I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

   Seeing him pondering, Qi Lei didn't rush.

   Come out from behind the table and start boiling water to make tea.

   After a pot of water boiled, I heard Xu Xin ask:

""Golden"... Ning Hao is suitable. "Partner"... If you want to make this film, you need to find three reliable actors. As for the director...it doesn’t need too many ideas. It’s a biographical style What the movie requires is that the director follow the script, and don’t think too far, as long as he doesn’t deviate from the story line. The movie "Youth"...then it doesn’t matter. Just find a director who can make the movie look good."

  Placing the investment plan on the table, Xu Xin shrugged:

   "This is my opinion."

  But Qi Lei was stunned:

   "...what do you mean?"

   "What do you mean?"

  Xu Xin was a little puzzled.

   Qi Lei's doubts are even greater:

   "You don't shoot?"

   "No. Why should I? I have a "Sunspot" next year."

   "No...I mean...you don't plan to make these three scripts? Didn't you choose them?"

   "No plan."

  Xu Xin looked at him with a "natural" look:

   "Brother, you can't be alone with me, right? This film was selected because I thought it had enough story and it wasn't a **** script. If you want to shoot, just ask the director to shoot it. What does it have to do with me?"

"…ah?"

  Qi Lei looked really confused:

   "I thought the three scripts you chose were intended to..."

   "I'll shoot all three? Am I crazy?"

  Xu Xin quickly shook his head:

"In the future, I will only have one film a year. After returning to China from the film festival, I just talked to Yang Mi...I feel this year...I run outside every day, and I don't spend much time at home. My children will run away now, and I still want to enjoy Enjoy life."

"this…"

  Understanding the firmness in Xu Xin's words, Qi Lei opened his mouth... and finally gave a wry smile:

   "You didn't say earlier..."

  Bring over the plan, he turned to the first page:

"Do you know how much the research budget for "Partners" was at the beginning of the factory? It was estimated to be about 25 million to 30 million. Afterwards, everyone thought about it... Your film is too little money. So It was doubled again... You said earlier that you would not shoot."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin looked at Qi Lei who was smiling wryly, and asked puzzledly:

   "Why do I feel that you are so empty?"

   "...Don't tell me, I'm really stupid."

   In front of Xu Xin, Qi Lei openly admitted:

   "If you come to make these few films, I have a hundred confidence... But now you say you don't make it, my heart starts to hang."

   "The Yichuang Center is not supported by me alone... other directors don't just make a living."

  Xu Xin smiled and waved his hand:

"I understand what you mean... Then, you follow the normal process for this script. After sending out the script, see which directors are interested. Prepare a set of materials to submit for review~ I have selected a director, and I will be the producer Filmmaker, let’s not mention anything else... When the filming starts, I’ll go to the crew every now and then to check the quality of the filming, won’t that be the end of it? Otherwise, I’m going to keep spinning? How many films are made in a year? I’m not crazy, but Yang Mi will be.”

  Qi Lei thought for a while, then nodded:

   "Okay...then the budget will be for nothing. Are you sure these three scripts are all right?"

"Well, no problem. The story is very strong. As long as the filming is not pretentious, even if you find a newcomer to shoot, you can still get a passing score. This kind of script... is actually an industrial product. According to the standard, the upper limit depends on the director. , but the lower limit of the script itself is there, so it won’t be bad.”

  He waved his hand, reassuring Qi Leisai.

   "...Okay. Then these three will be used as the plan for the beginning of next year. What about your "Sunspot"? How do you say it?"

"Let's talk about it next year. This year is enough. I really don't want to think about these things anymore. Your old man is very merciful and let me go... To be honest, I don't even care about dubbing and post-production. I want to go directly to vacation. Do you believe me?" Well...really, a few million things, what do you think I'm playing with my life!"

   "..."

  Although Qi Lei also knows that Xu Xin is busy with two movies this year, plus he is very busy with Venice and wedding photos... But looking at his poor appearance, he still can't laugh or cry.

  So a reminder:

   "You haven't counted the promotional activities of "The Hawthorn Tree"..."

   "Brother Qi, look at my eyes."

   "...?"

  Looking at Xu Xin's eyes, Qi Lei tilted his head in puzzlement:

   "What's wrong?"

   "Sometimes, you can't hide the eyes of someone who wants to stab someone. Do you understand?"

   "..."

  Qi Leixin said whether you want to kill me, I can't see yet.

  It’s true that there is one eyeball…

  …

  Stayed in Xi'an for a total of three days. After finalizing various details of "33 Days", he returned to Yanjing.

   On the day of returning home, Yanjing finally ushered in the first heavy snow in the true sense of winter.

  Different from the previous sleet fights, when he got off the plane, there were only scattered snowflakes in the sky, but when he got home, the snowflakes were as big as goose feathers.

   Seeing this, Xu Xin said directly to Cheng Hu and Su Meng:

   "You two don't go up, Mengmeng, let Brother Hu take you home to rest."

   The snow is not small. According to the practice of previous years, the traffic will be paralyzed for a long time after this snow.

   Hurrying home and lying down is better than anything else.

  Waving his hands to signal the two to leave, he pushed the suitcase against the wind and snow and walked straight home.

  Yanjing people especially love hot-boiled mutton in winter.

   Having been with his wife for so many years, his eating habits have also changed a lot.

  After returning home, looking at the copper pot set up on the dining table, and smelling the smell of fire, my heart suddenly felt relieved.

  Yang Mi, who heard the movement, saw that snowflakes were still hanging on his shoulders, and hurried over:

   "Where's Mengmeng?"

   "Let her go back. The snow outside suddenly increased, so I didn't let her come up."

   While he was speaking, Yang Mi had already helped him take off his coat.

   While changing shoes, he didn't hear the child's movement, so he asked puzzledly:

   "What about Nuannuan and Yangyang?"

   "My parents took me downstairs to play in the snow... Maybe I'm used to staying in the Northeast, and I have to go out when it snows. If I don't go out, I cry... Come and help me cut the meat."

"Um."

   In response, he followed his wife into the kitchen.

  A piece of bright red mutton is placed there on the chopping board, and there is a sesame sauce bowl with oily flowers beside it.

   Including leek flowers, fermented bean curd and so on.

  Yanjing people have a mysterious sense of ritual for shabu-shabu.

   But the meat they eat is really not good...

   "I'm probably leaving tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

   As soon as he took the kitchen knife, he heard his wife say:

   "The cold air this time caused heavy snowfall in Liaoning, which is said to be very thick. Director Wang just finished calling me and said that the current snow meets the shooting conditions."

   "The question is how long will he be filming."

  Xu Xin said:

   "Does the child want to follow?"

   "What did you say here? Departing on the 20th?"

   "Well. The appointment is on the 21st."

   "Then I should take it with me."

   "Okay, I'll look for you when I come back from Wanwan."

   "Well... by the way, I finished chatting with Lao Xu. 4 million."

   "Is it an investment in "Traces of the Japanese Pirates"?"

   "Yes. I probably read the script..."

   "How is it?"

   "Very average."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin, who had started cutting the meat, stopped and looked at his wife who was leaking sesame paste:

   "Very average?"

   "Well, it's very general... To sum it up from the perspective of online novels, that is, the author is quite Wenqing. Wenqing is usually not pleasing..."

  Yang Mi shrugged:

   "His story is so twisted that it... completely subverts the inherent cognition of kung fu movies."

   "Isn't that kind of hard work?"

"No, it's that kind...For example, we both practice martial arts. When we meet...Crack! You lie on the ground. The fight is very ugly, but it is indeed the real thing. I can understand his thinking, just for everyone Presenting a kind of martial arts that is supposed to be "real". Perhaps this is also where the master is tempted..."

   "But it's a movie, right."

  Xu Xin followed her train of thought and gave the same understanding as his wife almost without thinking too much:

"Movies are not reality. They can be born out of reality, but they must also be higher than reality. And the unsightly tricks you mentioned may become a kind of... an unpleasant place to watch movies, yes Does that mean?"

"right."

  Yang Mi was not surprised by her husband's understanding...

   On the contrary, I feel that it should be taken for granted.

Nod:

"That's what I mean. I really can't imagine it... You said that two masters fought each other, and each of them had a kick... That kind of feeling, if I watched it as a movie fan, I would find it ridiculous. As for the overall story... And very artistic."

   Speaking of this, she said while whipping the sesame paste:

   "Although I agreed to invest, but... the 4 million is probably in vain."

  But Xu Xin said with a smile:

"It's worth buying a lot of money. Don't be too greedy... Let's not mention the plot for now, let Lao Xu figure out how to play this movie. Mr. Yu wants to keep some real things on the screen. It’s enough to achieve it. What’s more, it’s a debut work, so please be tolerant.”

   "...The truth is this. But...you really don't intend to ask? I think if this book passes through your hands, it should be smoother."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin did not respond positively, but asked:

   "Do you think Lao Xu is stubborn?"

   "Very stubborn."

  Yang Mi nodded:

"When we were chatting, we talked about how the play came about. I said that if you don't use tricks, it won't look good even if it's the real thing... Movies are the aesthetics and art of the lens, and it's a bit of a waste of money. Then he said Start science with me...

  The core idea of ​​the script is anti-utopia, what... Jianghu is just a mysterious group created by those who practice martial arts. Because they need to cover up their identity as "jianghu people" to whitewash the deeds they have done. What about martial arts and bandits..."

   "He also talked to me about this."

  Xu Xin smiled and said:

"In his point of view, there is no such thing as martial arts. It is created, and many times it is a half-god and half-bandit interpersonal relationship and activity pattern conceived with reference to the bandit world. It is far from the real martial arts in the Republic of China. It’s relatively large. And martial arts has a specific meaning, which refers to the group of people who open martial arts gyms, work as bodyguards, and private martial arts teachers. This is called martial arts... Is that what you say?”

   "Yes!...I admit that what he said makes sense, but not all of it. But after chatting, his thinking is actually very fixed. This concept runs through this script..."

   "This is also the persistence of the director. From the perspective of actors and investors, you may not understand it. But as a director, I can understand this persistence."

   "But this kind of persistence is not necessarily right..."

   "It may not be wrong."

  He shook his head again to give his point of view:

   "Forget what I often tell you? The director needs to use his own perspective to interpret the script, and film the story interpreted through his own perspective."

   Speaking of this, he suddenly paused...

   After being stunned for a few seconds, he stood up straight, with some trance and memories in his eyes.

  Seeing that he was thinking, Yang Mi was not in a hurry to speak.

  Until she heard a sentence:

   "Besides, you should pave the way for me."

  Yang Mi was taken aback.

"What the hell?"

   "Pave my way."

  He cut the mutton intently, and said:

"At first glance, Lao Xu is a literati rather than a warrior. But in fact, his character is similar to that of a warrior. He is loyal, bold, and self-reliant...It is very difficult to change this kind of personality...The best way is human kindness .So if you don’t mention it, I actually can’t remember it...He has a story that I’m very interested in.”

   "Which one?"

"Just the novella he released this year, called "Master". I showed it to me at the beginning of the year, and I thought the story was pretty good. Just now I went through the plot in my mind and thought I could try to change it. .In order to prevent the kind of thing you just said from happening, it is better to let him hit the south wall first."

  Hearing this, Yang Mi became interested:

   "Is this also the theme of martial arts in the Republic of China?"

"right."

   "Did he fall in love with Minguo Biao or something..."

   "I really like that story. But when he showed it to me, it hadn't been published yet, and we didn't mention the adaptation."

   "Then tell him about it now?"

   "That's not a threat?"

  Xu Xin shook his head:

"Let's wait for his filming to finish, I'm talking about it. I can somewhat understand Lao Xu's thinking now, that is, he has his own cognition of things he is familiar with, and he is confident that what he cognition is correct. If you rely on other people's opinions, you will definitely not be able to say it. Let the market test it.

  When the market does not accept it, he does not need others to tell him that he knows that there is a problem with his path... I am afraid that his blind self-confidence will make him cherish himself before he is tested by the market. At this time, I want to ask him about the adaptation of "Master"..."

   "He won't give it to you?"

"No, he will give it to me. I won't tell you anymore, Lao Xu is very righteous. If a friend asks him for it, he will not refuse it. But I'm afraid that he has a knot in his heart, for example, he wants to shoot in his own way. "Master", and when I tell this story in my way, he will have a grudge in his heart.

  So, the best way is to see the market’s feedback on his thinking as a director, and after he understands that there is a problem with his thinking, then we can communicate well. You can't hurt friendship because of a work, and you can't insult a good work because of friendship. "

   "Tsk tsk tsk..."

  Listening to her husband's words, the young woman who had been whipping sesame paste slammed her mouth and sighed:

   "In terms of being a human being, it has to be you, Xu Sanjin."

  Xu Xin rolled his eyes:

   "It's not big or small, call Dad!"

   "Crackling..."

   Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the security door opening.

   Looking out from the kitchen, the father-in-law and mother-in-law appeared at the door pushing two strollers against the wind and snow.

   "What did you ask me to shout just now?"

   Behind him, his wife's voice sounded.

  Just listening to it, he could imagine her virtue of smiling but not smiling.

  After the corner of his mouth twitched... he decisively admitted:

   "It's okay, it's okay, you treat me as a fart, puff puff..."

   "Hmph~"

  The little young woman smiled triumphantly.

   Count your senses.

   Otherwise... today is the father-daughter doubles.

  …

  Stayed at home for another two days. On the early morning of the 21st, he set off for Wanwan.

   "The Green Hornet" was originally planned to be released in December this year, but because of a collision with "Green Lantern", the release date was finally changed to January 14th.

  But the publicity plan remains the same. As the first premiere region in Asia, when the film was first sent to the mainland for review, Wanwan had already passed the review.

  The party this time is actually a publicity window. With the influence of Jay Chou, Columbia Company invited many celebrities to participate in the Wanwan side... Logically speaking, this kind of publicity is actually similar to the media premiere.

   It's all about using influence to promote this film.

  Xu Xin originally thought that after the party, there would be a premiere ceremony...or simply watch the movie first and then attend the party, which is quite normal.

   And the original news that Jay Chou got was the same.

   Just don't know why, the premiere was canceled later, but the party invitation is still there.

  Xu Xin reckoned...it should have something to do with the change of the movie file.

   After all, the popularity of "Green Lantern" in the American cartoon industry has not been low.

   With "Iron Man" in the forefront, it saved Marvel's company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. "Green Lantern" is the number one in the DC world... It's normal for "Green Hornet" to make way for it.

   But… when is Green Lantern coming out?

   It seems that there is no news at all.

  With this doubt, he came to the exit of Taoyuan Airport, and after getting into Dani’s car, the first sentence was:

   "Danny, when is "Green Lantern" coming out?"

   "It's June next year."

   Dani's words made him startled for a moment...

   "Next year? June? ... June 2011?"

   "That's right."

"you sure?"

  He was a little confused:

   "Didn't it mean that the "Green Hornet" was changed because of "Green Lantern"? Didn't they conflict with "Green Hornet"?"

   "That's what I said at the beginning. But then I don't know what happened. After the "Green Hornet" was changed, they changed it too."

   "..."

this…

Fine.

   Is the post-production not finished?

   Or other reasons?

   Logically speaking, the dates for Hollywood movies are usually set very fast.

   And there are only a few reasons for the temporary file change.

  One is that he has no confidence in his own work... Although he can't say this sentence, in his opinion, the script of "The Green Hornet" belongs to this category.

  It was originally released in December, but after hearing that "Green Lantern" was going to be released, the file was changed directly, and it was postponed for one month.

   made it clear that he didn't want to go head-to-head with "Green Lantern".

  The other is that the quality is worrying...but it is unlikely.

Among other things, Nolan's version of "Batman" has been a big success. The popularity of "Green Lantern" is not inferior to that of Batman. , No matter what happens, there will be no such thing as "worrying about quality".

impossible.

   Then it should be that the production was not completed according to the plan?

  Superhero movies require a lot of special effects technology...

   In this way, it is also a good thing for "The Green Hornet".

   provided that…

   "Dani, have you watched "The Green Hornet"? How's the quality?"

   "I haven't seen it, Brother Xu. Columbia company is very tight. Even if Brother JAY dubbed it, he only dubbed the clips. Brother JAY and I didn't see the rest of the finished film."

   "So how do you feel?"

   "It feels pretty good. JAY didn't even use a stand-in, and all the actions were done by himself. And there are a lot of explosion scenes and the like... the scene is very big."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin stopped talking.

   What he wants to ask is acting skills...

   After all, the wheel has always been the unit of measurement for acting.

   Hearing that he worked so hard, it shouldn't be too bad.

   Just like that, Dani took him all the way to Jay Chou's one-story mansion, the top floor of Heping Dayuan, which he just bought this year.

   It cost him more than 100 million.

   It is said that even the lobby is very grand.

  Unfortunately, he entered directly from the basement, so he couldn't see what the lobby of this building looked like.

  The house was just renovated last month.

  After opening the door and entering, Xu Xin's first reaction was to be empty.

  The walls and floor tiles of the elevated duplex structure lobby are made of marble, which looks really luxurious, but the visual angle still feels a bit too empty.

   While he was observing the structure of the room, Dani shouted:

   "Brother JAY, Brother Xu is here."

  Xu Xin heard the crackling sound of slippers and the floor upstairs, and Jay Chou's movement sounded from above his head:

   "Hey, here we come."

  Following his words, the Pomeranian "Moji" that Wang Sicong bought for him two years ago also rushed down the stairs quickly, circling around Xu Xin's feet.

  At the same time, from the room on the other side of the corridor, Ye Huimei, whose hair was a little white, also leaned out.

  Seeing this, Xu Xin greeted with a smile:

"Aunt."

   "Oh, Xiao Xu, sit down, I'm cooking, and I need to eat a little more rice soon."

  Hearing Ye Huimei's words, Xu Xin nodded:

"All right."

   "Is Mimi not here?"

   "No, she is filming in Northeast China."

   "Oh, it's a pity, I specially prepared two chickens raised in the country for her this time, remember to take them back and make soup for her~"

   "Yeah. Thank you, auntie~"

   Agreed again, Ye Huimei returned to the kitchen, and Jay Chou went downstairs and wrapped his arms around his shoulders:

   "Hey, you come with me."

   "...Aren't you going to show me around?"

  Xu Xin pointed to this huge house:

   "I don't know what it is yet."

   "Don't worry about that, I have something to ask you."

  Push him directly to the second floor.

   After going up to the second floor, there is a long corridor.

   With a total area of ​​1100 square meters, although there are room partitions, it does seem very empty.

   "Did you see this?"

  He pointed to one blank glass frame after another along the side of the corridor.

   "Well, what?"

   "These are the paintings I bought...here."

   Walking to the door of a room, Jay Chou waved.

   After Xu Xin entered, he saw a large and colorful painting head-on.

  The room is conservatively estimated to be 70 to 80 square meters, but it is very empty. This painting is the only "decoration" in the room.

"what?"

  Looking at the empty room, Xu Xin asked in confusion.

  Jay Chou pointed to this painting:

   "This is the room where I keep precious paintings."

"so?"

   "I was talking to my mother just now, I said, Mom, we want to have a group photo and hang it on this wall."

   "...?"

  Xu Xin became more and more confused about what he wanted to say.

"Then what…"

   Jay Chou pointed to the side of the colorful painting, which is also the wall facing south in the bedroom:

   "The size is about this big."

   The "dimension" he talks about is the height of the wall.

   "What the **** are you going to say?"

  Looking at Xu Xin's suspicious gaze, Jay Chou shrugged and slapped Xu Xin on the shoulder:

   "I leave it to you~"

  Xu Xin was taken aback.

   "What did you give me?"

   "Draw! I'll show you some clothes in a while, you can help me and my mother choose some clothes, and then... watch you play~"

   "Play what...?"

   "Painting. Come and draw for us, okay?"

   "Draw what?"

"painting!"

   "What painting?"

   "Our painting."

   "Shall I draw?"

   "Yes, you draw."

   "..."

   "..."

   Xu Xin, who gradually came to his senses, looked at him, then at the wall...

   looked at him again...

   Two words came out of his mouth:

   "Rely on the cup..."