I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 496 494. Long way to go

  Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them showed up in studio one on time.

  However, Xu Xin took a bagful of coffee and left.

   Didn't go to the recording site of "The Voice" at all.

  He discovered it last year. After watching the recording live, he always felt a little weird when he looked back at the show.

  It's as if someone drew an arrow for you on the first page of a Conan comic book and wrote: "→He is a murderer".

   Very awkward.

  So this year Xu Xin has made up his mind. If he wants to watch it, he will contribute to the ratings after the show is finished. It is better for him not to watch it at other times.

  He came to the editing room with a few cups of coffee, and he discovered a small detail.

  The last time I met Zhu Huailiang, he still drank a thermos.

  But this time, there were about three or four empty cups with "Maggie MACHIMACHI" on the table.

   After thinking about it, he sent a message to Jay Chou:

   "McGee is at the end of "The Voice", so it should be open normally. Hire a few people and stay in the factory. I think everyone likes to drink."

  Jay Chou replied very quickly:

   "Okay. How do you want to do it?"

   "Get an unlimited supply of water in the cafeteria, and arrange two positions here for everyone."

   "Okay, I'll pay for that. Just set up a "Maggie Flagship Store"? Haha~"

   "Okay, let me talk to the factory."

  After sending this message, he found a message from Lin Qili, the logistics supervisor of Xiying Studio.

   "Brother Lin, is there any space in our cafeteria? I think everyone likes to drink McGee. I want to arrange an unlimited supply of water in the cafeteria. The free one."

  Lin Qili didn't reply, and he was not in a hurry.

  McGee has done a good job this year.

   is pretty good kind.

  After binding with Wanda, it settled in Jinjie and there would be a long queue every day to buy tea.

  Milk tea is well known and has a huge profit.

   But Jay Chou did not expand blindly, and his friend who makes milk tea is also very obedient.

  Everyone is going to be deeply bound with Wanda.

  Perhaps you may think that a broken milk tea shop should be bound to Wanda.

   But don't ignore Jay Chou's popularity.

   It tastes good and the price is not expensive, but you can only drink it in Wanda.

  In fact, this is equivalent to giving consumers an additional incentive to go shopping at Wanda.

  Wanda does not value a milk tea shop. But being able to drive even a small 0.1% of passenger flow in supermarkets is a huge step forward for Wanda.

   They won't say no and are more than welcome.

  Actually, it’s good for the brothers to be together.

  We are working together, but the starting point of everything is not money.

   Jay Chou's milk tea shop, whose brand value may reach hundreds of millions this year, the three of them are not jealous.

  Xu Xin's movie sells money, and the three of them are not jealous.

  The old werewolf's family relies on handicrafts to make a living, and the three of them couldn't be more jealous.

  Only Wang Sicong.

  He is really rich, let alone the jealousy of the three of them, they all want to pick their own eyes.

  But no matter what, it is a good thing for the four of them that the careers of the friends around them are taking off.

  Especially Wang Sicong.

   To be honest, the money from "The Voice" is nothing to him.

   But along with money comes influence.

  What he is afraid of is that no matter what he does, others will think that he relies on his father's influence to succeed.

   Wanda’s field spans all walks of life, but there is basically no splash in music.

   Unfortunately, in terms of music and variety shows, he has succeeded.

  In his 20s, with a net income of hundreds of millions.

   What we are doing is still a blank area of ​​Wanda's business.

  This allows him to walk with his head held high and his chest straight, wherever he walks.

   And this is why they are getting closer and closer.

  To put it somewhat realistically, both Lao Lang and Lu Zi want to turn their families into "rich families" through the accumulation of their own generation.

  Wang Sicong is a rich man himself, so what he pursues is the approval of his peers.

Even Lao Wang is now immersed in the beauty of "a tiger father has no dogs". During the Chinese New Year, he discussed with him that if his son is really interested in entertainment, let him go to the theater to be a professional first. vice president.

   At that time, if it is possible, I will do all the entertainment at home for him.

  Unfortunately, Wang Sicong did not agree.

   It's not that I don't agree... It's just that I haven't played enough.

   Waiting for two years.

  As for this "playing", Pharaoh doesn't think his son is exhausted.

   OK, play as you want.

  Love is tossing and tossing.

   And the last Xu Xin...

  He looks the most Buddhist on the surface.

  Whether it’s a good sound or a movie, it gives people a feeling of “casually” messing with it and getting it done.

  The whole chest has no ambitions.

   But in fact, apart from his family, the only people in this world who know what Xu Xin wants to do are these three people.

  In their eyes, what Lao Xu pursued was actually something that his current native family could not bring him.

  Money is in Lao Xu's pursuit, but it can only be said to be the icing on the cake.

   Even, at certain moments, it will become the greatest confidence to prevent the seeds of the abyss from being seduced and going astray.

  He should be the one who walks the most among the brothers.

  Behind the surface of doing nothing, in fact, every step is carefully managed.

  Sometimes the three of them feel sorry for him...

  But there are some things, want to go, join, or even play...the threshold is too high.

  At the very least, these three people don't think they are qualified.

   But looking at Lao Xu's appearance, he enjoyed it.

  How to say...

  His opening is actually the difficulty of hell.

  Compared with him, the three of them pale in comparison.

  And if Lao Xu can make it...

   Tut.

  Even if it wasn’t for the three of them, they would be able to ascend to heaven?

  Before he attained the Tao, whatever Lao Xu needed, the elder brothers would just help him.

  A milk tea stall is nothing more than two workers and some raw materials.

   How much is it worth?

   If Ah Xin wants it, he will give it.

  …

   "The scenes in the countryside... cut some appropriately. Just keep some exciting parts..."

   Facing the curtain, Xu Xin thought for a while and said to Zhu Huailiang.

  In the past half a month, Zhu Huailiang has rough-cut two versions of the film.

  The first version has more rural life, and the other has more episodes of Yuan'an.

  Let him make the choice.

  After watching it all afternoon, after careful consideration, Xu Xin also figured out the choice:

"Life in the countryside is essentially watching the interaction between the third child and Jingqiu. But if you jump out of the main line of the film, this kind of interaction is actually a bit redundant... I thought about it at the time. Through the overlapping of various small details, Let everyone feel the ambiguous process of young men and women, and recall the beauty of the past. But now it seems that it is a bit redundant. Let’s delete some, and walk with the main axis..."

"good."

  The taciturn Zhu Huailiang responded and drank the last sip of coffee in the cup.

  Old Zhu is good at this.

   I can really sit still.

  A cup of coffee, a cup of scented tea in the afternoon, and one ice cream per person bought by Su Meng.

   Not to mention going to the toilet, I didn't even lift my butt.

  The most amazing thing is that he is not fat, and he has no occupational diseases such as hemorrhoids and cervical spondylosis.

   is outrageous.

   "Then I will make another version, when will Director Xu leave?"

   "Estimated to stay for two days."

   "Then I will try my best."

"OK."

  Xu Xin nodded:

   "Old Zhu, you are busy, I went to find Mr. Tian."

"good."

  Just now, he received a text message from Tian Shuanghe himself, asking him to go to the office after he was busy.

   Coming out of the editor, he soon came to Tian Shuanghe's office.

   After knocking on the door, a voice came from inside:

"Come in."

   Pushing open the door, I saw Tian Shuanghe sitting at his desk facing the computer.

   And when he saw Xu Xin coming in, he didn't get up, but waved to Xu Xin instead:

"Come."

  Xu Xin nodded.

  Enter the house and close the door.

   Curiously came to the desk:

   "President Tian, ​​what's wrong?"

  Tian Shuanghe didn't speak, just typed a space.

   Then, a particularly familiar voice sounded from the stereo:

   "So you see, that's it. Since the director is famous because of his works, don't tear off his mysterious veil easily..."

   "..."

  Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, but was suddenly speechless.

   "President Tian, ​​this is..."

   "This passage is very good."

  Tian Shuanghe felt a little emotional, and threw his good cat to Xu Xin, beckoning him to take it himself, and then pointed to the computer screen:

   "This interview has a lot of gold content. I also specially learned about this film exhibition. There are many newcomers, right? Your interviews are all suggestions for newcomers, which is very good."

  Xu Xin smiled a little embarrassedly:

   "What you said made me blush."

   "Haha~"

  Tian Shuanghe smiled, stood up and pointed to the tea table.

   This is the old custom of Xu Xin's visit.

   Chatting while drinking tea.

  And this time, he didn't say what kind of tea Xu Xin was drinking.

  Take out one from the pile of tea tins under the coffee table, and fiddle with it on your own.

   Soon, a cup of tea is served.

  Xu Xin smelled it...

  Rules of the rivers and lakes:

   "Well, good tea. This... the tea is sweet and fragrant..."

   "How do you use Qingxin and richness together? Come, explain to me."

   "..."

   "You..."

  Looking at Xu Xin's speechless appearance, Tian Shuanghe sighed helplessly:

   "After all, you are a great director, so you can't improve your vision? At least you have to understand, right? The tea you drink is good, but every time I see you drinking it, I feel that you are ruining it."

   "I like to drink it, but I'm just too lazy to study it. You see, if I don't study it, it won't hinder you from bringing me good tea, right?"

   "...Are you still reasonable?"

  Tian Shuanghe was speechless for a while.

   But he was not entangled, just asked:

   "How is the child? Are you getting used to it in Guangdong?"

   "It's pretty good, except that I got prickly heat at the beginning, and I got used to it after I got used to it. Children, they are very adaptable, and different environments can also help strengthen their physique."

   "Well... Then you have to spend more time with the children. It is very hard for a woman to take care of the children alone."

   "Hey, this is to accurately convey the care of the leader back home to Comrade Yang Mi."

   "Hahaha~"

  Tian Shuanghe laughed heartily again.

   went on to say:

   "The inauguration ceremony of the talent center has been scheduled for July 3rd. The days have been crucified, and you will all come back in those days."

"good."

"After the establishment, Yang Ying, as the person we launched, will act in some movies in Xiangjiang. The role is not an absolute heroine... It also depends on the market. But she can cooperate with famous people in Xiangjiang. I'm an actor. Is there any problem with that?"

"No."

  Xu Xin quickly shook his head.

  Actually, he doesn't care much about Yang Ying's affairs.

  Because for Yang Mi, she is just a role to digest sewer resources.

  Of course, Yang Mi thinks it is a sewer, but for other actors, it is also something that can be met but not sought after.

   So it’s not bad.

   Speaking of her, Xu Xin also added:

   "During the World Expo, I met people from Tianyu several times."

   "Hunan Taiwan?"

"Yes. In terms of TV dramas, they really want to cooperate with Yang Mi, but that girl has no intention of acting in TV dramas in the past two years. But the kindness is hard to come by. In the past two years, Yang Ying, Baozi, Zhang Jiao, and the others, I plan to go there Push and push."

  The factory doesn’t really care much about the TV drama business.

   That's the TV station's business.

  The current "Legend of the Wind" is just a peripheral product of "The Wind".

  But Tian Shuanghe understood what Xu Xin meant, and said directly:

"After Shantai has money, it also wants to take action. At that time, you and Mimi will spend more time to deal with it. It is best that both sides are satisfied. This is Xi'an after all. They are not just a TV station. You and Mimi Honey, especially you, for some things in the future, you still need to be deeply rooted in the local soil to walk steadily. Hunan is a good choice at this stage, but you will become famous in the future. Here, the value you can play will be even greater .”

   "I definitely understand this, and I think so too. The icing on the cake is definitely not as quick as a timely gift... But in the final analysis, it is still money. Regardless of professional ethics, many people become actors for money."

  Tian Shuanghe nodded slightly, obviously thinking that Xu Xin was right.

  Some things don't need to talk about friendship.

   It’s no big deal if you get paid for a play.

  He definitely doesn't want the cooperation between Shaanxi and Taiwan to be more favor than benefit.

   Not at least in some stages.

   "Well, what about you? Is this the case this year?"

"That's not true, it's August. I plan to prepare a small-budget film one after another... There is an online romance novel called "Thirty-Three Days of Broken Love" at Niufeng, and it is going to be shot. In other words, Shanghai Film Studio also wants to Use this as a bridge to establish a relatively close cooperation with me..."

  Tian Shuanghe must know about Shanghai Film Studio.

  Know it before "The Grandmaster".

  Xu Xin never kept it a secret.

  In fact, it is unrealistic for any company to try to completely control a big director in its own hands, and it also violates the laws of the market.

   Of course, there are exceptions to everything.

  For example, the old man...

  But didn't you see that the old man has become dissatisfied in the past two years?

   So he asked:

   "Small cost? How much to invest?"

   "I reckon... 5 million to 7 million is the sky. It may not even be used~"

  As soon as Tian Shuanghe heard the count, Tian Shuanghe didn't even bother to ask the box office estimate.

   just nodded slightly:

   "The studio doesn't participate, so you just...just treat it as a welcome gift and send it to Shanghai Film Studio."

   "Don't."

  Xu Xin shook his head:

   "If we want to shoot, it must be co-produced by West Film Studio and Shanghai Film Studio. It should be a signal to the outside world."

  Tian Shuanghe couldn't help but rolled his eyes:

   "With a few million investments, you are the company participating in the investment, and both are enough. In addition, we... people who don't know think we are poor."

   "Haha, does that mean we're rich?"

   "...haha~"

   Both of them were happy.

   Ketian Shuanghe actually understood what Xu Xin meant.

  Going out to make movies as an independent director is essentially different from going out to make movies with the director of Xiying Studio-Xu Xin.

  His original intention was to tell Xu Xin that not everything in the factory will take a share from you.

  Because he knew that Xu Xin was not short of money at all.

  If it is tens of millions, then there is no problem with the two parties cooperating and sharing risks.

  Millions of small productions...to put it bluntly.

  A director with a box office of 500 million, isn't it worth these millions?

   Fan consumption alone is enough to pay back the cost.

   But Xu Xin's meaning is also very simple.

  I am the director in the factory, although the money is not much, but the rules are the rules.

  Everyone is one. Since I do it, I must bring it to the factory.

   Don’t forget the well digger when you drink water.

   Seeing this, Tian Shuanghe was not bothered anymore.

   Just suddenly said with some emotion:

   "I came to you this time, in fact, to talk about this aspect. Do you have any candidates for young directors that you are optimistic about? Send an invitation this time and invite them over."

   "...Are you going to...?"

  Xu Xin was taken aback.

  Tian Shuanghe shook his head slightly, and poured another cup of tea for him.

   Passed another cigarette.

"There is no shortage of money in the factory. But where did the money come from? The revenue contributed by the two seasons of "The Voice" is higher than the box office share of "The Wind". In addition to "The Wind", and our The copyrights of those old movies... It can be said that the factory's current affluence is all from you."

   "Don't say that... How will I see people in the factory after I say this?"

   "It's just the two of us, what are you afraid of?"

  Tian Shuanghe waved his hands, leaning on the sofa with some emotion:

"Xiao Xu, you are just a sheep, and you will be bald sooner or later, right? What are you doing? What kind of vampire is our factory? Caught you alone and sucked to death? And this time the talent center will be established. , the ones who came the most were the actors. All kinds, related and irrelevant, all came. On the 3rd, you can see many familiar faces. But only the director...we are very weak."

  Xu Xin understood what Tian Shuanghe meant.

   This is actually not true at all.

  Don’t talk about yourself, and don’t talk about people like the old man and Chen Kaige.

   At this stage, who are the directors in the factory?

   The more famous ones are just two.

  One Gu Changwei, one Wang Quan'an.

  Two remnants of the old days.

   Their reputation is given by the factory. But money and status are actually not given by the factory, but raised by people outside the factory.

   But they are also doing very well.

  The factory wants to make a movie, so I will do it for the award.

   This is the purpose of Xiying Studio to settle down.

  Award, I took it.

   Among other things, just this year, Wang Quan'an's "Reunion" won the Berlin Silver Bear screenwriting award.

  As long as the requirements in the factory are met.

  But everything other than fame was brought by outsiders waving banknotes.

   Now, besides the three of us, the director of Xiying Studio... I really can't find anything.

   No matter how famous an actor is, you must also have a good director.

   You know, the actors and actresses get their salary, but they don't share it with the factory.

   Unless it is a role that the factory finds.

   No matter how strong the cast is, without the core captain, the ship will continue to sink or lose its way sooner or later.

   But you can't always find Xu Xin for everything, right?

  Let's not talk about whether people have their own family and life, there are some things Xu Xin can set an example. Take a fire and a...

   But this "fire" is useless for just one person.

  You must at least have a set of supporting industries with old and new, so that Xu Xin can pass this fire on to others.

   It's like "The Hawthorn Tree".

  Without the old man as the art director as the producer, Xu Xin's films might still be famous, but they definitely wouldn't be so famous.

   It was the two of them who got together, director Xu Xin and producer Zhang Yimou, that made "The Hawthorn Tree" popular all over the country before it was released.

  The role of this kind of publicity is not only for movie fans, but also for practitioners.

   Xu Xin rushed forward with his head depressed. If other people in the factory can't see the splash, it is tantamount to useless work.

  Nothing but money.

   This is a situation Tian Shuanghe doesn't want to see.

   This Shen Ge has been rejuvenated again, Xu Xin has re-ignited the aging engine, radiating youthful vitality and brilliance.

   Now, his task as the leader is still to lead the team forward.

   But finding suitable sailors, if the captain still worries about it, then the ship is really useless.

  But it happens...

   "The circle of directors is too rigid..."

  Tian Shuanghe sighed:

"In recent years, almost all outstanding directors have integrated into the Beijing circle. Who would take a look at this bitter cold place in the Northwest when they are used to the prosperous life in the capital? It was the minions who followed suit. A lot of money was earned from the movie, and I don’t know how much money was made outside of the movie... No prizes, and people live well. So... We don’t have much attraction for them, understand Is it?"

"Understand."

  Xu Xin also sighed.

   "Young directors...need trial and error and training..."

  Tian Shuanghe was happy.

   But the tone is full of persistence and seriousness:

   "The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade. I didn't plan to put the money in the factory's account to accumulate interest! Do you still remember the dream I told you when we first met?"

  Hearing this, Xu Xin turned to look at the few golden seats behind the desk.

   "I expect you to cover it all by yourself... You even think it's impossible for your father to change a display case on one wall for you. Then you say, if you want to cover this display case, can you do it by yourself?"

  Talk from the heart.

  The cabinets behind Tian Shuanghe are quite small.

  Because there are not only trophies in it, but also some information files.

  In terms of size, the showcase is about the size of a bookshelf.

  It is far from the old man's "vigor" of "I'll make you a wall".

   But he understood what the other party meant.

  What Mr. Tian said, the showcase that wants to be filled is not this small bookshelf.

  What he wants to fill is to allow Xiying Studio to continue its glory for another ten years...or even twenty, thirty, fifty years!

  This cannot be done by one person.

  The glory created by the directors of the fourth and fifth generations...is the need for latecomers to go hand in hand and break the shackles before they can reach the open sea, where the sky is high and the birds are free!

   "Every director has a dream in his heart!"

  With a cigarette in his mouth, Tian Shuanghe's tone was firm.

   "Before they are too deeply infected, we need to absorb more like-minded talents. Do you understand? Xiao Xu!"

   he asked.

  Xu Xin nodded.

   "Got it. Just..."

   "There is a long way to go..."

  Tian Shuanghe let out a long sigh.

  (end of this chapter)