Through the glass window, he saw that New York City was bright at night outside, and Wang Yang pinched his chin and looked at the pedestrians on the street in the distance, but his thoughts were not there. After a day of filming, the crew did not progress very well, it was precisely because of Andrea's problem in the third stage that she had to shoot some shots of the second stage and other characters first, how to solve this problem?

Just thinking that the mobile phone suddenly vibrate, Wang Yang took it out and looked at the caller ID, it was an unfamiliar number, and he answered the channel: "Hello." Listening to the voice over there, he suddenly laughed and said, "Yes, no bother, Jos, it's nice to meet you!" The caller was Joss Whedon, Wang Yang had received a call from his agent Paul Emory before, Joss Wedon wanted to cooperate with him, and Wang Yang naturally agreed to contact.

On June 23, 1964, Joss Whedon was born in a family of screenwriters in New York, his father Tom Whedon and grandfather John Whedon are both famous TV screenwriters, and his older brother and brother are also screenwriters. He is one of the writers of "Toy Story" and one of the writers and directors of the popular TV series "Vampire Slayer Buffy" and "Angel", which also make him a large number of die-hard fans on the screen.

"Jan, that's right, I read your interview in the newspaper some time ago, and you said that you wanted to shoot a science fiction movie about spaceships. After saying hello, Joss Whedon made it clear, and when he heard Wang Yang's YEP, he continued: "I have a spaceship sci-fi story that suits you very well, and I was ready to make it into a TV series last year, but Fox canceled the order again, I don't know if you are interested, is there any possibility of making it into a movie?"

From Paul Emory's phone call, Wang Yang knew about it, and he was very interested, nodded and said, "Oh, of course, I'm interested, what kind of story is that?"

"ELL, LET ME TELL YOU BRIEFLY. Joss Whedon was naturally not surprised, he had to see it first, he pondered for a while, and then introduced: "The world is set in the next few hundred years, when human beings have the ability to carry out interstellar exploration and immigration, but no aliens have been found, just human beings." In the future, the United States and China will be the most powerful countries in the world, and the fusion of these two mainstream cultures of the East and the West will constitute the face of human society. ”

"The United States and China formed an interstellar alliance, and the alliance began to lead all the regimes in the known galaxy under the banner of a free and better life, but the planets on the edge of the galaxy refused to join the alliance, and war broke out. ”

Wang Yang listened silently, and couldn't help but think of the Iraq War that had just ended, looking at this bustling New York, the clean streets, the hurried but stable, well-dressed pedestrians, this is the city center, is the center of the Star Alliance. Thinking of this, he asked a series of questions: "Is the Covenant sincere or is it for profit? Both? And the countries on the edge of the stars, is it Iraq or Denmark? Is it the people who refuse to join the Alliance, or is it the government that refuses to join?"

"It's both, some people are purely for profit, and some people feel like they can lead better. Joss Whedon had been prepared for this for a long time, and replied: "It's not as advanced and developed as the Interstellar Center, but life is still good, and there are different factions among the people, some who think it doesn't matter, some who believe in the Covenant, and there are also resolute oppositionists, independent factions after defeat. ”

Wang Yang snorted, walked to the sofa in the room, and said, "The protagonist should be independent, right?" In such a spaceship theme, if the protagonist is a soldier of the Star Alliance, the charm of the drama is greatly reduced.

"Hehe, yes, the war caused a lot of damage, and the Covenant won. Joss Whedon continued: "The main character, Mal, is an independentist soldier, and after the defeat he could have accepted a new position arranged by the Covenant, but he refused, he bought a spaceship and found a few companions, smuggling, stealing, robbing between galaxies, and one day their passenger service carried a pair of brothers and sisters......"

The younger sister of the brother and sister is a supersensory prodigy wanted by the Star Alliance, participating in the secret research experiments of the Star Alliance, and her arrival has also ushered in a major change in the spaceship named "Tranquility".

Joss Whedon briefly talked about the background and story of the world, and then said "tranquility" in half-baked Chinese, explaining with a smile: "My wife and I have lived in China for a while, and it is full of charm, and I think it will definitely affect the whole world in the future." I like Chinese culture very much, like Chinese characters, those costumes, crafts, architecture...... I think it can shoot a new sci-fi world, the edge of the stars is like the west, you can shoot the western cowboy style, and there is a fusion of Chinese culture, kung fu, Mandarin ......"

"Hmm. Wang Yang was immediately interested when he heard this, he was not interested in the clean and fashionable style of "Star Trek" at present, but if it was a rough and vast space cowboy style, it would have a poetic Chinese cultural taste...... He could hear Joss Whedon talking about "western fusion of Chinese culture", that is, moving elements that fit the western cowboy aesthetic to move over, but he wondered if it was possible for the two to really merge?

Coupled with the fact that this is an imaginative, advanced and wonderful science fiction world, what will become of the western cowboy and Chinese culture under the development of technology......? Interesting!

Wang Yang was thinking about this, and heard Joss Whedon over there laugh and say, "I think it suits you very well, you are like that world." Wang Yangha laughed, leaned on the sofa and said, "But I'm not a cowboy." Joss, so what's the theme of this story?" It's one thing to set the world, it's another thing to have the theme of the content, and the latter is more important for a movie.

"I thought about this story because of Michael Salad's Civil War 'Killer Angel,' and many people who lost the war suffered so much that their lives were ruined. Joss Whedon said in a calm tone, "This story called "Firefly" is just an unfinished TV script, and many of them tell the life stories of the crew of the Tranquility in the universe. My idea is, do you bring it to the big screen? or invest in the interest of making it into a TV series. ”

Fireflies?Wang Yang frowned slightly, vaguely remembering something...... He shook his head and smiled. People affected by the war are also one of the things he has been thinking about lately, but there are other aspects. Knowing that he couldn't say it clearly over the phone, Wang Yang said to the phone: "Jos, let's come out to the café this Sunday night to talk in detail, you know that I am filming in New York now." ”

"Well, okay, I'm looking forward to meeting this time. Joss Whedon readily agreed.

At the end of the call, Wang Yang threw away the mobile phone in his hand and muttered: "Fireflies, fireflies......" Suddenly some information flashed in his mind, originally Joss Whedon pulled in investment last year and made "Firefly" into a TV series, which was broadcast on Fox TV in the fall;

Wang Yang put down his phone silently, and the relevant information in his mind showed that the "Firefly" that didn't know which world existed aired 14 episodes, because of the confusion of the broadcast order of Fox TV and other reasons, the ratings of this series were too low and were cut in half, but after the DVD was released, there were a large number of die-hard sci-fi fans, and they raised money to buy its rights to continue filming.

This shows that the space cowboy style has a certain market, and the script story should be very interesting, but Joss Whedon just said that it is a TV series script with dozens of episodes at any time, and the advantage of the TV series is that it is long, each episode has more than 40 minutes, which can slowly and meticulously show the style of the future world and tell interesting stories in life, which is also easier to get fans to follow.

If you are making a movie, no matter how many parts you plan, the first part must be a big success, with a maximum length of 2-3 hours, and you must explain the background of the story, show the details of the world, shape the personality of the characters, tell a complete story, and tell your own theme ideas...... This is definitely not a simple and easy thing to do, especially since even the TV series has been cut in half.

Wang Yang browsed the information of "Firefly" and "closed", and did not watch the 14th episode of the episode, he wanted to read the script first before talking about anything else, the script will give him some preconceived "first impressions" and inspirational ideas, including how to tell this story, what to tell, how to integrate cowboy and Chinese culture in sci-fi settings, set props, and camera screens...... Although these tasks are all team work, with art direction, art designer, prop master, costume designer, photographer, etc., involved, they embody the director's requirements, and the director decides where the ship will go. And Joss Whedon is talking about annexation fusion, and I think the TV series will be like that, not the "feeling" he gets when he hears the vision.

"Cowboy, gun, oriental artistic conception, kung fu ?......" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile when he thought about it, both rough and masculine and beautiful and natural, then a world is really fascinating, and some unrelated freeze-frame pictures have flashed in front of his eyes. In any case, if he really makes such a unique film, the first thing he has to do is to sort out his feelings and thoughts. However, if he makes such a spaceship science fiction, it is certain that the cost will be hundreds of millions, maybe 200 million.

As for other aspects like whether he can succeed or anything, he is already a billionaire, and he also won the Oscar for the youngest best director, he doesn't feel that he needs to follow the rules at all, he needs to be careful, he is only 23 years old! It's not about ability, success or failure, bravely try hard, pursue the movie you want, only meaningful and happy, who says it will fail?

Coming to the glass window, Wang Yang looked at the pedestrians on the street, and began to think about the question just now, how to make Jessica play Andrea in the third stage?

From the establishment of the project to the start of filming, his requirements became higher and higher, which Anne Hathaway did not do in that version, he did not doubt that Anne could not act, but the level of the role in that version changed very lightly, from the plot to the design of the camera, there was no inner drama, and he was confused, Andrea's attitude changed almost instantly, and naturally there was no way to play.

And now this Andrea is closer and more able to show the struggles of the characters, but it stumps Jessica.

"Why?" Wang Yang scratched her head, picked up her phone, opened her big head, and looked at it, with bright and lovely smiling faces. In those less serious performances, she will act well and lively, but the whole film style and other characters must also be lively, so that she does not appear to be out of the ordinary, such as "Sweetheart", once faced with a calm literary drama, she enters the brink of danger.

He has long known that hard-core beating women is the most suitable route for her, more martial arts, lightening the drama and lines, the overall style is lively or expressionless, and the key shots reveal a specially designed appearance, which may be the most capable way for her to play at present.

"Hohohaha......" Wang Yang said in a meaningless voice, Andrea's problem still needs to be solved.

At first, he thought about making Jessica generally lively and confused, and finally suddenly defected, but the idea existed for a few seconds and then disappeared, and then he wanted to bring some emotions into it and act naturally, but she didn't have any emotions at all. The director explained the play, and it was up to the actors to experience and interpret it, if the actors couldn't perform it...... The director will figure it out!

The question is, why can't she get emotionally involved? She's worked so hard to act. Wang Yang looked at the photo on the phone screen and smiled softly: "She always laughs." He was suddenly stunned, and vaguely thought of something, the experiential experiential school...... She is certainly a difficult actor to get into the play, but if you add that she has not experienced these emotions at all...... "Yes!" Wang Yang's eyes rolled upward, remembering the things about going to school at USC before, and then came up with an idea. He looked at the bright city that never sleeps outside the window with a sinking face, and thought for a long time before nodding with determination.

It may have been a bad idea, but he was responsible for making the movie right, and he wanted to help her, make her happy, and fulfill her birthday wish of double insurance. Although she refused to say what she wished on that day on the yacht, he could almost guess that the wish should be to play this role well and play this movie well!

Suddenly, the mobile phone in his hand shook, and Wang Yang pressed it open and looked at Jessica's text message: "Is it in the room? How am I in the past? I have thought of a new way." "The two don't live in the same room, the crew is the crew, and they have to work the next day. Wang Yang pressed the keyboard a few times and replied to her: "No, I'm a little tired, I said on the set, good night." ”

(To be continued)