I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 110 108. Hey, are you there, is Mimi by your side?

  When Xu Xin walked into the small conference room, there were only Zhang Yimou, Zhang Wu, and Wei Lanfang.

  The meeting hasn't started yet, and everyone hasn't arrived yet.

   Wei Lanfang glanced at Xu Xin whose hair was still wet, and asked with a smile:

   "Xiao Xu, are you going to the gym again?"

"Um."

  Xu Xin nodded, sat next to her, and said with a smile:

   "I ran into Liu Yifei in the gym just now."

   "Yeah, is it true or not?"

   Wei Lanfang was a little surprised.

  But I was not as excited as I was when I saw Jay Chou.

   I don’t know if it’s same-sex repulsion or just passers-by.

   On the contrary, it was Zhang Wu who asked curiously:

   "Just that little girl with a very fairy temperament?"

"right."

  Xu Xin responded:

   "I met her in the gym, she was very enthusiastic, and her coach even helped me correct my movements."

   "She... I remember Mimi said that she would come to visit the class in a few days, right?"

  Hearing Wei Lanfang's words, Xu Xin's first reaction was to glance at Zhang Yimou.

   As a result, Director Zhang was frowning there in a daze.

   He told Director Zhang a few days ago about visiting the class.

  Director Zhang doesn't care.

  Actors are actors, and directors are directors. It doesn’t mean that Zhang Yimou has to warmly receive Liu Yifei when he comes to visit the set...that’s nonsense.

  Most of the actors’ visits to the set are private affairs of the actors themselves. The director is busy with filming, so it is impossible for the actors who come to visit the set to disturb them.

   It is not in accordance with the rules or etiquette.

  You can find whoever comes to visit the set. As for some snacks such as drinks and water for the crew, it is the same as when you are a guest with two boxes of fruit in your hand.

  The two sides are not next to each other.

"right."

  Xu Xin nodded:

   "The relationship is not bad. Besides, her drama will be finished tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I guess the friends are reluctant to get together, so come to visit the set."

  Although he said so, the meaning of protecting Yang Mi in his words cannot be faked.

   Wei Lanfang and Zhang Wu also understood the meaning.

   It doesn't matter to the two of them.

  During this period of time, anyone with a discerning eye could see the state of Xiao Xu and Mimi.

  In addition, they are also people in this circle, and everyone understands what is behind the so-called visit to the class.

   To put it bluntly, Tan is not Mimi at all.

  It's the worldly way.

   Knowing this, Wei Lanfang stopped asking.

   Anyway, Director Zhang has no opinion.

   Soon, almost everyone came, and the creative discussion meeting that had been held at least a hundred times started again.

  …

   Daming Palace.

   It's less than 7 o'clock in the evening.

  Xu Xin held a road map in his hand, and repeatedly confirmed it to Jay Chou.

   This is another version of his road map optimized to deal with this martial arts scene that has been stuck for almost ten days.

   At this rate, the props of the crew are not enough for him to chop.

   "First the No. 3 unit, what is the No. 3 unit?"

   "Slash, block."

   "Yes, let's go, machine number one, what about machine number one?"

   "Holding the knife and looking around, with a blank expression."

   "Okay, just remember, you have to show that sense of insensitivity, understand? Because you are already surrounded, and your golden soldiers were surrounded to death by silver armored soldiers."

"Um."

   "Then there is the No. 4 machine. You must pay attention to the No. 4 machine here, because when you fall from a high place, although there is a wire, you must pay special attention to the expression when you fall..."

  Xu Xin babbled, over and over again, tirelessly telling him about the positioning skills for a while.

   Jay Chou also listened very seriously...

   But whether it can be done, really depends on God's will.

   Otherwise, if it were really that simple, it would not be stuck for a week.

   Repeatedly said it several times, and when it was almost done, Xu Xin nodded:

   "Okay, then I'll go back to the director, come on!"

"…Um!"

   Jay Chou nodded vigorously and responded.

  Xu Xin put away the script, walked out of the tent, and looked at the group of actors who were already fully dressed... In fact, everyone has worked hard these days.

  Besides... he heard that these big scenes have cost a lot of money.

  He made a rough estimate, and estimated that the film would cost less than 300 million yuan to produce... and the news that the budget may be more than 300 million yuan in the news interview should be true.

   This is really burning money.

   I really complied with that sentence: Once the camera turns, I won’t change it even if I give it to the secretary...

  With emotion, Xu Xin was stunned as he climbed up the city wall all the way.

   At a glance, I saw my girlfriend who was squatting on the ponytail.

   "...Director Zhang, it's over."

  He greeted Zhang Yimou first.

  Hearing his movements, Yang Mi, who seemed to be dozing off, raised her head and showed her small white teeth.

   Pulled a small horse and put it next to him.

  As soon as Xu Xin walked over and sat down, she leaned against Xu Xin's shoulder and narrowed her eyes:

   "It's so hot I'm falling asleep."

   "There is rain in the forecast today, so the weather is a little stuffy... Why are you here? Aren't you going to rest?"

   "Hey~"

   Speaking of this, the joyful emotion in the girl's laughter became stronger:

"Today I performed exceptionally well, and I passed many scenes in one pass. I even finished tomorrow morning's scene beyond my quota... Tomorrow is the last day. After finishing the two afternoon scenes, I will wrap up. The next step is to go to Jiuzhaigou. Make up a few more shots... Don't we have to go to Wulong in the later stage, it's just right."

"…Thanks for your hard work."

  Hearing this, the girl rubbed her cheek against her boyfriend's shoulder, expressing her joy like a cat.

"Oh, right."

  Xu Xin remembered what happened in the morning, and quickly said:

   "In the morning, I met Liu Yifei."

"ah?"

  Yang Mi was taken aback for a moment:

"where?"

"Gym."

  "...I said why she didn't come all day today...have you chatted?"

"Chatted."

"Well…"

  Looking at the stunned girlfriend, Xu Xin took the initiative to explain everything that happened this morning without her asking.

   And then...

  Yang Mi's brain circuit is also quite peculiar:

   "Are you looking for a man?"

   "...?"

   "..."

   "..."

  Her movement was neither big nor small, and it happened that it was heard by several people around who were waiting to take pictures.

  In an instant, several people looked at Xu Xin with strange eyes.

   "...I thank you."

  Xu Xin rolled his eyes, then stopped talking.

   Waited until everyone's strange sights disappeared, and then he said:

   "I'm afraid you will be jealous."

   "I'm not that jealous, am I?"

  The girl still rested her head on his shoulder, looking like she was asleep.

   Eyes half-closed, suddenly laughing foolishly.

   "Hey hey hey..."

   "What are you laughing at?"

   "Didn't you say you did squats this afternoon?"

"Um."

   "I thought... Schwarzenegger was standing behind you, against you, and you two were squatting there... oops~~~~"

   "...?????"

  You seem to be... revealing something serious, girl.

   Speechless, he said:

   "Then you change the picture and think about it as a woman."

   "...specifically, who?"

   "Is this still specific? ... Don't dig holes for me, think for yourself."

   "Then... I just miss Shanshan."

   "..."

   Looking up at her boyfriend's twitching cheeks, the girl smiled and leaned on his shoulder again:

   "Let me think about it..."

  In my mind, Yuan Shanshan, who was in better shape, was standing behind her boyfriend, putting her arms around his armpits, clinging to him, doing squats up and down with him...

  Her snort hits her boyfriend's back.

  I also smelled the fragrance of my boyfriend...

  Because of the tight fit, her boyfriend's sweat got on her body...it made her smell like her boyfriend...

   "Tsk!"

  When the boyfriend's assumption becomes a picture in my mind.

   All of a sudden, she was upset.

   "No! You can only find woo woo woo..."

  Xu Xin, who had quick eyes and quick hands, covered her mouth with a slap, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:

   "You're not done yet!"

   “…hum.”

  I smelled the faint smell of tobacco wafting from my boyfriend's fingers.

  She felt a little more at ease now.

   As for the rest…

   She doesn't really care much.

  Although she admits that Liu Tianxian is beautiful...but she is not an insecure person.

  That night, the eyes of her boyfriend staring at her and telling her seriously: "I won't lie to you" are still vivid in my memory.

  She believed it.

  Although this is a bit blind, she still feels... Since two people choose to be together, they should give each other enough trust.

  Otherwise it will end up like my first love...

  What she wants is definitely not that kind of bad memory.

  So, trust is very important.

  It is like a mirror, as long as it is not broken, then the trust in the mirror will always be complete!

   But again, if the mirror is broken...

   Then, it will never be able to shine a full and clear look.

because…

  After hurting, there is no forgiveness.

   "Brother~"

  Thinking of this, her voice suddenly became soft and weak.

"Um?"

   "I like you the most~"

  Xu Xin was a little stunned at first, but didn't understand how she came up with such a sentence.

  But still smiled and pinched the tip of her nose.

   smiled and responded:

"Um."

  …

   "Uh, Aunt Liu, you are here too."

  Standing at the door, Huang Xiaoming saw that the door was opened, and was standing behind the assistant who opened the door. Liu Xiaoli, who was looking this way, greeted with a smile.

  Seeing that it was he who came, Liu Xiaoli had a kind smile on her face:

   "It's Xiao Ming, come in, come in."

   "Eh, good."

  Huang Xiaoming responded and walked into Liu Yifei's suite.

  But he didn't see Liu Yifei, so he asked:

   "Has Yifei not come back yet?"

   "I'm back, but I don't want to have dinner at the hotel. Cindy took her to drink some soup."

"Well…"

  As soon as he heard that Liu Yifei had gone out, Huang Xiaoming stopped going forward, stood at the dividing line between the corridor and the living room, and said:

   "Then I'll come back later?"

   "Come on, everyone is here, so wait for a while... What, do you have something to do with Sissy?"

"Well…"

  Looking at Huang Xiaoming's hesitant appearance, Liu Xiaoli asked with a smile:

   "What's the matter? Even I can't know?"

  Although she asked with a smile, Huang Xiaoming knew the way this guy on the set wanted his daughter to be separated from all the opposite sex.

Hi.

  This kind of thing...he can't say anything.

   But since he was asked at this moment, he can't hide it, otherwise, if the other party thinks wildly...

  Whether she thinks she has something to do with her daughter is one thing.

  In case I offend that...

   That's another story.

   is saying that the matter of coming to see Liu Yifei today is not private.

   Then he smiled and said:

   "No, didn't Mimi's filming go well today? Before she left, I asked, and she said that it would be finished tomorrow afternoon."

   "Mimi?"

  Liu Xiaoli was taken aback.

   "Mimi is going to finish filming?... Isn't that going to go to the crew of "Golden Armor", right?"

   "Yes. That's why I came here. Anyway, I, Yifei, and Mimi are all in the same school. A few days ago, I said that when Mimi is over, Yifei and I will go to visit the class together."

   "... visiting class?"

  Liu Xiaoli was taken aback again.

  Huang Xiaoming didn't think too much, and nodded:

   "That's right, the two of us said we were going to visit the class together."

   "...to Director Zhang?"

"right."

   "..."

  For some reason, Liu Xiaoli's eyes became dissatisfied.

   But fleeting.

   A smile appeared on his face again:

   "Is that so... Isn't that good? Then you come today..."

   "Didn't I want to ask Yifei the time, to see when she is free?"

   "...Okay, when she comes back later, I'll ask her and let her contact you when the time comes, okay?"

   "Hey, okay."

  Huang Xiaoming nodded, knowing that this was an "exit order".

   Then he smiled and said:

   "Then Aunt Liu, you can just talk to her, and I will leave first."

   "Okay, then I won't see you off."

   "You're welcome, I'm leaving..."

   Pata.

  The door is closed.

  Liu Xiaoli frowned slowly.

   Then he fixed his eyes on the little girl next to him, and asked calmly:

   "Cissy said she was going to visit Director Zhang's crew?"

   "Uh... Auntie, I don't know."

  The little girl also looked at a loss:

   "Sister Fei usually doesn't talk to me about these things, she always talks to Sister Cindy."

  CINDY, Cindy.

   is Liu Yifei's first assistant.

  I have followed Liu Yifei since her debut, and the relationship between the two is also the closest.

  Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli stared at the girl carefully for a while, and finally nodded:

   "Okay... If there is anything going on in the future, remember to let me know, you know?"

"Mmm Good."

  The little girl nodded quickly, and for some reason, let out a long breath.

  It looks as if the tension has been relieved.

   Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli frowned...

  Why this expression?

  She was about to ask, when suddenly the phone rang.

   Picking it up, a smile appeared on her face:

   "Hello, Lao Chen."

  A message came from the other end of the phone:

   "I'm downstairs, where is Sissy? Let's go have dinner together? Take Sissy to eat something good."

   "Are you there?"

  Liu Xiaoli was a little surprised, walked to the window, and glanced downstairs.

   went on to say:

   "Sissy doesn't have much appetite tonight, so she's going outside for soup. How about you come up first?"

"Have a bad appetite?... Soup? What kind of soup can this place have? Besides, there is rain in the forecast today, what should I do if I catch a cold again?... I made a reservation at Donghuang Restaurant... So, I will call her, you first Come down. Let's get her."

   "Well, that's fine."

  Liu Xiaoli responded, and after hanging up the phone, she shouted directly to the little girl:

   "Call Cindy and ask where she is. Tell the two of them not to eat, and tell Sissy that her godfather is here..."

"OK."

  The little girl quickly dialed the phone.

  …

   Half an hour later.

  Wearing a mask and hat, Liu Yifei got out of the car with his assistant Cindy.

  Cindy trotted ahead and reported the room number to the waiter. The waiter at the restaurant nodded and led the two of them to a private room.

   Knocked on the door and opened it.

   The two walked in.

   As soon as Liu Yifei entered, she saw the sweet smile of her godfather Chen Jinfei:

   "Girl~~~"

   As he spoke, he got up, opened his arms and walked over.

  Liu Yifei, who hadn’t had time to take off the mask and hat, was a little evasive, but finally went up to meet him. After giving his godfather a hug, the middle-aged man smiled and pointed to the side where he got up:

   "Come, come, sit here."

   After finishing speaking, he said to Cindy and the little girl again:

   "Go to the next door and eat with my driver."

  Cindy and the little girl didn't dare to say more, nodded and left the box directly.

   There are only three people left in the room.

  Taking off her hat and mask, Liu Yifei sat next to Chen Jinfei and looked at her mother with a helpless smile:

   "Mom, I finished eating over there."

   Before Liu Xiaoli answered, Chen Jinfei said:

   "If you want to drink soup, why don't you just come here? You can eat the stewed sea cucumber with matsutake and it tastes good."

   "...too far away, godfather."

   "Wouldn't it be better to let the car take you?"

   The affection in Chen Jinfei's words is beyond words.

   It seems to be saying:

   "If you want the stars in the sky, godfather will pick them all for you."

   Before Liu Yifei answered, suddenly, Liu Xiaoli said:

   "Why didn't you tell me that you were going to visit the crew of "Golden Armor"?"

   "..."

   Liu Yifei was taken aback.

   Obviously, some didn't expect how mother would know the news.

   But before answering, Liu Xiaoli continued:

   "Just now I talked to your godfather about this matter. He will stay here for a few days. Isn't Mimi's scene in Hengdian finished tomorrow? The day after tomorrow, let your godfather take you to visit the set."

"no!"

  Instinctively, the girl directly rejected the proposal.

  Liu Xiaoli frowned.

"Why can't you? When you visit the class, you can go inside to have a look at most. You don't think Director Zhang can still see you, do you? You may not even see his face. But if your godfather goes with you, you won't It's the same. Your godfather knows Zhang Weiping, so if you say hello in advance, you can appear in front of Director Zhang? Isn't that why you went to visit the set? Does it need to be so complicated? Like those young actors?"

"…mom!"

   Liu Yifei's tone became a little anxious:

"I... I really want to develop into movies, but I can't do that! Then what am I? I went to meet Director Zhang under the guise of going to visit Mimi in class? Then what have I become in Mimi! How despicable I am! What should people think of me?"

   "What do you need her to see about you?"

  Liu Xiaoli's brows were already furrowed:

"This circle is full of weak meat and strong prey. At best, she just picked up a role. I'm talking, I'm not asking you to grab her role. She's just going to shoot this movie. Let your godfather take you to meet Director Zhang and have a look." Is there any chance to cooperate in the future? That's what it means. What? Your relationship with her is not as good as someone she knows, so you can't even touch them, right? Everyone develops their own according to their own abilities, what's the matter?"

   "That doesn't work either! How can I do such a thing!"

  Liu Yifei still refused:

"I'll just go with Huang Xiaoming. Actually, I don't care if I meet Director Zhang or not. I just want to see what this kind of big-budget movie looks like. Why do you insist on putting me on it? Then I won't go, no Let's go? How can you do this..."

  Her tone was full of reluctance.

  This matter cannot be done in this way.

   If he really took his godfather with him, wouldn't it be obvious that he had other plans for using Yang Mi as a springboard?

  Anyway, everyone is holding an umbrella together and chatting with each other in the crew.

  How can you do that...

"you!…"

  When Liu Xiaoli heard this, she was about to get angry, but Chen Jinfei quickly smoothed things over:

"OK OK…"

   After suppressing Liu Xiaoli's anger, Chen Jinfei turned to Liu Yifei and said:

   "Cissy, why don't you hurry up and apologize to your mother."

   "..."

  Liu Yifei also knew that what she just said was a bit serious... After hearing what he said, she felt wronged again.

   "Godfather, we can't do this... Then what have I become? When I meet Yang Mi in the future, why should I look up at her?"

   "She is looking up at you."

  Chen Jinfei first corrected the mistakes in the girl's statement.

   "She is far behind you, why did you look up at her?"

"not me…"

   "I know~~"

   Interrupted Liu Yifei again, Chen Jinfei shook his head with a smile:

"I'm talking, Qianqian, even if you don't go to visit Yang Mi, this time I came here because I wanted to take you to meet Director Zhang. Before I came, I had a special communication with Zhang Weiping, and we have known each other for a long time Well, director Zhang came here to film, I definitely want to take you to meet. So...it has nothing to do with this little girl named Yang Mi, you know? You go back and tell her that you won't go to visit the set, so Wouldn’t it be alright? Then in the next two days, I’ll ask Zhang Weiping to make an appointment to meet you alone, wouldn’t it be alright? Is this okay? It’s nothing to do with this little girl... It’s okay, hurry up and apologize to your mother... Mom is in Caring about you, how can you talk to your mother like this, you child..."

   "..."

  Hearing this, Liu Yifei subconsciously looked at her mother who still had dissatisfaction and anger in her eyes.

"…mom."

  Her voice was mixed with helplessness and grievance:

"sorry."

  …

   "I'm so... hold on..."

   Daming Palace.

  Looking at the golden-armored soldiers huddled together below, Xu Xin clenched his fists subconsciously.

  Let’s not talk about him, even Zhang Yimou and the others became slightly nervous.

   It’s not for anything else, it’s just because...Jay Chou didn’t make a single mistake in the third play today, no matter his position, transfer, or expression...all met the standards in the standard!

   Now it is only the last stage where he stands alone in the crowd.

   And this scene is being filmed.

  Jay Chou fought among the crowd with a knife in one hand and a bundle of spears in the other.

  All the soldiers put on an offensive and defensive appearance that kept moving forward and retreating.

  The group battle movements specially designed and directed by Cheng Xiaodong, Jay Chou gritted his teeth and waved the iron knife in his hand, trying hard time and time again to make every movement meet the standard.

  Finally, a set of movements ends.

  Even Xu Xin could tell that his energy was exhausted.

   And under the camera's facial capture, every ferocious expression of his, every expression of exhausting his strength was completely captured.

  Finally, he threw out a somewhat deformed Daohua, stood among corpses lying on the ground, facing the camera, shaking his body...

  Three cameras running at the same time, the last one, was directly aimed at his expression.

   "Shaking... Hurry up and shake..."

  Xu Xin stared at the monitor and muttered to himself:

   "Let the last of that emotion out..."

  As if he heard his words, the body of Jay Chou in the close-up shot began to tremble, and he used the anger technique he learned from Xu Xin to make his temples swell, his eyes fixed on one point while trembling...

   Without blinking.

   Soon, tears appeared in the eye sockets because of the dryness of the eyes.

   And because of the uncomfortable pain, the shaking of his body became more natural...

  The weather is very hot today, with some rain.

  Jay Chou’s suit is stuffy, with the plasma and dirty expression on his face, as well as the fine sweat on his forehead and temples...

  The entire close-up screen...Xu Xin saw Jay Chou's best performance so far!

   "OK!"

  Finally, after capturing the side he wanted, Zhang Yimou picked up the walkie-talkie:

"pass!"

  The voice fell, in the middle of the field, in the center of the "dead bodies", Jay Chou swayed... and sat down on the ground.

   "Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."

  Severe gasps sounded from the monitor earphones.

  This scene...

   It can be regarded as the end of filming.

   And it seems that even God gave him face...

  The filming of the scene is over.

   Tick-tock raindrops fell from the sky.

   "..."

…

have to…

Ruined.

  …

  The crew waited on the set for a while, praying that the rain would stop for a while, and filmed all the scenes of Fa Ge and Gong Li.

   After all, the makeup of these two people is difficult to draw.

  Not to mention the hard work of the make-up artist, the actor also worked hard just sitting there.

   But who knows... After waiting for half an hour, seeing the meaning of not stopping, although helpless, Zhang Yimou waved his hand:

   "Accept. Tell them, if the weather is good tomorrow, then the end will be late, and try to finish the rest... Everyone, prepare to stay up late."

  Liu Guonan nodded to express his understanding.

   Then, everyone started packing their things.

  At this moment, Xu Xin heard the phone buzzing in his pocket.

  Take it out and take a look...Immediately my eyes widened in surprise.

   This message was not sent by someone else, but Liu Yifei.

   "...?"

  He instinctively looked at his girlfriend next to him.

"What's the matter?"

  Yang Mi, who had been secretly yawning, asked casually.

Then she saw the content of "Xu Xin, are you there? I have something to tell you. Is it convenient for you" in her boyfriend's mobile phone text message, and the sender's name "Liu Yifei", she was a little confused .

   "...?"

  The two of them just stared at each other.

  Xu Xin's first sentence came out first:

   "This is our first message."

   "..."

  Yang Mi blinked and blinked...

  Nod first:

"Uh-huh."

Then…

   "What is she going to do?"

   "I don't know... let me ask?"

   "Well, you can ask."

  So, Xu Xin replied:

   "Yes, what's the matter?"

   After replying, he looked at his girlfriend again:

   "Let's not play that kind of afterthought and get angry, okay?"

   "How fresh~"

  The girl rolled her eyes:

   "Let's see what she wants to do first."

   "Om."

  The other party replied:

   "SMS is inconvenient, can we talk on the phone? Is it convenient for you?"

   "..."

   "..."

  The young couple stared at each other again...

   "What to do..."

   "...you hit it and see what's going on."

"Sure?"

   "Sure."

"…good."

  Xu Xin responded, and led his girlfriend to the corner of the city wall first.

  Anyway, the crew has to tidy up for a while now, and Zhang Yimou is also there to check the film shot today...

  The two of them arrived under a pergola that had been emptied, and with the hands-free on, Xu Xin called back directly.

   "Doo beep~ Hey, Xu Xin, hello."

  In the phone, Liu Yifei's voice rang.

   "Well, Yifei, hello. What's the matter?"

  Hearing this title, Yang Mi rolled her eyes.

  But he didn't say anything, just saw his boyfriend touching the cigarette, took the cigarette case directly, took out a cigarette from it, and handed it to his mouth.

   From passing the cigarette, to lighting it, to Xu Xin taking a puff.

  There was silence on the other end of the phone.

  Xu Xin couldn't help asking:

"Hello?"

"…Where are you?"

   "The crew, it's raining now, I'm just about to go back... What's wrong?"

   "Then... is Mimi by your side?"

  As Liu Yifei's question sounded from the loudspeaker, Yang Mi frowned.

   His eyes were full of doubts.

she…

  What are you going to do?

  (end of this chapter)