The Best Director

Chapter 104 I agree with you

On Thanksgiving Day on November 23, after Wang Yang and Jessica spent a sweet little holiday, they returned to busy again. (Read novels) Time soon entered December, and the atmosphere of Christmas became more and more intense. The promotion of "Juno" has also reached the final sprint stage before the release. The main creators participated in various TV talk shows and magazine interviews Wait, Wang Yang and Natalie are the most needed creators here. Their schedules are very tight, and Natalie also ended her first semester of her sophomore year ahead of schedule.

Long Island, New York, Hershrag's house, Wang Yang saw the long-lost Natalie. The two have had occasional phone calls since "Juno" wrapped, and met once in October, when Natalie spent a day recording voiceover material in Los Angeles, and now. They were filming a talk show in New York, and he had come to Natalie's house to give her the DVD of the release of Juno.

Originally, Wang Yang asked Natalie to come out to meet at the coffee shop, but she said, "I'm too lazy to go out, you can come to my house directly, um, I invite you to come as a guest." It's normal for good friends to visit as a guest. Natalie lived with her parents, not her own apartment, and she was considered an "invitation", and he seemed to have no reason to refuse.

Natalie's hair has grown back to shoulder length, but it's disheveled at the moment. She's wearing a T-shirt with a puppy pattern on it. Wang Yang outside the door said "Hello", and she looked at the He glanced at him, yawned and said, "Welcome, come in." After that, she stepped on her slippers and walked to the living room, saying, "Dude, you will never believe it, thinking that I can meet you today , I actually had insomnia last night."

The heating in the room rushed towards him, Wang Yang took off his coat and hung it on the hanger at the door, and followed Natalie with his briefcase. He looked around at the elegant furniture around him, and said casually, "Really?" He doesn't think so, she just wants to "combo", this kind of casual and boring way of making jokes, which they developed when they inspired the lines of "Juno".

Sure enough, seeing that Wang Yang didn't respond, Natalie shrugged and said: "Of course it's fake. But brother, it has something to do with you too. You made me miss class, so I have to work harder on self-study and reading. Be careful and saw midnight." Looking at the clean and spacious living room, Wang Yang smiled and said, "It's a beautiful house, aren't uncles and aunts here?" Natalie replied, "They have their own jobs." Wang Yang clicked. Nodding, he suddenly asked in doubt: "Why did I harm you?"

"If you don't ask me to shoot "Juno", won't it be fine?" Natalie turned to look at him, suddenly frowned, and punched Wang Yang's chest with both hands like crazy, hitting Wang Yang's chest hard. Make a "puff" sound. Wang Yang was stunned and said: "Oh, what's the matter?" Seeing his surprised look, Natalie laughed in satisfaction, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just want to beat you up Don, but you look funny."

Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, did she have to make fun of him before ending this round? He smiled helplessly: "Hey, I said you can beat me only if you get the Golden Raspberry Award,

not now. "Natalie said with a strange face: "Dude, don't you know?" I've already got it, the trophy for worst screen partner is in my bedroom. She smiled, and said again: "So, can I still get the golden raspberry next year?" "

"No, I'm afraid it won't work." Wang Yang opened his briefcase, took out the encrypted DVD, handed it to her and said with a smile, "Man, congratulations, your performance can be said to be at the level of Oscar's Best Actress, I think You will get a nomination next year, I don’t know if you can win an award.”

"Really?" Natalie raised the corners of her mouth, took the disc to the DVD player, and said while fiddling with it, "But the trailer really looks good, my classmates call me Juno directly, what the hell .” She came to the sofa and sat down, pressed the remote control, and the LCD TV screen began to play.

Wang Yang also sat down on the sofa, looked at the screen quietly, and listened to the brisk guitar music from the stereo. He felt very comfortable and peaceful in his heart. With these 120 minutes of video, no matter what the results of the screening were, he felt that Enough is enough, just like "When Happiness Comes Knocking", this is the highest level he can produce, no matter the actors or staff, he still gives A+ to all the crew.

For 2 hours, neither of them spoke, nor did they leave the sofa, only chuckling from time to time. It wasn't until the end of the movie that Natalie laughed loudly and a few times. She looked at Wang Yang on the other side of the sofa and said calmly: "I agree with what you said. I acted very well, Oscar She smiled and praised again: "Yan, you cut it very well, the soundtrack is also very good, everything is so good... Wow, this movie is so crazy, it seems that it will become my pride"

Natalie seemed to release the hateful version again, waving her hands triumphantly, and said, "Let them see the real Natalie and see if I will blush." ​​She clenched her fists viciously, staring Said to Wang Yang: "We want to defeat "Cast Away" and "100% Men"...Kill everything"

"Maybe." Wang Yang was amused by her appearance, and said, "I believe "Juno" will bring us a happy Christmas." Natalie blinked, and said, "I don't celebrate Christmas. "Wang Yang groaned, remembering that she was a Jew, and said with a smile: "It will give you a happy Hanukkah by mistake." He glanced at the wall clock on the wall, then stood up, and said, "I'm leaving , Goodbye TV tonight."

"Well, bye." Natalie lay down on the sofa, as if she didn't intend to see him off, she suddenly raised her head and said, "Oh, by the way, buddy, congratulations, your movie can be said to be at the Oscar level for best director Yes, I think you will get a nomination next year, I don't know if you can win an award." She laughed and said, "Well done, I chose you at the age of 21-24 and broke the record."

Wang Yang, who was about to walk out of the living room, glanced at her and said in a casual tone: "Really?" Natalie curled her lips and said, "False. The first sentence is true, but the latter is false. I chose you 29- You can only get it at the age of 32." Wang Yang said with a smile: "That's not bad. Bye."

Soon, there was a "bang" sound of opening and closing the door. Natalie on the sofa stared at the TV screen in a daze. After a long time, she picked up the remote control and pressed it, watching it again.

December is passing day by day, and Christmas is approaching day by day. During the time when Wang Yang and Natalie are recording talk shows and interviews everywhere, the Christmas schedule has officially kicked off.

On December 8, "Vertical Limits", "Proof of Life", "Dragon and the Castle", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were released, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became the most dazzling dark horse this week, with 16 The theater received 1.066 million box office. On December 15th, four more films joined the battle, "Chocolate", "Where's My Car", the cartoon "Transformation King" with an investment of 100 million yuan, and "100% Man" with an investment of 70 million yuan.

From the weekend of the 15th to the 17th, the three-day night passed, "100% Men" topped the weekend rankings with a box office of 33.614 million, and also received unanimous praise from the media and fans, which made Paramount overjoyed , It also made the main creators of the film the targets of the media.

Among them is Matt Williams, the director of "Sweetheart" and one of the producers of "100% Men". When he was interviewed by "Hollywood Today", he was asked by the reporter: "Do you know that next week will There are many new films released, among which "Cast Away" and "Juno" are the most concerned ones, are you confident to keep the weekly box office champion?" Matt Williams replied: "We are in the second week. , they are the first week, there is really no comparison. But we are also ready for the challenge."

The reporter asked again: "Talk about your opinion on "Juno"? Do you think it will be better than "Sweetheart Yiren"?" Moreover, this year there are only these two teen pregnancy-themed films, and their categories are both "comedy" and "drama". The gossip media who are keen to create topics will naturally not miss this opportunity. Under their hype, the main creators of "Sweetheart Yiren" seem to be affected, and there is some meaning that they want to secretly compete.

Matt Williams did not avoid talking, he replied: "I don't know, because I can't see this movie until at least the 22nd. I want to say that although the genres of the two movies are very close, "Sweetheart Iraqis" is an off-campus movie, and Juno is an on-campus movie. It’s not fair to both movies to compare them together.”

The reporter asked him: "You mean, "Juno" may be funnier than "Sweetheart", but its connotation will not be higher than "Sweetheart"?" Matt Williams only said "I Didn't say that." He refused to answer any questions about "Juno".

But when this report spread on the Internet, fans of Wang Yang and Natalie refused to give up easily. What is a "campus movie"? Are there no classic movies on campus? "Dead Poets Society", "Good Will Hunting"... What he wanted to say was "Youth Campus Movie", right? Like American Pie, High School Musical?

Let's not talk about whether the youth campus movie has any connotation. After watching "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", there is also what Miracle Yang said in the talk show ""Juno" and "High School Musical" are two types. It is not serious. But it’s serious compared to High School Musical.” Is Juno a film that doesn’t have much substance? Cinephile fans scoffed, and couldn't think of a reason for that, unless Juno was Magic Young's Waterloo.

"He's only 20 years old", "He's the director of Baby", "He's a man, he doesn't know how to get pregnant..." Please ask the media to predict the nomination list for this year's Golden Globe Awards. The best director column has the name of Miracle Yang , the nominated film is "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door".

With less than a week left until Christmas, Wang Yang and Natalie finished all the promotion of "Juno", and he returned home in Los Angeles, waiting for the premiere of "Juno" in a few days; The crew of "High School Musical 3" also started the Christmas-New Year holiday, and it will not be restarted until early January next year. Although Wang Yang does not believe in Jesus, celebrating Christmas has long been a habit since she was a child; Jessica is a devout Catholic, and for her, Christmas is a very important and joyful holiday .

If you want to have a festive atmosphere, you can't live without a Christmas tree and various decorations at home. Looking at the giant Christmas tree lying on the lawn, Wang Yang bent over and hugged the bottom end of the tree with both hands, and said, "Are you ready? One, two, three, lift it up" Joshua is holding the tree head on the opposite side." Ah!" roared, and lifted it up with all their strength, and the two of them moved slowly towards the door.

"Be careful." Jessica, who was following her with a happy smile, walked a few steps, and seeing Danny walking around their feet, she couldn't help clapping her hands hastily, and shouted: "Danny , come here and don’t trip them up.”

"Haha, you idiot, do you think everyone is you?" Joshua sneered, and suddenly felt the weight on this side slowly increasing. He looked at Wang Yang, who was facing menacing eyes, and gritted his teeth with difficulty: " Yang, you can’t do this, I’m here to help, and I don’t even have a salary.” The weight slowly went back, and Joshua breathed a sigh of relief, while carrying it, he frowned and said, “Why don’t you spend money to hire someone? Do? Look at your house and don't tell me to save that money"

Wang Yang and Jessica looked at each other and smiled, and he said: "Some things can only be fun if you do it yourself." Jessica nodded with a smile: "Well, especially decorating your own home." Joshua's face was full Amusedly said: "Hey, Jessica, then you should move it, you enjoy this fun and call me every time you have hard work..." He looked at the Christmas tree in front of him, and muttered: "I still want to buy this big one"

Wang Yang smiled, he remembered the scene when they moved furniture together two years ago, just like now, he said seriously: "Man, thank you." Joshua was stunned, and said in doubt: "What conspiracy do you have? Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "No."

"Come on, come on!" Jessica clapped her hands vigorously and said with a smile, "We have to finish moving it quickly, the talk show is about to start."

Looking at her bright smile, Joshua thought with some disdain in his heart: "Isn't it just to see how Yang chats with that hateful woman? If you want to see Yang, he is right in front of you, and you can chat with him anyway; that hateful woman? Forget it. There's nothing to be happy about..."

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