Chapter 106 Christmas War

On the night of the 23rd, there was another thing that deeply attracted the attention of the media, fans and filmmakers, that is, the 58th Golden Globe Awards will be announced. The Golden Globe Awards are the third most important award in the American film and television industry, ranking after the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. As the first film and television award awarded every year, it has always been regarded as the weather vane of the Academy Awards.

The Golden Globe Film Awards of this year, and the 73rd Oscars, which are also held next year, can be said to be filled with smoke. Since there is no such popular movie that absolutely swept all awards this year, there are quite a lot of popular candidates and movies in the media's predictions, including the biggest hit "Gladiator", "Remaining the Desert Island", "Almost Fame", Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Steven Soderbergh's two movies "Never Compromise" and "Drug Network", etc.

In the award for Best Director, Wang Yang is also a popular candidate in the media prediction table. His job is "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door"; yesterday, with the latest nomination prediction of Zhu Piao Astronomy, he said, "I can't imagine any reason why 'Miya Yang was not shortlisted for Best Director'."

In the spacious and warm living room, Wang Yang and Jessica sat on the fabric sofa, looking at the advertisements played on the TV screen in front. Jessica suddenly let out a little nervously, took a pillow next to her and asked, "Yang, if you are shortlisted... No, you will definitely be shortlisted. How should we celebrate later?" Wang Yang looked at her nervous look, couldn't help but smile, moved her body and hugged her waist, and said, "You'll kiss me a little." He kissed her cheek again and said, "Don't be nervous, there is nomination, happy; if there is nomination, still be happy."

He is not nervous but does not care at all. In his mind, the greatest affirmation and praise comes from the audience. They like that movie, laughing for it, crying for it, and being crazy for it, which is his greatest pursuit and enjoyment. On the one hand, this is reflected in the evaluation of movie fans, and on the other hand, it is the box office; the second place is the Academy Award, which is an honor pursued by all filmmakers; and although the Golden Globe Award is the third largest film and television award in the United States, he does not have that kind of "desire", and this award is behind him.

The reason is that there are only more than 90 foreign journalists at the Golden Globe Awards, which is too fewer than the more than 6,000 Oscars, which means that the impact of personal preferences will be magnified, and the possibility of a secret case is higher.

It’s not that you buy the award and buy the nomination directly, but “***”. Film companies will give the judges some small favors, such as inviting to dinner parties and giving champagne bouquets. This is also what the public relations department of Flame Movie did. It gave some peripheral accessories for the movie, not to get special care, but to treat it relatively fairly. The small favors are almost limited to this. The most powerful supervision is not the law, but the journalists and paparazzi. Who gave who gave whom what benefits were clear at a glance, so that in 1981, Piya Zadoya’s husband once paid for the judges to visit Las Vegas. This kind of historical event is still the main criticism of the Golden Globes.

After all, this is the third largest film and television award in the United States. Naturally, the institutions and judges will not go too far and go against the media and public. Otherwise, it will not have any authority and importance, nor will it attract much attention and be hailed as the weather vane of the Oscars. To maintain this affirmation, the Golden Globes also need to affirm good movies. If the Oscars are a hearty and delicious meal, then the Golden Globes are at least a good hamburger, or more.

So Wang Yang felt that he would not be too disappointed if he had no nomination; but if he was shortlisted, it was also a very happy thing, and it meant that he had a great chance of being shortlisted for the Oscar.

"Well, I'm not nervous." Jessica threw the pillow aside and leaned on his shoulder. After a few seconds, she suddenly sat upright again and frowned and said, "I can't do it! "When Happiness Comes Knock on the Door" and "Zhu Piao Tianwen, newspapers say it will do it, there will be!" Wang Yang smiled and hugged her hard. Hearing the sound of "Hello everyone, I'm Conan O'Brien" from the TV. She immediately looked at the LCD screen, her eyes lit up and said, "Yang, it's starting!"

On the screen, Conan O'Brien, the host of the Academy Awards, was smiling. He walked to the glass table, put the list on the stage, spread his hands and smiled: "The time for the annual Golden Globes nomination is here! This year we have many, many excellent movies, there are... well! I can't count them, otherwise I will lose the suspense." He squeezed his eyes in his late-night talk show style and smiled: "Okay, then who will be nominated for the 58th Golden Globes? Let's see!"

He opened the nomination list on the stage, made a surprised expression, and said, "Wow" again, saying, "The first thing I will tell you is the movie awards, and there are those who are shortlisted for the 'Best Song'..."

There are 15 movie awards in the Golden Globe Awards, namely the Best Drama Movie, Best Music/Comedy Movie, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress in the Drama and Music/Comedy category, the Unified Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress; the Best Screenplay, Best Soundtrack, Best Song, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Animation, and Cecil-b.-Demiller Lifetime Achievement Award.

After reading out five nominations for the Best Song Award, Conan O'Brien continued to announce: "The five nominations for the best soundtrack are Hans Jimo, Lisa Gerrard, "Gladiator"; Tan Dun, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; Jenn Kezmelic, "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door", Rachel Portman, "Love Chocolate"; and the three soundtracks of "Horse", Kristen Wilkinson, Mattis Turtle, and Laripa Kston."

"yes!" Hearing Jessica's name, he immediately cheered happily and raised his clenched fist: "A nomination!" She looked at Wang Yang with clenched teeth and said with a smile: "Great!" Wang Yang nodded with a smile, and was also very happy for Jen. "When Happiness Comes Knocking" was the master-level soundtrack in "Jen" that everything in the movie was sublimated. Not to mention the Golden Globe Award, the Oscar nomination is the most worthy of Jen.

"The shortlist for the best scripts are Cameron Crowe, "Almost Fame", Kenneth Ronalgan, "You Can Rely on Me", Stephen Garhan, "Drug Network"..."

Jessica held her breath and stared at the TV screen with her eyes slightly wide open. She remembered the media newspaper's predictions. The script of "Juno" was praised as "unless", "perfect lines", "warm and profound", etc. It is a big hit! Conan O'Brien on the screen continued to read out the remaining two nominations: "Stephen Colover, "Miracle Boy", Doug Wright, "Queen". "No "Juno" or "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door".

"What?!" she shouted in surprise, covered her forehead at a loss, and said in disappointment: "Oh my God! How can this be done? Zhu Piao is very popular in astronomy, which is enough. And although the Golden Globes are not favored, it may be nominated for the Oscar, who knows."

"Yeah." Jessica nodded, but she was still a little unhappy with her eyebrows frowning. Wang Yang plucked her ponytail and smiled, "Please, my little Mary!" Jessica looked at him and smiled, "Okay! But if you are not in the Best Director, I will go to the Hilton Hotel to kick Conan O'Brien to death!" Wang Yang laughed and hugged her tightly and said, "Wonder Woman, I need to remind you that this is not the nomination he chose, he is just the host." Jessica smiled and glared at the TV screen, saying, "I don't care, it's him who disappointed me."

While the two were joking, Conan O'Brien announced the nomination list for Best Animation, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor and Supporting Actress, and soon, the Best Actress (Music/Comedy category). "Juno" reported in the music/comedy category, so Natalie Portman, who is a "genius performance", is the popular candidate for this award. In the media's prediction list, almost everyone said that "Juno was 100% shortlisted."

"The five nominees are Renee Zelvig, "Nurse Betty"; Juliet Binoche, "Love Chocolate"; Sandra Brock, "Beauty Pageant Undercover"..." Conan O'Brien looked at the list on the glass table again, looked up and smiled: "Natalie Portman, "Juno."

"Wow. Wow...! Two nominations." Jessica laughed softly, adjusted her sitting posture. She looked at Wang Yang's side face and said, "Natali is acting really well. Everyone says she can be nominated for the Oscar." Wang Yang didn't say anything, but just kissed her lips heavily. Jessica felt his feelings, and her heart suddenly became full of warmth, and her heartbeat accelerated with a thumping and thumping. She smiled and said, "Yang, I know."

Seeing the sweet smile on her face, Wang Yang also smiled. At this time, the phone on the coffee table in front suddenly made a ding-dong sound. He took it over and saw that it was a text message from Natalie: "Brother, although this is expected, I still burned! Thank you!" He said to Jessica: "It was a text message from Natalie. She said she was very happy and seemed to be burning." While pressing the key of the phone, he replied to Natalie: "Brother, call 911 quickly!"

"You don't have to tell me." Jessica leaned against his body. Wang Yang put down his cell phone, hugged her again and said with a smile: "I can tell you too." Jessica nodded with a smile: "Okay!"

While speaking, Conan O'Brien has finished reading the nominations for Best Actor (Music/Drama) and Best Actress (Drama), and next is Best Actor (Drama). With his impeccable touching performance in "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door", Will Smith is naturally a popular figure in this award. His experience of winning the worst male lead in Jin Luomei last year also made his acting breakthrough seem even more legendary, and the media even praised it as "great".

"The best male lead nominee in the best drama category is..." Looking at Conan O'Brien who was about to read on the screen, Wang Yang felt a little nervous. He hoped Will Smith would win this honor. Conan said: "Russell Crow, "Gladiator"; Tom Hanks, "The Rest of the Desert Island"; Jeffrey Rush, "Queen"; Michael Douglas, "Miracle Boy"; and Will Smith, "When Happiness Comes Knocks"."

"yes!!" Wang Yang and Jessica both laughed excitedly and slapped each other's high-highlights. Jessica smiled and said, "Great! We have three nominations!" Wang Yang picked up his phone and sent Will Smith a congratulatory text message, while laughing: "Will and I were in "Late Night Talk Show", and I said to Conan O'Brien to 'Will can get the Oscars'. I could tell that he thought I was crazy, but now, haha, he said the list in person."

After the Best Drama Actor, there are three most popular awards, Best Drama, Best Music/Comedy, and Best Director. When he heard that "Juno" was shortlisted for Best Music/Comedy, Jessica happily shouted: "Four nominations!" and celebrated with Wang Yang, who was also very happy; but then she was disappointed to scold the Foreign Journalists Association because "When Happiness Comes Knocks" failed to win the competition for Best Drama.

"Now is the last film award, the nomination list for the best director." Conan O'Brien smiled and picked up the list on the table. He looked at it, looking mysterious, and was about to read it out, "Who will it be? What did you say? Steven Soderbergh, oh yes, there is him here! Who else? Let's see! Those who were selected for the Best Director at the 58th Golden Globe Awards are..."

"Oh my god..." Jessica's breathing became very rapid. She was close to Wang Yang, holding his hand tightly, muttering without blinking: "Oh my god..." Wang Yang smiled, smelling the fragrance of her hair, and gently patting her back, now it seemed like she was competing for the best director. On the screen, Conan O'Brien said: "Steven Soderbergh, "Drug Network"; Ridley Scott, "Gladiator"; Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"..."

With the three nominees being read out, only two were left, Jessica's heartbeat almost stopped, she blushed with nervousness, and she quickly said: "Yang, Yang, Yang, Yang..."

Wang Yang also became a little nervous for a moment. He looked at the screen with his breath. It was always fun to get nominations. Moreover, he didn't want to disappoint Jessica, nor did he want to disappoint his parents and good friends. His mother's voice of encouragement rang in his ears: "In the past few days, many neighbors and friends have asked me if Xiao Yang can win the Golden Globe Award for Best Director nomination? I told them, 'My son is still young, if I don't work this time, I will next time.' Sweetheart, do you understand? I will always be proud of you."

"It's Steven Soderbergh again, "Never Compromise"! This is the first time, a director has two nominations at the same time!" Conan O'Brien let out a wow, closed the nomination list, and smiled: "There is the last nominee, Wang Yang, "Juno"!"

"Wow!" Jessica sat up suddenly, jumped off the sofa excitedly, with a bright smile on her face, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Yang, you were shortlisted! You did it! You are the best director of the Golden Globes!" Wang Yang stood up and spread his hands, hugged her tightly, exhaled, and smiled: "Well, Jessica, we did it! Thank you for your trust."

The two looked at each other's eyes, and their heartbeat became very fast. Wang Yang held her face in both hands, her eyes were full of love and expectation. He smiled and said, "I want to reward!" Jessica smiled and said, "Well, come on!" As he said that, he kissed her lips.

Just as they kissed passionately, the phone at home and the phone on the coffee table rang. The two kissed for a while before they separated reluctantly. Wang Yang picked up his phone, looked at it and answered the channel: "Good evening, Will." Will Smith on the other side smiled excitedly and said, "man, this is crazy! I was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, like a dream, thank you very much! And congratulations, man, the youngest Golden Globe Award for Best Director nomination..."

Jessica, blushing, walked quickly towards the wall where the phone was hung. She picked up the phone and said "Harrow" lightly, turned around and looked at Wang Yang sweetly, and smiled at the microphone: "Well, thank you, it's really great. He is talking about his phone, um..."

"Man, there must be many people congratulations on you, so I'll say goodbye first." Hearing Will Smith say this, Wang Yang smiled and said, "You are, goodbye!" After the call, he opened the newly received text messages on his phone, but he couldn't see so many of them, all sent by the company, crew members and good friends. He had just finished reading Rachel's "Yang, congratulations, no reply!" He was about to check the next Michael Pete's, and there was another call from his phone.

Seeing the caller "Natali Portman", Wang Yang smiled and answered, "What's wrong? Are you in the hospital now? How about the burn?" Natali laughed and said, "It's almost dead, I'm so happy! Hey, when that guy announced just now, I was chanting, 'No Yang, no Yang, no Yang...' As a result, you have nominated, it's really good!"

Wang Yang looked at Jessica who was talking on the phone there and said in confusion: "You are right? No Yang?" Natalie said in a casual tone: "Of course you are right. This is my psychological hint to myself. If you really don't have you in the end, I will not be disappointed; but if you get nominated, I will get a surprise." Wang Yang couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, this is what you learned at Harvard?" Natalie said: "There are also drug use and promiscuous..." Wang Yang smiled and said: "Okay, ok, I have to die, bye!"

The announcement of the 58th Golden Globe Awards naturally caused heated discussions among the media and movie fans at the first time, and everyone has something to be satisfied and dissatisfied.

fox News Network was very puzzled that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was not selected for the best drama film, and conducted a large report on the title "The Golden Globe Awards neglected "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" and questioned the judges' unjustness, "This is a serious mistake." Steven Soderbergh alone accounts for two best directors and two best drama films, and is also a place where the media questioned the dispute. Although those two movies are classics, isn't "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? Isn't "The Rest of the Desert Island"? They pointed out: "The Golden Globe Awards need to be carefully reflected!"

One of the most criticized aspects of this list is "The situation of Zhu Piao Astronomy and the situation of chatting in Zhu Piao Astronomy and the charm of its lines and dialogues; and its story, the unanimous praise and high ratings from film critics, the ideas contained in it are digging out bit by bit, and there is no doubt that classic.

But now, it has lost the election! Yahoo Entertainment Network commented on this: "What a joke? Are the 90 judges of the Golden Globe Awards all from the Stone Age?" Movie fans also expressed their resentment, and even believed that the Golden Globe Awards judges would make such a despicable decision after they received money. "Juno" should be nominated and should win this award! At the same time, fans of suspense films are also quite dissatisfied. The script of "Memory Fragments" is unparalleled and is definitely a precedent for suspense logic films, but it has also failed.

Did the Golden Globe judges neglect Fantasy Young and neglect Flame Movie? But it seems that not, Will Smith was nominated; Natalie Portman was also nominated; and Wang Yang was also shortlisted for Best Director, thus breaking the nomination record for the youngest Best Director in one fell swoop. Of course, these three nominations were popular predictions from everyone before, and if they were not selected, they would be controversial.

There are three directors who are most eye-catching and media-reported by the Golden Globe Awards in this year. For the first time, Steven Soderbergh won two nominations; for the first time, a Chinese director was shortlisted, Ang Lee; for the first time, a Chinese director was shortlisted, Wang Yang, 20 years old and 10 months old. The media public naturally prefers legendary and magical characters. "The youngest director nomination" is enough. The reports of magical characters suddenly increased: "He has since entered the ranks of first-class directors", "The magical boy is about to break the Oscar record!"...

In an imdb latest ***, "Are you satisfied with the list of best director nominations for this Golden Globe Awards?", 56% of people were satisfied, 42% of people were dissatisfied, and 2% had no objection; and in the survey "Do you think Wang Yang's selection is correct?", 74% of people chose the right choice, 22% of people chose the wrong choice, and 4% of people chose the wrong choice, I don't care. Affiliated survey "Do you think Wang Yang can be nominated for best director at the 73rd Academy Awards?" 68% of people chose the right choice, 27% can't, and 5% don't care.

Amid the hustle and bustle of media and movie fans discussing the Golden Globe nomination list, the box office on December 23 also came out. "92-year-old" "Residing the Island" received 12.145 million US dollars, continuing to top this week with a total box office of 23.9 million; the second place is still "39-year-old" "Juno", which received 11.526 million yuan in a single day and a total box office of 23.079 million.

Although he is far ahead of the third place with a total box office of 13.017 million in the week, on the 23rd, the second round, whether it is the total box office or the average box office of a single theater, the game is far from over in the heart of the media in Zhu Piao Astronomy Station. With the announcement of the list of Golden Globes, "Juno", which was nominated for three awards, has implemented the title of "genius director" and "genius actress", which will inevitably cause new stimulation to the market, attract more non-young audiences to watch, and the box office will also grow and rebound. Perhaps the question that should be considered now is, can "The Rest of the Desert Island" withstand the counterattack of "Juno"?

On the 24th, Christmas Eve. Wang Yang spent last year's Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner, and this year will be the same. Dad Wang and mother Wang returned to San Francisco after attending "Juno" and premiere. They did not stay in Los Angeles to celebrate Christmas together because they were busy with the "Chinatown Restaurant Association" festival activities. Wang Yang did not accompany them back to San Francisco. He felt that since their family is not a believer of God, it would be more meaningful to spend Christmas with Jessica on Christmas Eve. When the Spring Festival is over, they will return to the bustling Chinatown.

It was already night. In the dining room of Alba's house, a Christmas tree full of ribbons was placed beside the window. The large long wooden table was filled with fragrance, and the tabletop was filled with rich food, roasted pigs, ham, salmon, pumpkin cakes... and there was also an indispensable part of it. A fat roasted turkey; a Chinese dish made with Wang Yang personally, braised pork ribs.

The dining table was full of people, with Mark Alba sitting in the middle of the above, Cathy Alba, Joshua, and grandfather sitting on the left; Jessica, Wang Yang, and grandmother sitting on the right, and the family sitting around. Although Joshua has a girlfriend, the girl who looks very much like Britney, they have not developed to the point of having a Christmas dinner together.

Before the meal, we naturally had to pray. Everyone held hands, silently lowered their heads and closed their eyes, and looked pious. Only Wang Yang was not a Catholic in the whole table, but he also prayed quietly, listening to the prayer recited by Mark Alba: "Our Heavenly Father, may your name be revealed, may your kingdom come, and may your will be carried out in the world..."

After a long prayer passage, the Alba family and grandparents sang a few more yells together. Wang Yang continued to close his eyes quietly. He opened his eyes when he heard everyone say "Amen". After the prayer, the dining table suddenly burst into laughter. Jessica grabbed braised pork ribs with chopsticks and said with a smile: "Yang, I have to taste your skills, it smells so good." Joshua on the other side couldn't wait to fork a piece with a fork and drank his sister, "Save some for me, you usually have to eat it every day, but I only have it once a year!"

Wang Yang smiled slightly. It was not every day. He was not the kind of person who loved cooking. When he wanted to eat Chinese food, he helped Fuji, Chen Ji, etc., although the taste was not as good as Wang Ji.

"Young man, there was a big mistake in your movie "Juno"!" said the grandfather who had always been very serious suddenly. He had always known that his beloved granddaughter Jessica's boyfriend was a director. He heard that the boy made a movie about the content of a girl's pregnancy, "Juno", so he watched it in Canada as soon as it was released. He came to the United States to celebrate Christmas this year and wanted to talk to the boy.

"Uh..." Wang Yang was stunned for a moment. Looking at the old man with a frown with white eyebrows, he asked modestly, "Can you tell me what mistakes are?" Jessica had told him that her Danish grandfather was very old-fashioned and serious, and was a super devout Catholic. And when she heard her grandmother say that he saw the news of his granddaughter living together in the newspaper, she felt very dissatisfied and said a few "humiliations".

The table of people was quiet, and my grandfather said in a deep voice: "Young man, that's your attitude towards abortion! The law that allows abortion now is an unforgivable mistake. The fetus is human, and it is a good life given to us by the Lord. Abortion is murder! Abortion is legal, a shame for this country! The shameful America, the shameful Canada!" He became more and more angry as he spoke, and the more excited he said: "If the Virgin Mary had aborted the Lord, what would happen? Oh! Lord, please forgive my rash words..."

Jessica, who was biting braised pork ribs, was a little stunned. She thought about it and immediately showed a sweet smile and said smoothly: "Grandfather, Juno didn't have an abortion in the end. She just..."

"It has nothing to do with Juno!" Grandfather glared at her and said, "And she once thought so, Yang, why don't you directly oppose abortion? Tell everyone 'Abortion is wrong'!" Jessica looked at Wang Yang awkwardly, feeling sorry in her eyes.

Wang Yang smiled at her, looked at her grandfather opposite her and said seriously: "First of all, I personally am very opposed to abortion. "Juno" is actually talking about that point, but if the movie wants to express its opinions, it must first hide it. If you directly ask Juno to say 'I oppose abortion', then the pro-abortion people will disdain to watch this movie. If you want to change their views through the movie, you must first let them go to the cinema. The movie does not say 'can't have abortion', but 'you shouldn't have an abortion'." He paused and continued: "As long as they feel that pregnancy is beautiful and children are precious, even if the law allows them, they will think 'I can't do that."

Jessica kept nodding and smiled in agreement, "Well, grandfather, that's it!" Joshua quietly gave Wang Yang a thumbs up and said, "Yang, you really deserve to be the Golden Globe Award for Best Director nominee!" He was caught by his grandfather today and was very happy to see Yang making his grandfather speechless.

"Hmph..." My grandfather couldn't say anything to refute, but refused to admit it. He said: "Anyway, abortion is not good!"

"Okay, okay." Cathy and Mark looked at each other. She looked at her father, then at Wang Yang, warningly: "It's Christmas dinner now. Guys, there is no abortion, no ***, no dispute! OK?" Grandfather shrugged, Wang Yang nodded with a smile and said, "Okay!" Jessica also smiled, continued to taste the braised pork ribs just now, and picked up another piece of roasted pork for Wang Yang, and said, "Yang, try this."

After the warm and happy Christmas Eve, it came Christmas on the 25th, and the box office on December 24th also came out. Christmas Eve was a time for a happy dinner, and the number of viewers naturally dropped sharply. On this day, "The Rest of the Desert Island" only received a box office of 5.82 million US dollars, with a total box office of 29.72 million, continuing to top the weekly list; "Juno" received a box office of 5.9664 million, with a total box office of 29.0454 million.

On the daily box office rankings, "Juno" defeated "The Rest of the Desert Island" for the first time and stood in the championship position! Seeing this situation, fans' interest in this Christmas battle suddenly increased. They originally thought that "Juno" would lose, but unexpectedly, "Juno" won a game in the third round! Only three days have passed this week, and in the total box office, the gap between the two movies is only 674,600, and it is impossible to predict who will win the final death.

On Christmas 25, with the return of the number of viewers, this battle has reached a very critical game! In the normal viewing market, can "Juno" burst out with the power of three Golden Globe nominations? Although "The Rest of the Desert Island" has only one nomination, fans and movie reviews have unanimously praised it, and Tom Hanks' super popularity cannot be underestimated. It can almost be said that whoever wins the Christmas day's championship means who the market chooses, and it also indicates the ownership of the Christmas weekly box office champion.

There is another grand event on Christmas that attracts the attention of basketball fans, that is the NBA Christmas Battle. On the afternoon of the 25th, the defending champion Lakers ushered in the challenge of the Trail Blazers.

"Wow, I will know what it feels like to watch the game on the sidelines! It's so exciting, it's such a happy Christmas!" Joshua, wearing a home jersey in the Lakers, walked in front, looking around, looking at the fans dressed in Christmas in the audience, and looking at the retired jerseys and championship flags over the arena, as if it was his first time to come to Staples Center.

Wang Yang, who was wearing a jacket and jeans, and Jessica, who was wearing a pair of big earrings, a ponytail and a denim jacket, walked behind, listening to Joshua's chattering: "Wow, Christmas battle, the sidelines, cool, so cool! Yang, thank you for your ticket!" Wang Yang responded to him with a smile: "Brother, it's nothing, this is your reward for helping us move the Christmas tree."

"Hey, then you must ask me to continue moving next year! You can be there any time!" Joshua smiled happily and said, "Watching the ball is a great joy in life. Yang, do you know what I am thinking now? That hateful woman..." He suddenly stopped, stared at the sideline seat not far away, took a deep breath, and said, "Oh, my God! Oh my God, Bu, Britney...!"

Wang Yang and Jessica also saw it, and saw Britney Spears with blonde hair and Justin Timberlake sitting on the sidelines, and next to the seats of the three of them. The dull Joshua turned around suddenly, looked at Wang Yang and Jessica with luminous eyes, and said in a voice: "The position next to Britney is mine! Wait a minute, I can't just walk over like this." He adjusted his breathing and walked back to the entrance passage of the stadium. Wang Yang turned around and smiled, "Just Shu, are you going home to change into a suit?" Jessica followed and laughed: "Remember to tie a bow!"

Joshua raised his fists and quickly walked into the passage. Wang Yang and Jessica looked at each other and continued to walk to the side of the field. They came to their seats and sat down, leaving a seat for Joshua. Britney and Justin, who were chatting intimately, saw them, and Britney immediately greeted them enthusiastically, "Hi, Young, Jessica!" Wang Yang and Jessica also smiled and greeted them.

Although the four of them didn't know each other before, they all knew who was who, so they became familiar with each other immediately. Britney looked at Wang Yang and smiled and said, "Congratulations on getting the Golden Globe nomination. Your movie is great. Justin and I are going to watch "Juno" tomorrow." Wang Yang smiled and said thank you. Justin on Britney's right said enthusiastically: "Yang, I'm really interested in acting in movies. This year I played "Double-sided Supermodel", but it's not a good thing. I wonder if we have any opportunities to cooperate?"

"Oh." Wang Yang nodded. He knew that Justin Timberlake sang very well, but he really didn't know how Justin's acting skills were. After thinking about it, he smiled and replied: "I don't have any movie plans now. Maybe when there is a role that suits you in the future, you can come and audition?" Justin said happily: "Okay!"

The four of them looked at the players who were warming up on the court and laughed at their views on the game. At this time, Joshua, who looked serious, walked over with heavy steps and said hello in a calm voice: "Hi, everyone!" As he said that, he sat down in the empty position in the middle and looked at the Lakers players on the court without looking sideways. Jessica introduced to Britney and the others, "He is my brother, Joshua." Wang Yang held back his smile with difficulty. What was Joshua doing, imitating his grandfather?

"Joshua Alba." Joshua continued to say calmly. He turned his head slightly to glance at Britney next to him, and said in a deep voice: "You are Britney Jane Spears? Your song is pretty good." Britney said in a daze: "Oh, thank you." Joshua looked back in the venue, suddenly stood up and looked at Jessica, and said in a rough voice: "Do you want a drink? I'll buy you a cup." Without waiting for Jessica to speak, he walked towards the audience passage, and as soon as he turned his back to Britney, he couldn't help but widen his eyes with joy, and shouted excitedly: "I'm talking to her!" He breathed secretly, trying to keep his steps steady.

A snap! A photographer pressed the shutter of the telephoto photography in his hand in the distance. Although he didn't know who the young man was so excited that he was winking, the boy sat between Shenqi Yang and Xiao Tiantian. This photo of him taking his funny appearance must be worth more than US$100.

Britney looked at Joshua who had walked away and laughed at Jessica, "Your brother is so cool." Justin asked in a little puzzled manner, "Or he is in a bad mood?" Wang Yang almost couldn't help laughing, Jessica couldn't help laughing, covered her forehead, and laughed, "He doesn't often do this."

Soon, Joshua came back with three drinks and distributed the place to Jessica and Wang Yang: "Have it, don't knock it over; Yang, take it." After that, he sat down in his seat with a stern face, slowly drank the drink, and continued to look into the stadium without looking at it, muttering to himself: "I want to be cool, I want to be cool..."

In the following game, Joshua maintained a "cool" look. Whether it was Shaquille O'Neal's domineering dunk or Kobe Bryant's elegant breakthrough and trolley layup, he was expressionless, at most he patted his palms gently. Occasionally, after Kobe's shot, he made a very clear statement, "This ball is gone." With a swish, Kobe made a shot, and he added: "Just kidding."

After saying that, he carefully looked at the right corner of his eyes, and saw Britney and Justin whispering intimately, laughing and saying something; he felt relieved, and looked at the left again, and saw Wang Yang and Jessica chatting sweetly, without hearing his "high opinion". Joshua rolled his eyes helplessly, and was almost out of cool. He prayed in his heart: "Britney, go quickly... My sidelines, my Christmas battle..."

But what disappointed Joshua was that the game was very intense and stalemate, and Britney and Justin watched the end of the game; and what disappointed him and all the home fans was that the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers 104:109 after being favored by everyone before the game.

"Lord! Why do you treat me like this! What a bad Christmas, I'm so angry, damn Lakers..." Joshua, who was sitting in the back of the car, cursing, punched the back of the chair with another punch, cursing: "Damn Justin Timberlake..."

In the driver's seat in front, Wang Yang controlled the steering wheel with a smile and went to Zachary's house to attend a dance party. Jessica in the passenger seat looked back at her brother and smiled, "Joshua, tell you something, Britney said before, 'Your brother is so cool'." Joshua's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his face became full of energy. He asked anxiously: "She said it? She said it? Wow! Haha, it seems that my strategy is right, 'Your brother Joshua is so cool'? Britney said it?" He waved his fist excitedly and said, "Cool! I'm a cool boy!"

Jessica continued to laugh, "She also said you gave her a new inspiration. She was going to write a new song called "Cool Boy", which is to write about you." Joshua widened his eyes in surprise, leaned back, and said in disbelief: "Really!? Oh—my—good!" Wang Yang looked at the director's back mirror and smiled, "Your sister was teasing you."

Joshua was stunned for a moment, and then cursed loudly after a few seconds: "I knew! Dog shit, I knew!" He gritted his teeth and stared at Jessica who was about to fall on Wang Yang, and said with a dry smile: "Haha, hum, okay! At night, I said to my grandfather, 'Maternal grandfather, do you know? Jessica almost got pregnant last year, and then had "Juno"..."

"Dare you dare!?" Jessica roared with her eyebrows. She didn't want to be taught a lesson by her grandfather. Unmarried cohabitation has touched his bottom line. She almost got pregnant before marriage? Her grandmother wouldn't let her go. Wang Yang smiled and muttered a few words in her ear. Jessica nodded, looked at the proud Joshua, and smiled and said, "Okay, if you do that, I will tell your girlfriend, 'Joshua pursues you because you look like Britney. He is a bastard.'" Joshua took a breath and said, "No! I'm not, I really like her! Who knows Britney?"

With laughter and joking along the way, the three of them came to Zachary's house and spent a happy dancing party with their good friends and a happy Christmas.

On the afternoon of the 26th, all the box office data for Christmas 25th came out. "The Rest of the Desert Island" received a box office of 10.9686 million US dollars in a single day, with a total box office of 40.6886 million; "Juno" received a box office of 11.3215 million, with a total box office of 40.3669 million! "Juno" won the championship on Christmas day and also widened the total box office gap to 321,700. In the fourth round, "Juno" won again!

But despite winning this critical game, media fans cannot say that "Juno" will definitely win the weekly championship of Christmas Week, because the power of the Golden Globe nominations is not enough to completely defeat "The Rest of the Desert Island". There are three days left in this week, and anything can happen. Will this week's weekly box office champion be steadily taken away by the 92-year-old guy or will it be won by the 39-year-old young man? No one can say.
Chapter completed!