Getting enough sleep, Justin Bieber was quickly back in shape when it came time to perform. At the same time, under the professional guidance of the vocal teacher, his singing skills have improved significantly, and the final version of "let-it-be-me" sung by Xiao Jia has a clear and clear taste, and everyone who has heard this song has left a very special impression.

The filming of the film "Heartbeat" occupied Lin Mingyang's entire summer vacation, and when the editing was completed, it just ushered in the new semester of Harvard. The production cost of the entire film is about $10 million, but Lionsgate has to spend more money on publicity and marketing in order to get the film into mainstream theaters than the production cost of a pure film.

said goodbye to the crew, Lin Mingyang's life returned to the trajectory of the campus. Kirkland's dormitory building is still the same, but when he went upstairs, Lin Mingyang found a lot of new faces, although they didn't have the word "freshman" written on their faces, but the blank expressions on their faces, all kinds of curiosity in their eyes, all announced their identities to people.

Their arrival has added some vibrancy to the old dormitory, but there is not the slightest indication that something strange will happen next. Greene Nutter and Billy Olsen come back earlier than Lin Mingyang every holiday, and when Lin Mingyang dragged his luggage into the living room of the H33 dormitory suite, he saw the first abnormal signal.

Green Nat and Billy Olsen were both sitting on the sofa in the living room, Lin Mingyang thought that he would usher in a warm greeting, but he didn't expect the two of them to react surprisingly "flat" when they saw him, and their sad faces were about to stage a bitter love scene.

Lin Mingyang had to take the initiative to greet them, "Hey, Nat, I have already made that novel into a movie, and I also deliberately added subtitles at the beginning of the film, 'I would like to dedicate this film to Greene Nut, he recommended this novel to me', what do you think?" ”

Green Nat jumped up excitedly, hugged Lin Mingyang and shouted excitedly, this is Lin Mingyang's imaginary version, but the actual situation is diametrically opposite, Green Nat just nodded with a dull gaze, which greatly surprised him, "Billy, what's wrong with this guy?" ”

The expression on Billy Olsen's face was no better than that of Green Nut, and he was nounu in the direction of Lin Mingyang's bedroom. Following his gaze, Lin Mingyang saw that his bedroom door was actually open, and he immediately thought of a possibility: a new roommate came!

Although it feels good to live in a bedroom by himself, Lin Mingyang also knows that he can't enjoy this kind of treatment for a long time, and he has been mentally prepared for this situation, but the expressions of Green Nat and Billy Olsen make him a little confused, isn't it necessary to make that kind of expression when a newcomer comes?

Lin Mingyang dragged his suitcase and pushed open the hidden bedroom door, a very thin gray-haired boy was making up the bedding on the empty bed left by Mark Zuckerberg, the sound of Lin Mingyang pushing the door caught his attention, he stopped what he was doing, and stared at Lin Mingyang as if fascinated.

The other party's gaze made Lin Mingyang feel very uncomfortable, and he barely squeezed out a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Hi, I am..."

Before he could finish speaking, the thin boy rushed over, put one hand on Lin Mingyang's shoulder, and took out a mobile phone with the other, grinning himself, completely ignoring Lin Mingyang's expression at this time, "click", and a group photo was born on his mobile phone.

"Hello, Felix, I-my name is Klin-Colive." He said breathlessly, and after taking the picture, he quickly retracted his hand and took a few steps back. "I'm also studying at Harvard, do you think -- can -- be so happy to have a picture with you, can we have another one?" He held up his phone expectantly.

"But didn't we already take one before?" Lin Mingyang asked blankly.

"The expression on your face just now is a little stiff, my friends will think that I made this picture with PS again, so they won't believe that I actually live in the same bedroom with you." Kling said eagerly, as if he found himself and Lin Mingyang squeezing a little close, he moved a few steps back, pushed to the corner, and touched his back against the wall, "I know everything about you, every partner around me is your fan, I know everything about the scripts you write, the movies you make, and every role you play." ”

Kling took a deep breath and trembled slightly with excitement, "This dormitory is really interesting, isn't it?" Before I received the letter from Harvard, I never thought I would actually be able to come to this school. My dad was a newspaper deliverer, and he didn't believe it either. So I'm going to take a lot of pictures and send them to him. If only there could be a photo with you—" he looked at Lin Mingyang beggingly, "maybe I can stand next to you and ask those two roommates in the living room to help me press it?" Then can you sign a name? ”

"Wait-" Lin Mingyang raised his hand and made a pause, "You just said that PS photos, you used to do this a lot?" ”

"I've p.s.-sdn other celebrities, but yours and I've never done it. There are pictures of you in the media, either in a formal dress, or standing with those beautiful female celebrities, or a group of people, and I can't find the right material at all. Kling raised his hand and swore.

"So you're a master of photo compositing?" Lin Mingyang didn't expect to "encounter" such a roommate.

Clint nodded modestly, "As long as I have the right materials, I can make any look you need!" ”

"Then why do you need my autographed photo?"

"Because I'm a PS master, any photo I take out of my hand, my friends will think it's a processed picture, and only your autograph can prove that I really live in the same dormitory as you!" Clint clenched his fists with excitement and looked urgent.

"Do you know those two guys in the living room?" Lin Mingyang thought of one more thing.

"Of course, they were all there when I came, and I asked them a whole bunch of things about you—" Clint said, "Can we take a picture?" ”

――――"A whole bunch? Billy Olsen had a look of disbelief on his face, "Are you sure he's using this quantifier?" ”

Lin Mingyang nodded while nibbling on the apple, "What expressions did you have on your faces when I came in, is he really that bad?" ”

"Then I'll correct that Klin, who didn't do anything this morning, and kept asking us all morning about you. We ignored him, and then he chattered like a fly in our ears, saying how much he admired you, and how envious his friends were... We're all annoyed by him! ”

"Even though this guy generally likes to exaggerate, this time I can testify that the situation is more serious than he said!" Greene Nat closed the book in his hand, and he was rarely on the same page as Billy Olsen.

"He's not going to be an undercover agent for an entertainment magazine, is he?" Billy Olson unleashed his rich imagination, "Maybe he has cameras in his bedroom, in his bathroom, and he's going to sneak through your phone text messages while you're asleep, install bugs in your room, and eavesdrop on your private phone calls?" ”

"You think it's a movie?" Lin Mingyang glared at him angrily, "A guy who can study economics at Harvard would be so bored that he went undercover for a certain newspaper?" And because of your goddamn blog posts, my life at Harvard is almost semi-public, send an undercover agent to spy on me, unless the editor-in-chief of that newspaper is brain-dead! ”

Green-Natten nodded, "I agree with Felix, especially since someone shamelessly betrayed the Order, H33 has no private life to speak of!" ”

"Wasn't I forced?" Billy Olsen said with a wail of grievance on his face, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly noticed the apple in Lin Mingyang's hand, "Felix, that's the apple you bought?" ”

"Nope!" Lin Mingyang shook his head, "This is what Klin gave me just now, he stuffed a lot of fruit in his backpack, as if his grandfather had a farm, and he grew up there." ”

"I was so dry with my mouth this morning that he didn't give me one?" Billy Olson's emotions suddenly became very emotional, "It's not fair, that guy must be trying to please you!" ”

"Use apples to please me?" Lin Mingyang threw the leftover fruit pits into the trash, "You don't have anything wrong with your brain, right?" ”

"Speaking of apples, Felix, why did you choose to use Apple for the cover of Twilight?" The extension of this topic reminded Green-Nut of another thing, and he remembered that the cover picture of "Twilight" was a pair of slender, pale hands with mouth-watering red apples.

"Didn't you notice that at the beginning of the book I quoted the Bible? In the Old Testament, Genesis, chapter 2, verse 17: "But you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for what you eat will surely die." It actually represents how Bella discerns between good and evil, and how she chooses whether to eat the forbidden fruit or not, as a metaphor for choosing to be with Edward or to stay away from him. The apple on the cover of "Twilight" represents the forbidden fruit of the tree of good and evil in the Book of Genesis. Symbolizes the forbidden love affair between Bella and Edward, between humans and vampires. Lin Mingyang explained, "I know that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and were expelled from the Garden of Eden by God!" "Usually when Green-Nat and Lin Mingyang are discussing, Billy Olsen basically can't interject, and this speech gives him a sense of accomplishment.

It's a pity that his words were automatically "filtered" by Lin Mingyang and Green-Nart, "I heard that Disney is preparing to make "Twilight" into a movie, and recently the media has been speculating about when the second novel of "Twilight" will come out, and I am also curious about this question! ”

"This question..."Lin Mingyang looked at Billy Olsen, who was listening with his ears up, "I'll tell you quietly in private!" ”

"But I want to know!" Billy Olsen also became a "curious baby" at this time, but no one else ate him.

"If you know, the whole world will know!" Green-Nat gave him a disdainful look.

This time, Billy Olson swore an oath: "I will definitely keep this secret, if you don't believe me, I can give you the login password for the blog, I will not publish any words during this time, you can supervise me!" ”

"You are now a 'big star', often interviewed by reporters, and being held by reporters and saying two good words, I guess you can even forget your surname!" Green-Nat snorted coldly from his nose and mouth, mercilessly sarcastic: "If you can control your mouth, then the sows can go up the tree!" ”

Lin Mingyang nodded: "Let a reformed fox manage the chicken coop, I think this is the safest bet." ”

Billy Olsen nodded vigorously, but Green-Nat felt that sentence sounding familiar.

"I didn't say it, it was from our former First Lady, Mrs. Hillary Clinton!"

"I also read the news and heard that she is preparing to run for the next president of the United States?" It dawned on Green-Nutter.

Although she has not yet finally announced her candidacy for the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, has announced that if she is elected, her husband Clinton will be placed in charge of ethics and surname harassment complaints.

His "leaky mouth" was compared by his roommate to Clinton's cheating, and Billy Olsen did not feel ashamed, but looked very proud. In order to win back the lost trust of his roommates, he happily handed over his account and password, and promised that if he leaked the news in front of the media, he would clean the toilet for the dormitory for a whole year.

"Well, in fact, I have already written the second part of "Twilight", "New Moon", and the publisher has even designed the cover, and it is estimated that it has already begun to be printed at this time, and the novel should be officially released before the filming of "Twilight" starts."

"What!" Now Billy Olsen quit, "This novel is about to be released, and you still want me to keep it a secret?" ”

"We'd rather imagine that there are ghosts in the world than believe in your broken mouth!" Greenert impatiently interrupted Billy Olsen's complaints, and he looked at Lin Mingyang, "Tell me, what's the cover of "New Moon"? ”

"It is a withered red and white tulip, which represents the darkest period of Bella's life because she lost Edward's company and had no purpose in life."

Green-Nat sighed softly, "I feel like it's going to be a sad story!" ”

-- The news about the publication of "New Moon" eventually spread, but this time the leaker was not Billy Olson, the news was deliberately released by the publisher to attract attention, and this kind of free publicity had a good effect, and the news about the publication of "New Moon" quickly dominated the headlines of the entertainment section.

The online bookstore has already started pre-selling the release date of "New Moon" before the publisher officially announces it, and according to statistics from Amazon, the largest online bookstore, more than 200,000 people have already pre-ordered "New Moon" on their website. According to the New York Times itself, "New Moon" has not yet been published, and the number of pre-sales has already reached the bestseller list.

Compared with the high-profile appearance of "New Moon", while attracting people's attention, the filming of the first "Twilight" of "Twilight" has been delayed, although Disney announced the filming plan of the film after getting the exclusive film rights of "Twilight", but then it was like a stone in the sea, and there was no follow-up.

It's not that Disney wants to deliberately play low-key, they also want to launch a movie version of "Twilight", but the director has not been determined for a long time. For such a heavyweight adaptation of "Twilight", Disney naturally wants to invite a heavyweight director to provoke the beam, including Stephen Spielberg, James Cameron, and other top Hollywood directors have received letters of intent.

On this issue, the Disney Company made a serious mistake, they only saw that "Twilight" was a novel that sold as well as "Harry Potter", and there were successful cases of "Harry Potter" film adaptations in the past, and almost everyone decided that "Twilight" was not a problem at the box office. Tempted by the high box office, they all ignored a very important issue. The success of the original novel is not only a guarantee for the box office of the movie, but also a bottleneck that restricts the director's level and restricts the display of his talent.

There is an unbreakable law in Hollywood, the more you invest in a film, the less you can show the director's style, but fortunately, it is still a big hit at the box office. Generally, the most common combination of the success model of Hollywood commercial blockbusters is: "first-class director + second-rate actor + third-rate script" or "first-class actor + second-rate director + third-rate script", screenwriters have not been valued for a long time, and the plot of Hollywood commercial blockbusters has always been criticized.

The success of "Harry Potter" "first-class script + second-rate director and actor" can only be regarded as a special case, with the strong appeal of the original novel, the adapted film can still be a big commercial success. But the movie made is completely a copy of the novel, and there is no trace of the director's personal style in it. The "Harry Potter" movie has made several young actors popular, but it is estimated that few people will remember who the director of the film is.

Several of the big directors who received the letter of intent from the Disney Company were thinking about the same problem: a film that could not leave its own stylistic imprint, even if it was a commercial success, would still be a failure for themselves.

Just like when it comes to "ET", everyone immediately thinks of Spielberg, when it comes to "Star Wars", people will always associate it with George Lucas, and "Titanic", no one will ignore the name of James Cameron. If when it comes to a movie, people will be accustomed to ignoring the director, then it will be a tragedy for the director.

(To be continued)