I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 60 058. Convocation

"Thanks."

  Hearing the other party's invitation, Xu Xin thanked him politely, and sat at the table in the water bar for members to rest.

   But immediately stood up again:

"Please wait."

  He raised his glass and took four bottles of Evian directly from the self-service area.

   These are free.

   Belongs to what is included in the membership card.

  After putting it in front of the two of them, he unscrewed a bottle first, and drank it all in one gulp.

  Yu Feihong didn't rush, but looked at him curiously.

  Wait for him to speak.

   Or wait for the protein powder in your cup to cool down.

   After temporarily quenching his thirst with a bottle of water, Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

   "It's like this, Mr. Yu, I have a story in my head. It's...a true story that happened to my dad's friend. When I heard it from him, I felt...I want to shoot it!"

"Um."

  The woman sitting opposite Xu Xin showed her good self-cultivation. Although she was puzzled, she didn't interrupt Xu Xin's words, but nodded to indicate that she would continue to listen.

  Xu Xin continued:

"But every time I want to turn it into a script...I always get stuck. Although I also have some ideas, from the beginning of the entry point to the ending, the whole storyline...I'm not very satisfied. But again I can't find a particularly good entry point, and I don't know how to find a suitable entry point to turn the story in my heart into... a script that satisfies me, what should I do in this situation?"

"Uh-huh…"

  The woman nodded first to show that she understood, and then asked:

   "Are you the director?"

  Her voice is soft, and it sounds like there is a gentleness rippling in it.

   "I'm a freshman in the director department of Beijing Film Academy."

"…ah?"

  Hearing Xu Xin's answer, Yu Feihong uttered an unexpected doubt:

   "Beiying's?"

"Yes."

  Xu Xin nodded in agreement.

   Then I saw the other party showing a very strange look, as if waiting for him to say something.

   "..."

  Xu Xin's eyes flashed a little puzzled.

   But she seemed to have guessed the meaning of Xu Xin's puzzlement, so she didn't say much, but continued:

   "Can you tell me what the story is? It's a real story, right?"

"Yes…"

  First nodded in agreement, and then said politely:

   "Then I will waste a little time for you, teacher."

   "Well, it's okay, let's talk about it."

   "Okay, it's like this, I'm from northern Shaanxi, our side..."

  He began to tell about his father's brother who was a good friend.

   In fact, there is nothing to hide, and he does not have any dark thoughts of "fear of plagiarism".

   itself is to ask people for advice.

   Naturally, we have to be honest with each other.

   After he finished retelling Dad's story, the woman thought for a while and said:

"You want to remake this story, right? Then... well... the difficulty is not that the story is so confusing, but that when you want to create a script as a director, you can't make many associations from the story itself, because Essentially speaking, this story is the story of the French Open without any omissions, and finally justice is done, it’s rather one-liner, right?”

"right!"

  Xu Xin's heart suddenly became hot.

  Different from Shigong, this is because the teacher obviously talked about this matter from the perspective of a filmmaker.

   It gave him a glimmer of hope.

   Looking at his eager eyes, the woman continued to nod:

"Um…"

   She held the cup and thought.

  The quiet years and elegance suddenly emerged, which made Xu Xin suddenly curious...

  What is the work of this international movie star like?

  How about... go home and look for it?

   This kind of thinking lasted for about a minute, and Yu Feihong's eyes gradually gained focus, and fell on Xu Xin again:

   "Have you tried splitting up the characters?"

"…Um?"

  Xu Xin was taken aback.

  Seeing that he was a little puzzled, the woman smiled and said:

   "Then let me give you an example. You just said that your father named his brother Chang, right?"

"um, yes."

"Okay, then you can imagine... let's call him Chang. How about the story of your script with Chang as the protagonist? It tells about a social idler who suddenly becomes rich and quickly loses himself in the face of money and material desires, and then After killing someone with a car and burying him on the mountain, his mentality began to change drastically, and he was under tremendous pressure every day. Then the script introduced a plot to solve the case, and finally the protagonist Chang was brought to justice. How about the entry point?"

"Well…"

  Following her description, Xu Xin's brows slowly wrinkled, and his eyes narrowed.

Idle people in society... Or to put it more intuitively, Chang, a gangster on the road, was originally just a gangster, suddenly became rich, drunk, and crazy, and suddenly killed someone, and then transferred the story to the police line , follow the clues...solve the case...finally Chang puts the law...

   This entry point...

   "Frankly, this entry point sounds great...but..."

   After hesitating for a while, Xu Xin shook his head:

   "Not what I wanted."

   "Is that so..."

   While Xu Xin was thinking, the woman who had finished drinking the protein powder in the cup seemed to guide her and asked:

   "Then is there anything you want in this story line? Something you want to express, or fragmented."

"have."

  Xu Xin nodded:

"For example, expressing at that time...that is, when I was young, I saw those people's luxury and wealth. People change a lot after they have money, Mr. Yu. It's really big, so big that sometimes it may be impossible to imagine that the other party can become The kind that looks like this..."

   "Self desires are magnified, right?"

"Yeah…"

  Hearing her succinct summary, Xu Xin nodded more frequently.

  But at this moment, she suddenly heard a sentence:

   "Look, the sudden turning contradiction between the rich and the poor that you want to express has come out."

"Well…"

  Looking at the boy who was suddenly taken aback, she smiled slightly:

"The contradiction between the rich and the poor, the mentality of the poor, and the mentality of the rich. The mentality of the poor when they see the hope of becoming rich when they have no money, and the mentality of the rich who have money but flout the law because of their unkind ambitions... These differences between the poor and the rich The resulting class conflicts, antagonisms, and changes in human nature in order to achieve the goal... These are actually what you want, right?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin was dumbfounded.

   A pair of eyes stared straight at the woman in front of her... Ah no, she is a god.

  This... Is it so good for our old promise?

  There is no way out, and a living fairy is picked up by the roadside! ?

   Experts will know if there is one as soon as they make a move.

  It is different from the thinking of Shigong Wang Wenyu who enlightens the author and helps the author try to "draw the outline".

  Although both screenplays and novels are literary works, their essence is somewhat different.

  Novels rely on associations.

  Movies are conveyed through pictures.

  The words of the Living Immortal... made Xu Xin vaguely find a breakthrough all at once.

   "Teacher Yu, what do you mean, I leave what I need to express through assumptions in various directions, and then put them... together?"

   "That would be messy."

  Unexpectedly, the woman shook her head:

"Didn't your teacher teach you that it's best to express only one central idea in a movie. It can be derived from a big proposition with some small propositions. But in the end, if you try to mix two, three ...or many big propositions... such as class conflicts, the gap between rich and poor... If you do that, you have to consider what you want to express in this movie. Then what you want to express in this movie is this kind of poverty Is there a wealth gap?"

"of course not."

  Xu Xin shook his head firmly:

"It's like this, Teacher Yu, my family...in fact, it was originally very poor, but when coal was discovered underground in the village, everyone suddenly became rich. And I have been trying to make some of my childhood What I have seen and heard is mixed into this story. So I am not simply expressing the gap between the rich and the poor, but... I don’t know how to say it, but I can be sure that I don’t want to use this Chang as the protagonist of the story. He can be a villain, he can It's a supporting role...huh?"

  Suddenly, he paused...

  The villain...the supporting role?

so…

Etc., etc…

  If Chang is the supporting villain...

   Just as he was thinking, the woman smiled slightly:

   "Look, the protagonist you want has come out, isn't it? You want Chang to be the villain, so, the simplest way to analyze it—who is his opposite?"

   "The police... no, it's the shepherd boy... or the family of the shepherd boy?"

   "Yes."

  The woman nodded:

"Actually, when writing a script, shooting a movie, or playing a role, there is often the most difficult thing, but it is also the easiest. That is to start with human nature! And in your heart, I can hear that you don't like this Changmou very much, Right?"

"…Um."

"That means that he bears some kind of "evil" emotion in your heart. Or characteristics. Therefore, his humanity should be synonymous with evil. And you have many ways to fight evil people. What I mean is that under the surface of the struggle, you will have a high degree of creative freedom. If you don’t like Chang, he is the villain, and the final outcome of the villain must be that justice is done, right?”

  Looking at the big boy with dull eyes, but subconsciously nodding.

  Maybe it's because of the kind of heart that is good at being a teacher, or the kind of... the joy of being admired by the younger generation in the same industry.

  She didn't hide anything, and talked freely:

"Well, now that the fate of a character has been decided, then you have to draw out characters who can "cooperate" with him. If there is a negative, there is a positive...Of course, if you want to express a feeling that everyone is not Any good guy's point of view is fine. But...honestly, I don't recommend it if you want your movie to be released normally... Anyway, with a villain, you need to cut into the heart of another character From his point of view, start to describe the whole incident, and embed what you want to express in it. And this angle, which is what we call the "protagonist" angle, do you understand?"

   "..."

   Silence.

   Speechless.

Shock.

  Every sentence...even every single word was so eloquent that Xu Xin's inspiration suddenly began to surge at this moment.

  Suddenly, a hole appeared on the boring high wall that had troubled him for several days, just like the dam that collapsed in an ant's nest. Even a small hole is enough to produce unpredictable consequences. not to mention…

  The opponent is not a hole.

   Instead, it is a real heavy artillery shell, without any reason or emotion, directly blasting through the obstacles that block inspiration!

  Changmou is the villain, and then establishes a protagonist, and runs through the whole story through the perspective of the protagonist.

  Under this most basic project, the changes in my hometown when I was a child, the fluctuations and changes of people's hearts...

Everything.

   Isn’t this so special!

   "Wow~"

  The chair receded and made a grinding sound.

  Xu Xin stood up and was about to go home...

  He has to write down what's in his mind quickly...or he may "forget" after a while.

  But just as he took a step away, another sudden brake came on.

   Turning his head to look at the woman who gave him this inspiration, he said sincerely:

   "Thank you, Teacher Yu."

   "..."

  Yu Feihong was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook his head:

   "It's okay. Come on~"

   "Uh huh, then..."

  Xu Xin opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say "leave a contact information".

   I’m afraid of arousing the other party’s resentment. After all, this circle is different from other circles, and there are some things that need to be paid attention to.

  So, he just said politely:

   "Teacher Yu, my name is Xu Xin. I am a freshman in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy this year. Thank you very much for your help."

"…Um."

  As soon as he mentioned the word "Northern Film", Yu Feihong's face became strange again.

   But in the end, he didn’t say anything, just waved, smiled, and gave gentle encouragement:

"come on."

   After Xu Xin quickly walked into the men's locker room, Yu Feihong took a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it, took a sip, and moistened his throat.

   Then he said to the assistant who had been waiting quietly beside him:

   "Very polite junior, right?"

  …

  The story begins with Xujiawan, a small village in northern Shaanxi.

  Coal was found under the small village of Xujiawan, and the villagers could get compensation if they signed it. Then...well, a coal mine developed by a big boss named Chang.

  The protagonist’s family of three agreed to the demolition, but the money was not wasted, and the children continued to herd the sheep... No way.

  This is a bit abnormal.

   If you have money, why not find a good school for your baby first?

   It is better to go to school in the city.

  Kewa goes to school in the city... so she won't be able to herd sheep.

   Who will herd sheep when they are rich? There are very few farmers...

  Then let's say...the main character's family can't get the money.

   It has to be in the state of "poor".

  How poor are the poor? ...Demolition money is not given? Impossible, the people in the mine will not default on this kind of payment, because it involves the credit of a village.

  Then let the coal mine conflict with the people of a village? ...stop kidding.

  Regarding the strong fighting power of the people in Xujiawan, when they were poor, they fought to irrigate the well, and whoever had to let Xujiawan come first, otherwise they greeted each other with a pickaxe.

  I saw grenades in the Big Four when I was young.

  Since it can’t be like this... the whole village agrees, but the protagonist’s family disagrees?

  That’s not right either... As long as this matter can pass through the ancestral hall of the ancestors, and after talking in the ancestral hall, the whole village will agree... Do you dare to disagree that you have betrayed your blood relatives and will be expelled from the family tree.

   Shall we remove the aspect of the ancestral hall first?

   Simply disagree?

  Indeed, there are a few families in any village who are idiots, and donkeys are used every day!

   Well, that's fine.

  The protagonist disagrees, and then the mine boss accidentally killed his son? …No, no, no, no, no, if someone dies, if the villagers dare to nod their heads, what face would they have to meet their ancestors… Oh, they say they don’t want to make any ancestral plaques…

  From the afternoon to past ten o'clock in the evening.

  After going through the steps of setting, overthrowing, and rebuilding countless times, Xu Xin reluctantly came up with a story outline of more than 300 words.

   But his heart is indeed satisfied.

  The screenplay is not to create a novel, it requires more detail.

  Everything needs to be considered from the scene, to the expression, to the language and context.

  As for Xu Xin's current inspiration, for the time being, he only supports him to come up with a rough character design and story outline.

   But even with that, he was already very satisfied.

  Because this wild potted plant was planted anyway. Next, just slowly and carefully trim its branches.

  The main story line is set, even after six or seven hours of busy work, there are only about 300 words.

   But his spirit has an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

   He couldn't help stretching a big lazy waist, and huge exhaustion rushed all over his body.

  Looking at the time...

   Well, sleep!

  Maybe there are some new ideas in the dream.

   After taking a shower and lying on the bed, he originally planned to read a book for a while... But he suddenly remembered something, and slapped his notebook...

   Then scratching my head...

  Xiao Li Fei Dao's Frightening Fairy! ? No wonder it looks so familiar.

   After thinking about it, he decided to review the other party's movies again.

   At the same time, I also found out why she is said to be an international movie star.

  He has been filming in Hollywood in 1987, the name is "The Joy Luck Club", and it also won the top ten movies of the National Board of Review Awards.

   No wonder…

  …

  On Monday, Xu Xin has a full-day class.

  Two sessions in the morning and two sessions in the afternoon.

  However, the camera language that was supposed to be taught by Yu Zhen in the morning was replaced by another substitute teacher.

   And the other party also mentioned, "Teacher Yu may not be teaching you much this semester, she has a very important job to be busy."

  Others don't know what's going on, but Xu Xin knows.

   Just a little lost.

  If there is no class today, maybe the teacher will let me be the driver.

   But this loss did not last long.

  At any rate, I still have a favorite script, don’t I?

  Listen carefully in class, think about the script in his spare time, and even when he eats at noon, he brings a notepad to sort out the relationship between the characters.

   As a result, the mobile phone rang before the meal was finished.

  Take it out and have a look...

   Yu Zhen called.

   "Hello, Teacher Yu?"

   "Xu Xin, where are you?"

   There was no emotion on Yu Zhen's phone call.

   Very calm.

  Xu Xin didn't think too much, and said while eating:

   "It's in the cafeteria."

   "...you come here now, come to the Olympic Building."

"ah?"

  Xu Xin was taken aback for a moment, but immediately put down his chopsticks, closed his notebook, and went out:

   "Yeah, okay, then I'll rush there as quickly as possible."

   "Well, don't be in such a hurry, drive carefully, safety is the most important thing, hang up."

  The phone hangs up.

   Yu Zhen said to Zhang Yimou and Wang Chaoge who were sitting opposite her:

   "Director Zhang, Director Wang, my student is in school, come here now, but it will take some time."

   Chaoge nodded to express his understanding, while Zhang Yimou seemed not to have heard it at all, looking down at the few pages of manuscript paper in his hand, frowning.

  …

   "Xu Xin?...Why are you going?"

"…ah?"

  Just after leaving the cafeteria, he heard someone calling him, turned his head and found that it was Yuan Shanshan.

  The opponent seems to be leaving too.

  Actually, to be honest, Xu Xin has no idea about this girl anymore.

  Whether you call him a scumbag or anything else, it has been a few months? He didn't hold on to it back then, and now he doesn't.

   But now seeing her as an ordinary classmate, she nodded:

   "Go out to do something, I'm going first, I'm in a hurry."

"…okay."

  Yuan Shanshan didn't say anything, just watched him leave quickly.

   Then I walked towards the school gate at a normal speed.

  But as soon as he walked down to the side of the teaching building, he heard footsteps from behind, and instinctively turned his head, and found that it was Yang Mi who was running towards him, panting.

   "... Honey?"

   "Hey, Shanshan, I have something to do."

  Yang Mi said while running:

   "Let's go first."

   Then she passed Yuan Shanshan and ran towards the school gate quickly.

  It's nothing to worry about, after all, who doesn't have anything urgent to do, right? But in front of her, on the road approaching the school gate, was Xu Xin, and at this moment Yang Mi ran out of the school gate in a hurry.

  Both of them seemed to be in a hurry.

  Sometimes... Many things that seem to be coincidences are actually inevitable.

   But again, some of the inevitable are really coincidences.

  Yuan Shanshan saw Yang Mi and Xu Xin getting together from a distance, and then the two seemed to say something, and then speeded up their pace by coincidence.

  Xu Xin has very long legs and a well-proportioned figure.

  This, she... knows.

  Yang Mi's figure is not mentioned, if the two of them walk at the same time, Xu Xin actually only needs to walk fast to keep up with Yang Mi's trot.

  So, she watched the two of them quicken their pace at the same time, and walked out of the school gate together.

   "..."

   His footsteps stopped.

  The girl pursed her lips subconsciously.

  …

   "Xu Xin?... Huh... Huh... Hey, just right, hurry up!"

"…ah?"

   Hearing someone calling him again, Xu Xin turned his head and saw Yang Mi running beside him.

"You want to go out? Just... quickly, take me to a place. There is something wrong with my art photo, and it hasn't been reported there. I have to go to the studio where I took the photo to find the bottom plate and send it to the crew, otherwise I won't be able to report the formalities, people. There is no way for the producer to give a contract."

"Well…"

  Looking at the anxious Yang Mi, Xu Xin nodded directly:

"Walk."

  So, the two of them walked out of the school gate quickly, ran all the way to the parking lot, drove the car and followed Yang Mi's instructions to Chaoyang District Administration.

  Beiying is also in Haidian District, but not as far away as Peking University and Tsinghua University.

  Although it is not close to the Olympic Building, it is quite fast as long as there is no traffic jam.

  But the photo studios of these sisters are in Chaoyang District... one is to the south, the other is to the north, and the distance is stretched a lot.

  Seeing her anxious look, Xu Xin thought for a while, and Teacher Yu didn't seem to be in such a hurry to speak, so let's prioritize first.

   Isn’t there a saying that is good, you just step on the gas pedal and leave the rest to me~

  Whether this A6 has a stamping system Xu Xin doesn't know, but the horsepower of the V8 is really nothing to say.

In addition, when she saw Yang Mi getting into the car, she began to shake her legs anxiously, and didn't even have the intention to say a word. Xu Xin felt that her matter should be really important, so... it can only be said within the safe range , He drove the car like a plane.

  Anyway, it’s just a big foot on the accelerator and a big foot on the brakes. No matter how many people scold you for “rushing the reincarnated grandson” while honking the horn at the yellow light, you rush faster than anyone else.

   Finally arrived at a photo studio.

  Yang Mi was so anxious that she opened the door without even stopping the car, and left a sentence:

   "Let's call."

   Then I ran to the photo studio.

  Xu Xin didn't say anything, turned around and started running in the direction of the Olympic Building.

  It was originally a half-hour journey at most, and it took an hour to arrive abruptly.

  When he arrived at the Olympic Building, the security guard stopped him.

  No way... Who makes today different from the past.

  Now this building is full of great directors and leaders, and the security guards don't dare to fool them.

   What's more...Xu Xin looks too young.

  Finally Yu Zhen came down to pick it up.

  Meeting the first sentence:

   "How did it come so slowly?"

   "I'm stuck in traffic, I'm dying of anxiety."

   Naturally, Xu Xin, who would not sell his teammates, made an excuse, but fortunately, Zhen was only asking because she had more important things to say to her student.

  There was no one around, she lowered her voice:

   "How many pictures did you draw?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin paused.

  Suddenly a gleam appeared in his eyes:

   "You called me today... because of this?"

   Coincidentally, the elevator came at this moment, and several people walked out of the elevator.

  Yu Zhen didn't like to talk too much.

   After taking Xu Xin into the elevator, he quickly said:

"Director Zhang saw your drawing. We held a team meeting in the morning. It was a normal process, but when we were about to eat at noon, Director Zhang stopped me and talked about the sketch on the draft paper. You were the only one sitting by the wall that day, plus...you always want to contribute your own strength, so I will tell you about you. Director Zhang wants to talk to you, for a while... be smart, do you know?"

   "Hey, don't worry."

  Xu Xin nodded vigorously:

   "I know it!"

"…Um."

  Yu Zhen didn't doubt Xu Xin's words either.

  Because I am a student, what kind of behavior...

  She also counts.

  (end of this chapter)