"You're back?...Are you tired? I made you some sour plum soup. Have a drink and go take a bath?"

At eleven o'clock, when Xu Xin arrived home, Yang Mi, who had been waiting for him to come home, greeted him.

"Um."

Xu Xin responded, went directly to the refrigerator and took out a pot with sour plum soup, poured himself a large cup, and drank it in one gulp.

A touch of mouth:

"Where are the wheels?"

"Go and rest next door."

"Um...the child is asleep?"

"Sleep."

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower."

"Um."

In the bathroom, the warm running water covered him from head to toe.

But in his mind, he was recalling his chat with the old man.

After hearing his answer, Zhang Yimou thought he was out of his mind at first. But after he understood the ins and outs of the matter, a look of understanding appeared on his face.

I just asked Xu Xin:

"Are you sure you won't regret it if something happens?"

"No. As long as the Silk Road Film Festival doesn't go astray, I won't regret it. Besides... the audience won't lie, right?"

Facing his answer, Zhang Yimou simply nodded:

"Okay, then I will let everyone treat this movie fairly and justly."

This is the entire conversation between the two.

The conversation didn't take long, just a cigarette.

Then Xu Xin came back.

Seeing Xu Xin's attitude, Zhang Yimou didn't say anything more.

Just like what Xu Xin said.

No matter what, he still has an audience.

Audiences don't lie.

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked like he couldn't laugh or cry as he was showered with hot water.

With the running hot water in the mist in the bathroom, it looks a bit more funny.

He said in his heart...

This kind of secondary idea...if it were put in a hot-blooded comic, I'm afraid it would have already ignited, right?

Tsk.

…

number 17.

All ten movies have been screened.

The lists of 20 films, 12 films in the main competition section and 8 films in the Silk Road section have been finalized.

Starting from next Saturday, the reviews on both sides will be separated.

These two days also gave the judges a preliminary impression of these 20 movies.

On the 18th, Xu Xin and his wife temporarily separated and rushed to Xiamen again.

Next, he began to fully prepare for matters related to "Heart of the Burning Sun".

After five busy days, he returned to the factory again on the 23rd.

This time, the nine judges of the Silk Road section felt much more relaxed with the eight films in their hands.

It’s just that after each movie, there are more things to discuss.

The Silk Road section is mainly to give new talents a stage to showcase and to promote films with fresh elements into the public eye.

Among these 8 movies, the tastes of the judges were almost all consistent.

I am full of praise for this movie "Six Hundred Miles to Fuyang".

In fact, frankly speaking, if it weren't for the fact that director Tang Yongxing is a new director and cannot bring out all of Qin Hailu's acting skills, and at the same time, he is still very immature in terms of scene planning and shooting techniques, otherwise... Cao Li played by Qin Hailu can really compete with Zhang Ziyi.

All at once.

If you lose, you lose on the movie.

But this does not stop Xu Xin himself from being partial to this movie.

This movie was directed by Tang Yongxing, but the producer was Hou Xiaoxian.

It was Li Pingdong who recommended Deng Yongxing to bring him here to vote.

Very nice shot.

Everyone felt a sense of surprise.

It can even be said that if it were not for the festival's regulations that the review results could only be submitted after watching the film three times, the film might have been decided on the spot.

In the past two days, the discussion about the eight movies has not stopped in the screening room.

Frankly speaking, whether it is Qi Lei, Xue Haifeng, or even Li Mingjun, if they are put outside, everyone may regard their business attributes as more important than their own artistic attainments.

but.

Just inside this small screening room.

The nine judges, including Gu Changwei, put aside any commercial attributes and expressed their opinions seriously and responsibly with the mentality of a pure film worker.

There is a collision of concepts and a fusion of ideas.

In this small world, we argue endlessly about the story or characters in a certain movie.

Abandoned everything, pure mess.

Here, everyone has the same identity, they are all just judges.

We work hard to select the award that we think is the most deserving.

Very noisy.

Even sometimes the verbal quarrels are combined with the second-hand smoke of a group of old smokers, which makes Xun's eyes hard to open.

But that atmosphere... that purity that made everyone shed all their burdens was so fascinating and comfortable.

Simply, I am so happy.

Just like what Li Mingjun said over wine when everyone had dinner together after watching 8 movies on the night of the 24th:

"Sometimes, after staying in the position of the CEO of an investment company for so long, even I have forgotten what my original intention was when I devoted myself to our Chinese film industry. Alas... In the past two days, frankly

Speaking of which, I have personally benefited a lot. I am honored to work with you all, and I have drank this glass of wine.”

A sigh is a sudden look back at middle age.

It's like a prodigal son who has rekindled his dreams and love.

No matter what, it's fine.

Everyone just raised their glasses together, moved by the purest original intention of this event.

The drinks are refreshing and hearty!

…

At 10 a.m. on the 25th, the online ticket pre-sale event for the "Silk Road Film Festival" will begin.

In 2 hours, more than 100,000 people made reservations to purchase tickets.

The number of actual payers exceeded 20,000.

More than 16,000 people have purchased the 680 yuan package ticket that includes all tourist attractions near Xi'an, and the number is still rising.

Package opening/closing ceremony, film festival screening hall, 4,000 tickets priced at 1,280 yuan are all sold out.

At 2 p.m., all major theaters sold out the 10,000 circulating movie tickets set to handle the film festival's peak visitor numbers.

The only online ticket sales window is the reservation and ticket purchase business of watching a show and buying a ticket.

However, based on feedback from online ticket bookings for various attractions in the evening.

Starting from August 2nd to August 10th, it is conservatively estimated that these 8 days may bring more than 50,000 tourists to Xi'an.

At first glance, not much.

But you should know that the summer tourist season is not like Golden Week, where the number of tourists is concentrated.
To be continued...