"Jan, I can learn!" Jessica hurriedly interrupted Wang Yang to prevent him from saying "I need to be able to dance, but you can't dance", she had already made up her mind to participate in Young's next movie.

Jessica remembers moving to Los Angeles as a child and begging her dad to let her go to acting school. At that time, Dad's business was just starting, and the family's financial situation was not as good as it is now, but in order to give her and Joshua what he thought was the best environment to grow up, Dad lived in the smallest house in a wealthy community.

But she and Joshua had no friends in the community, no one at school, and the arrogant rich kids looked down on them and had no one to play with. At that time, she was very lonely, she missed the happy days in San Francisco, and she thought about the agreement with Young, but to become an actress, she had to go to acting school. So she ignored the expectations of her parents and had the courage to ask her father to help her transfer schools. Dad was a stubborn person, scolded her for being "willful" and ignored her words, and then she fought for a long time, crying and making trouble, before Dad softened his heart and agreed to her to change schools.

At that time, didn't she just think that when she grew up, she would be so "willful" if she wanted to make movies with Young? She wanted to be a good actress, which was her pursuit, and she wanted to appear in Young's movies, which was also her pursuit since she was a child.

She watched how Jan made his first film and watched him succeed step by step. She was even the first to know about "Ghost Shadows", but she was always like a passerby, watching from the sidelines, but she didn't get involved, but this time, she couldn't let herself miss it again, no matter what, she had to participate in Young's movies! Even if it was a mass role without lines.

These thoughts flashed quickly in her heart, and Jessica's face was full of determination, and she said seriously: "I can learn any dance I need to learn." ”

"Jessica, don't worry. Wang Yang reassured her, and she could hear that she was nervous, so he explained: "It doesn't matter if you can't dance now, we are not going to participate in any international competition." Just ask the choreographer to give you a dance lesson while you're filming. ”

"Oh, God. Jessica breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed happily, her eyes were bright, and she smiled: "It's good to hear you say that!" She was really ready to contact the dance teacher right away to learn the dance genres needed for that school song and dance film. But now she still plans to do it, and she will go to the dance class later, and Yang will make a song and dance film, which shows that he likes to dance, and if Yang invites her to dance one day, what will she do then? And dancing is also very interesting! She asked, "By the way, Young, why do you suddenly want to make a school song and dance film?"

Wang Yang came to the kitchen, poured warm water into the water cup, and smiled at the mobile phone: "It's not all of a sudden, I started thinking about it when I was in Chicago, and I decided on a plan in the past two days." ”

Hearing "Chicago", Jessica suddenly had an impulse in her heart, and wanted to ask Wang Yang, "Does Rachel know?"

"I just think 'it's time', it's the right time to launch a campus song and dance film, and maybe it can make a full revival of the song and dance film, haha!" Wang Yang laughed a few times, walked back to the computer with a water glass, and said half-jokingly: "And the campus film is also very suitable for you to play, isn't it? I'm fed up with those bullshit producers and directors, why don't I even give you the role of a waiter? No waiter temperament? Oh, please!"

Jessica smiled, her heart was sweet, she pulled her hair and said with a smile: "Young, then what role will be suitable for me to play?"

"Well, I don't know yet, but one thing is for sure, that character will have a line. Wang Yang smiled and said a joke, but he needed to say the next words seriously, and said in a serious tone: "Jessica, I'm serious, I will invite you to audition for the heroine of this movie." Jessica was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "Oh, my God!" Wang Yang smiled and continued: "You are completely qualified to be the heroine in appearance, but I can't make a decision yet, you know, there are many factors that consider a heroine." ”

"I know, Young, I know ......" Jessica replied, her face burning with joy, and she said excitedly, "God, that's so exciting!" She has the opportunity to be the heroine of Young's movie, what could make people happier than this?" "When I grow up, I will be the director, you will be the heroine, and then ...... "Is this promise going to be fulfilled?"

Wang Yang smiled: "Jessica, then you have to practice your acting skills well." He thought about the performances he had asked Jessica to try before "Ghost Shadows" went to casting, and said his advice: "Acting sometimes has to be natural, and sometimes it has to deviate from the truth. You are sad in reality, you may be expressionless, but under the camera, you need to express your sadness for everyone to see...... Happy, angry, sad, to express these emotions, the change of demeanor is very important, it needs to have a sense of layering, not just one expression......"

Although "Youth Musical" does not seem to have high requirements for acting skills, it is now going to be directly put on the big screen, and there is no room for mistakes, and his attitude towards casting has always been absolutely rational, if Jessica can't meet his requirements, he won't talk about any feelings, just do it, if it doesn't work, it won't work. He said seriously: "Jessica, I don't want to give the heroine to someone else, you know?"

Jessica listened to his words, took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Yang, I'll work hard to practice my acting skills, I will." ”

The two chatted for a while, and the call ended, with Jessica saying she was going to practice her acting skills in front of the mirror. And Wang Yang sat in front of the computer desk, looking at the display screen, his hands tapping on the keyboard, and began to write the script of "Youth Singing and Dance".

The story of "Youth Musical" is actually very simple in structure, the male protagonist Troy Burton is the captain of the basketball team "Wildcats" of Eastern High School, and has been taught by his father since he was a child, his father is the coach of the Wildcats, and he used to win the league championship for the Wildcats when he was younger, and the heroine Gabriela Mantis is a science genius who has won numerous awards in academic competitions, and is a "nerd" type.

At a holiday party for the New Year's holidays, Troy and Gabriella are reluctantly pushed onto a small stage, where they sing a song and discover a different side of themselves, a love of song and dance.

After the party, both of them go back to their respective cities, but one day, Gabriella suddenly transfers to Eastern High School, and Troy, who reunites with her, is naturally very happy. While a school musical begins casting for roles, Troy and Gabriella, who know they love singing and dancing, audition and pass the first round, but with the basketball finals and academic tournaments approaching, Troy and Gabriella's family and friends are blocking them from participating in the musical in an attempt to get them back on track.

As a result of their sabotage, Troy and Gabriella have a misunderstanding and both give up on the second round of auditions, but they both become unhappy, so their friends reflect on themselves and know that they should be encouraged to pursue their dreams, so they confess their previous destruction to the Trojans.

Troy and Gabriella, who resolved the misunderstanding, became happy and actively prepared for the second round of auditions again. But the siblings of Shapee Evans and Wren Evans have come out to stir up trouble again, they have always been the protagonists of the Eastern High School musical, because they were afraid of being robbed by the Troy two, they instigated Mr. Dabbs, who was in charge of the musical's audition, to modify the second round of audition time, so that it overlapped with the time of the basketball finals and academic games.

But with the help of friends, both basketball and academic games go awry, and Troy and Gabriella end up in the second round of auditions and are selected as the lead actor and heroine of the musical. Later, Troy won the finals, and Gabriella also won the academic competition, which ended happily. This is the story of "Youth Musical", simple but inspirational.

This script is written for the actors, and the singing and dancing parts only need to be pointed out, and there is no need to write how to dance, and it is impossible to write it, and those tasks are still left to the choreographer. However, when writing this script, Wang Yang added some content compared to the original version, for example, he felt that in the later part of the movie, the attitude of the hero's good friends became too abrupt, and he needed to add a small paragraph of their discussion and self-reflection.

These are all materials that belong to the film, and they are all filmed at the time of shooting, and then they are selected in the post-editing stage of the film.

The script was written for two days, and Wang Yang finalized the first version, and the general framework of the story has not changed, but how to express the story and what kind of details to tell it, he made some changes in order to make the rhythm of the movie more natural and more suitable for the big screen.

Next, Wang Yang began to write the storyboard script of "Youth Singing and Dancing", that is, how to turn the content of the script into a screen screen, and how to shoot these scenes.

There are many differences in the presentation methods of TV movies and movies, some of which are limited by cost, and there are also reasons why the viewing experience of the small screen and the big screen is different. Anyway, Wang Yang has to redesign most of the shots of "Youth Singing and Dancing", he doesn't consider the cost, only the best effect.

For example, at the beginning of "Youth Musical", outside the resort during the New Year's holiday, Troy and Gabriella watched the brilliant fireworks set off to welcome the New Year. This set of shots is expressed in this way on the original version, the camera is aimed at the male and female protagonists looking up, and then the picture changes, only the brilliant fireworks in the sky, the computer special effects that look fake, and after a few seconds, the camera is cut back to the male and female protagonists, and there are a bunch of people around them.

Very obvious sense of set, when they shoot this set of shots, they must be indoors, even if they are outdoors, there will be no fireworks in the sky, and they are not willing to spend money to make the post-production special effects exquisite, this is a TV movie.

On the screenplay of Wang Yang's "Youth Musical", this group of shots is ready to shoot like this, from the hero and heroine raise their heads to watch the fireworks, the camera rises up and shoots from above, and then turns to a long-distance upward angle shooting, shooting Troy, Gabriella, the masses and vacation stores, the sky, and fireworks are all filmed in one frame, showing a romantic sense, which is a big-screen movie.

Wang Yang wrote this storyboard script very slowly, he had to consider the consistency of style, and to make the shot have the atmosphere of a youthful campus, which was almost reorganizing the whole movie. This is a very painstaking and painstaking work, he is not in a hurry, of course, there is no need to be in a hurry, until the film officially starts shooting, and it can be written, and there is a lot of work that needs to be done in the early stage to prepare for a film film.

"Hi, Hebrew, it's me, Jan. Wang Yang leaned against the rattan sofa in his apartment and took his mobile phone to Hebrew-Carr, the lawyer from the "Integrity" law firm. As early as many days ago, when he consulted Hebrew-Karl about taxes, Wang Yang asked him to be his legal counsel, providing free consultation on legal issues throughout the year, as well as being responsible for contract affairs, etc., and there were discounts when he needed to go to court. And the price is that Wang Yang has to pay Hebrew-Karl 10,000 dollars every month.

The cost was cheap, but Hebrew-Karl had more than one client. Lawyer in this country, is quite a well-paid and respected profession.

Hearing the greeting from Hebrew, Wang Yang asked directly: "I am going to make a new movie, with an investment of about 5 million, I want to ask if I should register a production company?"

"Oh, of course, if the film has multiple investors, you need a company, and if you're the sole investor of the film, you still need a company. Hebrew-Carl paused and analyzed Wang Yang: "First of all, you will definitely not be able to make a 5 million movie, and if there is no company responsible for the overall work, it will be a mess financially." ”

Wang Yang nodded silently, it was with this in mind that he was ready to register a company. Making a DV movie and a film film are two different things, "Ghost Record" costs 10,000 yuan, there are only two actors, and the entire crew adds up to only three people, so you don't need a company to have fun, but if you shoot "Youth Musical", the cost is millions, there will be more than a dozen contracted actors, and there will be hundreds of people in the crew, photographers, lighting artists, makeup artists, set designers, etc...... Without a company, that's a joke.

Unless he works with a production company and throws the work to them, why not just run a company on his own? He's not from a business school, he doesn't know how to manage the day-to-day affairs of the company, he just needs to be the chairman and hire someone like Jon Fittimmel to run the company.

Hebrew continued: "I'm not a professional in these financial matters, so I can't give you any more advice. But the second point is that our California government still has some preferential treatment for those small film companies, register in California, shoot in California, and finally refund some film taxes to you, in fact, other places also have similar policies, the return of taxes may not be much, but it is better than nothing. ”

"Hmm. Wang Yang thought for a moment and said, "Hebrew, I know." So you tell me, how do you go through the procedures of registering a production company?"

Hebrew laughed and said, "No, Young, I don't recommend that you register your own company, even if you set up, it's just a shell company, you need to find an office, you need to hire someone again, there are a lot of things to do, it's annoying, isn't it?" But most of the time, the reason for the collapse of these companies is simply to invest in a movie that failed at the box office, resulting in serious losses for the company, and sometimes they have not even invested, just because there is no money to maintain it, and there is no problem with the internal operation of these companies. You find a company with no debt and inject capital, which is much more convenient than setting up a new company. ”

Putting down the mobile phone, Wang Yang clasped his hands to his chest, frowning slightly and thinking about Hebrew-Carr's suggestion, indeed, it is easier to buy a financially healthy independent production company than to set up a new company, and a company with production experience can also make up for his strangeness in the production field and be able to start filming "Youth Musical" as soon as possible.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yang picked up his mobile phone again, called Jon Fittimmel, and said, "Hi, Jon." ”

"Hey Jan, what's the matter?" Jon's voice came, rather casual and didn't seem to be busy. Wang Yang smiled: "I want to make the next movie." Jon said "oh", as if frowning: "The campus song and dance film you mentioned last time?Yang, I'm sorry, our company has just set a plan for "Ghost Record 2", you know, you have eaten 5 million, and we have no spare funds to invest again...... "His current results are enough to compete for the CEO of the company, there is no need to make another investment with an unknown future, everything will wait for him to become the CEO."

Wang Yang knew Jon's psychology, and he never planned to cooperate with these companies, in order to maximize the benefits, he only needed to share with the distribution company; more importantly, when he was still studying at USC, he once went to a crew to do chores and part-time jobs, that is, the kind of moving and lifting, but he watched a scene where "the director and producer made a big fuss on the set", and he was a little creepy when he thought about it.

In fact, when James Cameron was young, when he was filming his debut film "Piranha 2: Breeding", he had a very unpleasant quarrel with the producers, and in the later editing stage of the film, the producers did not even let James Cameron participate. Fed up with angry James Cameron, his films, producers and directors will be him henceforth.

Wang Yang thought that if any producer pointed fingers at him, he might smash it with a punch. He adjusted his sitting posture and said to Jon, "I know, I'm not trying to pull investment, I'm investing in my own movies." Jon suddenly said in surprise: "Wow! all?" Wang Yang nodded and smiled: "Yes, all, I don't want to fight with any producer." So, I want to have my own production company, and I'm going to buy a financially healthy company outright, do you have anything to introduce?"

"Oh! You're not kidding, are you?" Jon was very stunned, although he didn't know the specific investment amount of Wang Yang's campus song and dance film, but Wang Yang had mentioned to him "maybe millions" before! This young man seems to have been blinded by success? Film movies and DV movies are not comparable, let alone the genre of song and dance films that have been silent for a long time, but this young man is millions when he smashes it, is he too blindly confident!? Jon frowned and asked, "Yang, are you serious? Do you really want to do this?"

Wang Yang said affirmatively: "Jon, I'm serious, I need a high-quality, but small production company for sale." You know, there's no debt, it's not that there's something wrong with the internal operations, it's just that they just can't survive, and a failed investment has made the chairman of the company disheartened, and he wants to sell. He smiled and said, "And I want to buy it." ”

As Lionsgate's distribution manager, Jon was naturally familiar with the competitors in the industry, and it was clear which film companies had formed and collapsed, and which companies had plans to shoot and show new films. Naturally, I probably know which film companies have financial problems and which companies are selling, which is not a secret, just information in the industry.

"I thought about it, oh, I couldn't speak for a while, my memory had deteriorated. Jon thought for a moment, laughed self-deprecatingly, and said, "Well, Jan, I'll look for you when I get home in the evening after I get off work, and I'll pass them on to you tomorrow." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for your information. After pressing the end button, Wang Yang stood up with his hands outstretched, and threw a few combinations of punches quite excitedly, he wants to buy an independent production company? Wow, like Armstrong's moon landing, this is a small step for individuals, but it is a big step for the film industry...... It's amazing, it's crazy! Okay, what's the name of this company?"Young Movie?" "Hmm, how does it sound like the Fu Ji Hotel, and his Wang's restaurant......

Wang Yang walked to the computer in a cranky way and continued to write the unfinished "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" storyboard script.

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