Chapter 112: The Next Step

"For the recent occurrence in Gloucester City, the Shaolin abbot after Zhu 80 made a response to the mass pregnancy incident for the first time. There is no criticism or preaching in the article, but each paragraph is full of pain and sadness, and it also shows the attitude that "early pregnancy is definitely not a cool thing, if it is to get a change in the body, to experience the feeling of pregnancy, or to be the focus...... And early pregnancy is an extremely irresponsible thing for yourself, your family, and your baby!"

The article concludes with the words: "We will donate $10 million to support the work of the Youth Protection Foundation and another $10 million to support the Women and Children's Help Center." I wish all girls in the United States a healthy and happy youth. ”

When Flame Movie published this information, it was immediately praised by many hardcore fans and favored by many people. Because of the "Juneau Operation" and the recent rise of early pregnancy, it seems that "Juno" is caused by "Juno", but in fact, it has nothing to do with Flame Movies and Wang Yang, this is just the influence of the movie.

Even so, there will be no real fans to blame it, reasonable people know that "Juno" is not teaching people to get pregnant, and the movie does not directly say "don't get pregnant!" out loud!", but it has said enough. As A.O. Scott, a film critic for The New York Times, put it: "I don't agree with Wonder Young's irresponsible argument, Juno has so many difficulties in the film, it's not fun at all, it's just that she's strong enough and has great family and friends." ”

But now, Flame Films has donated 20 million yuan, and it is just a small independent film company! Except for a few people who will maliciously say "spend money to buy fame", everyone will give a thumbs up, and Flame Films will donate money and benefit people in need, which is something worthy of everyone's praise and respect.

Wang Yang knows that donating money is not a perfect solution to this matter, but the fact is that there is no way to solve this matter perfectly. He is not a savior, and early pregnancy is not a phenomenon that is new today, and the tide of early pregnancy is unavoidable...... So in addition to the official institutions, he handed over the money to non-governmental welfare organizations, which means that there are many girls in need of help, early pregnancy girls can get help, isn't that good?

Although Wang Yang has almost finished saying all the words in the articles on the official website of Flame and on his personal blog, the print media is as important as the Internet, and if you want the paper media to publish these words, you naturally have to accept an exclusive interview. But fortunately, he has been in the limelight recently, and he hopes to have an exclusive interview with many newspapers and magazines, so he accepted the invitation of the Los Angeles Times, of course, not only to talk about the mass pregnancy incident, but also to talk about personal interviews in all aspects.

In the bright café, Wang Yang met Kim Sylvie in a professional women's suit, she had interviewed him several times, and the two were quite familiar. When Kim Sylvie saw him, he immediately stood up, beckoned and smiled, "Hi, Yang!" Wang Yang walked over, shook her hand, and smiled, "Hello, Kim." ”

After saying hello, Wang Yang sat down in a chair, ordered a cup of coffee from the waiter, and the interview began. Kim Sylvie put his hands on the keyboard of his laptop, looked at him and asked, "In the last few days, everyone has been talking about 'Operation Juno'. You turned down an invitation from NBC to adapt it, and Flame Movies donated 20 million to the preservation agency. What is your real attitude towards this?"

Wang Yang was silent for a while, still feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, he sighed and said, "I'm really sorry, I'm very happy to see everyone like Juno, but I very much don't want to see her early pregnancy behavior being learned and imitated!"

Kim Sylvie nodded slightly, typed on the keyboard to record, and listened to him continue: "In fact, at the end of the movie, the mature and responsible Juno is cool, not the beginning Juno, who is just a random and willful little girl, bored and wants to **, pregnant, abortion if she wants to have an abortion, and if she doesn't want to have an abortion, then give birth to the child...... She never seriously thought about the consequences, so hurting others and hurting herself was not cool at all. ”

"So you mean, you're against early pregnancy?" asked Kim Sylvie looking up, a question to further confirm his attitude.

At this time, the blonde waitress came over with a cup of coffee, she handed it to the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Magic Jan, your coffee." Wang Yang glanced at her, said "thank you" with a smile, and replied seriously: "Yes, so to speak, I am very opposed to early pregnancy of minors, because no matter the mind, body, ability, or timing...... Nothing fits, and there is no reason to agree with it. ”

He took a sip of his coffee, felt the bitterness in his mouth, and said, "But everyone has their own choice, and I would say that before you make any choice, think about it and ask yourself 'why'? Are you really ready? At the end of the day, I'm talking about the same old and not cool, but it's all the truth." ”

Next, the two asked a few more questions about the pregnancy, and the interview moved on to the next part, Wang Yang's next plan. Without a serious topic, a smile appeared on Kim Sylvie's face, and she smiled briskly and asked, "Young, do you know that fans are expecting you to say 'I'm going to make a movie again, and it will be released in half a year', how about it, what are your movie plans for this year?"

"Haha!" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "In the past two days, I have an idea for a script. ”

What is it! Kim Sylvie suddenly let out a "wow" sound, earned, Wonder Young's new work plan, this is big news! She quickly asked, "Can you tell me what kind of script that is?"

Wang Yang thought about the script idea in his heart, it was because there were two reasons, one of which was that he wanted to make Juno and early pregnancy no longer a trend, how could he just let the new trend be covered. He took a sip of his coffee and said, "All I can tell you now is that this is the story of another girl who is also very cool." He smiled and added, "It's not just early pregnancy girls who are cool. ”

"Cool Girl's Story?!" Kim Sylvie's eyes lit up, and although his answer was not very informative, there was a lot of text in it, and she immediately asked, "Is there a candidate for the heroine?"

She knows that there are too many girls who want to be the heroine of the magic young, from "Youth Musical" to "Juno", he single-handedly won Jessica, Rachel, Zoe Deschanel, Anne Hathaway and several other girls, and even made Natalie Portman, an already outstanding star, directly won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Actress. If he now says "I've got a movie audition here!", I'm afraid that all of Hollywood's young girls will flock to it, and even a small supporting role will fight for the head.

"No, there are no candidates right now. Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, but in fact, he had already chosen the sweet and charming girl, which was another important reason why he wanted to make such a movie. But he hasn't told Jessica about the film plan yet, and he doesn't know if she's interested in acting? Wang Yang smiled lightly, this question shouldn't have to think about it.

But there was a problem, he looked at Kim Sylvie across from him and said, "I won't direct this film myself, I will be part of its producer, as well as the executive producer." ”

"Oh!" Kim Sylvie looked surprised, and his hands stopped on the keyboard, "Why don't you direct? Wow, you have other film plans?"

"No, I don't have a plan for my next film to direct. Wang Yang disappointed her to deny this, and then replied: "I don't direct this movie, well, call it "Sweetheart" first, because ......"

Although this movie is called "Sweetheart", it will also be a song and dance film, but it has nothing to do with Jessica's "Sweetheart Dance" that exists in his brain's film and television library, because if you want to make a movie that can influence the trend of teenagers and a girl who can influence the trend of teenagers, "Sweetheart Dance" is obviously not enough in terms of story content or the personality of the characters.

Through the experience gained from "Youth Musical" and "Juno", he knows very well that teenagers have the taste of teenagers, and certain elements can make them crazy, such as the fresh but passionate style of "Youth Musical", the unique characters like Juno, and the handsome young guys and beauties.

But it's not "Sweetheart Dance", its story is undoubtedly an inspirational type, but the style is too gloomy, and teenagers have teenage hobbies, which don't need to be complicated, they can be old-fashioned, funny, warm, and enthusiastic...... But it just can't be gray, including the characters in the story, the setting of the scene, the color of the picture, etc., everything must have real sunlight that can be seen. And the black style of "Sweet and Spicy Dance" is not bad, but it can't affect the trend of teenagers.

He asked himself, "What do you think of the words of a teenager?" and the voice in his heart replied, "I am like this too." ”

If it is a youth song and dance movie, what he wants to see is a young and beautiful story and a group of young people with sunny personalities, not the negative energy of violence, drugs, and gangsters. If he wants to see the world of sin, he can watch the more serious "Drug Network", why watch these things in a youth song and dance film?

In the past few days, he has been thinking about this problem, handsome guys and beautiful actors are easy to find, but good stories and characters are very rare. In order to write a good script and the success factors of a precise hip-hop style song and dance film, he put hip-hop and ballroom dancing in his head...... All the films and television with singing and dancing themes are all arranged there to watch and analyze one by one, "Sweet and Spicy Dance", "Dance Out of My Life" 1, 2, 3, "Dance Dreams Come True", "Dancing Heaven and Earth", ...... and so on, it is even more exaggerated than in the previous "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth".

There are still a lot of movies he hasn't seen yet, anyway, his goal is to watch them all, take their essence, and then combine his own ideas, slowly write a script, and create a "cool" girl, a few young people with rich personalities.

He already has a preliminary framework idea, and the reason why he doesn't direct is precisely because he finds that he still has no passion for directing youth dance films.

Commercial film scripts can be written calmly and strictly according to the analysis of the market, and he knows the needs of the market and the secret of success, and he is confident that he will make a good script. But a movie is not a script, it needs vitality, jumping out of the vitality of the text, a script is in the hands of the director and actors, their inspiration and passion will give it that vitality, and even a mediocre script can be made into a good movie. This is one of the reasons why the treatment of screenwriters is so different from that of directors and actors.

If he directs with the calm mood he is now, it is just a mechanical work, and it is possible to make a good film, but it is more likely to be mediocre.

However, the two reasons for making this movie were that he couldn't finish the script of the movie and didn't care.

Maybe only when he looks at the gains and losses of all song and dance films in the next ten years like this, will he know "what style this film will be made" and "what kind of film will be cut" without going the wrong way, so he will tell the director these things as a producer, and be responsible for grasping the overall situation.

"I don't direct because I want to put the mic down for a while. Wang Yang spread his hands with a smile, thinking about the past three years, and said softly: "I am 21 years old, and I have made and shot four movies in three years, and I have hardly stopped. I think it's time, it's time to learn something new, maybe you don't know, my level of drawing stinks, the kind of apple that paints the ass. ”

Kim Sylvie couldn't help but laugh at him, looked at him and asked with a smile, "Amazing Yang, do I want to write this down?" Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and continued, "So I'm going to hire an art teacher to teach me, and I'll go back to USC to study." Seeing her stunned, he smiled and said, "What? You know that the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts will be completed at the end of the month, and I will go there for a while." ”

"Did I hear me right? You're going back to USC to study?" Kim Sylvie was still a little incredulous, what else did he have to learn when he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the global box office of 4 films was more than $1.4 billion?

"Haha, it's possible, anything is possible now. Wang Yang laughed a few times, picked up the coffee and drank it, and said seriously: "Actually, the reason is not so complicated, I just think that since there is no new directing plan, then let's learn something new." Kim Sylvie frowned and asked, "It seems that we haven't seen your new movie for a long time?" Wang Yang shook his head and smiled: "It's really hard to say." ”

Kim Sylvie nodded, tapped quickly on the keyboard, and asked, "We all know that you had a very unpleasant time with USC, and now it's been almost three years, what do you think?"

"Since it's ...... talking about this," Wang Yang smiled, drinking coffee non-stop, thinking about the joy of receiving the admission letter from USC, the crazy days when he first arrived at USC, the short but happy time that followed, and the event that changed his fate...... He was silent for a long time before he said: "USC Film and Television School is a great school, I love her, I respect her, and her arms are full of people like me who love movies." But ......"

Kim Sylvie saw that his face became serious, and his tone was much lower: "I don't agree with what happened to me and how the school handled it. Maybe the person who handled my case made a lot of good decisions, but he was wrong with me, and he should be punished, not just apologize. He exhaled, smiled but said seriously: "No matter what, I hope that USC and all schools will be cautious and cautious when it comes to expelling students, because your momentary decision will change someone else's life." Unfortunately, this change is often hopeless. ”

The two talked about a few more questions about the movie, and then came to the final stage of the interview, Wang Yang's life and gossip. Kim Sylvie closed the notebook, as if the gossip questions could be remembered directly in her head, she drank her coffee and asked with a casual smile, "I heard that you and Natalie have a very good relationship in private?"

Yes, good brother. Wang Yang smiled in his heart, shook his head and said, "I refuse to answer this question, anyway, we are not enemies." Kim Sylvie looked like she was asking the gossip to the end, she held her chin and asked, "Then who do you think is more beautiful, Jessica or Natalie?" Wang Yang rolled his eyes helplessly, and said with a smile: "I'm not a magic mirror, but yes, you are the most beautiful." ”

Kim Sylvie laughed when she heard this, and Wang Yang said, "Kim, you can write this' Natalie is a very good and talented actress, and it was a pleasure to work with her. Out of the corner of his eye, through the glass window, he suddenly saw a paparazzi taking pictures of them on the street outside, and he couldn't help laughing: "Look over there, wow, there are paparazzi!, ma'am, it seems that you will also be in the entertainment newspaper tomorrow, the title should be 'Wang Yang's Café Tryst with Mysterious Woman'......" He shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said, "I know you, this is how the scandal came, you can't drink a cup of coffee." ”

"Okay, then I won't ask Natalie. Kim Sylvie wasn't worried about her scandal at all, she thought for a moment and asked, "This year's Oscar nominees are about to be announced, and now everyone says that you will be nominated for Best Director and become the youngest nominee, do you have any expectations for this?"

"Of course I'm happy to be nominated, but I don't think too much about it, just let it be. Wang Yang's expression is very calm, although the media's predictions are advocating that he will be selected this year, but he is not so optimistic in his heart, the style of the Oscars has always been calm and conservative, will the judges let a young man who has just 21 years old only made two "just qualified" films, and will be selected for the best director?

He smiled slightly, whatever, as Natalie said, if he was shortlisted, it would be a surprise, and if he didn't make it, he wouldn't be disappointed. And his real expectation for this year's Oscars is whether Will Smith can be shortlisted for Best Actor and whether he can win the award? As for the two-faced girl, he thinks she will definitely be shortlisted, of course, there is no possibility of winning the award.

Kim Sylvie nodded, and then asked, "You know, your case with Cole Langston will be finalized next month, how are you feeling?"

"Wait. As soon as he mentioned the case of Cole and the intentional wounding that lasted for more than a year, Wang Yang's mood was a little annoyed, and he was reluctant to talk more: "There is nothing to say about this." ”

(To be continued)