Volume 1 Chapter 132: Mentor, Please Turn Me Around

  Maintaining good relations with journalists is a necessary social skill for a filmmaker. So when the black female journalist invited him to dinner, Yi Feiyang accepted without hesitation. This wasn't because he was after her beauty, although this black pearl did look quite attractive. However, Yi Feiyang's interactions with her were based on mutual benefit. Clearly, his approach had an effect.

  A few days later, the latest issue of Hollywood's "New Film Magazine" was put on shelves, and this interview was published as scheduled. When it comes to Yifeng's animation debut, opinions are divided among all walks of life.

  "Oh God, stop joking, is this Chinese Easy really a genius? He actually dares to challenge the animation field?"

  There are still people who say, "Chinese style is all about taking an unconventional path, let's see how they defy the heavens this time!"

  ……

  "Haha, China is about to dream again, and this time it's an animated dream. I just don't know if it will turn into a nightmare!"

  "Don't fool our American audience, Chinese easy-to-watch animation, haha, laugh out loud!"

  ……

  No matter what, Yi Feiyang, this Hollywood troublemaker, always catches the attention of Hollywood, and can't keep a low profile.

  Meanwhile, the animated film "Turbo" has quietly started production and filming.

  The shooting of an animated film is different from the shooting of a general movie. A general movie requires selecting male and female leads, requiring extras, requiring scene arrangement, requiring photographers, requiring... In short, a lot of things need to be handled by you, while shooting animation is both easy and difficult. The easy part is that you only need to face the computer, face the draft, face the script to build up the story framework; the difficult part is that the draft production, computer design, these are all technical work, not something that can be done well just by operating a camera, nor can the movie leads do well just by listening to guidance. They are not human beings, accurately speaking, they are only your animated creations, you give them life, emotions, life and experiences...

  From head to toe, you are God, you are the Lord!

  But this God is the most difficult to play.

  Yi Feiyang himself doesn't have too exquisite animation design skills, basically all are learned on the spot. Fortunately, Steven Spielberg is absolutely a good teacher, or rather a terrifying teacher. The trick he teaches students is only one, that is practice!

  Within a short span of one week, he made Yi Feiyang finish watching all the classic animated films produced by Disney, Fox and DreamWorks, and then disassemble each frame of these animations and reassemble them.

  This is an enormous undertaking.

  Think about it, an animated film has at least tens of thousands of shots, and you have to disassemble and reassemble them one by one. That's absolutely a very frustrating thing.

  Yi Feiyang's eyes were bloodshot, his beard was disheveled, and he had lost a significant amount of weight. Now, in his eyes, mind, and even in his dreams, there were moving animated scenes everywhere. In short, this man had gone mad!

  Yi Feiyang, who is on a creative roll, leads Mike, the computer special effects artist from Dream Fantasy Film, animation designer John, and people from DreamWorks to create the racing story of "Turbo" based on his own screenplay "Extreme Snail".

  At first their pace was very slow, slower than the snail in the draft, so slow that they could only do a dozen or so frames of animation per day.

  ……

  Such bitter days continued, with Yi Feiyang's pain and happiness intertwined. By the end of April, Annie-Hathaway was about to go to New York for a dance audition.

  During this time, Yi Feiyang and she were on-again, off-again. On the one hand, she was too busy herself. On the other hand, in Yi Feiyang's own words, she didn't want to disturb Annie and wanted her to focus on passing the exam.

  Anne Hathaway felt very wronged that Yi Fei Yang didn't come to see her, although the two people's relationship hadn't been established yet. But which girl doesn't hope that her boyfriend will always accompany her by her side?

  From Los Angeles to New York, Anne Hathaway took a plane over. After arriving in New York, she didn't even call Yifei Yang. In fact, she just waited stupidly by the phone, hoping it would suddenly ring and Yifei Yang's calm and sexy voice would appear, "Hey, how are you?"

  However, Annie was disappointed. It had been almost three days since she arrived in New York, and Yi Feiyang hadn't called her once. This made Anne Hathaway very sad. Yes, she was very sad. She felt that Yi Feiyang didn't have her in his heart at all.

  The dance exam is about to end.

  Annie's outstanding performance on stage was praised by the judges, but Annie didn't feel happy at all in the face of these praises.

  In the locker room, fellow students who took part in the dance exam were holding their phones, either calling home to share the good news or complaining to their boyfriends. Only Annie held her phone, unsure whether she should dial those few numbers - Yi Feiyang's phone number.

  Just as Annie was holding her mobile phone and staring blankly, the phone rang.

  Annie's heart skipped a beat as soon as she saw the incoming number, it was that bastard, this was his first call since she arrived in New York.

  Annie took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down before answering the phone.

  "Hello, is Annie?" he said.

  "Yes, it's me, you are... Yi?"

  "Of course it's me! How come? Just a few days without seeing each other and you can't even recognize my voice?"

  "Oh no, I was just... how did you suddenly call over?"

  "Hehe, I just wanted to confirm with you, how was your exam?"

  "It's all right."

  "What does 'still okay' mean? Is it a pass or not?"

  "We made it." Heather said softly, how she wished to share this news with someone she liked, like now.

  On the other end of the phone, there was a moment of stunned silence, followed by an excited outburst. "That's great! I knew you could do it! Didn't I say you're the best?" Yifeyang sounded very agitated.

  Listening to the other person's "nonsensical ravings", Anne Hathaway only felt a sweet feeling in her heart, and she lightly spat out a mouthful of words: "Don't be so frightened, it's just a small test."

  "What's this? Being able to enter America's greatest academy is a small exam? Our Annie is too modest!"

  Heather was overjoyed by Yifei Yang's words "our home Annie". On the surface, she said: "Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. I'll hang up the phone and talk to you when I get back, okay?"

  "Of course, I'll go to the airport to pick you up then. Remember, take good care of yourself, or I'll be worried."

  Listening to her loved one say such caring words, Annie's heart felt warm and fuzzy. She gently hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and looked at her classmates who were still chatting with their boyfriends on the phone. Cooking telephone porridge, Annie smiled sweetly, she no longer envied them, on the contrary, she thought her boyfriend was the best in the world, and she was the luckiest girl!

  ……

  Los Angeles this side.

  Yi Feiyang hung up the phone on the street, put his mobile phone into the pocket of his windbreaker, and then raised the collar of his clothes. It wasn't because he was too famous to cover his face, but because April in Los Angeles was still a bit chilly, unlike Hong Kong where it's almost spring all year round.

  Today the terrifying "animation teacher" Steven Spielberg rarely showed kindness and gave Yi Fei Yang a day off.

  Yi Feiyang was reborn after the disaster, first calling Annie Hathaway who went to New York, and then preparing to take a taxi to handle some private matters.

  Some people may ask why he didn't drive himself. With the money, wasn't a new car bought? The reason is simple: this car was borrowed by someone again.

  Yi Feiyang regretted it, regretting that he had bought a cheaper one at the time, but couldn't bear the nagging of his wife and daughter. In the end, he still bought a sleek-looking BMW.

  Then, Yi Feiyang's carless days began. Gao Jiabao, Tu Zi Bill, and Jack Black would find excuses to borrow his car every now and then. One said he wanted to go back to his hometown to show off, another said that without a good car, it wouldn't be worth bringing the horse... In short, Yi Feiyang's newly bought car was borrowed by these people before he even had a chance to drive it himself a few times.

  Yi Feiyang sighed, should I put a sticker on the car that says "wife and car, no lending"?

  At this moment, Yi Feiyang walked to the side of the road, stopped a taxi, and after inquiring with the driver, took the car to a section near Hollywood.

  This area is adjacent to Hollywood, so it's extremely valuable and is called the "Golden Rental Area". Because most of the people living here are small-time celebrities who rent here because they can't afford to buy a house in this expensive area. They want to save face, so they rely on renting to live here, thinking that it's very down-to-earth and who knows, maybe one day they'll suddenly become famous.

  In fact, because there are too many people gathering here to chase their star dreams, the housing prices have always been high and never come down. The rental fees change every year, so it's better to just buy a place directly instead of renting, assuming you have the money.

  Yi Feiyang came here to buy a house. He and Gao Jiabao had been renting an old building from Mrs. Lawrence, which would shake violently in strong winds and heavy rains. In Gao's words, "This isn't a house, it's a tomb!"

  Yi Feiyang couldn't help but consider moving house under Paozi's nagging.

  It's not like they could squeeze into a small room together, especially since Fatso and he both liked to throw their socks and pants around randomly, resulting in them often wearing each other's things by mistake. Moreover, the house was too small and the environment was too poor, which didn't match their current status at all. After all, Rabbit Bill and Fat Jack had already bought a small apartment and were always inviting them to play "BBQ" on the rooftop, just to show off. This made Yi Feiyang feel embarrassed himself, thinking that being a boss wasn't as good as being an employee.

  Having made up his mind to move and buy a house, Yi Feiyang personally went out to find a house. Originally, Pangzi Gaojiabao also wanted to follow him out, but was kicked back to the company by Yi Feiyang because today happened to be payday for employees.

  As a veteran, Yi Feiyang remembered, "Absolutely cannot owe migrant workers' wages!"