I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

   Chapter 643 641. A Good Movie

  Yanjing people are no strangers to Yang Mi bringing her husband to eat noodles with fried sauce.

   After all, Brick Factory’s fried noodles are quite famous. A lot of celebrities came here especially for the name, and they added an authentic Yanjing child who came here to eat noodles with fried sauce, not only down to earth, but also to show that this girl has good taste.

but…

   Good guy.

  Xu Xin can really eat garlic.

  Even if Laba garlic doesn’t have the taste of raw garlic, it can’t stand a bite, right?

  Besides... It’s fine for a male compatriot to eat a big bowl, but Yang Mi, a **** holding a big bowl, is it too much to refill two servings of noodles?

   This bowl of ordinary **** men is full, what is the number of three bowls for this girl?

  So, to the surprise of the surrounding diners, two clean noodle bowls were left on the table where the couple ate.

  The free Laba Garlic on the table is half a bottle away...

   While eating, there was already a long queue at the door.

  After the couple got up, Yang Mi nodded to the old men who were eating slowly beside him very familiarly:

   "You are eating."

   "It's too late."

   Then, under the watchful eyes of many diners, I heard Xu Xin say:

   "No, this Laba garlic is not strong enough raw. Next time you can eat it when you don't want to watch a movie, you have to bring two heads of garlic..."

   Tut.

   have to admit.

   These two people can eat.

  …

   Coming out of the alley of Fangzhuanchang all the way, and returning to her car, Yang Mi asked:

   "Where shall we go to see?"

   "Hengdian bar."

   "Wangfujing?"

   "Well, then I went to the mall to buy a massage chair for my dad. I smelled plaster on him again last night."

"OK."

  As soon as they said they would leave, the two of them drove all the way and arrived at Wangfujing in the early 1:00 pm.

  Wearing a hat and a mask, the two headed straight to Hengdian Film and Television City, but what they didn't expect was...it was at noon, and it was noon on a weekday, and the film and television city was full.

  Xu Xin was taken aback when he saw it.

   "This... why are there so many people?"

  Yang Mixin said this is not nonsense.

  If there were not many people, wouldn’t the movie lose its box office?

  Xu Xin thought for a while and asked:

   "Then what do we do now?"

   "Go and buy tickets."

   "...want to watch it here?"

   "Look, and I also want to observe and observe, to see whether more people watch "If You Are the One" or us."

"…Fine."

  Xu Xin nodded.

   "Remember to help me buy a Haagen-Dazs."

"Um."

  He responded and went to line up.

   Today’s movie theater ticket prices are no longer the same as those in the 40s and 45s.

   This time, the ticket price for "The Hawthorn Tree" is 60.

  Because no 3D version was shot.

  The ticket price of the 3D version is generally around 80 to 85.

  But... shooting a literary film in 3D is indeed a bit too nonsense.

  Xu Xin lined up at the ticket office, looking up at the show.

   When it comes to the number of films scheduled, "The Hawthorn Tree" and "If You Are the One 2" are neck and neck.

   This one doesn't even work with Xiying Studio much.

   Whether it is the fame of the director, or the quality and lineup of the film, both parties are enough to dominate before and after Christmas.

  But... the weird thing this time is that although the two movies have roughly the same number of films scheduled, the entire theater's film schedule... at least in Hengdian, is three-pointed.

  He watched the sessions on the electronic screen, an average of 20 minutes per session, and the entire Hengdian World Studios was a tie for "If You Are the One 2", "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" and "Let the Bullets Fly".

  Obviously, compared to "The Orphan of Zhao", which has fallen out of the top ranks, "Let the Bullets Fly" has a lot of stamina.

   This also made him more curious.

  Looking at the trailer, this movie seems to be about the Republic of China.

   What kind of magical power is there, worthy of being so sought after by movie fans?

   No, you must see it.

   Soon, the team arrived at him.

   Wearing a mask, he said directly:

   "Two "If You Are the One 2", what time is the closest one?"

   "4 o'clock in the afternoon, is this time okay?"

  Hearing what the conductor said, Xu Xin was taken aback:

   "There is no earlier one?"

   "No more. All seats are full."

   "Uh... what about The Hawthorn Tree?"

   "Love in the Hawthorn Tree, 4:30 p.m.."

"…"Let the bullets fly"?"

  “There are still a few seats left at 2:30 in Let the Bullets Fly.”

   "That's it. Two tickets, a big bucket of popcorn... Forget it, don't want the popcorn, let's get two tickets first."

   "A total of 120 yuan, do you have a membership card?"

"without…"

  He handed over the cash.

   Soon, after getting the two tickets, he faced the young woman who was trying to reduce his sense of existence in the corner:

   ""If You Are the One" is available at 4 o'clock, "The Hawthorn" is only available at 4:30, and I bought "Let the Bullets Fly" at 2:30."

   "Wait so long?"

  Yang Mi glanced at the Rolex on her wrist speechlessly.

   I don’t know who she learned from… I especially love the brand Rolex.

   After glancing at the time, she turned her head to look at the trailer of "If You Are the One" on the screen in the lobby, and subconsciously complained:

   "In the whole country, he is probably the only actor who can cause such popularity?"

   "...?"

  Xu Xin also turned his head subconsciously.

  Heart said who is she talking about?

   As a result, I saw Ge You's face.

Then…

  He nodded.

  No.

   Of the four heavyweight movies in December, I acted in three of them.

  This ability... can be regarded as no one else.

  …

   There was still some free time before 2:30, and the two of them held hands and started shopping in the mall.

  The main business is to buy massage chairs, but you can't just look at these things, you have to feel them.

   It just so happened that Xu Sanjin, who was sore all over, took advantage of it. When he saw a massage chair seller, he went up to him.

   And when he opened his mouth, he was full of local tyrants:

   "Which is the most expensive massage chair in your home?"

  Yang Mi rolled her eyes when she heard a word.

  Should I say it or not, this man's common shopping problem is exactly the same.

   It’s best to go directly to it if you have money, and don’t watch it if you don’t have money.

  Never consume things beyond your ability.

   Tsk tsk, man is indeed a simple animal.

  Finally, I chose a massage chair worth more than 20,000 yuan, filled out the form and swiped the card, and waited for it to be delivered to my door.

   It was almost time, and the two walked back arm in arm again.

  The waiting hall of the movie theater was still full, and he knew that his wife couldn’t stop babbling while watching a movie. He held a large bucket of popcorn in his left hand, two glasses of Coke on his finger, and two Haagen-Dazs in his right hand.

  Yang Mi dare not eat now, for fear of being recognized after taking off the mask.

  Even if I look at the ice cream and swallow my saliva, I have to hold back.

  But you need to know... She just stuffed three bowls of fried noodles...

  Finally, "Let the Bullets Fly" at 2:30 began queuing up for admission.

  The couple were caught in the crowd, just queuing up for the ticket check, the young woman was like a hamster, holding a few popcorns, pulling the mask from her chin, and the two cheeks stuffed into her mouth were puffed up.

   She is so proud of the buttery taste of popcorn.

   Check the ticket, enter the venue, and sit in the corner.

  With her husband blocking the people next to her, she can finally eat and drink happily.

   And at this moment, both of them heard a voice from behind:

   "You say you...it's really annoying. I told you to buy tickets earlier and you didn't buy them. Now it's good...I'm not interested in this movie at all. I want to watch "If You Are the One"!"

   is a girl's voice.

   "What's so good about "If You Are the One"? After watching this, let's go to dinner, and then come back and watch "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", wouldn't it be good?"

  Another girl's voice.

   "I don't like Liu Yifei!"

   "Then you don't like Xu Xin?"

   "I like it... 17, this is it."

  Yang Mi quickly turned her head to take a look, pulled on the mask temporarily, and quickly said to Xu Xin:

   "Hey, beauty."

  Xu Xin quickly turned his head.

  Twisting too fast, I didn't see clearly.

   Then he turned his head away again.

   Now I can see clearly.

   Then honestly hand in the homework to the daughter-in-law and summarize:

   "Not bad, but not as good-looking as you."

"hey-hey."

  Yang Mi smiled sweetly, and then heard the two girls continue to say:

   "I used to have feelings for Xu Xinchao. But I don't know why, when I look at him now, I think of Yang Mi's face, and then I feel more and more greasy about him."

  This is what the other girl said.

  And her words successfully made Yang Mi and Xu Xin's faces stiff.

  Yang Mi didn't show off her power.

   After all, she might show her power one second, and the police station the next.

  And as a public figure, she naturally has the consciousness of being judged by others.

  What she and Xu Xin really cared about was the girl's last sentence.

  Oil...greasy?

  Xu Xin looked down at the popcorn in his arms...

   Subconsciously touched his stomach.

  Although he doesn't exercise now...but his weight has been controlled well.

   and…

  I'm only 24.

  Sister.

  I'm... greasy?

  He couldn't help turning his head to look at his wife.

  Yang Mi stared at him with wide eyes.

   Look around...

   He took the initiative to lean into his ear:

   "It's okay, I'm happy to eat five flowers and three layers."

  Xu Xin's mentality collapsed instantly.

   Then he couldn't listen to the discussion between the two sisters.

   He took the initiative to block the conversation between the two of them by relying on the sound in his ears while biting the popcorn.

   Soon, the screen lights up and the movie is about to start.

  The BGM of "Farewell" rang in my ears...

   Then, with the shaking of the camera, a person's head was lying on the railway...

  …

   4:38 p.m.

  Accompanied by the sentence "Magic City is Pudong", and Joe Hisaishi's classic BGM that almost passed Jiang Wen down for three generations sounded again, and the screen of the movie went black.

  The light turns on.

   There was no applause or exclamation.

  After watching a 2-hour movie, some viewers always seem to like to take the lead and walk out of the theater first.

   There are also some people who, taking it easy, tidy up, check, and repeatedly confirm that they haven’t left anything behind, and then follow the crowd out of the cinema.

  Xu Xin didn't move.

   Don't rush to go.

  As for Yang Mi, she picked up the drink cup on her armrest and drank the last sip of the tasteless "Coke Water".

  The two of them are in the corner, and the passageway out of the theater is under their feet, so there is no need to give up space to anyone.

  Seeing that her husband was not in a hurry to leave, she sat on a chair, rubbed her eyes, and put on the mask again.

   asked:

"how do you feel?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin was speechless.

   After about two or three seconds, he said:

   "This movie... has a lot of information. It's full of metaphors... I... don't get it."

  Yang Mi is not someone who has no ability to appreciate art.

  After hearing what her husband said, she obviously agreed.

   However, her interpretation is from the perspective of an actor.

   "Its style is too strong. My feeling is... what Jiang Wen wants to express in this movie is to stand up and make money..."

   What she was talking about was not the movie itself, but the actor's attitude towards the director.

   Or the audience’s attitude towards this movie and Jiang Wen.

  Standing, not bending over, no matter whether you are engaged in literature, art or business, you will never compromise.

   is to stand to make money.

   And this feeling, she is not surprised.

  Although it is a bit boastful, but... at least, starting from her husband, all the people in Xiying Studio she came into contact with have a bit of this taste.

   His body is hard.

   is a tough nut to crack.

   Of course, not without compromise...

  But those who compromise, at present, cannot enter the core circle of the factory.

   This is a culture that works from top to bottom.

  Jiangwen is true in the Beijing circle, but the genes of the Xiying people are still there in his bones.

  It’s good that she didn’t deliberately pursue and interpret this movie.

  For her, she just followed the camera and followed Zhang Mazi through a two-hour "absurd" life.

  As for what a certain picture or a certain line in the movie is a metaphor for...

   Too lazy to think about it.

   Too tired.

  But look at my husband's virtue...

  She will understand...

   "Want to brush again?"

"…let's talk tomorrow."

  Xu Xin smiled, and continued:

"This is an excellent movie worth watching again and again. Strongly personal, but in line with the director's own previous works... It is complicated, but very interesting. It has a reference value for me. Great! ...Or It’s not too much to get a treasure.”

   He rarely gave a very high evaluation.

  But let him evaluate it, he can't answer now.

  At this moment, he felt that he was...a person guarding outside a treasure house.

  I know there are treasures in the treasury, but because it is too dark, I can't see what is inside.

   This feeling of excitement and curiosity tickled his whole body.

   "I asked Brother Qi to ask Jiang Wen for a disk. This movie is more suitable for me to savor slowly at home alone. Tsk, it's comfortable."

   While speaking, he quickly sent a message to Qi Lei.

  Qi Lei also responded quickly:

"no problem."

   There is no enmity with Jiang Wen and everyone, and there is a close relationship, so even if the circles are different, the personal relationship is still there.

   After getting a reply, the two of them headed out at the end of the audience.

  Yang Mi asked at this time:

   "Why are we going?"

"are you hungry?"

   "Not hungry... I'll call home first and ask the kids, if there's nothing wrong, are we watching a game?"

""You Are the One"?"

"Um."

   "Okay, I'll buy tickets...but if it's late..."

   "It's okay, you can ask first, if not, let's go to Wanda."

   "It's okay..."

  Xu Xin turned around and started queuing again.

   And this time I was quite lucky, the 6:00 show was already full, but suddenly two people had their tickets refunded.

  Xu Xin quickly filled the vacancy.

  After getting the ticket, he became addicted to smoking, so the two of them came out of the mall and found a seat on the bench at the entrance of Wangfujing.

  The time came to 5 o'clock, and it was already getting dark.

  Xu Xin took off his mask, lit a cigarette, and smoked with his eyes squinted.

   In a few seconds, a large handful of smoke drifted overhead.

  Yang Mi shrank her neck and sat beside him, watching the people coming and going in the square in front of the shopping mall and the traffic on the road, she suddenly laughed out loud.

"hey-hey…"

   "What are you laughing at?"

   "It reminds me of the past between us. Just... when I just finished filming "Not Drunk", I was queuing up to listen to cross talk at Dashilan... It's been three or four years in a blink of an eye."

   "Maybe..."

  Xu Xin was also a little emotional, but right now he was still thinking about the fragments of "Let the Bullets Fly" that he vaguely remembered.

   Like that cool line of "let the bullets fly for a while"...

really interesting.

  So I didn’t answer much.

  Yang Mi didn't care, she put her hand into her husband's pocket again out of feeling, and put her head on his shoulder:

   "Brother, it's nice to have you~"

"…Um."

  Xu Xin's response was slightly perfunctory.

  Yang Mi rolled her eyes:

   "Are you thinking about Let the Bullets Fly?"

"…How do you know it?"

   "Nonsense, I'll know what **** you're **** if you poke your ass."

   "..."

  Xu Xinxin said that you **** are really vulgar.

   "But I see you don't seem to care about the box office of "The Hawthorn Tree" at all?"

   "It's the same as what you said."

   "... That's right, the personnel are exhausted, and the rest are left to fate... Huh?"

  Suddenly, Yang Mi seemed to see something, and said:

   "Someone took pictures of us."

   "?"

  Xu Xin was taken aback.

  I thought that this black light can recognize himself?

  Turning my head and looking... Sure enough, there were two or three people standing on the side of the road, as if they were loading a car, and there were two boxes containing photographic equipment at their feet. And one of them is pointing the camera at this side.

   "Paparazzi?"

  Xu Xin was puzzled.

  But Yang Mi drew a "V" gesture towards the camera with a generous stroke leaning on her husband's shoulder.

   Then said:

   "It's not like... the Sony box under your feet is a camera?"

   "...Why do you have to add one?"

"ah?"

  Yang Mi was stunned for a moment before realizing what her husband was talking about.

  So, she rolled her eyes:

   "Bah, vulgar."

  Xu Xin smiled, but the two or three buddies saw that the two of them didn't refuse, and they didn't know what they were talking about, so they took the initiative to come here.

   "...He is coming, do you want to refuse?"

   "Look at the situation. If it is a regular TV station, there may be more opportunities for exposure. You will look at me for a while."

  After Yang Mi finished speaking, she moved her head away from his shoulder.

  The two just watched one of them walk over.

   This person took a rough look at first, but seemed a little uncertain, and asked tentatively:

   "Excuse me...are you director Xu Xin and teacher Yang Mi?"

  Xu Xin put the cigarette **** under his feet and extinguished it, then threw it into the trash can next to him, and then responded:

   "Yes, hello. You are..."

  The buddy immediately showed surprise in his eyes:

"Hello, Director Xu! I am the reporter of Yanjing TV's "Tiantian Film and Television Circle". My name is Zhou Min... Sorry to disturb you two, we were originally here to film the box office of "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" and "If You Are the One 2" at the theater Those who sell the status quo...I didn't expect to meet the two of you here!"

   "..."Tiantian Film and Television Circle"?"

  Yang Mi was taken aback for a moment:

   "The one on Yanjing No. 2?"

   "Yes, yes, yes, you two, if you don't mind, can we ask a few questions?"

  Hearing what Zhou Min said, Yang Mi thought for a while and said:

   "Show me your press card first."

   "Hey, good!"

  The other party took out his work card from his arms without saying a word.

  Yang Mi took a look and said to Zhou Min:

   "Then... don't come here with much fanfare, just take a casual photo, okay? We just want to watch a movie."

   "OK ok!"

  Obviously, Zhou Min was very excited to be able to directly "catch up" Xu Xin and Yang Mi, and quickly waved to the two companions.

  One of the two buddies ran over with a camera from the box, and the other with a SLR.

   Zhou Min took the microphone with the logo of Yanjing TV from his companion and was about to interview, but Xu Xin asked:

   "Do we need to stand up?"

   "No need, no need, just like this... The two of you look... very loving and harmonious."

   Just now, I saw a picture of a person smoking and another person leaning on his shoulder from his companion's camera, Zhou Min said from the bottom of his heart.

  The reason why the two were recognized was because Xu Xin took off his mask while smoking.

   Soon, the microphone was connected to the camera.

  Due to hasty preparations, Zhou Min obviously had to improvise.

  So he asked the first question:

   "You two came here to watch a movie?"

"right."

  Xu Xin nodded.

   "Did Director Xu come to watch "If You Are the One" as he said before?"

"Yes."

   Still openly admitted, and then Xu Xin added:

   "But I didn't buy a ticket. The two of us will watch "Let the Bullets Fly" first in the afternoon."

   "So... how does it feel?"

"great."

  He gave his own evaluation with little hesitation:

   "At least in my opinion, this movie is very good. I can't wait to watch it several times. This is a movie worth watching repeatedly."

  Yang Mi was a little speechless.

  I said in my heart that your old man is really telling the truth one after another.

  After hearing this, Zhou Min thought for a while and asked again:

   "Then who do you think will win the box office on the first day of "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" and "If You Are the One 2"?"

   "...tsk."

  Yang Mi knew that the interview was coming to an end.

  My husband is in a good mood, so I accepted your interview.

  But his desire to share at the moment decides that what he wants to share is "Let the Bullets Fly", but you don't care...

   That's too much to say.

   Sure enough, Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile:

   "There is no winner or loser. What we have to do is to use a responsible attitude to bring better film works to the audience... Well, my answer is over. Do you have anything to ask her?"

  He has no intention of continuing the interview.

  Yang Mi picked up the topic with ease.

   After answering a few questions with a slightly perfunctory attitude, he took the initiative to pull Xu Xin to stand up:

   "Okay, it's time for us to go back. Thank you for the interview, goodbye."

  Although Zhou Min is regretful, this is already a pleasant surprise.

  So the two wanted to leave, but he didn't stop them.

   Wave goodbye.

  Finally, the reporter next to him raised his camera again, and after recording the backs of the two leaving hand in hand, he said with some emotion:

   "These two look really affectionate. The few photos I took have caught up with the posing pictures. I can't believe this is the state of the two of them getting along in private."

  Hearing this, Zhou Min smiled:

   "Wake up, brother, that's Yang Mi. If she were your wife, you'd have to hold her hand every day."

   "...It seems to be such a truth, hahaha~"

   The three of them who got a surprise offer thanked the couple and left with a smile.

  (end of this chapter)