Chapter Eighty-Nine: Released
May 20th, this ordinary day is a long-awaited time for many movie fans, because a movie "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" will be released, its director is Wang Yang, starring Will Smith.
After the "ghost boom", "song and dance boom", as well as "phenomenal director", "youngest billionaire" and other titles Wang Yang, is very popular among teenagers, although it is far less than "Britney" Britney Spears, but in the director's popularity list, he ranks very high;
So even though it's a biographical film of a middle-aged man, young people flock to the cinema to watch it, and those who have bought Chris Gardner's autobiography, watched his interviews and listened to his speeches, and are interested in his legendary life, especially middle-aged people, plus the movie promotes "fatherly love, warmth, and inspiration", many families choose to watch this movie as weekend entertainment.
Although it has been questioned, it has only been half a year from the announcement of the plan to the release, and the director of baby and the worst actor of Jin Sumei ...... But it was thanks to its popularity and excellent publicity that there were thousands of viewers who were ready to enter the cinema on this day. Many people not only want to watch the movie, but also want to see if the "magical director" can continue to be magical, whether Will Smith will win the Golden Sour Plum Award for a second time, or as Wang Yang said in "Late Night Talk Show", "Will's performance can win the Oscar"...... The media are also ready for both, one is that "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is a bad movie, Wang Yang's magical end, they can criticize and ridicule as much as they want, the hot-headed baby director, the stupid-eyed Will Smith, this is a high probability thing, many film critics have already thought of their own titles "A simple and naΓ―ve middle-aged biography", "Chris Gardner who lives on a youth campus"; Amazing Young made a good movie, but the probability of this situation is very low, and it has been more than a month since April Fool's Day was played at the age of 20.
In their preparation, there is no option of "not very good and not very bad, decent", either praise or scold, who made that wonder boy speak wildly, he asked for it.
When night falls, fans and audiences have set off to the cinema, and the number of theaters for "When Happiness Knocks" has reached 3,050, each with a screening room, which is shown twice every night at 19:30-21:30 and 22:00-24:00, covering major cities throughout North America.
Toronto, the temperature in May is not too cold, Rachel is wearing a light pink sweater, she looked at the warm poster on the poster wall, looked at the line of "Director: Wang Yang" for a long time, then looked away, and then looked at the slogan written on the poster, "Will Smith and his son are affectionately on the same stage, Wang Yang's sincere work, are you ready to wipe your tears?" She couldn't help but smile slightly, is this advertising slogan his idea again?
Rachel glanced at the poster again, and then walked to the ticket window, and a familiar voice of excitement sounded faintly in her ears: "Hey, Rachel, I thought of a few advertising words for "Ghost Record", what do you think, 'Do you dare to see it?' Or 'Scared people don't pay for their lives?'" She muttered softly, just like she replied at the time, "Of course it's better to 'dare to see it'......" She shook her head self-deprecatingly.
"Give me a ticket for When Happiness Knocks on the Door, thank you. After a few people in line, Rachel, who came to the front, said to the conductor. The white conductor took the ticket and saw that she was a hot girl, so he accosted her: "There are a lot of people who come to see this movie today, that magical Yang's new work, that guy's movie is very good." "He hadn't seen much of it, though. Rachel smiled at him, took the ticket and paid $6, turning to walk towards the screening room.
"Wow, she smiled at me. The white conductor looked surprised, straightened his clothes, and said to himself, "She's going to see the movie alone, oh my God, should I ask her out?"
Walking into the screening room, Rachel held her small handbag and searched for her place, looking left and right to keep an eye on the seats, the 500-seat screening room was almost full, except for some empty seats in the back row. She found her seat and sat down, and before the movie had even begun, there was a buzz of conversation in the screening room, and a couple to her right was discussing.
"Jennifer, I bet you, this is going to be a bad movie, and the magic of Wonder Young will end here!" The curly-haired white boy who looked like he was in his twenties said in a very positive tone, he looked at his girlfriend Jennifer, and said, "That guy just wants to cheat money, and there is another possibility, he is stupid, have you ever heard of a biographical movie made at the age of 20? 2 hours! I think I'm going to sleep later, Jennifer, I said we should go to see "Dinosaurs", it's a big production......"
Listening to him babble about how bad "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Rachel couldn't help frowning, she adjusted her sitting position, and then heard the boy say, "I don't understand why you're a fan of that guy, isn't he just a director? You don't even know who he is in life, I've heard that he has violence, maybe he's playing girls all day long, sleeping with those Hollywood girls...... Yes, he has a beautiful girlfriend, but I don't believe a billionaire would stop playing, he's a......"
"Shut your stinky mouth!" Rachel couldn't help but say out loud, she looked angry, and said, "What do you know? Do you know Wang Yang? or see how he sucks in the newspaper? Tell me! You don't know anything, hell!" The boy looked at her blankly, and then said disdainfully, "Hey, girl, as if you knew, I just saw it." Jennifer over there pulled him and said impatiently, "Stop arguing, Martin!"
Rachel pursed her lips, looking at the big screen with the trailer advertisement in front of her, but in front of her was that heroic face, she said softly: "I just know that he is not a bad person, and this movie will not be a bad movie." She exhaled, Young, he's looking at the big screen now, right?
Boston, in the screening room of a movie theater, no one noticed that the "Star Wars Queen" Natalie Portman was sitting in the middle of the seat, she was very casually holding her chair with her hands, chewing gum, the quality of this movie can almost predict the future of "Juno", so she had to see it for the first time, and she was very interested in Wang Yang's claim that "Will Smith can win the Oscar", she pursed her lips, curled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "Dude, that guy is so confident!"
Los Angeles, the "Vitai Projector" cinema, after "Youth Musical", was once again selected by Wang Yang to be the premiere venue of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door". The No. 1 screening hall was full, the crew members, family members and friends, invited media reporters and film critics, and some audience members selected for the event, Wang Yang, who was dressed in a suit, walked around the audience with some small gifts, and carried out the activity of personally delivering gifts.
"Hey, Zachary!" Wang Yang found Zachary and Erin's figures, so he walked over to say hello, Zachary stood up and smiled: "Yang, do I have any gifts?" Wang Yang stretched out his hand and stirred in the gift bag, while saying, "Let me see...... Hmm, there is no gift that says I want to be obtained by you!" The people in the circle next to him suddenly laughed, Wang Yang smiled and patted the embarrassed Zachary on the shoulder, walked up again, and greeted acquaintances when he saw them.
Suddenly, he saw a blonde girl wearing the familiar clothes of the interview and wearing light makeup on her face, he walked over with a smile and said, "Annie!" Anne over there had been paying attention to his movements, but she didn't expect him to come over, and she smiled happily: "Director." Wang Yang took out a gift and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "Ann, your performance is great! Take it, this is a reward!" Anne took the small gift box with both hands and said with a smile: "Thank you, director!"
"You deserve it, that gift says I want to go home with you. Wang Yang winked at her and continued to walk towards the audience at the back.
After the delivery of gifts, the activities of the premiere are all over, and the time is almost 19:30, and the movie is about to be screened. In the first two rows, naturally sat the main creative staff of the crew, cinematographer Varay Pfister, and soundtrack artist Jenn Kezmelik...... Everyone is wearing an elegant suit, or a beautiful evening dress, in the middle position, Will Smith's family is happy, little Terry is led by a bow, full of energy, and on the other side are Wang Yang and Jessica, although Jessica is not the main creator, but as Wang Yang's girlfriend, of course, she will not be absent.
"Uncle Young, do you think I can get nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?" asked Terry Jr. with great interest, since he participated in this movie, he has become extremely passionate about acting, this question Wang Yang has heard several times. Wang Yang and Jessica looked at each other and smiled, he pretended to think about it seriously, and replied again: "Terry, there is no doubt that your performance is excellent, but whether you can be nominated or not, I don't know, maybe you should ask your father?"
"Oh, man!" Will Smith laughed in a strange tone, he couldn't say "won't get", that would hurt Terry's confidence, and he couldn't say "will get", if he failed in the future, he would be disappointed, he had an idea: "Terry, ask yourself, don't let anyone else tell you what you can't do, even I can't, understand?" Terry nodded seriously and said, "I know!"
Wang Yang smiled and gave Will a thumbs up, seeing that there were no more advertisements on the big screen, knowing that it was about to start, he felt a trace of nervousness uncontrollably, this movie that poured countless efforts and efforts from him, Will Smith, and the entire crew, and placed great expectations on it, was about to be officially released. Suddenly, he felt a strong warmth in his right hand, and Jessica took his hand and said softly, "Jan, don't worry, I cried when I saw it, and I'm sure they will." β
"Well, thank you Jesse, I didn't worry. Wang Yang clasped her hand tightly and said with a smile: "It's just a little normal nervousness." Jessica smiled sweetly and turned her head to look at the big screen with him.
The whole movie hall fell silent, and the opening animation of the flame movie appeared on the big screen, and the moth pounced on the flames, and it came to the beautiful countryside, and the butterflies danced, and the flames gave birth to "flames-films". After the opening animation, there is a soft and beautiful piano sound, and the picture shows Terry Smith sleeping on the bed, and Will Smith in a white vest shouting for him to get up, and the production information of the film is also showing that after a string of professional actors, the most important items appeared: Will Smith, Terry Smith. Producer: Wang Yang. Director: Wang Yang. β
Seeing this scene, Rachel applauded silently and smiled slightly. The Martin next to him said in a soft voice, "Jennifer, look, it's boring at the beginning......" Rachel shushed and glared at him, "Please don't talk, okay? This is a movie theater!" She immediately looked back at the big screen, not wanting to miss a shot.
Then Martin didn't speak again, and no one spoke in the entire screening room, only the soft and lively music, and the dialogue with the characters in the play: "And this Y, I've said it many times, it's happiness, it's Y in happiness, it's I!", "Then the pants he wears must be cool!" Seeing this, Natalie Portman couldn't help but burst out laughing, although the entire screening room was lightly laughing, but her unstoppable laughter made many people around cast strange looks, she covered her mouth with her hands, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just...... Wang Yang, that guy, it's so funny......"
"If you have a dream, you have to defend it! Those who can't do it themselves, will tell you that you can't do it either." If you have any dreams, try to achieve them, don't let your dreams die, that's it!" Anne, Harry George, and those who had worked hard and were working hard for their pursuits, all pursed their lips tightly and wiped the tears welling up in their eyes.
"Wayne, it's been 4 months, I need my money, I need it now!That's my 18 dollars, Wayne!", "There's a cave here, hurry up, let's go in!"
Soon, the movie shows Chris Gardner being homeless and spending the night in a subway station toilet, which is also the first tear-jerking point set up by the movie, and the subsequent ones are all layered and incremental, but first of all, it is necessary to move people here, whether the audience can wipe their tears, it depends on this one. Under the sad and slow piano music, Will Smith propped one foot on the door, covered his son's ear, and wept silently with a helpless and confused face, and there was a rough knock on the door outside.
"Oh, I can't control myself......" A white man sitting on Rachel's left, his eyes were red, his eyes were moist, and his whole body was trembling a little, "I want to cry, oh my God, I want to cry......"
Rachel's eyes were equally red, she took out a tissue from her bag and wiped the corners of her eyes, at this time Chris Gardner was staring against the wall in a daze, looking at the high lamp, the camera followed his eyes to the lamp, only to see a moth flying, her tears suddenly welled up, the more she wiped them, ticking down, Jan, you romantic firefighting moth, Jan, you did it...... Then the tear-jerking and touching points of the homelessness stage also came one after another, Christopher lost Captain America, Chris Gardner rushed the church to bathe his son, Christopher's sentence "Dad, you are a good father" made him cry again, but he was determined, he sold blood, he repaired equipment in the middle of the night, read stockbroker's books all night, he finally succeeded in getting his first client, he finally succeeded in becoming a stockbroker.
Seeing Will Smith in the crowd with excitement and red eyes, the white man with a red face and moist eyes, clenched his fists tightly, as if he had succeeded. Rachel looked at the couple on her right, and saw that the boy named Martin was silent at this time, and his breathing became a little rapid because of excitement.
Listening to the sound of heavy breathing and faint sobbing in the screening room, Natalie Portman smiled slightly, leaned back in her chair and blinked, and said to herself: "That guy succeeded, it seems that I didn't believe the wrong person......?"
In the screening room of the Vitai projector, the audience was also deeply moved by the movie, there was a faint sniffing sound in the silence, Wang Yang held Jessica's hand tightly, with a bright smile, he remembered that day, he was so excited on the streets of Santa Monica, so excited that he didn't even know where to put his two hands, and then he found what he had been looking for, so that the audience's emotions changed with the world of the movie, crying and laughing, this is the magic of the movie, he loves this.
Jessica's hand was a little painful to be held by him, she turned her head to look at the side of his face, and she only felt very proud in her heart, this is her boyfriend, her beloved boyfriend! Wang Yang glanced at her, only to see her smiling, tears rolling in her eyes, he let go of her hand, took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it over, and laughed softly: "Girl, maybe you need this." β
Jessica took it and smiled, "Yes, thank you." She took out a card and wiped the corners of her eyes, and suddenly smiled suspiciously: "Excuse me, sir, oh, are you Yang?" Wang Yang laughed and nodded: "If you mean Wang Yang, that's me." With that, he reached out to her lips and kissed her, and she took the initiative to meet her.
Looking at the two who kissed hotly, Will Smith covered Jaden's eyes in his arms and said with a smile: "Man, this is PG-13 level, and it is not suitable for you to watch it for the time being." Hey, Terry, you can't watch it either!"
The media reporters and film critics sitting in the middle of the screening hall looked at each other, and almost everyone was full of surprise, they were really played by Wang Yang! This is not a bad movie, this is a good movie that warms people's hearts, a good movie of A+. Although they are a little reluctant to admit it, everyone knows that the reports and film reviews they go back to write are the "magic continues" program, because this movie, it can move people to tears.
(To be continued)