When the crew of "District 9" finished filming in Johannesburg, they embarked on the return trip. At the São Paulo Airport where the flight was transferred, the crew announced its disbandment, everyone went back to their own homes, and the photographic equipment, film results and other items were naturally responsible for professional and safe shipping. The plane from São Paulo to Los Angeles landed steadily, and it was already the morning of Christmas Eve.

In the terminal of Los Angeles International Airport, accompanied by two bodyguards whose contracts had ended, Wang Yang carried a duffel bag and a suitcase full of gifts to the outside of the departure hall. The terminal is full of Christmas spirits, with a huge Christmas tree towering over the center of the lobby and the melodious music of "Ding Ding" playing, as people rush home.

He spent less than a month in South Africa, but Wang Yang knew that this experience would be unforgettable for the rest of his life, and he saw with his own eyes many things that he had never seen before, and only knew in books, movies and televisions, poverty, gloom, and difficulty, the hostile eyes of the locals, and the skeptical humility, and the laughter of children...... Now standing on the land of the "City of Angels" again, he has an indescribable feeling in his heart, sighing, rejoicing, and grateful...... But in general, he is very happy now, he can hug and kiss that girl immediately, return to the sweet home, and have a sumptuous Christmas dinner in the evening, what a good thing it is! Just thinking about it, Wang Yang suddenly felt a few flashes on his face, and suddenly noticed that there were three paparazzi with cameras in front of him, constantly taking pictures of him.

"Unbelievable!" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, he didn't know if they were the kind of paparazzi waiting for rabbits at the airport, or if they came specifically for him, he sighed with the bodyguards around him: "Isn't it Christmas Eve today? They are really the hardest working people in the world." ”

At this time, the three paparazzi walked up and asked questions while taking pictures, which also attracted the attention of many people around them. Wang Yang was in a good mood, and the paparazzi were very well-behaved, so he shouted to get rid of their bodyguards: "Hey, let them go! ”

"Thank you, I'm Paul. A slightly chubby white male paparazzi smiled, and while following Wang Yang's steps, he asked, "Magic Yang, how are you shooting in South Africa?"

Wang Yang turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "Everything is going well." Hearing that he was willing to answer, Paul and the other three were all overjoyed, and experience told them that the director was in a good mood now! Paul then asked: "We know that you were filming in the slums of Soweto, what was that for? And it was filmed for a month? Did the main plot of "District 9" take place in the slums? Some people speculate that "District 9" is a slum, right?"

"Regarding the content of the movie, I'm sorry, it's kept secret for the time being!" Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "When it's released, you can go to the cinema to see it." ”

If possible, he hopes that the filming of the crew's filming in Soweto, South Africa, can also be completely confidential, but unfortunately it can't, so the situation that "District 9" was guessed to be a slum has been predicted in the publicity plan, and the background of the story such as the arrival of alien ships in Los Angeles and the alien settlement area becoming a slum will also be revealed in the publicity activities.

The "Alien Research Center" virus website now has more than 550,000 participants in more than 15 countries, and it is estimated that in two months, it will be able to reach the one million mark; the puzzle game on the "Alien Secrets" website has also been broken by fans one by one, causing Christopher Foson to update several blogs about their planetary civilization, how he got on the spaceship, and the meaningful sentence "I want to go home." ”

And more than 30 of the more than 60 English letters have been found by student fans, which has made "District 9" a hot topic in schools across the United States, and many schools have been almost reversed by students' carpet searches. There were also many students who ran to the official website of the Flame Movie to protest, why not hide the letters in their schools?

Knowing that Wang Yang would not answer this question, in order not to anger him, Paul and the other three did not ask any more questions, but turned to the gossip aspect, Paul asked with a smile: "A colleague from Joburg photographed you taking two bus slum children to play and watch a movie, you laughed a lot, and now everyone is saying, 'Angelina Jolie and Wonder Young, one mom and one dad', what's going on?"

Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Paul and the others suspiciously, but he was about to ask what was going on? The reporter from Johannesburg captured it? He took the children to the movies the day before he returned, so he came to South Africa for a trip, so before leaving, the crew was accompanied by bodyguards to play in Joburg and buy gifts for a day, and he stayed with the children. Then I took a day on a plane and then I was here.

Angelina Jolie, Dad, he couldn't help but smile helplessly, changed to a hand and pulled the suitcase, and said, "That's it, I took some kids who had never seen a movie to see a movie. Paul asked curiously, "I mean why?" Wang Yang said puzzledly, "Do you need a reason? Because they haven't seen the movie." Paul snapped the picture again, and said with a smile: "You are such a good person!" Wang Yang sighed and said softly: "Maybe." ”

"Can you tell me what movie you're watching?" asked a skinny white paparazzi on the right, who smiled and introduced himself, "I'm David." Wang Yang nodded and replied, "Why not? Paul on the left smiled again and asked, "Comment on this movie?"

Hearing this question, Wang Yang immediately became vigilant, either he didn't answer, or he couldn't give them a chance to make news. He thought for a moment and replied with a smile, "There is no doubt that the movie is very good! Thinking of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that day, his words were not polite, if he had children of school age, he would take them to see them.

"And those little actors, all played very well, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Katherine Wright, ......" Wang Yang walked while reading the cast list of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Paul, David and the others next to him slowly opened their mouths in surprise, and they didn't know if he read the names correctly, but did he memorize the cast list in advance?

After reading the long list of names, looking at the expressions of the paparazzi, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Seeing these people, I feel that I am old." Paul waved his hand and smiled: "Please, you are only 21 years old!" Wang Yang nodded seriously and said, "I can only say that I am fortunate to be a director." ”

"What do you think of the fact that there are no movies of yours in the Christmas schedule this year, not for a whole year?" Paul asked a new question, which is also a situation that is often mentioned in recent media reviews and summaries of 2001 film history.

Since 1998, Magic Young has shined for three consecutive years, and in the 2000 annual North American box office charts, "Juno" with 210 million and "When Happiness Knocks" with 203 million occupy the third and fourth positions (the top two are 260 million "Christmas Grint" and 230 million "Desert Island Afterma"), but in 2001, he has always been high-speed and withdrew from the stage, only "Youth Musical" as a screenwriter.

Looking at Wang Yang with a casual face, Paul continued to laugh and said: "Last Christmas, "Juno" and "Desert Island Aftermath" staged a rare fierce battle, this year there was "The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings", and now everyone is crazy about it, "Ocean's Eleven", Best Director Steven Soderbergh, "Vanilla Sky", "A Beautiful Mind", ...... But without you, your fans are disappointed. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "The year is coming to an end, but you look like you haven't done anything this year." Everybody said, 'Where did that magic Jan go?'

"A lot has happened. Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, too many things have happened this year, not very pleasant things, imprisonment, old man Wu died...... And in the second half of the year, he was busy with the work of "District 9" and "Sweetheart", and even "Prison Break" had no time to produce, so he could only put it on hold temporarily. He smiled and said to Paul and the others: "Not in 2002, I will be back!"

Paul's eyes lit up and he asked, "Sounds like you're confident? That high-speed Wonder Jan is coming back? Do you have any other film plans not counting District 9?"

Wang Yang rolled his eyes with a pursed lip, the post-production special effects of "District 9" took several months to complete, and it was all the work of animators, in addition to providing lens design drawings, making requirements and reviewing checks, he usually couldn't help much, and he had a lot of free time. He thought about it and smiled again, and said, "Maybe, maybe not, I don't know." ”

At this time, while everyone was talking, they had already walked out of the terminal building and came to the huge parking lot outside, Wang Yang took out the vibrating mobile phone and looked at it, and said: "Guys, I think you have gained enough, so bye-bye, Merry Christmas!" Seeing that he was leaving, David no longer scruples to ask the gossip question: "Why didn't Jessica come to pick you up, is there something wrong with your relationship?"

"Wow, isn't she over there?" Wang Yang looked ahead, only to see a slowly driving silver sports car stop, the door opened, and a hot girl in a light blue denim jacket stepped out of the car, she waved her hand in this direction with a sweet bright smile on her face. He glanced back at David and the others, and said suspiciously, "Or am I wrong? Why does that guy look so much like Jessica? I'll go over and ask!"

"Goodbye, Jimmy, Jensen!" Wang Yang said goodbye to the two bodyguards again, then ran over with a smile, the suitcase was pulled and clicked, and smiled with the girl: "Hey, girl, are you Jessica? or her long-lost twins? I can't kiss the wrong person...... The girl put her hands around his neck and said, "Yang, kiss me!"

Paul, David and others hurriedly raised their telephoto cameras, posed and pointed at that side, and the flash kept on.

After the two kissed deeply and briefly, Wang Yang threw the duffel bag into the car, stuffed the suitcase into the trunk, sat in the passenger seat, and said while fastening the seat belt: "Beautiful car, sweetheart, gogogo!" Jessica started the car with a smile, stepped on the accelerator, the sports car slowly turned around, adjusted the direction and drove away.

"It's hot there, you know it's summer in December in South Africa, and we wear T-shirts there. Wang Yang said and took a sip of red wine, looked at Jessica, Cathy on the other side of the table, and Joshua next to him, and Mark sitting in the host's seat, and continued to talk about his impression of Johannesburg: "The city center is very beautiful and prosperous, I feel that the sky is very blue and close, and the grass and trees are also very tough, and the unique vitality and charm of Africa ......"

The spacious dining room was also full of Christmas spirit, with Danny standing quietly in front of the Christmas tree, looking at the lights hanging from the trees, a sumptuous Christmas dinner on the table, shiny turkey still the main course, steaks, roasts, mashed potatoes and other delicacies, and the Alba family listened with interest to what he said about Joburg: "But when you go out of the city center and come to Soweto, just 10 miles away, you feel 'oh my God'! dirt roads, tin houses, sewage ...... I don't know how to describe it, but you'll know a little bit about it when you watch "District 9" in the future. ”

He exhaled softly, and when he saw that everyone seemed to be frowning, he immediately laughed loudly and said, "Don't talk about this, I know that one person can't change all the poverty and suffering, you can only do what you can, and then, as Mark said all day long, thank you for all this!"

Jessica and Joshua both nodded and laughed, and Mark and Cathy looked at each other with a smile. Joshua picked up a piece of beef and chewed it, and asked, "Dude, are there any interesting footage?"

"Hmm, I want to think about it...... Pregnant. Wang Yang thought for a moment, then frowned and smiled: "It was an aerial photography, sitting in a helicopter and 'rumbling' around in the air. Someone told us before, you guys are taking aerial photos like this, be careful of being shot by the people below with guns, there are too many guns in the slums. He took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "As a result, after the filming of the day, we got off the plane, and our cameraman, Harry George, suddenly shouted 'Oh my God, there's a bullet hole here in the fuselage!'"

"Oh God, why didn't you tell me?" Jessica's eyes widened in surprise, and Mark and Cathy were puzzled, only Joshua said excitedly: "Bullet holes? It's crazy! Wait, the fat guy found out? It's no show, it's definitely not a real bullet hole!"

Wang Yang smiled and nodded, looked at Jessica and said, "Yes, it's not a bullet hole, Harry likes to make a fuss!" He took a piece of barbecue meat and put it into his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's funny to think about it now, but at that time, we were really scared! For almost the whole day, we sat at the hatch to shoot, and if there was really a bullet sweeping over, the consequences were unimaginable." ”

Jessica rolled her eyes helplessly and said, "Of course! Jan, it's not a fun thing, it's dangerous to think about it." Joshua laughed and hurriedly interrupted her, "I think it's funny, please, aren't you sitting here properly? What are you nervous about! Jan, what's the bullet hole the fat guy talking about?" Mark also said seriously: "If the helicopter is hit by a bullet, the pilot should feel the impact, unless he has a drink." ”

"Well, our pilot Blanton said the same thing, how could there be?" Wang Yang laughed, and counted with his left hand raised his fingers; "First, there are no gangs in the slum area we chose, and we have done a safety check beforehand; second, Blanton doesn't feel anything, all of us don't feel it; third, we fly so high, haha!"

Mark Alba said, "A pistol can hit 200 meters, and an automatic rifle can probably hit more than 600 meters...... Joshua croaked patiently twice, "Dad, you'll explain later." Yang, what is that bullet hole?" Wang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "There is a small place where it is slightly trapped, and we analyze that it should be that when the helicopter landed on the ground many times, maybe it was bounced by something, or maybe it was hit like that by the camera." I don't know, but definitely not a bullet. ”

"Ok, ok!" Jessica raised her hands and pressed them, glancing at the three of them, complimenting, "You're cool!

Joshua glanced at her and smiled, "Jan, why don't you tell us the story of you and those children? The picture of you dragging the child's hand into the movie theater is really fascinating." He said in a rough voice, "Someone wants to say this." Wang Yang and Jessica both smiled at once, and Cathy also asked with interest, "Those children were very happy that day, right?"

"Well, they're happy. Wang Yang nodded, thinking about the situation that day, and smiled: "One of the girls is named Arya, and she asked me, 'Is there really magic......?

※※ During this Christmas and New Year holiday, Wang Yang and Jessica stayed in Los Angeles and spent happily. When the New Year's bell rang and the time officially entered 2002, "The Lord of the Rings" set off a global Lord of the Rings craze, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" grossed more than 900 million worldwide, and the awards season kicked off, Russell Clow's "A Beautiful Mind" became a big hit, and Robert Altman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for "Gosford Manor...... And after the holiday, the crew of "District 9" also gathered again to shoot the last part of the Los Angeles street footage. After more than ten days of hard work, "District 9" finally came to the end of the moment.

On a street with few passers-by, the ragged Donnie walked in a panic, his left hand tightly guarded in his arms, for fear of being seen by others. Next to him, the entire film crew, including Vary-Pfister with the camera, the lighting engineer and the sound recordist, followed suit. Downey walked across the street, glared at the two extras passing by, and said, "Nothing to see!" and with that, he shrank back and ran briskly ahead.

"cut--!" Wang Yang shouted into the microphone, waved his fist excitedly, and said, "Guys, it's over!"

"yes, wow, yes—" Everyone immediately laughed and cheered, and Donnie over there ran back with his hands outstretched, and the bear hugged Wang Yang and shouted excitedly: "Unbelievable, I actually finished making another movie! I'm resurrected, no, no...... I've got a new lease on life, and it's the new Robert! Love you!

Wang Yang pushed him away with a smile and said, "Get out, old man!" Looking at everyone, he said with a smile on the microphone: "Everyone has worked hard, and we have been working hard for more than half a year...... Thank you for your efforts!" He paused and said with confidence on his face: "Our efforts will not be in vain, this movie will definitely surprise the world!" Thank you, thank you!"

Everyone applauded and cheered, and happy applause and laughter filled the streets of this place.

(To be continued)