Chapter 34: The War of the Ordinary People
What the?
Hearing Ramo's words, the other three people at the table were stunned, and Larue and Bailey glanced at each other, so this handsome Asian guy was not a passerby, he had planned to meet?
Willis looked at the eldest daughter, then at the young man, and the two deep nasolabial folds grinned with a thicker smile: "Is that so?" but I still can't give you an autograph and a group photo, otherwise it would be unfair to the other customers here." He said and put his phone aside.
"Yes, I can understand. Ye Wei smiled and said silently in his heart: Sheriff, I don't want any hellish autograph group photo, what I want is a chance.
Seeing that the waiter hadn't served the meal yet, Willis didn't seem to be angry, the frown just now shouldn't be a bother, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, quickly analyzed the current situation, and smiled as scripted: "It's enough to see you in person, of course, it's better to talk to you about movies, I love movies." I really want to thank Ramo for her help this time, she is a kind and warm person. ”
Ramo drank his pre-dinner coffee with a blank face, and said with a look in his eyes: "After introducing yourself, don't you step aside?" Don't forget, this old guy has a big temper. ”
"Young people love movies, and that's good. Willis still had the same smile, not an impatient look.
Ye Wei is not the kind of reckless man who doesn't know what to do, the person in front of him is a great actor, and his true thoughts will not be lightly put on his face.
Willis has already said three sentences, and it is almost time to retreat, and then finish this sentence......
Ye Wei continued to smile and say the prepared sentence: "Mr. Willis, the feeling of seeing you with my own eyes is very different from looking at you on the screen, I feel like a first-class hero is real, and his lovely three daughters. ”
"Haha!" Willis laughed, looking very happy, I don't know if it was really useful, he looked at his daughters, "Watching them grow up, I also feel old." ”
"yes, you old monster...... Ramo propped his chin on the table with one hand on his hand, rolling his eyes, the last thing this old guy likes is that people say he's old, he thinks it's ridiculous.
"No, not at all. Ye Wei smiled complimentarily, not stupid enough to say "yes".
"Hey, how old are you?" asked the second lady Lalu suddenly.
This really gave Ye Wei a chance to continue talking, but there were pros and cons, the disadvantage was that Willis would immediately know his real age, younger than he looked on the outside. But he still had to answer truthfully: "15 years old, 16 years old in February next year." ”
"Oh, you don't look like that. Larue said and looked at the handsome Asian guy a few more times. And Willis didn't care, his expression remained the same.
The third lady, Bai Li, suddenly asked, "What school are you?" Ye Wei replied: "Harvard-Westlake, ninth grader." Bailey, after all, was only 9 years old and asked as many questions as she pleased: "Why don't you go to Wildwood School?" ”
Ye Wei's heart suddenly burst into his mind, this question must be answered to make everyone happy, because Harvard-Westlake is much stricter than Wildwood, and if he doesn't answer well, he will become a bad father like Willis's goddaughter, Ramo's stupid, divorced, broken family, ignoring children, and bad father......
Cold sweat broke out on the back of his head, and he couldn't hesitate, otherwise he wouldn't seem sincere enough......
Almost instantly, thousands of thoughts flashed through him, and he immediately smiled: "Just because of color preferences, Chinese like red, and I am no exception, the school colors of Harvard-West Lake are red and black, and Wildwood is green." ”
"Oh, so you're Chinese. Belie didn't know that she had almost stabbed the other party, and was still asking, "Is China on the other side of the world?" ”
"Yes. Ye Wei nodded, "I am a third-generation Chinese immigrant born in Los Angeles. ”
"Which friend are you?" LaRue asked again, and Ramo asked, curious: "Harvard-Westlake?" Ramo said, "Lily Collins." Lalu said: "Yes, she is from Harvard-Westlake, and you are good friends with her?" asked Ye Wei this time.
"Well, I asked her for help, and we were working on a film project with some other classmates. Ye Wei replied with a smile, he had already fallen into the situation of being asked all kinds of questions by the two little girls, this is not good, who knows what else they will ask......
"Actually, what about Harvard-Westlake? I wonder if I should read it in middle school?"
Because this issue was related to the education of his second daughter, Willis also seemed to be interested, and glanced at Ye Wei, wanting to hear what he said about his school.
Ye Wei couldn't think about it too much, he felt that he was walking on thin ice, and said with a smile: "It's good, most students and parents think that it is the best school in the universe, I think they are a little hot-headed, but it is indeed one of the best middle schools." The most interesting thing inside is that you can eat food from all over the world in the cafeteria. ”
"Cool. LaRue casually asked, and didn't continue.
Taking advantage of this gap and not letting them ask anything more, Ye Wei knew that it was time to retreat, so he said, "Then I won't bother you first, I wish you a pleasant breakfast." ”
"Good. Willis smiled and nodded, and the three Ramo sisters didn't do anything to keep it.
Ye Wei turned around and walked to the door, and just after taking a few steps, he took a long breath, not knowing if he had messed up.
If he scored 1o out of 1o, he gave himself a score of 6, because although Willis was not impatient, he didn't say anything about the things in the movie, and his image was just a 15-year-old ninth-grader, a fan who wanted to meet his idol, and he was gone.
Under the gaze of some customers, Ye Wei returned to the fence on the steps, guarding this inevitable way, looking at the four of Willis from time to time, paying attention to the changes in their feelings.
At the same time, the waiter served Willis four people 6 a new meal, fresh crab cakes, fried steak, eggs, etc., they ate and chatted while eating.
After a while, Larue suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye, and said, "It's strange, he hasn't left yet, that Asian boy." Ramo also looked at the door and said, "He wants to say a few words to the old fellow later." Baili also turned her head to look, "Where?
Now Willis had to pay attention, frowning slightly.
"Why is he holding a briefcase?" said Larue, wondering again. Rameau slice the steak and replied, "Who knows." Larue said amusedly, "He stood there like a poor puppy." Ramo chewed on the steak and said vaguely, "He likes it himself." ”
"Why don't I tell the waiter to let him go farther away?" said Willis, seeing that his daughters were troubled by this.
"Yes!" Belle nodded, although she had to turn most of her body to see Ye Wei.
"Waiter!" Willis immediately called.
Soon, the waiter left the table of the four of Willis, walked towards the puzzled Ye Wei, and politely issued an expulsion order: "Sir, you are standing here, it has already affected the eating of others, Mr. Willis said please go away." ”
"Oh, of course!" Ye Wei couldn't help but change color slightly, his heart was blocked, and he was a little messed up, which made them dissatisfied.
He hurriedly took his coffee and briefcase and walked down the steps, when another waitress called out, "Wait, sir, you haven't taken your toast." ”
"Ok, ok, give it to me. Ye Wei saw the waitress behind him coming with a plate of three or four pieces of toast, but he really didn't have the hand to take it, so he had to put down the coffee first, took a few pieces of toast and held it in his mouth, picked up the coffee again, and then hurriedly walked outside the restaurant.
"Haha, he's so funny!" Belle over there laughed at his wolf look, "His mouth is so wide open, haha!"
Ramo and Laru really felt a little uncomfortable, watching a peer so down, being chased away by them.
Willis smiled, "Leave him alone, let's have breakfast." Where are we going to travel during the Thanksgiving break in a few days? ”
On the other side, Ye Wei hurriedly left the fence of the restaurant, came to the opposite parking space, gobbled up the few pieces of toast into his stomach, swallowed it very badly, patted his back a few times, drank the coffee in one gulp, threw the coffee cup into the nearby trash can, coughed, and looked at the superstar table in the distance that shared the joy of family.
I need a chance...... I need a chance......
Ye Wei looked up at the clear blue sky slightly, these things today, not to mention in his dreams, this is the first time he has experienced it, so humble, so careful.
Although he seemed to be quite friendly on the scene, in fact, he was nothing, and if he said the wrong sentence and affected his vision, the big guys immediately turned their faces.
No one said it was easy...... Ye Wei thought about his family, thought about his friends in the Dream Chasing Alliance, and thought about Lily...... He silently said in his heart: "Only, welcome to the real world! But nothing, this is nothing, everyone, it will be fine." ”
He took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Lily: "For the time being, I haven't said anything about the script, I'll talk about it when they're done eating, and I'll tell you when there's a result." ”
In almost ten seconds, Lily texted back: "Come on, just work hard." :-)”
Ye Wei looked at it and smiled, girl, your smile is so beautiful.
Half an hour passed, and in the midst of waiting, the time came to 8:3o.
Despite the distance, Ye Wei still kept an eye on the target table, and at this time, he saw Willis calling a waiter, and it should be about to settle the bill. He coughed a few times to clear his throat, and then walked back quickly, task: to arouse Willis's interest in "Little Sunshine Beauty" in the next five minutes, and then hand him the script and let him take it!
When he returned to the steps of the restaurant and saw the waiter leaving, Ye Wei immediately stepped forward and smiled at the four people who got up and left: "Mr. Willis, ladies, hello, it's me again!" ”
"Oh, is there anything else?" Willis looked at him, and the three girls glanced at him as well, and Bailey couldn't help but laugh, "You were so funny just now." ”
Ye Wei nodded to the little girl, and said to her father: "This time, in addition to wanting to see the idol, there is also a script I want to show you." ”
His words are very fast, but they can be heard clearly: "It's called "Little Sunshine Beauty", it's a family road comedy, black humor, a commercial film in a literary story, it has been created for more than three years, and it has been changed to 3o drafts, it was a focus film project before, and a few days ago Focus transferred it to the Dream Chasing Alliance Film Company founded by me. ”
"Oh?" Willis seemed to be listening as he walked out, but his expression was faint, and he didn't know if he was really listening.
Ye Wei followed closely beside him, stopping other customers who wanted to talk to the superstar, and did not give the three girls a chance to interject, and continued: "This is a crazy story: a failed and weird middle-class family participates in a children's beauty contest and makes a lot of noise. ”
This is a synopsis he carefully crafted last night, choosing the words crazy, failure (Fai1), weird (Freak), and chicken and dog jumping (genera1-Turmoi1), which are all ordinary on their own, but when put together with middle-class families, they have situational power.
The synopsis leads to the introduction, the introduction leads to the outline, and the outline leads to the script itself, from one minute to ten minutes, from ten minutes to one hour, and then to a formal meeting, which is the "elevator lobby".
"And what's interesting?" Willis finally replied with something substantial, but not interested, but questioned.
Ye Wei suddenly broke out in a cold sweat again, in fact, all the synopsis of a sentence is very pale, sometimes the big people will be interested, sometimes no, it depends on the mood at the time, the same is Willis, maybe when I hear this synopsis tomorrow, I will be very interested, but the day after tomorrow I will feel that it is rubbish.
And now, the big guys don't like this synopsis!
But every precious second can't be wasted! He couldn't think about it, so he could only continue to lobby with his feelings: "The whole script is full of fun, the drug-addicted grandfather will die in the middle of the process, the little girl who has been preparing for the beauty pageant for a long time will take the stage to dance an adult dance, and other people, all dreams are shattered."
But it's not a tragedy, it's black humor, and the audience will laugh at their failures, but the heart is full of feelings. In the end, they didn't win the game, but they learned the true meaning of life. That is, life is not only about successes and failures, public life is never as important as private life, and family members will always love each other. ”
"Oh yes, it makes sense. Willis seemed to say a word of approval, and had come to the Humvee, took out the key and pressed it, and the door was unlocked with a bang from the car...... He added, "Give me the script, and I'll read it when I have time." ”
Ye Wei couldn't help frowning, knowing that the other party had no interest at all, and it was useless to give him the script, 99% of it was taken back and thrown into the mountain of scripts to be read, or thrown to the assistant of the script reviewer, and after a few days, he would completely forget about it.
The reality is always unplanned, from the first sentence of his lobbying to now, less than two minutes, how can there be five minutes? He originally wanted to take the script and present a song on the harmonica at the same time, to add to the atmosphere and show sincerity, because Willis has been playing blues since he was young, and he has been recording albums, and he is a harmonica player.
In addition, the script itself is beautifully packaged, and there is a short-leaf cigar on the cover, which is one of the tobacco and alcohol left by his grandfather, and Willis likes to smoke short-leaf cigars. This cigar will make that 12o page different and sincere.
But now none of this is working, the first step is messed up, and Willis has no interest in the script.
At this time, the rear door of the Hummer opened, and Larue and Bailey sat in, and the front door was also opened, and Ramo took the passenger seat, and Willis turned to the driver's door......
Ye Wei stood by the car, forgetting his breath, and either immediately handed over the script and his business card, or said something to change the result......
What to say?What to say!?
As if to pause, Willis approached the car door in slow motion, countless thoughts flashed through his mind like an explosion, like criss-crossing lightning, and his eyes suddenly noticed Ramo, Larue, and Bailey......
Suddenly, he grabbed one of the thoughts: Willis is a father of three daughters, and his three daughters are right next to him!
"Mr. Willis, imagine a movie scene where you and your family have made it to the pageant, but you're a little late, and the registration officer is a mean old woman who rejects your entry. You look at your disappointed daughter, and though you are very angry, you kneel down for the old woman, and you kneel and beg her to give your daughter a chance!
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