I'm the director, I'm not bad

Xu Xin stayed in Shanghai for three days this time.

In fact, if we really want to talk about the short performance of less than one hour at the opening ceremony, it would not be so.At least as a person who came to the Olympics, after seeing the program flow, I feel that this kind of thing can basically be passed in three or five rehearsals at most.

Such frequent meetings, research, and repeated discussions and confirmations are a bit unnecessary.

But there is no way.

Because that's what "the market" is.

If you don’t hold meetings, research, watch over and over again, and offer opinions, then it will appear that you don’t pay enough attention to it.So, the actors who received rehearsals and speeches were tired.

People like Xu Xin are also tired.

But everyone has to keep going.

No, Xu Xin hasn't left yet, and the date of his next visit to Shanghai has already been fixed.

A week later, the director team invited artists from various countries who expressed the concept of "common prosperity" to come here, and this time Xu Xin and Zhang Wu were to receive the Olympic Games representatives.

Let's discuss together the performance experience that surprised the world in 08, and through art discussion, improve your own artistic level.

As soon as I heard this, I knew it was a cliché, but I still had to do it.

At noon on the 25th, he finished his trip to Shanghai, and after saying goodbye to Zhang Wu, he flew directly to Wuxi, which is commonly known as Wuxi, which landed right after takeoff.

To tell you the truth, it took exactly two hours to arrive in Wuxi after waiting for take-off at the security checkpoint and arranging flight routes.It's really not worth his driving fast.

But in comparison, it would cost tens of thousands more to drive the plane to Wuxi, and then return directly from Wuxi to Yanjing.Or is it coming out of Wuxi and returning to the magic capital?
He decisively chose the former.

It is not so "difficult" to make tens of thousands of dollars.When we arrived in Wuxi, it was after two o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhang Mo personally came to pick him up a few times.

The first thing he said after getting in the car was:

"When I was in the United States, I also came into contact with some rich people. Your distance is equivalent to the distance from Philadelphia to New York. They can take a helicopter at most. You have really increased my knowledge."

Xu Xin nodded:
"Understood, Sister Mo is asking me to buy a helicopter, right?"

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The corner of Zhang Mo's mouth twitched.

Fine.

Row.

Ok.

After making a joke, Xu Xin leaned on the low-key Lexus seat and asked, "Where is Aunt Ting at home?"

"Well. My dad didn't come back. He originally said he would come back, but Nanjing is temporarily inseparable. A few Americans have come. He plans to use foreign special effects technical teams for this filming, and also invite a Hollywood one. The movie star is here, so we are negotiating this matter.”

"It's okay, I'll just have a meal and leave." Xu Xin said with a smile:

"After dinner in the evening, I'll go back to take care of the baby if I have nothing to do." "So soon?"

"That's right, the "Bite of the Tongue" side, the people in the team have invited a few food writers to act as consultants, and everyone wants to talk about some shooting themes, and they are all waiting for me."

"That's fine. I also said that we will go together tomorrow after I finish my work here, and I'll catch up with your plane too." "It's definitely too late this time, and my appointment is tomorrow."

"Um."

While the two were chatting about work matters, Xu Xin looked at this legendary city where "there is water in the morning, and nothing in the afternoon".

In order to film "Bite of the Tongue", he checked some information and asked:

"The hot dried shredded pork and what. Is the meat delicious?"

"You can have it tonight. Dried shredded meat is fine, and the meat dish is actually a tea in the morning, but you are a distinguished guest. Aunt Ting's house has been busy preparing these for you since yesterday. You eat it tonight For this meal, basically you can eat any special home-cooked dishes in Wuxi.”

"The bridgehead ribs, do you have them?" "You know this?"

"Sure, I bought the first edition of "New Concept Composition" when I was in the first year of junior high school. There was a story in it that said that. What do you say? A Taoist priest left a straw mat and used this straw mat A pot of pork ribs was burnt with shredded grass, and the taste is unbelievably delicious.”

For a moment, Zhang Mo didn't know what to say.She is not from Wuxi either.

Although she has read "New Concept Composition", she really doesn't know the so-called "first edition".Naturally, I don't know this article.

What's more, as a native of Northwest China, her perception of Wuxi cuisine is actually average.The bridgehead ribs were too sweet.

dislike.

I hope he can eat to his satisfaction.

The Lexus drove all the way up the Taihu Lake and came to a villa area.The name is: Huguangshanse Villa Area.

However, this villa area should be quite large, and this area is called Huxi Manor.According to Zhang Mo, the old man bought it for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

But because Aunt Ting has to take care of the children all year round, although the family has a house elsewhere, most of them live here.After driving the car in, Zhang Mo opened the window.

A gust of air that is much fresher than the urban area blows in.

There is also a faint smell of water mixed with some grass.

When the car arrived at the gate of the villa, Xu Xin first saw three children playing in the yard.Two boys and one girl.

The tallest boy was slapping a basketball while the other two kids were fighting over it.It seems that these three children should be Yiding, Yinan and Yijiao.

And Lexus also attracted the movement of three children.

When the car stopped at the parking space, the three children didn't say anything when they saw Xu Xin, the co-pilot got off, but when they saw Zhang Mo got off the car, they quickly surrounded him:
"Sister~" "Hey."

Zhang Mo smiled and picked up Yijiao who was still wearing a padded vest, and said to the other two younger brothers with a smile, "This is your elder brother Xu Xin."

"Hello." Xu Xin smiled and waved his hands.

After hearing the name "Xu Xin", Yi Ding was a little curious, while Yi Nan blinked at Xu Xin.Only the delicate face in Zhang Mo's arms was vigilant:

"The bastard who stole my father!"..
".???" Zhang Mo's mouth twitched.Xu Xin was at a loss.What the hell?
"Don't talk nonsense, this is Brother Xu Xin!"

"He's a badass! He's robbing us of Dad!"

It's okay if Zhang Mo didn't say anything, but when he spoke, the little girl quickly started to show her teeth and claws in her sister's arms.

Before he entered the door, a pot hit his head.

In the midst of this dumbfounding, the door of the villa was pushed open, and a lady with curly hair and an apron came out:
"Xu Xin? Welcome, welcome. Come in quickly."

She is very beautiful, her skin and complexion are impeccable, but it does not mean that she is well maintained, but her age.

Although Xu Xin has to be called Aunt Ting, she is actually from 81. ． ． ． ．She is two years younger than Xu Miao.

Only two years older than Zhang Mo.so.
Don't look at him yelling one by one before, but this "sister" really appeared in front of him, and he was still a little embarrassed.And I'm particularly curious about how Sister Mo and Aunt Ting get in touch with each other.
"Aunt Ting. Hello~"

Hearing this title, Chen Ting nodded with a smile: "I've wronged you, otherwise I can call you sister." "If you don't feel wronged, don't."

Xu Xin also hastened to be polite.

At this time, Yijiao in Zhang Mo's arms began to chant "Forbidden Curse" again. "Mom, is he here to snatch Dad from me?"

The three adults were embarrassed for a while.

Chen Ting "reprimanded" her daughter speechlessly:
"Don't talk nonsense, brother Xu Xin is a guest of our house! Hurry up and call brother!" After finishing speaking, she said helplessly to Xu Xin:

"Usually when he comes back, when we are with the child,
As long as he talks about work, he always takes you with him.For example, we had dinner with you and talked about something, and how about movies.”

"Hahaha, I understand."

Xu Xin nodded with a smile, and stretched out his hand to the little guy:

"I won't rob you of your father, so let's be friends, shall we?"

Zhang Yijiao looked at the hand stretched out in front of her, hesitated in Zhang Mo's arms, and stretched it out: "Pull the hook~"

"Well, pull the hook!" So, everyone is happy.

Under the title of "brother" from the two boys, Xu Xin was invited into the house.

I also met Aunt Ting's mother, who was actually two years younger than the old man, and her father who was cooking in the kitchen.Xu Xin could tell that this family was no stranger to him.

Although it was a bit polite when we met for the first time, the understanding and welcome revealed in the words cannot be faked.Chen Ting did not show Xu Xin home.

No need.

It's not like people can't afford a villa.

She just dragged Xu Xin to the table where 8 cold dishes had already been placed, and began to introduce him to tonight's dishes.

They are all home-cooked dishes, including the eel paste prepared in the pot, and meat stuffed with gluten. Xu Xin just looked at the prepared dishes and hurriedly said that they were simple and could not eat.

A dozen dishes are indeed too grand.But the atmosphere made him feel very comfortable.Nothing out of the ordinary.

When he came out of the kitchen, he happened to be watching the three children playing with their toys on the climbing mat in front of the sofa.The eldest man turned out to be holding a camera.

But it doesn't look like an expensive style, is it a Nikon film machine?This is quite rare.

Who doesn't love high technology nowadays?

The kind who can play with a film machine and has a camera. Seeing him holding the camera and looking at him, Xu Xin is happy.In Yiding's hand was a Dragon Ball manga.

He was helping his sister turn the pages.

Yijiao is using a drawing board, copying Wukong from the comics.

Although it is very different, the appearance of the strokes is quite similar. "Do you like photography?"

Xu Xin didn't sit on the sofa, so he sat cross-legged on the climbing mat and asked.

Zhang Yinan glanced at his mother next to him, but instead of answering the question, he asked, "Brother, who is better between you and my father?"

Xu Xin hasn't answered "Dad is amazing!"

In a word, Zhang Yijiao has already been equated with "the treasure in the palm of the old man" in Xu Xin's heart.

Based on his understanding of the old man, this kind of "flattery" is the kind that can really melt the heart of a great director.So he smiled and nodded to the children:

"That's right, your father is the best. Brother, I can be regarded as a primary school student at best." "Then do you know photography?"

". Let's understand a little bit."

Seeing that a man mistook the bean buns for dry food, Xu Xin said modestly.Then, the little boy's desire to win and lose was ignited.

Putting the camera aside, he quickly ran upstairs.Soon he came down with two large photo books: "This is what I took!"

The emotion on his face was a mix of pride and anticipation.

Seeing this, Xu Xin took over the album, and as soon as he opened the title page of the first book, he saw a line of words: "Record the moments of beauty in life——father."

Seeing this line of words, Xu Xin understood that the old man had made some great wishes for his eldest son.

So I opened the first page and saw a few photos.

Some old men were laughing, some aunts were laughing.There are also photos of Yiding and Yijiao when they were young
In all fairness, there is no special technical content in the filming, and it should have been filmed a long time ago, after all, the child has not grown up yet.

But after slowly turning back, he felt the progress of the kid's photography skills.It is no longer the kind of lens that casually captures portraits of people, but some landscapes have been added.There are squares and lakeshores.

There are dogs and there are cats.

Then, Xu Xin

In the lower half of the album, there are traces of posing.For example, there is an upside-down cat doll next to the wine bottle
"What was your inspiration for this photo shoot?" he asked, pointing to the photo.

"It's loneliness! My mother likes to drink red wine when she's alone, and the eyes of this cat doll are smiling. I turned it upside down, and the smile became sad."

Hearing this, Xu Xin nodded slightly:
"Is that sad because of being alone? Or is it sad to feel lonely?" "?"

When the 9-year-old child heard this question, he was a little stuck and couldn't answer it for a while.Obviously, his immature outlook on life still can't figure out the difference between these two feelings.

Seeing this, Xu Xin gave his own interpretation:
"You see, photography is a form of stereoscopic imaging. When you want to express something when shooting, you have to create a space. Build your own imagination."

He tried his best to use his straightforward tone to help the children interpret:

"Let's treat this little cat doll as real. Think about it, when the cat is lonely, it chooses to drink. After drinking too much, getting drunk, it fell asleep as soon as it lay on the table, right?"

"what?"

"How can a drunk person express loneliness? You turn it upside down so that its eyes look like "V_V" sad."

He simulated an expression:
"But if you put the wine bottle down at this time, does it mean that it can't even put the bottle in place after drinking? And no one helped it to straighten it. Especially when there is still some wine in the bottle. The wine spilled on the table, the wine bottle The cat doll is lying on its back, showing sad eyes, think about it, is it sad because it is lonely? Or when it is sad, it is only you alone?"

Zhang Yinan stared at his own photo, full of his mother's smile and anticipation, exuding his unconstrained thinking that day.

Unrestrained, free thinking.Then gave the answer:
"It's very sad, but there is no one else around, so it's lonely!" After speaking, he looked at Xu Xin as if he was eager for an answer: "Is that right?"

At this time, a hand fell on his head and touched it: "No."

".what?"

Zhang Yinan looked a little confused:
"Isn't it right? Then it's sad because it's lonely?" "Not really."

Xu Xin continued to shake his head with a smile.

Negative both of the answers I gave.Now, Zhang Yinan was really confused.

But Xu Xin closed the album and said to him:

"There is no right answer to art. What you have to do is stick to your own point of view. You don't need to think about what others think, just stick to your own understanding and do what you do. And this unique Sex can be called art, understand?"

The boy is puzzled.

But that's okay.
"Remember my words, don't forget, you will understand slowly in the future."

Seeing the talent of this child, I hope I can do something, don't let this faint brilliance disappear in the powerful and dazzling aura of my father, and don't let my blindness restrict my unconstrained thinking.

Xu Xin closed the album and said with a smile.