Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 764

To Angela's surprise, the meeting with the Knightleys a few days later was also very smooth, and they had a good chat with each other. The Knightleys did not express any concern about Keira and Angela's, um, cohabitation. any objection.It's not surprising when you think about it carefully. Keira announced publicly that she fell in love with Angela a few years ago, and even if they didn't accept that there was a problem, it was resolved at that time.In fact, they were shocked at the beginning. After all, Angela didn't respond when Keira publicly showed her love, and no one thought they would get together.

After spending a harmonious and warm afternoon, the visit to Keira's house was successfully concluded. From the smiles on the faces of the Knightleys, it can be seen that the visit was a success-who knows better than them Kayla's?Since opposition is useless, it might as well express support openly and generously, but I don't know how they will react when they find out the truth.

Like visiting Judy, Angela didn't say anything about having other lovers, not because she didn't want to but because she didn't know how to say it.Oh, I want your daughter to be my partner, but she's not my legal partner?Just kidding, if the Knightleys would accept it, it must be a ghost encounter.And what if they revealed it because they were out of breath?Even if they won't do this, if more people know about it, it will inevitably leak the secret. Although no matter how much public opinion opposes it, it will not affect the things that have been settled, but this is not in line with her plan.

Fortunately, neither Kate nor Keira said much, although they knew why she did it.

"I've already told them that some things are hard to explain to them now, but I will not change my decision no matter what." Shang Keira said to Angela after being a guest at Keira's house.

"Frankly, Keira, I don't know how to describe my mood." Angela said with some guilt.

"It's nothing," Keira waved her hand nonchalantly, "I do this with conditions, although I will raise the conditions after I do it, but I believe that Miss Angel's character will not refuse, right? "

"There are still conditions..." Angela muttered and rolled her eyes in her heart, but she still kept smiling on the surface: "Okay, as long as it's not too much, I can definitely agree."

"It means that there is still a possibility of not agreeing?" Kaila squinted her eyes and looked at her murderously with one hand resting on her chin.

"Okay, okay, no matter what the conditions are, I will agree." Angela swallowed her saliva and said with a smile. No matter how much it is, she can't let herself take off her clothes and run around outside Buckingham Palace anyway. .

"It's very simple," Keira moved her fingers slowly, "I want to see a cardboard box about the height of a person in the hotel suite tonight, delivered by...no matter which courier company it is!"

Angela's face darkened suddenly, and Kaila, who had a panoramic view, spread her hands: "Why? Such a simple request is not enough?"

"You think it's very simple?" Angela's eyes twitched, and she suddenly pounced on it, "I'll tell you what simplicity is!"

"Hey! You bastard... actually sneak attack! Don't think that you can win like this, just watch how I deal with you!"

The sound of slapstick immediately rang out in the hotel suite.

The parent-meeting event in London is over, but the whole thing is not over, because there is one more in Los Angeles and three more in New York to visit in turn.Liv and Scarlett are fine, but the Hesleighs are troublesome. Although there are so many Jewish denominations that recognize homosexuality, unfortunately they are relatively conservative.

In this regard, Angela has nothing to do, but it is impossible to avoid talking about it, after all, she still wants to propose to Natalie.Marriage is of course a matter for two people, but for children, getting the blessing of their parents is always the happiest and most important thing.

Let's talk first, if it doesn't work, I have to ask my grandfather.Angela had such an idea.Although her grandfather has maintained her acquiescence to her homosexuality, it is difficult to say whether she will accept same-sex marriage.You have to try. Back then, when my father ran away from home and converted to Christianity, he didn't see them fight, did he?And... maybe there are reinforcements?

"You mean...you want to get married? With your same-sex partner...married?" Angela, who was sitting on a chair with a cane and grandpa's eyes wide open, had a strange expression as if he had eaten a piece of expired cheese .

"Yes," Angela tried her best to make her expression obviously sincere and cute, "Actually, you are the first one in the family to know, and I haven't even told my parents yet."

Grandpa raised his eyebrows and thought for a few seconds before hitting the ground with his cane: "I never thought that Jedi and Mary would disagree on this issue, so who do you want support from me to fight against? "

Angela smiled coyly: "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, I was just a little worried...Grandpa. You know, although he is not conservative, he also acquiesced in my sexual orientation like you, but..."

Grandpa laughed: "Then, why do you think that I will support you marrying the same sex, Chris? You should know that being together and getting married are two different things, and I must also consider this issue from the perspective of the family."

"Because of mom," Angela said confidently, "I believe that when mom and dad eloped to the United States, others talked about it, but you didn't care that you forgave mom in the end, didn't you? As for the public opinion environment, the British They already allow gay marriage, not even California, so you don't care."

Grandpa didn't say anything more. After looking at Angela for a long time, he shook his head with a broken smile: "When you get old, you can't help but recall the past. You always feel that you were just a naughty and cute little girl the day before. The next day, she was already a unique big girl who became famous, and now she is going to get married, this feeling of dislocation is... indescribable."

"I understand how you feel, Grandpa. If it takes another 20 years, I will still feel the beauty of my childhood, the kind of relationship without any impurities..." Angela was a little lost in speaking, but she quickly adjusted and continued to smile. looked at grandpa.

Seeing this, the old man didn't continue talking on this topic. After thinking for a few minutes, he asked again: "Although I don't have much contact with your grandpa, I also know that since he acquiesced to your choice Then I won't be too opposed to your marriage, so... what is your main purpose besides that, Chris?"

Angela couldn't help but sighed, she really deserved to be a grandfather, she could see her own thoughts simply.

"Actually——" Angela hesitated, "I mainly hope that grandpa can help persuade... the other party's parents."

"So, you chose the Jewish girl?" Grandpa immediately raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm... yes." Angela nodded after hesitating for a while, and then praised in a disguised way: "Your thinking is really quick, grandpa, you don't look like an old man at all."

"You want me to persuade Chrysler to agree to help you persuade your girlfriend's parents... This circle is really big." Grandpa laughed, "Since there are things that Miss Angel can't do, let's do it Give her a hand."

"Great! Thank you, grandpa!" Overjoyed, Angela rushed over immediately, hugged grandpa and kissed him firmly, making the old man who was caught off guard laugh endlessly.

"Some things must be clarified first. I can help, but I can't guarantee how effective it will be." Grandpa added.

"No problem, as long as you are willing to help, I will take care of the rest!" Angela waved her hand, as if everything had been settled.

"By the way," grandpa suddenly thought of something, "if possible, can you tell me the approximate timetable? Also, do you plan to hold it with great fanfare or in a private and low-key manner?"

"Well..." Angela giggled, "You will know when the time comes."

After winning over my grandfather, several major things in London basically achieved the expected results.Of course, she still didn't tell everything. At this point, Angela decided to make the facts first.The next goal is naturally New York, but Angela has a lot of time to prepare, because she will stay in London for a while.

In addition to meeting her parents, her main job is to participate in the filming of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", and there are about two weeks left.Although Lux played a lot of roles in the novel, but after it was adapted into a movie, many scenes were deleted. Who made Harry the protagonist?Just like Sirius still has a lot of roles in "Goblet of Fire", but in the end there are no other shots except for the effect of CG. After all, no matter how long the movie is, it is only more than 100 minutes.

Therefore, the last "Deathly Hallows" is still unavoidable to be divided into two episodes. Taking advantage of the last chance to collect money is a factor, and dedicating an original movie with basically no changes to book fans is also a factor.Of course, Angela will continue to be ridiculed by Rowling because of this, and it is expected that the degree of ridicule will gradually increase after this year.

"From this point of view, you really look like a man. Generally speaking, men would want to hug you left and right." Listening to the ridicule of the magic mother, it is really... quite sharp.

"It's too one-sided to say that, Joe, don't women also have the idea of ​​being both right and wrong?" Angela had to refute a few words, but this rebuttal lacked confidence after thinking about herself.

"Don't forget, there is a 'general situation' in my words, my dear. Yes, yes, there are such people among women, but you must admit that such people are a minority in the entire female group, just It's like in the entire male group, those who don't have the idea of ​​hugging left and right are in the minority." The magic mother said calmly.

Angela could only stare dryly, and sighed after a while: "Do you mean that I should have a sex change operation?"

"Hey, I didn't mean that, Angie," Rowling quickly raised her finger and shook, "Speak responsibly, if your fans find out about this kind of thing, the saliva that comes out will drown me .”

"Do you think anyone will believe this is what you said?" Angela snorted softly.

"That's true," Rowling said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "and I don't think you are suitable for sex reassignment surgery. Even if you take male hormones a few times, you may only be more masculine, so you should be your woman honestly." .”

The corners of Angela's mouth twitched. Is this the magical mother who wrote the "Harry Potter" series?No matter how you look at it, it is a character like Auntie.At this moment, a hand was placed on her shoulder, followed by a heavy slap on her buttocks.

"Xia...Emma!" Angela turned her head sharply, growled and looked at the girl who came out from behind with cannibalistic eyes.

"What's wrong?" Xia Xia, who was smiling, asked without realizing it.

"You..." Angela just said half a word and swallowed it back abruptly. Xia Xia always grasped the timing very well. Neither Rowling nor the staff around her must have seen it. Why bother to ask it.

"What's the matter, Emma?" Angela asked pretending to be calm. As Xia Xia grew up, it was no longer suitable to call her by nicknames in public. Of course, it should be called in private.

"Mr. Director hopes that you can start preparing, and your part will be coming soon." Xia Xia shrugged.

"Lily should be responsible for notifying this kind of thing." Angela couldn't help curling her lips.

"Could it be... can't I come to inform you? Or are you tired of me and don't like me anymore?" Xia Xia put on a pitiful and resentful look, and the magic mother next to her couldn't help laughing.

Angela glared at Rowling, then looked at Xia Xia who was about to speak, but before she opened her mouth, her eyes widened a lot, because Xia Xia's hand stretched out unconsciously and touched her ass lightly pinched.Angela stared at her for a long while without saying a word. During this time, Xia Xia has done this countless times, hitting her chest, pinching her waist, spanking her butt, all kinds of tricks have been used, regardless of the occasion!Of course, it’s better to be more hidden in public places, and to take advantage of situations like hugging or asking people to come over like this, but it’s much more arrogant in private, especially when the two of them are alone, they often tease Angela .

And when Angela asked her what she wanted to do, she actually said something generously: "Of course I'm sexually harassing you, otherwise what am I doing? Or do you want to sue me for sexual harassment?"

Seeing her innocent and pitiful expression, Angela could roll her eyes even though she knew she was faking it.

"Okay, okay, I'll go there now, okay?!" Angela took a step back and said after opening the distance.Then he greeted Rowling, and walked quickly to the director's side. Xia Xia curled her lips, spread her hands helplessly at Rowling, and then followed. Nothing.

Angela guessed a bit of Xia Xia's thoughts, but it's a pity that she can only turn a blind eye now, after all, it is different now.

She also knew that Xia Xia would definitely not give up. It could be seen from some of Xia Xia's bold behaviors when the two were alone before that she deserved to be a child born in the 90s, but she still tried her best to avoid anything.

The hateful thing is that Kate and Keira, who come to visit the "Harry Potter" crew from time to time, are just here to watch the show. They don't care about the various things between Angela and Xia Xia, and just tell her with their eyes that once they go If you make a mistake, you can figure it out.

Angela was depressed but had no other choice. Fortunately, "The Mist" was released in the UK at this time. Although the British film critics were quite different about the film's debate - they thought it was good and thought the structure was ingenious and the suspense was set just right. , the actor's interpretation is also in place, it is a typical bad novel meets a good director; while those who feel bad think that the plot is old-fashioned, and you can guess the end after reading the beginning, except that the picture is as good as ever and the actors' interpretation is not bad In addition, other places are very mediocre, and the tone is almost exactly the same as that of the American counterparts. It really makes people suspect that they just took it and modified a few sentences before publishing it.

The most interesting and paradoxical thing is that those who thought it was good thought it showed that a female director can make a very logical film, while those who thought it was bad thought it was a good proof that even Angela couldn't make a film. Excellent logical film to come.The point of view is so completely opposite, it really makes people feel dumbfounded.

For ordinary movie fans, this point of view will only increase their interest in movies, not to mention that Angela has a lot of diehard fans in the UK, so she won a box office of nearly 700 million pounds in the first week, which can be said to be very good. outstanding.

No wonder, Angela is very aware of how important a good story is to a movie. There must be suspense, turning points and basic logic. Therefore, the first consideration when making a film is how to tell a wonderful story rather than express any point of view. This is the biggest difference between her and some "art first" directors.

Any good movie must first have a good script. Although there are examples of directors who make bad scripts into good movies, such directors are rare after all. There are always more good screenwriters than good directors.It's a pity that the status of screenwriters has never been high. Big-name directors and actors have the right to modify scripts, and their income is not as high as that of directors and actors. That's why there was a screenwriter strike in early 08.

Angela was lying in the hospital at the time, so she escaped public opinion, otherwise she really didn't know what to say. Deep down, Angela was in favor of raising the salary of screenwriters-in fact, in the Pixar film Although the salary of the screenwriters working in the film department complies with Hollywood regulations, the various benefits are much better than the screenwriters of other companies. Therefore, even though the screenwriters of the film department also participated in the general strike, they are still fighting for the film department in private. Secretive work, so Pixar was far less affected by the strike than other film companies—however, Angela was still a member of the Producers Union after all, otherwise she wouldn't use benefits to improve the status of screenwriters in disguise.So lying in the hospital is still good.

Well, these are all digressions, and because of the hot screening of "The Mist", there are more paparazzi and movie fans outside the "Harry Potter" crew, and Xia Xia dare not be too unscrupulous.In addition to being followed by the paparazzi all day long to be interviewed, Angela naturally had an excuse to reject Xia Xia, so she finally breathed a sigh of relief.For the first time, she discovered that the paparazzi were somewhat useful.