Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 691 Troubleshooting

As soon as she entered the gate of the villa, Angela was stunned. In the vestibule, there were two little girls running around laughing and playing games. One of them was very lively with red hair and a few freckles on her face. She was about 12 or 3 years old. The other has short golden brown hair and is very cute and looks like he should be about 6 years old.

"Ellie?" Angela tried to call out, who knew that the two girls looked back at the same time: "Who called me?"

This unanimous question stunned Angela for a few seconds, and after noticing that the red-haired girl was frowning, she quickly took off her sunglasses and wide-brimmed hat and shook her blond hair with a smile: "Hi, Ellie, how are you?" ?”

"Angie?!" The red-haired girl cried out in surprise, then rushed over with a smile and threw herself into her arms, "I didn't expect to see you here, I'm so happy."

"Okay, my dear, you're still so enthusiastic." Angela smiled and hugged him, and took a few steps back before she could stand still.

"That's because I haven't seen you for a long time." Ellie wrapped her arms around Angela's waist coquettishly and shook, then became unhappy again: "It's been a long time since you came to see me, and my sister."

Angela couldn't help being a little funny, you really change your face so quickly.

"That's because I have something to do, don't you come here now?" After pressing her head affectionately, looking at the little girl standing beside her, Angela hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way , you haven't introduced your friends yet."

"By the way, this is my friend Elle, Elle Fanning." Ellie suddenly realized and pulled the little girl over.

"Hello, Ellie." Angela stretched out her hand and shook hands with the little girl. No wonder they both answered when they called Ellie just now, but according to the pronunciation of the red-haired Ellie, there seems to be a difference in spelling.

"Hello, are you... are you really Angela Mason?" The little girl's eyes were wide open, and while holding hands, she looked up and down at Angela with surprise and suspicion.

Before Angela could answer, the red-haired Ellie asked in a teasing tone first: "Why, your sister often talks about Angie in front of you, and you have a lot of Barbie dolls with the image of Angie. Now The real person appeared in front of you, why did you become timid instead?"

As she said that, she deliberately leaned in front of Angela and lowered her voice: "As long as her sister is not at home, she will sleep with the Barbie doll every day, otherwise she will not be able to sleep and feel uncomfortable."

Although she lowered her voice, the little girl next to her could still hear her clearly, her chubby face flushed immediately, and she looked annoyed that her privacy had been exposed, she raised her fist and punched Ellie: "I don't have any." !"

Ellie giggled and hid around Angela, and the little girl who became angry from embarrassment chased after her.Angela, whose body was shaken by the pull, was a little dumbfounded for a moment, and simply grabbed the necklines of the two of them and brought them to the sides to stabilize: "Okay, you two, be quiet now!"

Although the red-haired Ellie made faces at the blond-haired Ellie from time to time, and the blond-haired Ellie still glared at the red-haired Ellie angrily, the two stopped obediently.

"Well... so, Ellie... I mean you, your..." Angela was going to ask the blonde Ellie "who is your sister", but she suddenly remembered that the red-haired Ellie called her Elle Fanning, there is only one girl named Fanning among Angela's acquaintances, if the spelling is correct...

"Are you Dakota's sister?" Angela asked tentatively.

"Yes, yes." The blond Ellie nodded excitedly, as if she was proud of her sister.

Although one problem was solved, more problems emerged again. How could Dakota's sister play with Lindsay's sister?Angela, who was puzzled, looked at the red-haired Allie: "Allie, how could your sister... Well, I mean, is she at home? Is Dakota here too?"

"Yes, I haven't seen Ellie for a long time, and I specially asked my sister to ask Dakota to bring her when she comes over." Ellie nodded, followed by showing dissatisfaction: "But they seem to be discussing something important , drove us out."

"Discuss something important? What is it?" Angela raised her eyebrows. It sounded like Lindsay and Dakota were already very good friends. Why didn't she know anything about it?

"I don't know, it seems to be about movies." Ellie shrugged, and Ellie on the other side (from now on, Lindsay's sister will be called Ellie, and Dakota's younger sister will be called Ellie, so that it is easy to distinguish) added: "Yes My sister's new movie."

"New movie?" Angela's white teeth grinded on her lips, well, there was one more thing that she didn't know.Of course, the relationship between her and Dakota has not yet reached the level of intimacy with Lindsay, so it is normal not to know, but Lindsay is really not very authentic in comparison.

"Then I'll go in and have a look first, can you stay here for a while?" Angela asked after thinking for a few seconds.After the two girls agreed, she strode to the door of the villa, raised her hand and was about to knock on the door, but suddenly thought of something and put it down again, reached out and grabbed the doorknob and twisted it slightly.

very good.Angela nodded in satisfaction, and slowly twisted the doorknob as far as possible, then gently pushed the door open and walked in.As soon as she poked her head out, she froze again. In the living room, two people were sitting facing each other, looking at each other with their arms folded and their lips pursed. There was a sense of tension in the air.

"It looks like World War III is about to break out." Angela said jokingly.

The sudden sound startled both of them, but after seeing the person clearly, it immediately became a surprise.But Lindsay immediately wanted to look unhappy, but she couldn't take back the surprise she showed before, so the expression on her face became very weird; while Dakota didn't think too much, and jumped to Angie Pulled a big hug from his side.

"Look, look, some people are worse than guests," Angela said while hugging Dakota and squinting at Lindsay, "Obviously, she doesn't welcome me here."

"I was just thinking, how did you come to me?" Lindsay looked at her with folded arms and snorted softly.

"Because I want to know why some people don't understand anything, but they don't know the so-called teaming up with others to tease me. As a result, things almost got out of control." Angela snorted much harder than she did.

"Out of control? What happened?!" Lindsay hurriedly asked, the tension in her heart was written all over her face, "Lily also told me that something went wrong...but then she said hello...what happened? gone?"

Seeing her face anxiously thinking about coming but not daring to come, Angela, who originally wanted to squeeze her a few words, just shook her head in the end: "Forget it, it's all over. Fortunately, I didn't really make a big mistake."

"Really...really?" Lindsay bit her lips and squeezed her hands together, "When Lily asked me to cooperate, she just wanted to..."

"Okay, Lindsay," Angela held up her hand to stop her from speaking, "I know you actually want to help me, I knew it from the time you came to London to find me, but I got in You are on the tip of your horns and the method you use is inappropriate."

Although you want to help me, you have done a lot of bad things with good intentions.Of course, Angela didn't say this.Lindsay grinned and wanted to say something, but Dakota next to her interrupted: "Are you guys guessing riddles?"

"By the way, Angie, you came just in time, can you help me persuade her?" Lindsay thought of something at this moment and said quickly.

"Persuade her?" Angela looked at Lindsay and blinked, then turned her gaze to Dakota next to her.

"I said it's my business, I know what I'm doing!" Dakota immediately retorted unceremoniously.

"You know what you're doing? Come on, Dakota, you're going to play a 12-year-old girl who's been raped!" Lindsay waved her hand angrily.

"It's just a movie. If you think that what's in the movie is what it was when it was shot, it's undoubtedly very stupid." Dakota folded his arms and snorted heavily at Lindsay.

"But the problem is that some people just don't think so! They don't care so much, they only see what they want to see, and the image you have worked so hard to build will be destroyed if you are not careful." Lin Said angrily.

Seeing these two guys arguing like enemies, Angela, who was greatly amused, suddenly felt like laughing. When did they become so close?But Lindsay was obviously at a disadvantage in the debate. Although she was not stupid, she was much more innocent. Dakota was more mature than her in some respects.

"Okay, wait, sit down and wait for me to understand the general situation, okay?" Angela raised her hands and said.

The two girls stared at each other angrily for a few seconds before they nodded in unison.

The three of them sat down immediately. From Lindsay's description, Angela quickly understood the whole story. Simply put, there was an independent movie that invited Dakota to play the leading role. The movie was about a precocious girl who was born in a poor family The little girl sang Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" to escape the bad influence of family misfortune and life pressure. After experiencing a lot of pain, she finally saved her own story. The name of the movie is "Hound Dog" .

There is nothing wrong with the story itself, but one of the plots involves the rape of young children.Elvis Presley is going to the town to hold a concert. The little girl wants to get tickets for the concert, so she sings and dances for a young man, but in return the young man violates her.The director wanted Dakota to play the whole thing, and that's what Lindsay objected to.

"First of all, what Dakota said before is not wrong. This is just a movie. What you see on the screen is different from what you saw in the shooting. I believe that Ms. Campmell dare not violate the law on the protection of minors in the shooting. About the 'pornographic' clause." Angela said after a moment of thought, then raised her hand before Lindsay could argue.

"But Lindsay's worries are not groundless. Dakota, I want to ask, what kind of reaction do you think the public will have after this movie is shot." Angela said and turned her head to Dakota.

"They will definitely think it's bad and they will lash out and make a big fuss about the rape of young children," Dakota answered quickly, but she then defended: "But I believe that when they see the movie, they will Understood."

"Very well, obviously you have thought about this, but—not enough!" Angela stared into her eyes, "Let me tell you how the public will react, Dakota. First, this The movie will be on the front page, but not because it focuses on a girl's self-rescue, but because it has a scene of raping a young girl; secondly, the public's criticism will be far beyond your imagination, from the crew to the director to the actors. Even your family members will be involved, and various public welfare organizations will ask the court to investigate the crew. In the end, this movie will be difficult to produce, and even if it is released in a stumble, it will not get too much praise. As for Needless to say, the box office."

"But..." Dakota, who was frowning tightly, wanted to say something, but Angela immediately raised her hand to stop her.

"I know what you want to say, Dakota, but you have to understand that the script and the movie are two different things, and the feeling of the text is different from the feeling of the picture, lines and soundtrack combined. Going back to the previous about the public On the topic of reaction, once the voice of doubt has formed a scale, the administrative agency will inevitably intervene, and Ms. Kampermell will inevitably make compromises. In the end, the film will continue to be changed. For independent films, the outside world Continuous modification is the most fatal, so in the end it must be silenced amidst accusations." Angela said, spreading her hands here, "I think I am qualified to make such a judgment based on my experience."

Dakota bit her lip and remained silent. After all, Angela has been surrounded by various controversies since she was nominated for the best director, and she has absolutely enough understanding of the public.

"Actually, I can roughly guess what you're thinking, Dakota," Angela said again at this moment, "I don't want to judge this, after all, it's normal to have such thoughts, but in my opinion, it's a step-by-step process. Always the best way."

Dakota's face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head in embarrassment, her face full of embarrassment that her thoughts had been exposed.But Lindsay asked inexplicably, "What are you talking about, Angie?"

"Can't you think for yourself? Or do you think it's not the head that grows on the shoulders." Angela glared at her.

"I'm too lazy to think about it." Lindsay said rascally.

"So you're suggesting that I stop acting?" Dakota's voice sounded again.

"This decision should be made by yourself, my dear, I just put out the pros and cons," Angela shook her head, "Although I haven't read the script, I believe that with your precocious psychology and excellent acting skills, you can definitely make the decision." Once again in the limelight, it's going to be a great show. But, you get nothing but that."

Dakota began to meditate, Lindsay half understood and didn't know what to say, Angela looked at this and that, and suddenly laughed: "By the way, Lindsay, when did you become My friend, why don't I know?"