Martin put the camera aside, leaned over to look at Javier's laptop screen, and couldn't help but sigh, "A million reads? It's crazy! Even with his eyes, Martin, who came from traditional media, still couldn't believe that new media such as so-called "blogs" could have such great influence.

Javier knocked the last period, saved it on his computer, and prepared to send today's diary after returning home and connecting to the Internet, and a smile naturally appeared on his face, "If you sued me a month ago, my blog diary can be read by 100,000 people, I will sue you, you are crazy." But...... The world of networking is so magical, isn't it? Perhaps, there is a reason why the millennium insect did not destroy the miè world. ”

A month ago, Javier and Martin decided to change the direction of their story and follow the "City of God" to present a real ghetto.

As expected, the Brazilian Globe nodded and agreed to the proposal, but Javier's proposal was rejected by the New York Times.

First, there was no physical altercation, second, there was no real kidnapping, and third, the crew did not have any gimmicks to watch, which can almost be regarded as a small incident of "an American crew having friction with local residents on the set", not to mention the "New York Times", and even some ordinary newspapers are reluctant to publish it.

Javier's direct editor put it neatly, "Don't be delusional until there is bloodshed." ”

In desperation, Havel proposed to report through the guò blog, but unfortunately he was still shot, and the direct editor replied, "You can write and play yourself, and it is also allowed to use the name of the 'New York Times' as an expatriate correspondent, and it is impossible to want the newspaper to help you promote or publish it." ”

At one point, Havel had already decided to give up - a feature that was destined to be published, an autonomous act without any income, a dead end with no results. Javier is not a stunned young man who has just come out of society, and he doesn't like to daydream.

But once again, Lance's breathtaking eyes reappeared in Javier's mind, and he had a strange intuition, similar to a journalist's journalistic instinct, similar to a mysterious sixth sense, that he felt he should write about the feature. Because even if he doesn't write about this topic, he doesn't have any other work at hand at the moment.

After hesitating, Javier made one of the most important decisions that changed his career: he started a blog and wrote a diary for the shoot of "City of God" for free.

However, as time progressed, the direction of Javier and Martin's reporting changed.

Martin still followed the original plan, gradually going deep into the crew and into the slums, and through the filming of the Guò crew, little by little to reveal the true face of the City of God, so that people can have the opportunity to understand the real life here. The Brazilian Globo newspaper has a column for Martin, not only in the City of God, but also in several large slums near Rio de Janeiro. The popularity of the column sparked a heated debate in Brazil, which led to the Brazilian Globo newspaper selling steadily, and for the last two weeks, it has been the best-selling newspaper in Brazil for a long time.

Javier found that life in the slums of Brazil was not attractive to North America, because it was two worlds, and his reporting began to gradually develop towards the filming process of the "City of God" crew, focusing on the situation and process of the filming of the crew here. In the beginning, Havel reported and elaborated more from the perspective of a journalist; But soon, Havel changed his perspective, and he observed, experienced, and recorded more from the perspective of an ordinary observer.

This was the first time in many years that Havel had left his role as a "journalist" to truly enjoy the joy of reporting the truth and documenting the facts, which made him return to his college days in a trance.

Javier's move unexpectedly attracted the attention of the blog, not only because Javier gradually unveiled the mystery of the film crew, but also because Javier was completely integrated into the "City of God" crew, and with this independent crew, he went deep into the slums, into the lives of local residents, faced difficulties, met challenges, and dealt with crises, showing all the style inside and outside the "City of God" crew, as well as the exotic atmosphere of Brazil. Surprisingly, life in Brazil's slums is gradually gaining more attention.

For the first three days, Javier's blog didn't have any visitors; For the first ten days, there were only a few hundred people, almost like a real diary - only Havel himself was talking to himself. But with the advancement of time, the number of visitors to the blog began to increase, and in the last five days, it ushered in a big explosion, and now the number of views has exceeded one million, which is the miracle of the Internet era.

In particular, three days ago, in order to commemorate the September 11 incident, Havel wrote a special article to commemorate the incident, and the diary was full of more than 10,000 words. This is also the first time that Havel has really delved into the soul of the work "City of God", to explore the problem of the existence of this slum and the crime caused by the poverty and backwardness of the world. He expressed what he had seen and heard in the past month, his views on the original novel and the film adaptation, and his feelings during his contact with Lance.

This blog post alone garnered 200,000 views in three days. It's amazing!

What's even more exaggerated is that with the strong rise of Javier's blog, the work "City of God", which is still being filmed, has become a hot topic. The sales of the original novel "City of God" rose by 130,000 copies in just two weeks, and it successfully ranked among the top 10 in the sales list of major bookstores; The "City of God" has far exceeded expectations, and the "San Francisco Chronicle" report has been outdated, and some radio programs have already discussed this work during the live broadcast.

This was absolutely unimaginable before the advent of the Internet!

"Before we left this morning, my editor called." Javier put his laptop away and turned to look at Martin. Martin was stunned, as if he had anticipated Javier's next words, and the joy between his eyebrows could not wait, "He said that the report I wrote three days ago will be published in today's issue of the 'New York Times', and the whole page will be published!" The manuscript fee has been paid to my account. ”

"Yay! Great, it's amazing! Martin clenched his fists happily, almost losing his voice, but under the gaze of Javier's reminder, he still controlled his feelings. Martin doesn't forget that this is the crew, and if they ruin the filming of the crew, Lance will just kick them out of the crew without mercy - they have experienced it firsthand.

Compared to Martin, Javier seemed very calm, and the opportunity he had dreamed of had come like this, but it was not as excited and excited as he imagined, "He also said that if my manuscript could be of such quality in the future, the newspaper would consider continuing to publish it from time to time, which is an informal column." Even with this great news, Javier was very calm.

Martin also realized Javier's calmness, and he patted Javier on the shoulder, "What's wrong?" That's good news, why don't you seem happy at all, and are there any strings attached? ”

"No, there isn't." Javier shook his head and let out a long exhale, "I was just thinking that when I decided to start this blog, I seemed to have known that day was coming, and I always seemed to have that confidence. ”

Martin spotted Javier's gaze, turned his head together, and saw the man busy. Martin smirked, "Maybe you're right, we've never been the real winners, he's." ”

"He's got that kind of charm and courage, doesn't he?" Javier chuckled, but there was a different thought in his eyes: Perhaps, he should switch from social news to entertainment news, follow the man's side, and move forward together, so will he see a different scenery?

Javier's gaze refocused, and he was once again focused on Lance. He noticed that Lance stood there and shook his head, waving his hand at the actors around him, who had gathered around him. Javier immediately stood up, "Let's go, Lance is going to communicate with the actors." ”

Javier and Martin immediately walked over quickly, and he could vaguely guess that something had gone wrong during the filming process, and now Lance needed to work on the problem.

As he approached, Javier felt the tension of the atmosphere around him, and the children and actors gathered around Lance, but none of them dared to gasp, only lowered their chin slightly, raised their eyes, and looked at Lance in embarrassment and fear, the slightly noisy silence that made the air stuffy.

Javier realized that the problem seemed to be a bit harsh.

The problem is indeed very strict! Lance is thinking about how to communicate with these non-professional actors. On the one hand, Lance hopes to be able to show their true side, and even the acting skills are a little deliberate or contrived is acceptable, but can outline the realism of the documentary - after all, many of the people involved in the documentary shoot are ordinary people, and they will be more or less nervous in front of the camera; But on the one hand, Lance needs them to be able to accurately express some situations, movie scripts are still different from real life and documentaries, and the main story line also has its own rhythm.

This is a paradoxical situation, and Lance's task is to rely on his own ability and understanding to help these unprofessional children and actors get into the state and achieve their goals. But, it's too difficult.

This scene has been filmed four times just now, but the effect is unsatisfactory. Lance had to stop filming because he didn't figure it out, so he kept filming for no apparent reason, just wasting film, and the "City of God" crew couldn't afford it.