"Abc wants to adapt "Sweetheart" to make a TV series?" In the dim editing room, Wang Yang was sitting at the glass table eating lunch. When he heard the news from Paul Emory, the agent on the other side of his phone, he immediately raised his eyebrows, chewed the beef rice in his mouth, and asked, "What did they say?"

Paul Emory said: "It's producer Hunter Hammons who contacted me, and he said if you agree, it will be made into a 21-episode youth drama. It's about fighting for the dream of dancing, laughing, tears; friendship, love, and competition for those." He laughed and said: "If you're happy, you can join the producer, the director and the screenwriter."

It's all again! Wang Yang suddenly remembered the same invitation last year. He put down his chopsticks, picked up the water cup and drank a sip of water, and said, "I'm not interested, and what is the best adaptation of "Sweetheart"?" Paul Emory over there laughed and said, "Yang, what they need is a gimmick, which is 'magic Yang'; you know that the TV series in "Juno" have performed very well, and now there is no wonder that someone has the idea of ​​"Sweetheart"."

Of course it is not surprising. In early 2001, "Juno" caused a "Juno storm" to the entire North America and even the world. At the same time, the craze for early pregnancy for girls was followed. Not only did the early pregnancy rate increase, but the market power it showed also made major TV stations follow the trend. NBC wanted to obtain the right to adapt the TV series "Juno", but later failed to succeed and directly ordered the new series "Growing with Baby"; those who followed the early pregnancy theme also include "Youth Secret Words" after the rename of ABC-Family, and CBS's "Youth Mom"...

All three series have achieved satisfactory ratings, among which "The Secret Words of Youth" has set a new high for the premiere since the launch of ABC-Family. Now that these TV series are about to launch the second season, another "Sweetheart" has been released. It has achieved more than 70 million North American box offices in four weeks of release, and has received widespread praise. Street dance craze has also emerged among the teenagers.

Although it is not as sensational as "Juno" and can only be regarded as a small wave, it still attracted the attention of TV producers who tasted the sweetness of "Adaptive Magical Adaptation". They were ready to move as early as when "Singing and Dance" was popular. Unfortunately, no one dared to try it and miss it. Now they don't want to let go of "Sweetheart". The biggest winner in the early pregnancy drama series is the most passionate guy.

"No, forget it, let me refuse it." Wang Yang thought about it but refused. Some stories were only suitable for the form of movies, "Sweetheart" was just; it was not impossible to expand its simple story into a TV series, but it was necessary to add more elements to enhance the storyline.

For example, complex love, conflicts in friendship, conspiracy of opponents...that's not what he wants to see, just keep "Sweetheart" simple and beautiful.

"Okay, I understand." Paul Emory had no opinion. Today, the title "Miki Yang" does not require the adapted TV series to strengthen it. He talked about the next thing: "Entertainment Weekly wants to invite you to do an exclusive interview."

"No, busy. Um..." Wang Yang turned his chair and looked at the large flat screen on the wall in front of him. The screen was filled with film scenes of "The Ninth Zone", and below were computers, camera connectors and other tools. He rolled his eyes and thought that "The Ninth Zone" needed promotion, so he changed his mind and said, "This is the case, don't take photos, arrange for phone interviews at night. If possible, I'm fine."

Paul Emery said ok again and continued to say the next item: "There are two commercial activities that invite you to attend." Before he finished speaking, Wang Yang interrupted him with a smile: "You know I will refuse, but all of them are not! Thank you. Why has my popularity suddenly increased these days?" Paul over there smiled and replied: "Sweetheart and Ice Age are all related to you. The last one, Nike is interested in inviting you to shoot NBA sneaker advertisements."

Many Hollywood directors are from filming commercials or songs. Compared with movies, these two give young people more opportunities. David Finch and Michael Bay are both representative figures. In addition to accumulating experience and increasing qualifications, they also have money when shooting commercials and MVs. Therefore, many famous directors will accept invitations from advertisers to film.

But Wang Yang is not short of these three things now. What he lacks is time. He held the mouse and dragged the image on the screen, and refused to say, "If there are 48 hours a day, I'm very happy to shoot; but now, I'm busy." Paul Emory, who was interrupted, added: "Yang, this invitation is not very urgent. The NBA draft is coming soon. Yao Ming is likely to be the No. 1 pick this year. He is the signing player of Nike. They want you to shoot advertisements for Yao Ming."

"Oh!" Wang Yang nodded from the spot where he came over. He was very happy to think that Yao Ming was probably the No. 1 pick this year, but he felt a pity. Because this season's results are at the bottom of the league, the Warriors, who holds the highest chance of 22.5%, did not draw the No. 1 pick! He was won by the Houston Rockets with an 8.9% chance. If Yao Ming went to the Bay Area, it would be really exciting.

But filming an advertisement? He thought for a while and said, "Anyway, I'm not available for the time being. Paul, let's talk about it later."

Paul Emory naturally had no objection, and filming advertisements was just making money. He continued: "There is another thing, I wonder if you want to respond?" It turned out that as the release date of "The Ninth District" approached, "Sweetheart" had already been released, but the TV series "Prison Break", one of the three plans announced last year, has no whereabouts, so some gossip media said: "The "Prison Break" that Shen Qiyang said was probably just a temporary pissing talk?" Some fans were also disappointed with the delay.

"Prison Break?" Wang Yang frowned. It was not that he wanted to stop the vote, but that his time alone was too limited, especially after many emergencies occurred one after another. Last year, the company had found a suitable producer for "Prison Break", but when he found that the workload of "Prison Break" was far beyond his expectations and he had no time to be the producer of "Prison Break", he temporarily put the plan on hold.

However, the brand "Fire Family Entertainment" under Fire Movie has produced a popular and stable family sitcom "Hidden Family" for NBC. NBC has ordered 24 episodes of the second season, and Flame is being produced. As soon as "Prison Break" was announced, it aroused strong interest from various TV stations. Flame Family Entertainment was the first to negotiate with NBC TV station, and it is still the same. In the autumn and spring, it is the choice for "Prison Break".

Wang Yang seriously thought about the plan after "The Ninth District". In addition to editing "Hangover", he also had to produce "mit-21-team", and the time should be enough to supervise another TV series. He smiled and said to his phone: "You can respond. If anyone asks this question, it's not annoying. "Prison Break" will probably be in the fall next year, and everyone will see it."

"Okay!" Paul Emory responded, and the two of them said a few other aspects of business, and ended the call.

When they learned that "Prison Break" would premiere next fall, many of Wang Yang's fans were very happy. They thought "Prison Break" had a miscarriage, but who knew there was another one! They were not happy about "Prison Break" itself, but who knew whether that TV series was good or not; they were happy about "Prison Break" was not just an angry word. If it was an angry word, it would undoubtedly be "childish" and not cool at all.

Their favorite Shenqiyang is a super cool person. The career he has made is incredible, otherwise why should he like him?

At this moment, a shocking news suddenly broke out that made countless movie fans cheer and cheer and encourage the media reporters as if they were doping! Natalie Portman is going to cooperate with Shen Qiyang again!

With the popularity of "Star Wars Prequel 2: The Clones' Attack" released, "National Idol" Pad Beauty Queen Natalie naturally became the hottest actress recently, and was surrounded by the media, countless street shots, countless interviews... When asked by the Los Angeles Times, "Are there any plans for the future schedule?", she unexpectedly replied: "In the second half of the year, or next year, I will play the heroine in a new directed work by Wang Yang, which should be quite interesting."

Then reporter Emmet was stunned. Wang Yang's new film!? Wang Yang!? I haven't heard that he mentioned it at all! But Natalie's words were not likely to be nonsense! This is true! He asked continuously: "What kind of movie is that? What kind of role are you playing? Is it similar to Juno? Is this a campus movie?"

Natalie shrugged with a smile and said mysteriously: "I can't tell you all these for the time being. I don't know what should be kept secret. Haha, in fact, I don't know very well." She shook her head and smiled, saying: "I haven't read the script yet, I only know the general story of that story, which is very cool. Just ask Wang Yang, who knows what he wants to shoot, I'm joining."

Another! Another mysterious work of Fantasy Yang! This information revealed in this interview has become the most popular place for the whole article. Fans and fans are a little crazy. "Daily Entertainment" asked: "What is Fantasy Yang + Natalie?" The first time is equal to "Juno", a classic, with a global box office of 375 million, a Golden Globe Award nomination, an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, a Juno trend, and a pregnancies trend...

This is an extremely powerful combination! When the Best Director born in the 1980s and Best Actress born in the 1980s come together again, what kind of movie will it bring? With this combination, Natalie agreed without reading the script, and the words "very cool", fans are full of expectations for this movie that doesn't even know the name.

Many fans also lamented that Fantasy Yang was very energetic. "The Ninth Zone" is still being edited in the post and is about to be released; and it took three months to quickly complete the preparation and shooting of "The Hangover", which had "personal experience". It has not been edited yet, but this Christmas will be released this year; "Prison Break" will be broadcast next fall, and now another movie has surfaced, which can only be said to be crazy. He is like a bull who keeps sprinting.

But with such high-speed and high-yield, what is not necessarily good is produced. After all, the first movie he directed himself after he was in jail has not been released yet. Can he remain magical and cool? This has also become a question in the hearts of the media and many fans.

"Man, do you think I'm not busy enough?" Wang Yang leaned against the guardrail on the balcony under the night sky and said to Natalie on the other side of his phone: "You made me seem to have written a lot of short checks." Natalie laughed successfully and said: "Who told you not to call me? Now you are calling." Wang Yang covered her forehead and said: "It's because of this?"

"Not all." Natalie hummed a few songs and whistled: "At that time, I just thought I could help you. Now I am so popular, and your "Nine Zone" is about to be released. If I say this, many fans of "Star Wars" will know about this."

Wang Yang laughed suddenly. He was not really angry before, because this matter was insignificant, and he had never told Natalie not to reveal it. She also made sense. He smiled and said, "Okay, thank you." Natalie nodded very much, then asked, "Come out for a drink? I'm in Beverly Hills." Wang Yang looked at the faint moon and said, "No, I'll go to bed right away, cut the film all day long, and was sleepy."

"Is that?" Natalie's tone was quite unreasonable, and she pretended to be concerned: "Don't spend too much energy on your sexy sweetheart, it hurts your body, do you know?"

Wang Yang frowned strangely, couldn't help but smile, and said, "The weather is very good today! Let's just do it now. I'll have to go to the company to hold a meeting tomorrow and prepare the information." Natalie asked casually, "What meeting? It's not another movie plan, right?" Wang Yang laughed and said, "I guessed it! Bye."

Shasha - As we entered the hot summer, the beach in Santa Monica became lively. People in various swimsuits swam and bask in the sun. The complicated laughter filled the seaside city. The employees continued their hard work. In the spacious and bright conference room, a meeting was held, with the theme of another cg movie plan for the Blue Sky Studio.

At the long conference table, Wang Yang sat in the chairman's chief, Ceo Mark Slunt, Flame Film Investment Director Peter Wilkes, Blue Sky Studio Ceo Chris Wedge, animation director Carlos Schaldanha and others were sitting on both sides.

The meeting had already begun for a long time. Chris Wedge proposed his initial idea to make an adventure story about a group of robots. He believed that the image of robots can fully utilize their imagination, and the same story was the same. Carlos Schaldanha also proposed the concept of "tourism animation", just as love movies always go to Paris, cartoons can also take the audience to enjoy the scenic spots and cultural customs of a place; and he himself is from Rio Gerillo, Brazil, so he strongly recommends the enthusiastic and unrestrained Rio Gerillo.

"Everyone, look at this." Wang Yang snapped his fingers crisply, and saw an animal's slide on the conference tablet screen above, with fat, black limbs, ears, circles, white neck and body; in the picture it was eating bamboo, lying on the tree, lying on the lawn... Wang Yang glanced at everyone and asked with a smile: "Everyone knows what this is, right?"

Everyone laughed a few times, how could they not know? Mark Slunt spread his hands and smiled: "Of course, pandas! My daughter likes pandas the most, very cute. Unfortunately, there is no panda in Los Angeles, so I will take her to San Diego to see, 'Gao' and 'White Clouds'." Wang Yang was not surprised either, because although there are only a few pandas in the whole United States, it is very popular. He smiled: "Panda animals are very cute, honest, and interesting... They are born to be likeable. They are really gifts given to China by the Creator."

Looking at the changing pictures, Chris Wedge thought of the intention and asked, "Are you talking about making a panda cartoon?" Wang Yang grinned and said to everyone, "Why not?"

Although he is the chairman and has direct decision-making power, if everything is "I have the final say", how can a company work together? How can others be serious in doing things? Any decision must have reason, at least convince others of their consent, and in the conference room everyone is the role of investors. He must tell everyone from a business perspective that this is feasible.

"First of all, I think the idea of ​​robots is good, but compared to science fiction themes, we have more experience in animals, and our technology is also in this regard." As Wang Yang said slowly, Chris Wedge and everyone nodded. During the development of "Ice Age", there was also the i&b department's money-spending + talent development. Now Blue Sky has animal hair, skin and bones and other technologies, which can be said to be among the top in the industry.

After sharing with the image engine technology, other CG technologies have also made great breakthroughs. Whether it is the engine, renderer, modeling map, etc., they are enough to create exquisite and realistic pictures. The once rough blue sky is gone forever.

"Carlos's 'travel animation' is also a great idea. The unique charm of a city can become the charm of that movie. With the humorous and interesting stories and characters, there is no reason to fail." Wang Yang looked at Carlos Schaldanha with a smile on his face and said, "We must make such a movie in the future, just Rio de Janeiro. But now, I love this panda!"

He turned his head and looked at the panda that was as fat as a round ball on the flat screen, and smiled: "This big guy has never appeared on the market, and it obviously has great potential, because it is fat, and fat means cute and funny."

Everyone smiled, which made sense. Of course, there was no controversy about this. Panda was indeed cute, and it was indeed an excellent animation element. Peter Wilkes looked at the screen with a contemplative face and asked, "Yang, what kind of movie do you mean to make? A family comedy like "Ice Age"?"

"Yes, blue sky style!" Wang Yang smiled and said, "No matter what story is good, we need to find a balance between discussing the theme and making funny, and discuss it interestingly." Listening to his words, Chris Wedge and Carlos Schaldanha agreed very much. He also said, "It is always pleasant to have laughter. As long as the cartoon is filled with laughter, it will be suitable for the whole family to watch together, and it is also suitable for young people to date, watch it alone, and then it will be successful."

This is also the style that Blue Sky Studio has initially decided, and will continue on this road. At the beginning, Blue Sky did not have any style, but with the production and sales of "Ice Age", everyone has this consensus and experience in this area. All the truths that I want to tell the audience are strived to be completed easily and interestingly, and it is also to serve the story.

"But this time it's not "Ice Age", which is actually somewhat the same as Carlos's idea." Wang Yang did a few warm-up stretches, looked at Carlos who was a little confused, and smiled: "City is part of culture, and we will add this element to this panda movie."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly made a quick punch, which made the air "crazy" sound, and everyone was stunned. Boxing? No. . Mark Slunt's eyes lit up and said, "Kung Fu?" Wedge, Carlos and others also said, "Kung Fu?" Wang Yang waved his right fist again, nodded and smiled, "Kung Fu! "Kung Fu Panda."

"Kung Fu Panda?" Everyone understood what he meant without thinking when they heard this element combination. A panda who played Kung Fu! This is an action cartoon. What does Kung Fu and Panda represent? Carlos Schaldanha smiled very well. This is packaging and promoting his own culture. He smiled and said, "This should be a story that happened in Chinese cities, right?" Peter Wilkes asked, "Shanghai? Beijing?"

Wang Yang shook his head, and while operating the computer and changing the slides, he explained: "It can be said that it happened in China, with Chengdu as the template, but it should be said that it is a fantasy world built by Chinese culture, and it is ancient."

At this time, some classical buildings with flying eaves and corners, blue tiles and pink walls were displayed on the flat screen, as well as some quiet landscapes, red lanterns, bamboo cages and buns. After reading these pictures, everyone had a rough impression and understood that this was not just one, two Chinese elements, but the world of the whole movie is ancient China, which is an overall style.

"What kind of story does this have to be made? Have you thought about it now?" Chris Wedge asked with interest. Both Mark Slunt and Peter Wilkes were seriously thinking and analyzing the market for this style. For this point, there was no difference between the story.

Wang Yang changed the pictures on the screen again, this time there were some martial arts cgs, and said, "Have you read martial arts novels? I think there shouldn't be, it's not surprising. In fact, the story is still the same, an ordinary panda who wants to become a master of kung fu, finally has the opportunity to practice martial arts, and then it really becomes a master, defeating a villain, and achieving both dreams and missions. This can be a funny and touching story."

"Well, I heard some feelings." Carlos Schaldanha nodded, looked at him and smiled, "This should be a gift for Chinese movie fans, right?" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile and said, "You can also say that."

Everyone in the conference room was not surprised by his idea of ​​"Kung Fu Panda". He is a Chinese who grew up in Chinatown. He has been a kung fu master who practiced martial arts since childhood. He also loves Chinese culture very much. So what's so strange about wanting to make a Chinese-style cartoon in the blue sky?

This is exactly why Wang Yang wants to launch "Kung Fu Panda". It is very simple. He likes Chinese culture and kung fu. If more people and more children can also like it and understand and learn, it is a very happy thing. He doesn't know whether it is financial technology or what. Anyway, China's own movies have not done well in this regard. In addition to martial arts and kung fu, it has completely wasted a lot of other cultures and appearances worth promoting. As Carlos said, this is a gift.

"I want a movie with Chinese style in every place, scenes, costumes, music, animals, kung fu..." Wang Yang counted his fingers and listed everything with a serious expression: "Everything is made to taste well. Only in this way can the audience appreciate it. If it is not good and sloppy, no matter which market you will like."

Looking at Mark Slunt, Peter Wilkes and others with a deep face, Wang Yang smiled and said, "I know what you are worried about." Peter Wilkes shrugged slightly and said, "Yang, there is no doubt that the combination of panda and kung fu is very innovative, inspiring, and the comedy story type is also very attractive... But it is hard not to ask whether it is OK to do such a subject?"

"Of course!" Wang Yang looked around everyone and said, "First of all, China's box office market will become larger and larger, and its share will grow rapidly every year. I don't need to say more about this." He spread his hands and said, "Kung Fu Panda will take at least three years. If it is released in 2005, God knows how big the market will become at that time?" He said that, in fact, this proportion is not very large, because China's box office share ratio is very low, less than 30%, and the exchange rate must be included; plus the issue of piracy, don't expect much DVD and other peripheral sales.

So the pure Chinese market cannot support a movie costing 100 million US dollars. Everyone knows this, and Wang Yang said: "But the North American market will also like it. Kung Fu is very popular in the market; and martial arts and Chinese style, if you think about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it also received 128 million, which is a live-action Chinese movie."

"And we are cartoons, what's the problem? Guys, believe me!" Wang Yang pressed his hands on the table and made a decision: "The main story is good enough, mainly it is a good movie, you can launch any charming culture. And we will find something in common between the East and the West, and all viewers like laughter, right?" After a pause, he finally said: "There is any movie, any attempt is risky. If you always think about the risk of damn it, is there anyone going to make a movie?" He said a little excited: "Movies are high-risk. If you are afraid, why don't you go and sell shoes for Nike!"

Everyone laughed and looked at each other for a moment. Mark Slunt raised his hands and laughed, "I have no objection, I agree completely." Peter Wilkes also said, "I don't think the market is so fragile." Carlos Schaldanha nodded and smiled, "Wow, a panda who plays kung fu? It's cool!" Chris Wedge had long agreed with this idea and smiled, "But I can't do this, I don't know much about Chinese culture."

Seeing that everyone had put aside those worries, Wang Yang smiled happily and said, "You guys prepare first! I think there are too many things to prepare, so the director will look for them slowly."
Chapter completed!