"I have already thought of the names of our seven episodes of stories. We will continue them according to the main line of the plan. The first episode is called "The Gift of Nature", the second episode is "The Story of Staple Food", and the third episode is "The Inspiration of Transformation"

》……”

Xu Xin is talking and others are taking notes.

Although we haven't seen each other for half a year, during this period everyone was busy filming the stories they were responsible for, but it doesn't mean that Xu Xin was also idle.

This is true even if he also made a movie in the middle.

Documentary is a huge and complicated project. Everyone is like a precise gear, responsible for their own position. In the end, the chief director connects everyone together.

In this short half-year, everyone's situation will be communicated and implemented separately with Xu Xin, and finally he will integrate everything together.

This meeting lasted all morning.

After the more than 3-hour meeting, everyone had another meal together at noon.

While eating, we talked about work.

In the afternoon, everyone returned to CCTV, led by Xu Xin, to find the editing team and began sorting and excerpting the story content of each episode.

The editor will be responsible for the editing of these contents. After he conveys the editing ideas, the directors of each episode will follow and complete it.

Finally, I took the finished product to Xu Xin to look at it again.

After the chief director confirms that there is no problem, the post-production process such as scoring, dubbing, and proofreading begins.

The documentary has seven episodes in total, and each episode is limited to 50 minutes.

The total amount of filmable material lasts about an hour and 15 minutes on average. Many people have to weigh this carefully.

But...Xu Xin estimated that the editing part would be finished years ago.

The dubbing and soundtrack will be completed in the next year and should be released in the first half of the year.

It just so happens that you can also choose for the 23rd Starlight Award.

It started collecting works on April 20th.

Everything is timed just right.

Perfect cannot be more perfect.

…

Coming out of the old CCTV building, he turned around and glanced at this building, which seemed very outdated today.

CCTV's new building is just over the East Third Ring Road, and the facade has been completed.

I just chatted with Luo Ming and said that it will be delivered in May next year.

Xu Xin observed that building carefully when he passed by...it was indeed not bad.

Maybe when "The Tip of the Tongue" is broadcast next year, the signal will go from there...

With some things in mind, he got in the car and walked towards the old man's house.

After 6 o'clock, when it was already dark, the Volvo drove to the West District of Shanshui Wenyuan. Because his car had been entered into the old man's garage, he didn't need to notify him at all. He went directly to the basement and parked the car.

Xin rang the doorbell.

Soon, a childish voice came from the intercom:

"Who is it~~~"

Listening to this voice, Xu Xin smiled and said:

"Jiaojiao, it's me."

"who are you?"

"You can't even recognize my voice?"

"I can't tell, who are you..."

While teasing the children, Chen Ting's voice sounded over there:

"You're leaving soon...You don't even recognize brother Xu Xin anymore?"

With a "click", the basement door opened.

"Xiao Xu, come up quickly."

"Hey, okay."

Xu Xin responded, opened the door and walked in.

All the way upstairs, when he appeared at Zhang Yimou's home, the three children who had received the news quickly gathered around and started shouting "The elder brother is older and the younger brother is younger".

Xu Xin pinched the children's cheeks one by one, and then hugged Yijiao who was talking to him just now.

Then he smiled at Chen Ting and said:

"Aunt."

"Eh~"

Chen Ting, who was dressed very formally today, nodded with a smile and said in greeting:

"Is it cold?"

"It's okay, it's not cold. It's much colder in Switzerland than here."

"Well...Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang~"

As she shouted, Zhang Yimou walked down the stairs holding the phone.

After seeing Xu Xin, he nodded casually, pointed at the phone and made a mouth shape to Xu Xin:

"media."

Xu Xin nodded knowingly and sat on the sofa with Yijiao in his arms.

"Brother, look at the new photos I took~"

Just like a "ceremony" that would be performed every time he met Xu Xin, the boss Yinan brought over two more large picture albums.

After Xu Xin opened the album, while looking at some photos he took with a man, he heard Zhang Yimou say:

"The movie will be released in China tomorrow, and I believe you will not be disappointed. This movie is a very serious subject, and the so-called news about flattering foreigners is seriously untrue."

Xu Xin's ears twitched.

Just listen to Zhang Yimou continue to say:

"Since the casting stage of "Thirteen Hairpins", this kind of false news has never stopped. There are also fabricated stories about Zhao Yumo and John having a sex scene in the movie... I believe everyone will read these news after watching the movie.

, you will understand whether it is true or not.”

"Of course this is not our hype. I said, this is a serious movie. I can promote it and hope more people will watch it, but any method that uses national sentiments as a gimmick or selling point is playing with fire. We are

I won’t do it.”

"Well...that's right. Thank you everyone for supporting me."

"Well, okay...well, thank you. Goodbye."

Zhang Yimou then hung up the phone.

Looking at Xu Xin said:

"Media phone interviews."

"Hmm...that's a very tricky question?"

"It's the same things."

There was no expression of boredom or resistance on Zhang Yimou's face. He sat on the sofa and continued to say to Xu Xin:

"The previous casting, the time when the book was released, and there were some rumors... Isn't it released in North America on January 13th? Some people just made wild guesses. Based on the previous news, they thought my movie was crooked.

Like, I don’t care about anything for Oscar...sigh."

After sighing, he took the initiative to change the topic:

"How's your movie going?"

"The rough cutting has just ended, but I haven't had time to go back and look at it. I'm thinking of going back after New Year's Day to finalize the final cut..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou was stunned:

"Have you come this far?...Which film festival are you planning to apply for?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Berlin."

"……next year?"

He asked after realizing that according to the lunar calendar, there would be no time for this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Xu Xin nodded:

"Well... in my movie, the leading roles are evenly played, but they are particularly outstanding. When it comes to awards in this area, Berlin is more generous than Cannes and Venice. I want to give it a try."

Hearing this, he inevitably became a little curious.
To be continued...