The Best Director

"Will, the movie will be filmed in San Francisco, that's my place, at least you don't have to worry about me getting the crew lost." Looking at the letter paper in his hand, Will Smith smiled and continued to read the paper The flying and beautiful text on it: "But, the reason why I can make this movie is not only for this reason. I know, everyone said that kid is too young, he should go back to school movies, he can't make biopics. But I have to say that some emotions have nothing to do with age, at least 19 years old can already understand "I am not a child anymore, I know what starvation is, what is attachment..."

There was a small pile of letter paper on the desk, with a full dozen pages. The long letter was full of sincerity, and the content and analysis were well-organized and convincing. Although in recent days "Will Smith has read this long letter many times, but every time he reads it, he will be very moved. Now he is like a street mouse in the eyes of the producer, but the magic Yang Believe in him terribly.” His sincerity is also unprecedented.

Although Wang Yang didn’t come to visit in person,” Will Smith has no doubts about his sincerity, and his sincerity is fully revealed in these letters. Yes, “it’s not a letter.” He will send a new one every few days, I have already written several letters. This is the first time Will Smith has encountered such a situation. After reading the last paragraph of the letter: "Trust me" "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" will be a movie!" Will put down the letter paper , and looked at the thick script next to him

What moved Will Smith's heart was not only the sincerity, but also the script. This is a very attractive script, and the story is warm and touching." The lines are also full of meaning. Dasheng’s excellent script. He opened the script and looked at the passages with sub-camera design on the pages. Chris Gardner held his son in the toilet of the subway station overnight. The floor was covered with paper towels. Chris fell asleep with his hands The middle son's ear, with one foot propped on the door of the toilet that was knocked, wept silently...

This scene is amazing! Will Smith took a deep breath, and when he saw "" for the first time, he was moved. This picture has been entangled in his mind, constantly reappearing in front of his eyes, and even appeared in his dreams. .

"Excellent script and full sincerity" made him unable to refuse the invitation without hesitation, but he has been thinking about it for almost two weeks, and his concern is still that magical Yang can direct this movie? In "Ghost Shadow" Fantastic Yang has shown his directing ability in "Record" and "High School Musical", but now it is a biographical film "This is a story of a middle-aged man, can Magical Young be filmed? He couldn't make up his mind.

Broker opinion? Will Smith shook his head self-deprecatingly. The wrong choice of "The Matrix" and "Wild Wild West" was due to his personal liking, but also due to his agent's misjudgment. But the current situation is different from the past. There were no examples and templates for the young director's incident this year, making it impossible for people to make comparative judgments.

In fact, he tentatively asked his friend Denzel Washington for his opinion, and Denzel said "if it was me" I would not act, he is too young. "

A few knocks on the door interrupted Will Smith's contemplation,

He turned his head to look at the door of the room, only to see his wife Jia Da holding her arms crossed by the door and said: "Will, are you reading that script again? Will Smith nodded with a smile, flipped through the script and said: "Its story is very attractive, this is a very good script." Jia Da..." He frowned and asked, "Do you think I should agree to Miracle Yang? "

Jada shrugged and said, "I don't know, Will, I asked you to play The Matrix, but you chose Wild Storm. "

"Please!" Will Smith was dissatisfied, she was stingy and jealous, he shook his head and said, "Jada, I admit it was a mistake" so I don't want to do it again. "

"Make up your own mind, Will, and I can't tell." Jada said, then turned and left.

Seeing his wife's back disappear, Will Smith's eyes returned to the table." He looked at the latest letter from Wang Yang, and the phone number of Chris Gardner was attached at the end of the letter: "Will" You can communicate with Mr. Gardner, maybe you will be more interested in this story." Will Smith pondered for a while, then took the letter paper, got up and walked to the phone "Dial the number on the paper " said: "Hi, Mr. Chris Gardner? You, I'm Will Smith..."

Next, Will Smith listened to Chris Gardner tell his story, and some opinions on "When Happiness Comes Knocking", etc. Chris Gardner said: "I talked to Jan that day. After a long time, I can see that he has also experienced a lot. He understands my feelings and feelings very well The Throne of the Divine Seal Seeking Demons, Audacious World, Nine Heavens, The Strongest Abandoned Young Master Zhou Royal Clan, The Martial Qiankun General, Killing Gods Sealed Throne, Seeking Demons, Proud World Nine Heavens, The Strongest Abandoned Young Master, Zhou Royal Clan, God General He is a great young man. I don't know much about movies, but I think he can make my story......"

The two talked for a long time before ending the call. Will-Smith looked at the script in his hand, and he was indeed more interested in this story. "The urge to act in the role has also become stronger. This is a real and touching story." He was moved, and so were others. Will Smith picked up the few letters on the desk again, and stood silently reading them for a while," slowly making a decision in his heart.

"Come on, amazing Jan!" Will Smith nodded to himself, "He took out his phone and dialed a number" and said with a brisk smile, "Hi, Jan? Dude, you convinced me, I'm going to play Chris One Gardner."

"Oh, my God! Ye!" In a hotel in New York, Wang Yang couldn't help but raised his fist and waved it excitedly: "Will, this is really news" I'm so happy!" What could be better than finding a movie Is the leading actor even happier? There may be many, many" But at this moment, Wang Yang was so happy that he wanted to dance, he smiled and said: "This will definitely be a pleasant cooperation" Ha! But Will "You need to grow more beards, and when the time comes, you need to ask the makeup artist Get some gray hair for you, so it looks a little bit old.

From the moment he made up his mind, Will Smith "became very moody, and laughed like he was singing R: "yy, then I won't shave from today onwards, and I will grow white hair..."

When Wang Yang put down his mobile phone and looked at the beautiful flowers and plants on the balcony, he waved his fist excitedly again, trying to imitate Will Smith's impromptu speech just now. R, but found that it was indeed the talent of black people, anyway, he had no choice but to scream a few times in the end.

In fact, "Wang Yang is also trying. He didn't go to interview with Will Smith in person. First, because there is no need for an audition. Second, sometimes interviews, it is not clear, and it is easy to make the other party lose patience. It is better A long letter written by himself was touching. Now it seems that his attempt has succeeded this time.

The most important actor has been confirmed, and the filming of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" can basically be put on the schedule, but there is still an important role that needs time to find, and that is the actor who plays Chris Gardner's son. Originally, in the original version, the actor was Will's son Jaden Smith, but now Jaden is just a baby of one year and two months. Although in reality Chris-Gardner's son was almost a year old when he quit his job and came to New York: but in the movie, little Chris should look like a year-old.

"That's a problem." Wang Yang frowned and thought. Originally, Will-Smith's father and son partnership was a highlight, and it was also very helpful for them to interpret the warm feeling between father and son. He suddenly thought of something: "Will Smith You seem to have a son? And now is the right age? I don’t know if I have any interest and know how to act...,

Next, Flame Films quickly started contract negotiations with Will Smith's agent, and after a few days of discussions, Will Smith finally signed a contract with a salary of 15 million plus 5% of the box office in North America. .This contract can be said to be very generous for his current situation. For first-line superstars, box office dividends are a common practice; Wang Yang stopped it, he didn't want to hurt his feelings for one million or two million, and he didn't want to make trouble.

The most important point is that he feels that the actor's mood is very important. Only when the actor is truly satisfied and fully committed can he perform at his best. Everything is based on the effect of the movie." As long as the actors are in high spirits, he will not care about increasing the production cost. Besides, the cost of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is estimated at 40 million, which is enough to include Will Smith's 15 million salary up.

Will Smith starred in "When Happiness Comes Knocking" as the leading actor! ? When the media and movie fans saw the news on the official website of Flame Movie, they looked at the calendar suspiciously, oh, it's not the month, number? So, this isn't April Fool's news!

Then, everyone was in an uproar. The fans of Will-Smith's fans were happy and worried. The happy ones were some die-hard fans. They didn't think "Wild Wild" was so bad. With Will around, they watched it with gusto. Now Wilga is amazing Yang, this combination is so attractive! But some movie fans are throwing cold water on Will, is he insane? Didn't the fiasco of "Wild Wild" teach him a lesson? Turn around and join a 19-year-old director's biographical film? Shit!

Now Wang Yang's die-hard fans and female fans are fighting back. Will Smith is about to win the worst actor of Razzie Plum, and now he wants to play the leading actor. They are not happy! Yang, don't be dragged into the water by him up!

And the attitude of the media almost represents the attitude of the film industry. Miracle Yang is crazy, "Will Smith is also crazy! Of course, no one said it clearly, but the comments on the Internet revealed it." The official website of "Film News" reported this The news commented: "Magic Yang is crazy, he invited an action superstar to act in a drama biopic." What's even more funny is that the hero of this biography is a stockbroker, not boxing champion Tyson or Ali. Will we see a quiet, non-funny Will? Are you kidding? "

"Will Smith is also crazy. It seems that "Wild Boys" has hurt him too much, so that he no longer wants to fight and be funny, but try acting. But did he choose the wrong movie again? Can't say that "Happiness Knocks" is an improvisation by Miracle Young, just maybe, but looking at his age, it's too ingenious. Good luck, Will!"

Facing a sea of ​​doubts, neither Will Smith nor Wang Yang could have responded, nor did they need to respond. When the movie starts shooting," the crew will conduct exclusive interviews with the media for pre-publicity. By then, fans will have already accepted the reality and started to look forward to it. The most important thing is to make the movie! Because doubts are doubts, as long as the publicity is proper, it will still be true. A large number of people walked into the cinema first.

Wang Yang is still in New York. During this time, he is completing the storyboard script of "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door" every day; at the same time, he is involved in the acquisition of Blue Sky Studio. As early as more than two weeks ago, "Flame Films" contacted Blue Sky Studios and proposed the first acquisition plan, with a capital injection of 80 million yuan and 85% of the shares. The 68 million yuan belonging to Flame Films will also be used for the production of "Ice Age" : In addition, no employee from the original company will be laid off; "Ice Age" will not interfere with Chris Wakey's creation.

This acquisition plan is much more lenient than Fox’s.” As long as Chris Wakey nods, his shares will become 10%, and his net worth will suddenly increase by 8 million: and Gill’s shares are concentrated in the technical director Mike Alinkey Si" and several technical backbones and senior management.

But Chris Wakey did not nod in agreement. "Compared to 20th Century Fox, Flame Films is just a small company, and a small company means instability. If Flame Films has to lay off employees and sell Blue Sky due to serious losses in two years, It must be a very messy situation” and he doesn’t want to see it: more importantly, if Blue Sky is acquired by Fox, they can get some technology sharing from Fox’s animation department, and if they are acquired by Flame Films, they won’t make any progress .

After learning about his concerns, Max Langt followed Wang Yang's wishes and increased the purchase price to 90 million. The money will be credited to the account at one time and stored in the account of Blue Sky Studios to ensure the completion of the entire production of "Ice Age": And the paper promises that before the completion of "Ice Age", "no one will be cut from the production team. In addition to the production of "Ice Age", they are allowed to carry out multiple technical research and development, and if necessary, they can also recruit employees.

This plan made Chris Wakey heartbroken, and now, the negotiations have entered a decisive stage.

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