Chapter 12: Fire moth (2/2)
”Why do your classmates say that the performance form of song and dance films is 'dull and vulgar'?” Wang Yang smiled and asked a question. Rachel reluctantly spread her hands: ”Perhaps it was like that.” Wang Yang shook his head: ”No, absolutely No. ”He drank soda and uncovered the answer:“ Your classmates would say this because they did not live in 1940 or 1970. You know, they lived in 1998. ”
”The performance form of song and dance films was fashionable and trendy 20 or 30 years ago; but now it is dull and cliché? Why?” Wang Yang shrugged and asked himself: ”It's very simple because of the times Changing. ”
Rachel understood a little, but a little unclearly said: ”You mean that the performance form of musicals should also change?”
Wang Yang nodded and said: ”Yes, I want to say this. The song and dance films should always change with the changes of the times, whether it is the theme of the film or the form of performance.”
He gave an example: ”Like the music and dance films of the 1940s and 1950s, when the society experienced war and economic recession, everyone needed a music and dance film full of optimism that can make the mood better; in the sixties and sevens In the 1950s, society was engaged in racial sports all day, and the song and dance films that everyone needed became a carrier to show racial positions. This is the theme of the film is changing. ”
Rachel nodded repeatedly, agreeing. Wang Yang continued to say: ”What about the performance form? It used to be jazz and waltz; to later hippies and rock ... whether song or dance, it has been changing.”
”Why can't the current song and dance film? Because it is still in the previous era, but when it enters this era, its vitality will burst out.” Wang Yang laughed: ”We are all young people of this era, Think about it, what kind of theme of musicals will attract you? Maybe it's the green and sweet love in school? Maybe it's the confusion of the future? Maybe it's the conflict between parents' expectations and their ideals? ”
He rolled his eyes and smiled: ”Like my dad, he always hopes that I can inherit his small restaurant, but I want to be a director.”
Rachel took a soda cup to salute Wang Yang, and smiled sympathetically: ”Although my father didn't let me be a truck driver, my mother has been expecting her to have a daughter who is a doctor.”
Wang Yang also picked up a soda cup to honor her, took a sip, and continued: ”The theme of the movie is there, what about the performance form? Since the previous song and dance have become dull and conventional, then use the latest popular fast song Let ’s arrange some melodies that are easy to remember and easy to sing; in terms of dance, we need to abandon the traditional stage-style dance and integrate the stage into the scene of life and the dance into the activities of life; well, like With the theme of campus, cheerleaders on the basketball court can make a big splash; or we can jump on a paragraph in the cafeteria. Come on, use your imagination! ”
”So, maybe you can also jump in the classroom?” Rachel's eyes lit up.
”Good idea!” Wang Yang said with a smile: ”Do you think that a song and dance movie with such a theme and performance form would still be 'dull and cliché'? Probably, when the time comes, everyone will shout a song and dance movie again came back'.”
Of course, some things he didn't make clear to Rachel, for example, he saw a movie in his mind called ”High School Musical”. He can be quite sure that the song and dance movie will surely set off again in the future.
”Oh, God!” Rachel heard the mood, thinking that if there was such a song and dance film, her heartbeat could not help but speed up. She looked at Wang Yang and sincerely praised: ”You are too good! Your words have solved many problems in my mind. Now, my thesis can be completed successfully, ha, thank you! ”
She thanked her, and suddenly shook her head with complaint: ”At York University, no one can tell you your opinion, they will only say,” Singing and dancing movies are dead, singing and dancing are only suitable for formal wear. Going to the theater to watch it is not suitable for the big screen anymore. ”Oh, I can't stand it, it's really a group of nerds!” She laughed and looked at Wang Yang, with appreciation in her eyes, and said softly: ”Seriously, it's a pleasure chatting with you . ”
”Me too.” Wang Yang smiled and asked, ”Is there a lot of nerds at York University?”
Rachel shrugged and said, ”A lot, I am one of them, haha!” She smiled happily, showing her white teeth and the two sweet dimples. Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, and the two laughed for a while, and Rachel suddenly asked, ”What about you, where do you study?”
”I used to study at the University of Film and Television in South Carolina, but it is not now.” Wang Yang smiled and took a sip of soda. Rachel asked in surprise: ”What happened?” Wang Yang recounted: ”Well, this is going to start from the beginning ...” Perhaps because there is a clear way to go, he now mentions this Things, my heart has been calm as if talking about other people's experiences.
After listening to Wang Yang's story, Rachel couldn't help but say angrily: ”Oh my god, how can they do this ?! They are wronging a good person!” This is a good thing. It made me a director ahead of time, didn't it? ”
Rachel was so amused by his words that he laughed and shook his head again: ”Yang, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry ... Is that the case, is there no way?”
”No, I tried all methods.” Wang Yang smiled and asked, ”However, don't you suspect that I am lying?”
”No, I wouldn't think so.” Rachel knew that he didn't want to talk more about this topic, so he stopped entangled. She looked at Wang Yang, resting her left cheek in one hand, covering the dimples on one side, and gently said: ”Although we haven't known each other for less than a day, I think people are always accurate, you are not like that. People. You are very kind, persistent, aggressive, insightful ... ”It's charming, the type I admire and like. She added a sentence in her heart.
Wang Yang made an expression of squeezing his eyebrows and exaggeratingly said: ”Wow, this is the first time I was praised like this, but I like to listen, is there anything? Haha!”
”Well, OK ...” Rachel thought for a while with a smile, and said: ”And there is, like a moth rushing to the flames, very romantic!”
”Fire moth?” Wang Yang's eyes widened, covering his face, pretending to be depressed: ”Seeking death? Do you mean my movie? Oh, I was hurt, I was just the heroine of my movie Hurt ... ”
”No! Haha!” Rachel smiled uncontrollably, and said in her laughter: ”No, how could it be, no! OK, maybe it's a metaphorical error, I mean your courage, you know, Being expelled from school is a big blow, but you are not depressed, no decadence, no giving up, but you are very optimistic and actively take a self-timer movie, which is good, this is courage. ”
Wang Yang smiled and said, ”Well, I forgive you.” Rachel shrugged and smiled, ”Wow, thank you for your generosity.”
In a relaxed and pleasant conversation atmosphere, the two continued to talk about various topics, sharing interesting things about the school, sharing their opinions on many things and so on. Discussing things with Rachel, she always knew what she meant, which made Wang Yang more and more happy; and Wang Yang's many unique insights also made Rachel secretly appreciate him more and more secretly.
Until nine o'clock in the evening, the two people left the bar, preparing to return to their respective residences. Rachel is now staying in a hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Wang Yang took her to a taxi and said goodbye to each other and agreed to take the filming work tomorrow. The taxi left. Wang Yang is not going to take a taxi, of course, to save money. Since the subway connecting Hollywood to downtown Los Angeles is not yet completed, he can only choose to go back by bus, which requires him to walk a long way through a large number of shops , To the nearest bus stop in this area.
”Asshole! Get away! Asshole ...” As he passed a remote alley, he suddenly heard an anxious cry for help: ”Help! Anyone! Help me!”
Wang Yang immediately frowned tightly, stopped and listened clearly, then heard a vicious voice: ”Little bitch, let go! Hey, don't force me to do it!”
”Help! Ah, you **** get out of me ...” The girl's panic sound came again. Wang Yang realized what was happening and scolded ”damn”, and rushed into the alley.
Although Los Angeles is called the city of angels, it does not mean that there is no crime in Los Angeles. In fact, because Los Angeles attracts countless young people to come and go every year, the crime rate has always been high, and some blocks are even ”no strangers.” Burglary, fraud, rape, robbery ... there are all criminal cases, and Hollywood is certainly not immune.
Wang Yang rushed into the alley, and saw a burly black man and a blonde young girl pulling under a dim alley light in the distance, and the pulling object was the leather bag on the blonde girl's hand, obviously this It was a robbery.
”Bitch! Give it to me!” The black man with the ditch hairstyle scolded and pulled with all his strength to take the purse away from the girl; but the girl gritted her teeth and grabbed it with both hands. Leather bags, continue to shout: ”Help! Anyone !?”
”Smelly bitch, you forced me!” The black strong man suddenly let go of his hand, raised it high, and slammed it into the girl's face. With a ”pop”, the girl suddenly ”ah” With a scream, he slapped hard. But the girl didn't relax at all. Although her fingers were shaking, her purse was still not taken away by the black people.
Wang Yang, who had just rushed into the alley, could not stop the slap, and he was still some distance away from the lamp of the alley. He could only run while shouting: ”Hi, man, what do you want to do? Hurry up Get out! ”
Seeing his appearance, the girl immediately shouted ”Help” more loudly, and the black man turned his head to stare at Wang Yang, threatening and said: ”Chinese man, don't do much business!” Wang Yang kept on crying at his feet. Road: ”I have already called 911, the police will be here soon, don't run if you have any!”
”FUCK!” The black man scolded fiercely, and suddenly pushed the girl suddenly, pushing the girl to the ground, and the black man kicked her again. The blonde **** the ground screamed, black Then he ran away, and ran to the exit on the other side of the alley. Before he left, he shouted, ”Be careful with me!”
”Are you okay?” Wang Yang finally walked under the alley light, glanced at the distant black man, did not plan to chase, and asked the **** the ground.
The blonde girl was sitting on the ground, covering her half of the beaten face with grief, and her face was dull, her hands tightly holding her purse in her arms, and she said dumbly: ”I ... nothing ... thank you. I It ’s just, I ca n’t let him take my bag ... ”
Hey, this girl, with long blonde hair, pretty face, and some cheeks on her cheeks ... Through the dim street lights, Wang Yang saw the girl ’s face clearly and could n’t help but say, “Uh, you, you are Annie? Anne Darren? ”
Anne Darren, the first girl who came to the interview in the morning, had a nervous expression, did not get rid of the stage play style performance, and finally left in frustration and despair.
The blonde girl shivered. She looked up at Wang Yang, turned around and hurriedly turned away, and cried in a low voice: ”No, no, I'm not ... I'm not ...” Swollen, she didn't want Wang Yang to see it.
”Annie ...” Wang Yang frowned, not knowing what to say.
”I know, my performance is terrible, I am an idiot, an idiot who dreams of star all day ...” Annie Darren burst into tears suddenly, and her tears ”ticked” on the ground, she The body was twitching, and the cry was full of despair, and said incoherently: ”I know, I should go back to the farm to milk the milk, but I like acting ... I can't go back, I have fallen out with my family, I can't Go back ... I like acting, I have loved since childhood ... ”
Wang Yang was silent, at this moment he felt the same, he knew how sad Anne-Dalen is now. He wanted to be a director, thinking from an early age, but if this movie fails, he will return to San Francisco, any director, any dream will become a bubble ...
Annie Darren cried for a while, and the crying gradually weakened. She wiped her nose, her eyes rose up red, watching Wang Yang, choking: ”Thank you. I have to go to the restaurant to work part-time, I have to go ……thank you……”
”Annie ...” Wang Yang looked at her half-swollen face, and cried awkwardly, suddenly feeling uncomfortable, but what can he do to help her?
Annie Darren walked lamely towards the alley. Just now the black man kicked her calf. She walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around, her face was confused and asked in disbelief: ”Director, do you say I should go home?”
Wang Yang was stunned. He quickly searched the movie and TV library in his mind. There is no name of Anne-Dalen, which means that she is also a member of the unknown in the future. He said hesitantly: ”I ... I don't know.” He knew that Anne would not stay in Hollywood for the first time, but he didn't want to say it mercilessly. He couldn't be so cruel ...
He gritted his teeth and said firmly: ”I only know that if I like it, I should persevere. I don't think anyone can take away my pursuit of the movie, and God can't! I don't want to get old and regret it.”
”Is it?” Anne Darren murmured, saying nothing, turning around and limping away.
Wang Yang watched Anne-Dalen gradually away, until she disappeared in the alleyway, her heart was very heavy. Hollywood, picturesque, starry scenery, they are always so beautiful in front of the camera; but who would go to see these dark corners of Hollywood? Who would take a look at a girl like Anne Darren? Movies, media, and the public will only chase the stars, and will not put a shot on these dragons.
Young people like Anne Darren and Zachary Levi, UU reading , there are a large number of influxes into Los Angeles every year, they come from all over the United States, they ca n’t go to college, they did n’t become famous since childhood They came to Hollywood with dreams and dreams, but reality gave them a slap ...
Some of them persevered; some returned to their hometowns; some even committed suicide in despair.
Maybe only need to give them a chance, they will succeed; but many people, did not get that opportunity in their lifetime, the goddess of luck seems to have abandoned them.
If ... if he chooses Anne Darren to be the heroine of the movie in the morning, what will happen to her now? It must be like Zachary-Levi, dancing and dancing, very happy, very happy, so happy that I can't sleep!
In fact, Anne ’s performance is indeed a bit too exaggerated, but under hard guidance, it should be possible to get rid of it temporarily, and then complete the filming ... Wang Yang cannot guarantee that this movie will be released and will be successful, but this At least it's an opportunity, isn't it?
Rachel, Zachary-Levy, they got such an opportunity. Maybe they will continue to be unknown in the near future; but maybe, they will become a hot star overnight. And Anne Darren, still struggling painfully under the dim alley lights in Hollywood.
”Should I just let her go home ...” Wang Yang sighed.
He said that he should stick to what he likes, and do n’t regret it when he gets old; but if he sticks to old age, he still gets nothing, then will he regret it at that time?
Destroy her dream, it is cruel; then let her continue to pursue the dream of nothingness so painfully, isn't it cruel?
The moth that threw the fire, is it courage or stupid?