Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 734 Let's cooperate!

"It's over?" Angela couldn't help but break the silence in the room after a long time.Who knows that Natalie is more inexplicable than her: "Of course it's over, should I say anything else?"

"You came to me... just to say this?" Angela scratched her head and didn't know what expression to make.

"Come here to tell you the news of Liv's departure, and take a look at how your piano practice is going... Is there any problem with this?" Natalie asked puzzled after thinking about it.

"Then...then why didn't you talk about it later?" Angela said, waving her hands.

"I thought you might have something to say." Natalie said confidently.

"Why do I have to say something?" This time it was Angela's hand.

"Why?" Natalie showed an incredulous look, "Didn't you ask her why she left when you heard the news that Liv was leaving? Why didn't you tell her face to face before leaving?"

Angela immediately said "Oh", and then looked at Natalie with a half-smile: "Frankly speaking, what you said... seems to be suspected of sowing discord."

"You—— think I'm provoking?" Natalie immediately glared at Angela with brows bristling.

"Well...Actually, the reason why Liv left without telling her face to face is because she told me that this would happen when she came home." Angela immediately changed the subject, "That's why I didn't ask. "

She smiled and raised her hand: "After all, these days belong to you, don't you?"

"That's right..." Natalie said in a low voice, her mood suddenly became depressed, and she sighed after looking at Angela for a while: "That's right, you bastard, Angie, you big bastard. "

Angela couldn't help but shut her mouth and looked away. After a few minutes, Natalie's voice sounded again: "Take a break, I think you should have practiced enough, take a break and do other things."

"No problem," Angela raised her head and took up the topic, "What do you want to do? Play tennis? Or watch a movie?"

"How about—" Natalie rolled her eyes, "How about we go online and have a look? You can show me the Chinese website."

"Don't even think about it!" Angela jumped up immediately, waving her hands excitedly and drawing big crosses in front of her.

"Why are you so excited, it's just going online." Natalie looked at Angela inexplicably.

"Hmm..." Angela swallowed, well, she was a little excited, probably because Liv's words were too damaging, you know...Of course, Nat may not understand these two words. What does the word specifically refer to? Maybe she just told others casually because she just found it interesting—and Liv and the others are not outsiders—but for Angela, it’s too bad to be described by these two words Yes, is she like that?Is that what it looks like!Very good, it seems that I have filled and guided the American otaku culture, oh, maybe it will lead the trend of otaku culture, very good, Miss Angel has made achievements in a brand new field...

"Angie? What are you thinking?! Why are you always distracted!" Natalie's voice sounded at the right time, pulling Angela back from her cranky thoughts.

"Ah...I thought of something," Angela said perfunctorily. "In short, if you want to visit Chinese websites, you'd better bring a dictionary. I have other things to do."

"Other things? It seems that someone just said that you can take a break and do something else." Natalie folded her arms.

"Well... As long as you don't practice the piano, it's considered a rest..." Angela laughed and scratched her face, "I'm thinking about making a Chinese single now, you know, "The Drunken Concubine" can only be sung at that concert The right to sing at the conference, and the rest of "Story of the Lotus Terrace" is not easy to add to the new album, so I just released a single."

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be done by the record company? Or are you worried about the sales of singles? It is said that Chinese people like you very much, so it shouldn't be a problem?" Natalie said thinking.

"Sales? With piracy so popular, it's already pretty good to recover the cost. I'm just wondering if I'm the first American to release a single in China alone." Angela muttered in a voice that she could only hear.

"If you want to say something to me, please speak up?" Natalie said with a sigh.

"Okay, okay, actually, I want to say that you did it..." Before finishing speaking, Angela fell silent on the chair as if struck by lightning.The hand she originally stretched out to grab the hair from Natalie's temple also stayed in the air.

Natalie frowned at her, and was about to speak when Angela suddenly called out: "I understand!"

"You understand?" Natalie became more and more puzzled, "What do you understand?"

"Wait, wait..." Angela didn't answer directly, but found out a stack of documents and quickly flipped through them. After a few minutes, she came to the computer and browsed the browser webpage, and the webpage she browsed was in Chinese .

Natalie didn't speak, just watched. After a long time, Angela closed the webpage and picked up the file to look at it. She let out a long breath with a wry smile: "These guys, these bureaucrats... "

Although she was speaking in Chinese, Natalie basically understood the meaning: "Bureaucracy? Are you okay, Angie?"

"No, I'm fine," Angela shrugged with a wry smile, "I just... don't know what to say..."

Angela always felt that it was a bit strange that "Father" was introduced and released in China. At first, she thought that the other party just wanted to make a profit from the popularity left over from her concert, but after analyzing the commission because she wanted to release a Chinese single The record company and Sparrow found some information, and then browsed through the mainstream websites in China, before she finally understood: it turned out to be the case!

To put it simply, those guys wanted to use hype to "force" her to make a decision. Obviously, Angela's way of expressing her attitude through Wang Zhongjun and revealing what might happen did not make them give up their previous plans.

Thinking about it, Angela's understanding of China is second to none not only in Hollywood, but also in the entire United States, not to mention having such a great influence.

So even if the things she said really happened, it would definitely be a victory if she could be won over, even if the possibility of winning her over was slim.Anyway, even if she refused publicly, there would be no loss for them, and even profit.

"I hate politics..." Angela pursed her lips and said something in a low voice, and then changed the topic before Natalie asked: "How about going for a walk? The weather is fine now."

Seeing this, Natalie didn't ask any further questions, and nodded her head in agreement.After tidying up a bit, the two went downstairs to the garden. In February, Los Angeles was much warmer than other places. They walked and chatted in the sun, and then went to the billiard room to play a few games.Natalie's level of billiards is not very good, and Angela's is also bad enough. The two played a game of American pool for about 2 minutes, and half of the billiards were still on the table.

"Don't you think we are wasting time?" Natalie said with a sigh after Angela poked the white ball into the net bag again.

"So what? It's all rest anyway." Angela shrugged nonchalantly, "Or we can decide whether to win or lose by the number of times we hit the white ball into the net bag after this game is over?"

"In this case, I just need to aim at the net bag." Natalie gave her an angry look.

"However, even if you aim at the net bag, you may not be able to hit it, right?" Angela said with a smile.

The two of them just looked at me and talked, laughed, argued, and said whatever they thought of. Of course, the most talked about topic was the upcoming Oscar awards ceremony that will be held at the end of this month.

"Maybe let's guess if you can win the Best Supporting Actress again this time." When talking about the acting award, Natalie said suddenly, "You know, if you can still win this time, not only It's your third Best Supporting Actress win, and you've also maintained your 100% win rate in acting awards."

"A 100% winning rate for performance awards? What is that? Can it be eaten?" Angela showed a "naive" smile.

"That's not a good attitude, Angie. It's not easy for many people to be nominated." Natalie sighed and shook her head. She putt out with one shot, and the No. 6 ball miraculously entered the net.

"I know... well, to be honest, I don't care if I can get the Best Supporting Actress - besides, the chances of this time are very small, after all, I have won it twice before." Angela rubbed the ball with chalk The top of the rod said casually, and then she thought of something and looked at Natalie with a half-smile: "Well, it sounds like someone is a little jealous?"

"Jealous?" Natalie, who was crawling on the pool table, suddenly straightened up and looked at Angela, "You really think so?"

"Isn't it?" Angela looked at her with a smile, "Kayla has already been nominated for Best Actress."

The power of butterfly wings made "Pride and Prejudice" start preparations in 05, and the release time was naturally delayed to 06. Naturally, it also participated in the competition for the 79th Oscar.This movie won and... Best Actress!

Keira's performance in it is almost perfect, but unfortunately there is probably only one nomination, she is still too young after all.If it was Best Supporting Actress, it should probably be won, but Best Actress... Even so, it is still a cause for celebration. Apart from Kate, Keira is the first of several people to be nominated for Best Actress people!Not even Angela was nominated for Best Actress.So, you can imagine how everyone will react.

However, Kate has won Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress in a row, so naturally she doesn't take this to heart; Jessica just wants to get rid of the title of vase now, and I will talk about winning awards later; Liv is proud of herself I am happy to be a model and shoot a movie, and I have no need for these; Avril Lavigne's career energy is all on music, and there is no need to worry about these.Therefore, it should be Scarlett and Natalie who are the most uncomfortable, so Angela only asked this question after hearing what Natalie said.

"Well, there is indeed, but it's not very strong." Natalie admitted generously, "After all, Keira is really good at acting. If it were me, I would never be as good as her, not to mention that I have a A gap of more than a year."

"That's different, Nat, Keira's temperament and life experience are suitable for the movie "Pride and Prejudice"," Angela automatically ignored Natalie's last sentence, "Simply speaking, you have to find a role that suits you .”

"It's not easy," Natalie said noncommittally, "Being able to play a role that is completely opposite to her, and being interviewed freely, is the most outstanding acting skill. For example, Katharine Hepburn, at that time, it didn't matter whether she needed an Oscar or not. .”

"It's true that the Oscar judges sometimes favor roles that are the opposite of the actors themselves, such as Kate wearing ugly makeup in "The Devil", or Nicole in "The Hours" False nose, but..." At this point Angela made a gesture, "Don't you think this is also a kind of suitable? If this role is not suitable for you, no matter how completely opposite you are to her, what you perform will still be the same. Very bad. Yes, you need to dig out whether it is suitable or not, and it depends on whether you can find a way to blend in; but if there is no resonance, no matter how you blend in, there is no way to truly understand the role and interpret it. come out."

Natalie leaned against the pool table and listened to Angela silently while holding the cue. After a few minutes, she suddenly laughed: "I can understand that you are telling me how to act in order to win the Oscar for Best Actress ?”

"Come on, this is just an exchange of ideas, just like usual." Angela snorted softly, looked at her after a pause and said, "But... if you want, we might... cooperate once!"

Natalie looked at Angela in surprise: "You mean...you mean..." She wanted to laugh, but in the end she just twitched the corner of her mouth.

"Yes, that's it. I'm directing and writing the screenplay. You play the female lead. We can have a good discussion about which roles you are most interested in, resonate with and want to challenge the most. Don't forget, I am still There is a tailor-made name." Angela blinked, "Since "Killer Leon", you have never had any interaction with me in this regard, and now I have taken the initiative to find you, you can't refuse. "

When the familiar name "Killer Leon" rang in her ears, Natalie's eyes flashed an indescribable light, she bit her lip and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your script."

Angela's decision was both a well-thought-out decision and a product of a whim. She said that it was well-thought-out because she had long wanted to cooperate with Natalie.Among the first three lovers, Kate won the title of Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress for "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Devil". Legally Blonde and Transformers are hugely popular, and Angela is planning behind all of this.

Only Natalie was still unwilling to accept Angela's invitation after "Killer Leon"--"Little Ghost and Thief" is not counted--there are many reasons, so I don't need to analyze them one by one.Now it can basically be regarded as a rainy day. Even Scarlett, who also likes to shirk, took over "500 Days with Sam" under Angela's soft and hard entanglement. Natalie has no reason to refuse Angela again. ?Liv?Come on, people don't really care about movies; Kayla?Not now does not mean that there will not be in the future!

The reason why it is said to be a whim is because she didn't even have a plan at all, so she proposed to Natalie that she directed it and the other party played the heroine.Of course, it is understandable that "Father" is her first work, and the good results she has achieved through her accumulation have given her enough confidence. She naturally wants to further challenge herself to continue making such works. If she can cooperate with her lover No doubt it made her very happy.So when Natalie chatted with her about movie roles, Angela sent the invitation without even thinking about it.

Although she regretted it for a few seconds afterwards, she didn't take it to heart very quickly. Anyway, Natalie just said that she was waiting for her script and didn't set a time limit. She could definitely take the time to think about writing the script.

Although Natalie has always been picky about scripts, Angela still knows what kind of characters she likes, just like what I said before, characters that have contradictions with themselves but can resonate.Natalie herself may still be a little unclear, but Angela, who is a bystander, understands very well, just like Natalie understands her in other ways.

In this case, create a character first, and then make up a story based on this character.Angela thought so in her heart.It's just... what kind of story do you want to write?

Angela thought this would be a very troublesome problem, but she didn't expect it to be solved very easily.

"I need the full rights to adapt this story!" After sending Natalie back to New York and then back to Los Angeles, she approached Sparrow, who was now focusing on her agency, as soon as she got off the plane. Come over and throw him a copy.

"I flipped through it when I was bored on the plane," Angela explained.

"This novel?" Sparrow was very surprised, "This is just a third-rate novel!"

"Yes, I know, so I want full rights to adapt, which means that the author, Mr. Robin Rich, cannot have any opinion on my adaptation." Angela said with a smile.

Sparrow did as she was told, though he still didn't understand exactly how Angela wanted to modify the film.Angela didn't say much. Although this book can only be regarded as a third-rate book, it gave her a lot of inspiration. She needs to spend time organizing it before starting.Of course, the real writing will have to be after the Oscars on February 2!