Chapter 73: Dragon Supporter Wang Yang

At Salt Lake City International Airport, people came and went in the airport hall. Wang Yang was cross-body with a black luggage backpack and striding outside. This time he came here, not to visit the set, and he was the one on the crew of "Singing and Dance 2". His main purpose was to discuss some script issues with Sarah Sugarman, the director of "Singing and Dance 2".

Sarah Sugarman is a 34-year-old British female director. She just won the British Film Academy Award for Best Short Film this year and also received this opportunity to direct. Previously, she had asked Wang Yang to come to Salt Lake City several times because when the actual filming is done, the script will inevitably have some problems. At this time, the director needs to communicate with the screenwriter to find the problem and solve it.

But Wang Yang had been busy in New York before and could only discuss with her on the phone. Now, with the matter of acquiring Blue Sky Studios over, and the crew of "When Happiness Comes Knocks" has not yet been formed, he is finally idle, so before returning to Los Angeles, he has to come to Salt Lake City first. However, the matter of his coming here, except for Sarah Sugarman, he did not tell anyone else that he wanted to surprise Jessica.

When he arrived at Eastern High School, Wang Yang walked out of the taxi and looked at the familiar campus in front of him. He couldn't help but spread his hands and took a deep breath. In this plateau city, it seemed that every breath would be more forceful. He carried his luggage and backpack and walked towards the baseball stadium of Eastern High School. He knew that the crew would shoot there today.

After walking down the stairs of the baseball field, Wang Yang saw a crowd of people from afar, crew members, extras, etc. He was excited and wanted to walk over quickly.

"Hey, boy, you have to stop here and you can't move forward anymore!" At this time, a white middle-aged man stopped in front of him. He said a little impatiently: "It's just filming, there's nothing good to watch, go back." As a chore for blocking the venue, he had to intercept these idle personnel every day.

Wang Yang smiled and took off the Golden State Warriors ball cap on his head, and immediately felt the dazzling sunshine. He smiled and said, "Hi, Gais, don't recognize me anymore? I am Wang Yang, a member of the crew." He remembered that this man was named Gais, and he was also a crew chore in "Singing and Dance".

"Wang Yang?" Gais frowned and looked at Wang Yang a few times, then laughed "Oh" and moved away, patted his head, and smiled: "Of course I recognize you, Director Yang! Please come in."

"Well, then I'll leave." Wang Yang put on his ball cap again and walked over quickly. As he approached the crew, his steps became quiet again.

Some scenes of this scene require a large number of extras, so there are many young people standing or sitting on the baseball stadium over there waiting for the shooting arrangement; there are still some farther ground with photography guides, and the photographer controls the camera, not Vale Fister, Sarah Sugarman has a photographer he is familiar with, and Vale Fister has no job at the moment. He is waiting for "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door". Wang Yang has already negotiated with him and the two will continue to work together.

In addition to the photography team, there were also lighting artists, recording engineers and others in a large circle. Sarah Sugarman looked at the viewfinder with a serious face; and in the scene, Jessica, Tom Willing, Marcus Mans and others were performing. Suddenly, Sarah Sugarman shouted "cut" with dissatisfaction, and she walked into the venue, guiding Jessica. Jessica listened very seriously and nodded from time to time.

"My sweetheart is going to be the king again?" Wang Yang stood far away, with his hands on his chest, and the smile on his face was helpless. He was not afraid of wasting film, but was afraid that Jessica would be unhappy. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt someone looking at him next to him, turned around and looked at him, and saw a blonde girl standing a few meters away, wearing a gorgeous rich girl costume, Rachel.

She held a water cup, her eyes were a little dull, and she seemed to be stunned. Wang Yang raised his hand to her and said with a smile: "Hi, Rachel!"

"Hi..." Rachel suddenly came to her senses. She smiled slightly, lowered her head, and then slowly walked over and said, "Did you come from New York?" Wang Yang raised his eyebrows and nodded, "Yes, New York." Rachel realized that she seemed to have asked a stupid question, and lowered her head and took a sip of water without saying a word.

Wang Yang looked over Jessica, she was still listening to Sarah Sugarman's guidance. He looked at the silent Rachel next to him, thought for a while, and asked, "How are you? Well, I mean, I heard Jessica say you have a cold, and it was her who infects you..." He stopped and said, "So, how about it?"

"It's okay, I'm fine." Rachel smiled, shook the water cup in her hand, and said, "After taking medicine, drink more hot water, you'll be fine soon." Her nasal voice was very strong, and she smiled, "In fact, I want to be more sick, so that I can rest for a few days." Seeing her saying so much, Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh, "Please, how long has the movie started to shoot? You just want to rest." Rachel wrinkled her eyes uncomfortable and said softly: "Sarah has a bad temper!"

Wang Yang quietly glanced at Sarah Sugarman over there and asked, "How big is it? It's bigger than me?" Rachel shrugged, and Wang Yang frowned and said, "It seems you were deliberately making yourself catch a cold. Rachel, this is a conspiracy." Rachel nodded and said, "Yes." Wang Yang sighed and said, "This is really bad, someone wants to absent from work."

Both of them couldn't help laughing, but after laughing a few times, they were quiet and didn't say anything again. At this time, Zachary's surprised voice suddenly came from beside him: "Oh, Yang? You're here!" He ran over with a smile. Wang Yang smiled and hugged him with his fists, and his other hand hit his back, and said with a smile: "My man, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Seeing Wang Yang and Zachari chatting, Rachel next to him showed a faint smile and walked away silently with the water cup.

After the two chatted for a while, the shooting over there was also passed. As Sarah Sugarman shouted, "Okay! Prepare for the next shot!" The photography team quickly moved and adjusted the location of the guide rails, light boards and other equipment. Jessica, who was idle, vaguely heard Wang Yang's laughter. She looked around with some confusion and immediately found Wang Yang who was talking to Zachary in the distance. Her eyes lit up, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. She ran over and shouted and laughed: "Yang!"

"Hi!" Wang Yang spread his hands and hugged her, then let go, and smiled very satisfied with the surprise on her face. Zachary blinked at the two of them, and left consciously. Jessica smiled and punched Wang Yang, blaming her tone, saying, "Why don't you tell me?" Wang Yang spread his hands and said, "I came to see how you wear a mask to film. If I tell you, what should you do if you take off your mask? But why can't I see it now?" Jessica rolled her eyes and said, "You must be very disappointed!"

"Magic Yang!" Sarah Sugman in the distance shouted to this side. She kept waving her hands and shouted: "You are finally here, come here! Don't talk about love on my set, otherwise I will kick you back to New York, come here quickly!"

Everyone laughed with a smile, and Wang Yang answered her loudly, "Wait, it'll be fine soon!" He looked at Jessica who was a little embarrassed, took off the Warriors' baseball cap, put it on her head, and said, "The sun is very strong, don't be too sunny, you're still catching a cold." He handed her luggage backpack, patted her backpack and joked, "There is a contract worth 100 million yuan, please help me keep it." After that, he quickly walked towards Sarah Sugman to discuss the script with her.

Jessica held the backpack in one hand and the ball cap on the head with the other hand, showing a sweet smile. Rachel on the other side withdrew her gaze, and the dazzling sunlight made her head hurt a little. She took a deep breath, held the water cup with both hands, and kept drinking the hot water in the cup.

In the evening, although the crew had disbanded and everyone could move freely, Wang Yang did not go on a date with Jessica, and he did not come to Salt Lake City for a date. Throughout the night, he discussed the filming of the script with Sarah Sugarman, solving many of her questions, and did not go to bed until the early morning. The next day, he continued to follow the crew's filming.

In the physics laboratory of Eastern High School, this scene was probably about "Gabriela" showing her talent in front of her classmates. The photography team had all adjusted the equipment, and Jessica and several classmates who played the Genius Club were in place, and everything seemed to be ready.

"What!?" Sarah Sugman roared with his eyes, looking at the middle-aged white field recorder, and shouted: "No actor!? Where has he gone?" The field recorder said helplessly: "That guy just called and he was hospitalized for food poisoning in the morning." Sarah Sugman said in surprise: "How could this happen!"

Everyone in the laboratory was confused when they heard it. Wang Yang, who was sitting on the side, stood up and walked up and asked, "What happened?" Sarah Sugarman was very angry. She looked around and looked suddenly on Wang Yang, shouting, "Shen Qi Yang, come!" Wang Yang was stunned and said, "What am I going to do?" Sarah Sugarman spoke quickly and said, "Didn't you notice? There is only an Asian face here! And this scene has a mass character of Chinese physics genius, so come!"

"Me!? I can't act!" Wang Yang was stunned, but he remembered that he just wrote "genius classmate" in the script, without saying that he had to ask for Chinese. He asked, "Can you just find someone?" Sarah Sugarman frowned and said, "I'm the director, I need this effect! And you know that the character only has a few lines, what's the problem!" She impatiently stuffed the script of the scene into Wang Yang's hand and said, "Don't be too verbose, hurry up! You are the screenwriter, don't you need me to explain it, right?"

Wang Yang took the script and looked at everyone. Jessica looked interested and clenched her fists and made a "Come on" gesture at him. Zachary, Tom Willing, Rachel and others were also talking and laughing. Zachary shouted expectantly: "Hey, Yang! It's time to show off your acting skills!" Wang Yang smiled, and it's okay to give it a try, then nodded and said: "Well, okay..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone was smiling and applauding, and there were still people whistling. Sarah Sugman shouted, "Shenqi Yang, I will give you a minute to read the script." Wang Yang nodded with a smile, looking at the familiar words on the script, and after a while, he put down the script and said, "Okay." Sarah Sugman immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "Everyone is ready! Sarah Sugman, you are standing on the left of Jessica."

"Okay!" Wang Yang walked to the front of the camera, Jessica next to him smiled at him and said softly: "Yang, we are acting together again, it's so interesting!" Wang Yang also felt interesting, but more of it was very strange. This performance was different from the last show, because the camera will also be aimed at him this time, and he will appear in the film. He always stood behind the camera, but now he is standing in front of the camera.

It is also different from the trailer of "Ghost Records" that simply shoots with a camera, and now it is a movie. Looking at the photographer carrying a camera in front, the lighter holding a light board, the sounder holding a microphone, and director Sarah Sugarman... and the scenes, makeup artists, Rachel and other actors behind, Wang Yang couldn't help but murmur "Wow", and he seemed to have truly realized the world in front of the camera.

"Start!" Sarah Sugarman shouted, and the scene recorder took the scene recorder and finished the scene serial number, shouting: "First, start!" As he knocked on the scene recorder, the camera began to operate.

Wang Yang looked at Jessica's eyes and said with a smile: "Do you know what Einstein's greatest theory is?" Jessica acted with a thoughtful look and was about to answer, when Sarah Sugman over there shouted: "cut!" She spread her hands dissatisfiedly and said: "Shen Qi Yang, you give people the feeling of 'I'm reciting lines'! Also, your voice is too gentle. She is not your girlfriend Jessica, she is your classmate Gabriela! Your voice should be cool, you know, cool!"

"Oh, I understand." Wang Yang nodded, the camera started again, he looked at Jessica and pretended to be cool: "Do you know what Einstein's greatest theory is?" Jessica said in confusion: "e=mc2?" Wang Yang shook his head and said: "No..." Before he finished speaking, Sarah Sugman shouted: "cut! Magical Yang, is it that difficult to keep your cool? Hell!"

"I've worked hard." Wang Yang shrugged helplessly, and he said that he would not be able to perform anymore.

Tom Willing and Zachary behind were laughing with gloating; Rachel also smiled slightly, and Jessica couldn't help laughing. They were drunk by Wang Yang every day when filming "Singing and Dance 1". Of course, he has a good temper, but now when seeing the old director being scolded by the new director, they all felt very fun and wanted to say "You taste it!"

Wang Yang knew what Sarah Sugarman meant, but knowing that it was different whether he could do it. The problem was not in his performance skills, but internship, including voice, tone, facial emotions, but he couldn't. He always said to be devoted to his feelings and feelings, but he always felt that everyone was looking at him, and countless eyes were focused on him, and he could not "get into the play". He now understood, no wonder Greta Garbo required that no idle people beside his sight when filming.

He is just playing a supporting role, with a few lines; and the protagonist of the movie has countless scenes and countless lines... They want to ignore these people on the set and enter the world in the script. It is too difficult for both the performance and the experience. But he vaguely understood some ideas in his mind. Isn’t a good director his duty to let the actors enter that world and let them perform at their best?

"Okay, Shenqiyang, do it again!" Sarah Sugman shouted, interrupting his thoughts, but soon, she said angrily: "It's almost a little bit! Come on!", "cut, isn't it just a few lines, please!", "Oh, it seems that you really have no talent for acting..."

Wang Yang went from trying to be confused and then to being upset. Finally, he took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, trying hard to eliminate the unnatural feeling in his mind. When the number of times rose to double digits, it finally passed!

"good!" Sarah Sugarman shouted excitedly, grabbed his hair again, and said, "Oh my god, Fantastic Yang, Fortunately, you are not the hero of the movie, otherwise I would be angry with you!" Wang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and slapped Jessica with a high-highlight, and his heart was like putting down a big rock; Tom Willing, Zachary and others over there applauded and cheered: "Yang, you can win the best supporting actor!" Everyone laughed, and the joyful scene was like the movie was about to be finished.

"I will never be an actor again..." Wang Yang also laughed loudly. He looked at Jessica. It turned out that he was the king of ng. He suddenly sighed and said, "Jesse, you acted so well." Jessica said in a little puzzled manner: "Why do you say that?" Wang Yang shrugged and smiled: "No reason, you are just great."

"Don't worry, I will save your shots well and you will definitely see them in the movie!" Sarah Sugarman laughed and clapped his hands and said, "Prepare for the next shot!"

Wang Yang stayed in Salt Lake City for a total of three days, solving all the script problems of Sarah Sugarman. During this period, he was so busy that he had no time to eat alone with Jessica. After a reluctant farewell, Wang Yang set off on the plane to Los Angeles, but he wanted to return to Los Angeles, and there would be no free time because he wanted to devote himself to the preparations for "When Happiness Comes Knock on the Door".
Chapter completed!