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It was April 28th. In these two days, Wang Yang ran to three film companies, but still found nothing. The Art Craftsman Company had not contacted him for the time being, which was what he expected.

Today is destined to be a busy day. Wang Yang finished a part-time job of sending flyers in the morning, and in the afternoon he went to a film company to try his luck. This company called "Sijing Movie" watched his movies from beginning to end. The film manager was so scared that he was sweating coldly, but after thinking, they still didn't dare to take risks easily.

Because Siya Film and his agreed meeting time was very late, and its headquarters was far from Jessica's house, after leaving Siya Film Company, Wang Yang didn't even have time to go home to take a shower, change clothes, etc., so he rushed to Jessica's house with a briefcase containing gifts to attend her birthday party.

When dusk was approaching, Wang Yang finally arrived at the community where Jessica's family lived without too late. This is a very high-end community with a wide avenue in the middle and a large house with front and back gardens on both sides. The trees are shaded and the scenery is beautiful. It is definitely a first-class community in Los Angeles.

"Hi Jessica, I've come to your neighborhood, but I don't know what to do next." Wang Yang glanced at the surrounding environment and smiled embarrassedly at his phone: "Well, okay, I seem to be lost. Well, I'm at an intersection here, with a very small fountain in the middle, a chair next to it, and some trees around..."

"Fountain? Oh, I know where it is!" Jessica laughed crisply, sounding that she was in a good mood. She said, "There is very close to my house, but you should stay where you are. I'll pick you up, wait."

"Okay." Wang Yang put away his phone, sat down on the bench next to the small fountain, and looked at the surrounding scenery. After waiting for a while, he saw Jessica coming from the intersection, smiled and waved at him, and accelerated his pace.

She was dressed very beautifully today, with a pink ladylike dress, and her long brown hair floated up as she ran. She ran to the chair, smiled at Wang Yang, revealing her white teeth: "Hi, Yang!"

Wang Yang stood up, looked at her, and praised, "Wow, Jessica, you are so beautiful today." He laughed and said, "Happy birthday."

"Thank you." Jessica smiled and pulled her hair, saying happily: "I'm so glad you can come."

Seeing Wang Yang take out a piece of stuff wrapped in colored paper from her briefcase, she was stunned, and then realized that it was a gift, covered her mouth with both hands, and looked full of surprise: "Oh, God..."

Wang Yang smiled and said, "Dang Dang Dang Dang" sound, holding the gift in both hands, handed it to Jessica, and said with a smile: "Is it Miss Alba? This is a birthday gift for you, please sign for it."

"Oh, my god..." Jessica took the gift with her hands as if she was a treasure, and sighed: "Wow! Incredible. Yang, I received your birthday gift again, this is the second one." She smiled and said: "Do you know? The first birthday gift you gave me is also the first birthday gift from my friends besides my family."

After hearing what she said, Wang Yang felt a little embarrassed and self-blame. The first gift? Those "wife cakes" were not made by him at all. They were used as gifts. He also remembered that there were ten cakes in the box, Jessica ate three, and he ate seven by himself... I didn't expect that it was so important for Jessica...

Although this second gift is special, it is actually a very casual thing. Wang Yang laughed dryly and said guiltily: "Let's see if you like it?"

"Okay, let me see what it is." Jessica focused all her attention on the gift, not seeing his embarrassment. She smiled and took it apart. The gift inside seemed to be a book. She took it out curiously and expectantly. It was not a book, but a big book that was integrated with many A4 papers.

On the top page, there was a large pencil word "ranger" written. She flipped through it casually. This large stack of A4 paper was all filled with pencil words and some pencil drawings that could be seen everywhere. Some of these paintings were weapons, some were characters, and some were frame-by-frame pictures. Although the painter was average, it could be seen that it seemed to be a storyboard of the movie.

Jessica was stunned. After a while, she realized what the gift was. She raised her head excitedly and looked at Wang Yang, saying in disbelief: "Wow, no way!?" She looked down at the paper in her hand and sighed repeatedly: "A manuscript of a script! Ranger Yang, is this your script?"

Wang Yang touched his head and looked at the script with a little proud look, as if he was looking at his own child, saying, "Yes, a messy story, I hope you like it."

He didn't have the money to buy expensive gifts, so he thought that it would be better to give some meaningful and unique gifts. After a selection, he chose this script. The content of this script does not come from the future movies in his mind. Every stroke was his own thoughts. He practiced martial arts since he was a child and was influenced by Old Man Wu, and was very interested in martial arts. He was also influenced by the superheroes of Marvel Comics since he was a child, likes Superman, Batman, Captain America, etc. This script is about the story of a martial arts superhero in a modern city.

Since he was in junior high school, he has been writing this story. Until now, he has experienced the maturity of his mind, the richness of knowledge, and the deepening of his understanding of movies. The script is constantly being revised and supplemented. It can be said that the content of the large stack of paper is filmed, whether it is good or bad, and it is more than enough to make twenty movies. His years of hard work have been all in these manuscripts.

So he copied the script and gave the manuscript to Jessica.

"Of course, I like it, I like it very much!" Jessica kept flipping through the thick stack of A4 paper in her hand, looking at it with her eyes shiny, and murmured: "Wow, this gift is so surprising... This is the best gift I have received..."

Wang Yang felt a little ashamed when he heard her thanks, so he half-joking and half-seriously said: "Jessica, I think this script will be made into a movie one day, and you will perform the heroine of the movie at that time. In fact, this is my gift. But the premise is that you are willing to be the heroine."

"What?" Jessica's heart jumped and stopped to look through. She remembered what they said when she was a child. When we grew up, we became directors and actors, and then... Is this gift of Yang something special? She held the script, looked at Wang Yang without blinking. Her heartbeats very quickly, and her voice became smaller a little unnaturally, and said, "Well... maybe, maybe I can try it."

However, Wang Yang didn't mean anything she thought. He smiled and nodded, saying, "Well, that's good! At least I don't have to worry about not being able to find the heroine, haha."

Jessica just smiled, and when she saw that he had nothing to say, she said "Oh" and said, "Okay, then come with me, my house is in front."

Her house also has a large house with front and back gardens. On the trees in the front yard, there are some colorful balloons hanging on the mailbox. On the lawn are long tables, tablecloths are laid with various food. There are many people in the yard, middle-aged people are busy, young people are talking, and children are running happily. It seems that there are many people invited to the party.

"Brother, welcome to my house!" Seeing Jessica bringing Wang Yang back, Joshua on the lawn immediately greeted him and touched Wang Yang enthusiastically. He was shooting with his DVD player in his hand, and smiled at Wang Yang, "You can do whatever you want, I will continue to complete my movie. Well, this movie is a documentary called 'Jessica's 17th birthday', isn't it cool?" After he said that, he went to other places to shoot. A big white dog followed him. According to Jessica, it was their home-raised Labrador, named Danny.

"Hey, Jessica, who is he?" At this time, several young men and women came up, both white and black, and they looked at Wang Yang curiously.

Jessica glanced at Wang Yang, smiled and introduced to the friends, "This is Wang Yang, my good friend, he is a director." Wang Yang nodded to them and said, "Hi, hello everyone."

The young people all said in surprise, looking at Wang Yang, such a young director?

Next, Jessica introduced Wang Yang to these friends, Eliya Wood, a short white man, the protagonist of "Flioppo", and he and Jessica naturally met during the filming. Wang Yang looked at his tender face and felt familiar. After thinking, it turned out that this guy would perform in "The Lord of the Rings" in the future, and the role was Frodo Baggins of the Hobbit.

Then there was a tall and strong young white man, Jack Frank, who was also a director and a student from the famous UCL (UCLA). It is said that he is also good at playing basketball. He plays as a striker and swingman, and is good friends with Elia Wood, so he met Jessica. Wang Yang was a little confused and looked at Jack a few more times. Could this guy be the "Jack" Joshua mentioned?

There are also John, David, Winters, Eileen, Michelle and others, some of them are Jessica's neighbors, and some of them are her classmates at the acting school.

After everyone got to know each other, Jack Frank seemed to suddenly see the stack of A4 paper on Jessica's hand and asked curiously: "Wow, Jessica, what are those things on your hand?"

Jessica smiled slightly and said simply: "A script, a birthday gift from Yang." She didn't want to talk about this topic, she was a little happy and she didn't want to share it with others. She looked at Wang Yang and smiled and said: "Yang, come with me, I'll take you to meet my family." She said to her friends that she lost her companion and took Wang Yang to the back garden.

"Script?" Jack Frank looked at the two of them talking and laughing backs, frowned and muttered.

Wang Yang first saw Jessica's mother and her grandmother. Her mother Cathy is a very charming and beautiful middle-aged white woman. She treats people very kindly and is obviously a well-educated person. According to the information in Wang Yang's mind, Cathy comes from a Danish and French mixed-race Canadian family. No wonder she gave birth to such a beautiful Jessica; Jessica's grandmother is a kind old man, staring at him with a smile.

Then, Jessica found her father, Mark Alba, a Mexican man, on another side of the lawn. He had a tall figure, a spiritual face and a flat hairstyle. Although he was now a real estate businessman, he still had the majesty of a naval officer.

Jessica held the script with one hand and the other put her father's arm. She looked at Wang Yang and smiled happily, "Dad, he is Yang. He is my classmate, a very, very good person when we were in San Francisco."

"Hello uncle." Wang Yang stretched out his hand to Mark Alba, wondering why Mark's eyes looked so unkind... Could it be that those who had been soldiers before would have a murderous aura on their bodies?

Mark Alba looked at Wang Yang a few times, reached out to hold him heavily, and said indifferently: "Hello, welcome to our house."

After the introduction, Jessica let go of her father's arm, held the script given by Wang Yang with both hands, and said, "Yang, then you can do whatever you want, I'll put this gift first!" After that, she walked to the other side of the house, leaving her father and Wang Yang looking at each other.

Seeing Mark Alba's face full of seriousness and staring at him constantly, Wang Yang's heart suddenly felt a little furious. Mark Alba suddenly frowned and asked, "Yang, are you Jessica's boyfriend?" Wang Yang was stunned and said, "No, no, how could that happen." He shook his head and laughed: "Uncle, you misunderstood, Jessica and I are just good friends."

"Oh!" Mark Alba nodded thoughtfully, but in fact he was confused. He was not Jessica's boyfriend. What does she mean by introducing her solemnly? His daughter, apart from begging her to attend the performing arts school, has not been holding his arm like this for a long time.

Jessica hugged the script, humming a song, and walked into the room briskly. Just as she was about to walk upstairs to her room, grandmother stopped her. The old man asked with a smile: "Jessica, is Yang your boyfriend?" Jessica was stunned and said: "What? Grandma, you said Yang... no." The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she smiled: "It's a good friend!" After that, she hugged the script and walked upstairs.

Isn't it? Grandma laughed loudly.

When she returned to her room, Jessica breathed a sigh of relief and smirked a few more times. She put the script on the desk, turned around a page casually, looking at the words and pictures, she smiled and stretched out her fingers and gently stroked it. When will Yang make this movie?

After chatting with Mark Alba for a few words, Wang Yang, who was "will be casual", did not run around, and just strolled on the lawn. After a whole afternoon of running around, his stomach was already hungry. He went to the long table with food to pick up a donut, chewed it, and couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, my god! It's so sweet."

While eating, he looked at the little child chasing and playing on the lawn. I wonder if the little Marie who was taking a DVD player all day was there?

At this time, Jack Frank walked over pretending to be natural. He also picked up a donut and ate it. He looked at Wang Yang next to him and asked, "Hi, Yang." Wang Yang replied to him and Jack asked, "Yang, you can't write that script, right?"

"Which Jessica's copy?" Wang Yang nodded and said, "Of course, it's my manuscript."

Jack Frank bit the donut and laughed, and gave Wang Yang a thumbs up, saying, "Man, you have a good idea, this idea is good! This gift saves money and looks special, but it's actually just a pile of paper, isn't it?"

Wang Yang shrugged, too lazy to talk. What does this guy want to say? His gift is bad? His script is worthless? Whatever you want Jessica likes it.

Wang Yang is sure now that Jack Frank is definitely not Jessica's boyfriend. It can be seen from Jessica's attitude towards him just now, but Jack should be Jessica's suitor. Now, Jack probably wants to give him some "awesome"?

"By the way, Young, I heard Jessica say just now, are you a director?" Sure enough, Jack Frank continued to ask a question.

"Well, you can say that." Wang Yang didn't want to say much to this guy, he just wanted to send him away as soon as possible.

Jack Frank raised his brows, his face was a little nervous and a little solemn, and hesitatedly asked: "Then do you have any works released?" Wang Yang looked at the children in the distance and said softly, "No, not yet." Jack was relieved and asked immediately, "Where are you studying?"

"I haven't studied anymore."

"How did you and Jessica meet?"

“We used to be classmates.”

Jack Frank nodded suddenly, thinking to himself that it seemed that there was no threat, just an old classmate. He turned to look at Wang Yang again and asked, "By the way, can you ask you a question?" Wang Yang couldn't help rolling his eyes and said impatiently: "Please, man, you have asked a lot of questions." Jack disagreed and asked, "What work are you doing now?"

"McDonald's part-time waiter, occasionally giving flyers." Wang Yang answered truthfully, looked at him with a funny look, and asked, "Brother, are you satisfied?"

Waiter? Send flyers? Hearing Wang Yang's words, Jack Frank couldn't help but look proud. Ha, how could a little handyman with no future be as good as a student in a prestigious school? Why do anyone dare to say that he is a director now? He whistled and said, "It's okay, you keep eating." After that, he patted Wang Yang's butt, and then turned around and left.

Wang Yang couldn't help but shake his head and laughed. This guy wanted to pursue Jessica, but he didn't know that Jessica hated the "high-end student" who looked arrogant and looked down on others the most.

While eating the donuts, Wang Yang looked at the children and the Labrador Denny playing the game of throwing balls. Wang Yang smiled and was stunning. Suddenly, his shoulder was gently slapped, and he heard a "hey" sound. He turned around and saw Jessica standing behind him pretty. She smiled and said, "Yang, how about the donut? Is it delicious?"

"Delicious. Very sweet and crispy, first-class donuts." Wang Yang praised a few times, looked at her smiling, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Oh, it couldn't be yours, right?"

Jessica also wanted to say yes and accepted the praise, but she didn't make the donut, so she could only shake her head and smile, "No, it was made by my grandmother." Wang Yang took another bite and smiled, "Wow, that's really thankful to your grandmother."

"Yeah." Jessica looked at the children laughing opposite and asked, "Yang, do you like children very much?" She just saw Wang Yang's smile on her face. That kind of smile only appears in people who really like children.

Wang Yang smiled and nodded, looked at the children, and said, "Child, dog, "Cat and Mouse", as soon as I see these cute things, I can't walk." He smiled again and frowned, "Of course, some children are naughty. They are like children in "Home Imperial", which makes you a headache and makes things mess up. When I encounter such a child, I'm very scared."

"So too." Jessica looked at Wang Yang, and seemed to have something else in her heart. She smiled and said, "I also like children, dogs, and "Cats and Mouses"; I don't like "Home Im at Home", haha!"

Wang Yang smiled and said, "But from my observation, those children are not destructive elements. Haha, I really want to join them."

"Oh, you can't join them for the time being." Jessica smiled and said excitedly: "Ms. Miranda is here!" She waved and walked into the room: "Yang, come with me."

"Wow, ok." Wang Yang finished eating the donut in his hand, wiped his hands with a tissue, and followed Jessica into the house.

In the hall, on the light blue fabric sofa, Ms. Miranda was watching the script of "Artistic - Ghost Record". She was a middle-aged white woman wearing a black women's suit and frameless glasses, and had a professional woman's temperament.

Jessica sat next to her, with expectations in her eyes; while Wang Yang sat on the small sofa opposite, waiting quietly.

In fact, Miranda is just a formality when reading this script. Every year, countless young people take their scripts to the film company to try their luck, but the film company will not be interested. Only a very small number of lucky scripts will be taken seriously, but so what? The film company will only give you some money, buy this story, and then find a professional person to do it yourself. You are nothing.

This is mainly because only reading the script can't judge the appearance after making a movie, and it can't judge the market value of the movie. It can be said that a newcomer's script is really worthless.

Miranda read it for a while and the script was a regular script, which at least means that the person who wrote the script had a professional foundation and was not a mess. She looked up at Wang Yang opposite and asked, "Yang, I heard from Jessica that you have already traveled to many film companies, right?" Jessica also looked at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, I have already traveled to many homes, but no one seems to have appreciated my movie yet." After that, he smiled mockingly.

This is normal. She walked into the film company with enthusiasm and left with a frustration. She had seen such a young man many times. Miranda asked again: "Can you tell me which film companies are there?"

"Of course, I think about it." Wang Yang started from beginning to end: "Fox searchlight, Paramount Classic... They rejected me on the phone; those who arranged to meet me were Xinshi, Emperor Gate, Dingdao, Artist, Thinking..." He talked about the names of more than a dozen film companies in one breath.

Miranda suddenly frowned. She closed the script, looked at Jessica, shook her head and said, "Sorry, Jessica, I can't help you." Jessica suddenly shouted "Oh God", and said with disappointment and anxiety: "Why?" Miranda explained to the two: "Mr. Robert of Dimen Pictures, and Mr. Ulman of the film company, and Mr. Ulman who is thinking about the film company. But, you know, they all rejected you." She spread her hands helplessly and said, "Sorry."

Jessica said with a bitter face: "Miranda, is there really no way?"

"Nothing, Jessica." Wang Yang smiled comfortably at her, then looked at Miranda, and said politely: "Thank you, Ms. Miranda, I can understand."

Miranda nodded silently, and after thinking, she said seriously: "But, I'm frank, Yang, I think DV movies are not realistic. So many film companies have rejected you, and they are not without reason." She said seriously: "Actually, your appearance is pretty good, you can consider acting. You know, many studios need some Chinese characters." Her other meaning is to say, don't waste time.
To be continued...