"Su Lin, take a good look, those guys are stupid and savage humans, they like to see us the most, well, there's a Chinese, do you see him? He must be saying, 'So cute, so cute'......"

Under the blue sky, the San Diego Zoo Panda Pavilion is quiet and lively, with lush bamboo trees at the entrance to the park, lush and verdant bamboo leaves swaying in the wind, and pleasant colors, visitors lined up in a long line, including adults and children, some of whom are a few years old, and babies who are less than a year old sleeping in strollers, and babies who are just over a month old with pacifiers, all of whom are waiting with great interest to visit China's humble national treasures.

It is home to four giant pandas, Bai Yun, Gao Gao, Mei Sheng, and a 5-month-old baby panda Su Lin (2005-8-2).

Compared with the Giant Panda Base in Chengdu, Sichuan, the panda activity park here is very deserted, but the good place is that it is built to be more conducive to people to visit, and you can watch the cute pandas very closely and clearly. Su Lin climbed between the branches of the big tree, looking innocently at the tourists behind the railing in front of her, it has recently learned to climb trees, and it still walks in a shaky way, because it still relies on the milk of its mother Baiyun, it just plays with bamboo as a toy, and the tourists can't see its cute appearance of feasting, but Su Lin is still a superstar in the audience.

The well-informed Baiyun is leisurely eating bamboo by the pond, lazily walking high on the lawn, Meisheng is sitting beside the rockery to show people on his back, and the tourists are taking pictures or pointing and laughing, very happy.

"Oh oh, there is a beautiful Latino woman next to him, and she must be saying, 'So cute, so cute'!" Wang Yang dubbed Panda Baiyun in a rough voice, and Jessica gave him a charming look and interrupted him coquettishly: "But they are really cute." Wang Yang looked at her, and then at Keke in the blue stroller next to him, "Do you know? The cutest thing in the world is ......" he said and slowly hugged her, reached out and nodded her bright smile, and said with a smile: "Yes, you, they are pandas, but you are my panacea." ”

“…… You too. Jessica leaned on his shoulder, he would be uncomfortable if he didn't say sweet words, and from time to time he would come to a sentence that could be used to a classic line in the movie, he was used to it, but every time it was so sweet, he was also her panacea that could cure everything.

After all, there are many people around, and the two did not have a hot kiss with the ignited love, and there are still too many opportunities for this wedding anniversary honeyweek. Jessica bent over to pick up Keke, and said with a smile, "I don't know how the oil card is now." Wang Yang continued: "I don't think there is any need to worry, giant pandas have the highest treatment. Jessica picked up Keke, put her head on the back, kissed her, and thought, "So what? ”

"You're right, maybe it just fell out of love, or found out that it couldn't fly and was frustrated...... Life is too complicated. Wang Yang nodded, looked at Su Lin, who was not far away, and said with a smile: "It will find its own elixir, don't worry." Hey, do you want to know the meaning of Su Lin's name?"

Jessica looked at him with interest, and Wang Yang said: "Su Lin is the first giant panda to come to the United States, and the first giant panda to leave China. In 1936, a New York-based fashion designer Ruth Harknus went to China to fulfill her husband's last wish, a zoologist and explorer who captured pandas, but he died of illness in Shanghai, and then Ruth, with the help of her Chinese assistant Yang Quentin, captured a giant panda cub in Sichuan, and they thought it was a girl and named it 'Su Lin'......

Wang Yang continued to tell the story like a tour guide, how Ruth brought Su Lin to San Francisco, and how crazy Su Lin caused at that time...... It's just that Su Lin died of illness before she was two years old. He shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "At that time, people didn't know about the habits of giant pandas, they didn't even know that pandas ate bamboo, took milk and branches to feed it, and after Su Lin died, she was dissected, and everyone knew that it was a boy." ”

"Oh! that's terrible. Jessica frowned and sighed, and Keke seemed to sigh for Gu: "Ah, yes." Jessica smiled again and complimented him, "Honey, you know so much. Wang Yang nodded and pointed in the direction of the garden office, "Yes, I just went to ask the commentator lady." Jessica was amused and laughed, Wang Yang straightened his eyebrows, and laughed, Keke shook his little fist, and also let out a happy laugh: "Oh, oh!"

Soon, the on-site narrator lady came back from the bathroom, she held a small megaphone and enthusiastically introduced the current situation and history of several pandas in the park, and the ins and outs of the new member Su Lin were indeed as Wang Yang said.

"Baby, do you see? Those are pandas, from China. After laughing, Jessica also softly introduced the black and white animals in front of her daughter. Keke straightened her head, eating her little hands, her big eyes turned around lively, and she didn't know that the panda was out of sight, she felt a very novel look, "Babble." ”

Looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, Wang Yang's heart was full of warmth and happiness, which actually became a problem, a happy trouble, because "I Am a Legend". He knew almost from the beginning that it was impossible to immerse himself in a post-apocalyptic, lonely, depressing atmosphere to make "I Am Legend", and he would not find the same feeling as "District 9", and the atmosphere on set during filming would not match the film, unless he left his wife and daughter to lock himself up for a month like Heath Ledger, and then did not contact his family for the whole filming process.

Wang Yang believes that Jessica will not support him as a matter of course, but will never leave him, but is it really good to do this? There is a price to break his nerves like this, look at the original future related reports, how Heath Ledger relied on sleeping pills to sleep after driving himself crazy, that level has reached the level of drug abuse. Wang Yang also believes that no matter how crazy he is, he can recover, not to mention that most of the depressed loneliness in "I Am Legend" is due to loss, and he can come back in an instant by hugging his family again.

It's just that even if there are 10,000 reasons, he doesn't want his family to be unhappy, and he doesn't want to miss every day of Keke's growth. And he's not an actor, he's a producer and director, he has more work in all aspects, and he can't cut off the crew's affairs for the sake of feeling, so the feasibility of embracing loneliness is zero.

Wang Yang knew that he could only retreat, or that this was the best solution, and he did the same, embracing happiness to the fullest!

It's a bit funny to say that he hasn't decided whether the story of "I Am Legend" will take place in San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York, which will directly determine where the film will be filmed. The original book was in Los Angeles, "The Last Man on Earth" was in Rome, Italy, "The Last Man" was in Los Angeles, and the first version of "I Am Legend" written by Mark Prutosevich was in San Francisco, and Warner Bros. later changed to Los Angeles, and when Aziva Gossman rewrote the script, he wanted to move to New York.

In fact, before the preparation of the filming location began, it was possible to change it anywhere, because the story can take place in any city, including San Diego.

But the city has a great impact, the background in all exterior shots, all the scenery shots, etc., will lead to different temperaments in the whole film, the three major cities have their own characteristics, which one is better to choose? Wang Yang has already met with Aziva Gossman twice, discussed and discussed the plot of "I Am Legend", and naturally talked about the location, Gosman strongly suggested that New York, the Big Apple is easier to show the feeling of emptiness.

"Jan, it seems to me that at three o'clock in the afternoon, Los Angeles looks empty, but New York is always empty! It has a more interesting way of showing an empty world blown by the wind. ”

At that time, in Wang Yang's office, Gosman was very excited and anxious, before Warner Bros. rejected the idea of moving, just because from the perspective of production costs, not only the tax in New York is not lower than that in Los Angeles, but also the logistics supply is far away from Hollywood, the cost will be higher, B's plan is to shoot in the studio, but the exact way to wait for the director to determine before negotiating, as a result, all of a sudden, the "I Am Legend" project was packaged and sold to Flame Films.

As we all know, production cost is not Wang Yang's noun, money is not a problem! The greater the investment, the higher the box office! Magic Yang also agrees that live shooting can give the film a natural, real, and barren feeling, and the audience needs a sense of substitution, the stronger the better, which is something that studio shooting cannot give. However, Gosman could see that Wang Yang was more inclined to San Francisco, but the apocalyptic temperament of San Francisco and Los Angeles was not much different, and the casual and sunny California did not have the oppressive emptiness of New York.

"I agree......" Wang Yang said, from an off-court point of view, his ranking is indeed San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, his hometown is more suitable for life, and it can be more convenient and better to take care of other supervising films, companies and other aspects of work, even NBA games can watch the Warriors live, not the Knicks.

But Gosman's words are right, after he filmed "The Devil Wears Prada" in New York, he can clearly feel the charm of the city's street scene, its buildings are tall and dense, especially the high-rise buildings in Manhattan are simply suffocating, walking in the wide streets is like walking in a canyon, this is a feeling that California can't give, if Times Square is empty, the LED screen continues to flicker images, Neville looks around, and the sense of emptiness and desolation presented is great!

Judging from the B version of "I Am Legend" in his mind, Wang Yang knows that the camera effect of New York is indeed very good, although it does not have the ability to use the real Times Square, but with the viaduct of Grand Central Station, a few blocks of Fifth Avenue and Washington Square Park, it is enough to build a bleak apocalyptic world;

Whether it is California or New York, a decision must be made before February to start all preparations, and because of the lockdown and clearance style of "I Am Legend", the filming location is a very big problem, no matter which city, no matter where the clearance permit and filming permit are successfully obtained, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, such as the Brooklyn Bridge, it is impossible to shoot all day, it must be done little by little, all the shots of the scene.

Maybe it's only on weekends, or on specific days like Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and at specific times like 1:00-5:00 p.m., which is why version B was filmed for more than 6 months.

The first is that it is not easy to gain the support of the authorities, the most difficult of which is New York, and the least difficult is San Francisco, as a hero of his home city, Wang Yang can more easily convince the government, and the discontent of the affected people will be minimized.

In New York, Wang Yang and Flame Films really don't have much influence, so at this time, the benefits of cooperating with large companies are reflected again, and according to the agreement, Warner Brothers will give these production resources support and help. In addition, Wang Yang has already sent a producer invitation to Michael Tedros, who has a considerable network of contacts and lobbying experience, and it is by acting as a lobbyist that the B version of "I Am Legend" has successfully persuaded the New York authorities to obtain permission to close many busy areas for filming.

If the film is scheduled to be shot in New York, Tedros will play a huge role. In any case, the estimated filming time of "I Am Legend" is very long, and it is most likely to take half a year to shoot like the B version, and Wang Yang does not want to make this decision rashly.

Will Smith doesn't care about this, whether it is San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York, he will bring his family and children to that city to complete the performance, and he has been looking forward to his second collaboration with Wang Yang for too long.

"I seem to have seen a miraculous Yang!" At the entrance and exit of the panda area, the line of tourists was still long, and a child in his early teens suddenly shouted in surprise: "It's him, it's him! Mom—can I go over and talk to him? I want to take a group photo!" Everyone immediately turned their heads to look at it, and many people happily took out their cameras to take pictures. Today, not only can you see the giant panda, but also the Magic Yang family! Several children of all ages have rushed over happily.

I saw that both of them were dressed in casual and youthful clothes, Wang Yang pushed a blue stroller, and Jessica, who was holding a water bottle handbag, walked beside him, and the two walked with a smile and went to the next zoo zoo, and suddenly saw the children rushing over, they stopped with a smile and patiently met the request for a group photo......

(To be continued)