I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 238 236. A chicken is rare in life

In fact, many things require an immersive environment.

For example, in the early years, there was such a WEB online chat room called "Jianghu".

It uses some text data and FLASH animation to create an illusory martial arts world.

In this world, someone becomes a hero and enters the six doors.

Some people became gangsters and acted chivalrously.

Some people are keen on making money by fishing, while others are keen on killing innocent people.

At that time, forums with the nature of online chat rooms were very popular. Everyone was obviously using the most advanced computer network in the world, but they were still playing illusory arenas with golden swords and passionate passion.

Even the people inside would speak in a formal manner. If people from different sects on both sides had conflicts, they would call friends to come together for private discussions.

In the end, we can see whether they are turning their hostility into friendship, or whether they are attacking in groups.

It was obviously just a text description, but it set off a bloody storm in every player's mind...

This thing was very popular at the time, but when I think about it now, I always feel that I am too naive.

But people at that time would not have thought this way.

After joining Jianghu, those who come here will naturally be immersed in this fictional world, as if they have really become a member of it.

This is called immersion.

For Liu Zhishi, today’s reading session was actually very new.

She did not come from a professional background. She graduated from Beijing Dance University and had never experienced this kind of experience... opening a story through language and swimming in the story.

This reading meeting was very new to her.

But what was even more refreshing was that she suddenly saw a completely different way of interacting with actors.

It turns out that just speaking lines can also allow actors and actresses to achieve a channel of spiritual communication.

Even though she was asked by Director Xu to speak straightforwardly.

But when it came to the emotional part, she still found that she would unconsciously overlap with the characters in the script.

It was as if she had really slapped Gu Xiaomeng.

It was as if he really saw the girl he regarded as his sister crying in front of him.

This feeling... is quite amazing.

When she was taking acting training classes, she was also with some artists from the company.

There are about seven or eight of them.

The teacher will also ask them to interact, such as pinching out a piece of drama to explain.

But...she has never experienced such a simple performance.

Not once.

Everyone in the company is always competing for actors.

Because the acting teacher will also evaluate their roles and report them to the company, and finally some resources will be transferred through individual performance.

By good people.

So, there's a lot of competition there.

Full of all kinds of little thoughts.

Even if it's just a performance in the course, everyone has a winning mentality, is restless in their respective roles, and wants to "explode" each other with their acting skills.

thereby gaining more attention.

Plus...she was found by the company based on Liu Yifei.

She was born to take advantage of the resources of Liu Yifei's genre films.

When faced with competition from others, she is actually quite Buddhist.

Because she doesn’t have to fight, she will have it.

But he doesn't like others burning that kind of... inexplicable desire to win in front of him.

She understands and understands that others want to get ahead. I also understand why others are jealous of why they can be so "lucky"...

But putting these aside, her knowledge of acting skills is actually quite shallow.

Everyone is fighting.

Everyone is grabbing.

Even if I don't want to fight, the company will win over and arrange it for me.

If I get something that others dream of, I will encounter private criticism from others.

Tang people are not a pure land.

Everyone wants to be Hu Shi and Liu Yifei.

How could it be the Pure Land?

So...sometimes she even doubts herself as to why she went to see that excitement in the first place and was discovered by Mr. Cai.

If I hadn't discovered it... I might have started to be a dance teacher by now and teach those cute children to dance, right?

It's quite strange.

As for acting...it's hard to say whether she likes it or not, but becoming famous is what she longs for.

I just don't want to argue with others.

And after getting it, I feel uncomfortable being criticized by others.

She... is quite naughty.

until today.

She suddenly felt something from Mimi, the cross talk actor Yu Xuan, Director Xu... and several other "laymen"... She didn't need to endure the shame and make some empty words during the audition. Mock performance. There is no need to consider what others will think of you, evaluate yourself, or criticize yourself. It is a kind of purity.

Everyone is pure.

Even Teacher Lang Lang, even these assistants.

Maybe it’s because they are engaged in this field but not professional.

When they see others reciting lines with great emotion, they will cooperate and wait. Instead of looking at yourself with a look like "The actor industry seems so shameful", "This is your job?", "Why is this like this, don't you feel embarrassed?"

Make her feel comfortable.

Everyone held the script and gathered together, each trying to figure out the characters' personalities and talking.

Even the three assistants, compared to their jerky tone in the morning, their role interpretation after lunch was much more natural.

There is no comparison, no competition.

Everyone is serving the script and the director.

Use your best ability to interpret the role in front of you.

According to Director Xu’s chat during dinner, how do you say that?

Script killing? Immersive script killing?

It seems to be this.

Although he didn't seem to know why he said the word "script killing".

But he's right.

This sense of immersion surrounding the script opened a new door for her.

It turns out...not everyone is scheming.

Actors can also use "acting skills" to communicate in a true sense and build and support a world.

This feeling……

So comfortable.

Especially after seeing Teacher Yu’s line skills in interpreting the role of "Jin Shenghuo" vividly with just one mouth.

Lines, acting, atmosphere, emotions... and under the self-portrait of himself sitting upright, Director Xu told himself those kind and gentle communication reminders full of gentlemanly manners.

That kind of thoughtfulness and delicate care for the softness deep in the heart, but also communicating and communicating from the perspective of a filmmaker...

Like a gentle wind.

It blew to the bottom of my heart.

It complements the tone of the entire reading meeting.

She saw Li Ningyu.

I saw Gu Xiaomeng.

Saw Jin making fire.

We even saw "Wang Tianxiang", "Bai Xiaonian", "Wu Zhiguo" and "Takeda" who are still working hard...

This script really makes people feel unusually comfortable...

Or this environment.

She was not jealous of Mimi for getting a good opportunity, but instead felt happy for her.

Very strange.

It was obvious that in the early stages of "Sword and Sword III", she was quite unhappy with Mimi.

I feel like she took advantage of her fame to show off her "nightshade".

But now we have become good friends...

This kind of environment...

Carrying her bag, she looked around at all traces of life in the courtyard, feeling a rare sense of unfinished business.

She had just discovered this circle of "filmmakers" at this moment.

But after I discovered it, I completely fell in love with it.

So, she said something to Yang Mi next to her that could easily be misunderstood and misunderstood that she was utilitarian, but it did not involve any other inquiries:

"Mimi, can I still come tomorrow?"

"……ah?"

Yang Mi was indeed stunned for a moment.

The first reaction was...what is this person going to do?

What's the purpose?

But after seeing Liu Zhishi's eyes, she suddenly rejected this idea.

wrong.

Her eyes are sparkling.

In spotlight.

As a working partner who started working together in "Sword and Sword III", Yang Mi is actually very aware of Liu Zhishi's shortcomings.

She is nearsighted.

White eyes have less kernels and black eyes have more kernels.

Because she couldn't see clearly and because she was worried about her eyes deforming, the company prohibited her from wearing contact lenses.

This resulted in her being unable to concentrate through her eyes when acting.

When performing, her eyes look dim and lifeless.

Wooden and dead.

This is almost a fatal flaw.

But now Liu Zhishi's eyes actually had a radiant light.

It was like finding some treasure worthy of shining with eyes.

That is not the look of someone with utilitarian ideas.

These eyes at this moment...

Too simple.

So...she likes this artistic approach?

Like this atmosphere at home?

So, she smiled.

Smiling and nodding:

"Sure, you can come if you want... Just like him, all he needs to do is move the piano to my house and prepare me with a bedding."

Lang Lang, who was following closely behind, heard this and said casually:

"I've finished talking to Lao Xu. The piano for your new home will be arranged in the next two days. Lun'er and I will have one each. He wants Liszt and I want Steinway. I have a bedroom in your house, why can't I Come? By the way, remember to dry the bedding for me, I like the smell of sunshine."

"..."

Yang Mi's eyes twitched...

Full of stories, he glanced at his fiancé behind him who was communicating with Yu Xuan...

"What a sin..."

Lang Lang also laughed:

"What's wrong with you? I gave you a piano for free, don't you want it?"

"Are you giving it as a gift? You obviously have no place to put it! And...two planes? How can I have such a big space in my house!"

Yang Mi started to roll her eyes.

It seems that the friend in front of me just wants to play the piano... Not to mention there is no place. Countless piano brands are building high-rise buildings from the ground up, trying to find the best place for him...

"Look, you are so unjust. You are saying that I gave it away for free. Lun'er asked for Liszt by name, and Lao Xu bought it with his own money... He is much more dishonest than me. Oh, yes, Lao Wang said he wants a computer room, the kind where a few computers can be put together for blackout... You don't know that yet, right?"

"Creak!"

Yang Mi started to grind her teeth when she heard this.

Breast legs.

Is my house being used as an Internet cafe?

Wait, Thief Sun.

When you come back, you can use the same rice bowl with the dog!

In her mind, she was already imagining that when it was time to eat, Yang Mi would gnash her teeth as she knocked on the rice bowl and made a sound of "luolulululululu", summoning Wang Sicong from the computer room to come over for dinner.

But either classmate Yang Xiaomi is still kind.

Even though I had decided to let him share a basin with the dog, I didn't bother to cook him a meal.

This kind of heart is like that of a Bodhisattva.

Help the poor, help the poor.

…

"Brother Qian'er, try it... I think it will work."

"...I came to do you a favor, why did you just take the script back?"

"You give it a try. I think you can do the role of Jin Shenghuo. Give it a try, okay?"

"Aren't you afraid that the audience will make a show? When people look at it, they think, oh, isn't this just ridiculous? Why did a crosstalk person come here to act in a movie?"

"As far as your line level is concerned, I'm not afraid."

"Haha... Okay, okay, I'll take it back and think about it. Give me a message during the audition."

"Okay, you can take the book as well."

"Okay~"

…

After saying goodbye to the friends who came to help, Yang Mi felt relieved.

The actor's state is also said to be energetic.

After it's released, and you want to pick it up, you'll need some time to regain your strength.

Sun Ting and Wu Qiqi also left.

Go home and continue to rest.

Zhang Jiao also left, taking Yang Mi's card to buy clothes.

It depends on her how to match it.

Whether it's a big brand or a domestic product, as long as she can convey style, she's not picky.

Even Yang Dalin and his wife saw their daughter at work and went back after cooking.

Come over in the evening.

Provide my daughter and future son-in-law with three meals a day and take care of them comfortably.

The two of them can finally be content with being "waste" who are indifferent to their four limbs and their five grains.

Yang Mi, who had her legs crossed on her boyfriend's legs and was lying on the sofa with her eyes closed, said:

"Isn't the poet good?"

"Um."

Xu Xin responded:

"She has talent, but it is difficult to become successful. But what restricts her is not herself, but objective conditions. Acting classes are always not as good as schools. This is my unwavering view."

"Tsk..."

Yang Mi suddenly felt a little emotional:

"elder brother."

"Um?"

"You haven't graduated yet, you talk like Director Zhang, and you are so old-fashioned and just like our class teacher..."

"Ha~"

Xu Xin chuckled lightly, moved her legs and stood up.

"What are you doing? I'm feeling comfortable."

The girl was a little dissatisfied.

"Go to work, write down the inspiration for some shots, and simulate it..."

"Oh, then you go ahead...if I pass my lines, will I start making wooden figures tomorrow?"

"Um."

"..."

Yang Mi stopped talking and changed her position, curling up on the sofa with a tired and relieved smile.

…

The next day, Liu Zhishi arrived at Shijia Hutong on time.

I was still holding a copy of "The Wind" I bought last night.

She had no other intentions, nor did she think that she could get a role from it... There were no female characters in the script, just Li Ningyu and Gu Xiaomeng.

The others...are really gone.

Oh yes, there is also a female killer at the beginning.

So she doesn't have such a big interest in profit.

Because I like it, so I love it, so I came here.

But she didn't see Xu Xin.

When I asked Xu Xin why he was going there, I found out that he was going to class.

Her eyes looked weird...

Okay...go to class.

Then, just as she was taking the "Wind" book she bought last night and planning to help Mimi complete the preparations for the "Wooden Man", she saw Yang Mi, who had been motionless just now and seemed to be pacing, and picked up the book in the yard. A two-handed sword...

That style of painting suddenly felt wrong.

It was obviously Gu Xiaomeng who was here yesterday.

But today...

Dear mother.

Liu Zhishi's mouth widened in surprise when he saw the sword light waving but no water splashing into it.

She knew that Mimi had the foundation.

"Sword and Sword III" also has fighting scenes.

When Mimi is filming, her movements are always the most standard and complete.

Even occasionally, she saw Mimi and Wu Zhi exchanging things and making gestures with their hands.

But she really didn't expect...

The girl in front of me holding a two-handed sword... bending her waist and twisting the horse, waving the sword in her hand "swish, swish, swish", is the Gu Xiaomeng who fell in love with this hot land so deeply yesterday when the truth came out. …

Just... outrageous!

Then, after finishing playing with the sword, she started swinging the stick again.

After finishing swinging the stick, there was sweat on my head.

Then the boxing started...

Liu Zhishi just looked at her like this stupidly for more than an hour, from swiss swish, to woo woo, to "Humph! Ha! Hi!" After finishing a set of things, she finally walked along the After performing a certain position like a butterfly flipping flowers... which seemed to be a palm technique, he took out two more bundles of yoga mats.

"Come on, let's go together."

The girl, who had already taken off her sun protection coat because of the heat, put a hairband on her head, and used the yoga pants to show off her figure to the fullest, flirted with her.

meaning is……

Yoga together.

Liu Zhi, the poet, was stunned.

"You...don't you want to work on the script?"

"Yeah, but these exercises have to be done every day and they have to be completed. They are all things that require hard work~"

Yang Mi shrugged, already doing a python pose.

"..."

Liu Zhishi was stunned and asked:

"Every day?"

"Um."

"Then when we were filming Fairy Sword..."

"Just wake up earlier."

"..."

Finally, Liu Zhishi understood something.

No wonder they can succeed.

She deserves her success.

real.

Compared with her, I was really... nothing.

So, she said again:

"Can I come to you every day from now on..."

"...?"

Yang Mi, who was meditating, opened her eyes in confusion until she heard Liu Zhishi's sigh:

"What a role model...Mimi."

"Well……"

…

In the following time, Yang Mi and Liu Zhishi seemed to have become the same person.

She really always comes.

Just like Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu were inseparable.

In "The Wooden Man", she plays the role of Li Ningyu and is almost here.

She and Yang Mi became "best friends", doing yoga and eating together every day, and even started to learn Kung Fu from Yang Mi.

It's quite outrageous.

But to be honest, Xu Xin was quite happy.

For so many years, my fiancée has not really had a particularly close friend. Perhaps she once told herself that she had an experience of being stabbed in the back by a friend at the same table in high school. A very natural defense and resistance.

This is why when dealing with people of the same sex, she likes to first observe, evaluate, and judge whether the person is smart or stupid, etc., and then decide how to contact them.

When it comes to true close friends, Liu Zhishi is the first one.

And logically speaking, the two of them have a direct conflict of resources, and the "entertainment industry" is the most unsuitable place for them to meet true friends.

No matter how you look at it, it feels very unreliable.

But Yang Mi personally admitted to Xu Xin that she regarded her as a true friend.

The kind that is not mixed with any interests.

Really, a chicken is rare in life

Naturally, Xu Xin didn't ask "What will happen if your resources conflict in the future?"

He thought it was unlikely for the time being.

Although I don’t know if Liu Zhishi will become popular in the future, but even if it becomes popular... Do you want to catch up with Yang Mi who was smashed by "Wulin Gaiden", Mou Girl, and Qing Yi Ou?

What's more, the fiancée is not standing still.

As a result, the relationship between Xu Xin and Liu Zhishi also heated up.

And his daily life is quite simple, taking classes, creating, communicating with Guo Zhengyi about the scenery, and improving Yang Mi's acting skills... Occasionally, he will also give Liu Zhishi, who comes to him to talk about some plans, some advice from friends. .

For example, "Why don't you go to Beijing Film Academy as an auditor" or something like that...

It's not just repeating the same old tune, this is really the only opinion he can give.

Because the deeper you get into some things, the more you discover your ignorance.

He planned to read through some relevant professional works in the Beijing Film Library, including some important papers, in two years.

The longer he spent at the school, the more awe he felt simmered.

Knowledge, at any time, is a treasure unparalleled by other things.

So this is the opinion he gave.

If you are not a professional, it is better to receive systematic training.

Don't flaunt your uniqueness.

There aren't that many geniuses in the world.

There are quite a few people who think they are geniuses.

But whether Liu Zhishi would listen to this was not his concern.

because……

He's leaving.

…

October 28th.

Studio 3 of West Film Studio.

Everyone around was quiet.

Xu Xin, who was wearing headphones, looked at the staff member who was standing on the steps wearing a pair of leather shoes. He nodded:

"Lights out."

After hearing his words, the lights in the entire studio dimmed instantly, and everything in sight was dark.

A few seconds later, the empty sound of leather shoes going upstairs echoed throughout the studio.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

Listening to the hollow sound of the leather shoes hitting the wooden floor, it was not until the staff walked around the stairs twice in the dim fluorescent light that he said:

"Okay, turn on the light."

"Click."

Power cycle.

The sound of leather shoes hitting the wooden floor seemed to become much more sincere as the light came in.

Xu Xin nodded and said to Guo Zhengyi next to him:

"Director Guo, come and listen. It's much stronger than the creaking sound of the old wooden floor before. It's more empty, but more gripping."

After hearing this, Guo Zhengyi also listened with headphones and nodded:

"Well, Director Xu's opinion is right. The sense of oppression is indeed much stronger than before. What about other aspects?"

"Remember the guide."

Xu Xin turned his head and faced another "ordinary" middle-aged man next to him and said:

"I want a kind of contrast in lighting. It means that the areas with lights should always be bright, and the areas without lights should have a very dark and bleak feeling. The texture of the mist, just like that... ah, the lights are on , everyone will feel very comfortable. Because it lights up the surroundings, but there is still a lot of fog outside the light, and the fog represents the unknown feeling. The contrast should be strong, the warmer the light, the brighter the light outside. black."

"Fear hidden in darkness?"

Hearing Ji Jianmin's words, Xu Xin clapped his hands:

"Yes! That's what it feels like."

Ji Jianmin thought for a while and said:

"Is this the entire tone?"

"No, I want the light in the interrogation room to be very bright. That kind of yellow-white light. High light, no bottoming, and natural shadows on the face. I will adjust it according to the actor's facial features."

"good."

Ji Jianmin agreed.

Then Xu Xin looked at Guo Zhengyi again:

"Director Guo, just decorate the room normally. The colors are warm throughout, especially the rooms of Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu. I want a little ambiguity."

"good."

"Director Cao."

Xu Xin looked at art designer Cao Jiuping again:

"The blueprints for the costumes will be made as prototypes as soon as possible, and I will ask Yang Mi to come over and try them out. The lighting and shadow processing, including other work, will be done again after the scenery is completed."

"No problem...but..."

Speaking of this, Cao Jiuping paused and said:

"The character Li Ningyu..."

"..."

"..."

Guo Zhengyi and Ji Jianmin were both a little surprised.

But Xu Xin seemed to know what he was going to say, and smiled:

"Don't worry about this, Director Cao. Aren't the leaders waiting for me? I'll go over now. I'll give you your measurements in just a few days..."

After speaking, he nodded to the others:

"Then let's just say this first. Everyone, the leader is still waiting for me. I'll go to the office building first. Thank you for your hard work."

Nodding politely, Xu Xin quickly left the studio.

As soon as he left, Guo Zhengyi glanced at Cao Jiuping and whispered:

"Why are you asking these questions? Did you hear any rumors? About Liang Bingning in the factory?"

Cao Jiuping smiled bitterly, but did not answer.

Obviously he couldn't answer this question.

So I changed the topic:

"What do you think of Director Xu this afternoon?"

"..."

"..."

Guo Zhengyi glanced at Ji Jianmin.

Ji Jianmin thought for a while and said:

"In terms of work experience... I am worthy of the title of Ouchi General Manager. Although it doesn't sound good, my ability to arrange work is real... It's just that the style is a bit extreme. I have to make it like a horror movie... I don't know what the effect of this thing will be when photographed. But...it feels okay. How about you, Lao Guo?"

The three of them are old friends, so there is no need to hide their words.

After hearing this, Guo Zhengyi lowered his voice:

"Yimou called me and asked me to show him the information. Then he said yes."

Ji Jianmin was stunned for a moment, then smiled:

"Ha~ He said yes, then that's okay."

"We'll see."

Cao Jiuping shrugged, a meaningful look flashed in his eyes as he seemed to know more than others.

These things...if he can really play with them...

Maybe, it really works.

after all……

This is our home.