I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 351 349. Times have changed

The chat with Wang Jinghua finally ended.

It took less than an hour in total.

After bidding her farewell politely, Xu Xin did not enter the bedroom, but sat on the sofa and meditated.

After Sun Ting washed the tea set, she came to say hello to Xu Xin:

"Brother Xu, I'm going back to rest."

"Um……"

Xu Xin responded, but just as Sun Ting was about to leave, she suddenly asked:

"how are you feeling?"

Sun Ting was stunned:

"I?"

"Yes. Tell me what you think."

"Well……"

Sun Ting thought for a while and said:

"I've actually... heard of her."

As she spoke, she sat down.

"It's not just hearsay, or... hearsay. Before I worked as an assistant for Sister Mi, there was a girl named Chen Yi who was one of our trainees in Rongxindali. She once worked for Su Jin. Sansuke.”

"The heroine of "Never Rest in Eyes"?"

"right."

Sun Ting responded and watched Xu Xin pick up the cigarette. She grabbed a lighter to help light it and said:

"Su Jin is an artist under her banner. Then... how to put it, Chen Yi gave us the feeling at that time that she didn't need training at all. As far as the training teacher said, what kinds of situations artists face, how should assistants deal with them. And the daily life of assistants She knows everything we need to pay attention to, and sometimes we even think she knows it better than the teacher."

"Then why did she come to Rongxinda?"

"Because she was fired from Wang Jinghua's company."

In Xu Xin's unexpected gaze, Sun Ting said with some emotion:

"The reason for the dismissal was because Su Jin felt that there was no tacit understanding with her..."

"Well……"

"Brother Xu. The work processes of many of our agents and assistants in the Mainland are actually created by her... According to Chen Yi, Wang Jinghua can take care of all the artists meticulously. She makes everyone feel like they have nothing to do without her. Adaptation... that kind of ability. And Chen Yi also said at the time that she was not capable enough and did not meet the requirements. But looking at Chen Yi's ability... I can only say that her standards are really high.

Just...according to my opinion, her artists can't live without her. It's quite strange...but it is true that Chen Yi has the best professional skills among our batch. After less than a month of training, she was assigned to Chen Kun. Later, I don’t know who poached him... Anyway, he was very good. "

What Sun Ting said from the perspective of an assistant actually made Xu Xin feel more at ease.

How Wang Jinghua is as a person and how her interests are entangled are not things she should consider.

But this speech in his own job played into Xu Xin's heart.

He is not worried about his sister suffering a loss or anything, but he is worried that she is not taken care of well in life.

Even if this scenario is unlikely to happen.

But at least, with Sun Ting's words, Xu Xin felt at ease.

Business cannot be done without benevolence and righteousness.

Put aside Wang Jinghua's business ability and ambition, it doesn't even matter what the Beijing circle is like or how the business cooperation is.

It's a secondary thing.

The important thing is that if she and her wife reach a cooperation, then Yang Mi will be "comfortable".

This satisfied him.

So he nodded slightly:

"I see."

After saying that, he turned and looked at Sun Ting again:

"Even if Wang Jinghua really cooperates with your sister, you don't have to worry about your own plans. She is her, and you are you. You can't be an assistant for a lifetime. The company's business training is more beneficial to you in the long run. It's appropriate. Your sister and I are very clear about it, so you can rest assured."

"Uh-huh!"

Sun Ting smiled and nodded:

"I understand."

…

Sun Ting leaves.

After Xu Xin took a shower, he was not in a hurry to sleep even though he would have to get up at 5 o'clock tomorrow.

Instead, he held his laptop and read the news about the "Golden Rooster Awards" on the hotel's laggy network.

The Best Actress nominee for "The Wind" is itself a double protagonist.

Just like the "Golden Horse Award", it is also the same reason that the two protagonists were nominated for the nomination.

The number of triple crowns for Best Actress is three, but from a movie perspective, although it is still a double-yolked egg, it is the best "harvest" for Xi Film Studio.

However, major websites have not seen much discussion about the unexpected nature of the "Golden Rooster Awards".

Prove that everyone can accept this result.

Of course...controversy is inevitable.

That is "Li Mi's Conjecture".

But what do you say about this thing... Zhou Xun can shout out the phrase "crime other than war" openly and honestly, and no one will compete with her.

But no matter what, Cao Baoping's matter is there.

You can't be sarcastic.

Your non-sarcastic mapping…

right?

Being able to continue his activities is already giving him face.

As for what some news said about my sister, the youngest actress in history, being incompetent...

Xu Xin, who was no longer the Chu brother who had so much trouble with Youku netizens over "Not Drunk" that he called the company directly and asked them to open a long message, just smiled indifferently.

In "The Wind", no matter who looks at it, Yang Mi's acting skills are definitely not weaker than Liang Binning.

Even in the final one-shot scene, there is a tendency to tilt.

But now everything is calm for Liang Bingning, but a reporter from Yang Mi's side directly started talking about it...

If this butt wasn't crooked, Xu Xin wouldn't believe it even to death.

Just let it be.

At 12:05 a.m. on October 29, I turned off my phone and went to sleep.

…

9:30 am.

After getting off the plane, Xu Xin and Sun Ting walked out of the airport with their luggage.

He got into Cheng Hu's car.

All the way to the confinement center, he was eager to return home. He carried the certificate of honor and the trophy. When he walked into the room, he saw his wife chewing an apple and the two babies sleeping soundly in the cradle.

In an instant, the tenderness belonging to the old father completely melted Xu Xin.

The trophy and certificate were placed in front of Yang Mi, and she kissed her milky cheek rather perfunctorily.

He turned around and looked at his precious daughter and son:

"Daughter, son, daddy is back~"

"Oh, please keep your voice down."

Yang Mi was a little dissatisfied.

"Just ate and went to sleep."

"……hey-hey."

Hearing this, Xu Xin responded, put his nose to the sparse hair of the two little guys, and gently smelled the scent that made him think about it day and night.

After "sucking" for more than a minute, he sat down next to Yang Mi with satisfaction:

"How did you sleep last night?"

"Didn't sleep much."

Yang Mi shook her head:

"I watched the news until a little over, and then I felt that my acting skills were much worse than Teacher Jiang. I felt a little lucky for no reason, so I watched another episode of "The Beginning of Spring". I fell asleep while watching it, and it was not until 6 o'clock. The nurse brought the two children to nurse and woke up again...and then I couldn't sleep. The little one did yoga for a while...I just slept for more than an hour, Yangyang cried, and I woke up again."

As she spoke, she touched the Golden Rooster Award trophy and showed an unprecedented smile of satisfaction:

"Now that we have the golden rooster, the next step is to be one of the top three in Europe. After I win the top three in Europe, I will get an Oscar. Well, Xiying."

"..."

Xu Xin's face turned green instantly.

How dare you think about it.

Just in time for restocking.

However, he did not tell the truth, but nodded "confidently":

"Yeah! Get it done within three years, and then retire!"

"……hey-hey."

The smile on Yang Mi's face bloomed into a flower.

Or kiss your husband.

What a tacit understanding.

No matter how much I brag, you have to support me.

Then, Xu Xin said:

"Let me tell you something."

"Just tell me."

"Last night, I met Wang Jinghua."

"Wang Jinghua?"

Yang Mi was stunned, frowned and asked:

"There was a conflict?"

"No. On the contrary, you wanted to chat with me last night. The main reason why I didn't chat with you was that we were talking about things in the room."

"Uh... Then why didn't you tell me?"

"I'm afraid you'll have insomnia if you think about it too much... Who would have thought that you had almost insomnia last night."

While talking, Xu Xin glanced at her hairline.

Um……

I have to mention that it seems...probably...about...it seems a bit dangerous.

"...What are you talking about?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xin briefly repeated Wang Jinghua's meaning and the general content of the conversation between the two.

Especially the section "Mengniu" made Yang Mi frown instantly.

And after listening to them all...

"Tsk..."

There was some emotion on her face:

"Is this the reason for the income gap?... I learned."

"Do you agree with her approach?"

"That's right."

Naturally, the couple has nothing to hide.

"We are not omniscient and omnipotent. Moreover, as far as Wang Jinghua is concerned, this is where she is really good. She knows how to operate. On the one hand, she can make money for artists, and on the other hand, she can make everything People's work and life are taken care of in an orderly manner. If she didn't do the best in these two aspects, how could it be possible that no matter she left Huayi or Chengtian, her artists would follow them wholeheartedly."

After understanding what his wife meant, Xu Xin nodded:

"So you are very interested in her?"

"Um."

Yang Mi responded, put her hand on the back of his hand, and rubbed it gently with her nails.

After about seven or eight slips, Xu Xin felt itchy and moved his hand away.

She started scratching the sheets again.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a cat grinding its nails.

Probably more than a minute passed.

"This is the limit of Sister Zeng's ability. Besides, she has never been able to make the decision regarding my affairs. And during this period, I asked her to stay with Liu Yifei, that's what I meant... But I didn't think she would come to me. I am planning to look for other agents."

"Now that you have the best one, you can naturally ignore other people's. But there is one thing... that is to at least make sure that she is the same person as you."

"That's nothing."

Yang Mi shook her head:

"You have to get along with each other to know whether she is someone from the same group. If she can help me increase my commercial value... that must be what I want. It has nothing to do with money, it's a matter of status. By the way, she asked you to find me directly? No. Tell me about you?"

"As I said, she originally wanted to sign us up. But I said just let her come to you. My matter... you make the decision."

"understood."

When he said this, Yang Mi understood instantly.

"That's fine. After all, your ears are too soft..."

"..."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes.

"My whole body is soft, only one place is hard, why?"

"…mouth?"

The young woman asked knowingly.

Eyes as charming as silk.

It's a pity...after all, looking at plum blossoms will quench thirst.

Still have to wait a while.

"But I'm worried that she will drag me into the Beijing circle and start acting pretentious..."

"That won't happen."

Hearing this, Xu Xin shook his head directly:

"In our place, there is no such thing as a Beijing circle or a Beijing circle. You are you and I am me. She must understand this truth."

"Well……"

Yang Mi thought for a while and said:

"Then let's talk to her. But there's no rush now. Let's calm down for a few days and I'll think about it."

"Yeah, but you have to be careful. By the way, I'll go see Director Zhang this afternoon and ask for his opinion."

After Xu Xin finished speaking, she saw her showing her small white teeth.

"Don't worry, my three hundred palace fighting novels are not for nothing."

"..."

Xu Xin, who had once been told by her personally, "You can live up to three days in the harem," rolled his eyes.

…

"Here you come? Sit down...Momo, bring the Pu'er tea they brought yesterday."

In the study, Zhang Yimou shouted and said to Xu Xin:

"I haven't drank the ancient tree tea they brought back from Jingmai Mountain."

"Uh-huh."

Xu Xin responded and went straight to the point:

"May I ask you something?"

"Why didn't you win best director?"

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless.

"In your opinion, am I the kind of award-winning fan?"

"I thought you were going to ask this...tell me, what's wrong?"

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Zhang Yimou's eyes were filled with relief.

It would be nice if you could understand.

If there is a nomination, then you have to work hard to win the award.

Because winning an award is also an affirmation of a director's artistic level.

But after the results come out, whether it's regret or unwillingness, just find a way to get it back next time.

Although you can't say that you won't be arrogant or discouraged when you lose, but at least don't win awards just for the sake of winning awards. That would be putting the cart before the horse.

Xu Xin asked tentatively:

"I heard... you rejected Lang Jiu's 100 million endorsement contract?"

"..."

Zhang Yimou was stunned.

There was surprise in his eyes:

"Who said that? How did you know?"

"...So, is it true?"

"Um."

Zhang Yimou didn't hide anything, he just recalled it and said:

"It probably happened in September or October last year, right? The Olympics had just ended. It was a success. It was at the height of popularity at that time. They offered me a price of 100 million...I couldn't accept it."

Waving his hands, he explained to Xu Xin in a particularly sober tone:

"That is the honor of the country. It is inappropriate for you to use the height that the country and the people have promoted you to for your own personal gain. It is neither public nor private. For private... If you have this 100 million, you will definitely be poked in the back. , saying that you are taking advantage of the popularity of the Olympics to make money... Let’s not mention how others may speculate, but for me, I think anything that exploits national sentiments for profit is not good.”

"Then Yu Gong..."

“It’s a bit like corruption, it’s hard to end well.”

"..."

Xu Xin was stunned for a moment... and said with emotion:

"Either you have a high level of ideological awareness."

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou smiled and asked:

"What if it's you?"

While talking, Zhang Mo walked in.

There was also a tea gift box in his hand.

Seeing this, Zhang Yimou said again:

"Give him the Yunyan they took as well."

"good."

Zhang Mo responded, put the tea on the table and walked out.

Zhang Yimou opened the gift box and said:

"A few friends went to Yunnan to play, and I got them back."

"Uh-huh."

Xu Xin nodded and said:

"If you ask me, I probably won't accept it...but I'm not as deep as you think. I just feel that maybe I'm not worth the 100 million."

"I thought you were still going to say you didn't care about money."

"It's two different things... If it were yesterday, I might have said this. But it's a bit against my will... It doesn't matter if it's tens of millions. If you say you don't care if it's hundreds of millions, you'd be ignorant. But now... In jargon, my business The value has not reached this point, and there will be monsters when things go wrong."

This time, Zhang Yimou was really surprised.

He glanced at Xu Xin up and down and asked curiously:

"What's wrong? Where did you get this news? Who did you meet?"

"I met Wang Jinghua. It was from her that I learned about you."

"Well……"

The surprise in Zhang Yimou's eyes became clear:

"Her. No wonder... very few people knew about this news. Apart from me and Xiaowei, the only ones left were people from Langjiu. It's normal for her to know..."

"what do you mean?"

Hearing Xu Xin's probing intentions, Zhang Yimou smiled:

"She is also very good. In the field of agents... she is one of the best. Although she has relatively few contacts, she has many friends who are artists under her banner. In terms of maintaining the relationship between agents and artists, she does a great job Excellent. It's a pity... she just woke up a little late. Otherwise, she should be a company CEO who is not weaker than Huayi now."

"You're referring to... the fact that she took artists away from Huayi?"

"Um."

Zhang Yimou nodded:

"She woke up late and missed the best moment. And it was too late when she realized that she could never become the king by herself. She made two crooked moves...if it weren't for the support of her artists. She, maybe she disappeared too.”

"Well……"

Zhang Yimou's words sounded quite informative to Xu Xin's ears.

It wasn't until Zhang Mo brought over two colorful Yunyan gift boxes that he gradually understood what the old man meant.

It probably means that two company departures are not without cost.

But this is normal...the reality of this circle is sometimes downright chilling.

After running away from Huayi and Chengtian one after another, it was impossible for her not to take out something. It’s just that outsiders don’t know.

Do you really think all entertainment companies are shantangs?

only……

"Then do you think the Beijing Circle is on guard against her now? Or are there still people who want to be friends with her?"

"Neither of the two...at least that's what I think."

Zhang Yimou shook his head:

"It's hard to distinguish between friends and foes, and she has scruples... I think it should be like this. She acted so decisively that it's hard for people to believe that she can be her loyal partner. But the powerful people under her are too There are many, and the most important thing is to be united... No one wants to hollow her out, but she can't. She wants to offend her, but she doesn't dare to offend her too much, so now she should be in the circle but is isolated by it. In isolation, she must I have to cooperate with her...that's about it."

As he spoke, he asked curiously:

"What? Did she set her sights on you?"

"Not just me, but also Yang Mi."

After repeating the thing again.

Zhang Yimou, who had finished washing the tea bowl, also fell into deep thought.

At this time, Zhang Mo saw that his father was silent, so he took the tureen from his hands and started to help Xu Xin and his father make tea.

I won’t mention the tea.

It’s definitely impossible to miss the tea that can be given to Director Zhang.

Xu Xin also opened one of the two Yunyan gift boxes.

I took out a pack of Dazhongjiu from it.

He heard someone say that there is a kind of cigarette in Dachongjiu called 9+1. It is said that the "1" in the 9+1 is... the best cigarette.

I don’t know if it’s true or false.

Anyway, he never smoked.

This is what Wang Sicong said.

Just as he was about to study whether there was 9+1 in this smoke, he heard Zhang Yimou say:

"If Yang Mi wants to go in this direction, there's nothing wrong with cooperating with her."

Xu Xin quickly collected his thoughts.

"You agree?"

"Well, although she has a lot of involvement with the Beijing Circle... But it's one moment and another. It's true that she is deeply involved with the Beijing Circle, but it's also true that everyone loves and hates her now... or it can be said that they stay away from each other.

And the reason why she came to you is actually very simple. The efforts you have made for Xiying Film Studio in the past two years, including the current "The Voice", which has directly made Shaanxi TV the ratings champion for three months... These things are all real to people in the industry. a new path.

Nowadays, this new batch of actors don’t have so many opinions. In addition, Beijing Circle is now... indeed too bloated. If you want to get ahead, the price you pay is not ordinary.

The alternation of the old and the new, the impact of the old and the new... Times have changed. As long as the West Film Studio can get up, as long as the Northwest Circle can recover across the board... Hunan TV is an example. For a circle that is still in stagnant water, the old man will think that the Northwest Circle is about to stage the Return of the King. But for newcomers, this is a rule...

How do you say that buzzword?

Emerging industrial chain?

That's probably what it means. And who is the spokesperson for the Northwest Circle now? Liang Binning came out to do it herself. Although Jiang Wenli's family is deeply rooted, its potential is gone.

Now you and Yang Mi suddenly appear. As for those people in the Beijing circle, some do it because of their status, and some disdain you. But she is the one who has the best contact with you and Yang Mi. Because...maybe the current Beijing circle itself can't tell whether she is one of them or an outsider...so. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Yimou nodded:

"I think it's really an opportunity. Don't forget, she also has many artists from the northwest..."

"Why must we divide it by region?"

"This is a habit of our generation, so you don't have to worry about it. But you can't ignore the power of rural sentiment in the collective."

"..."

"Crack."

He lit a cigarette.

Then he nodded to Zhang Yimou:

"If you agree, then I will feel more at ease."

"Um."

Zhang Yimou responded:

"Yang Mi is in charge of everything. You two just need to balance your family and career. Again, no matter how the outside world changes, root your art deeply in the soil of the people. Your talent can be brought out even if it takes a long time. But..."

Speaking of this, his tone became serious:

"You also have to tell Yang Mi that the measure that determines an actor's value is not how much money you make, nor how much endorsement fees you pay... In the end, as an actor, you still have to let your work speak for itself. In this industry, chaos The flowers are becoming more and more charming. She, the youngest actress of the Golden Rooster Award who is a few months younger than Yue Hong... must not get lost."

Apart from muscle soreness, everything else feels fine. Well, I feel like Dwayne Johnson’s figure is beckoning to me. Not far~