Chapter 110: Pregnancy Boom
The final film award, Best Drama Film, went to Gladiator, and when Elizabeth Taylor handed the Lifetime Achievement Award trophy to Al Pacino, the 58th Golden Globe Awards came to an end.
Regarding the final results of this year's Golden Globe Awards, the media and fans are a little satisfied, but also dissatisfied. There are several awards full of controversial voices, such as Best Actor in a Drama Series, where Russell Crowe fans say "Russell is better suited to be the best actor", and Will Smith's supporters say that "Will is the one who deserves the most award".
The same happened to the "Best Drama Film", which was taken away by "Almost Fame", and "Juno" fans were very indignant, and many media also said that ""almost famous" is an excellent work, but "Juno" is more civilian and has more meaning. ”
But facts are facts, and no matter what fans say, it won't change the outcome. However, the public is very satisfied with this year's two actresses, 33-year-old Julia Roberts and 19-year-old Natalie Portman are the focus of media reports, "Los Angeles Times" believes that in this year's Oscars, there must be two people in the list of nominees for Best Actress, Julia Roberts 90% will be crowned in one fell swoop, and Natalie Portman will also become the first actress to be nominated after the 80s.
Naturally, the report of the Best Director award also occupied a large newspaper page, but it was all congratulations and praise. Because Ang Lee's award is not an upset, in fact, only Wang Yang is the underdog among the four nominees, and his odds to win on the bookmaker's market are as high as 10 to 10, Ang Lee is 4 to 10, Steven Soderbergh, and Ridley Scott are all 3 to 10.
Media newspapers in the United States are reporting, and newspapers in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places are reporting even more, and Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" called Ang Lee "a bridge between the East and the West." Wang Yang was also mentioned in the article, saying that he was "the greatest hope for the future of Chinese directors." He also commented that although his four films have oriental delicacy and poetry, they show more American culture and do not have too much oriental flavor: "He grew up in Chinatown and is familiar with Mandarin and oriental culture, we have reason to believe that he can make Chinese masterpieces, and we look forward to seeing that day." ”
On the second day after attending the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, Wang Yang and Jessica, who had completed the filming of "Youth Musical" 3, returned to San Francisco to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families in the lively and festive Chinatown.
This is the first time he has spent the Spring Festival with Jessica, although Jessica has read a lot of books introducing Chinese culture since she fell in love with him, she is still full of curiosity everywhere, asking all kinds of questions, and Wang Yang of course knows everything.
Both understand that if they want to be happily in love forever and start a family and have children in the future, then they must be clear and respect each other's cultural customs. Jessica, who is of mixed race, understands this better than Wang Yang, whose maternal grandparents are a combination of Denmark and France, and whose mother is married to a father of Mexican descent, where she understands the importance of cultural integration.
However, the elders have done a good job, there are already three countries, and Jessica and Wang Yang both feel that it is not a problem for one more China to come in.
This sweet and happy holiday in San Francisco also proves this, with the two of them enjoying the flower market and watching the dragon and lion dance...... Jessica also learned some authentic Chinese food skills at Wang's Restaurant. With her and her family by her side, Wang Yang had a simple and happy 21st birthday, and two days after the Lantern Festival, the two returned to Los Angeles with one or two bags of decorations, gifts and other things that they had swept down from the shops.
During this period, "Juno" ended its 7th week of release, and now its number of theaters is 2,546, decreasing by about 200 every week, but its total box office in North America has exceeded 200 million US dollars, and in the two weeks of its release in overseas countries, its total overseas box office has also risen to more than 75.4 million US dollars...... Fans around the world are frantically saying, "I love Juno!"
Juno's appeal doesn't stop at the box office, as its soundtrack CD was sold out by fans as soon as it hit the market in North America. According to the record store owner, since the release of "Juno", similar harmonica guitar-style country records have sold better than in the same period of the previous year. At a Yahoo Youth Poll Awards, Juno was voted "Best Female Screen Actor of 2000" without any suspense and high votes, and "Juno" also won "Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Music" and almost all other awards that participated in the nomination, and even the popularity of the "Youth Musical" series could not match it.
Juno, a sharp-tongued teenage pregnant woman, has set off a unique trend across the United States and even the world. As the New York Times put it, she also opened the market's eyes to the demand and potential of the subject of "teenage pregnancy," and once it was revealed, the market would not remain indifferent. NBC wanted to buy the rights to adapt "Juno" and make it into a TV series.
"How are you going to adapt?" Wang Yang held the telephone microphone, leaned against the cabinet in the open kitchen, looked at Jessica with an apron on the opposite side, and asked NBC producer David Vince on the other side of the phone. This was a telephone conversation to determine the initial intention, but he was not nervous at all, he did not lack the money to sell the adaptation rights, and "Juno" did not need this publicity, because by the time the TV series came out, it would have been drawn offline.
David Vince smiled and said in a sincere voice: "Actually, we hope to have you on the screenwriting team, and of course, we hope and welcome you to be the director of this series." Having said that, he didn't have any hope in his heart, the other party was the hot magic Young, the youngest billionaire, the genius director, and the youngest nominee for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director...... A member of the show's writing team -- or the director -- was just a matter of luck. Thinking of this, David Vince added: "Young, it's just the first episode!"
"Well, I ......" Wang Yang suddenly smiled, his professional degree at USC is film and television production, and the TV part is also the main course, what he learned in his short college career, as well as self-taught things, tell him that movies and TV series have many differences, including the difference in the design of the lens because of the difference between the big screen and the small screen, as well as the rhythm of storytelling, etc.
The two are like a pair of brothers, although they are related by the same blood, they are different in shape and appearance.
He naturally likes movies more, but he is not completely uninterested in TV series, and if he wants to tell a long story in detail, then TV series are a better choice than movies. But he doesn't have that urge to tell stories now, especially about teenage pregnancy, about "Juno", all his ideas have already been made in the movie, and there is nothing to make a TV series again.
"Nope. Wang Yang directly rejected David Vince's invitation, shook his head and smiled: "No, I have no plans to make a TV series for the time being; David, if I had transferred the rights to the adaptation of Juno, I wouldn't have bothered to ask again. ”
Jessica, who was washing the vegetables, glanced back at him and asked curiously, "They want you to shoot the TV series "Juno"?" Wang Yang nodded with a smile, and after a while, he said again: "Yes, I don't have a new movie plan now, but no." Co-Producer, Executive Producer...... Sorry, I'm not interested, let's just say I've had enough of Juno. ”
"Oh, that's a shame. David Vince said in a low tone, and asked with some reluctance: "Maybe you should think about it seriously?" Hearing Wang Yang's "uh" sound, David Vince slapped his forehead and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Haha, I'm just habitually speaking, I forgot that you are magical Yang." ”
"Don't say that. Wang Yang shook his head with a smile, looked at Jessica who was humming a song over there, and said, "I just want to take a good rest." David Vince said, "Alright then, I'll tell you about our initial plans. We have two adaptations, one is a 20-minute sitcom and the other is a 45-minute drama series......"
Wang Yang listened to David Vince's narration and hummed from time to time. What David Vince means is that if it is adapted into a sitcom, it will refine Juno's entire pregnancy process, add a few distinctive funny classmates, and take place in several main scenarios such as campus, home, and small town, while if it is changed to a sitcom, it will need to be greatly constructed, and in the end, it is likely that only the character names of the characters will be retained, and the story background will be completely different.
After listening to his blueprint, Wang Yang nodded and said, "David, I will think about it carefully, and I will reply to you when I have the answer." David Vince laughed, "Okay, please as soon as possible, you know we want to launch this TV series this summer." There's one thing he hasn't said yet, and that is that even if they don't have the rights to adapt Juno, they'll find a screenwriter to rewrite the story and characters, and NBC has decided to order a teenage pregnancy series.
But what surprised David Vince and NBC was that Wang Yang hadn't thought about it for a day, and the ABC TV station suddenly announced that it would launch a set of teenage pregnancy-themed dramas on July 1 during the summer vacation, initially named "Pregnancy Diary". The next day, CBS TV also announced that they had ordered a new teenage pregnancy drama called "Young Mother", and it would also be launched in the summer vacation!
At this moment, NBC was suddenly anxious: "Hell, it's obvious that we thought of it first!" They immediately announced on the official website that producer David Vince was already negotiating with Wang Yang for the TV series adaptation rights of "Juno", and once Magic Yang nodded and agreed, the TV version of "Juno" will start production and be launched this summer!
This summer, there will be three TV series on the theme of teenage pregnancy launched on the market at the same time?! The media and fans were stunned, they could imagine that as soon as they turned on the TV at home, they saw a young girl with a big belly on the screen.
The New York Times report headlined "The Pregnancy Boom is Coming!", and fans expressed their anticipation and disgust at the phenomenon of following the trend, and more people cared about Miracle Yang's decision, because they would prefer to see "Juno" compared to "Pregnancy Diary" and "Young Mom";
"Please, Danny, it's only been less than five hundred meters!" On the community forest road in Beverly Hills, Wang Yang held Danny, who stretched out his long tongue and gasped, and said with a smile: "Man, get up! Our goal is 2,000 meters." ”
Jessica next to her looked at Danny who was lying on the ground and refused to leave, her beautiful face was full of helpless smiles, and she said angrily: "Joshua just doesn't do good things!" It's like this every time, I said that Danny is easy to get fat, don't feed it so much, this time let him raise it for more than ten days, Danny will weigh more than 30 pounds!"
Wang Yang smiled and pulled the leash, and smiled at Danny: "Look at your appearance, unless you want to be lonely for the rest of your life, you need to lose weight!" At this moment, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang, he handed Danny to Jessica, took out the phone and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Hi, Mark." Immediately, I heard Mark Slunt over there say helplessly: "Yang, unbelievable, unbelievable!" Wang Yang frowned suspiciously, and said with a smile: "Hey, what's wrong?" Listening to his tone, it doesn't seem to be good news?
"There are 17 underage high school students in Massachusetts who are pregnant en masse, and they have signed an agreement to get pregnant together and raise children together, and the agreement mentions Juno...... Oh, what the hell is this?" Mark Slunt scolded in great confusion and said, "My boss, you go and watch the news, it is said that there are more than fifty girls who have signed the agreement, it is unbelievable!"
Wang Yang blinked dumbfounded, unable to understand this concept for a while, and after a few seconds, he reacted, and said with a far-fetched smile: "Mark, are you kidding......?"
"Jan?" Jessica couldn't help frowning, looked at him with a worried face, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"My boss, relax, in fact, this matter has nothing to do with us, and we are not legally responsible. Mark Slunt said solemnly, and then he sighed and said in a reassuring tone: "It's a very regrettable thing, but Young, it's not your fault, it's that they're too willful, don't think too much! ”
Wang Yang put down the phone silently, Jessica held his hand tightly, and asked softly, "Yang, what happened?" Wang Yang glanced at her, looked up at the blue sky again, pinched his forehead and said: "A very ridiculous and sad thing, but what happened ......" He said the bad news he had just heard. Jessica's eyes widened when she realized something, and she said in surprise: "They watched "Juno", so ......?" Wang Yang nodded and sighed: "Yes, I heard that the agreement is written like that." ”
"Oh my God......" Jessica exclaimed, "How so!?"
Wang Yang shook his head without speaking, thinking about Mark Snent's words, don't pay attention to it?17 girls with an average age of less than 16 years old got pregnant together after watching "Juno...... Is it really none of his business at all?
(To be continued)