The Best Director

Chapter Fifty-Three Begins

February 5th is Wang Yang's 19th birthday. Birthday parties can be big or small. With Wang Yang's current financial resources, he can find some entertainment companies that specialize in birthday parties for help. Party all night. But Wang Yang didn't long for such a birthday party. Although he hadn't tried it, it was almost conceivable that the messy noise made his head hurt, and instead lost the real meaning of birthday.

Therefore, Wang Yang just wanted to celebrate with his good friends, but obviously his apartment was not enough to accommodate all his friends, so he rented a daily rental villa for parties and invited his good friends Participating, Jessica, Rachel, Zachary and other "High School Musical" stars... and friends like Michael Pitt, Harry George, Joshua.

After a happy birthday party, Wang Yang also received a lot of birthday gifts, which were very thoughtful things, such as books, souvenirs from movies and so on.

Some people are happy and some are sad. Cole, who has been following Wang Yang, took photos of who attended the birthday party outside the villa, but did not take any valuable photos of Wang Yang kissing or hugging any girls. The dream of changing the car has come to naught, but Cole refuses to give up. He continues to follow Wang Yang every day. He believes that he will shoot it sooner or later, unless the young director is asexual.

The festivals always come one after the other. The traditional Chinese festival, the Lunar New Year, is coming soon, but Wang Yang did not return to San Francisco, only to call his parents, relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings. Because he was too busy during this time and couldn't get out, in order not to delay the post-production process of the film, he had to stay in the editing room for one day every day; The effect of publicity; every night and talk to Jessica on the phone, of course, this program makes him very relaxed.

Every day passed in such a busy state. Wang Yang and Margaret had countless arguments. The editing work of "High School Musical" finally ended in mid-March. Than, although the frames are similar, the shots and rhythm styles are completely different.

After finishing the editing, the post-production work seems to have just begun, contacting the special effects company to produce the fireworks at the beginning of the movie; David Lawrence started to work on the soundtrack of the movie; the leading actors who have been trained for a long time also showed off their singing voices in the recording studio, recording the songs ;Wang Yang and Marguerite "divorced" and came together again with Waller Pfister, and made some artificial adjustments to the color of the film to make it appear more sunny, beautiful and thick.

When all these tasks were completed, Flame Films immediately sent the finished version of "High School Musical" to paa for grading review. There was not a single kissing scene in the 100-minute film, and there was no violence, drug use, horror, or irritability. Uneasy pictures, 100% healthy sunshine, PAA rated it a G grade without any suspense, all ages can watch it, and it doesn't need parents to accompany it.

The official website of "High School Musical" also released a trailer,

How to cut this 2-minute trailer, Wang Yang and Margaret did not have any disputes. The content of the trailer is very simple. It only outlines the general plot from the characters' lines; there are many beautiful shots of the leading actors, such as Tom Welling dribbling handsomely, Jessica's sweet smile, Rachel thinking Cute expressions with bad ideas, etc.; of course, some wonderful song and dance clips are indispensable.

The whole trailer is youthful, sunny, enthusiastic and extremely "explosive". This seems to be a whole campus movie style. When you look at the unusually bright picture, the students are dancing passionately in the clean and beautiful cafeteria, and at the same time listening to the lively "Wildcats" team song, as a young It's hard not to be interested in this, and even feel excited.

The wonderful trailer also raised the expectations of "High School Musical" fans, and the traffic on the official website also surged. Several media outlets seem to have changed their attitudes. At least the trailer is not bad, isn't it?

But on the whole, the media is still not enthusiastic. In terms of current movies, the focus of media attention is "The Matrix", which is currently being released. This unprecedented sci-fi movie is making the whole United States crazy; Focus on blockbusters such as "The Mummy" and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", such as whether Natalie Portman will miss the premiere of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" in order to prepare for the final exam of her senior year.

However, the popularity of "High School Musical" is indeed constantly rising. Although it is rarely seen in the mainstream media, it has been quietly brewing, and now it is ready to come out.

As early as the beginning of March, USC’s school bulletin boards and the walls of the cafeteria were covered with a movie poster. Six young, beautiful, energetic, handsome men and beauties jumped up, all with bright smiles on their faces. This is exactly the promotional poster of "High School Musical", and there is an activity written on it: "It's time to show off! Let everyone see your style!", "Want to see the singing and dancing masters in school? Come to hyurf! "This website is an official website specially built for the event.

The same situation occurs in schools all over the United States, including New York University, Stanford and other institutions of higher learning; there are many high schools, overnight, they seem to look up and down to see the things of "High School Musical", even their The campus TV channel broadcasts a 5-minute program called "Come and Dance" every morning, afternoon and evening, with one episode per day.

In the cafeteria of Theossett Public High School, during lunch time, an episode of "Come Dance" was playing on the TV. Seeing the handsome figure of Tom Welling appearing on the screen, the girls at several long tables immediately cheered. When they got up, they stared at the TV screen with great interest, and some people shouted: "Troy! Troy!" Of course, there were also girls who had no interest and continued to bury their heads in their books.

Tom Welling on the TV screen showed a charming smile, and said: "Hi, everyone, this is Troy Burton, today I will teach you how to spacewalk, yes, just like Michael Jackson, watch it. "After that, he demonstrated smartly, and his female fans in the cafeteria immediately had red eyes.

Watching Tom play handsome, the boys in the cafeteria were a little bored, a white boy with freckles complained: "Oh, hell, why not Gabriela?" Another blond boy muttered: "I like Sharpay!"

The freckled boy suddenly slapped the table, as if he had made a big decision, and said, "Dude, I'm going to 'Show Me', maybe I can go to the premiere of "High School Musical" in Los Angeles, so I can see it up close." It's time for Gabriela!" The blond boy glanced at him, and said in a decisive tone: "T! Then I will participate, show time!"

At the same time, the "Come Dance" program can also be seen on the official websites of Hyurf and "High School Musical". Flame Films used viral pyramid schemes to bombard school forums across the United States to let everyone know about this event.

Although the students who participated in the event at the beginning were specially entrusted by the company, shortly thereafter, some real participants uploaded their own videos, and then more and more, the punctuation of the publicity map became denser and denser. School students, all over North America. More and more people participated in the event, and hyurf's traffic was also increasing, which caused the company to rent several groups of servers.

Wonderful trailers, the popularity of the "Show Yourself" event, the "Come Dance" short film hit the Internet, coupled with online forums and realistic posters bombarding viral pyramid schemes, these are the reasons for the rising popularity of "High School Musical". Countless students are waiting and looking forward to the release of this movie, and many students have already decided that this will definitely be a wonderful movie: "This will be our "Hot Prodigal Son"!"

On April 20th, the "Show Yourself" event ended, and the top ten voted by netizens were also produced. They either have superb dancing skills, or sing like pop stars, and at the same time have a good image. One of the reasons for getting tickets; 100 lucky ones were also randomly selected by the system, and they can all go to Los Angeles to attend the premiere.

When the promotional effect of "High School Musical" was at its peak, the time soon came to April 28, the film's premiere date.

At the place where the premiere premiered, Wang Yang arranged for the "Vitai Projector" cinema, and he developed some feelings for this place. He reunited with Jessica here, and he watched the premiere of "Spiritual-Ghost Story" here, and he will be there soon. Watch the premiere of High School Musical here.

This movie theater is also the only non-campus movie theater that participated in the first round of screenings of "High School Musical". Flame Film Company and the movie theater signed a contract with the movie theater to negotiate a guaranteed reserve price, and 50,000 US dollars covered the No. 1 screening room here from 19:00 in the evening to At 24:00, two games are played every night for one month. This is also part of the publicity plan, and only certain campus cinemas can see it for the first two weeks, so what about other students in Los Angeles who want to see it? They will all flock to this movie theater, causing a flood. Of course, the premise is that "High School Musical" can make the students crazy, so that it will be passed on to ten, ten to hundreds.

At this time, the 500 seats in the No. 1 screening hall of the Vitai Projector Cinema were full, except for the main creators and crew members of "High School Musical", some relatives, and 110 students from all over the United States who participated in the "Show Yourself" activity The students invited from various schools in Los Angeles, as well as some film critics, media reporters, and the public relations department have all worked in it, and they can be regarded as having a "very good relationship" with Flame Films. If "High School Musical" is passable, they will not be stingy with their praise; if the movie is too bad, they will be "gentle" when criticizing.

Wearing a black suit, Wang Yang walked from the aisle to the front row. He just went to where his parents were sitting. The two old people were very happy and let him do things by himself.

People on both sides of the aisle looked at Wang Yang and greeted with a smile: "Director!", "Yang!", "Yang! I love you!" I love you" was shouted by a female high school student.

"Hi." Wang Yang smiled and waved his hands, responding to their enthusiasm. Looking at the smiling audience sitting in every seat, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional. There were less than 50 people in the audience, and it was deserted; but now it is so lively.

While thinking about this, he came to the front row seat close to the screen. The main creators and leading actors of the movie were seated in the front row, including Walley Pfister, Anne Fletcher, David Lawrence, Margaery T-Goldspeed...and Tom Welling, Jessica, Rachel, Zachary, all in formal attire, men in suits and ties, women in fancy tuxedos, all through Elaborate grooming by the makeup artist.

The interactive part of the premiere ceremony has passed, and the movie will start to play officially soon. Wang Yang sat down in the middle of the first row, with Tom Welling on the left and Jessica on the right. She was wearing a white off-the-shoulder evening dress with wavy brown hair falling down her shoulders. With a touch of blush on, she looked even more beautiful and charming. She glanced at Wang Yang and said, "Yang."

"It's about to start." Wang Yang leaned back in his chair, looked at the big screen in front of him, and sighed again: "It's about to start."

Half a year's hard work, everyone's countless sweat and painstaking efforts, all of which will be broadcast in the 100-minute video, "High School Musical" will immediately bite through its cocoon, dance lightly, and show itself to the world. Will it be a beautiful butterfly?

Wang Yang looked at Jessica next to her. Today is her 18th birthday, one of the most important moments in her life. If "High School Musical" can be successful, it will be a good gift from him. But no matter what, those who have paid for this movie will reap their own beauty tonight.

"At this time last year, I was sitting in the lobby of your house, and Miranda said." Wang Yang imitated Miranda's serious tone and said to her, "Yang, you might as well become an actor." Jessica slightly Turning the corner of his mouth, he said: "Then she was taken aback, and everyone was taken aback." Wang Yang shrugged and smiled again: "Time flies so fast, it's been a year. I still remember your grandmother's The donuts are very sweet and crisp, very delicious." Jessica said proudly, "I have already learned from my grandmother, and I will make them for you in a few days!"

"Wow, it's really exciting!" Wang Yang smiled and fell silent. Not only the delicious donuts, but he also remembers a lot, remembering the hardships of handing out flyers on the street, remembering the struggle of McDonald's, and then receiving a call from Rachel, going to Lionsgate to get a publishing contract... Thinking of these, he I couldn't help but glanced at Rachel who was sitting a few seats to the right, and said in my heart, "Thank you, Rachel."

Rachel over there seemed to have sensed something, she turned her head and looked over, and met Wang Yang's eyes, she smiled slightly with a natural expression on her face. Wang Yang also smiled at her, then looked away.

At this time, the movie was about to start playing, and the dimly lit movie hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone was looking at the big screen in front of them. There seemed to be a flame in Wang Yang's eyes, and he said with a low voice: "It's started." Jessica, Tom Welling, Rachel, Zachary...all of them held their breath for the time being in unison. breathe.

A few rows behind, Michael Pitt in a suit stared at the screen without blinking, with two dark circles under his eyes; George Harry, sitting next to him, murmured nervously: "Jesus! I don't know the one I photographed." The lens is not there yet.” In fact, that lens was just driven by him to push the guide car, and the lens of the camera had already been adjusted.

On the big screen, the opening animation of Flame Films appeared.