After a month and a half, the filming of "Juno" was completed, and the crew was disbanded. Bidding farewell to the quiet and beautiful town of Toronto, Natalie Portman boarded a plane to Sydney, while Wang Yang returned to Los Angeles with Michael Pitt, Joshua and others with the results of the shooting. After attending the premiere of "Youth Musical" 2, Wang Yang rested for less than two days, and his life once again entered the busyness of post-production.

When looking for an editor for "Juno", Wang Yang naturally first considered and interviewed his old partner Margaret Goodspeed, the first two collaborations, they have cultivated a certain tacit understanding, and Margaret, as a woman, has unique insights into the story of "Juno", after talking with Wang Yang, she also knows very well what he wants, understands the charm of Juno's character "independent, casual and cool", and also knows that the style and rhythm of this movie are "warm and sunny" In the end, she passed the interview easily, and the two worked together for the third time.

"Juno" is scheduled to run for 120 minutes, how to edit? If from a certain point of view, the rhythm of this movie and "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is somewhat similar, they are both character dramas, revolving around one event and life change, and driving time and story, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is Chris Gardner to be a stockbroker, and "Juno" is Juno's pregnancy. So the movie is still a timeline-style one-line structure, Juno finds out that she is pregnant, plots to have an abortion, decides to give birth, and then there is a whole pregnancy, family, adoptive parents, Poly, classmates, etc., all appear, and finally Juno gives birth to a child.

The theme of this film does not discuss whether teenage pregnancy is correct, there is no preaching, nor does it discuss whether abortion is correct, and there is no bias expressed, which is a clever feature of "Juno", Juno, a rock girl, chose abortion at the beginning, and she was free to choose, which is in line with the taste of the pro-abortionists who advocate "women have the right to choose"; but Juno did not do that, because she realized that the child in her womb was a life, her conscience found that she dismissed abortion, which is also in line with the conservative position of respecting life.

In the original version, one of the reasons why Juno changed her mind was that she met a Chinese classmate Su Qin at the door of the abortion clinic, and Su Qin's sentence "The baby has given birth to nails". Although Su Qin has no obvious accent, her original lines have a few funny cold humors, and her dull and wooden tone highlights Juno's specialness.

Wang Yang didn't shoot like that, this is a "vice" in the film industry, making fun of ethnic minorities and Asians. He is not angry about this, and he will laugh it off when he watches it, but it does not mean that he will "self-deprecatingly" promote this vice, let alone agree with the fixed image of the Chinese supporting characters as "dull nerds, self-conscious underwhelming guys, or directly yin and yang weird harlequins." ”

So Su Qin's role was directly changed to a white person, which didn't have any impact on the movie, and Juno's "You should go to China, I've heard that people there give babies like free iPods." Wang Yang removed this line, he didn't know what an iPod was, and he didn't know much about the survival of babies in China, but it was definitely just a joke, and it wasn't funny for him, it was just a vice. Besides, he didn't want to be split by his grandfather, and then scolded, "Xiao Yang, what did you shoot!

Both of these are only minor changes, the real change lies in the change in the core theme, and the difference in the focus of the story, the original "Juno" is naturally a very good story and film, but what it wants to express and tell is not the same as what he wants to express. Relying on these rich editing materials, Wang Yang can make Margaret cut a 90-minute "Juno" with the same story and theme as the original, maybe the same as it, maybe better than it, but what he wants is not this, what he wants is the 120-minute "Juno".

He just wants to make "the movie he wants to make", and as for the rest, it is still the same sentence: "Do a good job, do a good job of publicity, do your job, and let the audience decide the rest." ”

However, with the passage of a year and a half, with a month and a half of shooting, Wang Yang's ideas have been many different from the beginning, and the script has been repeatedly revised and supplemented in the middle, and the ending of "Juno" has also been several.

At the beginning, the ending was that Juno and Paulie raised the child together, but now he doesn't have the "crazy memories of girls" at that time, after communicating with real teenage mothers such as Kath, listening to her say that "men are bastards" and "sometimes I regret and chagrin, I ruined my life", he thought what about Juno? Although Poly has matured and become not a bastard, he and Juno do not have enough financial ability after all, and if they are raised, it will be a harm to them and children.

So one of the endings of Wang Yang's shooting, the custody of the baby still belongs to the adoptive mother Vanessa, but Juno and Poly will not decide not to look at the child, and then when nothing has happened; Juno and Poly will look at the child, she has tried to close the adoption from the beginning, and she doesn't even want to get the baby's photos and dynamics, and then to the final request for open adoption; from the disdainful attitude towards the child, casually want to have a baby, and then think that she is a "mother", she will look at the child with gentle eyes.

This is Juno's change of mentality, and it is also what she learned from pregnancy, no more naivety and evasion, knowing what responsibility is and what love is.

The same thing happened to Vanessa, from the joy when she heard Juno say she wanted a closed adoption, to the calmness and happiness at the end, she also had her own "pregnancy period", and she also learned things.

It was the baby that made them all mature, the child was Vanessa's, and it was Juno's and Paulie's. This ending is also Margaret's favorite and admirer, as a middle-aged mother, she said, "It makes me feel very touched and warm." ”

After many considerations, Wang Yang decided to choose this ending as the released version, Juno pedaled a bicycle with a guitar on his back, and rushed to Paulie's house with the latest letter sent by Vanessa, in front of the sunny door, Juno and Poly opened the letter with a smile and looked at the baby's recent photos, and then played the guitar together. The rest of the endings will be included with the DVD release.

In post-production without special effects, in addition to editing, the other most important part is the soundtrack of the movie. The soundtrack style of "Juno" needs to be that kind of rustic style, immature and lively youth, warm and natural, Wang Yang did not look for Jenn Kezmelik, Jenn's style is not suitable for "Juno", he is a master of strings and piano, and his soundtrack always has an atmosphere, but "Juno" wants guitar and harmonica.

Wang Yang didn't know many soundtrack artists, he tried to contact David Lawrence, there is no doubt that the soundtrack of "Youth Musical" is very good and excellent, and the original soundtrack record is sold out, but it is an enthusiastic style, can David Lawrence make the country style of "Juno"? After some interviews, he got the answer in the soundtrack room, and David Lawrence also became the soundtrack artist of "Juno".

During Wang Yang's daily busy post-production of "Juno", "Youth Musical" also reaped its own box office in North American cinemas. As early as August 4th, it premiered in Los Angeles at the same time, and it landed in 2986 theaters in North America, although the director was not Wang Yang, which made many fans cry out early on and expressed little interest, but the popularity of Tom Welling, Jessica, Rachel and others should not be underestimated, and it still attracted a large number of fans to watch, and the script was also written by Wang Yang, which undoubtedly added a lot of confidence to fans to this sequel.

In the week of August 4-10, singing and dancing fans flocked to the cinema, and these young people brought 36.4512 million first-week box office to "Youth Musical" 2, which made it rank second this week, and the first was the horror film "Transparent Demons", which was also released in the first week and cost 90 million, which received 37.256 million US dollars. But from August 11th to 17th, the second week's "Song and Dance Youth 2" ascended to the throne of the weekly champion with 25.2871 million, and the second-ranked "Transparent Man and Demon" only had a box office income of 18.31 million.

On IMDB, "Youth Musical" has a rating of 5.8, and the Los Angeles Times commented on it: "This is a decent sequel, the story is not bad, but there are no surprises, and in terms of filming, Sarah Schugman gives it a bit of feminine delicacy, but lacks the confidence and aura of its predecessor." Almost the only highlight in the movie is the cameo of Miraculous Young, which is performed well. There are many gossip media who are very interested in Wang Yang's cameo, "Daily Entertainment" said: "Amazing Yang has a lot of acting talent, maybe he should direct and act himself, just like Mel Gibson." ”

Seeing this piece of news, Wang Yang just smiled and shook his head, just that few lines and expressionless cameo shots, he has been NG countless times, acting talent, self-directed and self-acting, kill him!

Although the rating of the movie is not high, and the reviews almost all say that it is decent, but this is enough, and the decentness is also relative, and it can be decent, in other words, it is good enough.

From August 18th to 24th, "Youth Musicet 2" received another 16.7415 million box office, ranking second, and the total box office reached 78.4798 million. With this declining percentage momentum, it is difficult for it to break 100 million at the box office in North America, but coupled with its future overseas box office, according to the market characteristics of the first part, "the overseas box office will be higher than the North American box office", analysts of Flame Movies estimate that its global box office should be close to 200 million.

For a movie with a production cost of 30 million and a publicity cost of 20 million, a box office of 200 million means that it has been doubled, and the profit margin of the screening can reach 100%! If you count all kinds of peripherals, super selling original soundtracks, DVDs, etc., "Youth Musical" is definitely a weapon to make money, and no matter which film company will covet this series of brands.

Wang Yang participated in a meeting of Flame Films, about putting "Youth Musical" on the agenda. The initial plan is to still cast the original cast, starring Tom Welling, Jessica, Rachel, Zachary and others, and continue to be directed by Sarah Schugman, and the film will be the last part of the story of Troy, Gabriela and others. Maybe the company will invest in the production of "Song and Dance Youth 4" and "Song and Dance Youth 5" in the future, but new screenwriters will write new stories, and they will no longer be old faces.

"Jessica, there's something I want to tell you. In the living room, Wang Yang, who was sitting on the sofa, patted the position next to him. Jessica, who was wearing a white wide T-shirt and tidying up the living room, turned her head to look at him, walked over and sat down and said, "What's the matter?" Wang Yang put his arm around her shoulders and said with a smile: "The company has decided to produce "Youth Musical" 3, which is scheduled to be released in the summer of next year. ”

"yes, I see. Jessica nodded with a smile, she had already heard Wang Yang say it, which was expected. She looked into Wang Yang's eyes and suddenly asked, "Yang, how is your new movie?"

Wang Yang was stunned and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, sweetheart, my new movie is "Juno"! You said that after "Juno", I don't have any ideas now, and I can't answer you. He smiled and kissed her on the forehead again, and said softly, "Jesse, don't worry, there will be a chance." Jessica leaned on him and said with a smile: "Well, then I'll play "Youth Musical" first." ”

A long time ago, she followed Wang Yang's advice, don't take too many film appointments casually, to avoid getting into bad movies, acting career is not the more acting the better, the progress of acting skills needs enough time to think and precipitate, 1 or 2 influential good movies a year are enough. As a result, up to now, she has only had two works since she became famous, "Youth Singing and Dancing".

"There's one more thing I'd like to discuss with you. Wang Yang smiled mysteriously, this should make her happy, or looked at Jessica, who was smiling suspiciously, and he said seriously: "I want to buy a house, and then we will live together." Jessica suddenly opened her mouth wide in surprise, her heartbeat accelerated violently, she sat up straight, her eyes widened and said, "God, ......what do you mean" Wang Yang nodded and smiled: "Yes, cohabitation." I know Catholicism doesn't allow it, it's just my idea, and it's okay if you don't like it. ”

I thought it was...... Jessica laughed, she exhaled quietly, thought about it with a frown, and said, "We love each other with all our hearts, and I believe that the merciful Lord will forgive us." As she spoke, she drew a cross and closed her eyes and said reverently, "Thank you, Lord." ”

"Then we have to plan it well!" Hearing her agree, when she finished praying, Wang Yang hugged her excitedly and said with a smile: "You know, that is our future home, this can't be casual, what kind of house do you like?" Jessica thought about it: "Hmm...... I don't know, but I like the bigger ones. Wang Yang looked at her and wondered, "As big as Will Smith's family?"

"No, that's too big. Jessica shook her head with a smile, a look of remembrance flashed across her face, and she said softly, "Jan, when we first moved to Los Angeles, we didn't live here, we lived in another rich neighborhood, and it was all big houses, big gardens, swimming pools...... But not our home. She smiled and said, "It was the smallest house in the community, with only a small lawn, which was weird, and my dad thought it was the best environment to grow up in." ”

Wang Yang listened silently, he had never heard this story, but it must have been a not a good memory.

"At that time, my dad was busy with his business, I didn't see him a few times a day, my mom was doing a few odd jobs, and those bad kids were yelling at me and Joshua, 'Little dirty man, go back to Mexico,'......" Speaking of which, Jessica squeezed into his arms, sniffed him hard, and said dreamily, "Young, I really missed you back then, and I often fantasized that you would suddenly show up and say, 'Get out of here, don't bully my Jessica!' Wang Yang also sniffed her and said with a smile: "I miss you too, you don't know, without you, I have a lot fewer opportunities to fight." ”

Jessica looked at him and said with a firm face: "At that time, our whole family had a very hard time, so I told myself that I must work hard to earn a lot of money and buy a big house in the future, without my father being bothered by the mortgage, and without my mother doing odd jobs, I want the whole family to live happily!" She smiled sweetly and said, "But Dad's business is successful, and there is nothing to do with me." ”

"Jessica, our family, leave the money to me, you are responsible for living in a big house and being happy. Wang Yang hugged her tightly, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "Do you understand?" Jessica said happily: "Well, but I also have a lot of money now, ha! I earn all your money." Wang Yang smiled: "That's the audience's money." Come, say something happy, and design our house. Jessica nodded, and while thinking, she said sweetly, "I like to have a big garden, with a lot of flowers......"

Seeing her happily snapping her fingers, Wang Yang smiled, and thought a little boastfully, men aren't all bastards.

(To be continued)