I'm the director, I'm not bad

"Boss, two bowls of five noodles, two bowls of four noodles, both of which are simmered and oily. Another four bottles of Bingfeng, one for the sheep's head, and four for the sheep's feet,"

Yang Ling and Lao Yan's dipping water noodle restaurant.

After Yang Mi entered the room, she skillfully began to order.

The authentic Xi'an dialect is still used.To tell the truth, she is really gifted with languages.

It doesn't matter if it's Wanwan dialect or Xi'an dialect, as long as she is given time, she can grasp the accent of these dialects very well.

As for why you came to Yangling
It can only be said that the bowl of greasy trousers noodles at Old Yan's house is worth driving seventy to eighty kilometers with a big belly, directly from Xiying Factory at the hottest time of noon.

"Brother, buy me a steamer cake."

Xu Xin nodded and walked out of the door again, and came to the steamed cake stand surrounded by bees.

Come to Xi'an, come to Shaanxi, that is a carbon water paradise.

Don't try to lose weight.

Just let go and eat.

Eat noodles and drink noodle soup to avoid entering the pharmacy.

The original soup turns into the original food, a bowl of noodles on this hot day, it is sour and spicy, and it is a mess of comfort.

And when they returned to the noodle shop after buying the steamed cakes, they saw two people leaving after taking a photo with Yang Mi with a big belly.

This sister's body shape hasn't changed much during her pregnancy.It really did what she said.No matter what you eat, you won't get fat.Not a digestive issue either.

It's purely a physical reason.

So cover the bottom of her neck and take a group photo with everyone. At most, she can be seen to be a little swollen, but she is definitely not fat.

And after this meal, the two of them will return to Yanjing.

After everything has been done in Xi'an, when we come here again, we may have to wait until "The Voice" enters the championship competition.

There is no way, the month is getting older, and all kinds of actions are becoming more and more unchanged.

The two little guys in the stomach are still making a fuss, it's a bit overwhelming.

"Come here~~"

Because I have eaten here before, the boss who got the news this time brought the noodles himself.

Also sent a plate of cold lamb.Greeted and left a sentence: "Eat and drink~"

The atmosphere is like a seat.

After Xu Xin helped her make up the bowl of trousers and noodles, the two exchanged the large stainless steel basin.

Compared with the fineness when making noodles for his wife, when he was hungry early, he seemed a bit bulky when making noodles for himself.

It's almost mixed, pull out a piece and start sending it to your mouth.

He has the habit of eating trouser belt noodles without biting off, so he likes to eat one by one.

Unfortunately, I have to fly in the afternoon.Otherwise, it will be a head of garlic.

As soon as a piece of noodles was in his mouth, the phone rang suddenly. "I'm wandering in the world."

Taking it out to look at the caller, Xu Xin was taken aback, and said to Yang Mi:
"Director Zhang is looking for me."

With that said, he stood up and walked out with a bottle of Bingfeng.

"Hello, Director Zhang."

"Where are you?" Zhang Yimou's voice sounded.

"Uh, Yang Ling."

"Yang Ling? Why did you go to Yang Ling?"

"Eat belt noodles."

Through the phone, Xu Xin could feel the old man's speechlessness.

But being speechless, Zhang Yimou still said:
"You will go to the bookstore to buy a book in a while. The author's name is Amy, and the title of the book is "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree""

...

"Ok."

Xu Xin agreed, and after turning on the hands-free phone, he edited the title of the book into a text message and sent it to Zhang Jiao.

"What happened to this book?"

"I have already obtained the copyright of this book, and I plan to shoot it. You should read the book first, and if you have any ideas, let's talk again when we return to Yanjing."

"Well, well, it's over for you?"

"Yes, in production. This part

I was in Yanjing all the time. "

"Okay, I'll go back in the afternoon too. Shall I see you in the evening?"

"Okay. Come on."

After hanging up the phone and Xu Xin returned to the noodle shop, Yang Mi asked:
"what happened?"

"Jiaojiao, after you finish eating, go to the bookstore and buy the book with the title I sent you."

Xu Xin didn't answer the question.Then he said to her:
"Director Zhang took a fancy to a book and wanted to turn it into a script for filming. Let me read it too~"

".to get you involved?"

"Maybe. But I think the old man should see that I have also started to form a screenwriting team, including a literary consultant. He wants to familiarize me with this process~"

Hearing this, Yang Mi sighed with emotion:
"Tsk tsk."

"what?"

"I reckon I'm the only one who is quick to act. If I want to act more slowly, Director Zhang may have to introduce Sister Mo to you."

"Haha~" Xu Xin smiled and shook his head.

Net nonsense.

Things that don't make sense, how can it be possible.

The book "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" is not available in small bookstores, but only in big bookstores.

And Xu Xin opened it directly from the airport, and read it as a boarding book.

how to say
Perhaps because he was not born in that era, he didn't have much resonance with what happened in the special era.

Especially the meaning behind the so-called "ingredients" and "going to the mountains and going to the countryside" these words, he really doesn't have a strong sense of resonance.

Or it is not an exaggeration to say that there are no waves.

No way, the growth experience is different, and there is no way to empathize.

So this book didn't move him much.

However, as far as the overall story is concerned, he can still give a 70-point evaluation.

It's good as a story.

When we arrived in Yanjing, it was close to 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

After sending Yang Mi home, he drove directly to Zhang Yimou's home in Yanjing.

Director Zhang’s house was bought in Shanshui Wenyuan, a three-story townhouse on the East Third Ring Road.

When he arrived at the door, Zhang Mo came out to pick him up.

"Xu Xin."

"Sister Mo."

After saying hello, the two of them went inside.Xu Xin didn't look at the layout of the house.

He is actually insensitive to housing and the like, and at the same time, he and Yang Mi are unswerving "villa rejecters".

If it wasn't for Tingting and the others in the villa in Xi'an, it would be an exaggeration to say that walking at night would bring back the sound.

There is really no "popularity".

So he has never been interested in villas and mansions. "Sister Mo mainly lives in this house?"

"Yes. I live here at the moment. If Dad is free, he will go back to Wuxi directly. There are many people in Yanjing, and it is crowded everywhere, so he doesn't like it very much.

Hearing Zhang Mo's words, Xu Xin nodded to express his understanding.But he didn't continue to ask further questions.

...

In fact, Director Zhang is already the father of four children.

Sister Mo was the only daughter he had with his ex-wife, and after breaking up with Gong Li, Director Zhang met his current girlfriend, an actress from the Wuxi Dance Troupe, and also Chen Ting, a senior from Xu Xin Beiying.

The two of them haven't received the certificate yet, but Chen Ting has already given birth to two sons and a daughter for Director Zhang.

but
It may be because the affair with Gong Li was full of ups and downs. After the two fell in love this time, Director Zhang's handling seemed very low-key.

In addition, he deliberately kept his girlfriend and children away from Yanjing, which is a right and wrong place.

So the media has not dug up any valuable news so far.

And now Chen Ting lives in Wuxi with his two sons and one daughter.

The children are not very old, the eldest was born in 01, and the second son was born in 04
In 06, the third girl was in [-].

It was only then that Xu Xin figured out that the reason why Director Zhang

I went abroad years ago, and I actually used this excuse to go back to accompany my wife.

I walked for a distance on the tree-lined road of elegant townhouses, and finally came to the door of a villa.

Passing through the courtyard and entering the villa, Xu Xin smelled the unique fragrance of mutton.

This is the first time he has come to Dao Zhang's house.

It's a big open kitchen.

In fact, such things as open kitchens are not practical in China.But looking at the European-themed decoration style, Xu Xin can understand.

In front of the dining table in the open kitchen, Zhang Yimou was cutting vegetables on a chopping board with his apron hanging.

Seeing Xu Xin, he nodded: "Come?"

"Hmm. Shall I help you?"

"No, you sit down. Momo, pour water."

"Then I'll just sit here. Speaking of which, I haven't eaten your cooking yet."

Hearing Xu Xin's words, Zhang Yimou smiled: "My skills are not so good. Have you finished reading the book?"

"There is still a postscript, but I didn't read the postscript."
.
Did you like this story? "

Zhang Yimou nodded while cutting carrots there: "After watching it, I think it is very suitable for adaptation. What do you think?"

"To be honest, I don't have much resonance with this book. The stories of that era are too unfamiliar to me. Maybe my dad and the others will feel a little bit after reading it, but to me, this book just tells an ordinary story. The story. Even some contradictions and conflicts in it have a very stereotyped impression, which makes me doubt whether it is true."

Hearing Xu Xin's words, Zhang Yimou said without raising his head:

"It's normal. It's like digging out family components. You haven't experienced it, so you don't understand what it meant at the time."

Having said this, he paused and asked:

"Does that mean you don't feel anything about this story?"

"No"

Xu Xin shook his head, then asked tentatively, "What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou was silent for a while, and then said:

"Momo likes this story, and I like it too. I originally thought that if you also like this story, I will let you and Momo work together. She will be your assistant director, and you will shoot. I will be a producer in it , help you control it."

"Uh"

In an instant, the reason why Director Zhang let him read this book was explained.

...

But after Xu Xin thought about it, he said:
"You can't help me control it, after all, I was not born at that time."

"The idea of ​​its adaptation is that the sense of age is actually not strong. Even when you read this book, you will find that those plots with age bias are plots with no specific meaning and can be given up."

".So you mean to follow the structure of a romance film?"

"Yes. If so many elements are really added, you are not from that era, and you really can't control it."

"Well"

Xu Xin began to optimize the content of the entire book in his mind.

While he was thinking, Zhang Mo had already brought over the teacup and ashtray.

The sound of the collision of the ashtray and the slate dining table pulled him back temporarily.

Habitually, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. After thinking about it for a cigarette, he nodded:

"If this is the case, I can still be a little bit sure. I just need to find a few era resonances in the play and set the tone of the background. Then start to describe the love between Jingqiu and the third child. If this is the way of thinking , that would be much easier.”

"What about the idea of ​​the main frame? Do you have it? How do you want to show this style?"

"This"

Xu Xin narrowed his eyes again.

The whole story began to spin rapidly in my mind again.

But after spinning for a long time, he had no clue.

After thinking about it, I can only say:

"You have to give me a few days, let me think about how to deal with this matter."

"Okay." Zhang Yimou replied:
"Then it's settled for now? Are you bringing Momo with you?"

"When are you going to start?"

"Next year. Isn't Mimi going to give birth soon? This year you don't move anywhere, just stay with her and the child honestly. After defining the story you want to shoot in these two days, I will help you hire a screenwriter. You put your concept Tell them to screen out all the scripts this year."

"Okay, are you preparing for "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"?"

"Well. This script has been conceived long enough."

Unhurriedly cutting the chopped green onion on the cutting board, Zhang Yimou frowned slightly:
"I was not very comfortable with the filming of "Three Shots" this time. In addition, I may also be getting old."

Speaking of this, he smiled and shook his head:

"Look at the years of the Olympic Games, staying up late every day, and sometimes even not sleeping. But once the Olympic Games are over, especially from this year, as long as there is no work, basically before 12 o'clock every day. Even if there is work, the brain will be a little bit after 12 o'clock. I can't move."

"No way, human energy is always limited, you have to rest."

Listening to Xu Xin's words, Zhang Yimou sighed.

This sigh was mixed with a bit of dissatisfaction with the old but very helpless.

"Hey, the script of "Thirteen Hairpins" still has a lot of details to be revised. Before, whether it was the Olympics or something, I couldn't settle down to get it right. So this time I plan to completely change the script of all the stories. They all set the tone. But letting Momo come into contact with these big productions is not necessarily a good thing.

Things that are too commercial can easily make a director submerged in this ocean of strong atmosphere, unable to get out of his own style.So let her be with you this time, first find out her own position, and then through different attempts, let her see how she wants to go in the future.how? "

...

"no problem."

Xu Xin readily agreed.

"With you as the god of the sea in the crew, then I will let go and do it and so on."

Suddenly, he seemed to have remembered something, and asked, "What about the investment in this movie?"

"Are you confident?"

Hearing this, Xu Xin shrugged:

"I'm afraid you won't be able to explain why you are confident or not.

"I have nothing to say here. After the filming of "Three Guns", I said that I will start preparing for "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". This story was recommended to me by Zhou Xiaofeng, and only a few of us know about it."

As he spoke, Zhang Yimou suddenly shook his head:
"Actually, it doesn't matter even if you know. After all, Weiping is not optimistic about the market of literary and artistic films. He wishes I could continue making commercial films."

Having said this, the meaning is almost clear.But Xu Xin frowned again.

"Didn't you say that the shooting mode that you are best at, that you like the most, and that you feel the most comfortable with is to first discover a literary work that you resonate with and recognize in terms of literature, and then adapt it and add your own Thoughts, made a movie?"

"Well, what?"

"Are you short of money?"

"Ha~"

Xu Xin's words directly made Zhang Yimou laugh out loud.

He knew that what this kid said was not really asking if he was short of money.

Instead, I asked myself why I continued to invest in commercial films since I was not short of money.

So, he asked back: "Then are you short of money?"

"I am not short, but I am short of awards, and Yang Mi is short of awards."

"What about The Secret?"

"That's different, Jay Lun's own script, and a friend's help. Uh."

Suddenly, Xu Xin seemed to understand something.Zhang Yimou also shook his head slightly:

"Do you know what this is called? This is called being in the rivers and lakes, and you can't help yourself."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand:

"Of course, this is not absolute. The main thing is to shoot. Think about it. The films I made before include "Hero", and the war scenes are also set in ancient times. "Codenamed Jaguar" can't say It’s a war movie, right? So you have to try it. It has nothing to do with what to shoot, it’s purely selfish and curiosity.”

Xu Xin finally understood.

Then nodded:

"That's all right, then I will vote for this film, and then I will invite you to be the producer of the film crew. By the way, I will bring Sister Mo with you? Do you want to bring it to the factory?"

"You are an investor, what do you ask me to do?"

".hey-hey."

Old man, you are really bad.

Xu Xin said heartily.

In a pot of braised mutton, Zhang Yimou collected the soup just right.

Also hooked some cornstarch.

And also bought some noodles.

Just like eating a large plate of chicken, first eat the meat, drink, and finally eat a plate of noodles with the soup and the three of them.

There are quite a lot of things to talk about during the period.Parents are short.

And after a meal, the time came to more than 9 o'clock.Xu Xin stood up and said goodbye.

According to the old rules, it is still Zhang Mo who sees them off.Only this time something is different.

She wants to send Xu Xin home.

Originally, Xu Xin planned this way.

Drive over by yourself and pull over to the side of the road outside.

It doesn't matter if there will be traffic police to post tickets or not.It's just 200 yuan.

...

Because he must drink when he comes, and he can't drive after drinking.At that time, when Zhang Jiao comes, she can get the car outside, so she can save herself coming in halfway.

That's too much trouble.

But when he got up to leave, Zhang Mo said directly to Zhang Yimou:
"Dad, shall I take Xu Xin back?"

Not to mention Xu Xin, even Zhang Yimou was stunned before nodding:

"it is good."

Then, Xu Xin got into her white Cayenne.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Yimou, the car started, and Xu Xin called Zhang Jiao's number again:
"Hey, don't wait for me, just go back, I'll take Sister Mo's car back."

After hanging up the phone, he heard Zhang Mo say, "You can smoke if you want, it's okay."

"Oh, I see." Xu Xin smiled and nodded.

He dropped the window and lit a cigarette.

After taking two or three puffs, Cayenne drove out of the gate, and he heard Zhang Mo say:
"I don't like Zhang Weiping." Xu Xin shook his ashes.
"Actually, there are two reasons. On the one hand, do you know what happened to me and Gong Li?"

"Uh"

Xu Xin opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Does he know?

know.

It's just gossip from my sister.You say this is sometimes, women are also quite strange.

Obviously, Xu Xin didn't see any senior entertainment reporter who had such a good relationship with Yang Mi, but she always had some inexplicable gossip in her hands.

That's outrageous.

And after I went to "Three Guns", when the couple were chatting sweetly in bed with their arms around each other at night, they accidentally started talking about Zhang Mo.

Only then did Xu Xin know
It turned out that this sister was divorced.

Was also domestically abused.
Everyone else was dumbfounded.

As for the matter between her and Gong Li, Xu Xin also learned from Yang Mi.

Learned.

How to say it is actually very simple.

Even some are not particularly glorious.

The matter between Director Zhang and Gong Li was an affair within marriage.

He didn't intend to analyze the past of a teacher he respected very much, nor did he want to judge who was wrong and who was right in this matter.

But the objective fact is that Director Zhang got divorced because of Gong Li.

Zhang Mo got divorced when she was 7 years old.

According to Yang Mi's words, for a seven-year-old child, watching his father show affection with a woman who took his father away from his mother on the news is undoubtedly the most painful torture in the world .

Therefore, Zhang Mo hated Gong Li.

on the one hand hate, on the other
Zhang Mo published a book called "My Father and Mother".

Yang Mi bought it.

Just put it at home. Let Xu Xin look at it, but he didn't look at it, but threw it in the trash can.

According to Yang Mi's words:
"Brother, Sister Mo said a word in this book. It was the first time she went to the crew to meet Gong Li. The original words were: "I don't understand why she, a big star, would treat me as a 5-year-old A thorn in the flesh. "Do you want to know the reason?" Then Xu Xin was annoyed.

On the one hand, I don't want to hear it, on the other hand, I am very curious. It is very uncomfortable.

Then he understood why.

When she was in junior high school, she went to play with her father's crew.When I saw Gong Li, Gong Li didn't smile much at her. Although she couldn't speak sarcasticly, her attitude was quite cold.

...

This is what is recorded in Zhang Mo's book.According to Yang Mi’s point of view:

"I think there is a large part of the reason why Director Zhang and Gong Li didn't get together. Think about it, if we divorced, you took a child and met a woman you like. But this woman I don't agree with your child very much. Will you choose to continue to be with her?"

As for the authenticity of this content, Xu Xin does not want to comment.

But when Zhang Mo published the book, he once bombarded Gong Li, saying that she was the chief culprit for destroying his family's happiness. But the real news cannot be faked.

So after so many years, even though Director Zhang and Gong Li broke up, even if Gong Li got married, the relationship between the two is still incompatible.

But the problem is that you know what you know, and you can just listen to it as gossip.

really asked by the parties
Xu Xin groaned for a while, and could only nod his head: "I know."

"This is the reason why I don't like Zhang Weiping. He belongs to the kind of person who is a person who is one person and another person. I used to think that he and my father were very good friends. Moreover, he was messing with my father and Gong Li behind the scenes. After the breakup, I was quite grateful to him. But after I got married myself, I really realized that what I sacrificed for my children when I was a parent was my own happiness."

Under Xu Xin's silence, Zhang Mo shrugged:

"I'm not talking about how Aunt Chen is now, but that in my father's life, the love between him and Gong Li may have a more perfect ending without me. So, this is from my father's point of view, The main reason why I hate him. If it weren't for me, if it wasn't for him to provoke behind, then Gong Li and my dad might end up differently."

"That is to say, Director Zhang loves Teacher Gong Li, but he broke up because he considered you and Zhang Weiping's instigation?"

"Of course, that's the same sentence. Aunt Chen is taking good care of my dad now. From the perspective of a child, I can't find anything wrong. So my dad and Aunt Chen are together. Even my mother said, it's quite OK."

"Hmm. What about the second reason?"

"The second reason is that I think my dad has been wronged."

"At Zhang Weiping?"

"Yes." Zhang Mo nodded:

"After you left Zhangye, he told me about your talk about "Three Guns"
But the actual situation is that as early as after "Hero", he seemed to have spotted my dad's honest character, and began to intervene in the filming of the film one after another.My dad thinks that everyone has been together for so long, and it's because friends quit again and again.But I feel bad, did my dad tell you? "

"what?"

"This story is recommended by me." Xu Xin was taken aback.

Looking at Zhang Mo driving:

"Didn't Zhou Xiaofeng recommend it?"

"It was her. But "Three Shots" was still being filmed at that time. I watched it first before he came. After I finished it, I gave him the story and told his dad that I wanted to make this. "

Xu Xin frowned instantly.

In a sudden change of mind, he said:
"Director Zhang is afraid that I will refuse?"

"Yes. Because I want to find you to cooperate. After all. You talked to my dad, didn't you? My dad wants you to settle down. And if I tell you that I want to find you to make a movie. Don't blame my dad, I When he said that I wanted to take pictures with you, his first reaction was to refuse. Because isn't Mimi pregnant?"

...

"I can understand."

Before she finished speaking, Xu Xin nodded directly.

Pity the parents of the world.

He understands.

If Zhang Mo came to him, he might not necessarily accept it.Definitely.

Even if it is accepted, it will definitely not come at this juncture next year.

The birth of a child, the full moon, the [-]th day, including the wedding. These things are enough to keep me busy.

Even for work, he hopes not to leave home and children as much as possible.

So he definitely won't pick it up.

And the only one who can "please move" him is the old man.

The old man said that he wanted to take pictures by himself, so he agreed.

It also makes sense with the wife.

One has to know how to be grateful.

After hearing his answer, Zhang Mo nodded: "Yes, that's what it means."

"Ha." Xu Xin smiled and shook his head:

"Let me tell you, "Three Shots" has just ended, why did Director Zhang suddenly call me and ask me to read this book?"

After saying to Zhang Mo that he has understood all the causes and consequences, he followed up:
"So, Sister Mo, what do you think?" "I have no idea."

Zhang Mo shook his head:
"I just don't like Zhang Weiping's attitude, especially after my dad told me what you two talked about in Zhangye. But I know him. If I persuade him directly, he will definitely not be able to persuade him. But I didn't Other connections are available, so I can only find you. I don't like people bullying my dad like this, and I don't want others to bully him."

When she said bullying, she meant something else.

It's not so much bullying, it's more like saying "wronged".

And Xu Xin's response is also very simple:
"understood."

As he spoke, he turned his eyes:
"Sister Mo, do you have a brokerage company?"

Zhang Mo was taken aback.
"what do you mean"

"Plan for the worst. What if Zhang Weiping is an unrepentant person?"

One sentence made Zhang Mo's brows frown.

"After all, people change all the time, right?"

Throwing the cigarette butt out of the window in a disrespectful manner, he raised the car window, leaned on the seat of the Cayenne, and his eyes were a little blank:
"If life is just like the first time you see it, what is the autumn wind and the sad painting fan? Let's just come and hold the emperor to order the princes. Come to me, how about it?"

In Zhang Mo's meditation, Xu Xin shrugged:

"One emperor and one courtier. Regardless of how good the relationship between He Shen and Lord Qianlong is, when it comes to Jiaqing, damn it, you will always die. Right?"

"..."

Zhang Mo was speechless.

She waited until the car had left three intersections before she said:
"No wonder Dad keeps praising you for being smart. It's really not wrong at all."

Xu Xin didn't respond, but leaned on the seat and stared at the taillights of the vehicle ahead, his eyes full of thoughtfulness.
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