I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 111 109. Settling down

   Not to mention that Yang Mi was puzzled, Xu Xin was also dumbfounded.

   Even a little guilty...

no…

  Don't.

  The two of us should not... fall in love at first sight, right?

   Seeing his girlfriend waving her hand, he paused for a moment, then quickly said:

   "Not here, there is no show for her tonight, she didn't come."

  Hearing this, Yang Mi directly gave him a thumbs up.

   Then, there was a long sigh of relief on the phone:

   "Phew... I took the liberty to call you, I'm sorry."

   "..."

  Xu Xin was even more puzzled.

  This is too polite...but he said quickly:

   "It's okay, don't be so polite. Is there something wrong?"

"…Yeah, there is."

  It's because of you. Xu Xin was a little speechless, thinking that the politeness would come and go, but it would be okay to talk about the business first.

   And Liu Yifei on the other side of the phone is actually quite entangled.

  After thinking about it, I finally made up my mind:

   "I... tell you something, can you not tell Mimi first."

   "..."

   "...????"

  Yang Mi was a little silly.

  What are you doing, this man...

   You won't really pry my boyfriend, will you?

   Just as he was thinking about it, he followed up with another sentence:

   "Of course, please don't think about it..."

   "..."

   "..."

  Under the increasingly dangerous eyes of his girlfriend, Xu Xin bit the bullet and agreed:

   "Well, just say what you want. Do you need any help?"

   "...It's like this, the reason why I told you this is because...I know you are Mimi's boyfriend, and please don't think about it..."

   "No, you are like this..."

  Xu Xin really couldn't stand her chattering style, so she said directly:

   "Let's talk about things in advance, okay? You keep putting pressure on me, and it makes me uncomfortable to hear. Just say what you want."

  His patience gradually bottomed out.

"Well…"

  Liu Yifei on the other side of the phone fell silent again.

  Xu Xin felt uncomfortable.

  Why does this man speak like this?

   And just when he was about to open his mouth to urge him, he heard the other side say:

"Just... Huang Xiaoming came to see me today. Isn't Mimi going to wrap up? He originally invited me to visit the class together. But... I went out for dinner today, and he met my mother, so he told me about it ...I didn't tell my mother at first, I just...thought I would go with Huang Xiaoming. But now my mother knows...It just so happens that my godfather is also here..."

   "..."

  To be honest, Xu Xin could understand every word she said.

  But together they don’t understand.

  What visit...your father and mother...

   Who didn't tell who...

  Xu Xin was at a loss when he heard this.

  But Yang Mi understood, and her wandering train of thought suddenly turned into listening attentively.

"My mother said to let my godfather accompany me...I refused, because I thought it was a bit mean, you understand? Because it was equivalent to taking my godfather with me under the pretext of visiting Ban Mimi. The crew... so I declined."

"Well…"

  Xu Xin gradually understood.

  But there are still some things I don’t understand, so I asked wonderingly:

   "Didn't the rejection succeed?"

   "..."

  On the other end of the phone, Liu Yifei was taken aback...

  A trace of embarrassment appeared on her face, she felt sorry for Yang Mi even over the phone:

   "Yes, but I don't think it can be like this. Doesn't this mean... I'm a little prying into the corner of the wall..."

  You really know how to use words.

  Xu Xinxin said.

"But... I couldn't help it later, because my godfather said that he knew Director Zhang's...that partner. He said that even if he didn't go to the set with him, he could invite Director Zhang to have a meal... I didn't mean anything else by calling... I can't tell Mimi about this right now, I have to tell you first, because if I tell Mimi directly, it's like... that's what it means, do you understand?"

  Xu Xin understood what she meant.

   Bully people with power.

   But it's hard to say, and it's not good to hear.

   Then he responded:

   "Well, I understand."

"...You just need to understand, I don't mean that, but the problem is that I can't explain it to Mimi. Because no matter how I explain it, I can't clear up this matter. So I can only tell you specifically, just... Visiting class, I will be with Huang Xiaoming, I will not take my godfather. This is my respect for Mimi...but if godfather invites Director Zhang to dinner..."

   "That's another story, right?"

  Following her words, Xu Xin, who had already figured out what was going on, continued.

  At the same time, he turned his eyes to his girlfriend, seeing that his girlfriend was just frowning and thinking, thought for a while, and said:

   "Okay, I know about this... Then let's talk about it later, how about it? The crew is about to withdraw at this moment, I have to help clean it up first."

   "Um, ok... I'm sorry this time..."

   "Hey, it's okay. In the final analysis, these are normal human relations. The reason why you are distressed is actually because work and personal affairs overlap on the same thing, right?"

   "..."

  On the other end of the phone, the girl sitting on the head of the bed moved her eyes...

   "It's nothing, I'm not a kid anymore, I can only eat my candy... right?"

"…Um."

   "Okay, then I know about it, hang up first?"

   "Um, ok, then... don't bother you, good night."

"OK Bye Bye."

  The phone hangs up.

  Xu Xin took a puff of cigarette and looked at his girlfriend:

   "Do you understand the meaning?"

"understood."

  Yang Mi nodded, and then showed three points of emotion:

   "So...that's all it takes to have a good godfather. The relationship that is out of reach for ordinary people may be just a meal for others."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin's face was a little ugly...

  In fact, he really wanted to say that we are not bad.

   But it didn't work.

   I said that apart from being able to show off how glamorous my feathers are, there is not much comfort to my girlfriend.

  Because of the nature of this matter, it’s not that I didn’t help my girlfriend.

  Or Liu Yifei cherishes the friendship with his girlfriend very much.

   No, neither.

   It is true that Liu Yifei's special call to explain that, at least in some respects, it means that she has sincerity in her words to her friends.

   But what is the nature of the matter?

  Essentially, the godfather of the other party ignored the feelings of the "little actor" like his girlfriend from the beginning to the end.

   To put it bluntly, people don't care who is called Yang Mi, what this person does, or what.

  I don't care what you do, how old are you.

  I have a relationship, so I can make an appointment with Director Zhang directly, without visiting you at all.

   Naturally, there is no need to worry about your feelings.

   is normal.

  Although Xu Xin didn't think highly of this one at all.

what is this.

  Those melons and jujubes in their pockets are embarrassed to pretend to be big-tailed wolves here?

  But I have to admit that... In this circle, money is one thing, and connections are another.

   And in terms of connections, don't say that Xu Xin has money or not...

  Sometimes, money really can't exchange for some accumulated contacts. This is also one of the main reasons why some local rich men wanted to praise people, but after being cheated out of their money, they were not promoted.

   In this circle, money alone is not enough.

   This is his disadvantage.

   is also what really upsets him.

   But at this moment, he felt a pair of cold fingertips, but warm hands in his palms.

   When he came back to his senses, the girl was caressing his face with tender eyes:

   "What are you thinking? His face is so ugly."

"…No ah."

  Xu Xin shook his head:

"fine."

   "Cheating ghost~"

  The girl giggled:

   "Do you think I'm being ignored or looked down upon?"

"…Um."

   Now, Xu Xin admitted.

  But the girl shook her head, with a rare sobriety in her eyes:

"Actually, it's not necessary. If you think about it from another angle, I can't stop this matter itself, right? They were able to find Director Zhang from the beginning, but they made a special call... What does this mean? It means that she thinks highly of me~ I have no right to stop things that I can't stop myself. What's more...even if I know, I won't say anything. Because it may not only give Director Zhang the impression that I am very narrow-minded , she and I can't even be ordinary friends."

   "Then she wants to call you to talk about it?"

  Xu Xin asked back.

  The girl shrugged, and put her hand in front of the raindrops dripping from the shed in front of her, letting the rain drip into her palm:

"In this circle... many friends are better than many enemies, right? So, I will agree to her very freely. As I said before... from the beginning, I can't stop it. Instead of this, how about If I appear more open and aboveboard, others will think that I am quite open and bright, and have a better impression of me. In this way...if we meet in the future, or bump into a certain movie or something, at least we will not suffer some unreasonable disasters... To put it bluntly Oh, brother, after all, he is still a little famous actor, right?"

   She turned her head and smiled.

  The smile with the single ponytail looks innocent and relaxed.

  As if he didn't take this matter to heart at all:

   "At least, people think highly of me, right? Just based on this, I won't say anything about her... I won't have any pimples in my heart. I even learned a truth from her."

"…What?"

   "No matter what you think in your heart, on the surface, at least treat everyone equally."

   Clenched the rainwater in her hand, she said:

"Right?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin was silent for a moment, and a fire appeared in his eyes.

Laughed.

  Sunshine Smile:

   "That's right, because... who knows if today's young actor will become a big star tomorrow."

   "...Hey, that sounds good. So, don't be angry, okay? I have nothing to do with her..."

"Um."

  Xu Xin nodded:

   "Don't be angry anymore."

"exactly."

  The girl showed a satisfied look:

"If you want to be angry, I should be angry... Good guy, you scared me. I thought what was she going to do... I called my boyfriend on the first night we met, which made me think she was robbing me! "

   "Hehehe~ I feel quite honored when you say that."

   "Stop coming!"

  At this time, Zhang Yimou's voice came from the rain:

   "Xiao Xu, let's go."

   "Oh, yes, Director Zhang."

   In response, Xu Xin said:

   "Let's go."

"Um."

  Yang Mi took out the umbrella from the backpack, Xu Xin took it and opened it, tilted the umbrella towards her, and walked down to protect her.

  Going down the tower, he asked:

   "Come with me?"

   "Farewell, Sun Ting is still waiting for me outside, let's go together...see you at the hotel."

"…Um."

  …

  Business car.

   "Jay Lun did a good job today. It's just that the weather is not good. If we can postpone it for two hours, we can finish the filming of Gong Li and the ending scene with this scene."

   "It will take two days."

  Hearing what Zhang Yimou said, Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

   "There is also the scene setting scene in the back, which is also a big head. The vendetta scene in the palace, and the scenes where Jiang Chan knows that the prince is her own brother..."

   "So don't be in a hurry."

  Zhang Yimou said:

  “You can’t be in a hurry when making a movie, it’s a process of slow work and meticulous work. If you are in a hurry and rush to pay, it is easy to ignore many things.”

"Uh-huh…"

  Xu Xin nodded to express his understanding.

   Then I thought about it, and suddenly changed the topic:

   "Director Zhang, do you remember what I told you a few days ago about Yang Mi and her two friends wanting to visit the class?"

"Well…"

  Zhang Yimou thought for a while and said:

   "Probably have an impression... What's wrong?"

   "...do you know a person named Chen Jinfei?"

"do not know."

"Well…"

  Turning his head to look at the stunned Xu Xin, Zhang Yimou was a little puzzled:

"What's wrong?"

"Is such that."

  Xu Xin roughly talked about what happened today.

  Zhang Yimou understood immediately.

  But he didn't speak directly, but after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked:

   "What's on your mind?"

  "...It's not very comfortable. Let me put it bluntly, the three melons and two dates in his pocket can't keep up with my family's cash flow."

   "..."

  The corner of Zhang Yimou's mouth twitched again...

  Although he also knew that the kid was rich, every time he mentioned these "money" things, he found that Xu Xin could always give him some "surprises".

   But this is not what he wants to teach Xu Xin.

  So he shook his head and asked:

   "What is Yang Mi's attitude?"

   "... She doesn't care. She couldn't stop her at first, and she wasn't qualified to stop her. Instead of doing this, it's better to have more friends and save more enemies in the future."

"…ha."

  Zhang Yimou suddenly chuckled and nodded approvingly:

   "This girl is smart~"

   After finishing speaking, the topic changed:

   "You have to get used to this kind of thing in the future."

"…Why?"

  Looking at Xu Xin's puzzled look, Zhang Yimou chuckled:

   "Let me ask you, how did Li Man disappear?"

"Well…"

  Zhang Yimou did not wait for Xu Xin's answer, and said to himself:

   "To put it bluntly, it's because she was bitten by a mosquito. But in reality? Putting you and Yang Mi aside, in essence, it's because...Gong Li is not satisfied, right?"

"…Um."

   "It's because the lead actor is dissatisfied...but what if the investors are not satisfied?...I'm not talking about our drama, but some other dramas. Let's just say "Sculpture of God". The girl's name is... Liu..."

   "Liu Yifei."

   "Yes, I remember saying that the original character of Little Dragon Girl belonged to Zhou Xun, right?"

"Um."

   "Then how did you become Liu Yifei?"

   "... I heard from Yang Mi that it was Chen Jinfei who brought money into the group, and Zhang Jizhong proposed it, and she was replaced."

   "This is the end~"

  Zhang Yimou leaned back on the chair and crossed his legs:

"Our circle... To be honest, it's actually a pyramid. Do you understand? Actors are the people at the bottom. The second layer is you, me, and the director. And the people at the top are the investors... Didn't you find something... that's right, you still can't get in touch with it now. Let's not talk about our family, I'll just talk about the coal boss in Shanxi. The favorite investors of the directors in the circle are actually them .”

"…Why?"

   "First, rich. Second, know how to respect people. Third, easy to cheat."

   "...????"

  Zhang Yimou didn't even need to look to know that there must be something wrong with Xu Xin's eyes.

   But he nodded:

"It's true. Because they don't understand, they respect the director's idea very much. They are responsible for paying the money, and they can shoot as the director says. At best, their filming is nothing more than staring at a certain actor, or wanting to praise a certain actor. Actors, or some other ideas. But in essence, in the hands of this kind of investor, the director has a high degree of freedom...

  As for being easy to deceive, it is purely a matter of personal humanity, which is not easy to comment on. As for us directors, dealing with them, in terms of our own work, the degree of freedom is actually the highest, because their purpose is very simple. But if it's those investment companies, brokerage companies... In fact, there will be a lot more constraints, various powers, or a balance of resources, what to do. got it? "

   “…but they’ll change the actors too, right?”

  Hearing Xu Xin draw inferences about other cases from one instance, Zhang Yimou nodded:

"Yes. Let me give you another example, let's say you. You and Yang Mi, for example, want to make this drama, but you don't like Gong Li, and you insist on letting Yang Mi play the queen. What do you think I should do? "

   "I dare not..."

"Let me just give an example. Just say, I will change it or not. If you don't change it, you won't give me money, and I can't make it. If you change it, this scene... can't be made. But at least I got my reward, Right? It’s the coal boss’s business to shoot the film. I’ve taken the money and made money. At worst, it’s over if I don’t cooperate with you next time... As for the actors who are replaced... who cares?

  He is rich, how can you, an actor, do anything to him? In fact, this is the truth. Xiao Xu, our business, to put it bluntly, is a relationship where one layer squeezes the other, understand? This little girl is not bad, and she knows to tell you in advance... And why does this kind of actor have a conscience, you know? "

"…Why?"

"There are two reasons. Either, this child is kind by nature... but this kind of person usually has no **** around him, and he will die very quickly. Or, it is because he has only debuted for a short time and has not yet been recognized by this big boy. The vat was so dyed that I didn't even recognize myself... I remember she wasn't very old, was she?"

   "Well, it seems like it's only been a few years since I debuted."

   "This shows that her fate is good. One is that Chen Jinfei is good at escorting her. But if she is kind or not, then you have to look again...Xiao Xu."

   "Hey, tell me, director."

  Looking at the young man sitting next to him, Zhang Yimou spoke earnestly:

"Remember, before a person becomes famous, he needs to find ways to expand his network and resources. As far as our circle is concerned... In order to get this kind of network and resources, out of ten people, nine of them have a moral bottom line that is far lower for ordinary people.

  After becoming famous, it is even more of this kind of contacts and resources to play. understand? At that time, what we played was the combination of strong and powerful, vertical and horizontal. So...whether it's these two people visiting the class, or the Chen Jinfei you mentioned wants to invite me to dinner, in fact, it's all the same.

The former, they want to save resources... I don’t need to know them, I just need to have seen them. Then, for example, I have a new play, and we are discussing who is the right actor here. Come and try it, maybe it will work. got it? ...he is a matter of chance of casting a wide net and catching more fish.

As for the latter, I want to open a new play, and when I choose you as the protagonist, I have to consider what you can bring to this play, what you can bring to me, on the premise that the role meets the requirements...or it is not suitable, but As long as the profit is maximized, it is also possible. This is the rule of this line, under the hierarchy of the pyramid, it is so cruel.

  Because you are not qualified to challenge others because you are a young actor. If you challenge, then others will not take you to play. Over time, the movies are gone, go to the TV series, the TV series are gone, go to acupuncture, if there is no acupuncture, see if I can do a drama or hold a training class... If these are gone, people will disappear in the circle.

  So... Don't be emotional, this rule is a big framework. If you want to play well, you have to play under these rules. Is it allowed to break the rules? allow. But the premise is that you are strong enough... But this is where the weirdness of this business lies... You follow the rules, and you are strong. And the stronger you are, the less you can escape this framework...

   It's an endless loop, get it? The case of Xiao Yang is definitely not an exception. People can say hello... It's the best of benevolence. And if you say a thousand words and ten thousand, you are still not strong enough for others to take care of your feelings, understand?

   And as a director, how can you be strong? It's very simple, make a movie, make a good movie, and the premise of all this is that as a director, you need to be hardworking yourself, and you have the ability. Therefore, keep in mind that everything changes, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to be wronged, or no one dares to give you or the people around you wear small shoes. For these things, you must first make yourself stronger... Xiao Yang is like this, and you are the same. "

   As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the thoughtful Xu Xin, and suddenly smiled and said:

   "What's more, you seem to have the potential to work across two classes, the investor and the director. So... don't take these small things to heart. If you really want to settle accounts, you have to wait until after the fall, right?"

"…Um."

  Understanding Director Zhang's good intentions, Xu Xin nodded:

"I understand, director... Actually, I'm not angry, I also know that she has done enough characters in this matter. But... I just think that the people standing behind her are too good at pretending to be big-tailed wolves in front of me... "

   "So just being rich isn't enough, is it? ... At least you can't do it yet."

  Zhang Yimou's tone was full of ease:

   "But..."

"…how?"

   "..."

  Zhang Yimou didn't speak, but after thinking about it, he said:

"In the past two days, Xiao Yang has finished filming, and our filming progress has been delayed by Jay Lun's teasing, and it must be more compact later. Let me talk to Weiping later, and I still have dinner...I eat During the meal, everyone in the film crew had to look at me eagerly..."

   "!"

   Xu Xin, who understood Director Zhang's meaning, widened his eyes in surprise.

  Seeing that the other party's tone became more and more relaxed:

"And you, tell the girl that if you want to visit the class, you can come here aboveboard. Isn't it all up to Xiao Yang? Then let the young people make contact with each other. The young people should solve the young people's affairs by themselves. Parents What's going on here?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin was speechless.

   For a moment, he hid his eyes in the darkness, and readily agreed:

   "Oh, I see, Director Zhang."

"Um."

  Zhang Yimou agreed:

"Put your mind down, whether it's the Olympics, or the crew... Concentrate on it, study hard, and study hard. Regardless of your family environment, these are the capital for your future. Grab it, don't let it go, do you understand? "

"understood."

  Xu Xin nodded vigorously.

  (end of this chapter)