The time came to April 28th, and in the past two days, Wang Yang has run to three film companies, but still found nothing, and the artist company has not contacted him for the time being, which is what he expected.

Today is destined to be a busy day, Wang Yang finished a part-time job in the morning to distribute flyers, and in the afternoon went to a film company to try his luck, this company called "Thinking Films" watched his film from beginning to end, the purchase manager was scared into a cold sweat, but after thinking about it, they still did not dare to take risks easily.

Due to the late meeting time between Thinking Film and him, and the location of its headquarters is far away from Jessica's house, after leaving Thinking Film Company, Wang Yang didn't even have time to go home to take a shower, change clothes or anything, so he rushed to Jessica's house with a briefcase containing gifts to attend her birthday party.

As dusk approached nightfall, Wang Yang finally arrived at the neighborhood where Jessica's family lived not too late. It's a very upscale neighborhood, with a wide avenue in the middle, and large houses with front and back gardens on both sides, and it's definitely a first-class neighborhood in Los Angeles.

"Hi Jessica, I've come near your house, but I don't know what to do next. Wang Yang glanced at his surroundings and smiled embarrassedly at his phone: "Hmm, okay, I seem to be lost." Well, I'm here at a crossroads with a small fountain in the middle and chairs next to it and some trees around......"

"Fountain, oh, I know where it is!" Jessica laughed crisply, sounding like she was in a good mood, "It's close to my house, but you better stay where you are, I'll pick you up, wait." ”

"Okay. Wang Yang put away his mobile phone, sat down on a bench next to the small fountain, and looked at the surrounding scenery. After waiting for a while, he saw Jessica coming from the other side of the road, smiled and beckoned to him, and quickened her pace.

She was dressed very beautifully today, a pink checkered lady dress, her long brown hair fluttered up as she ran, she ran to the chair, smiled at Wang Yang, and showed her white teeth: "Hi, Yang!"

Wang Yang stood up, looked at her, and praised: "Wow, Jessica, you are so beautiful today." He laughed and said, "Happy birthday." ”

"Thank you. Jessica smiled and pulled her hair back and said happily, "I'm glad you came." ”

Seeing Wang Yang take out a thing wrapped in colored paper from her briefcase, she was stunned, and then realized that it was a gift, covered her mouth with her hands, and looked full of surprise: "Oh, God......"

Wang Yang smiled and said "bell bell", held the gift in both hands, handed it to Jessica, and said with a smile: "Is it Miss Alba? This is a birthday gift for you, please sign for it." ”

"Oh, my God......" Jessica breathed heavily, took the gift with both hands, and sighed, "Wow! Jan, I received another birthday present from you, and this is the second one. She smiled and said, "You know what? The first birthday present you gave me was the first birthday present I received from a friend besides my family. ”

Hearing her say this, Wang Yang felt a little embarrassed and blamed himself in his heart, the first gift? Those "wife cakes" were not made by him at all, he took them as gifts, and he still remembered that there were ten cakes in that box, Jessica ate three, and he ate seven himself...... I didn't expect it to be so important to Jessica......

And this second gift, although it is special, is actually a very casual thing. Wang Yang laughed dryly, and said with some weakness: "See if you like it?"

"Okay, let me see what. Jessica's entire attention was on the gift, not noticing his embarrassment. She smiled and opened the colored paper, the gift inside seemed to be a book, she took it out curiously and expectantly, it was not a book, it was a large book made of many A4 papers.

On the top page, there was a big pencil word "Ranger (Ranger)", she casually flipped through it, and this large stack of A4 paper was all full of pencil words, and some pencil drawings everywhere, some of these paintings were weapons, some were characters, and some were frames by frame, although the painting was average, but it seemed to be a movie storyboard.

Jessica was stunned, and it took a while to realize what this gift was, she raised her head excitedly, looked at Wang Yang, and said in disbelief: "Wow, won't it!?" She looked down at the paper in her hand again, and sighed again and again: "A manuscript of a script!?Ranger?Yang, is this your script?"

Wang Yang touched his head, looked at the script, his eyes were a little proud, like looking at his own child, and said, "Yes, a messy story, I hope you can like it." ”

He didn't have the money to buy expensive gifts, so he thought it would be better to give some meaningful and unique gifts, and after some selection, he chose this script. The content of this script does not come from the future movies in his head, every stroke is his own thoughts, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, influenced by Old Man Wu, and is very interested in martial arts;

Since he was in junior high school, he has been writing this story, and he has been writing until now, experiencing mental maturity, rich knowledge, and deepening understanding of movies in the middle, and this script is constantly being revised and supplemented. All his years of hard work are in these manuscripts.

So he made a copy of the script and gave the manuscript to Jessica.

"Of course, I like it, I love it very much!" Jessica kept flipping through the thick stack of A4 paper in her hand, looked at it with shining eyes, and muttered, "Wow, this gift is amazing...... This is the best gift I've ever received......"

Wang Yang listened to her thanks, and felt a little ashamed, so he said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Jessica, I think this script will be made into a movie one day, and then the heroine of the movie will be played by you, in fact, this is my gift." But only if you are willing to be the heroine. ”

"What?" Jessica's heart jumped, she stopped looking, she remembered what they had said when we were kids, and when we grew up to be directors and actors, and ...... Yang's gift, is there any special meaning? She held this script, looked at Wang Yang with big eyes without blinking, her heart beat fast, her voice became a little unnaturally smaller, and said, "Hmm...... Maybe, maybe I can try. ”

However, Wang Yang didn't have anything special as she thought, he nodded with a smile and said, "Well, that's good! At least I don't have to worry about finding the heroine, haha." ”

Jessica just smiled, and when she saw that he didn't have anything to say, she said "oh" and said, "Okay, then come with me, my house is a little ahead." ”

Her house is also a big house with a front and back garden, some colorful balloons are hung on the trees in the front yard, the mailbox, a few long tables are placed on the lawn, tablecloths are spread, and all kinds of food are placed on them, there are many people in the yard, some middle-aged people are busy, some young people are talking, and some children are running happily, it seems that there are many people invited to the party.

"Dude, welcome to my house!" Seeing Jessica coming back with Wang Yang, Joshua on the lawn greeted him for the first time, and warmly touched Wang Yang's chest, he was filming with his DV camera in his hand, and smiled at Wang Yang: "Feel free to do it yourself, I'll continue to finish my movie." Well, this movie is a documentary, it's called 'Jessica's 17th Birthday Record', isn't that cool?" he said, and went somewhere else to shoot it, followed by a big white dog, which Jessica introduced as their domestic Labrador Retriever, named Danny.

"Hey, Jessica, who is he?" At this time, several young men and women walked up, both white and black, and they looked at Wang Yang curiously.

Jessica glanced at Wang Yang and introduced to those friends with a smile: "This is Wang Yang, my good friend, he is a director." Wang Yang nodded to them and said, "Hi, everyone." ”

Those young people all said "wow" in amazement, looking at Wang Yang, such a young director?

Next, Jessica introduced Wang Yang to these friends of hers, Elijah Wood, a small white man, the protagonist of "Flippo the Dolphin", and he and Jessica naturally met during filming. Wang Yang looked at his tender face, felt very familiar, and thought about it, it turned out that this guy would perform in "The Lord of the Rings" in the future, and the role was Frodo Baggins of the Hobbit clan.

Then there was a tall and strong young white man, Jack Frank, who was actually also a director, and a student at the prestigious UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), who was also said to be great at basketball, played a swingman at the front, and was good friends with Elijah Wood, so he met Jessica. Wang Yang was a little puzzled in his heart, and looked at Jack a few more times, could this guy be the "Jack" that Joshua said?

There are also John, David, Winters, Erin, Michelle and others, some of whom are Jessica's neighbors and some of whom are her classmates at acting school.

After everyone got to know each other, Jack Frank seemed to suddenly see the stack of A4 papers in Jessica's hand and asked curiously, "Wow, Jessica, what's that thing in your hand?"

Jessica smiled slightly and said simply, "A script, a birthday present from Jan." She didn't want to talk about the topic too much, and there was some joy that she didn't want to share with others. She looked at Wang Yang and said with a smile: "Yang, come with me, I will take you to meet my family." She said goodbye to her friends, and took Wang Yang to the back garden.

"Script?" Jack Frank muttered as he looked at the two of them talking and laughing backs, frowning.

Wang Yang first saw Jessica's mother and her grandmother, her mother Cathy is a very charming and beautiful middle-aged white woman, very kind, obviously a well-educated person, and according to Wang Yang's own mental information, Cathy comes from a Danish-French mixed Canadian family, no wonder she was born such a beautiful Jessica; Jessica's grandmother is an amiable old man who has been smiling and staring at him.

Then, Jessica found her father in another part of the lawn, Mark Alba, a man of Mexican descent, who was tall, with a spirited face and a stiff hairstyle, and although he was now a real estate merchant, he still had the majesty of a naval officer.

Jessica held the script with one hand and her father's arm with the other, looked at Wang Yang, and smiled happily: "Daddy, he's Yang, he was my classmate when we were in San Francisco before, a very, very nice person." ”

"Hello uncle. Wang Yang stretched out his hand to Mark Alba, it was a little strange, why did Mark's eyes look so bad...... Could it be that those who have been soldiers before will have a murderous aura on their bodies?

Mark Alba glanced at Wang Yang a few times, stretched out his hand and shook him heavily, and said nonchalantly: "Hello, welcome to our home." ”

After the introduction, Jessica let go of her father's arm, held the script given by Wang Yang with both hands, and said, "Yang, then you can do it yourself, I'll go and put this gift away first!" With that, she walked to the other side of the house, leaving her father and Wang Yang looking at each other.

Seeing Mark Alba's serious face and keep staring at himself, Wang Yang's heart suddenly felt a little hairy, Mark Alba suddenly frowned and asked, "Yang, are you Jessica's boyfriend?" Wang Yang was stunned for a moment and said, "No, no, how could it be." He shook his head and laughed, "Uncle, you misunderstood, Jessica and I are just good friends." ”

"Oh!" Mark Alba nodded thoughtfully, but his mind was very confused, it was not Jessica's boyfriend, what did she mean by such a grand introduction?

Jessica hugged the script, hummed a song, and walked briskly into the house. She was about to go upstairs to her room, but her grandmother stopped her, and the old man smiled and asked, "Jessica, is Jan your boyfriend?" Jessica was stunned and said, "What? Grandma, you said Young...... No. The corners of her mouth curled slightly, and she smiled: "It's a good friend!" With that, she walked upstairs with the script in her arms.

Isn't it?" laughed the grandmother.

Back in her room, Jessica breathed a sigh of relief and smirked to herself. She put the script on the desk, flipped through the pages casually, looked at the words, those pictures, she smiled and stretched out her fingers, gently stroking on them, when will Jan make this movie?

After chatting with Mark Alba for a few words, Wang Yang, who was "casual by himself", did not run around, but walked around the lawn, and after running around for an afternoon, his stomach was already hungry, so he went to the long table where the food was placed, picked up a doughnut, ate it and chewed it, and couldn't help but wow, and sighed: "Oh, my God! ”

While eating, he looked at the children chasing and playing on the lawn, and wondered if the little Mary who was shooting around with a DV camera all day was there?

At this time, Jack Frank pretended to come over naturally, he also picked up a doughnut to eat, looked at Wang Yang next to him, and accosted: "Hi, Yang." Wang Yang replied to him, and Jack asked, "Yang, that script can't have been written by you, right?"

"Jessica's share?" Wang Yang nodded and said, "Of course, it's my manuscript." ”

Jack Frank bit the donut and laughed, gave Wang Yang a thumbs up, and said, "Man, you've got a good idea, this is a good idea! This gift is money-saving and special, but it's actually just a pile of paper, isn't it?"

Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and didn't bother to speak, what does this guy want to say? His gift is terrible? His script is worthless? Whatever, Jessica likes it.

Wang Yang is now sure that Jack Frank is definitely not Jessica's boyfriend, it can be seen from Jessica's attitude towards him just now, but Jack should be Jessica's suitor, and now, Jack probably wants to give him some "awesome" looks?

"By the way, Jan, I just heard Jessica say that you are a director?" Sure enough, Jack Frank continued to ask a question.

"Well, so to speak. Wang Yang didn't want to say more to this guy, he just wanted to send him away quickly.

Jack-Frank raised his eyebrows, his face was a little nervous, and a little dignified, and he asked hesitantly: "Then do you have any released works?" Wang Yang looked at the children in the distance and said softly, "No, not yet", Jack suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked again: "Where are you studying?"

"I don't read anymore. ”

"How did you and Jessica meet?"

"We used to be classmates. ”

Jack-Frank nodded abruptly, thinking to himself, it didn't seem like a threat, just an old classmate. He turned his head to look at Wang Yang again and asked, "By the way, can I ask you a question?" Wang Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes and said impatiently: "Please, man, you've already asked a lot of questions." Jack disagreed, asking, "What are you doing now?"

"McDonald's is a part-time waiter, occasionally handing out flyers. Wang Yang replied truthfully, looked at him funny, and asked, "Brother, are you satisfied?"

Hearing Wang Yang's words, Jack Frank couldn't help but look proud, ha, how can a little handyman with no future compare to him, a student of a prestigious school! Why does anyone dare to say that he is a director now? He whistled and said, "It's okay, you can continue eating." After speaking, he patted Wang Yang's buttocks, and then turned around and left.

Wang Yang couldn't help but shake his head and laughed, this guy still wanted to pursue Jessica, but he didn't know that Jessica hated a "top student" like him who looked arrogant and looked down on people.

While eating doughnuts and watching the children and Labrador Danny play a game of retrieving the ball toss, Wang Yang was smiling and could see his eyes. Suddenly, he was gently tapped on the shoulder, and he heard a "hey" sound, and when he looked back, he saw Jessica standing behind him, and she smiled, "Jan, how are the doughnuts?"

"Delicious. Very sweet and crispy, superb donuts. Wang Yang praised a few words, looked at her and smiled, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh, it won't be you who did it, right?"

Jessica also wanted to say yes and accept the compliment, but the doughnuts were not made by her, so she could only shake her head and smile: "No, my grandmother made it." Wang Yang took another bite and said with a smile: "Wow, that's really thank you grandmother." ”

"Hmm. Jessica looked at the laughing children across from her and asked, "Yang, do you like children very much?" She just saw Wang Yang's smile, and that kind of smile can only appear in people who really like children.

Wang Yang smiled and nodded, also looked at the children, and said, "Children, dogs, "Cat and Mouse", as soon as I see these cute things, I will not be able to walk." He smiled again, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Of course, some children are very naughty, they are like the children in "Home Alone", they make you have a headache and make a mess of things, and I am very scared when I meet such children." ”

"Me too. Jessica glanced at Wang Yang, as if she had something more in her heart, and said with a smile: "I also like children, dogs, and "Cat and Mouse";

Wang Yang smiled: "But from my observation, those children are not saboteurs, hehe, I really want to join them." ”

"Oh, you can't join them just yet. Jessica smiled and said excitedly, "Lady Miranda is here!" She beckoned and walked into the room, "Jan, follow me." ”

"Wow, ok. Wang Yang finished the doughnut in his hand, wiped his hands with a tissue, and followed Jessica into the room.

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In the hall, on the light blue fabric sofa, Ms. Miranda is reading the script of "Smart - Ghost Shadow", she is a middle-aged white woman, wearing a black women's suit, wearing a rimless glasses, and has the temperament of a professional woman.

Jessica sat next to her, expectant in her eyes, while Wang Yang sat on the small sofa opposite, quietly waiting.

In fact, Miranda read this script, just going through the motions. Every year, countless young people bring their scripts to the film company to try their luck, but the film company will not be interested, and only a very few lucky people's scripts will be favored, but so what? The film company will just give you some money, buy the story, and then find a professional to do it yourself, you are nothing.

This is mainly because just looking at the script, it is impossible to judge what it will look like after it is made into a movie, let alone the market value of the movie. It can be said that a newcomer's script is really worthless.

Miranda read it for a while, and the script is a regular script, which at least shows that the person who wrote the script has a professional foundation and is not messy. She looked up at Wang Yang opposite and asked, "Yang, listen to Jessica, you have already run many film companies, haven't you?" Jessica also looked at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, I've been to many homes, but no one seems to appreciate my movies yet." He smiled self-deprecatingly.

It's normal, she walked into the film company with enthusiasm, and then left with a depressed face, she has seen a lot of such young people. Miranda asked, "Can you tell me which studios?"

"Of course, I think about it. Wang Yang started from beginning to end: "Fox searchlight, Paramount classic...... They rejected me on the phone, and they arranged to meet with me with Xinxian, Dimen, Apex, Artisan, and Think......" He said the names of more than a dozen film companies in one breath.

Miranda frowned suddenly, she closed the script, looked at Jessica, shook her head and said, "Sorry, Jessica, I can't help Yang with anything." Jessica suddenly exclaimed, "Oh God," and said with a look of disappointment and anxiety, "Why?" Miranda explained to the two: "I have some friendship with Mr. Robert of the Imperial Pictures Company and Mr. Ullmann of the Thinking Film Company. But, you know, they all rejected you. She reluctantly spread her hands and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Jessica said with a bitter face: "Miranda, is there really no way?"

"Nothing, Jessica. Wang Yang smiled comfortingly at her, looked at Miranda again, and said politely: "Thank you, Ms. Miranda, I can understand." ”

Miranda nodded silently, and after thinking about it, she said with a serious face: "But, with all due respect, Jan, I don't think DV movies are realistic." So many studios have turned you down, and it's not for nothing that they've turned you down. She said with a serious face: "Actually, your appearance is not bad, you can consider acting, you know, many sets need some Chinese characters." The other thing she meant was, don't waste your time.

Is it a Chinese villain, a thief, a liar, a cheap character? Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and rejected her: "No, I don't know how to act." ”

"Please, Miranda!" Jessica laughed and said a little dissatisfied, "You haven't seen Young's movie, how do you know it's unrealistic? That movie is really scary and excellent." ”

Although Jessica's tone was a little heavy, Miranda was not angry, she patted Jessica's hand and said softly: "Jessica, I'm just an agent, and the quality of a movie is not up to me." All I could help with was recommendations, but the companies I could recommend, they all rejected Young. ”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Wang Yang smiled generously and waved his hand, not that he was not disappointed, but his expectations were already very low at the beginning.

Because any film company, the final consideration must be the film itself, those distribution managers don't care who you recommend, okay is okay, no good is not good, the market is not set by them, if they want to take care of acquaintances, launch a film, so that the company suffers losses and its reputation declines, they will also lose their jobs.

So there is no difference between someone recommending it and him recommending himself to the door. Of course, it may be better in terms of patience and tone, at least after watching the movie, and then telling you "no".

"I'm sorry, Jan. Jessica looked regretful, she really wanted to help Wang Yang, this was the birthday gift she wanted to get.

"Hey, guys, are you done talking?" Jessica's mother, Cathy, walked in just in time, smiled at them, and said, "Jessica, everyone is waiting for you outside." ”

Wang Yang stood up and said with a smile: "Come on, Jessica, don't let everyone wait for a long time." Jessica cleaned up her mood, showed a smile, got up and said, "OK, happy time!"

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"Happy birthday to you...... Happy birthday to you...... Happy birthday Jessica and happy birthday to you......"

In the courtyard, which is filled with colorful lanterns and balloons, everyone gathers around a long table on which a three-story birthday cake is placed. Everyone laughed happily, clapped the beat gently, sang happy birthday songs together, and looked at Jessica standing in front of the cake. Dans the Labrador revolves around them, his tongue sticking out long.

"Jessica, hurry up and make a birthday wish!" Joshua held the DV camera and kept capturing the scene of the party for a second, and now it was the highlight of the birthday party, making a wish to blow out the candles, of course he would not let it go.

"Hmm. Jessica clasped her hands together and looked at the people around her, her father and family were looking at her lovingly, her neighbors were looking at her kindly, her friends were looking at her with smiles, the lovely and hateful Elijah Wood, the uninvited Jack Frank, and the Irene who studied acting together...... And Wang Yang, who was smiling with blessings.

Jessica smiled slightly, closed her eyes, and said reverently, "God, my wish is that my family, my friends can continue to be healthy and happy, that I can get a movie role, and that I don't fail the audition again...... Isn't it a bit too much...... she thought about it, and then said in her heart: "No matter, merciful Lord, please promise me......"

After making a wish, she opened her eyes, puffed up her breath and blew on the 17 candles inserted in the cake, blew a few times quickly, and immediately blew out all the 17 candles, and laughed happily.

"Happy birthday, Jessica!" everyone applauded enthusiastically as they sent their best wishes to 17-year-old Jessica.