After deciding on the two CG film plans "Ice Age 2" and "Kung Fu Panda", Blue Sky Studios is going to go full speed ahead. "Ice Age 2" will continue to use the production team of the first part, this time Carlos Shaldanha is the director alone, Chris Weige stepped back as producer, and Mike Temir and other screenwriters continue to write the script, which is tentatively scheduled to be launched in the summer of 04.

"Ice Age 2" has a large number of ready-made images, original art designs of scenes, and research on prehistoric environments, so the preliminary preparation work is relatively not very much, and it can be put into formal picture production soon, while "Kung Fu Panda" is a blank slate. Chris Weige is also the main producer, and Jonathan Abel has been invited as a producer and writer, while Wang Yang will also be a writer and executive producer.

Obviously, it will take a long time for "Kung Fu Panda" to enter the official production stage, and the production team must be carefully formed, finalize the script, design the character image, the original scene painting, etc., in order to do these things well, the team must also understand and study Chinese culture, and every animator must understand the "Chinese flavor"...... It's even more work to prepare than a live-action blockbuster.

When the screening on May 24-30 came to an end, the results of the North American weekly box office rankings were freshly released, and "Star Wars Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones" continued to sit firmly at the top of the list, with 3,161 theaters sweeping 70.01 million box office, although it still has a low reputation, Rotten Tomatoes popular film critics (T-meter-critics) freshness (67%), well-known film critics (top-critics) freshness (40%), rotten, audience liking 69% , but this sci-fi film has extraordinary confidence, with a small-scale premiere and official release for two weeks, and the total box office in North America has reached 210 million US dollars.

In second place on the weekly list is "Spider-Man", after receiving 41.6794 million in a single week, its total box office in North America rose to 340 million; "Ice Age" also continued to soar, at the end of the third week, it achieved another 31.843 million, and the total box office of 140 million also made the mammoth and other animals climb to the sixth place in the history of CG cartoons! And its performance in overseas markets is even more gratifying, and the final box office is expected to be better than that of North America.

At present, "Ice Age" has been screened in 37 countries and regions overseas, and the box office in the United Kingdom, which was also released for three weeks, received 15.64 million US dollars, Germany 24.57 million, Mexico 14.85 million, Australia 6.79 million, and Hong Kong 1.07 million...... Now the overseas total has exceeded 100 million US dollars, but there are still several box offices such as France, Japan, and Spain that have not been released, and analysts predict that the final overseas box office will reach 200 million to 250 million, which is not a problem.

This week, several new films landed on the summer vacation, including the animation "My Little Pony Elf" produced by DreamWorks with a cost of 80 million, but it only won 20.44 million box office in the first week, although the reputation is excellent, but the loss ending is inevitable; the horror drama "Personal Fear" with a cost of 38 million is only 15.34 million, and the opening is so unfavorable that Sony has suffered another blow in this summer vacation. And "Sweetheart" steadily declined to receive another 7.24 million, leaving less than two million from the predetermined target of 80 million, and has landed safely.

During this time, Wang Yang naturally continued to edit "District 9" with Lee Smith every day, and the cut part also began to be graded by Valley Pfister and the colorist, while Jenn Kezmelik started the soundtrack, and everything went as fast as expected. This also allows Wang Yang to put himself and everyone on vacation for a week, and then continue the full-speed sprint in the second half after a good rest.

"I'm going to Hong Kong! I'm about to get on a plane!" In the elegant lounge of the first-class departure hall, Wang Yang, dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, sat on a comfortable sofa and tapped the keyboard of his laptop with both hands: "This is my first time in Asia! In fact, when I was very young, I always wanted to see the East, and my master always told me about the unique beauty there, but I never made the trip." It's been a great time, I'm going to be visiting multiple cities and watching the World Cup!

He happily finished writing this blog, then clicked OK and uploaded it, he likes the blog because he can share the happiness with everyone.

"Jan, I saw it, and I'll write one too. Jessica, who was also dressed casually and wore a ponytail next to her, smiled, looked at the laptop screen on her lap without raising her head, and tapped excitedly: "I'm going to Asia with Yang, it's going to be a happy and enjoyable trip!" I'm ready for a shopping spree, dear friends, wait for my gifts......

The probe looked at her screen, the letters kept flying, and seeing that he and she were both addicted to computers, Wang Yang greeted him and said with a smile: "We are like IT maniacs now." Jessica continued to type, replying, "Hmm...... It, it's done!" her index finger stretched over the touchpad, as if she had been working for a long time.

"Jesse, let's talk!" Wang Yang patted her thigh, Jessica turned her head to look at him with a smile, and he smiled: "I'm very excited now, you know, it's like when I was a kid, I went to summer camp." His eyes flashed with the warmth of reminiscing about the happy past, and he said, "Baby, my first kiss was lost in the summer camp, 12 years old." Jessica frowned and said softly, "Wow, wow, what a lucky girl!"

"No, it's not a girl, it's not a boy...... Wang Yang suddenly found himself overjoyed, talking about his first kiss in front of a girl who gave him everything? He said: "It's not a human, it's a horse, black ......" Jessica blinked suspiciously, and said in disbelief: "Horse?" Wang Yang looked at her eyes, suddenly smiled and nodded: "Okay, that's a girl, named Jessica." ”

So saying, he leaned over and kissed her on the lips, and they were the only ones in this separate lounge, so they both kissed deeply and passionately, and it took a while to separate a little breathlessly. Jessica's heart was pounding, and the displeasure was long gone, but she found it very interesting and asked, "Is she really called Jessica?"

Wang Yang was stunned, and he had an urge to fall to the ground, who would remember the name? It was just a summer camp, and then they went back to their respective homes, and there was no story, and he remembered that such an incident was already very remarkable! He couldn't help but laugh and said seriously: "Well, I look very similar to you, I thought it was you, so I kissed her." Jessica nodded and said, "Liar, huh?" She laughed and punched him in the shoulder, "Liar." ”

"Are your Chinese still there?" Wang Yang changed the topic, rubbed his numb shoulders, and said with a smile: "Hong Kong speaks Chinese. What if you get lost?"

Since the beginning of the year, Jessica has been learning this language with great interest and hard work, with professional teachers teaching systematically every week, and Wang Yang also giving guidance and practice at ordinary times, so now she can speak some half-baked Chinese. Hearing him say this, she said confidently: "It's all here!" Wang Yang pouted in disbelief: "So powerful? Jessica said slowly, "My name is Jessica, thank you, goodbye." I'm lost, and ......" She rolled her eyes up and smiled, "I love you." ”

"Wow, I love you too. Count you awesome!" Wang Yang suddenly glared, as if he remembered something, and said: "I almost forgot, Hong Kong speaks Cantonese, haha, you don't know this, right?" Jessica opened her mouth and said with difficulty: "I, I...... I won't. Wang Yang smiled: "Listen, I'll teach you, maybe it's not so standard......"

The two laughed and talked for a long time, when the sound of reminding them to board the plane sounded, and another waiter knocked on the door, so the two packed their luggage and left the lounge to the boarding passage and walked onto the plane. Just as he was about to walk into the boarding gate with the passengers on the same plane, Jessica said without warning, "I forgot one thing!" Wang Yang couldn't help frowning, there would be no obstacle to leaving, and hurriedly said: "What?"

"Joshua, Joshua!" Jessica hurriedly took out her mobile phone from her purse, dialed a number, and said in a deep voice: "Joshua, don't feed Danny indiscriminately, according to the amount I set!If it gets fat, I'll tell Jan to beat you to death with kung fu!" Wang Yang turned over and wiped his forehead, still don't say, "If Danny wants to eat it, let it eat more...... Huge planes soared into the sky and headed for the other side of the Earth.

This time, the two of them are traveling to Asia, having fun, shopping and watching the World Cup, not working, and have no work plans. Although both of them wanted a simple two-person world, but considering the lack of familiarity with Asia and the close time, they called their personal assistant Susan McCarthy, who flew in business class, but no matter what cabin, they could enjoy the white expanse outside through the window.

More than a dozen hours later, after a stopover in Tokyo, the plane landed smoothly at the Hong Kong International Airport on a clear noon. After getting off the plane and passing through the security check, Wang Yang, Jessica, and Susan McCarthy walked on the marble in the departure hall, he was carrying a canvas duffel bag, looking around curiously, and he was a little inexplicably excited in his heart, finally coming to the land of the country where his ancestors came from!

The spacious and bright waiting hall is actually nothing special, but each sign has Chinese characters, and almost all of the people who come and go around are black-haired and black-eyed, Cantonese-speaking Chinese, and an uncle shouted: "Ask more than two words and I'll talk in vain, today's Gange service attitude is ......" A black-haired round-faced girl stopped and talked about her mobile phone: "Mommy, Yanyan has dropped the plane, what are you doing?"

Listening to these voices, Wang Yang took a deep breath of air, this is Asian air, very good...... "Yang, look over there!" Jessica's eyes suddenly lit up, and she pointed in a direction where she found something. Wang Yang and Susan McCarthy suddenly turned their heads to look, only to see a large advertising poster pasted on a large pillar over there, on which was a beetle man hit by a red cross, written in both Chinese and English: "No aliens from entering the plane!"

"Haha, I can't think of it here. Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, looking at the toll-free number and MNU logo on the poster, and muttered with a smile: "It's pretty cool." ”

"Zone 9", which adopts the strategy of global simultaneous release, has negotiated more than 40 countries and regions, with large ticket warehouses such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France in Europe, Mexico and Brazil in South America, and Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and other places in Asia; but Chinese mainland has not negotiated well and cannot catch up, where government agencies review films very slowly, and there is no classification, often requiring deletion and revision, which is very annoying.

"District 9" cannot be released simultaneously in Chinese mainland, which also makes Wang Yang feel very regretful, he knows that he has a lot of fans here, and they should be able to enjoy synchronization.

Simultaneous release naturally requires simultaneous promotion, viral marketing has penetrated the entire planet both online and offline, and alternative posters like this one are one of them.

"Oh my, Young, you should look over there—" Susan McCarthy was suddenly very surprised, and the two of them followed her gaze suspiciously, and saw a group of young girls not far ahead, holding some cards in their hands, which read "Welcome to Hong Kong!", "Wang Yang, we love you!", "Fantastic Director", "love!young!...... There are also girls holding bouquets of flowers in their hands, digital cameras, etc.

"It's really Wang Yang!" Lin Pei'er, the short-haired and apricot-eyed girl who took the lead, glanced at the three of them, and immediately screamed uncontrollably, her heart was beating rapidly, she was really happy! When she refreshed his blog yesterday, she didn't expect to see a blog post that had just been updated, Wang Yang was actually coming to Hong Kong! As the president of the fan club, she had the obligation to call everyone to pick up the plane herself!

Isn't Wang Yang about to get on a plane? There is only one airport in Hong Kong, so they can easily check the Los Angeles flight to find out when he arrives in Hong Kong, as long as the blog post is true, and Magic Yang's blog never tells lies. So they came to the airport today, assigned people to wait in the various waiting halls and doors, and now he is really here, standing in front, Jessica Alba is next to him, and he doesn't recognize the wrong person!

"Ahh

The brunette girl with a round face glanced at their target, and it seemed to be ...... Her eyes widened and she screamed in shock, "Ahhhh

"What's going on?" Wang Yang's surprise was no less than theirs, how could this be? What is the situation!? Seeing that the girls were about to arrive, he looked at Jessica and Susan, and asked puzzledly, "How can this be?" Jessica was also surprised and confused, and said, "I don't know, they are your fans?" Susan McCarthy said quickly: "Did your agent arrange for fans to pick up the plane?"

"No, no!" Both of them immediately shook their heads, this time they were here for a tour, how could they do any kind of laborious pick-up? Before they could think about it, the enthusiastic fans were already surging up, shouting excitedly: "Yang! Yang!"

Wang Yang was surrounded by pushing, Lin Peier and other girls threw down the placard in their hands, took out signed paper and pens to surround him, the flash of the digital camera kept lit up, and in the click, there were bursts of screams from the girls: "What a shape!", "What a man!", "Sign for me!" ...... Seeing these crazy fans and fans, Wang Yang was not angry in his heart, he was surprised and a little grateful, he didn't deal with this kind of scene much, but he was not at a loss. He calmly took the autograph pen and signed his name on the things they handed over, and said with a smile in half-familiar Cantonese: "Hello everyone, thank you ......" Before the words fell, the girls screamed again: "The vernacular is so sad!", "Yang Zai, I love you so much!"

"Thank you, thank you!" Wang Yang was overwhelmed, and a long-haired girl wearing a T-shirt with his name printed on it pleaded: "My name is Zhang Junwei, Shirley, can I take a photo with you?" Wang Yang smiled at her, nodded and said, "Okay." Ladies and gentlemen, you can sign autographs and take a group photo, but don't squeeze me, okay? I just got off the plane, and my head is a little dizzy. His arm was hugged by the excited Zhang Junwei, and Lin Peier, who was holding the camera over there, pressed the shooting button, and there was a click.

But hearing his words, the more than 30 girl fans all let go of a bit, and asked with concern: "Isn't it serious?", "Don't scare me!" and some of the girls who had already got the autograph shifted their targets and went to Jessica, who was standing on the side, to ask for an autograph, and a girl with glasses smiled and expressed her love for her in English: "Jessica, you are so beautiful, you dance very well!"

"Thank you, you are beautiful too. Jessica smiled toothily, and while signing their names, she glanced at Wang Yang, who was surrounded by layers, signed, took a group photo, and hugged her shoulders...... He's busy. She wanted to know the answer, how could this be?, "Why did you know we were here?" and the glasses girl and the others laughed, "Blog!"

Susan McCarthy looked at this lively and chaotic scene and felt quite helpless, obviously she couldn't "solve" so many fans alone. However, before, she had made a call on her mobile phone as soon as possible, informing the previously arranged personnel who drove to pick up the airport to come over quickly. But...... In the distance, a group of excited fans with placards rushed over, and the number of them was more than 30, and on the other side, more people were gathering over.

Oh my God! Susan froze, and the driver couldn't figure it out when he arrived, and she said to herself, "Looks like we're going to call the airport security!"

"Magic-Young!", "Ah, Yang Tsai!" stomped and stomped, with the sound of fast footsteps, nearly hundreds of excited fans flocked to it, and it was even more crowded here, and Wang Yang, who was submerged in the crowd, couldn't help but wail, finally feeling not so good...... When there were more and more fans, Wang Yang's autograph was like several sets of punches, and Jessica was tightly protected by Susan McCarthy, several airport security guards finally arrived, separated the besieged fans, and escorted the three to the outside of the terminal building. Along the way, fans followed step by step, and the cameras in their hands kept shooting, shouting from time to time: "Yang, Yang!"

Wang Yang waved at them with a smile on his face, but the autographs and group photos were "sold out". After walking for a long time, I came to the outside of the terminal, the door of the long-awaited car had already opened, Jessica smiled at everyone and sat in; Wang Yang stood by the door, looked at the crazy fans around him, and said with a smile in non-standard Cantonese: "Thank you so much for your support, I am so happy to come to Nick, I love Hong Kong, bye-bye!"

"Ahhh

Seeing that the car was about to go away, Lin Peier, who got an autographed group photo and was in a good mood to laugh out loud in her dreams, raised her hands and shouted loudly: "Everyone shout with me, Yang, I love you!" More than 100 people around Zhang Junwei and others clapped their palms in unison and shouted with laughter: "Yang, I love you!"

"Whew!" Wang Yang leaned on the soft back of his chair, breathed a long sigh of relief, listening to these shouts that gradually became farther away, he turned his head through the rear window to look at the smiling faces of some fans who were chasing cars, and couldn't help but shake his head: "Oh my God, Hong Kong movie fans are so enthusiastic! What the hell is going on? I look like Tom Cruise, I can't believe it! What movie have I acted in? Wow!"

Everyone in the car immediately laughed, Jessica pulled the hair from his ear, and helped him pull the crumpled clothes, exclaiming, "Young, it's really scary." Susan also snorted, spread her hands and smiled: "I almost can't get out of the airport." Li Dongming, who is in his thirties, said with a smile in English while driving the car: "It's not surprising at all, don't you know? Magical Yang is a national idol here, and everyone likes you! Every girl loves that young and handsome magical director!"

"Thank you very much. Wang Yang smiled and hugged his fists. Jessica slapped him on the thigh and smiled at the corners of her mouth, "Everyone." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, he has a Chinese website, naturally knows that the entertainment section here always has his news and street photography, compared to the United States, he has more attention in Greater China, but he did not expect to be so crazy. Thinking of the situation just now, he smiled and said, "Then I should have come earlier, my fans have been waiting for a long time." ”

The car had already driven out of the airport while speaking, and Li Dongming asked: "Where are you going next?" Wang Yang looked at Jessica and asked, "Are you tired?" Jessica shook her head and smiled: "It's okay, you can make up your mind." ”

"Then let's go over there in Victoria Harbour. Wang Yang glanced at the blue sky and white clouds outside, and said with a smile: "It's still early!"

(To be continued)