Chapter 145 Watching a movie

In the slum of Soveto, in front of a relatively spacious and sparse iron house group, the crew was busy on the mud. The setter Gordon Sing placed some debris trees, and the explosion stunt team arranged explosives around the numerous iron houses to prepare for the next explosion scene where "Wigers manipulated the mecha to sweep the army".

"I'll want those iron houses to fall apart later, pull up the shed cover, and then a mushroom cloud and smoke begins to spread..." Wang Yang, wearing a T-shirt and mid-trousers, looked at the iron house over there, and explained carefully the effect he wanted. Wendy Lusco, the chief stuntman next to him nodded from time to time. Seeing that he finished speaking, he said, "Okay, I understand, there is no problem." Wang Yang patted his shoulder with satisfaction.

Wendy Lusco walked towards the iron house and directed his stunt team. Wang Yang looked around, and Donnie sat in a folding chair to read the script not far away. Varé and Harry and other photographers discussed the shooting later. The actors who played soldiers moved under the guidance of the assistant director... He could go to any job, but he saw a crew in the distance blocking the periphery. Between a team of bodyguards, there were five or six black children less than seven years old standing there, watching curiously.

Looking at the tender faces, Wang Yang walked to Donnie and picked up a light blue canvas bag, and walked towards the children. Seeing him coming, the children looked at each other in surprise and shock. Wang Yang took out some candies from his bag, smiled and sent them, and said, "Hey, these milk candies are delicious, try it! I hope you can like it. Do you understand what I am talking about?"

There are 11 official languages ​​in South Africa, Zulu, English, Afrikaans, etc., and countless dialects in the slums are numerous, but the children nodded. The people all knew English in this area selected by the crew.

"Well, there is also..." Wang Yang took out his bag again, and with a haha, he took out many animal dolls, such as a magical magic, such as elephant, squirrel, and saber-toothed tiger... all character models in "Ice Age". He smiled and said, "Hold on, some cute animals."

"Ice Age" has now been fully produced, edited, and the final dubbing work is underway. The release date is also set. It will be released on May 10 next year, and will be the first to go to the 2002 summer vacation for the Flame Movie. This cartoon is still not favored by the market and the media. Except for Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks, and animation companies, it is not easy to mix. Fox and Sony are even more discouraged. What can Blue Sky Studio make?

However, Flame Movie ignored the sound of pouring cold water. The publicity work of "Ice Age" is proceeding in an orderly manner. Putting these toy models on the market is one of them. The distribution department is also negotiating the possibility of cooperation with McDonald's, such as creating a "Ice Age Family Package".

The children took the candy and toys. When the first little boy about six years old tore open the candy paper and put the milk candy into his mouth, the children then cheered "eish!", tearing the candy apart happily and ate it, making Kaka laughter.

"I've given it to you." Wang Yang grabbed all the candy in the canvas bag and delivered it. The children cheered and stuffed it into the pockets of the worn clothes on their bodies. He looked at the children's happy appearance and smiled, and was about to walk back to the crew. At this time, the first little boy who ate candy suddenly asked, "Sir, what are you doing?"

His face was a little dirty, with a pair of round, black and white eyes, and his eyes were full of curiosity. Wang Yang bent over and touched the little boy's fluffy hair with a smile, and said, "Director. I am Yang, what's your name? What's your name?"

"My name is Sodo!" The little boy smiled and shouted, and the other children also replied, "My name is Sau." "Alia!" Sodo looked at the crew there curiously, why are there so many people, those big cars and planes... He looked up at Wang Yang and asked, "What does the director do?"

"Well, the director is, the one who made the movie." Wang Yang was slightly stunned. How should he explain to the child what a director is? He used to think that the projectionist was the director... He had been brewing for a while and tried to say, "It's the supervisor of a movie, you have to do anything..." The little girl in blue clothes and named Arya blinked in confusion and asked in anger: "What is a movie?"

Sodo also said curiously: "Yes, what is a movie?" Sawu and several other children were also asking this question while eating candy.

"Have you ever seen a movie?" Wang Yang frowned. Seeing the children shaking their heads and saying "No", Arya asked again: "What is a movie?" He was silent. What is a movie? He didn't know if Sovito has a cinema, and there are many people who are doing well, including cars, TVs, computers and mobile phones; there are asphalt roads in the town, shopping malls...

But the real slums here, such as this area, where the bumpy mud roads are all iron huts, there may be only one electrical appliance in the house, that is, a light bulb, or even no light bulb. These children are only a dozen kilometers away from the prosperous city center of Joburg, but have not even seen a movie.

Wang Yang looked at the curious eyes of the children, shook his head with a smile, and said, "What is a movie? Sorry, I can't answer." He touched Arya's head and said, "You will know only after watching it. But I can say, movies are a beautiful thing." He smiled and said, "You should watch a movie, every child, every person should be able to see a movie..."

The children all seemed to understand, and Arya was still thinking hard; Sodo tore open the packaging of a pack of milk candy and asked while eating: "My mother said you were going to explode our house, right?" He looked puzzled, not understanding what the explosion was, anyway, it would be thumping, and the house could no longer live.

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, but don't worry, you will live in a better house."

In order to speed up the shooting progress, the crew did not choose to build their own iron houses, but directly chose the residence of locals. Unexpectedly, the house that participated in the explosion was Sodo and their homes. Of course, Stephen McComey had already negotiated with their parents that the compensation was enough to build a one-story brick house. They had also moved the property in the house and squeezed it to the nearby relatives' homes.

A few days ago, because of some demolition shots, such as using a large bulldozer to crush the house directly, burning the house that was breeding illegally with fire, etc., the crew destroyed many iron houses, but the locals did not feel hostile. Anyway, they rushed to recommend their homes, hoping to get the generous compensation.

"Soduo!" At this time, a black woman walked out between the iron house not far away. She saw the children standing with Wang Yang and hurried over. Seeing her mother, Soduo rushed over happily, pointed at Wang Yang and smiled, "Mom, he gave us a lot of sugar!" Soduo's mother saw the candy and toys in the hands of the children, and immediately expressed her gratitude, saying, "Sir, thank you! Thank you for your stuff to disturb your shooting."

"Nothing, they are very cute." Wang Yang smiled, took out a candy from his canvas bag, and smiled at the children, "eish! Actually, I still have one, I will leave it for myself."

Arya, Sodo and others laughed. After thanking each other again and again, Sodo's mother took the children away. Looking at the children who had walked a few steps away, she listened to Sodo's voice: "Mom, what is a director? Making a movie?" Wang Yang suddenly moved his heart and shouted to them: "Hey, guys, are you interested in seeing how the director made a movie?"

The children suddenly turned around and jumped up with great joy, yelling and answering, "Okay!", "I want to see!" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile and waved his hands and smiled, "Then come here, but you all have to be obedient!"

Accompanied by two bodyguards and Sodo's mother, the children stood in the back of the crew, looking curiously at the people and things around. The man in a handsome military uniform walked around with a black machine, a big fat man with a green face... and the man with a man with blood cloth tied with his left hand, laughed and said, "Harrow, children, call me Uncle! Uncle has candy for you... Where is the candy in my bag!?"

In the open space in front of the iron house, more than 20 actors who play the Mnu soldiers lie or stand, and there are also behind the miscellaneous trees hidden around. When they heard the "action!" from the amplified microphone, they immediately pulled the trigger of the gun in their hands. Sparks were sparking at the muzzle, making dense "da da da" sounds, and the bullet shells were thrown all over the soil.

These are prop guns that fire empty-packed bullets, and naturally do not have any lethality, but have the sound and light effects of real bullets, which also makes the children watching from a distance a little scared. Only Sodo and Arya were excited to watch. At this time, the soldiers suddenly stopped and rolled around and screamed in extreme pain. In the storyboard scene in the hands of the animators of the special effects team, they were either beaten into a pool of flesh and blood by the mecha, or they were struggling with half of their bodies left.

It was a very bloody and violent scene, but at the scene, several children laughed intriguingly. Seeing that they finished their performance, Wang Yang raised his microphone and said with a smile: "cut! Very good, it's past." Sodo on the other side also laughed and shouted: "cut!" Arya also shouted: "cut!" Wang Yang couldn't help but look back at them, smiled and gave a thumbs up.

After taking this shot, we came to the most important explosion shot today. The stunt team was ready to be arranged, and the row of iron houses had explosives, and behind them were pipe equipment to create a large amount of gray smoke.

"Everyone is here, please leave outside the safety line and pay attention to safety!" Wang Yang kept saying to the microphone, looking at the people around him one by one. After confirming that everyone is in the safe area, he also confirmed that five cameras including Vale Fist, Harry George were ready. He nodded and smiled: "Okay, there will be a big explosion. Please cover your ears tightly, action! Enter the countdown, ten, nine..."

In addition to the working filmmakers, Downey and other actors, the children covered their ears with their hands and looked at the iron house in front of them with their eyes. Listening to the countdown of 1, Sodo nervously pulled up what an explosion is...

Boom-boom-

The mecha missiles locked on the soldiers hiding next to the iron house. When the missiles were released, the row of iron houses suddenly exploded. The iron houses spread everywhere, the shed soared into the sky, a ball of violent flames dispersed, and gray smoke enveloped the burning ruins.

"cut, very good!" Wang Yang shouted with a smile and clenched his fists; Donnie, Gordon Xin and other crew members applauded happily. If this shot was to be repeated, it would take a lot of time and time.

Although they covered their ears, the children seemed to be frightened by the huge explosion and the explosion scene they saw with their own eyes. Sodo suddenly burst into tears, grabbed his mother's clothes, and cried, "Mom, that's our home!" Sodo's mother comforted him and said, "It's okay, we have a new house to live in, and Dad is already building it." But Sodo still cried, which made Arya, Sawu and other children cry as well.

"Oh my God!" Hearing these crying sounds, Wang Yang turned around and looked, was it wrong for the children to see these scenes? They might not understand the concept of a new house. Home is home... He frowned and continued to gesture to everyone, saying, "Prepare for the next shot." After that, he walked towards the children and smiled and said, "Hey, wow kahah! Why are you crying, guys?"

Sodo glared at him and sobbed, "Is the director doing this? What's the movie?" His eyes were full of disappointment and anger, and he struggled to beat Wang Yang: "You bad guy, blow my home, blow my home..." Sodo's mother pulled her son hard and cursed, "Sodo, I said that this gentleman is a good person, stop making trouble, otherwise I will hit you."

"Yes, we are all good people." Donnie nodded seriously and persuaded: "Kids, believe me. We didn't hurt you! The bad guys don't look like this..."

Looking at Arya, Sodo, Saou and others with suspicion and anger, and the sentence "This is how the movie is?" Wang Yang exhaled and shook his head, "No, no! This is not the case with the movie, and the director is not here to blow up other people's homes." He suddenly had an idea in his mind, spread his hands and smiled, "Why don't you watch a movie? You'll know after watching it. How about I'll take you to the city center in a few days?"

"Really!?" Arya suddenly widened her eyes excitedly. What was a movie? I knew what these people were doing? Sodo couldn't help but forget to cry and said happily: "Go to the city center to watch a movie?" Sawu and other children were also surprised and happy. They had long known the beauty and prosperity of the city center, which represented fun and happiness!

"Well, yes!" Wang Yang laughed a few times and nodded vigorously. In a few days, the crew's filming in South Africa has basically ended, and they are also preparing to go back to the United States for Christmas. Before that, he can take these children to a movie. He was also happy when he saw Sodo's mother, so he looked at Arya and was smiling and said, "Guys, tell your parents that the director will take you to the movie!" Donnie next to him shrugged, "There is also the male protagonist."

The children all cheered "eish".

"Her dad won't let her go!?" On the mud road in the slums, two buses and four armed chariots were parked in front and behind. The children all walked onto the bus with happy smiles on their faces. It was not just Sodo who was waiting for a few children. After the news that "the American director wanted to take the children to the city center to watch a movie", many children in this area were eager to follow. Because the iron houses here are very sparse, there are not many people.

Wang Yang simply nodded and agreed, but asked them and the parents not to spread it anymore. Soveto has a population of more than one million, so he could not take all the children. But Arya couldn't go? Wang Yang frowned tightly and looked at Sodo's mother. She was also the only parent who accompanied the team and asked: "Why? Why didn't her father let her go?"

Sodo's mother said helplessly: "I don't know. He said you were a lie, but actually wanted to harm his daughter." Wang Yang immediately covered his head with no idea what to say, and said funny: "Oh, please! Why did I harm Arya? He can't do that, he can't!" Thinking of Arya's excitement that day, he couldn't help but feel angry, and his fist slammed on the bus body, cursing: "That bastard!"

"And," Sodo's mother said again: "He said he wanted to talk to you in person before he knew if you were a lie." Wang Yang frowned and said, thinking for a while, then asked, "Where does Arya live?"

He called ten bodyguards with guns to follow and escort. Wang Yang came to Arya's house, an ordinary light blue tin house, and some residents around him were looking at him. Five bodyguards quickly reconnaissed forward and backward; two bodyguards knocked on the door, and walked into the tin house with guns, and a man's voice suddenly sounded inside, "Hey, what do you want to do!" After a while, the two bodyguards shouted: "Everything is safe, you can come in!"

Wang Yang walked into the iron house and saw a wooden bed in the house, with some stoves and debris beside the wall, a tattered wardrobe in the corner, a brand new football beside the cabinet, and a large light bulb hanging above his head. Arya sat on the edge of the bed with a wooden face. When she saw him walking in, her eyes lit up; a black man in his thirties stood in the middle of the house, a hint of tension flashed in his eyes.

"Hello, Mr. Karuba." Wang Yang smiled at him, stretched out his right hand, and said, "I am the director, Wang Yang." Karuba immediately snorted, shook his hand heavily, and said, "I know you! If you want to harm my daughter, then go out!"

Wang Yang still kept a smile, not wanting to scare Arya, and said patiently: "Mr. Karuba, I have no reason to hurt Arya, you know, everyone here knows." He raised his index finger and said: "There are more than a hundred children going to watch the movies! Now I'm leaving Arya. After she got into the car, we set out to the city center, first visit Joburg, and then watch a movie in the cinema, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". After that, we had dinner and sent them back, happy, happy, safe! No one will be hurt."

"But." He sighed, glaring at Karuba slightly, gritting his teeth, "If you don't let her go, this is the harm! If you really love her, you should let her go. I tell you, you must let her go!"

Karuba turned to look at her daughter. She looked eager, expectant and begging. He seemed to think for a moment and quietly made a finger gesture to Wang Yang. Wang Yang frowned in confusion and said, "What?" Karuba said, "USD." Wang Yang was stunned and then a huge anger arose. He really wanted to punch this guy in the face, or let the bodyguard pick up Arya and leave... But he couldn't do this.

"Okay!" Looking at Arya who was wronged, he had to hold it back and whisper to Karuba: "I'll give you one hundred dollars, how about you let her go?" A joyful look flashed across Karuba's face, but he shook his head. Wang Yang took a deep breath and said coldly: "Three hundred dollars, there is no more. Let me tell you, even if you don't agree, I can still take Arya away and beat you up!"

"Alia!" Karuba suddenly shouted, looking at her daughter, and laughed, "You can go!" Arya on the other side suddenly jumped up excitedly and said anxiously, "Really? Really? Dad, can you go? Wow, wow..."

Seeing her extremely happy look, Wang Yang couldn't help laughing and waved, "Hey, I'll wait for you, let's go!" He smiled and bent over and hit Arya's palm, walked out with her, and said to the bodyguard softly, "Give him three hundred dollars." As he said that, he smiled and said to Arya, "Why don't you play that football?" Arya looked up at him and smiled, "I, I don't want to bear it."

Karuba took the three US dollars handed over by the bodyguard, clenched them hard, and looked at his daughter who was jumping out of the house, and he smiled happily and said silently: "Alia, how could Dad not let you see it?" If he messed up, he would beg the director to take her there; but now, their family has 300 dollars more, so he can buy her some new clothes.

"Hermione Grange." Hearing his name, Hermione stood up nervously and said, "Oh, no, okay, don't be nervous!" At this time, Ron said to Harry, "She is sick and weird." Harry nodded. Hermione on the other side walked up to the stage, stood on the stool, put on the division hat. The twisted hat said thoughtfully, "By the way, that's right... OK, Gryffindor!"

Below, the students of Gryffindor College cheered and applauded. Looking at the fantasy world on the big screen, Sodo, Arya, Saou... all the children's eyes were completely immersed in sight. Wang Yang looked at the children on the big screen, and then looked at the children around him who were immersed in the movies. When he was a child, he couldn't help but feel very lucky and grateful that everyone should be able to see the movies.

"Is this the movie? Did you shoot it?" Arya was excited to watch it, but turned to ask him this question. Wang Yang shrugged and smiled, "It's not this one; but, this is the movie." Arya watched the big screen for a while and suddenly asked again, "How can I become a director? How can I be like you?" Sodo also came back to his senses and looked at him with anticipation, hoping to get an answer.
Chapter completed!