Chapter 173: That's Great!

Looking at the "young-wang" displayed on the phone screen, Rachel's eyebrows moved, she got up from the sofa, and while walking to the balcony, she connected the phone and smiled, "Hi, Yang?"

"Hey, Rachel!" Wang Yang said hello with a smile, stroked Danny, who refused to go away, and asked into the phone, "Good evening, didn't bother you, did you?" Hearing Rachel say no, he went straight to the point and said: "That's right, you know I already have a plan for a new movie, called "mit-21-team". There's a character in it that suits you well, one of the three main characters, so I wanted to ask if you'd be interested in auditioning?"

Speaking of Rachel, some different temperaments flashed in his mind, she can change a lot on the big screen, suitable for playing the evil girl and bad girl on campus, and also suitable for playing the sweet and kind girl, can play the crazy vulgar woman, can also play the elegant and intellectual beauty, and the smart and cunning image in "Sherlock Holmes" is very suitable for the genius female detective.

Of course, the elf-like Zoe Deschanel, Elegance and the bookish Anne Hathaway are also good, but he gravitates towards the cunning Rachel because he misses Ghost Record a little.

"Oh!" Rachel replied softly, not surprised.

If it was another dream girl who received this invitation now, she would have screamed with joy and was so excited that she would have fainted. What does Wonder Young's movie heroine represent? I can't describe so much, anyway, Wonder Young has created one Hollywood star after another, a popular youth idol in the United States, and even Natalie, who has long been famous, has become more popular.

These girls are now the main force of the younger generation of female stars in Hollywood, and they have a very high popularity among fans, and they naturally have a very high commercial value among film companies. In addition to the heroine, the same is true for some big supporting roles, and the originally unknown Anne Darren also received a new big supporting role contract after acting in "Sweetheart", and her acting career embarked on a bright path.

"What role?" Rachel's tone was very calm, but on the contrary, it seemed a little abnormal, even if an ordinary director sent an invitation, as an actor, he would smile and say thank you. She seemed to realize this, looked at the prosperous and bright night street scene outside, and laughed wow, "What character?"

"Well, a smart, stubborn, and calm genius female detective. Wang Yang casually flipped through the script and briefly talked about some situations: "This is a true story, her name is Beverly Griffin, but she is older, and I have changed it to a smaller one here." She's a detective hired by a Las Vegas casino to deal with a group of talented gamblers, the MIT Blackjack team......"

After listening to his general introduction, Rachel's heart was full of interest, where did he find this cool and fun story?Although it is not the cooler MIT group to lead the team, the role of the female detective is also full of charm...... But. She turned to lean against the railing, looked up at the night sky, and smiled, "Jan, Beverly-Griffin is fun and challenging, I like it." But let me think about it, okay?"

"Of course, as you wish!" Wang Yang nodded and smiled, rubbed Danny's neck vigorously, and changed the subject and asked, "Where are you now, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York?" Rachel over there said, "Now in Los Angeles, on the balcony of the hotel, I have come to participate in a charity event." Wang Yang sighed, remembered his activities, and said: "There are also many activities that invite me, and there are public welfare businesses, but I am busy like a spinning top all day long, turning around and ......."

He doesn't care about commercial activities, he refuses to think about it, if it's for money, it's the stupidest thing to waste time on commercial activities, and for public welfare activities, he will try to find time to occasionally participate in and organize with himself, such as a children's fan meeting a few days ago, and have a lot of fun. But these days are back to busy, because to make sure that the schedule does not conflict during filming, he has to finalize the starring role of "mit-21-team" first.

Then it's time to start post-production on The Hangover, with only three months left before Christmas, two months before the promotional phase of the event's interviews, no easier than District 9, and overseeing the production of Prison Break. "Mit-21-Team" won't start filming until the beginning of next year, but fortunately this time there is no need to wait for Natalie to take a vacation, she said, "I'm already familiar with university life, it's okay to have a few days, and I have no problem with my studies." Skipping class is done by bad girls? ”

Thinking of this, Wang Yang added with a smile: "Rachel, the movie will start at the beginning of next year, how about it?" Rachel over there suddenly laughed crisply, and said, "Big director, you are really an anxious child." Wang Yang tugged at Danny's ears and stirred them playfully, and immediately laughed when he heard the words and said, "No, no, I'm not." Have you ever thought that if I were an emergency, you would have been scolded by me on the set, and you would have cried. ”

"Wow, it's even more terrifying than the shrimp worm man!" Rachel said with two sweet dimples on her face, kicking her feet lightly, and said in a proud tone, "But why? Wang Yang's serious voice came from the mobile phone: "McAdams, I need to remind you, it's because I've done a good job as a director." If I'm an impatient, I'm going to do badly, and then you're not going to be able to act well without my guidance, so you're going to be scolded. ”

"I see, it seems to be such a logic. Rachel laughed softly, and suddenly made a decision in her heart, she missed the "young set" a little, she used to spend herself in self-depression in "Youth Musical", but now she won't. She smiled into her phone and said, "Jan, I'll audition for Beverly." ”

Wang Yang was stunned, and wondered: "Hmm, I thought about it so quickly?" Her cheerful laughter came from the mobile phone: "I'm an impatient!" Wang Yang happily patted Danny's head and laughed: "Very good!" In fact, her audition can be said to be just a formality, this is not the first time to work together, he knows very well what kind of temperament and appearance she has, and Rachel has also improved rapidly in terms of acting skills, although she is not as talented as Natalie, but she is not a Muggle.

"And what's the story? Well, I'm going to play against Natalie Portman! It's exciting!" Rachel's eyes narrowed, and she did feel a sense of excitement in her heart, playing against someone with superb acting skills, like a boxer meeting a boxer, and ...... She looked at the brightly lit tall buildings in the distance, and said with a smile: "I've heard enough of Jan + Natalie, and the combination of Jan + Rachel is not bad, right? We scared so many people back then, but now everyone only says Juno." ”

"Annie, you don't necessarily get this role. Hearing Wang Yang's laughing "reminder" over there, Rachel smiled and frowned, laughed helplessly, the dimples on both sides were deep, and said with a smile: "Okay! Yang, you're always so mean, so now I'm asking for a role?"

After a little more chatting, they ended the call. Rachel's hand holding the phone drooped and exhaled, audition for a female detective?

"Wait, I'm here to interview for your film, can I still interview now?", "In principle, yes." ......β€»β€»"What!?Magic Yang invited me to audition for the leading actor?" On the sofa in the living room, Wu Yanzu opened his mouth wide in surprise, a little unable to believe the news from the agent on the other end of the phone, and asked: "You mean that young-wang? Magic Yang? Oh my God, I know......" He held the microphone crooked around his neck, picked up a pen and paper and recorded Magic Yang's contact number.

Amazing Young, 22 years old, is the No. 1 director of Chinese descent, the magic director of Hollywood, and the boss of the upstart flame film of independent film companies...... In the United States, he is the pride of all Chinese Americans, the pride of Asians, and he is also very popular in the white society; although he is not seen in Hong Kong, he is also a well-known idol, and many stars in the Hong Kong entertainment industry are not as popular as him.

Wang Yang went to Hong Kong during the last World Cup, which made the whole Hong Kong boil, and it was rumored that Jackie Chan invited him to dinner many times but couldn't move, so there were also some critical voices in the circle, saying that this Hollywood director was arrogant and full of style, and looked down on Hong Kong movies. However, Wu Yanzu does not agree with these voices, everyone has their own favorite way of life, and they have the right to go like that, and they can't say that others are arrogant just because they like to be quiet.

When he was in his teens and twenties, he liked to have complicated play, enthusiasm and excitement, but now at the age of 28, he has found that he has gradually become yearning for a quiet, ordinary and simple life, and no longer likes the noisy parties and socializing, and just wants to live a happy ordinary life with his girlfriend Lisa and good friends.

He has seen some interviews with Wang Yang, and this amazing director said: "Actually, I am not as 'sunny' as everyone thinks, I was crazy when I first enrolled in USC, and I did everything you can imagine, except for drugs." So I had a bad reputation with the school, and I think that's one of the reasons why they didn't believe me. But I got tired of it very quickly, and I realized that that life wasn't what I wanted, so I said to it, 'Bye-bye, never again!'"

He understands very well what Miraculous Yang is talking about, which is similar to the "epiphany" in Buddhism, Miraculous Yang is mature relatively early, which is normal for an unprecedented director. Anyway, he has a great affection and respect for Wang Yang, the proud Chinese and proud magical director of San Francisco, and he also likes to watch magical Yang's movies, if "District 9" can help science fiction films return to the Oscars, it will be really cool.

But what movie did Amazing Yang ask him to audition? Wu Yanzu frowned his rugged brows, and his first reaction was a kung fu movie, and then he couldn't think of anything else, what image does a Chinese actor have in Hollywood? Amazing Yang is also said to be a person who has practiced martial arts since childhood. But he doesn't want to be a kung fu movie, he doesn't want to become an action star who can only make kung fu movies, which is why he doesn't take kung fu movies in Hong Kong, which is a deliberate avoidance.

But the actor of the magic Yang's movie? Wu Yanzu took a deep breath, looked at the number on the paper and dialed it, his heart gradually beat a little faster, this is definitely an exciting invitation that cannot be refused, and he is also eager to act in a Hollywood blockbuster! He just grew up watching this. But he's never going to pick up any messy Chinese screen image, but it's Wonder Young, and he doesn't think he needs to worry about it.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I'm Daniel Wu. As soon as the phone was connected, Wu Yanzu took the initiative to greet with a smile, and then heard Wang Yang's enthusiastic voice over there: "Are you Daniel? Hey buddy! Hey buddy!" He smiled again in broken Cantonese and said: "Long admiration, long admiration! We, the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, don't be polite!" Wu Yanzu suddenly laughed, and said in impure Cantonese: "No problem, Yang, are you looking for me to participate in the audition?"

Wang Yangzhen didn't expect CAA's agent to be so efficient, but Wu Yanzu is a CAA signed artist, so it's actually just a few phone calls. He picked up the remote control and turned down the volume of the TV, and said with a smile in English: "Well, yes, how are you interested?" Hearing Wu Yanzu ask if it was a kung fu movie, he shook his head and smiled: "It's not a kung fu movie, I won't make a live-action kung fu movie for the time being." ”

He doesn't want to make kung fu martial arts movies, naturally it's not that he doesn't love kung fu, or he doesn't have ideas about martial arts scenes. It's just that he doesn't want to be stereotyped as a kung fu film director. Maybe this idea is strange, but he felt that he couldn't get along with it, so he went to make a special kung fu movie.

"This is a high-IQ crime movie, in fact, there is no crime, do you know Jeff Ma? He is the prototype of the male protagonist, an MIT college student, smart, smart, intelligent, social Chinese, very proud and competitive, full of challenges to everything, cynical, like to use legal means to break the rules, to make those who are high and high unlucky, cunning, cool......"

Listening to these character descriptions, Wu Yanzu's interest and confidence increased rapidly, he thought that he was a social Chinese, and he founded the Chinese Martial Arts Society when he was in college, and he knew very well what a cynical person is, because he was a person who was a few years younger, cynical, selfish, rebellious, and vitriol...... As for high IQ and coolness?

His face was full of energy, and he was very confident that he could win this Chinese role, and when Wang Yang finished speaking, he smiled happily: "Then I can audition at any time, I happen to be in San Francisco right now." "And the San Francisco to Los Angeles flight takes just over an hour to fly.

"That's great!" Wang Yang was immediately very happy, the earlier he solved the candidate, he also edited "The Hangover" earlier, and ...... He clenched his fists and waved, licking his lips and laughing, "That'sβ€”that's great, hahaha! Dude, I'm waiting for you!"

Until the end of the call after chatting for a while, Wu Yanzu felt a little puzzled, why did Magic Yang's laughter seem to be a little weird and weird? He smiled incomprehensibly, and immediately called his girlfriend excitedly, his eyes widened, and he couldn't suppress his excitement and smiled and said: "Lisa, my God, I'll tell you an incredible good news! Magic Yang asked me to audition for a movie, the actor! Well, it's Wang Yang!"

Lisa over there was also very excited for him: "Daniel, baby, congratulations! Wow, you must seize this opportunity! Oh no, you do your best, I support you......"

The two talked excitedly for a while before slowly calming down, Wu Yanzu suddenly remembered a question he had forgotten to ask Magic Yang just now, and asked, "By the way, do you know who Jeff Ma is? ”

"Jeff-Ma, he's!" Lisa felt a flash of inspiration flash in her mind, but she was about to say it before she choked, and she thought to herself, "Well, I have some impressions, as if I heard ...... My dad said that. Her dad is the president of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. At the beginning of the year, Magic Young was there to shoot "The Hangover", and she wanted to ask for an autograph, but she was busy with the work of a Hong Kong model and didn't make it.

"I'll look it up online. Wu Yanzu stood up and walked over, and said with a smile: "It's so exciting, it's not a kung fu movie, it's incredible......"

β€»β€»The audition will be held in the audition room of the Flame Film Headquarters, and the solo auditions for Jeff Ma and Beverly Griffin will be held today, but Rachel has not yet arrived.

At this time, in the spacious and bright audition room, Wang Yang, who was wearing a T-shirt and loose pants, and Wu Yanzu, who was wearing a shirt and jeans, sat on a comfortable sofa, laughing and talking to each other, and Joshua stood behind the sofa, beating Wang Yang's shoulders with both hands like a servant.

He has been hired as a production assistant for "MIT-21-team", and after working as a field assistant in "The Hangover" last time, he officially followed Yang to learn how to be a producer.

Joshua pounded the two broad shoulders hard, he was 20 years old, and it was time to get things serious. But he felt that his talent as an actor was indeed lacking, so he shifted his goal, from winning the Oscar for Best Actor to Oscar for Best Picture, which seemed even cooler! He didn't want to follow his father into the real estate business, nagging some houses and customers all day long, it was better to kill him.

And there is no suitable position in the flame movie, he wants to be a director, but obviously he is not "the magic Joshua", he can only take his time like this, his goal is to completely remove the nasty word assistant by the age of 25, or 26 or 27 years old...... "Joshua, I don't need it." Wang Yang glanced back at Joshua, then looked at Wu Yanzu, continued to talk about practicing martial arts when he was a child, and said with a smile: "When you first wanted to learn kung fu, it seems that I was not born yet, right?"

Wu Yanzu spread his hands, recalled the mood more than 20 years ago, sat up straight, and said with a smile: "I was 6 years old at that time, and my grandfather took me to Chinatown to watch "Shaolin Temple", you know Jet Li's first movie. My grandfather told me, 'Azu, this is the real Chinese kung fu!' wow!" He sighed and said with a flying eyebrow: "It's amazing! I was shocked all of a sudden, and I felt 'I'm Chinese, I should learn kung fu!'"

"What a familiar scene!" Wang Yang excitedly punched with both hands, and a few hoops suddenly sounded in the air, and he smiled: "I'm also 6 years old, but I don't watch the big screen, that day my grandfather took me to see Old Man Wu, he used to be the chef of my restaurant, or what kind of partner; since I was a child, I thought he was an ordinary old man, who knows...... Wow, you can still punch so hard at your age, what's it, Chinese kung fu?! It looks amazing, I just say I want to learn, I want to learn!"

"And then you will learn from Master Wu?" Wu Yanzu had an envious expression on his face, and he was really envious in his heart, how eager he was to learn kung fu at that time......! He shook his head and said, "I made up my mind to practice martial arts after watching that movie, but my mother didn't let me, she was afraid that I would fight hard after learning kung fu, so she wouldn't let me learn it." He shrugged his shoulders with a frown and said, "Later, when I was 11 years old, I officially apprenticed to the teacher to learn the Northern School Changquan. ”

"Hmm, the Northern School Changquan ......" Wang Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, looking up and down Wu Yanzu's sturdy figure, his black eyes were filled with hunger and thirst, and he was wide open, fierce Northern Changquan, 17 years of martial arts training, and height and weight of the same level...... Thinking of his idea, he couldn't help laughing: "My mother also had this worry, I didn't disappoint her, since I learned kung fu, I did start fighting." ”

Joshua continued to pound his stiff shoulders and said in a puzzled voice, "I want to ask why there is no Mexican kung fu? He said in a rough voice, and then he snorted and said, "Then I can learn it, and I can beat those sluts to death." Wang Yang patted the hand on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey brother, everything is over, and now there are two kung fu masters protecting you, you are safe." ”

In the midst of the laughter of the three of them, Wang Yang asked with interest: "Daniel, do you still practice boxing?" Wu Yanzu nodded, made a punching posture, and said: "Even if I am too busy to breathe, I will find time to come out to box, you must understand that this has become a habit, and it is uncomfortable to not practice for a day." He raised his eyebrows again and smiled: "And my figure is maintained by practicing boxing." ”

"I understand 100 per cent. Wang Yang leaned on the sofa with his hands around his chest, slightly curled the corners of his mouth, in addition to not practicing boxing is uncomfortable, he is also uncomfortable not fighting...... Today he wears loose pants just to make it easier to compete. He asked seriously: "Do you have the ability to fight, or is it just a martial arts performance?" After all, some changquan is just practicing modified performance routines, in that case, even if you practice for 17 years, you are only better than ordinary people, and you don't need to fight.

"No, I think I have the ability to fight. Wu Yanzu's front teeth bit his lower lip slightly, and he nodded with a wicked smile, he didn't only know how to perform martial arts! He actually felt a little strange in his heart, this was not a kung fu movie, why was Magic Yang so interested in his kung fu? But he vaguely felt Magic Yang's thoughts, and couldn't help but feel a little excited, and said: "I'm like you, I grew up fighting, beating up those bitches who call us chink and engage in racial discrimination. I also practice praying mantis boxing, drunken boxing, taekwondo, boxing, ......"

When he worked as a bar security guard in college, his other colleagues were all big men who played rugby at more than 90 kilograms, but the last thing the guests dared to mess with was him, and the end of provoking him was lying on the ground, and he would knock down three big men at the same time at most.

"Good! Very good!" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, feeling very satisfied, this guy is too good for his taste! He stood up with a smile, walked to the camera, and said, "Let's audition first!"

(To be continued)