However, it seems that God did not grant Jessica's birthday wish, or only partially.

"It's a pity, Mr. Wang, we don't think your movie is suitable for the big screen, who wants to watch such a blurry picture?"

"I'm sorry, with all due respect, you're like a personable gentleman and a clown with eyebrows compared to the movies. The clown is good for the circus, but not for the cinema. ”

"Releasing this movie? no, of course not...... No, we don't have to think about it, kid, the movie is not that simple, do you want us to make a big mistake?"

More than half a month has passed since Jessica's birthday, and in this more than half a month, Wang Yang has run to dozens of film companies, almost all over Los Angeles, and the result is to harvest one "no" after another.

From the beginning, he was full of confidence and momentum, but now, he is also a little tired and a little depressed. But every morning, he had to pick himself up and continue to run around Los Angeles, and the rest of the time he had to work part-time to barely make ends meet.

Because his working hours are not stable, except for the McDonald's part-time job at night, other jobs are hard and tiring, such as at noon, when the scorching sun is in the sky, he has to wear a heavy doll clothes, distribute leaflets on the street, stuffy and hot, sweaty, change to someone who is not in good health, and faint to death; and help the furniture company move and lift, and when he goes to bed at night, his arms are so weak that he can't sleep.

Sometimes he is so tired and numb, he really has a moment of frustration, damn it, he is so bitter and tired, what is it for?

Today, the trajectory of his life is no different, running a movie company during the day, being mercilessly ridiculed, "naïve, naïve, are you crazy?", and then he is rushing to a McDonald's in the city to start working part-time at night.

McDonald's is his main source of income, and his only part-time job with regular working hours, five hours a day from 7 p.m. to 12 p.m.

Part-time jobs at McDonald's are always easy to find because the work is intense and doesn't pay well. Wang Yang gets a salary of $7 an hour, which is a little better than the minimum hourly wage in California, and because there are movie theaters and other entertainment venues near this McDonald's, as well as parking lots, there is hardly a moment of free time at night, Wang Yang sometimes can't help but sigh in his heart, God, isn't there KFC near here?

Glancing at the red-haired Ronald McDonald sitting on a bench at the door of the store, Wang Yang walked into this fast-food restaurant with an "M" on it, and saw a white fat man wearing a McDonald's waiter's uniform.

He weighed at least three hundred pounds, had a fat face with a double chin, and had a beard, and he was carrying a plate of burgers to customers, and when he saw Wang Yang in formal clothes, he smiled and said, "Hey, man." Wow, dressed like this again, just came back from Silicon Valley? Or Wall Street?"

This fat man's name is Harry George, he is in his twenties, he is a full-time employee here, and he is a good person. After nearly a month of getting along, Wang Yang has long been familiar with him, and he can be regarded as good friends. However, they didn't talk about it deeply, and the fat man didn't know anything about Wang Yang's situation and the movie.

"White House!" Wang Yang rolled his eyes, carried his briefcase, and walked straight to the staff changing room in the store. The tone of rejection from that film company today was the worst he'd ever encountered, and he was in a bad mood right now and didn't have the heart to joke.

"Out of love?" Harry George shrugged, looked back at Wang Yang's back, and said loudly, "Dude, look away." It's not a big deal, trust me, I'm experienced!"

Wang raised his head and didn't look back, raised his hand and flipped it back, indicating that he didn't bother me. He walked into the changing room, changed into McDonald's black and brown overalls, put on a black "M" hat, exhaled into himself in the mirror, and walked outside.

It's still a few minutes until 7 o'clock, and there is still some free time to rest, so don't count on it after 7:30. After serving a meal to a few customers, no new customers came in, Wang Yang, Harry and others could take a small break.

The restaurant's TV is showing a TV movie called "Donald and Heaton", an urban romance movie, when the screen shows the hero and heroine kissing. Harry George suddenly became agitated and exclaimed, "Oh, look at this shot, it's so badly shot! What do the director and cinematographer of this film want to do?" and he sighed incessantly, "I can't believe my glasses, their brains are stuffed with horse manure, a bad movie!"

Wang Yang glanced at him and smiled, every time this fat man watches these TV movies, his temperament changes greatly, and he keeps complaining and cursing, as if he has a deep hatred for those directors. Wang Yang usually doesn't interject, but today he was in a bad mood and couldn't help but say: "Oh, then tell me, why is this movie bad?"

Harry George's eyes stared at the TV screen without blinking, and responded to Wang Yang's words: "Oh, there are too many rotten places, just like the set of cross montages just now, the male and female protagonists each ran from one side of the town to the center, and then met and kissed, right?" This lens will have the best effect with these cameras!"

He looked at Wang Yang, spread his hands, and said disdainfully: "But from beginning to end, they use close-up shots to shoot from side to side, oh my God, do you say it's rotten!?"

Wang Yang couldn't help but be stunned, he couldn't imagine that the fat man could say such a professional opinion, and if he shot it with the shooting method he said, the effect would indeed be better. He smiled and said, "Harry, you're right. Harry George suddenly looked proud: "Of course. ”

But he didn't feel complacent for long, Wang Yang changed his words and said, "But you obviously didn't think about it. This is a low-budget TV movie, and cost control is very important. If you do it the way you do it, think about how it would take to get that panoramic overhead shot done? Helicopter. He suddenly felt very helpless and sighed: "So it's not necessarily that the director or photographer of the movie is stupid, it's just that there are some things that you know will be better that way, but you can't do it." ”

"Please, what do you know?" Harry George's fat face was full of unconvincing, and he snorted: "It's just a shot, how much does it cost to rent a helicopter to shoot?"

"This shot uses a helicopter, what about the other shots? A movie is at least 90 minutes long, Harry. Wang Yang shook his head and said: "This is a level problem, just like if you eat a burger at McDonald's, there will be no violinist standing next to you to give you some music." ”

Harry George was about to say something, but Smith Sean, who was in charge of the checkout at the counter over there, suddenly interjected with a smile: "Young, don't argue with Harry, he's a photographer." Of course, if he has been accepted into the university. He shrugged his shoulders, looked at Harry gloatingly, and said in a long voice, "Oh, that's his dream." ”

Hearing the word "dream", Harry George suddenly felt like a deflated ball, waved his hand with a depressed face, and said: "Don't mention any dreams to me, my dreams are dead, they are killed by reality." With that, he was in no mood to watch TV, and walked sullenly towards a new customer.

Photographer? So Harry has given up? Wang Yang was silent. He suddenly remembered Anne Darren, the blonde girl with some freckles on her nose, and he remembered that night, and she asked with a confused expression, "Director, should I go home?"

Should I go home? Wang Yang sighed, these days, he was rejected every day, and he repeated failures every day, he can now understand Anne's pain better, the dream he pursued has been hit again and again, he can't see the way forward, and he lives hard and tired every day, confused, anxious......

Maybe it would be better to let go of the so-called dreams and let yourself live another life? or bland, or not what you want, but without all these pains and struggles. Just like that set of cross-over montages, there are things that you know are better to do, but you can't, isn't that reality? It killed the movie, and it killed Harry's dreams.

Wang Yang's heart was suddenly startled, and his whole body trembled, no, it's not like this! He frowned, how did he answer Anne Darren that day?

"If you like it, you have to stick to it, God can't take away my pursuit of movies, I don't want to regret it when I'm old......"

Will he regret it later? Will he still be like Harry, who will point fingers at the movies and complain and curse the directors and say, "Oh, come on, that's not how it was done! If I had to do it, I would have done better than that guy." ”

Why do you sit in a movie theater and say these things?!Why not do it?

Isn't it just that people live in the world to do something they like to do? Why do they live a dull life every day? Think about it, if you cook in a restaurant every day, he will shudder, and it will be more painful to do what he doesn't like to do all his life? And now, every day he comes home exhausted, and then he gets up early in the morning and is full of expectations for a new day, while in a restaurant, there is no expectation.

Wang Yang remembered the happiness when filming the movie, and smiled slightly, no, he thought that Anne would not go home, even if she only had extras, she would not go home. And he, too, won't go home.

Look at Harry, he didn't let go at all, he was angry at the TV every day, his dream was still there, he was just running away.

But I won't run away!" Wang Yang mustered up his strength, clenched his fists and waved. At this time, the store began to get busy, a black mother with a child walked into the store, Wang Yang greeted him with a look of spirit, and said with a smile: "Welcome to McDonald's, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Customers kept walking into the store, as a waiter, to keep orders for guests, pick up and deliver food, and sometimes help some guests who ate and left clean up the table, Wang Yang was so busy that he didn't even have a chance to catch his breath.

After making a note for a couple, he went into the kitchen to pick up the food, but saw Harry George lying on a wall and being lazy, he couldn't help but walk over, laughed and kicked the fat man's big ass, and said, "Hey, man, you're so lazy, you're too unethical, right!?"

"Please, I've been doing this all day, can't I take a break?" Harry said weakly, sticking to the wall motionless.

Wang Yang smiled, and was about to get a hamburger, when the mobile phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang, who would call him at this time? He frowned and took it out, and when he saw the caller ID, he couldn't help but be happy, it was Rachel who had not been in touch for a long time. He glanced at Harry and thought to himself that I would be lazy for a while, so he pressed the connect button and smiled, "Hey, Rachel?"

"Hi Jan, good evening!" Rachel's voice came from the phone, and she smiled softly and said, "We haven't been in touch for a long time, why don't you call me?"

Wang Yang runs to film companies and works part-time to make money every day, and when he gets home, he is so tired that he lies down directly, almost doesn't even bother to take a shower, and he has to look for and contact those film companies, so he has no time to talk on the phone, of course, more importantly, in order to save some phone bills...... He was embarrassed to tell the truth, so he joked: "Oh, my phone's 6 button is broken, you know, you have several 6s in your number...... Ha, how are you doing?"

Rachel laughed and said, "Well, it's calm again, going to school every day, listening to classes, eating, and sleeping." And what about you?"

"I'm fine, I'm doing a day trip to Los Angeles every day, listening to people sing 'no, no.' Wang Yang remembered what happened during this time, and for some reason, his heart was not depressed now, but he was a little excited, and said: "Wow, I really didn't know that there were so many film companies in Los Angeles before. You know what? There are all sorts of weird names for those companies, and the funniest one is called Poison Films. ”

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Oh my God, are they focusing on box office poison movies?" Rachel laughed when she heard this. After laughing for a while, Wang Yangcai asked, "Rachel, do you have anything to do with me?" Well, I'm working part-time at McDonald's now, so I can't be lazy for too long. ”

"Oh, I don't know, did I disturb you?" Rachel apologized, and when she heard Wang Yang say that it was okay, she said, "Yang, then I'll make a long story short, that's it." You haven't called me for so long, so I guess the release of the movie is blocked, otherwise you would have told me the good news a long time ago, right?" Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, smart." ”

Rachel spoke quickly, "So, the other day I was talking to one of my teachers about DV movies and about you, and my teacher knew Lionsgate's distribution manager, Jon Fittimmel, and they were good friends, and I asked my teacher to introduce me to Mr. Fittimmel, and then I contacted him, and then, he was interested in your film and wanted to meet you. ”

"Lionsgate?" Wang Yang thought for a moment, this is a well-known film company, and he had wanted to contact them for a long time, but since the company's headquarters is not located in Los Angeles, but in the coastal city of Santa Monica, north of Los Angeles International Airport, he has not contacted Lionsgate for the time being.

Now, thanks to Rachel's kindness, it looks like he's going to get on his way to Santa Monica ahead of schedule. Wang Yang smiled gratefully: "Okay, Rachel, thank you! Then give me Mr. Filtimmel's contact information." ”

Rachel said "OK", and the sound of rummaging bags was heard, and after a while, she was heard saying, "Young, listen, this is Lionsgate's switchboard number...... And this is Mr. Filtimmel's mobile phone number......"

Wang Yang tore up a piece of paper with a notepad, wrote down the number with a ballpoint pen, checked that there were no mistakes, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Rachel." I'll contact them. ”

"Jan, I've been talking to Mr. Filtimmel on the phone for a long time, and I can tell that he doesn't have any prejudice against DV movies, and you're going to make it. Rachel said a few words of encouragement and added, "Okay, I won't bother you, bye!"

"Bye-bye and good night. Wang Yang took the thread, stuffed the piece of paper with the number in his trouser pocket, and smiled, wow, one more chance! So, why go home?

Harry George didn't know when he left the wall, he looked at Wang Yang with a puzzled face, and asked, "What did I hear just now? man, your movie? You made a movie?"

Wang Yang nodded, there was nothing bad to admit about this, and said: "I made a movie with DV, and I am seeking to release it this month." With that, he walked inside with a plate in his hand and asked the chef to put the food written on the list.

Harry George followed Wang Yang step by step, smiling as if gloating: "Hey, I guess you've hit a wall everywhere, right? 'Oh, you're a bunch of shit', 'Save it, look at you like that, you should stay at McDonald's'......"

"Yes, you guessed it. Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

"Man, how can it be so easy!" Harry George snorted, shook his head with his hands on his chest, and looked like a person who had come over, "I was like you now, like a fool, and ran to those Hollywood studios to try my luck." And then they all said, 'Oh, go home, fat man, photographers aren't for you, go home.'" He patted Wang Yang on the shoulder and said, "Man, I saw through it." Everyone has dreams, but not everyone can achieve them. ”

"I don't care, if I don't work hard, how do I know if I can achieve it?" Wang Yang said in a firm tone, but seeing Harry George's disdainful face, Wang Yang suddenly asked him: "How many crews did you go to try your luck?" Harry said impatiently: "More than a dozen, who remembers?"

Wang Yang laughed, took the plate with food handed by the chef, walked outside, and smiled at Harry: "Man, let me tell you, in the past month or so, I have been to fifty-four film companies! Soon, it will be fifty-five." ”

Harry was stunned, and then reacted to the meaning of these words, he gritted his teeth, pointed at Wang Yang's back, and said in an affirmative tone: "Man, I also tell you, you will definitely fail! ”

"Failure, then there are fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh ......" Wang Yang, who had walked a few steps, turned his head, winked at Harry, and said with a smile: "My dream will not die." ”

Harry gasped with rage, his fat face crumpled, and shouted, "Even if it's a hundred, you'll fail!"

"Oh, then there's the one hundred and one. ”

"Failure, failure, failure......" Harry kept shouting loudly to cover up Wang Yang's voice, and when Wang Yang left the kitchen, he gasped and stopped, his eyes flashing with complicated colors, my dream will not die?!