Peoples-Republik, a bar 1 mile from MIT and less than 1 mile from Harvard, is a popular bar with young students in the neighborhood when it was rented by the crew of "MIT-21-Team" to shoot a scene on the first page of a thick script.

The bar, which was supposed to be bright during the day, was dimly lit by the gaffer as if it were night, the bald white bartender behind the bar was wiping his glasses, the young customers were shouting and playing a game of darts, and the guests sitting at the log table were drinking and chatting, and there was a warm atmosphere, of course, they were all extras.

The two cameras are positioned on the front and diagonally opposite the corner of the bar, with Vallé Pfister on the bat controlling the front one, Wang Yang standing next to the viewfinder, and Harry George in the control of the other, and the lighting sound engineer and other film crews are also in place, Joshua looks at Alexis sitting at the bar with a demented expression.

She had long brown hair flowing down her shoulders, her forehead was covered by big bangs, her slender willow eyebrows, blue eyes, and a smile on her delicate round face, she was a very good girl, Natalie sat next to her, her long hair had been cut into loose short hair, and she looked like a petite and cute girl, and next to her Jay Baruchel, whose hair was curled up, as if she had just woken up.

"Action!" With an order, the three of them casually held their glasses, and Natalie said, "We'll find out, what's the most in Boston? nerds and geniuses......

This scene is about the MIT group losing a big player, and while the three of them are drinking at a bar, they are accosted by Jeff Ma and others, who are also drinking here, and then an argument ensues. At this time, the white classmate of Jeff Ma, who played the role of "ordinary nerds", walked over, and he shyly accosted Natalie, who was talking, and said, "Hey, can I ask you for a drink?"

Natalie turned her head to glance at him, raised the wine glass in her hand slightly, and said casually: "I have a plus or minus question to ask you, how is it?" This is not a close-up, the camera monitor also shows Alexis and Jay with an indifferent face, and without waiting for the fat man to answer, Natalie quickly recited this line that has been rehearsed many times: "What is 2+7+4-5+2+4-1+9+2+6-4+2-8-7+4-2+6?"

As soon as she said it, she couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, no one said ng! Finally got this damn line! Wang Yang was that troublesome ghost!

The fat man with glasses opened his mouth stupidly, this is a very simple math problem, a child can count his fingers, but it is a literal problem, she says too fast and too much, she can't remember it at all! He said blankly, "Uh, can you say slower?" Natalie didn't bother to pay attention to him, retracted her gaze, and said lightly: "You say to the clock, go slower, unless it's broken." ”

Alexis and Jay both gave intriguing smiles and raised their glasses to take a sip.

“21。 Wu Yanzu, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly said something, and Natalie, who was on the other side of the camera, suddenly pulled her eyebrows, and when she turned her head, she heard a voice say very quickly: "I also have a question for you, what is 22-1?" Natalie turned her head and looked at Wu Yanzu, who was laughing at her, with a funny smile on the corner of her mouth, and said, "21." ”

"Cut!" Wang Yang shouted to stop the crew, and suddenly everyone looked at him, Joshua wiped his mouth, and thought with a puzzled expression: "What happened?" Wang Yang looked at Wu Yanzu and said, "Daniel, there is something missing in your expression." You know Jeff was really trying to humiliate the guys, but he was actually a little smug and arrogant, because he was smart, because there were two beautiful women sitting there, and a nerd. ”

In the setting of the role, Jeff Ma is such a proud person, he joined the group to play card counting initially to prove his ability, but after gradually learning and fighting, he realized the importance of the team, and also realized the friendship and loyalty, no more cynical but still proud.

"No one should tell Jeff that I said that. Wang Yang said again, and everyone smiled slightly, Ma Kaiwen was the technical consultant of the crew filming with the team, but there was no card counting content in this scene, so he was not there. On the spot, Wang Yang shouted softly, "action!"

Wu Yanzu readjusted his expression, and there was a smile on his face that was mocking, and said quickly: "I also have a question for you, what is 22-1?" Natalie smiled: "21." Her expression slowly cooled again, and she said in a faster tone: "I have a question, if you are participating in a game show, there are three doors for you to choose to open, one of them has a car in the back, and the other two are goats......"

The more she spoke, the slower she became, and finally her neck hung down as if her head had been broken, and she laughed and said, "Director, I forgot the next words!" Alexis, Wu Yanzu and others also laughed, Wang Yang spread his hands helplessly, and shouted with a smile: "Who gave her that damn script!"

There is no complicated action in this scene, and the camera is very fixed, but it is not easy to complete at all, because the strings of lines are difficult to remember, and they must be said quickly and clearly;

This is expected, Wang Yang doesn't expect to be able to shoot the whole scene in one go, that's impossible, even if it goes well with a Q&A to take a breath, this is not a stage play, the movie has editing.

"The script is here!" Joshua believed in the "seize every opportunity to make her have a good impression of you" taught by her sister's boyfriend, diligently and honestly took Wang Yang's script, walked up and handed it to Natalie, believing that "it's cool, it's cool, but smile more at her." He smiled at Alexis next to him and walked back. Alexis's doubts were even heavier, this guy seemed to be really weird...... Natalie opened the script and read it carefully, her lips muttering slightly, and Wu Yanzu also took the opportunity to look at her script and memorize the lines. After a long while, Natalie nodded, "Alright!

"Action!" With an order, Valey Pfister and other members of the film crew resumed their work, Natalie continued to look up at Wu Yanzu who was standing, and said quickly: "I have a question...... The other two are goats, and you choose a door, let's say it's number one, and the host, who knows what's behind the door, opens door number three, and behind it is a goat, and he then asks you, 'Are you going to change your mind and choose door number two?'"

Wu Yanzu immediately said: "Change." Natalie then said: "Why? What is the benefit of changing your choice? Gate 1 is a car, he is trying to trick you!" Wu Yanzu had a slightly disdainful expression, and continued: "You are playing me, this is the Monty-Hall paradox, there are three situations, I choose the No. 1 goat, the host No. 2 goat, the conversion will drive away the car; I choose the No. 2 goat, the host chooses the No. 1 goat, the conversion will drive away the car; I choose the car, the host takes away a goat, I fail, but the probability of success of the transformation is 2/3." Why not?"

Wang Yang held his chin and watched Natalie's performance as she continued to ask the next game theory puzzle, "The Tiger Paradox", still asking quick questions and answers, without any time to stop. Obviously, the audience in front of the big screen will not hear clearly in the future, they will not have time to think, or even react...... But he doesn't need them to understand that this passage should be said clearly and in plain language, so that the audience can quickly enter the play and feel that they are thinking.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, as long as the protagonists' last sentence tells them exactly an answer, which is exciting and creates an atmosphere of "these people are geniuses"! At the same time, the audience will also have some initial feelings about the characters' personalities and "coolness".

“%#%*@…… I'm Sorry!", "Probability of a Tiger...... I forgot!", "cut!, do it again!"...... The scene kept going on for a few minutes, and then finally it was more than the lines ng, and the performance was disjointed in order to memorize the lines, so that Wang Yang shouted cut again, and Natalie's forehead over there was about to sweat, and the number of ng in this section was more than that of "Juno" combined! She exhaled and said with a deep blow: "I'm sorry!" Wang Yang clapped her hands with a smile and said, "Let's rest for a while!"

In the midst of laughter, the film crew, such as Vary-Pfister and Harry George, stopped working and went to the round table in the bar to sit down for the rest of the day, and the extras continued to chat like tourists. Natalie said frantically, "Ah, these lines are so hard to remember, why didn't I know that MIT people were so powerful?" Wu Yanzu, who sat down in the chair, also gasped: "My brain is also confused." ”

"Luckily, I don't have any lines. Alexis gladly patted his collarbone, Joshua's eyes widened and his heart pounded, and Jay Baruchel said his thoughts, "I'd like to have more lines." ”

"Hello, buddy!" Wang Yang, who was smiling, came to Wu Yanzu, and suddenly swung a punch into his chest, and the fist was blowing! The guarded Wu Yanzu instantly opened a fierce fist with one hand, and returned a punch back, Wang Yang grabbed his little arm, and his right fist went directly to the side of the elbow.

For their kind of exchange anytime and anywhere, everyone has quickly gotten used to it, and this martial arts idiot director started fighting all morning as soon as he was free. Glancing at the two of them who were playing loudly, Natalie continued to look at the script in her hand, flipped a few more pages, read the lines of the real card counting plot at the back, and said, "Jan, I have a question, it doesn't seem like something I should be thinking about, but I want to know." ”

Wang Yang stopped with his fist so that Wu Yanzu could continue to read the script, he sat down on a chair at the bar, and asked with a smile, "What? What questions do you have to ask the director?" Everyone also looked at Natalie with a smile, only Joshua couldn't take his eyes off it.

"Well, a lot of the lines seem to be quite complicated, and we can't figure it out for a while. Natalie raised her eyebrows and pursed her lips, patting the script and saying, "I hate them, they killed me." Wang Yang smiled, understood her question, and said, "Are you saying that the audience will be full of question marks? This is my plan, they don't need to understand, the point is not here." ”

Natalie shrugged her shoulders slightly, remembered the gambling movies she watched for this movie, and said seriously: "Actually, my question is that I have watched a lot of gambling movies, "Gambler Ma Huali", "Las Vegas", "King of Gambling", "King of Gambling", ...... Compared to them, MIT-21-Team is so special, especially the gambling part, it looks very professional, with a lot of real skills, jargon and details......"

Seeing her pause, Alexis asked with some confusion, "I don't have that many ideas, but isn't it good to be different?" Joshua quickly echoed: "I've also read the script, it's funny! Incredible, incredible! Very different!"

Ali ignored him, but Natalie gave him a faint look, continued to look at the script in her hand, and said: "I don't know if it's interesting, we are more focused and thoughtful, these lines are impressive, and the story is also attractive." But if it weren't for a script that could be pecked over and over again, but a screen that passed quickly, wouldn't the audience find it wordy and boring? It's always these difficult things, very aggressive. ”

"So how about you make one...... Temperamental movies? Is there anything like that? I want to see it. Natalie looked at Wang Yang, who was thinking.

Wang Yang thought about this question and said: "I don't know, I don't think there was a similar movie before, I can't find it anyway." He pressed his shoulder muscles and said, "Natalie, you know that movies were eventually born in the editing room, and now ask me what is MIT-21-team like......?"

"Dart!" he shot with his right hand, blew the invisible white smoke on his index finger, and said with a smile: "Guys, it's still that sentence, a cool movie." Natalie rolled her hands and glared, "This word is too cunning." Joshua said to the horse, "Yes, the script is very cunning and beautiful!"

"Haha, yes. Wang Yang grinned, in his understanding, the so-called cool is the kind of cool that is very handsome and cool, each character has its own role, through details and lines, show off their professional and genius side, the focus is to form the audience's inner impression.

Whether it is card counting skills, the team actually playing 21 points in the casino, detectives and anti-detectives, etc., as well as the natural skills of each character, in addition to card counting as geniuses, what else they know, such as being proficient in multiple languages, etc., are all things to show off in detail. But if you talk about gambling movies...... "Have you ever watched Hong Kong gambling movies?" Wang Yang suddenly asked. Alexis and Jay both shook their heads and said no, Natalie over there thought about it with a slight frown, and also shook her head and said, "No, I like Wong Kar-wai in Hong Kong movies." Huh? This movie is the style of Hong Kong gambling films?" Wu Yanzu said with a smile: "I have watched several "Gamblers" and "Gambling Saints", it seems that the style is different, right?"

Wang Yang did not answer the question of style for the time being, and said with his own opinion: "The style of Hong Kong gambling films is to focus on gambling, strange gambling skills, and even superpowers that are out of reality, the gambling table of Hong Kong films is always very cool and cool, struggle, magic, chic, in gambling, it is a picture; ”

Wu Yanzu nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, I also feel like this, Hollywood gambling films don't seem to know how to gamble, they are not delicate at all, and they are ...... compared with Hong Kong films" He paused and smiled: "Hollywood has no gambling films." Natalie wondered, what is a gambling movie?

"I don't know. Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, he couldn't figure out this question for a while, could it be that American audiences don't like to watch "professional" gambling movies? But he thought it shouldn't be, no one likes to be lame and hate professionalism, the more professional it is, the more exciting and fascinating it is, and this aspect has been reflected in various dramas such as doctors and solving crimes. Of course, no matter how professional the TV series and movies are, the premise is that the story must be good-looking and the characters are wonderful.

Especially because of the length of the movie, it is impossible to use all the card skills to introduce the card skills, this is not a popular science program or a documentary, there is a degree and a rhythm in it. "MIT-21-Team" is also mainly about detectives and anti-detectives, and the story of the MIT team against the whole of Las Vegas.

However, there is no doubt that Hollywood movies that can be called "gambling films" have never paid attention to gambling itself, and there is no professionalism and details, why?

If you think about it from the perspective of the producer, there seem to be some clues. Thinking of this, looking at the confused Natalie and the others, Wang Yang smiled and said: "Maybe it's because, from a commercial point of view, gambling films have always had no market in Hollywood, no one is willing to explore and try, and producers don't want to take risks, you know it's better to use this money to make a romantic movie." ”

Joshua smiled and nodded, "I love romantic love, and I've always been looking forward to a love." Jay asked, "Haven't you ever been in love?" Alexis couldn't help but look at him curiously, and Joshua suddenly didn't know what to say: "Uh!" Natalie looked at Wang Yang and said, "Go on!"

"Then you're going to make a gambling movie, it's not a commercial film, it's about gambling and human nature, emotions; it's just a small-budget movie, if you want to win, the creative ideas often take the route of story depth, so naturally you won't focus on any gambling skills; when the cost is high, you can do a lot of big actions and big scenes, so you think, what is a small gambling table?"

As he spoke, Wang Yang suddenly remembered the future "007: Casino Royale", which is known as a "pure Hollywood gambling film", in fact, among the many Hollywood gambling films he has studied, it is the one with the most detailed intensity. But relatively speaking, the gambling itself is still a bit simple, and it seems very immature compared with Hong Kong films.

However, he does not fully support Hong Kong gambling films, "Gambler", "God of Gamblers", etc., that set is already the 80s method, it is not suitable for the current world, and even Hong Kong is outdated.

Exaggeration and superpowers are not professional, "MIT-21-team" pursues dazzling and real, high-IQ card skills, it wants the kind of detail and atmosphere creation of Hong Kong films, as well as the wonderful stories of Hollywood commercial films.

"I want to create a flavor ......" Wang Yang stood up, but the more Natalie listened, the more confused she became, and asked, "I don't understand?" Wang Yang then laughed: "You can't understand it now, but trust me! If "Mit-21-team" is classified as a gambling movie, then it is unprecedented, haha!" He glanced at Alexis, Wu Yanzu and others, and said in a deep voice: "You know? We want to make it a gambling film pinnacle that cannot be surpassed!"

"Wow!" Joshua sighed in a timely voice, pretending to be cute, "It's so exciting!" Alexis agreed, what movie is not expected, and there is a figure of herself! Natalie chuckled and said, "Okay, although I'm still wondering, what is it like, will it be boring...... But over to you, Director!"

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "I don't know what it will be, but it will be cool, it will." ”

This movie is a new experience for him, unlike the past, this movie has no template, except for the same adaptation of "The Capture of Las Vegas", which is completely different from "21 o'clock", and it is not a traditional Hollywood gambling film, and the result is unpredictable. But whether it's 21 or Texas Hold'em, Stud...... Anything is good, there has never been a movie with this face, who knows if the audience likes it or not?

Always try it to know the result!

Wang Yang patted Joshua on the head as he walked to the camera, and said with a smile: "I can't guarantee that it will have any miracles, but at least it didn't follow the route of that failed goat." So I chose Gate 2, which is a 2/3 probability of winning!" As he spoke, he suddenly yelled at Natalie and Wu Yanzu: "You guys hurry up and read the script! Wait for whoever ng, I will punch him back to Long Island, New York!"

"I'll wait!" Natalie gave him a defiant look, everyone naturally knew that he was joking, but they all looked at the script seriously, after all, as an actor, no one wants to hear that "ng!"

Next, Wang Yang talked with Valley Pfister for a while, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he picked up the microphone and yelled, continuing the shooting that was not completed just now!

When all the personnel were ready, the action sounded, and after a few more NGs, the scene finally came to the last few shots.

In the previous few probability paradoxes and math problems, Jeff Ma's performance surprised all three members of the MIT group, and naturally became very interested in him, because Jeff Ma's mental arithmetic speed and memory are amazing, and he only believes in mathematics and is not affected by emotions at all, making him an excellent candidate to fill the vacancy of big players!

"If you have to bet, how can you win?" Natalie's eyes filled with smiles, and Alexis and Jay Baruchel had a smile on their lips like finding their prey. Suddenly hearing an unrelated question, Wu Yanzu thought for a moment, and said in a slow voice: "There is no such thing as winning in gambling." ”

"Very good!" Natalie showed a playful smile and asked, "What school are you from?" The fat classmate hurriedly smiled in surprise: "mit!" The three of them immediately looked at each other and laughed, Natalie muttered, "mit, mit...... Ok!" she stood up and left, Ali and Jay followed, and Natalie, who had walked a few steps, suddenly turned around and asked, "Do you have any after-school clubs?"

Wu Yanzu chuckled, looked away, and said, "I've answered too many questions tonight." Natalie nodded knowingly and smiled, "That's no, but it doesn't matter, you'll be joining a club soon." With that, the three of them went outside. The fat man shouted in confusion, "Hey, what do you mean? What club?" Alexis turned his head and smiled, "A club that does math problems." ”

"Cut!" As they left in style, Wang Yang shouted, and he was relieved that the first scene was finally completed! He gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "It's all good!

Everyone immediately laughed and cheered, and the whole bar was bursting with people, celebrating the smooth start of the film, and the film crew immediately began to adjust the camera position and prepare to shoot the next set of shots.

(To be continued)