Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 740

"Usually, when faced with this kind of situation, we contact our superiors as soon as possible. Without authorization, we can't take any action. If we act privately, we'd better hope that we can succeed and do nothing wrong Otherwise, dismissal would be the best result." On a sunny afternoon, Meivis sat in the garden and sipped tea while flipping through the script and said, "You know, reality is not about making movies. There are rules and regulations to be obeyed, even if the opportunity is fleeting sometimes, the federal agents in the movie would be finished in reality."

Speaking of which, she raised her glass to Angela in front of her: "The black tea is good, it's really nostalgic."

Angela smiled lightly, picked up the teapot and filled it up for her: "But, Meiss, aren't we making a movie now?"

"I know, so I'm just offering my own opinion, and it's up to you to decide whether to adopt it or not." Meivis shrugged, her short hair and women's suits made her look so capable, and time seemed to go back a few years forward.

But Angela immediately adjusted her mood, picked up a pen and wrote a few sentences in the notebook next to her, then picked up her teacup and raised a glass to the female detective: "The weather is so nice, why don't we talk about something else—— How was the year?"

"I remember you invited me here to discuss your movie." Meivis said calmly.

"Oh, come on, Mavis, it's not the first time we've met, so it should be okay to catch up on the old days?" Angela waved her hand, "Besides, a combination of work and rest can make work better, isn't it?"

Meivis, who was drinking black tea, didn't speak anymore. Seeing this, Angela couldn't help but asked tentatively: "To be honest, I was really surprised when I heard you said that I was married, and even married to a woman." ?”

"Why? Because you haven't married a woman yet?" Meivis raised her eyebrows with a half-smile.

Angela couldn't help coughing dryly, and looked at her annoyedly: "Why, are you disappointed that I'm not married?"

Unexpectedly, Mei Weiss nodded her head: "A little bit, although you pay attention to other people's and public opinions, you have no scruples in some aspects-don't rush to refute, although I only stayed by your side for a year A lot, but I can still see it."

"Your observation skills are still so sharp." Angela smiled helplessly and spread her hands.

"Have you thought about getting married?" Although Angela didn't seem to want to talk more about this issue, Mavis still asked this question, which stunned Angela for about 10 seconds.

In Angela's cognition, she has always felt that marriage is very far away from her, and she has never considered it even after she has been with her lovers for so long.In fact, deep down in her heart, she still rejects marriage. The power of her previous life made her habitually think that marriage is only for men and women.However, after Meivis brought up this topic now, Angela had to face a new question. If she finally made a decision in a few months, would she marry her?

"Well, I've never thought about it." Angela said dejectedly. She suddenly thought of Jordana and Sarah, who eloped and went straight to Boston.And some time ago, I saw another Sarah—Shadou Michelle Gellar—also planning to marry Mina, and even Britney and Christina had this plan in the middle of the noise, obviously She neglected this very important thing.

"Why?" Mei Weiss asked, a little curious and a little clear, "Break up with your lovers—of course it's impossible, obviously you have a few more lovers who have come to your house these days I saw a lot of new faces when I came here. Therefore, your trouble now should be that you don’t know which one to choose.”

Angela's face couldn't help but darken. Although her affairs were still guessed by some people in the circle, they never spread the word or revealed it to her face.Now being pointed out in person by an outsider, even though she was mentally prepared, she still felt a little uncomfortable, and she couldn't help complaining about Mei Weisi's observation ability again.

And Meivis didn't seem to see her warning gaze, and still said to herself: "I'm really curious, Angie, how did you do it? They all look like they already know each other's existence, which is really true." Surprises. But then again, you always surprise, it's just that it's not fair to other people."

"Okay, Meiss, let's stop talking about this, okay?" Angela said weakly, Meivis' last words hit her weak point, and she had to change the subject.There is still time, you can adjust, she said to herself in her heart.

"By the way, what does your... wife do? How did you meet?" Angela picked up a topic at random.

"She? She's a dentist. We met in a bar and had a good chat. I sent her home, was harassed by her, and then went to bed." Meivis said lightly, "At first, I just thought it was another one-night stand. , but a few days later I went to the hospital to check my teeth, but I ran into her again, and this time I couldn’t escape.”

"So... you've had a lot of one-night stands?" Angela was completely focused on other things.

"It's okay, but they're all of the same sex," Meivis suddenly looked at Angela with a playful smile at this point, "After finishing your mission, I think it's a wonderful thing to have sex with the same sex, especially when you're hugging her." Playing wantonly in my arms..."

"Okay, okay! Stop here!" Angela hurriedly turned her head away, raised her hands and shouted loudly.

Mei Weisi shrugged, and continued the previous topic: "We got engaged after dating for about half a year, and then went to Boston to register after two months. We held a small wedding and invited a few Friends participated. However, although the FBI does not have the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy in the military, it still doesn't like this kind of thing, so I was transferred to the Los Angeles branch as an analyst."

Although the tone was still understated, Angela could still hear a little depression.It's no wonder that even though they've only been together for a year, she also knows that Mei Weisi's ability is very good.Being transferred to an intelligence analyst because of such a trivial matter as her sexual orientation, she must be depressed due to her personality.

However, a smile appeared on the corner of Meivis' mouth at this moment.

"What moved me was that Lisa quit her job there and came to Los Angeles with me," Meivis said with emotion, "Although it took a lot of time to find a job, she also fulfilled her wish by the way. .”

Seeing her undisguised happy smile, Angela felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart. She shook her head and then asked, "What wish?"

"Lisa likes to write novels. She used me as the model to write a suspense novel about the FBI solving crimes during the few months she was looking for a job. It's a pity that it can only be regarded as a third-rate novel. It was published with great difficulty, and the sales volume is still barely." Meiweisi Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, "I think you should have heard of her name."

"Oh?"

"Lisa Anderson."

"Lisa Anderson!"

Although she had already guessed something in her heart, Angela couldn't help being shocked when she really heard the name, because Lisa Anderson is the author of the third-rate novel "Secrets of the Pier" that she is adapting now!

"This world is... so small," Angela felt like she wanted to laugh but couldn't. She rubbed her chin and looked at Mavis with interest. "To be honest, Mace, before I contacted the FBI Did you recommend yourself when you were here?"

"It's just a small hint." Meivis smiled slightly, not hiding anything.

"The world is really small." Angela sighed again, rolled her eyes and put on a narrow smile: "Look, I haven't met Lisa since I bought the right to adapt the novel for so long. Now, should I invite her to dinner?"

"That's your business, don't ask me." Meivis replied with a smile and indifferent.

"Then it's settled." Angela also said with a smile, but at the same time sighed inwardly.

Mavis, who was relatively familiar with Angela, gave her advice, and the progress of the script was much faster. The first draft was completed by mid-March, and the second draft was basically revised by the end of the month.Almost everyone thinks this script is very good, whether it is Natalie or the screenwriter and producer of the film department, even the original author Lisa Anderson thinks so.

Now that Meivis had agreed, Angela had no reason to take it back. She just invited Lisa Anderson and Meivis at the same time. Those hints that afternoon were just a joke.

Lisa Anderson is about the same age as Angela, with brown hair and tawny eyes, but she is slightly petite, standing at about 5 feet 3 inches, and she has a kind of cuddly feeling when she is with Mavis .She was a little shy at the beginning, but after getting acquainted with her, she would be very open, and the conversation was very funny and she had a good chat with Angela.

As Meivis said, the suspense novel was just written by Lisa while she was looking for a job. It happened that her partner was working in the FBI. Naturally, there were as many materials as needed, and the characters were easy to find— — No wonder Angela felt somewhat familiar with the heroine when she saw this novel for the first time — because of this, the whole novel has many bright spots in terms of layout, but the writing style is slightly worse, so at best It can only be regarded as a third-rate novel.

And this gathering not only gave Angela more inspiration, but also gave Natalie a new understanding of her role--Angela couldn't go to the appointment alone, so she naturally attracted Natalie.Facts have proved that this is correct. Someone outside the restaurant took pictures of their meal that night and sold it to the media. However, because there were four women present, the media only treated it as gossip and left a small section in the section. Post a picture in one place and give it a headline "Angela having dinner with female friends".

It's a good thing they didn't investigate Meivis in detail, otherwise God knows what kind of news will come out.

This is what Angela said after reading the news in the newspaper.If there were only three people that night, it would be difficult to say.

Alright, let's get back to the script and Natalie.

"It can be seen that you want to hide these five sharp questions under the story, so don't you think the heroine's behavior is a bit too impulsive?" Angela spent most of the time chatting with Lisa during dinner , Natalie naturally talked to Meivis, and finally Meivis didn't say much to save Angela's face.

However, the two talked a lot about Angela's new movie. Mavis was originally the prototype of the book, and Natalie agreed to play the leading role, so the two had a good time talking.

The original novel was a suspense novel with bright plots and poor writing. Angela made major adjustments when adapting it, and the script of the movie made subversive changes on the basis of this story.In addition to the fact that the heroine is set as a proud person who always wants to prove that she is no worse than a man and forcibly buries her fragility in her heart, she also prepares five sharp questions in the story, involving smuggling, immigration, Gangsters, and racism and sexism!

The whole story begins with the cracking of a smuggling case. After taking over, the heroine keenly discovers new clues, and then triggers a series of accidents. Unknowingly, she falls into it and cannot extricate herself. Can't get out, and the BOSS behind the scenes turned out to be a character no one could have imagined!

Meivis's evaluation of this is that Angela underestimated the capabilities of the FBI, but Angela retorted that people are different, as long as the basic logic is correct.But Natalie saw another aspect from it: If all five sharp questions are buried in the story for the audience to interpret for themselves, will the heroine's behavior appear too impulsive?

"No," Angela gave a negative answer. "First of all, the heroine's behavior is logical. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is within the acceptable range. You have to admit this, right?"

"Yes?" Natalie thought about it for a while, and nodded in agreement with Angela's statement.

"As for the five pointed questions, although this is what I intend to show in the film, it is impossible to preach directly. I often say that good directors always reveal half of what they have to say, and let the other half let The audience guesses. But here comes the problem again. People are different. Even if I reveal half of what I want to say very well, even if the audience fully agrees with the half I revealed, they can still interpret the other half. There are countless things, even far greater than the half that was revealed—I have said this before.” Angela spread her hands at this point, “So I just need to decide which ones to tell and which ones to let them guess for themselves That's fine. It depends on the ability of the director."

Natalie nodded as she accepted the answer, and after thinking for a while, she asked another question: "If this is the case, isn't the way you want to express it too cryptic?"

"It's still the director's problem, my dear," Angela smiled and pinched her face, "And for me, too straightforward expressions and too sharp criticisms are not advisable, it is best The best way is to integrate it into the story, let the audience let the film critics think for themselves."

"Okay, big director, I'm just waiting to see your directing skills." Natalie shrugged, then looked at Angela and narrowed her eyes: "By the way, how do you think about my proposal? ?”

"Well..." Angela, who was still flirting with Natalie just now, suddenly became frowning. She scratched her face and said "There's still time" before fleeing. Natalie shook her head.

Although Angela chose to escape under the pretext of "there is still time", but in fact there is not much time. With the arrival of April, the script has been fully finalized and officially named "Mist", and the preparation work has already been put on. According to the schedule, Will Smith, who promised to play a supporting actor, also participated in the audition and passed.So now there is only the supporting actress left, that is, the final boss who planned the whole thing has no one to choose.

"Actually, I think it's appropriate for you to play the role, after all, you know the role." Ed said after talking about this matter. He has been persuading him like this since Angela leaked the word. After all, it is commercially speaking. Definitely worth it.

"Okay, Ed, that's what you said last time." Angela gave him a dissatisfied look.

"But it turned out to be a wise decision, didn't it?" Ed smiled and spread his hands.

"That's different." Angela waved her hand a little depressed, and sighed again in her heart.

I don’t know if it’s because of psychological effects. Although many female actors participated in the audition for supporting actresses, many of them are big names like Julianne Moore, and there are also outstanding actors like Annette Bening who have worked with them, and Hilary S. A "pure man" like Wan Ke.But no matter what, Angela felt that there was something missing in them, which was a bit inconsistent with the female boss with a mixed personality in the script.

Speaking of which, I seem to have this tendency too, is it because another self was included in the writing?Angela scratched her hair depressingly.Hell, do you really have to act by yourself? Nat, Nat, why did you make such a request? !

Angela is in a dilemma between agreeing and not agreeing. She wants to direct and she is worried that both sides will not be able to please each other. The filming started last year. Although she went to London to shoot a few shots in her spare time at the end of last year, there is still a long way to go before completion. Can't she push all her shots to the end like last time?The problem is that almost everyone suggested her, even Kayla.

"Although she didn't say it, she could still see that Nat actually wanted you to play this role, and everyone was right, you and that character do have some similarities." Kayla said, "As for me, And he's not someone who cares about everything."

What do you mean by "that character and I do have that similarity"?Angela slandered endlessly, but she finally made a decision: let's act!Since I could handle it well last time, why can't I handle it this time!