Chapter 40 Airplanes, Trains, and Automobiles
This Sunday, Ye Wei felt that it was the most perfect Sunday in his life. He first completed the meeting goal with Willis, then wrote the draft of the short script, and had a great date with Lily.
The two of them have stabilized their dating relationship and feel good. They have started to have intimate actions like holding hands. They will not suddenly be able to make an appointment without saying a word.
But to be honest, Ye Wei was like this when he was dating a girl in kindergarten. Unexpectedly, in the ninth grade of middle school, he didn't even have a Goog-bye-Kiss after the date, and he had to start from kindergarten. It was really fun.
He didn't know what Lily thought, but it was good to go step by step. When would he have the real first kiss? He was looking forward to it.
As we move into a new Monday, Thanksgiving is one step closer this year, Harvard-West Lake will be on holiday from Thursday to Sunday, so we only need to go to school for three days this week.
Ye Wei naturally brought all the script documents to school. Whether in class or X time, he would revise the manuscript somewhere, which made the teachers and students around him very curious.
While having dinner in the cafeteria at noon, he announced this grand plan to Lev and others, and they needed their help in the production of the short film.
"No problem, no problem!" Lev, Bud and others patted their chests excitedly and agreed. Chen Nuo seemed to have really become Confucius: "Brothers work together, and they will cut off gold." Kerrwin still hit the nail on the head: "Or the amateur level before shooting?"
"No, so what you are asking you to help with is some non-technical miscellaneous work, probably the extras."
Ye Wei made it clear directly, such as Lev's performance, Colwin's camera, Chen Nuo's lighting, etc.... It's very good among middle school students, but this time it really doesn't work. He has to find professional personnel to do it in the film crew; so are the actors, Lev cannot play Annie, or Annie's father or mother.
"Everything is professional, guys."
"Wow, Brother Wei, why do you always say so cool!" Lev was not disappointed, but was even more excited: "Doing chores in a professional crew? That's great!"
"Okay, I want to have a professional crew meal." Bard was also excited.
"Where to find a professional? Do you need to spend money?" Colwin asked.
"My goal is not to do so, except for lunch, everything is free." Ye Wei's eyes flashed with a cunning look, and he already had a specific idea: go to Nanka University to take advantage of resources!
There are too many resources to use there, free rental of various professional equipment, a database of professional actors that can be contacted, machines for post-production, etc. Of course, there is also a professional student shooting team! Photography, lighting, recording, art, venue... Everything you need can be found.
Although only students in this school can use these resources, because of that dream, he is familiar with the rules that have not changed for many years and can take advantage of loopholes.
The key is that he needs help from the University of Southern California. He doesn't know anyone yet, but he knows what he can find. Seniors have no time to pay attention to him. Those new people, sophomores, and juniors will be interested, just put their names on the cast.
When he reached the stage of forming the crew, he went to Nanjia University to check it out, but the script must be modified first.
On Monday and Tuesday, Ye Wei spent both crazy revisions. The script gradually refined to 22 scenes, and the lines were polished. "Angel Dance" was basically completed!
On the night when he let his brain rest, he edited the three-minute charity short film called "Good People Reward", but in fact there was not much work, because there were not many shots in the video materials, almost all of them were amateur "long shots", just pieced together 1, 2, and 3.
Then, he copied the final cut version to a DVD disc, and brought the school on Wednesday. In the morning, the event time was played to everyone at the Dream Chasing Alliance Base Camp.
In Mozart's cheerful music of Hafner's serenade in D major, on the TV screen, Ye Wei and Lev in women were hugging each other on the street, smiling and walking on the telephoto camera—
"Genius! Genius! I acted so well. I must be the best actress of this year's Oscar, haha!"
"Brother Wei is acting well, and those expressions... why can't I learn it?"
On the side of the sofa, Lev and Bard were yelling and watching, Chen Nuo pushed his glasses with a smile, and even Colwin smiled rarely, and were all proud of this short film.
The girls sitting on the sofa also had smiles. Although they were not on the show, they were very happy for their friends. Triste smiled and said, "It's really great. It will be popular at next year's film festival." Connie was even more admiring: "It's very creative! But, are you all thinking? It's so cool."
Only Lily said nothing and frowned slightly. It would be good if the school film festival is required; what if it is a film director? How can this level be possible!
She looked at Ye Wei by the TV, and he bowed modestly and said, "Thank you, thank you." Seeing him coming, she nodded: "Not bad."
"Yes, I want to shoot something, but I don't know how to write a script. Can you write one for me? Just do whatever you want!" Connie asked in high spirits.
"Okay, no problem." He suddenly became even more excited and laughed at Connie, "I'll give you a story like "The Sid Sisters Gang" after Thanksgiving, how about it?"
"Sied Sisters Gang"? Is that a movie? I haven't seen it before..." Connie looked puzzled, and Triste was too. Lev huffed, as if he understood it very much: "That's a good movie. Sids, it's good, classic, and it's definitely suitable for you."
"Then I'm not sure." Ye Wei shrugged and told the story of "The Sid Sisters Gang" with a smile. It was not about friendship, but about the cruel and dark high school girls' struggle.
Connie and Triste laughed and scolded, "We are not Sids, are we writing about friendship?"
"Like "Summer of Jeans?" Ye Wei asked. Connie couldn't help but exclaim: "No, you've read "Summer of Jeans"! That's a girl's novel!" Ye Wei laughed: "Yes, I read all kinds of books. I think you're suitable to play Tibi, and Triste...Lena!"
At the same time, Lev touched his big nose, and Bud and others opened their mouths slightly, and they were stunned. Brother Wei was Brother Wei, and he could even talk about girls. If he had been in the Sweet Mimi Cafe that day, he would definitely not have returned empty-handed...
"And..." Ye Wei looked at Lily. Bridget, who was originally trying to talk about football champions, but Lily laughed: "I am Carmen."
Her words made the atmosphere cold. Carmen's parents divorced since childhood. They went to play with their father during the summer vacation, but their father was about to remarry. Carmen was embarrassed and furious.
"It's still Bridget." Ye Wei said seriously. She seemed a little unhappy because she would get along with her father's family tomorrow?
Lily had a lot of messy thoughts in her heart, bastard... He could have a lot of fun chatting with any girl... His level is not as good as a film director, please be more mature... Well, she will definitely be Carmen this holiday... Is he going to date Connie, because she didn't praise the good short film? The short film is very good, but not enough!
But she didn't want to make everyone's interest, suppressed those distracting thoughts, and made herself smile brightly, "That's about the same, captain."
"Girl, I'm not your captain!" Ye Wei laughed, thinking it was fine, and Triste and others didn't notice it much. He continued, "I'll write a friendly story between girls, and I'll receive it. But I'm going to be busy with my new short film, so in terms of production, you can ask these men for help." He pointed at Lev and others.
"My honor!" Lev immediately knelt down on one knee. Brother Wei was creating an opportunity for them, and said anxiously: "Lev Pobil is willing to serve you!"
"And I!", "I can..."
Seeing their passionate and weird appearance, Connie and Triste looked at each other and shrugged, OK.
In the afternoon, as the school bell rang, this year's Thanksgiving holiday began.
Of course, these wealthy families in Harvard-West Lake have arrangements, almost all of them are traveling.
Lily will take a flight to the UK tonight. There is no Thanksgiving in Europe, she just goes to her father's house for vacation. Trister and Connie will also go to play with her family, Hawaii and San Diego.
Lev's family went to Las Vegas; Bard's restaurant was busy with Thanksgiving dinner, so only Bard went with him; Chen Nuo's family went back to Sacramento to visit relatives; Li Ming's family was going to New York; Bab's family went to the Bahamas... Colewin wanted to stay at home and not go out, but under Ye Wei's order, he followed his family to Salt Lake City to ski.
At the last moment, Ye Wei was the only one who stayed in Los Angeles for the members of the Dream Chasing Alliance.
In previous years, Ye Wei's family would not stay in Los Angeles. They did not travel abroad and went to San Francisco and other places, but it was not the case that the "Wedding Day is Coming" was heavily in debt after the crushing defeat.
This year their family’s plan is to go to Disneyland on Thanksgiving and then do everything the next day as usual.
Maybe not, because Ye Wei's mother plans to go to the supermarket to grab bargains on "Black Friday". She has been preparing for a long time and has collected a lot of coupons. She is preparing to queue up all night on Thanksgiving night to welcome the first crazy shopping in her life.
Ye Wei dissuaded him, but he could not dispel his mother's plan. His father also wanted to join the action, even though his blood pressure was very high recently. Ye Wei had no choice but to prepare to snatch it with his parents.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, Ye Wei continued to revise the short script in the room. Just after 19:00, his cell phone suddenly rang, and it turned out to be an unfamiliar number.
"Hello." He answered the call with a polite tone. He should pay attention to this in the future, because the call will always be a big shot.
What he didn't expect was that the middle-aged man's steady voice actually came from the phone: "Hello young man, I'm Bruce Willis."
Oh, oh!! Willis, this sound... Willis!!
Ye Wei held his breath instantly, suddenly stood up from the computer chair, his heart rate soared. He stroked his hair, suppressed his emotions, and smiled enthusiastically: "Hi, Mr. Willis! Wow, I'm very happy to receive your call. Please forgive me, I'm a little nervous, haha."
"Haha, didn't disturb you?" Willis's words were filled with a sense of intimacy.
"No, sir, happy Thanksgiving." Ye Wei quickly calmed himself down. Willis called him in person so quickly, something good should have happened...
Chapter completed!