This year, her daughter Yu Tongtong graduated from junior high school and was successfully admitted to the high school attached to the music academy, and there was no homework during the holidays.

Mingmei naturally wanted to go, but this time she didn't bring her baby son Yu Xinle, just to wean him completely.

Lele is now over one and a half years old, and according to the normal situation, children have to be weaned between one and one and a half years old. But as soon as her son cried, Mingmei was a little ruthless, and her own milk was also sufficient, so it was intermittently delayed until now.

It couldn't be delayed any longer, so the whole family discussed it and simply took advantage of this trip, and the mother and son were separated for more than 20 days to completely solve the matter.

Otherwise, Mingmei would really be reluctant to leave her son for so long.

When Li Wan called, Yu Dongqing's family of three was strolling around Times Square in New York with great interest.

New York's Times Square is not big, far less than Tiananmen Square, and what interests Yu Dongqing is Broadway.

Dozens of song and dance theaters, cinemas, musical theaters, and all-night "Yingge Yan Dance". Classical and modern coexist, music and singing and dancing on the same stage.

Yu Dongqing is going to take her daughter to a piano recital.

When he saw Li Wan's call, he answered it.

"Holly, have fun in America."

"Okay, okay?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"I didn't want to disturb your family on vacation, but if I don't say a few words, I feel uncomfortable that "East and West Poison" is about to be removed from the theater!"

"So fast? How much is the box office now? ”

"About 400 million."

"Not bad" Yu Dongqing laughed when he heard it: "It's much better than expected, and I haven't lost much." ”

"Alas, it could have been possible to protect the capital and even make a profit, but it ended up making a mess of your editing." Li Wan felt uncomfortable when he thought of Yu Dongqing's post-production deliberately messing up the timeline.

If you put it in the past, it was not film, but a hundred-dollar bill.

Of course, calling Yu Dongqing now is not specifically to say a few words to eliminate the fire in his heart, and there are other things.

"Holly, don't sign up for the Golden Horse Awards for this movie, let's have a big game." Li Wan said.

"Playing big?"

"Straight to the three major film festivals! Venice's Golden Lion Award has missed the registration time, Berlin's Golden Bear Award loves to play politics and is not interesting, let's directly sign up for the Cannes Film Main Competition Unit in April next year, and strive to come back with a "Palme d'Or"! ”

"Okay, I don't have any opinions."

According to the Cannes Film Festival's film entry criteria, there are three hard indicators:

1. The film must be produced within 12 months before the Cannes Film Festival;

2. The scope of distribution of the film outside the country of origin is limited;

3. The film has not been shown in any international film event, whether in competition or non-competition;

Therefore, I will not be able to compete for the Golden Horse Awards at the end of this year.

In fact, Yu Dongqing doesn't care.

I don't make my own movies to win awards, I just want to play.

"Okay, I'll prepare the materials and submit them to the relevant units for approval, let's have fun, don't bother, goodbye."

"Goodbye"

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone and told Mingmei what happened.

For this box office result, Mingmei is not surprised, literary films are like this, if everyone likes to watch and can understand it, it will not be called a literary film.

She is concerned about being exhibited at the Cannes Film Festival.

"Husband, this film will definitely win awards!"

Is it?

In fact, it really doesn't matter to Yu Dongqing whether he wins the award or not.

In the original time and space, the person who pursued this award and that award did not have this idea now.

Making movies is just a hobby for him.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have filmed "East Evil and West Poison", because I like it.

"Let's go." Yu Dongqing gently patted Mingmei's shoulder.

"I'll accompany Tongtong to a concert for a while, and there will be a movie in the evening."

Yu Dongqing's family of three walked around the United States with great interest, saw the Nicaragua Falls, Yellowstone National Park, and came to San Francisco on the west coast, saw the Golden Gate Bridge, and the last stop was Los Angeles, and wanted to go to Los Angeles to see.

From San Francisco to Los Angeles, Yu Dongqing did not choose planes or trains, but traveled by car - because the road from San Francisco to Los Angeles is called Highway 1, which is known as the most beautiful coastline self-driving route in the United States.

On this road by the sea, as far as the eye can see, there are mountains and seas scenery and customs of the town, Yu Dongqing specially rented a Beetle car, wearing a flower shirt and sunglasses, all the way to the south.

One side faces the vast Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains in the background. On one side is the stormy waves, and the sails are dotted; On one side is the cliff, the mountains are stacked with greenery, blowing the summer sea breeze, feeling the exotic style, and the family of three is in a happy mood.

Even Mingmei couldn't help but hum an American country folk song:

Look, the sea is coming

We've been through a lot of adventures

But there is still a need to wait

Wait for more wonderful days to come

Wait for us to ride the wind in the song

Very nice to hear.

"Dad, Dad, you sing a song too." Yu Tongtong, who was sitting next to Mingmei, said.

Yu Dongqing looked at the scenery outside the window, and suddenly came to a sentence without a head: "Bright, do you know where the small town of Todos Santos in Southern California is?" ”

"I haven't heard of it, I'll help you find out." Mingmei took out her mobile phone and said after a few minutes: "Google Maps shows that there are still more than thirty kilometers from here, a very inconspicuous town on the edge of the desert - how do you know this?" ”

How did you not know?

That's the location of the hotel described in the famous "Hotel California" song by the American Eagles.

Of course, some people say it's fake.

However, this did not affect the popularity of the band, and the influence of the eagles band is flocked here every year by thousands of fans and musicians, gradually becoming a very distinctive tourist town.

In this time and space, without the Eagles, this town would be nameless.

And the song "Hotel California".

"It's okay, I'm just asking." Yu Dongqing hummed softly after speaking.

On a dark desert highway，cool wind in my hair

On a dark desert highway, the cool breeze blows your hair

Warm smell of colitas，rising up through the air

The warm smell of marijuana fills the air

Up ahead in the distance，I saw a shimmering light

Far ahead, I saw flickering lights

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim，I had to stop for the night

My head started to sink and my vision started to blur, and I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell

She stood in the foyer, the sacred bells faintly recognizable

And I was thinking to myself，‘This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'

I thought to myself, "This could be heaven, maybe it's hell."

It's that "Hotel California"!

Listening to Yu Dongqing humming this song, Mingmei was surprised: "Husband, your tune is both like a folk song and like rock, it's very good, but your lyrics are a little too dark, if you write it, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"I'm just humming." Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

About 600 kilometers from San Francisco to Los Angeles, Yu Dongqing's family drove for three days, playing while walking, and arrived in Los Angeles at dusk.

I came here mainly to see Hollywood.

Just like the original time and space, the world-famous film center here, Yu Dongqing and Mingmei both want to come and see.

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