I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 291 289. Guilt and microcosm

  Night, 11 o'clock.

   Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, whose faces were slightly red, returned to the hotel room.

  As soon as they returned to the room, Sun Ting and Wu Qiqi had already taken out two sets of clothes while they were changing their shoes:

"Aunt Liu, this is what you will wear tomorrow. The Hong Kong media took photos of you and Sister Yifei traveling together a few days ago, and they all said that Sister Yifei inherited her beauty from you. So I communicated with Zhang Jiao here. Finally, I helped you choose clothes with more elegant colors, which can reflect your temperament."

"…good."

  Liu Xiaoli continued to nod.

  Wu Qiqi also took out Liu Yifei's clothes.

   went on to say:

   "Sister, tomorrow I have an appointment with Director Chen at ten o'clock in the morning, can I call you at eight o'clock?"

   "Okay, hard work, Qiqi, Tingting, you two go to rest."

"OK."

  Hearing this, Sun Ting and Wu Qiqi nodded and left.

   After closing the door, Liu Yifei, who was about to change clothes and take a shower, heard a sigh from her mother:

   "Alas...really..."

   "...Mom, what's wrong?"

  Liu Yifei, who drank a few more glasses of champagne today, asked while preparing to tie her hair up.

   Otherwise, it will be difficult to take a shower for a while.

   Then, she heard her mother say:

   "No comparison... I really don't know. With this kind of assistant, how could it be unsuccessful?"

   "..."

   Liu Yifei was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head:

"You said it the other way around. Mom, Mimi taught Tingting what she is capable of now. Just like today's salon, after she received the invitation letter, she got the guest list. Remember everyone's appearance and resume. This is not a job that ordinary assistants can do."

   "Compared with her... those people are really amateurs."

  Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli was quite emotional:

   "This matter... Mom did something wrong. Originally, I just wanted someone to take care of you. I didn't expect the assistant to do so many things... No wonder the salary is so high."

   "She gets higher than Mimi."

   "I missed my eyes..."

  Liu Xiaoli sighed again:

   "I really didn't see it, the child who was so inconspicuous in the crew..."

   "Mom, it's not that Mimi is unremarkable, it's just that you don't take her seriously."

  Compared to before, Liu Yifei's speech seems to be... a little more real.

   Dare to express my opinion.

  Looking at my mother, she said:

   "You always feel like people are trying to get me out of me...now you know? Not everyone is like that. At least Mimi isn't like that, right?"

   "...But can she treat you well for no reason?"

  Liu Xiaoli did not directly refute this time.

   Just threw up a question.

   "Why isn't she nice to other people?"

"How do you know that she treats other people badly?... Just like Tingting, do you know how many red envelopes she gave Tingting last year? How many red envelopes did she give Qiqi, Brother Hu? Also, you Have you ever heard of someone she was having trouble with or being unhappy with?"

   "..."

  Liu Xiaoli was speechless.

   This is true.

  This girl... is really good at life.

  The "oily" ones are outrageous.

   But when Liu Yifei said these words, she remembered the prospects for the coming year that Che Limi said when everyone met in Xiangjiang last year.

  After thinking about it, she suddenly asked:

   "Mom, did you know that Mimi's contract expires at the end of May this year."

"ah?"

  Liu Xiaoli was a little stunned:

"This year?"

"right."

   "...Did she say that she is going to a big company?"

"No. I guess...Mimi probably wants to do it by herself. Think about it, Rong Xinda can't provide her with much help. Everything from her debut to the present was made by Xu Xin. So it should be I came out and did it alone..."

   "Isn't she pregnant?... Can Xu Xin let her out?"

   "Then I don't know. But I think... Mimi will definitely succeed if she comes out and does it alone. She has brains and is not short of money."

  Liu Xiaoli didn't seem to understand the meaning of her daughter's words, she just shook her head slightly:

   "I don't think she will be able to come out in the future. They are all married, who would like to let their daughter-in-law come out to show their face?"

   Speaking of this, suddenly, her eyes lit up:

   "Eh? Then if she really can't get out, you two have such a good relationship, those who look for her, you can..."

  Suddenly, she paused for a while, and there was a trace of sorrow in her eyes:

   "Alas... This circle is really feng shui. It's really ironic..."

  But Liu Yifei didn't have any embarrassment or emotion in his eyes.

  She just shook her head and said:

   "I'll take it if I say so? Why?"

   "You two have a good relationship."

   "Well, that's true. But it's not something I can take as I want. My difficulty now is not what resources I get, but... who dares to give me..."

   "..."

  Liu Xiaoli frowned.

   These words... are really what my daughter said?

  A sense of déjà vu of "the child has grown up" emerges suddenly.

   Immediately afterwards, the girl said in a very casual, but she could feel her serious tone:

   "I told you before that I have my own ideas. To tell you the truth, my next step is to hire an agent..."

   "...???"

  Liu Xiaoli's eyes straightened instantly.

"you…"

   "Mom, listen to me, I have nothing else to say."

  Liu Yifei quickly sat beside her.

"I understand your painstaking efforts. You are afraid that I will be wronged or something outside. But... we have to think about it carefully. I actually figured it out from Tingting...Mom, the professional thing is to find Professionals do it. Look at CINDY, Tingting and Qiqi, and you will understand what I mean.

   So, next step, I'm going to find a professional agent to save my career for me. A reliable and trustworthy person. Not to replace you and your godfather, but I really need a professional team. If all the people in it are like Tingting and the others, will it be easier to deal with things in the future? "

   "..."

  Instinctively, Liu Xiaoli felt that something was wrong.

  I felt that my daughter seemed to be a different person.

  But she also knows that what her daughter said is right...

   subconsciously asked:

   "Then what kind of agent are you looking for?"

"Let's look for it. But now there is a difficulty, that is, my contract is still with my godfather. I want to find a big manager. They must have their own team, and they will definitely not join the godfather, right? ?”

   "..."

  Liu Xiaoli frowned completely:

"You're thinking…"

   "I want to terminate the contract with my godfather's company."

"you!!"

  In an instant, Liu Xiaoli's eyes widened.

   "No, you..."

"mom."

   Before Liu Xiaoli could speak, Liu Yifei asked a soul-pointing question:

   "I can only be reduced to the gangster circle now, can't I?"

  Being speechless, Liu Xiaoli continued:

"Even the Hong Kong circle is very simple... Godfather treats me well, I know. But because he treats me well, I think it is right for me to leave at this time. Because... the domestic film circle has been dominated by me now." The road is dead. I don't want to go back to filming TV series...

  So, I need an agent who can support me enough to keep going, right? Didn't you just say that Mimi is pregnant and has a baby... definitely can leave a lot of resources. At this moment and at that moment, I want to eat, but I need a stepping stone.

   And where this brick is, I don't know.

   So I'm going to use myself as bait, you know what I mean? I have become a free agent, and if someone comes to contact me, it means that this person has the confidence to help me open up the domestic film market. How do you fish without bait? "

   "...???"

   At this moment, Liu Xiaoli was in a state of bewilderment as if she was seeing someone in front of her eyes for the first time.

this…

  Is this what Sissy can say?

  If Yang Mi said it, it would be more or less the same...

  Since when did our family...know how to play tricks on people?

  But I have to admit that what she said... seems to be true.

  How to fish without bait?

But…

   "Then your godfather and my contribution..."

   "Oh, Mom~"

  Liu Yifei seemed a little speechless, shaking her head and said:

   "You are my mother, and that is my godfather. I feel very uncomfortable when you say that it is the same as me being your money-making tool."

   "We don't mean that."

   "I know, you just want me to be well and not get hurt, right?"

"…Um."

"Then it's over. I think I chose the right path. Get back to freedom and see which fish can be attracted in the market. At that time... Let's talk, right? How to talk is up to you and Gan Dad, I don’t understand. We are a family, we should use our strength together, right?”

   "..."

   Dimly, Liu Xiaoli still felt that something was wrong.

  Cissy...not such a child.

  how now...

"Mom, I'm going to take a bath then? As long as you know about it, don't tell your godfather first. He has a quick temper, and this matter can only be explained clearly in person. Think about it. I'll go take a bath~ "

"…good."

  Liu Xiaoli nodded, while Liu Yifei went straight into the bathroom.

   Entering the bathroom, a gleam flashed in her eyes.

   This should be considered hooked, right?

  The bird in the cage saw the light of freedom for the first time.

  …

   "Why can't you shoot like this?"

  Yang Mi was a little puzzled.

   "Why else?"

  Xu Xin rolled his eyes:

   "Your audition still needs a photographer to find a shooting angle for you, or light it up? You should just find someone who is convincing, and we can set up a crew to shoot it for you."

  As soon as I came back this afternoon, when I heard that Yang Mi planned to start auditioning, Xu Xin was quite happy.

  He said in his heart that he wanted to see how she would interpret "Gong Er".

   After all, it has been a small month.

   As a result, I heard an outrageous request:

   "Hey, can we be like filming a movie, you find an angle, design a sub-shot, and then tell me about the position, let's do it this way?"

  Xu Xin said in his heart that you don't want to be blind?

  Actors audition, what people see is your acting skills, your image, and your understanding of the role.

   It's good for you, just shoot it as a feature film?

   Are you crazy?

   "Tsk, didn't I help you interview the director. What if people like your shooting technique?"

   "Forget it or."

  Xu Xin shook his head:

   "Just try your mirror honestly."

   As he spoke, he brought the newly purchased digital camera from the audio-visual room to the living room, turned his back to the door to prevent the lens from being exposed, and then pointed to the empty living room:

   "Here, let's start. Uncle, Aunt, can you two take a look?"

  Hearing this, Yang Dalin and Yang Chunling looked at each other and walked over at the same time.

   looked excited.

  Although I often see daughters on TV, this kind of actor audition... This is really the first time they have met.

   Sat on the sofa full of anticipation, waiting for her daughter to perform.

   "Tsk, you are really boring."

  Yang Mi was a little helpless, and after looking at her parents again, she took a look at the page of lines and walked directly in front of the camera.

  Xu Xin stood aside and made some adjustments before the lens was in focus and all the data were correct.

  No way, he is not familiar with the new machine.

   All debugged, he said:

   "It's time to start."

"Um."

  Yang Mi nodded and closed her eyes.

   Seeing this, Yang Dalin and Yang Chunling didn't make a sound, but stared at their daughter seriously.

  It’s the same as holding a parent meeting when I was a child and watching the children’s performances.

   After about a minute or so, she suddenly turned slightly sideways, revealing her side face.

  Then, within a few blinks, his eyes became gentle and calm.

  Hold your arms in your arms, but it's not the kind of crossed embrace, but the left and right arms are put together.

  It seems a little cold.

   From this "coldness", there is another hint of sadness.

   Then, calm words sounded:

   "My dad said."

  Empty eyes, staring at the side, she maintained the movement of hugging:

  "A martial arts practitioner has three stages: seeing oneself, seeing the world, and seeing all beings. I have seen myself, and I have seen the world..."

  Her recitation is very interesting.

   At first glance, it sounds like a straightforward narrative.

   But in fact, the voice presents a decreasing tone reduction.

   She seemed to be explaining the phrase "a martial artist".

   "Seeing myself, seeing the world, and seeing all beings" seems to be unable to continue, and the voice softens a little.

   And in the last sentence "I have seen myself, I have seen the world...", she intentionally left a long pause.

   People can feel her regret just by words.

  But this regret is revealed in the calm front that maintains this hugging movement from beginning to end:

   "It's a pity that we can't see sentient beings."

   That touch of regret is already real.

  But unfortunately, his face is still calm and calm.

   Even when I uttered the following words of regret, nothing changed:

   "I haven't finished this road."

   After speaking, she finally raised her head slightly.

  The eyes are no longer empty, but control the muscles of the eyes, so that the eyes have a sense of sight that is fixed on others at first glance:

   "Hope you can make it go."

  When I said this sentence, all the regrets disappeared without a trace.

   Instead, there was a touch of anticipation.

  As for expressing this anticipation, she did not choose to nod firmly, or make promises.

   Instead, smile.

  The corners of the mouth are slightly raised, and the joy from the heart is born suddenly with the hook of the corner of the mouth.

  But Xu Xin waved his hand suddenly:

   "No."

   "..."

  Yang Mi was taken aback.

   "Your smile broke the whole scene. Uncle, Aunt, what do you two think?"

  Following Xu Xin's words, Yang Dalin and Yang Chunling were a little confused...

this…

   What did you play?

  What did I see?

  No...it's okay, there's no laughing matter and nothing to do.

  How did it collapse?

  After thinking about it, Yang Dalin said:

   "We both feel pretty good..."

   "Look, how I broke down!"

  Yang Mi was a little unhappy.

  But Xu Xin didn't pay attention at all, but squinted his eyes, recalled the audition just now, and said:

   "You still haven't grasped the core. The role of Gong Er represents the Gong family, and the Gong family... is the epitome of martial arts at that time. You have to be restrained, and the restraint in the front is very good. The problem is that you shouldn't laugh at the back...

  Think about it, our ancestors' outlook on life is restrained. If the apprentice did something wrong, he must have slapped him with a slap. But if the apprentice is doing the right thing, the master's exaggeration will not be so straightforward. Your smile is an emotional display, which is not qualified.

Because those masters in the old days praised their apprentices to outsiders instead of chasing their apprentices behind their butts every day to praise him, oh baby, you are awesome... The tone of your words is obviously expressing, the people who listen to Gong Er are She has a special place in her heart.

  It may be a couple, a lover, a confidant or an apprentice.

   But no matter what kind, Gong Er can't show too many emotions. If you want people to taste whether you are praising or praising or showing your heart, that is not Gong Er. understand?

  You have to be introverted, be introverted. You want to express the role of Gong Er, the tone of the lines is greater than the expression, even if you smile, it can only make people think that you are smiling, not a smile..."

   "..."

   "..."

  Yang Dalin and Yang Chunling have heard that the clouds have come and gone.

  Whatever... a smile is not a smile...

  What kind of praise does not reveal your heart...

  What is this all about?

  Yang Mi was thoughtful.

   After thinking about it, he nodded:

   "Makes sense. Then I'll do it all over again."

"Um."

  Xu Xin responded and continued to take pictures of Yang Mi.

  He is not proficient with the camera, so he plans to keep shooting like this, and then use the computer to edit later to edit the film out.

   After adjusting her state, Yang Mi once again performed this scene, grasping that restrained emotion.

  From the words "my dad said" to "I hope you can go on", from beginning to end, the emotions are very restrained.

  And at the end, she hid her smile and replaced it with a slightly turned back.

   Just right.

  Xu Xin felt at ease instantly.

   "Well, this tastes just right!"

   After turning the camera backwards and replaying the performance, Xu Xin gave a satisfactory evaluation.

  Xu Haofeng sent four lines.

   There are long and short.

  Yang Mi took about half an hour, and after all the performances that met Xu Xin's requirements were finished, he pulled out the memory card:

   "Okay, I'll edit the film and delete the part you just said. Have you written anything about your understanding of the character?"

   "Not yet... you go get it first, I'm a little hungry, go drink bird's nest. After a while, you edited the film, and I wrote it together and sent it over."

"Um."

  Xu Xin responded, and came to the study with a memory card.

  First export the file, and then use editing software to divide it into four parts.

   In these four copies, I have to edit my own words.

   While compressing, he suddenly received a call from the soundtrack company:

   "Director Xu, is it convenient for you to come over? We have recorded the demos we talked about two days ago."

"oh?"

  Xu Xin's eyes lit up, and after checking the time, he said:

   "Okay, I'll be right over."

  Get up and go out with the keys in your clothes, and see Yang Mi who is scooping up bird's nest at the kitchen door.

   "Finished?"

   "It's being compressed, I have to go to the soundtrack, the demo of "The Wind" is out, I have to watch it."

   "Oh, good. Come back for dinner tonight?"

   "It should be... I will call you when the time comes."

"Um."

  Watching Xu Xin leave, Yang Mi finished the bowl of bird's nest in two mouthfuls, and then walked into the study.

  Two days before the study, people from the housekeeping company came here to deodorize and cleaned all the traces of second-hand smoke, so there was no smell in the room.

  She took a look at the video file being compressed on the computer, then directly reduced it, opened the WORD document, and began to write the character experience.

  In all honesty, Xu Haofeng's request was too much.

   If you audition, you will audition. If you are selected, you will be selected. If you are not selected, you will be rejected.

  Why is it still like writing a composition, you have to get a role experience?

  But... who made my brother like this story.

  With a serious and responsible attitude, she began to hammer out her understanding of Gong Er in this month.

   "Gong Er is the epitome of the Gong family. And the Gong family is the epitome of the martial arts back then..."

   This is the first sentence of the opening paragraph.

Then…

  Yang Mi suddenly felt a spring of literary thinking, inspiration like a diabetes insipidus.

   The crackling sound of typing could not stop.

   In a blink of an eye, an hour passed by.

  Looking at the more than 1,000 words she wrote down, she checked it carefully, and found that the meaning of the expression was expressed, and then looked at the four video files that had been compressed and came to the desktop.

  Four?

   That should be four dramas, right?

  Brother’s movements are quite fast.

  While thinking, she opened her mailbox and began to upload these four videos with very large files.

  The speed of hundreds of KB per second is actually not fast.

   Fortunately, the file is not too big, and a file is only a few hundred M after compression.

  Yang Mi went out of the room directly.

  The fitness trainer has long been waiting aside.

  She started exercising.

   An hour and a half later, it was five o'clock.

   After today's exercise, Yang Dalin hung an apron and asked Yang Mi:

   "Girl, ask when Xiao Xu will come back, I like cooking."

"good."

  Yang Mi responded and dialed Xu Xin's phone number:

   "Doo... Hey, brother, when will you be back?"

   "Maybe I won't be able to go back. I'm not very satisfied with this demo. People from the band are here and we're talking. You guys eat it, don't worry about me, I'll take a bite here."

   Facing the six or seven people in the room who were all waiting for him, Xu Xin said something hastily and hung up the phone.

   "He won't come back to eat. Dad, let's cook directly, I'm hungry too."

"OK."

  Yang Dalin responded and started cooking.

  Yang Mi seemed to remember something, and walked into the study again.

  The computer's black screen lit up, she looked at the several emails that had been uploaded, and finally uploaded her thoughts about Gong Er's character, and sent them all to Xu Haofeng's mailbox.

   After confirming that the four emails were sent successfully, she called Xu Haofeng:

   "Duddu...Hi, Mimi, hello, hello."

  Xu Haofeng's voice was quite quiet.

   Not noisy.

  Yang Mi greeted with a smile:

   "Brother, hello. I sent the interpretation videos of those lines, as well as the role understanding. Would you like to see it?"

"…ah???"

  For some reason, Xu Haofeng's voice was full of surprise.

   But immediately responded:

   "Okay, okay, did you send it to my email?"

   "Yes, would you like to take a look?"

   "Hmm! I'll download it now and watch it, are we in touch?"

   "Yeah, I'll hang up then, goodbye senior brother."

  Yang Mi said politely, and hung up the phone.

   Then he deleted all the four videos that took up space.

  My brother has a bad habit of using the computer, that is, he likes to put everything on the desktop.

   After a long time, the computer's C disk is full and it is easy to get stuck.

  This habit is not very good.

  Then, she boarded the VS number and squeezed into the master room 1 interface.

have to.

   Hang on.

   Play two games at night.

  So I happily went to eat.

  …

"Gong Er can't express too much emotion. If you want people to taste whether you are praising or praising or showing your heart, then it is not Gong Er. Do you understand? You have to be restrained, restrained. Gong Er this You want to express the character, the tone of the lines is greater than the expression..."

  In the computer video, although Yang Mi's thoughtful expression was all in the camera, the male voice in the voice was extremely clear.

   It was passed to the ears of the three people sitting in front of the computer.

  Xu Haofeng frowned.

   Another middle-aged man is smoking.

   In the end, it was a middle-aged man with a square face and short hair who looked quite ordinary.

  The three of them just sat in front of the computer, listening to the male voice inside talking about their understanding of "Gong Er" without saying a word.

  First video.

  Second video.

third fourth…

   Until the end of the fourth article, they heard a passage:

   "Okay, I'll edit the film and delete the part you just said. Have you written anything about your understanding of the character?"

   "Not yet... you go get it first, I'm a little hungry, go drink bird's nest. After a while, you edited the film, and I wrote it together and sent it over."

  Yang Mi in the camera faded from the introverted calmness just now, and then left in front of the camera.

  The screen ends.

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

   After a while, the middle-aged man next to Xu Haofeng stubbed out his cigarette and said:

   "So, I posted the wrong video? But... I really like Yang Mi's performance in the first part. How about you two?"

   "I like the passage this guy corrected."

  Xu Haofeng said.

  Finally, the two looked at the middle-aged man with short hair:

   "Director Wang, what about you?"

  Xu Haofeng asked.

  But no one responded.

  The middle-aged man fell into deep thought.

   After a while, he answered the question:

   "You just gave her five paragraphs?"

   As soon as he opened his mouth, he had a Hong Kong and Taiwan accent.

   "Four paragraphs, one of which introduces this character."

   "...Look at that experience. See how she understands it."

"good."

  Xu Haofeng downloaded the last file. After clicking on it, a sentence came into view:

   "Gong Er is the epitome of the Gong family. And the Gong family is the epitome of the martial arts back then..."

  (end of this chapter)