I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 148 146. The First Hidden Easter Egg in "SECRET"

"Don't renew the contract?"

"Ah."

"Hmm... So, she is the same as Jay Chou?"

"That's right. Anyway, it's New Year's Day. When I was having dinner today, I didn't think Director Li and the others had any intention of keeping her."

"Tsk...then what do you think?"

"I don't have any ideas for the time being. My contract expires in 09, which happens to be when I graduated. I don't want to think about it so much... I will watch it then. In fact, the company's commission is indeed quite high, mainly for transportation expenses, training fees or labor expenses. Well, it’s very expensive. As soon as she told me about the Audi car today, I understood that part of her leaving must be because she doesn’t make enough money.”

"But at least it's a peaceful breakup, right? It's better than embarrassing yourself and making outsiders laugh."

"That's true... Hey, brother, as a director, what do you think of her acting skills?"

"Well... To be honest, the scene that impressed me the most about her was really the scene in "Daming Palace Ci" where Princess Taiping frightened the son-in-law and gnawed on her own fingers. But it made me sick...I thought it was scary at the time , but now that I think about it, it’s not for nothing that she can be called Young Master Zhou. Acting skills are really interesting.”

"What about me, what about me?"

"You?... There is probably three Jay Chou differences between you and her."

"Boom!!"

Jay Chou, who was playing the piano there, was unhappy:

"Hey, can you talk well?"

Xu Xin waved his hand casually, ignored his grievances, and continued to his girlfriend:
"Don't compare yourself with others. Actors, with a suitable script and a suitable role, you will have a suitable performance...Okay, it's getting late, come back early tomorrow, did you hear me?"

"Um... you're staying at his place tonight? Is your party over?"

"Ha...uh~"

He yawned lazily, and Xu Xin responded:
"It's over, I'm going to sleep too."

"Okay, see you tomorrow, I'm hanging up, good night."

"Good night~"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xin rubbed his eyes, got up and said:
"I went to bed."

"okay."

Jay Chou, who seemed to have some inspiration, responded, and the piano sounded again.

……

New Year's Day.

There is only one news in the entertainment industry that is overwhelming.

Jay Chou and his old club Hao Le Di officially broke up, and jointly established JVR Jewel Music Company with Fang Wenshan and Yang Junrong.

At the same time, Taiwanese media broke news about Jewel's company site selection and information on the Internet.

The company address is set up in an office building on Changchun Road, where you can overlook the landmark 101 Building in Taipei.On the same day, the media went to watch, thinking that they could wait until Jay Chou appeared downstairs in the company.

Don't you want to be blind?

It was impossible for Jay Chou to go, because he went to Taichung Film and Television City with Xu Xin that day.

However, the newly opened Jewel official website still announced a series of "three fires" for new officials to take office.

One is that even though Jay Chou hoped to break up peacefully with his old club, Yang Junrong directly started negotiating the copyright of the song.

Moreover, according to Yang Junrong's words, the person who should be most grateful for being able to directly start the negotiation is actually Jay Chou's father, Mr. Zhou Yaozhong.When signing the contract with Alpha, one of the items was specially changed: Party A is the sole agent for the works of Party B (Jay Chou).And the original "agent" is "owning".

If it's "owning," then you're in big trouble.

Because in the future, even if Jay Chou wants to sing his own songs, he still has to buy the copyright with Alpha...or Hao Ledi.

But "agent" means that it will be returned to Jay Chou after the expiration of the term.

Therefore, the return of copyright is a matter of time.And here Xu Xin also learned one thing...

That is something like a contract, and you still have to find a professional lawyer to operate it.

Otherwise...there are too many traps.

And the second point is the announcement of the first male artist and the first female artist signed by JVR.

The first male artist is called Yang Ruidai.

Laojie fans know that this person is the first generation of "Nanquan Mother", and is the designated sound engineer for every Jay Chou album.

In 04, after Jay Chou found out that he could write songs, he recommended it to Alpha, forming the Nanquan Mom Generation.However, Yang Ruidai's temper was a bit boring. After joining the group, he found that he could not freely create and play music, so he quit.

And as the Queen's sound engineer, if Jay Chou left, he must also leave, so he came directly to JVR.

The media is not curious about this.

After all, we are old acquaintances.

But the No.1 female artist made everyone a little confused.

Guo Caijie?
Who is it?

Have not heard.

And the profile photo on the official website PO shows that it is a girl who looks like a baby with a fat baby face.And then check your resume...National Taipei University?
College Students?
The Taiwanese media was a little confused, and then started to dig out information through relationships. After digging and digging, they found two pieces of information. One was that she had won the sixth prize in a singing competition in college.

Note that it is the sixth prize.

Not the first, not the second... but the sixth prize with 5 winners...

Can this kind of person be a singer?

And the second one is that she was once a signed artist of a small agency founded by the artist nicknamed "Milk" Ye Naiwen.

In December, an announcement was found on the official website of the Entertainment Maternity Room, announcing that Guo Caijie had paid the termination fee to end the contract with the Entertainment Maternity Room.And if I check other things, it seems that the other party has acted in a MV... and then it's gone.

There's nothing left.

Although it is too late to dig out more information, I have to admit that after JVR's actions, the name "Guo Caijie" has never been well-known, and it has been directly filled with "Jay Chou's hand-picked", "Jay Chou's praise" " female artist.

Before debuting, he has already gained a lot of attention from both coasts and coasts.

At the same time, JVR's official website also announced that Guo Caijie's new album is in production, and the title song will be written by Jay Chou himself.

Although I didn't mention when it will be posted, it is "expected" to meet you soon.

And if the first two points can barely be regarded as "news", then the third point is a big move in the true sense.

With Jay Chou's original script, the movie "Unspeakable Secret" is officially approved.The revised script was written by Jay Chou himself! "Mou Girl" Yang Mi joins again!
Although the overseas box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" is not satisfactory, at least in the past two months, its popularity has been flourishing.

The appearance of Prince Jie and Jiang Chan is tantamount to quietly "digging" the cake of "Golden Armor in the City", which immediately heightened the heat.

What's more, on the list of leading actors, Gui Lunmei, who just recently served as the film and television ambassador of the Wanwan International Film and Television Expo, is the heroine!As well as Huang Qiusheng who formed a "father and son" in "Initial D", "In the Name of the Father", "The General", "Chapter 7 of the Night" lyricist Huang Junlang, a music geek, and a series of actors such as Bullet Joined, and... the photographer turned out to be Li Pingdong, the royal photographer of Hou Xiaoxian and Wang Jiawei!

While joining such a lineup, the filming started after New Year's Day!
Although the total investment, casting, director, etc. have not been disclosed yet, as soon as this news came out, it still sent a wave of New Year's Day gifts to all Jay Chou fans!
Jay Chou + New Girlfriend + Literary Girl Gui Lunmei!
No matter how you look at this combination, the gimmick is enough.

only……

Who is the director?
Why didn't you give me any news?

……

"Hey, are you sure you won't announce your name first?"

"determine."

Seeing Xu Xin's insistence, Jay Chou had no choice but to nod.

Taichung Film and Television City, in Studio No. 7.

Xu Xin looked at the staff who were also busy making arrangements for New Year's Day, and after answering "OK", they didn't say a word.

Instead, he was staring at the set and didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Jay Chou didn't bother, but walked to Yang Mi who was also silent while holding the script in his hand.

Seeing him coming, Yang Mi looked up at him and said:

"Silence again?"

"Ah."

Because there was no stool, Jay Chou simply squatted next to Yang Mi, looked at Xu Xin whose figure was frozen, and suddenly said something out of nowhere:
"Have you noticed... Ah Xin looks a lot like Director Zhang?"

"Well……"

Yang Mi was a little taken aback.

Looking at her boyfriend's back, she blinked and nodded:
"Don't say it...especially this posture, it really looks like it."

After finishing speaking, she quickly took out her mobile phone, took a photo of her boyfriend, and sent it to Wei Lanfang:
"Sister Wei, Sister Wei, look quickly...does she look like Director Zhang..."

……

"Ding."

Because of the time difference, it was already late at Wei Lanfang's side.

However, the people gathered in Zhai Guoqiang's art studio have not rested yet, but are discussing creative plans.

Wei Lanfang, who followed Zhang Yimou to New York as the coordinator, glanced at the message, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha~"

Her laugh caught everyone's attention.

Zhang Yimou didn't know why, but Wei Lanfang quickly handed over the phone:

"Director Zhang, look...hahahaha..."

"...?"

After taking the phone, Zhang Yimou squinted his eyes and saw Xu Xin with his arms folded and his chin frowning with one hand.

"...What's the matter? Isn't this little Xu?"

He didn't understand it at first, but he heard Wei Lanfang say:

"Scroll down...it's from Mimi. Didn't you notice that Xiao Xu's movements in this photo are very similar to yours? Hahaha~"

Upon hearing this, Fan Yue and Wang Chaoge all came over.

After taking a look...

"Not to mention, it's exactly the same."

"Like, really like."

"Are you posing? Or what's going on?"

"I don't know...but it looks like it."

"Hahahaha~"

Everyone in the room laughed.

And Zhang Yimou was also happy:

"Am I usually like this?...Give her a call, let Xiao Xu work hard, and let us all watch the movie when it comes out."

"okay."

Wei Lanfang responded.

……

"Director, the wire brush you want."

Just as Xu Xin was frowning in thought, two directors came over.

After Xu Xin came back to his senses, he nodded:
"Oh, okay...I'm calling a few people over."

Looking at the crew members holding a bunch of steel balls in their hands, Xu Xin led them directly to the corridor outside the old piano room.

Including Jay Chou, a total of 7 people came out.

Xu Xin pointed to the direction of the entrance of the set:

"Take a steel wool ball and start to brush the floor. The floor is too new. You know the feeling of the wooden floor in the house without waxing for a long time? The feeling of rubbing is worn out, starting from the door... Come on, field manager , you come here with the tape in your hand."

The field manager looked puzzled, but still followed Xu Xin with tape.

Xu Xin walked a few steps ahead, turned his head to look at the hypothetical seat, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then turned to look at Jay Chou:

"You remember the few simple notes you taught me to play? It's the prelude to your theme song."

"Uh...what's the matter?"

"Didn't you notice, this is very similar to a piano... Have you ever played the Jin Orchestra?"

"...?"

Jay Chou became more and more puzzled.

But there was a strange smile on Xu Xin's face, like a child about to play a prank:
"Let's leave the first easter egg for the movie, shall we?"

"...for example?"

"Here, don't you think it looks like a piano?"

He stepped on the long strip of floor under his feet:
"It's like the falling beat of the power band... You see, in the movie frame, here is the dividing line."

Following the direction of his fingers, everyone saw a distance from a wooden board in front of the plane.

But Yang Mi, who followed her, suddenly understood what her boyfriend was doing, and her eyes lit up:
"You're going to turn the board into that falling note?"

"BINGO!"

Xu Xin nodded vigorously:

"Your rhythm, come and find it. Just that 52, 52, 52, 555444666444 thing..."

"Please, that's 1645 in G major, the number you're talking about is SOSOSO\RERERE..."

Jay Chou was speechless.

I teach you to play the prelude, how about you memorize the numbers here?

Unexpectedly, Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Just tell me if it can be done. You see, this kind of misplaced and stacked wooden boards, you can try according to the arrangement of the piano... ten keys or a few keys, which is the arrangement of doremi, and then put that into Make out the rhythmic arrangement of falling notes in the orchestra. Can it be done?"

Jay Chou has played in Jin Orchestra, so he naturally knows what Xu Xin is talking about.

After hearing this, he looked at the boards and nodded:
"Yes. Can you splice the prelude?"

"Correct."

Xu Xin pointed to the field affairs:
"You follow him, wherever he steps, you paste it, and then other people take steel wool to make the wooden floor that is not pasted mottled, you know? I want the kind that is often rubbed by shoes. Is there any problem with the texture of the wooden floor?"

What could be wrong?
Of course it's fine.

The director has spoken, so let’s do it.

then……

When the heroine Gui Lunmei who played Lu Xiaoyu joined the group on the first day, she saw a group of people "kneeling to welcome" her.

Obviously, standing at the door, she was at a loss.

After thinking about it, she squatted down and asked politely:
"Ying HIA~is "SECRET"?"

"……What?"

Xu Xin, who took the lead in brushing the ground, raised his head subconsciously. After seeing this face, he immediately understood:
"Gui Lunmei, right? Lu Xiaoyu?"

"...?"

Gui Lunmei was taken aback.

mandarin?

Mandarin he speaks?

Mainlander?
So he nodded quickly:
"Yes, yes... this is the crew of "SECRET", right?"

"Ah hello……"

Xu Xin was about to stretch out his hand, but when he realized that his hand was still wearing gloves, he retracted it again.

After standing up, I took a look at the floor in front of me, and after confirming that the wood grain on the floor was all scratched, and there was a mottled mark, I said to the others:

"Just follow my piece, what I want is this kind of texture that is not particularly flowery. Do you understand?"

"Okay, Director."

Several field props responded.

And Gui Lunmei was dumbfounded after hearing this title...

director! ?
Looking straight at the short-haired young man in front of her, she was full of doubts.

And Xu Xin who took off his gloves also nodded with a smile:
"Welcome...A Wei, Gui Lunmei is here, take her to change clothes to see how she feels."

"Oh, here we go."

A fat man with glasses came out of a room, and Gui Lunmei's director, who still felt that the style of painting was not right, stole her attention:
"Hello, Miss Gui Lunmei, come to try on makeup?"

"Uh……"

Only then did Gui Lunmei come to her senses, and then bowed politely:

"Hi director. I'm Gui Lunmei..."

"Well, I know. You go and change your clothes first, and we'll talk when you come out later... Ah Wei, it's just right, let Jie Lun and Yang Mi both go and change their clothes, and call Teacher Li over by the way, let him sit in the old piano room Set up a camera seat, let's see the effect."

"Okay, Director."

As the assistant director, Zhang Xunwei responded, guiding Gui Lunmei:
"Come with me."

"……OK."

Still feeling a little absurd in her heart, Gui Lunmei followed Zhang Xunwei into the house step by step and turned her head three times.

After walking a few steps, I couldn't help asking:

"Then...is the director?"

"That's right. The director hand-picked by Jay Chou."

"..."

Because Zhang Xunwei's accent should be "local", she couldn't help asking:
"Do all directors in mainland China do this by themselves? ... What is he doing?"

"Burying eggs... Hey, let me remind you, Jay Chou really hates people talking about the mainland, so don't use this name here."

"Uh... ok ok."

Gui Lunmei hurriedly nodded to express her understanding, and when she finally entered a set room, she took a last look at Xu Xin who was standing at the door, the absurdity still remained in her eyes.

……

"Director, is this light okay?"

"No, make it brighter."

"Is it still bright?"

"Well, go on, how much is it now?"

"3000W."

"Let's use 4000... Teacher Li, take off the filter and try."

"it is good."

Xu Xin's words resounded in the old piano room, while three people who had changed into school uniforms stood beside them.

Gui Lunmei is actually quite curious, even if it is just a test shoot, but... After all, standing next to him is Jay Chou, and the recently fired very hot girl...

Adding this young director...

This crew always gave her a sense of "unreliable".

She didn't know how this impression came from.

and……

With the 4000W lighting turned on, after the slightly harsh light from the three windows of the old piano room came in, she squinted her eyes and couldn't help but think:
"Is it really not going to be exposed?"

But at this moment, Xu Xin looked at the monitor on the camera, and after finding a satisfactory effect, he came to the side near the door and found the lamp placed at the door.

Press it once, and the desk lamp is powered on.

The dim light came on.

"Okay, Jaylen, come here."

"it is good."

When Jay Chou came to the piano, Xu Xin pointed:
"You just sit here."

"Sitting in the light?"

Seeing the light shining straight through the glass onto the piano, Jay Chou asked.

"Correct."

Xu Xin nodded.

After Jay Chou sat down, he looked at the monitor again and said:

"Take off your coat."

"it is good."

Having already cooperated once, Jay Chou naturally didn't ask any more questions, and took off his coat directly, revealing the gray fleece underneath.

Then I saw Li Pingdong nodded:

"Hmm... the gray fleece is really the right choice."

"right?"

Xu Xin responded with a smile.

Li Pingdong felt a little emotional:
"The texture of this gray fleece is like a fuzzy feathering effect on the entire silhouette of a human figure. It looks very good."

"Ha~!"

Xu Xin was quite happy to be recognized by photography.

Then he beckoned to Gui Lunmei:
"You sit next to him."

"Ok."

Gui Lunmei quickly sat down next to Jay Chou.

After the two of them sat down, Xu Xin took a look and pointed at the desk lamp next to him:

"Change the light bulb and make it brighter... 5000, 5000K neutral light."

Hearing his words, the lighting engineer quickly found a light bulb, removed the original 6000K cool color light, and turned it into a 5000K warm color light that looks yellowish.

"What do you think?"

After changing, after hearing Xu Xin's words, Li Pingdong thought for a while and said:

"The contrast is a bit too obvious. The set of the old piano room itself is a bit old, and with Jay Lun's sweater, Lu Xiaoyu will appear dim in the camera, without the feeling of shining."

"Because she and him are not of the same era. What I want is the old time symbol that has always been marked on Lu Xiaoyu. As long as she appears in the old piano room, then this desk lamp will definitely light up. And when it lights up , the color of this age will appear on her body. Because...she herself does not belong to this age."

"Well……"

Li Pingdong frowned...

Then he looked at Gui Lunmei on the monitor, which after specially adjusting the exposure, was clearer than Jay Chou's blur due to the strong light...but it was darker. He thought for a while and asked:
"You want this gloom throughout?"

"Yes. Until the end, at the end, his light will dim, but Lu Xiaoyu's light will be completely brightened. It is the light of the turning point of life and fate, and the color of Lu Xiaoyu itself in normal time and space."

"Is that so..."

Hearing Xu Xin's shooting ideas, Li Pingdong couldn't help saying:
"The difficulty of shooting is not low."

"That's why you need a god-level figure like you to take the mirror."

"...haha~"

Li Pingdong couldn't help laughing at the praise from the younger generation.

But I have to admit...

This young man's camera sense is really strong.

Who did you learn from...

The use of this color language...

With some emotion, he nodded:
"No problem. But it can't be too dark...Hey, Aaron, add a set of reflectors under the piano."

Lighting director Li Longyu nodded:

"Ok."

After the reflectors were placed on Gui Lunmei's knees to dissolve the shadow under her neck.

In Xu Xin's eyes, the pictures seem to complement each other more and more.

A kind of feathered unreality and the mottled falsehood of time filled the lens at once.

He nodded after seeing it:

"The effect is better."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the two people who seemed to have no understanding of what he and Director Li said:
"Four-handed play, play it again."

Gui Lunmei was taken aback...

Then a guilty look appeared.

She doesn't know how to play the piano, so she practiced hard for a month for this script.

But at the scene, she and Jay Chou were asked to play four hands together...

She must be a little guilty.

But for Jay Chou, this four-hand combo itself was created by him, so there must be no problem with holding it with both hands.

And Xu Xin seemed to see her nervousness, and waved his hand:
"It's okay, don't be nervous, it's a trial shot. I won't give you close-ups of your hands. You two just need to show the feeling of "communicating each other's minds with the piano". "

"OK……"

Gui Lunmei nodded.

This piano is a real piano, the kind that produces a normal tone.

Jay Chou had already put his hands on the keys that belonged to him.

He knew that Gui Lunmei didn't know how to play the piano, so the parts he gave her were all very simple repeated scales.On Gui Lunmei's side, it's the same as when he taught Xu Xin to play the piano, and the opening chapters are all repeating scales.

"Three, two, one, go..."

"Ding dong ding dong ding dong..."

After hearing Xu Xin's movement, Gui Lunmei pressed her fingers to the top of the three scales.

A repetitive piano sound appears.

But Xu Xin frowned.

She's... nervous.

Or act very rusty.

The body is stiff, and the expression on the face is also stiff.

The movements of the shoulders and arms are also stiff.

Don't look at it, the fingers must be stiff.

In contrast... Jay Chou's performance may be because of the piano, it seems extremely natural.

It's not that his acting skills are better than Gui Lunmei, but that when he plays the piano, he will fall into a very confident mode.

Adding the piano music created by myself, and the shaking body language accompanied by the music, it feels very good.

Just compare it.

Li Pingdong subconsciously looked at Xu Xin.

Xu Xin is the director, so he can say whether it is good or bad.

But Xu Xin didn't say anything, but waited until later, when there were all kinds of note errors, and after the solo of the noise was all over, Gui Lunmei's somewhat shy "sorry" apologized. , Xu Xin waved his hands and silently returned to the seat facing the two of them.

The picture taken is actually very dissonant.

However, as a director, in the test shots, what he wants is to look at the light and the camera, not the reaction of the actors.

Therefore, he directly regarded these two as replacements.

After confirming that the texture of the entire lens is okay, Xu Xin nodded:

"Change the lights, Qingyi solo, come and get ready."

With a "click", the light that illuminated the entire old piano room dimmed.

Jay Chou and Gui Lunmei stood up at the same time, while Yang Mi sat down.

Gui Lunmei actually knew that she performed poorly in that one just now, but it seemed...the director didn't seem to have any intention of communicating with her.Instead, holding the walkie-talkie, he began to adjust little by little for Qingyi's actor, Yang Mi, in the cold-colored setting.

Then, in the cooler light, Xu Xin said "are you ready" after the debugging was completed.

The girl who seemed to be "inexistent" suddenly straightened her waist.

She straightened her back, put her hands on the piano keys, and nodded directly to her boyfriend:
"Ah."

"OK, three, two, one..."

"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding..."

A messy note suddenly appeared without knowing what it was playing.

The corner of Jay Chou's mouth twitched when he heard it...

Gui Lunmei thought the director would call CUT, so she raised her head subconsciously.However, both Xu Xin and Li Pingdong, who was sitting on the rails, had smiles on their faces.

She instinctively turned her eyes away and landed on "Qing Yi".

The girl strumming notes has a straight back, loose shoulders, a dignified and quiet expression...

It's as if you don't know how bad your playing is.

The relaxed limbs appeared in her eyes.

Piano, it's hard to hear.

But the posture is extremely beautiful.

Actor.

Learn what to look like.

Don't care if it sounds bad or not.

At least at this moment, under the cold light, she looked extremely beautiful.

(End of this chapter)