ended his journey to watch the World Cup, and Wang Jie returned to the crew of "Independence Day".

There was a sudden knock on the door outside the trailer, Drew Barrymore put away the itinerary planner, walked over and opened the door, and there was a not-so-tall girl standing outside, the youngest of the main cast members of the crew.

"Scarlett, what's wrong?" Drew just showed his head.

"It's almost time to eat, Mom asked me if you came along?" Scarlett took a step up, "Can I go in?"

"Of course. ”

Although the little girl was a little troublesome, Drew liked her very much and let her in, "Sit casually, I'll change my clothes." ”

After changing clothes, Drew took Scarlett Johansson to the side of the dining car to meet up with Melanie Sloan, who had passed earlier.

"You're done with today's lesson?" Drew asked, pulling her along.

"It's done, it's boring. Scarlett's brows were wrinkled together, "Why do I have to shoot all my scenes separately instead of focusing on a few days?

"My dear, at the time of filming, William was all business. Drew turned his head and said seriously: "Although he counts you as a sister, if he makes a mistake, he will not show mercy." Scarlett, any director would do that. ”

"Why are you always talking to William?" Scarlett's eyes rolled and suddenly changed the subject, "Drew, what is it like to be in love?"

"It's not something you should be concerned about. Drew shook his head.

"Cut, I'm going to be ten years old soon. Scarlett looked at Drew's face, didn't notice anything special, and said, "It won't be long before I can have a boyfriend too." ”

Two women, one big and one small, jokingly walked into the huge tent connected to the food truck, which is a public dining room for the crew, but except for the rented trailer and dining car, most of the facilities are actually provided by the military, and the Pentagon does provide a lot of convenience for the crew.

"I see William. Scarlett gestured to a table in the corner of the tent, "He's sitting with that pesky woman from Catherine Zeta-Jones." ”

"Hate?" Drew couldn't help but feel inexplicable, "did she do anything to you?"

"When I was on Studio One, I once brought an ice cream to William. Scarlett Johansson beckoned to her mother, then walked to Wang Jie's table, and whispered to Drew as she went: "William was busy, so he put it aside for the time being, but after she went, she threw my ice cream directly into the trash." ”

"I'm so angry!" she muttered, "I don't like her at all, and if she were William's girlfriend, I would definitely say bad things about her to Ms. Hepburn, and William respected Ms. Hepburn the most." ”

Drew couldn't help but roll his eyes, this little girl was really not ordinary trouble.

"Hi William. ”

Just as he was about to walk to the table, Drew found that Scarlett Johansson immediately changed into a cute smile full of innocence, trotted over, moved a chair and sat next to Wang Jie, "Originally, my mother wanted to eat in the trailer, but I missed you and came to look for you." ”

Pulling over a chair, Drew sat down next to Scarlett.

"What do you want to eat?" Wang Jie took a glass, picked up a bottle of Gatorade from Catherine Zeta-Jones's cup, and poured a glass for the little one, "I have a treat today." ”

Yesterday, Wang Jie also received a call from Audrey Hepburn, asking him to take more care of her lovely little friend, it seems that Scarlett mixed well when she was playing at William Manor.

"Still don't. Scarlett took the cup and shook her head, "I'm going to New York in a few days, can you go to New York for a treat?" Also, it's the Super Bowl soon, I heard Sister Charlize Theron say that Victoria's Secret has a halftime event, can you bring me along?"

After thinking for a while, and seeing the expectant eyes on that small face, Wang Jie nodded slowly, "I can take you to Atlanta to watch the Super Bowl, don't be happy, Scarlett! There are two conditions, first, you must give a performance that exceeds my expectations in the shooting, and second, you have to convince your mother yourself!"

"I promise to do it!" Scarlett laughed happily.

"Super Bowl?" Catherine Zeta-Jones on the other side also seemed interested, "Why don't we go to Atlanta together." ”

Before Duke could speak, Scarlett Johansson asked anxiously, "Are you going too, Catherine?"

Seeing the other party nodding, she pretended to be strange and scratched her blonde hair, "Catherine, are you William's girlfriend?"

"Do you know love, Scarlett?" the unwillingness on Catherine Zeta-Jones's face flashed for a moment, and under the cover of her increasingly excellent acting skills, no one could detect it at all, "You're still so young." ”

"Of course!" Scarlett nodded vigorously.

"Scarlett, what do you want to eat?"

Wang Jie stood up, interrupting this topic that was not suitable for discussion now, and after listening to the little girl announce the names of several meals, he shook his head at Drew and Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Let's go get dinner." ”

The three of them turned their heads and walked towards the dining cart, and in the rear, where they could not see, Scarlett Johansson reached for Catherine Zeta-Jones's cup, spat a large mouthful of saliva into the Gatorade inside, and shook it deliberately, looked closely, felt that there was nothing unusual, and put it back in its place.

"What's so nice about smiling so happily these days?"

In Central Park, New York, the crew has just entered the break, Wang Jie looks at Scarlett Johansson who is smiling and bringing him coffee, and always feels that something is wrong, since they had dinner together that night, she seems to be in a very good mood, especially when she looks at Catherine Zeta-Jones, she always smirks inexplicably.

"Because you promised to take me to the Super Bowl. ”

Pulling her blonde hair, the little girl lay on the back of William's chair, "When Miss Hepburn came over yesterday, she promised to take me into the infield with her." ”

"You're dishonest, Scarlett. Wang Jie understood that this was all nonsense, and pointed at her, "A lying child's nose will become longer." ”

"That'...... I'll be honest. ”

After two rounds of eyes, Scarlett leaned over and muttered into Wang Jie's ear, "Because you have become good to me recently, you are happy, so I am happy." ”

"Really?" Wang Jie didn't believe it.

"Hey, you're my brother. The little girl pouted dissatisfiedly, "Of course I'll be happy if you're happy." ”

Although he still didn't believe what this cunning little guy said, Wang Jie still nodded, and he treated all actors equally when filming.

Returning to the place where the crew is, after simply adjusting the camera position, Wang Jie started filming again, there are not many scenes in Central Park, except for framing, there are a few transition scenes that are not particularly important, and the difficulty of filming is not great, but it is not smooth, after all, this is Central Park, there are tourists from all over the world, and onlookers often bring some unexpected troubles to the crew.

Maintaining order can sometimes be a headache, especially for out-of-town tourists, and if you suddenly press the camera, the flash lights up can cause a scene to be overturned and restarted.

Then there is the reporter, although the reporter tacitly abides by the rules of not disturbing the crew's shooting, Wang Jie is no longer the original unknown director, especially the recent global box office of "Brave Death Island" has slowly crossed the $390 million mark and is attacking $400 million, which is enough to make him the focus of entertainment media.

In order to publicize the needs, under the promotion of Lianmei, Wang Jie will also say a few words to the media in addition to filming, and throw out some fierce materials to win attention.

The promotion of a commercial film will generally reach its peak half a month to a week before the release, but the entire publicity process will never rely solely on a certain media and publicity method, even if it is later mythologized by countless people, the claim plan of the film is a long-term and complex process, any star or big director is just a chess piece in the publicity, the individual will never have a decisive role, and team combat is the eternal theme in the propaganda war.

The main publicity plan for "Independence Day" is the upcoming Super Bowl, Wang Jie flew back to Los Angeles in addition to filming, and after full communication with the special effects production department, he edited a 30-second commercial trailer.

Because of the chain effect brought by "Brave Death Island", the trailers of many films this year will appear in the halftime advertising time of the Super Bowl, including many names that Wang Jie is very familiar with, such as "Future Water World" and "Dream of the Covered Bridge".

Time into October, Wang Jie returned to New York, the filming of "Independence Day" is nearing the end, this film that has been in preparation since May, the actual time spent on the filming of actors is not much, and if the actors' performances are placed in front of professionals, they can definitely only be described as miserable, especially the exaggerated and funny style of the actor Will Smith, even if the film is far from being released, Wang Jie can imagine that he will definitely be criticized by critics as worthless.

However, none of this matters, this is a large collection of vulgar elements in the summer file, and almost all the vulgar scenes used in the summer file can be found in "Independence Day".

The main actors of the crew left one after another, and when the filming entered the last scene, in addition to the staff of various departments, the crew was left with only a dozen stuntmen and a group of extras called in New York, and Wang Jie took these people to Manhattan's Eighth Avenue to shoot the last scene.

"Grace ......"

Standing at the intersection of the temporarily blocked Eighth Avenue, Wang Jie gathered all the stuntmen together, "You drive a police car, ......"

Wang Jie led these people to the center of the intersection, "The police car is parked here, and after you get out of the car, you look at the sky in surprise." ”

"Understood. ”

The middle-aged stuntman nodded and followed Wang Jie on.

While walking along the road, Wang Jie pointed to one location after another and explained, "Three taxis and two cars are rear-ended! Pay attention to the strength of the collision!"

After turning around the prepared stunt vehicle, the group returned to the intersection, Wang Jie pointed to the truck on the left and said: "Martin, pay attention to the signal, and then come out and hit the police car after seeing the signal!"

After the other party responded seriously, Wang Jie walked to the place where the recording crew and film crew were located, "John, the old way, install the camera on the car, especially the truck. Lana, live recording, I want the most realistic collision sound. ”

Adjusting the camera position, measuring the route of the car, and explaining the precautions of several "passerby" actors, Wang Jie, as in the past, was not relaxed at all before filming, and was busy for nearly two hours before returning to the director's monitor.

"William, it's time to hurry. Drew Barrymore sent the New York City government representative away and reminded him, "New York has two hours left before it gets off work." ”

This is the most crowded Manhattan in the world, Wang Jie naturally knows that the relevant government departments can't give him too much time, and after asking various departments, the shooting kicked off.

A police car came quickly, seemed to see something incredible, suddenly braked, the officer jumped out of the car, looked at the sky in amazement, unconsciously walked forward, a taxi behind did not have time to brake, crashed into the police car, and then more cars crashed together, a series of rear-end accidents inevitably occurred.

Just as the officer stepped out of the range of the police car, a truck rushed out of the intersection sideways and knocked the police car away, but the officer didn't look at his car, still looking at the sky in amazement......

Wang Jie didn't shout to stop, he looked at the monitor seriously, the collision, chaos and panic, everything was playing out according to the expected plan, the cameras scattered everywhere, catching the reaction of passers-by and actors after seeing the alien spaceship.

“Cut！”

Finally, Wang Jie shouted to stop, and the cluttered Eighth Avenue instantly returned to quiet, although there was still a shutdown party after the Super Bowl weekend, but the crew can be said to have completed its mission.

There is no shouting excitement, no intimate hugs, just faint routine applause, every crew in Hollywood always hides countless contradictions, and "Independence Day" is no exception, but with the disbandment of the crew, many contradictions suppressed by Wang Jie have also become a cloud of the past.

At the urging of the city government representative, the crew hurriedly sorted out the equipment and venue, and Wang Jie personally sent the film into the vault of a bank before returning to the hotel where he was staying, ready to temporarily enter a state of vacation, and fly to Atlanta to participate in the annual North American carnival - the Super Bowl.

And, of course, the Super Bowl's halftime underwear catwalk.