The Best Director

"Hi, sir." In the corridor of the hotel, there was a beautiful and charming blonde leaning against the wall, her lips were covered with bright red lipstick and black eyeshadow, and said lazily, "Do you need any service?"

Wang Yang glanced at her, under the shiny tights, short skirt, and black stockings, the hot and protruding figure was fully displayed, he shook his head with a smile and said, "No, thank you." He kept walking forward, came to his room, took out the key in his pocket, and glanced at the blonde in the distance. Her eyes are very lonely and unhappy. Maybe she came to New York not long ago. At that time, she was full of enthusiasm and full of hope for the future. She didn't want to go home, so she became a call girl...

He looked at the blonde girl and sighed in his heart. He thought of all this because he suddenly remembered the girl named Annie...

Seeing him staring at her in a daze, the blond girl over there suddenly had a mocking smile on her face, made a hinting gesture, and said, "Sir, do you want it?"

"No, thank you." Wang Yang shook his head and said with a smile, then quickly opened the door, walked in, and exhaled.

After taking a comfortable hot bath, Wang Yang in pajamas came to the laptop on the work desk. He logged into the company's mailbox and found that he had received replies from several brokerage agencies in New York. He immediately opened it with great interest. Check it out.

Among the recommended candidates for these replies, there are not only actors, but also some models. Wang Yang flipped through the photos, propped his chin and muttered dully: "No... not handsome enough... not sunny enough..." The pictures on the screen kept changing, he was suddenly taken aback, and turned the photos upside down. Going back to a few photos, looking at a handsome guy on the screen, he said pleasantly: "Oh my God! This guy looks very suitable!"

He looked up the detailed information of this handsome guy with great interest. Tom Welling, born on April 26, 1977, is 21 years old now, with a height of 191cm. He was a member of the school football team in high school. After graduating from high school, Tom Welling Instead of going to university, he chose to work in a construction company, but soon he switched to modeling and hoped to become an actor.

In the photo, Tom Welling is tall and strong, with a body of mighty muscles. On his angular face, there are two straight eyebrows. The pupils of his eyes are light green, which looks very psychedelic and deep. He smiles At that time, his temperament was very sunny, that kind of handsome handsome guy!

"Great." Wang Yang couldn't help shouting, he was almost sure that it was Tom Welling! He looked at several photos of this handsome guy repeatedly, and the more he looked, the more he was sure that Tom Welling's appearance and temperament were too suitable. He was the one who best met his requirements after searching all over Los Angeles and New York.

After searching for so long, he finally got something. Wang Yang couldn't wait. He searched in his mind, and there was actually a comedy movie called "A Basket of Children" featuring Tom Welling, and a TV series "Smallville". ", he played the leading role in it. Wang Yang played the movie and watched Tom Welling's camera sense and acting skills. They were all quite good.

However, the current Tom Welling is just a well-known model and has not acted in any movies or TV shows, so what his current acting skills are, we need to see during the interview.

After watching for a while, Wang Yang picked up his cell phone and called Larry Johnson, Tom Welling's agent. The call was connected soon, and he said with a smile, "Hi, Mr. Johnson, I'm Wang Yang... ...Yes, Tom's appearance is very suitable for the male lead of "High School Musical"..." Larry Johnson was very excited, he seemed to be more anxious than Wang Yang, and immediately said that Tom was free for an interview tomorrow.

So, they quickly made an appointment for the time and place of the interview. At ten o'clock tomorrow morning, a coffee shop.

The choice of the leading actor seems to be settled,

Wang Yang couldn't help being elated, he sang, danced casually to the balcony, looked at the street scene outside, and laughed haha.

Although the sky was dark, the street lights brought light. Wang Yang lived on a low floor, so he could almost see the pedestrians on the street clearly. He leaned on the railing of the balcony and looked at the street below, but suddenly he was a little puzzled He frowned. There was a blond man in a windbreaker wandering the street below. He sat on a bench by the street for a while, and then looked up at the hotel. His hands in the windbreaker looked familiar...

"Michael Pete?" Wang Yang couldn't help asking to himself, he poked his head down and stared at him, trying to see clearly, but the blond man walked away again. Wang Yang felt a little funny and shook his head, maybe it was an illusion, Michael Pitt should be at New York University, how could it be under this hotel on Park Avenue? Think too much!

At this time, the mobile phone in the room rang, and Wang Yang looked at the blond man who was walking farther and farther away, then walked back to the room, picked up the mobile phone on the table, and he connected it with a smile, saying: "Hi Jessica?" Jessica's voice came over, and she smiled and said, "Hi, Yang, how are you in New York?" Wang Yang sat by the bed and said with a smile, "Oh, not bad! I've been to a lot of tourist places, you know, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square... yes it's beautiful, but I like Los Angeles better, why? The air here seems to whisper in your ear 'suck it, hurry it up Suck', so if you don't hurry up, you'll feel like you're suffocating..."

Jessica laughed immediately. After Wang Yang finished talking about himself, he asked with a smile, "How about you, how is your singing class going? Is Ms. Robert strict?" Jessica seemed to be energized, and said with great interest: "Ms. Robert is a very good person. She is very patient and teaches very well. Now we will learn how to control the breath and do some training to improve lung capacity..."

"Hmm... oh... that's good." Wang Yang listened to her talking non-stop about the training, what she and Rachel were praised for their talents, what Zachary stepped on a dance mat...wait for her After a pause, Wang Yang had the opportunity to say what he wanted to say a long time ago, and said excitedly: "Hey, Jessica, I think I have found your other half."

Jessica over there was stunned, and said softly: "What do you mean?" Wang Yang smiled on the phone: "Troy-Burton's candidate is a very sunny and handsome guy. His appearance and temperament are very good, although I have an interview tomorrow, but I think it's him." Jessica said "Oh" and suddenly said jokingly and seriously: "Jan, that's the other half of 'Gabriella', not mine."

"Sorry, my mistake." Wang Yang also felt that the previous sentence was a bit stupid. Jessica suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Wang Yang walked over, He said to the mobile phone: "Wait a minute, Jessica." He walked over and opened the door, and was stunned for a moment, only to see the gorgeous and hot blonde standing outside the door, holding her plump breasts with her left hand, A lit cigarette is held in his right hand.

Wang Yang held the case of the phone, looked at the blonde, and said seriously: "Ma'am, I don't need any services."

"I know." The blond girl smiled, held something in her left hand and handed it over, saying, "You dropped this."

I saw a brown wallet in her hand, which belonged to him. Wang Yang couldn't help but lost his voice in surprise: "Oh my God!" He must have been looking at the blonde when he took out the keys just now, and he didn't notice that the wallet fell out. He took the wallet gratefully and said, "Thank you, thank you very much." The money in the wallet is second to none, but there are some important things such as documents in it. If they are lost, it will cause a lot of trouble.

"You should check it." The blonde took a puff of the cigarette, sprayed out circles of mist, shrugged and said, "I opened it to look, but I didn't take anything away."

It has been a long time since he walked into the room. The blonde should have seen it when the wallet just fell off. At first she might have thought about keeping it for herself, but in the end she decided to return the wallet. Will she take anything? Wang Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "There's no need to check." The blonde girl said impatiently, "Just check if I ask you to."

"OK, OK." Wang Yang opened his wallet and looked at it. The money and documents are all there, and nothing is missing. He said, "No problem."

The blond girl nodded, said "goodbye", then turned around and walked catwalk away, her pair of black high-heeled shoes stepped on the floor, making a "tapping" sound.

Wang Yang looked at her lonely back, smelled the faint smell of perfume and smoke in the air, sighed in his heart, and said silently: "Goodbye."

"Jessica, are you still there?" Wang Yang picked up the phone again and put it to his ear, and immediately heard Jessica asking suspiciously: "Yang, I seem to hear a girl's voice, isn't it?"

The damn phone microphone is so sensitive! As Wang Yang walked into the room, he said truthfully: "I think so, uh... Jessica, I dropped my wallet in the corridor, and a call girl picked it up, and she came to return it to me just now." Jessica was shocked and said, "Call girl!?" Wang Yang explained, "No, don't get me wrong, she just came to return the wallet!"

Hearing his hasty explanation, Jessica smiled a few times, seemingly satisfied, and said with a smile: "Yang, you can say she is a waiter, why did you tell me that she was a call girl?"

"Why do you say call girl?" Wang Yang repeated Jessica's question with a strange face, and slowly fell silent, saying: "Maybe I just want to tell the truth; maybe she is a call girl."

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The next day, Wang Yang got up early in the morning, practiced boxing and sports, sweated profusely, had breakfast, and played computer games for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, he walked out of the hotel to pick up his car in the parking lot. Ready to go to the coffee shop with Tom Welling.

He had just walked out of the hotel and came to the street. After walking a few steps, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Mr. Wang!" The blond white man ran over, it was Michael Pitt, he was still wearing yesterday's clothes, his face looked haggard and pale, his eyes were dark circles, obviously he didn't sleep well.

Wang Yang said in disbelief: "It's really you? You were here last night?" He noticed that Michael Peel's windbreaker was a little wet, his hair was messed up, and his whole body was trembling. He said in astonishment: "You don't Will you be here all night?" Michael Pitt nodded with a face full of indifference, and said, "Yes, but it's nothing."

"Damn!" Wang Yang frowned tightly and cursed, it rained heavily in New York last night, and this guy just stayed on the street all night? He asked suspiciously, "How did you find me?" Michael-Peter shuddered again, and said, "Your car has the hotel's name and logo on it." Wang Yang covered his forehead and saw Michael Pete's lips were turning black, and he couldn't help being a little angry, and asked loudly, "Michael, what's wrong with you? What are you doing like this?"

Michael Pitt gritted his teeth and said seriously: "Mr. Wang, I don't mean anything malicious, I just think you should watch my performance before making a decision." After a pause, he stroked his messy hair and said again: "Mr. Wang , I'm not a student at NYU, I just hang out there. But before, I studied at the Academy of Film and Television Arts for a while." The so-called Academy of Film and Television Arts is the kind of place where you can go to study for some money .

"I guessed it." Wang Yang nodded, Michael Pitt should be a young man who came to New York to make a living, and now he is doing badly, as if he doesn't even have a place to live. Wang Yang felt very helpless, because "High School Musical" really didn't have a role suitable for Michael Pitt. He couldn't just agree to it out of sympathy, otherwise everyone would come to ask for a role, and he couldn't help everyone. Wang Yang said in a deep voice: "Michael, there is indeed no role left. Hurry up and change into this clothes, don't get cold, go take a warm-up bath on it?" He pointed to the hotel behind him.

"No, Mr. Wang, watch my performance first!" Michael Pitt was full of anxiety. Yes, he is a breakaway. He has been in New York for more than a year. At the beginning, he found a job as a bicycle courier He cut down on food and clothing, rented a small apartment with 9 people, and barely managed to make ends meet. He scraped together the money for almost a year. He also studied at the Academy of Film and Drama Art for a few months, but as he lost his job, he He fell ill again, not to mention continuing to study, and now he can’t even pay the rent. He sleeps on the street next to New York University every night, and attends lectures during the day.

But he can't hold it anymore, he is penniless now, he even grabbed a loaf of bread in a bakery a few days ago, he doesn't know what to do with himself, he likes acting, he wants to be an actor, his ten-year-old I was thinking about it...

He has watched Wang Yang's "Oprah Talk Show". Wang Yang's success story is also one of the reasons for his persistence. He saw Wang Yang at the New York University Film School yesterday, and he has been following this one who is only older than himself. The one-year-old director came here from New York University, and he didn't know what he was doing. He was just helpless and confused, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw and was unwilling to let go.

Before Wang Yang could speak, Michael Pitt performed by himself, with constantly changing expressions, such as a happy smiling face sweeping away decadence, an angry gritted teeth, and a sad and frustrated expression, etc. Wang Yang watched his performance silently without interrupting him. Michael Pitt performed for a long time before he stopped, opened his bloodshot eyes, and said, "How is it, Mr. Wang?"

"Michael, the performance is good. But..." Wang Yang felt very uncomfortable, but he could only say cruelly: "There is no role."

"God...fuck!" Michael Pitt covered his face with his hands in pain, his shoulders trembled a little, and panted heavily: "Why, why is there no role!?"

Wang Yang also took a deep breath, his heart seemed to be grabbed by someone, bringing a feeling of suffocation. He's rejecting Michael Pitt now, just like those film companies rejected him in the past, and he knows how hard it must be, but what can he do! ? Wang Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Sorry, Michael, I'm sorry."

"No, Mr. Wang, I understand..." Michael-Peter lowered his hands, revealing his red eyes, he stepped back a few steps, turned around and was about to leave, wiped his nose, suddenly lost control of his complex, and cried like crazy Get up: "Fuck, fuck! Fuck! Fuck——" He stepped back and looked at Wang Yang, crying with tears in his eyes, "I won't give up! Mr. Wang! I will become An actor! I definitely will!"

Passers-by on the street turned their heads and looked curiously at the collapsed Michael Pitt. Wang Yang clenched his fists tightly, watching Michael-Peter recede further and further away, his heart felt like being struck by a hammer constantly, how could he be so cruel? He is simply a jerk! But... fuck! He cursed, and finally couldn't help shouting: "Michael!"

Michael Pitt trembled all over. He stopped and glanced at Wang Yang. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly saw a policeman walking towards him not far away. The policeman seemed to be looking at him. Michael Pitt suddenly panicked, and ran in the opposite direction from the police.

"Hey, Michael! Dude!" Wang Yang yelled towards Michael-Peter's back, and saw the kid quickly disappear around the corner of the street. What did this guy do! ? Wang Yang looked at the policeman, and saw that the policeman was walking as usual, not paying attention to Michael Pitt at all. Wang Yang hugged his head and sighed helplessly.

Standing on the spot and waiting for a while, Michael Pitt didn't come back. Seeing that he would be late if he didn't leave, Wang Yang had no choice but to walk quickly to the parking lot, picked up the car and went to the interview location.

When Wang Yang came to the appointed coffee shop, it was almost 10 o'clock, but Tom Welling and his manager Larry Johnson had already arrived. Larry Johnson saw Wang Yang walking in, stood up and waved to him, and said with a smile, "Mr. Wang, here." Tom Welling also stood up, and nodded to Wang Yang with a smile.

Wang Yang walked over and shook hands with the two of them respectively. After getting to know each other, he sat down, ordered a cup of coffee from the waiter, looked at Tom Welling and said with a smile: "Wow, the muscles are great!"

Tom Welling was wearing a very tight T-shirt, which made his chest muscles bulge and complemented his handsome face, which made Wang Yang very satisfied. Hearing this, Tom Welling grinned and said, "Thank you." He shrugged again and said, "Mr. Wang, your muscles are not bad either."

"Hey, call me Yang." Wang Yang smiled, then began to look at Tom Welling seriously, and said, "Tom, if you can, stand up and let me have a look, okay?" Tom Welling nodded and stood up When he got up, Wang Yang turned his hands and said, "OK, show me the side, and turn around..." Although he had seen Tom Welling's camera image in "A Basket of Sons and Daughters" in his mind, it was a movie from 2003 , he needs to see Tom Welling, who is now 21 years old.

Very good, the appearance is very good, the face shape is very angular, and the temperament is very sunny... Wang Yang commented in his heart, and then said: "Tom, give me as charming a sunny smile as possible." Following his words, Tom-Wei Lin showed a charming smile, a bit like a basketball captain, but also like a big boy next door, a very sunny and pure smile. Wang Yang couldn't help but praised: "Good!" He took the coffee handed by the waiter, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Tom, it's time to show off your acting skills."

Tom Welling sat down, nodded and said, "OK, what do I need to do?"

So next, Wang Yang asked Tom Welling to perform several scenes to test his acting skills. Tom Welling is currently just a fashion model. Although he likes acting, he has never had any acting experience. All acting skills are self-taught. Naturally, his acting skills are not much higher. He is very immature, but his appearance and temperament are very suitable. Cool and smiling, he's a "Troy Burton" in his own right.

Although the acting is immature, it's not a mess, it needs more patience and more film...but more importantly, there is not even a slightly suitable candidate except Tom...he doesn't even consider Tom Welling's singing Ability, in fact, before he came to New York, he didn't plan to take this test. Anyway, it's good to have a singing foundation.

Thinking of this, Wang Yang looked at Tom Welling and said with a smile: "Tom, I think many girls will fall in love with you soon."

Hearing this sentence, both Tom Welling and Larry Johnson were full of surprises. Larry Johnson smiled and extended his hand to Wang Yang, saying, "Mr. Wang, I am very glad that you gave us this opportunity." Tom Welling Also excitedly said: "Oh, Yang, thank you!" Wang Yang reached out and shook hands with Larry Johnson, and the agent joked: "You know what? Jamie will kill me, I let her boyfriend Turn it into a designer handbag." Tom Welling suddenly laughed, that smile was like a big boy's first love.

Seeing his expression, Wang Yang's eyes lit up. Many shots of Troy Burton needed this kind of shy expression, and several shots even required him to blush. Tom Welling's expression is very good now! He couldn't help but praise: "Wow, I really want to take this picture!"

Although Wang Yang is very satisfied with Tom Welling, when he left the coffee shop, he did not say that he would definitely choose Tom, but he is currently listed as the first choice. He still needs to read the replies from the Screen Actors Union New York branch and several other agencies. , will make the final decision, but nine out of ten it will be Tom Welling, he is very suitable in all aspects, including the salary.

After the interview, Wang Yang visited some places again, and he didn't drive back to the hotel until night fell.

Just like yesterday's trajectory, he took a warm-up shower, went to the balcony to look at the street view outside, and then he saw that familiar figure again, that figure with his hands in the windbreaker, huddled, wandering on the street.

"Fuck!" Seeing that figure, Wang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, cursed again, then quickly walked back to the room, changed his clothes, and ran down to the hotel.

Soon, Wang Yang came to the street outside, while running towards the long chair not far in front, he shouted at the blond man on the chair: "Michael, is that you?!"

Michael Pitt, who was sitting on the chair, turned his head and saw that it was Wang Yang. He stood up, his face full of struggle and bewilderment. His haggard face looked like a man who was about to die.

"Michael." Wang Yang slowed down, walked up to Michael Pete, frowned and said, "Are you planning to spend the night here again?" Michael Pete didn't speak, and Wang Yang frowned even tighter: "Have you eaten?" Have you had dinner yet?"

With a movement of his lips, Michael Pitt took out the crumpled pack of cigarettes. After smoking for a long time, he couldn't smoke a single one. He put it back in his pocket, shook his head and said, "Mr. Wang, I'm fine, don't worry about me .”

"You told me not to care about you?" Wang Yang had a funny face, and suddenly shook his fist at Michael-Peter, cursing very angrily: "You let me watch you starve in the rain? Disappear in front of you! Don’t make me beat you!” After scolding a few times, looking at the pale Michael Pitt, Wang Yang sighed again, and said softly, “Come with me, the weather forecast says it will rain tonight.”

After walking a few steps towards the hotel gate, he saw Michael Pitt still standing there hesitating. Wang Yang waved to him and shouted loudly: "Come on! I'm not gay, don't worry!"

Michael Pitt smiled, and followed Wang Yang into the hotel. Back in the room, he took a hot bath and changed into Wang Yang's set of clothes. At this time, he was wolfing down a plate of food, and from time to time he swallowed the blocked food in his esophagus with pain.

"Dude, eat slowly." Wang Yang sat on the side, looking at Michael Pitt's frantic starvation, he knew that this guy must have been hungry for a few days. With a sudden movement in his heart, he searched for the name "Michael Pitt" in the video library in his mind. There was no movie displayed, and there was no relevant information. Of course, he knew that the film and television library in his mind did not have all the movies, for example, there was not a single documentary, and the biopics only had those historical celebrities. Maybe he just didn't have Michael Pitt's works in his mind.

Wang Yang exhaled, recalled what happened in the morning, and asked, "Michael, why are you so afraid of the police? What happened to you?"

"Oh." Michael-Peter stopped eating immediately, and said with an embarrassed face: "I was so hungry a few days ago, I grabbed a piece of bread at a bakery..."

Grab the bread! ? Wang Yang smiled when he heard the words, but felt very uncomfortable in his heart. He understood the bitterness very well. When he only had tens of dollars left in his pocket, he only ate half full every day. He knew what it was like to be hungry. He knew Michael Pitt was putting it lightly now, but at the time, the guy must have been in pain, he was cornered, and he was going to grab the bread.

Wang Yang got up and patted Michael Pete on the shoulder, comfortingly said: "Dude, don't worry. I think the owner of the bakery didn't call the police. The policeman didn't pay attention to you at all in the morning. He was just passing by."

"Really!?" Seeing Wang Yang nodded, Michael-Pitt let out a long breath, and his whole body relaxed. He closed his eyes and sighed: "Oh, thank God!" Then he continued to sweep The food on the dinner plate was vague and authentic: "Because of this matter, I am worried every day. When I saw the police on the street, I felt that they were coming for me. I don't want to go to jail. I am going crazy. !" He swallowed the food in his mouth, and praised with a smile: "Damn it, it's so delicious!"

From yesterday to now, it was the first time Wang Yang heard his tone so relaxed, talking so much at once, it seemed that he let go of a big stone in his heart. Grab bread? The feeling in Wang Yang's heart was unspeakable. Looking at Michael-Peter, he suddenly thought of Anne, the blonde girl yesterday, and himself. Why did he do this? Leaning against the wall, he suddenly asked, "Michael, why don't you go home? I mean, go home, have a warm bed, have delicious food made by mom, why don't you go back?" He shrugged and smiled again: "Don't tell me you're an orphan."

"No, I have three older brothers." Michael Pitt raised his head, holding a half-eaten hamburger in his hand, and said with a strange face: "Didn't you tell me this? You said on "Oprah's Talk Show" , You asked yourself at that time, is your dream still there? What do you want to do? You said you want to make a movie, but I said I want to be an actor. So I sleep on the street now, and I will not give up. "

"Oh, did I say that?" Wang Yang frowned, then laughed again and said, "Yes, I did. So, I made you sleep on the street?"

Michael Pitt also laughed a few times, slowly became expressionless, and suddenly said seriously: "Why do you want to go home? When I was ten years old, I made up my mind to be an actor. When I came to New York, I Relying on my own efforts to go to art college, everything is getting better! I am moving towards my goal, I am just one chance away, why should I go home?"

"Yes, why do you want to go home?" Wang Yang smiled, he is very happy now, it is all because he has touched what he has been looking for, if he gave up at the beginning, he would go home and get A warm bed and delicious food, but did you really get it? His soul will only be cold and hungry all the time, because he has lost the thing that the soul leans on. He said softly: "For the dream, isn't it?"

Michael Pitt nodded silently and said, "For the dream."

The room was quiet for a while, Wang Yangtuo touched his chin, looked at Michael Pitt's haggard face, and suddenly said: "Hey, Michael, originally there is no role in "High School Musical" that is suitable for you, but my crew needs a scene manager , and I suddenly want to add a small role, which is very suitable for you, with a few seconds of close-up shots and lines, come on?"

Michael Pitt looked up at him, and said indifferently: "Is this sympathy?"

"No." Wang Yang shook his head, with a sincere smile on his face, and said, "It's not sympathy, it's just a little help for those who pursue their dreams." He can't help everyone, but he can help this, which is within his power matter. He smiled again: "It's all for dreams. So come here?"

Michael Pitt didn't blink his eyes. He looked at Wang Yang for a long time, and suddenly took a bite of the hamburger in his hand. A bright smile appeared on his haggard face, and he said in a trembling voice, "Come on!"

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PS: The update is a bit late, it seems that the update is actually not... Everyone forgive me, Wow, continue to solicit votes...