The arrival of Hong Xiaoqiao made Wang Zijun's life very happy for a period of time.

It's a pity that Wang Zijun has too many trivial things to deal with, and he can't take him to wander farther away, so he can only play around the famous places in Los Angeles.

However, there is one place that Hong Xiaoqiao insists on going, and that is Las Vegas.

It's not about gambling for money, it's about getting married.

For just a few dollars, the two received a legal marriage certificate. This certificate is not useful in Taiwan, but it is recognized in Hong Kong.

Watching Hong Xiaoqiao solemnly put away the marriage certificate and hide it like a baby, Wang Zijun felt a little guilty.

"From this day on, I will be your legal wife." Hong Xiaoqiao looked at Wang Zijun with a smile, she felt that she was the happiest these days.

Wang Zijun took her in his arms, kissed her forehead and said, "Yes, you are my wife." ”

The two hugged for a while, and Hong Xiaoqiao said, "Go back quickly, I have to sign and sell books tomorrow." ”

The book is signed and sold, and it sells "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", which is the second book in the "Harry Potter" series.

It's been almost two years since the first Harry Potter book came out, and readers range from children, teenagers, young people, middle-aged people to the elderly. Moreover, the publishing market is all over the Americas, Europe and Asia, and even some North African countries and South Africa have "Harry Potter" for sale, which has been translated into more than 30 languages. Of course, with this kind of good results, in addition to the wonderful content of "Harry Potter", it is also inseparable from the strong distribution ability of the largest publishing company in the United States.

Not to mention anything else, the tens of millions of dollars in author's royalties obtained by Wang Zijun alone have already embarrassed Ni Kuang, the first Chinese writer who made a fortune by writing. Wang Zijun's "Harry Potter" has topped the income of all his works since his debut.

This income is not outrageous, like Stephen. A writer like Kim, who earns hundreds of millions of dollars in six years, is the real demon, although there is also copyright fee income for film adaptations. On average, Stephen. Kim now has a pure royalty for each novel, almost millions of dollars.

It's the seventies......

The next day, Wang Zijun came to a large book city in Los Angeles early.

Hong Xiaoqiao followed him as a small follower, making a cameo appearance as a handyman who moved books and handed pens.

There are many people who buy the second part of "Harry Potter" in the book city, after all, the first part is a big hit, and it has been nearly two years now, and Harry Potter fans who are waiting for the later plot have long been hungry and thirsty.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Wang Zijun sat in a corner arranged by the book city, in front of which was a long row of book buyers who came to hear the wind.

Jennifer, a student at a private high school in New York, watched Harry Potter by pure accident. She was in junior high school when a kid who pursued her gave her Harry Potter as a birthday present.

In the end, Jennifer accepted the gift and fell in love with the author of the gift rather than the buyer.

Jennifer doesn't care about any yellow or white people, she thinks the man who can write "Harry Potter" is amazing. She doesn't like to watch movies very much, but because of "Harry Potter", she went to watch Wang Zijun's other movies. It's a pity that "People and Ghosts Are Not Loved" had already been painted at that time, Jennifer searched everywhere, and finally found a box of "People and Ghosts Love" videotapes, and then sat at home, watched Wang Zijun's performance, and cried once after watching it.

This time, when she heard that Wang Zijun was going to sign and sell books, she directly extorted her parents' money and skipped school two days in advance and flew from the East Coast of the United States to the West Coast.

Jennifer was the first to arrive, and she was first in line.

As soon as the staff of the book city took the isolation belt away, Jennifer couldn't help but rush up and said in awkward Chinese: "Mud howl, Wang, Wo wet Jennifer, Wo Hate Xihuan you ......"...,

"I like you too, lovely Jennifer." Wang Zijun looked at the girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old with a smile.

Jennifer handed over the book she bought, and Wang Zijun asked, "As a reward for the first book lover, what do you want me to write?" ”

Jennifer could only take a few sentences in Chinese and immediately switched to English: "Just write 'To dear Jennifer - the king who will always love you'!" ”

Hong Xiaoqiao, who was doing it next to him, couldn't help laughing when he heard it, his man was too charming, and he was stunned by this little American girl.

"Okay." Wang Zijun agreed with a headache, handed the words to the little girl after writing, and said, "Good luck, Jennifer!" ”

"Thank you!" Jennifer took the book excitedly, and suddenly whispered, "Wang, can you tell me the phone number?" ”

"What do you want this for?" Wang Zijun asked.

"I love you and I want to date you." Jennifer said.

"Well, I have a wife." Wang Zijun was taken aback, "Jennifer, be obedient, so far, there are still many people waiting for autographs behind." ”

Jennifer said, "I don't mind, King, I'm willing to be your lover, as long as I can be with you." ”

Wang Zijun was full of black lines on his forehead, this little girl seemed to be the first time he had seen it, how could he say such a thing. Could this be the legendary die-hard fan?

Wang Zijun comforted a few words, and the people waiting in line behind were also a little dissatisfied, although they didn't know what the girl in front of them was doing, but one person couldn't take up so much time, and they protested one after another.

Hearing the protests of the crowd, the little girl Jennifer sadly stepped out of the way, holding a book and looking at her idol stupidly.

Hong Xiaoqiao looked at the little girl's sad appearance, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, as if she saw herself.

The second to sign was a father who had brought his child, who was only seven or eight years old, but who wore a magician's hat and a magic wand in his hand, apparently dressed up.

Wang Zijun quickly wrote his signature on it, sometimes in English, sometimes in Chinese, depending on his luck.

Some older readers, after getting the signature, opened the book and found that it was actually Stephen. Written by King, this discovery made that is, Stephen. Jin and Wang Zijun's book fans were very excited.

Hong Xiaoqiao added ink to a few spare pens from time to time, and as long as the pen in Wang Zijun's hand showed signs of losing ink, he immediately handed the pen over.

Who would have thought that this is a completely handyman girl, who just held her own record signing in Taipei a week ago.

At that time, Hong Xiaoqiao was completely the center of the signing meeting, her body was full of radiance, and countless fans were crazy about her. But now, she was willing to stand behind Wang Zijun and silently handed him a pen.

In Taiwan, Hong Xiaoqiao's records sold well, and the sales volume exceeded Zheng Zhenkun's expectations. He originally thought that Hong Xiaoqiao, who had been away for a few years, would sell 1,000 copies of the record on the first day, but the first day of signing directly hit more than 5,000 copies.

There is also a little bit of Wang Zijun's reason, otherwise it would not be so much on the first day.

Before the release of the record, Haishan Records sent "Sea Flower" to several radio stations in Taiwan in the form of a single.

When the beautiful and melodious singing voice reached the ears of thousands of listeners through the radio, it immediately conquered countless listeners.

"Sea Flower", this is Luo Dayou's classic, even after a few decades, it still beats most pop songs, how can the audience resist its charm at this time?

In the beginning, the radio didn't tell listeners everything about singers and songwriters.

But in less than half an hour, some audiences with sharp ears heard that the male voice was Wang Zijun's voice, and they were immediately excited - Wang Zijun only released a record more than three months ago, is this a sign that he is preparing to release a new record? …,

This news has even been published in some magazines in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and now any news that can be related to Wang Zijun is news.

Then someone asked, who is the female singer in this song? It's a nice song.

So another former fan of Hong Xiaoqiao came out to answer, saying that the female voice was definitely Hong Xiaoqiao's voice.

Sure enough, this result was soon recognized by the radio staff.

As a result, Wang Zijun's lyrics and songs, Wang Zijun and Hong Xiaoqiao's "Sea Flowers" quickly sang, and in a short period of time, it became a must-order song for men and women in today's popular karaoke.

Haishan Records saw that the heat was almost over, so he released the news of Hong Xiaoqiao's new record, and said that the songwriters of the songs in it were all Hong Xiaoqiao, and the arranger was Wang Zijun.

As soon as this gimmick was thrown, Hong Xiaoqiao appeared on several TV shows one after another, and the attention of the record immediately went up. This has led to a terrifying sales of more than 5,000 copies on the first day (terrifying enough for ordinary singers).

Just when the musical talent Hong Xiaoqiao entered the public eye again, some advertisers and record companies that knew that she had not signed an artist contract came to the door to cooperate, but they couldn't even see Hong Xiaoqiao's shadow.

The employees of Hong Xiaoqiao's clothing company said that the boss went abroad for inspection, and these people who were looking for Hong Xiaoqiao had to return in a huff, how could they know the talented woman they were looking for, but they couldn't help but miss it, and came to the United States to meet their beloved man.

The signing activity lasted for most of the day, and Wang Zijun only took a short break in the middle, and his wrist was written directly, and he felt heavy when he went home to get chopsticks.

Hong Xiaoqiao was distressed when he saw it, and sat in Wang Zijun's arms empathetically, holding a bowl to feed him.

The two of you take a bite and I take a bite, the affection is lingering, and Hong Xiaoqiao's heart is so sweet that it is almost opened. Fortunately, Li Jinghao was taken away in advance, otherwise the situation in front of him would be so crooked that he vomited for most of the day.

Another full month passed, and Robert . . . De Niro and Sidney. Poitier's two have already experienced life, and they are also fat and thin, meeting Wang Zijun's ideal standard, and the long-prepared "The Shawshank Redemption" has finally started filming.

During this period, Wang Zijun and Hong Xiaoqiao went back to Taiwan to see Lin Qingxia and her daughter. went to the set to visit Lin Fengjiao and Zhao Yazhi, listened to their crying and heartfelt feelings, and then set off to Hong Kong.

I stayed in Hong Kong for a total of five days, and most of the time was recording "Wang Zijun Says the Three Kingdoms". Hepburn stayed together and worked together at the newly established and fleshed out China Hope Foundation.

Now the Foundation's business has officially started, sponsoring a total of 12 poor children to go to school and renovating a primary school in Hong Kong. In Taiwan, a total of 25 poor children were sponsored, and a primary school and a middle school were built in the mountainous areas of central and southern China. At the same time, a number of letters asking for help, some were also selected, and the research team went to investigate, and after the final review was passed, the project will be funded through a strict process to implement the assistance plan.

The documentary filmed by Xiao Sheng has already been broadcast on Jia TV, and the poor life of the common people in the wooden house area, as well as the situation that children cannot go to school for various reasons and can only take care of their children at home, immediately aroused strong repercussions in Hong Kong society. Several episodes of the documentary were broadcast in a row, and the ratings of Jiashi rose again, and the reputation of focusing on reality was much higher than those entertainment programs of TVB and Li's TV station.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, as promised, the China Hope Foundation has made all its accounts and payments public, and has begun to do good deeds one after another. Under the publicity jointly planned by Hu Yinmeng and Xiao Sheng, this kind of deeds were reported one after another, and finally the reputation of the foundation was revealed. The donation boxes of the Hope Foundation placed in various places continue to be donated by ordinary citizens. …,

In the crowded downtown area, there were even cases of small donation boxes being filled in one day, although they were all small bills, but the enthusiasm of the masses still greatly inspired the staff of the foundation.

Another time, a young man saw that someone had donated a few large bills to get in, and he became greedy and pretended to be the first person of the foundation to pick up the money in the box. After the results were discovered, other passers-by surrounded and beat them violently.

After Wang Zijun recorded a few episodes of "Wang Zijun Says the Three Kingdoms", he hurried back to Los Angeles.

Meet Robert. De Niro, Wang Zijun was startled, this guy was a whole fat circle compared to a month ago. And Sidney. Poitier lost a full ten kilograms, and his little belly was completely gone, and he actually trained his chest muscles.

"It's really hard for the two of you." Wang Zijun hurriedly thanked.

The two don't care, it's commonplace to gain weight or lose weight for filming.

Wang Zijun and Lazim took the entire film crew to Mansfield State Penitentiary in Ohio.

After contacting the prison warden Marlos, it took half a day to set up and start shooting.

The first shot is Robert. Andy, the male protagonist played by De Niro, rides to the prison with other inmates, and then enters the prison gate.

Hundreds of prisoners slapped, cursed, laughed and shouted through the railings......

These prisoners are not real prisoners, this kind of scene where thousands of prisoners are recorded next to each other, and there must be a large number of well-known actors, Wang Zijun and the prison director dare not use real prisoners to play.

In case of a sudden roar or something, take Sidney. Poitier was killed and wounded, and no one could afford to be responsible.

All of the prisoners, with the exception of some major supporting roles, were some construction and transportation workers recruited by Wang Zijun in Ohio. In addition, there are many prisoners who are performed by prison guards, and they are very interested in it, so that they can not only live an addiction to acting, but also get a performance salary.

Robert. De Niro and Sidney. Poitier's performance made Wang Zijun very satisfied, not to mention the latter, but the Oscar winner more than ten years ago, an old actor, all kinds of expressions and movements are expressive.

And Robert. What about De Niro? This guy who plays a hooligan like a hooligan, plays a driver like a driver, and plays a godfather like a godfather, after gaining a lot of weight, through the makeup artist's makeup, he shows a slightly depressed calmness, and exudes the calm and polite temperament of a banker.

What worries Wang Zijun the most did not happen.

Because Robert. De Niro has his own acting style, and in other films, he has always frowned, reticent, and then suddenly exploded, and the strong contrast often makes the audience's heart beat and the pulse quicken.

But now you can't act like this, although Andy often frowns, but more often with a confident smile on his face, giving people the feeling of being gentle and elegant, even if he calculates the villain to ruin in the end, it is still that confident smile, but there is more disdain and contempt for the opponent in this smile.

After two games on the n machine, Robert. De Niro quickly adjusted his performance, and the rest was extremely smooth.

Not only that, as the only black actor, producer and director of this era, Sidney. Poitier, during the shooting, gave Wang Zijun a lot of advice. Although Wang Zijun did not fully adopt these suggestions, they still allowed him to learn a lot of things.

After a whole month of filming in prison, Wang Zijun and his team returned to the suburbs of Los Angeles, where there are abandoned warehouses that have been set up, and where they will complete the rest of the indoor scenes.

Pushing open the warehouse door, Sidney. Poitier laughed: "Oh, it's like a prison!" ”…,

"Of course, we asked a professional architect to design it." Razim proudly said that this warehouse prisons his masterpiece.

Let the staff clean it up, Robert. De Niro and the actors returned to their cells, and Wang Zijun also discussed with the photographer the use of the camera.

"Eksh!"

With a passphrase, the shooting began again.

For the next month or so, Wang Zijun and the film crew took most of the time in the warehouse, and by the time the filming was finished, their skin was much whiter.

The next step was to reshoot various shots and sequences, which only took a week to complete.

As for the pontiacgto that was worn in the original work, due to the age, there is no problem at all with Wang Zijun. Wang Zijun easily borrowed a 1965 mustang and asked Robert to sit on it for filming.

In post-production, all the music in the film was handled by Wang Zijun, which made Lazim speechless, his boss was so good that he didn't know what to say. In addition to Lazim and Wang Zijun, the most tired at this stage is probably Sidney. Poitier, because there is a lot of narration in the film, and he tells it from the first point of view. So Sidney. Poitier's voice acting task is very onerous.

When Wang Zijun's "The Shawshank Redemption" was cut, the super god film "Star Wars" had been released for more than a month, and the large-scale song and dance romance "New York, New York" was about to start premiering.

By the way, the editors of these two Cow Bi movies are both the wives of "Star Wars" director Lucas.

"I couldn't understand what the two Italian ladies were singing. And I didn't want to know. There are things that often cannot be expressed in words, and I believe they are singing about the most beautiful things in the world, so beautiful that they cannot be described in words, and so beautiful that they make people feel heartache. The singing is high-pitched and elegant, so beautiful that people can't resist being intoxicated, just like seeing a beautiful bird fly into the high wall, she completely freed you from the shackles of the iron bar, at this moment, all Shawshank people have experienced the freedom that has been lost for a long time! ”

In a small screening room of d&T, Wang Zijun and the main creative staff looked at the screen, and they all felt a sense of pride, this is the film they created. In particular, the protagonist plays "The Marriage of Figaro" in the prison guard's office, and this clip is a climax in the whole movie. De Niro didn't even have a single line, only using his calm action of playing the record, and a faint confident smile on the corner of his mouth, but the audience felt the unyielding and rebellious in his heart, which made people moved, excited, and even made people have the urge to applaud. Seeing those prison guards anxiously trying to break down the door, in the eyes of the audience, that kind of anger and corruption is a kind of victory for the protagonist, and even faintly put on himself and become his victory over the world. In this section, Wang Zijun took a high-camera overhead shot, and took in all the hundreds of "prisoners" from a high place. These "prisoners" stood still, as if they were puppets that could not speak or move, staring up at the loudspeakers, standing still and enjoying the music, and then Li Siming lowered the height of the camera to give a close-up of the faces of the "prisoners": calm and serene. It was the expression of the people who had lost their freedom when they heard music that could only be heard in the opera house, the radiance of freedom, they could not understand Italian, but they were listening with their hearts, and it made them feel that they were no different from ordinary people who were free to go to the opera house and buy tickets to see the show. Until the end of the film, Robert. De Niro stood up and said to Wang Zijun: "Wang, it seems that I made the right choice at the beginning, this is a great movie." ”

Sidney. Poitier also said: "Fortunately, I didn't refuse your invitation in the first place, otherwise I would have made my own comedy crime film." Then the two films were released together, and the critic said in the newspaper: Look, Sidney. Poitier turned down the performance of "The Shawshank Redemption" and went to make this comedy like poop. Oh, what a cute idiot he is! ”

"Hahaha......" Sidney. Poitier's witty joke drew a burst of laughter.

"Okay, let's just wait for its premiere." Wang Zijun asked people to turn off the projector, and he was tired during this time. I stayed in the editing room for a week, discussing with the editor how to put scissors, and even eating and lodging in it.

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Well, today's 16,000 words can be regarded as making up for yesterday's, and Lao Wang will try his best to keep changing in the future.

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