"Mr. Wang, did you first beat up my client, Mr. Cole Langston, on August 23, 1999, at Palek Private Hospital?" Billy McLelow, a litigation lawyer, stared at Wang Yang who was sitting in a chair with his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "You only need to answer me, is there any?" Wang Yang looked calm and nodded: "Yes, I have ......"

Billy McCro snapped his fingers, looked at the gray-haired judge above, looked at the jury next to him, and said as he walked over, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very serious crime, he violently attacked an innocent man, punched him in the face, hit him in the stomach with his knees, and kicked him in the joints...... He almost killed my client!" Cole over there sighed softly with a pitiful look on his face, as if he still had palpitations.

"Let's see how they compare!" Billy McCrall pointed at Wang Yang, and the jury members looked over, and he said: "This guy is 185cm, more than 170 pounds, and my client is only 170cm, less than 140 pounds, and more importantly, there is sufficient evidence that Wang Yang has practiced a certain boxing technique since he was a child, and my client is just an ordinary person! If this is a boxing match, this is absolutely unfair, this is lightweight and heavyweight!"

Many people in the auditorium behind them chuckled, of course, Wang Yang's assistant group and Jessica, who came with him, remained calm, and the white-haired judge struck a wooden hammer, and the courtroom immediately fell silent. Billy McCrow held up a finger and continued: "What I want to say is not fair or unfair, but Wang Yang's cruelty and badness, my client didn't want to fight, he almost pleaded and said, 'Stop fighting!' But Wang Yang didn't stop until the security guard came and grabbed him, but we can see from the video that Wang Yang still wanted to rush over and continue to beat my client, he just wanted to beat people, he was a demon! This is definitely a very serious intentional injury!"

Wang Yang glanced at Cole on the left, only to see that the guy kept nodding his head with a regretful face. The jury members all looked at each other, with different expressions, some frowning and contemplative, and some with indifferent expressions that seemed to have already been decided. As soon as Billy McCrow returned to his seat, defense attorney Vincent Grant stood up, looked at the jury, spread his hands and asked, "Does anyone have children?"

The jury members were stunned, Vincent-Grant patted Wang Yang on the shoulder, and said, "My client, he saved a child, he saved a child's life!" He looked at the auditorium, the rescued little girl Briana was sitting in the arms of her mother, Ms. Carmen, they were all here to defend Wang Yang, Vincent-Grant said: "Think about it, if that is your child, in that situation you are saving her life, but there is a person next to you who is hindering you and wasting your time, what would you do?" ”

"My client is not a demon, he is a superhero, in fact all Americans love such heroes!" Vincent Grant took two steps, glanced at the judge, pointed outside and said: "Superheroes always fight bad guys, we love this, we love this to death! If you don't believe me, you go out and look at a random movie theater, you can always find one or two blockbuster movies that are being released, and they tell such a story, and the whole movie theater cheers for it, why!?"

Vincent-Grant paused and then replied to himself: "Because this is human nature! This is good human nature! The laws of this country are always set standards in order to adapt to the human nature of society." I said Mr. Langston was a villain, and Mr. Macroe said he was an innocent, but in fact?" he looked at Cole and said in a deep voice: "This guy didn't help a human life in order to take a few photos to make money, but instead went to sabotage, and his actions were intentional injuries and intentional murders!"

"My client, he's angry, he did strike first in the hospital. But ladies and gentlemen, this is a complete event, from the street to the hospital, it should not be said separately, first and then from the beginning of the incident, on the street my client was repeatedly obstructed and provoked by Mr. Langston, so it was my client who hit the first, but it was Mr. Langston who did it first!" said Vincent-Grant, and the jury looked at each other again, and their expressions changed and differed a little.

"This is a slander! This is a lie without evidence!" Billy McRoma stood up and said, "Mr. Wang is saving people, but my client has not obstructed him, and he has not turned a blind eye, but what can he do? There is only one Briana, and all he can do is follow him." And I hope you can distinguish clearly, Wang Yang is starting to beat my client, he has already finished saving people, as an entertainment reporter, my client has always been the enemy in Mr. Wang's eyes, the reason why he beat my client, is it to vent his previous personal anger?"

Wang Yang leaned back in his chair, the voices in the courtroom gradually became very small, if he could, he wanted to beat Cole again to vent his anger, but that time, it was only 5 minutes, only 5 minutes away from a life would be lost, he thought that he would never regret this incident. Thinking of this, Wang Yang looked back at the auditorium, the little girl Briana noticed him, and immediately showed a bright smile, shook his hand at him, Wang Yang smiled slightly, and turned back to look at the old judge with white eyebrows in front of him.

When Wang Yang, Jessica and others walked out of the gate of the courthouse, the paparazzi who had been waiting for the opportunity for a long time immediately surrounded them with various cameras, "clicking" and frantically pressing the shutter, and several bodyguards hired back immediately stopped the paparazzi, allowing Wang Yang and others to walk smoothly to the car, and the paparazzi shouted while patting: "Yang, the trial result has been postponed again, are you happy or anxious?", "Yang, are you afraid of going to jail? What do you think will happen if you want to go to jail?", "Yang, are you afraid of going to jail? Jessica, would you mind if Jan went to jail?"

"Bang" closed the car door, as the car started, the voices of the paparazzi soon disappeared, Wang Yang closed his eyes and exhaled, Jessica, who was sitting next to him, dragged his hand and said softly: "Yang, are you tired? Wang Yang nodded "um", opened his eyes and looked at her again, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of going to jail, but I can't sit now, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is about to be released in two months, there is still a little post-production left, and I will do publicity again, if I am in which prison, I think there should be no editing room and soundtrack room in the prison, haha!"

Jessica looked affectionate and said comfortingly: "Jan, you won't go to jail, you'll be fine." Wang Yang frowned and smiled: "If I really go to prison, do you mind?" Jessica rolled her eyes, looked at him and said seriously: "How come? I can sit with you!" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing and said, "No! Thank you...... Hah, I don't think there's a couple's prison like that, right?"

The car drove directly to JFK International Airport, where Wang and Jessica boarded a flight back to Los Angeles. I don't know if the first-class flight attendant is particularly beautiful, Wang Yang glanced at it a few times and didn't look carefully, and quietly looked at Jessica next to her, but saw that she closed her eyes and opened her mouth slightly, she was already asleep, he couldn't help but smile, she began to worry about the result of the ruling a few days ago, she was really tired.

Picking up a blanket and gently covering her body, Wang Yang half-lay down in a comfortable seat, took a grape from the food plate on the small table next to him and put it in his mouth, took a book and read it, the cover of this book is a child leaning on the hand of his father holding a briefcase, there is a circle in the lower right corner, inside is a real photo of a smiling black man, the cover reads "How to become a millionaire from a poor egg, how to find your own happiness?"

This book is the first episode of Chris Gardner's autobiography "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", from the beginning of February, when the three parties of Flame Films, the bookseller, and the author have agreed, the publicity campaign has officially begun, Chris Gardner has been interviewed by various media, frequently appeared on various radio programs, and several TV talk shows to promote his story and this autobiography, and share successful experiences.

Some of these exposures don't require money, and some require money to contact and buy, and the cost of these promotions is basically paid by the bookseller Bantam Publishing Company, but if Flame Films wants to take a ride, it sponsors 1 million, and pays half of the printing cost for the promotional part of the film. Why half? Because the relationship between the film and the book is mutually influential, and when the film is successful, the book will sell more and better.

The promotional program is not just about interviews and shows, starting this month, it is also the beginning of the launch of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Chris Gardner also began to tour North America, promotions, and will also attend various booksellers' association events and book fairs for a new round of publicity for 2 months, and then meet with the film crew to prepare for the final publicity before the release.

Bantam Publishing has produced countless new authors and bestsellers, and they saw at a glance the potential of When Happiness Knocks, and their sophisticated publicity has allowed the autobiography to sell so well that Bantam expects it to reach the top of the best-seller list with the lecture tour. This is not surprising, not to tell the book, the author's packaging, only the content of the book, as a typical "American Dream" success, Chris Gardner's legendary story is very compelling, with the exposure, with the launch of his autobiography, he has become a new idol in the hearts of many blacks and many Americans, like a snowball, his fame is getting bigger and bigger, and the fame of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is also getting bigger and bigger.

He happily told Wang Yang on the phone, "I have received a lot of letters from readers, and they all said that they were moved by my story, Yang, when I was a child, I got an A in history, I thought I would be a historian, I never thought that I would become a writer, and there are so many readers who like me!" Wang Yang is also very happy, Chris's story can give people the power to chase happiness, and it can also give the power of movie promotion.

Chris Gardner met the man who drove a Ferrari sports car, and he decided to change careers to become a stockbroker, so what about the rest of the story? When Wang Yang turned another page, he saw the movie poster of Will Smith and Terry, which read the big "May 20th, North America will be released!" followed by a few classic lines "If you have a dream, you have to work hard to achieve it." "I have nothing, but at least I still have dreams, many people don't dare to have this, they are afraid ......"

Then there is the information of the movie, the interview with the crew, etc., looking at the picture collection behind, the group photo of him, Will Smith, and Chris Gardner hugging together, Wang Yang couldn't help but smile, from the perspective of film promotion alone, every time a book is sold, it means that someone knows the story of this movie, and it also means that the person's life network is connected, and his family and friends may know about it, so as to become interested in the movie, and the power of viral marketing will also be revealed.

"That's good, that's good......" Wang Yang smiled and muttered a few words, closing the book. At this time, Jessica next to her said in a daze and dream: "What...... Very good?" Wang Yang glanced at her, obviously she was in a half-asleep state, he reached out and stroked her hair, and said softly: "You are fine, sleep." ”

Back in Los Angeles, Wang Yang continued the remaining post-production of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", he spent less time in the editing room every day, and more time in the soundtrack room, Jenn Kezmelik attached great importance to this good movie, his first soundtrack work in Hollywood, and the enthusiasm and inspiration for his work were also very high.

March is not destined to be a quiet time, as the NCAA National Championship officially kicked off, with 64 universities working for a national championship in March Madness. As a basketball fan and a member of the NCAA love, Wang Yang naturally handed over a Final Four matchup prediction table and uploaded it to his blog, he is optimistic about Michigan State University, the University of Florida, Cincinnati, and Michael Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina, while his alma mater, USC, did not make it to the round of 64.

His prediction belongs to most public opinion, and only the University of Florida ranks low in the survey, and belongs to the kind that really makes it to the top four. Many fans are puzzled that he did not choose the popular UConn, but Wang Yang believes that the University of Florida's offensive system is clear and fluent, and the morale is fierce, and it should definitely not be a team to be underestimated. This response made many fans tell him "wait and see".

blogger this thing is very fresh, only last August online, that day Wang Yang accidentally found out, thought it was very interesting, and became a user of the website, he found it interesting, because he can post some movie dynamics on it, which is a new method for publicity, he carefully analyzed, and found that blogger's senses are different from the official website, released here, as if he was telling everyone in person, which makes fans have a greater impression and interest; and he can publish some of his own life dynamics, or opinions on certain things, very interesting。

He has yet to find other "peers" and seems to be the only Hollywood person. This also aroused the suspicion of the website, after contact, he proved his identity, and exclusively released several behind-the-scenes stills of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", so the news of "Wang Yang became a blogger user" appeared on the homepage of the website. However, since the website does not have many users, his blog traffic is not high, but it is quite high in the website ranking.

Under the influence of Wang Yang, Jessica also joined the ranks of the blog, without any articles, only posting a few photos of her personal life, and the click-through rate of her blog was higher than Wang Yang, which made her a little proud. In order to catch up, Wang Yang participated in more topics and predictions, but there was one thing he did not predict, and that was another event to be held in March, the Academy Awards.

The Golden Sour Plum Awards, which were always announced before the Oscars, continued to announce all the awards earlier this year, and the hit film "Hurricane Warriors" can be said to "live up to expectations", winning 5 awards such as the worst film, the worst director, and the worst actor, and Will Smith won the three awards for the worst actor, the worst screen partner, and the worst movie song, becoming the "smelly" person this year.

"Will, it's nothing, you're just being burdened by a bad movie, your performance in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", I dare say it's at the Oscar level for Best Actor. On the phone, Wang Yang's words were serious and comforting, and when the movie screen was accompanied by music, Will's interpretation left him speechless, and it also made him feel that he had finally found "that little bit of something". Will Smith over there laughed heartily: "Man, I'm fine, I'm going to win the Oscar for the worst actor next year, hey, what can I do?" Wang Yang smiled: "Will, the Golden Sour Plum and the Oscar trophies are placed together, it must be interesting." ”

After the Golden Sour Plum Award was awarded, on March 26, the 72nd Oscars arrived as scheduled, when Wang Yang in a black suit and Jessica in a white evening dress stepped out of the extended Lincoln car, the flash lights lit up from all sides, Jessica held a handbag in one hand and Wang Yang's hand in the other, both of them smiled and stepped on the red carpet and walked towards the Selangoram Theater in front.

"Jyan, hey, look over here! Jessica, this way, this way!" the reporters on both sides of the railing kept pressing the shutter of their cameras, snapping and clicking.

Wang Yang and Jessica posed, cooperated with them to take pictures, looked at the telephoto cameras of the reporters around them, and the red carpet with people coming and going, and the starry red carpet, Wang Yang suddenly remembered that he seemed to have had such a dream, when did he do it?

(To be continued)