Chapter 87: Appearance and attendance

"Mr. Wang, on August 23, 1999, Palake Private Hospital, did you beat my client Mr. Cole Langston first?" Litigation lawyer Billy McCroslowly stared at Wang Yang sitting on the chair and asked in a deep voice: "You just need to answer me, are you?" Wang Yang looked calm and nodded, "Yes, I have..."

Billy McCross snapped his fingers, looked at the white-haired judge on it, and looked at the jury staff next to him, and walked over and said, "Gentlemen, ladies, this is a very serious crime. He violently attacked an innocent man, punched him in the face with his fist, hit his knee in the stomach, and kicked his joints with his feet... He almost died of life when he hit me!" Cole on the other side looked pitiful and sighed softly, as if he was still in lingering fear.

"Look at their comparison!" Billy McCros pointed at Wang Yang, and the jury members looked over. He said: "This guy is 185cm, more than 170 pounds; while my client is only 170cm, less than 140 pounds. More importantly, there is sufficient evidence to show that Wang Yang has been practicing a certain boxing style since he was a child, and my client is just an ordinary person! If this is a boxing match, it is absolutely unfair. It is lightweight and heavyweight!"

Many people in the audience seats behind chuckled. Of course, Wang Yang's assistant group and Jessica who came with him were calm. The white-haired judge knocked the wooden hammer and the court immediately calmed down. Billy McCross held a finger and continued, "What I want to say is not fairness or not, but Wang Yang's cruelty and evil. My client didn't want to fight. He almost begged, 'Don't fight anymore! Don't fight anymore!' But Wang Yang did not stop until the security guard came and grabbed him. But we can see from the video that Wang Yang still wanted to rush over and continue to beat my client. He just wanted to hit someone. He was a demon! This was definitely a very serious intentional injury!"

Wang Yang glanced at Cole on the left, and saw that the guy nodded with regret. The jury members looked at each other with different expressions, frowning and contemplative, and indifferent as if they had already decided. As soon as Billy McCross returned to his seat, defense attorney Vincent Grant stood up. He looked at the jury and asked with his hands spread out, "Does anyone have children?"

The jury was stunned. Vincent Grant patted Wang Yang on the shoulder and said, "My client, he saved a child, he saved a child's life!" He looked at the audience seat, and the rescued little girl Briana sat in the arms of her mother, Ms. Carmen. They all came to defend Wang Yang. Vincent Grant said, "Think about it, if that was your child, in that case you were saving her life, but there was someone next to you and wasting your time, what would you do?"

"My client is not a demon, he is a superhero. In fact, all Americans like this kind of hero!" Vinson Grant took two steps, looked at the judge, pointed to the outside and said, "Superheroes always beat bad guys. We love this, we love this to death! If you don't believe it, go out and go to a cinema to see it. You can always find one, two blockbusters that are being released, and they tell such stories. People in the cinema cheer for it. Why!?"

Vinson Grant paused and replied: "Because this is human nature! This is good human nature! The laws of this country always set standards to adapt to the human nature of society. I said Mr. Langston was a bad guy, and Mr. McCros said he was an innocent person, but what about the fact?" He looked at Cole and said in a deep voice: "In order to take a few pictures of making money, this guy did not lend a helping hand to a life, but instead he was going to sabotage. His behavior was intentional injury and intentional murder!"

"My client, he was so angry that he did take action first in the hospital. But gentlemen and ladies, this is a complete incident. It is continuous from the street to the hospital. It should not be said separately. First and then from the beginning of the incident. On the street, my client was obstructed and provoked by Mr. Langston many times, so the one who hit the person first was my client, but the one who started the action first was Mr. Langston!" After Vinson Grant said, the jury looked at each other again, and his expression changed and different.

"This is a slander! This is a lie without evidence!" Billy McCros immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Wang is saving people, but my client did not obstruct him, and he did not watch coldly, but what can he do? There is only one Briana, and all he can do is follow. And I hope everyone can tell that Wang Yang is starting to beat my client, and he has finished saving people. As an entertainment reporter, my client has always been the enemy in Mr. Wang's eyes. Is the reason why he beat my client, is he trying to vent his previous personal anger?"

Wang Yang leaned on the back of the chair, and the sounds in the court gradually became very small. If possible, he wanted to beat Cole again to vent his anger. But that time, it was only 5 minutes away, and only 5 minutes away from life would pass away. He thought that he would never regret this. Thinking of this, Wang Yang turned around and looked at the audience seat. The little girl Briana noticed that he was looking at him and immediately showed a bright smile. She shook her hand at him. Wang Yang smiled slightly, and then turned around and looked calmly at the old judge with white eyebrows in front of him.

When Wang Yang, Jessica and others walked out of the court door, the paparazzi who had been waiting for an opportunity to move immediately surrounded the cameras, pressing the shutter wildly, and the few bodyguards hired back immediately stopped the paparazzi and let Wang Yang and others walk to the car smoothly. The paparazzi slapped and shouted, "Yang, are you happy or anxious to postpone the verdict again?", "Yang, are you afraid of going to jail? What do you think if you want to jail?", "Jessica, if Yang is in jail, would you mind?"

With a "bang", the paparazzi closed the car door and as the car started, the paparazzi's voices disappeared quickly. Wang Yang breathed a sigh of relief with his eyes closed. Jessica, who was sitting next to him, dragged his hand and said softly: "Yang, are you tired? Let's sleep for a while." Wang Yang nodded "well", opened his eyes and looked at her, and smiled: "I'm not afraid of going to jail, but I can't sit now. "When Happiness Comes Knocking" will be released in a few months. There is still a little left in the post-production, and I'm going to promote it soon. If I'm in any prison, I think there should be no editing room and soundtrack room in the prison, haha!"

Jessica said comfortably with a deep face: "Yang, you won't go to jail, you will be fine." Wang Yang frowned and smiled, "If I really went to jail, would you mind?" Jessica rolled her eyes and looked at him seriously: "How could it be? I can sit with you!" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing and said, "No! Thank you... Ha, I don't think there is that kind of couple prison, right?"

The car drove directly to Kennedy International Airport. Wang Yang and Jessica boarded the flight back to Los Angeles. I wonder if the first-class flight attendant was particularly beautiful. Wang Yang glanced at Jessica next to him quietly, but saw that she closed her eyes and opened her mouth slightly, and was already asleep. He couldn't help but smile. She had started to worry about the result of the ruling a few days ago, and she was really tired.

Picking up a blanket and gently covering her body. Wang Yang half lay in a comfortable seat. He took a grape on the food plate next to him and put it in his mouth. He took a book and read it. The cover of the book is a child leaning against the hand of his father holding a briefcase. There is a circle in the lower right corner. Inside is a real person photo. A black man with a bright smile is written on the cover, "How to become a pauper to a millionaire, how to find his own happiness?"

This book is the first episode of Chris Gardner's autobiography "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door". Starting from early February, when the Fire Movie, bookseller and author agreed, the promotional activity officially began. Chris Gardner frequently accepted interviews from various media, frequently did programs on various radio stations, and several TV talk shows to promote his own stories and this autobiography, and share his successful experiences.

Some of these exposures require no money, while others require money to contact and purchase. The cost of these promotions is basically paid by bookseller Bantam Publishing Company. However, if Flame Movie wants to take a ride, it will sponsor 1 million yuan, and the printing cost of the movie promotion part is half. Why half? Because the relationship between movies and books affects each other, when the movie is successful, books will sell more and better.

The promotional plan is not just an interview and program. Starting this month, it is also the beginning of the launch of "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door". Chris Gardner also began to tour and promote in North America, and also attended various booksellers' associations and book fairs, conducting a new round of publicity for two months, and then meeting with the film crew to make a trend for the final publicity before the release.

Bantam Publishing Company has successfully packaged countless new authors and released countless bestsellers. They can see the huge potential of "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door" at a glance. Their experienced publicity has made this autobiography sell very well once it was launched on the market. Bantam Publishing Company expects that with the tour, it will have a chance to top the bestseller list. This is not surprising. It does not speak for books, the author's packaging, and only talks about the content. As a typical "American Dream" successful person, Chris Gardner's legendary story is very eye-catching. With the exposure and the launch of the autobiography, he has become a new idol in the hearts of many black people and many Americans, just like a snowball. His fame has become increasingly greater and more famous. "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door" has become increasingly popular.

He happily told Wang Yang on the phone, "I have received many letters from readers, and they all said they were moved by my story. Yang, when I was a child, I got a name for my history. I thought I would be a historian. I never thought I would become a writer, and there were so many readers who like me!" Wang Yang was also very happy that Chris's story can give people the power to pursue happiness and the power to promote movies.

Chris Gardner met the man driving a Ferrari sports car. He decided to switch to a stock broker. What about the story afterwards? When Wang Yang turned another page, he saw the movie poster of Will Smith and Terry, which read the big "May 20th, North America will be released in full!" There are a few classic lines that he chose to choose, "If you have a dream, you have to work hard to realize it." "I have nothing, but at least I still have a dream. Many people dare not have this, they are afraid..."

Then there are the information about the movie, the crew interviews, etc. Looking at the photo collection behind him, Will Smith and Chris Gardner, Wang Yang couldn't help but smile. From the perspective of movie promotion, every time he sells a book on Piaotianyi, his family and friends may know about it, and become interested in the movie, and the power of viral marketing will also appear.

"That's good, that's good..." Wang Yang smiled and murmured a few times, closing the book. At this time, Jessica next to him was confused and said in a dreamlike manner: "What...is good?" Wang Yang glanced at her. It was obvious that she was in a half-dream and half-awake state. He reached out to stroke her hair and said softly: "You're fine, go to bed."

Back in Los Angeles, Wang Yang continued some of the remaining post-production of "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door". His time in the editing room is decreasing every day, and his time in the soundtrack room is increasing. Jenn Kezmelic attaches great importance to this good movie, his first soundtrack work in Hollywood, and his enthusiasm and inspiration for work are also very high. Most of the pictures do not need to be brewed, but they are equipped with natural music, making the process of work much faster than expected.

March is destined to be a peaceful time. The NCAA National Championships officially kicked off. 64 universities launched "March Crazy" and worked hard for the national championship. As a basketball fan, as a member of the NCAA, Wang Yang naturally handed over a semi-finals match prediction table, uploaded to his blog. He is optimistic about Michigan State University, the University of Florida, Cincinnati, and Michael Jordan's alma mater, North Carolina, while his alma mater, Southern California, did not enter the semi-finals.

His prediction belongs to most public opinion, only the University of Florida ranked low in the survey, and it is the kind of person who really enters the semi-finals, which is a small unpopular one. Many fans are puzzled by his failure to choose the popular University of Connecticut, but Wang Yang believes that the University of Florida's offensive system is clear and smooth, and has a fierce morale, so he should not be a team that is underestimated. This response made many fans say to him "look at it."

blogger is very new, but it was only launched in August last year. On that day, Wang Yang accidentally discovered it and found it very interesting, so he became a user of the website. He found it interesting because he could post some movie updates on it, which is a new method for publicity. He carefully analyzed it and found that blogger's senses are different from the official website. Posting here is like he was telling everyone in person, which gives fans and movie fans a greater impression and interest; and he can also post some information about his own life activities or insights on certain things, which is very interesting.

He has not found other "peers" and seems to be the only Hollywood person. This has also attracted the suspicion of the website. After contacting him, he proved his identity and exclusively released several behind-the-scenes stills of "When Happiness Comes Knocks", so the news of "Wang Yang becoming a blogger user" appeared on the homepage of the website. However, since the website does not have many users, his blog traffic is not high, but he is quite high in the website ranking.

Under the influence of Wang Yang, Jessica also joined the blog ranks. She didn't need any articles and only posted a few photos of her personal life. The click rate of her blog was higher than that of Wang Yang, which made her a little proud. In order to catch up, Wang Yang participated in more topics and predictions, but there was one thing he did not predict, that was another grand event that was about to be held in March, the Academy Awards.

The Golden Plum Awards announced before the Oscars continue to announce all awards earlier this year. The popular film "The Wind-Storm" can be said to "lived off expectations", and won five awards including the worst film, the worst director, the worst male lead, and Will Smith won three awards for the worst male lead, the worst screen partner, and the worst movie song, becoming the "stinky" person this year.

"Will, nothing, you're just being implicated by a bad movie. Your performance in "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door", I dare say that it's Oscar's Best Actor." On the phone, Wang Yang's words were serious and comforting. When the movie was accompanied by music, Will's performance left him speechless, and finally made him feel that he had found "that little thing". Will Smith over there laughed heartily and said, "Man, I'm fine at all. I'm going to win the worst male lead next year. Hey, what can I do?" Wang Yang smiled and said, "Will, Jin Luomei and the Oscar trophy must be very interesting."

After the award of the Golden Plum Awards, the 72nd Oscar arrived as scheduled on March 26. When Wang Yang, a black suit and Jessica in a white evening dress walked out of the extended Lincoln car, the flash light lit up everywhere. Jessica held a clutch in one hand and held Wang Yang's hand in the other. Both of them smiled and stepped onto the red carpet and walked towards the Kodak Theater in front.

"Yang, hey, look here! Jessica, here, here!" The reporters on both sides of the railing kept pressing the camera shutter, clattering and shouting.
Chapter completed!