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In the evening, this rural town looks more tranquil. On the tree-lined path, Wang Yang is stepping on a bicycle slowly, rolling over the fallen leaves on the ground, and looking at the ordinary and beautiful scenery around him, he feels very comfortable . After one and a half months of filming, the time has come to the beginning of August. Juno will be finished tomorrow, and the crew will leave this town. Before leaving, he wants to take a good tour of this place again.

Is that tree hundreds of years old? Looking at the towering tree in front of him, the phone in his trouser pocket vibrated suddenly. Wang Yang braked his bicycle, took out his mobile phone, and looked at the caller ID. It turned out that it was Robert Zemeckis calling. Although the last time they were connected to the phone was a week ago, he was asking Robert for advice, but he still Somewhat unexpectedly, Robert rarely took the initiative to call him. Wang Yang connected and said, Hello, Robert.

Ha, young man, you didn't keep your promise. Rob Zemeckis's laughter was still so hearty, and he said: You agreed at the beginning that the release date of Juno has been set. , just told me right away; but now I learned about it from the media, right? Interesting, we happened to bump into each other.”

Wang Yang pushed the bicycle forward, smiled on the mobile phone and said: Robert, we also settled last night. I wanted to tell you tonight. I'm sorry. Robert Zemeckis came out from the mobile phone He laughed helplessly, and said with a helpless tone: Phi, since the charity dinner last year, I have been worried about this matter; now it has come true, what did the newspaper write? Lockdown Christmas fight, young man, you just won't let me go, old man?

Knowing that he was joking, Wang Yang smiled and didn't speak, but he didn't have the idea of ​​defeating Robert Zemeckis' new work Rest of a Deserted Island. The Rest of a Deserted Island invested 90 million, starring Tom Hanks. It is a feature film that Rob Zemeckis and Tom Hanks collaborated again after Forrest Gump. The filming started in January 199, and the filming was stopped for nearly a year in order to let Tang Xiu-Hanks lose weight, grow his hair and find the feeling. This is a meticulous work, a scheduled classic film.

beat it? Maybe there are movies that can perform at the box office, but in fact there is no beat or not between good movies. However, both Juno's Tale and The Rest of a Deserted Island will be released on December 22, and the media keen to create topics will naturally not miss this good opportunity. Especially Wang Yang and Rob and Zemeckis are both The director of the USC faction, and Wang Yang also has the nickname of USC's Avenger Little Senior Killer.

This was not intentional by Wang Yang, because there were post-production considerations, anticipation of the publicity plan, etc., so it was scheduled to be released in the week closest to Christmas. And during the Christmas period, you can see a bunch of commercial blockbusters and long-awaited new directors’ new works when you look up and down. In the December issue, the Christmas period officially kicked off. Sony invested 75 million in the adventure action film Vertical Extreme was released, Warner Bros.' 65 million Proof of Life, New Line's 45 million Dragon and the Castle, and Sony Classics is preparing for a small-scale trial screening of the well-received Chinese film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

In the new week of December 15th, two more films that cannot be ignored will be released on a large scale, Disney's 100 million animated film Transformation King; Paramount's 70 million Man 100%, this fantasy love One of the producers of the comedy is Matt Williams, the director of Sweetheart, which made Mark Slang laugh and say: This is really lively, just let him see how a little girl is pregnant. My boss, is it okay? Wang Yang just rolled his eyes.

When the date came on the 22nd, countless new films were launched in the form of trial screenings to test the market, and naturally there were direct large-scale releases, such as Warner Bros. 45 million action comedy Beauty Pageant Undercover and Miramax's 54 million horror film. Dracula 2000, Universal's 60 million, the romantic comedy Family Man starring Nicholas Cage, Fox's 90 million Cast Away, and Flame's 15 million Juno.

If the cost is divided by the degree of attention and expectation received, then Juno is the top one. This is also the first time that Wang Yang and Flame movies have entered the cruel Christmas season. Being in a bunch of blockbuster movies of various types, there is no box office superstar like Will Smith, and it is still a teenage pregnancy theme that has not been successful. Mark Silang felt a little worried, but Wang Yang's attitude was: Make a good movie, do a good job of publicity and do your job well, and let the audience decide the rest.

After some jokes, Rob held a Zemeckis voice and said seriously: Yang, actually, I have one more thing to ask you for. It's like this. You know I'm very passionate about the digital technology of movies. Wang Yang hummed , He continued: USC is now building a digital technology training center, which I took the lead in, researching technology in shooting, post-production, and stage effects. The first institution of its kind.

Wang Yang parked his bicycle, sat down on a long wooden chair by the side of the road, and listened to Robert's introduction of the blueprint of the sword training center. He does know that Robert is a technical madman. Who Framed Roger is the first movie in history that combines live action and animation. This is a milestone; he also knows another milestone that will happen in the future. In 2004, the first MAX-3D feature film The Polar Express was released, and the director was Robert Zemeckis.

But at that time, 3D and MAX big screens were very rare, and Polar Hold was screened in theaters around the world. Combined with the MAX big screen, there are only 75, and the other 2,000 are ordinary 2D screens; and for Avatar in 2009, in North America alone, there were nearly 3,000 3D screens, and the MAX giant screen was close to 200.

I want to open this training center, because I believe that digital technology will play more and more roles in film production in the future, and it can cultivate more film talents. Contribution from Southern California. Rob Zemeckis over there smiled and asked directly: Young man, are you interested in sponsoring some funds? That way the scale of Peiyu College can be bigger.

Oh! Wang Yang nodded without hesitation and said, Okay, I am very interested, and I am very happy to contribute to the film. He smiled and said, There is also University of Southern California. He really He doesn't hate his alma mater, the expulsion incident is just a mistake of the school, and the USC School of Film and Television itself is not wrong. It is a place where all filmmakers study and pursue their dreams. George Lucas graduated from there, Rob took a Zemeckis graduate from there... She was a beautiful and kind maiden, not an ugly and vicious witch.

That's great! Rob laughed excitedly. Wang Yang thought about how much he can sponsor for personal and company finances?

Two and a half months after Happiness Knocks on the Door was released in North America, it received a total box office of 20.8 billion. There are still less than 100 theaters still showing it, but the box office figures can be said to be settled; When it landed in overseas countries, it didn’t have a strange Waterloo, and it didn’t disappoint anyone. It was also well received and sold overseas. Although the momentum of the box office of 100 million US dollars is very weak, it still has a great chance to reach the figure of 180 million.

Its original soundtrack has also been launched on the market. Of course, it is not as popular as High School Musical, but the steady sales volume is expected to sell more than 500,000 sets; and the DVD will not be on sale until the screening window ends.

Now When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door has a global box office of 35.3 billion. Roughly, the flame movie can probably get half of it, that is, 176 million is enough to meet the 5 million of Memento and the 20 million promotional expenses of Juno. , It is also enough to raise a small part of it as a sponsorship fee. Well, at this point, Wang Yang said to the mobile phone: Robert, I sponsor the training academy for 5 million.

Although he knows that Wang Yang is not a stingy person, he sold 5 million yuan at the charity dinner of the Children's Fund last time, which really scared many people; but this time Robert Zemeckis was a little surprised. As the media commented, don't treat money as money. He was uncontrollably full of joy, and he appreciated the young man even more. He smiled and said, Wow, young man, that is really great! Thank you, with 5 million, the training academy will become the top technical school in the United States. Institution, I can add a few technical subjects.

Well, Robert Chi, if it's not enough, don't be polite to me, and make the academy the best. Wang Yang said seriously, his money comes from the movie, and of course he should return some to the movie, and, he He said with a smile: After the Jianjian Academy is completed, I will also go there to take classes. I am too lacking in digital technology. Robert Zemeckis smiled and said: You like this too? Wang Yang stretched out his hand and continued Luo Ye nodded and said with a smile: Of course, I like realistic movies, but I also longed to make blockbuster movies like Star Wars since I was a child; and digital technology, MAX-3D is obviously the trend of the future.

Which director doesn't want to make a blockbuster? Sci-fi, bizarre, ancient, modern superheroes... A world full of imagination, a wonderful story, and characters with different colors. Such blockbuster movies have always been his pursuit.

Hearing Wang Yang say MAX-3D, Rob held a Zemeji and immediately agreed: 3D is definitely the trend of the future. After I finish working on Cast Island, I think I will prepare a full-time user-friendly movie. 3D movies on MAX film, Yang, this is an epoch-making thing!

Wang Yang hummed, he wanted to make a MAX-3D movie when the time is ripe, he has the ability and interested ideas, but now he only has a half-knowledge of ordinary special effects technology. Those who need to go to the training institute to attend classes. I heard Robert laugh again: But it may be several years later, I still have to study technology. So young people, want to kill, get rid of me, old guy, take advantage of The Rest of Deserted Island! Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: PK, old guy, on December 22, fight to the death!

The two laughed and chatted for a while, Ben ended the call, Wang Yang got up and got on the bicycle, stepping on the pedals and continuing to go forward. The best director bar, the emerging popularity of Baidu Tieba.

After walking for a while, I saw the back of a short-haired girl far in front of me. Seeing the familiar clothes, Wang Yang shouted in confusion: Hey! The girl looked back and it turned out to be Natalie. Man.

Wang Yang stepped on his bicycle and came to her, stopped the car, looked at her and said with a smile, Are you coming out to visit this town too? Natalie nodded with a smile, Yes, but I have to walk Wang Yang jumped out of the car with a smile, holding the handlebars and pushing forward, he looked at Natalie next to him, although it was unlikely, but if there were paparazzi ambushing around here, the current scene would be photographed , will definitely make a big fuss again, but who cares, it doesn't matter.

It's so fast, Juno will be finished tomorrow, I still remember the panic you came to the coffee shop that day. Natalie kicked the fallen leaves on the ground, smiled, and said: It's over here, I'll come back soon Going to Sydney to film Star Wars Episode 2, huh, fun summer vacation.

Wang Yang looked at her and said, Natalie, I'm afraid it will take up some of your semester time. The pre-publicity plan of Juno doesn't need you; but we need to do some programs for the publicity that will enter the release stage in December. Interviews and so on, but the semester is coming to an end at that time, so I don’t think it’s a big problem?” The company’s preliminary “Juno” publicity plan is nothing new, it’s all regular hard promotion, exclusive interviews, and talk shows Programs, etc., relying on the popularity of When Happiness Knocks on the Door has not dissipated, Juno only needs a wonderful trailer and those regular promotions, it is enough.

Oh, I know. Natalie curled her lips, a trace of self-mockery flashed across her face, she waved her hands and said, Skip class, skip class! So what about Harvard? Anyway, I'm going to be a bad girl. Wang Yang She smiled with interest: Bad girl? Natalie looked into his eyes and suddenly smiled and said, That's right, bad girl! I want to swear, swear, put my middle finger, and yell... Hey, tell me a crude joke!

I don't have much in stock. Wang Yang smiled and saw that she was serious, so he frowned and thought, Okay, let me think about it, uh one by one, I don't know why, his brain He would think of The Rest of a Deserted Island, and then he thought of a joke, and he said: Yes, there was a shipwreck, ten sailors and a beautiful girl drifted to an isolated island, and ten days later, the girl committed suicide because she Shame; another ten days later, the sailors buried her body because they were ashamed; another ten days later, the sailors dug up the girl's body, again because of shame.

Natalie thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the meaning of the joke. With a poof, she laughed loudly and said, You are... obscene, disgusting, and vulgar, I'm going to throw up, haha... Although this joke doesn't Obviously vulgar, not the type of rap, but the meaning behind it can be said to be extremely vulgar. She laughed backwards and forwards, clutched her stomach, and laughed almost breathlessly: I like it, let's have another one!

Wang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: In view of your behavior, it's still not possible, I'm afraid you will laugh to death. Natalie glanced at him, finally stopped laughing, her voice was still a little trembling: Who Everyone thought, shy little girl, that's me, I used to think so, but I, everyone, was wrong, this bad girl was me, Hey, Natalie, how are you? I can finally come out and breathe. She laughed a few more times, calmed down slowly, looked at Wang Yang and said, Man, thank you, you let me really know myself, you said, release your other side This is my other side.

You're welcome, do you need to celebrate? Wang Yang smiled and honked the air horn of the bicycle, and said! The sound of Zhendu. Natalie also stretched out her hand and pressed it a few times. In Dudu Sheng, she curled her lips and smiled: You know, half of the reason why I choose to study psychology is because I am very interested in the characteristics of human psychological activities. The reason is I'm trying to figure myself out. Now that I'm in Juno, I'm all clear, man, I'd say it's the best movie I've ever played in. So please edit it, the soundtrack...everything , please make it my pride, don't ruin it.

Seeing her serious expression, Wang Yang stopped, nodded heavily, and grinned again: I promise I won't lose to Sweetheart. Natalie seemed to raise her eyebrows dissatisfied, and said: Is this the only one? Wang Yang said with a smile: Well, let's say... Whoever mentions Natalie Portman's movies in the future, he will first think of Juno, and Killer Leon will come in second.

OK, this sounds good, defeating my 13-year-old self, what have I done this year? Natalie snorted amusedly, looked at Wang Yang suddenly, frowned and asked: Seriously, don't you Could it really be my fan? Wang Yang said seriously: You are right, big fan, crazy fan! You should go and see, my room is covered with Killer Leon posters, but the people on it It's all about Renault.

Natalie said in a long voice: Oh, Natalie, who plays Matilda, is like an elf who has fallen into the world, right... Natalie, I think she will become the best actress in the Oscars in the future. Protagonist! Wang Yang smiled shyly, looked up at the gradually darkening sky, Natalie laughed triumphantly and said, The last blow! Perfect!

That's not really the case, because I still think that way now, oh, it's only limited to, ok, ok, the next sentence. As for the previous ones... Wang Yang shook his head in disgust, and read in a shrill voice: Oh, playing the role Matilda's Natalie is like a devil rushing out of hell! Natalie shrugged indifferently, and said, The latter sentence is also very good, so when do you think I can get it? Oscar for Best Actress?

Wang Yang looked at her with a smile, 2011? That is another future world in my mind, but the future has changed, and this world, who knows. He said: I don't know, maybe ten years later, maybe next year with Juno. But don't worry, you will definitely get it. After a pause, he laughed: People will be surprised at that time. Phew He knew it when he was old, he was a prophet.

Natalie spread her hands and said, I am also a prophet. I said that you will win the Oscar for Best Director in the future. It's so simple! Both of them laughed, and she suddenly patted the bicycle that Wang Yang was pushing. , enthusiastically said: Hey, don't push, let's come to the mother's car! Wang Yang asked suspiciously: Why are you so crazy? She replied: You drive and I'm behind; or I drive and you are behind. Wang Yang looked at the rear of the car and said, There are no seats in the back. Natalie said: Stand.

No. Wang Yang rejected her idea. Although he and Natalie are good brothers, there is always a difference between men and women. Such an intimate act is not suitable; Sika explained? He smiled and said, No, there is no tail seat, it's dangerous.

What a coward! Natalie pouted disdainfully, and said, I feel sad for you! Wang Yang gritted his teeth, with a cold face like Marty in Back to the Future, and said: No one dares to call me a coward! OKPK, forget it this time, it's dangerous. Natalie smiled, and suddenly said loudly: Give me the bike! Before she finished speaking, she grabbed Wang Yang's bike with both hands, After pushing a few steps, he rode up nimbly, stepped on the pedals quickly with both feet, and shouted: One private!

Seeing her flying forward on the bicycle, Wang Yang ran up and chased after him helplessly, saying: Hey, that's my bicycle! Don't you have to walk? Slow down, I can't keep up ...Nata in front continued to step on it at a constant speed, holding the handlebar with her left hand, raised her right hand high, raised her middle finger, and shouted with a smile: Wow! Bye!

Hey, you devil, give me back the bike! Wang Yang yelled, seeing her put up her middle finger with her left hand, he couldn't help laughing and cursing: Crazy! He slowed down slowly, slightly Panting and looking at Natalie, who was getting further and further away, until she disappeared at the corner of the forest, he smiled and shook his head, this guy is really hateful!

He laughed to himself: Then what should we do now? Well, let's go, Lets-! Best Director