When the alarm clock rang, Nicole closed her eyes and subconsciously pushed the people around her. However, it wasn't until her arms were stretched out and she didn't touch anything other than the sheets that Nicole reacted - divorced, she had to take care of the children alone.

Fortunately, the child is already in the second grade of primary school, and as a parent, the most difficult period of raising a child has passed.

Nicole turned off the alarm clock, got dressed, and went to the child's room to wake people up while pulling her hair away. People who lie in bed are always racing against time and are willing to give everything to get a little more sleep. After receiving a plea from the child for "one more minute of sleep", Nicole went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Baking toast, soaking milk, fried eggs and bacon are not difficult to prepare, and whenever they are done, Nicole goes to urge the child to get up. When everything was ready, the child's mind was almost clear.

At the dinner table, the child swallowed a large mouthful of toast to expel drowsiness, and asked hopefully, "Why haven't we gone to Huaxia yet?" I heard that I don't have to get up so early to study in Huaxia, so I really want to hurry up. ”

Nicole read last night and saw late at night, and at this time her face was still tired, and she said, "Don't think too beautifully. If you don't learn Huaxia well, no matter if you have classes or not, you must get up early and make up more homework. ”

The child screamed "ah-" but the sadness in his voice was just a pretense, he was full of curiosity and eagerness to try the country of Huaxia, and he couldn't wait to fly to Huaxia immediately today. He didn't have the heart to study the classes at school, but he was very energetic in the training classes of Huaxia after school. The classmates already knew that he was going to live in China, and they were all very envious. But in fact, the most enviable thing for classmates is not this.

"Mom, can you see Han Jue often when you go to Huaxia?" The child was full of energy, and the sleepiness on his face was completely gone.

Children have no idea about the difference between the jobs of actors and directors. He didn't know what that meant for his mother's selection in the first few months. Until a month ago, my mother's friends and my father's friends came to the house in droves, congratulating my mother with a smile on their faces, saying jokes such as not forgetting them when you become a great director in the future. The child doesn't understand what [Flame], what [American Film and Television Circle], the only thing he can understand is [Han Jue]. Knowing that his mother was about to become Han Jue's colleague, and even had to make a movie under Han Jue's guidance, the child suddenly understood what a great thing his mother had done.

That's Han Jue!

Although he was only in the second grade of elementary school, he was no stranger to Han Jue. Originally, it was common for classmates to be hostile to each other because of the different stars they supported, but since Han Jue became famous in the United States, such things have rarely happened. Han Jue became the forefront of pop culture, everyone was captured by him, and they all became their own people, and they couldn't quarrel at all. Even if a few classmates expressed their dislike for Han Jue and despised everyone for admiring Hua and flattery, others were not angry about this, but pitifully advised that person to "listen to more good music", "don't be so narrow-minded", "nationalism will imprison your ability to feel art"...... Senior and junior students, male and female students, many of them are fans of Han Jue. When the school has an evening party, there are always several programs in a row to perform Han Jue's dance, sing Han Jue's songs, or play Han Jue's piano music.

Han Jue was as far away from them as a mythical figure. And he can get closer to Han Jue than everyone else.

"Will I be able to see Han Jue himself then?" the child asked again when he saw that his mother did not speak.

"Yes. ”

"Will he sign it for me?"

Nicole took the napkin and wiped her mouth, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Yes." Then she asked the child to finish his breakfast quickly.

The child cheered, buried his head in a quick breakfast, and then ran into the room, carrying his schoolbag behind him, eager to go to school to harvest the fresh envy of his friends.

Nicole drove the child to school, went home and put away the plates, made a cup of coffee, and went to the study to continue reading the book she hadn't finished last night. The book was recommended by Han Jue a month ago, and there are several of them, and she is now reading the last one.

It was this list of books that allowed Nicole to give an affirmative answer to the question of whether the child could meet Han Jue and get an autograph.

In the past month, Nicole has seen Han Jue twice. One is the final round of selection, and the other is signing.

On the day of the selection, Han Jue left a demonic and terrifying impression on Nicole, but on the day of the signing, Han Jue gave her a different feeling.

On the day of the signing, a group of them waited nervously for Han Jue, and while checking the contract, they carefully threw the questions that had accumulated for a long time at Han Jue. Han Jue answered everyone's doubts one by one. There is no official tone, and there is no tai chi, and all questions are answered positively.

"After arriving in China, how often can I go back to the United States?"

"Your holidays are the same as those of the students, and the time of the statutory holidays is arranged by you, you can go back to the United States or stay in China. ”

“......”

"Who do you want to teach us when we go to Huaxia?"

"When we get there, the training and the internship go hand in hand. The class is taught by the professors of the Modu Film Academy, and some directors will also be found to communicate. The internship is in our [Tinder] crew. ”

“......”

"If the children go to China together, what is the school environment?"

"The school is a private primary school with good hardware facilities and teachers, and there are many foreign-born children in it, which minimizes the possibility of discrimination. Of course, tuition fees will be provided by the company. ”

“......”

The question ended in about twenty minutes.

Most of the questions were answered satisfactorily, even if a few were unsure of the question "When will we start making our own films?" I was dissatisfied with this answer, but there was no room for bargaining, and I finally signed my name.

After signing the contract, Han Jue didn't stay long, and left after saying goodbye to everyone.

These short twenty minutes actually didn't make Nicole feel that she had pulled the distance between herself and Han Jue, and Han Jue's aura was still terrifying. But that afternoon, when she returned home, she received a call from Han Jue. On the phone, Han Jue talked to her in more detail about her marriage entry, pointed out her characteristics and strengths as a director, and also pointed out some shortcomings, and finally suggested that if she wanted to make a feature-length debut, she could expand the short film. The call lasted nearly two hours.

Nicole listened carefully to Han Jue's advice. Then after hanging up the phone, Han Jue sent a book list, which contained reference books, memoirs by female directors, and some literary works about marriage between the sexes. Obviously, this is Han Jue's list of books for her personally. Nicole was full of gratitude, keenly discovered Han Jue's cold personality and hot inside, and had a more three-dimensional understanding of Han Jue, the [star of stars].

She didn't pretend to be so sentimental that she thought that Han Jue's doing this was interesting to her, after all, Zhang Yiman was like a mountain pressing down in front of any woman who coveted Han Jue, she didn't think she could shake Zhang Yiman's position, and she didn't think that someone like Han Jue would be disappointing in terms of feelings.

"Jingle Bell Ring—"

The ringing of the phone pulls Nicole back to reality from the books.

Nicole frowned. Half of her dissatisfaction was due to being interrupted reading, and the other half was that she had been answering a lot of phone calls during this time, and the conditioned reflex began to get bored in advance.

After the end of "Flames", the media has focused on the sixteen people in the first issue, and each of them is like the future of the American film and television industry. It's scary to exaggerate. And the masses were also so enthusiastic, as if watching a talent show, they each found someone to support.

Nicole is obviously just a pre-director who has no works, but she already has a lot of fans, and even many insiders have come to her. Some people want to catch up with Han Jue through her, some people want to book roles in her works, and some people are optimistic about her future and want to bet in advance. Nicole was prepared for a drastic change in her life before the divorce, but she didn't expect the direction of the upheaval to be so dreamy and gratifying. When she first signed up for this rookie director selection project, she actually didn't have much hope, thinking that she had no career and no marriage, and everything had nothing to lose, so she fought hard, and finally reaped unexpected fruits. His career has not yet started, but he has enjoyed the taste of fame in advance. If it weren't for Jennifer's blunt reminder, Nicole would have almost lost herself in a false hallucination.

"Jingle bells—" Nicole picked up her phone and found that it was Jennifer calling.

Nicole breathed a sigh of relief and answered the phone.

"The passport has been issued, is it convenient for you to come and get it now?" asked Jennifer on the phone. Jack and Jennifer are now in a transcendent position in the United States, and in addition to participating in various activities, they also find time to serve as counselors for [Flame 1] in their spare time, taking care of some matters.

Nicole only met Jennifer once, and was briefly explained about going abroad. After that, I saw Jennifer again, and it was all on TV. Nicole thought to herself that if she had been making movies since her debut, instead of running to act in dramas halfway, her popularity and popularity might still not be as good as Jennifer's. With just two films, one TV series, Jennifer surpassed the struggle of most actresses in America for half a lifetime.

Nicole didn't dare to direct Jennifer to run errands, so she said, "Don't bother, I'm free now, just go get it now." ”

Unexpectedly, Jennifer said, "I don't have anything to do now anyway, I'll take it to your house by the way." ”

Nicole didn't squirm, hung up the phone after saying thank you, and sat down on the couch to take a deep breath. Now that the passport is down, it means that the day to go to China is just a few days away. Nicole exhaled heavily, a little nervous and a little expectant, she didn't know if she would conquer the Chinese audience as an American like Jennifer when she got there, or if she would come back as one of the countless people who were not adapted.

Within twenty minutes, Jennifer was at Nicole's doorstep. After entering, he handed his passport and sat down on the sofa, looking like he was going to eat here.

Watching Nicole dig out a bunch of takeout orders, pick out one, and call for takeout according to the number on it, Jennifer couldn't help but shake her head and sigh: "It's too retro." ”

Nicole finished ordering lunch and hung up the phone, before she smiled at Jennifer and said, "You've only been there for two years." "It means don't look like a foreign guest.

"As long as I have experienced some good things in a year, I will not be able to adapt to those bad ones when I go back to the United States. Jennifer's words seem to refer to more than just takeaways.

Nicole heard it, but she didn't have a position to refute it, after all, Jennifer had suffered a lot of injustice at the beginning, and she had heard about it at the time, and she had a relationship with it.

"But this time back to China is still a bit of a surprise, the few songs I have heard recently are a little different from before. Speaking of this, Jennifer's face was a little relieved, as if the previous anger was just angry. "Making music is the same as making movies, if you don't find your own cultural characteristics, blindly imitate and please, you can only walk behind others. ”

"On the other hand, making movies is the same as making music. Nicole corrected the error: "The music changes first, and the movie comes later." ”

"Wrong. Jennifer said, "'Time Traveler' came out earlier than 'When the Stars Shine'. ”

Nicole raised an eyebrow.

Jennifer has already analyzed her film layer by layer, and it is effortless to say it at this time: "The concept of family and love shown in "Time and Space Traveler" is different from the Confucian culture in China. For example, in order for the child to grow up healthily, the protagonist has to make up his mind to say goodbye to his father, and he does so in the end. In Confucian culture, filial piety to elders is the most important. Again, the hero and heroine decided to get married, and then went to inform their parents. In our culture, the new family formed after the marriage of the children is often more important than the original family, so even if the elders no longer like the other half of the children, they actually have no right to interfere too much. But in Confucian culture, without the permission of the elders, it will be very difficult for children to get married.

The boss moved a foreign story to China, but in fact, the core is still the core of authentic foreign culture. It is precisely because the boss boldly shows the humanistic characteristics of foreign countries and does not please Chinese audiences too much that the movie can be successful and the box office will explode. Oh, of course, the reliable producer, directorial technique, story selling point, narrative rhythm and actors' performances are also the reasons for the success of the work. ”

Nicole understood. understood the meaning of [Tinder], and also understood how to make movies in China in the future, and even understood what Han Jue told her on the phone [The most personal thing is the most creative thing]. Nicole is a little more sure of her trip to China.

"Ding-dong. ”

The takeaway arrived.

Nicole paid the cash and got back a box of pizza. Jennifer ripped off a corner of the pizza and while eating, she mentioned her life to Nicole and taught her some lessons as a senior:

"Although Boss Jia is a shareholder, he is actually the mascot of the company, no one can control him, and he can't control anyone. If he wants to give you advice, don't listen to a word, if he wants to change your book, you ignore him, if he yells and threatens to fire you, you can tell Producer Xia, and Producer Xia will clean him up. ”

"Producer Xia is the head of the company's Big Three and my idol. You can go to her to solve any problems, even some problems outside of work. ”

"Director Sun, the director who filmed "Internet Mystery", has a very high level, and is half of Boss Han's teacher, if you have any questions about the director, you can consult him. ”

"And ......"

"Finally, there is another one named Xiao Zhou in the company, who is Boss Han's eldest apprentice, and he has been following Boss Han, you should have seen him. Although people don't seem to have a good brain, they are very talented, very comprehensive, can write, direct, shoot and cut, and even can do acting skills. Director Sun said that in addition to screenwriting, Xiao Zhou's talent in other aspects may surpass that of Boss Han. If no one can suppress him, he will be the leader of your phase. ”

Nicole was a little stunned when she heard this, she really didn't expect that the assistant next to Han Jue, who was good-looking, but was giggling with Jalens and was stupid, would still have such a ability.

Nicole asked, "Does he have any work now?"

"Yes. Jennifer replied: "His short film has already won the [Golden Bull Award] competition." ”

Nicole's eyes widened.

Although she has little interest in [Flame Phase 1] leading or not leading the army, the thought of being represented by such a person in the future makes Nicole suddenly feel like a fighter.

Nicole asked Jennifer, "When are you going to Huaxia?"

"Be prepared. Jennifer said, "It's been these two days." ”

......

......

Two days later.

Nicole took the child's hand and walked in the magic airport, and her spirits were quite uplifted. Take a deep breath and the air is filled with the smell of socialist freedom.

The young directors were very excited, some were in high spirits, their faces were full of ambition to conquer this place, and some were uneasy, listening to the Chinese language of the radio station, their hearts were full of nostalgia.

The line was moving, and Jack and Jennifer were like the tour guides of the senior tour group, telling everyone not to leave the group, not to take pictures suddenly, and not to slip away quietly.

As he walked, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "It's the proprietress of the house!"

Everyone looked at the fingers of the shoehorn face, and found that on the billboard not far away, there was a cold image of Zhang Yiman applying lipstick. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time a little lost. But the male director cheered up quickly, made a fuss, and immediately started the small game of [Find the Boss Lady]. Because of the airport environment visible to the naked eye, there are really many places where Zhang Yiman can be seen.

Nicole casually looked at it, and saw that a little farther away, a big screen was silently playing the variety show "All the Way with You", in which Zhang Yiman was wearing sportswear, tied with a ponytail, and was playing football with a group of people. And Zhang Yaohui walked behind like a walk, as if he was cheering for his opponent loudly and commanding on the spot, so that the person opposite could quickly guard against his daughter.

Not to be outdone, the female directors also began to play a small game of finding Han Jue at the airport. It's a pity that Han Jue's number of advertisements is really not as good as Zhang Yiman's, and he was quickly found.

Nicole walks up to Shoehorn Face and asks them why they call Zhang Yiman the boss.

Shoehorn Face said that he learned it from Jack. When Jack gave [induction training] to male directors, he first emphasized Zhang Yiman's transcendent status.

Nicole nodded, but had no intention of following along.

Even though the divorce had been months ago, Nicole still had lingering feelings about it. Divorced, her prediction of a relationship is always full of pessimism and uncertainty. After all, you can divorce if you get married, let alone two people who are unrestrained when they are in love. When two people are in love, they are the closest comrades-in-arms and the most cordial friends. After getting married, it's different, after getting married, the two are the most tolerant judges of each other, the strictest teachers, and the front row of spectators when they are in trouble. Nicole looked at Zhang Yiman as if she had seen her past self.

Everyone walked while playing the game, and soon got their respective luggage.

Outside the airport, the bus sent by the company was already waiting for them.

The person who came to pick them up was the soul of [Tinder] and the mascot of Jalens. Jalens greeted them loudly in the car, and warmly offered them cigarettes, as well as greeting them if they had eaten. In a warm way, it shows [Huaxia-style socialization], as if hoping that they will start to adapt to Huaxia life from this moment.

The young directors were like a great enemy, and they recalled the training of the counselors and gave their own responses. Some people waved their hands and said they couldn't smoke, some took them but put them on their ears, and some took out the lighters they had prepared in advance and cleverly lit a cigarette for Jalens first.

Jack and Jennifer turned to look behind them in the front row, as if two teachers who had watched the students enter the exam room, secretly cheering for the students in their hearts.

When Jalens walked over to Nicole and handed over the cigarette, Nicole waved her hand and said "no". Jalens was about to leave, but Nicole's child reached out to stop Jalens and said, "Get me one." ”

Jalens stopped, looked at the child with a serious face, then looked at Nicole on the side, and shouted, "That's how you taught your child?"

Nicole felt ashamed and quickly apologized, saying that the child should be joking.

Jalens leaned over and stared at the child with a pair of eyes behind his sunglasses, earnestly and seriously. The child was stared at and was about to apologize. , Jalens said slowly: "In the future, when you ask for something from a stranger you meet for the first time, first say 'excuse me', then say, 'please give me something', and finally say 'thank you'." Got it?"

The child blinked, and replied stunned, "Got it." ”

"Now repeat what you just said. ”

"Excuse me, please give me a cigarette, thanks. ”

Jalens nodded in satisfaction, generously handed the child a cigarette, and seemed to plan to help the child light it.

"Hey!hey!" Seeing that the child was about to smoke a cigarette, everyone quickly recovered from their stupor and stopped Jalens with all hands and feet.

Jarenz, who was hurriedly pulled away by Jack, didn't know why, and shouted, "What's the matter? What are you trying to do? Let go of me!"

Nicole crushes the cigarette from the child's hand, loudly instills the correct knowledge in the child, and tells the child to stay away from Jalens in the future.

After the noise, everyone's hearts have been less nervous and more expected.

Through the car window, everyone felt the magic city up close, they saw the exquisite public sculptures, the buildings full of heritage and design, and the outrageous but unobtrusive costumes of the pedestrians on the street...... In the face of the prosperity and spirit hidden in every detail, the young directors of [Flame 1] felt that if they could, they must carve out a world of their own here. They are confident in it. After all, even people like Jalens have achieved success in Huaxia, isn't this the perfect embodiment of [Huaxia Dream]?

The bus stopped downstairs at Tinder.

The crowd got out of the car and followed Jalens to the company in a pilgrimage mood.

At this time, the time is nine o'clock in the morning, which is the time to go to work, and there are many people. However, I don't know if it was because of Jarens's notoriety, or because a bunch of foreigners came excitedly, the battle was very scary, in short, the employees in the same building who were in a hurry to go to work did not dare to stop them, and they gave up the elevator one after another to see them up.

In the elevator, everyone's eyes passed back and forth, and they all felt that [Tinder] was awesome. And Jarens's calm appearance made everyone yearn for [Tinder] more and more.

After getting out of the elevator, you will arrive at the ultimate goal of this trip, [Tinder Film and Television].

As soon as you enter the door, the first thing that catches your eye is a portrait of Zhang Yiman's nine-square grid. This painting once appeared in "Time and Space Traveler", and everyone didn't expect to see it here. Looking at this painting, the male directors understood why Jack emphasized Zhang Yiman first when he was in the [induction training].

Jack added that the painting was "here when it opened", and the directors were in awe and unconsciously shouted at the portrait, "Boss!"

Nicole almost blurted out as well. The previous pessimistic head almost wavered in the face of this painting.

Bypassing the portrait and entering the company, everyone sees a busy situation. The company has a lot of space, and the staff doesn't seem crowded to come and go.

After passing through the gallery, there are only four huge posters on a large wall. Everyone walked slowly on the promenade, but their hearts beat fast. Because everyone is fantasizing that their own work will be able to be posted on it in the future.

Arriving at the office area, everyone toured their future office environment, and then walked to a conference room with the word "Black Mirror" posted on the door.

"If you intern in the future, you will intern with this crew. Jalens pushed the door open and ushered everyone in.

When everyone entered, they looked around curiously.

The meeting room was large, but it felt very crowded. It's not the number of people who make the room crowded, it's the things already in the room that make them feel like they can't get off their feet. The conference room was divided into several areas, each wall was plastered with Han Jue's storyboard manuscripts, the tables were covered with materials, the whiteboards were full of the content of the meeting, and even on the ground, there were several crew members who worked all night.

The directors stood on tiptoe, scattered to various areas, and stared at the manuscripts and materials with wide eyes.

Nicole stopped in front of an area called "Your Whole History".

[In the era when everyone has a built-in chip, memory images can be checked at any time...... The suspicious lawyer repeatedly suspected that the wife was still in contact with her ex-boyfriend...... He searched the memories of the three for evidence of his wife's infidelity, which eventually led to the breakdown of the marriage and the collapse of the wife. 】

Nicole looked at the synopsis of the story, and her heart was suddenly stabbed.

If it weren't for the date of reading the information and knowing that this story had been written a few months ago, she would have almost thought that Han Jue had taken her experience and processed it into the story in front of her. But Nicole thought about it, and felt that her idea was a little ridiculous. There are only a few reasons for the breakdown of marriage, and she is just one of thousands of cases.

Jennifer told her before that although "Black Mirror" is a TV series, it is a unit drama, and the stories in it are independent, and the themes and styles are not the same. If they want to do an internship, they can choose a direction that suits them to join the group.

Nicole looked at the rest of "Your Whole History" and quickly made a mental decision - she planned to intern in this story.

After deciding, Nicole felt a little more relaxed. But she soon became uneasy again. Because when she moved on to other stories, she found that other stories appealed to her as well!

[The royal princess was kidnapped, and the only condition for the release of the princess was that the prime minister broadcast the dry pig ...... on TV]

[In the future world, uniformly dressed people will only communicate through virtual networks, relying on cycling day after day to earn consumption points for a living......]

[A person wakes up from a coma, loses all her memories, and finds that the world has become very different, surrounded by onlookers with mobile phones filming her......]

[A young man who traveled the world, in order to earn money to travel home, he participated in a virtual reality game test ......]

【......】

In addition to these selected stories, the stories in the corner that were not selected by Han Jue are also surprisingly exciting.

The more Nicole looked at it, the more incredible it became. In these stories, science fiction is actually just a carrier, and irony is the way, and what really explores the impact of technological development on human society - mostly negative effects, and ultimately points to thinking about human nature. These thoughts may not be too deep, but they are enough, or just right, for the general public.

Nicole has admiration for Han Jue in her heart, and then envy of Huaxia's creative environment. These stories are stories that cannot be created or filmed in the American film and television industry.

Nicole's thoughts are similar to everyone's. Everyone walked around the room with a longing heart, lingering, and wanted to participate in each story.

The shoehorn face is more miserable, and he was caught by Jarenz, saying that he has a book of police and gangster movies there, which is very suitable for him to shoot, what is it called "Modern Invincible Bloody Police Detective", it sounds quite powerful, and the shoehorn face is very exciting.

Everyone was chatting and sharing in the conference room, and suddenly they heard someone say, "The boss lady is here!"

There were too many images of Zhang Yiman on the way here, so that they were stunned for a second before they reacted, the proprietress who came this time was a real person, and it was herself.