Chapter 91: Signature
There weren't many pedestrians on the street, and Ginny looked at the man and woman walking in front of her, both of whom were in T-shirts, denim pants, and the girl was wearing a peaked cap that covered the sun. The brown-haired girl was in good shape, which made her look twice, she suddenly frowned, and then looked at the tall black-haired Asian boy, and suddenly called out "Oh my ......", she walked up quickly, and smiled in surprise: "You are Jan and Jessica? Oh my God, I actually saw you here!"
Wang Yang and Jessica both stopped, knowing that they were probably their fans, so they smiled at her and said, "Hello." Ginny rummaged through something in her waist bag and said, "Hey, I'm Ginny." Jan, give me an autograph. She searched through her handbag, found a makeup pen, handed it to Wang Yang and said with a smile: "Just sign it on my T-shirt, you can choose the position." With that, she straightened up.
"Oh!" Wang Yang took the makeup pen and glanced at Jessica, who smiled and put her hands around her chest, with a look of "I don't care about you". He smiled, scratched a signature on the shoulder of the girl's T-shirt, and said, "Okay." It's been a long time since he's been asked for an autograph while walking down the street, but with the recent release of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", his popularity and exposure have increased, and this situation has returned in the past few days, and he will meet fans from time to time.
Ginny looked over her shoulder and said with satisfaction, "Well, okay! Jan, your "When Happiness Knocks" is very good, I think you can win next year's Oscar for Best Director." Wang Yang just smiled and shrugged his shoulders, it was too early to think about the Oscar, and said, "Thank you for your support." Ginny asked with interest, "By the way, you still have a movie coming out this year, is it Juno?"
"Yes, if nothing else, it will be released this Christmas. Wang Yang replied to her, looked at the smiling Jessica again, and said to this enthusiastic female fan: "Ginny, we're leaving, so goodbye." Ginny nodded, she suddenly looked at Jessica with a makeup pen, and said, "Jessica, do you want to sign one?" Jessica was stunned, then shook her head and said, "No." ”
Wang Yang had a strange smile on his face, and when he walked to the front first, Jessica walked up and followed. Watching them walk away slowly with a smile and a smile, Ginny withdrew her gaze and sighed, "She's a lucky girl!" The youngest billionaire, the youngest best director in the future, is still a good gentleman...... Where could she find such a boyfriend?
"Jessica, is that guy a paparazzi at ten o'clock?" Wang Yang looked across the street as he walked. There was a man with a telephoto camera standing there, and he was shooting in this direction. Jessica glanced over there and nodded, "Well, it looks like it." Wang Yang laughed and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Fortunately, I didn't sign that girl's chest just now." Jessica also laughed and said, "If you do that, you may get a slap in the face." Wang Yang frowned and smiled: "You gave it?" Jessica said playfully: "You guess!"
For those paparazzi, neither of them cared, because they had long been accustomed to the existence of the paparazzi, or they had learned to ignore the existence of the paparazzi, just do their own thing, go shopping for clothes as usual, and fall in love as usual.
After walking for a while, the mobile phone in Wang Yang's trouser pocket suddenly rang, and he took it out to see that the caller ID was "Anne Darren". Jessica, who was next to her, pointed to the drink shop in front of her and said, "Young, I'll go buy two drinks." Wang Yang nodded, looking at her figure walking quickly, he connected his mobile phone and said, "Hi, Annie?"
"Hello, Director, didn't bother you, did you?" Anne's voice seemed to suppress her excitement. Wang Yang smiled: "No, I'm just shopping." Anne immediately said excitedly: "Director, I want to tell you that I just auditioned successfully, and I got another role!" Wang Yang couldn't help but shout "Oh", feeling very happy for her, and said, "Congratulations, Annie!"
"Well, Director, I have to thank you! It's not about you saving my life. Anne's laughter was full of joy and gratitude: "It's about this character, the producer and the director have seen When Happiness Knocks on the Door, and they recognized me as the hippie girl in it at a glance, and they said, 'Amazing Young's eye is great, she's a good supporting character,' so they gave me this opportunity." ”
Wang Yang looked at the paparazzi who were taking pictures on the opposite street, and said to his mobile phone: "Annie, don't thank me, it's you who played well! You know, I found that you have a strong sense of camera, this is the potential of a good actor, you have this talent." Anne over there laughed silly, "Thank you, Director." Wang Yang also smiled and said, "I mean really." "He's made two films, he's edited two films, and he's got to know that, and he's also an extra, some of them can be very conspicuous and eye-catching, and some of them are like making up the numbers.
Seeing that Jessica hadn't come out yet, Wang Yang asked, "What kind of character is that?" Anne hurriedly replied: "Oh, that character has five scenes, and you can talk to the heroine, adding up to more than a dozen lines; it is a classmate with a weird and funny personality in the school......" Wang Yang listened to her carefully, and when she finished speaking, she asked: "Did the director say how to act?" Anne smiled happily: "Director, not every director cares so much about small roles, he didn't say anything, and he just acted on the set when the time came." ”
"Ha!" Wang Yang smiled, thought for a while, and said: "Annie, these opportunities are rare, no matter what the results of that movie are, it won't be your responsibility, but if you play that small role well, you will have more opportunities." Thinking about what he learned in the editing room, he said, "On the one hand, you have to be very scene-stealing, but at the same time, you can't go too far, because a supporting role is a supporting role." But when you dig into the role of this supporting character in that scene, you express it just right, in facial expressions, and when you watch the movie, you find that you have a lot of close-ups......"
"Hmm......" Anne over there listened very attentively, and she suddenly said, "Wait a minute, director, can you say that you can slow down? I can't keep up with the speed of writing." Wang Yang was stunned, did she still write it down? He just said it casually...... He nodded and said, "Okay, I said slow down." Then he repeated what he had just said slowly. Anne smiled happily: "Thank you, I will think about your words carefully, it is awesome to have you, the best director of the future, to guide me!"
"I just found out that you like to joke a lot sometimes. Wang Yang smiled, blinked a little embarrassedly, what he just said was just casually, in fact, it didn't help to grasp the role, thinking of this, he said seriously: "Annie, if you have any problems with that role, call me and see if I can help." ”
Seeing Jessica walking out of the drink shop with a drink in one hand, Wang Yang greeted him and said to the phone: "Annie, then I'll hang up first." Anne over there smiled and said, "Okay, I won't delay you, bye." ”
In this small holiday of only a few days, Wang Yang enjoys half of his leisure life every day, why is it half? Because he is also preparing for the crew of "Juno", this work is not difficult, almost all of them are the team of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", but in terms of costume design and other aspects, he contacted the personnel of "Youth Singing and Dance".
Meanwhile, May 26-June 1 became a thing of the past, and the second week of "When Happiness Knocks" came to an end, during which it increased to 3,420 theaters and received 47.831 million box office, with a total box office of more than $88.529 million. But this extremely high box office figure did not allow it to retain its position as the weekly box office champion, and it can only rank second, and the first place is "Spy in Spy 2", which received a total of 82.701 million box office, the third is 30.902 million "Dinosaurs", and the fourth is another newly released action blockbuster "Shanghai Noon", which received 20.266 million. With the release of "Spy in Spy 2", it has officially started the movie-watching boom in the summer vacation.
Regarding "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is about to be handed over to people before it sits on the hot champion throne, the weekly box office list reviews of "Film Weekly" seem to be a little gloating, jokingly saying: "The summer vacation file is so cruel, although "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is popular and popular, but it can only be beautiful for a week. Miraculous Young's kung fu defeated Jackie Chan but lost to John Woo, and perhaps he needs to make himself more violent, get Will Smith to be the 'man in black' again, and take out the agile Tom Cruise. Is this his next movie? Sounds pretty good. ”
Wang Yang can say with certainty that it is not. The crew of "Juno" has basically finished preparations, as long as the actors are found for several other big supporting roles, Natalie Portman can start filming as soon as she has summer vacation. As early as a few days ago, Flame Films began to contact the agency, naturally for the casting of "Juno", and the candidate information replied by the agency also arrived.
At this time, Wang Yang was sitting on the sofa at home, looking at the laptop on the coffee table, browsing the information of the actors one by one. He doesn't need any big names, as long as his image and acting skills are suitable for the conditions, Juno's classmates, Juno's father, Juno's stepmother, middle-class family couples...... He held the mouse and clicked on the next one, and suddenly the phone next to the notebook rang, and he leaned over and glanced at the screen, Natalie Portman.
After confirming the beginning of "Juno", Natalie would call him every other day and ask him strange questions about Juno, what zodiac sign Juno is, what blood type Juno is, does she like spinach, and why? Although Wang Yang is sometimes made to laugh by her questions, he will answer seriously every time, and if she can't answer, let her add herself, he knows that Natalie is trying to build and "give birth" to a real Juno in her heart, so as to enter the world of the character and become that character.
This method is sometimes very dangerous, that is, the so-called "too deep into the play", if you can't get rid of the role in your heart after acting, it will lead to many psychological problems, such as not being able to sleep, changing temperament, and so on. However, Wang Yang thought that Natalie herself studied psychology, so she knew better than him, and she shouldn't have to worry about this aspect of things.
As Natalie's build for Juno took shape, they would occasionally text each other, only to call if something suddenly occurred to her. But now that it's June, if she doesn't call, Wang Yang will call her, he picked up his mobile phone and connected, and said, "Hey, Natalie, are you on summer vacation?"
"Hi Jan. Natalie replied calmly, "The semester is over, and I'm back in New York." Wang Yang smiled and said pleasantly: "Well, how is college life? Did you do anything stupid?" Natalie's voice was a little puzzled: "What stupid thing?" Wang Yang leaned on the sofa and said to the mobile phone: "A lot, want to sneak into a nightclub? Running naked? Inexplicably, who knows." When he first came to Los Angeles, he also indulged in crazy indulgence for a while, but then he suddenly found it boring and determined to forget the girl, so his life became "dull".
"Sounds like you've run naked?" Natalie seemed to get to the point. Hearing this, Wang Yang laughed and said, "No way, absolutely not! I don't have enough time, maybe I'll try it when I'm a junior or senior?" But you know my story. Natalie suddenly burst out laughing, her tone was completely different from the calm just now, and she said casually: "I've done a lot of stupid things, man, I almost ran naked!"
Now is it "Juno"? Wang Yang asked curiously: "Natalie, you really don't have a split personality like this, right?" Natalie over there suddenly laughed and said with a big grin: "Don't worry about this, I know how to control it, her every move is under my nose." So I'm already on summer vacation, and I'm already Juno, so you're okay over there, right?"
Does she mean Natalie or Juno? Wang Yang frowned, wouldn't it really make her a "black swan"? He shook his head and smiled, and said, "It's no problem, I'm ready, and the film crew is ready." But I still need half a month to find candidates for several other roles. Natalie's voice changed back to calm: "Oh, half a month? I hope to finish "Juno" by August, and then I'm going to Sydney to shoot "Star Wars Episode 2", I don't want to miss class." Of course, I won't allow this to affect the movie, so you can go according to your own plan. ”
"My plan?One and a half months of filming should be enough, there are no big scenes, and Juno doesn't have to fly ......" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said to his mobile phone: "It mainly depends on your performance, and it will be faster if you don't have a few NG." Natalie was surprised and dismissive, "Oh man, how many times do you think I'll ng?
Wang Yang closed his eyes helplessly, knocked his head on the sofa, laughed funny again, and sighed: "Natalie, you guy, I'm crazy by you!" Natalie still disdainfully said: "What is the name of the movie?" "Natalie NG Show"? "Natalie Stupid NG Show"?" Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh and said: "OK, OK, I'm sorry, okay? I'll hang up if there's nothing else, I want to calm my head!"
"You can try doing a handstand while submerging your head in water, which is theoretically feasible from stupidity......" Natalie's tone seemed very serious, and Wang Yang smiled: "Leave it to you! Bye-bye!" Suddenly, he remembered something and called out to her: "Wait a minute! Then I will announce this news to the media, you starred in "Juno". Natalie said indifferently, "Oh, let's announce it, but I think you're more worried." ”
"Maybe. Wang Yang hung up the phone with a smile, shrugged his shoulders, and continued to check the information in his notebook. When he flipped through the replies of an entire agency and moved on to the next one, there was a sound of the door opening from the door, and the voice of Jessica and Joshua talking: "What are you doing here with me?", "I'm here to find Young, it's none of your business." ”
Immediately, Joshua hurried in, carrying a bag of something, and said with a smile, "Hey, Jan!" Jessica walked behind, she smiled at Wang Yang, and walked to the kitchen with the things in her hand.
"Jan, I want to trouble you to do something, it's just a matter of raising your hands. Joshua sat down on the sofa, took out a signature pen and a thing from the bag, Wang Yang saw that it was actually a large "handsome photo" of himself, Joshua handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Yang, please sign your name on it." Wang Yang nodded, thinking that Joshua's friend wanted to sign something, so he took the pen and photo and signed it for him, and said, "Okay." ”
"Then sign this one again. Joshua took out another photo, Wang Yang signed it again, and when he saw Joshua take out another one, he asked with some confusion: "How many do you want to sign?" Joshua gave him a smile, opened the bag with both hands, and saw that there was a large stack of photos of Wang Yang inside, and he smiled: "It's good to sign these." Wang Yang was stunned for a moment and blurted out, "What's wrong?"
Joshua smiled, knowing that he couldn't hide it, and said truthfully: "I'm going to put them on ebay, Magic Young's autographed photo!" Wang Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes, and said angrily: "Man, will anyone spend money to buy this?" Joshua glared, clenched his fists and said, "Of course! Your popularity is too high now! And I have already done market research, and there are many people who want to buy it." Please, help, it's just a gesture!"
At this time, Jessica, who came out of the kitchen, was puzzled, and when she came over and saw the pictures, she immediately understood what was going on, and she yelled angrily, "Joshua, you idiot! Didn't I tell you not to fight these crooked ideas?" She had been so annoyed by Joshua before, she didn't agree, she didn't think that he would hit Jan again.
"Yang, my dear brother!" Joshua ignored his sister's roar, hugged Wang Yang with both hands, and said with a pitiful face: "Look, I copied all the photos, and they cost me a hundred dollars! And I don't want to sell my own signatures. ”
Joshua frantically let go of him, grabbed his hair and said, "Then what should I do? I need money! But I just lost another hundred dollars!" Jessica exhaled heavily, picked up the bag of photos on the coffee table, and said, "I'll give you a hundred dollars, and I bought them all." It's good that it's Young's photo, if it's someone else, I'll see who you ask to pay for you. Joshua looked at her helplessly and said, "Oh my God!
If Joshua needs money because of some urgent difficulty, Wang Yang and Jessica will not hesitate to give it to him, but he needs money because he is chasing girls, Jessica has expressly forbidden Wang Yang to lend him money, Wang Yang can only love and can't help, and this is also the source of Joshua's efforts, lending him money is obviously not good for him.
"Where's your DV machine?" Jessica asked, frowning, as if she couldn't stand it anymore, "Sell it! ”
Joshua shook his head with a resolute face, and said, "No, I won't touch that DV machine!, and while I don't know how much it's worth now, I know it's going to appreciate in the future." He smiled and put his arm around Wang Yang's shoulders and said, "You know, that's a legendary item, Yang doesn't even have an Oscar for Best Director now, haven't you read the comments on the Internet? He will get it in the future, and he will break the record of the youngest award, and when he does this, I will sell the DV machine." Wang Yang covered his eyes and said, "I won't necessarily get it." Jessica couldn't help but smile, took the bag of photos and put it on the cabinet, and said, "Joshua, why don't you follow your father to learn the real estate mortgage business." Joshua leaned feebly against the couch and said, "Quack, quack, quack...... Leave me alone, well, that's not my dream. Yes, that's what Jan said!" He shook his fist energetically: "If you have a dream, you have to defend it!" and my dream is to be a good actor, that's it. Jessica said amusedly, "Please, less coming!"
Wang Yang looked at Joshua who looked determined, suddenly smiled, and said, "Brother, I have a chance to make money, and I can realize your dream, will you come?" Joshua's eyes lit up and said, "What? You let me be the actor in the movie?" Wang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't have this plan for the time being, but "Juno" is about to start filming, as I said before, you can play the role of a classmate, and if you want to earn more, you can also do chores in the crew." ”
"Oh, little role, chores......" Joshua gritted his teeth and thought about it, and immediately shouted, "Okay! I did, man, leave me a copy!" Wang Yang punched him in the chest and smiled at Jessica over there. Jessica smiled happily and said, "Joshua, come on and make your dreams come true, I'll watch!"
"But Young, can you wait until the NBA is over before you start shooting, the Lakers are about to enter the Finals......"
(To be continued)