Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 775 1 Everything Is As Predicted

"This is a plain but wonderful movie. In just 100 minutes, Angela used exquisite, humorous, and witty language to describe all the major events that have happened in the past few decades..." Natalie suddenly read this Put down the newspaper in your hand.

"I can't read any more. The whole article is full of praises. All the media seem to have a unified voice, and they are all moved by this movie." She shook her head and didn't know whether she felt that the world was wrong or that she was wrong.

"If you want to read criticism, you can find a lot." Avril sitting diagonally across from her said, drinking breakfast milk.

"You don't need to read the comments from those tabloids," Natalie continued to shake her head. "But although the well-known media also have criticisms, they are too few in comparison."

"I really don't understand, Nat, why do you want to see critical articles so much?" Kayla, who was sitting across from her, said unhurriedly, "We all went to the cinema, you have to admit Well, Angela did a great job, and for 100 minutes I had only one thought, what was going to happen next. I thought - you're not jealous, are you?"

The cadence of her London accent matched her elegant smile perfectly, and she looked like she knew everything and took everything into her own hands.

"I'm not so bored that I think others are jealous," Natalie snorted softly, "I just think there should be voices from both sides. Sometimes it will be counterproductive if you are too one-sided, so it's better to have more voices." It's a bit controversial."

She paused at this point, and then looked at Keira with a smile: "Oh, you must also think of this, but it will take a while, because your attention is now on jealousy."

Keira suddenly changed color slightly, but before she could speak again, Jessica, who always speaks in this situation, interjected: "By the way, why didn't Angie come down for breakfast? Is she going to sleep all day?" ?”

"It's not like that, Jessie. The reason why she hasn't come yet is because the joke went too far last night. I was a little angry, so I cleaned her up." Kate, who was spreading jam on the slice of bread, said casually.

A burst of meaningful "Oh" suddenly popped up, and everyone present smiled knowingly, except Natalie.She frowned slightly and then regained her composure. It's a pity that this little action did not escape Keira's eyes.

"Okay, don't mention this, we have to consider other people's feelings." She looked at everyone with a slightly raised mouth and said.

Avril Lavigne was the first to burst out laughing. Although her voice was very low and she covered her mouth for the first time, everyone could still hear her.Scarlett and Liv then secretly glanced at Natalie with teasing eyes, Kate ate the slice of bread to herself as if it had nothing to do with her, Jessica looked at Natalie and Natalie with funny and helpless eyes. Kayla sweeps back and forth.Basically, by now everyone knows what happened to Natalie and Angela.

"I'm done eating." Although Natafi's face changed, she didn't have an attack, she stood up calmly and left the restaurant.

"Kayla, this doesn't seem appropriate." After Natalie left, Jessica sighed and said to Keira.

"Okay, Jesse, I didn't say anything excessive." Keira spread her hands innocently.

Jessica looked at Kayla with some reproach, but Kayla grabbed her hand when she was about to speak: "Don't think so much, Jesse, if Nat is angry about this, it's not Nat."

"Jessie, I won a round so hard, can't you make me a little bit happier?" Keira followed up.

Looking at Kayla, then at Kate, and at the other three snickering guys, Jessica just shrugged.

Small episodes like this happen every day, so many people living under the same roof will inevitably have small frictions, Kate and Liv, Scarlett and Avril Lavigne have also faced tit-for-tat, of course, it is Keira and Nata who have received the most attention Li, as for the reason, it goes without saying - Jessica will always come out to mediate in time at this time.

Although it is not stated clearly, it is undeniable that Natalie, Scarlett and Liv belong to the New York gang, and Kate and Keira belong to the London gang. Although Avril Lavigne expressed neutrality because the geographical location is slightly biased towards the New York gang, only Jay is really neutral. One for Sika—you mean Anne and Alizee?Oh, that's the onlookers playing soy sauce.In addition, Jessica's tenderness and self-sacrifice are obvious to all, so as long as she speaks, everyone will accept it.

In fact, when they argue, they are all measured. Although they have their own personalities, they are also smart people - Liv is just confused about small things.So it's enough to quarrel and hand over a few hands, but in this way...

"In the end, you are the only one who gets the benefits. This is called 'the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins the profit'?" Natalie asked after getting off the treadmill, wiping off her sweat and looking at Angela who was resting.

"Oh, dear Nat, congratulations on mastering another idiom." Angela took her arm and said to her with a smile, "Your Chinese is getting better and better. If you work harder, you will definitely be able to speak it well." As good as me."

"If possible, please answer my question?" Natalie said calmly.

"Well..." Angela coughed dryly, rolling her eyes a few times, "I don't seem to have the right to speak, you know, I don't have any autonomy in this matter, I can only be passive..."

As she spoke, she gestured with grief and indignation, but Natalie was not moved by it: "You know, Lily gave you a very good evaluation, called 'crying babies have milk'!"

The corners of Angela's mouth couldn't help twitching, and she couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "She's so straightforward..."

"what?"

"I mean... how could she talk like that!" Angela immediately put on an expression filled with righteous indignation.

"Isn't it?" Natalie gave her a blank look, "Pretending to be weak and irresistible has paralyzed our nerves, and by the time we wake up, we have been firmly chained."

"You really make me sad when you say that, Nat!" Angela immediately became sad, and the speed and ingenious changes were almost comparable to the unique skills of a certain basin in the Pacific Ocean.

After turning his emerald green eyes, he showed a narrow smile again: "Speaking of which, why are you saying this all of a sudden? Are you encouraging me to resist or... are you acting like a baby to me in disguise?! Wow, I I really can't think of it, Nat, you would act like a baby to me, or act like a baby to me in this way! It's so unexpected! It's so shocking!"

Natalie's face turned red immediately, and she gave Angela an elbow in annoyance before getting up and leaving.

"Come on, Nat, I'm joking." Angela, who was rubbing her ribs, cheekily pulled her lover back.

"Let go, I'm going to take a shower." Natalie said without looking back.

"That's right, I'm going too, and I've sweated a lot." Angela held her arm firmly.

Natalie had no choice but to hum heavily.

"Okay, Nat, you know, this is the difference between you and them." Angela comforted her softly at this time, "You look really cute like this, Nat."

Before Natalie could speak, Angie stretched his arms around her waist: "Don't worry, I'm already preparing, and you'll see it soon, so don't be too nervous to answer. "

After a few seconds of silence, Natalie suddenly sighed softly: "Actually... I don't really want one..."

"Don't say such things!" Angela interrupted unceremoniously, "Since I promised to give you a grand marriage proposal ceremony, I will never change it. Since I have proposed to you and you have agreed, Then you'll be the only one registering with me! Do you understand, Nat?"

"...Okay, I'm going to take a shower now."

"What did I just say? Let's take a shower together! By the way, let's discuss about Christmas. No one is allowed to be absent this time!"

"Hey, stop, wait...Damn it, Angie, you can't always be like this!"

Everything is developing as Angela expected, following Roger Ebel's phrase "If Forrest Gump is running to let us review history and sort out values, then Angela is sitting and accomplishing such a feat". It turns out that the word-of-mouth received by "Our Life" is basically one-sided.Although those who oppose for the sake of opposition, such as Juvitt, still think about how to criticize, unfortunately, it is useless.

Such word-of-mouth earned a box office of more than 3000 million yuan in the first week. For a film with an investment of only 4000 million yuan, this is undoubtedly an excellent start, and the importance of public opinion is reflected here.Of course, there was also a factor of Angela's deliberate push. She deliberately found Sparrow, who had already handed over most of the agent's work to Alizee, and secretly guided the public opinion forward.Having said that, hype is useless without the quality to match.

As I said before, Angela really caught the pulse of the mainstream consciousness this time, relatives, family, and the current mainstream values ​​and morals, coupled with the dialogues written by racking their brains and spending a lot of time during the filming. Less thought—for example, the pseudo-documentary that Jewitt once criticized was actually a shooting method she came up with based on the amazing editing of "Forrest Gump".To put it simply, it is to shoot a shot of what the actors talked about in the conversation according to the documentary, and then make it have a sense of history in post-processing, and finally insert it into the conversation during editing.

The advantage of this is that it makes the conversations of the characters more authentic and convincing, and it is easier for the audience to understand. At the same time, it can also harmonize the rhythm of the movie and so on.Facts have proved that her approach is completely correct, otherwise it would not be possible for Roger Ebell to make such an exclamation and receive unanimous praise from the mainstream media.

However, for the audience, there are still voices of complaints.

"Too bad, talk talk talk talk talk non-stop talk all the way through, I'm not saying that those conversations aren't funny, or that the flashbacks aren't appropriate, but ... it's just a feeling, a ... It’s a bad feeling.” An audience member said in an interview after watching the movie.

This is not surprising, any movie will not be liked by everyone, and Angela can be proud of being able to make such a movie that uses dialogue from beginning to end to this point.

"This is another movie that can be included in textbooks after "[-] Angry Men"!" A report in "Variety" magazine wrote like this.

The momentum of "Our Lives" is so strong that the box office in the second week is basically the same as the first week. In just two weeks, the total box office has exceeded 7000 million. It was not squeezed out of North America until after the premiere of "Avatar" Top of the box office charts.

Well, these are all things for later, Angela flew to London with her lover four days before Christmas Eve to spend this year's Christmas here.In fact, she doesn't have to come, after all, she is already 28 years old and has her own career.

But out of habit and hoping to get the unreserved support of her grandfather, Angela still came to London.Although the lovers also came, they didn't go to grandpa's manor together. There are some things that grandpa still doesn't know.But it's not like they don't have a place to live. At the beginning of last year, Angela bought a manor in the suburbs of London for about 1000 million pounds.The main building is a Gothic-style castle. The gardens of nearly 1000 acres are very beautiful. There are also several small villas, two lakes and small rivers passing by. There are everything from horse farms to golf courses. Much more luxurious than her estate in Beverly Hills.

"It's suitable for holidays and parties!" Angela replied when asked why she spent a lot of money to buy a manor in England.Generally speaking, the main buildings of English-style manors are in the deepest part of the manor. Although British paparazzi want to sneak into this kind of place to take pictures, it is much more difficult than their American counterparts. One of the reasons why they would come to grandpa's manor if they were chased and intercepted.

At this time, she was holding a party in the manor, and the person who asked her was Rowling, the magical mother who was invited.

Although this was Angela's first Christmas in London after she was discharged from the hospital, how she spent it was really lacklustre. No matter how old she was, there were some rules that couldn't be surpassed.Fortunately, my grandfather is very understanding and just asks her to come over on Christmas Eve.

Therefore, after Christmas Eve, Angela held a medium-sized party in her manor, and invited many friends in the UK, and Rowling's family was naturally among them.

Well, the magic mother asked this kind of question to pave the way for her next question. She was taken aback by something when she was at the party.

"Angie, don't you want to tell me that all seven of them are your lovers?" Rowling asked in surprise.

"The answer is correct, do you need me to add 10 points for you?" Angela said with a smile. Anyway, this matter will be known to everyone sooner or later, and it is very normal to disclose it to people close to you in advance.