Chapter 106: The Christmas War

On the night of the 23rd, there was another thing that deeply attracted the attention of the media, fans and filmmakers, that is, the list of nominees for the 58th Golden Globe Awards was announced. The Golden Globe Awards is the third most important award in the American film and television industry, ranking behind the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards, and as the first film and television award issued every year, it has always been regarded as the vane of the Academy Awards.

This year's Golden Globe Film Awards, as well as the 73rd Oscars, which will also be held next year, can be said to have been filled with gunsmoke, because there is no such popular movie that absolutely sweeps all awards this year, so there are quite a lot of popular candidates and movies in the media's predictions. Including the biggest hit "Gladiator", and "Desert Island Aftermath", "Near Fame", Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Steven Soderbergh's two films "Never Compromise" and "Drug Network" and many more.

In the Best Director award, Wang Yang is also a popular candidate in the media prediction table, and the entry work is "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"; ”

In the spacious and warm living room, Wang Yang and Jessica sat on the fabric sofa, watching the advertisements playing on the TV screen in front of them. Jessica suddenly exhaled a little nervously, took a pillow next to her, and asked, "Jan, if you make the cut...... No, you will definitely be shortlisted, how should we celebrate?" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile when he saw her so nervous, moved over and hugged her waist, and said, "It's enough for you to kiss me." He kissed her on the cheek again and said, "Don't be nervous, you are happy if you have a nomination, and you are still happy if you are not nominated." ”

He is not nervous or completely uncaring, in his mind, the greatest affirmation and praise comes from the audience, they like the movie, laugh for it, cry for it, and go crazy for it, this is his greatest pursuit and enjoyment, which is reflected in the evaluation of fans on the one hand, on the other hand, the box office; in second place, is the Academy Awards, which is an honor pursued by all filmmakers; and the Golden Globes, although it is the third largest film and television award in the United States, he does not have that kind of "desire", this award is in the back of his heart.

The reason is that the Golden Globe Awards judges only have more than 90 foreign journalists, which is much less than the more than 6,000 at the Oscars, which means that the influence of personal preferences will be magnified, and the possibility of black-box operation is also high.

It's not that you buy awards and nominations directly, but "canvassing", and the film company will give some small favors to the judges, such as invitations to dinner receptions and champagne bouquets. This is also what the public relations department of Flame Films does, giving away some peripheral accessories of the movie, not to get special care, but to be treated relatively fairly. The little favor is almost limited to this, and it is not the law that is most regulated, but the journalists and the paparazzi, and it is clear who gave whom what benefits, so much so that in 1981, Pia Zadoya's husband paid to invite the judges to Las Vegas, a historical event that is still the main criticism of the Golden Globes.

After all, this is the third largest film and television award in the United States, and the institutions and judges will naturally not go too far and run counter to the media, otherwise it will not have any authority and importance, and it will not attract attention and be hailed as the vane of the Oscars. If you want to maintain this affirmation, the Golden Globes also need to affirm good movies. If the Oscars are a hearty meal, the Golden Globes are at least a good hamburger, or more.

Therefore, Wang Yang feels that he will not be too disappointed if he is not nominated, but if he can be shortlisted, it is also a very happy thing, and it means that he has a better chance of being shortlisted for the Oscars.

"Well, I'm not nervous. Jessica threw the pillow aside, leaned on his shoulder, and after a few seconds, she suddenly sat up straight again, frowned and said: "I can't do it!" "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and "The Shaolin Abbot and the Newspaper After Zhu 80 All Said Yes, There Will Be It!" Wang Yang smiled and hugged her hard, and heard the voice of "Hello everyone, I'm Conan O'Brien" on the TV, she immediately looked at the LCD screen, her eyes lit up and said, "Yang, it's on!"

I saw a smile on the screen, Conan O'Brien, the host in charge of this year's Academy Awards, he walked to the glass stage, put the list in his hand on the stage, spread his hands and smiled: "The annual Golden Globe Award nominations are here! This year, we have many, many excellent movies, and there are ...... I can't count them out, or I'll lose the suspense. He squeezed his eyes in the style of his late-night talk show and smiled: "Okay, so who will be nominated for the 58th Golden Globe Awards?

He opened the list of nominees on the stage, made a surprised expression, and said "wow", "The first thing I tell you is the film awards, and there are ...... shortlisted for 'Best Song'"

There are 15 Golden Globe film awards, namely Best Drama Film, Best Musical/Comedy Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress in a Drama and Musical/Comedy, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Song, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Animation, and Cecil B. Demir Lifetime Achievement Award.

After reading out the five nominations for Best Song, Conan O'Brien went on to unveil: "The five nominations for Best Score are, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerard, Gladiator, Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Jenn Kezmelik, When Happiness Knocks, Rachel Portman, Chocolate, and the three soundtracks for Steed, Kristen Wilkinson, Mattis Stewart, Larripa Kerston. ”

"yes!" Hearing Jenn's name, Jessica immediately cheered happily and raised her clenched fists: "A nomination!" She looked at Wang Yang with bared teeth and smiled: "Great!" Wang Yang nodded with a smile, and felt very happy for Jenn in his heart, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is with Jenn's masterful soundtrack, everything in the movie has been sublimated. Not to mention the Golden Globes, the Oscar nomination is the most deserving praise Jenn deserves.

"The shortlist for Best Screenplay is, Cameron Crowe, "Almost Famous", Kenneth Lonergan, "You Can Count on Me", Stephen Garhan, "Drug Network", ......"

Jessica held her breath and stared at the TV screen with her eyes slightly wide, she remembered the predictive comments in the media newspapers, the script of "Juno" was praised as "rare", "the lines are brilliant", "warm and profound", etc., it was a big hit! Conan O'Brien on the screen continued to read out the remaining two nominations: "Stephen Clover, "Miracle Boy", "Doug Wright", "Quill Pen". "There's no 'Juno' or 'When Happiness Knocks'.

"What?!" she shouted with surprise on her face, covering her forehead at a loss, and said in disbelief: "Oh my God! And although the Golden Globes are not eye-catching, it may be nominated for an Oscar, who knows. ”

"Hmm. Jessica nodded, but her eyebrows were still a little unhappy. Wang Yang flicked her ponytail and said with a smile: "Please, my little Mary!" Jessica glanced at him and said with a smile: "Okay! But if you are not in the Best Director, I will go to the Hilton Hotel and kick Conan O'Brien to death!" Wang Yang laughed, hugged her tightly and said: "Wonder Woman, I need to remind you that this is not his nomination, he is just the host." Jessica smiled and glared at the TV screen, "I don't care, he let me down." ”

While the two were laughing, Conan O'Brien announced the nominations for Best Animation, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and soon came to Best Actress (Musical/Comedy). "Juno" is in the musical/comedy category, so Natalie Portman, who is a "genius performer", is the favorite for this award, and the media's predictions are almost all saying "Juno is 100% shortlisted".

"The five nominees are, Renee Zelwig, 'Nurse Betty', Juliette Binoche, 'Chocolate' Love', Sandra Bullock, 'Pretty Pageant' Undercover......" Conan O'Brien glanced at the list on the glass stand again, looked up and smiled: "Natalie Portman, Juno." ”

"Wow. Wow......! Two nominations. Jessica laughed softly and adjusted her sitting posture, she looked at Wang Yang's side face and said with a smile: "Natalie acted really well, everyone said that she could be shortlisted for the Oscars." Wang Yang didn't say anything, just kissed her on the lips heavily. Jessica felt his heart, her heart was suddenly filled with warmth, her heartbeat accelerated with a pop, and she smiled, "Young, I know." ”

Seeing the sweet smile on her face, Wang Yang also smiled, at this time, the mobile phone on the coffee table in front of him suddenly made a dingdong sound, he took it and looked at it, it was a text message from Natalie: "Dude, although this is expected, my whole body is still burning! Thank you!" He said to Jessica: "It was a text message from Natalie, she said that she was very happy, like it was burning." While pressing the keys of the mobile phone, he replied to Natalie: "Brother, then call 911 quickly!"

"You don't have to tell me. Jessica leaned against him. Wang Yang put down the phone, hugged her again and smiled: "I can also tell you." Jessica smiled and nodded, "OK!"

As he spoke, Conan O'Brien had already read out the nominations for Best Actor (Musical/Drama), Best Actress (Drama), and then Best Actor (Drama). With his impeccable and touching performance in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Will Smith is naturally the favorite for this award, and his experience of winning the worst actor in the golden sour plum last year also makes his acting breakthrough even more legendary, and the media even praised it as "great".

"There are ...... nominees for Best Drama Actor" Looking at Conan O'Brien who was about to be read out on the screen, Wang Yang also felt a little nervous in his heart, he hoped that Will Smith would win this honor. I saw Conan read: "Russell Crowe, "Gladiator", Tom Hanks, "Desert Island Aftermath", Jeffrey Rush, "Quill", Michael Douglas, "Miracle Kid", and Will Smith, "When Happiness Knocks". ”

"yes!!" Wang Yang and Jessica both laughed excitedly and high-fived each other, Jessica laughed: "Great! We have three nominations!" Wang Yang picked up his mobile phone and sent a congratulatory text message to Will Smith while laughing: "At that time, Will and I were on "Late Night Talk Show", I said to Conan O'Brien, 'Will can get the Oscar', I could see that he thought I was crazy, but now, haha, he said the list himself. ”

After Best Actor in a Drama, there are the three most watched awards, Best Feature Film, Best Musical/Comedy, and Best Director. When she heard that "Juno" had been nominated for Best Musical/Comedy, Jessica shouted "Four nominations!" and high-fived Wang Yang, who was also delighted, in celebration, but then she scolded the Foreign Correspondents' Association in disappointment because "When Happiness Knocks" was not selected for Best Feature Film.

"Now for the last film award, the list of nominees for Best Director. Conan O'Brien smiled and picked up the list on the table, he looked at it, his face was full of mystery, and he was about to read it out and smiled: "Who the hell will it be? What do you say? Steven Soderbergh, oh yes, there's him! Who else? Let's see! Who was selected for Best Director at the 58th Golden Globe Awards......

"Oh my God......" Jessica's breathing became very rapid, she was next to Wang Yang tightly, holding his hand tightly, and muttered without blinking: "Oh my God......" Wang Yang smiled, sniffed the fragrance of her hair, and patted her back gently, now as if she was competing for the best director. On screen, Conan O'Brien reads, "Steven Soderbergh, 'The Drug Network,' Ridley Scott, 'Gladiator,' Ang Lee, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'......"

As the three nominees were read out, and only two remained, Jessica's heart almost stopped, her face flushed with nervousness, and she quickly recited: "Yang, Yang, Yang, Yang......"

Wang Yang was also a little nervous for a while, looking at the screen with bated breath, it is always happy to be nominated, and he didn't want to disappoint Jessica, nor his parents and good friends, his mother's encouraging voice sounded in his ears: "In the past few days, many neighborhood friends have asked me, can Xiao Yang be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director? 'Sweetheart, understand, I'm always proud of you. ”

"It's Steven Soderbergh again, 'Uncompromising!' This is the first time that a director has two nominations at the same time!" Conan O'Brien wowed, closed the list of nominees, and smiled: "And the last nominee, Wang Yang, Juno!"

"Wow!" Jessica sat up suddenly, jumped off the sofa excitedly, with a bright smile on her face, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Yang, you were shortlisted! You did it! You are the Golden Globe Award for Best Director!" Wang Yang stood up and stretched out his hands, hugged her tightly, exhaled, and smiled: "Well, Jessica, we did it! Thank you for your trust." ”

The two looked at each other's eyes, their hearts beat very fast, Wang Yang held her face with both hands, her eyes were full of love and expectation, he smiled, "I'm going to be rewarded!" Jessica smiled, "Well, come on!" As he spoke, he kissed her on the lips.

Just when they were kissing passionately, the phone at home and the mobile phone on the coffee table rang, and the two kissed for a while before they reluctantly parted. Wang Yang picked up his mobile phone, looked at the passage, and said, "Good evening, Will." Will Smith over there smiled excitedly: "Man, this is crazy! I got nominated for the Golden Globe Award, like a dream, thank you so much! And congratulations, man, the youngest Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Director......"

Jessica, who was flushed, walked briskly to the wall where the telephone was hung, she picked up the phone and said "Harrow" briskly, looked back at Wang Yang sweetly, and said with a smile on the microphone: "Well, thank you, it's really great, he's chatting about the phone, uh-huh......"

"Man, there must be a lot of people congratulating you, so I'm going to say goodbye. Hearing Will Smith say this, Wang Yang smiled and said, "You too, bye-bye!" ended the call, he opened the new text message on his phone, he couldn't see so much, it was all sent by the company, the crew and good friends, he just finished reading Rachel's "Yang, congratulations, no need to reply!" was about to check the next Michael Pitt's, and there was another call on the phone.

Seeing the caller "Natalie Portman", Wang Yang answered with a smile and said, "What's the matter? Are you in the hospital now? What is the degree of burns?" Natalie laughed out loud and said, "I'm dying, I'm happy to die!" Hey, when that guy announced just now, I read 'No Yang, no Yang, no Yang......' and you have been nominated, which is really good!"

Wang Yang looked at Jessica who was chatting on the phone over there, and said suspiciously: "You're not wrong, right? Natalie over there said casually: "Of course I'm not wrong, this is my psychological hint to myself, if there is really no you in the end, I won't be disappointed, but if you get nominated, I will get a surprise." Wang Yang couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, that's what you learned at Harvard?" Natalie said: "And drug addiction, ** ......" Wang Yang smiled and said: "OK, OK, I have to hang up, bye!"

The announcement of the list of the 58th Golden Globe Awards naturally caused heated discussions among the media and fans for the first time, and everyone was satisfied and dissatisfied.

Fox News was very puzzled that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was not selected for Best Feature Film, and made a large report with the title of "Golden Globe Awards snubbed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", questioning the judges' unfairness, "This is a serious mistake." For Steven Soderbergh alone to occupy two best director and two best feature film spots, it is also the place where the media questioned the controversy, although those two films are classics, but "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not? "Desert Island Aftermath" is not? They pointed out: "The Golden Globes need to reflect on it!"

One of the most criticized places in this list is "The Situation of the Shaolin Abbot Chatting on the Post-Zhu 80s", "The Shaolin Abbot of the Post-Zhu 80s is spread on the Internet, this is the charm of its line dialogue, and its story, the film critics unanimously praised and highly rated, and the ideas contained in it have been excavated little by little, and there is no doubt that it is a classic.

But now, it has not been selected! Yahoo Entertainment commented on this: "What are you kidding? Could it be that the 90 judges of the Golden Globe Awards are all from the Stone Age?" Fans also expressed their indignation, and even thought that the Golden Globe Award judges would only make such a despicable decision after receiving money, and "Juno" should be nominated and should win this award! At the same time, fans of suspense films are also quite dissatisfied, and the script of "Fragments of Memory" is incomparable, and it is definitely a precedent for creating suspense logic films, but it also failed.

But it doesn't seem to be the case that Will Smith was nominated, Natalie Portman was also nominated, and Wang Yang was also nominated for Best Director, thus breaking the record for the youngest Best Director nomination in one fell swoop. Of course, all three nominations were the most popular predictions in the past, and if they were not selected, it would be controversial.

In this year's Golden Globe Awards, there are three directors who have attracted the most attention and media coverage, Steven Soderbergh, who has won two nominations for the first time, Ang Lee, who has been shortlisted for the first time by a Chinese director, and Wang Yang, who is 20 years and 10 months old for the first time who has been shortlisted for a Chinese director. The media naturally favors legendary and magical characters, and the "youngest director nomination" is enough, and the number of reports on Wonder Young's characters has suddenly increased: "He has since entered the ranks of first-class directors", "Wonder Boy is just around the corner to break the Oscar record!" ...... In a new IMDB poll, "Are you satisfied with the list of nominees for best director at this year's Golden Globe Awards?", 56% of people chose satisfied, 42% chose dissatisfied, and 2% chose no opinion, while in the survey of "Do you think Wang Yang's selection is correct?", 74% chose the right one, 22 percent chose the wrong one, and 4% chose I don't care. Affiliated survey "Do you think Wang Yang can be nominated for Best Director at the 73rd Academy Awards?" 68% of people chose yes, 27% couldn't, and 5% I don't care.

In the hustle and bustle of the media and fans discussing the list of Golden Globe nominees, the box office on December 23 also came out. "92-year-old" "Desert Island Aftermath" received 12.145 million US dollars, with a total box office of 23.9 million to continue to rank first this week, and in second place is still "39-year-old" "Juno", which received 11.526 million box office in a single day, and the total box office came to 23.079 million.

Although it is far ahead of the third place "Man 100%" with a total weekly box office of 13.017 million, on the day of the 23rd, in the second round, whether it is the total box office or the average box office of a single theater, "In the hearts of the media of Shaolin Abbot Station after Zhu 80, the game is far from over, with the announcement of the Golden Globe Award list, "Juno", which has been nominated for three awards, has implemented a "genius director" and "genius actress" This will inevitably cause new stimuli to the market, attract more non-young audiences to watch, and the box office will also grow and rebound. Perhaps the question now is whether "Desert Island Survivors" can withstand the counterattack of "Juno"?

24th, Christmas Eve. Last year's Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner, Wang Yang spent it at Jessica's house, and this year will be. Wang's father and mother returned to San Francisco after attending "Juno" and the premiere, and did not stay in Los Angeles for Christmas because they were busy with the "Chinatown Restaurant Association" holiday activities. Wang Yang did not accompany them back to San Francisco, he felt that since their family was not believers in God, it would make more sense to spend time with Jessica on Christmas Eve, and wait until the Spring Festival to return to the lively Chinatown.

It was nightfall, and in Alba's dining room, there was a Christmas tree full of ribbons by the window, and a large wooden table filled with delicious food, such as roast pig, ham, salmon, pumpkin pie...... There is also an indispensable roast turkey, and a Chinese dish cooked by Wang Yang, braised pork ribs.

The table was full of people, with Mark Alba sitting in the center of the table, Cathy Alba and Joshua and her grandfather on the left, and Jessica and Wang Yang sitting on the right with her grandmother, and the family sitting around as a family. Although Joshua has a girlfriend, the girl who looks a lot like Britney, they don't get to the point of having Christmas dinner together.

Before the meal, it is natural to have a prayer, and everyone holds hands, silently bows their heads and closes their eyes, and their faces are reverent. Wang Yang was the only one at the table who was not a Catholic, but he also prayed quietly, listening to the prayer pronounced by Mark Alba: "Our Heavenly Father, may your name be exalted, may your kingdom come, and may your will be done on earth......."

After a long prayer, the Alba family and his maternal grandparents sang a few more carols together, and Wang Yang continued to close his eyes quietly, waiting until he heard the crowd say "Amen" before he opened his eyes. At the end of the prayer, the table burst into laughter, and Jessica held the braised pork ribs with chopsticks and said with a smile: "Yang, I have to taste your craft, it smells so good." Joshua over there also couldn't wait to fork a piece with a fork, and drank his sister and said, "Keep some for me, you usually have to eat every day, but I only eat once a year!"

Wang Yang smiled slightly, where is every day, he is not the kind of person who loves cooking, when he wants to eat Chinese food, he will help Fu Ji, Chen Ji or something, although the taste is not as good as Wang Ji.

"Young man, your movie "Juno", there is a big mistake!" "My grandfather, who has always been very serious, suddenly said, he has always known that the boyfriend of his favorite granddaughter Jessica is a director, and I heard that the kid made a movie about teenage pregnancy "Juno", so as soon as it was released, he watched it in Canada as soon as it was released, and he came to the United States to spend Christmas together this year, and he also wanted to talk to that kid.

"Uh......" Wang Yang was stunned, looking at the old man with frowning white eyebrows, he asked modestly, "Can you tell me anything wrong?" Jessica had already told him that her grandfather, of Danish origin, was very old-fashioned and serious, and was a super devout Catholic, and she heard from her grandmother that he was very dissatisfied when he saw the news of his granddaughter's unmarried cohabitation in the newspaper, and even said a few "shames".

Everyone at the table fell silent, and my grandfather said in a deep voice: "Young man, that's your attitude towards abortion! The law that allows abortion now is itself an unforgivable mistake, and the fetus is a human being, and it is a beautiful life given to us by the Lord, and abortion is murder! Abortion is legal, and it is a disgrace to this country! Disgrace to the United States, disgrace to Canada!" The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and the more he spoke, the more agitated he became: "If Our Lady had aborted the Lord, think about what would have happened? Oh! Lord, please forgive me for my reckless words......

Jessica, who was biting into the braised pork ribs, was a little stunned, she thought about it, and immediately showed a sweet smile, and said roundly: "Grandfather, Juno didn't have an abortion in the end, she was just ...... before"

"It has nothing to do with Juno!" her grandfather glared at her and said, "And she used to think so, Jan, why don't you directly oppose abortion?" tell everyone that 'abortion is not right'!" Jessica looked at Wang Yang with some embarrassment, and felt sorry in her eyes.

Wang Yang smiled at her, looked at his grandfather opposite, and said seriously: "First of all, I am personally very opposed to abortion, and "Juno" is actually talking about that, but if the movie wants to express its opinion, it must first be hidden, if Juno directly says 'I am against abortion', it will make people who support abortion disdain to watch this movie." If you want to change their point of view through the movie, you have to get them into the cinema first, and the movie doesn't say, 'You can't have an abortion,' but you can't have an abortion.'" After a pause, he continued: "As long as they feel that pregnancy is beautiful and that children are precious, even if the law allows it, they will think, 'I can't do that.'" ”

Jessica kept nodding her head and smiled in agreement: "Well, grandfather, that's it!" Joshua quietly gave Wang Yang a thumbs up, and said with a wow, "Yang, you really deserve to be the Golden Globe Award nominee for Best Director!" He was caught by his grandfather today and taught a big lesson, and now he is very happy to see Yang make his grandfather speechless.

"Hmph......" My grandfather really couldn't say anything to refute it, but he refused to admit it, he said: "In short, abortion is not good!"

"Alright, alright. Cathy and Mark looked at each other and smiled, she looked at her father, then at Wang Yang, and said warningly: "It's Christmas dinner, guys, no abortion, no politics, no controversy!ok?" Grandfather shrugged his shoulders, Wang Yang nodded with a smile, and said, "OK!" Jessica also smiled, continued to taste the braised pork ribs just now, and sandwiched a piece of roast pork to Wang Yang, and said with a smile: "Yang, try this." ”

After the warm and happy Christmas Eve, it came Christmas on the 25th, and the box office on December 24th also came out. Christmas Eve is a time of happy dinner, and the number of moviegoers naturally dropped sharply, on this day, "Desert Island Afterlife" only received 5.82 million US dollars at the box office, and the total box office reached 29.72 million, continuing to rank first on the weekly list, and "Juno" received 5.9664 million box office, with a total box office of 29.0454 million.

On the daily box office rankings, "Juno" defeated "Desert Island Afterlife" for the first time and stood in the champion position! Seeing this situation, fans' interest in this Christmas battle suddenly rose, originally thought that "Juno" would lose, but in the third round, "Juno" pulled back a game! Only three days have passed this week, and in the total box office, the gap between the two movies is only 674,600, and it is impossible to predict who will die in the end.

On Christmas Day on the 25th, with the return of moviegoers, this battle has also reached a very critical point! Under the normal movie-watching market, can "Juno" burst out with the power of three Golden Globe nominations? Although "Desert Island" has only one nomination, fans and film critics have unanimously praised it, and Tom Hanks's super popularity should not be underestimated. It can almost be said that whoever wins the championship on Christmas Day means who the market chooses, and it also indicates the ownership of the box office champion of Christmas week.

There is another event that attracts the attention of basketball fans at Christmas, that is, the NBA Christmas game, on the afternoon of the 25th, at the Staples Center Arena, the defending champion Lakers ushered in the challenge of the Trail Blazers.

"Wow, I'll know right away what it's like to watch a game from the sidelines! It's exciting, it's a Merry Christmas!" Joshua, who was wearing a Lakers home court jersey, walked in front, looking around at the fans in Christmas dress in the audience, and at the retired jerseys and championship flags over the arena as if he was visiting the Staples Center for the first time.

Wang Yang, who wore a jacket and jeans, and Jessica, who was wearing a pair of big earrings, a ponytail, and a denim jacket, walked behind, listening to Joshua's chatter and emotion: "Wow, Christmas war, sideline seats, cool, so cool! Yang, thank you for your ticket!" Wang Yang smiled and said to him: "Brother, it's nothing, this is your reward for helping us move the Christmas tree." ”

"Hey, then you must tell me to move next year!" Joshua smiled happily, "It's a great pleasure in life, Jan, you know what I'm thinking right now?" that hateful woman...... He suddenly stopped, stared blankly at the sideline seat not far away, took a deep breath, and said, "Oh my God! Oh my God, Boo, Britney......!"

Wang Yang and Jessica also saw it, and saw the blonde-haired Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake sitting on the sidelines, and next to the seats of the three of them. Joshua, who was sluggish, turned around, looked at Wang Yang and Jessica with glowing eyes, and said in a suppressed voice: "The place next to Britney is mine! Wait, wait, I can't just walk over like this." He adjusted his breathing and walked back to the entrance tunnel to the arena. Wang Yang looked back and smiled: "Yoshu, do you want to go home and change into a suit?" Jessica joked and said, "Remember to tie a bow!"

Joshua raised his fist and quickened his pace into the passageway. Wang Yang and Jessica smiled at each other and continued to walk to the sidelines, where they came to their seats and sat down, leaving an empty seat for Joshua in the middle. Britney and Justin, who were chatting intimately, saw them, and Britney immediately greeted them warmly: "Hi, Jan, Jessica!" Wang Yang and Jessica also greeted them with a smile.

Although the four of them didn't know each other before, they all knew who was who, so they immediately became familiar with each other. Britney looked at Wang Yang and said with a smile: "Congratulations on getting nominated for the Golden Globe Award, your movie is great, Justin and I are going to watch "Juno" tomorrow." Wang Yang smiled and said thank you, and Justin, who was on Britney's right, said with great interest: "Yang, in fact, I'm really interested in acting in movies, I played a "Two-Faced Supermodel" this year, but it wasn't very good. I wonder if we have a chance to work together?"

"Oh. Wang Yang nodded, he knew that Justin Timberlake sang very well, but he really didn't know how Justin's acting skills were, after thinking about it, he replied with a smile: "I don't have any movie plans now, maybe when there is a role suitable for you in the future, you will audition for it?" Justin said happily: "Okay!"

The four of them looked at the players who were warming up in the court, laughing and talking about their views on the game, at this time, Joshua, who had a serious face, walked over with heavy steps, and greeted calmly: "Hey, everyone!" With that, he sat down in the empty space in the middle and looked at the Lakers players on the court without squinting. Jessica introduced Britney and the others, "He's my brother, Joshua. Wang Yang struggled to hold back a smile, what is Joshua doing, learning from his grandfather?

"Joshua Alba. Joshua continued to speak calmly, and he turned his head slightly to glance at Britney next to him, and said in a deep voice, "You are Britney Jane Spears? Britney was a little stunned and said, "Oh, thank you." Joshua looked back into the room, then suddenly stood up and looked at Jessica, and said in a rough voice, "Do you want a drink?" I'll buy you one. Without waiting for Jessica to speak, he walked to the side of the audience passage, and as soon as he turned his back to Britney, he couldn't help but widen his eyes with joy, and shouted excitedly, "I'm talking to her!" He secretly took a long breath, trying to keep his steps composed.

A photographer in the distance pressed the shutter of the telephoto camera in his hand, and although he didn't know who the excited young man was, the kid sat between Magic Young and Britney, and this photo of him with a funny look must be worth more than $100.

Britney glanced at Joshua, who was walking away, and smiled at Jessica, "Your brother is so cool. Justin asked a little puzzled, "Or is he in a bad mood?" Wang Yang almost couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Jessica couldn't help laughing, covering her forehead, and said with a smile: "He doesn't do this often." ”

Soon, Joshua came back with three drinks and distributed them to Jessica and Wang Yang: "Yours, take it, don't knock it over; With that, he sat down in his seat with a straight face, drank his drink slowly, and continued to look at the stadium without squinting, muttering in his heart: "I want to be cool, I want to be cool......"

In the next game, Joshua maintained a "cool" appearance, whether it was Shaquille O'Neal's domineering dunk or Kobe Bryant's flowing breakthrough pull-up layup, he was expressionless, at most he gently slapped his palms, and occasionally after Kobe Bryant shot, he said "This ball is gone" very knowingly. With a bang, Kobe Bryant hit the shot, and he added: "Just kidding." ”

After that, he cautiously looked to the right out of the corner of his eye, only to see Britney and Justin intimately talking to each other, laughing softly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked to the left, only to see Wang Yang and Jessica also chatting sweetly, not hearing his "high opinion" at all. Joshua rolled his eyes helplessly, almost out of the favor, and prayed inwardly, "Britney, you go quickly...... My sideline seat, my Christmas battle ......"

But to Joshua's disappointment, the game was very intense and close, with Britney and Justin watching until the end of the game, and even more disappointing for him, and all the home fans, that the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers 104-109 before the game.

"Oh God, why are you doing this to me!It's a terrible Christmas, I'm pissed off, damn the Lakers......" Joshua, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, swore and punched the back of his chair again, scolding: "Damn Justin Timberlake......"

In the driver's seat in front, Wang Yang took control of the steering wheel with a smile on his face and went to Zachary's house to attend a dance party. Jessica, who was in the passenger seat, looked back at her brother and said with a smile: "Joshua, let me tell you something, Britney said 'your brother is so cool' before." Joshua's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his face became full of energy, and he asked urgently, "Did she say it?" Wow! Haha, it seems that my strategy is right, 'Your brother Joshua is so cool'? Britney said?" He waved his fist excitedly and said, "Cool! I'm a cool boy!"

Jessica then laughed, "She also said that you gave her a new inspiration, and she was going to write a new song called 'Cool Boy', which is to write about you as a person." Joshua's eyes widened in surprise, leaned back, and said in disbelief, "Really!?oh-my-oh my God!" Wang Yang looked at the rearview mirror and smiled, "Your sister teased you." ”

Joshua was stunned for a moment, and only after a few seconds did he scold loudly: "I know! Shit, I know!" He gritted his teeth and glared at Jessica, who was about to fall on Wang Yang with a smile, and said dryly: "Haha, hum, okay! At night, I said to my grandfather, 'Grandfather, do you know?' Jessica almost got pregnant last year, and then had the ...... of Juno."

"Do you dare!?" Jessica roared, she didn't want to be taught a big lesson by her grandfather, unmarried cohabitation had touched his bottom line, and she almost got pregnant out of wedlock? Wang Yang smiled and muttered a few words in her ear, Jessica nodded, looked at the triumphant Joshua, and said with a smile: "Okay, if you do that, I'll tell your girlfriend 'Joshua pursued you because you looked like Britney, he's a bastard.'" Joshua gasped and said, "No, I'm not, I really like her!

Laughing along the way, the three of them arrived at Zachary's house, where they had a merry dancing party and a merry Christmas with their best friends.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the box office data of Christmas on the 25th came out, "Desert Island Survivors" received a box office of 10.9686 million US dollars in a single day, with a total box office of 40.6886 million, and "Juno" received 11.3215 million box office, with a total box office of 40.3669 million! "Juno" won the championship on Christmas Day, and the total box office gap was also pulled to 321,700. In the fourth round, "Juno" won again!

But despite winning this crucial game, media fans can't say that "Juno" will definitely win the weekly championship of Christmas Week, because the power of its Golden Globe nomination is not enough to completely defeat "Desert Island". There are three days left in this week, and anything can happen, whether this week's weekly box office champion will be taken away by the 92-year-old guy, or will it be won by the 39-year-old young man?

(To be continued)