On Friday, January 30, at 8:00 am, the sun is shining.

Beverly Hills, a station on North Santa Monica Avenue, Ye Wei stood there, paying attention to the vehicles passing through the avenue, with bright eyes.

His outfit today is just like the day he met Hanks. He was full of youthfulness and didn't bring much. He only carried a black shoulder bag containing paper, pen, script, DVD, etc.

No one knows why he asked for leave today, except for the relevant personnel on this matter.

Spielberg's assistant Benjamin told him that their car would pass by here at about eight o'clock and head to Paramount's headquarters. The crew of "Raymond Snitch's Unhappy Adventures" was filming in Paramount Studio.

This movie is made by Paramount, and DreamWorks is one of the producers. Spielberg is not a member of the crew. This time, he is going to visit a class as a boss and an expert.

I had a good understanding of Spielberg and had more than a day of targeted preparations. Ye Wei was eager to try out the day that was about to start.

Since 1975, "Jaws" made Spielberg a big shot. Over the years, he has not known how many people he has discovered. The most worth mentioning is Robert Zemegis (the director of classic directors such as "Back to the Future" series and "Forrest Gump"!). At that time, Spielberg was interested in his script "1941", and personally brought it to the big screen. He has worked together many times in the future, so Zemegis said that he was a student of Spielberg.

This old man is a touchstone. What evaluation can he get? Ye Wei is looking forward to it.

Just as Ye Wei looked at his watch, a black extended Lincoln car drove from the south of the avenue. He did not drive past like other vehicles, but slowed down and stopped beside him.

It started! He shouted in his heart, and the overtime that decided the winner and lose officially began!

The rear window of Lincoln car lowered, revealing an old and vigorous face, half-white and non-black hair, some beard, a high forehead, a pair of small black glasses, a high nose and small eyes, a gentle temperament, and a smiling look, it was Steven Spielberg!

He made classics such as "Alien ET", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Jurassic Park", "Schindler's List", "Saving Private Ryan", etc., and is a great director like a god!

He glanced at the young man outside the car and asked, "Are you Ye Wei?"

"Yes, sir, hello." Ye Wei suppressed his excitement and smiled: "I'm very happy to be your assistant for one day."

"Yeah, get in the car."

The car door opened, and Ye Wei walked up cleverly. The space inside the car was very wide. Spielberg and another middle-aged white man with a blonde hair were sitting in the back seat, while there were also two assistants in their nearly thirty years of age sitting on the side seat. The man was obviously Benjamin.

The three of them were all looking at him, all with surprise. They knew that there was something going on, but they didn't know the specific situation, and they didn't expect that the "young man" was a teenager!

There are all kinds of things in Hollywood. If you stay in this industry for a long time, you will be immune. It is just that the matter in front of you is not within the range of immunity.

"Hi, everyone, I'm Ye Wei, just call me Wei." Ye Wei naturally greeted him. The man introduced himself: "John Stephenson." There were Benjamin and Shan Niya over there. Ye Wei sat next to Benjamin and began to become an assistant.

The car started, and the two big men in the rear seat continued their previous brainstorming.

Stephenson said excitedly while making gestures: "The image of duck is very interesting. Abao is already a fat man. Its father is a little duck and will have great visual contrast. I have a picture. Abao is carrying his father on the stone road under the setting sun, which has a very Chinese artistic conception."

"Good picture." Spielberg thought, nodded, "The visual comparison of the duck is indeed very good."

"It's not just that. It's really open up the storyline. Jonathan and the others were inspired. Abao is not his father's biological son. He was adopted. It has a secret life story. His biological parents were killed by the villain. Abao will take revenge in the future, just like many Chinese kung fu movies."

Stephenson laughed a few times, "It's just everyone chatting during rest. Someone said, 'Dad Abao must be a panda? Maybe a duck is OK!' What a genius idea."

Spielberg also admired the more he thought about it. "The image of duck is very suitable for this role. Abao's father is a border guard. At first, he only hoped that Abao could honestly inherit his noodle shop and was not optimistic about Abao's dream of kung fu. It was the most traditional and old-fashioned father image. The duck (country chin) was very suitable and had a good meaning."

"Yes, this setting is definitely a gift from God." Stephenson smiled.

Ye Wei was puzzled over there. They seemed to be discussing the role settings of a certain movie project. It was a panda and a duck. It was an animation? Chinese artistic conception, Chinese martial arts film? What is that? No matter what it is, he felt something was wrong. Duck is the father of a panda? Even if it was just an adoptive father?

"Despite your talent..." Hanks' voice faintly rang in his ears.

Ye Wei kept his eyes closed and could not just sit foolishly and wait for the big guy to give him a chance to show off, otherwise he might not say the second sentence after the day.

Obviously, Spielberg did not want to assess him, but to observe him, so he had to create opportunities by himself today!

At this time, the two big names were about to talk about the next topic, Ye Wei suddenly said: "Sorry, gentlemen, you are discussing the character setting of a Chinese martial arts cartoon. The protagonist is Abao, a panda, and the protagonist's adoptive father is a duck, right?"

The two men in the back row suddenly looked over, while Benjamin and the two were a little helpless and anxious. Children, the big guys didn't ask you what you thought, what were you doing inciting?

However, Spielberg was not unhappy and nodded, "Yes, what do you think?"

Stephenson was also a little interested. The teenager summed up their discussion and could undoubtedly understand, "Are you Chinese? Do you understand Chinese culture?"

"I am Chinese, and I know Chinese culture very well." Ye Wei answered first, and while preparing his opinion, he asked: "Will China be one of the main markets of this project?"

Spielberg said: "Yes, the Chinese market has huge potential. This project is expected to be released in three or four years. By then, the Chinese market should be very large."

"Then..." Ye Wei raised his sword eyebrows and silently said to himself, "I'm not here to flatter today, but to show my talents!" He said seriously and confidently: "This is a bad setting."

As soon as this said, the four of them were shocked to varying degrees. Benjamin and Shan Niya almost covered the boy's mouth. What do you know about the setting!

The calmest person was Spielberg, who asked with a smile: "Why?"

"Young man, this is God's gift!" Stephenson was a little excited. He liked this setting too much, especially it appeared in an accidental way, like the help of God.

"I think it's Satan's poison." Ye Wei's position was firm and he was not nervous at all, but Spielberg was obviously the kind of person who accepted good ideas and had a broad mind - as long as he didn't say bad things about Jews, he also had to brainstorm and clash with each other and inspire each other. He could do this by the old man, and he could not get angry because others had different opinions.

Sure enough, Spielberg showed obvious interest and said, "You say whatever you think." He smiled at Stephenson and said, "John, isn't the duck's setting just a joke? This young man is not simple."

"Yes, tell me." Stephenson nodded, his tone still anxious, as if Ye Wei was talking nonsense, he would kick him out of the car.

Ye Wei was almost brewing and said, "Since the Chinese market is very important to this project, all aspects of its details must be fully considered the feelings of Chinese audiences."

"As far as I know, pandas are the national treasure of the Chinese and have a lofty status; as for ducks, whether in Chinese culture or in European and American culture, they are not good things, fools, fools, countryside, Chinese people also call male prostitutes ducks. Think about it, the father of the national treasure is a duck, how will Chinese audiences feel? I am sure that most people will not like it, and many people are even angry and think it is an insult."

The duck also means a male prostitute? Stephenson frowned, and Spielberg also looked thoughtful.

The two assistants looked at each other in surprise, and the boy seemed...

"I only realized that ducks are so bad in China."

Stephenson muttered that in fact, he and his team are not careless at all in terms of details. Their purpose is to try their best to be true and make the audience feel a high sense of identity.

For this reason, he has studied Chinese and Asian culture for many years and has been to China several times. Recently, they have discovered that although the classical architectural styles of China, Japan and South Korea are similar, the angles of the eaves are completely different. The design team has also studied this issue for several weeks.

Perhaps the audience will not notice these scene details in the future, but this is how film creation is. If you want to make good works, you must do every detail well.

He really doesn't know about ducks.

Ye Wei spread his hands and continued, "There is even worse. We know that a movie needs to be reviewed for entering China. Maybe because of this place, this movie cannot be released in China. Do you think it is Satan's poison?

North American audiences will not care about ducks or ducks, but Chinese audiences will, if this is a very important work of Chinese culture and the Chinese market, should we achieve more respect?”

"But we can't let Abao's father be a panda, so there is no visual comparison and the mystery of his life experience cannot be highlighted." Stephenson said helplessly, the story was being designed.

"I didn't say that pandas, or dragons, tigers, just choose one that Chinese audiences will like and review them. Even if it does not have the meaning of "the traditional father is the countryside" and "the duck is the bird but cannot fly", it is a better choice in other aspects."

Ye Wei thought for a moment and said, "How is the wild goose? It looks similar to a duck, but it has a high status in the hearts of the Chinese. What about the swallow? The whole world regards it as auspicious bird, and in Chinese culture, it is even considered the incarnation of a god."

Spielberg didn't speak, and his thoughts looked even heavier.

"If this movie had the strength to sell globally and was made into a series like "Shrek Monster", but it could not be released in China, or it would be criticized after it was released, I think this is a high probability, because I don't like this setting, Chinese audiences, who grew up in the United States like this?"

Ye Wei said, "Their reaction must be ten times stronger than mine! This is what I think. Since we want to be Chinese, it's a little more Chinese."

After hearing this, Spielberg nodded and made a decision readily, "It makes sense, John, the duck is not suitable for this time, let's change it to a geese, swallow or something."

"No problem, the wild goose is very good." Stephenson laughed and looked at Ye Wei again, "Boy, you really have some skills, aren't you?"

"I can't be modest." Ye Wei accepted the praise generously and shouted in his heart, "Well done!" Now the old man's scoring card is only 6 points left! But looking at the smiling old face, it's really unfathomable.

Stephenson was completely interested and asked repeatedly: "Do you think Abao's master is a raccoon?"

"Raccoon? There should be no taboos for this. As far as I know, it is not a strict teacher, right?"

"No, it's the oriental master, a little funny..."

The lengthening Lincoln car was moving forward and turned to Melrose Avenue. The brainstorming inside the car had an additional participant. Ye Wei spoke his own opinions with all his heart, showing his talent more naturally, adding new nutrition to this animation project called "Kung Fu Panda".

It was not until Stephenson got out of the car and went to Hollywood that the discussion ended. Under Ye Wei's influence, Abao's father's setting turned from a duck to a geese, and some other details were also studied.

Benjamin and the others already understood that this "one day assistant" was not really an assistant, and they didn't know what it was. Be kind to him.

"Boy, you're pretty smart, no wonder you hate ducks." When Spielberg got off the car, he said humorously.

"I don't hate them, I like to eat roast duck." Ye Wei shrugged.

The four of them walked into the studio, and the busy set of "Raymond Snitch's Unhappy Adventures" was right in front. Ye Wei couldn't help but feel excited because the two actors he loved were the starring actors of this film, Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep. I wonder if they were on this set.

Suddenly, Spielberg asked Ye Wei: "Who do you think the director should be on the set?"

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