Chapter 21: Dream will not die

However, God does not seem to have promised Jessica ’s birthday wish, or only part of it.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Wang, we don't think your movie is suitable for the big screen. Who would like to watch such a blurry picture?"
"Sorry, please forgive us bluntly, compared to the movie, your thing is like a handsome gentleman and a clown with a dazzling eyebrow. The clown is suitable for circuses, but not for movie theaters."
"Release this movie? No, of course it doesn't work ... No, we don't have to think about it, boy, the movie is not that simple, do you want us to be a big fan?"
More than half a month has passed since Jessica's birthday. In this half-month period, Wang Yang has rushed to dozens of film companies, almost ran all over Los Angeles, and the result was a harvest. "NO" one after another.
Was full of confidence and enthusiasm from the beginning; by now, he was also a little tired and a little depressed. But every morning, he must get up and continue to run full of Los Angeles, the rest of the time he will be busy with part-time work, in order to barely maintain a life of food and clothing.
Since his working hours are not stable, except for the McDonald ’s part-time job at night, other jobs are hard and tiring. For example, at noon, when the sun is empty, he has to wear a thick doll clothes and send leaflets on the street. It's stuffy and hot, sweating and sweating, and he changed to someone who is not in good health, and passed out long ago. He also helped the furniture company to move up and down. When he went to bed at night, his arms were so soft that he couldn't sleep.
Sometimes tired and numb, he really will be so depressed for a while, damn, he is so hard and so tired, what is it for?
Today his life path is no different. He ran a film company during the day and was mocked ruthlessly, "Childish, naive, are you crazy?"; Then he will rush to a McDonald's in the city and start a part-time job at night .
The part-time job of McDonald's is his main source of income and his only part-time job with fixed working hours. He works five hours a day from seven to twelve in the evening.
McDonald's part-time jobs are always easy to find because of the intensity of work and low salary. Wang Yang holds a salary of 7 dollars per hour, which is a little better than the minimum hourly wage in California; and because this McDonald's has entertainment venues such as a movie theater and a parking lot, there is almost no time to spend at night. At times, Wang Yang sometimes couldn't help but sigh in his heart, God, is there no KFC near here?
After looking at the red-haired uncle McDonald's sitting on the long chair at the door of the store, Wang Yang walked into this fast-food restaurant with an "M" hanged and saw a white man wearing a McDonald's waiter uniform. Fat man.
He weighed at least three hundred pounds, a fat face with double chins, and a bearded beard. He was carrying a plate of burgers to customers. When he saw Wang Yang dressed in formal attire, he laughed: "Hey, man .. Wow, dressed like this, just returned from Silicon Valley? Or Wall Street? "
This fat man is called Harry George. He is in his twenties and is a full-time employee here. After nearly a month of getting along, Wang Yang has known him for a long time, and he is a good friend. However, they didn't talk about it deeply. The fat man didn't know Wang Yang's situation at all and the movie.
"White House!" Wang Yang rolled his eyes, carried his briefcase, and walked directly to the employee's changing room inside the store. Today ’s film company ’s refusal was the worst he had ever encountered. He is in a bad mood now, and he has no intention of joking.
"Fallen with love?" Harry George shrugged, looked back at Wang Yang's back, and said aloud: "Brother, look away. It's no big deal, believe me, I'm experienced!"
Wang Yang didn't look back, raised his hand and turned back, saying don't bother me. He walked into the dressing room, put on McDonald's black-brown overalls, put on a black "M" hat, and breathed out to himself in the mirror and went outside.
It is still a few minutes before 7 o'clock, and there is still some time for rest. Don't expect it after 7:30. After serving a few customers, no new customers come in. Wang Yang, Harry and others can take a small rest.
The TV of the restaurant is broadcasting a TV movie called "Donald and Heaton", an urban love film. At this time, the screen shows the plot of the protagonist and the protagonist kissing. Harry George suddenly got excited and shouted, "Oh, look at this lens, it's too bad! What does the director and photographer of this movie want to do?" He sighed nonstop. " I ca n’t believe my glasses, their brains are full of horse dung? A bad movie! "
Wang Yang glanced at him and smiled. Every time this fat man watched these TV movies, his temperament changed drastically, and he kept complaining and cursing, as if he had hatred against those directors. Wang Yang generally does not interject, but today is in a bad mood and can't help saying: "Oh, then you talk about how this movie sucks?"
Harry George stared at the TV screen without blinking his eyes, responding to Wang Yang ’s words:
Oh, there are too many bad places, just like the set of cross montages just now, the hero and the heroine are from the town. Run to the center, then meet and kiss, right? "He analyzed:" When they are running, they should be shot in the middle scene, take a picture of them, and then take a panoramic shot and take them. Incorporate the lens with the town at the same time; wait for them to come together before using close-up and close-up. This lens will use these cameras to have the best effect! "
He looked at Wang Yang, spread his hands, and said disdainfully: "But they are shot from the side of the front view from the beginning to the end, oh my god, do you say it's rotten !?"
Wang Yang couldn't help but stunned, but he didn't expect the fat man to be able to express such a professional opinion, and the shooting method he used to shoot, the effect will indeed be better. He smiled and said, "Harry, you're right." Harry George suddenly looked smug. "Of course."
But he had n’t been proud for a long time, and Wang Yang turned his head and said, "But you obviously have n’t considered one point. This is a low-cost TV movie, and cost control is very important. If you use your method to shoot , Think about how the panoramic overhead shot needs to be completed? Helicopter. "He suddenly felt helpless and sighed:" So it is not necessarily the film director, photographer is stupid, but there are some things that know that it will be more Well, you ca n’t do it. "
"Please, what do you know?" Harry George's fat face was filled with dissatisfaction and hummed: "It's just a lens. How much does it cost to rent a helicopter to shoot?"
"This shot uses a helicopter. What about other shots? A movie also has at least 90 minutes, Harry." Wang Yang shook his head: "This is a level problem. Just like you are eating a burger at McDonald's, there won't be a standing next to it. The violinist gives you some music. "
Harry George still wanted to say something. Smith Shawn, who was in charge of checkout at the counter, suddenly smiled and interjected: "Yang, you don't have to argue with Harry. He is a photographer. Of course, if he has been admitted to college "" He shrugged and looked at Harry with gloating, with a long voice: "Oh, that's his dream."
Hearing the word "dream", Harry George was like a deflated ball, and he waved his hand in frustration, saying, "Don't tell me any dreams, my dream is dead, it was killed by reality. Dead. "He said, he wasn't in the mood to watch TV anymore, and walked to a newly arrived customer sullenly.
Photographer? So Harry has given up? Wang Yang was silent. He suddenly remembered Anne Darren, the blonde girl with freckles on his nose. He remembered that night, she asked with a confused face: "Director, should I go home?"
Should I go home? Wang Yang sighed, these days, he was rejected every day, repeated failures every day, he now understands Anne ’s pain better, the pursuit of dreams has been hit again and again, ca n’t see the way forward, every day Living bitterly and tired, confused, anxious ...
Perhaps it would be better to let go of the so-called dream and let yourself live another life? Either it is plain, or it is not what you want, but there is no such pain and struggle. Just like the set of cross montages just now, there are certain things that you know will do better, but you ca n’t do it. Is n’t that reality? It killed that movie, and it also killed Harry's dream.
Wang Yang was suddenly shocked and shivered, no, not like this! He frowned, how did he answer Anne Darren that day?
"Persevere if you like, and God can't take away my pursuit of the movie. I don't want to get old until I regret it ..."
Will he regret it later? It will still be like Harry, every time I watch a movie, I will point fingers, complain and curse those directors, saying, "Oh, please, this is not the case! If you let me come, I will definitely do better than that guy."
Why should I sit in the cinema and say these things? ! Why not do it?
People live in the world, don't they just want to do something they like to do? Why should I live alive everyday? Think about how he would shudder if he was cooking in a restaurant every day. Would n’t it be more painful to do things he did n’t like to do all his life? And now, I go home tiredly every day, and then get up early in the morning every morning, and look forward to the new day again; in the restaurant, there is nothing to expect.
Is Anne home? Wang Yang thought of the joy of filming and smiled a little. No, he did n’t think Annie would go home, even if she had only mass actors, she would not go home. And he will not go home.
How can a dream die? Looking at Harry, he didn't let go at all, he was angry with the TV every day, his dream was still there, he was just running away.
But I will not escape! Wang Yang swelled and clenched his fists and waved. At this time, the store started to get busy. A black mother with children walked into the store. Wang Yang greeted him with a spirited face and smiled: "Welcome to McDonald's, can I help you? ? "
Customers walked into the store endlessly. As a waiter, they had to bill customers, pick up meals, and sometimes clean up the table for some guests who had left after eating. Wang Yang was too busy to even breathe. .
After signing a list for a couple, he went into the kitchen to take a meal, but he saw Harry George lying lazy on a wall. He couldn't help but walked over and smiled and kicked the fat man's big ass, saying: "Hey, buddy, you are lazy like this, you have too little professional ethics !?"
"Please, I have done it for a day, can't I rest for a while?" Harry said weakly and continued to stick to the wall.
Wang Yang smiled and was about to get a hamburger. The cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Who would call him at this time? He frowned and took a look. When he saw the caller ID, he couldn't help but feel happy. It was Rachel who hadn't been in contact for a long time. He glanced at Harry and thought that I would be lazy for a while, then he pressed the switch button and smiled, "Hey, Rachel?"
"Hi, Yang, good evening!" Rachel's voice came from the phone, and she heard her gently smile, saying: "We haven't contacted for a long time, why don't you call me?"
Wang Yang is running around film companies and working every day to make money. When he gets home, he is too tired to lie down. He almost does n’t even bother to take a shower. He still has to find and contact those film companies. There is no time to talk on the phone. In order to save some money ... He was embarrassed to tell the truth, he joked: "Oh, the 6-character button on my phone is broken, you know, there are several 6s in your number ... Ha, have you been well recently? "
Rachel smiled and said, "Well, back to calm, go to school every day, attend classes, eat, and sleep. What about you?"
"Me? It's good. I spent a day trip in Los Angeles every day, listening to someone sing 'NO, NO'." Wang Yang remembered the experience of this day, somehow, now there is no depression in his heart, but he is a little excited, saying: "Wow, I really didn't know that there are so many film companies in Los Angeles. Do you know? The names of those companies are strange, and the most funny one is 'Poison Film Company'."
He couldn't help laughing: "Oh my god, do they specialize in box office poison movies?" Rachel also laughed at Wenyan. After smiling for a while, Wang Yang asked, "Rachel, what are you doing with me? Well, I'm working part-time at McDonald's now. I can't be lazy for too long."
"Oh! I don't know. Did you bother you?" Rachel apologized and heard Wang Yang say nothing, she only said: "Yang, then I made a short story, that's the case. You haven't called for so long Me, I guess the film distribution was blocked, otherwise you told me good news, right? "Wang Yang nodded and said," Yes, smart. "
Rachel spoke quickly: "So, a few days ago, I talked to a teacher about DV movies and about you, and my teacher knew the distribution manager of Lionsgate Film Company, Jon. -Phil Timmel, they are good friends; then I asked my teacher to introduce Mr. Phil Timmel to me; then I contacted him, and then, he was very interested in your movie, hoping to contact You meet. "
"Lion Gate Film Company?" Wang Yang thought for a while. This is a well-known film company. He had wanted to contact them long ago, but because the company's headquarters is not located in Los Angeles, but at the Los Angeles International Airport. Santa Monica is a coastal city in the north, so he has not yet contacted Lions Gate.
Now because of Rachel's kindness, it seems that he will embark on the road to Santa Monica in advance. Wang Yang smiled gratefully: "Okay, Rachel, thank you! Then give me Mr. Phil Timer's contact information."
Rachel said "OK", and after a while, she heard her say: "Yang, listen, this is the Lions Gate switchboard number ... and this is Filtim Mr. mobile phone number ... "
Wang Yang tore a piece of paper, and wrote down the number with a ballpoint pen. After checking it again, there was no error. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Rachel. I will contact them."
"Young, I talked with Mr. Phil Timmel on the phone for a long time, and I heard that he has no prejudice against DV movies. You will be successful." Rachel said a few words of encouragement, and said: "Okay No more disturbing you, bye! "
"Goodbye, good night." Wang Yang took the line, stuffed the numbered piece of paper into his pants pocket, and smiled, wow, there was another chance! So why did you go home?
Harry-George didn't know when he left the wall. He looked at Wang Yang with doubts and asked, "What did I hear just now? Man, your movie? Did you make a movie?"
Wang Yang nodded, and there was nothing to admit. He said: "I made a movie with DV, and I'm looking for a release this month." Then, he took the dinner plate and walked inside to let the chef put the list Food written on it.
Harry-George followed Wang Yang step by step, seeming to laugh happily: "Hey, I guess you must have hit the wall everywhere? Was it worthless by those film companies? 'Oh, you are a pile of shit' , 'Save it, look at you, you should stay at McDonald's ...' "
"Yes, you guessed it." Wang Yang shrugged indifferently.
"Man, how can it be so easy!" Harry-George hummed, UU reading www.uukanshu. com shook his head with his hands on his chest, and looked like a person who came over, saying: "I was like you now, like a fool, ran to the Hollywood studios for luck. Then they all said, 'Oh, you go back Home, fat man, the photographer is not for you, you go home. '"He patted Wang Yang's shoulder and said," Man, I see through it. Everyone has a dream, but not everyone can achieve it. " of."
"I don't care, if I don't work hard, how do I know if it can be achieved?" Wang Yang said firmly, but when he saw Harry George disdained, Wang Yang suddenly asked him: "How many crews did you go to and try your luck?" ? "Harry said impatiently:" A dozen, who remembers? "
Wang Yang laughed haha ​​and took the chef to hand over the dinner plate with food. He walked outside and smiled at Harry: "Man, I tell you, I went to 54 homes in this month Film companies! Soon, there will be fifty-five. "
Harry was stunned, and then reflected the meaning of these words. He gritted his teeth and faced Wang Yang's back, the tone was definitely said: "Man, I also tell you, you will fail! We are such a person, loser."
"Failure? Then there are fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh ..." Wang Yang, who walked a few steps, turned back, blinked at Harry, and smiled, "My dream will not die."
Harry panted, his fat face wrinkled, shouting, "Even if there are one hundred, you will fail!"
"Oh, then there is one hundred and one."
"Fail! Fail! Fail ..." Harry shouted continuously to cover up Wang Yang's voice, and he stopped breathlessly after Wang Yang left the kitchen, his eyes flashing a complex color, Will my dream not die? ! He scolded: "This bastard!"