Since signing the contract, in the preparation stage of the movie, Will Smith has been growing his hair and beard, and has been on a regular diet, losing more than 20 pounds, which is naturally to play the character of Chris Gardner, a thin, vicissitudes, and down-and-down middle-aged man. And after some dressing up by a makeup artist, some of his hair is slightly gray, and his face looks dark and old-fashioned, this temperament is his new appearance, and it looks pretty good.

With Wang Yang's "action", Will Smith, who was carrying a brown cloth bag and a medical scanner, walked out of the nursery, the Chinese uncle at the door was sweeping the floor, Will said "Please borrow it", he walked two steps and saw two English words on the graffiti wall.

On the street above, two pitch-black film cameras are shooting at the same time, one at medium range and the other at close range, with lens changes in post-editing. Wang Yang stands behind a close-up camera, observing the performance through the viewfinder, while the mid-shot one is controlled by Valey Pfister.

"Excuse me, when are you going to find someone to clean up here?" Will Smith looked a little worried, and pointed his finger at the "damn" on the wall. The Chinese uncle glanced at him, continued to sweep the ground, and said in Cantonese: "I don't know how to speak English pot, so I won't talk to you about the last pot." Will Smith frowned, tilted his neck to listen, and waved his hand helplessly, these are all rehearsals and plays before, no problem, he nodded the Y of "Happyness" again, and said very seriously: "And this Y, I have said it several times, it is Happiness, not Y in Happiness, it is I." ”

"cut!" Wang Yang shouted, stopped the camera, tilted his head out to look ahead, and said, "Will, your performance should be more restrained, especially the voice, which should be more calm, but there is a little helplessness, and a firmness...... This is not just your son's business, this is what you said to yourself, there is no reason in happiness, only me, the pursuit of happiness depends on myself, I will be happy, and my son will be happy......"

looked at Wang Yang, who was still explaining next to him, and then looked at Will Smith, who was listening carefully in the distance, and Gordon Xin, who was standing on the periphery, couldn't help but sigh a little, with a Hollywood first-class superstar like Will, he actually had to listen to the guidance of a 19-year-old director, this situation is absolutely the first time, looking at the whole world, it is completely possible to apply for the Guinness Book of Records! Although director Young has this power, how many big stars like Will there are in Hollywood? Would he really regard a 19-year-old director as a director?

"Okay, Jan, I see. Will Smith listened to Wang Yang's words and nodded, he didn't have any disdain or perfunctory thoughts, he chose to take on the role, he chose to believe in Wang Yang's directing ability, and he would also work hard to perform the effect the director wanted.

"Come again, then. Wang Yang's eyes moved back to the viewfinder, and he gestured to Valey Pfister, and both of them activated the camera, and when the scene reporter finished shouting "the second time" he was about to shout "action", only to find that Terry Smith had walked next to him at some point.

Terry, who was wearing a pair of suspender pants and combed his little explosive head, stood by the camera and watched all this curiously, these two big guys, Dad's performance, Uncle Young's explanation, and so many uncles and aunts around, is this making a movie?

"Little handsome guy, why are you here?" Wang Yang smiled silently, too busy to forget about this, he glanced at Will, then turned off the camera, and took Terry's hand and walked into the nursery: "Come, come in with me." Terry was supposed to be sitting in the nursery playing with toys, and while he wasn't going to shoot that shot for the time being, it helped Will Smith get involved.

After Terry was settled, Wang Yang returned to the camera, started shooting again, and shouted, "Action!"

Will Smith walked out of the nursery, and soon played to the end of this set of shots, pointing to the letter Y on the wall, glancing at his son through the window, as if he suddenly felt that mood, looking at the Chinese uncle, knowing that the other party didn't understand, but still said firmly: "And this Y...... It's not Y in happiness, it's I!"

"I'll listen to you more than you, I know how to speak English......" The Chinese uncle waved his hand impatiently, Will Smith pursed his lips helplessly, looked at his son in the window for a while, then turned around and walked to the side of the street, looked at his watch halfway, and several extras next to him also walked around.

The close-up camera had done its job, and Varay Pfister, who was in control of the medium-shot camera, slowly raised the angle of the camera until it caught the sign above the street. As soon as Wang Yang saw Valey give a thumbs up, he couldn't help but feel a little excited, and shouted: "Cut!"

For a moment, there was thunderous applause in the streets, everyone in the crew laughed and clapped, Harry George whistled, and Terry cheered in the room and raised his hands and jumped out. Will Smith, who walked back, hugged him with a smile, looked at Wang Yang, and said with a smile: "Hey, man, it feels really good to act in a biopic!" Wang Yang patted the film box of the camera, nodded and smiled: "I also feel good!"

When he is on vacation, he can be very happy every day, playing, dating, quietly reading books, watching football games excitedly, freehand and happy, and once he enters the work and enters the filming, Wang Yang feels that he has a sense of motivation throughout his whole person, constantly moving forward, completing one shot after another, these are his favorite things to do, and he feels extremely happy.

"Next shot!" Wang Yang clapped his hands and shouted loudly.

Next, the crew filmed several sets of shots of Chris Gardner and Mrs. Zhu talking at the door of the nursery, as well as some scenes of Chris walking around on the road with his son, and the scene of "outside the nursery" was almost completed, leaving Chris to become an official agent through an internship, and a set of shots of Chris running over ecstatically and hugging his son in the house will be left for the final stage of filming.

Because Will Smith didn't do a good job in rehearsal, presumably because he hadn't experienced that emotion yet. Wang Yang is not in a hurry, he has always wanted to shoot in the order of the script, so that the actor's grasp and understanding of the psychological changes of the character will achieve the best effect. Of course, when shooting in reality, it is still necessary to take a certain method of scene shooting, but Chris's dream came true, hugging the important shot of his son crying, and got special treatment, first completed a series of shooting, so that Will Smith experienced Chris's change of mind, and then completed this shot.

The time has come to the afternoon, and the crew also continued to shoot the scene of "inside the nursery", Valey First directed the camera assistants to place the camera, looked at Harry George, who was panting and sweating profusely while holding the camera, Wang Yang who was sitting on the stairs smiled and said: "Hey, fatty, why haven't you lost weight yet?" Harry George put the camera on the tripod with both hands steadily, gasped and responded: "Lost, I've lost 50 pounds!"

Looking at the chubby face and fat double chin, Wang Yang touched the huge golden retriever dog at his feet, this well-trained golden retriever dog was rented from a special pet photography agency to complete these sets of shots, and he said in surprise: "Wow, I can't see it at all, I think you have to lose another 200 pounds." Valley Pfister also joked with a laugh: "I think I have to lose 300 pounds." Harry George's fat face was full of disapproval, and he turned up the camera and said, "300 pounds, man, then I'm a mummy." ”

Everyone smiled slightly, Wang Yang smiled and was about to say something, the field supervisor Jill Thaddeus walked in briskly from outside, seeing him frowning and looking helpless, Wang Yang knew that there must be some trouble, stood up and asked, "Jill, what's wrong?" Jill Thaddeus, who was watched by everyone, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "The owner of the shop on the street wants us to lift the blockade of this street." ”

"Didn't you negotiate with the shopkeepers on this street?" Wang Yang couldn't help frowning. Because the set must remain mysterious and not allow reporters to mix in and shoot casually, and second, not to let passers-by affect the shooting, so when filming on location, it is often necessary to close the road. Now the street is closed, which will naturally affect the business of the shops on both sides, but the crew will pay a certain amount of money to compensate for their losses, which is also good.

Jill Thaddeus nodded and explained, "Yes, it was negotiated at first, but now he feels that the road closure has been too long and his losses are too great. Wang Yang suddenly understood, and said, "There should be no problem, I'll take a look." ”

Walking out of the nursery, Wang Yang followed Jill and came to the front of the shop at the corner of the street, only to see a middle-aged Chinese uncle with an impatient face, shouting at a scene reporter: "How long will it take to shoot? I still have to do business!"

"Hey, director, I'll leave it to you......" When the scene reporter saw Wang Yang, he immediately showed a relieved expression, and walked up to continue guarding the street entrance.

"Uncle, my name is Wang Yang, and I am the director of this movie. Wang Yang looked at the uncle very kindly, stretched out his hand, and continued to say in Chinese: "I'm sorry, it's been closed for a whole day, but the filming will be finished soon." I know that compensation may not be enough, but I hope you can understand and support the movies of the younger generations. The uncle looked Wang Yang up and down, shook hands with him, and his tone slowly calmed down: "I know who you are, and it's not that I don't support ......."

Wang Yang immediately smiled all over his face, hugged his uncle's hand gratefully, and said in Cantonese, which was not very proficient: "Thank you for it! Uncle, you have to drink tea, thank you for it." The uncle's words were intercepted, and seeing such an enthusiastic Wang Yang, he pouted, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, do less business for a day and a half." Hou Shengzi, you made that movie better, you know?"

"Well, I will!" Wang Yang nodded with a smile, pointed to the nursery, and said, "Uncle, then I'll go back and continue filming, finish filming early, so that you can do business." The uncle nodded and walked back to his shop. Jill Thaddeus smiled and gave Wang Yang a thumbs up, such a difficult guy was actually solved in a few words, he couldn't help but praise: "Director, there is really you!" Wang Yang shrugged and smiled: "It's nothing, this is my territory." ”

The two of them walked back to the nursery, and Jill Thaddeus asked with some curiosity, "Director, did you just use two languages?" Wang Yang nodded as he walked, "Well, Chinese, some Cantonese." Jill Thaddeus smiled in surprise: "Director, I can't see that you are still a language genius." Wang Yang smiled and spread his hands: "You know, I grew up in a restaurant, and there are customers in the restaurant. ”

Back in the nursery, the camera equipment was ready, the children who played the role of classmates were giggling with each other, Terry Smith was among them, and the golden retriever dog wagged his tail and spun around, and when he saw Wang Yang come in, he was quite excited to surround him. Wang Yang touched its head and said a command: "Sit!" The golden retriever dog sat down obediently, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, he was really well-trained, not as crazy as Danny.

"Yang, I heard that some merchants are dissatisfied with the road closure, has it been solved?" Will Smith walked up and asked, Wang Yang smiled and nodded, "It's all solved." He clapped his hands and shouted, "Ready, ready to shoot the next shot!" He walked back to the back of the camera and watched as Vare-Pfister did the final adjustments, the room was not very large, so only one camera was needed to shoot at a close-up distance, which is the position at the top of the staircase.

This is the original shooting technique, and the camera in the nursery is all in the same position, with some mid-shot changes, lateral movements, and panning. But Wang Yang wanted more lens changes and edited footage, so another camera would be carried by Harry George on the top of the staircase.

Harry George carried the camera on his shoulder, stood on the stairs, kept taking deep breaths, his eyes lit up, and muttered: "Oh my God, oh my God......" Wang Yang leaned against the wall at the staircase with his hands on his chest, looked up at the fat man, and said with a smile: "Harry, don't you have the strength? Do you want to change someone else?" Harry hurriedly roared: "No! I'm just a little nervous, man, this is my first time in charge of the camera, oh my God!" He looked happy and said, "I never thought I would have today." ”

Wang Yang smiled and didn't speak, and the adjusted Valley Pfister raised his head and gave Wang Yang a "yes" gesture, and he turned his head to remind Harry: "Don't shoot us all in, the angle should be higher!" Harry responded excitedly: "Got it! I will shoot the best shot!"

"Then let's start!" Wang Yang clapped his hands, and the miscellaneous people in the room walked out, leaving the extras children, golden retrievers, and several camera crews at the staircase, Wang Yang personally picked up the clapperboard, shouted the serial number of the scene, knocked down with a "da", and shouted: "action!"

Will Smith, who came outside, held a scanner in one hand and opened the glass door with "Zhu Taidaycare" in the other, and the Fengling hanging on the door suddenly rang, making a pleasant and crisp "bell" sound.

On the first day of filming, the crew did not encounter any problems, the time came to more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the crew also announced the end of today's filming. In fact, "When Happiness Knocks" has a lot of shots that need to be shot at night, but the workload today is enough, there is no need to rush, and Will Smith also needs time to calm his mind and think about tomorrow's shooting.

Since Chinatown is located near the Golden Gate Bridge, and across the bridge is Oakland, almost all of the scenes in the movie were done in the scenes of these two places, so the crew collapsed in a hotel near Chinatown. However, Wang Yang is not in the hotel now, but at home, Wang's restaurant. Because he received a call from his mother, the family stewed old turkey soup, he needed to go back to drink soup, accompanied by Terry Smith, this little guy is very clingy to Wang Yang now, hearing that Wang Yang is going home, he is excited to go with him, so with Will Smith's consent, Wang Yang took this little guy with him.

In a room plastered with movie posters, Terry Smith's immature face was full of curiosity, constantly looking left and right, touching here and there. In order to be able to quietly look at the shooting plan for a while, Wang Yang allowed Terry to hunt for treasures on his own, he sat on the edge of the bed, carefully looked at the thick plan in his hand, and spent about a week after shooting the big scene of "Chinatown", and then it was "City Street", including small scenes such as bus stops, buses, street chases, etc.

Wang Yang flipped through the schedule, and suddenly remembered a character with close-ups and lines, the hippie girl who promised to take care of the scanner for Chris Gardner, but stole it...... He frowned and thought about it, then took out his mobile phone, found a name "Annie-Darren" in the address book, dialed it, and said with a smile: "Hi! Annie, it's me, Wang Yang." ”

"Hello, Director. There was Annie's voice over there, and some car honkings, she seemed to be on the street, and she said softly: "Is there anything to find me?" Wang Yang looked at the posters on the wall, laughed and said, "Can't I look for you if it's okay?" But this time there is indeed something, well, I have a character here, and there are only two lines 'Okay', 'Oh, man, I'm ......'" Annie's breathing became very heavy and held again, Wang Yang felt her mood, and said softly: "Are you coming? ”

"I ...... Of course, of course!" Anne's tone trembled slightly, and then she laughed, took a few quick breaths, and said, "Thank you, Director, thank you for giving me the opportunity! I—I don't know what to say, just thank you!" Thank you, I'll take the bus to San Francisco tomorrow, is it too late?"

It doesn't take a day to get from Los Angeles to San Francisco by bus, and the footage of the hippie girl won't be shot until at least a week later, so it's only in time. Wang Yang smiled: "Anne, don't worry, let's leave in four days, and contact me when we get to San Francisco." ”

"Thank you, director, thank you......" Anne over there was still thanking, and vaguely heard her snort, "I'm so happy, this is my third role, thank you......"

At the end of the call, Wang Yang thought back to Annie, her failed audition, her dazed under the street lights, she wanted to kill herself, she persevered, she got the role, and soon it was the third. Her laughter seemed to echo in her ears, and Wang Yang couldn't help grinning, this part is called happiness.

"Hey, Uncle Young, look what I found!" Terry shouted excitedly.

Wang Yang looked at the little guy when he heard this, only to see that he was holding a wooden photo frame in his hand, and the utility cabinet on the desk behind him was open, Terry pointed to the blonde girl in the photo frame in his hand, and asked with great interest: "Who is this girl? Are you fighting with four boys for her? What is her name?"

"No, it's not her!" Wang Yang rolled his eyes, got up and reluctantly took the photo frame in Terry's hand, and threw it back into the glove cabinet, he carried Terry to a place by the wall, pointed to Jessica on the poster of "Youth Musical", and said with a smile: "It's this girl, her name is Jessica, pretty, right?" Terry raised his head and looked at it a few times, but said: "I think blonde hair is more beautiful! Girls with that kind of hair color are cool!" He pointed to Rachel in the poster and said, "Just like her!"

Wang Yang smiled and wowed, shook his head and said, "The brown ones are also cool, and the black ones are also cool......

(To be continued)