Chapter 67 065. Who knows the burden
"Am I really... shortlisted?"
Xu Xin was a little unconfident, as if he didn't believe these things were true.
"Hahahahaha..."
Hearing his words, everyone in the room laughed.
Zhang Wu stood up and patted him on the shoulder:
"Why don't you go wash your face and clear your mind? You see that the child is almost cooked."
"Hahahahaha..."
The people in the room laughed again in good faith.
Zhang Yimou's brows were completely relaxed, and he nodded to him:
"It's true... okay, hurry up and calm down. Go back tonight and think about it, and then hurry up and get the torch out in the next few days, understand?"
"Uh... got it."
Still in that dreamlike unreality, Xu Xin nodded subconsciously.
"Well, there's nothing else, I've been running for a day, you should get off work first... Oh yes, a few rooms have been cleaned up on the thirteenth floor this afternoon, and the keys are hanging at the door of the large conference room. If you want to work overtime You can do this and sleep here."
"...OK. Then... I... go out first?"
"Haha, let's go."
Looking at the child's red face that finally subsided, Zhang Yimou nodded with a smile.
And when Xu Xin walked out, he suddenly said:
"Xiao Xu will suffer from insomnia tonight."
"Ha ha ha ha…"
…
Xu Xin didn't go to the rest room.
But did not go home.
Instead, he sat in A6 in a daze.
He didn't know what he was thinking, he just felt empty in his mind.
I said I was very happy, but I said I was in a trance and very trance.
Olympics.
This is.
It’s not about holding something in the city or doing something casually.
This is a worldwide event!
The history of China's Olympic bid is actually the history of China's rise.
Now China finally got this opportunity. When it narrowly lost to Sydney by two votes, countless people regretted the result after hearing the result. Now it is only one step away from the centenary prayer in 2008.
What does the Olympic Games mean to China.
Xu Xin didn't dare to think about it.
is simply unimaginable.
And this unimaginable combination of expectation and enthusiasm will endow the torch that appeared in Greece, what kind of brilliance will it burst out the moment it is lit from the holy fire altar.
Xu Xin couldn't imagine it either.
But…
Now, he has a... chance that can almost be written into history.
What should I say?
What are you thinking?
Does he have a concept?
No.
He's just a kid...
At most, he can be regarded as a brat with a bit of money.
Now, this little kid suddenly has a glorious opportunity to bear the expectations of more than one billion people.
Xu Xin suddenly felt that he was hollowed out.
completely hollowed out...
I want to talk to people, but I can't.
Because of confidentiality.
I want to find someone to talk to... No, I have to bear it.
The feeling that the joy in his heart has nowhere to burst out, only he knows how uncomfortable it is.
So he doesn't want to go home.
But I don’t know what to do.
Even fidgeting.
Subconsciously, he wanted to smoke, but when he took the cigarette, he realized that his hands were shaking.
Shaking non-stop.
Trembling, he lit his cigarette, but before he could smoke, he heard his phone vibrate.
Subconsciously picked it up and took a look.
Yang Mi: "I'm done."
"..."
He seems to have found an outlet.
Call back the call.
"Doo beep... hello?"
The girl's voice full of doubts sounded:
"How are you so fast?"
After yesterday's oath was broken, Yang Mi was a little puzzled.
Then I heard a trembling exhalation on the phone:
"Hoo~~~~~"
"...why is your voice trembling?"
She was even more puzzled.
Then I heard Xu Xin's trembling voice:
"No~~It's okay~~~"
"...Is it okay? You are shaking when you speak, what are you doing?"
"I'm~~~in the car~~~"
"...No, brother, let's talk first, okay? You're shaking so hard. What's wrong with you? Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you stop by the side of the road first? scare people."
"Uh~~I'm fine~~I smoke~~~"
"You're shaking even more..."
"..."
As a last resort, Xu Xin took two deep puffs of his cigarette.
After taking two big mouthfuls and exhaling the smoke, he finally suppressed that emotion a bit.
"Is it better now?"
"Well, what's up? What happened?"
"...it's all right."
"Come on, you must have something to do. If it's okay, you don't usually do this."
Hearing the girl's words, Xu Xin's face was full of bitterness.
Because he is more uncomfortable than before.
The feeling of not being able to say what you want to say... Really, it's too tortured.
can only say:
"The matter at work is a good thing. Don't worry about it. It's a great thing...but I can't tell you, it has to be kept secret..."
Then, Yang Mi's mentality collapsed.
"No, brother, are you playing with me!?"
Holding the phone, the girl's voice changed beyond recognition:
"Why are you so annoying!! Oh~~~Why are you so irritating!! What! Why don't you talk!! I've been lying to you for a few days, and you don't tell me! Now I'm fine It's easy to calm down, and you're hooking me up again! Why are you so annoying!! You can say what you want, and don't torture people if you don't! Ouch!!!"
"…hey-hey."
Hearing her reaction, Xu Xin seemed to see her virtue of jumping and cursing.
Can't help laughing out loud.
"dare you laugh!?"
Yang Mi was even more annoyed:
"Are you sincere!? Damn you! You are too much! Ahhhhhh!!!"
"Pfft...hahahahahahahaha..."
Finally, Xu Xin could no longer suppress the joy in his heart.
In fact, Yang Mi's virtue of jumping and cursing was just an introduction, and he laughed heartily, more because he wanted to express the pride in his heart.
He was laughing maniacally.
even laughed to tears.
Yang Mi was also speechless at first.
But listening, listening... Gradually, something is not right.
This laughter is a bit too exaggerated.
Instinctively, she forced her mind to calm down.
Just listening to the other party... I can't tell the reason, but I can feel how happy he is smiling.
Waiting until the laughter died down, she said:
"It seems that something good happened to you, otherwise you wouldn't be so successful... Can you really not say it?"
"I really can't."
The laughter slowly dissipated.
Xu Xin, with tears still in the corner of his eyes, said sincerely:
"You...wait a little longer, can you? I guess it will be soon. When the time comes, I will definitely tell you."
“…The time has come, secret or secret?”
"Yeah. Why not? It's just that the big secret has become a small secret..."
"Um???"
Yang Mi instinctively lowered her head, and took a look...
Scared me.
I thought I could see the toes!
She pouted dissatisfiedly.
But everyone said that, so what can I say.
All I can say is angrily:
"How long do you have to wait?"
"I really don't know that."
"...you are annoying!"
"Hahaha~"
Strange to say, after chatting with the girl for a while and expressing the joy in his heart through the wild laughter just now, his mood gradually returned to stability.
"Are you done?"
"That's right, I just finished my lunch box and I'm waiting for the driver to pick me up and go back to the hotel."
"... and a private driver? Why is your coffee position so big?"
Xu Xin was a little surprised, but Yang Mi on the phone rolled her eyes:
"Pull it down, what kind of private driver. Do you think I'm Liu Tianxian? They pick up the bus, but young actors like us can only squeeze the hired minibus back. Let me tell you, right now It’s nothing, you know how miserable I am when I come in the morning. I don’t know who gets up to eat steamed buns in the morning. It should be stuffed with meat, and the oil in the steamed stuffed buns should be rubbed on the clothes. Oh, the smell... I almost didn’t smoke to death I."
"Just like a bus?"
"Yes, it's like the smell on the bus and subway... Little actors are so bitter, there's nothing I can do. Just wait, when I become a big star in the future, whoever dares to eat steamed stuffed buns, I'll let them go around!"
Hearing the girl's harsh tone, Xu Xin laughed again.
After taking his last puff of cigarette, he said:
"Then what are you going to do tonight?"
"Playing games, I have a notebook with me."
"...Don't you think about your script and acting skills?"
"Well…"
Suddenly, the girl's voice became a little guilty:
"Definitely ponder... just... play after pondering."
"Going to the grave to burn newspapers, why are you fooling around?"
Xu Xin rolled his eyes directly:
"How can you become a big star if you don't hone your acting skills?"
"... I'm thinking about it, who said I don't think about it."
"Really pondering?"
"Really...really."
"The more you talk, the more guilty you become."
"Oh, it's annoying!... I don't want to play anymore, okay!? I'm thinking about acting!"
"You can think about it while reading the original. The Guo Xiang in the original is actually very chic. Do you know why Zhang Sanfeng likes her? After a hundred years, I can't forget her."
"...What? Zhang Sanfeng likes Guo Xiang?"
Yang Mi was dumbfounded.
Xu Xin was also confused...
No, big sister.
Even if I am ignorant, I have watched "Sculpture of God" and "Yitian".
You ask this question...
Don't you feel ashamed?
Xu Xin's eyes were full of speechlessness:
"Let me ask you, what is Guo Xiang's nickname?"
"...Xiao Dongxie."
"Then why is she called Xiao Dongxie?"
"...like her grandpa."
"That's her grandfather!"
Xu Xin was completely speechless:
"Dongxihuang Yaoshi is Guo Xiang's grandfather, her grandfather, not her grandfather!"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, I made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue."
Hearing that the woman is still dead, Xu Xin sighed...
"Hey... listen carefully. First of all, Guo Xiang's appearance is three parts like Huang Rong, and three parts like her grandmother Feng Heng. The nickname "Little Dongxie" is not given to others. Inheriting her parents, she is both righteous and evil, so her older sister Guo Fu called her "Little Dongxie", a nickname given to her by her older sister.
The first time Zhang Sanfeng and Guo Xiang met was at the top of Mount Hua, but the second time they met was at Shaolin Temple. Then Guo Xiang gave Zhang Sanfeng a pair of iron arhats. The iron arhats have traps, and after opening, they can perform a complete set of Shaolin Luohan boxing. Zhang Sanfeng learned this set of boxing skills from this iron arhat, but he violated the rule of Shaolin that "you can't learn martial arts that are not taught by your master". It was also the foreshadowing of his escape from Shaolin later.
Zhang Sanfeng did not admit that he liked Guo Xiang. It was mentioned in the original book "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", that a shadow of a young girl appeared in front of Zhang Sanfeng. And it was that figure that he could never forget for the rest of his life. It was Guo Xiang.
Got it? And when Zhang Sanfeng understood this truth, his temples were already gray. Therefore, in the original book, Guo Xiang likes Yang Guo, but the relationship between Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv is doomed to no one in this world. Guo Xiang has no chance from the beginning... But Guo Xiang is indeed a man with a temperament and personality. , some people even compared her temperament with Qiao Feng.
She is a real female hero in Jin Lao's works. Even if there are not many words, you can talk about the fullness of the characters. If you imagine through everyone's mouth, you will find that she not only surpasses her mother Huang Rong, but even in all Jin Lao's books before and after. There is almost nothing comparable to it! understand? Her story is a legend, and the character image is beyond the existence of many people. If you don't interpret and perform it carefully, you can only be a strange passer-by at best, not a heroine who can be admired by countless generations. "
"..."
Following Xu Xin fully confessed his understanding.
From the beginning, it was just gossip about why Zhang Sanfeng and Guo Xiang had an affair, and then the more I listened, the more serious I became...
The girl holds the phone silently, frowning, thinking...
"That is to say, she has to be very proud, so what can she say?"
"That's right, the heroic Qianyun inheritance even surpassed her father Guo Jing, and is on par with Qiao Feng. But at the same time, that kind of eccentricity is inherited from Huang Rong's extreme intelligence. Her temperament is both good and evil. When she is upright, you can't wait to worship her." , but when it comes to evil, it is even far superior to that of mother Huang Rong, green out of blue and better than blue."
"...it sounds... difficult to grasp."
The girl frowned:
"It seems that I can't control it now."
"That's why you work hard. If you can't control it, then try to get closer. It's like the original book... Let Guo Xiang only exist in hearsay and all kinds of incredible things, but in fact she really doesn't write much."
"this…"
No joke mentality.
The girl thought about it seriously and said:
"I have to call my acting teacher to talk about this... I won't talk to you for now, okay?"
"You still have to read the original novel. Do you know? Guo Xiang is definitely not a vase. The depth of her characters... In my opinion, it is higher than many characters in Jin Lao's works."
"...Okay, I understand. I have the original book, but I haven't read it. I'm going to see if I can buy a copy of "Yitian"...Oh, it's a pity, I knew it earlier...I've been working hard for a few months. Thinking about it..."
"..."
Xu Xin was speechless.
This girl really thinks that she can travel all over the world with just a few Stennis templates?
But he didn't say that.
Because it is unnecessary.
She has a clear goal and is willing to work hard.
What is needed at this time is encouragement rather than a basin of cold water pouring down, saying something like "It's too late for you to work hard now, the filming of the drama has already started, what's the use of talking about it" and the like.
So, he directly gave his encouragement:
"come on!"
"Huh! Hang up."
Hang up as soon as you say, without any hesitation.
Girl glances at the time...
You still have time.
I will return to the crew in a while, and hurry to buy books.
Big deal, stay up late tonight.
Guo Xiang...
Yes, Guo Xiang!
…
The phone hung up. Frankly speaking, Xu Xin felt quite accomplished.
Because he feels that he has given some inspiration to those around him.
Although it may just be my humble opinion, it is at least useful.
And after talking to Yang Mi, why didn't it help him stabilize his emotions?
So, he lit another cigarette.
This time, the hands finally stopped shaking.
Finish smoking completely, raise the window, and get out of the car.
bowed his head and sent Yang Mi a message:
"Then I will go to work overtime too, this task is very important, let's work hard together!"
I didn’t care whether the other party replied or not, I just muted my phone, went back to the 12th floor, found the official Olympic torch information released by the International Olympic Organizing Committee from the reference room, and took it back to the item store.
He doesn't have the ability of director Ma Wen, he can use an electronic drawing board to draw a very similar thing on the computer.
That's too technical, he doesn't understand.
But he can use a paintbrush.
"Have you left yet?"
"Um."
Nodding to Li Li who greeted him, Xu Xin unfolded a piece of paper again, picked up a pencil and began to formally determine the size and draw a sketch.
First look at the size of the Olympic torches of various countries, and then position the four corners on the sketch paper.
Then began to outline.
2:00.
Finished with coloring.
Xu Xin was the only one left in the prop room.
And he looked at the drawing paper in front of him...not feeling sleepy at all, but quietly lit a cigarette.
In the misty smoke, he began to write down what was in his mind in the corner of the drawing.
"Weight: light (easy for athletes to run without feeling heavy
"Material: TBD (Light
"It also has the function of preventing sweating and slipping. (There was a news about the torchbearers complaining that the torch would be slippery due to sweating in the Sydney Olympic Games…
After writing down all the requirements that he felt needed to be solved tomorrow on the drawing, he pondered for a while, and after confirming that his thinking should have thought of all aspects, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fatigue gradually came to my body.
Got up and went out, locked the door, got the key in the big meeting room, and found a newly furnished single room.
The single room is similar to the style of the hotel.
He wasn't picky either, and after a brief wash with disposable toothbrush in the public bathroom, he returned to the house.
"I just finished my work and fell asleep."
Just sent a message to Yang Mi, who would have thought that the other party would reply in seconds:
"I'm reading the original, you go to sleep, good night."
Xu Xin was happy.
Sense of shame and then courage.
Not bad.
"Well, good night, go to bed early."
Throwing the phone to the bed, he closed his eyes.
But he didn't sleep for a long time, and he was always thinking about the torch, so he slept until after 8 o'clock, and then he woke up.
Although he didn't rest enough, the desire and excitement in his mind forced him to open his eyes, tidied up, folded the quilt, and went downstairs again.
When Xu Jin arrived at the prop shop at 9 o'clock, Xu Xin, who had been waiting outside the door early, didn't even let him in, and dragged him into the fourth house.
Running into the institute and asking Xu Jin to be in charge of welding the picture scrolls and installing the ignition device, he found Zhou Chenghe, the engineer who helped him make the computer pattern yesterday, and began to study the materials with the design drawing.
He really knows how to do it. After looking at Xu Xin's request, he said something directly:
"The main material is aluminum alloy. If it ignites, you don't have to worry about it. It's absolutely fine. And then your anti-slip requirement...you can try to make a rubber anti-slip layer. The aluminum alloy used in aerospace is light in itself. If it is heavy...Let me think about it..."
He compared the size of the design drawing, pondered for a while and said:
"Counting the anti-skid layer, it should not exceed two kilograms at most. How do you design the internal structure?"
"…I do not understand."
"Well, then follow the traditional three sets."
The other party pointed to the end of the design drawing:
"Fuel. The middle end is a voltage stabilizing device and a heat recovery device. If it is according to your size... the propane combustion should last for about ten to fifteen minutes... Try it?"
"Try it~! Brother Zhou, come here, you have to worry about the interior design."
"…hey-hey."
Although it sounded sloppy at first, Zhou Chenghe's eyes immediately became hot.
"Well, leave it to me!...give me two days, I'll get the exterior car out first!"
"no problem!"
Xu Xin agreed without saying a word.
Zhou Chenghe walked into the workshop directly.
Then in the afternoon, Xu Xin saw a circle of silver and red "ribbons" wrapped around the torch designed yesterday.
The creative team all came to the test site.
Standing behind the explosion-proof glass, as Xu Xin's countdown ended.
The worker pressed the button.
The resistance wire started to heat up, igniting the lead wire.
Fuse burst into flames.
Then…
"Boom boom boom boom..."
As the flame burned, the flame devices inside the plates surrounding the main torch were designed according to the program, one by one emitting a soaring flame.
It looks like a platoon of fired mortars, and it looks like a machine gun.
One flame after another shot up into the sky, and finally, the main torch... was successfully lit!
The moment I saw the flame of the main torch burning...
"Ohoo!!"
Liu Mingsheng was the first to cheer, and grabbed Xu Xin's shoulder:
"Xu Xin! It's done! It's done!!"
"…ah."
Xu Xin nodded with a DV in his hand...
"It's just a pity... It would be nice to watch it at night..."
"Hahaha, it's okay! Let's wait until it gets dark and do it again! Hahahahaha..."
The ecstatic Xu Jin's eyes were burning.
In the evening, because Xu Xin's creative team notified in advance in the afternoon, no one in the entire team left today.
A group of people gathered in the large conference room. In the dark, they watched the successful ignition on the projection screen. As the dark fire rose, everyone cheered and screamed from the speakers, causing the camera to shake...
I just feel that a lot of burden has been vented from my heart.
All eyes fell on the young man standing next to the screen.
Just now, according to Xu Xin's narration, the reason why the torch sits so big is to match the circle of electronic screens that the creative team is rushing to produce.
After all, the current screen cannot be made particularly small, and at the same time, I am afraid that people will not be able to see the effect clearly.
So I chose a 17-inch computer screen as the connection.
The animation is still under production and cannot be released.
But if this is the case, it is enough to relieve them.
The whole opening ceremony, what is the most important.
Two links.
The first link is the raising of the two flags, and absolutely no mistakes can be made.
Everyone is very relieved about this.
The second one is that the main torch was successfully lit?
Or regardless of national factors, the entire opening ceremony is a performance.
The lighting of the torch is the perfect curtain call at the end of the performance.
Although various creative plans are still being discussed, constructed, and conceived. But the final plan for lighting the torch has already come out.
And recognized by all.
At the same time, the simulation experiment was also successful.
You know...it hasn't been announced yet!
These few fresh blood in the team have already sent you such a big gift.
Can you feel uncomfortable?
While feeling comfortable, all eyes were on Zhang Yimou.
In the past few days, everyone has put forward, adopted, and overturned too many suggestions.
The only thing that can be approved and preserved is this ignition scheme.
Director, what do you say?
Under all eyes.
Zhang Yimou frowned.
After being silent for about half a minute, he looked at Xu Xin who was also waiting for him, and nodded:
"Good job, Xiao Xu. Come up with a plan for the animation of the subsequent scroll expansion as soon as possible!"
"..."
Xu Xin was subconsciously taken aback.
But the second reaction immediately was to nod.
Nodding vigorously.
"Well! Director, don't worry, within three days to a week at the latest, the dynamic animation will definitely be shown to you!"
"Okay! Then I'll leave it to you... It just so happens that everyone is here, so let's announce the good news to everyone."
Zhang Yimou got up slowly and walked to the center of the projection screen.
Xu Xin quickly turned off the projection screen, and at the same time turned on the lights of the meeting room at the door.
Zhang Yimou propped his hands on the table, facing the crowd, and said in a very calm tone:
"After the decision of the organizing committee, on the 25th of this month, that is, the day after tomorrow, we will formally hold a press conference to the whole society, announcing the appointment of our team as the team responsible for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. Directorship. Well, that's it."
"..."
"..."
"..."
The audience fell silent.
Although it is clear that this matter is already a certainty.
But after hearing this, everyone was still a little shocked... and after the shock, it was replaced by a huge and incomparable ecstasy.
"oh!!!"
"Papa papa..."
"Wow, la la la..."
Applause and cheers rang out in the conference room.
Zhang Yimou, who put his hands on the table, nodded and bowed to everyone:
"In the next two years or so... I'm counting on everyone!"
"Wow la la la la la la..."
Xu Xin applauded with everyone.
But his gaze was always on Zhang Yimou's shoulder.
A question popped up in my mind.
"How much pressure did he bear? Can he appear so calm at this moment of joy?"
he does not know.
But he admired it very much.
(By the way, the appointment ceremony is actually on April 16th, but if the plot needs it here, it was changed to March 25th. At the same time, some film and television works in this book, if it is not a drama that is particularly out of the timeline , I will change the time if needed, it is not written by the author, let me tell you first, please understand)
(end of this chapter)