Chapter 34:

When Chu Xiaxing heard him say the word "understanding", she felt familiar and unfamiliar. She had heard too many remarks about understanding herself, but most of them made her dismissive, and she became more sure that no one understood herself.
Some people say that she pays too much attention to career, has no family concept, and does not possess the good virtues of traditional women; some people say that she has outstanding personal ability, independent self-improvement and perfection, and not having a family is the best choice she made. However, these two types of remarks are both narrow and prejudiced, and they just want to use their own opinions to force her to argue, which can not be called understanding at all.
Chu Xiaxing was first a human, then a woman, and then a female director, but most people never understood this. The first step for outsiders is to delineate the scope for her and give her a certain limit, but few people take the initiative to understand the original her, and do not understand the real reason for her singleness.
Chu Xiaxing thought that the words and deeds just now were enough to hurt people, but the Buddha is worthy of being a Buddha. Facing Song Wenye's serious expression, she also put away the tone of guns and sticks, and asked, "How can I meet again?"
Song Wenye said peacefully: "Come at your own pace, just like ordinary friends. It just so happens that we don't owe each other anymore."
Chu Xiaxing lazily said: "Mr. Song, I used to respect you as the boss of the capital. If you are an ordinary friend, I don't have a good attitude."
Song Wenye glanced at her in surprise, he showed a hesitant appearance, and he couldn't wait to write "It sounds like you have a good attitude now".
Song Wen's eyes flickered slightly, and he said softly, "I just paid off the favor, who is not?"
Chu Xiaxing: What does "?" mean? Will you dare to talk back after paying the favor?
Chu Xiaxing ridiculed: "If I were seven and eighty, you wouldn't want to know or understand me."
Song Wenye said calmly: "I really didn't expect that the powerful Director Chu would say such things. I thought you should have confidence in yourself."
"That's right. Director Chu judges people by their appearance. You don't care about the inner character and personality. You only look at the face." Song Wenye showed a suddenly enlightened look. He chuckled and laughed at himself. Lost contact, if I am a seven-year-old eighty, you don't even have the patience to talk to me."
As an old dog, Chu Xiaxing was tragically killed at this time, and she was speechless for a while: "..."
Chu Xiaxing: It's natural to pay attention to appearance. Can a director like a good-looking face be lustful? That is called professionalism!
Chu Xiaxing was rarely stabbed by him, but she was not angry and relaxed inexplicably. If Song Wenye's attitude of repaying gratitude was completely resigned, she would feel quite angry. Now the two have an equal communication attitude, and there is much more freedom without restraint.
Chu Xiaxing threw the mineral water bottle into the trash can, and said unceremoniously: "Okay, kid, don't talk about me and drive to the parking lot. I have to go to the company tomorrow."
Song Wenye hesitated and said: "...The attitude has become so fast?" Now even Song's name is gone?
Chu Xiaxing raised her eyebrows impatiently: "It's an honor for you to drive me, why can't you be so confused!" She even rode in the car behind the actor and actress back then. Could it be that the senior executives of Yuansheng Group are amazing?
Song Wenye: "..."
Song Wenye was amused by her unreasonable and arrogant attitude. He could only drive to the parking lot with a good temper, and then send her back to the place that Chu Xiaxing said.
In the small area, Song Wenye was sitting in the car, staring at the single-family villa next to him in a daze. Just as confusion rose in his heart, he heard the voice of Chu Xiaxing in the back seat. She is not salty or indifferent: "Did you start wondering again, why can I live here? Now I am starting to be curious?"
Chu Xiaxing opened the car door calmly, and when she got out of the car, she closed the car door neatly, making her movements chic and smooth.
Song Wenye nodded honestly: "Yes, very curious, can Director Chu answer my questions for me?"
Chu Xiaxing said grimly: "Curious? Then you should be curious. It's better to be entangled all night with heart and lungs. It's just right if you can't sleep!"
Song Wenye: "?"
Chu Xiaxing: "Be a good kid honestly, and I will tell you when I feel good."
Song Wenye pursed his lips, and he hesitated to remind: "...We are friends when we meet again, shouldn't I be children?"
Song Wenye: Feeling bullied inexplicably?
Chu Xiaxing said perfunctorily: "Hey, why are you paying attention to these details? It makes no difference."
Song Wenye: "..."
Chu Xiaxing used to worry that Song Wenye was the boss of the employer, and he inexplicably revealed a suspicious sense of care. Naturally, he couldn't let go of his hands and feet, and good directors always had to give him a hand. However, if he wants to come over to understand and propose to be ordinary friends who don't owe each other, then she has no worries.
Chu Xiaxing: How can I be my friend and not be bullied? Even Ningning has been oppressed by me since childhood!
Song Wenye saw her so open, his rational doubts disappeared, and he simply let his intuition to judge, and he said, "Okay."
Song Wenye used to only have a rational heliospirit, but now he walks with a sense of instability for the first time. He can only rely on ethereal trust and wait for her to explain without knowing when she is really drunk and drunk.
After Chu Xiaxing bid farewell to Driver Song, she went back to the house and rested well. It was a dreamless night, and she ushered in a new day full of energy. She went to the company to discuss the sample budget with Xia Hong, and just made an appointment with Cao Yan to finalize the actors and shooting venues, and started shooting samples in full swing.
Although it is only a sample of "Wu Dao" movie, but to be honest, it takes a lot of effort. The main movie can play more on the lens than the TV series. There are dozens of episodes of domestic TV series, each of which takes more than 40 minutes. The overall volume is relatively large, it is difficult to have the energy to play new things, and the shooting pressure itself is not low.
The duration of a movie is shorter than that of a TV series, it can display more information per minute, and it is not easy to procrastinate in rhythm.
In Chu Xiaxing’s sample, only Cao Yangang showed his face, and the other actors were back or sideways, giving a certain amount of imagination. After all, Wang Fengtian may take the samples to knock other actors. If the sample actors have already shown their faces, the official actors may be trapped after watching them.
Chu Xiaxing made Cao Yangang appear selfish indeed. She felt that Wang Fengtian could not choose a more suitable person, so she was willing to give him a positive shot, and the two were not in the same company, which was regarded as avoiding suspicion.
Because Zhou Xuelu is an actor of Vanke Pictures, Chu Xiaxing did not include the other party, and the sample did not even reflect the female role. She didn't want to be talked about, and she was not good to Zhou Xuelu.
On the day of the sample screening, Chu Xiaxing and Xia Hong came to Wang Fengtian's company again and sat in the screening room with everyone. Wang Zhi and Li Jie also came forward. Wang Zhi is no longer drunk and embarrassed today, but other people apparently remembered his gaffe that day and greeted him embarrassingly and politely.
Chu Xiaxing sat next to Xia Hong. She didn't get up to see Wang Zhi, and waited calmly for the beginning of the screening.
Wang Zhi looked at Chu Xiaxing a little confused now. He had forgotten what she said that day. He lost his memory for a short time after being drunk. In fact, not many people knew about it. He usually falls asleep peacefully, and only when he is stimulated will he break down emotionally. Li Jie has not relayed what he heard after drinking. He naturally does not know the truth now.
Li Jie would definitely not directly ask Wang Zhi if he was having trouble with Director Chu, then he was really a bit naive. Wang Zhi inexplicably felt that the people around him were quite indifferent to him, but he couldn't think of the reason, and he was a little confused. Quan was an illusion.
Wang Fengtian greeted everyone with a friendly smile, and said with a smile: "I can't wait to see the masterpieces of the directors, so in what order should we come?"
Someone uttered a suggestion: "Let's come to a great town first!"
Wang Fengtian: "How do you know which one is better without seeing it?"
"Isn't Director Wang rich in experience? Let's take a look at Director Wang first!"
"Will the king blow up?"
Wang Zhi is the most experienced director among the live directors. In the end, he couldn't help other people. He pretended to be the first to say: "Well, then I'll start by ignoring others."
Chu Xiaxing's qualifications are still low in the back. I am afraid that everyone will not have the patience to read it once, and then make a choice in front. It is really unlucky.
Chu Xiaxing was fairly calm, but Xia Hong whispered: "There are still so many people who hold liars..."
Xia Hong has already determined that Wang Zhi is the liar director. He feels suspicious no matter how he looks at the other party, just like a small animal instinct.
Under the dim lights of the projection room, the subtitles of "Sample of "Wu Dao"" appeared on the screen, followed by a rotating picture. The camera passed through a simple wooden window, and the characters and things were changing constantly in the turning of the sky. The main male characters were Constantly appearing in the life scene. The director uses dynamics to cover up the editing points, which only dazzles people.
Chu Xiaxing looked at the picture on the screen, and she made an inexplicable air sound: "Heh."
Wang Fengtian was also taken aback, then smiled helplessly: "It's really nostalgic..."
"This can be regarded as a tribute to the classic! I loved that drama so badly!"
"After all, Director Wang used to perform for Director Chu..."
Everyone apparently understood Wang Zhi's picture and began to discuss with excitement.
Xia Hong had never learned and had no skills. His reading volume was extremely low, and he was helpless and said, "What are they talking about?"
Chu Xiaxing said blankly: "Learning human beings is learning human beings. You can only take photos one-to-one. This set of lens sets is not his idea, how can it be the same as school students."
This is an old movie made by Chu Xiaxing decades ago. The style of that movie is indeed similar to "Wu Dao". This set of shots has also been praised by many film critics, and often appears in the professional classroom of the director department as the content of the students' film.
At the beginning, Wang Zhi imitated the classic shots and then released some of his own shots later. This is also a smart approach and will not immediately expose his weaknesses. It is not appropriate to say that this kind of thing is plagiarism. After all, copying the works of masters is not called plagiarism. It is called a tribute classic in the movie!
Chu Xiaxing and Xu Xian Chengdu are the old material library of domestic directors.
After the screening of Wang Zhi's sample film ended, everyone gave a warm applause. Obviously, they were all overwhelmed by the opening shots. Now after watching them, they still feel endless aftertaste. Xia Hong followed blindly twice, but Chu Xiaxing didn't even lift her hand. No matter how arrogant she was, she was a face-defying person. How could she applaud her own work?
Wang Fengfeng watched the lively scene but hesitated to say something. He didn't seem to agree with him. He glanced at Chu Xiaxing without responding, and suddenly said, "What do you think of Director Xiao Chu?"
Only Chu Xiaxing was so indifferent at the scene, which made Wang Fengtian very curious.
Chu Xiaxing said frankly: "This scene was considered good back then, but it is still the case now, and it's not enough."
Wang Zhi's eyebrows constricted slightly, and Li Jie disagreed: "The classics have always been classics, and some things will not be out of date."
Chu Xiaxing sneered and said: "This set of lenses was well received back then because the technology was not good enough at that time. There was neither the blessing of aerial cameras nor rich editing effects. It is the first time everyone has seen this kind of shooting. Fa, of course, there will be a bright feeling, but the times are different now."
In the past, Chu Xiaxing didn't have the current advanced machines. They could only shoot with the best equipment at the time, but the technology was constantly evolving. She used to work hard to achieve the effect, now she can easily achieve it with technology, how can it be the same?
Chu Xiaxing methodically said: "Even if that movie is indeed a big success, it is due to the overall storytelling level, not just a set of shots..."
"Director Wang should try to get out of the shadow of Director Chu Xiaxing in the past. Don't you think she can only shoot this kind of shots now?" Chu Xiaxing glanced at Wang Zhi with a smile. She was long ago I found that he didn't use his mind and stayed in the past forever, which seems to be the case now.
Wang Fengtian nodded subconsciously. He did think this set of shots was quite good. It was director Chu’s classic work at the time, but he didn't think it could fit perfectly with "Wu Dao". The lens and technology ultimately serve the story, but the content of the two stories is very different.
In fact, Wang Zhi knew his own weaknesses a long time ago, so he didn't want to make a sample at first, so he shut up with a guilty conscience.
Li Jie looked at Chu Xiaxing who was not ashamed of his words, but he developed a sense of irritation of being taken advantage of. Isn’t it a bit too much to point to Chu’s lens?"
Li Jie: You are the best director who dares to love the whole world?
The others nodded in agreement. They all felt that Director Chu's lens set was connected well, and they thought that Chu Xiaxing's pointer hit them in the face. Her tone is like she knows the most soberly, they all just talk arty.
Chu Xiaxing felt powerless when she heard the words. For the first time, she experienced the fandom atmosphere that Han Chuning had mentioned before. She understood the mentality of some fanatical netizens, and felt like fighting with her fans on the spot.
Idol (candid): I think I have some flaws.
Fan (exhausted): No! Brother is perfect! Brother is just self-effacing, you don't understand at all!
Chu Xiaxing could recognize the fact that Director Xu was ill-informed, but she couldn't even comment on herself! ?
Wang Fengtian smiled and rounded off: "Then let's take a look at Xiao Chu's sample."
When everyone saw Wang Fengtian come forward, they no longer had any opinions. They returned to their seats to watch the movie, all wanting to see what the arrogant Chu Xiaxing could shoot?
In the projection room, no picture appeared on the dark curtain, on the contrary, a thunder suddenly sounded in the ear, which shocked everyone. After the thunder, bright and snow-white electric light pierced the night sky, and then thunder sounded again, and the camera entered the dilapidated old house.
There was no light in the room, and the dark shadows of several men were reflected on the pale wall under the constantly flashing electric light. They whispered and quarreled, and then they drew their knives and faced each other. After the dazzling electric light passed, the black shadow on the wall suddenly disappeared, leaving only the wooden door of the old house creaking. This set of shots was full of tension.
Chu Xiaxing used lightning and thunder to depict the key plots in "Wu Dao" to the utmost, compressing the countless amount of information in a few minutes, making it dizzying. She wanted to show Wang Fengtian the overall style of the film. This story has a tough and cold temperament, which is very similar to lightning and thunder. This is an image that was not in the original script.
Directors and screenwriters are not natural enemies. Their respective jobs are different, but there is not too much contradiction. She is not trying to change the screenwriter's story, but to better use the lens to perfect it, and even extend more connotations.
Li Jie didn't care when he first saw it. He waited for the arrogant Chu Xiaxing to be slapped in the face, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. He couldn't find the problem for a long time. He saw Wang Fengfeng staring at the picture ignorantly, and felt even more uncomfortable in his heart.
After the screening of the samples, Wang Fengtian showed a sense of loss. He didn't recover for a long time, scratching his head and said, "I think about it, I think about it..."
Wang Fengtian took out his pen and paper, seeming to be lost in thought.
Li Jie looked at the timing, and he interrupted in a hurry: "Teacher Wang, let's watch the next sample first, and then everyone will think about it together?"
Wang Fengtian stretched out his hand to stop: "No, no, no, I mean to think about how to adjust the script, and then combine the thunder and lightning with the story, not to think about the sample..."
Xia Hong showed a surprised expression when he heard the words. He read Wang Fengtian's subtext, and looked at the calm Chu Xiaxing at a loss. He was too happy to sit still.
"You don't need to watch the sample again, I don't think I can pick it out! Even if Director Xu is sitting here today, he is nothing more than that, he can't surpass this!"
Wang Fengtian made decisions loudly and loudly. A good story has to meet the right director. Sometimes it has nothing to do with fame or seniority, but the inner temperament. Except for this little Chu director, he can't think of a more suitable person for the time being. The director's style and story match are too high!
Xia Hong was overjoyed, and Li Jie's face was pale, it can be said that the family is happy and the family is sad.
After listening to the evaluation of Chu Xiaxing, she admired Wang Fengtian a little bit. The other party became darker than her own, and her black powder purity was still not high enough.
Chu Xiaxing: No, isn't it, can this be able to trample on Director Xu?