The Best Director

Chapter 146 Another Christmas

When the "Ninth District" crew completed all the filming work in Johannesburg, they embarked on a return trip. Full-text novel (read the novel) At the transiting Sao Paulo airport, the crew announced their disbandment, and everyone went back to their own homes. Naturally, professional and safe shipping was responsible for photographic equipment, film results and other items. The plane from St. Paul to Los Angeles landed steadily, and it was already the morning of Christmas Eve.

In the terminal building of Los Angeles International Airport, accompanied by two bodyguards whose contracts had ended, Wang Yang carried a luggage bag and pulled a suitcase full of gifts, and walked out of the terminal hall. The atmosphere of Christmas is everywhere in the terminal building. A huge Christmas tree stands in the center of the lobby. The melodious music of "jingle jingle jingle" is playing, and people coming and going are rushing home.

The time in South Africa was less than a month, but Wang Yang knew that he would never forget this experience. He saw many things that he had never seen before and only knew in books and movies, such as poverty, gloom and difficulty; The hostile eyes of the locals, and the humility of suspicion; the laughter of the children... Now standing on the land of the "City of Angels", he feels unspeakable, sighing, thankful, and grateful...

But generally speaking, he is very happy now, he can hug and kiss that girl immediately, return to his sweet home, and there will be a sumptuous Christmas dinner in the evening, what a wonderful thing this is. He was hit by the flash a few times, and suddenly noticed that there were three paparazzi with cameras in front of him, and they kept taking pictures of him.

"Unbelievable." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing. He didn't know if they were the kind of paparazzi waiting for rabbits at the airport, or they came here just for him. He sighed to the bodyguards around him: "Isn't today Christmas Eve? They are the world The hardest working man in the world."

At this time, the three paparazzi came up, taking pictures and asking questions; this also attracted the attention of many people around. Wang Yang was in a good mood, and the paparazzi were very well-behaved, so he stopped the bodyguards who wanted to drive them away: "Hey, let them do whatever they want, don't bother."

"Thank you, I'm Paul." A slightly chubby white male paparazzi smiled, followed Wang Yang's pace, and asked, "Magic Yang, how was your filming in South Africa?" With a click, He snapped another photo of the handsome director in a gray multi-pocket jacket and jeans.

Wang Yang turned his head and glanced at him, and said with a smile, "Everything is going well." Hearing that he was willing to answer, Paul and the three of them were delighted. Experience told them that the director is in a good mood now. Paul then asked: "We You know, you filmed in the slums of Soweto, what was that for? And it took a month? Did the main plot of "District 9" take place in a slum? Some people speculate that "District 9" is a slum ,yes?"

"About the content of the movie, I'm sorry, I'll keep it secret for now." Wang Yang shook his head with a smile, and said, "When it's released, you'll know when you go to the cinema.

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If possible, he hoped that the crew’s filming in Soweto, South Africa, could be completely kept secret; unfortunately, it was impossible, so the fact that “District 9” was guessed to be a slum was already within the expectation of the publicity plan, and the arrival of alien ships Story backgrounds such as Los Angeles and alien resettlement areas becoming slums will also be revealed in promotional activities.

The participants of the virus website of the "Alien Research Center" have now reached 550,000 people in more than 15 countries; it is estimated that in two months, it will reach the one million mark; "The Secret of Aliens" "The puzzle-solving games on the website have also been broken one by one by fans of the movie, leading Christopher Fussen to update several blogs, telling about their planetary civilization, how he got on the spaceship, and a meaningful sentence "I think go home."

And more than 30 of the more than 60 English letters have been found by student fans. This activity made "District 9" a hot topic in schools across the United States, and many schools have been searched by students. almost reversed. There are also many students who went to the school to protest, why not hide the letters in their schools?

Knowing that Wang Yang would not answer this question, so as not to offend him, the three of them, including Paul, did not pursue further questions, but instead turned to gossip. Paul asked with a smile: "A colleague from Joburg caught a picture of you with two buses. Ghetto kids in the car go to play and watch movies, you have a good laugh and now everyone is saying 'Angelina Jolie and Amazing Young, one mom and one dad,' what's going on?"

Wang Yang was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Paul and the others suspiciously. He wanted to ask what was going on? Reporters in Johannesburg caught it? He took the children to the movies on the day before his return trip, and at least he came to South Africa, so before leaving, the crew, accompanied by bodyguards, spent a day in Joburg to play and buy gifts; he stayed with the children. Then took a plane for a day, and then here.

Angelina Jolie? dad? He couldn't help but smiled helplessly, changed his hand to pull the suitcase, and said: "That's what happened. I took some children who had never seen a movie to watch a movie." Paul asked curiously: "I Do you mean why?” Wang Yang was puzzled and said, “Do you need a reason? Because they haven’t seen the movie.” Paul snapped the photo again, and said with a smile, “You’re such a good person.” Wang Yang said softly. He said softly, "Maybe."

"Can you tell me what movie you are watching?" A thin white paparazzi on the right asked, he smiled, and introduced himself: "I am David." Wang Yang nodded and replied: " Why not? We watched "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Paul on the left asked with a smile, "How about this movie?"

Hearing this question, Wang Yang immediately became vigilant, either he didn't answer it, or he couldn't give them a chance to make news. He thought about it, and replied with a smile: "There is no doubt that the movie is very good. It lasts more than 2 hours, and we are completely intoxicated in it." Thinking about "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that day, he Words are not polite, if he has children of the right age, he will take them to see.

"There are also those young actors, all of whom played very well, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Catherine Wright..." Wang Yang walked, While reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" cast list. Paul, David and the others next to him all opened their mouths in surprise. They didn't know whether the names he pronounced were correct, but did he memorize the cast list in advance?

After reading a long string of names, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the expressions of the paparazzi, and said, "Seeing them, I feel old." Paul waved his hand and smiled after recovering. : "Please, you are only 21 years old." Wang Yang nodded seriously, and said: "I can only say that fortunately I am a director."

"This year's Christmas schedule does not have your movie in theaters, and there hasn't been one throughout the year. What do you think?" Paul asked a new question, which is also a question that the media often mentions when reviewing and summarizing the history of movies in 2001. Condition.

Since 1998, Miracle Yang has been shining for three consecutive years; in the annual North American box office list in 2000, "Juno" with 210 million yuan and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" with 203 million yuan occupied the No. The third and fourth positions (the top two are 260 million "Grinch Christmas" and 230 million "The Rest of the Deserted Island"); but in 2001, he has always been high-speed and withdrew from the stage, only "High School Musical 3" as the screenwriter .

Looking at Wang Yang with a casual face, Paul continued to laugh and said, "Last Christmas, "Juno" and "Rest of a Deserted Island" staged a rare fierce battle; ", now everyone is crazy about it, "Ocean's Eleven", best director Steven Soderbergh, "Vanilla Sky", "Beautiful Taobao Women's Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Coat m Soul "... But without you, your fans are very disappointed." He shrugged and said: "A year is almost over, but you look like you haven't done anything this year. Everyone said that the magic Where did Jan go?"

"A lot of things happened." Wang Yang shook his head with a smile, too many things happened this year, not very pleasant things, imprisonment, old man Wu's death... and in the second half of the year he was busy with "The Ninth District" and "Sweetheart" Even the work of "Prison Break" has no time to make, so it can only be put on hold temporarily. He smiled and said to Paul and others: "It won't happen in 2002, I will come back"

Paul's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "It sounds like you're very confident? The high-speed magic Yang is coming back? Not counting "District 9", do you have any other movie plans?"

Other movie projects? Wang Yang pursed his lips and rolled his eyes. It took several months to complete the post-production special effects drawing of "The Ninth District". It was all the work of animators. Outside of checkpoints, I can't help much at ordinary times, and I have a lot of free time. He smiled again after thinking, "Maybe, maybe not, I don't know."

At this time, while everyone was talking, they had already walked out of the terminal building and came to the huge parking lot outside. Wang Yang took out his vibrating mobile phone to look at it, and said, "Guys, I think you have gained enough, so Goodbye, Merry Christmas." Seeing that he was leaving, David no longer hesitated to ask gossip questions: "Why didn't Jessica come to pick you up? Is there something wrong with your relationship?"

"Wow, isn't she right there?" Wang Yang looked forward hahaha, and saw a silver sports car approaching slowly stop, the door opened, and a hot girl in a light blue denim jacket left After getting out of the car, she waved her hand this way with a sweet smile on her face. He looked back at David and the others, and said suspiciously: "Or am I wrong? Why does that guy look so much like Jessica? I'll go over and ask Ye Ye."

"Goodbye, Jimmy, Jason" Wang Yang said goodbye to the two bodyguards again, and then he ran quickly to Jiang Ye with a smile, the suitcase rattling, and smiled to the girl: "Hey, girl, you Is it Jessica? Or her long-lost twin? I can't kiss the wrong person..." The girl put her arms around his neck and said, "Jan, kiss me"

Paul, David and others hastily raised their telephoto cameras and aimed at them in a stance. The flashes kept lighting up. These photos are the big rewards.

After the two kissed deeply and briefly, Wang Yang threw the luggage bag into the car, stuffed the suitcase into the trunk, sat on the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, and said: "Beautiful car, Sweetheart," Jessica smiled and started the car, stepped on the gas pedal, the sports car turned around slowly, adjusted its direction, and drove away.

"It's very hot there. You know that December is summer in South Africa. We wear T-shirts there." Wang Yang took a sip of red wine while talking, looking at Jessica, Cathy, and Joshua on the other side of the table Mark, who was sitting in the owner's seat, continued to talk about his impression of Johannesburg: "The city center is very beautiful and prosperous, the sky feels so blue and so close, and the grass and trees are so tough, the unique vitality and charm of Africa... ..."

The spacious dining room is also full of Christmas atmosphere. Danny stands quietly in front of the Christmas tree, looking at the lights hanging on the tree; there is a sumptuous Christmas dinner on the dining table, and the oily turkey is still the main course. There are also delicacies such as steak, barbecue, mashed potatoes, etc. The Alba family listened to what he said about Joburg with great interest: "But when you go out of the city center and come to Soweto, which is only 10 miles away, you will feel' Oh, my God' Dirt roads, tin houses, sewage... I don't know how to describe it, but you will know some after watching "Ninth District."

He breathed out lightly, seeing that everyone seemed to be frowning, he laughed loudly and said, "Don't talk about it, I know that one person can't change all the poverty and pain, you can only do what you can and then like Mark said all day, thank you for it all"

Jessica and Joshua both nodded and laughed, and Mark and Cathy looked at each other with a smile. Joshua picked up a piece of beef and chewed, and asked again: "Dude, is there any interesting filming tidbit?"

"Well, let me think about it... I have it." Wang Yang thought for a while, then frowned and smiled: "It was an aerial photo, sitting in a helicopter 'rumble' and turning around in the air. I told us that if you take aerial photos like this, be careful not to be shot by the people below, there are too many guns in the slums." He took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "As a result, we got off the plane after the scene was filmed that day. Photographer Harry George suddenly yelled 'Oh my God, there's a bullet hole in the fuselage'"

"God, why didn't you tell me?" Jessica's eyes widened in shock, Mark and Cathy also looked puzzled, and only Joshua said happily: "Bullet holes? It's crazy Wait, did the fat guy find it? Nope, it's definitely not a real bullet hole"

Wang Yang nodded with a smile, looked at Jessica and said, "Yes, it's not a bullet hole, Harry just likes to make a fuss." He took a piece of barbecue and put it into his mouth, and said with a smile, "It's funny now that I think about it, but At that time, we were really shocked for almost a whole day, we sat at the hatch to shoot, if there were bullets coming, the consequences would be unimaginable.”

Jessica rolled her eyes helplessly, and said, "Of course Jan, this is not an interesting thing, and it's dangerous when you think about it." But Joshua laughed and interrupted her hastily: "I think it's very interesting, Come on, isn't Jan sitting here? Why are you nervous, what is the bullet hole the fat guy said?" Mark also said seriously: "If the helicopter is hit by a bullet, the pilot should feel the martial arts. The holy king will kill the gods in the night and ask for the throne of the gods and gods. Mo Aoshi Ninth Heaven's Strongest Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan's God-Building General Night Kills God's Seal Throne Begging Mo Ao Shi Ninth Heaven's Strongest Abandoned Young Da Zhou Royal Clan Feels Impacted, Unless He Drinks Alcohol."

"Well, our pilot Brandon said the same thing, how could there be?" Wang Yang smiled, counting with his left hand up; "First, the slum area we chose has no gangs, and we have done well in advance Second, Blanton didn't feel it, none of us felt it; and third, we flew so high lol"

Mark Alba said: "The pistol can shoot 200 meters, and the automatic rifle can shoot more than 600 meters..." Joshua impatiently croaked twice, and said: "Dad, you will explain later. Jan, the bullet hole What exactly is it?" Wang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "There is a small place that is slightly sunken in there. Our analysis should be that when the helicopter landed on the ground many times, it may have been bounced by something; it may have been hit by a camera. Like that. I don't know, but it's definitely not bullets."

"OK, OK" Jessica pressed her hands up, glanced at the three of them, and praised: "You are cool, you are all cool guys. Next topic, please—"

Joshua glanced at her, and said with a hey smile, "Yang, why don't you tell me the story of you and those children? The photo of you dragging the children into the movie theater is really fascinating." He said in a rough voice : "Someone just wanted to say that." Wang Yang and Jessica immediately smiled, and Cathy also asked with interest: "Are those kids happy that day?"

"Well, they are very happy." Wang Yang nodded, thinking about the situation that day, and smiled: "One of the girls is named Arya, and she asked me 'Is there really magic? Can you?' I said Many people call me Miracle Yang, so I know this..." Everyone smiled and continued to listen to the story he told.

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During this holiday between Christmas and New Year, Wang Yang and Jessica stayed happily in Los Angeles. When the New Year's bell rang, the time officially entered 2002. "The Lord of the Rings" set off a craze for the Lord of the Rings in the world, and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" had a global box office of more than 900 million; the awards season kicked off, and Russell- "Beautiful Taobao Women's Wear Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Coat M Soul" starring Crowe became a big hit, and Robert Altman was nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globe Award again for "Gosford Manor"...

After the holiday, the "Ninth District" crew also gathered again to shoot the last part of the shots on the streets of Los Angeles. After more than ten days of hard work, "The Ninth District" finally came to the finale.

On a street with few passers-by, Downey, dressed in rags, walked in a panic, with his left hand tightly guarded in his arms, for fear of being seen by others. Beside him, the entire film crew, including Walley Pfister, who was carrying the camera, the lighting engineer and the sound engineer, followed step by step. Downey walked across the street, glared at the two passing extras, and said, "There's nothing to see." After that, he shrank back and ran forward quickly.

"CUT——" Wang Yang yelled into the loudspeaker microphone, pumped his fist excitedly, and said, "Guys, it's over!"

"Yeah, yeah—" everyone laughed and cheered immediately; Downey over there ran back with his arms outstretched, hugged Wang Yang, and shouted excitedly: "It's unbelievable, I actually finished filming again!" A movie I'm resurrected, no no... I'm born again, it's the new Robert love you love you"

Wang Yang pushed him away with a smile and said, "Go away, old man." Looking at the crowd, he smiled into the microphone and said, "Everyone has worked hard. We have been working hard on preparations and shooting for more than half a year. ...Thank you for your efforts." He paused, and said confidently: "Our efforts will not be in vain. This movie will definitely surprise the world. Thank you, thank you."

Everyone clapped and cheered heartily, and happy applause and laughter filled the streets here.