Walked into the balcony and looked at Rachel who was on the railing, Wang Yang greeted her and said with a smile: "What are you looking at, why don't you go and play cards?" Rachel shook her head slightly and smiled, and said: "I'm not very good at playing, I've always been an idiot in this regard, so I came out to blow the wind." Wang Yang nodded, leaned his back against the railing, tilted his head and asked, "Rachel, 20 years old, how do you feel?"

"Oh!" Rachel said with surprise on her face, and then pretended to be angry, "Young, you know what? As she spoke, she laughed and sighed, "My impression is that I am a year older. ”

Wang Yang laughed loudly, looked up at the clear blue sky, and said as if comfortingly: "Everyone will grow old, you can think in a good direction, and you will be able to drink in this country when you are a year old." Wow!" he sighed, "It's exciting, isn't it?"

Rachel rolled her eyes, pouted and smiled, "It's very much to look forward to for drunkards, but I'm not an alcoholic." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm not a drunkard either. So, there's nothing to look forward to?" Rachel laughed, "yes, but you can expect to have a little more beard on your face, which will make you look more handsome." Wang Yang touched his face and said suspiciously, "Really?"

At this time, Jessica's voice came: "Rachel, Young, let's play cards together!" I saw her standing in the hall not far away, urging, "Come on, come on!"

"It's coming!" Wang Yang responded, turned his head and smiled at Rachel: "Let's come together, today you are the protagonist, and it won't be interesting if the protagonist doesn't play." Rachel nodded and smiled, "You're right. ”

Everyone in the hall sat on the floor and played Texas Hold'em together, Michael Pitt had an unlit cigarette in his mouth and two hole cards in his hand, his expression was decadent and he couldn't see any emotion, Joshua frowned and kept turning his head to look at Michael Pitt, and Zachary had already given up the game, not thinking about the cards, and offering courtesy to Erin Iris next to him.

"It seems that the battle is very fierce!" Wang Yang sat down with a smile, and Jessica and Rachel also sat in the empty seats opposite, ready to join in the next round.

With the final community card of the hand revealed, Michael Pitt won with a 10 of a kind, and he tossed all the plastic chips in the game to his feet, where there was already a mountain of stacks. These plastic chips were bought by Wang Yang yesterday when he went out and were specially prepared to come in handy today.

Seeing that the chips around him were getting fewer and fewer, Joshua suddenly went crazy, glared at Michael Pitt and said, "Damn, man, are you going to play tricks?" Michael Pett, who was holding a cigarette, shook his head and said, "No, it's just luck." Joshua gritted his teeth and said in a suppressed voice, "Luck? You've won several times in a row! It can't be just luck! Tell me, how did you cheat?"

"Joshua, don't be ashamed, shut your mouth. Jessica said angrily, picked up the playing cards, and began to deal cards.

Wang Yang took a card she sent, glanced at it, and laughed: "Wow, good card!" Jessica looked at him while handing out cards and smiled: "Really?" Wang Yang smiled and nodded, picked up the second card and looked at it, and said excitedly: "Wow, great! Jessica, you bring me good luck!" When it was his turn to bet, Wang Yang put all his starting chips into the game and confidently shouted: "All-in!"

Michael Pitt, Joshua, Zachary, Erin, and Rachel were all stunned, they looked at Wang Yang suspiciously, and Jessica couldn't believe it, how good the cards she gave to Yang were they?

"Please!" Joshua shouted very unhappily, the first public card was not revealed, and he forced others to follow the heavy bet, this kind of behavior is really immoral! He looked at Wang Yang, who was full of confidence, a few times, thought about it, or reluctantly threw down the card, and said: "I gave up!"

"I give up too. Zachary also threw down the card, then turned to Erin next to him and said, "Erin, don't follow. He touched his head again and said, "Well, everyone, don't follow me!"

Seeing that Wang Yang was bound to win, everyone finally chose to give up the game. Wang Yang immediately cheered, and grinned and hugged all the betting chips to his side. Originally, the winner's hole cards do not need to be revealed, but this is not a casino, just a game between friends, at the request of everyone, Wang Yang did not care to uncover the hole cards, a 3 of hearts, a 6 of spades.

Everyone was stunned, and then booed around, it turned out to be two bad cards! Jessica's expression was a little disappointed, she thought it would be a pair of aces. Zachary, who was given a blank look by Eileen, said aggrievedly: "Jan, you are too cunning!" Joshua grabbed his hair with both hands and said unconvinced: "Please, I have a pair of nines!" Rachel smiled: "I saw the other side of Jan, his acting skills are amazing!" Wang Yang laughed very badly, packed up the poker, and said, "Come again, come again!"

After playing cards, singing and dancing, watching DVDs...... In the evening, the cake ordered at the cake shop was also delivered, and everyone gathered around to sing Rachel's birthday song and eat the cake, and played until late, and everyone went home happily.

The apartment was deserted again, Wang Yang sat on the rattan sofa watching TV, and Michael Pitt, who was sitting at the other end, was thinking about today's events, and suddenly asked: "Yang, I don't understand, Jessica and Rachel, who is your girlfriend?"

"What?" Wang Yang was stunned, turned his head to look at Michael Pitt, shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, it's no one." Michael Pitt smiled faintly: "Interesting. Wang Yang ignored him and continued to look at the TV, and after a while, Michael Pitt said, "Don't you see it? They all have a good impression of you." ”

Looking at the TV screen, Wang Yang fell silent, how could he not see it, he was neither a fool nor a rookie who had never been in love, he understood this, but ...... Wang Yang picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, stood up and walked to the bedroom, and said, "Come on, Michael, you don't have to worry about these things." ”

Michael Pitt lay down on the rattan sofa, raised his head to look at Wang Yang's back, and said softly: "You can't always be like this." ”

"I know. Wang Yang stopped and quickly walked into his bedroom. His mood was very annoyed by a few words from Michael Pitt, and as he walked around the bedroom, he remembered that on the day he was at the beach, he was almost about to confess to Jessica, but that face appeared, making him suddenly feel that he was not ready for a new relationship.

Wang Yang walked for a while, and suddenly walked to the corner, looking at a cardboard box full of books, this cardboard box was brought out when he left USC, and the books he was carrying at that time were still in it, not put in the bookcase. He pulled out a book, "Little Women," from the cardboard box, and he sat down on the edge of the bed, and opened a page of the book, and a photograph was revealed.

In the photo, a blonde girl is smiling like a flower, and her eyes are as bright as night stars. Wang Yang fell on the bed, holding the photo with both hands, exhaled, and muttered, "Damn ......"

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The next day, contacted by Sandy Pikes, Wang Yang drove to Varay Pfister's photography studio. This future "Best Photographer" does not have a film contract at the moment, but runs a very small shop, and he is the owner and employee alone, usually taking pictures of customers and making a small profit.

Wang Yang came to the photography shop and met Valey Pfister, a middle-aged white man with a very kind smile, with a dense layer of fibrous roots on his cheeks and chin, he stretched out his hand and smiled: "Hello, Mr. Wang." Wang Yang shook hands with him and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Pfister, just call me Yang." ”

After getting acquainted, Vary-First took Wang Yang to the hall of the photography shop, and as soon as he sat down, Wang Yang said directly: "Vare, I think Sandy has already told you about my intentions, "Youth Musical" needs an excellent photographer, I hope you can join us." ”

Vary-Pfister sipped his coffee and said with a smile: "Young, if I had to choose between making a movie or taking a family photo, of course I would choose to make a movie." I do need this kind of work, and I'm grateful for the opportunity, but you know ......" He handed Wang Yang a cup of coffee and continued, "I need to see if it's within my power to make this film." ”

Wang Yang took the coffee, nodded in understanding, took out some documents from the briefcase he carried, and introduced to Vare: "Here are part of the script and part of the storyboard of "Youth Musical", as well as a list of the photographic equipment we rented. ”

"Okay, I'll take a look. When Wang Yang drew this storyboard script, he used his painting skills to draw it very seriously, so he could still understand it, he watched it quietly for a long time, until he finished reading the last page, and then looked up and said: "The storyboard is very well drawn, and it can be seen that you have thought about this movie very well." Wang Yang took a sip of coffee and said with a smile: "Of course, my attitude is very serious, not 'children playing with mud' as the media said." ”

Valley Festé nodded approvingly: "To be honest, when working with a new director, the biggest concern for the cinematographer is that the director is not well prepared, and it is much better to have a storyboard, at least he won't suddenly say, 'I don't know what to do next'." He smiled and said seriously, "But, Jan, if I were a photographer, I would have my own ideas when shooting, and sometimes, I wouldn't follow the storyboard all of them. ”

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "Valeigh, I can understand this, although I have never made a movie, I know that when shooting, there are many actual situations that cannot be considered when drawing storyboards. He picked up the stack of storyboards and flipped through them, and said with a smile: "It's just an auxiliary tool, not a dead order." ”

Hearing him say this, Valey Pfister's smile became even stronger, he thought for a while, and said: "This movie, I think it should be that kind of bright light, and the tone should look vibrant and sunny?" Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes." Valey Pfister picked up the coffee cup and said, "These shots are not difficult, my skills can handle them." But for the singing and dancing part of the shots, I have no experience in shooting. ”

"I plan to use multi-camera shooting and repeated shooting methods to complete the singing and dancing part of the shot, and then select the shots during post-editing. After Wang Yang finished his thoughts, he looked at Valey Pfister and asked, "What do you think?"

Valey Pfister nodded in agreement, "It's a good idea, it's just that more film will be used." Wang Yang smiled when he heard this: "Don't worry about that. As a producer, I show you that I will not save film, and for the sake of the effect of the film, the director and cinematographer will not be scolded for burning as much film as possible. Valey Pfister suddenly laughed and said, "Then I have no problem, I joined." ”

"Wow!" Wang Yang was full of joy and relieved, Vare-Pfister's photography skills have reached a certain height, and he is experienced, and he also said that "he will have his own ideas", which is a blessing for him, a rookie director, he can learn a lot and make up for his own shortcomings;

Thinking of this, Wang Yang stretched out his hand and said with some excitement: "Valei, it's great to be able to cooperate with you, it's really exciting." ”

Valey Pfister shook his hand with a smile, he was about to say something, but the phone suddenly rang, he said "sorry", then took out his phone and looked at it, immediately frowned, and muttered with a headache: "That fat man is here again." He connected his phone and said, "Harry, I'm sorry, I don't really need an assistant here...... I know ......"

"Fat man, Harry?" Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, and a fat figure wearing a McDonald's uniform appeared in front of him, and muttered: "Harry?" As soon as Valley First put down his phone, Wang Yang asked urgently: "Valley, who is that?"

Vare-First shrugged his shoulders, a little puzzled why Wang Yang asked this, but there was nothing that could not be said, and said truthfully: "A fat man, he doesn't know where to get my information, probably on the Internet? He spread his hands with a funny face: "He said that he wanted to be my photography assistant, but you see, I don't have a single customer in the morning, and this store is almost unsustainable, how can I ask for an assistant?"

"Is his name Harry George?" Wang Yang then asked, seeing that Valley First was a little confused, he explained: "Valley, that fat man may be a friend of mine that I haven't seen for a long time. When he got the Lionsgate contract, he called Harry George, but the fat man not only didn't bless him, he cursed him, and then he quit his part-time job at McDonald's and never saw the fat man again.

Vare-First thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't quite remember, but I have his business card, I'll look for it." He walked over to a desk in the distance, rummaged through it, and after a while, shouted, "Found it, it's Harry George." He handed the business card to Wang Yang, who was following behind, and said with a smile: "It seems that it is really your friend." ”

Wang Yang's heart jumped, and he took the business card to take a look, only to see that on this poorly printed business card, there were two big lines written "Photographer, Harry George", as well as a contact number, and a home address, and a place of work behind it, to undertake various photography business...... Wang Yang flipped through the business card, the corners of his mouth slowly grinned, and suddenly laughed, laughing very happily: "This guy, this guy ......" He looked at Vare-First and asked quickly: "Valeigh, do you think he has the ability to be a camera assistant for the film?" or a chore?"

"He has his own understanding of photography and knows something professional. Valey Pfister praised it twice, then shook his head and said, "But he said that he didn't operate a camera, and it was all on paper, so I don't think he would have the ability to handle the camera independently, but the chores of carrying and carrying should be fine." ”

"Thank you!" Wang Yang clenched his fists and said happily, "I have to go, Valey, you and Sandy should contact the contract problem." He flicked the business card in his hand and smiled, "I have to go see this old friend, goodbye!"

Valey Pfister nodded in understanding and jokingly said, "Tell that fat man for me that if he wants to be my assistant, he's going to start losing weight." ”

"I will!" Wang Yang smiled and picked up his briefcase and walked briskly outside.

According to the place of work written on the back of the business card, Wang Yang drove to Hollywood Boulevard, parked the car, and walked towards Harry George's place of work "the street opposite the main entrance of the Chinese Theater", he did not call Harry George, he didn't even know that the fat man was not at the "place of work" at this time, but he just drove over.

It's afternoon when the sun is strong and there aren't many celebrations on the streets, so there aren't a lot of tourists on Hollywood Boulevard. In the distance, he could already see the Chinese theater on the opposite street, Wang Yang walked forward for a while, and saw a familiar fat figure not far away, it was Harry George.

The fat man, dressed in a wide striped T-shirt, a white cap and a Polaroid camera around his neck, sweated profusely pestering passing tourists and pitching his business. But everyone shook their heads and waved their hands, rejecting him, who doesn't have a camera when they come out to travel now?

Wang Yang walked over slowly, and only when he got closer could he see clearly, Harry George had lost a few laps, his complexion was tanned, and his previous beard was cleanly cut, but his eyes were brighter than ever. Wang Yang walked behind the fat man and said with a smile: "Hey, I want one!"

"Oh, okay, okay! I'll take a picture of you!" Harry George turned around excitedly, picked up the Polaroid camera around his neck with both hands, but saw that it was Wang Yang, he was stunned for a moment: "Young?" he gasped, sweat fell from his forehead, and his chubby face looked like he had just been fished out of the water.

Wang Yang stood up, turned his back to the Chinese theater, and said seriously: "Give me one, photographer!"

"OK!" Harry was silent, pointed the camera at Wang Yang, pressed it, and with a click, the camera spit out a piece of hard film, Harry pulled out the film, handed it to Wang Yang and said, "It's done." ”

"I'm not ready to pay. Wang Yang smiled, took the photo and looked at it, and took it very well. He looked at Harry George, who was sweating, and although he had already guessed the reason, he still asked: "Harry, why are you here, McDonald's work is not done?"

Harry George seemed to have heard the funniest joke, and suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that his face was huddled together: "Of course, no, let McDonald's die!" His laughter made passers-by look sideways, but the fat man didn't care, and continued to laugh, saying, "Young, thank you, you're right! I'm so happy now, I'm doing what I love to do, and every time I take a picture of someone, I'm a thousand times happier than selling a hamburger, no, 10,000 times! No, no, no, 100,000 times...... The louder he spoke, the louder he cried, "A million times, ten million times, a million times!"

Looking at Harry George, who was panting heavily, Wang Yang stepped forward and punched the fat man's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Dude, it's a billion times!"

"You're right, it's a billion times!" Harry George roared again, his whole body relieved, and he smiled stupidly, and said to himself, "It's a billion times...... Wow, a billion times!" He looked at Wang Yang, a little shy, but also a little proud and smiled: "Yang, my dream, it comes alive again." ”

"Harry, it never died. Wang Yang felt very happy in his heart, he remembered the fat man's resentment at McDonald's, and then looked at the fat man's spirits now, can he not be happy as a friend? He pointed to the parking lot behind him, and smiled at Harry: "Come with me, I'll take you to a place." ”