I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

   Chapter 379 377. Angel Wings

   On the day after the full moon wine, the family did not return to Yanjing, but stayed in Shenmu for another day.

   But Xu Xin didn't join everyone the next day.

   Instead, they rushed to Shanghai to hold the World Expo meeting.

  This time, he did not contact Xue Haifeng and the others.

   Contacting twice is almost enough. It seems too deliberate to meet each other this time.

  After a meeting in Shanghai, he returned to Yanjing, and as soon as he got off the plane and said goodbye to Zhang Wu, he got into Cheng Hu's car.

  The car drove and walked to the company.

  After arriving at the company, Xu Xin walked to Yang Mi's office amidst the greetings of a group of people.

  He has little presence in the company.

  Belongs to idle personnel outside the establishment.

  Naturally does not deserve to have an office.

   Fortunately, he and the proprietress have a nepotistic relationship, so it is reasonable to temporarily requisition the boss's office for meeting guests and the like.

   "President Xu, what do you drink?"

   "Just have a cup of tea, is anyone here?"

   "Here we are, waiting in the reception room."

  Hearing what the little secretary said, Xu Xin nodded:

   "Just let them come over."

"OK."

  Sitting on Yang Mi's spacious boss chair, he flipped through some documents on the table, and then heard footsteps coming from the door.

   Looking up, Lu Yang, Chen Shu, and Fang Xiu walked in together.

"Ha ha."

  Xu Xin smiled and stood up:

   "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

  He directly avoided the greetings, and pointed to the sofa enthusiastically:

"sit."

   As he spoke, he sat directly on the single sofa.

   "Hi, Director Xu."

  Lu Yang greeted Chen Shu with him.

  Xu Xin nodded, and pouted at Fang Xiu again, saving him from the embarrassment caused by the different address.

  After all... Both of them called Director Xu, and when Lao Fang said "Old Xu", the two of them would inevitably feel a sense of intimacy and alienation.

   After taking his seat, Xu Xin asked:

   "When did you come?"

   "We just arrived. Then when we arrived, Director Fang also arrived."

  Lu Yang's words meant that the three of them already knew each other, and it also saved Xu Xin the trouble of introducing someone.

  So he nodded:

   "Okay, then I'll cut the long story short, have you read all the scripts?"

   "Look."

  Including Fang Xiu, the three nodded at the same time.

   And Chen Shu directly took out the script of "Deal".

  That's right, Xu Xin came to meet three people today because he planned to start the short film project "Trading".

   But this time he didn't plan to use the "big guy" from Xiying Studio.

   Not necessary.

  After the College Student Image Festival invited him to be the director of the opening short film, he was given a budget of 100,000 yuan and a commission of 20,000 yuan.

  Money is almost negligible.

   Let alone Liu Yifei with this little money, any delay in the length of the film and the shooting progress will exceed the budget.

   Not to mention the 20,000 yuan commission.

  Invite him to direct, if it is the normal price, at least two zeros will be added.

  This is still a low level.

   But he took the job anyway.

  On the one hand, the platform launch of the short film "Trading" is helpful to Liu Yifei.

  On the other hand, he really wanted to shoot this story.

   Money or no money is not considered at all.

  The reason why they are called today is also very simple.

  The people from Xiying Studio came to shoot, they must be shooting mosquitoes with cannons. If nothing else, the cost of business trips is a big expense.

  So he integrated his "existing" resources.

  Fang Xiu came to be a photographer, and Lu Haibo always wanted his son to have a stable environment to create. Then I will save face and come over to be the assistant director.

  With Chen Shu.

"Director Lu, let me tell you about the short film "Deal" with Director Chen first. First of all, the photographer is Lao Fang. Lao Fang and we are college classmates, and the film "Not Drunk" is also a joint project between us. from."

"Uh-huh."

  Lu Yang nodded to express his understanding.

   "The heroine has already been decided. As the opening short film of the College Student Video Festival, the heroine is Liu Yifei. But the role of the child still needs to be found. This is the entire lineup of the entire "Trade" crew."

  Hearing what he said, Lu Yang took out his notepad:

   "Director: Xu Xin

  Assistant directors: Lu Yang, Chen Shu

  Director of Photography: Fang Xiu

  Starring: Liu Yifei"

   "Director Xu, these are the people, and Chen Shu and I will be responsible for the rest of the preparations?"

"Yes."

  Xu Xin nodded:

"In a week, I hope to be able to complete the selection of the scene and the preparations for other crew members. On this point, you can discuss it to see if there is anyone who can help you. For the audition... do it without delaying the children's studies, after all Isn't it still a holiday? So we can conduct a centralized selection on Saturday and Sunday."

  Hearing this, Lu Yang was a little surprised:

   "Director Xu, this Saturday is the Golden Horse Awards, have you forgotten?"

   "No, I won't go."

  Xu Xin waved his hand and said with a smile:

"If Yang Mi goes, I won't go. The child is too young. If both of us leave, we have to leave alone to take care of the baby. So when you audition, I may not be able to pass. When the time comes, the selected child Just give me the audition footage."

"OK."

  Lu Yang nodded to express his understanding:

   "Then the three of us are responsible for setting up the crew. The salary..."

"According to normal. This is a short film, and if it is used for commercial purposes, it will only be shown at video festivals and on the Internet. I just like this story very much, and I have no intention of doing anything else. It is the same as "Not Drunk". The film's The total budget is 120,000. Liu Yifei and I don’t take a single cent, and the rest of the production funds are here. Oh yes, the company will support the equipment, and other road guides will look to get it.”

   As he spoke, Xu Xin got up and took out a stack of manuscript paper from the backpack on the boss's desk.

   "Give, sub-shot, and a blurry image design."

   All the manuscripts drawn by him were placed in front of the three of them.

"Let's audition according to this feeling. Let me explain to you a few specially marked places... First of all, it is a snow scene. If it is snow... we have to see the sky. God will say, when can we shoot. It is divided into pre-snow and post-snow, what I want to shoot here is..."

  He began to slowly talk about the points that need to be paid attention to in this film in his own concept.

  The three of them started to record with their notebooks.

   We chatted for about an hour.

  Most of the time, Xu Xin was talking, and the three of them were listening.

   After an hour, the director's shooting idea has been roughly figured out, and the three of them already have an idea in their hearts.

  The entire movie is about half an hour long.

  The shooting time is about 7 days.

   But this 7 days is quite sufficient.

  According to Fang Xiu's words, as long as there are no problems with the young actors, the crew will run faster, and it will be over in at most 2 days.

  He is someone who has seen Xu Xin's shooting style.

   What Xu Xin said also coincides with Xu Xin.

  The idea of ​​shooting was clarified, and the task was also clearly explained.

  This meeting is over.

   There was no formality such as "Let's have dinner together", the three of them left together after the meeting.

  Before leaving, Xu Xin asked Fang Xiu:

   "Old Fang, when will the results of the documentary plan be released?"

   "The notice is to wait until the end of this year. The Gregorian calendar year is considered a new action. So whether it is passed or not will have to wait until after New Year's Day."

"okay, I get it."

   After the three of them left, he checked the time and saw that there was still time to rush back to have lunch, so he called Liu Yifei while walking downstairs.

  After the phone rang for a long time, Liu Yifei's somewhat confused voice sounded:

"Hello?"

   "...haven't gotten up yet?"

  After Xu Xin's voice sounded, the movement over there suddenly changed:

   "Huh? You... huh? I just saw... what's wrong?"

Fine.

   These sisters are quite confused.

   "Just to tell you, after the "Golden Horse Awards", we may start shooting the short film "Deal"."

   "Well, well... where are you?"

   "Just came back, how?"

   "Then you don't go home?"

   "...?"

  Xu Xin paused and asked in bewilderment:

"Where are you?"

"at your home."

   "...you didn't leave last night?"

   "No, I'm here to talk to Mimi about Jingqiu's affairs. It's a bit late, so I'm going to sleep here. Um... It's 11:30? I have to get up quickly. Are you coming back later?"

   "Come back, I'm planning to go back now. Let's meet and talk about it later, don't go, let's have a meal together at noon."

"OK."

   "Well, hang up."

   When he was in Modu yesterday, he had dinner with Zhang Wu and Liu Kuan. During the meal, according to the habit, he reported to Yang Mi, and Yang Mi was also having dinner with Liu Yifei. The two belong to the state of normal business trips between husband and wife.

  Where did I go, let me tell you, don't think too much about it.

   Let me tell you what I do at home, so you can travel with peace of mind.

   Probably that is what it means.

   Unexpectedly, during my business trip, my wife would do this! !

Um.

   Hurry home and have a look.

  …

  Rushing home all the way, Zaizai and Niuniu had already rushed over as soon as they opened the door.

   "Yo? It's rare, you two... don't look at the child, do you still have the conscience to welcome me?"

  Xu Xin hugged the heads of the two dogs and licked them.

  Yang Dalin, who heard the movement in the kitchen, came out. After seeing his son-in-law and Cheng Hu, he said with a smile:

   "Are you back? Don't touch the dog, wash your hands quickly, let's eat."

"okay."

   In response, he pushed the box to the door, and just opened the door when he heard a sound:

   "Daddy's back! Look! Daddy Daddy!"

   Then, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei, each with a baby, walked towards the door.

   "Don't wait, the door is cold."

  Xu Xin subconsciously stopped the two of them, and hurried into the house.

   After stepping aside, Cheng Hu also walked in and quickly closed the door.

   Blocked the cold air, but Xu Xin was a little dazed.

  In front of...

  Yang Mi is in the front and Liu Yifei is in the back.

  The two are holding a child.

  Not to mention his wife's face, Liu Yifei's appearance is the No. 1 in many people's hearts.

  And when these two people are staring at a man and laughing at the same time...especially because they are holding a child, the "girly" feeling on the two of them fades away and is replaced by a touch of maternal brilliance...

   It is this moment.

  Xu Xin suddenly felt that he understood why the ancients liked three wives and four concubines.

real.

  He will understand in a moment.

  The two children are of their own blood.

   Besides his wife, if he and Liu Yifei have any relationship between men and women.

  The sense of accomplishment of "wives and concubines are happy", just thinking about it makes him a little distracted.

  Marry a wife, marry a virtuous person, take concubines and sex.

   These words... are really true.

   At this moment, he was very moved.

  However, it is only at this moment.

  When she saw the innocence revealed in the **** eyes of the son in Yang Mi's arms...the carelessness was replaced by longing for the child.

  I have to be a good father.

  Set a good example for the two children.

   He said to himself in his heart.

   Then, after completely regaining his composure, he said with a smile:

   "Okay, I'm still cold."

   "I know, this is a grand welcome ceremony for you. Come on, baby, tell Dad. Tell Dad, you have worked **** a business trip~"

  Yang Mi shook the child's little hand, as if the lovely words were really spoken by the child.

   Xu Xin couldn't help but smile again.

  But this time he squatted next to the radiator, and after waiting for about ten seconds to dispel the chill from his body, he walked to the sofa.

   "Come on, give me a hug, Dad."

  Hold the extremely cute eldest daughter into his arms.

  The tacit understanding between the old husband and wife made it unnecessary for both of them to say anything.

  The moment the child was handed over to Xu Xin, Yang Mi raised her head.

  After hugging and holding the child firmly, Xu Xin kissed his wife on the mouth.

   "..."

  The corner of Liu Yifei's mouth twitched.

  Looked down at Yang Yang, whose eyes were fixed on his father...

   Four words popped up in my heart for no reason:

   "Same sickness and sympathy for each other."

   She even felt that Yang Yang was more pitiful than herself.

  Next year at such a young age, he will have to endure this kind of "beating".

  At this time, she heard Xu Xin's words:

   "How's the preparation going? What did you talk about last night?"

  Thoughts come to an end.

  Just as Liu Yifei was about to answer, she heard Yang Mi say:

   "It's about how we grasp the role of Jingqiu. We have a little dispute about the role of Jingqiu...or guess about your shooting ideas.

  I think the theme of the movie you want to shoot should be a process.

  From Jingqiu's ignorance, to the passionate love with the third child, to the **** scene you mentioned was just sleeping... This process brings a hidden expression.

  Express that at this moment, Jingqiu’s mentality has changed from a girl to a woman...

   Didn’t I know the experience of “Xiong Yin” before? Her husband is a person who looks like the third child, but in the end she divorced. And the reason why she divorced was because she told Amy that her husband had changed before and after marriage. I think it's more about "wake up" than "change".

  That is to say... her husband understood that from beginning to end, he was just a substitute for the third child. And to continue this kind of thinking, a man can't accept that his wife is obviously married to him, but what he thinks, reads, and compares everywhere is another man. That's why there's that kind of change.

  This is what happened to Xiong Yin, because she was the one who let her husband down psychologically. "

   "Yeah, keep talking."

  Xu Xin didn't say right or wrong, but just asked Yang Mi to continue talking.

  "So, according to my understanding, in the story of the movie script, since Jing Qiu and the third child slept together on the same bed, as a conservative woman, she was actually "married".

  And the death of the third child in the end, Jingqiu is like a widow. The psychological changes she exhibited were very complete...

  Later, her friend...what was his name. After coming to Jingqiu with her abandoned body after pregnancy, her reaction should be the feeling of cheating in marriage, and her performance should be anxiety and hatred.

  And the whole person... If I were to play the role, both the braids and the girly feeling on the body would change. Because since she was "betrayed by the third child", she has already entered the ranks of adults. And the final ending of the story should also be an adult ending.

   Hawthorn tree, still that hawthorn tree. But Jingqiu should not be the Jingqiu at the beginning of the script. "

   Speaking of this, she suddenly paused.

   Looking at his brother inexplicably, a touch of softness suddenly appeared in his tone:

   "Also, I think the script of the third child lying on the hospital bed covered in bruises should also be dealt with, it is too simple and straightforward. Brother, the third child... loves Jingqiu very much, you know?

  Even if he... passed away...he will definitely be in the sky, guarding Jingqiu in his own way...

  I think what happened to Xiong Yin is not a coincidence. The third child must have used his own way to help Jingqiu find a man who can treat her the same as him. Protecting, guarding, and caring for her in the dark.

  But what he wants Jing Qiu to understand is definitely not that he wants Jing Qiu to stagnate forever.

  His love...is broad.

  The reason why I push a person who is so like me to Jingqiu...or Xiongyin is to hope that Xiongyin can look forward, move forward, and welcome her new life. But it's a pity... Xiong Yin didn't, she just used her husband as a substitute. So just repeating the same mistakes... Here are my thoughts. "

  After Yang Mi finished speaking, she seemed afraid that Xu Xin would notice something, so she quickly pointed at Liu Yifei:

"But her point of view is that Jingqiu should be ignorant. Even if they sleep together, her changes should not be so obvious. It should still have that girlish feeling throughout, so as to ensure the consistency of the overall tone of the movie. Also It’s what’s called pure to the end.”

   As she spoke, she looked at Xu Xin:

   "What is the correct answer in your heart?"

"I…"

   Now, it was Xu Xin's turn to hesitate.

  In fact, it is very common for directors and actors to exchange script directions and jointly study the development of the plot.

  After all, ten thousand Hamlets have ten thousand Harry Potter Brad Pitts in their hearts.

  Everyone's understanding of something is different.

  As a director, it is also a very happy thing for the director if he can learn other people's opinions and highlights.

  Because of everyone's joint efforts, the completion of a work is more profound.

  And the words in his wife's mouth right now are like this.

  Liu Yifei's perspective is his original shooting idea.

   Pure, clean.

   A clean shot to the end.

  Pure pure.

  Yang Mi's words seemed to open a bright skylight into the house he had already built.

  Unconsciously, he was thinking.

  If...according to Yang Mi, Jingqiu's mental journey is transitioned from a bright line to a dark line, what will it feel like?

  Sleeping with the third child symbolizes that Jingqiu's mentality has transitioned from a girl to a woman.

  In the original script, after the two slept together, the third child sent Jing Qiu back the next day.

  There is a clip of the two hugging in the air across the river.

   is a breaking point for the two to sublimate their relationship.

  The inspiration for this scene came from Gu Xiaobai's line "Holding hands and looking at teary eyes, but choking silently" when he read Liu Yong's "Yu Linling".

  In Xu Xin's mind, the two hug each other and cry silently, which is a very straightforward way to express their feelings.

  But, what if you follow Yang Mi's train of thought?

  The third child knew that he had leukemia.

  Jing Qiu didn't know.

  So, across the river, is between life and death.

  The hug between the two seems to express their emotions to each other, but in fact it symbolizes the thin line between life and death.

  They are only separated by a river, but they are so cruel that they can no longer blend into each other.

   And the third child was crying.

  Jing Qiu's scene... What if it was changed to a smile?

   Or a happy smile.

  The third child cried because he knew that he could not be with Jingqiu forever.

  Jing Qiu laughed, because the sweet love between her and the third child had just begun.

oh?

  This kind of contradictory collision of two different...

  That means that Jingqiu can be more sunny when dealing with the plot where Jingqiu is afraid that the third child will get leukemia.

  Whether it’s the sense of the lens, or the relaxed soundtrack, or the use of scenery or some seemingly random clues to express the composition of lies implicitly...

  The audience thought the story would not be so bloody, and the third child did not have leukemia.

   Then accompanied by the sudden tears.

  Let the audience mistakenly think that the third child is reluctant to give up Jingqiu.

  Finally, Jingqiu saw the third child lying on the hospital bed covered in bruises.

"Hmm! Very good. Your way of thinking... the plot tension is stronger! It is stronger than the pure feeling I imagined before! The speculation and doubts of fiction and reality, life and death, love and hate are progressing. When it came to the final plot, the feeling suddenly exploded...now it looks...great!"

  His answer is equivalent to approving Yang Mi's answer.

Then…

"Give."

  Before the child was scented for five minutes, Xu Xin put it in Yang Mi's arms again, and then walked quickly to the study.

   For this paragraph, he has to think about it as a whole.

  Think about it.

  And if this is done well, the feeling of the whole script will rise to a higher level.

   "Don't call me for lunch."

"Snapped."

  The door is closed.

  Yang Mi hugged the child as usual, and looked at Liu Yifei:

   "Looks like... I won."

   "..."

  Liu Yifei was a little speechless.

  Actually, to be honest, she was indeed convinced by Yang Mi's statement last night.

   In the bottom of my heart, I also think that it would be better to deal with it this way.

   But there is also a small problem here.

That is…

   "Why do you change so much now?"

  She couldn't help asking:

   "It feels completely different...whether it's looking at the characters, or the feeling of... acting. Why is there such a big gap?"

   "This time it's not the gap between the role and acting skills."

  Yang Mi shook her head slightly.

   And Liu Yifei didn't know if he had an illusion.

  She always felt that Mimi's eye circles were a little red.

  When I was in doubt, I heard the other party say:

   "It's... I got inspiration from a very gentle person. Love is definitely not about stagnation. It's about hoping for a better life for the other person. I think... for the third child, he must mean that."

   "...?"

   Liu Yifei didn't understand these words at first glance.

  After chewing on the meaning repeatedly, he tentatively asked:

   "So... your idea and inspiration have prototypes?"

"…Um."

   "Can you tell me what happened? I think it inspires me a lot."

"cannot."

  Her words were rejected by Yang Mi without hesitation.

   "I can't tell you and never will tell anyone. Just treat it like..."

   Speaking of this, Yang Mi paused.

   When he turned his head to look at Liu Yifei, he showed a smile that was hard to describe in words, but seemed to have a tacit understanding with someone:

   ""The Unspeakable Secret"."

  In Liu Yifei's speechlessness, she softly hugged her daughter and hummed a song:

   "I believe you are still here~

  Never leave~

  My love is like an angel guarding you~~~

  If life only ends here~

  There will be no me from now on~

  I will find an angel to love you for me~”

   She sang this song very well.

  But Liu Yifei was baffled by what he heard.

   (These two chapters are tomorrow.)

   In the past two days, I read the previous chapter and said, I saw some readers asked if I could skip the plot of the movie. They are all movies I have seen, so I need you to describe them? Can you stop the word count.

In fact, I want to say... Although I made fewer movies in this book, I really tried to make the preparation stories for each movie as interesting as possible. What is lacking, let's sublimate the whole work. It's not copying the plot of the movie.

  I really don’t have a water plot, and I don’t use a movie water plot. From the beginning of "Not Drunk" to the present, I have tried my best to bring you a sense of immersion that "this movie was really made by Xu Xin".

   So, I have no water plot, I promise.

  (end of this chapter)