Chapter 916 912 Silence of Germany

Chapter 916 912. Silence Germany

Xu Xin actually rarely chats with Xu Miao like this.

Although the two brothers have never had heart-to-heart conversations since they were young, in terms of career... in a strict sense, they really haven't had many conversations.

He could tell that Xu Miao was actually quite distressed.

After all... Qiangjiu Real Estate also hit the mainstream. Just when the family had the most money, Xu Xin put forward his opinion, and everyone started to engage in real estate.

Is it okay? The answer is yes.

But... as the group has gone through the primitive accumulation, will it continue the "people's livelihood" strategy that has been firm since the company was founded, or will it transform like other real estate companies and use this high-turnover method to make money? Money, he must have been thinking about it for a while.

But some of his brother's words today made him feel right.

“All profiteering enterprises ultimately follow the path of privatizing profits, socializing costs, and democratizing risks.”

"The only difference between our family and these profiteering companies is that I am your brother, and the path I want to take in the future cannot bear this kind of infamy."

"We can have no conscience, but we cannot have no bottom line."

"How much money is too much? Brother, can't you see? Money is useless."

Some words that could never be said in front of outsiders were brought out by Xu Xin from the deepest part of his heart under the moonlight.

Extremely selfish.

Extremely egotistical.

That's what he said.

Under this bright moonlight, he completely exposed the most selfish side of human nature.

Without considering anyone at all, but from the perspective of the "Xu family", I told Xu Miao, don't mess around. If you mess around, it will not only be bad for our family, but also the next generation of our family, and the next generation after that. , and even the next generation’s affairs.

He is qualified to say so.

Because on this New Year's Day, he and Uncle Liu talked about the feasibility of this matter.

Uncle Liu also agreed with his idea.

Because it works.

As for how to go and how high we can go after we really embark on this road...this is not what we are talking about now.

But in the best case, since his idea is feasible, there is no problem.

Xu Xin’s surname is Xu, and Xu Miao’s surname is also Xu.

This Xu can only go up, not down.

After cutting open the most selfish side of his heart and showing it to his brother, as the wound closed, conscience and humanity returned to him.

His summary to his brother was, "Brother, our family has been poor and how difficult it is to make money. We will remember our mother's illness for the rest of our lives. But now these ordinary people may have to empty the wallets of two families. Only then can we have a place that can protect us from wind and rain. There are some things we can do, and some things we may have to do without conscience. But if we really lose conscience, we will be no longer human. If you’re not a ghost, what’s the point of living?”

Xu Miao's response to his younger brother was even simpler:

"Well, listen to you. It was your idea to buy real estate anyway, so I just have to listen to you. Our family will do it slowly, open a piece of land, and build a building. The people who buy our house will live in a stable and safe life. We will do it slowly. It’s not a bad idea to sell. If the real estate business fails... I’ll make enough money anyway, so I’ll just retire.”

So, on this night, the two brothers reached a consensus.

It also completely determined the path that Qiangji Real Estate will take in the future.

As for how much pressure this road will face in the future...

Xu Xinxin said it had nothing to do with me.

Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner, just go to Xu Miao.

He's tall, he's holding on.

but……

Let’s find a warm place to chat next time.

"We are both stupid, why don't we go to the boiler room?"

When a tens of billions-level real estate executive said these words, it was destined that the two brothers would be labeled as "stupid" tonight.

Anyway, Xu Xin was freezing.

…

"Director Xu, "The Grandmaster" has been well received. The translator in the group heard from the group of film critics that the actors in Gong Er are definitely qualified to compete for the best actress!"

"At the end of the movie, when Gong Er was boxing in the snow, the foreigners couldn't stop cheering."

"When the movie ended, the applause lasted for nearly three minutes! Many foreigners were looking for the heroine. Although Mimi didn't come, she stole everyone's limelight!"

Lying on the bed, Xu Xin looked at the message Zhong Changyou sent more than an hour ago, and immediately forwarded it to Yang Mi.

I looked at the time again...

It's almost 12 o'clock.

I don’t know where that woman went.

It's really unfortunate for the family.

By the way...Is there really no one looking for me this night?

I’m really too tired to sleep.

Turn off the lights and sleep.

…

Early morning on February 8th.

Rarely, he woke up before his wife.

Looking at his wife who was sleeping soundly there, he thought for a moment and leaned into her ear:

"Baby, wake up~"

"..."

Yang Mi frowned and ignored him.

"Baby~it's time to wake up~"

"roll."

The words mumbled from his throat hit Xu Xin's face.

Xu Xin was not happy now.

I was thinking of teasing you... and scolding you, right?

OK.

"Do you want to pee?"

"..."

Almost instinctively, the corner of Yang Mi's mouth twitched.

But the strong sleepiness made her still not want to talk to her husband.

Then……

"Can you hold it in?"

A critical blow struck deep into the soul of the sleeping man.

It's hard not to wake up now.

The angry mahjong player got off the bed!

"My surname is Xu! My aunt will die with you today!"

She roared angrily. Not to mention the torture Xu Xin faced, Nuan Nuan, who came to the door of her mother and father's bedroom as usual, suddenly stopped.

Followed by Xu Daqiang who was worried that the child would fall and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"Mom is cruel, Grandpa! We won't go in! Shhh..."

Xu Daqiang was stunned.

He did hear something moving inside just now, but he didn't hear what was said clearly.

Seeing his granddaughter's tiptoeing movements, he quickly lowered his voice:

"Oh, okay, why don't you go in?"

Nuannuan and Yangyang shook their heads at the same time:

"Mom is so angry when she is angry!"

"Hit dad and pinched me, it hurts~"

The two children had lingering fears on their faces.

"..."

Xu Daqiang's mouth twitched...

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his daughter-in-law beating his son.

mainly……

Why do you spank your child?

No, I have to talk to her later. Oh, I don’t dare to hit the child!

…

"Did you win or lose in the card game last night?"

"A small loss of more than 6,000. In the middle, I lost 70,000 to 80,000. Later, I was beaten back by Lian Zhuang..."

"Have you read the message I sent you?"

"Look. It will be over the day after tomorrow. Why are you so anxious?"

When she first mentioned losing more than 6,000 yuan, she was still a little unconvinced.

But when it comes to the evaluation of her performance in "Gong Er" in Germany, she seems to be somewhat indifferent.

He didn’t even ask too much in detail, but asked:

"What did you say about your movie?"

"Give."

Xu Xin handed over the phone.

There is a 6-hour time difference between Germany and China, and it is 2 a.m. there now.

After the films on the first day of the festival ended, the critics' comments were yet to come out.

But the movie rating is unlocked.

Yang Mi began to read the chat history sent by Zhong Changyou from top to bottom.

"Director Xu, the queue for "Scorching Sun" has begun."

"I forgot to take a photo just now. This is the cinema where all the main competition premieres are held. It is also where the red carpet is held, Berlinale Palast."

【picture】

"This is the poster for "Heart of the Burning Sun"."

【picture】

"There are a lot of people queuing up, but I looked around and found that people from China account for about one-third. The last game of "The Grandmaster" was not that high."

"The entrance has begun."

"They're all full."

"The movie has started."

【video】

Yang Mi clicked on it and found that the movie had already shown a clip of the staff list. Obviously, the movie had finished.

Unlike the loud applause and cheers of "The Grandmaster", after "Scorching Sun" ended, Li Haiping led several other crew members from the factory to the stage to express his gratitude.

Frankly speaking, Berlin is pretty good in this regard.

They don't have the same rules as Cannes that strictly prohibit direct contact between the audience and the crew.

but……

Tell the truth.

The scene was very cold.

You can barely even hear the applause.

In Zhong Changyou's video, the vast majority of the audience, including the Tianchao audience, were quiet except for some who stood up and left sporadically.

There was no applause, and no one stood up.

As if thinking...

Soon, the video ends.

In the second video, there was less than enthusiastic applause.

It is much worse than the previous "The Grandmaster".

"Director Xu, everyone is very focused."

"The Germans' reaction is actually quite restrained."

"...Just now, a few audience members shouted to Director Li and others on the stage: This movie is awesome!"

"Haha, many people agree with this point of view... I took a look and found that everyone agrees with this point of view."

"It's not that they don't recognize it."

“The reviews are really high.”

"There were two film critics who came in with notebooks and kept writing with their heads down. They just finished writing when we were about to leave. When we were leaving together, the two film critics said: Director Xu, your movie is better than "Hawthorn" "Tree" must be so great that no one can find faults."

"We are also going back to the hotel."

After seeing the latest message, which was posted at around 4 a.m., Yang Mi couldn't help but complain:

"I never noticed before that Zhong Changyou is such a talkative person?"

"That's what happens after you get familiar with it."

Xu Xin looked unfazed.

"I specifically asked him to introduce it in detail this time and not be so general. After all, we are not at the premiere, so we have to be confident."

"...I am confident. You..."

"Wait. Wait until 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. The latest film festival viewing guide and film review manual should be out. Take a look then~ I'm not panicking."

Xu Xin's face was calm.

"That's right. When the Film Critic's Handbook comes out, won't we know everything?"

"Maybe the results have already been selected before the film festival starts. There's no point in reading the film critics' manual~ Well, hurry up and eat. "Heart of the Sun" itself is not a subject that can make the audience cheer and applaud. I would rather everyone They all took it back, took the movie back, and thought about it carefully."

He showed a rather relaxed smile.

"You eat slowly, I'm going to smoke."

After getting up and walking out, he saw his daughter crawling into the boiler room with two potatoes in her hands.

Obviously go for the baked potatoes.

You really don’t say, the potatoes in northern Shaanxi are much more delicious than those in Yanjing.

He walked to the boiler room and took a look, and saw his father holding a fire tongs and lighting a cigarette.

The boiler room is half an outdoor space, and it is well ventilated to prevent the spread of toxic gases.

Smoking is fine.

Xu Daqiang also saw his son and asked:

"Have you finished eating?"

"Yeah."

The old man was smoking inside, so he didn't go in.

The reason why he came to see was mainly because he was worried that the two children would mess around and get burned again.

It doesn't matter if there are adults watching.

He lit a cigarette and was about to say something when he suddenly heard Yang Mi's shouting in the room.

"Husband! Husband!"

Xu Xin opened the door:

"What are you doing?"

"Check Weibo quickly, I tagged you, the second account! Someone is at the scene!"

"...Ah?"

Xu Xin opened the Weibo on his mobile phone with some confusion, and after switching to the second account, he saw that his wife's second account tagged his Weibo post.

Weibo cannot post too many words, so many people who want to say something will use pictures when they feel that more than 200 words are not enough.

This Weibo post is the same.

After Xu Xin clicked on the long picture, he saw the title:

"At the Berlin Film Festival, I sat behind the crew and watched "The Burning Sun"

This Weibo long picture is... quite high-quality, to be honest.

Not only text, but also pictures.

And this guy should be able to take pictures.

The dark red seats in Zhong Changyou's mobile phone are a very outstanding effect for him. The color of the seats is really bright.

And his opening is very interesting.

The original sentence is:

"Let me first say the conclusion: Xu Xin's film is really great. A German aunt next to me was stunned by the movie. I heard her say "Oh my God! "I also saw her fists clenched when she was nervous. As for my personal impression, I can only say that I really didn't find any faults with this movie at all. In addition, Xu Xin's arrangement is too invincible. At first I thought it was a mistake, but later I found out... He played with the expression method of montage. It's so hard to tell whether it is the reflection of the heart or the real environment. Especially in the last stage of the movie... It really shocked me! Those various unrestrained small details and composition skills, he played with light..."

There are no long paragraphs of insights, or introductions to film festivals.

At the beginning, he directly threw out his impressions of "The Burning Sun".

Next is a long paragraph about the feelings of the plot... In fact, it is a bit spoiler. For example, he implicitly said the reversal of Wang Yanhui at the end.

But Xu Xin didn't care.

Keep reading... Finally saw what he wanted to see.

"I went to see it with my friends (Germans), three of us. Originally, they wanted to see Matt Damon's "The Promised Land".

I forced them to watch the premiere of "The Burning Sun".

I was actually worried that they would not be interested in Chinese-language films, because in daily life, the films they discussed were either German films or Hollywood films. Not to mention watching Chinese-language films, they had not even seen "Red Sorghum" which caused a sensation in Berlin that year. Even the opening film "The Grandmaster" in the morning was their first time to watch a kung fu film in the cinema.

But after watching it, a friend told me: This is one of the most rigorous films I have ever seen. But I don't like it because it is too cruel. Xin Xiaofeng should be redeemed.

I told him: You have seen too many Hollywood films.

And asked him for his evaluation.

And this usually very rigorous German thought for more than a minute before saying: Although I have seen it, if it is released in Germany, I will watch it again, and I will bring my wife and brother.

And another buddy It is even simpler. When I asked him about his feelings, he said: I will finish watching the films in the main competition unit in the next two days. And now, "The Burning Sun" ranks first in his heart.

After leaving the cinema, we went home together. On the way, this buddy asked me: What other works does this director have? He wanted to see it.

Then I told him that Gong Er, who he liked very much in the morning, is the director's wife. He immediately cursed.

But, overall, both of them praised the film. Although I don’t know what others think, I even heard a few compatriots wondering why the movie was silent after the screening, instead of thunderous applause like "The Grandmaster".

But the German character is like this. They are very good at silence. Sometimes silence is even the best compliment (except football). "The Grandmaster" is like Yang Mi's one-man show. Gong Er is great, but the plot is average. But "The Burning Sun" is different. This is a work that requires people to think silently. An excellent work..."

It seems that this Weibo blogger also likes the movie "The Burning Sun".

But what Xu Xin cares most about is his sentence "Silence is the best compliment".

Honestly, he didn't know whether Germans were reserved.

After all, he hadn't been there.

But after seeing this blogger's words, he felt more at ease.

As for how "The Burning Sun" is...

Let's wait until February 17th to see.

Isn't it... almost here.

…

February 9, 2013.

New Year's Eve.

The Spring Festival in Old Xu's house was filled with laughter.

The three confused kids received red envelopes from their elders.

Holding the heavy file bags one by one, they didn't know what to do.

Then...

"Come, mom will save it for you two."

In Xu Xin's twitching mouth, someone did the most shameless thing in the world.

And it's not over yet.

Just ask if you have ever seen a wife asking her husband for New Year's money?

But this is not the most outrageous thing. What's more outrageous is that when Yang Mi called "Dad" to wish a happy new year and asked for a red envelope, Xu Xin almost agreed.

It was precisely because of this that he was blackmailed for a large sum of money.

Anyway... anyway.

Under the increasingly boring Spring Festival Gala, with the sound of firecrackers, the Year of the Dragon has completely become a thing of the past.

The first day of the new year.

Amid the children's tears of reluctance, the couple got in the car and boarded the plane.

The busyness of the new year began.

On the plane, Xu Xin muttered:

"To be honest with you, there is a rule in my family. People who work on the first day of the Lunar New Year have to be busy for the whole year."

"..."

Yang Mi's mouth twitched.

Isn't it a coincidence?

Her family also has this rule.

Exactly the same.

I'll tell you in advance that tomorrow is the time for the review of uric acid and liver function. I will definitely not take a leave. I will finish the first chapter and do my best in the second chapter!