Chapter 163: Is This Guy Still Human?

"b, b, b-" On the verdant green field, the Greek Vasales Giros, dressed in a yellow referee uniform, blew the final whistle, he spread his hands and pointed to both sides, and the game was over! The first World Cup match of the Chinese team was over! The score on the big screen of the stadium was fixed in China 0:2 Costa Rica. The sweaty players on the field wiped their foreheads and exchanged jerseys, and the players of the brother team were full of joy of victory, while the Chinese team was a little expressionless and had a lot of smiles.

There was only scattered applause in the audience, and the fans of the brother team were naturally happy, and the fans with the five-star red flag painted on their faces were all at a loss, looking at each other, covering their faces and wiping their mouths...... It is difficult for everyone to accept this reality, it is clear that the Costa Rican team is the weakest, and Milu also said before the game that the Chinese team is going to start scoring goals and break into the quarterfinals, and the result is ...... Why?

Why did Mi Lu change his formation and change his style of play temporarily? Why did Sun Jihai get injured like that? Why did Fan Zhiyi make mistakes like a wandering spirit? Why did they still have fun even if they lost the game? Why why?

Even if we can draw with Turkey, it will not be possible to win Brazil, and besides, the Turkish team is weak? The dream of scoring, winning, and scoring, the dream of more than 100 million fans, can it still be realized?

"Woo woo woo ......" Many fans in the audience cried bitterly, and the tears of both male and female fans poured out, and the words "I love the Chinese team" and "Come on the Chinese team" painted on their faces gradually melted.

Wang Yang looked at the players of the two teams walking back to the locker room passage on the turf, listened to the sad cries of the fans around him, and couldn't help frowning and sighing, and said: "It's a pity that we didn't take the opportunity in the game." Jessica, who clasped her hands next to her, also felt sorry and nodded, "It's not very good." The two stood up as they spoke, leaving the venue with empty drink cups and other garbage, chatting: "Maybe they think it's enough to get into the World Cup." "Young, every player wants to win, but that's the game. ...... "Fuck, aren't these grandsons gambling on football!" The same scolding rang out all over China, watching TV at home, cheering with friends in bars, all the Chinese fans were angry and unwilling, how could they lose!

As a fan who has loved football for many years, Zhang Jun was furious, his fist slammed the bar, and angrily scolded: "It's too much to lose! I don't know what to do about the whole game, damn it, I played it better than those grandsons! Someone must have gambled on football, damn!"

His good friend Yang Pan was also panting angrily, picked up a glass of beer and poured a few sips, looked at the TV screen above him, Han Qiaosheng and Huang Jianxiang were still analyzing the reasons for the loss, he couldn't help but scold: "Can the analysis be a champion?

This question is in the hearts of countless young fans, because in this short period of more than two hours, it seems that the most impressive thing is not the bad game, but the brown-haired beauty who appears "as sweet as a flower" many times when the broadcast camera sweeps the audience, a member of the group of relatives and friends in Costa Rica? A local celebrity in South Korea? Who is the black-haired man holding her? Huang Jianxiang seems to be saying what kind of Chinese-American film director?

"It seems to be called Wang Yang? This name is very familiar!" Many fans across the country have similar muttering, and then the Internet search volume of words such as "Wang Yang", "Wang Yang", and "Wang Yang" suddenly soared, who is that guy? More importantly, who is that beauty?

There is no need to search for its practicality, in the World Cup columns of portals such as Sina NetEase, there is already this sideline tidbits news "Magical Yang joins hands with his sweetheart girlfriend to come to the battle of middle brothers"...... People who pay attention to Hollywood movies and the entertainment section naturally know who Magic Young is for a long time, and fans have always paid attention to his new news, but they don't care much about movies and entertainment, or only care about Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, or watching Hollywood movies has always been watching movies, and will not pay attention to who the director is and its production information...... Many people waited, after searching for some information and reading it, they said "ouch hey", there is such a powerful guy?!

At the age of 18, he took a DV camera and used a cost of 10,000 US dollars to make a "Smart-Ghost Record", and made 323 million US dollars with Lionsgate's viral marketing, becoming the youngest multimillionaire; at the age of 19, the 8 million cost of "Song and Dance Youth" revived the youth campus song and dance film, and received 411 million worldwide, becoming the youngest billionaire; at the age of 20, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" with a cost of 32 million made Will Smith the Oscar winner, and the box office collected another 385 million.

In the same year, the 15 million cost of "Juno" made Natalie Portman nominated for an Oscar, and girls across the United States scrambled to imitate Juno's speech and behavior, and even had an early pregnancy boom, with a box office of 375 million...... "Is this guy still human!?" In front of the computer screen, countless young people who just met Magic Yang expressed this emotion, and countless girls screamed for a long time, and finally excitedly announced: "This guy is so handsome! I want to be his fan!"

Of course, some fans have built some "Magic Yang Chinese Fan Network" very early, collecting Wang Yang's information dynamics, Tianya Community, Xici Hu and the same pile of new posts, under the excitement, new fans can easily understand him comprehensively, and also know how powerful he is, why can he break Hollywood's pride and prejudice against Chinese.

Hollywood can be said to be a place where relative strength is paramount, because there are many people with more money and more movies, and the audience has too many movie viewing choices, it is very simple and difficult to make their money, just exchange a good movie. Why is it that a movie that costs $100 million can lose money to investors, but a movie that costs $1 million has the potential to create miracles?

Because the audience will not watch it without hesitation just because of the hype, because of the director and cast, all this can only be done at the box office in the first week, and if the public reputation and professional film reviews applaud, it will continue, and if that movie is just a pile of garbage, then wait for the box office percentage of the next week -60%. Good movies leave bad movies behind, capable heroes are praised and sought after, and those who have no ability are automatically eliminated.

Especially the director who holds the life and death of the film, the production company doesn't care what color you are, if you prove that you have the ability to make good films and make money and win awards, then don't worry that no one will hand you a new film contract; so John Woo can take over "Changing Face" with an investment of 80 million, "Mission Impossible 2" with an investment of 125 million, and "The Wind Whisperer" with an investment of 115 million; and Ang Lee can take over "Hulk" with an investment of 137 million. However, before becoming famous, the item of "proving one's ability" was affected by skin color.

But how powerful is Amazing Young? Can the whole United States nickname him "Amazing Young"? Can he make him as popular as a big star in front of the camera?

Attractive figures, good looks, humorous conversation, and sunny personality are all basic reasons, and no one is going to look after a fat, short, or wooden man, unless he is a comedy star. But the core reason is age and achievement, he is only 22 years old, but he has an incredible, uncommensurate achievement, and that's what makes people crazy.

A fan in Xici Hutong posted a feature of "Empire" magazine "Their Screen Debut", which introduced the lives of great directors and their big-screen debuts, which also illustrated all this very well.

Where was Steven Spielberg when he was 22 years old? As an unpaid temporary intern at the studio at Csulb (California State University, Long Beach), he made his first 24-minute short film "Amperein" in theaters, until he made his feature film debut on the big screen at the age of 28 with "Rampage", which grossed $7.5 million, and at the age of 29, "Jaws" became a blockbuster and earned $470 million worldwide.

What about 22-year-old James Cameron? He was still driving a big truck, and when he was 23 years old, he saw George Lucas's "Star Wars", which made him determined to learn to make movies, starting as a handyman, and at the age of 27, he made his first directorial work "Piranha 2: Reproduction", which was not released because of a stalemate with the producer, and at the age of 30, he completed the landing on the big screen with "Terminator", with a global box office of 78 million.

What about George Lucas, the 22-year-old who inspired the "King of the World"? He studied at USC, and his 27-year-old screen debut "THX-1138" earned $2.43 million, and at the age of 33, "Star Wars" at 775 million yuan changed the world's science fiction movie. And 22-year-old Robert Zemeckis studied at USC and made his screen debut at the age of 26, Tim Burton at the age of 22 read and completed at the age of 27, Michael Bay read at the age of 22 and completed at the age of 30...... "How good is Wang Yang?" at the age of 22, he has become a big director, with a global box office of $1.5 billion, a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Director, and an Oscar. At the end of this post, some Hollywood stars commented on Wang Yang.

Rachel McAdams: "It's always a pleasure to be with him, and every word he says is full of humor and talent. Will Smith: "He knows how to mobilize your acting emotions very well, and he was born to be a director." Anne Hathaway, who became popular all over the United States with "The Princess Diaries": "If he asks me to make a movie, I can get paid nothing, as long as I take care of my room and board." Natalie Portman: "He's a monster. ”…… Overnight, Wang Yang's online popularity in Chinese mainland soared, and new acquaintances were looking to download those four movies to see what this guy had done.

And "District 9", which was released worldwide in August this year, has also become a popular search term on the mainland Internet, and many fans are discussing this matter: "I want to watch "District 9"!", "When will we release it here? If it is filmed by a Chinese director, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television should not cut it randomly, right?", "If it is cut messily, I would rather watch pirated copies at home!"

In fact, this is also one thing that fans around the world are paying attention to and looking forward to. From the lucky DV kid, to the teenage wonder director, to the recognition that he is expected to break the Oscar for best director, this is the achievement of the first four films of Magic Young, so what about his fifth film? What kind of contribution will this R-rated sci-fi film with a production cost of 100 million yuan add to his 22-year-old material? What will it bring to the world?

β€»β€»After watching the match between China and Costa Rica, Wang Yang and Jessica spent one night in Gwangju, and then went to Suwon, another city in South Korea, the next day, to play until the afternoon, and then watched the United States vs Portugal match at the Suwon World Cup Stadium, and the United States finally defeated Portugal 3-2 in a wave of cheering fans from both sides.

The two then flew to Tokyo, Japan, with Susan McCarthy, and after a day of shopping, they headed to Narita Airport with several large suitcases for the return journey to Los Angeles.

In the stylishly and quaintly decorated first-class departure lounge, passengers are scattered waiting to board the plane, middle-aged white men in suits and leather shoes are reading newspapers, ladies holding goblets and drinking red wine, and Asian men admiring potted plants...... Wang Yang and Jessica sat in comfortable rattan sofa chairs, each playing with their laptops, just like they had when they set off a week ago.

Wang Yang is reminiscing about the joy of his trip to Asia as he quickly taps his keyboard with both hands and writes a new blog. Before leaving for Hong Kong, he didn't expect a blog to attract so many enthusiastic followers, but it's fun to think about it now. He smiled happily and wrote, "Hong Kong is a beautiful Pearl of the Orient, and Victoria Harbour is like a mirage of dreams, which is unforgettable. ”

The development of the blogger website is very good, the registered blogger is about to exceed 8 million, although it is still zero profit, but it is participating in a "Fortune" magazine selection of "the coolest website of 2002", Blogger is at the top of the call, it is loved by more and more people. So he injected 3 million from the salary of "The Hangover" into it, increased the upgrading and research and development of the website, and did more publicity to make the blogger cooler.

"And what makes me even more memorable is the fans in Hong Kong, thank you, your enthusiasm and love for me make me feel very honored and happy!" Wang Yang was about to end the paragraph in Hong Kong, when he suddenly remembered something, a woman who loved to laugh, and he tapped again: "Guys, remember to watch this week's broadcast of "Luyu has an appointment", I will be a guest! I have a lot to tell you in it!"

Wang Yang picked up a piece of pastry from the pastry box on the coffee table next to him, put it in his mouth and nibbled on it, and continued: "Then we went to Beijing, an incredible classical city...... It's a pity that this trip is too close and almost all of it is a sightseeing trip, but I will come back to this charming country in the future and have a good time. ”

After writing this blog and clicking OK to upload, Wang Yang closed his laptop and looked at Jessica who was sitting on the other side of the coffee table: "Blogging?" Jessica turned her head to look at him, then lifted the laptop screen to face him, and said with a smile: "I'm looking at the photo, you look at this!" I saw on the screen, the two of them facing the mountain scenery on the Great Wall, doing the classic bow flying action of "Titanic".

"Uh!" Wang Yang suddenly frowned strangely, and laughed again, some didn't want to admit this photo, and said with a smile: "It looks stupid, and it's boring! What did we think at the time? Why don't you delete it?" Jessica shook her finger with a sweet smile, and said, "No! I think it's funny!" Wang Yang thought for a while, and said, "But their story ended in tragedy......" Jessica raised her eyebrows and said, "Delete it!"

"No, no, no!" Wang Yang suddenly called out to her, changed his meaning again, and said: "Love is to do some stupid things, it's really interesting, let's keep it." Jessica wondered: "But that story?" Wang Yang spread his hands and said, "Please, is this their patent? ours is more romantic!" Jessica looked at him without blinking, slowly smiled and gritted her teeth, and said, "Yang, what should I say about you?" Wang Yang pushed the box of pastries to her and smiled: "Don't say it, eat." ”

With a loud roar, the plane took off from the runway of Narita Airport and rushed into the sky towards the North American continent. The moon clouds outside the plane window slowly turned into blue sky and white clouds, and after more than ten hours of air travel, the plane landed smoothly at Los Angeles Airport, and the two returned to the city of angels.

"Wow, these are all gifts for me?" In the bright and spacious living room, Joshua looked at the large suitcases of luggage, his eyes shining and his hands rubbed. Wang Yang, who was lying on the sofa, closed his eyes and said softly under pretending to sleep: "Man, please, take whatever you like." Joshua unceremoniously picked out the present and asked, "How is Asia?

Jessica squatted in front of the sofa and tried on the World Cup pet jersey for Danny, who was wagging his tail, looking at the Stars and Stripes robe on his body, which fit very well, she smiled with satisfaction: "Joshua, you took good care of Danny this time, well done!"

"Hey, I'm afraid of Yang's kung fu, it's too terrifying!" Joshua pretended to shiver, he suddenly found something, picked up a rattle from a box, and asked curiously, "What is this?" Wang Yang glanced at it, and said with a smile: "The rattle is an ancient Chinese musical instrument, you can know it by shaking it." Joshua shook it so hard that the snare drum made a crisp thump, and he laughed playfully, "Wow, that's interesting!

Jessica rolled her eyes wordlessly, a few days ago she saw some female fans holding this kind of rattle in the middle brother arena, which was very Chinese-style, and then she also saw it on sale in the store, and heard Wang Yang say that it was for little babies to play with, so she couldn't help but buy a lot of different patterns and styles back. As she changed for Danny's Brazil jersey, she reminded, "Don't take the one with the kid on it, that's my favorite." ”

"OK, OK!" Joshua shook the drum nonchalantly as he continued to pick out something else.

Wang Yang dialed a number from his mobile phone and called editor Lee Smith, and as soon as he got through, he smiled and said, "Hey, Lee! Yes, I'm back...... Haha, not today!" He looked at Danny's change into an England shirt again, smiled into his phone and said, "Well, let's continue to cut it tomorrow, and we will try to finish it this month." yes, it's going to be released in two months. ”

(To be continued)