"No, no, no, Margaret, I need them! I said I need them! Without them, I don't feel anything...... no！”

In the dimly lit editing room, the same sound is heard every time you edit, and although this is the fourth time the two have worked together, the bargain between the director and the editor never stops. Margaret, who wore black-rimmed glasses, looked intently at the computer screen, controlling the mouse with one hand and pressing on the keyboard with the other, completely ignoring Wang Yang, who was yelling next to her.

Hearing a long sigh next to her, Margaret shrugged her shoulders and said, "Young, although you just won the Oscar, I don't eat that." Both of them immediately laughed, and she continued to laugh: "I've been cutting movies for you for a few years, and I know exactly what you want, and this is the best effect." Wang Yang frowned and shook his head, and said, "No, not this time, I need to be more delicate." ”

The theatrical version of "Mit-21-Team" is scheduled to be about 120 minutes long, which is just right for the whole story. Such a gambling film that even speaks lines quickly can't have any delay, so that the audience can maintain high interest from beginning to end, and there is that feeling of "jumping nervously and excitedly", which is Wang Yang's goal pursuit, this is not a special effects blockbuster, so these excitements are not given to the audience visually, but from the subtle psychology.

Not to let the psyche feel tired and bored is the most important point, the story of the movie does not focus much on the side plot of the original work, family and classmates and so on have almost no scenes, emotionally only portraying the loyal friendship of the MIT squad and the influence of Jeff Ma to change, this is not the point, the focus is on the main story learning card counting, sweeping Las Vegas, etc., as well as the cat-and-mouse game of everyone and detectives.

The structure of the film is two-lined, one is to move forward in a straight line with the perspective of Jeff Ma and the MIT team, and the other is the female detective's flashback interlude, etc., and the time of the two lines is slowly and tensely combined.

For example, the female detective who is now cut appears, in the story timeline, this should happen that Jeff Ma has perfectly integrated into the MIT team, so that the team has a qualitative change and won a lot of money from the casinos, so the casino hired Beverly to investigate. But in the movie, after this scene, Jeff Ma and others set off from Boston and took a plane to Las Vegas to start the first battle of the new team.

"I'll cut this section!" Wang Yang pulled a chair over and sat down, Margaret was a little reluctant to get out of the way, Wang Yang controlled the mouse and looked at the screen, and said seriously: "Maggie, let's see the effect of my cut first!" He had already discovered that in terms of creating an atmosphere, his Chinese identity and love for Oriental culture made him have more feelings about the use of camera scenes.

Even if Margaret was a woman, he felt that she seemed to be too straightforward, lacking a little bit of ...... The kind of silence that you experience with your heart is better than sound.

The mouse clicked and clicked, the keyboard clicked, and the camera on the computer screen was rearranged in order, and after a while, it was clicked to play. In the sound of low and crisp footsteps, the camera focuses on several people walking down the hallway, and only a woman in a beige detective jacket with her hands in her pockets can be seen below their chest and abdomen, and two security guards in black suits.

The camera quickly swept the faces of the two security guards, and then switched to the panorama behind them, only to see the woman's pale brown curls shaking as she walked. The camera switches to the door handle, the security guard opens the office door, the burly bald head of the security supervisor sits at the desk, he looks at the door and suddenly looks happy, and quickly gets up to greet him: "Miss Kyle, it's nice to see you! With your help, it's much easier for us to catch those thieves......"

The scene switches to the back again, the curly-haired woman walks into the room, and the next shot focuses on the hands of the two holding hands, and then it slowly rises, and the woman's face is revealed, it is Rachel with a faint smile on her face. The head of security looked relieved that the problem would be solved soon, and praised, "Miss Kyle, I've heard your name for a long time......

"Is what I want ready?" Beverly Kyle interrupted him with no interest in his compliment. The head of security smiled unhesitantly and said, "It's all ready, just put it there." He turned to his desk, pointed to a large stack of papers, and said, "In the last six months, all the 21 o'clock tables in the casino have lost money in it." ”

Beverly Kyle sat down in a chair at the table and looked at the stack of papers with a blank face, the camera scanning a few close-ups of the security supervisor's face, the clock on the wall of the room, etc., and the soft clatter of pages turning.

It's been a long time since the camera showed up, and Beverly, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Every time these people show up, it's on the weekend, which means they have a regular job, but in recent months, they suddenly show up every few days, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday...... These months are summer vacations. She put down the document in her hand and said, "This means that they are most likely teachers or students." ”

The computer screen froze on the security supervisor's somewhat surprised and unbelieving look, and Margaret lifted her black-rimmed glasses and said contemplatively, "Jan, I don't think that's concise enough." Wang Yang smiled silently, spread his hands and said, "Knock on the door directly, and then come in to shake hands?" That's simple, but there is no atmosphere at all. Margaret expressed her opinion: "Everywhere, you pursue the atmosphere you say, don't you drag it? Don't forget not to drag." ”

"No, how can this be a drag! It's less than two minutes here. Wang Yang shook his head, looked at the screen and continued to click the mouse. Margaret frowned and said, "I said the overall style. Wang Yang turned his head to look at the serious middle-aged woman and said seriously: "Margaret, I know the whole, believe me! Without these lens effects, Rachel would not be cool at all." She needs to be awesome!, and she says, 'They're students,' so the MIT team is going to be awesome. ”

"Then the audience will have enough anticipation for the next episode, how did the guys do all this? Of course they knew that Jeff Ma must be amazing, they knew it before they even walked into the cinema, so what they needed now was to stimulate their nerves! If you take these shots away, I don't think it's going to work. Wang Yang raised his eyebrows as he spoke, and said in a strange tone: "Aunt Maggie, how could you not know that I love these techniques?

Maryguet looked innocent and said, "I know! But this time...... It's too fast, the lines are fast, the camera switches quickly, and it's very oppressive, and the audience will be out of breath. Wang Yang smiled when he heard this, and said: "It's an honor to get too fast an evaluation, but I don't agree with all of them, I think you despise the receptivity of young audiences too much, now is an era where everything is fast!"

"And don't we be fast everywhere, don't we have a lot of slow motion?" he tapped the keyboard a few times, adjusted the frame rate of the next shot, and smiled: "If the fast place is not faster, then when the slow motion is cool, the audience will feel much worse, because it is just to give them a chance to breathe, but cool." The fast one ahead is also delicate and professional, try it!"

“ok。 Marigot, who knew his temper, accepted it, because he had a point, but it was only up to the theater to see what the final effect would be, and she reminded: "Young, this is a dangerous style!"

"Yes, I know, try it! They might exhale after watching this movie, feel a little tired, and think a lot...... But what we have to do is for them to stay interested and focused throughout the whole process when they watch the movie, and feel very excited and happy when they get to the movie!" Wang Yang waved his fist, and the ideal effect made him a little excited, and said with a smile: "So we must find those points and arrange them properly, like riding a roller coaster." You're tired after playing, but it's exciting when you're playing. ”

Marigot nodded silently, the previous cuts of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and "Juno" are both warm and warm styles, the rhythm is very soothing, but this one is completely different, she smiled: "Maybe I'm just old." ”

"No, you just haven't changed your attitude, but I know that you really understand what I want, let's make it well!" Wang Yang turned his head to look at her and said sincerely: "I don't want to see it as a featureless, smooth and stable soap commercial film." Marygot lifted her glasses, all right, do this dangerous style! She nodded earnestly, "Okay!"

The next episode of Jeff Ma's first entry into the casino is very crucial, he joins the squad, completes the study training, passes the test, and all the anticipation accumulated in front of him is for this moment when he first enters the casino.

With the experience of the last "hangover", Wang Yang knows very well how to show Las Vegas, and how it differs from Boston. At the beginning of the shooting, the light and color were planned, and although it was a snowy winter, Boston could feel very warm, a very clean and clear place full of campus atmosphere, just like "Juno", while the scene of Las Vegas was very bright during the day, and the colors at night were a little blurry.

The temperament of the scene is even more polar opposite, there are sexy and hot girls, luxurious suites, expensive cars, crazy gamblers who gamble on red eyes, and so on...... When Jeff Ma just stepped into the Caesars Palace Hotel Casino, in addition to seeing the accomplices, there are also crazy gamblers and loud swearing, the purpose of these shots is to bring out their power, the difference between them and gamblers, of course, they also play the role of gamblers.

This time, there is no direct dialogue line throughout the test, but there are gestures and code words, and there is the operation mode of the entire card counting team.

"If you want to win, it's very important to find the right table!" When Jeff Ma stepped into the casino and looked at it, he flashed back to Amanda standing in front of the classroom blackboard to preach, she wrote quickly in chalk, and said quickly: "One, find a table with fewer people, the fewer people, the more times you play in a box, and the actual profit will be close to expectations;

The tinkling of the slot machine pulled the camera back to the casino, and Jeff Ma walked stride, looking around, only to see that Amanda and the others were already seated...... "Mary Get! The slow motion and fast motion on the table, we have to match it perfectly! This part is very important! We get it!"

"I know, Jan, you don't need to yell at me, I know. ”

After the allied forces increased their forces and divided their forces, they successively captured Basra and other important cities and strategic points by virtue of their overall superiority in air supremacy, and completed the encirclement of Baghdad, and the war suddenly became one-sided. On April 8, the U.S. military could not wait for its allies to push Baghdad directly from the north and south, and the bombing caused the capital to lose electricity, water, and communications, and the U.S. military successfully seized the Rashid military airfield southeast of Baghdad.

On 9 April, U.S. tanks drove toward Baghdad, and instead of heavy street fighting, U.S. troops occupied Saddam Hussein, a large slum where Shia Muslims gathered. That night, the army pulled down the bronze statue of Saddam Hussein in the "Happy Square" in the center of the city, and the citizens of Baghdad rushed to trample on the broken bronze statue, and the Allies declared on the 21st day after the start of the war: "Occupy Baghdad completely!"

On 10 April, the US side said that "Saddam's regime has not fallen, and more fierce fighting is yet to come." "The war will not end until Saddam's hometown of Tikrit is captured.

Friday, April 11, which was originally the release date of "Saw", was postponed to October 31 this year due to the war. That night, Wang Yang called Wen Ziren and Ray Werner, who were in Los Angeles, to come out to the bar to drink, and in a casual bar with leisurely music and a quiet environment, the three of them sat around the round table and laughed and talked while drinking beer.

Since trying acupuncture, Ray Warner's headaches have become less and less, the nerves in that area have become quieter, and now he can sleep peacefully without taking medication. But this painful experience made him unforgettable for graduation, and the fear of death also made him cherish life very much, and he was naturally very excited when it came to this war, and Australia also sent troops to participate in this joint military operation.

"What a sudden battle, how many people died!" Ray Warner slammed the table with his wine glass in his hand, his face flushed with excitement, and Wen Ziren next to him snorted in a dark voice: "George Bush should really be caught and played a game of chainsaw." ”

"The key is that the post-war situation cannot be cleaned up......," Wang Yang took a sip of beer, and the recent success of the war made his blog more ridiculed by netizens, and he shrugged his shoulders and said: "In any case, it's good that it's over! Turning on the TV every day is war, drinking and chatting is war! It's time to end." ”

It didn't take long for the U.S. forces to capture Tikrit, and the Allies officially announced on April 15 that "the main military operation of the Iraq War has ended, and the coalition forces control all of Iraq." The main war lasted for 27 days, with 128 U.S. military casualties and a war cost about $20 billion.

Not many people scolded Miraculous Young, because he never said that he would lose the war, but that he would fight for a month, so ...... Fans and fans have chosen not to get tired of it, his wartime analysis and prediction are very accurate, but after the war, it should be too pessimistic, don't you see that the Iraqi people are celebrating the fall of Saddam's government?

For Wang Yang, the end of the war is like a dark cloud that has finally disappeared, and the impact on his life and work is gradually decreasing. As the days passed, he spent almost every day in the editing room, sometimes following up on some executive production work such as "Prison Break", as well as the final preparations for "The Demon Wears Prada". During this time, Jessica also devoted herself to her work with enthusiasm, studying the characters in the script, coordinating the styling of the crew, costume design and other departments.

When the time came to the 28th, although the calendar said Monday, Wang Yang and Jessica gave themselves a holiday, because it was her 22nd birthday.

The two did not hold a birthday party, just like last year, when they only invited friends, and they didn't have a big party just after the war, and they wanted to enjoy the sweet world of two on this special day.

Early in the morning, Wang Yang and Jessica arrived in Santa Monica, walked on the beach for a while, bought some food and soft drinks at the beach store, and drove their yacht out of the dock and into the endless blue sea. There are more than 16 million large and small yachts in the United States, and an average of 5% of people have one, which is not a rare thing, they are medium-sized leisure yachts, there is no difficulty in driving, a steering wheel plus a communication system, etc., both of them can operate.

Due to the good weather, their plan was to spend the whole day on the ocean and then return the next morning after watching the sunrise over the sea.

The starry night sky is quiet, and the illuminated white yachts are parked in the blue sea. After a day of fun and fun, fishing barbecue, diving in the sea...... After watching the sunset come to night, Wang Yang and Jessica snuggled up on the open-air deck of the yacht, covered with a warm blanket, under the breeze, the two talked sweet and boring love words between lovers, watching the bright starry sky above.

"I like the one on the left, the bright one. Jessica leaned on his shoulder, lifted her left hand and pointed. Wang Yang looked at the large number of bright and dim stars, and suddenly smiled: "There are a lot of them on the left! You mean the Big Dipper?"

Jessica showed a hint of doubt on her face, and asked with a smile, "Is that the Big Dipper?" Wang Yang snorted, really didn't know which one she was referring to, and smiled: "Maybe yes, we'll know when we get lost." So which star do you say are inhabited by aliens?"

"I don't know......" Jessica turned her head to look left and right at the vast starry sky, pointed again, and said with a smile: "That one! It seems to have some blue light, it's so beautiful...... Wang Yang still didn't know which one she was referring to, and smiled: "It's not beautiful enough for you." Jessica said sweetly, "Really?" Wang Yang said, "Really." The two kissed as they spoke, and although they didn't know how many times they kissed today, they still felt infinitely sweet and fun.

After kissing for a while, the two parted a little panting, biting their lips and smiling at each other.

"Jessica. Wang Yang hugged her tightly, looked at her eyes full of affection, and said softly: "Happy birthday! Make a wish!" Jessica's heart was full of happiness, and she nodded slightly: "Well, I'm going to make a wish!" She closed her big eyes, clasped her hands together and prayed silently: "Lord, I am really, very happy, I hope that my loved one will continue to be happy and healthy......"

Seeing her close her eyes and make a wish, Wang Yang glanced at the quiet night sky, and saw that her face was full of piety and had not yet finished making a wish, and suddenly had an idea, so he shouted urgently: "Oh my God, Meteor! Don't open your eyes, hurry up and make a wish, this is a wish for double insurance!" Seeing her eyebrows and eyelashes moving, he shouted in a serious tone: "gogogo!"

"I'm going to get married!" Jessica couldn't help but be surprised and a little anxious when she heard another meteor passing by, and quickly said in her heart the one she was most eager for, and the one she had made since last year: "I want to get married!"

Seeing that she seemed to have made a wish, her eyelashes moved and her eyes opened, Wang Yang looked at the night sky above, and said in surprise: "Wow - the meteor just now is so bright! I have heard that the brighter it is, the more powerful it is, now your wish will definitely come true!" Jessica did not doubt that it was not unusual to see a meteor on the sea, she smiled happily and expectantly, and murmured: "Oh God, that's ......"

"That's right. Wang Yang looked at her eyes as bright as stars, and felt a little inappropriate in his heart, if her wish was not realized, wouldn't she be doubly disappointed? He smiled and asked, "What did you wish for such a good opportunity just now?" Jessica curled the corners of her mouth without answering, patted him on the chest, and said, "How can you say your wish?" Wang Yang leaned into her ear and said in a suppressed voice: "Tell me! You just tell me quietly, it's okay, the Lord and Meteor won't mind." ”

"No!" Jessica smiled and turned her head away, this wish could not be said no matter what, but she believed that it would come true, even if there was no shooting star and no birthday wish, but she couldn't say it!

"How about that? I'll tell you my birthday wishes for this year......

"I won't listen! I won't say it, I won't!"

(To be continued)