This director is so innocent.

Chapter 146 One-Sided Wishful Thinking by the Mountain Eagle

February 7th, the first day of the Lunar New Year, early morning.

It should have been a time for visiting relatives and friends to exchange New Year's greetings, but because we had come to the capital, the whole family slept soundly.

However, Ms. Meng Yanjun still got up early and fried eggs and cooked noodles for the whole family.

During breakfast, Ms. Meng Yanjun and Comrade Su Zhen each took out two red envelopes and handed them to Su Jin and Su Yu.

Su Jin did not refuse and accepted it with peace of mind. Last year, no, the year before last, when she went home, she had said that she had graduated and did not want red envelopes.

But Ms. Meng Yanjun still insisted on giving it to him, saying that she would stop giving it to him after he got married.

The red envelope didn't contain much money, only five hundred yuan.

Su Yu's red envelope was the same, five hundred yuan.

"Brother." Su Yu blinked her big eyes, stretched out her fair little hand, and looked at Su Jin with a smile, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"You're all grown up now, you can't accept red envelopes," Su Jin said, while reaching into her pocket.

"How did I grow up? I'm still a middle school student."

"You'll be in high school in the second half of the year. If this were ancient times, your mother would have already been arranging a marriage for you at your age."

"If this were ancient times, I would be an aunt by now, but you haven't brought me back a sister-in-law."

""

"Pfft."

The siblings' bickering successfully amused Ms. Meng Yanjun and Comrade Su Zhen.

Su Jin held the red envelope between two fingers and smiled, "Do you want it?"

"I want to." Su Yu nodded.

"I'm giving you a chance to reorganize your language."

"Brother, you're the most handsome! Brother, you're the best! Brother, you're absolutely amazing!" Su Yu's flattery was like it was free, pouring out in a torrent, making Meng Yanjun and Su Zhen laugh heartily.

Su Jin was also coaxed into smiling, and then handed the red envelope to Su Yu.

The red envelope didn't contain much money, just two thousand yuan.

Although it wasn't much, in that small town where people had money but nowhere to spend it, two thousand yuan was enough for her to live on for a semester.

Su Yu was really lucky to be born in such a good time. Back when he was in junior high school, he only had 20 yuan a week.

Ms. Meng Yanjun now gives her fifty yuan a week, which is just pocket money and does not include food expenses.

Fifty yuan may not seem like much, but compared to Su Yu, it's a fortune.

Most of her boarding students paid 10 to 15 yuan a week (five days), and very few paid 20 yuan. This included the cost of food.

In these days, meals at small-town middle schools are free; the money is paid before the start of the semester—either in cash or rice.

The vegetables are very cheap, only 50 cents a spoonful, and very few cost one dollar, though some cost two or three dollars.

The meals were provided by the cafeteria owner, while the dishes were prepared by the teachers' relatives and wives.

The cafeteria owner is a rip-off. He sells the rice that students submit and then uses old rice to cook, resulting in a lot of rice weevils.

However, he didn't get to eat these; he ate with the teachers, which were specially prepared for them by the cafeteria owner.

Around 9 o'clock, Liu Shishi and her mother came to offer New Year's greetings, while Liu's father went to offer New Year's greetings elsewhere.

Su Jin drove to Zuo Shandiao's house to offer New Year's greetings.

In previous years, when I wasn't in Beijing, a phone call would suffice. But this time, being in Beijing, I naturally had to pay a visit in person.

Zuo Shandiao is very rich; he lives in a large detached villa in the suburbs.

When Su Jin arrived, several cars were already parked at the entrance, all there to pay New Year's greetings to Zuo Shandiao.

"Director Su, Happy New Year!"

Happy Chinese New Year.

Su Jin greeted them, opened the trunk, and took out a case of Moutai.

Over the past few years, he has stockpiled a lot of Moutai, and his cellar is almost full. He estimates there are tens of thousands of bottles, which he uses specifically for gifting.

"Third Master, Happy New Year! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune."

"Wishing you prosperity." Han Sanping saw Su Jin carrying a case of Moutai and laughed, "You're here, why bring wine? Are you trying to make me make a mistake?"

"It's not worth much money, what's the mistake?" Su Jin put down her drink and took the cigarette Han Sanping handed her and lit it.

The two sat around the coffee table, smoking and chatting over tea.

Han Sanping asked, "Besides that TV series, what other projects do you have this year?"

"There are two more movies."

"What type?"

"One action film will probably cost 20 to 30 million, and the other is a campus film with a low budget."

"Action genre? Why did you decide to go into action? Why not just stick with the thriller genre?"

"Third Master, I'm an actor by profession! For so long, I've always worked as a director, and I've never actually acted in a movie myself."

"That's true, but you still need to focus on your role as a director. Acting is just for fun, don't get too obsessed with it."

"Mm." Su Jin nodded gently.

In the film industry, directors are the big shots; actors who haven't reached the level of Jack and JJ have to take a backseat.

Jiang Wen had to step aside.

Did you know that he indirectly caused the death of Chen Yifei, the director of "The Barber"?

It's about Chen Yifei asking Jiang Wen to play the male lead, and then Jiang Wen giving orders about the female lead Zhou Yun's styling.

How could a director tolerate an actor interfering in his work? Of course, the result was a complete falling out.

Jiang Wen left, Zhou Enlai left, Ge You left, and all the previously shot footage was rendered useless, resulting in a direct loss of 800.

Million.

Back then, when the two were at odds, most people in the industry sided with Chen Yifei, not for any other reason than his status as a director.

With the departure of the three main actors, filming of "The Hairdresser" was suspended for a full year before resuming. The male and female leads were replaced by Chen Kun and Zeng Li.

Then, during filming, Chen Yifei died from a massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to overwork, and the producer took over the film afterwards.

"Dad, do we have guests?"

A crisp voice suddenly rang in Su Jin's ears. He turned his head and saw a short-haired girl walking in from the doorway.

Su Jin felt that the girl looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.

Upon seeing that the guest was Su Jin, the person immediately showed an excited expression and walked straight towards Su Jin.

Han Sanping noticed the confusion in Su Jin's eyes and explained with a smile, "This is my daughter, Han Jianu."

Upon hearing the name Zuo Shandiao, Su Jin immediately remembered who it was.

A well-known second-generation director in the industry, and the screenwriter of "Dying to Survive," Han Jianu should still be a senior at Huaxia Communication University at this time, and will enter the Beijing Film Academy's Master's program in directing in the second half of the year.

I didn't remember her because Han Jianu hasn't had any other works besides "Dying to Survive," and I've only seen her photos.

Han Jianu walked to the two of them, stood still without saying a word, and looked a little shy and awkward.

Seeing her expression, Su Jin couldn't help but frown slightly, secretly wondering if Zuo Shandiao's daughter liked him!

The more he looked at it, the more likely it seemed.

In high school, many girls who had a crush on him had this expression: they wanted to talk to him but were too shy to do so.

Su Jin gave what she thought was a warm smile and said softly, "Hello, I'm Su Jin."

"I know." Han Jianu's voice was very soft, and her eyes darted away, not daring to meet Su Jin's gaze at all.

It's confirmed, Zuo Shandiao's daughter is in love with him.

Otherwise, as the daughter of the bandit leader Zuo Shandiao, she wouldn't treat people like this; she should be poised and elegant.

Han Sanping glanced at the two of them, smiled slightly, then took out his phone from his pocket and said, "You two chat for a while, I'm going out to make a call."

After saying that, he walked straight out without waiting for the two to reply.

My daughter!

This is all the help your dad can give you.

He knew his daughter liked Su Jin; after all, with posters, albums, and novels filling the bedroom, it was obvious she liked Su Jin.

But he believes there's a high chance the two of them won't get together.

Su Jin is simply too beautiful, too talented, and too rich; she doesn't need to live off the Han family at all.

If his own daughter is pretty, the chances are even greater, and he could shamelessly try to matchmake them.

Unfortunately, my daughter's looks are only average, at best described as "pretty".

Su Jin and Han Jianu stared at each other, unsure of what to say.

Finally, considering that Han Jianu would be pursuing further studies at the Beijing Film Academy, I started by looking into film.

Suddenly, Han Jianu seemed to have opened a floodgate of words, talking non-stop, while Su Jin became the listener, occasionally chiming in and offering her own opinions.

"Film is an art form that serves the public. Never immerse yourself in your own narrow world, as this is not conducive to your creative work."

""

"If you have any questions in the future, you can call me."

The two exchanged phone numbers.

At this moment, Zuo Shandiao returned. Seeing that it was getting late, Su Jin took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Zuo Shandiao tried to persuade Su Jin to stay for lunch before returning home, but she refused.

As soon as Su Jin left, Han Sanping eagerly asked, "How did it go?"

His expression was full of gossip, not at all like that of a big shot in the film industry.

"What, how?" Han Jianu asked, puzzled.

"You and Su Jin!" Han Sanping pressed.

Han Jianu was slightly taken aback, then realized what Han Sanping meant: "Dad! What are you thinking? I don't like Su Jin."

"If you don't like Su Jin, then why do you have so many of his posters plastered all over your room?"

"That was my liking for an idol, not the kind of liking between a man and a woman."

Han Sanping was stunned when he heard this.

He never imagined that his own daughter didn't like Su Jin. On the contrary, it was he who was wishful thinking, thinking this and that, and even trying to match his own daughter with Su Jin. He really made a fool of himself.

Every year after the Spring Festival Gala ends, a popular and regular program will be introduced – the "Spraying Spring Festival Gala".

However, this year's Spring Festival Gala has received the best reviews in recent years.

Sina Weibo launched a Spring Festival Gala satisfaction survey on its portal website, with more than 500,000 people participating in the vote.

Of the respondents, 40% thought it was good, 37% thought it was so-so, and 23% thought it was bad.

There were many areas sprayed.

For example, many people are complaining that the stage visual effects of this year's Spring Festival Gala are very simple, and that the stage designers and lighting technicians were stranded at Guangzhou Railway Station and were unable to make it to the gala.

Zhang Ziyi is embroiled in a lip-syncing controversy. Right after the Spring Festival Gala ended, some netizens said she was lip-syncing.

They weren't just making things up; they even provided evidence.

When the camera zooms in on Zhang Ziyi's face, it becomes apparent that her lip movements don't match the lyrics being played.

The most obvious instance was when the song "Auspicious" was played, but she opened her mouth wide in preparation to sing "Flower," making the lip-syncing too obvious.

However, Zhang Xiaohai, the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, made it clear that Zhang Ziyi's segment was not pre-recorded, and said that inviting Zhang Ziyi to the Spring Festival Gala was based on her influence.

Luo Jin and Xia Jie's lip-syncing went unnoticed because their acting was so good.

To be precise, because they weren't popular enough, people didn't have time to find fault with them; they were all focused on those popular shows.

The previously little-known song "The Wind Blows the Wheat" has become quite popular online.

The most discussed topic was not the "Torchbearer" by the Shandandan duo, but the skit "Dream Home" performed by Cai Ming and others.

Her adorable "Why?" line is likely to become the line of the year.

However, this line is very controversial.

Many people are saying that this line is plagiarized from Xiao Shenyang. "Why is that?"

The public's initial impression of Xiao Shenyang came from the 09 skit "Not Short of Money," which made him an overnight sensation and caused his net worth to skyrocket a hundredfold.

From four or five thousand yuan to four or five hundred thousand yuan, Zhang Yimou even invited him to play the lead role in "A Simple Noodle Story".

Actually, Xiao Shenyang is quite popular online now.

He uploaded many of his own tongue twister and Errenzhuan videos to video websites such as Sina Weibo, Youku, and Tudou, which gained him a lot of fans.

Besides accusing Xiao Shenyang of plagiarism, some people have also pointed out that a similar scene appeared in Feng Xiaogang's Lunar New Year film "Be There or Be Square" many years ago.

In the film, Xu Fan repeatedly asks "Why?", and when Ge You is receiving a group of Chinese tourists, he asks a man for his passport, to which the burly man immediately replies, "Why?".

Grandpa Ge replied, "How many 'why' questions have you asked along the way? A hundred thousand 'why' questions,' perhaps?"

The dialogue is basically the same as Cai Mingyu's dialogue in the skit "Dream Home".

Regardless of whether it's plagiarism or not, the line "Why?" will become the most popular phrase this year.

Our master of sketch comedy, the teacher of "Weight Loser Jia," Mr. Feng Gong, keeps up with current events.

At the end of last month, Teacher Chen's explicit photos were exposed by a netizen named "Qi Na" on Tianya Forum, causing a huge online reaction and attracting widespread attention.

In the skit "Bus Concerto," Teacher Feng has a line that goes, "If you like watching movies, I'm Zhang Bozhi."

Teacher Huang Hong, who has eighty sledgehammers for big ones and forty sledgehammers for small ones, is no less impressive, even appearing on the Spring Festival Gala to tell dirty jokes.

When Gong Hanlin, playing a property management staff member, arrived at the door wearing shoe covers, Huang Hong joked, "Before, you took off your shoes before entering; now you wear shoe covers."

Jay Chou's rendition of "Blue and White Porcelain" was angrily criticized by Ma Weidu, who bluntly stated that the lyrics were ridiculously wrong.

Ma Weidu first affirmed that the opening line was excellent, namely, "The unglazed porcelain is outlined with blue and white brushstrokes that go from thick to thin."

Turning around, they said the lyric "writing Han dynasty calligraphy on the bottom of a bottle, imitating the elegance of the previous dynasty" is ridiculously wrong.

He said that blue and white porcelain quickly became the dominant type of Chinese porcelain from the moment it was created, and no one has been able to challenge its dominance for seven hundred years.

However, the bottom of the bottle was never inscribed with Han Dynasty clerical script. It was only occasionally written in clerical script on some blue and white porcelain pieces during the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty. Obviously, the writer of the poem did not know much about porcelain.

Another mistake is "When I was copying the Song typeface signature, I was thinking of you".

Ma Weidu said that the error in this lyric is that the Song typeface signature is only seen on cloisonné porcelain from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns, but not on blue and white porcelain.

The Shandan Dan Duo's "Torchbearer" is funny, but it has also received a lot of criticism.

What can I say? The script is unoriginal, long and tedious, full of clichéd plot points.

Su Jin and Wang Fei's performance of "Because of Love" became one of the few well-received programs at the Spring Festival Gala.

In the song and dance category, it received 69% of the support, far ahead of the second place.

The second place went to Jay Chou's "Blue and White Porcelain," with a support rate of 21%.

Although Jay Chou is very popular, he is still somewhat inferior to him.

The song "Because of Love" naturally became a hit across the country, and the album of the same name, "Su Jin," achieved even greater sales.

As a result, Liu Shishi suffered an undeserved misfortune.

There's a saying that goes, "Without comparison, there is no harm."

Blind Sister's singing skills are far inferior to Wang Fei's; even hiring a million-dollar sound engineer wouldn't help.

After listening to the original version, many people said that a good song was ruined by Xia Jie, and strongly requested that Su Jin and Wang Fei release a lossless audio version.

If the little lion were to appear at this moment, he would definitely have a fierce argument with this group of people.

The little lion was incredibly strong; it was known as the "Million Lion" back in the day, never afraid of anyone, and dared to challenge anyone.

Now that Sister Blind doesn't have any lion cubs to protect her, she can only let them scold her. Surprisingly, Sister Blind has become famous because of this.

Black and red are still red!

Su Jin listened to advice and released the version that she had previously recorded in Xiao Ke's recording studio.

"This is the version I wanted, it sounds so good."

"The lossless audio version sounds better. The Spring Festival Gala version is also good, but it's not quite the same."

"I thought the Spring Festival Gala was alright, especially the moments when they made eye contact, it was so sweet!"

"Get lost, Aunt Wang, don't try to scam my idol."

"Exactly! At her age, she still wants to seduce young girls? Has she no shame?"

"That's definitely shameless. Who wouldn't want a face like Su Jin's? Don't you?"

"think."

"think."

Time flies, and it's already the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

Su Jin drove Ms. Meng Yanjun and the others to the airport, and then went to Hengdian.

Comrade Su Zhen had to go back to school early because of some school matters; otherwise, she could have stayed until the Lantern Festival before returning.

I went to Hengdian because filming for "Painted Skin" started on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and I needed to go and check it out, otherwise I wouldn't have time later.

The filming of "Painted Skin" went smoothly; at least Wuershan hadn't contacted him yet, but I still had to go and check on him.

First fly to Jincheng, then go to Hengdian.

At that time, Hengdian was very famous, but it did not yet have an airport.

Construction on Hengdian Airport is scheduled to begin in June 12, but it will not be operational until 18.

We arrived in Hengdian at around 4 p.m.

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"Boss, Happy New Year!" Wuershan said with a smile and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Happy New Year." Su Jin nodded and said with a smile, "You've gained a lot of weight since I last saw you in the past month or two."

Upon hearing this, Wuershan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the boss thought he was enjoying himself on set and not putting in his best effort, and was deliberately giving him a hard time?

If that's true, then he's been wronged terribly.

He has been dedicated and responsible for the past two months, throwing himself into the filming and staying up until 11 or 12 o'clock every night.

"It's all from drinking during the Chinese New Year; I drink every day."

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