Since coming to this world, Yan Fuguang has been used to finding one or two sci-fi movies to watch every long-distance flight, and who let her last memory before coming is the Star Wars frontline.

She has watched almost everything from "Star Wars" decades ago to the recent popular mecha blockbusters, but only William Pegg's "Alien Arrival" fifteen years ago can make her find a little sense of substitution.

Whether it is the way foreign civilizations communicate with the earth, or the challenges faced by humanity, only that film explores a little bit of the mystery of the real future, so Yan Fuguang has always remembered the name of William Page.

According to Yan Huaizuo, the great director has been preparing a new film for the past year, and he doesn't know how busy he is.

William Pegg, who lives in Los Angeles, has made his home in the quieter city of Montecito instead of the famous Beverly Hills.

William's family consisted of him and his wife, as well as a huge Great Dane.

"Yan, long time no see! Hahaha, I can't afford your paintings now! ”

William and Yan Huaizuo joked with each other as soon as they met, and the couple did not forget to entertain Yan Fuguang, and they were also very good Yan Huaizuo, the daughter of a magical mathematician.

"Beautiful little angel, nice to meet you!" William's wife, Sally, hugged Yan Fuguang warmly and took her shoulders into the house.

The dog named Pepe was even more gentlemanly, not to mention its size, but very polite, it repeatedly tested to make sure that Yan Fuguang was not afraid of it, and then slowly approached, sat next to Yan Fuguang, and stuffed his head into her hand to greet her.

"Haha, Pepe likes you very much!" William smiled and said to Yan Fuguang, "Every time a guest comes to the house, it will hide upstairs if it is not interested, and this time it is willing to stay by your side, which is really rare!" ”

Sally took two cups of coffee and said with a smile: "Does Miss Yan also have a dog, I guess you should be very fond of small animals!" ”

"Thanks, I only have one cat."

Yan Fuguang touched Pepe's head, the short hair, the hand felt actually quite good.

William and Yan Huaizuo chatted about the current situation, Sally and Yan Fuguang chatted about pets, and even talked about math for a while.

Yan Fuguang only then knew that Sally was actually a professor in the Department of Biology at USC, although she was not a person in the mathematics community, but of course she had heard of Yan Fuguang, who has recently swept all colleges and universities in the United States.

"What an amazing young man, I heard you're still an actor?" Sally asked curiously.

Yan Fuguang smiled: "I have only filmed one play, if this is counted, I am indeed an actor." ”

"Of course!" Sally affirmed, "Is it a Chinese film, can you watch it here?" ”

"No, it's a Chinese costume TV series, it should be available on BoxFlix after a while, and I'm still doing post-translation."

Sally was really taken aback at this point.

BoxFlix can take the initiative to bring in, at least it proves that it is not a bad movie that I don't know, could it be that the work of this mathematical genius actor is also booming?

Even William was attracted by the conversation between the two, and even Yan Huaizuo didn't know that "The Empress" would be broadcast on BoxFlix.

"Wow, then I must take a look!" William was very curious, turned his head to Yan Huaizuo and said, "You know, every time I meet a good actor, I will have a steady stream of new ideas. ”

Then William couldn't help but start pouring bitter water.

"Originally, I was just unsure of the ending, but then I thought about it and started to doubt myself about the setting of the main character......"

In fact, the preparation process for William's new film did not go smoothly this time, not because of a lack of funds, but because he suddenly couldn't find inspiration.

He wanted to tell a story about the reset of time, and he wanted to explore whether humanity has the courage to face eternal doom – if the world keeps returning to the same state, will anyone have the courage to face this reincarnation?

Like Sisyphus who pushes a stone up a mountain, he knows that the stone will roll down, but he always moves forward, and his action is a rebellion against the absurd, which is a duel between man and fate.

The setting is very good, and the script is basically completed, but when he conceived the picture, he suddenly couldn't find the sense of fate of reincarnation.

He was even concerned about the outcome of the game.

Hollywood producers wanted an ending that was in line with the mainstream moviegoers, a happy ending that everyone was happy about, but William himself didn't think so, and in his initial conception, it was a cruel and sad story.

Even if human beings have worked hard and paid for that 0.1% chance, and have succeeded in the end, this does not mean that there are no sacrifices and no costs.

He once thought that maybe the heroine would die, or the hero and heroine would die, but such an ending would definitely not meet the public's aesthetics, let alone the requirements of the producer.

So things are frozen here, and the screenwriter even gave three versions of the finale, but it is clear that the opinions of the director and the producer have not yet reached a consensus.

This time, William asked Yan Huaizuo to meet him to find inspiration, and he was able to become friends with Yan Huaizuo for many years because Yan Huaizuo's abstract and wild painting style can make his thinking infinitely divergent, scattered, and scattered, maybe he can find a feasible way.

From more than ten years ago to the present, as long as William is stuck in a creative bottleneck, he is used to chatting with Yan Huaizuo, and even visiting the private collection of works that the great painter has never made public.

And this time he invited Yan Huaizuo to his house as a guest, and it was a coincidence that he saw Yan Fuguang.

If Yan Fuguang has returned to China, they are destined to miss out.

If William hadn't been accustomed to looking to Yan Huaizuo for inspiration, he wouldn't have talked about his new films.

And what is even more coincidental is that only Yan Fuguang can give him an answer to his confusion about fate.

After lunch, William took the initiative to invite Yan Huaizuo and Yan Fuguang to visit his studio, not only because of the problem of inspiration that needs to be solved, but also about film aesthetics, and there are many things that top artists like William and Yan Huaizuo can talk about.

In this way, Yan Fuguang walked into the film studio of a Hollywood director for the first time.

Because it has not yet entered the actual shooting stage, many models are still present on the computer screen.

William introduced while discussing the color scheme and concept with Yan Huaizuo.

Yan Fuguang also learned today that his painter father was also involved in films, and the topic they discussed was not limited to the word "art".

Yan Fuguang's gaze swept over this large room, and suddenly saw a model of a spaceship in the corner.

If memory serves, this is the warp engine ship from Alien Descent, right?

Yan Fuguang remembered the clip he had seen in the movie, and it was the appearance of the spaceship that made her curious about the movie, and thus curious about William as a director.

(End of chapter)