I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 253 251. Change as you say

  After arriving at the hotel, Xu Xin walked to the elevator normally.

   Didn't even look around.

  He went straight into the elevator, and as soon as he returned to the room, he smelled a smell of cigarettes.

   Looking around, I saw my girlfriend was smoking a cigarette there.

  He glanced twice and said:

   "Can you bear it?"

   "...It's okay, I asked Tingting to buy this for me. It's minty, not very exciting."

   As she spoke, Yang Mi suddenly retched:

   "vomit~"

   Then came a sentence:

   "I just can't smoke too much, it's really uncomfortable to smoke too much, especially if I can't brush my teeth, it's even more uncomfortable to smoke after brushing my teeth... Vomit~"

  She quickly raised her head with water and began to rinse her mouth.

  Xu Xin suddenly laughed out loud:

"hey-hey…"

   "What are you laughing at?"

  The girl with tears coming out was a little speechless:

   "You don't feel sorry for me, are you still smiling?"

   "I think it's time for us to film "Not Drunk"..."

  Walking to the sofa, holding her in his arms, and taking the half of the cigarette from her finger, Xu Xin had a look of reminiscence in his eyes:

   "At that time, I was working on editing next door, and you came over... You also asked me for cigarettes. You also said that you didn't know when you would need it... I still remember the outfit you wore that day, it was so beautiful."

  Hearing this, Yang Mi sat up straight from his arms, and there was something wrong with her eyes:

   "What do you mean? It means I'm not pretty anymore?"

   "...?"

  Xu Xin was stunned:

"What the hell?"

  He froze for a moment, then quickly shook his head:

   "I didn't mean that, it's pretty now too..."

   "Also pretty? Does that mean I wasn't pretty enough back then?"

   "???"

   "Okay! My surname is Xu! Tell me! Be honest! What do you mean by these two sentences!? How am I not beautiful!?"

   "Who said you are not beautiful?"

   "Just say it! Just say it! Just say it!"

   "No, I didn't... I... What did I say?"

   "You say I'm not pretty!"

   "???"

   "Pfft..."

  Looking at the innocent fiance, she suddenly laughed:

   "Oh, you're so boring..."

   After finishing speaking, he fell into Xu Xin's arms again.

   "I don't know funny at all~"

   "Bang!"

   "Ouch!"

   As soon as the words were finished, the girl who felt a pain in the forehead covered her forehead and wailed:

   "What are you doing!"

  Just raped his fiancée at home, and gave a sneer to Xu Xin, who was really brain-dead:

   "You deserve it, you're insane~ You've lost all your memories."

   "...hehe~ hey, did you like me from then on?"

   "I don't like a psycho."

   "Oh, don't be shy, just say it, say it, my sister will give you a big bobo~"

   "Heh~ woman~"

   "Hey, tell me quickly, when did you start liking me?"

   "You're playing with fire!"

   While the couple were fighting, suddenly, Yang Mi's cell phone rang.

  Hearing the movement, she picked it up and took a look, then handed the phone directly to Xu Xin:

   "Mimi, we are here. My mother may talk to Director Xu about cooperation in a while, don't agree to her, and after she leaves, I will give you an explanation."

   "What are you going to say?"

  Yang Mi asked.

   After Xu Xin looked back, he shook his head directly:

   "Business. I don't know her very well. I met her once in "Golden Armor"..."

  So...

   "Aunt Liu, I don't have time to think about these things right now. The movie will start tomorrow, and this is the top priority. As for cooperation, we can go back and talk about it later. Yifei and I are also friends, and I will help if I can."

  After Liu Xiaoli came, after the process of exchanging pleasantries, greetings, and small talk, she got such an answer when she explained her purpose in a straightforward manner.

   Coincidentally, Li Pingdong called at this time.

  Xu Xin didn't wait for Liu Xiaoli's answer, and connected the phone directly:

   "Hello, Director Li."

   "Director Xu, Lin Li brought back the filter clips for the camera trial in the afternoon."

   "Okay, I'll go there now."

   It can almost be said that it was a godsend opportunity. After Xu Xin put down the phone, he nodded to Liu Xiaoli:

   "The director of photography has something to do, I want to go there."

   After finishing speaking, he said to Liu Yifei:

   "Eat normally at night. After the meal, everyone gathered in the small conference room on the third floor. The actors all met. I want to talk about the shooting plan."

  Finally, he turned to look at Yang Mi:

   "You entertain Aunt Liu, I'm leaving first."

   Nodding to Liu Xiaoli again, he walked out of the room quickly.

  Xu Xin wasn't asking about the next thing.

   and Li Pingdong screened several filter clips that Lin Li tried to shoot, and the time came to around 6 o'clock.

  Xu Xin simply stayed in Li Pingdong's room while watching these clips and discussions, while eating the meal delivered by the hotel.

   After dinner was finished and the shooting ideas were finalized, it was past seven o'clock.

  He sent a message to Li Haiping, informing all the actors to gather in the conference hall.

  …

   "Sister Bingbing, you are here."

   "Well, Mimi, you're pretty again~"

   "Hey, Sister Bingbing, the method you told me last time really works. After using it, the skin is very tender..."

  …

   "Teacher Yu."

   "Ouch, Honey."

   "When did you arrive?"

   "Just arrived in the afternoon."

   "Are you busy with performances at the end of the year?"

   "It's okay, no, the commercial performance was intensive a while ago, which just happened to stagger the time of the movie."

  …

   "Mimi."

   "Huh? Brother, hahaha~"

  …

   "You are here, Yifei. Uh... hello, Aunt Liu."

   "Hmm~ Xiao Ming, long time no see."

  …

   "Mr. Wang, hello, I am Yang Mi, please take care of me."

"Ah hello."

  …

  In the conference room, all the actors of "The Wind" have arrived, and everyone is exchanging pleasantries.

  Including Liu Yifei and the "Huayi Gang".

   None of them are fools. Some things are clear without saying anything. If nothing else is mentioned, in this group, everyone must at least leave enough respect for each other.

  Of course, the premise is that the director can hold the scene.

  If the director can’t control the actors and speaks without authority in the crew, then the atmosphere of the crew will deteriorate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  However, these situations are rare after all, so they are not in their scope of discussion for the time being.

  Everyone just greeted each other, and then waited for the arrival of the director team.

  …

  Is Xu Xin a social terror?

  The answer is no doubt.

  But social fear does not mean that he will appear nervous or embarrassed at work.

  Social fear is not autistic, it is not that exaggerated.

  Work is work, life is life, this point is clear.

  Facing these stars, big names, and accomplished old actors, when he walked in, there was no tension on his face.

   He even ignored the assistants, staff, and even everyone including Liu Xiaoli who were sitting against the wall.

joke…

  The Olympic Games scene is much bigger than this.

  Not to mention anything else, His Majesty the Great Emperor can even fight against the devils of the abyss, so would he be afraid of this scene?

  So, under the attention of everyone, he took Li Haiping to the main position in the conference room, and said directly:

   "Good evening, teachers."

  The first sentence is greeting.

   In the second sentence, he went straight to the point:

"The production team has already had a meeting in the morning, and the venue is almost ready. I called everyone here today to let the big guys get to know each other. All of you here are seniors, and some teachers may be meeting for the first time. Some teachers have even cooperated with each other. But no matter what, everyone gathered together, and those who will accompany us day and night in the future are all friends, so I won’t come here for nothing.”

  Waving his hands to the crowd staring at him, he said directly:

"Let me first talk about the plan to be changed. I originally planned to take a day off tomorrow, find out the state, get used to it, and then start shooting the day after tomorrow. But this afternoon, Li guided us to see the venue and found that the day after tomorrow is not a good day. It's not suitable for starting up. Therefore, the opening ceremony is moved to tomorrow, and tomorrow morning, Teacher Zhang..."

  He looked at Zhang Hanyu.

   It is also the famous Guzidi.

  Then looked at Liang Bingning again:

   "Sister Bing Bing."

  Liang Bingning nodded slightly.

"Tomorrow is all right, and there are no taboos. So, after the opening ceremony, we have to shoot a scene. Not much, that is, after Gu Xiaomeng's death, Wu Zhiguo asks Li Ningyu for that cheongsam, and Li Ningyu takes Wu Zhiguo home. .Only one location, the two of you will rest after filming. No problem, right?"

"OK."

  Zhang Hanyu agreed first.

  Liang Bingning also responded with a smile:

"no problem."

   "Well, and the day after tomorrow, we will officially start shooting. Next, Director Li will tell you about the follow-up shooting plan."

   After briefly talking about the situation, Xu Xin took his seat, and Li Haiping began to communicate with the actors.

  These people are all "old men".

  Looking at whether a crew is professional or not, you can actually tell a thing or two from the shooting plan.

Needless to say, Li Haiping's professional level, from the time arrangement to the shooting arrangement, after talking about the entire scene to be shot in Hengdian, including the scenes to be shot in Dalian and Lushun, about half an hour passed .

  Clearly organized, no matter how big or small.

   After he finished speaking and sat down, Xu Xin stood up again:

"That's all there is to say. When it comes to Dalian and Lushun's itinerary, it's enough for the assistants of the teachers to directly contact the relevant person in charge. And in the two days from tonight, please adjust your status. During the group period, the final interpretation of all related shooting plans..."

   Speaking of this, he pointed to himself:

"It's all with me. So if you have any ideas about this movie, you are welcome to discuss with me without affecting the shooting progress. Any matters that are not related to the crew, please handle them individually and don't bring them to the crew. Come on. For a period of time in the future, I will leave the drama "The Wind" to everyone."

   After finishing speaking, he nodded:

   "Okay, everyone go back and have a good rest, the meeting is over."

  From the beginning to the end, there is no politeness or prevarication.

  Xu Xin left only one first impression on all the actors;

   "Concise and efficient."

   It's a clean mess.

  This is not the time to make friends. As a young director...or in other words, when he came down from the core group and started to take over all matters, he has already gone through the process of a team from unfamiliarity, inspection to familiarity and recognition.

  In the final analysis, it still depends on the ability.

  If you are capable, what you say will work.

  If you are an incompetent idiot, even if you invite people to dinner and drink and talk every day, others will really think less of you.

   These people are not juniors, they can throw their heads and blood with just a few words.

  If you want to do something like a chicken blood, you seem guilty.

  In the crew, how to get along well with the director and actors can be summed up in one sentence:

   "Each perform their duties and keep a distance."

   It is not necessary to be particularly close, especially close will not be authoritative.

   Also have to kiss, that will appear alienated.

  So, proceed from reality in everything, and treat things not people, then before your ability is manifested, you must be able to handle these people.

   This is enough.

  …

   That night, everything was quiet.

  Xu Xin's words have been clarified, and he will start filming from now on, so any external things that affect him may cause an unhappiness.

   Then, at 8 o'clock in the morning, all the actors and crew members boarded their respective cars and walked towards the film and television city in a very low-key manner.

  City God’s Temple was empty at the moment, and before 9 o’clock, Li Pingdong had already started distributing “Guaiguai”.

  Guo Zhengyi and the others are not very surprised about this custom.

  People in Hong Kong and Taiwan are superstitious in this area, and the mainland is indeed inferior.

  Even snacks can be used as tributes...what else can I say?

  In their long careers, they have seen and heard of these things more or less.

   On the contrary, the young and strong guys in the crew found it fresh.

   Playing with the "Guaiguai" puffed ball, some people are quite curious about the taste in it.

  Xu Xin took a pen, looked at the "postcard" on the outer packaging, thought for a while, and wrote:

   "Everything is going well for the crew of "The Wind", and (obediently) the filming ended safely."

   After finishing writing, he held the bag and waited obediently aside.

  After the others finished writing, they began to put the "obediently" in their hands on the gold tray of the altar.

  If you want to eat for a while, ask Li Pingdong for it. This is for the City God.

  After everyone from the crew to the actors had finished their arrangement, as the director, Xu Xin obediently put the bag in his hand on the top.

  Then, he glanced at the pig's head and apples on the altar, and then stood in front of the altar with the red paper of "opening the mirror".

   There is a small golden bowl on the altar with a folded piece of yellow paper inside.

   This is the incense frame invited from the Chenghuang Temple in Xi'an.

  The meaning is similar to a letter of introduction.

  Written in it is a notice from the Lord of the City. To be more formal, it probably reads, "Comrade Xu Xin from my unit will come to your place with the crew of "The Wind" to handle the shooting matters with full authority. Please contact me for hope!".

  With this letter of introduction, the local city **** will naturally follow the orders from above to keep the crew of "The Wind" safe and sound.

   Then came the incense burner, the wine cup, which was filled with the auspicious "Xifeng" wine.

   It’s not because Xifeng is Shaanxi wine, but because the name “Xifeng Chaoyang” sounds auspicious.

   is also used to win prizes.

   Otherwise, if you use some kind of "sinking vat wine" or "knocking down the well", it won't sound good and is unlucky.

  Seeing this wine, Xu Xinxin said that it was much more grand than the worship of the machine **** in "Secret".

  Thinking, he turned his head and glanced at the people behind him.

  Seeing that everyone was also looking at him, he turned around again.

  The crew of "The Sound of the Wind, Happy Opening!" Under the banner is a camera covered with a red cloth.

   Let’s get started.

  He took out the buddy and lit the incense frame in the golden bowl.

   Soon, the incense frame was reduced to ashes in the smoke.

  He then took out three sticks of incense and lit them, sticking them on his forehead respectfully and worshiping three times, he put the fresh incense on the incense burner, and then stepped aside.

   Then came Li Haiping, Li Pingdong, Guo Zhengyi, Ji Jianmin and other representatives of various crew departments.

  After they finished the episode, the leading actors who came with the crew began to offer incense.

  After all the sessions were finished one after another, Xu Xin suddenly saw Liu Yifei hesitating there...

  As soon as she changed her mind, she knew what she was hesitating, and shouted:

   "Yifei, hurry up."

   "..."

  Liu Yifei cast his eyes over in an instant.

   His urging echoed in his ears.

  She felt warm for no reason, and even her nose felt a little sore.

  However, he suppressed these emotions and hid them in his heart. The last one stepped forward and respectfully lit three sticks of incense.

   At this point, after all the actors finished offering incense, Xu Xin came to the camera in person and put his hand on the red cloth:

   "The crew of "The Wind"!"

   "Shua!"

  He pulled off the red cloth, revealing the camera inside:

   "Good luck booting!"

   "Wow la la la la la..."

  Amidst the applause, the incense burner filled with yellow incense slowly rose to the sky with green smoke, which could not be seen one by one.

  …

  The start-up ceremony is over, and everyone takes a group photo.

   Then the crew began to transition.

  In front of a second-floor attic in the former residence of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xu Xin pointed to the stairs with a walkie-talkie and said to Zhang Hanyu and Liang Bingning:

   "After a while, the two of you will go straight up the stairs, one in front and one behind. When you reach the corner, you will take out the key, go upstairs, and then go to the cross tape on the top, and we will finish. Just this one, go back to rest after passing."

  The two nodded in unison.

   Then Xu Xin sat back in front of a monitor, waiting for Lin Li to finish assuming the camera position according to Li Pingdong's request.

  The weather today is not bad, with sunshine.

   So a light background is pretty pretty ideal.

   Almost no adjustments are needed. After Li Pingdong sat in front of the camera and took a few test shots, he heard Xu Xin who was sitting below shout:

   "Okay, it's this soft light."

  The two have already cooperated once, and the pace is right, and the shooting ideas that should be explained have also been explained.

  Xu Xin said to Li Haiping's apprentice next to him, a young man named Huang Dongcheng who was specially brought here to learn from him:

   "Others out, actors in place."

  Huang Dongcheng nodded and shouted with a loudspeaker:

   "The staff is withdrawn, and the two teachers are in place."

  Following his words, the staff who arranged the scene just now faded away like the tide, and the military coat Liang Bingning was wearing was also taken away by the assistant.

  The two stood at the entrance of the courtyard and waited.

  At this time, the scene came to the camera with the board:

   "Act 55, Scene 1. Three, two, one."

  The crew of "The Wind" officially started filming.

   "CUE!"

  Hearing this sound, the two walked towards the stairs one after the other.

  Cross the courtyard, go up the stairs, take out the key, and finally stand still in front of the cross tape.

  Two seconds later, Huang Dongcheng's voice sounded again:

   "OK, it's over. The director said: call it a day."

  In an instant, Liang Bingning's assistant ran over quickly and put the military coat on her body.

  Although she is wearing a cashmere sweater, it is still a bit thin.

  Compared with it, Zhang Hanyu in a suit looks much better.

   Then, Xu Xin heard Liang Bingning say:

   "Okay, thank you all, I'm done."

  Including Xu Xin, everyone let out a loud laugh:

   "Hahahaha~"

   No, if we talk about location scenes, this is really the last location scene in the movie.

  The next scene is the chatting scene when two people in the room are looking at the cheongsam.

  …

  The crew of "The Sound of the Wind" has officially started filming, and after the shooting of a scene is over, today's work is over.

   After returning to the hotel room, he habitually shouted:

   "Sister, I'm back."

   "..."

   No response.

"elder sister?"

  Xu Xin shouted again, looked at the empty living room, and subconsciously pushed open the door of the suite next to him.

   is also empty.

   people?

  He was a little puzzled.

  If you’re not in the hotel to experience the state of the character, where are you going?

  He dialed the other party's phone directly.

   "Beep...Hello? Ho, ho, ho."

  ?

  Xu Xin subconsciously took off the peaked cap on his head and took a look.

black.

   Not green.

   "Where have you been? What are you doing?"

   "Hoo... dance studio."

  Yang Mi's panting sound weakened a bit:

   "The people from the dance troupe are here, I'm rehearsing the dance, do you want to come and have a look?"

   "Dancing in a bar?"

   "Yes, come on, the fourth floor."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin was about to agree when there was a knock on the door.

  He is at the door of the room, and the door leading to the bedroom is only two steps away from the door of the room. So when he heard the disciple, Xu Xin agreed:

   "I'll go and have a look."

   One side opened the door.

   As a result... Yang Mi heard a voice over there:

   "Yifei?"

   Next...

   "Yifei is here, I won't go there yet."

"…good."

  Yang Mi agreed, and after hanging up the phone, she subconsciously plucked a lock of hair and looked at it.

   Well, black.

   Not green.

  …

"How did you come?"

  Xu Xin asked in surprise.

   At the same time, looking at herself outside the door, she added another sentence:

   "Where's Aunt Liu?"

   "In the room...can I come in?"

"…good."

  Xu Xin seemed to understand something, and frowned slightly.

   But finally agreed to come down and give way.

  After she came in, she closed the door and led Liu Yifei to sit on the sofa.

"What's up?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin chose to get straight to the point, and there was even a hint of impatience in his tone.

  The filming has started...Although there is no scene of yours here, everyone is looking for status, why are you waiting?

   But Liu Yifei's eyes dodged a little.

   But it wasn't because of Xu Xin's tone... Or rather, she didn't feel that the other party's tone was wrong.

  Her timidity is not in tune with Xu Xin.

   Even the words "Yifei, hurry up" in the morning still echoed in my mind.

  Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

   Immediately took a deep breath and calmed down.

"sorry."

   This is the first sentence:

   "It was my father who made me reconcile with my mother."

   This is the second sentence.

   "After reconciling, she knew that I auditioned for the crew of "The Wind" behind her back. We two... had a good talk. It was very profound!"

  Looking at Xu Xin, she didn't hide anything:

   "It was very calm and had a deep talk. Then it was originally..."

   "Are you filming?"

   Before she could continue, Xu Xin interrupted her with a wave of his hand and asked a question.

  Liu Yifei was a little stunned.

   But Xu Xin continued to ask:

   "Remember what I said yesterday? I said anything irrelevant to the crew, don't bring it to the crew. So..."

  He looked at Liu Yifei seriously, and said word by word:

"Actors, you have to look like an actor. When the filming starts, what I need is the input of the actors, not you coming to me to explain something, or thinking about some external disturbances, pros and cons. Your apology, I accept it .Now, as a director, what I want to see is your acting skills, and nothing else. I'm... a little bit annoyed."

  If Zhao Liying was here, seeing this scene, she would definitely use the tone of someone who has experienced it, and sigh in her heart:

   "Look at it, I told you so. This man has a dog face, and he will change if he says so."

   And Liu Yifei was obviously at a loss.

  Until Xu Xin continued to add:

"No matter what, after the filming is over, you can say whatever you want. But since the machine has been turned on in the morning...my request is very simple. I hope you can display the most basic professional ethics of an actor and put your mind away from the scene. From outside to inside. Take good care of your role and acting skills, okay?"

  So Liu Yifei left.

  Xu Xin didn't go to watch the dance movements that Yang Mi was going to shoot tomorrow, but continued to sit on the chair, pondering and thinking about the footage in front of him.

   After an unknown amount of time, the door opened.

  Yang Mi, with traces of sweat still on her forehead, walked in. After seeing her fiancé's pensive look, she didn't say a word, and didn't even ask "Why is Liu Yifei here?"

  After washing her face, she walked out of the bathroom. She naturally sat on the other side of the sofa, holding the script in one hand, and lit a cigarette in the other.

  During the whole afternoon, neither of them spoke.

  Everyone is busy.

  It's like strangers who don't know each other.

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  (end of this chapter)