Chapter 44:

Xie Zhaoyan's appearance is not much different from the peak period, but there is a charm of time infiltration. When she speaks, she is full of spirit and radiance, which can be called an act of beauty. Because people are beautiful enough, they are slightly narcissistic and not annoying.
Everyone knows that Xie Zhaoyan was a joke. They did not expose the lie that she was being pursued by the double guide. Instead, they smiled and nodded in agreement: "Years of misunderstanding finally came to light..."
Chu Xiaxing, as the person involved, didn't feel that the truth had come to light, on the contrary, strange rumors had increased. She used to think that the director shouldn't be on the show, just stay behind the scenes, but now she finds it important to show up in front of the stage.
Chu Xiaxing: If the director does not show up in front of the stage, he will be arbitrarily choreographed by unscrupulous actors, and he will not even be able to speak back!
After Xie Zhaoyan had said this, she secretly stared at Chu Xiaxing's expression, but when she saw the other party drinking tea calmly, she couldn't help showing a trace of hesitation.
Fan Ke laughed: "Doesn't that make Director Xu angry?"
Xie Zhaoyan responded casually: "No, I told him so far in the last section, I plan to find a director who is better than him in "24 Frames of Light and Shadow", so that he will be psychologically prepared."
Huo Xiaogang ridiculed: "Director Xu doesn't know much about it at home, so he didn't help you filming? He asked you to come to the show?"
Xie Zhaoyan and Xu Xiancheng are husband and wife. She is guarding the big director at home. She does not need to come out to find the director?
Xie Zhaoyan raised her chin slightly, and she showed a confident smile: "It's not that he doesn't help, he can't shoot, but I want to shoot it so much that I came to find it myself."
Xie Zhaoyan was on a variety show after a long time. She also had her own reason for participating, and that was to find a suitable director for the project she was preparing.
"I already have actors and scripts, and now there are the most important positions left. I hope that the directors will not let me down." Xie Zhaoyan looked around the surprised people, she blinked gently, and sincerely said, "I look forward to you all. The teacher has surpassed Old Xu!"
The directors were shocked by the news. Huo Xiaogang was so startled that he couldn't close his chin, and then smiled bitterly: "This is really high hopes, and we even can't breathe..."
Even if they are veteran directors with works, they dare not speak out about surpassing Xu Xiancheng. This is to challenge the talented figures in the industry. Xie Zhaoyan said that even Director Xu couldn't make this film. What kind of work must it be?
Xie Zhaoyan: "Old Xu can't shoot because the style doesn't match. It doesn't mean that the directors can't do it."
Gong Zhan was speechless throughout the whole process, but he suddenly asked: "The starring role is..."
Xie Zhaoyan smiled: "Of course it's me."
This is even more heavy news. Xie Zhaoyan has not worked for a few years and has been in a quiet and leisurely state. Outsiders think that she is enjoying life and will no longer run around in the crew. If she reappears on the screen, I am afraid that many fans will rush to the cinema, which can be said to be a topical issue.
Chu Xiaxing was also quite surprised, Xie Zhaoyan is now a full-level number, I don't know why she wants to come back to filming again. In fact, people in the circle are not model workers like Chu Xiaxing. They will gradually fade out of their careers at a certain stage and return to a quiet and peaceful life.
Everyone had a playful mentality and didn't take the show seriously, but Xie Zhaoyan actually wanted to choose a director for her new play, which instantly aroused the fighting spirit of everyone present. Directors don't care about winning or losing, it's just that the reward is not enough, the program group can't afford it, but it's different now.
"It's a good thing to cheer up, I can't wait to listen to the topic..." Fan Ke flexed his hands, and deliberately joked, "The show team will renew the contract for me later, don't weed out me so soon!"
Everyone smiled, looked at Xie Zhaoyan, and waited for her to say something.
Xie Zhaoyan opened her arms, and she motioned them to look around the house and smiled: "The theme of the first issue is a remake of a classic work. As for which movie it is, the answer lies in this tea room."
Hearing this, Huo Xiaogang immediately stood up and looked at it, scratching his head blankly: "Where can I guess right here?"
Fan Ke: "When I entered the house, I felt that the layout was familiar, especially like the tea room in "Dongyan"..."
"East Rock" is a martial arts movie directed by Xu Xiancheng. Despite a fiasco at the box office that year, it was regarded as a classic by later generations.
Gong Zhan carefully watched the paintings and calligraphy on the wall. He checked the items displayed on the Bogu shelf and said with confidence: "It should be the Sword of Cold Water. This painting and calligraphy is clearly written, and there are tiger charms on the shelf."
Huo Xiaogang was making idol dramas, and his eyes were dumbfounded: "You can all guess it?"
Although everyone has watched classic movies, not everyone can remember the details of the film. Because the directors are unprepared, they can only rely on previous accumulated speculations to find common ground.
Fan Ke: "It looks more like "Sword of Cold Water" in this way. Does this really want us to surpass Director Xu?"
"Cold Water Sword" is also Xu Xiancheng's film work, which is Xu Xiancheng's work to wash away the humiliation of the box office of "East Rock".
Xie Zhaoyan smiled and said, "Do you have any other answers? Are they all determined to be "Cold Water Sword"?"
Because Fan Ke and Gong Zhan vowed to say "Sword of Cold Water", the remaining directors did not refute, but echoed: "It should be correct, the layout of the house is very similar..."
Chu Xiaxing said coldly: "I guess it is "Man Ran"."
Fan Ke hurriedly smiled and waved his hand: "No, there is no element of "Manran" in this room. The first round I checked was "Manran"..."
"Man Ran" is Xu Xiancheng's famous masterpiece, and it is also the content that Fan Ke is least willing to remake. The director's style of this film is too obvious. After the script has been modified by Director Xu, the story is loose, and it conveys more of the mood-like color, and there is not much ups and downs in the plot.
The story is not complicated enough, it depends on the director very much. If it weren't for the filming of Director Xu, it would not have that kind of taste. It is really difficult to surpass.
Chu Xiaxing said plausibly: "Because there is no "Man Ran", so it is it."
Gong Zhan frowned in disapproval. He was the first to propose "The Sword of Cold Water", and then he asked, "What do you mean?"
Chu Xia Xingyun said lightly: "This is the Museum of Director Xu, which basically covers all of his works. The layout of the tea room is modeled on "Dong Yan". The painting and calligraphy read "The Sword of Cold Water", and the corners are out of place. The stool is from "The Last Cloud", and a collection of Tagore's poems on the small table is from "The Horn of Dawn"..."
Chu Xiaxing treasures Xu Xiancheng's works very well, mainly because he is a low-yield director and her long-time external opponent, so naturally he is going to memorize the other's movies backwards. She did not memorize the information on the text, but the footage taken by Xu Xiancheng, just like she is familiar with "Man Ran", accurate to a few minutes and seconds.
Ordinary people who want to surpass the genius who is eaten by the gods must work hard to understand him better than the other party, and break it apart to understand.
Xu Xiancheng may not understand Chu Xiaxing for the rest of her life, but she has penetrated the other party through his works.
She can do what he can't do.
Huo Xiaogang saw the unknown book on the small table. He quickly picked it up and read it. After seeing the content, he was taken aback: "It's really a collection of Tagore's poems, but there is no cover. You haven't come to see it. How can you know?"
The cover of this book is blank. Everyone mistakenly thought it was a prop, but there was content. Chu Xiaxing was clearly sitting at the tea table. She didn't even turn over the pages of the book, so she knew the contents of the book?
Chu Xiaxing replied casually: "I saw what I saw when I entered the room. I didn't think much about it at the time. I just felt that the angle between the book and the table was the same as in the movie."
Huo Xiaogang was surprised: "Are your eyes an instrument? Can you remember the angle of the props?"
Fan Ke was also frightened by Chu Xiaxing's memory. He raised his hand weakly and asked, "Excuse me, let me interrupt the recording of the show. I have a little thing to make sure. There is no default for our show, right?"
Fan Ke: If it wasn't for the answer given in private, who could say so accurately, it would be terrifying!
Program group: "..." Why can't I take off this black pot?
The program crew faced the questioning directors, and they frantically shook their heads and waved their hands, indicating that there is no shady.
Gong Zhan retorted: "It's too arbitrary to guess "Man Ran" like this. If you miss one work, there is no "Little Girl" here."
Although Chu Xiaxing said Xu Xiancheng's work clearly, it only means that she has an amazing amount of movie reserves, and she cannot just guess the correct answer. Gong Zhan also remembers all the works of Director Xu. He feels that it is not appropriate to guess "Man Ran" by the method of elimination.
"Little girl?" Chu Xiaxing looked at Xie Zhaoyan who was sitting upright. She scanned the other person's dress up and down, and said with a carefree grin, "This dress is not "Little Girl", but the color of the cheongsam is changed."
After Fan Ke was reminded, he suddenly realized: "Oh, it really is, I haven't found out, this is not considered as an increase in difficulty, deliberately making things difficult for us..."
The iconic dress in the movie "Little Girl" is green cheongsam, but Xie Zhaoyan changed the color of the cheongsam. She chose a color that better matched her skin, and did not keep it as it was.
Xie Zhaoyan’s love for beauty was exposed. She was not half embarrassed or disturbed, but proficiently tossing the pot:
The main reason is that Xu would think about green when he sees green.
As soon as Xie Zhaoyan said this, the directors already knew the answer. Chu Xiaxing's speculation was not wrong. The only work missing in the tea room was "Man Ran".
Xie Zhaoyan smiled elegantly, and said slowly: "Since there is no "Man Ran" in the room, please trouble the directors to bring it back after filming. The remake of the short film only takes ten minutes. You can choose any segment of the film to play..."
Fan Keton was very emotional, and said helplessly: "It's "Manran"!"
Huo Xiaogang: "This is making up a problem, let us compete with Director Xu?"
"Man Ran" is a literary film. It is not without reason that Xia Hong and Zhou Xuelu didn't understand it after watching it. Everyone understands things differently. It can be used as a classic case of audiovisual language courses in film and television academies. Naturally, it has its own unique points, and everything goes without saying.
Audiovisual language is the most important basis for filming, including lens, lens shooting, lens combination, and sound-picture relationship. It can be said to be a symbolic coding system for mass media. As long as it is connected with the word "language", it is to convey a certain message, and the "language" of each director is different.
"Man Ran" has perfectly conveyed the message that Director Xu wants to show, and it is really not easy for Chu Xiaxing and others to break his language system. Because there are precedents, they will be compared.
"Man Ran" is the genre that Director Xu is best at. Directors would rather remake other movies than pick this one. However, Xie Zhaoyan has already thrown out the subject, and now they can only face the difficulties and leave to shoot.
Chu Xiaxing also didn't expect to remake "Man Ran" one day. She was hit hard after watching it for the first time, but now she has the opportunity to challenge it head-on.