Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Abominable Natalie

In the early morning, the town has a faint layer of fog, on a wide lawn in the residential area, the film crew of "Juno" is busy preparing for the start-up, Valey Pfister commanded Harry George and others to set up the camera position, Wang Yang, who recovered from a cold, scanned up and down the front with the viewfinder, slowly formed a picture, and said to Valley Pfister: "I will shoot the panorama first, and then draw closer to the middle shot, and ...... here"

This is the first shot of "Juno", Juno looks at an abandoned chair on the lawn, sipping a drink, and uses voiceover to lead the whole story. Now that everything was almost ready, seeing that the lighting group still needed to be adjusted, Wang Yang patted Valley on the shoulder, and walked to Natalie in front, she was sitting on the luxurious cloth chair, holding a Yorkshire puppy and teasing.

Natalie's Juno style has naturally been set, she has sparse and scattered bangs on her forehead, there are hanging hair on both sides of her forehead, the length of the back is cut very short, and her makeup does not use false eyelashes, eye shadow and other techniques to add feminine beauty, and her clothes are jeans and jackets.

"Baby, what a good boy, so good. Natalie's face was gentle, gently stroking the puppy in her arms, and said in a childlike voice, "How old are you? How about we be friends? What are you thinking? Hmm, I guess ......"

"Hey, Natalie!" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile when she saw her abnormal appearance, she liked dogs a lot, and said, "It's about to turn on, are you ready?" Natalie nodded, didn't look at him, picked up the puppy with both hands and shook it around, stuck out her tongue and teased it: "Laugh one, like this, let me see your little tongue, laugh-" The well-trained puppy opened his mouth when he heard this, Natalie suddenly sighed in surprise, and said, "Oh my God, it's so good, it's so cute!"

Wang Yang clasped his hands on his chest, as if looking at her as an alien, and frowned in disbelief, is this a third personality? He smiled: "Don't you need to brew emotions? Juno hates dogs very much. Natalie stroked the puppy and said, "No, I've been brewing for two semesters, and now I can control it freely." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, it seems that I don't need to talk about drama." Natalie smiled at the puppy and said, "What else would you do? Give me your hand, well, good boy." ”

Hearing Vary-First over there shouting "Ready", Wang Yang made an ok gesture to him, looked at Natalie and said, "Okay, it's time to start shooting, give me the dog." Natalie had a reluctant expression on her face and rubbed the Yorkshire puppy by her neck before handing it to him with both hands.

After completing a few side-shot long shots, the film crew made some equipment adjustments and came to the shot of "Juno, who was distracted, was startled by the puppy". Valey Pfister knelt on one knee with the camera on his shoulder, aimed at Natalie at the angle of shooting up, and the diffuser and recording rod behind her were also aimed at her.

Natalie was carrying a large bottle of drink in her hand, looking at the chair with blank eyes, Wang Yang made a "barking" command gesture to the Yorkshire puppy, and the puppy barked "Wang". Natalie then shook her whole body, startled, she looked at the puppy tilted her head helplessly, and complained a little ventingly, "Jesus, Balala, you are in heat, find your Barbie doll, don't bother me!

"cut!" Wang Yang shouted to stop, nodded and smiled: "good!" As soon as she heard the halt and reconcile, Natalie's face changed an expression, and she stepped forward apologetically, picked up the Yorkshire puppy and walked to the side, and said softly: "Little cutie, I'm sorry I was angry with you just now...... Wang Yang couldn't help but shake his head and smile, this feels really weird, cute version of Natalie?" He clapped his palms and shouted: "Prepare for the next set of shots!"

The second set of shots shows Juno walking through many streets of the town to a grocery store. Natalie walked the quiet, leafy streets with her drink, her steps sloppy, occasionally lifting up her huge bottle to take a sip. She was 45 degrees next to a large group of film crews, and Wang Yang walked in the front, paying attention to her demeanor, steps, movements, etc.

At this time, a fallen leaf floated down, and Natalie leaned up with her face, and when the fallen leaf floated to her face, she shook it off again. Wang Yang clenched his fists and secretly praised: "Very good!" This is not a preset picture, but this improvisation is very good, this is Juno, the Juno he wants.

After a day of filming, Wang Yang had to give Natalie a thumbs up, nearly a year was wasted, her performance was impeccable, there was almost no NG situation, only when playing against other actors, there were only a few times when she needed to do it again. Of course, she was too film-saving, far below the budget, Wang Yang didn't just call it a day, didn't hold on to the saved films, although she didn't ng, but he still asked her to perform a few more times to see if she could come out with better results.

The crew lived in a hotel near the town, night had already fallen, in the brightly lit hotel, Wang Yang sat at the desk in the room, looking at Michael Pitt in sportswear opposite, Michael was rehearsing a few scenes tomorrow, he looked sluggish, and said softly: "What, are you pregnant......?" I know. Wang Yang smiled and shouted: "Michael, you did a great job, let's see the chemistry between you and Natalie tomorrow." ”

"Oh, okay. Michael Pitt exhaled, sat down in his chair a little nervously, and exclaimed, "I'm the male lead? Wang Yang turned around and sorted out the documents on the desk, and said with a smile: "Man, you are even more verbose than Zachary, he only said it about ten times at the beginning, and you are already about to go to three digits." Michael smiled slightly, remembering the old years that will never be forgotten, and smiled: "Young, thank you, it's about to come true." ”

"It's going to be a triple digit. Wang Yang glanced back at him and said, "Michael, I also want to say something that is fast to three digits, no need to thank you, your own efforts." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and a female voice sounded: "Director." Wang Yang said come in, the door was opened, and a black-brown-haired girl with a ponytail walked in, Wang Yang picked up a few documents, handed them to her, and said: "Nancy, this is my shooting plan for tomorrow, help me send it to Vare, who is it written for, understand?" Nancy took the document and said seriously: "Okay, I'll send it." ”

When forming the crew of "Juno", Wang Yang contacted this stubborn girl he met in Park City, kept his promise, and arranged an interview for one of her assistant directors. Nancy Reno has a certain amount of professional knowledge and is diligent and patient, enough to deal with the assistant director who does not need to lead the filming team and does not need to assist in the creation, so he hired this girl.

"By the way, director, Natalie asked you to go to the rehearsal room on the first floor, and she wants to practice the walking posture of a pregnant woman. Nancy smiled and said, "She also ordered you to bring a pillow." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and walked out of the room with Nancy without a pillow, and Michael Pitt over there also got up and left.

When Wang Yang came to the rehearsal room, which was a large room in the hotel, he saw Natalie walking around with a bulging belly and one hand supporting her waist, imitating a black-haired white girl pregnant woman who was also walking around next to her, and a blonde white girl in her early twenties sitting on the sofa on the side.

The brunette girl is Athena, an 18-year-old Toronto native who is more than six months pregnant, while the blonde girl, Kath, is 20 years old, and her son is 3 years old. Both of them are hired members of the crew, and they will participate in the whole filming stage, such as teaching Natalie the way of walking as a pregnant woman, as well as providing real teenage pregnancy mentality and experience, etc., to help Natalie and Wang Yang.

"Hey, Jan!" Natalie said hello when she saw him walk in, and continued to walk around with her prop tied belly, asking, "How am I walking?"

Wang Yang sat down on the sofa, observed the difference between her and Athena's walking posture, and said, "It seems to be a little light, the guy in your stomach is not a pillow." Natalie stopped, carefully observing Athena's steps. Wang Yang glanced at Kath next to her, she was chatting on her mobile phone, and said gently: "Mom will be back soon, can I buy you Superman?" Well, hurry up and go to bed, let grandma tell you a story......

When she put down her phone, Wang Yang smiled and said, "Hi, Kath." Keith smiled at him and said, "I was wrong, I didn't bring him with me before, I just wanted to relax for a month, you know I've been with him every day since I was 17, but now I'm full of that little baby, just a few days apart." Wang Yang nodded in understanding and said, "You can bring him here, and the cost of food and lodging will be paid by the crew." ”

"Well, thanks, but I still need a few more days. Keith shook her head and laughed, raised her eyebrows and exhaled a long breath, spread her hands and said, "Sometimes, I regret and feel very upset, look at what I have done? You are 20 years old, I am also 20 years old, but my son is more than 3 years old, and I ruined my life." She smiled and said, "But when I see my little sweetheart, I think it's good, I love him, thank God for giving him to me." ”

Wang Yang looked at Athena, who had a youthful face and a round belly, and listened to Kath's story quietly, his heart was a little heavy, pregnancy is really a very serious matter, especially the pregnancy of a teenager, which is the impact of changing fate. He knows the story of Kath, who was pregnant at the age of 17, did not choose to have an abortion, did not give away the child, and raised it with his parents, and the father of the child was not responsible.

After walking and resting for a while, Athena felt tired, and this was the end of the study. Keith helped Athena back to her room to rest, and Wang Yang and Natalie also went upstairs. In the elevator, Wang Yang listened to the slight "rumble", thinking about Kath's sentence "Men are bastards", and thinking of Paulie and Mark in the original "Juno", he frowned, Rachel ...... Jessica?He also seems to be a jerk off, and plans to get married...... He looked at Natalie next to him and casually asked, "Man, what do you think about marriage?"

"What?" Natalie looked at him with a strange face and asked, "Why do you ask that?" Wang Yang smiled: "Just think of some things, just ask casually, it has nothing to do with "Juno", you can not answer." Natalie snorted and said lightly: "I can imagine what love is, but I can't imagine two people being together forever, that's too scary, it's unlikely, forever?" ”

With a ding, the elevator door opened, and Wang Yang looked at her while walking out and said, "It seems that you have no confidence in marriage." Natalie shrugged her shoulders indifferently and asked, "Do you believe it?" Wang Yang thought for a while, then nodded: "Of course, why not? If you believe it, it will exist, and if you don't believe it, it will definitely not exist." And my mom and dad are very good, and as far as I know, your parents are happy, isn't that real?"

Natalie glanced at him a few times, shook her head and smiled: "narr!" At this time, the elevator door opened, and she walked out first, and Wang Yang behind her said a little puzzled: "narr? What does it mean?" Natalie smiled: "That's German, what does it mean? I won't tell you." Wang Yang suddenly remembered that she knew many languages, and he smiled: "It's better not to tell me!, but I'm also a 'language master', English, Chinese, Cantonese...... And maybe German, narr? so. In Chinese, he said, "Nerd." ”

"What does that mean?" asked Natalie, curious. Wang Yang shrugged and said, "You tell me, and I'll tell you." Natalie stopped, looked at him and said, "I've let you down, I chose to learn it myself." I was ready to learn an Asian language, Japanese or Chinese, and now I choose Chinese. Wang Yang smiled: "This is a wise choice, you learn slowly." But I went back to my room and looked it up on the Internet, and I found out what narr meant. ”

"Haha, don't be stupid!" Natalie suddenly became teased, like Juno, but also herself, and she laughed, "I know what 'nerd' means now, bookworm, nerd." Oh! I forgot to tell you that I learned a lot of Chinese from Mr. Wayne Wong when I was filming "The End of the World", and besides, my choice was made half a year ago, and I have been studying it systematically. Then she snorted again and said in German, English, and Chinese: "Narr, fool, fool!"

Although he had expected it, seeing her successful appearance, Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, gritting his teeth and said, "Okay, I was tricked by you, ma'am, you give me care, I'll get it back!" Natalie raised her eyebrows and said, "Obviously, you have plenty of time, but ......" She patted him on the shoulder vigorously and smiled: "Don't let me hit twice!"

"Ha, Young, I've found you!" At this time, a person came out of the corner of the corridor, it was Joshua, one of the crew's chores, he saw Wang Yang and rushed over quickly, and said excitedly: "The game is ready to start, let's watch it together! Tonight is the night of the championship!" Now the Lakers are leading the Pacers 3:2, and if they win the game today, they can win the championship. Wang Yang nodded happily, tomorrow's preparations have been done, and watching a ball game will not delay things.

Joshua put his arm around Wang Yang's shoulders and sang happily, "We are champions! We are champions!" He looked at Natalie and said in a provocative tone, "I'm sorry, your Knicks went home fishing early, oh yes, we're champions-"

"I'm sorry. Natalie curled the corners of her mouth rather disdainfully, "I'm not a basketball fan. Actually, I don't know what's so nice about it? Ten people are running around a ball, and the key to victory or defeat is to see who is stronger and bigger, whoa, bang, dunk! And then basketball fans ......" She exaggeratedly raised her hands and said in a trembling voice, "Oh my God, it's so strong, it's so powerful!" Please, kill themβ€”" She pouted and spread her hands, "One night is wasted." ”

Seeing that Wang Yang and Joshua were stunned, she suddenly burst out laughing, clutching her stomach and saying, "Haha, I'm ...... I'm kidding, but I don't really understand basketball. Enjoy your championships, man!" she smiled and turned to her room.

"This guy ......" Joshua gasped angrily, waved his fist and said, "This woman is really hateful!" Wang Yang held back a smile and nodded: "Yes, this one she is very hateful......" Remembering the scene when she teased the dog in the morning, he said again: "There is another her, which is very cute." ”

Joshua bounced out like an electric shock, his eyes glared as if they were about to fall out, and he said loudly in surprise: "What!?you say cute?huh!What do you want to do?!Young!" His two fingers tapped his eyes, and then crossed to Wang Yang like his father-in-law in "Meet My Father-in-law", and said coldly, "I'm staring at you." ”

"What are you kidding!" Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "You just saw it, right? What is her attitude towards basketball? What about me? This is a matter of life philosophy, I am the kind of person who wastes an evening watching a football game." He walked up to the front and smiled, "So don't be stupid!"

Joshua in the back of narr said with a puzzled expression, "What is narr?" Wang Yang replied in Chinese, "It means 'stupid'." Joshua followed in confusion and asked, "...... Bungbock?"

(To be continued)