I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 355 353. Vanity Fair

Xu Xin didn't hear his father's advice.

He's having a good time swinging his club right now.

"Director Xu, here you should stand with your legs apart, and your hands should be like this..."

"Woo... bang!"

Before Nazha could finish speaking, Xu Xin had already swung her pole.

And the strength of this shot, according to those who can hit it, is nothing.

The energy is not sent from the waist, and the line is not accurate, and the energy of the whole ball is scattered.

Unfortunately, Xu Xin typed out.

After the fight, he ignored Nazha who taught him, and said to Hu Guang with a smile:
"Boss Hu, come here."

"...Haha, Director Xu's shot is of a professional standard."

Hearing Hu Guang's words, Xu Xin shrugged with a smile.

Take it as fart.

But what he's thinking about is quite simple, isn't this thing just for fun, and what's the purpose of having a professional posture... If you have to stay within the rules to have fun, then it's meaningless.

and so.

You teach you, I play mine.

As long as I am happy.

But... I have to admit that golf is indeed a very social sport.

After the two of them hit the ball one by one, they walked towards the foothold of the golf ball with the club in hand.Nazha at the back simply acted as a caddy and followed behind in a car.

Hu Guang pushed their Misora ​​model as usual.

"Director Xu, our movie audition this time...can we also participate? There are quite a few models under the American air network who have received professional acting training."

"of course can."

Xu Xin readily agreed:

"If Mr. Hu has any good seedlings, don't hide them, just come anyway...Have you read the book?"

"Looked."

"Well, just choose according to the image you have in mind. We are friends, so you don't need to ask about such things. When the auditions start one after another, just push people here."

"Hahahaha, then thank you, Director Xu..."

"It's too polite to say thank you. But... Mr. Hu, we have to talk about it first."

Xu Xin, who used the club in his hand as a crutch, shook his head slightly:
"This movie is produced by Director Zhang. Although it hasn't been announced yet, it's already confirmed."

Hu Guang nodded quickly:

"Yeah. I know."

"Director Zhang's casting direction is consistent with mine, but because I haven't experienced that era, he is the one who takes the lead in casting. That is to say, it's not enough for me to be satisfied. Director Zhang has to nod. Okay. Whether you are beautiful or not is secondary, the most important thing is that it has to be similar to the image I have in Director Zhang’s mind. So... people, just come here. But... Not everyone can be in Director Zhang’s play, so to speak , Mr. Hu should understand the difference, right?"

"I understand, I understand."

Hu Guang still nodded his head:
"After all, this drama is a literary film. Acting skills and image are indispensable. Adding the abilities of Director Xu and Director Zhang, the actor who can make it must be the most suitable one. But we still have to try, after all, we have excellent staff There are also a lot of model resources... There is no harm in trying, right?"

"Um……"

Seeing that he understood what he meant, Xu Xin stopped talking.

After the two reached the place, Xu Xin took the club in his hand and turned his head to look in the direction of the flag of the hole, and then swung it again.

"Strike, haha~ This shot is really good~"

Hu Guang's admiration sounded immediately.

Xu Xin smiled, and looked down at the gloves on his hand.

Well, let's not talk about it.

This thing is really interesting.

……

"Hahaha, Director Xu, I'm sorry, I'm late. I'm mainly waiting for a script, so I'm a little late."

When I saw Xue Haifeng and Li Mingjun again, it was almost 3:[-] in the afternoon.

The two arrived late, so Xue Haifeng and Xu Xin were very polite when they came up.

Xu Xin didn't know that he was late on purpose, just like Hu Guang, he wanted to have a good time with this girl named Nazha.

It was really delayed because of the script.

But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, he had a good time playing this time.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, I heard Xue Haifeng say:

"Director Xu, at our reception tonight, all the actors from here will come. You may wish to see if there is any suitable..."

"It's not enough for me to say it's appropriate."

Sitting on the chair behind the table and lighting a cigarette, Xu Xin took off his gloves, saying that he had no intention of continuing to play, and said:

"Boss Hu and I were talking about this just now. Because this is the story of that era, director Zhang has to control more when casting actors. Acting skills are part of it. What's more important is the first glance." Fate. Although I know that there are many beauties and talented actors here, but it depends on the fate..."

Everyone is a practitioner in the film and television industry, so they naturally understand that what Xu Xin said is true.

Sometimes, when a certain character has equal acting skills, it is actually "that look".

This actor coincides with the role in the director's mind.

This first impression is more important than anything else.

"That's right, you have to have the feeling of Jing Qiu on your body, that kind of inner charm, and it must be in line with that era... To be honest with Director Xu, I deeply sympathize with the role of Jing Qiu..."

After chatting with Xue Haifeng about the roles of Jingqiu and the third child for a while, suddenly, Li Mingjun asked:
"Director Xu, this movie...is the new screen an investor?"

"No."

Xu Xin shook his head, not hiding anything:
"I invited Director Zhang to come over this movie. The investor is the factory and my cousin's company. Mr. Li is interested?"

"What is the investment budget for "The Hawthorn"?"

"The estimate is less than 2000 million."

Xu Xin shrugged:

"But it's all a little too much. I calculated it myself. As long as I can find a suitable location for filming, the budget may be at most 500 million yuan...Of course, this does not include the actor's money. It is simply the production cost. "

After speaking, he glanced at Li Mingjun:
"Not much, is it?"

"Not many."

Li Mingjun responded:
"At least 60% of the investment in Xiying Film Studio?"

"Ah."

Holding a cigarette, Xu Xin said with a smile:

"Although mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are, to be honest, I don't have any expectations for the box office of this movie. After all, whether it's subject matter, age restrictions, or other aspects, it doesn't look like it can be profitable. Otherwise, when we first met, I wouldn’t have told Li Zongming that I was going to make a literary film. It’s not realistic to expect a literary film to make money.”

This is telling the truth.

Just like Director Zhang, no one will deny his status and contribution to film art.

But if you look at his entire film career, you will find that... most of his films are well-received but not well-received.

The real rise of commercial films actually started with "Hero".

Looking at Li Mingjun who nodded, Xu Xin waved his hand:

"For this investment... If Mr. Li is interested, my cousin will come over in a while and we can chat. To be honest, I'm a director. I don't have the energy and brains to participate in any investment operation you want me to do. What's more...we really want to cooperate. If we get a loss-making business, I won't bear it. So how to do it, Mr. Li will talk to my cousin in a while. I will be responsible for working with Mr. Xue, Let's take a look at the actors here in Shanghai, how about it?"

With a few words, he directly freed himself from the troublesome matter of whether to invest and how much to invest.

Xu Xin really didn't plan to invest in the movie "The Hawthorn Tree".

In other words, there will be fewer and fewer movies that he can personally invest in in the future.

One after another in the future, Yang Mi will take over his shares in Headwind Entertainment, and the entire company will separate investment and performance from now on.

On the one hand, Xu Xin can be completely liberated, "nothing" is light.

On the other hand, she can be involved in the film distribution business as a matter of course.

Compared with Xu Xin, a polished boss, he must be much more useful.

And this hawthorn tree is an investment that is too small to make trouble.

A literary film itself does not cost much money.But it is a logical "everyone works together" project.

It's easy for him not to mention it at home, just like Director Zhang said, he really needs a stable team to manage things around him.

in business.

For the investment matter, let Xu Zhi go to the secretive Mr. Li to make a deal.

Clearly divide the interests and relationships, business is business, and friendship is friendship, which is good for everyone.

……

When it was almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Zhi arrived late.

Compared with the strangeness of the first time, everyone is familiar with it this time.Xu Zhi also hit two shots, and Xu Xin could see that...he had the same virtue as himself.

No shit.

Thinking about it, serious young people... who plays golf?
The usefulness of the development ball is not bad...

And at the beginning of 5 o'clock, the sun has already started to set.

The temperature dropped a bit too.

Xue Haifeng suggested going back to the manor to chat.

Moreover, he wanted Xu Xin to read the outline of the script that he brought today.

Everyone got into the car and went all the way back to the manor. When getting off the car, Hu Guang asked:

"Director Xu, let Nazha stay and take care of you? Or..."

Xu Xin glanced at the little girl who had worked hard all afternoon, and nodded:

"Okay, isn't today a reception? Change your clothes, and it would be good if Mr. Hu took her to see the world more."

After speaking, he and Xu Zhi walked into the room side by side under the girl's slightly surprised eyes.

At the moment, there are still some people in the house who are decorating in the hall and backyard.

Xu Xin even saw a champagne tower.

I don't know the scale of the reception tonight, but the champagne tower is not small.

Then, everyone went upstairs together.

Xue Haifeng led everyone directly to the balcony on the second floor of the study.

The terrace is sealed by glass, overlooking from here, it is the "scenery" of the reception in the backyard.

After Xu Xin thought about it for a while, he could probably guess.When the actors came for a while, they must have been active on the first floor and the backyard.And you only need to look up to see where a few people are sitting.

On the one hand, it can show the gap in status and symbolize the level of status.

Second... this gap can bring people a kind of "desire" born from the class level.

It’s really like a cocktail party in Europe and America, plus the taste of the decades-old magic city on the TV.

Men, who doesn't wake up and hold a murderous sword, lie drunk on the lap of a beautiful woman, and have the ambition to dominate the world?

And the display of this status... I have to say, very good at it.

A few people sat for a while, and as the night fell, the sound of the car engine started to sound from time to time outside.And some of the waiters and chef team in the backyard also started to get busy.

Outdoor BBQ, cold meals, champagne, lights...

The reception started slowly.

But a few people were not in a hurry.

Because Xue Haifeng took out the script that currently only has the outline of the story, called "Guan Yunchang".

Xu Xin is watching.

The story tells the story that Guan Yu was forced to surrender to Cao Cao in order to protect his sister-in-law and comfort him. He was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han.

The outline of the story plus the main plot is a total of two pages.

After Xu Xin finished reading, Xue Haifeng's first sentence was:

"Director Xu is not interested?"

Costume War Movies...

Xu Xin dabbled for the first time.

Although in "Golden Armor", he saw Director Zhang manipulate it, but he had to be cautious first of all for such a story involving real historical figures.

And this script gave him a very bad feeling, and he was even a little speechless.

Although the specific plot of the story is still unknown, Xu Xin has been fascinated by Jiang Cao's deeds whether he watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or some dramatized operas since he was a child.

This story, pulled out alone to make a script to make a movie...

As a director's instinct, he unconsciously thought of a bloody plot.

In order to make Guan Yu completely fall for him, Cao Cao designed something that shouldn't have happened to Guan Yu and his sister-in-law, and spoiled Guan Erye's loyalty and incomparable...

In an instant, he got goosebumps.

Damn, if you really do it like this...won't you be afraid of retribution?

There are gods who hold their heads up three feet.

The stories in "Three Kingdoms" have been familiar to everyone for so many years.

Moving on to film and television dramas, leaving aside those spoof movies, let’s just talk about filming according to historical facts, to form the contradictions and conflicts needed in the plot of the movie... there must be some changes.

This is where the difficulty lies.

Changed, no respect for history.

Don't change it... Everyone knows the plot, why pay you for the ticket?

And if the movie is really made according to his premonition, then don't worry about whether Erye Guan will do such a thing... Xu Xin can imagine this plot alone, and there will be overwhelming curses at that time.

Moreover, the reason why he said this is because... Apart from this kind of plot, his barren brain can't imagine the scalability of this kind of story.

So after reading the framework of the script, Xu Xin thought about it and asked:
"Has the whole script come out?"

"not yet."

"Is that so... Tsk."

Suddenly, he smacked his mouth, and then said very sincerely:

"To be honest, Mr. Xue, the theme of ancient costumes... I can't control it for the time being. Especially this kind of theme of war, which is a matter of ancient saints, is not something I can challenge now."

Although what he said was sincere, at the root, he strangled his fate with this movie.

Because the script made him feel...not very good.

Hearing this, Xue Haifeng felt a little regretful:
"I see... I thought Director Xu was interested."

"I'm sure you're interested, but interest depends on one aspect, and on the other hand, it also depends on your own ability, doesn't it? This kind of ancient war-themed film, according to the current duration environment, will cost tens of millions at every turn. If it comes to me I messed up my hand, how can I face Mr. Xue in the future?"

"Hahahaha~ Director Xu's words are too polite. Movies, there are profits and losses, how can there be a way to make profits without losing money? You must have this risk awareness."

"Of course I understand this truth. It's just that business is business. As a friend, I definitely don't want my friends to lose money."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

After the "Guan Yunchang" thing is finished, it's almost time.

Several people got up and walked downstairs.

As soon as he left the study, Xu Xin heard waves of soft music and piano sounds.

Maybe it's been a long time with the old wolf.

Although he doesn't know the piano, he can more or less hear the quality of the player.

It can only be said that the sound of the piano is so-so.

And all the way down the stairs along the spiral staircase, head on, and met a man and a woman.

"Director Xue. Mr. Li."

The woman with short hair looked up and greeted the person who came down with a smile.

"Haha~ Yili, here we come. Welcome~"

That's right, the people who just arrived were Ma Yili, one of the best actresses in Shanghai, and her husband Wenzhang.

Xue Haifeng's words were also very interesting to Xu Xin's ears.

As usual, if the male lead is outside and the female lead is inside, even if Ma Yili has sharp eyes, she will be the first to see herself and others and say hello.But according to etiquette, you must first greet your husband and then your wife.

But Xue Haifeng's direct "Yi Li" made Wen Zhang's status somewhat "low" to Xu Xin.

Xue Haifeng is an old fritter, how could he make such a mistake?

This is the first thought.

The second idea is to observe Wen Zhang's state.

When he glanced over, he saw a smiling face.

"Director Xue, there is some traffic on the road. We are late, so I am really sorry."

When Xue Haifeng approached, Ma Yili explained with a smile.

But Xue Haifeng shook his head:
"It's not too late, isn't this just the beginning?"

As he spoke, he turned his body:

"Come on, Yili, don't I need to introduce you?"

Ma Yili shook her head with a smile, and offered her hand:

"Hello, Director Xu. It's our first time to meet you, but Director Xu's name is very impressive. I didn't expect him to be so handsome..."

Facing her compliment, Xu Xin smiled and nodded:
"Ms. Ma is too polite. It's the first time we meet, and I will take care of you in the future."

After shaking hands with her, Ma Yili moved her hand aside:
"I love you, Wen Zhang."

"Hello Director Xu, I'm Wen Zhang. I'm your loyal fan."

"Haha, Teacher Wenzhang is too polite, thank you for your support."

He called the teacher purely to be polite, but after shaking hands with Wen Zhang, he heard Xue Haifeng say:

"Director Xu, Yili is one of the best actors on our side."

"of course."

Xu Xin responded, politely smiled at Ma Yili, and then said:

"I finished watching "Struggle" without missing a single episode."

Business blows each other.

In fact, when the film "Struggle" was released, he was very busy with the Olympics. Apart from knowing that there was such a popular TV series, he didn't even know what the TV series was about.

But the word "naked marriage" seems to come from this drama...Huh?What is naked marriage?
He was confused again.I always feel that this word is very familiar...but I just can't remember it.

But, anyway, that was all he knew.

"Everyone is looking forward to Director Xu's arrival, shall we go and meet him?"

After saying hello and courtesies, Xue Haifeng said to Xu Xin.

"it is good."

Xu Xin responded, while Xue Haifeng smiled and waved to Ma Yili:

"Eli, let's talk for a while."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the large living room and the backyard where there were the most people, and even the people sitting on the sofa stood up.

Xu Xin also followed, but before leaving, he nodded politely to Wen Zhang:
"Teacher Wenzhang, both of you, see you later."

Wen Zhang was taken aback.

But Xu Xin had already turned his head away.

However, Xu Zhi left with Xu Xin after staring at the two of them.

Soon after, Xu Xin saw the second and third pairs of acquaintances.

"Director Xu, hello, we meet again."

This time, it was Deng Wei who took the initiative to say hello, and Sun Li smiled from the side.

Xu Xin nodded with a smile:
"Hello, both of you. We meet again."

"Director Xue, President Li, Director Xu..."

Xu Zheng and Tao Hong also came up to meet them, with smiles in their eyes.

In other words, other people also gathered around one after another.

Obviously, with the appearance of the Lord, the center of the whole banquet naturally shifted to a few people.

The status of Xue Haifeng, the director of Shanghai Film Production, is obviously not so high among these actors. In addition, the arrival of Li Mingjun, who is actually more worthy of attention than Xue Haifeng in Xu Xin's heart, immediately became everyone's favorite. hot spot.

"Haha, Director Xu, everyone is here for you. How is it?"

Hearing this, Xu Xin looked around.

Nodding with a smile:
"Everyone really praised me too much, I was a little panicked. But... there are indeed a lot of talents."

"Hahahaha~ Everyone, come here, let's hold up the wine glasses and welcome Director Xu!"

Among the wine glasses raised by everyone, this internal reception officially kicked off.

Xu Xin is like the moon, surrounded by the sudden stars.

……

"Director Xu, let's offer you a toast."

Sun Li and Deng Wei walked over with the cups together.

"Teacher Sun is too polite."

Xu Xin responded with a smile, and the three bottles of champagne collided together.

At this time, Deng Yu held the bottom of the cup with one hand, pinched the body of the cup with the other and said:

"Director Xu is really...too young. When we met last time, I felt a little unreal, and I was a little rude. This time I have to apologize to Director Xu..."

"No, no, that's too polite. Come on, two, let's drink."

Knowing in his heart what the two of them meant by coming, Xu Xin smiled and drank the champagne in the glass.

Moreover, after drinking, he also looked at the faces of Sun Li and Deng Wei.

Then he silently gave the option of "PASS" to the two of them in his heart.

No, it doesn't match Jingqiu and the third child.

"Has Director Xu's script come out yet?"

"The third edition has already started. I have been busy with this matter for a while..."

The three began to exchange pleasantries.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, and agreeing to "see you at the audition", the two left politely.

After all, you can't occupy Xu Xin's time all the time, it will easily cause dissatisfaction from others.

In today's game, Director Xue's team asked everyone to come and make friends with Director Xu, and the two of you will dominate alone... Let's not talk about whether you have the guts.

It is not allowed in terms of strength.

After the two of them left, taking advantage of this juncture, Xu Zhi, who was born with an alcohol allergy and was holding a bottle of mineral water to make up the numbers, and who naturally cooperated with Xu Xin when he started to be a follower on this occasion, leaned into his ear:

"Sanjin, I'll go talk to Wenzhang."

"...?"

Xu Xin was taken aback, turned to look at him, and asked:

"what happened?"

"look."

Xu Zhi vaguely pointed in a direction, and Xu Xin saw Wen Zhang who was leaning against the piano, holding a wine glass in a daze.

He subconsciously looked for Ma Yili's shadow.

Then I saw her and Li Mingjun talking about something in the corner.

There are several actors around.

The language smiles sweetly.

Seeing this, Xu Xin thought for a while and asked:
"What are you talking to him about?"

"Don't tell me you didn't see it just now..."

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, his voice lowered a bit:
"When encountering this kind of thing, even a man feels uncomfortable. His face is dull...I'm going to run to get involved."

"Okay. Then directly clarify our relationship, and then...Sun Li, Deng Wei...don't care who it is, if you like it tonight, just go and make friends."

"Okay wow."

Xu Zhi responded, and then ordered:
"You should also drink less, don't stay here for a while, I'm afraid you won't be able to get away."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes:
"I didn't intend to leave tonight, I just went home and lived in the house. No. [-] courtyard belongs to the old man."

"Oh? All right, I'm going."

"Ah."

Xu Xin nodded and watched Xu Zhi leave.

Xu Zhi's ability... others don't know, but he does.

Your brain is no worse than yourself.

If he can manage the relationship in the Shanghai circle...

Ok……

While he was contemplating, someone suddenly walked over.

"Hi Director Xu, long time no see."

Hearing this, Xu Xin came back to his senses and took a look... After a few seconds, his mind remembered the other party's name.

So he smiled and nodded:
"Tang Yan, long time no see."

　Sorry for the late chapter.Send it out first, and then I will fix typos.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)