The street outside the "Zhu Tai Day Nursery" in Chinatown was full of passers-by, and there was a white-haired old man sitting on a stool outside the shop and pulling an erhu, they were all extras invited back by the crew; the film crew was on the opposite side of the window of the nursery, Valey Pfister was carrying the camera in the direction of the street entrance on the left, and the lighting engineer and recording engineer were also waiting for it, Wang Yang looked at the street entrance and shouted to the white horn in his hand: "action!"

With his order, passers-by walked around, and a person ran out of the corner of the street, running over quickly, it was Will Smith in a suit, he ran past Wang Yang and the others, and slammed the door of the nursery: "Christopher, come here!" The camera lens through the window, filming the scene inside, Will Smith hugged Terry tightly, closed his eyes, a look of bitter excitement and satisfaction, tears flowed silently.

Now without music to drive the mood, Will Smith has performed a very good effect, he has successfully entered the heart of the character of "Chris Gardner", and resonated with the world in the script, so the more he acted, the better he played, and in the final stage of filming, he rarely appeared in the case of ng.

"cut!" Wang Yang shouted excitedly, the last shot was finished! He couldn't help grinning, clenched his fist and waved it, and said with a brilliant smile: "Perfect shot! It's over, it's over, the shooting is over!"

Immediately, everyone in the crew cheered happily, Valey Pfister turned off the camera, smiled and put it off his shoulder, handed it to Harry George next to him, and applauded everyone, Will Smith and Terry also walked out of the nursery, Will also kept applauding, and Terry looked at the lively and jubilant crowd in front of him, and felt very happy in his heart, muttering: "Great! It's so fun to make a movie......

Wang Yang closed his eyes vigorously, when "Ghost Shadow" was recorded, it was a very simple excitement, he hugged Zachary and Rachel, he actually made a movie, became a director, although it was only a week, but it was so crazy, so unbelievable; when it came to "Youth Musical", the first film movie, his excitement had more responsibility, because he had the company behind him, and Jessica their trust in him...... Now, that responsibility continues, but he believes that everything will be fine.

"It's hard work, it's a pleasure to work with you!" Putting down the horn, Wang Yang spread his hands and hugged Vare-Pfister, who patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Second happy cooperation." Wang Yang smiled: "There will be a third time, Valeigh, I have booked your 'summer vacation' next year." With that, he let go of Vary, and went to hug Harry George, Gordon Sheen, and ...... "Will!" Wang Yang looked at Will Smith, looked at his bloodshot eyes, and smiled: "Your performance is really good!" Will Smith hugged him shoulder to shoulder, and smiled briskly: "Hey, man, I feel good too!" Wang Yang patted him on the back and said with a smile: "Will, I think you can win the Oscar for Best Actor!" Will haha and said: " I only dare to think now, it would be good not to get next year's golden sour plum. Wang Yang let go of him, patted him on the shoulder again, and said with a smile: "That's nothing, Will, you will appear at the Xuelan Theater, you will." As he spoke, he looked at Terry next to him, picked up the little guy and smiled, "Little handsome guy, you will too!"

After a long burst of laughter, the crew began to pack up the camera equipment, the finances began to settle the wages with the extras, and the streets were unblocked. Looking at the orderly appearance of the crew, Wang Yang, who was standing on the side, was smiling, the filming process this time was very smooth, except for the performance problems, it lasted two and a half months, and the crew did not have any trouble, and now that it is over, he can't help but exhale.

"Yang Zai, when will you have to watch the filming?" The uncle owner of the shop on the street didn't know when he came over, he held his hands behind his back and looked at the busy crew curiously. Wang Yang glanced at him and replied in Chinese: "Soon! I think you will be able to see it in the cinema around June next year." The uncle asked casually: "What is this drama about?" Wang Yang replied to him seriously: "This is an inspirational biographical film, probably about Chris Gardner......"

After hearing a few words, the uncle became a little impatient, waved his hand and said, "Come on, I'll wait to stay in the cinema." He said earnestly: "Yang Zai, continue to fight, my Chinatown depends on you!" Wang Yang nodded heavily and said with a smile: "Uncle, I will!"

With the end of the filming phase, the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" also announced its disbandment, but Wang Yang has already told many people in advance, including Vary-Pfister, Gordon Sheen and others, and he hopes to work with them again when filming "Juno" next year. After going home and having a farewell meal with his parents, Wang Yang left the familiar San Francisco and returned to Los Angeles, where his dream took off.

In the conference room of the Flame Film Company, Wang Yang sat in the chief position, looking at a financial statement on the conference table, which was the cost list of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", as the producer of the movie, in fact, he always knew it, because the actors and film crew were hired by him personally, and he knew very well how much money he spent;

Will Smith is paid 15 million, Terry Smith is 200,000, and Jada Smith is 1 million...... Wang Yang glanced at the salaries of the cast and crew, first the actors' salaries, and then the salaries of Valley Pfister and other staff, due to the excellent cinematography and color of "Youth Musical", Valley Pfister's value has risen sharply, and Gordon Sheen and other already famous people have joined, compared to "Youth Musical", the salary of the staff will inevitably increase significantly, fortunately, in the three positions of producer, director, and screenwriter, there is only a total expenditure of 1 million. Although the million is put from the left hand to the right hand, Wang Yang's personal account is different from the company's account, and the accounts should be clear and clear. He doesn't want to easily touch the company's funds, but he also needs living expenses, and he also has to pay the salary of the private life team, but in terms of bodyguards, his contract with Ethan Lecht has ended, and he can hire a few days temporarily when needed, and the salary of 10,000 bodyguards a day is he can afford, but there is no need.

Film costs, room and board costs, road closure costs...... Wang Yang soon saw the last thing, and after the filming stage, the total cost figure was close to 30 million! Including the post-editing, recording, soundtrack, etc., it is expected to reach about 32 million.

"Ok, no problem. Wang Yang closed the document in his hand and put it aside, and smiled happily: "I didn't expect the cost to be lower than the original budget." "At the beginning, the budget was 40 million, and after acquiring Blue Sky Studio for 100 million US dollars, the cash in the company's account was running out, barely enough to meet the publicity budget of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and "Youth Musical", and now it is good news that 8 million can be saved.

Mark Slunt over there shrugged his shoulders, twisted the pen in his hand, and said, "I didn't expect that either." So my boss, when do you want it to be released?" he smiled and said, "You can do it whenever you want, since we announced this movie plan, we have already been contacted by cinema companies." If you want to release it in a week, there will probably be 3,000 theaters. Everyone in the room laughed, and Mark Slant laughed again: "But I don't recommend it, we have to give another week to do the publicity." ”

Wang Yang rolled his eyes, spread his hands and smiled: "Okay, then it will be released in two weeks, just in time for the Christmas schedule!" Everyone laughed again, and Wang Yang said seriously: "According to the original plan, it will be released at the beginning of next year's summer vacation." ”

"That's going to be hilarious. Mark Slunt opened a document, looked at the release plans of other companies written in it, and introduced: "On May 19th, Bowei's "Dinosaur" will be released, wow, 127 million cost, but it is an animated film, and the conflict with our market is not high; On May 24th, Paramount's "Mission Impossible 2" was released, oh, 125 million cost, directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise; on the 26th, Bowei has another movie "Shanghai Noon", this one has Jackie Chan; on June 2nd, Fox launched " Undercover Fat Mom", I've seen stills of it, it's definitely vulgar and funny, but there have always been many people who like this......"

Then there is "60 Seconds" starring Nicolas Cage, "One Head and Two Big" starring Jim Carrey, and then "X-Men" and so on...... There is never a shortage of blockbusters in the summer vacation file, nor is there a shortage of first-line superstars, this schedule is hard-hitting, of course, the law of the market is always that good movies come to the fore, and bad movies will never recover, no matter which schedule they are in.

"It's gratifying!" Mark Slunt paused and said with a smile: "The only biographical movie that can be said to be a biographical movie is "Gladiator" on May 5th, but it is from the time of Rome, and it fights and kills, and then look at "Disc in Disc 2" and "Shanghai Noon"...... They're all action movies! So, we're the only ones playing the warmth card. ”

Wang Yang nodded silently, this is indeed a happy thing, the market has a tense and exciting demand, and naturally there is also a demand for warm people, and no one has shared the cake in this regard; He looked at Mark and asked, "Then when do you think it will be released?"

Mark Slunt looked at the document, then handed it to Wang Yang, and said: "I suggest that it be released on the 20th, avoid "Dinosaurs" in the front, and "Disc in Sauce" in the back, we need a quiet time to prove the quality of the movie." ”

After taking the document, Wang Yang looked at the detailed market and schedule analysis report seriously, and after a long time, he looked up and smiled: "OK, then it will premiere on May 20th!"

(To be continued)