I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 105. Chapter 103.
The chrysanthemum platform is on a high place.

Everyone is below except the camera.

Including Xu Xin.

And Zhang Yimou looked at Jay Chou's pace deliberately slowed down on the monitor, and his expression in the close-up, and turned to Xu Xin and asked:
"What did you teach?"

"That's for sure~"

"……what."

Seeing his smug look, Zhang Yimou shook his head amusedly.

But one has to admit:
"Very good. In terms of literature and drama, he has also mastered the role."

"Uh-huh."

Xu Xin nodded quickly.

But the eyes always glanced at the other monitor.

Why is she so white...

……

This scene was filmed for nearly half an hour. Although there were some small mistakes in the middle, such as the actors memorizing the wrong lines, but fortunately there were enough close-up shots, and interspersed editing was usable.

And after the filming of the filming, the crew started serving dinner... no, dinner.

then……

Yang Mi, who was wearing a thin anti-mosquito sunscreen, was dumbfounded.

"what's that?"

Instinctively, she passed her manager and looked at her boyfriend who was sitting at the table with Zhang Yimou and Gong Li.

What...to your room?
read the script?
To play the heroine?

What the hell?
Seeing the girl's bewildered expression, Zeng Jia's voice was still low:

"In short, you don't have to worry about it, you know? Just show Director Zhang a good performance here. Even...he really makes things difficult for you, but bear with it. This drama is a big investment and big production, as long as you act in it, it's already a success. Now that the contract has been signed, you just have to finish the performance in a down-to-earth manner, and you don’t have to talk to him so much. Leave the other things to me.”

"Uh……"

Yang Mi blinked, and subconsciously asked:
"Sister Zeng, is there some misunderstanding here?"

"There can be any misunderstanding."

Zeng Jia sneered:
"People probably have been following you for a long time, just you, foolishly thought he was so kind to you because you two are classmates... Don't you understand now? Let you read the script? I'm afraid there will be no return Bar!"

No... If you don't come back, you won't come back.

He is so gentle...

Instinctively, the girl's thinking will go astray.

But he calmed down immediately, and began to ponder what was going on in silence while eating his rice.

Unspoken rules yourself?
It's not realistic.

Wanna dive... what did you do last night?
But why did he treat sister Zeng like this today?

very strange……

She wanted to ask, but she definitely couldn't ask at this moment.

After thinking about it, I felt that the safest way was to stabilize Sister Zeng first.

So nodded:
"Got it... When are you leaving, Sister Zeng?"

"Can I leave after encountering such a thing?"

Zeng Jia gave her an angry look.

"What if you are tricked by someone?"

"Don't...uh..."

When Zeng Jiayi said she couldn't leave, her first reaction was to resist.

If you don't go, where can I go on a date with my good brother...

But after realizing that this attitude was a bit deliberate, she hurried to make amends:
"I'm not afraid of this, the big deal... I just want to be on guard against him. Just know who he is! I'm mainly afraid of delaying your affairs. Besides, you are here for the same reason as Tingting. I'm afraid of Director Zhang I'm not happy, after all...it's quite inconvenient."

"..."

Zeng Jia also understood this truth.

But right now she was really worried about this girl.

After thinking about it, he said:

"Let's talk about it then. I've already told the company about it, see what the company says, and answered me about leaving."

"Uh-huh!"

Yang Mi nodded, and at the same time muttered something in her heart.

Good brother... what crime did you do!
Aren't you... looking for trouble for yourself!

But now in front of the manager, let alone go to her boyfriend, it is estimated that she will not be able to appear within a radius of five meters.

What is this called...

……

"Everyone, line up in a row, and walk in unison after hearing the order to let you go. Come to the chrysanthemum one by one..."

Inside and outside the Daming Palace, thousands of group performers listened to the director's request over and over again.

Night had completely fallen.

In the darkness, the makeup on the faces of these people looked like ghosts.

Or more like a paper man.

His face was pale and his cheeks were flushed.

But Xu Xin and Zhang Yimou didn't see it.

Because behind the chrysanthemum stage, the crew moved the tent to a blind spot for them.

The whole creative group of people is having a meeting.

There were quite a lot of mosquitoes in the tent, Wei Lanfang sprayed the insecticide first, and then poured the essential oil and toilet water on the ground as if desperately.

I don't know whether to smoke or not to smoke mosquitoes.

Anyway, Xu Xin was smoked enough.

If you want to open the door, mosquitoes will enter again after opening the door.

Do not open the door and smoky eyes.

Seems to be stuck in an endless loop.

Xu Xin actually admires Director Zhang... At this juncture, he still has the mind to hold a meeting.

The dispatch of thousands of people outside are waiting for him.

He can still think about the Olympic Games...

The heart is really big.

So, he wrote down a line in his notebook:

"I have to buy a mosquito net tomorrow."

Zhang Wu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly laughed when he saw this line of words:

"Pfft...haha."

Zhang Yimou was taken aback for a moment, and asked in bewilderment:
"what happened?"

"... Yimou, you are talking about creativity here, guess what Xiao Xu wrote."

"Hey...Director Zhang..."

Xu Xin was speechless.

Zhang Wu picked up his notebook:
"I have to buy a mosquito net tomorrow...hahahahaha..."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then they all laughed in unison:
"Hahahahaha..."

Even Zhang Yimou laughed, and said to Wei Lanfang with a smile:
"Xiao Wei, don't spray it, this smell is really too choking."

"Hahaha~"

……

We talked for about half an hour at the meeting.

Liu Guonan walked in:
"Director, it's almost time."

"Um……"

Zhang Yimou nodded and got up:
"Then let's talk tonight first. I'm going to film here, and there are a lot of mosquitoes here. You can watch the scene with thousands of people and then we'll leave, okay?"

Everyone nodded and left the tent that was filled with various strange smells.

When I came out, several main actors were already in place.

Today's scene is the first big scene. A group of people are waiting for the return of the emperor in the square.

The queen, Yuanxiang, and Yuancheng waited for the emperor to come back under the chrysanthemum stage, but the emperor did not wait, but waited until several eunuchs who passed on the message came to tell everyone that the emperor would transfer to the Tianfu official post and end.

But this scene will not be shot first, but after Prince Jie failed to rebel, he rearranged the scene, and when the fireworks were set off, the crowd walked to the square.

In fact, there are only two large group dramas.

They walked into the square, stood on both sides, and then started to shoot the scene where the queen and the actors greeted at the beginning of the episode.

Two games are actually one.

Today, the hardest ones are Gong Li and Liu Ye.

Both of them have two sets of makeup.

Today's show might be too busy to go to the middle of the night.

But there is no way, film shooting is like this.

By the time the director's team climbed up the city wall, the camera had already aimed at the two sides of Daming Palace.

Over there, the officers and soldiers who were going to play the role of officials below for a while were already standing on the stage specially arranged for the chorus.

Li Cai's voice was already hoarse, but he still led them in reciting:

"Feng Zhaoxiang, Sun Moonlight!"

"Four Seas Rise, Open Territories!"

"Benevolence, Wisdom and Trust, Propriety and Loyalty!"

"Dunhoude, holy king!"

"According to the way of heaven, Shou Yongchang!"

"Haotian is destined to transform all nations!"

This is a line to film their chorus in a while.

Don't sing, just read.

The chorus will be dubbed by a professional choir.

When Liu Guonan saw Zhang Yimou coming out, he immediately contacted the fireworks team with a walkie-talkie.

Under the condition that all conditions are smooth, half of these big scenes should be able to be filmed tonight.

That is to say, all literary and opera parts except martial arts dramas.

Of course, this is the ideal state.

And the most unsatisfactory state... I don't know how long I have to shoot that day.

The fireworks team prepared five sets of fireworks for this scene.

It was set off throughout the Daming Palace.

One set is 10,000+.

If the filming of this scene is not successful... it may cost hundreds of thousands in vain.

So planning in advance is extremely important.

Zhang Yimou also knew the importance of this scene, so he personally started to adjust the camera position and lighting.

Made it for another hour or so.

It was almost ten o'clock.

Then he nodded:

"let's start."

"The firework team is ready! Everyone is ready! The camera is in place... concentrate on it!"

Liu Guonan, who has always been quiet, also repeatedly entrusted him several times.

People from the Olympic creative team are also looking forward to it.

Three Points is looking forward to the next shot, but more is looking forward to the big footprint hidden in the fireworks.

After all... the palace here was built in comparison with the Forbidden City.

Everyone wants to see the effect.

On the city wall, Zhang Wu asked Xu Xin in a low voice:
"Where are the footprints?"

"Behind the chrysanthemum table."

Xu Xin said in a low voice.

"……Um."

Then, Xu Xin took out his mobile phone and looked at the one sent by Yang Mi:
"What did you talk about with Sister Zeng? What unspoken rules? What's going on? I'm completely dumbfounded."

He replied directly:

"Look behind the chrysanthemum platform for a while, those few footprints are my inspiration after seeing you. If the effect is good... Maybe it will be added to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games."

……

On the other side, the city wall on the side of the palace.

Yang Mi, who was standing with Gong Li, Zhou Jielun, Liu Ye and others, saw this message, pursed her lips, and secretly glanced at her boyfriend standing on the other side of the city wall...

A layer of goose bumps appeared on his body again.

……

"Three, two, one, start!"

"Feng Zhaoxiang, Sun Moonlight!"

The resounding voices of the officers, soldiers and soldiers who played the military song every day sounded a tacit understanding.

"Crack!"

At the beginning of a sentence, Liu Guonan yelled to stop.

"Everyone, don't shout with your necks stretched out. Keep your expressions natural and just speak normally, like singing in a chorus."

Fortunately, he didn't let the fireworks go off.

Otherwise, with the effort of this sentence, 10,000+ will be gone.

"Come again."

Shooting continues.

"Feng Zhaoxiang, Sun Moonlight!"...

"Fireworks explode."

Following Liu Guonan's words, the members of the creative team raised their heads neatly.

"Whoosh~~"

"Snapped."

"bang bang bang~"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

All kinds of fireworks lit up the night sky of Hengdian World Studios.

Even Zhang Yimou temporarily took his eyes off the camera.

Obviously, in his heart, Xu Xin's idea of ​​big footprints is even more important than the movie with an investment of several hundred million.

Then, the first big footprint lifted off.

red.

Dazzling red.

"Huh!"

The moment Zhang Wu saw the huge footprints, he instinctively exclaimed.

And Xu Xin clenched his fist excitedly.

This effect...

It was much better than those few small footprints back then!

Those few footprints were at most babies' footprints, but as soon as this footprint, which was larger than the main hall of the Daming Palace, appeared and lifted off, everyone immediately felt a kind of... long-lost blood rushing up.

it is this!
This is it!

nice!

The red one is so pretty!
Looks great!

"Oh!"

The second footprint lifted off on time when the fireworks of the first footprint faded!
Zhai Guoqiang's footprints bloomed in situ this time, otherwise, for a movie, if this kind of fireworks suddenly appeared in the sky, if the position was different, it would easily make the audience feel awkward and distracted.

So, he fixed the footprints in place, mixed in with those fireworks.

"Four Seas Rise, Open Territories!"

"Benevolence, Wisdom and Trust, Propriety and Loyalty!"

"Dunhoude, holy king!"

That neat harmony seemed to indicate something.

At the moment when the second footprint disappeared and the third footprint rose, they were shouted out in unison:

"According to the way of heaven, Shou Yongchang!"

"Haotian is destined to transform all nations!"

Although I clearly know that this is just a movie line.

Can……

At this moment, everyone feels that this ancient phrase is the best footnote that represents the re-emergence of the Eastern Dragon!

"Feng Zhaoxiang, Sun Moonlight!"

"Four Seas Rise, Open Territories!"

"Benevolence, Wisdom and Trust, Propriety and Loyalty!"

"Dunhoude, holy king!"

"According to the way of heaven, Shou Yongchang!"

"Haotian is destined to transform all nations!"

Footprints, step by step.

Experienced hardships, honed the years!
But still as solid as ever.

Step by step, inherit the way of heaven and transform all nations!
Occasionally!

Responsiveness!

At this moment, accompanied by the fireworks that took off with the fourth and last fifth footprints.

Unanimously, all the members of the creative team who understood the meaning behind these five footprints clenched their fists together.

Emotionally!

At this moment, their eyes seemed to have risen to the sky, heading north all the way to the front of the Forbidden City.

Watching the giant step by step, step by step, and step by step across the Forbidden City, across the central axis, and finally came to the venue that represents the cradle of life, new life, and hope.

A trembling from the soul made everyone unconsciously have a thought in their hearts:
suitable……

So fitting!

……

Zhang Yimou was fascinated.

Forget about looking at the monitor.

And Liu Guonan has been staring at the monitor...

But something went wrong.

Actors do not walk in unison.

have to do it all over again.

But at this moment, everyone's spirit is obviously no longer in the movie...

"Snapped!"

Xu Xin was patted on the shoulder.

Take it hard.

"Xiao Xu, good job!"

There was uncontrollable excitement in Zhang Wu's voice.

Patting Xu Xin on the shoulder, he gave a sincere compliment!
then……

"Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack..."

Unanimously, all the members of the creative team gave the highest compliments.

The applause was given to this promising young man in front of him.

Some people below were puzzled.

Didn't the shooting fail?

Why are you clapping your hands?

They were puzzled.

But it is enough for someone to understand.

Amid the applause, Zhang Yimou picked up the walkie-talkie:
“Guoqiang, great job. Everyone is applauding for you.”

Soon, Zhai Guoqiang's voice sounded:
"Thank you."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Amid the applause, Zhang Yimou said:
"Okay, let's start again, the fireworks team will prepare again."

Shooting continues.

He didn't praise Xu Xin.

No need to boast.

Because the facts are in front of you.

……

As the saying goes, what you give, you get.

God seems to have given Xu Xin and Zhang Yimou enough surprises tonight, so when the two asked for more, they didn't give much face.

The fireworks have been set off.

But the crew's long shots haven't been shot yet.

People kept making mistakes, either they were tripped, or there was a problem with their steps, or there was a wiring problem with the lights...

Finally just...

It's raining.

The crew began to close in a hurry.

The group portrait scene was not finished.

The members of the creative team left early, and when Xu Xin and Zhang Yimou left, it was almost one o'clock.

Then in the car, he learned something.

As for the fireworks, we have to prepare them tomorrow.And the group portrait scene has to continue filming tomorrow...

In other words, the hundreds of thousands of fireworks tonight were set off for nothing.

It sounds distressing.

But it's not without good news.

The good news is that you won't have to work during the day tomorrow.

Just arrive in the evening.

But there is bad news in the good news.

The bad news is that Zhang Yimou said that he has another inspiration, but he still can't think clearly.And there is good news in this bad news, that is, although I have inspiration, I don't need to work overtime tonight, and I will have a meeting tomorrow to talk...

It's a mix of good and bad.

Same as nesting dolls.

But Xu Xin was on fire right now.

Because of the message from my girlfriend:

"Wait for me in the room, I have something to tell you. Don't sleep!"

Xu Xin's heart was as warm as that.

……

"Oh, you're done taking a shower... woo woo woo..."

When the girl walked into her boyfriend's room, she was gagged by Xu Xin whose hair was still wet before she could finish her sentence.

Fortunately, she didn't lose her temper.

"Hey, don't... I have something to ask you..."

She raised her head hard and let her boyfriend rub the stubble on her neck. Her voice trembled a little when she spoke.

"You ask……"

Xu Xin grunted.

"Um... you... um... what's going on with Sister Zeng?"

"Uh……"

Hearing that she wanted to talk about something serious, Xu Xin let her go.

But in the next second, he hurriedly supported his girlfriend who was unable to sit on the ground with her legs weak.

"Why are your legs weak?"

"Bastard!"

Being hugged by the princess, the girl's eyes were full of confusion.

But because there was something on his mind, he still asked:
"What's going on?"

"Sister Zeng treats you well."

"...?"

The blur gradually recedes.

The girl who pretended to be concerned about this all night looked at her boyfriend seriously:

"What's going on? Sister Zeng said at dinner that you wanted to sneak up on me, and told me to stay away from you in the future... What the hell are you doing? You didn't sneak in before when you didn't have a date... What kind of villain are you now? ah?"

She was puzzled.

But Xu Xin shook his head, walked to the window, lit a cigarette, and said:

"I just want to see if I can trust you to her."

"……What's the meaning?"

It's sweet to hear that though.

But now she wants to find out the truth more.

"It's very simple, this circle is very messy, isn't it?"

"Ah."

"It's impossible for me to be by your side anytime, anywhere, so I thought... What should you do if you meet bad people or something... Or, what should you do if you are tricked by your own people. As the saying goes, guard against people The heart is indispensable, our soldiers come to cover up the open spears from the outside world, but we must guard against the hidden arrows from our own side."

"...So you took aim at my manager?"

Yang Mi blinked suddenly realizing...

"Are you testing her with unspoken rules?"

"Yes. Some villains, right?"

Xu Xin smiled and asked back:
"But I still have to try. Because you can't try this kind of thing, I can only do it. So I told her that I will arrange for you the heroine of "Wulin Biography" and let you come to my room at night Come here... In fact, it's impossible to test all of her thoughts. But at least... I can understand that at this stage, she has been protecting you. It's as simple as that."

"No wonder...so that's the case..."

After figuring out what was going on, Yang Mi continued to ask:
"Why did Sister Zeng reject you?"

"Just say you want to go back to school for further study or something. In fact, she is a little weak-hearted. I guess she feels that I can't figure out my way. But the final result is not disappointing... At this stage you can not put you Treating it as a dispensable item for trading, especially in the face of a top domestic director like Director Zhang's crew...it shows that she has a conscience...but I want to know one more thing."

"what?"

"Did she notify the company?"

"Uh……"

Yang Mi was stunned:
"what do you mean……"

"Think about it. I think that for such a thing, any responsible agent will definitely find someone from the company immediately? ... She is very responsible, so she will definitely tell the company ... She has told you How did the company respond?"

The moment she heard her boyfriend's words, Yang Mi shook her head instinctively:

"No."

But immediately changed the subject:
"Maybe I haven't replied yet..."

But after saying this, I met the wrinkled eyes of my boyfriend...

Now even she didn't believe it herself.

This is Zhang Yimou's crew... One is a young actor, and the other is a young man with a mysterious background who is highly valued by Director Zhang.

Sister Zeng will tell the company whether she is emotional or reasonable.

And the company's response should be very fast.

but……

Why didn't Sister Zeng tell herself?
"..."

The girl was silent for a while, then asked:
"Could it be that the two of us are overthinking? The company... treats me very well. Except for the higher training fees... I mean, it's almost night when you chatted with Sister Zeng. Director Li They also... get off work... What's more, didn't Sister Zeng explicitly reject you? She is not only my manager, but also the second manager of Chen Kun and Zhou Xun... She can also represent the company sometimes attitude."

"...I hope. I hope I'm just delusional."

He stubbed out the cigarette, rinsed his mouth, and lay down next to his girlfriend.

After holding her in his arms, he asked softly:
"Will I appear too calculating?"

"Well……"

The girl arched forward.

His face was slightly red.

But looking at the reflection of the glass in the bathroom, the blurred shadows of himself and his boyfriend behind him...

She shook her head slightly:
"It's not like... you make me feel very safe. I like it~ oh...don't~"

Quickly pushing away her boyfriend's face, she rubbed her ears:

"It's itchy, I can't take it~"

"...tomorrow is off, are you still leaving tonight?"

Listening to her trembling words, Xu Xin couldn't control the monkey in his heart.

Then I felt the girl in my arms tremble...

"I...I'm afraid..."

"..."

Although he didn't know how to control the monkey, Xu Xin reinstated the horse.

"Then rest, didn't you get up at seven o'clock today. Go back and rest?"

"……Um."

Yang Mi responded, but turned away from his arms.

"Kiss for a while and then go... I'm proud of the smell of cigarettes in your mouth."

As she spoke, she raised her head and kissed her.

(End of this chapter)