On Thanksgiving Day on November 23, Wang Yang and Jessica returned to busy again after spending a sweet little holiday. The time soon entered December, the atmosphere of Christmas is getting stronger and stronger, and the promotion of "Juno" has also come to the final sprint stage before the release, the main creators participate in all kinds of TV talk shows, magazine interviews, etc., the main creators who are most needed are naturally Wang Yang and Natalie, their schedules are very tight, and Natalie also ended the first semester of her sophomore year early.

Long Island, New York, at the Hershlag family, Wang Yang saw the long-lost Natalie. Since "Juno," the two have had occasional phone calls, once in October, when Natalie spent a day in Los Angeles recording voice-over footage, and then now. They were going to record an ABC talk show in New York, and he came to Natalie's house to hand her the release DVD of "Juno."

Originally, Wang Yang came out of the café to meet with Yonatali, but she said, "I'm too lazy to go out, you can come directly to my house, well, I invited you to come and be a guest." "It's normal for good friends to come to the door, and besides, Natalie lives with her parents, not her own apartment, and she is also considered an "invitation", he seems to have no reason to refuse.

Natalie's hair grew back to shoulder-length length, but at this time it was unkempt, she was wearing a set of T-shirts printed with puppy patterns, and Wang Yang outside the door said "Hello", she looked at him without any energy, yawned and said, "Welcome, come in." With that, she walked to the living room in her slippers, and said, "Man, you will never believe that I lost sleep last night when I thought of meeting you today." ”

The heating in the house rushed to the front, Wang Yang took off his coat and hung it on the hanger at the door, followed Natalie with his briefcase, he looked left and right at the elegant furniture arrangement around him, and casually replied: "Really?" He wouldn't think so, she just wanted to "hit in a row", this kind of casual and boring way of joking was developed when they inspired the lines of "Juno".

Sure enough, seeing that Wang Yang didn't react, Natalie shrugged her shoulders and said, "Of course it's fake." But brother, it has something to do with you, you caused me to miss class, so I had to study harder and read books on my own, and I accidentally saw it in the middle of the night. Wang Yang looked at the neat and spacious living room and said with a smile: "It's a beautiful house, aren't your uncles and aunts there?" Natalie replied, "They have their own jobs." Wang Yang nodded, and suddenly said suspiciously: "Why did I hurt you?"

"Wouldn't it be okay if you didn't ask me to shoot "Juno"?" Natalie turned to look at him, suddenly frowned, and kept punching Wang Yang with her crazy hands, hitting Wang Yang's chest with a "fluffy" sound. Wang Yang was stunned and said, "Oh, what's wrong?" Seeing his surprised look, Natalie laughed with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just want to beat you up, but you look funny." ”

Wang Yang smiled and shook his head, did she have to trick him to end this round? He smiled helplessly: "Hey, I said that you can beat me if you get the Golden Sour Plum Award, not now." Natalie said with a strange look, "Dude, don't you know? I got it a long time ago, the worst screen partner!" That trophy is in my bedroom." She smiled and said, "So, can I still get golden sour plum next year?"

"No, I'm afraid not. Wang Yang opened the briefcase, took out the box of encrypted DVDs, handed her and said with a smile: "Man, congratulations, your performance can be said to be at the level of the Oscar for Best Actress, I think you will be nominated next year, I don't know if you can win the award." ”

"Really?" Natalie curled the corners of her mouth, took the disc to the DVD player, and fiddled with it, "But the trailer does look good, and my classmates just call me Juno, what the hell." She sat down at the couch, pressed the remote control, and the LCD TV screen began to play.

Wang Yang also sat down on the sofa, looking at the screen quietly as well, listening to the light guitar music coming out of the stereo, he felt very comfortable and quiet in his heart, with these 120 minutes of video, no matter what the result of the release is, he feels that it is enough, just like "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", this is the highest level he can produce, whether it is the actors or the staff, he still gives everyone in the crew A+.

For 2 hours, neither of them spoke, nor did they leave the couch, only a chuckle from time to time. It wasn't until the end of the movie that Natalie laughed out loud and laughed a few times, she looked at Wang Yang on the other side of the sofa and said calmly: "I agree with your words." I played it well! great, Oscar!" she smiled and praised, "Young, you cut it well, the soundtrack is good, everything is so good...... Wow! This movie is crazy, it looks like it's going to be my pride!"

Natalie seemed to release the hateful version again, waving her hands proudly, and said, "Let them see the real Natalie! See if I blush!" As she spoke, she clenched her fists viciously, glared at Wang Yang and said, "We are going to defeat "Desert Island Aftermath", defeat "Man 100%"...... Kill everything!"

"Maybe. Wang Yang was amused by her appearance and said, "I believe that "Juno" will bring us a happy Christmas." Natalie blinked and said, "I'm not Christmas." Wang Yang sighed, remembering that she was Jewish, and said with a smile: "Slip of the tongue! It will give you a happy Hanukkah." He glanced at the wall clock on the wall, then stood up and said, "I'm leaving, see you on ABC TV in the evening." ”

"Well, bye-bye. Natalie lay down on the sofa, as if she didn't mean to send him, she suddenly raised her head again and said: "Oh, yes, man, congratulations, your movie can be said to be at the Oscar level for Best Director, I think you will be nominated next year, I don't know if you can win the award." She laughed and said, "Well done! It's not in vain that I chose you to break the record when you were 21-24 years old." ”

Wang Yang, who was about to walk out of the living room, glanced at her and said in a casual tone: "Really?" Natalie pursed her lips and said, "Fake." The first sentence is true, the latter is false, I chose you to be 29-32 years old to get it. Wang Yang smiled: "That's not bad." Bye-bye!"

Soon, there was a "bang" sound of opening and closing the door at the door, and Natalie on the sofa looked at the TV screen with a distracted face, picked up the remote control for a long time, and pressed it, and watched it again.

December is passing day by day, Christmas is approaching, and during the time when Wang Yang and Natalie are recording talk shows and interviews everywhere, the Christmas schedule has officially kicked off.

On December 8, "Vertical Limit", "Evidence of Life", "Dragon and the City Down", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were released, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became the most dazzling dark horse of the week, and it received 1.066 million box office in 16 theaters. On December 15th, four more movies joined the battlefield, "Chocolate", "Where is My Car", the animated film "Transforming into a King" with an investment of 100 million, and "Man 100%" with 70 million.

Three days after the weekend of the 15th-17th, "Man 100%" topped the weekend list with a box office of 33.614 million, and also received unanimous praise from the media and fans, which made Paramount overjoyed, and also made the creators of the film the object of media pursuit.

Among them is Matt Williams, the director of "Sweetheart" and one of the producers of "100% of Men", who was asked by reporters in an interview with "Hollywood Today": "Do you know that there will be many new films released next week, the most notable of which are "Desert Island" and "Juno", are you confident that you will maintain the weekly box office title?" Matt Williams replied: "We are the second week, they are the first week, and there is really no comparison." But we are also ready for the challenge. ”

The reporter asked: "What do you think of "Juno"? Do you think it will be better than "Sweetheart"?" The "grievances" of "Sweetheart Iren" and "Juno" began with the exposure of Natalie's choice of script, and this year there are only these two films with the theme of teenage pregnancy, and they are both classified as "comedy" and "plot". The gossip media, which is keen on creating topics, will naturally not let go of this opportunity, and under their hype, the creators of "Sweetheart Yiren" seem to have been affected, and some of them have to compete secretly.

Matt Williams didn't shy away from talking about it, he replied, "I don't know, because I won't see the movie until at least the 22nd." I would say that while the genres of the two films are close, "Sweetheart Iren" is an off-campus movie, while "Juno" is a on-campus movie. Comparing them side by side would be unfair to both films. ”

The reporter pressed him, "You mean, "Juno" may be funnier than "Sweetheart", but it won't have a higher connotation than "Sweetheart"?" Matt Williams just said, "I didn't say that." He refused to answer all the fans who had "On the Shaolin Abbot after the 80s, Wang Yang and Natalie, but they refused to give up easily, what is a "movie on campus"? Isn't there a classic movie on campus?"Dead Poets Society", "Soul Catcher"...... What he wants to talk about is a "youth campus movie"? Just like "American Pie" and "Youth Musical"?

Let's not talk about whether the youth campus movie has connotation, after watching "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", and Magic Yang said in the talk show, ""Juno" and "Youth Musical" are two types, it is not serious, but it is serious compared to "Youth Musical". "'Juno' is going to be a movie with little connotation?" Fans scoffed at it, and unless 'Juno' was a magical Waterloo, they couldn't think of any reason.

"He's only 20 years old!", "He's a baby director!", "He's a man, he doesn't know how to get pregnant...... "Please! The list of nominees for this year's Golden Globe Awards predicted by the media, the best director column has Magic Young's name, and the nominated movie is "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

With less than a week to go until Christmas, Wang Yang and Natalie have finished all the promotion of "Juno", he returned home in Los Angeles and waited for the premiere of "Juno" a few days later, and the crew of "Youth Musical" also began to play the Christmas-New Year holiday, which will not restart until early January next year. Although Wang Yang does not believe in Jesus, it has long been a habit to celebrate Christmas since she was a child, and Jessica is a devout Catholic, for her, Christmas is a very important and joyful holiday.

If you want to have a festive atmosphere, you can't live without Christmas trees and all kinds of decorations at home. Looking at the giant Christmas tree lying on the lawn, Wang Yang bent over and hugged the bottom of the tree with both hands, and said, "Are you ready? One, two, three, lift up!" Joshua, who was holding the head of the tree on the other side, roared "ah" and lifted it up with all his might, and the two slowly moved towards the door.

"Be careful. Jessica, who was following her, smiled happily, walked a few steps, and when she saw Danny circling around their feet, she couldn't help but clapped her hands hurriedly and shouted, "Danny, come here! Don't trip over them." ”

"Haha, stupid! You think everyone is you?" Joshua sneered, and suddenly felt that the weight on this side was slowly increasing, he looked at Wang Yang who looked threatening on the other side, gritted his teeth and said, "Yang, you can't do this! I'm here to help, and I don't even have a salary." The weight slowly dropped back, and Joshua exhaled, frowning as he moved, "Why don't you pay someone to do it? Look at your house, don't tell me to save that money!"

Wang Yang and Jessica looked at each other and smiled, and he said, "Some things have to be done by yourself to have fun." Jessica smiled and nodded, "Well, especially decorating your own home!" Joshua said with a funny face: "Hey, Jessica, then you should move, you enjoy this fun! Call me every time you have hard work......" He looked at the Christmas tree in front of him and muttered, "I still want to buy such a big one!"

Wang Yang smiled, he remembered the scene of them moving furniture together more than two years ago, just like now, he said seriously: "Man, thank you!" Joshua was stunned and said suspiciously: "What conspiracy do you have?" Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "No." ”

"Come on, come on!" Jessica clapped her hands vigorously and said with a smile, "We've got to finish moving it quickly, the talk show is about to start!"

Looking at her bright smile, Joshua thought with some disdain, "Isn't it just to see how Jan chats with that hateful woman? What is there to be happy about......"

On the TV screen, Wang Yang and Natalie sat on the sofa, answering the host's questions with a smile, and then turned against the guests, and joined forces to make the host laugh like "I surrender", which made the audience burst into laughter.

There were also quite a few customers in the restaurant who laughed when they saw it, and Anne Darren, who was dressed as a clerk, smiled and withdrew her gaze and sent the memorized list to the kitchen. Anne suddenly felt the phone in her pocket vibrate, she stepped aside to connect, and said, "Hello, director." Oh, okay...... Thank you, it's a pleasure to attend the premiere of the movie, I will definitely be there. ”

"Premiere? What movie is the premiere?" Monissa, a clerk passing by, happened to hear this, she looked at Anne curiously, and asked with a smile, "Anne, it can't be a movie released on the 22nd, right?"

Anne nodded, walked with her to the kitchen, and said without concealment: "Well, it's the premiere of "Juno." Monisha suddenly stopped and said with a sluggish expression, "Are you serious?" Anne snorted and said, "I have a small role in Juno. Monisha stared at her a few times and said in disbelief, "You just said that the director ...... It was Miraculous Jan who just called you!?" Anne nodded again.

"Are you kidding?!" Monissa's eyes widened, she knew that Anne had played a hippie girl in When Happiness Knocked, but it was only a small role, and Anne knew Fantastic Young so well that he personally invited her to the premiere of Juno...... Monisha took a few deep breaths and said in surprise, "Oh my God! Oh my God! Annie, why didn't you tell me earlier!

Anne just smiled slightly, and Monisha grabbed her with interest and asked, "Tell me, what kind of person is he?" Anne thought of that face and said, "Kind, humorous, sunny...... A good man!"

"Wow......" Monisha hugged the dinner plate, squinted her eyes and experienced it carefully, suddenly sighed again, shook her head and said: "Hey, Annie, I really envy you for the premiere of "Juno", what kind of magic Jan, Natalie Portman, Jessica Alba are in front of you...... Maybe Tom Welling and Rachel will go too, and they have cameos in "Juno". But that day I had to go to the cinema alone......"

Looking at the smiling Anne, she remembered something and said with a smile: "Oh, Annie, remember to help me sign autographs! Anne was stunned and said, "I'...... Well, okay. ”

On December 22nd, the Christmas schedule came to its most intense moment, and the decisive battle officially kicked off. There were 13 film premieres this week, five of which were large-scale screenings: "Pretty Pageant," "Dracula 2000," "Family Man," the most-watched "Desert Island Afterlife," and "Juno."

(To be continued)