Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Deadline Has Passed

The poster wall of the movie theater is covered with movie posters that are being screened, and since it is Halloween, most of the posters are gray in style, and you can see that it is a creepy horror movie at first glance.

"What kind of movie is good to watch?" Wang Yang looked at Jessica, who was dressed in a denim outfit next to him, and then looked at the poster on the poster wall. Although the crew has a lot of affairs, Wang Yang is not so busy that he doesn't have time to watch a movie at night, they haven't met and dated for a long time, he would rather sleep later to make up the time, and he won't snub his girlfriend who hasn't seen him for a month and a half and come to visit the class, and he also wants to take a break.

So he kept Jessica, who was going back to Los Angeles right away, and went to the movie theater after dinner and a movie. But blockbusters are waiting for next month's Christmas schedule, the latest movies are horror films, and some old films, "American Beauty"? is very deep and cruel, but obviously not suitable for dating, they all like to watch light-hearted comedy romance movies on dates, but no, it's really not a suitable time to watch movies.

Wang Yang's eyes stopped at a poster with an empty office in the middle, which read, "DV horror movie is back, the supernatural phenomenon in the office!Do you dare to watch it this time?" He turned his head to look at Jessica and said with a smile: "Why don't you watch "Ghost Record 2"?"

"Ghost Record 2" was officially released the week before, and Lionsgate has high hopes for this sequel, including copyright fees, the production cost is as high as 10 million, compared with "Ghost Record 1", the cost has soared a thousand times, and the number of painting theaters opened in the first week is more than 2,500. Wang Yang has no special feelings about this movie, because he has not participated in any work throughout the entire production. But he naturally wants to be a box office hit, because he is grateful to Lionsgate and doesn't want them to mess up, and because he has a 20% box office dividend.

However, its first-week box office was only more than 9 million, although it ranked second on the weekly list, and it seems that there will be no problem in recovering costs, but the possibility of another miracle is very low. After the frenzy of "Youth Musical", young people almost forget "Ghost Shadow", when this movie is mentioned, they think of the name "Wang Yang", and their attention is focused on it, but now the director is not Wang Yang? Even if Lionsgate works hard to promote it, there are still not many young people who are interested.

Especially when the film reviews are not good, the "Los Angeles Times" commented: "After watching "Ghost Record 2", you will find that it is so boring, the whole movie is shot in the style of a film film, not DV, and it also loses the realism of a pseudo-documentary." What is the DV technique? Just look at "Ghost Record". ”

Looking at the weird poster, Jessica nodded indifferently and said, "It's not bad to be scared." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Just to say, you know that I don't like to watch horror movies very much, and I hate Lionsgate, they actually don't let me direct!" Jessica glanced at him with a toothy smile and said, "Then what are you looking at?" Wang Yang took a step back and smiled with his hands around his chest: "You can get an idea." ”

Jessica scanned the poster wall with interest, and suddenly saw a poster with Brad Pitt, she remembered that Wang Yang said that he liked Brad very much, so she pointed to the poster and asked, "How about this one?" Wang Yang glanced at it and couldn't help but praise: "Wow, Brad Pitt, David Fincher, I like it! But I heard that this movie is very violent, do you like to watch it?" Jessica pursed her lips and performed a hideous expression, and said, "I like violence!" Wang Yang smiled and nodded: "That's good!"

The ticket hall itself was empty, Wang Yang didn't have to queue up, and came directly to the ticket window to buy tickets: "Hello, give us two tickets for "Fight Club". ”

"OK!" The young conductor glanced at the two of them while holding the tickets, and suddenly showed confusion on his face, and said, "You look familiar, like ......" A dark-haired Asian boy and a brown-haired mixed-race beauty are rare, he thought about it for a while, and immediately said in surprise: "Oh, you are Jan and Jessica?"

Wang Yang and Jessica glanced at each other, both smiled slightly, Wang Yang took the ticket and paid for it, and said curiously to the conductor: "Yang and Jessica? Are we really that similar? Many people have said that." He beckoned Jessica and walked to the side of the screening room: "Mary, let's go!" Jessica followed behind him and smiled sweetly, "Okay, Danny!" When he was far away, Wang Yang said suspiciously: "Why do you call me Danny? Wang Yang deliberately teased her and said, "I didn't, you call me one?"

Mary Danny The conductor frowned, looked at their backs as they walked away, and suddenly shouted, "You are!" Seeing the two disappear around the corner, he withdrew his gaze and said to himself: "Surely, Jan has been filming "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" here recently, I don't know how the filming went......"

Looking at the big screen in front of him, Wang Yang reached out and grabbed a handful of popcorn from a large bucket of popcorn in Jessica's arms, stuffed it into his mouth and gnawed it, while asking softly: "Jessica, did Joshua ask you?" probably knew that Jessica was about to go back to Los Angeles, and Joshua called Wang Yang again two days ago, hoping to get a venue for the party.

The screening room was empty, and there was no one around them, and no one would ask if they spoke softly. Jessica glanced at him and said suspiciously, "What are you asking?" Wang Yang picked up the Coke and took a sip of it, and said, "It's nothing, that guy has been pursuing a girl who looks like Britney according to him, he wants to be in the limelight and have a party at our house, and he has been planning it for a long time." Jessica raised her eyebrows and said a little angrily, "Don't think about it! Another girl, who looks like Britney? What is he thinking?"

Wang Yang spread his hands, looked at her and smiled: "Britney is indeed very attractive, of course, I am not in it, there is a girl named Jessica who is like the center of the earth, firmly sucking me......" Jessica glared at him with a smile and said, "Yang, I hate sweet words." She laughed crisply, shook her head slightly, and said, "Joshua just doesn't do serious things, he's almost 18 years old, he's not a kid anymore!

Looking at the evil Brad Pitt on the screen, Wang Yang laughed and said: "He said that Miranda didn't give him a chance to audition, and he can't be blamed." After a pause, he comforted: "Jessica, everyone will find their own way, you don't have to worry." Maybe that girl like Britney is the source of Joshua's efforts, you know, boys work hard for the girls they like a lot of the time, just like me, haha!"

Although she knew that he was coaxing herself, Jessica was still sweet in her heart, she nodded, and said, "Well, I hope he can grow a little better this time." ”

Jessica stayed in San Francisco for a few days and then went back to Los Angeles, during which she also made a cameo appearance as an extras in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", no lines, just a passerby walking on the street in the camera, the kind that can't be seen if you don't pay attention.

The crew worked on the shoot every day, and the Street View footage was almost complete, leaving only a few sets of final shots, Chris Gardner was officially hired by a stockbroker and walked through the crowd with joy, and Chris hugged his son tightly and cried with joy...... These were not filmed until the end, and the crew turned to shoot those interior shots, including those in the company, in the church, and so on.

But as the time approached the end of November, the crew had to announce a few days off along with the Thanksgiving holiday. Because Wang Yang needs to go to New York to appear in court for his intentional wounding case. Cole Langston seems to have received strong support from his paparazzi company, and has also hired a well-known barrister in the industry, and the video evidence in the hospital is conclusive, Wang Yang smashed the camera and hit people first, if it is a case of a general nature, it is handled by precedent, and the judge may not hesitate to knock down the hammer and make a direct ruling.

However, this case has its peculiarities, Wang Yang's defense lawyer Vincent Grant pointed out that before arriving at the hospital, Cole repeatedly obstructed and moved on the street, delaying the time to save people, and even made provocative remarks in the hospital, which was the motivation for Wang Yang's beating. However, the lack of evidence did not fully convince the judge and the jury, and the judge finally postponed the case to March 2000 for a second trial, allowing sufficient time for the defence to gather evidence.

There have been paparazzi waiting at the gate of the courthouse for a long time, and the photos of Wang Yang walking into and out of the courthouse accompanied by Jessica, bodyguards, lawyers and others have been taken a large number of photos, and then they have become news pictures of major entertainment newspapers. "What would have happened if Wonder Young had been sentenced to six months in prison? When Happiness Knocks on the Door" was interrupted, we wouldn't have seen the biopic next year, and he would have spent six months in prison, and Jessica would have lost her relationship with him and split up just in time for the one-year anniversary, fulfilling our prophecy. But the young director is happy that he is still free. ”

As soon as the trial ended, Wang Yang and Jessica both returned to Los Angeles for a happy Thanksgiving holiday, which is also the anniversary of their relationship, which has passed the "one-year period" that the media called it.

After the holidays, the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" also reassembled in San Francisco for the filming of the last remaining part of the footage.

(To be continued)