Xu Xin did not drive.

Or maybe he was really afraid that he would fall asleep on the road while driving.

So I took a taxi directly, got in the car and said "Shijia Hutong" and closed my eyes.

He was dazed and didn't know how long he had slept. He was shaken awake by the taxi driver. After giving the money in a daze, he got out of the car and realized that... this was not his home.

Where did this person come from?

What's the license plate number... I have to complain to you... Oh, it's Shijia Hutong.

I saw the street sign at the entrance of the alley, and suddenly I remembered that I didn't mention the house number... Then there was nothing wrong with him being dragged here.

The cool night wind did not make him feel more energetic.

On the contrary, it brought with it a hint of impatient exhaustion.

He wants to sleep too much now.

He buried his face in his coat and walked like a drunk man who had drunk too much. He opened his eyes in three steps and wandered to the door of his house in five steps. He took the key and opened the door and returned directly to the house.

.

There is no light on, and there is no need to turn on the light.

I returned to my bedroom in the dark, and there was no such thing as taking a shower or washing my face.

As soon as he plugged in the charging plug of his mobile phone, he leaned into the bed.

Then there was a burst of squirming like earthworms, and all the clothes, pants, socks and underpants were thrown to the ground.

The dark bedroom fell completely silent.

…

"...I'm really, I'm calling you. I was raised by you!"

Hengdian.

After the girl heard the "power off" prompt again, she swore a vicious oath...but the next second she suddenly clapped her lips:

"Bah!"

"...Well, I want to call you before you call me. I am your adopted one!...Hmm!"

The girl, who now felt more reasonable, was satisfied, but when she saw herself in the mirror, her mentality collapsed again.

There aren't any big waves.

Her hair was straightened back again.

Then... I thought it looked pretty at first, but when I thought about it again before the afternoon, I felt disgusted with the side bangs that appeared...

Following the director's instructions, in order to get closer to Guo Xiang in the image design, Yang Mi changed her hairstyle. What do you think about Yang Mi? Why is she so ugly in the mirror?

What kind of shape is this?

She raised her head subconsciously...

My mood became even worse.

Why do I look at my face like a young cow from this angle...

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Distraught, she threw her head into the pillow and cried:

"I hate oblique bangs!!! I hate Nenniu Wufang!!!"

The cotton of the pillow absorbs all sound…

At the end of the day, she seemed to feel that it was not enough, and said inexplicably:

"I hate you!!!!"

"Dong dong dong..."

There was a knock on the door.

Zeng Jia's voice came from outside:

"Mimi, the director asked the actors to have a meal together."

"Hey, okay~"

The girl whose face instantly became as warm as the spring breeze responded, stepped on her slippers and walked out of the door.

…

5am.

Xu Xin turned on the phone and looked at the time, then realized that he seemed to have slept for fifteen or six hours including the daytime yesterday.

Good guy.

It’s not like I’ve stayed up late before, but this is the first time I’ve encountered this situation.

The most important thing is that he slept deeply.

If the bladder hadn't exploded, I might not have woken up right now.

After waking up, I felt that my body was full of strength and my spirit was fully nourished.

After taking a shower and waking up, he picked up his phone to see if anyone sent him a message yesterday... but he saw a dozen unread text messages.

Except for three pieces of information from mobile operators and two pieces of news that are scheduled to be pushed every day, the others were all sent by Yang Mi.

"I'm in Hengdian. It's much warmer here than ours. I'll see the fairy sister soon. Do you want me to get an autograph for you?"

"Two are fine, please think about it carefully. As long as you can tell me the secret, what a deal it is~"

"Where is the person? Turn off the phone again?"

"Then you should rest first and call me back when you see the message."

This is the message for the morning.

"Why is your phone always turned off?"

"Did you lose your phone?"

"Hello, the kindhearted person who found the phone, if you see this message of mine, please take the initiative to contact me and return the phone, and you will be rewarded."

This is at noon.

Then it's night time.

"I called Director Yu. Director Yu said you went home?"

"No, Xu Xin, are you so rude?"

"..."

"Goodbye! If I call you again, I'll be a dog!"

…

"this……"

Xu Xin scratched his head.

Is this girl interested in me?

Have these messages exceeded the scope of friends?

We're obviously not good friends... you...

He didn't expect to encounter such a thing so early in the morning. He was a little funny...and then felt a little unworthy.

It's not that I really don't deserve it, it's just a feeling.

Because he always feels like a scumbag.

Especially in that dreamlike dream.

Although it was just a dream, every time I think about the things in the dream, I feel... I am really lucky not to have a disease.

On the yacht party, we promise not to mention anything about what happened on the boat after we get off the boat.

Meet an anchor, pay tens of thousands to play as a small anchor, and pay a million to play as a big anchor...

It's like playing around, playing all over the place.

Now that I think about it, it’s really God’s honor that nothing happened.

Although it was just a dream, he still felt that...even if he didn't realize it in reality, he could still do it.

So what he thought was quite simple.

Just take it as a sign of good deeds, and don't mess around with other girls before you take care of yourself.

As a result, after reading these dozen messages, he felt a little strange.

But strangely, there is a special kind of restlessness in my heart.

And when I came back to my senses and looked down...

"Nonsence!"

He spat and rolled his eyes.

Why do you want to scare people to death?

Amitabha Amen Amen.

He quickly calmed down and sent a message back to Yang Mi:

"It's like this. The night before yesterday, my phone was not charged. Then the day before yesterday, I was working and I had to mute my phone. After working all day, I was so busy the night before yesterday that I found that my phone was turned off. But I didn't take any rest the night before.

, but stayed up all night, finishing work at 5 or 6 in the morning, and then slept in the office until around 9 in the morning.

Later, other colleagues came, and I started to introduce the results of my work. The leader gave some requirements and opinions. In the afternoon, I worked on this matter with another leader of the project and made a short film. It was already around 4 p.m. when I finished it.

Well, I didn’t sleep much yesterday. I fell asleep when I came out of the work at about four o’clock and got into the taxi. I stumbled back home last night and slept until now. I really didn’t mean not to reply to your message.

I'm sorry, then you see the message and send me a reply, and I'll call you to apologize, okay?"

Because of the 80-character limit for mobile phone text messages, it took him 5 messages to complete this message, complete with punctuation and content.

After posting it, he added:

"Don't be angry. If I get busy next time, I will tell you in advance. But I really need to mute the phone over there, otherwise it won't be appropriate."

The message was sent successfully, but the other party did not reply.

It's right to think about it, I must be sleeping at this moment.

He looked at the dim sky outside and put on a set of sportswear.

Just as I was about to go out... I suddenly turned back and got a message on my phone:

"I went for a run without my phone."

Then walked out the door.

After finishing the five-kilometer run, I walked slowly to the breakfast shop and had breakfast. After returning home, I already had a reply on my phone:

"You don't have to explain so much to me, I'm fine."

"It's okay, haha. Why are you explaining so much to me?"

"Well, then I'll reciprocate the favor."

"I went to Hengdian yesterday to ask for your autograph. I got the autograph of the fairy sister. Do you want it? Give me Mimi in exchange!"

"The secret is not Mimi!"

"Then I started putting on makeup and styling."

"Don't mention it, it makes me feel bad if I mention it, you know? The image the director designed for me... well, this is also a secret. If you want to know, just give it a secret."

"Anyway, I don't like it very much. Really, I guess you will laugh at me if you see me."

"Let me give you a hint, Nenniu Wufang. Seriously, my heart is broken."

"Then we go to a dinner party in the evening...it's also quite disgusting."

"Let me tell you, Huang Xiaoming is too pretentious. I went up to greet him and said hello, senior brother, I am Yang Mi, and I hope you can give me some advice. Guess what he said to me. He said to me: I

I’ve seen your audition, you have to work hard and don’t let me down, I recommended you to take the role.”

"Bah! If I were a newbie who didn't know anything, I would probably shed tears of gratitude to him."

"It's obviously run by my company. Except for one person from Tang Ren who was promoted with me, the other three people including me are all from our company."

"The one from Tang Dynasty quit after being promoted last year to film "Flying Fairies" with Hu Ge. Then the remaining three of us held an audition competition within the company, and I got the spot."

"I even managed to get the nod from him and the director so that I could star in it... I'm really speechless. This is so campy."

"But there's nothing I can do about it. He's a "big shot." I have to laugh and toast him with a few glasses of wine. Then... let me tell you, Liu Tianxian looks aloof, but he's actually quite thoughtful.

I listened to her chat with Director Yu and the bearded Zhang Jizhong last night, and there were all kinds of tricks in it. She will definitely not be simple in the future!"

"I won't tell you. Don't tell anyone else what you see after you finish your run. Did you hear me?"

"I forgive you. Although I asked Director Yu yesterday what exactly you were doing, Director Yu also told me to keep it confidential..."

"I'm packing up and getting ready to go to the set. Come on, I'll do the same!"

Why did this girl become such a talkative person on the set?

Xu Xin was a little funny, after all, getting up so early in the morning to send a message with so many words made his fingers hurt just thinking about it.

Is this the master of Audition VS the master of DOTA in high-end rooms?

Love it, love it.

Replied:

"Well, I'm getting ready to go to work. The amount of information in your text messages is too big. I can't express my feelings by typing. After you finish your work, let's talk on the phone. I'll talk to you when I'm done."

After sending it, I thought about it and replied again:

"come on!"

The other party also didn't reply.

Xu Xin took another shower, changed some clothes, and took a taxi directly to the Olympic Building.

As a result, as soon as we arrived at the Olympic Building, we suddenly met Wei Lanfang coming out of the door.

"Sister Wei, good morning, why are you going?"

"Submit your design plan... By the way, Xiao Xu."

Wei Lanfang stopped him:

"You may have to go on a business trip after a while. I'll tell you in advance."

"……On business trip?"

Xu Xin was stunned:

"Where are you going? Come on, Sister Wei, don't I have work on hand? How can it be my turn to go on a business trip? I've only been here for two days... we are so short of people here?"

He was a little speechless.

This is making a contribution to the country.

Why did you suddenly let yourself go on a business trip?

Wei Lanfang was stunned...

But he immediately showed a strange smile.

"You really don't want to go?"

"Why don't you go? Although I don't know why, I think there is nothing more important than coming up with a creative plan now, right? This torch shouldn't be the final plan. After you report it, Sister Wei, I have to follow the instructions of the leaders.

Do you want to make changes based on your opinions? This matter must be more important than other things."

"Well... that's fine, just pretend I didn't say anything."

For some reason, this sister's smile is even weirder.

Waved to Xu Xin:

"I go first."

"All right."

Xu Xin said goodbye to the other party and took the elevator upstairs without taking such a trivial matter as a business trip seriously.

I didn't see Zhang Yimou today, but I was stopped by Fan Yue.

"Xiao Xu."

"Hey, Director Fan, tell me."

"I have finished talking to Haoyang. You, Xu Jin, and Liu Mingsheng are now officially responsible for the design improvement project of the main torch. And didn't we talk about using gunpowder devices yesterday? For safety reasons, you will now start to set an ignition

For device simulation testing, use the form of flame eruption instead.”

Hearing this, Xu Xin asked subconsciously:

"In other words, build a real torch?"

"right."

Fan Yue nodded:

"But it's not one-to-one, it's a model. Let's get the ignition device out first. In addition... you can try to optimize some details, or extend some other design ideas. Let's brainstorm. We have to test the ignition now, and then

There will be two aerospace engineering engineers coming to your place today... You will be responsible for the specific affairs of the main torch for the time being and will be directly responsible to me, do you understand?"

"Understand."

Xu Xin nodded vigorously:

"Don't worry, Director Fan, leave it to me."

"Well, go ahead."

Listening to Xu Xin's firm answer, Fan Yue smiled and patted his shoulder:

"come on!"

"Um!"

…

"Xu Xin!"

When they saw Liu Mingsheng and Xu Jin, their attitude toward Xu Xin obviously went up to a new level.

Xu Xin can probably guess why.

But he didn't mention it, but looked at the two brothers with glasses.

"Li Li, Chen Jiahao, these are the engineers sent to us by Yu Gong, who are responsible for the ignition program simulation research and development and device design."

"Hello you two."

Xu Xin quickly stretched out his hand.

Yu Gong is the technical master of the team, or... one of the top aerospace engineering technology leaders in China. Yu Luping is responsible for all technical problems in public relations for this Olympic Games.

The other person was not the director, so everyone called him Yu Gong.

And now five people, including Xu Xin, are the entire creative team.

It’s okay. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

After getting to know each other and confirming that Director Fan had also informed these four people about the design of the main torch and the project of igniting the simulation experiment, the creative team held a brief meeting.

Decide to start with both software and hardware.

Xu Jin went to work on the ignition device, and then he first spliced ​​a slightly larger torch shape to see the effect. Then Liu Mingsheng went to find a color screen and directly formed a large surround screen. Li Li and Chen Jiahao were responsible for the software design, and Ma Wen improved it.

A simple PPT made.

As the designer of the project, although Xu Xin didn't know anything, he had no problem doing some scrap work.

Anyway, it is a group work and there is not so much hierarchy.

Just do it and it's done.

So, everyone worked separately. Xu Xin and Xu Jin went to find the boards first. Before leaving, he did not forget to send a message to Yang Mi:

"I'm starting to get busy."

…

In the blink of an eye, a day passed.

Xu Xin and Xu Jin spent the whole day outside. They took materials from a workshop of Tiangong No. 4 Institute specially assigned to Jiang Haoyang for the design of Olympic props. The workshop director received the order

, specially called a few technicians to come over and take instructions.

Xu Xin wore a safety helmet and communicated about the colors of red and silver, while showing his design drawings to the artists of the Fourth Institute, and then designed a more exquisite auspicious cloud pattern on the computer than the draft drawing.

Then you have to worry about the spraying and welding of materials.

Although it seems simple, there are actually quite a lot of trivial things.

After a busy day, I just finished designing the auspicious cloud pattern, and worked overtime to use the machine tool to create a small prototype.

And several technicians didn't get off work either.

When they heard that it was about the Olympic Games, these people's fighting spirit was ignited.

Especially after seeing the auspicious cloud pattern produced by the machine tool, the two masters also said that the machine produced it unnaturally... Discuss with the artist to see if a team should come over tomorrow and do it by hand.

It made Xu Xin laugh and cry.

This is just a sample...

Who would have thought that this group of masters who have dedicated their lives to the country's military and aerospace industry immediately became serious when they heard this.

What to say, there is a saying in their industry, what is it...beauty means combat effectiveness and so on.

And looking at the determination in their eyes, Xu Xin felt more and more how heavy the burden on his shoulders was...

At the same time, I couldn't help but think of one thing.

It's just a creative team that holds the torch... Regardless of whether it will adopt its own plan in the end.

But just for this moment, the pressure on his shoulders was so heavy.

That……

How much pressure is Director Zhang carrying?

The expectations of more than one billion people...

The country’s expectations…

The world is focused on this...

Xu Xing felt a little out of breath just thinking about it.

But the other party...

"well……"

He sighed quietly and looked at the master worker who started to weld the sample together, his eyes straightened a little.

…

Finally, the welded sample of the auspicious cloud pattern props was combined with the propane fuel that Xu Jin picked up in the afternoon as the burning material for the Olympic flame.

The sample is actually not high, only half a meter.

After placing the propane stove inside, light the torch, and a flame spurts out and begins to burn brightly on the torch full of auspicious cloud patterns.

Xu Xin was filming while holding the DV in his hand, while subconsciously looking at the scientific researchers gathered in a circle.

Everyone knows that this thing in front of you is just a sample.

Props.

It is used for simulation.

However, after get off work, there were still many people who didn't leave, staying just for this scene.

Needless to say, confidentiality is a given.

Their own work is covered by confidentiality regulations.

And staying to watch is just out of curiosity.

At first, Xu Xin thought so.

However, in the safe combustion test site of the workshop, it was already dark now.

Only propane burns in the flames.

Xu Xin saw the expressions on each of their faces.

Everyone was staring at the flames in a daze.

silence.

observe.

But everyone's eyes have a sparkling brilliance.

Xu Xin didn't know if his expression was like this.

But he saw it.

From the eyes of these people, we can see a kind of excited expectation.

Twenty or thirty people.

The expectations of twenty or thirty people converged with this burning flame.

Burning.

And the auspicious clouds shrouded in the light and shadow appear colorful with the shaking of sparks.

Like a dream or an illusion.

DV may only be able to convey part of the picture.

But as a designer, Xu Xin felt at this moment...

So beautiful, so beautiful.

Finally, after the experiment, everyone applauded in unison.

Torch burning test is feasible.

A complete success!

But that doesn't mean the mission is over.

Today is just sampling. Tomorrow, the spray-painted alloy aluminum plates composed according to the design ideas this afternoon have been painted and will be welded tomorrow.

The official torch alloy material can only be used for bow bending tomorrow.

The ignition point of ordinary aluminum plates is too low and cannot be used as a building material for regular torches.

So there are still many things that need to be prepared.

After all, Rome was not built in a day, and horses and cattle were not born as cows and horses.

But as long as you find the right direction, success is not far away.

After leaving the office, the two returned to the Olympic Building.

The eleventh and twelfth floors are still brightly lit.

Xu Xin and Xu Jin parted ways and went to the twelfth floor first.

The lights were on in the large conference room, but there was no one there. On the contrary, there were voices in the small conference room.

He walked over and knocked on the door. After hearing the sound of "come in" from inside, he opened the door.

The smell of smoke came to my face.

At first glance, several of the main creators are there.

Xu Xin said hello:

"Teachers, I took a picture of the lighting of the main torch. Do you want to take a look?"

"oh?"

Zhang Wu's eyes lit up and he pointed to the TV in the corner:

"Hurry up, let it out and take a look."

Xu Xin nodded, removed the tape from the DV, and inserted it into the projector.

On the side, Dynasty Ge turned off the lights in the conference room.

Xu Xin was shooting with a handheld DV just now, so at the beginning of the picture, with his "321" countdown in the background, it was a little shaken, but it stabilized immediately.

With a "boom", the countdown ends and the flame ignites.

The main torch's auspicious cloud patterns and light were slightly exposed on the screen. After returning to normal, when the half-meter-high torch was lit, the beautiful patterns and textures made these people in the darkness slightly exposed.

Nodding expression.

Sure enough, no matter how you look at this torch, you feel comfortable.

That kind of beauty...

It really has the flavor of our own romantic feelings.

The ignition test lasted more than three minutes.

Xu Xin only recorded for more than three minutes.

After everyone watched the more than three minutes of video quietly, they turned on the lights again.

Zhang Wu started patting his thigh again:

"Xiao Xu, ok, ok, this tastes really right!"

"Thank you, Director Zhang."

Xu Xin responded with a smile.

Then he looked at Zhang Yimou.

But he saw the other party frowning again and pinching his chin...

But at this moment, Zhang Yimou's cell phone suddenly started vibrating on the table, interrupting his train of thought.

After taking a look, he answered the phone:

"Hey, Xiaowei."

I don’t know what was said on the phone. Suddenly, Zhang Yimou was stunned and said:

"real?"

Then, he glanced at Xu Xin and asked again amidst everyone's doubtful eyes:

"...When?...Okay, I understand. Xiao Xu is on my side. I'll talk to him directly and let him get ready...Well, okay, that's it."

Xu Xin was a little confused when he heard that it was related to him. After Zhang Yimou hung up the phone, he asked:

"Director Zhang, what's wrong?"

Zhang Yimou stared at him...and suddenly said:

"You were selected."

"……ah?"

Xu Xin was stunned again:

"What...selected? Main torch?"

"No. It's a torch."

A smile slowly appeared on Zhang Yimou's face:

"After Xiaowei submitted your design plan today, the organizing committee just called. The leaders of the main torch plan have not responded yet, but the review team likes your design drawing of the torch.

I made a special call to tell Xiao Wei that among the 388 torch designs received so far, yours can be shortlisted for re-evaluation, so that you can make an appearance model and submit it in the next few days. You are ready to prepare.

Make it real!"

"...???"

Xu Xin was confused.

"What...what review?"

He was a little unresponsive.

"For design review, Xiao Wei said that after you handed in this drawing, because it was sent suddenly, he jumped in the queue. After everyone looked at your design drawing, design ideas and the concept drawing created by Ma Wen

Finally, you got more than 80% of the votes in favor... becoming the fourth torch design officially shortlisted for re-evaluation! Then the leader here just finished the review and approval, and specially called Xiao Wei to send a notice... Congratulations

You, Xiao Xu, you are shortlisted."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless, speechless.

Jaw-dropping.

Looking at Zhang Yimou blankly...

My mind went blank.

It was empty, with only four words left...

Guangzong Yaozu.

Guangzong Yaozu.

Still fucking Guangzong Yaozu...

And along with these four words, a picture appeared in his mind for some reason.

Entrance to Xujiawan Toll Station.

After my car passed the toll station, I was stopped by a group of people.

Pulling himself out of the car, someone shouted:

"Sanjin is back! Folks, fight!"

Then……

Waist drums, flower fans, passionate dances, and the noisy excitement of gongs and drums and firecrackers...

The village chief brought a tall horse, and a group of people put a bright red flower on their chests and helped themselves onto the horse.

Then... it was so long.

Among the endless gongs and drums team, the suonas, shengs and flutes, which are only played on the big day, sounded happily, and the team began to move forward little by little in the direction of their home.

The flower fan sleeves are flying in mid-air accompanied by gongs and drums...

so gorgeous.

Subconsciously, his mouth felt a little dry.

But I didn't find it...

In the eyes of everyone, his face had turned completely red.

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Chapter completed!