The Best Director

"Jan, you really want to invest in "Brokeback Mountain"? Oh my God, this is a big surprise, big, big surprise!"

In the spacious and bright coffee shop, there were not many customers. At a quiet corner table by the window, James Shams raised his coffee cup and drank it. , with a bitter taste to suppress the excitement in my heart. This sunken middle-aged white man wears black round glasses, his sparse hair is a little white, and his tall hooked nose is flushed with joy. Although he has confirmed it on the phone, but now he looks at Wang Yang and nods in person. Still excited.

For "Brokeback Mountain", he has invested for a long time! Except for Focus Films, which showed some interest, the other film companies almost avoided it, but Focus Films was only willing to invest 10,000 yuan. What would Universal make? At least ten thousand! He couldn't help but want to spend all his pockets to shoot.

It's just that he lacks the urge to put it into practice when he's older, so he chose to continue lobbying companies such as Focus, and now it's all right, Flame Films has taken over! And the investment amount is tens of thousands!

"Yes, I'm sure I want to invest, regardless of homosexuality or heterosexuality, everyone should get this movie." Sitting opposite Wang Yang also sipped. Coffee, continued to speak seriously: ""Brokeback Mountain" is a very touching and excellent story, and it is also an opportunity for everyone to communicate. Homosexuals speak out their hearts, and heterosexuals know their difficulties. It should be put on the big screen."

He grinned as he said, looked at James Shams who nodded his praises, and said with a smile: "And from the commercial point of view of investment, it will also be a very attractive movie at the box office, and it will win awards." The movie, I earned it! Haha, I'm not afraid of those allusions."

"Oh, you are." James Shams couldn't help laughing, and a few wrinkles formed on his gentle face. This young man's "Juno" is under the pressure of taboos such as teenage pregnancy and abortion, turning it into a topic of public discussion, and causing the market to commercialize early pregnancy. He started his business by investing in "Brokeback Mountain" Not surprising at all. Shams laughs: "I also believe it's one of those hit movies."

"But I have a strong suggestion."

Wang Yang raised his right index finger, and said with a smile what both parties would agree with: "Ann Lee is here to be the director." James Shams was immediately very happy: "Of course! Of course Ann, who else is more suitable besides him?" Wang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "yes."

In fact, James... Shams can be said to be Ang Lee's "other half". The two have worked together for many years and have a deep relationship. If they are gay, they must have been together openly. Starting with Ang Lee's debut feature film "Pushing Hands", followed by "The Wedding Banquet", "Eating and Drinking Men and Women", "Sense and Sensibility", "Ice Storm", "Ride with the Devil", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Green The Giant Hulk, James Shams is one of the screenwriters except for "Sense and Sensibility".

At the same time, he is also one of the producers of all 8 films in Ang Lee's career.

Well-known producers usually have their own independent production companies, and participate in part of the investment to share dividends. Shamus also owns an independent company "Good Machine". He has participated in the production of 32 films in total, 8 of which are directed by Ang Lee. So once "Brokeback Mountain" gets investment from a big company or an independent film company, Ang Lee is the candidate for director invitation.

But there is also ps, which is also something Wang Yang wants to ensure. God knows if James Shams will suddenly go crazy, or have a falling out with Ang Lee? Not to mention, for example, Shams gave up halfway through the investment. Like the previous producers, he transferred the script of "Brokeback Mountain" to others. Besides, he really made money by investing in the production of such a classic movie.

"This news is amazing." James Shamus breathed a sigh of relief. He was really a little afraid that this magical young man would suddenly go crazy, participate in the production and then said that he didn't want Ang Lee to direct. He has to consider accepting Huoyan's investment. Now Wang Yang has specified that Ang Lee will be the director. This young man is so handsome!

He gave a thumbs up and said in admiration: "Investing in "Brokeback Mountain" and trusting An, very few people have such courage and vision, Fantastic Yang, I have to say, you are incredible!"

"Thank you, maybe James, don't praise yourself too much." Wang Yang smiled and shrugged his shoulders. James Shamus immediately laughed, and Wang Yang laughed again: "But you can get "Brokeback" "Mountain", the flame movie is the lucky one, let's do it well."

James Shams nodded and drank. Coffee, and said: "The text of this script is harsh and desolate. I think this kind of temperament is not suitable for the screen, just like the treatment of "Juno". The seriousness is hidden in the tenderness and delicateness, and the audience will like it." He smiled. Said: "But I believe that Ann will handle it very well... The "Hulk" incident is really embarrassing. At the beginning, I persuaded Ann to make it."

"It's nothing, actually I think "Hulk" is very good." Looking at Shams with a self-deprecating face, Wang Yang said seriously: "The second half of the film is really vivid, if there is no previous foreshadowing, the effect cannot be achieved. " He spread his hands and said: "But looking at it now, the exciting and stimulating nodes in the plot have not been arranged well. The superhero and the audience of "Pride and Prejudice" are different. They're all impatient."

James Shams nodded and sighed, he had already thought about why "Hulk" failed, and said: "It seems that it is indeed the case now, the plot arrangement is wrong, if there is a battle at the beginning, or some exciting scenes, it will be It will be much better."

"Well, it's good to be explosive at the beginning, but how to maintain excitement and not make the audience tired and impatient has also created new problems."

Wang Yang thought for a while, not thinking about "Hulk" but "Firefly". His current movie script begins with the "Battle of Tranquility Valley" in which Captain Marr participated. One of the defensive battles, let's clarify the background of the story in this way. There will not be too many scenes of this battle; after that, many years later, a robbery will be launched on the Serenity, and Marr and other ships will be cleared from the battle, and the box containing Reva will be snatched inadvertently during the plot show .

The Battle of Tranquil Valley and the robbery will bring a lot of big scenes and big actions. As long as the camera is smooth and the special effects are high, and cool, the audience will definitely be stimulated from the beginning and get into the play quickly, but if there is any dullness in the future, Their impatience will intensify again: they are high at the beginning, how to push up the height later, and how to distinguish them are all problems.

He already has a specific idea, "Firefly" will definitely not be dull, and the humorous and interesting lines, explosive battles and beautiful pictures will be fascinating. But it remains to be verified whether it can achieve what is called the effect.

drank. Slightly bitter coffee, Wang Yang's thoughts turned back again, and he said, "I'll give it all to Brokeback Mountain, as long as it's politically correct." James Shams nodded with a smile: "Cunningly correct, I've always I think "Juno" should be nominated for best film at the Oscars." Wang Yang smiled slightly: "It's just to make more people better accept that movie, and it takes a little bit to change the world: no one watches it, It’s useless to shoot incorrectly.”

"I totally agree." James Shamus thought that "Brokeback Mountain" would be produced soon, and his mood became more and more excited. He couldn't help laughing and said, "No, I have to tell Ann the good news now." Wang Yang smiled Lifting the coffee cup, "whatever you want." James Shams took out his mobile phone from his pocket, pressed a number, and quickly said happily, "Andy! I have good news for you, Jan, the amazing Jan is going to invest in "Brokeback Mountain" "! We all want you to be the director."

Ang Lee is currently in the backyard of his home in New York, feeding a group of self-supporting hens with jade rice grains. Since the fiasco of "Hulk", he has been living a semi-retired life of wild cranes, and he hears some accusations or ridicule from time to time . Amidst the "clack-clack" sound, he heard the little cell phone ringing, and then James Shams' excited words, he said softly: "Oh, I'm going to be the director."

He had heard Shams talk about this plan a long time ago, read the original book and said "Brokeback Mountain" and knew what the story was, but he didn't expect Wang Yang to take over now. He has known Fantastic Young for a long time, and the relationship has always been like that of gentlemen. He has not had much contact with him but maintained a good relationship. The last time he contacted him was to congratulate Fantastic Young on his proposal, and the last time he called from Fantastic Young because of "Hulk" comfort.

Directing Brokeback Mountain? Li An thought for a while, then withdrew a handful of rice, and said, "Oh, that's not bad." Immediately he heard Wang Yang's voice again: "Hi, Ann." Li An said: "Yang." Wang Yang laughed heartily: "Seriously, have you read the script? I have a few candidates for the leading role. Ennis is very suitable for Heath-Ledger, and Jack asked Jake Gyllenhaal..."

Li An withdrew another handful of rice, and said in a clucking sound, "Oh, that's not bad."

Although Flame Films has confirmed its investment in "Brokeback Mountain", James Shams, Ang Lee, the original author Anne Proulx, the screenwriter Larry McMurtry, Diana... Ossana are all very happy to look forward to it, but Neither Huojiang Movie nor them have announced this news for the time being. Everything is going on quietly, and it will not be too late to wait after 9/11. After all, this is a sensitive time period, and topics like gay movies are handled in a low-key manner.

Of course, this matter cannot be hidden, and there is no need to hide it. There will definitely be news about actors auditioning, filming, etc., it just depends on the timing. But this movie is not suitable for too much pre-publicity. Firstly, it is considered as cost. Secondly, there is no need to seek classic pressure from the beginning. "Brokeback Mountain" takes the kind of silent filming, and participates in various film festivals to make a name for itself. , After proving himself, he gradually promoted and screened in theaters.

However, the entertainment and gossip media did not stop. The news that Wang Yang and Jessica got engaged in late September and got married in January next year has already spread. The two did not hide anything, and they said almost everyone they met that the number of guests for the wedding was more than a few hundred, and a lot of things had to be prepared for the wedding. It is not surprising that the news leaked and then appeared in the newspapers, but regarding the news itself, the media The public was very surprised!

So fast! What about the contradictions and obstacles that the gossip magazines said before? Have they already signed the agreement? Movie fans who don't want to see the two get married are a little sad: fans who are happy to see it are happy to congratulate, it seems that the childhood sweethearts and fairy tale lovers are so speechless.

In Beverly Hills, in the elegant and luxurious VIP room of the brand store, Wang Yang and Jessica sat next to each other on the white sand, looking at the atlas together to choose an engagement ring: and for the wedding ring, after the two are ready to get engaged, Then talk to Su Meimei about the design, and then invite Wang Weiwei to design the wedding dress. There are all kinds of rings on the map, and the two of them will write down which one they like, and let the clerk take it for a test.

"I like this one." With a happy smile on her face, Jessica flipped through a few pages of the atlas, and pointed to a delicate silver ring with a little surprise. Wang Yang, who put his arms around her shoulders, looked at her, nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, I brought them here too, and you can buy whichever one you like."

The two finally chose this silver ring as the engagement ring, said goodbye to Su Meimei who was in the store, and walked out of the store to the street while talking and laughing. The warm sunshine was shining on them. At the same time, there were seven or eight paparazzi reporters who had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the two people coming out, the telephoto cameras in their hands suddenly flashed. image.

"That's not fun."

Wang Yang shook his head slightly and muttered, ignoring the flashing lights and camera lenses, and walked straight to the parking space. Jessica who was following was very happy, and her happy mood was not spoiled by the paparazzi. She raised her left hand generously, and showed the engagement diamond ring on her ring finger with a bright smile. The flash of light overwhelmed her.

What a rare opportunity! It's so rare! The paparazzi hurriedly pressed the camera and took a few more photos. Let alone showing off the engagement ring, she would not have worn such a big diamond when she went out alone before: and when she was alone, she was basically His face is expressionless, indifferent, as if he is going to hit someone, and he rarely smiles so sweetly, and only when he walks with Miraculous Yang can he be so happy, such a rare opportunity!

"Jan, Jessica, I heard that you are getting married next January, right?" A middle-aged white paparazzi wearing a gray fishing suit quickly took the opportunity to ask. Although the news was flying all over the sky, the two parties did not respond, maybe While Jessica is in a good mood, what can I ask? Jessica gave Wang Yang a sweet look, smiled as she walked, and did not answer. Another fat reporter asked with a smile: "Can you tell me how Yang proposed? Share your sweetness!" Jessica laughed and said, "Absolutely 1ang romance!" The reporter shifted the target and asked: "Jan, can you tell me? How did you impress Jessica?"

"Man, you have to understand that she can say what she wants to say, and don't say it if she doesn't want to. I dare not come here." Wang Yang curled his lips helplessly, looking at her beautiful winter coat M smiled, and couldn't help but also laughed: "I'm a hen-ked person (hen-ked) and she's ss...", Jessica immediately kissed him playfully, took his hand, and smiled. The smile on the face was even sweeter, and he didn't answer the words of the paparazzi.

The flashing lights kept shining brightly, and the paparazzi reporters followed the two men step by step until they stepped into the Humvee and left.

"How did Yang propose?", "Yes, what was the situation at that time? You must talk about it today."

In the simple and feminine living room, the LCD TV on the wall is playing images, and there is a low-volume voice. The owner Roland... Andersen is sitting on the purple sand, holding his nails and polishing his fingernails: apply an aloe vera Eileen, who was wearing a mask, leaned her head back against the sand; Jessica was also rubbing her fingernails gently with a fingernail, and looked at the diamond ring on her left ring finger from time to time.

In a little over a week, Jessica and Wang Yang will get engaged, and the pre-engagement girlfriends' gathering is almost gone. The three women are laughing and joking, while doing beauty and skin care, and occasionally watching TV.

"Absolutely romantic!" Jessica smiled with the corners of her lips curled up. She looked at Irene and then at Roland. In front of her best sister, the sweetness in her heart seemed to overflow. Others asked her to ignore it, but it is also good to share the joy with her sisters. She stopped what she was doing and said with a smile: "That day, we just went diving in the sea, a very ordinary diving spot..." She said with a smile He got up and said: "Then he pretended that it was a treasure chest under the sea. We got on the yacht and opened it. There were lilies and rings..."

The mask didn't cover Irene's eyes. Seeing Jessica's fascinated look, she couldn't help feeling envious, and said, "Oh, it's so interesting! Jesse, you still got married earlier than me." earlier than me."

"Yeah! It's really interesting." Thinking of the scene at that time, Jessica was a little drunk and distracted, and suddenly said in surprise: "Oh, yes, there is also a sapphire necklace! He said it was the happy version of Heart of the Ocean, you know , when we reunited at the movie theater, we watched "Titanic"." She grinned, and said to herself, "Wow, when I saw that fresh lily, I thought there was something in that treasure chest that was kept fresh for thousands of years." Power, lol."

She stared at the diamond ring happily, and said with a grin: "Then Yang picked up the ring and proposed! He said Jessica... No, I can't tell you about his proposal."

She clutched her chest and closed her eyes to feel the martial arts. Forcibly Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan Martial Qiankun General Night Kills God God Seal Throne Prays Demons Proud World Nine Layers Heaven Strongest Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan Makes God General Ye Kills God God Seal Throne Prays Demons Proud World Nine Layers Heaven Strongest Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan Happiness: "That belongs to me."

"It must be numb." Roland shook his head and laughed while grinding his nails: Erin jokingly said, "Yang is a master of sweet words, and the director is good at this." Jessica murmured softly, "That's his." The truth.” She suddenly opened her eyes wide and continued to laugh and said, “The most unbelievable thing is that after the marriage proposal, dolphins appeared! They should have been attracted by the shouts of the yacht, me and Jan: but I believe them Come to bless us, sing and dance..."

Irene and Roland were immediately surprised. Seeing how sweet she was, Irene questioned: "Wow, really? Is it Fribo? It's so romantic!" I said, I would think she was lying, so romantic and dreamy."

"Yeah! I don't know if it's Freebo, he won't swim from Australia to the Bahamas, right?" Jessica tilted her head in thought, then suddenly smiled and fell to the sand, touching the two hands together. Sister, said with a smile: "Yeah! Happiness is dead." She raised her left hand to look at the ring, laughed loudly and shouted: "I'm getting married soon! I love Jan, it's so bang!"

"You crazy woman." Roland covered his ears and frowned: "Look at you, look at you, you have completely lost yourself! You can't pamper Yang too much, he won't take you seriously, men sometimes It's cheap." Irene agreed: "Yes, make it harder for him to get what he wants."

Jessica laughed indifferently, but the words of the two sisters made her feel happier and sweeter. She and Yang are so good, and there is no such suspicion. Gently stroking the ring, she smiled and said, "I know! I'm not an idiot, I've known these shitty things since I was a child. But I can't help it when I face Yang, it's like I'm addicted, this is me. Don't talk about it , you won’t understand, I am willing to do everything for him.”

She pulled a sand pillow and hugged her tightly: "Suddenly I miss him so much!" Roland had a dull expression on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "If I marry my first love, will it be the same?" Irene shook her head and said: "I've had enough, Jesse, why don't you go home?"

"Hush!" Jessica hissed a few times for no reason, looked at the TV screen in front of her, and suddenly picked up the remote control and pressed it: "Watch TV! Yang's trailer!"

The volume was quickly increased, and with the tense soundtrack, the trailer of "Prison Break" was playing on the Zhaoc channel on the TV, with a few bangs! Miller in a suit raised the pistol with both hands and pulled the trigger, and the hall of the bank immediately exclaimed! Employees and customers all panicked or squatted down with their heads in their hands, or stood still...

Time passed day by day, and September 11th will soon come. There are different activities to commemorate 911 in the United States all over the world. Al Jazeera TV in Qatar broadcast the first and second leaders of the "Al Qaeda" organization... Bin Laden and al-Zawahri's video data and the latest recorded speeches have declared that a larger-scale attack will be launched. George Bush, who was devastated by the deterioration of the reconstruction situation in Iraq, said that he had not heard anything about bin Laden and al-Zawahiri's tapes. Politics continues, and cinema screenings continue. On August 29th and September 4th, the North American week champion was won by the new film "Scary Cannibal 2", which had a total box office of only 86.37 million from September 5th to 11th. Won the championship again; "T- received 5.25 million in the fifth week and 5.25 million in the sixth week, the total box office in North America reached 189 million, and the total global box office has risen to 356 million, basically unable to move forward.

After 9/11 without incident, Wang Yang was busy with the preparations for "Firefly", while cooperating with Jessica to arrange the upcoming engagement banquet. But what comes sooner is a new weekend, and Monday the 15th will follow closely. This year's autumn screen battle will soon add another bsp; I am looking forward to this series very much. Before the broadcast, there is a lot of discussion. The still photos and pictures of actors such as Winter Ties Miller and Evangeline are also widely circulated. The topics discussed were different, but there was one question that was of concern to almost the entire series, as well as fans of Fantastic Young and TV stations. How would "Prison Break" perform in the ratings?

Miracle Yang wrote, produced and created a TV series. This is his first challenge to the screen. Can he be called miraculous? This achievement may affect his future screen plans, and the drama fans all felt that it would depend on his mood whether he could see the sitcom without shadow as soon as possible.

"If "Prison Break" fails, will Wang Yang be unconvinced and start another sitcom immediately?" Fields posted such a post, and Sally followed up: "This is really a stupid assumption, if "Prison Break" "failed, it was not a question of Miracle Yang being convinced, whether he dared to try a sitcom, but a question of whether the TV series he produced were good or not."

So what is the audience's outlook on "Prison Break"? It may be due to his debut on the screen, but fans of this drama did not hear his confident words.

"Classic question!" In an exclusive interview with "TV Drama" magazine, Wang Yang was asked about the "viewing outlook" by reporter Nadia Leiter. Don't fall down."

too humble! Fantastic Young is too humble. Fans of the plot were a little surprised that they only said so much, and finally got a Chinese, or is it because he lacks confidence this time? Ten thousand people is not a low number or such a mediocre rating, but it can only be regarded as a good rating. It can probably be ranked -, not the trump card of this kind of public broadcasting channel, and it is far from breaking into the top ten of the weekly list , at least 40,000 people are needed!

If "Prison Break" has only 10,000 viewers, it is still a good drama, but it is not magical, fans are wondering, is he humble or timid this time?

But what they didn't know was that Wang Yang was indeed modest this time. He just felt that there was no need to talk too much. After all, no one knew what chemical changes would happen. The modesty is because of the information displayed in the original version. "Prison Break" debuted on X TV on August 29, 2005. The average ratings of the episode were about 10,000 viewers, setting the highest Monday ratings of X TV since September 1998. The overall average viewership at the end of the first season was only 10,000. It did not rise with the plot but fell. It is precisely because the unreasonable defects in the later period began to highlight that the audience naturally decreased. And that was 50,000 years ago, and "Missing" hasn't come out on the market yet, and the pattern of episodes on the screen is completely different.

If you want to get high ratings, you must have a clear market positioning and form die-hard fans for a large audience group. One advantage of sitcoms, detectives, doctors and lawyers and other themes is that they are suitable for all ages, and are suitable for families to watch: while Qingnet idol dramas, or cool dramas like "Missing" and "Prison Break", must attract young people All housewives like to watch "Want the City", but "Prison Break" needs the support of young people, so Evangeline and Li are so important, and the banner of Magic Yang is so important.

According to the information, x didn't pay much attention to the original "Prison Break" at all, and broadcast and filmed it while creating it, and was sloppy in publicity. The biggest difference now is that the quality of this set of "Prison Break" is higher, no matter what it is, it is better than before. In addition, the viral marketing strategy was formulated at the beginning, and it is attached importance to it. The publicity has been said to have done its best up.

So Wang Yang's real expectation for this "Prison Break" is to reach more than 10,000 people, and then maintain this average number, or get higher and higher, otherwise it will be a failure, a failure without any excuse.

On the Chinese Internet, netizens are also very much looking forward to the launch of this American drama. It can be said that it is highly anticipated. This is naturally due to the credit of Miracle Yang. Yes, anyway, fans of movies and dramas all need information in this regard.

In fact, netizens are not new to American dramas. The TV screens in mainland China have been introducing American dramas since the last century. Soon after U.S. President Nixon's first visit to China in 1979, "The Man From the Bottom of the Atlantic" appeared on the TV screens of Chinese audiences' homes, and then "Garrison Expendables", "You Have the Right to Be Silent," and "Detective Henry" "Special", "Uncle Mars Martin", "The Lion King", "The Pretender", "Knight Rider", "Growing Pains"...

Many post-op young people in Mainland China actually grew up watching American TV dramas. From 1999 to the end of the 1990s, there were nearly a hundred American TV dramas in China, and among them, there were about one that was broadcast on a large scale, and it was always in the hearts of the audience classic. However, with the normalization of China and Japan at the end of the decade, Japanese dramas began to gradually replace the screen space of American dramas, and then Japanese dramas were replaced by Korean dramas.

So now the youthful viewers of Qingnet either don’t watch American dramas anymore, or they download and watch them on the Internet. Updates are rarely very slow. But it seems that things are about to change. As the fame of "Prison Break" gradually became louder before it aired, more and more people on the Internet have retrieved the memories of the American TV series and are ready.

At the same time, a group of large subtitle working groups are also ready. The "Young" subtitle group was established a long time ago by Miracle Yang's fans to do some work on his interviews, TV programs, and translation of news reports. There are his movies and the latest and hottest Hollywood movies; now that "Prison Break" is coming out soon, they will naturally take responsibility for its Chinese subtitles.

There are also many fans of American dramas who have taken this opportunity to establish new subtitle groups. For these studios that have popped up like bamboo shoots after the rain, drama fans applauded: "I will watch whoever gets the resources first!", " I am so looking forward to this drama!", "Everyone can cooperate to produce the best subtitles!"...

On the Chinese Internet, a trend of watching "Prison Break" and watching American dramas is brewing, and it will explode at any time.

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