"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for everything! You saved A-Pix, which is now called Flames-Films, but allow me to call it A-Pix. I still vividly remember the feeling I felt when I started it, it was indescribable satisfaction, it was like a child of mine, carrying all my hopes and dreams, and then I sold the company to you, and after a few days, I regretted it so much that I couldn't sleep, and I said to myself, 'I'm going to buy the company back, I can't give it to a little hairy child, I'm killing it with my own hands.'" I kept picking up the phone, putting it down again, and said to myself, 'You have to believe that young man, he will cherish the company, he will cherish every employee, he promised this.' ’”

"Now seeing the success of "Youth Musical", I am so happy that I can finally sleep well! Mr. Wang, you have fulfilled your promise, you are a very good young man, with admirable ability and strong faith, so please keep it up! I believe that you will become more and more successful, and A-Pix will become more and more successful, making one classic movie after another! Good luck! - Chris Lynch. ”

Looking at this email on the computer screen, Wang Yang felt very happy, he fulfilled his promise and did not disappoint anyone, this is great! Wang Yang smiled slightly, and his hands on the keyboard tapped up, replying to Chris Lynch's email. He remembers very much the lonely look of Chris Lynch when he signed the sales contract, and he also remembers Lynch's pleading voice: "Please cherish your employees!"

And he did, and with the success of "Youth Musical", Flame Films not only did not lay off employees, but recruited more employees to start more business, and the company did not go out of business, but only got bigger and bigger!

After replying to Chris Lynch's email, Wang Yang scanned the new letter in the mailbox, this is his private mailbox, not many people know about it, it is all letters from good friends. was looking at a letter from Michael Pitt, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang, Wang Yang took it out and saw that the caller ID was actually "Jon Feltimmel", each busy, they hadn't been in touch for a long time, only when he heard that Jon was promoted to Lionsgate CEO, he made a congratulatory call.

Wang Yang answered the call, leaned back in his chair, and said, "Hi, Jon!"

"Hi Jan, long time no see, how's it going?" Jon Feltimmel's laugh came over the phone. Wang Yang couldn't help laughing and said, "Very good, it's a good time." My movies are selling okay, and the soundtrack CDs are selling well, so there's no danger of losing money. ”

It is currently the sixth week of the release of "Youth Musical", the third week of large-scale release, and it has received 18.736 million US dollars in the past three days, maybe it can exceed 30 million again this week, and the total box office has come to 147 million US dollars, according to this momentum, it is very likely to receive more than 180 million in North America, a veritable second "Hot Prodigal".

As for the original CD, seeing that the 100,000 copies of the first issue were sold out by the students as soon as they were put on the shelves, this made the flame film full of confidence, and the number of copies of the second issue was set at 500,000. In the current market, there is still a shortage of supply, and new goods are emptied as soon as they are put on the shelves, and the copy factory is busy and accelerating the completion of huge orders.

After laughing for a while, Wang Yang asked directly, "Jon, is there something wrong?"

Jon regrets it now, and certainly even more so by the Lionsgate directors. Looking at the current singing and dancing frenzy, Jon couldn't help but imagine that if he had enthusiastically cooperated with Wang Yang to invest in or jointly launch "Youth Musical", then now, Lionsgate is also a huge beneficiary of the frenzy, instead of calling to seek cooperation like this time.

When he saw the box office of the first week of the release of "Youth Musical" before, he actually broke out in a cold sweat, he should have known a long time ago, and he couldn't despise this young man! Others may not know, but can he still not know, the success of "Ghost Record" almost depends on this young man's idea, he and Lionsgate are more often the same executor; this young man has already calculated when he signed the contract, proposed a strange sharing plan, and then moved out of the artist company to make "Ghost Record" Early release, to later publicity plans, and so on...... This young man is very cunning and definitely not the kind of person who gets carried away after success.

But at that time, he still foolishly made the mistake of "arrogance" and missed a great opportunity.

Thinking of this, Jon sighed in his heart, and when he heard Wang Yang's question, he was in a trance, and replied with a smile: "Yang, "Youth Musical" will definitely be released overseas, right? Oh, this is really nonsense! What I want to ask is, is it possible for Lionsgate and Flame to cooperate? You know, our company's overseas distribution system is quite perfect, and we can contact Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, and even several African countries to contact for release. ”

"Oh!" Wang Yang nodded silently, he saw the call prompt, and guessed that Lionsgate wanted to cooperate, as expected. He smiled and said earnestly into his phone, "No, Jon. Flame Company has the ability to deal with overseas distribution, and we have no plans to hand over the overseas distribution rights of "Youth Musical" to others for the time being. ”

If you ask A-Pix, the predecessor of the Flames, what is the most valuable thing left behind? The answer is not the copyright of the **game** filmed by Vary-Pfister, nor the tattered camera equipment, but its distribution system, although in North America, it has a poor relationship with the theater company, but it does have the ability to distribute a movie, and it also has overseas distribution capabilities, including Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and other places, so it does not need Lionsgate's help.

In fact, Flame Films is already preparing for overseas distribution, with the North American report card of "Youth Musical", both distribution companies in various countries are willing to introduce this film, probably in July, "Youth Musical" will be able to land in European countries, and the song and dance frenzy that will sweep North America will most likely sweep the whole world.

Hearing that the desire for cooperation with overseas releases was disappointed, Jon let out a "oh" in disappointment, and his tone seemed to be a little unwilling: "Young, don't you really need to cooperate with Lionsgate?"

"Hmm......" Wang Yang thought for a while, he really didn't, he said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Maybe there are some, we are going to look for partners for the peripheral copyright of clothes, toys and other peripherals of "Song and Dance Youth", if you are interested, you can contact our company, I don't care about these things." ”

"Clothes, toys?" Jon repeated in amazement, smirking, "Young, Lionsgate is a film company, not a clothing company, and it's not a toy company. ”

Wang Yang also smiled, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then I can't help it." Jon, you know, there's no way we're going to give Lionsgate a share of the profits. Jon over there laughed, and said in a self-deprecating tone: "I know, I knew when I picked up the phone, you cunning guy, how can you let others take advantage!" Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh too, and said with a smile: "You can change your career to open a clothing company or a toy company, man, I'll let you take advantage." Jon smiled unappreciatively, "Come on, my heart is in the film industry." ”

After laughing, both sides were a little silent, and Wang Yang asked: "Jon, how is "Ghost Record 2" doing now?" He saw the news of the start of filming of "Ghost Record 2" a long time ago, and the story background of the sequel was transferred to the office, according to Lionsgate, the cost investment was tens of millions;

"Looks like you haven't been paying attention to Lionsgate for a long time, haven't you?" Jon chuckled before replying, "The movie has already been made, and now it's in post-production, and it's almost over." But we're not in a hurry, because of its release time, and we're going to schedule it for Halloween this year. Wang Yang said "um", and Jon sighed again: "Yang, seriously, we regret it now, we should have made you the director, I hope you can forgive us for our mistakes." ”

Wang Yang adjusted his sitting posture to lean back on the chair more comfortably, tilted his head to the ceiling, and smiled at his phone: "It's nothing, Jon, I've never held a grudge." Even if you had asked me to shoot it, I wouldn't have agreed. After a pause, he smiled again: "I don't really have much enthusiasm for horror movies. ”

"That's great, it's great that you don't blame us. Jon's voice was very happy, of course he was really happy in his heart, Wang Yang and the Flame Company are now supernovas, as long as they shoot "Youth Musical" 2, they will make a steady profit, Lionsgate and Flame are both competitors, but they can also be partners. Thinking about the second purpose of today's call, Jon asked, "Jan, are there any plans for the next movie? Do we have a chance to work together?"

"The next movie? not yet, no plans. Wang Yang shook his head and said, "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" is still in the release stage, and there are new promotional activities for overseas distribution, and many affairs need him to participate in and deal with, how can he have time to think about the next step? and...... Wang Yang exhaled, rubbed his temples and said: "Jon, in the past year, I have hardly stopped working, I am busy every day, I am a little tired, I want to take a break, I don't think about anything, just live quietly." He whispered, "Look at the book, yo-yo dog, well, although I don't have a dog, accompany my girlfriend, watch the ball game at night......"

Jon was very surprised, and his voice became loud: "What? Are you tired at such a young age?" Wang Yang smiled and said, "Young people are also tired, I need time to think about something." Jon seemed to regret and said: "It seems that the director's mistake has been made, how long do you plan to rest?" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know, at least a month, a summer vacation." Jon was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Please, listening to your tone just now, I thought you were going to take a break for a few years." ”

Wang Yang laughed and said: "No, making movies is my way of life, if I don't have to make movies for a few years, I may not be able to live." He slowly sat up straight, looked at the pot of daffodils on the computer desk, reached out to play with it, and said with a smile: "But sometimes, you have to slow down, pay attention to the people and things around you, and enjoy life." Seriously, I haven't been with my girlfriend in a long time, and it's not fair to her. ”

"Yes, you're right. Jon over there said in agreement, and said with a smile: "Jan, your girlfriend is a good girl, you know? At the beginning, she called me and pleaded, 'Mr. Filtimmel, please believe me, his movies are really good, he is the most talented person I have ever met'......" Wang Yang was stunned, realizing that Jon had misunderstood, but his mouth was speechless, and he listened to Jon continue: "Later, your unjust case was exposed, and she called again, 'Mr. Filtimmel, you must help Young, he was wronged!'...... Jan, she's really good to you, cherish her!"

"It's not what you think, Jon, you're mistaken. Wang Yang exhaled slowly, shook his head and said, "My girlfriend is not Rachel." Jon was stunned again, and blurted out, "What? not Rachel? Oh my! I always thought ...... It seems that I have set up an oolong. He smiled a little awkwardly and said, "Young, who's your girlfriend? It can't really be Natalie Portman, right?"

Wang Yang was speechless for a moment, he realized that Jon was such a gossip! He wiped his forehead helplessly, and said, "No, that is a ridiculous scandal, I don't know Natalie Portman at all." He smiled and said, "And who is my girlfriend?" I think you'll find out soon." ”

After chatting for a while, they ended the call, Wang Yang stretched his body, and continued to browse the web, he opened Yahoo, ready to watch the current affairs news, but found a big headline in the entertainment version: "In 1994, Yang showed his love for Natalie!" He couldn't help but widen his eyes, and said helplessly: "Which gossip newspaper is making up news again?"

Wang Yang pouted and clicked on the news, it was still the news of "Daily Entertainment", he was stunned after a few glances, there was actually a picture, which was scanned for a publication, which was said to be his school magazine that year, and the so-called "show of love" was from this page of the school magazine, and he once published an article ""Killer Leon", a beautiful killer, a beautiful girl!" Wang Yang frowned, and thought about it for a long time, before he vaguely remembered that there was such a thing, when he served as a contractor for a campus weekly magazine, providing a movie review every week, and this article should be one of them.

"Hell, what did I say?" Wang Yang scratched his head with a smile and read the text on the screen to himself: "Natalie, who plays Matilda, is like a spirit in the fallen world, she is so mature, so elegant, and so charming! Under her wonderful performance, I saw such a lovely girl! People really want to take her into their arms and tell her, 'I will protect you!'...... Natalie, I think she will be the Oscar for Best Actress in the future!"

Wang Yang's expression was a little embarrassed, and he sighed again and again: "Oh, hell, hell......" He remembered a little, during that time, he used to be crazy about poetry, so when he wrote film reviews, he would want to express his views in an "elegant" way, so with the above text, he frowned and muttered: "Why can "Daily Entertainment" get this school magazine? Even I don't have a collection. ”

He got the answer right away, and there was a paragraph below the article that sold the school magazine to Daily Entertainment was one of his classmates who did not want to be named, and the classmate said, "Young is really obsessed with Natalie, and he always said, man, Natalie is my dream!"

Wang Yang immediately gritted his teeth angrily, this guy just sold the school magazine, but he still had to make up such a paragraph! When did he become obsessed with Natalie Portman? He did appreciate her performance in "Killer Leon", and he loved the screen character "Matilda" very much, maybe because of this, he praised Natalie in the film review at that time, but he appreciated, There are a lot of things to appreciate, he admires Jean Reno's performance, and he remembers that there is a paragraph in the film review praising Jean Reno, is he just obsessed with Jean Reno?

"What the hell is going on?" Wang Yang rolled his eyes speechlessly, looking as if he was going to die. He looked at the comments on the news again, and the comments seemed to have been captured by female fans: "Jan, you can't be with her, no!", "She's just a lucky girl, if I were asked to play "Killer Leon", I could play it well!", "Natalie, bitch! don't snatch Young!"

Wang Yang swept it, the number of comments is very high, is this the influence of a "phenomenal director"? He shook his head self-deprecatingly, and closed all the web pages. I don't know if Jessica has seen these messy news, but this time there is "evidence...... Thinking of this, Wang Yang picked up his mobile phone, dialed a number, and said with a smile: "Hi, Jessica, it's me ......"

They hadn't been alone for a while, and after the movie was released, they didn't meet privately except for a few interviews with the crew. Of course, this is because of the fear of being photographed by the paparazzi, which will affect the release effect of "Youth Musical", but now there is no need to worry about this, the momentum of the movie is a foregone conclusion, and no matter whose relationship is exposed now, it will not affect anything.

agreed on a meeting place with Jessica, Wang Yang left the apartment, and there were five or six paparazzi squatting and waiting, including the old acquaintance Cole, Wang Yang silently took the car, and then routinely walked around the neighborhood a few times, it seemed to get rid of the paparazzi, not to avoid the exposure of the relationship, but he and Jessica haven't had a good date for a long time, and he doesn't want to be followed by a bunch of paparazzi and make a big splash.

After parking the car in the parking lot near the date place, Wang Yang walked towards the agreed place, the park area was very deserted, there were no passers-by, and Jessica was seen standing next to a big tree from a distance, she was wearing a white T-shirt, a pair of jeans, and her hair was tied into a ponytail, and she was dressed very refreshingly. Wang Yang smiled and beckoned, and walked up quickly.

Jessica, who was over there, saw him, immediately grinned, and walked over as well. The two walked up, saw Wang Yang's smile, and saw that there was no one around, Jessica couldn't help but hug him with both hands, leaned her face on his shoulder, and said softly: "Yang, I miss you." She remembered the recent scandal between Natalie and Wang Yang, as well as the "show of love", and the hands holding Wang Yang's back couldn't help but be tightly clamped.

"Jessica, I miss you too. Wang Yang lowered his head and kissed her forehead, feeling her heart, as well as her youthful and hot body, he couldn't help but hold her sweet face and kiss her mouth. Jessica smiled and responded enthusiastically.

They kissed, their eyes made a silent exchange, and the two hot hearts were tightly pressed together, and the thoughts they had been missing these days were ready to be released on this kiss. But just as they kissed more and more, they felt a few flashes of light on their faces, and then vaguely heard a few irrepressible and excited "yes!"

Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, the voice was like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the enthusiasm in his heart, he frowned, glanced around, and said, "Cole, is that you?" Jessica's eyes also followed his gaze, and asked suspiciously: "Who is Cole?" Wang Yang said a little helplessly: "A paparazzi." He looked at a big tree in the distance, sensed that it was there, and shouted, "Cole, come out, I know it's you!"

"Hahaha!" Sure enough, Cole walked out from behind the tree with a smile, he held a telephoto camera, kept taking pictures of Wang Yang and Jessica, and smiled happily: "Yang, you are so sensitive! But this time, I finally got it." With that, he approached the two, squatted down to adjust the position of the camera, snapped again, and smiled excitedly: "It's not Natalie, it's Jessica, haha! Wow, the story of the 'phenomenal director' and his heroine." I'm rich this time!" He took a photo of the two kissing, and in the current hot period of "Youth Singing and Dance", that photo is worth a lot of money, which is enough for him to change to a good car!

Jessica's cheeks were a little red, and she didn't know how to hide her face with one hand, looked at Wang Yang next to her, and asked in a low voice, "Yang, what should I do now?" With the success of "Youth Musical", she has also been the target of paparazzi tracking recently, but it is naturally the first time that she has been photographed kissing her boyfriend like this.

"It's okay now. Wang Yang smiled at her, dragged her hand, and smiled generously at Cole: "Hey, Cole, shoot beautifully!" Jessica suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and grabbed his hand hard, she and Yang could finally be together openly, thinking of this, she couldn't help but show a sweet smile.

"Got it!" Cole pressed the shutter continuously, following Wang Yang and Jessica step by step. Wang Yang dragged Jessica's hand and walked towards the lake area of the park, and said with a smile: "We don't have to pay attention to him." Jessica smiled and nodded.

But when the two walked for a while, and Cole always followed him, holding the camera in both hands and ready to take a picture, it made both of them feel very unnatural, and they had to take care of it when chatting, embarrassed to talk about love. Wang Yang finally couldn't help it, stopped, glared at Cole and said, "Dude, you have taken pictures of us kissing, can you let us date quietly?"

"No!" Cole said with a smile without hesitation, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm going to take a more valuable photo, at least a picture of you returning to the apartment together, that one photo can make my car more upscale!" Jessica wanted to negotiate, "Then please follow behind, don't be right next to us, okay?" Cole smiled, "No, it's easy to lose that way, and the photos in the middle of your date are also worth some money." ”

Wang Yang couldn't help but look angry and said, "Don't be insatiable, Cole!" Jessica also had a helpless and angry look on her face, and she didn't want to say anything more.

"If you want to hit me, come and come, I'm welcome. Cole looked at Wang Yang and smiled, he took a picture of the two of them angrily, and seemed to give a "friendly hint" and said: "But, you have to get used to this, this time it's just me, next time? Maybe ten or twenty people will surround you." Who told you to be more popular than the president now?"

"Jan, let's go. Jessica said, and Wang Yang nodded.

The two leave the park and drive to get rid of Cole, but in the end, it fails, and the beautiful long-lost date is ruined. However, Cole did not take any photos of them returning to the apartment together, but the photos of the two kissing were enough to tell the whole story.

The next day, the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times made a big headline with Cole's proud work, accompanied by the text: "Jan &Jessica, in love!"

(To be continued)