In the slum of Soweto, in front of a relatively empty and sparse group of tin houses, the crew is busy on the dirt floor, the set designer Gordon Sheen is placing some miscellaneous trees, and the demolition stunt team arranges explosives around many of the tin houses to prepare for the next explosion shot of "Victrex manipulating mechs sweeping through the army".

"Later, I want those tin houses to fall apart and pull up the covers, and then a mushroom cloud, and the smoke will start to ......fill," Wang Yang, who was wearing a T-shirt and pants, looked at the tin house over there, carefully explaining the effect he wanted. Wendy Lusco, the chief stuntman next to him, nodded from time to time, and when he saw that he was finished, he said, "Okay, I understand, no problem." Wang Yang patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.

Wendy Lusco walks towards the Tin House, directing his stunt team. Wang Yang looked around left and right, not far away, Downey sat in a folding chair reading the script, Varley and Harry and other photographers discussed the filming that would take place later, and the actors who played the military moved around under the guidance of the assistant director...... He could go to any of the jobs, but he saw the crew in the distance blocking the perimeter, and between the patrols of a team of bodyguards, there were five or six, black children under the age of seven, standing there, curiously watching.

Looking at those immature faces, Wang Yang walked to Donny's side, picked up a light blue canvas bag, and walked to the children. Seeing him coming, the children immediately looked at each other suspiciously and in surprise, Wang Yang took out some candy from his bag, gave them with a smile, and said, "Hey, these tofties are delicious, try them! I hope you can like it." Do you understand what I'm saying?"

South Africa has 11 official languages, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, etc., and there are countless dialects in the slums, but the children all nodded, and the people in the area selected by the crew all understand English.

"Well, there are ......" Wang Yang took out his bag again, haha, and magically took out a lot of small animal dolls, mammoths, squirrels, and saber-toothed tigers...... They are all character models from "Ice Age", and he smiled: "Hold, some cute animals." ”

"Ice Age" has now been fully produced and edited, the final dubbing work is being carried out, and the release date has been set, and it will be released in North America on May 10 next year, which will lead the way for the flame film to go to the summer vacation of 02. This cartoon is still not favored by the market and the media, except for Pixar, Disney, and DreamWorks, animation companies are not easy to mix, Fox and Sony are even more disheartened, what can Blue Sky Studio figure out?

However, Flame Films ignored these cold water voices, and the publicity work of "Ice Age" was carried out in an orderly manner, and the first release of these toy models on the market was one of them, and the distribution department was also negotiating with McDonald's about the possibility of cooperation, such as getting a "Ice Age" family package" and the like.

The children took the candy and toys, and when the first boy of about six years old tore open the candy wrapper and put the toffee in his mouth, the children cheered "eish!", and they all tore the candy and ate it with joy, and let out a laugh of kaka.

"It's all for you. Wang Yang grabbed all the candy in the canvas bag and delivered it, and the children cheered and continued, stuffing the pockets of their shabby clothes, he looked at the children's happy appearance, smiled, and was about to walk back to the crew. At this time, the little boy who was the first to eat candy suddenly smiled and asked, "Sir, what do you do?"

His face was a little dirty, and he had large, round, black and white eyes full of curiosity. Wang Yang smiled and bent over to touch the little boy's fluffy hair, and said, "Director." I'm Jan, what's your name, what's your name?"

"My name is Sodo!" the little boy shouted with a laugh, and several of the other children replied with a smile, "My name is Sau." "Arya!" Sodo looked at the crew over there curiously, why are there so many people, those big cars, and planes...... He looked up at Wang Yang and asked, "What does the director do?"

"Well, the director is, he makes movies. Wang Yang was slightly stunned, how to explain to children what a director is? I used to think that the projectionist was the director...... He pondered for a moment and tried to say, "It's the director of a movie, and you have to do everything...... "The little girl in blue named Arya blinked suspiciously, and interjectedly asked, "What is a movie?"

Sodo also said curiously, "Yes, what is a movie?" Sau and several other children also asked this question while eating candy.

"Haven't you seen the movie?" Wang Yang frowned, and when he saw that the children all shook their heads and said "no", Arya asked again: "What is a movie?" He was a little silent for a moment, what is a movie? He didn't know if there was a movie theater in Soweto, there were many people who were doing well, they had cars, televisions, computers and mobile phones, and the town had asphalt roads and shopping plazas...... But the real slums here, like this one, with its potholed dirt roads, are all tin huts, and there may be only one electrical appliance in the house, which is a light bulb, or no light bulb at all. The children are only a dozen kilometers from the bustling city center of Joburg, but they haven't even seen a movie.

Wang Yang looked at the curious eyes of the children, shook his head with a smile, and said, "What is a movie?" Sorry, I can't answer. He touched Arya's head and said, "You'll only know if you've seen it." But I can say that movies are a beautiful thing. He smiled and said, "You should watch a movie, every child, everyone should be able to watch a movie......

The children didn't seem to understand, Arya still tried to think, and Sodo tore open the package of a packet of toffee, and asked as she ate, "My mother said you were going to blow up our house, didn't she?"

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, but don't worry, you will live in a better house." ”

In order to speed up the progress of filming, the crew did not choose to build their own tin house, but directly chose the residence of the locals, but did not expect that the house that immediately participated in the explosion was Sodo's home. Of course, Stephen McCormi had already negotiated with their parents that the compensation would be enough to build a small one-story brick house. They had also cleared the house and squeezed into a nearby relative's house first.

A few days ago, because they had to shoot some demolition scenes, such as using a large bulldozer to directly crush the house, burning the house that was illegally breeding, etc., the crew destroyed a lot of tin houses, but the locals were not hostile, anyway, they rushed to recommend their homes, hoping to get that generous compensation.

"Sodo!" At this time, a black woman came out between the tin houses not far away, and she saw the children standing with Wang Yang, and hurriedly ran over. When Suo Duo saw his mother, he pounced happily, pointed at Wang Yang and said with a smile: "Mom, he gave us a lot of sugar!" Soduo's mother saw the candy and toys in the children's hands, and immediately thanked her face, and said: "Sir, thank you! Thank you for giving them something, I disturbed your shooting." ”

"Nothing, they were lovely. Wang Yang smiled, took out a piece of toffee from the canvas bag, and smiled at the children: "Eish! Actually, I have another one for myself to eat." ”

Arya, Sodo, and the others all laughed, and Sodo's mother thanked her again and again, and then left with the children. Looking at the children who had walked a few steps away, listening to Suo Duo's voice: "Mom, what is a director? Make a movie?" Wang Yang's heart suddenly moved, and he shouted at them: "Hey, guys, are you interested in coming to see how the director makes movies?"

The children Huo Di turned around, jumped up with great joy, and replied shouting: "Okay!", "I want to see it!" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile, beckoned and smiled: "Then come here, but you all have to be obedient!"

Accompanied by two bodyguards and Sodo's mother, the children stood behind the film crew, curiously looking at the people and things around them, a big man in a very handsome military uniform, a big fat man walking around with a black machine, and a strange man with a green face...... And this man who came over with a bloody cloth tied to his left hand, and he laughed and said, "Hello, children, uncle! Uncle has candy for you...... Where's the sugar in my bag!?"

In the open space in front of the tin houses, more than 20 actors playing the role of the MNU soldiers are lying or standing, and there are also hidden behind the surrounding debris trees. Hearing the sound of "action!" from the megaphone, they immediately pulled the trigger of the gun in their hand, and the muzzle of the gun sparked, emitting a dense "da-da-da" gunshot, and the bullet casings were thrown all over the dirt.

These are prop guns that shoot empty bullets, which naturally do not have any lethality, but have the sound and light effects of real bullets, which also makes the children watching from a distance a little scared, only Sodo and Arya are interested. At this time, some of the soldiers stopped suddenly, and some rolled around and let out screams of extreme pain. In the storyboard in the hands of the animators on the special effects team, they are either directly beaten into a puddle of flesh by the mecha, or they are struggling with half of their bodies.

It was a very bloody and violent shot, but on the set, several of the children laughed funny. Seeing that they finished performing, Wang Yang raised the microphone and said with a smile: "Cut! Sodo over there also laughed and shouted, "cut!" Arya also shouted, "cut!" Wang Yang couldn't help but glance back at them, smiled and gave a thumbs up.

After filming this shot, it came to the most important explosion shot of the day. The stunt team was all set up, the row of tin huts were stocked with explosives, and behind them were plumbing equipment that produced a lot of gray smoke.

"Everyone is in place, please get out of the safety line, pay attention to safety!" Wang Yang kept talking into the microphone, and also looked at the people around him one by one, after making sure that everyone was in the safe area, and also made sure that the five cameras such as Valley Pfister and Harry George were ready, he nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, there will be a big explosion, please cover your ears, action......!

In addition to the working film crew, Donnie and other actors and children covered their ears with their hands and looked fixedly at the tin house in front of them. Listening to the countdown to 1, Sodo nervously wondered in his heart, what is an explosion...... Boom-boom-boom--The missiles of the mecha locked onto the soldiers hiding next to the tin houses, and the missiles were released, and the row of tin houses suddenly exploded in unison, and the iron sheets scattered in all directions, and the canopy rose into the sky, a fierce flame dispersed, and gray smoke shrouded the burning ruins.

"Cut, very good!" Wang Yang shouted with a smile and clenched his fists, and the crew of Donnie, Gordon Sheen and others applauded happily, if this scene were to be repeated, it would take a lot of time and effort.

Although they covered their ears, the children seemed to be frightened by the loud explosion and the explosion they had seen, and Sodo suddenly cried out, grabbed his mother's clothes, and cried, "Mom, that's our house!" Sodo's mother comforted him and said, "It's okay, we have a new house to live in, and Dad is already building it." But Sodo still cried, causing Arya, Sau and other children to cry as well.

"Oh my God!" Wang Yang immediately turned to look at these cries, is it wrong for the children to see these scenes? They may not understand the concept of a new house, home is home...... He frowned and gestured to everyone to continue, "Prepare for the next shot." With that, he walked over to the children and said with a smile, "Hey, whoa, wow, wow, guys, why are you crying?"

Soduo glared at him, sobbed and said, "That's what the director does?" His eyes were full of disappointment and anger, and he struggled to hit Wang Yang: "You villain, blow up my home, blow up my home......" Soduo's mother pulled her son hard and scolded: "Soduo, I said that this gentleman is a good person, don't make trouble, otherwise I will beat you." ”

"Yes, we are all good people. Donnie nodded earnestly and persuaded, "Boys, trust me. We didn't hurt you! Villains don't look like this......"

Looking at the immature faces of Arya, Sodo, Sau and others with suspicion and anger written on them, as well as the sentence "This is how movies are?", Wang Yang exhaled, shook his head and said: "No, no! movies are not like this, and the director is not here to blow up other people's homes." He suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile: "Why don't you watch a movie? How about I take you to the city center for a movie in a few days?"

"Really!?" Arya's eyes widened with excitement, what could she see about a movie? Do you know what these people are doing? Sodo couldn't help but forget to cry, and said happily: "Go to the city center to watch a movie?" Sau and other children were also surprised and delighted, they had long known the beauty and prosperity of the city center, which represented fun and fun!

"Well, yes!" Wang Yang laughed a few times and nodded vigorously. In a few days, the crew's filming in South Africa is basically over, and he is ready to go back to the United States for Christmas, before which he can take the children to a movie. He was also happy to see Sodo's mother, so he looked at Arya and the other children, and said with a smile: "Guys, tell your parents that the director is going to take you to the movies!" Downey next to him shrugged his shoulders and said, "And that actor." ”

The children cheered "eish".

※※"Her father won't let her go!?" On the dirt road of the slums, two buses and four armed chariots were parked in front and back, and the children all got on the bus with happy smiles on their faces.

Wang Yang simply nodded in agreement, but asked them and parents not to spread the word anymore, Soweto has a population of more than one million, and it is impossible for him to take all the children with him. But Arya can't go? Wang Yang frowned tightly, looked at Sodo's mother, who was also the only parent with the team, and asked, "Why? Why didn't her father let her go?"

Sodo's mother said helplessly: "I don't know, he said that you are a liar, but in fact you want to harm his daughter." Wang Yang suddenly didn't know what to say, so he covered his head and said funny: "Oh, please! Why should I hurt Arya? He can't do that, he can't!" Thinking of Arya's excitement that day, he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger, slammed his fist on the body of the bus, and scolded: "That bastard!"

"And. Sodo's mother added: "He said he wanted to talk to you face to face to find out if you were a liar." Wang Yang frowned, thought about it, and asked, "Where does Arya live?"

Calling ten bodyguards with guns to follow the escort, Wang Yang came to Arya's door, an ordinary light blue tin house, and some of the surrounding residents looked at him. The five bodyguards quickly reconnoitred back and forth; two bodyguards knocked on the door, and then walked into the tin house with guns, and a man's voice suddenly sounded inside, "Hey, what do you want to do!?" After a while, the two bodyguards shouted: "Everything is safe, you can come in!"

Wang Yang walked into the tin house, only to see a wooden bed in the room, some stoves and sundries on the wall, a tattered wardrobe in the corner, a brand new football ball next to the cabinet, and a large light bulb hanging overhead. Arya, sitting on the edge of the bed with a blank face, saw him walk in, and her eyes lit up as a black man in his thirties stood in the middle of the room, and a hint of nervousness flashed in his eyes.

"Hello, Mr. Karuba. Wang Yang smiled at him, stretched out his right hand, and said, "I am the director, Wang Yang." Karuba immediately snorted, shook his hand heavily, and said, "I know you! If you want to harm my daughter, then let me out!"

Wang Yang still kept his smile, not wanting to scare Arya, and said patiently: "Mr. Karuba, I don't have any reason to hurt Arya, you know, everyone here knows. He raised his index finger and said, "There are more than a hundred children who go to the movies! Now it's time for Arya, she's in the car, and we'll set off for the city center, and we'll visit Joburg first, and then watch a movie in the cinema, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and then we'll have dinner and we'll send them back, happy, happy, safe! No one will be hurt." ”

"But. He sighed, glared at Karuba slightly, gritted his teeth, and said, "If you don't let her go, it's hurt! If you really love her, you should let her go." I'm telling you, you have to let her go!"

Karuba turned his head to look at his daughter, her face was longing, expecting and pleading, he seemed to think for a moment, and quietly made a gesture of nodding his fingers to Wang Yang. Wang Yang frowned suspiciously, and said, "What?" Karuba suppressed his voice: "Dollars." Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, and then a huge anger arose, and he really wanted to punch this guy in the face, or just let the bodyguard pick up Arya and leave...... But he couldn't.

"OK!" looked at the aggrieved Arya, he had to endure it, and whispered to Karuba, "I'll give you a hundred dollars, how about you let her go?" A happy look flashed across Karuba's face, but he shook his head. Wang Yang took a deep breath and said coldly: "Three hundred dollars, there is no more." I'm telling you, even if you don't agree, I'll still be able to take Arya and beat you up!"

"Arya!" Caruba suddenly shouted, looked at her daughter, and smiled, "You can go!" Arya over there suddenly jumped up excitedly and said urgently: "Really, really, Dad, can you go......?"

Seeing her extremely happy appearance, Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh too, and beckoned: "Hey, I'm waiting for you, let's go!" He smiled and bent over and slapped his palm with Arya, walked out with her, and whispered to the bodyguard: "Give him three hundred dollars." As he spoke, he smiled at Arya again, "Why don't you play that football?" Arya looked up at him and smiled, "I—I'm not reluctant." ”

Karuba took the three dollar bills handed by the bodyguard, squeezed them hard, and looked at his daughter who was bouncing out of the house, he showed a happy smile, and said silently, "Arya, how could Daddy not let you see it?" If she messed up, he would beg the director to take her, but now, their family had three hundred dollars more to buy her some new clothes.

※※ "Hermione Grange. Hermione stood up nervously at the hearing of her name and said, "Oh, no, okay, don't be nervous!" Ron said to Harry, "She's sick in the head, weird." Harry nodded. Hermione over there stepped onto the stage, stood on a stool, and put on the Sorting Hat. The twisted hat said thoughtfully, "That's right, that's right...... Good, Gryffindor!"

The Gryffindor House students below immediately cheered and applauded. Looking at the fantasy world on the big screen, Sodo, Arya, and Sau ...... All the children's eyes did not blink, and they were completely engrossed. Wang Yang looked at the children on the big screen, and then looked at the children around him who were intoxicated in the movie, remembering that he could go to the cinema every week when he was a child, and couldn't help but feel very lucky and grateful, everyone should be able to see the movie.

"Is this the movie? Did you make it?" said Arya, who turned to him as she looked excited. Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It's not this one, but yes, this is the movie." Arya looked at the big screen for a while, and suddenly asked, "How can I become a director, how can I be like you?"

"Hmm. Wang Yang was silent for a moment, patted their heads left and right, and said with a smile: "Study hard! You have a school there, right?" Both children nodded, he looked at the big screen, and said softly: "Remember, studying hard may be difficult, but don't give up......"

(To be continued)