards and box office with this movie."

Just let out a sigh of relief.

it's over.

…

At the finals banquet, Yang Mi did not attend.

After she confirmed that the filming was completed and her husband no longer needed her, she hurriedly went to Ordos.

The children are blowing up the house these days, so we need to go back quickly. Moreover, she would not be able to stay for more than a few days after she returned home, and she would leave for the United States as soon as possible.

The movie promotion period for "Pacific Rim" is about to begin.

So Xu Xin was left alone.

I have eaten a lot at the finals banquet in the past few years, but the excitement is getting less and less, and on the contrary, the fatigue is increasing day by day.

The sacred trees in April are blown by the spring breeze.

But for Xu Xin, it was already something he was accustomed to.

After the closing banquet, the crew dispersed.

After he returned to Xujiawan by car in a daze, he asked Su Meng:

"Is there nothing going on these days?"

Su Meng took out her little notebook, took a look at it, and nodded:

"Yeah, but Brother Xu also promised people from Volvo to shoot commercials. I haven't given a specific time to reply yet."

"There's no rush, let's wait until after May. Your sister will be away from home for a few months, and your brother and I's main task is to take care of the baby."

"OK."

Su Meng quickly wrote down this item again.

Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Have a good rest. Take a day off today and book your tickets for tomorrow."

"Um!"

…

Early in the morning on April 7, Xu Xin took Su Meng back to Yanjing by civil aviation.

The 7th happens to be Sunday.

When he got home, he saw the two children following their mother like followers, as if they were afraid that their mother would disappear in the next second.

In fact, children are like this.

Since childhood, the eldest and second eldest children have grown up in an environment where their mother, grandma, grandpa... and their father are not ranked among them.

Under the policy of raising children personally and creating a sense of security for children from an early age, Yang Mi has shaped the two children in terms of temperament, character, habits, etc... At least Xu Xin feels that it is very successful.

But this education is not without its shortcomings.

That is, the child has a particularly strong attachment to these three people.

So sometimes that's just how it goes.

Everyone has to constantly weigh career and family, but they can never achieve true perfection.

Fortunately, after filming this film, Xu Xin saw that his wife was about to get busy, and Xu Xin also gave his own choice.

Put everything off as late as possible.

While his wife is busy, he can stay at home with the children.

So, the first thing he did was push Qi Lei's proposal.

It was suggested that he should quickly produce "Breaking Silence" and use it as the opening film of this year's third Silk Road Film Festival...

Xu Xinxin said, brother, you are just kidding.

This movie has just been shot, and you have four months to complete all the post-production work?

No more family?

Pushed directly.

Technically speaking, he has been busy for a year and a half.

I am also very tired.

Want to take a rest.

Moreover, he will not serve as a judge at this year's Silk Road Film Festival.

He has been there for two consecutive terms. No matter how conspicuous he is, he will not occupy a position and never leave.

Today's Silk Road Film Festival has moved from immaturity to maturity in all aspects, and more diverse characters should appear.

Therefore, he does not need to manage this term, and secondly, he does not need to review.

Just be a spectator.

The second thing is to ask the school to give me a class schedule.

Being idle at home every day is idle, why not go teach classes to college students.

There are classes during the day and the children go to kindergarten.

Come back in the evening.

He also experiences the nine-to-five life.

After returning to Yanjing, he rested for less than a week.

At this critical moment of April 12th, while Yang Mi was still there, Nuannuan and Yangyang took half a day off on Friday, and the family arrived in Xi'an on Friday afternoon.

Come for a two-day learning session.

The name of this meeting is "Paying Taxes According to the Law·Xiying Group's First Legal Knowledge Publicity and Implementation Meeting".

Everyone in the factory, including Art House and Xiying Actor Troupe, all required compulsory study.

Without exception.

This meeting was delivered by someone invited by Yanjing.

The place was chosen at Qujiang Conference Center.

The level is quite high.

At the same time, Xiying Group’s official website, official Weibo, Shaanxi Cultural Tourism, publications, etc. vigorously promoted it.

Zhang Yimou, Xu Xin, Jia Zhangke, Ning Hao, Yang Mi, Liang Binning... and so on. Everyone, no matter what work you are doing, what announcements, etc., pause everything and come back to participate.

During the two days of the 13th and 14th, Xi’an was truly star-studded.

The publicity of this matter on the Internet and the addition of these star lineups made it well known to everyone.

Even the official Weibo account of Xiying Group was liked and forwarded by People Daily.

He gave the evaluation that "paying taxes in accordance with the law is everyone's responsibility, and public figures should play a leading and exemplary role."

And this time it was not just the artists who came, the studio heads of the artists were also asked to arrive at the scene.

The artists have a meeting in the morning, and reporters can take photos and promote it. The afternoon meeting was held by the heads of all companies. It was a closed-door meeting and was not publicized to the public, but the content was more "real" than the conference.

Anyway, there is no need to search.

Outsiders just heard about one thing.

That is, the people from Xiying Group drew a red line for all visiting company leaders.

If you want to stay in this circle, you should take care of your own artists' personal ethics. Otherwise, if any artist makes a scandal, the company will be blacklisted.

If Xiying people had dared to say this a few years ago, they would have made others laugh.

What's your level? Dare you speak to us like this?

But now...

No one dares to doubt whether Xiying has this ability.

In the current circle, the Beijing circle suddenly showed a somewhat decadent look last year, but on the contrary, the business in the northwest circle began to flourish and flourish, raising the ceiling of the entire film and television market without warning.

The cooperation between the Northwest Circle, Yindu, and Shanghai Circle is getting closer and closer, especially this year, which is quite similar.

Even the "rich people from the northwest" who were ridiculed by Beijing circles have become hardened.

Start working on expansion.

As the leader, Xiying’s words are the words of Northwest Circle.

They said that whoever is on the blacklist...that person's life will be really difficult in the future.

Looking at them who have now been able to draw up red lines, they really agree with the old saying:

"Thirty years to the east of the river and thirty to the west of the river. Don't bully young people into poverty."

For a moment, everyone noticed one thing.

That is... when it comes to taxes, they are serious.

…

After the meeting on Sunday morning, Xu Xin felt that nothing happened, so he planned to take his children to the square to have something to eat.

Yang Mi wants to eat marinated jelly.

Although it is indeed not the season to eat this.

It's not hot yet.

But when she suddenly mentioned it, Xu Xin also wanted to take a bite.

I just happened to take my kids to the square to join in the fun.

But just as he left the house, Qi Lei called.

"Is the meeting over?"

"Yes, I plan to go to Fangshang to have something to eat. Do you want to come together?"

"Don't go either...I'll send you an address. Come over now. There's something going on."

"Well……"

Xu Xin, who was holding the phone, was a little puzzled and glanced at his wife subconsciously.

"What's the matter?"

"Brother Qi is looking for me."

"Oh, then go and do your work, I'll eat your share for you~"

She was in a good mood and even used a refrain to make her look cute.

Xu Xin rolled his eyes and said to the phone speechlessly:

"Brother, today is Sunday, our civil servants are not working..."

"Minister Wu and Mr. Tian are also here."

"...?"

Xu Xin paused.

Is the cultural and tourism boss here too?

this……

"Okay, I'll go over now. Send me your address."

"Um."

The phone was hung up and Qi Lei had already sent the address.

Seeing the name of the hotel that was not open to the public in the message, Xu Xin became even more puzzled. He turned to Yang Mi and said:

"Minister Wu and Mr. Tian are all here...I have to go there."

"just go."

Yang Mi nodded, but immediately asked in confusion:

"What's going on?"

"I don't know. It's probably something that's not convenient to talk about over the phone. So shall I go?"

"Well, you drive away."

"good."

Xu Xin responded and started running with Su Meng directly.

Along the way, he was wondering what was going on with him.

Is it possible that there are any tasks that can be assigned to me?

Or are you talking about the Outstanding Youth in May?

Aren't things settled then?

With full of doubts, after the car arrived at the address of the reception hotel for the government agencies, he saw Qi Lei waiting at the gate.

After asking Su Meng to park, he got out of the car directly.

"Brother Qi."

"Um."

"Director Xu."

Next to him, Qi Lei's driver greeted Xu Xin respectfully.

Xu Xin nodded slightly:

"Hey, hello."

After saying that, he and Qi Lei walked directly inside.

The driver was naturally here to pick up Su Meng.

The two of them didn't go far. Qi Lei directly pulled him to the trash can next to the hotel door. After handing him a cigarette, he whispered:

"Be careful what you say later, Minister Wu and Mr. Tian are very angry."

"...what?"

In his doubtful eyes, Qi Lei lit up a cigarette and said:

"Someone's here to pick peaches."

Xu Xin's first reaction... Xiying Studio is going to parachute a director?

Isn't it?

If this is true, the person who is most angry is Brother Qi.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Qi Lei say:

"There is an order from above. Tomorrow we will receive a delegation from Fuzhou. The two sides will start discussing the second venue of the Silk Road Film Festival."

"……ah???"

Xu Xin was really shocked now.

"What is it? Fuzhou...the second venue?"

"Um."

Qi Lei nodded again, and then...

He sighed helplessly:

"Sigh...I can't wait to give myself a slap now...I guess Mr. Tian does too. Why did you come up with such a name in the first place? It was originally thought that we would be the starting point of the Silk Road and used it as the name of the film festival. It's justifiable. It couldn't be more appropriate. As a result... we only thought about the Land Silk Road, but we didn't consider that there is also a Maritime Silk Road. Now it's good, the two provinces that were inseparable from each other in the past have now become brother provinces... ...Who do you think you want to reason with?"

"???"

Xu Xin was confused for a while, and suddenly a person flashed in his mind...

"Zheng He's voyages to the West?"

"That's right."

Qi Lei responded, then hooked his finger at Xu Xin to signal him to come over.

After Xu Xin came over...

“One Belt and One Road…cultural integration…merger…propaganda…”

He muttered for a while, and then Xu Xin looked astonished, nodded and smiled bitterly:

"Then I can't even refuse this."

"That's right! Or why is Mr. Tian so angry? Who cares about us when we are in trouble? We started the Silk Road Film Festival bit by bit, explored bit by bit, and implemented our original intention bit by bit... The result is now It’s ready, the meal has just been cooked, and some helpless people are coming to take it away... The most important thing is... what is there in Fujian? There is nothing..."

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

He knew Qi Lei was also angry.

But this is definitely not absolute.

but……

"Is there some reason for the bend?"

He said this out of nowhere.

Qi Lei was stunned:

"ah?"

Looking at Xu Xin, he asked in confusion:

"How do you say this?... You have to know that Fuzhou's entertainment industry has little soil. Even if there are twists and turns, those film and television practitioners are concentrated in places like Yanjing and Magic City... What does it have to do with Fuzhou? ?”

"...I don't know either, but I think it would be more reasonable if we take this relationship into account?"

"You don't think they're here to pick peaches?"

"Eh~~~"

Xu Xin quickly shook his head:

"Brother Qi, we are all brothers. It's too harsh to say this. We all grew up drinking water from the Yellow River."

"..."

Qi Lei's mouth twitched.

My heart said that you are playing with my ideological consciousness at this time, right?

OK OK.

Then I heard Xu Xin say:

"Anyway... I listen to your wishes on this matter, can't you refuse?"

"Um."

Qi Lei sighed helplessly:

"Didn't I tell you the reason just now? Although I'm not happy now... but when they arrive tomorrow, just like you said, we all have to act like brothers from home. This matter is from Yanjing. The orders from the outside world, from external propaganda to internal governance, are all part of the cultural tourism industry. No matter how much we complain, we can only accept it.

It is estimated that it will be held in Fuzhou next year. Then I came back here the year after that, and then I went back to their place the year after that... I'm afraid now that the cultural atmosphere that Xi'an has cultivated with such difficulty will return to the old formalism of the film festival after changing places... That Our hard work is really ruined... Oh yes, I forgot to tell you. "

The helplessness in his eyes was once again filled with unwillingness:

"The film festival... is going to become an international film festival."