Wang Yang and others came to the outside of the No. 5 screening hall of the Redstone Theater, the door of the small screening hall was crowded with people, the senior management of Newmarket and the creators of "Memory Fragments" were all greeting the guests who came to watch the premiere, in front of the advertising board, media reporters took pictures of Guy Pearce, Kelly Moss and other leading actors, one of the main reasons why this movie attracted attention is that the heroine is Kelly Moss, she is very popular because she starred in "The Matrix".

"Hello and welcome! I'm Emma Thomas. A black-haired white woman walked up with a smile on her face, she was wearing a red evening dress skirt, holding a small handbag in her left hand, shaking hands with Wang Yang, Jon and others with her right hand, and smiled enthusiastically: "I am the producer of the movie, Mr. Wang, Mr. Filtimmel...... It's a pleasure to have you all here for our premiere. She looked behind her and shouted with a smile: "Christopher, come here!" Emma looked at Wang Yang and the others again, and said with a smile: "Chris is the director of the movie and my husband, originally came to Park City this time, and my itinerary included 'skiing', but you know, Chris's mind is full of movies, so unfortunately it was canceled." ”

Jon, Mark Slant and others all smiled, Wang Yang's attention was focused on the oncoming Christopher Nolan, Nolan was wearing a black suit, light blue shirt and blue tie, combed a parted hairstyle, neatly combed, seemed to have some hairspray, he had a faint smile on his face, came to his wife's side, and said with a little British accent: "Hello, I'm Christopher Nolan." ”

"Wang Yang, it's a pleasure to meet you. Wang Yang smiled and shook Nolan's hand, Nolan and Jon and the others knew each other again, Emma Thomas looked at her husband and smiled: "Chris, can you introduce "Memory Fragments"?" Nolan nodded: "Well, this movie has two lines, black and white and color, what is happening now and broken memories." My idea is that cinema can enjoy narrative freedom, not controlled by time, and novelists have enjoyed this for centuries, and they can interject and flashback as much as they want......"

Wang Yang listened with great interest, this is Nolan's movie style, flashbacks, flashbacks, and all kinds of disruptions, layer by layer, with a strong sense of suspense. But Jon, Mark Slunt and others were somewhat uninterested, they were here to pan for gold, not to study how to make a movie, Emma Thomas also saw this, she frowned secretly, interrupted Nolan's words with a smile, and said: "Memory Fragments may look like there may be some mixed feelings, but gentlemen, that's its selling point......"

Emma Thomas kept selling the benefits of "Memory Fragments", and what she meant anyway was that there must be nothing wrong with releasing the movie! After talking for a while, she saw that a new studio was arriving, smiled and said "out of company", and walked up with Nolan to greet the new guests.

There were a lot of distributors and media in the screening hall that can accommodate 200 people, everyone looked at the big screen in front of them, the screen was playing black and white pictures, Wang Yang, who was sitting in the middle, watched attentively, and Mark Slunter, Lionsgate Jon and others next to him were also watching seriously, recording something on paper from time to time, but there were also many people who yawned and even left the venue early, buying this movie at a price of more than 5 million and not knowing what they were talking about?

By the time the screening was over, there were only a handful of distributors in the screening room who were still in their chairs, and people from each company were talking to each other and exchanging opinions on the film.

"This is a very good movie, but it is not suitable for theatrical distribution, the technique is too complicated, the audience enters the cinema for entertainment, not for brains, and the highest box office is 400 or 5 million......", "DVD release may be good, but the release price is up to 2 million, forget it, the risk is still too great............"

Wang Yang looked at the screen in front of him, which was still bright, and thought about the plot of "Memory Fragments" just now, because the editing technique that disrupted the time made it look complicated, but as long as the clue was sorted out, black and white were narrated and color flashbacks were slowly put together, just like playing a jigsaw puzzle, you will know what the story is about, although there are still many puzzles that cannot be solved in the end. Slowly figuring out the whole movie, he couldn't help but laugh, it's really funny! This kind of "narrative freedom" technique can make a simple story so complex and charming, it's great!

In the first week, there were 11 theaters, the widest of which was 531, and all of them could receive $25.54 million, indicating that there were not a few viewers who were interested in playing "jigsaw puzzles"; if publicity was intensified, and 500 premieres were screened, and the widest number was 1,500, what would be the box office results? Of course, he did not have the luxury of expecting "Fragments of Memory" to receive 120 million yuan; this type of movie is actually more suitable for lying on the sofa at home and watching it over and over again with a remote control machine, so that it is convenient to understand the whole story; but obviously not in the cinema.

However, although it has certain limitations, it is still a film that can create a box office miracle relative to its cost. Thinking of this, Wang Yang leaned into the ear of Mark Slimt next to him and said in a suppressed voice: "Mark, this movie has a lot of potential, we have to buy it." ”

"What?" Mark Snaunt glared and said, "My boss, seriously, I can't quite figure out what the movie just said right now, I'm still thinking about it." He spread his hands and said, "You see, even I, the USC MBA, want to be like this, what do you think will happen to the average viewer who takes popcorn and goes to the cinema for a date? ”

Wang Yang frowned and said, "Mark, I now have some doubts that your USC degree diploma is fake, and I won't be right by me, right?" Mark Slunt rolled his eyes, Wang Yang smiled, and then said seriously: "There is no good movie that is not suitable for screening, mainly depending on how to promote, as long as this movie is positioned as a 'high-IQ suspense movie', there will be many people who want to challenge." He patted Mark on the shoulder and said decisively: "In any case, as long as Newmarket is willing to sell, we will buy it, all the available credit!"

"Okay, I can't change your decision every time anyway. Mark Slunt had a helpless look on his face.

※※As soon as she walked into the hotel room, Emma Thomas looked at her husband angrily before she took off her high heels, and complained, "Chris, are you acting like a fool today!or do you think you are still a high school student? You're 30 years old!" Nolan silently walked to the kettle cabinet, poured a glass of warm water, and did not refute his wife's words. Emma Thomas sighed and said slowly: "You should be enthusiastic, let go of your reserve, and give those distributors what they need and care about the most, how can this movie make money!

"Emma, that's what I'm talking about. Nolan took a sip of water and walked over to the couch with his glass. Emma Thomas, who was standing at the door, didn't move for a long time, she crossed her hands on her waist, took a deep breath, and said, "Chris, take off your leather shoes." Nolan, who was leaning on the sofa, glanced down at the leather shoes on his feet, and said lightly: "I will take them off before going to bed." ”

Emma closed her eyes and shook her head, looking like she couldn't do anything about him, and said, "Chris, you know that the 5 million investment was brought back by me very hard and very hard, you know that this opportunity is rare, we must seize it!" She changed into slippers, walked to the edge of the sofa and sat down, grabbed Nolan's hand and said: "Honey, the sales pitch will not affect your movie itself, it's time to put away your stubborn temper." Nolan looked at her and said, "I didn't sell it, but I'm not a talk show host, what else can I say?" That's a good movie, that's a good movie, that's a good movie......

"e-on!" Emma shouted helplessly, frowning and saying seriously, "Why are you going to Hollywood?" Without waiting for Nolan to speak, she asked herself, "You want to make more movies, get more money, and become like Hitchcock, is that your idea?" Chris, this requires you to make a change. ”

Nolan was silent for a while before he said, "Actually, I don't know why I came to Hollywood." He suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Also, I can't even tell the difference between red and green, can I be like Hitchcock?"

As soon as she heard him say this, Emma Thomas's heart suddenly softened, and she didn't continue to persuade him, patting his hand and comforting: "Baby, it's not your fault, it's just an arrangement of God, he makes you different." I know you're going to be Hitchcock, you're going to surpass him, don't doubt yourself because of the color anymore, okay?" Nolan's face regained his confidence and nodded with a smile, "Okay. ”

At this time, the mobile phone in Emma Thomas's handbag rang, she took it out and saw that it was Mr. Ball of Newmarket, so she answered: "Hello, oh, really?......" She smiled with joy on her face, said a few words to end the call, looked at the smiling Nolan, and said with a smile: "Chris, good news! Flame Movies wants to buy "Memory Fragments"!"

Nolan was stunned, he expected that there was a company bidding, but he didn't expect it to be a flame movie, he wondered: "Oh, Wang Yang, does he like my movie?" He felt a little strange, because as a thriller fanatic, he had watched "Ghost Shadow", a classic of pseudo-documentaries, and a masterpiece of psychological horror. The problem is that there is an essential conflict between the pseudo-documentary being conducted in a strict chronological order, while Fragments of Memory is a narrative that is free and transcends the limits of time.

"Well, Wang Yang!" Emma Thomas nodded happily, she remembered the reception before, and said with a smile: "When you talk about your thoughts in the evening, Wang Yang listens the most seriously, and it is not surprising that he likes it." Nolan couldn't help but nod his head thinking about the situation tonight, and muttered, "Yes, he respects me." ”

The next day, the news that Flame Films made an offer for "Memory Fragments", promoted by Newmarket, quickly spread throughout Park City, and everyone knew that Wang Yang was going to buy the movie that was confusing for 6 million, and it is said that this magical director praised "Memory Fragments", saying "This movie can work miracles like "Ghost Shadows"!" Of course, this statement has not been confirmed, and it is likely to be Newmarket's self-promotion.

Besides, that young man has a hand in making movies, but I don't know what will happen to "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", and no one knows how his investment vision is, Blue Sky Studio's "Ice Age" will not be released until 2002, but think about it, he can crazy throw out 100 million, half of his net worth, then the current 6 million is not surprising, he is the kind of madman who has to throw out if he has money.

So two days passed, and no company followed the price, including Lionsgate. In the rumors of Park City, the predicted box office of "Fragments of Memory" is mostly 4 million to 5 million US dollars, and optimistically 6 million, anyway, it will not be able to recover the cost by relying solely on theatrical screenings, and the DVD may sell well, but it is just a wish.

"Jan, I don't understand, are you really that optimistic about Memory Fragments? I just watched it again, it's too complicated. Jon-Fittimmel's puzzled voice came from the phone, and Wang Yang smiled at the phone while walking outside the Redstone Theater: "Jon, since I want to buy this movie, it must be because I think it has potential, and the reason is that I am fascinated by it." ”

The goal of buying films has been set early, and Wang Yang's identity in Park City is also inclined to tourists, and he has been enjoying the film festival for the past few days. He had just watched a show of "Girls Punching" and had a chat with Michelle Rodriguez, leaving the drudgery of negotiating with Newmarket to Mark Snent.

"Jon, I'm different from you, you're all about profit, and I'm thinking about this, but it's all my money, and sometimes I pay for it because I like it. Wang Yang's tone was half serious and half joking, so that Jon over there couldn't guess what he was thinking. walked out of the Redstone Theater and came outside, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, the cold wind hit, Wang Yang put it in his pocket, and then smiled: "I like "Memory Fragments", Jon, if Lionsgate's bid does not exceed 10 million, you should not raise the price." ”

"10 million, Yang, don't worry, I won't fight with you for 6 million!" Jon laughed and said, "Even if "Memory Fragments" will be a box office hit, I won't regret it, who told me not to buy it just because I like it?"

Wang Yang smiled, his eyes looked at the corner in the distance, and saw that the girl in the fisherman's hat was packing up her projection equipment, she would stay here for a day every day, and he could see the picture of her packing up the equipment every night. She took off the film box on the projector, but the whole person suddenly shook, as if she had touched static electricity, and the film box in her hand fell off unsteadily, hitting her feet, she suddenly jumped with pain on her face, and accidentally touched the projector, and the projector fell to the ground with a bang, and her ankle was twisted.

"Oh my God! Jon, I have to hang ......up" Wang Yang put the phone back in his pocket, hurriedly ran up, picked up the fallen projector, looked at Nancy with a dull face, and asked, "Nancy, are you okay?"

Nancy seemed to have just come to her senses, glanced at him, a flash of gratitude flashed in her eyes, and said, "Very good! She bent down and picked up the film box, and packed up other things, she rolled up the small piece of white screen and hung it diagonally behind her back, holding a small amplifier and film box tied up in one hand, and a projector in the other, took a deep breath and said to Wang Yang: "I'm leaving, goodbye." With that, she walked down a street by the square.

Wang Yang stood aside, looking at her struggling and a little lame pace, and the look of enduring pain, he couldn't help frowning tightly, if "Ghost Shadow" hadn't been released, he would have been like this, right? He couldn't help but chase after her, and said, "Give me the projector, and I'll carry it for you." ”

"Dude, thank you. Nancy gritted her teeth and shook her head, "But I don't need to, I'm fine." Wang Yang didn't want to be verbose and snatched her projector, so he walked to the front and said, "You don't take a taxi, do you live around here?" Nancy scolded softly, followed, her face was much lighter, and replied, "Yes, it's around here." ”

Under the shadow of the street lamp, the figures of the two dragged on for a long time, walking along the side of the street for a long time, passers-by became more and more scarce, Wang Yang followed Nancy a little puzzled to a lawn clearing, through the moonlight faintly saw a tent standing not far away, Nancy said "arrived", he was suddenly surprised and said: "Oh, man, you live here?"

"What's the problem?" Nancy said with a nonchalant look on her face, she put the white screen and other things next to the tent, "It's very safe here, no one will rape me, whoever comes will kick his balls, I don't have anything to steal, I thought someone would be interested in this tent, it turns out that I thought too much." ”

Wang Yang put the projector in his hand with it, and the cold wind that was slightly whistling made his heart sink a little, but listening to Nancy's words, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Well, I didn't mean that, it's just that I always can't sleep when I'm camping, and a lot of mosquitoes, moths, and so on, spin around on your head." ”

"Now there are no mosquitoes, no moths. Nancy smiled and pulled open the tent and bent in, and with a click, the tent became brighter, she took out something and threw it at Wang Yang, and said, "Next!" Wang Yang hurriedly caught it with both hands, and saw that it was a bottle of canned beer in his hand, and blurted out: "Beer? Where did you find it?" Nancy looked at him strangely, twisted open her bottle, raised her beautiful eyebrows, seemed to think of something, and laughed: "Haha, don't tell me you're drinking for the first time!"

Looking at the beer in his hand, Wang Yang grinned and shrugged, "I'm a good boy." Nancy smiled and bent down, his hands holding the beer were shaking, and said, "Good boy! 20-year-old billionaire who has never drunk alcohol, oh my God......" Wang Yang also laughed, and the two laughed louder and louder, and it took a while to stop, Nancy sat down directly on the lawn in front of the tent, raised the beer, and smiled: "Taste it! This is a gift from that old fellow of God." With that, she took a sip first.

Wang Yang twisted the beer with a smile, took a big sip with a smile and frown, the taste was bitter and a little spicy, and said, "It's not bad." But I have a question, will I get drunk?" Nancy drank to herself, laughing, "Getting drunk with just a bottle of beer?" Wang Yang also sat down on the lawn, looked up at the moon in the night sky, and slowly drank the first bottle of beer.

"Do you think I'm like a fool?" The two were quiet for a long time, Nancy suddenly sighed, a trace of weakness flashed in her eyes, took a sip of beer, and said: "Directing is a man's job, a college student's job, isn't it? ”

Wang Yang turned his head to look at her and said seriously: "I don't think so, Sarah Sugarman, the director of "Youth Musical" 2, is a woman, just now I watched a movie called "Girls Punch", and the director Carion Kusama is also a woman. Also, Kevin Smith is a convenience store employee. Nancy looked at him suspiciously: "Kevin Smith?" Wang Yang was stunned and asked rhetorically, "You don't know?"

In 1993, 23-year-old Kevin Smith scraped together $25,000 and several convenience store colleagues to shoot a "Crazy Clerk" on 16mm black and white film, which was bought by Miramax at the Sundance Film Festival and received 3.15 million at the box office, which can be said to be a big legend of independent films.

Seeing Wang Yang's puzzled expression, Nancy laughed and said, "Of course I know, "Crazy Employee"! You know, when I knew that there was a guy like Kevin Smith and a guy named Wang Yang, I thought I could also make a movie, and then I got here." She looked up again to drink beer, but found that it was empty, she smiled, crumpled the beer can in her hand, and said: "Hey, big director......" She looked at Wang Yang next to her and asked: "What are the requirements to be an assistant director?

"No, I don't. Wang Yang shook his head, drank the bottle of beer, and said, "There are many different assistant directors, some of whom can be responsible for shooting in small groups, and some of whom are just responsible for coordination. You want to be an assistant director?" Nancy burped, put her hands on the lawn and smiled, "I have that idea, I'm going to go to Hollywood." My films suck, I know, and I want to learn more on set and make my own films. So if your film crew is hiring, can I go for an interview?"

Looking at her firm eyes, Wang Yang couldn't say anything to refuse, and there was no need to refuse, if it didn't work, he would have to go through an interview, he nodded and said, "You can try." At this time, the mobile phone in his pocket rang, he said "I'm sorry" and took it out to see that it was Jessica's, he pressed the end button first, stood up, and said, "Nancy, I have to go." Give me your number and I'll let you know when I have an interview. ”

“ok。 Nancy nodded and gave him her number. Wang Yang wrote it down, said goodbye and walked back. Nancy stood up, looked at his figure getting farther and farther away, and suddenly laughed out loud and shouted: "Hey, Amazing Jan, I forgot to say, I like your movie very much! I'm waiting to see your "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"!

Wang Yang glanced back at her, smiled and gave a thumbs up, and said softly, "Moth, good night!"

(To be continued)