I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 567 Chapter 565. It’s okay, I will make a move

   "Sister Bing Bing also started playing with dzi beads?"

   Xu Xin looked at the bracelet hanging around her neck and asked.

   "Uh... no."

  Liang Bingning shook her head slightly, and when she was talking, she was still twisting her hair with the rubber band on her wrist.

  So the two people's eyes didn't meet, they just heard her say:

   "A gift from a friend, saying it's for safety. Aren't we going to the temple to film a movie tomorrow? I'm a bit superstitious, so I feel safe wearing it."

  The starting location of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is in the Jietai Temple in the suburbs of Beijing.

  Actually speaking, most of the scenes of the entire crew were completed in Hengdian, and Hengdian also has a specially built temple landscape.

  From Buddha to Taoism.

  The crew is actually particular about filming in temples.

   To put it more scientifically, the spotlight light that must be used in filming will have a spectral reaction with the color on the statue of the Buddha, especially the gold foil, which will make the gold foil lose its original gorgeous color, and the statue will change color over time.

   To put it more superstitiously, it is not very respectful to take pictures of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and gods.

  Temples and Taoist temples are all the residences of immortals. Ordinary people go there to take pictures and tour without respect, which will inevitably annoy the immortals.

  So generally speaking, the crew will shoot in specially built temples.

  There are many rumors about this kind of temple.

  For example, if the statue has not been illuminated, it is a pure handicraft.

  In other words, during the construction, there were people who gave special instructions, continuing the rules of the ancient Liyuan tour. No matter whether it is opening or breaking the platform, after walking through it once, there will be no gods coming to this place, but pure scene construction...

  Talking too much, even the rules in the south and north are different.

   If I really want to talk about it in detail, it involves folk miscellaneous matters, and many things are not scientific, so I can’t explain it clearly for a while.

   But it is true, sometimes some rash actions will produce some... unexplainable adverse reactions.

  Some people are quite taboo about this.

   Zheng Xiaolong is like this.

  So after hearing what Liang Bingning said, he smiled and said:

"It's okay. The abbot of Jietai Temple is my friend. The reason why we put it there this time is because every time I'm filming, I will always have incense there. The opening ceremony has been held many times. , Bingbing, you don't have to worry."

"Um."

  Liang Bingning responded with a smile, then took off the string of Vajra Bodhi, took out a small yellow silk cloth bag from his pocket, put it inside and sat down.

  Looking at Xu Xin:

   "Drink less today. Although it's a wedding wine, don't be like last time. You don't know anything."

  Xu Xin responded with a smile:

"Um."

   After speaking, he turned and looked at Zheng Xiaolong:

   "Director Zheng, what wine shall we drink today?"

"wine."

   Zheng Xiaolong waved his hand:

   "It will start up tomorrow. If you drink too much, you will definitely be in a bad state. Today is for everyone to get together, and then enhance the relationship. Just have a drink."

  As the director of the film crew, his words are equivalent to an "imperial decree", which sets the tone for tonight's dinner.

  Red wine is much simpler.

   Next, everyone sits and chats together.

  They arrived so early that the other actors came and saw that the director and investors had arrived, and they all quickly apologized, saying that they were late.

   And Xu Xin also saw the appearance of these people.

  Actors including Chen Jianbin basically bald their heads, and the hairstyles of female characters have also changed a bit.

  For example, Baozi and Zhang Jiao, when these two ladies came, they had a row of bangs on their foreheads.

   Zhang Jiao herself has a cold temperament, and her bangs hairstyle makes her exude a kind of... how should I put it, neither is it savage, nor is it ugly.

   But in short, you don’t like the déjà vu of this person at a glance.

  Xu Xin nodded while watching.

   Not to mention, Director Zheng really has two talents.

   You can see the whole leopard at a glance. Zhang Jiao's appearance alone fits the character setting of "Huanbi" which is not very pleasing.

  The dinner was calm.

  Compared to the casual drinking of liquor last time, although today's big guys want to get close to Director Xu, Liang Bingning, the first sister of the crew, set the tone at the beginning:

   "Director Zheng, although I can't drink too much today because the filming will start tomorrow, I still offer you a toast. Please take care of me in the next few months."

  The clinking of glasses between her and Zheng Xiaolong was equivalent to showing everyone a good example.

  After the meaning of not drinking too much was conveyed, Xu Xin was liberated.

  Indeed, work will start tomorrow, if you get drunk again tonight, and go to filming tomorrow with swollen eyes, the director will definitely blow the pot.

  So, after a meal, Xu Xin only drank less than two glasses of red wine.

   It adds up to about half a bottle.

  Satisfied with wine and food, we agreed on the time and place of the opening ceremony tomorrow morning, and the meal ended.

  At the end of the show, Zheng Xiaolong, who had enough time for two meals to get acquainted with each other, asked Xu Xin about the new movie.

   "Xiao Xu, how is the preparation for the new movie going?"

   "Auditions will start in two days."

  Xu Xin laughed as he walked towards the car with him.

   Zheng Xiaolong nodded slightly:

   "Is that so... what about the hero and heroine? How do you say it?"

  Xu Xin looked as usual:

"The audition is for selection, the investment is not large, and it is not worth fighting for a few million things. This scene is a friend who opened a film and television company and pulled me over to force it into my hand... I really don't want to accept it, but I'm afraid It's not worth it to be beaten by a few of them~"

   "Haha~"

  The joke made Zheng Xiaolong laugh out loud, and at the same time he took out the cigarettes in his pocket, handed over one and said:

"Okay, then I know. In fact, there are a few good young people on my side. You are about to start auditioning, so let's not talk about it. Next time, if there is any role that is missing, let me know and let them Let's go visit you."

"no problem."

  Xu Xin readily agreed.

  The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and finally Xu Xin personally delivered him a business car.

   One after another, other actors have almost left.

   Only Zhang Jiao and Baozi were left talking to Liang Bingning and Yang Mi.

   When he walked over, Yang Mi asked curiously:

   "What did you and Director Zheng talk about?"

  Xu Xin didn't speak at first, but lit the cigarette.

   "Hiss~"

  He thought for a while, then looked at Liang Bingning:

   "Sister, shall we take you back?"

"good."

  Liang Bingning responded and waved to Wang Dongying:

   "You send Baozi and Jiaojiao back."

"OK."

  Under Wang Dongying's nod, Xu Xin glanced at Zhao Liying...

"steamed stuffed bun."

"ah?"

   "Behave well."

"Uh-huh!"

  Zhao Liying nodded quickly:

   "Got it, Brother Xu."

   "Jiaojiao, look at her carefully."

  Listening to Xu Xin's words, Zhang Jiao smiled and nodded:

   "Don't worry, Brother Xu."

   "Well, let's go."

  Waved at the three of them, soon after they left, Xu Xin didn't rush to get in the car, but asked:

   "Director Zheng should be pretty good in the Beijing circle, right?"

   "Well..."

  Liang Bingning thought for a while and said:

   "What's your situation... What's wrong?"

"I sent him away just now, and suddenly he chatted with me about movies, saying that he also has a few good young people on his side. He said that if there is another movie next time, tell him, and he recommends it Let me see…"

  With a cigarette in his mouth, Xu Xin looked puzzled:

   "Do you think this is a signal?"

"Well…"

   Liang Bingning was lost in thought.

   And the time is quite long.

   Waiting until Xu Xin finished smoking, she shook her head, but did not give an answer.

   "Get in the car and talk."

  So, Sun Ting drove, Yang Mi took the co-pilot, and Xu Xin and Liang Bingning sat behind.

   She said:

   "Director Zheng's status in the Beijing circle is actually quite special."

   "For example..."

   "Do you know who is the boss in the Beijing circle now? I mean the one on the bright side."

   "That must be Hua Yi."

   "Exactly."

  Liang Bingning responded, and continued to ask:

   "Then do you know who was the eldest brother in the Beijing circle?"

"this…"

  Xu Xin thought for a while, and tentatively said:

   "Could it be Director Zheng?"

   "That's right, it's him. He, Wang Shuo, can be said to be the leading brother."

  Liang Bingning began to give him popular science.

"Actually, we have to start talking about this matter from the 1980s, that is, the era of "Desire". In the 1980s, the Beijing circle ruled the TV screen. At that time, Director Zheng was the director of the Nortel Art Center. He promoted two people at that time. , one named Zhao Baogang and one named Feng Xiaogang.

  The rise of Wang Shuo, the pillar of the Beijing circle in the early days, has an inseparable relationship with him.

   It can be said that in those days, when he said a word, the whole Beijing circle would tremble three times. "

   "Well, what then?"

"Then? After Wang Shuo was banned in 1996 because of value issues, he left for the United States. The leading brother who produced "Stubborn Lord", "Story of the Editorial Department", "Desire", and "Yanjing People in New York" Inevitably affected.

   Coupled with the rise of domestic entertainment companies, Director Zheng, the leading brother, inevitably stepped down from the altar.

  You can think of it this way, the development of the Beijing circle was brought about by the children of the big courtyard. But now it’s not enough just to be a disciple of the big courtyard, you have to be rich and powerful. So Director Zheng's position is rather embarrassing.

  He is the big brother who established the status in the Beijing circle, but now the Beijing circle has broken away from the pure atmosphere of the big courtyard children. The words of the generation of old people he represented are actually of little importance. On the contrary, people like Feng Xiaogang who followed him as younger brothers began to gain momentum.

  The old man retreats and the newcomer emerges. He still has energy in the Beijing circle, but the old man with this energy is unable to follow him, and the newcomer does not need to talk to him. He only has status but no resources, the most embarrassing thing for him now is this..."

   Speaking of this, she suddenly laughed:

   "Haha, I suddenly remembered something."

"What?"

"If Director Zheng was in the position..."Zhen Huan Biography" don't say that I will be the protagonist, but "Zhen Huan" must be Ge Ge from the Beijing circle. Either Xu Jinglei, Xu Qing, or me What's the matter?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin didn't say anything, just thinking about what she said.

  Actually, Xu Xin didn't dare to say that he understood everything she said.

  Especially the relationship between Wang Shuo and Director Zheng, and how the old Beijing circle was transformed into the current Beijing circle.

  But he didn't think about the meaning of Director Zheng's words today next to him.

  To be honest, there is no conflict between myself and the Beijing circle.

  You earn your money, I shoot my scenes, the two sides are not next to each other.

   It was just because he chose to join Xiying Studio, became a member of the Northwest Circle, and began to... Well, it is not too much to say that he leads.

  When the people in the northwest circle started to rise up, the Beijing circle naturally closed the door with him.

   It’s like Venice this time.

  Obviously everyone can hold a group outside, but the two sides never interfere with each other.

   But director Zheng suddenly said that he would introduce some young people to himself, so he couldn't help but think about it.

  After all, even if Sister Bingbing doesn’t know about popular science, he still knows that Director Zheng’s status in the Beijing circle is quite high.

  It doesn't matter whether the big brother is in the sunset, or he has stepped down from the altar, but the imprint of the Beijing circle will always exist on him.

  A person with the imprint of the Beijing circle, who was once the leading brother, suddenly said that he would introduce some young people to himself... Now Xu Xin is facing a very realistic problem.

  Is this a gesture from the Beijing circle?

  If it's a show of favor, do you want to continue?

  But what if these young people are rotten cabbage, what if I don’t want it?

   And Director Zheng meant what he meant? Or is it that the Beijing circle wants to send some signal to him?

   These things seem to have nothing to do with each other at first glance, but it is a very troublesome thing to put together.

  He is not afraid.

  But if this matter is calculated by others, then he really has to guard against it.

   "What are you thinking about?"

   Seeing that he was silent, Liang Bingning asked.

   "I'm thinking about the back of this..."

  After he said what was in his heart, Liang Bingning pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly:

"I don't think so. Director Zheng's status is here. The current Beijing circle has made it clear who is rich and powerful, and who is the big brother. At his age, he is destined not to return to the position of the big brother. up.

   Director Zheng put it bluntly, the reason why he lost power is actually similar to Wang Shuo. Wang Shuo believes that the use of creation should be subjective, and the audience should adapt to him. Director Zheng's fault is also because, like Wang Shuo, he overemphasized the meaning of his works and failed to take the initiative to embrace the market.

  His failure is irreversible, so this is the main reason why he doesn't have any good resources in the Beijing circle now. If you want to say what privileges he has... Maybe the only privilege is that he can ignore some rules and shoot works that interest him...

   I am older and have a higher status, so I am relatively free. I don't know who he wants to support for the time being, but what I can be sure of is that with his status, what he wants to do, others can't say anything, and dare not say anything.

   But this kind of privilege is limited to himself. If he wants to start again...whether it is to start a sect or establish a new school, it is basically impossible. The people who can meet you through him are either people in the Beijing circle who don't care at all, or... well. "

  Liang Bingning thought about it again, and said:

   "It should be the same as you and Director Zhang. He is sure that these young people are okay and willing to be promoted, and these young people don't want to be grandchildren in the Beijing circle... I think it should be so."

   "..."

  Her words gave Xu Xin a lot of inspiration.

  Because she linked Director Zheng's affairs with the old man.

  Looking at it this way, it does seem to make sense.

   Just…

   "Beijing circle... no, there are such actors around him?"

   "There must be, and definitely not less. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

   "Because of the essence of the Beijing circle."

   At some point, she started playing with the string of Vajra Bodhi in her hand.

  In that "da da da" crash, she said:

"The essence of the Beijing circle is like that of Beijing Film Studio...or it is the same as your school just resumed the college entrance examination. Aren't the first wave of people, that is, the fifth generation of directors, all the children of high-ranking cadres and literary and artistic families? Everyone is nepotistic, so ask someone who is called uncle, then ask someone who is called uncle. You and Mimi debuted late, so I don’t know. Children from other places like us...want to join the Beijing circle? Ha.”

  She chuckled lightly:

"Don't talk about being a maid, being a dog depends on whether you are qualified... Have you even heard the rumor? When "Red Sorghum" won the award, what Chen Kaige said: Fuck, I am a photographer Is it?"

   "..."

  Looking at Xu Xin's speechless expression, Liang Bingning sighed.

   And this sigh is the most real emotional experience of the woman who entered the industry in 1996 and experienced the ups and downs of the entertainment industry before and after the millennium.

   "Hey. There are too many people who want to come up now, you know? What is the bottom ecology of this circle? You and Mimi started too high, so you don't know.

   But I've come this way, so I know.

  I won’t mention it at this stage, just think about Director Zhang. Director Zhang and Zhang Junzhao signed a ten-year military order with Guangxi Film Factory in order to film "One and Eight". The film was unsuccessful, Director Zhang volunteered to work as a photography assistant in the film studio for ten years...

   Come to think of it, that was the eighties. How many people wanted to enter the film and television industry at that time?

   And how much has this population base doubled now?

  So, I guess, if you want to say that Director Zheng was instructed by the Beijing circle to cooperate with you, or other aspects... I think the possibility is not high.

  But as a big brother who has stepped down, seeing this circle has become more and more unfamiliar and redundant over the years... It is quite possible that he wants to do something.

After all, the reason why the play "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was born was not because he wanted to use a critical perspective to let the audience see what the real "Gong Dou" is, and let those young people who are immersed in the fantasy of the novel Sober up? So I don't think his intentions are bad...that's what I think. "

  After she finished speaking, Yang Mi also said:

   "I think Sister Bingbing's idea is quite right. Director Zheng doesn't seem to be involved with the Beijing circle~"

  Both said so.

  Xu Xin frowned and thought about it, then nodded:

   "Then let's take a step and take a step. Xiying Studio needs people everywhere. If I am really capable, I won't have such deep sectarian views, that's for sure."

   "If you lack someone, you should look for it."

  Liang Bingning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and looked at Yang Mi at the same time:

   "Mimi, let me say something... Isn't September of this year the time when various brokerage companies compete for resources? How come you haven't moved at all?"

   "I'm looking for it, sister."

  Yang Mi grinned, and said with a guilty conscience:

"The two of us have been planning to recruit people. Haven't we been busy recently? We're going to take wedding photos, and he's busy with movies... Oh, I know, I'm not being lazy anymore. I've started to implement this in the past two days. thing, okay?"

  Liang Bingning shook her head helplessly, then turned to look at Xu Xin again:

   "Then have you decided on a hero and heroine for this movie?"

   "No, let's audition then. But the male lead may be Wen Zhang."

"he?"

  Liang Bingning was stunned for a moment, then said:

   "Are you familiar with Ma Yili?"

"I'm not familiar, but Wen Zhang has always been in close contact with my friends. He may also be said too much about women being strong and men being weak, and he has been holding back his energy for the past few years and wants to turn over. However, the resources in the Shanghai circle are also dependent on the pot, and it has never been his turn, so he is in the same situation as Xu Zheng, and he has begun to think of his own way. If he can succeed, it is equivalent to helping the Shanghai circle push an actor out, and it is also a personal favor. "

  In all honesty, the chances of the three of them talking about serious matters like this are actually pretty rare.

  So the content of the chat today is very formal.

  After hearing Xu Xin's words, Liang Bingning pondered for a while and asked tentatively:

   "You don't want to integrate the Shanghai circle, do you?"

   Without waiting for Xu Xin's answer, she continued:

"I don't like you doing this. The Shanghai circle actually has Shanghai Film Studio at first glance, but in fact their resources are very loose. It's not so much a circle as it is a place where capital gathers...it's not there. Is there an old saying? It’s called face and lizi, and nothing is as good as a ticket. It is basically impossible for you to copy the model of Xiying Studio on them.”

   "Why should I copy that?"

  Xu Xin rolled his eyes without thinking:

"What's more... how confident do I have to be? I haven't figured it out in the Northwest circle, so I went to the Shanghai circle? It's just that everyone is forming a group now. Get together and work in the Beijing circle... If they want money, then give them money. I did. And..."

  His finger draws a circle in mid-air:

   "Haven't you found out? I bet the new world on the future. It's not actors born in the 70s, nor us born in the 80s.

   What I value is the post-90s generation.

  The circle of post-70s and post-80s is close to solidification, but post-90s have just shown signs of it. Whether it is the Shanghai circle or the northwest circle, it is basically impossible to compete with the Beijing circle for the background of these two eras, and the future can only be gambled.

   Not to mention... Everyone knows that Shanghai can make money. I am also learning from them. Vanity Fair Vanity Fair, fame alone does not make a fortune, it is destined to walk with a limp, and will definitely be surpassed by others, and the walk will not be long. "

   "Then you are not afraid that our people will imitate the bad?"

  Hearing this, Xu Xin turned to look at her with calm eyes:

   "On a big scale, it's a matter of the ethos of the circle. At present, I think it's well established. But on a small scale... I won't mention it, let's just talk about actors... Aren't actors still like your old man?"

   "..."

  Liang Bingning's mouth twitched...

   Not for anything else, purely for the three words "old man".

   Recently she is really sensitive to age...

   "Teacher Gao won't be the team leader for a few years. You old man..."

   "Stop, please change your name."

   Liang Bingning really couldn't listen anymore.

   "Uh... well. You..."

"you!"

   "...you. When Teacher Gao steps down, I will definitely support you. As the head of the troupe, let alone the old men in the troupe, each one is more slick.

  But the young people who have been recruited one after another in recent years, sister, you have to keep an eye on them. He even told them honestly that to be famous, there are only a few criteria: being able to endure hardships and being willing to work hard.

   How realistic is this circle now? When an actor wants to be in the top position, there are only two points. One is your own hard power, and the other is the resources behind you to push you.

  The former relies on himself, while the latter... To put it bluntly, we can't do it in the Beijing circle now.

  What to do?

  I think it is also simple. On the basis of ensuring your own hard power, focus on cost performance? I want 500,000 when others pay 1 million. My acting skills are better than his! Do you use it? "

   "..."

   Liang Bingning was speechless.

   "This is a lose-lose situation."

   "Why do both sides suffer?"

  Xu Xin tilted his head and asked:

   "What's the matter with the people who come out of the Xiying Film Factory, they all have a cheap and easy-to-use label on their heads? Just like what you said, working in the Beijing circle depends on relationships and transactions.

  We don't need it.

  Everyone is at the bottom, not to mention making less money, even if there are so many people who want to get out of the position, don't they?

  You said that I was not born at the bottom, and I agree.

   But some logic in this world is interlinked.

  The more people are at the bottom, the more eager they are to stand out. Because they know that as long as they can stand out, all the suffering and all the sins they have suffered will be returned as doubled income after success.

  And our factory’s current thinking is like this. We are not as money-oriented as the Shanghai circle, and we don’t want to be as class-solidified as the Beijing circle.

  We go between the two, as long as you are willing to work hard, work hard to improve yourself, and label it cheap and easy to use, people will naturally come here..."

   Speaking of this, he saw Liang Bingning's eyes.

  That look seems to say, "Where did you get the confidence?"

  So Xu Xin smiled:

   "Ha, don't you believe me?"

   "...I don't believe it, but it's just... I think it's a bit exaggerated."

"No, it's not an exaggeration at all. Just think about our national conditions. Our country can make this way on the stage of the world! Then I think a small entertainment industry has no reason to go. .Is not it?"

  He spoke with certainty and confidence.

  Because his cognition is like this.

  As a post-80s generation, he is the generation who feels the most changes in the country from childhood to adulthood.

   And the current Beijing circle is the United States in his opinion.

  The Shanghai circle whose bones were broken in the 1990s is like Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  The positioning of Xiying Studio became clear at once.

  I don't want to compete with you in the Beijing circle for the position of the boss of the entertainment industry, whoever likes to be the boss.

   But I am responsible for the happy life of our own people.

  Learn skills from barbarians to control barbarians.

  But when Liang Bingning heard this...her first reaction was...

   "This will offend many people. Especially outside colleagues..."

   "What does it have to do with me?"

  Xu Xin asked a rhetorical question:

"I just put an opportunity to get ahead in front of those "bottoms" you said. If they are afraid of offending people, then don't come. If you want to get ahead, don't say offending people, what if you offend other people's families? ?You have to give people a way to survive, right?

   Moreover, I am not preventing people from making money. This is the same as household appliances. We all know that foreign ones are good and foreign ones are expensive. But you can’t afford imported ones, and now there is a domestic alternative in front of you, which focuses on cost performance. How would you choose?

  I don't stop anyone from making money, whether it's others or ourselves. But for our own people, we have to fight for ourselves, and the money you earn must match your ability. To put it bluntly, this is not only my plan, but also the strength of our factory. "

   Speaking of this, his tone became firm.

  At this moment, the other three people in the car could feel the undeniable power in his words:

"Anyone in this circle can be rotten! But we can't be rotten! Mr. Tian said that this circle will expand sooner or later. When the circle expands, no matter how cost-effective people are, they can get a bite of fat in it! No matter how it rises, one day it will fall. And when the tide falls, whoever is wearing a suit of iron armor swims freely in it, and whoever is naked can even have difficulty breathing, then will be the time to see the truth."

  Looking at Liang Bingning, he shook his head firmly:

   "Sister, running fast is not considered a win. Running fast and far is the final winner."

   "..."

  A car was driving on the way home, but the conversation in the car made Liang Bingning's mouth feel a little...indescribably bitter.

   It's like knowing for the first time what the most delicious food in the world is like...

  When she tasted it at that moment, she suddenly discovered that her "dream" was incomparable with others.

  From level to realm...a sense of all-round gap arises spontaneously.

  The reason why it is bitter is because she suddenly came to her senses.

  I understand that I seem to have wasted a lot of time.

  But after the bitterness, there is a hint of sweetness that has an endless aftertaste and begins to brew.

  What is hidden in the sweetness this time is the understanding and gratitude that "it's not too late".

  But after Hui Gan disappeared, she felt a little nervous.

   So involuntarily, she asked:

   "I'm afraid I can't do it..."

   After I finished speaking, I felt something was wrong, so I quickly added another sentence:

   "I mean... what if I can't control it?"

"It doesn't matter."

   Seeing her lack of self-confidence, Xu Xin shook her head, and her eyes fell on the string of Vajra Bodhi and Dzi beads that she had been unconsciously playing with all along.

   "I will shoot."

   he said.

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

   No response.

  It's just a commercial vehicle galloping along the well-lit road, going further and further away.

  (end of this chapter)