I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 155 153. Elva Hsiao is cursing

"Bao Wenjing...well...seems to have an impression."

Holding the phone between his legs, Xu Xin answered:

"The one you always hang out with that girl with the really big eyes, right?"

"Yuan Shanshan?"

"..."

"Goose, Goose, Goose, Goose……"

Feeling her boyfriend's speechlessness, Yang Mi laughed out loud:

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. It's her..."

"...She is quite stupid."

Xu Xin said directly:

"Stay away from this kind of person in the future. Stupidity is contagious."

"I know, that's what I told Xiaobing in the car just now. Burning cigarette scars on yourself...only people of my dad's age do that. What are you thinking, are you having a headache?"

"Maybe there's something wrong with her. Anyway, there's definitely nothing wrong with staying away from her...the further away, the better."

"Yeah. I just want to tell you, no, I'm going to Feilong Valley early tomorrow morning, and I'll arrive in Taichung around 10 pm. You don't need to pick me up, I'll go there by myself."

"I'll leave the door open for you."

"...Hey, bad guy. By the way, let me tell you something..."

"What?"

"I went to the SPA yesterday."

Hearing this, Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, and then became speechless:

"You're not going to watch another movie that you shouldn't be watching, are you? Come on, the hotel is so greasy. How will others see us?"

"Brother, what are you thinking about?"

The girl on the other end of the phone was speechless:

"Who told you this?"

"Then what do you want me to say about a massage?"

"I'm telling you that I plan to have laser hair removal. But these are big hospitals...I'm quite shy. Ask Dani to help me ask where they are. There are many non-professional private clinics there. .I’ll go over there and do it.”

"It's so troublesome to just remove an armpit... uh..."

After being stunned for a moment, Xu Xin suddenly understood something, and his expression instantly became strange:

"You...have changed your taste recently?"

"I talked to the masseuse yesterday...I need to take care of myself."

"You don't want to show it to others, so what do you care about it?"

"Oh, why are you so annoying? No matter what, please help me ask! Just do it permanently, once and for all. We will do it after the filming is completed, and you asked Dani to help me find someone more reliable, you know?"

“Just ask which clinic is the most expensive and that’s it.”

"OK."

Xu Xin agreed happily:

"Then you go to bed early."

"Well. Good night, brother... Hehehe, I will bring you a new pattern tomorrow!"

"Hiss~~~~"

"Goose goose goose..."

…

February 1st.

Outside the fence of Tamkang Music Middle School.

The weather in Benwan in February has begun to get warmer, with the average temperature rising to 16 to 20 degrees.

It’s the season to wear a jacket when it’s cold and short-sleeves when it’s hot.

In this red-brick alleyway that Jay Chou walked through countless times when he was a child, security guards were on guard against the onlookers, and fire engines were on hand at all times.

Xu Xin looked at his girlfriend who had opened the umbrella and Jay Chou who was wearing short-sleeved clothes next to him.

After confirming that the two of them were ready, they nodded:

"Prepare to sprinkle water and clear the venue. Other actors are in place."

Soon, there were several students holding umbrellas behind them.

"Come on, three, two, one, sprinkle water."

After hearing Xu Xin's words, he used a special irregular nozzle to simulate falling rain and sprayed out tiny water droplets.

"ACTION! Let's go~"

After Xu Xin finished speaking, in front of the camera, Qingyi and Ye Xianglun began to walk forward along the road.

In this play, Xu Xin's request was that every picture could be used as a computer desktop background.

Therefore, even if it is just a scene of walking in the rain, under the influence of lighting and filters, it will be shot beautifully. Even though Jay Chou's looks are not particularly impressive, this scene is still very beautiful.

In the scene, Qingyi, played by Yang Mi, asked Ye Xianglun at dusk on the way home from school:

"Didn't you ride your bike today?"

"……No."

Ye Xianglun said casually.

After hearing this, Qingyi continued to ask:

"Then...if you have a bicycle, can you take me home?"

"..."

Ye Xianglun was stunned for a moment, and after taking two steps, he responded with a smile:

"sure."

And this response also made Qingyi smile.

The two slowly walked out of the camera's range.

But Xu Xin didn't shout stop.

Instead, he directly adjusted the footage he had just taken on the monitor and watched it carefully, almost without missing any detail.

While watching, the entire crew was waiting for his response.

"...ok. Passed!"

After the words fell, someone shouted:

“It’s finished!!!!”

"Oh ho!!!"

A busy month.

All shots of "The Untold Secret" have been filmed.

Finished.

…

Celebration banquet.

A lively celebration banquet.

Except for Anthony Wong, who left to return to Hong Kong to take care of his family after filming, everyone else on the crew was there.

Even Jay Chou's father, Chow Yao-chung, who guest-starred as a biology teacher in this episode.

Jay Chou booked a hotel and everyone started a lively celebration.

Everyone's face was full of joy.

Even Fang Wenshan and Yang Junrong also rushed over.

Everyone went in the direction of getting drunk, just to comfort themselves for their hard work this month.

Especially those lighting technicians and props technicians whose hair is almost gone from the heat...

When I meet someone like Director Xu who is crazy about details... he usually refuses to say anything, but I can still get around you today?

Fill!

The hot dishes had just begun to be served, but Xu Xin had already finished a pound of wine.

However, he was only blushing and slightly tipsy.

Yang Mi didn't drink because she had to take care of her boyfriend who would definitely drink too much tonight.

Seeing her boyfriend exchanging glasses with others, she unconsciously showed a happy smile like a flower on her face.

At this time, Jay Chou came over with a glass of red wine:

"Mimi, thank you for your hard work."

He will never touch liquor.

It hurts the throat too much.

After Yang Mi touched him with soda water, she directly asked Dani behind her:

"Dani, have you asked for me?"

"Asked, I can do it tomorrow. Sister Tian's skills are absolutely incredible."

"...What are you two talking about?"

Jay Chou was a little confused.

Dani smiled mysteriously:

"Don't inquire about girls' affairs~"

"...Okay, I'll go have a drink with A Xin."

Soon, Jay Chou, who had provoked Xu Xin in the past, was stunned by a set of drunken words. Xu Xin held his neck and poured a full glass of red wine...

Anyway, I’m very happy. I’ll pay tribute to you~

After a final dinner, Xu Xin's biggest gain might be getting Li Pingdong's promise.

The boss personally promised this cute new director:

"If you can't find a good photographer for your next film, please contact me."

This sentence caused Xu Xin to drink the most.

In a word, two ounces of wine will make you feel bored.

But Li Pingdong was so scared...

Are you okay if you drink like this?

It turns out...it's okay, but there's something wrong.

After drinking this cup, Xu Xin, who had drunk more than one and a half kilograms, fell into pieces.

But he said it was okay because... Yang Mi took good care of him that night.

Xu Xin has a physique that does not spit out alcohol.

And this kind of constitution is actually the most difficult to deal with if you drink too much.

He couldn't spit it out, so he had to rely on his liver to break down the alcohol. And decomposing alcohol requires a lot of water.

One night, he woke up in a daze, drank water four or five times, went to the toilet countless times, and finally woke up at dawn.

Forget it if you sober up...

But the problem is that there is a beautiful woman lying next to her with her back to him.

You said that you tormented others all night, pouring you water and helping you to the toilet... Now that you are awake, can you let others have a good rest?

Oh, no.

Just play.

Just willful.

He directly hugged his girl into his arms:

"Good morning, baby, hey hey hey..."

Then……

The confused Yang Mi instinctively said:

"Oh shit..."

Xu Xin pretended not to hear it and decided to go his own way...

The sleepy-faced girl couldn't open her eyes and pushed several times. When she saw that she couldn't push anymore, she snorted impatiently, but she didn't stop him and just put the pillow over her face.

Forget it, do as you like.

Son of a bitch!

Next time you drink too much and I serve you like a dog!

…

"...Why is Mimi walking so weird?"

On the night of February 2nd.

Jay Chou, who was sitting in the car, asked Dani in confusion:

"Where did you take her today?"

"I've said it all, Brother JAY! You can't just ask about girls' things! Aren't you afraid that Brother Xu will flatter you?"

"I don't have nunchucks. If I have nunchucks in my hand, will I be afraid of him?"

Recalling the tragic scene at last night's celebration banquet, when a certain bad guy held his neck and drank wine, Jay Chou said angrily.

But Dani didn't believe it at all, she just snickered and opened the car door.

Xu Xin helped Yang Mi get in the car first, and then got in the car himself.

Sun Ting was loading luggage with the driver of the car behind.

Soon, the car set off.

Jay Chou didn't ask Yang Mi what happened, she was walking so strangely...

Instead, he said to Xu Xin:

"I plan to hand over the soundtrack for the film to a Chinese company. It's the same company as in "Initial D". I have a good rapport with them. How about it?"

"Isn't it good at home?"

"domestic……"

Jay Chou thought for a while and said:

"I haven't worked together before, so it doesn't matter if there are other things... But I want to be more cautious here... Except for Hollywood, I haven't talked about the soundtrack from China."

"……good."

Xu Xin didn’t know any music company, so he nodded:

"For the negatives, we'll use the editing studio introduced by Director Zhang. We've already agreed. Although it's the end of the year, they also gave us the honor to work overtime. During this period, we will arrange it more closely, and try our best to Before the year, I will cut out the rough film first, and after the year you will take it and go over there to score the music. Have you arranged the special effects?"

"It's already done. The special effects are also from Japan. After the money is sent today, I will fly over with your sketches tomorrow to get it done."

"...Okay. It will take about ten days. In about ten days, the rough film will be edited out. After you send it over, you will go directly back here to celebrate the New Year. We will meet again after the new year. After the new year, I will start working hard on the Olympic Games." I have to keep an eye on the matter, and I can only go to you at noon or in the evening after work. The distribution director Zhang has already helped find the company, so you can come here to find me, there are people in Xiangjiang and the mainland."

"Well... we should be able to get it done before June. If nothing else happens, the schedule will be enough. From July to August, I think it will be released during the summer vacation. What do you think?"

"OK."

The two quickly discussed the plan.

Film editing and scoring were done separately.

Usually, editing comes first and music comes last.

Because for the soundtrack, the director needs to explain the shooting concept... But Xu Xin has already done this job during filming. These are the things that Jay Chou, Mike Lin, and Huang Junlang have been talking about these days.

Several rough demos of the soundtrack have been made, but the post-production technical processing of vocals and background sounds will take about three to six weeks.

And the same goes for editing.

When it comes to editing, I won’t talk about lens selection. That’s what I’m mainly busy with these days. After selecting the shots to be used, make a rough cut to completely connect the film together.

That is to say, after the story is sorted out, technical and fine editing begins.

For example, when to cut to which shot, the pace of the picture, the color grading and correction of the shot, and finally the subtitles and special effects.

Subtitles must be brought, and French subtitles must also be made, because the play will be sent to Cannes.

These are complex processes.

A full-fledged editing studio also takes about four to eight weeks to complete.

After it is completed, the soundtrack will be almost ready. When the time comes, take the finished film to the soundtrack room and directly combine the two, and the result will be the finished film.

After the film is completed, it is sent for review, and then the distribution company arranges for theatrical screening.

This is a process for releasing a movie.

In fact, compared with the complicated post-production work, shooting is not particularly time-consuming.

One month of shooting, three to five months of post-production and release.

This is pretty fast.

Some require two or three months of shooting time, and for movies with a large number of transition shots, even post-production is calculated in years.

If the director is more ink-writing, then maybe two or three years will be normal.

This does not include the time for review.

But the submission for review does not have much to do with it. In recent years, due to cross-Strait relations, the mainland's review has relaxed many favorable mechanisms for this side.

Basically, as long as it’s not a very extreme shot, the review conditions are quite generous.

As it happens, this drama is just a magical campus love story across time and space. No political, military or contemporary significance has been given.

It's a love movie.

There is no problem at all, so I can almost pass the review with my eyes closed.

For mainland fans, the past six months have actually been quite a blessing...because Jay Chou may come here often.

I come here at least three to four days a week...on the one hand, I make movies, and on the other hand, I start normal business and acting according to some routes set by the mainland agency.

but……

"Hey, my new album already has a theme."

Hearing this, not to mention Xu Xin, even Yang Mi was shocked:

"So fast!?"

"Yes, inspiration comes quickly...for this album, I want to focus on American country style!"

"..."

"..."

Xu Xin twitched the corners of his mouth and asked:

"Just... like cowboys, guitars, and riding boots?"

"Yes. The song title already exists, it's called "Cowboys Are Busy"! And the song "The Longest Movie" is also in it~ How about it, lyricist, are you happy?"

"Are you too busy to come here?"

"Just...it's okay."

"Niubi."

Xu Xin let out a sincere sigh.

Movies, new albums, and business performances... Oh yes, and management of the company...

Really energetic.

It’s scary to think about.

So busy... If I have this time, I might as well spend time with my sister.

but……

"Oh, by the way, how is Guo Caijie?"

"Well, yes, let me listen to it for you. I recorded a demo two days ago."

Jay Chou took out his mobile phone, found an MP3 file, and clicked to play it.

After another burst of signature piano sound, the girl's voice sounded:

"If you heard about it, have you ever thought about me, like a regular old friend..."

"nice."

Yang Mi said in surprise:

"Good to hear."

"right?"

Jay Chou immediately smiled, and then looked at Xu Xin:

"Hey, Ah Xin, let me tell you... I found a treasure~ Her voice is very clean, Brother Junrong was full of praise after hearing it~ Although there are still some flaws, this song has been designated as the title song of the album Now. Wenshan and I personally produced the album..."

"Just wait a moment..."

Xu Xin stopped him from continuing to speak with great joy:

"Tell me first...when is she planning to release an album?"

"Well... probably around June. In June, she released her album, which was Jewel's first move, and then in July and August, our movie, and then... September, before September, my album They all have to come out. In the second half of the year, I dare not say anything about the mainland, but here... I want only one name to be on the front page of the entire entertainment industry!"

"...Elva Hsiao?"

As if by chance, Xu Xin said the name.

"It's... fart!!"

Jay Chou thought that Axin would have a tacit understanding with him and called out the name "Jewell". But who knows how he came up with such a sentence.

"It's Jewel!!"

"I thought it was Elva Hsiao who was cursing and exiting..."

"What does it have to do with her... Anyway, this is the arrangement. Before Brother Junrong wants my song copyright back, I have to pay Alpha, so I can only participate in one-song or two-song commercial performances." , the concert is too costly. I can just promote it to others, an album, a movie, plus my own album, it will definitely be a hit~"

"Fine……"

"What about you? What are your plans?"

"Busy about the Olympics."

"Well……"

Hearing this, Jay Chou nodded:

"Mimi, are you there?"

"I'm going to act in a drama, and I'm going to fight with Lin Daiyu in the second half of the year."

"...???"

Seeing Jay Chou's confused look, Yang Mi didn't explain much.

After all, the matter of "Dream of Red Mansions" is still under confidentiality.

Just say it for fun.

soon.

The commercial vehicle arrives at the airport.

After getting off the car, the two people waved their hands to Jay Chou:

"Go back."

"Well, there are a lot of paparazzi here, so let's go now~ Let's chat via text message."

The two commercial vehicles drove away quietly.

Xu Xin lit a cigarette and waved to Sun Ting and his girlfriend:

"goodbye."

Yang Mi didn’t say much.

You really need to pay attention to this aspect.

So he took Sun Ting directly to the airport.

After Xu Xin finished smoking a cigarette, he pushed his suitcase into the airport.

Along the way, the two of them kept a restrained and polite distance, from getting on the plane, to getting off the plane, and then driving away.

Finally, the convergence at home is completed.

…

"Is Tingting going on vacation?"

"Um."

Using the excuse of "I won't go back until tomorrow", the girl who can stay with her boyfriend for one night tonight responded.

At the same time, he worked tirelessly to help him choose clothes of different colors.

These will need to be washed in a while.

In order to prevent staining, they have to be washed separately and mixed with different detergents, which is quite troublesome.

Before her, Xu Xin scrapped clothes quite quickly.

Because I didn't pay attention to one piece of clothing, it lost its color and stained a bucket of other clothes.

Then you can't take away this bucket of clothes. No matter how much it costs, you have to throw away what needs to be thrown away.

Then I’ll scan a batch and come back to wear them again.

But since the two of them fell in love, how to sort the clothes and how to wash them... Yang Mi almost took care of it herself.

It's not Xu Xin's turn to worry at all.

This also leads to a situation...

Be it Xidan or New World, the counter ladies at some big brand counters found that... the frequency of Mr. Xu Dacai's visits has been greatly reduced... causing them to get a lot less commission.

But there is no way... Yang Mi's habit of living is like this.

Although the food she is cooking now is quite unpalatable... Xu Xin is not willing to let her suffer the fumes. She always talks about going out to eat...but as long as she is here, she always likes to buy some food and the two of them will mess around.

For example, the pork ribs are made salty this time and sweet that time, and each meal starts to adjust to everyone's taste.

This is called home.

The current state of the two of them was enough to make the female boxer lose her heart.

Xu Xin was sitting on the sofa smoking and drinking tea like a big man, while Yang Mi was squatting in front of three suitcases to pack clothes... No matter how you look at it, that status seems to be the truest reflection of male chauvinism and the vulnerable female group.

But in fact... Ever since Mr. Xu Sanjin accidentally threw a bright red lace and pearl patterned erotic bra he bought for his girlfriend into the washing machine, it dyed a bucket of T-shirts red.

He was deprived of the right to use the washing machine in this home.

Because in that bucket of clothes, there was a cotton T-shirt that the girl wore on the night the two of them confessed their love in Hengdian.

It is a very commemorative T-shirt that can be used to recall the good memories when you get old.

As a result, Mr. Xu Sanjin forcibly washed him into a camouflage uniform that was neither red nor blue...

But it made her miserable.

So... As long as you are as far away from the washing machine as possible, you will be fine.

While squatting to pick clothes, she heard what her boyfriend said and said:

"I have a holiday today. I'm thinking about wrapping up a year-end bonus red envelope for Tingting tomorrow. Anyway, the company didn't give it to me... What do you think?"

"How did your company dig Sosou?"

No matter how much the year-end bonus package is...

He wouldn't feel bad even if he paid one to two million.

He was just speechless with Rong Xinda's picky attitude.

"Our employees have worked hard for a year, why don't we give them some year-end bonuses?"

"It's not that we won't give it. The main assistant is not a regular employee. I mean, the year-end bonus is based on the year. The longer you join the company, the more you will be given. Tingting, who just joined this year, can have a year-end bonus of one thousand A lump sum is pretty good. You are like the cleaning aunt. There is a cleaning aunt who has been in the company for five or six years. She gives a year-end bonus of 100 yuan a month. The year-end bonus is 7,000 to 8,000 yuan at a time, and she is just a cleaning lady..."

"Isn't that too stingy?"

"Otherwise, why do you think Zhou Xun left?"

"What about Chen Kun? Why doesn't he leave?"

"He can't leave. He has a ten-year contract. It doesn't expire until 10 years."

"Well……"

After hearing this, Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

"How much is Tingting's monthly salary?"

"I mentioned five thousand, but if you don't pay the bill, you still have to leave the company. You have to file a tax return."

"And they're using your money tax-free?"

Xu Xin was dumbfounded...

"This is a formal process. Don't complain... just say how much is appropriate. How about ten thousand?"

"Sixty thousand directly, based on one year's payment."

"..."

Yang Mi's mouth twitched:

"Brother, are you crazy?"

"You don't need to give it, I'll do it."

"No. I'm making a fuss... You can't do this. I'll give you 60,000 yuan in the first year. How much should I pay in the future? How can it be like this... I think 10,000 yuan is enough. If you give too much, the news will spread, and it will be difficult for me to do well in the company in the future. .”

"Then you give me 10,000 and I'll give you the rest. Don't always weigh the eyes of the outside world. When you hire people, you must clearly distinguish between your own people and outsiders. In front of outsiders, you must first pay attention to face and shut up others' mouths. There's nothing wrong with that. But you can't be mean to your own people, you know? If you don't give me enough money, why should others work for you?"

"Well……"

Yang Mi thought for a while and nodded:

"It makes sense. Uncle Xu taught you this?"

"That's right... So, give 10,000 yuan as a year-end bonus to silence others, but you have to give a share in private. Only when others take the money can they follow you wholeheartedly, and it's useless to just draw a cake."

"……ok, I get it."

It's not like she couldn't bear to part with the tens of thousands of dollars.

The resources of "The Untold Secret" are her own, but they have not gone through the company, and the company has not paid a penny for the carriage and horse fees. At least after tax and dividends, at least 4 to 50 million of this money has fallen into her own hands.

Now that you’ve decided to give it, let’s give it.

My brother is right, he is so open to outsiders, and he cannot be withholding from his own people.

While she was thinking about it, suddenly, suddenly, she heard Xu Xin say:

"Let me tell you... we don't want to give up on this company."