The director is in trouble [City Lord]

When Xiao Ming got home about half an hour later than usual, he had just arrived at the door, and before he had time to take out the key to open the door, the door was opened by Ye Gucheng who was about to go out to find him.

Xiao Ming was taken aback by the door that opened without warning, stared at Ye Gucheng who was standing in the entrance, and was stunned for a while, then the first thing he did was to quickly crumble the rental revelation in his hands into a mess, Stuffed it into his pocket, pretending to be indifferent.

Seeing Xiao Ming's clothes covered in dust, Ye Gucheng frowned slightly.A few days ago, Xiao Ming also ran out after dinner, Ye Gucheng knew that because he pierced the layer of paper, Xiao Ming was uncomfortable with him.It's no good to force too much, Ye Gucheng knows very well that Xiao Ming shy away from this kind of persecution on the surface, but if he puts more pressure on him, it may really irritate him.So Xiao Ming ran out after dinner and Ye Gucheng didn't follow him anymore, Xiao Ming needed space to relieve the pressure, so why didn't he need to put a little distance between the two of them to restrain himself, not to do things that forced Xiao Ming.

It’s just that I ran out a few days ago, at least when I came back, it was clean, but today I came back with a dirty look. After Ye Gucheng frowned, he still couldn’t help asking: “Where did you go?”

"Cough! I went to the construction site to move bricks." Xiao Ming coughed dryly, and replied as naturally as possible.

However, even though Xiao Ming replied in a natural tone, he still couldn't bear the weirdness of the answer.Ye Gucheng listened to Xiao Ming's answer, watched Xiao Ming's silence for a while, and asked hesitantly, "Are you... short of money?"

Xiao Ming: "..."

Ye Gucheng: "The salary card I gave you...has the money in it been used up?"

Xiao Ming was in a mess, and when asked by Ye Gucheng, he felt like he was complaining to his husband about his wife who didn't have enough pocket money...

"I'm not short of money, I'm just... you can just treat me as a brick-moving enthusiast." Xiao Ming said while signaling Ye Gucheng to step aside, and walked into the house, "I'm going to take a shower."

After taking a shower, Xiao Ming said goodnight to Ye Gucheng who was sitting in the living room watching TV, and went into his room.

On the bedside table of the room, there were a few rental advertisements that he got from Wang Qiang, which he used to talk about letting him move out, but when he saw Ye Gucheng open the door just now, he was conditioned to confound It was a mess, and now that he smoothed it out, it was still crumpled, just like a few pieces of waste paper picked out of the trash can.

Xiao Ming pressed his eyebrows with a headache, asking Ye Gucheng to move out sounds like a good idea, but asking him to tell Ye Gucheng is not an easy task.Asking God is easy and sending God away is difficult. Imagine telling Ye Gucheng, "Please move out", Xiao Ming felt the hairs on his back jumping up one by one.

Let's talk about this matter when we find a suitable time and a suitable atmosphere.

Xiao Ming opened the drawer of the bedside table, intending to put these crumpled advertising papers in, but saw a bank card in the drawer.That was after Ye Gucheng got the ID card from Shen Xiuzhe, he took Ye Gucheng to the bank to apply for it, and then Ye Gucheng put the salary card with him, and he put it in the drawer of the bedside table, if not Today when Ye Gucheng mentioned his salary card, he almost forgot that the bank card lying in the drawer was Ye Gucheng's salary card.

This salary was paid by Ye Gucheng in the name of repaying his medical expenses and accommodation expenses, and he kept it as he received it, without paying much attention to it.It's just that now Ye Gucheng has feelings for him beyond the normal friendship, and it feels a bit inappropriate for him to accept his salary card.

The salary card must be returned to Ye Gucheng——Of course, this must be done at a suitable time, and it will definitely irritate Ye Gucheng if he goes there rashly.

But before these two things that needed to be discussed with Ye Gucheng were resolved, Xiao Ming received a call from Chenghe Film Company.Xiao Ming was a little surprised at first. Chenghe Film Company is considered a top-notch film company in China, and they usually hire big-name directors or experienced directors.Although Xiao Ming was rated as a new director when he debuted, he didn't care about the above two points at all, so he never thought that Chenghe Film Company would take the initiative to find him.

But Xiao Ming understood what was going on after hearing the second sentence from Chenghe's contact person at the film company.

Director Gao is back.

Director Gao has an extremely pretentious name, his name is Gao Sen.He is the uncrowned king of the director's circle, and he is also famous internationally.In China, when it comes to Gao Sen, people in the industry default to Gao Sen.

The people on Chenghe's side meant that a script that Gao Sen liked was about to be filmed. According to Gao Sen's meaning, he wanted to find an assistant director to participate in the filming together.However, in Gao Sen's crew, the so-called assistant director is the role of observing and learning by default. He can give opinions on the filming of movies and TV series, but he has no right to actually direct.But even so, the competition for the position of assistant director of Gao Sen's crew is fierce, because Gao Sen has that strength, which benefits the people watching.

Xiao Ming didn't covet Gao Sen's assistant director position so much, but he would still fight for it if he had the chance.

I drove to Chenghe, and when I was led to meet Gao Sen in the conference room of Chenghe Film Company, Gao Sen was discussing casting with the producer.Seeing Xiao Ming coming in, Gao Sen paused the discussion with the producer, turned his gaze to him, looked him up and down for a while, grinned and said, "Here you are?"

"Hello, Director Gao." Xiao Ming said politely to Gao Sen.

Gao Sen is over half a century old, and his body is slightly fatter, but he is extremely energetic, with a foreign-style beard on his face, which looks a bit rough.Personality seems to be very easy-going, and a little bit... unscrupulous...

"Stop standing at the door, come in and sit." Gao Sen waved at Xiao Ming, "You're lucky, the other assistant director candidates I'm dating are busy today, so I'm watching you alone today. Boy, You can have fun."

The corner of Xiao Ming's mouth twitched, and he said, "...I am honored to have the opportunity to work with Director Gao."

"Okay, let's forget about the scene, let's get to the point." Gao Sen calmed down the expression on Gao Sen's face that made Xiao Ming feel that he was not serious, and then said, "The main works shot by you are "Remnant Scars" and "Ao Qingfengao". , "Ups and Downs", and "Mountain and River", which has not yet been released, among which "Remnants" was your debut work. Although your directing experience was still very raw at that time, this work was quite aura, so it can let you Take a place in the selection of emerging directors."

"But the next two films are not as aura as "Remnant Scar". "The Proud Qingfeng" is your field of expertise, and the ratings are okay, but it is not as exciting as it should be. That is to say, you did not put your ability to 100%. Show it out." Gao Sen said bluntly, he didn't intend to give Xiao Ming face at all, "Let's not talk about "Surfing", the ratings are quite mediocre, I watched two episodes, you have intentions, but you didn't give it your all. .”

"Actually, I really want to ask you, do you really like the profession of director?"

When Xiao Ming came to Chenghe Film Company this time, he was unceremoniously criticized by Gao Sen, and then let him go back without saying anything.

Gao Sen criticized him, but Xiao Ming did not refute, because he knew his own state very well.Since Shen Xiuyuan disappeared during the filming of "Ao Qingfeng", he has been in a slump.Xiao Ming has the talent to be a director, but his enthusiasm for the profession of director is based on a promise when he was a child——Shen Xiuyuan became the best actor in the world, Chen Qing became a famous actress, and he went to be the world famous actor. great director.

Xiao Ming once decided that in the best scene of his life, the protagonists would be Shen Xiuyuan and Chen Qing, and only Shen Xiuyuan and Chen Qing would be the protagonists.It's just that these two people left one after another. Everything he once firmly believed in and worked hard for lost his goal in an instant.He is still working hard to direct the play, but even if he doesn't admit it, he is still shaken because he lost his goal.What Gao Sen said was not wrong, including the questioning of him at the end, so he was irrefutable.

Xiao Ming sat in his car and smoked a cigarette. After analyzing himself deeply, he put Gao Sen's words behind him.What Gao Sen said he knew very well, even if it was miraculously right, it was just nonsense.And he thinks it is normal for people to have lows, and only when there are lows can there be highs!Whether he really likes the profession of director is another matter, but he does his best to direct a good work, even if the protagonist is not the person agreed to back then.He is easy to be affected by emotions, but at the same time he has always been a competitive person who likes to be brave. Even if Shen Xiuyuan and Chen Qing are no longer in the same world as him, he will not do things that will definitely be laughed at by them things.

Moreover, compared with the matter of Ye Gucheng at home, the matter criticized by Gao Sen can only be scum with a negative attack power of five, and it is not as tangled as the matter of Ye Gucheng.

However, becoming the assistant director of Gao Sen's crew this time is probably out of the question. Although he didn't hear a clear refusal, he can accept the refusal by default without saying anything.Xiao Ming silently regretted this for 5 minutes, and then drove back.

When Xiao Ming returned to his community, he parked his car in the garage and was about to go upstairs when he met Yu Min who had just come downstairs.

From the first day when Yu Min moved in, after the incident of delivering vegetables, Yu Min sent vegetables to his house again, but was stopped by the great god Ye Gucheng, and he couldn't deliver the vegetables to his house again.Because of Ye Gucheng's piercing of the window paper, Xiao Ming was struggling with how to straighten Ye Gucheng, and had no time to pay attention to Yu Min.It seems that he has met Yu Min a few times these days, but he hasn't talked to her seriously.

"Brother Xiao, you just came back from outside?" Yu Min greeted first, but the expression in his eyes was not as determined as when he first moved here, but rather worried.

"I just went to Chenghe." Xiao Ming said.

"To see Director Gao?" After Yu Min asked, someone explained, "I heard that he has returned to China, and he is currently in Chenghe planning a new drama."