Some people interpreted Lin Xin's actions as being heartbroken by the academic community and unwilling to trust the editorial department of the academic weekly anymore. Lin Xin was helpless.
He just felt that he could finally find an excuse to treat his hobby as a hobby, rather than a job that needs to be completed at a fixed time and quantity every year.
But Lin Xin's thinking was completely incomprehensible to others. Most people thought that Lin Xin won the lawsuit and was discouraged. After all, many people accused Lin Xin of doing this after the lawsuit.
Lin Xin's mentor, Lin Xin's alumni, and all the people in the academic and non-academic circles who are familiar with Lin Xin have advised Lin Xin not to lose heart. Even if she is unwilling to contribute to the AMS journal, there are only three of the top four mathematics journals in the world that welcome Lin Xin's submissions. Even if Lin Xin does not want to send his manuscripts abroad, there are many mathematical weekly magazines in China.
In the end, Lin Xin could only make up a high-sounding reason to stick to his decision.
"I once said that studying mathematics is a very boring and unprofitable thing for many people. So those who eventually embark on this path, in addition to talent, are indeed full of love for mathematics. It would be better if you can get some rewards and some recognition while doing the work you love. But I realized from this incident that if I continue to be entangled in how many papers I have published, how many results I have achieved, and how much honor I have gained, maybe I will forget my love for mathematics and turn to the pursuit of fame and fortune. Being a star is my job, and I am just for fame and fortune. But as for hobbies, it is better to return to hobbies, otherwise it will be so tiring to work two jobs." Lin Xin said, "I am not discouraged by academics, but I have picked up the original intention of studying mathematics again. I think, looking at the content on my Facebook, you can also feel that my passion for mathematics has increased even more."
Media: I don’t understand what you are saying, and I don’t understand what’s on your Facebook!
Onlookers: I will stand on the side of the media now, Lin Xin, what are you talking about? !
Mathematics Academic Circle: Lin Xin is right. Although we cannot share Lin Xin’s pure love for mathematics without any impurities, and we still need to pursue fame and fortune while studying mathematics, we have decided to support him!
Lin Xin: Just don’t bother me. I wasted several months trying to win awards to solve this problem. Do you know how much pain I feel?! If I don’t win three Best Actor awards before I turn 30, do you know how much bonus I will lose?!
Lin Xin feels sad, but why is he sad? Only the optical brain can understand his heart.
After no one finally disturbed Lin Xin, Lin Xin quickly organized the process of shooting a new film.
The investment, actors, screenwriters and logistical staff are all in place, but they are stuck at the step of finding a director.
The directors that Lin Xin has his eyes on are not available this year.
Meng Lan suggested finding a big-name foreign director, but Gu Meng thought that foreign directors could not capture the feeling of Chinese gangs.
"They haven't experienced it." Gu Meng said, "Ah, now I kind of miss the old Hong Kong movies."
Lin Xin asked, "You mean pointing a gun at someone's head and forcing them to make a movie?"
The corners of Meng Lan's mouth twitched.
Gu Meng said: "I didn't say that. I didn't do it either."
Meng Lan breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Xin asked: "You haven't done it before, has your family never done it before?"
Meng Lan raised her heart again.
Gu Meng said: "How should I know? I haven't been born yet."
Lin Xin said: "It's not like there's no video footage left behind."
Gu Meng said: "Why do you always bring up old scores? How boring. I am a good citizen now, what do you have to be dissatisfied with?"
Lin Xin said: "You are my financial sponsor and my captain, how dare I disobey you?"
Gu Meng said: "Be good."
Meng Lan felt like her heart was in a knot.
What are these two talking about?!
Lin Xin looked at Meng Lan's strange expression, and remembered that Meng Lan seemed to know nothing, so he quickly comforted her: "Da Meng and I were joking, don't take it seriously, Brother Meng. Let's continue discussing the director's matter now."
Meng Lan laughed dryly: "Okay."
Do you really think he is stupid? He said it so clearly. Combined with some of Gu Meng's past experiences, it would be strange if he didn't understand what Gu Meng's family was doing.
But some things are not good to be explained clearly, so Meng Lan pretended to be confused: "In fact, it should be okay to find a foreign director who is good at shooting gangster themes, right?"
Gu Meng held his chin with his hand and said, "The gang culture in each country is different. I can't get the feeling out of it."
Lin Xin said: "Since you are so picky, how about you take the photo yourself?"
Gu Meng sighed and said, "I'm trying to find a solution. Don't be angry. You know this novel is quite meaningful to me, I just don't want to ruin it. You also want to get the Yumei Best Actor award before you turn 30, right?"
Lin Xin shook his head and said, "I'm not angry. I'm really suggesting that you shoot it. If you feel that you've never shot it before, I'll be the main director and you'll be the assistant director. We'll find a senior assistant director to guide us. I can guide the actors' acting skills and I'm also quite proficient in the professional skills of a director. You'll control the feeling of the entire film and help me complete the storyboard script. The senior director will check our finished product for any deficiencies. What do you think?"
Lin Xin had directed a movie before and had a strong theoretical background, so he had no problem with the theoretical aspects of directing. What he lacked in terms of emotions, he asked Gu Meng, who was familiar with the incident, to fill in the gaps.
The lack of experience of the two newcomers was made up by other assistant directors.
Gu Meng thought about it and felt that although it was a bit risky, directing the show himself was probably the best approach that would suit his taste at the moment.
"But we are two newcomers. What if something goes wrong with the director's work, wasting such a good subject matter and not letting you win the award?" Gu Meng asked.
Lin Xin said: "If the quality of the works we direct ourselves is not up to standard, then we can only blame ourselves."
Gu Meng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Of course I know I can only blame myself."
Lin Xin said: "That's settled then."
Gu Meng: ???
Meng Lan asked, "Wait, is it settled?"
Lin Xin nodded: "There is no better way. Let's find an assistant director now. He doesn't need to be good at gangster themes, as long as he has enough experience, is careful enough, and is easy to talk to."
He couldn't find an assistant director who, relying on his seniority, would give orders to him and Gu Meng.
Meng Lan was helpless: "Is it really settled?
Gu Meng also said: "Would you like to think about it again?"
Lin Xin said: "Then do you have a better idea?"
Meng Lan still wanted to find a foreign director and let Gu Meng be the consultant. However, Gu Meng obviously felt that foreign famous directors had bad tempers and would definitely not obey her.
Finally, Gu Meng agreed with Lin Xin's suggestion, and the director of the film was decided.
Lin Xin and Gu Meng both thought this was a good idea, but others, including Meng Lan, were very worried. They couldn't understand Lin Xin and Gu Meng's amazing logic, how could they have become the director themselves?
It’s just that the two of them are investors and the copyright is in Gu Meng’s hands, so they have the final say.
Some actors were worried that the two would not be able to make a good movie, so several of the original roles canceled their contracts. Since they had not signed the contract yet, they did not need to pay the penalty.
For Gu Meng, a good-tempered gangster boss, it was okay, but the group of people under him who wrote "Black Fire" were very aggressive.
Gu Meng beat these people up and made them behave themselves temporarily.
Lin Xin helped Gu Meng beat the men, and then said worriedly, "Oh no, if we beat them into the hospital, who will be our consultant?"
"Black Flames": ...
As expected, he is the boss’s friend, as cruel and...his brain circuits are problematic as the boss.
Gu Meng said, "I'm enough. Is there anyone who is more familiar with the gang's procedures than me? They should just lie in the hospital obediently. Now we should think about how to find all the actors. The actors for the two main female roles have broken their contracts."
Lin Xin said: "I have already found replacements for the two female roles. Guan Hanwei and Shang Qiuping have already agreed to my invitation."
Shang Qiuping would certainly not refuse Lin Xin's invitation both publicly and privately, but because there were better options at the beginning, Shang Qiuping was not invited.
Now that the originally chosen actress has broken her contract, it would be fine if Shang Qiuping can show her acting skills in "Xun".
If she can't perform as well as she did in "Looking", her role will be reduced. With her current status and Lin Xin's status as a shareholder of the entertainment company Shang Qiuping signed with, Shang Qiuping's role can be adjusted at will.
As for Guan Hanwei, they had invited her before, but Guan Hanwei had an announcement.
"Is Guan Hanwei free now?" Gu Meng asked.
Lin Xin said: "Our leading lady took her role."
Gu Meng laughed: "What a coincidence."
Lin Xin nodded: "What a coincidence."
Guan Hanwei had not yet signed a formal contract for the movie she was originally going to film. After the original female lead on Lin Xin's side greeted the other crew, the other party replaced her.
After all, that actress is more famous.
Gu Meng said: "Then we must work hard."
It’s still very unpleasant to be looked down upon.
Lin Xin said: "You have to work hard."
Seeing that Lin Xin was not affected at all, Gu Meng couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, okay, I have to work hard anyway."
Others say that his thinking is weird, but Lin Xiaoxin is much weirder than him.
Lin Xin shrugged.
That's right. Working hard is for yourself. Whether others look down on you or value you has nothing to do with how hard you work.
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After the filming of this movie started, public opinion was very optimistic about the combination of Lin Xin and Gu Meng.
The director and consultant combination that Lin Xin finally chose was people he had worked with before. The assistant director was Yuan Qiuman and the consultant was his teacher Qu Zhengde.
Qu Zhengde was, of course, invited by Lin Xin with great respect as a teacher, while Yuan Qiuman called and asked for the position herself.
Yuan Qiuman is also directing her own films now, but she has never directed a drama about men, and is still focusing on romance and comedy. She also wants to come to this crew to learn from them.
It is said that this crew has real former gangsters in charge, so we can definitely learn a lot.
When it comes to tough guy dramas, looking around the world, they all involve gangster themes.
What surprised Lin Xin was that Qu Zhengde actually knew Gu Meng.
Not Gu Meng as an actor, but Gu Meng as a former gang boss.
Although Gu Meng has stepped out from behind the scenes to the front after his company went public, and everyone who knows his gang knows that he is the new boss of the gang, but it was surprising that Qu Zhengde, a director who came from an orthodox academic school, knew about the gang. Not to mention other people, even Gu Meng himself was surprised.
Qu Zhengde said, "Actually, I don't know him, I know his grandfather. When I was a student, I interned with a Hong Kong crew and saw his grandfather pointing a gun at the director's head and demanding changes to the script. The leader of your gang at the time should have been your grandfather, right?"
Gu Meng: “…”
Lin Xin said: "I said your family must have done this kind of thing."
Gu Meng said: "Shut up! I don't know that old man."
The gang's family affairs are difficult to sort out, and Gu Meng indeed does not recognize the man who is his grandfather by blood.
Qu Zhengde smiled and said, "I was just joking to liven up the atmosphere. Since you are the one directing this movie, there must be no problem with it. To be honest, although the shooting environment of gangster movies was a bit dangerous at that time, the result was really shocking and beautiful. It doesn't have that flavor now. Seeing so many classics created by foreign gangster-themed movies, the themes we are good at are gradually buried. We, the older generation, still feel uncomfortable. Young man, since you want to shoot, make a few more. But don't point your gun at others again, it's not good if it goes off accidentally."
Lin Xin nudged Gu Meng with his elbow and said, "I'm talking to you."
Gu Meng's mouth twitched: "Teacher Qu, I am a good citizen and will never do this."
Qu Zhengde smiled and said, "That's good, that's good, hahaha."
Gu Meng held his forehead with his hand. Lin Xin's teacher was just as troublesome as Lin Xin herself.
But generally speaking, the atmosphere on the set was good. Especially after knowing that the people filming might be real former gangsters, the actors in the crew behaved as well-behaved as quails.
Gu Meng: ...What's your attitude? I'm really a good citizen. I've never pointed a gun at anyone while filming!
Lin Xin: The only thing you have done is shooting someone in the head with a gun.
Gu Meng: Haha, it’s as if you have never killed anyone.
Well, these two are scary.
The shoot went smoother than expected.
The most crucial part of this play is the rivalry between the undercover protagonist and the gang boss. The collision of Lin Xin and Gu Meng's acting skills made Qu Zhengde laugh from ear to ear. At this time, it seemed as if he was the main director and was more excited than Lin Xin.
Qu Zhengde kept patting Gu Meng on the shoulder, saying that he was very suitable for the entertainment industry and should make more movies when he had time.
Lin Xin poured cold water on him: "This is a natural performance, how can there be any acting skills?"
Gu Meng said: "You are just being rude. Be careful that I get the Best Supporting Actor award and you don't get the Best Actor award."
Lin Xin felt that as an actor, he must not lose to Gu Meng, who worked for three days and then stopped for three years. So he became more focused.
Gu Meng only needs to act in his true colors to match Lin Xin's acting skills, which makes Lin Xin extremely frustrated.
This is cheating! Resist it!
Gu Meng shrugged and spread his hands. Is it his fault?
The two main characters in the movie acted like they were racing with a spaceship, and the other actors were dragged along. Guan Hanwei was already holding her breath, and she was determined to perform well in this movie and not lose to the senior who stole her role.
Since a senior chose this movie in the first place, it means that she was very optimistic about this movie. As long as this movie is well made, it will definitely surpass the role in the other movie.
Although if she hadn't agreed to that side first, Guan Hanwei would have chosen this side, but her role was now Shang Qiuping's role. But now that she was squeezed to this side, Guan Hanwei was still gritting her teeth in anger.
Shang Qiuping knew that if the actor didn't cancel the contract, she would never get the role, so she worked very hard. Although her acting skills were not as good as Guan Hanwei's, she could still meet the standard after taking more shots.
Shang Qiuping, who was originally very confident in her acting skills, was compared to trash in "Xun" and this movie, but she also learned a lot and improved a lot. She was really in pain and happy.
In addition to the passionate (gay?) collisions between men, the tenderness of men and women is also indispensable in men's dramas. The roles of these two actresses are just vases if they are not well-made, but they are also the essence if they are well-made.
This part was given to Yuan Qiuman, who is very good at filming love scenes.
Guan Hanwei plays the gangster boss' mistress. She is madly in love with the gangster boss and is loyal to him. She has always been suspicious of the undercover agent with a woman's sixth sense. She is the person the undercover agent fears the most and the first person he tries to get rid of. Guan Hanwei has a lot of fighting scenes and battles of wits with Lin Xin in this play. Her love for the gangster boss is also very touching. She even thinks of the gangster boss when she dies.
Shang Qiuping plays a female police officer, one of the few senior police officers who knows the identity of the undercover agent, and also the undercover agent's girlfriend. She has been waiting for the day when the undercover agent returns from the gang, but after the mission is over, the undercover agent leaves her and becomes the new gang boss.
Generally speaking, the love stories here are quite tragic.
However, the friendship, family and brotherhood in the film are all tragedies, so it is normal that love is also a tragedy.
If the two actresses perform well, it will add a touch of color to the gangster boss and the undercover agent beyond the emotional struggle, allowing the two to return to men from their professional identities. If they play as vases, then it is estimated that in this film, the gangster boss and the undercover agent are very much like being gay.
After all, the relationship between the two is too complicated and unforgettable.
"Therefore, in order to prevent people from thinking that you two are acting in a romance movie, you must not look at each other with love in your eyes!" Qu Zhengde emphasized.
Lin Xin and Gu Meng both made retching gestures.
Looking at each other with love in the eyes? Oh my god, I'm sick to my stomach.
Qu Zhengde's wrinkles deepened as he smiled. These two young men are really interesting.
As for the spouses of the two people who came to visit the set, they exchanged helpless smiles.
Look, isn’t the one in my house a little childish?
Fortunately, the one in my family is also quite childish.
Thank you for your hard work.
You have worked hard too.
Well, every time the two couples meet, they have a feeling of mutual appreciation. Therefore, Lin Xin and Gu Meng became good buddies, and the two of them also became very good friends.
They both have a lover with problematic thinking and inexplicably childish behavior, so it's hard not to become friends.
While they were working diligently on the film, Meng Lan, who was in charge of the film's publicity, was scratching her head and worrying about how to promote the film.
Lin Xin and Gu Meng did not want to hype up the actress' breach of contract. Lin Xin's popularity in the academic circle has not yet subsided, and Gu Meng, as the president, is finally going to film a movie, which is also a point of concern for everyone. The first film and television adaptation of the author Heihuo's novel is also a topic that can be promoted.
It’s just that compared to Lin Xin’s previous movies which always had remarkable promotional points, this movie doesn’t have any surprising promotional points at all. It’s really hard to get used to such a conventional promotion.
Meng Lan wondered if he had a tendency to be a masochist. Now that Lin Xin hadn't caused any trouble, he actually felt uncomfortable? Now he was actually not used to normal publicity, but was looking forward to some unexpected news?
Meng Lan knocked her head and said to herself: "Should I go see a psychiatrist with this mentality?"
I still keep repeating to myself that a simple and ordinary life is the best.
So Meng Lan began to promote Lin Xin's film in a very normal way. The novel of this film is very popular, so readers should be happy, right? Lin Xin's second film as a director needs everyone's support, right? Aren't fans looking forward to Lin Xin and Gu Meng joining forces again?
Netizens said that they were looking forward to it very much, but the promotion of this movie was too conventional and they felt a little empty inside.
However, Lin Xin just made a big news, and the news has not yet died down, so it would be nice to have something calm occasionally.
Just when netizens were thinking this, Lin Xin came out with unexpected news.
No, this time it’s not Lin Xin who is in the news, but Lin Xin’s parents.
They are now studying basic physics and have come up with some remarkable results. It is said that this result has proved some incredible theory and may lead to energy innovation?
Although it is basic physics, it will eventually lead to reforms in the applied industry. This couple is simply amazing.
As a result, Lin's father and mother began to appear frequently in major media and were nominated for the Nobel Prize. According to this year's nominations, it is a foregone conclusion that they will win the Nobel Prize.
Technological progress, especially technological progress that affects people's livelihood, is something worth celebrating by the whole nation.
With Lin's father and mother making a strong appearance in front of people across the country and even the world, Lin Xin's attention has increased again.
Because Lin's father and mother thanked their two sons, one provided technical equipment and the other provided technical support in mathematics.
A family of geniuses, a family of great people. People around the world are jealous.
This is genetics, alas.
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