Chicago, a beautiful city in Illinois and arguably the third largest city in the United States after New York and Los Angeles, is home to the Bulls and the headquarters of Harper, the company that produced the "Oprah talk show." Wang Yang and the others came to Chicago and were invited by Harper's company to record an episode of "Oprah Talk Show".

Not to mention that Wang Yang has liked this show since he was a child; from a practical point of view, it is very beneficial for him to participate in an episode of Oprah at present, although the truth of the "expulsion" incident has been revealed, but the controversy of this matter cannot be shaken off for the time being. And his public image is very vague, and he may be portrayed as a "problem boy" by the media at any time, after all, he beats people, and he beats people so hard.

Wang Yang doesn't care, because he's a director, not a star, he's a filmmaker, he manipulates the camera, not the camera. So he doesn't need a topic, he doesn't need to be chased by the media, he just let it go, as long as everyone knows that he is not a scumbag and does not boycott his films.

However, Lionsgate, especially Jon Fittimmel, who wants to make a good performance and keep the opportunity to be promoted to the company's CEO, is not willing to miss this best post-film promotion opportunity, although "Ghost Record" has collected 118.5 million box office in four weeks of screening, but the momentum has slowed down, and there is still potential to be tapped. And what is the best way to promote it for free than the last episode of the highest-rated talk show "Oprah Talk Show"?

After getting off the plane, under Jon's arrangement, Wang Yang and Zachary came to a downtown hotel to stay, and then announced their disbandment, you can go wherever you like, this is not a summer camp, "Oprah Talk Show" was only recorded on Wednesday afternoon, and now it is only Monday noon. Jon Feltimel went to Harper's company to discuss the specifics of the talk show, while Xhachary went out to play.

For this trip, he has always been very excited, smirking alone all day long, and several times he pulled Wang Yang and asked in disbelief: "I really want to be on the Oprah talk show?" Wang Yang nodded affirmatively every time: "Yes, Oprah talk show." Then Zachary would twist around happily and do a little dance: "Oh my God! My family, my friends, are going crazy when they see me on TV!"

So the job of picking up Rachel at O'Hare International Airport in the evening fell to Wang Yang, even though he was also a first-time visitor to Chicago and arrived in the morning. Of course, he didn't have to go, just waited in the hotel, but he couldn't wait to see Rachel.

Sitting on a chair in the departure hall, Wang Yang observed the passers-by, guessing their background experiences, and looking up from time to time at the information displayed on the electronic screen about the flight landing. After a while, he looked up at the screen again, and Rachel took flight AC5149 landed safely.

Wang Yang remembered the night Rachel was going back to Toronto a few months ago, and before she walked into the gate, she turned around and said, "I'm looking forward to seeing our movie in the cinema, and we'll see you again!" Thinking about this, he couldn't help but smile.

After a while, I saw many passengers walking into the waiting hall from the flight landing passage, they were dragging large and small luggage, but they did not look like dust. Because it only takes less than an hour to fly from Toronto to Chicago, Rachel originally bought a ticket to Chicago on Sunday night, and Wang Yang and they would also arrive from Los Angeles at the same time, but because Wang Yang and several people postponed the trip, she had to change today's ticket.

Wang Yang stood up and looked at the side of the passage. Suddenly, he saw a beautiful figure, she was wearing a small purple coat, dragging the very small suitcase, and her long pale blonde hair was still so soft and flowing, it was Rachel.

When she saw Wang Yang here, she suddenly burst into a smile, the two dimples were still so sweet, her steps quickened, and when she was about to come to Wang Yang, she slowed down again, looked at Wang Yang, smiled and bit her lip.

"Hey!" Wang Yang beckoned to her and smiled, he looked Rachel up and down, and said with a smile, "You look good." ”

"Really?" Rachel smiled slightly, for some reason, her heart was beating fast, and she also looked at Wang Yang, and said softly, "You also look good." She let go of her suitcase and took another step forward.

Seeing her like this, Wang Yang spread his hands, stepped forward and hugged her gently, gave a hug, and said with a smile: "Welcome to Chicago, Rachel." Leaning on his shoulder, Rachel felt very comfortable and chuckled, "Thank you, Chicagoan!"

The two hugged each other lightly, and then separated, Wang Yang helped her take the small suitcase, looked at her and smiled: "Let me come, Toronto beauty." Rachel shrugged her shoulders and said, "Of course." ”

Then, the two walked outside the airport with a smile and a smile, ready to go back to the hotel where they were staying. Although they haven't seen each other for more than four months, Wang Yang and Rachel don't feel strange to each other, not only because they often chat on the phone, but also because they feel very comfortable.

The next Tuesday, still free time, Wang Yang and Rachel were going to visit the Navy Pier, but Zachary declined their invitation uninterested, and he was going to a "hip-hop mecca" in Chicago, a bar, and then they invited Jon Fittimmel, Jon smiled and said, "I still have to work, there are a lot of things to deal with for me, so I won't go." Hey, and you two are on a date, what am I going to do with it?"

Knowing that Jon was deliberately joking with them, Wang Yang and Rachel rolled their eyes with a smile that didn't matter.

Chicago has many tourist attractions, and Navy Pier is one of them, and there is not only one pier here, but also parks, shops, museums, and other sightseeing facilities on the pier.

Wang Yang and Rachel went to the museum and then to the art center, where they saw many treasures, including some rare paintings. Under an oil painting of Picasso's original work, Wang Yang said to Rachel: "Rachel, do you know? My high school art teacher, he always said that I had the potential to become a good painter. Rachel suddenly said with a surprised face: "Wow, a painter, just like Picasso?" Wang Yang was full of seriousness: "No, like Van Gogh." ”

Rachel smiled, "It's not bad to be like Van Gogh." Wang Yang said in a serious tone: "Well, my teacher also thinks so, he said: 'Yang, your paintings are incredible, too many ahead of this era, just like Van Gogh. At my level, I can't appreciate it. His tone changed suddenly, and he glared at the art teacher's angry face and asked, "'Seriously, what the hell are you drawing?!'

"Oh my God...... Haha!" Rachel was immediately amused by him, her face turned red with laughter, she slapped Wang Yang, and scolded with a smile: "God! you are so vulgar, you nasty ghost!" Wang Yang pretended to be innocent and said: "It's not me, it's my teacher who said it, he caused me to have 'apple phobia', I will faint when I see an apple now, and I am also a victim." Rachel smiled and gave him a blank look.

After playing for most of the day, they are now on the shore of Navy Pier, leaning on the railing, blowing the breeze from Lake Michigan, looking at the blue sky, the blue water, all this is so beautiful.

Wang Yang and Rachel glanced at each other and both smiled slightly. Rachel pulled back her windswept hair, narrowed her eyes, and sighed, "It's so charming here, I couldn't have imagined that I would be here a few months ago." Wang Yang next to him also said: "Well, I can't think of it either." Rachel suddenly glanced at him and asked a little strangely, "Yang, I have already acted in a movie with a box office of over 100 million, or is it the heroine?"

Wang Yang nodded with a smile and said, "Hey, Rachel, your words are really like Zachary, he also asks this all day long, of course, he asks the actor." ”

"Oh, But, Young, you can't blame us. Rachel looked at the white sky and shook her head incredulously, "It's just crazy." She smiled and suddenly complained to Wang Yang: "You don't know, I've been annoyed to death lately." Walking along the road in the community, many people will see me and shout, 'Oh my God, it's Mel!', 'She's really not dead'......'" She smiled helplessly: "You know, school is about to start, I can't imagine that my classmates must treat me like a monster." ”

"Oh, you can't blame me for that. Wang Yang said with a smile, he remembered the purpose of Rachel's previous trip to Los Angeles, because he was too busy for a while, he never asked, but now that he remembered, he asked: "By the way, Rachel, how is your term paper?"

Rachel nodded and replied, "It's okay, qualified." The teacher's comment to me was very good, he said that my ideas are very unique and I have a deep understanding of movies. He didn't even know that you gave me a lot of the arguments in the paper. Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's a paper you wrote yourself." She pursed her lips again and spread her hands, "But my classmates were still very stubborn, and I told them about that, and they said, 'Oh, anyway, the golden age of the song and dance film is over, and that's how it is, half-dead.'" Now no one even watches 'The Hot Prodigal' and 'Lightning Dance', 'Rachel, don't be naïve'......"

She looked at Wang Yang helplessly and said casually: "I sometimes think that if someone makes a popular song and dance film, they will know who is right and who is wrong." She shrugged her shoulders and added, "I'll know, too." ”

"Maybe I'll make one?" Wang Yang laughed and teased her. Rachel laughed and said, "Wow, that's good! Then I can tell them, see, it's okay!"

Maybe I'll make a film?" This blurted out sentence suddenly made Wang Yang a little moved, he looked at the deep blue lake, and thought about it seriously. Lately, he's been wondering what he's going to do next after the screening of "Ghost Record"?

The idea of going back to San Francisco to be the chef was impossible, and going back to USC to continue his studies also made him shake his head, not that he resented USC, but that he had already taught himself about the theoretical knowledge of directing, and that making films was more important than practical experience, which he could not get in the classroom.

This is also why, after graduating from the undergraduate class, most of them start as assistants, in fact, they are familiar with the actual operation of making films, and those famous directors who are not from film studies, like James Cameron, they all start with jobs related to films, learning shooting operations while waiting for opportunities. So when you go back to USC to study, you might as well go straight to filmmaking.

Wang Yang knows that there is only one path he is most willing to take, and that is to shoot the next movie. But what to make? It is impossible to make DV movies anymore, first, DV movies and film films are completely different things, film movies are his greatest pursuit, and he wants to grow up in this area; second, the market needs time to digest the madness of "Ghost Shadows", and in the short term, it is impossible for another DV movie to succeed on the big screen, even if it is filmed well.

Look at the original "Blair the Witch", which performed a miracle in 1999, and it took another 10 years for "Spirit-Ghost Record" to appear in 2009, as evidenced by the Waterloo encounter in "Blair the Witch 2". It's not that there aren't good DV movies in the middle, it's just that the market has been overdrawn, and the first time, people feel fresh, but the second time, they don't play with you. So Wang Yang didn't plan to make DV movies again, he saw film movies.

So if you make a film movie, a big-budget commercial blockbuster is not suitable for him. First of all, commercial blockbusters have to burn money, the more willing to burn, the more unscrupulous they burn, the director can make a good film, if he shrinks his hands for the sake of cost, it will only cause the movie to be "not enjoyable", the audience is not addicted, the mood is not unfinished, and they want to watch it again, but feel depressed and waste time, they will mercilessly send the scolding to that movie.

He doesn't have enough money in terms of money, but more importantly, he is too lacking in actual shooting experience, and he won't be so idiotic as to think that he can easily play around the world and get everything done by shooting "Ghost Shadow" on DV.

To make a formal movie, before filming begins, the formation of the crew must be completed, including the hiring of personnel, the audition of actors, and the contact of the filming location.

Although a lot of these jobs can be left to the producer, he wants to be a producer, making a film includes these jobs, he wants to experience, in addition, he doesn't want to be dictated by any producer, he makes movies, he can shoot how he likes, he doesn't need to be at the mercy of others, this is the spirit of independent films, he loves this.

In his own director's work, when shooting films, he must deal with all kinds of film production equipment, including photographic equipment, lighting equipment, recording equipment, etc., and he must also command the entire crew of 100 or so people to ensure that the crew can operate normally.

Whether it's the work of a producer or a director, his experience is close to zero, almost a complete layman, he has to walk in that door first, but if it is a big-budget movie as soon as he enters, he is likely to mess up.

Commercial blockbusters are not suitable for him for the time being, so a feature film with no special effects and no post-production? Invite some big stars to play? The question is, what big star with superb acting skills will join a feature film directed by an 18-year-old?

That's right, he's successful now, he's now glorious, and many media say he's a "supernova" and a "promising", but the fact is that even Lionsgate thinks he's just a lucky one, Jon Fittimmel told him a few days ago: "Young, our company intends to shoot a sequel to "Spirit-Ghost Record", we will probably pay you a million royalties, you think about it first, the company hasn't set up a project yet." Plus, the director of the sequel won't be you. ”

Wang Yang knew that Jon still had something to say at that time, that is, "I think you should go back to USC to study first!"

There's nothing surprising about that, just look at the three young creators of Blair the Witch. According to the information in my head, the three young people also shocked the United States at that time, because they were the "mainstream race", the media pursued them much more crazy than now, they not only gave interviews everywhere, but the two directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Merrickdon, who were only 30 and 35 years old, also appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and became the darlings of the United States for a while.

But then what happened to them? Did they have a bright future? No, not only did they not have a good future, but they simply didn't achieve anything.

After the success of "Blair the Witch", in the first two years, all their energy was used to fight lawsuits with the craftsman company, and "Blair the Witch 2" released in 2000 had nothing to do with them, and the sequel rights had already been packaged and sold to the craftsman at the beginning. Later, the lawsuit was won, and the two directors wanted to make a comedy, but the investors insisted that they continue to make horror films.

After a few more years, the two directors began to make new films one after another, but both ended in box office failures. In the end, no one remembers these two young men who were on the cover of Time magazine, no one remembers the praise given to them by the media back then, and their names faded with time.

When you succeed, you break out of the cocoon and show the world your beauty, everyone is admiring you, you think you have the whole world, but if you don't recognize your own situation, you will be lost, you will fly farther and farther, and finally you will not find your way home, and then you will fall down exhausted, and someone will pick you up and make a specimen in a book. Every once in a while the book will be opened, and the reader will say, "Wow, this is such a beautiful butterfly, it must have been beautiful when it used to fly!" And then the book is closed, and you're nothing.

This is the cruel reality, there are too many beautiful butterflies in the world, coming in a hurry and leaving in a hurry. He's just one of the taller flyers now, and if he weren't self-aware, he wouldn't be much better than the director of "Blair the Witch."

It's still necessary to choose some low-cost, low-tech movies, and familiarize yourself with what it's like to make a movie first. So what kind of film do you make? He doesn't have any ideas, but he leans towards school comedies and stuff.

Why don't you make horror movies? For horror films, he lacks passion and impulsiveness, he has always been afraid of watching horror movies, and when he was filming "Ghost Shadows", he still had nightmares every night, and it was very uncomfortable to wake up in the middle of the night; in addition, he wanted to continue to work with Rachel and Zachary, and he also wanted Jessica to star in his movies, and he knew that Jessica had been looking forward to this.

He hopes to make movies happily with these good friends, and hopes that these good friends will become famous as soon as possible and enjoy their success. So he wanted to make a movie that was suitable for him and for these good friends, and the campus film seemed to be the best choice, and the campus song and dance film sounded good......

Seeing that Wang Yang hadn't spoken for a long time, Rachel seemed to be pondering something, so she touched his elbow on the railing, frowned, and asked, "Yang, what's wrong?"

Wang Yang reacted with an "oh", shook his head to end his thinking, looked at her and smiled: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about what kind of song and dance film I'm going to make?"

"What?" Rachel was stunned, she laughed, thinking he was joking, but seeing his serious face, her eyes lit up, and she was surprised, "Oh, are you serious?"

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Of course, I'm serious. Why not?" he seemed to ask himself, repeating himself, "Why not?"

Rachel suddenly hesitated, "However, the situation of the song and dance film ...... now I'm afraid it's not good to shoot. She looked at Wang Yang, gave her advice in a serious tone, and said, "Yang, you know that your next movie is very important, and it affects your future, so don't make a rash decision." ”

"I know, Rachel. Wang Yang smiled and took a deep breath against the wind, which lifted his spirits. Although the song and dance films and campus song and dance films have been silent for a long time, they will soon wake up and burn their own raging fire, so it is only right for him to light this fire now. When he saw that Rachel was about to say something, he shook his fist heavily and said viciously, "Hey, don't worry about so much! You said it all, I gave you a lot of arguments in that paper, so I'm going to justify us and make your classmates speechless, aren't they?"

Rachel was amused by his appearance, laughed a few times, shrugged, and said, "That's my own paper." She knew that Wang Yang seemed to have made up her mind, so she asked with interest, "So, Yang, do you have any plans?"

Wang Yang shook his head, with a look of "I don't know" on his face, and said: "I don't have any plans for the time being, but I'm serious, I'll shoot, this is my next movie." Rachel nodded and smiled, "Okay, then I'm looking forward to it." When the time comes, if there is a suitable role, I will go to your film audition. Wang Yang smiled: "You will." ”

The two spent a day at Navy Pier, and in the evening, at Rachel's request, they went to a movie theater to watch "Ghost Record", and returned to the hotel in the middle of the night, ending the day's happy trip.

Since this issue of "Oprah Talk Show" does not need Wang Yang and them to participate in the shooting of some location images, they can come to the recording site on Wednesday afternoon the next day to record directly.

Backstage on the recording site, Wang Yang, Rachel, Zachary and Jon Philtimmel are all there, and Wang Yang will be the first to play later, Rachel and Zachary will come on again when it comes to making the film, and then Jon Philtimmel will go out when it comes to the part that has been released by Lionsgate and is a big success.

"Oh, my God! Oh, my God......" Zachary Levy walked nervously about, sorting out his black suit from time to time, his hairspray and leather shoes shining, as if he were preparing to attend a wedding as a groom.

Wang Yang looked at him restlessly and said with a smile: "Hey, Zachary, relax! I'm the first to play, and I'm here to be nervous." He wasn't dressed that formally, just a very youthful gray-blue trench coat and a pair of jeans, and even though "Oprah Talk Show" wasn't a funny and hilarious type of talk show, he still felt the need to dress so seriously.

Rachel gave Zachary an understanding look and said, "Seriously, I'm a little nervous too. This is my first time on a talk show, and I'm afraid I'll be speechless for a while. She was wearing that purple jacket, a white and blue checkered shirt inside, and a pair of black slacks, very elegantly dressed, without the horror of "Meier" at all.

Jon, who was also dressed in a black suit, sat on the chair, hugged his chest and crossed his legs, and smiled with a relaxed smile: "Why didn't I feel nervous?" Wang Yang and the three of them all rolled their eyes, and unanimously tacitly took measures to ignore the middle-aged man.

At this time, on the recording site outside, a sofa was set up on the stage, and Oprah Winfrey, wearing a yellow sweater, sat on it, while at least 50 people from the audience sat downstage. At the signal of the photographer, the program began to be recorded, Oprah Winfrey looked in the direction of the camera and said with a smile: "This is Oprah, I want to talk to you today, when a young man has great success, what does he think, how does he deal with it, how does this affect his life? How should young people face success?" She finished today's topic and waved her hand: "Let's see the guests invited today." ”

Oprah's talk show generally revolves around a topic and discusses with the audience, and today is an interview with Wang Yang to discuss the topic of "how young people should face success".

On the big screen in the back showing the logo of "Oprah Talk Show", some images were suddenly played, including the picture of San Francisco's Chinatown and the dazzling night scene of Los Angeles, and the narrator's voice introduced it, and said: "He created a miracle, he used 10,000 US dollars to shoot a movie with a box office of over 100 million, he is 18 years old, he is the youngest director, he is the youngest director at the box office, he is the youngest director at the box office......

"Yes, he is Wang Yang!" Oprah shouted, smiling, "Welcome! ”

Wang Yang walked out of the backstage passage with a smile on his face, and the scene immediately burst into applause, and most of the audience were young people, who applauded warmly and shouted Wang Yang's name. Wang Yang smiled and waved his hand to the audience, walked to the sofa in the middle of the stage and sat down, shook hands with Oprah, and said with a smile: "Hello, Oprah." ”

"Hello, Jan. Oprah laughed heartily and immediately said, "Yang, you're amazing, you made a movie with a box office of over 100 million dollars for 10,000 dollars, and now the box office continues to increase." Wang Yang listened to her with a smile on her face, and Oprah asked, "So, I heard that you have loved movies since you were a child?" she asked this question, which meant to let Wang Yang tell about her childhood and growth.

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, I have been very fond of movies since I was a child. I walked into the cinema for the first time when I was four years old, and that's when my mom took me to see "Emerald" and, yes, Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump director). I didn't know what a movie was at that time......" He recalled the scene at that time, the picture was very blurry, but he clearly remembered his mood at that time, and said: "I just looked at the screen and thought, wow, the people in there are very big! Are they giants?" ”

Oprah said: "So, you grew up in the movies. She asked, "When did the idea of 'I want to make a movie' come about?"

Wang Yang frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I forgot the earliest time, but what made me make up my mind was watching "Paradise Cinema", that movie is my favorite ......"

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After recording "The Oprah Talk Show" on Wednesday, Wang Yang and the others returned to Los Angeles that night, and Rachel followed and did not return to Toronto, because they had to cooperate with some Lionsgate post-production campaigns. And the episode of Oprah's talk show they recorded was broadcast on time during the day on weekends this week, and families in more than 100 cities across the United States could watch it.

On the TV screen, Wang Yang, Rachel and Zachary are all sitting on the sofa, and Oprah keeps asking them questions, triggering them to talk about their experiences and so on. Oprah asked Wang Yang again: "Yang, I'm curious, what were you thinking before you made this movie? Did you ever think that this movie would be such a big success?"

Wang Yang leaned on the sofa and smiled: "No, I don't dare to think about it so much, I didn't think about 'will this movie succeed, will it fail', at that time, if you keep thinking about this, you will lose motivation." ”

Looking at Wang Yang's self-smiling appearance on the screen, Jessica sitting on the fabric sofa held the pillow with both hands, with a sweet smile on her face, she was fascinated, and she found that this issue of "Oprah" was particularly beautiful and interesting.

Joshua, who was sitting next to her, stretched out his hand and quietly made a thrashing motion behind her head, but Jessica was completely unresponsive and still looked at the screen with a smile, Joshua looked at her mother Cathy on the other side, pouted, and had a "see" expression. Cathy smiled and gave him a "you don't care" look.

At this time, Oprah asked Rachel on the screen, "Rachel, I know you were traveling to Los Angeles at the time, why did you suddenly decide to act in this movie?"

Although Rachel was a little nervous backstage at that time, she looked calm at this time, showing two dimples, and said with a smile: "I saw Young's recruitment poster that day, and I was very interested in DV movies, so I went to the audition with the mentality of trying it out, and I was lucky to pass." At first, I just thought the film was Young's graduation work, and then he said, 'It's a movie that can be put on the big screen, and it's going to be good at the box office.' She glanced at Wang Yang, shrugged her shoulders at Oprah, and smiled: "But seriously, at that time, I just thought that this guy was crazy." ”

"Hey!" Wang Yang pretended to be angry and patted Rachel's head and said in surprise: "You didn't say that at the time, you said, 'I appreciate your faith', it turns out that someone just thinks I'm crazy?" Rachel smiled and nodded, "Yes, now you know." ”

The audience burst into laughter.

Looking at Wang Yang and Rachel, who were smiling and threatening to fight on the spot, Jessica clenched the pillow tightly, maintaining a far-fetched smile on her face, and looked at the TV with a little dull eyes. If she played the heroine of "Ghost Shadow", it would be her who laughs with Yang on the screen now, and Yang said that she is not suitable for acting in horror movies, in other words, doesn't it mean that her acting skills are not good?

"Wow, Jan and Rachel are a real match. Joshua next to him said something out loud deliberately, keeping an eye on Jessica's reaction.

"Yes!" Jessica adjusted her sitting posture unnaturally, and said in an indifferent tone, but she quietly gritted her teeth and secretly decided that she must join Young's next movie, even if it is an extra, she will ......act!

At this time, Oprah on the screen smiled and dissuaded Wang Yang and Rachel's "conflict", and she asked Wang Yang again: "What made you decide to make this movie? I know that you only had about 11,000 yuan left, and you took all 10,000 yuan to make a movie, didn't you think about the result of failure?"

"After being expelled from USC, I was devastated and I didn't know what I was going to do next. Wang Yang said in a calm tone, and then said with a very surprised expression: "Then, I actually reunited with a very good elementary school classmate who had been separated for many years, and when she was a child, she knew that I wanted to be a director, and that day she asked me, 'Is your dream still there?'"

"Oh my God!" Wang Yang sighed, "Her words pierced my heart like a knife, and for a few seconds, I felt like I didn't have a heartbeat." When my heart beat again, I asked myself, is your dream still there? What the hell do you want to do? I replied to myself, I want to make a movie. So, I made up my mind that even if I slept on the street, I would make a movie. Success or failure, this is an opportunity. He smiled and looked at the camera, waved his hand, and said, "Hi, my friend, thank you!"

With his words, the audience burst into applause. Jessica, who was in front of the TV screen, suddenly perked up, stood up straight on the sofa, and said to Cathy and Joshua in an excited tone, "Did you hear that? Jan was talking about me, haha!"

"See. Joshua looked at his mother, shrugged his shoulders and muttered something quietly.

Seeing Jessica with a sweet smile on her face staring intently at the screen again, Cathy smiled a little helplessly, her daughter has really grown up.

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In a McDonald's in Los Angeles, the TV in the restaurant is also playing "Oprah Talk Show", because it is daytime and it is not meal time, so there are not many customers, and employees have free time to watch TV.

Cashier Smith Sean sat behind the counter, looked at the TV screen, and said with envy and jealousy: "This kid Jan has made a fortune, look at that beauty, Rachel McAdams? I knew I wanted his autograph at the time, and now I might be able to sell it for money. ”

The big fat man Harry George looked at the TV with his eyes and was silent without speaking, his heart kept echoing Wang Yang's voice, "How many crews did you go to try your luck?", "Man, let me tell you, I went to fifty-four film companies, and it will be fifty-five soon." "My dreams won't die. Harry looked at Wang Yang who was smiling on the screen, slowly clenched his fists, and said indifferently: "Smith, Jan is different from us......"

"Success is not inevitable, it requires your persistence, your hard work, I don't deny that it still needs some luck, but if you give up soon, luck will not come to you. Asked by Oprah what he thinks about "how to be successful", Wang Yang shared his thoughts, and he continued: "During the time when I was seeking distribution for the film, I was discouraged, frustrated, and even thought about giving up, but I remembered my original intention, and then I continued to persevere. When you want to give up, you might as well calm down, think about your original intention, if you really like it, you will continue to walk, the road is under your feet. ”

"So what do you think your future holds? You know, you're so young, and you're going to get a huge amount of money right away. There are too many temptations in this world, can you keep your original intention?" Oprah asked along with Wang Yang's words, these questions are the main discussion of today's talk show, how young people face success.

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, I will continue to walk." I will continue to make films, it is my pursuit, it is my dream, it is something that I have recognized for the rest of my life. ”

The audience burst into applause, and Harry George's fists in front of the screen clenched tighter and tighter, "Man, I saw through it." "You're going to fail, that's what we're like, losers!", "Failure!Failure!!" Harry looked around expressionlessly, why is he here? What is his original intention? A McDonald's waiter? Why doesn't Jan's dream die when his dream dies, but his dream dies!?

"Fuck!" Harry George suddenly pulled the McDonald's hat off his head and threw it on the ground, stomped his feet hard, and scolded with trembling lips, "Damn it, damn it! Bastard, damn ......"

"Harry!?Are you crazy?!" Smith Sean was stunned, and the customers in the store were stunned, all of them looked at Harry George, who suddenly looked like crazy.

Harry glared at Smith Sean and gritted his teeth and yelled, "I'm not doing it! How many hamburgers I sold yesterday and how many chicken wings I sold today, what's my business!?" He stepped on the hat on the ground again, walked out of the store angrily, and said, "I'm not doing it!"

Smith-Shaun laughed out loud and shouted at Harry, "Fatty, you'll be back." ”

"I'm not coming back!" Harry George walked out of the store without looking back.