On Christmas night, Jerry's conversation with his mother, Sally, had a big impact on him.

In particular, his mother's accurate positioning of his current situation touched Jerry's sensitive nerves and made him clearly realize his many shortcomings.

For example, Mira now follows him sincerely, but he can't give Mira strong shelter and support her acting career.

There is a weak heart, which is the situation that Jerry Donn is facing now.

The appearance looks glamorous, naturally beautiful, the family background is prominent, most of his relatives and friends are upper-class people with successful careers, and they can really be called "talking and laughing, and there is no white ding".

But it's all an illusion.

In fact, the family is just a label attached to Jerry, except for the start-up capital, it can't give him much help, his mother's career is very successful, but Jerry can't reach out to his mother to ask for money, although he just needs to open his mouth and his mother will not refuse.

Having a tiger in his heart and sniffing the roses is a true portrayal of Jerry's current situation.

Even though he has the ability to change his fate, he can't let him achieve it overnight, and he is still very weak at the moment, which is Jerry's positioning for himself.

Seeing reality and examining himself, Jerry never shies away from his shortcomings.

In the process of self-reflection, we must never shy away from illness and avoid medical treatment, and the method of doing things that promote our strengths and avoid our weaknesses is only suitable for the outside world, and we must not let them lie dormant in the depths of our own thoughts.

Three days after Christmas, Jerry and Mila stayed at his mother's mansion, Sally, who also put down her job to spend a pleasant holiday with her son.

Staying by his mother's side, Jerry felt very relaxed, letting go of all guards and pretenses, and being his true self again, this wonderful feeling made him nostalgic, as if he was back in his previous life when he was a teenager by his parents' knees, it was a memory that was very long and even strange to him.

But now, Jerry has experienced the taste of strong family affection that he has not seen for a long time, and staying by Sally's mother's side has made his wandering and lonely heart find a haven from the wind, and a sense of belonging arises spontaneously.

Sally is very talkative, she gets along very well with Mira, and Jerry gags from the side, which really has the flavor of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and family reunion.

Every morning, Jerry accompanies them to the mall to shop, in the afternoon Mila and Sally go to the supermarket to buy groceries, and when they come back, the three of them work together to cook a sumptuous dinner.

Jerry thinks his mother Sally is very interesting, when she is alone with her son, she always reminds Jerry that he is still young, and he must not be too indulgent in his nightlife, and he must be modest, although he said so, but on the first day when arranging the bedroom, she arranged Jerry and Mira's room together, causing Jerry to sleep in Mira's room every night and never lived in his own room at all.

The days of laughter go by quickly.

On the morning of the 28th, Director James Sr. called and informed him to follow the film crew to visit Billy Wilder.

As early as before Christmas, Jerry made an appointment with Old Wilder, and took advantage of the New Year's Day holiday when everyone was free to shoot Old Wilder's scene.

Hugging and saying goodbye to his mother, Sally, Jerry takes the gifts he has prepared and drives to Wilder Manor.

Mira stayed behind to go through the school formalities, and although Sally took over the task of taking care of his girlfriend for her son, the normal process had to be repeated.

Lady Sally has always been strict and calm in her official affairs, and she will not slack off at all, so Mira and Jerry will be separated for a while.

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At Wilder Manor, the film crew brought by Jerry and James Sr. met outside the main entrance of the manor.

Old Wilder personally greeted them at the door of the hall, and this treatment flattered old James, who was very emotional, and it took a while to recover.

After the New Year, the elder Wilder officially entered the age of ninety, and he rarely stepped out of the manor these years, but the work habits he had developed for decades still did not let go, and there was still a lot of work to be done on his desk today.

The shoot took place in Wilder Sr.'s study, which was also his office after his retirement.

Wilder Sr., despite his age, still maintains his usual style of work.

Whether it is costumes, props, makeup, even a few office props on the desk and murals on the wall, he strictly follows the requirements of the script, and treats the shooting work meticulously, which makes Jerry standing on the sidelines awe.

After an hour of preparation, the elder Wilder looked at least twenty years younger and in good spirits after makeup, and the camera turned out very well, so the official shooting began.

Throughout the film, Wilder Sr. appears six times, that is, six shots, each of which lasts no more than five seconds, for a total of six lines.

Such a simple shooting task is not difficult at all for the old Wilder, who has directed hundreds of films, just like the juniors who usually point out to visit, there is no need to act at all, as long as he is full of energy to say the lines.

And that's exactly what Jerry thought.

Old Wilder had long been familiar with his lines, and each shot was passed once, but after passing it, he asked to do it again, and added an additional scene, the lines and performances were all prepared by himself, and there was no such play in the script.

The reason for doing this, the elder Wilder declared, "I have been a director for forty years, I have filmed all my life, but I have always sat behind the monitor, I have never acted seriously, and the number of cameos can be counted with both hands, and now that I am old, I didn't expect to be an actor again, the opportunity is rare, shoot a few more, maybe today's shooting picture is the last set of shots I left to the world in the movie." ”

In fact, Jerry and James Sr. both know that Old Wilder is teaching experience to the crew, and it is best to keep one more scene, so as not to be dissatisfied with the post-editing, and find actors to make up the shot.

Reshoot shots are very troublesome, neither the actors nor the crew members like post-reshoots, and for those famous directors, it is taboo to start up the reshoot after the camera is closed, and it is often a sign of the failure of the film.

When the filming was completed, old Wilder turned his head to look at Jerry while taking off his suit props, and said with a kind smile: "I also hugged you when you were full moon, little Done, but I never thought that you would also enter the film industry as an actor when you grow up, and what surprised me even more was that your acting skills were very good, far beyond my imagination."

The appearance conditions are enviable, and the image and temperament are also great, Xiao Tangen, you are the best and youngest actor I have seen in the past 20 years, adhere to your original intention of engaging in acting career, guard against arrogance and rashness, your future achievements are limitless, I appreciate you very much, just like I appreciate your film. Hehehe!" said that, old Wilder laughed with satisfaction.

Standing in front of him, Jerry's mood was a little heavy.

If the trajectory of old Wilder's life had not changed because of his appearance, then what he had just said would have come true.

Six years later, the life of a generation of film giants Billy Wilder came to an end at the age of 96.

In his previous life, Jerry forgot about it at a glance, and didn't care about people and things that had nothing to do with him, but now it's different, and old Wilder has a favor for him.

It's just that birth, old age, sickness and death are not controlled by manpower, old Wilder's economic conditions are very good, Jerry can't help much, the only thing he can do is to take the time to come and visit him.

That's all.

If nothing else, Wilder Sr.'s appearance in this film, as he himself said, will be the last set of cinematic images he leaves the world.

Thinking of this, Jerry stepped forward with a grin and stood with old Wilder, beckoning the photographer to take a few photos of himself and old Wilder.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this example was opened, more than a dozen people in the film crew rushed to follow suit, and the elder Wilder readily agreed, took a group photo with everyone in turn, and took a group photo at the end.

At this point, the filming of the cameo scene of the elder Wilder has ended, and the filming task of the previous year has also come to an end, and the crew is on vacation.

………… (To be continued)