Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 633 Compromise and Conflict

Some things are like this, although there are twists and turns along the way, they are basically still moving forward according to the established route, such as the filming of "The Queen" or the making out of Angela and Keira that night.

I have to admit that once Xia Xia gets into a difficult situation, it will be a headache, especially after the pair of eyes swept over Keira and Angela and asked doubtfully: "Are you in a hurry to drive me away, what are you going to do? Is it about people?"

Even so, Angela is not helpless, and immediately showed a serious look: "Kyla and I have important things to discuss in private, which should have been finished before then, but you suddenly came to pester us to chat Let’s talk about this, so I have to wait until you leave.”

Although Xia Xia has a maturity that does not match her age, she is still a 13-year-old kid after all, and what Angela said is also true. She wanted to talk to Kayla about the next two parts of "Pirates of the Caribbean" ——After Ed’s constant contacts and negotiations and the pressure from Steve and Angela, Disney has reached a consensus that it will be a matter of time before Eisner steps down; Production is about to be put on the agenda, so Keira, who is currently filming a literary film in the UK, must make preparations early.

It's a pity that Angela has been shooting nervously since the machine was turned on, and the paparazzi followed closely when we were at Buckingham Palace, and I haven't seen Kayla for a while, so when the enthusiasm was ignited, I forgot everything Cloud Nine.

So although Xia Xia still had some doubts about Angela's words, she finally left the room under her coaxing and coaxing.As for the next thing, there is no need to say more, anyway, poor Keira didn't get up until a long time later the next day.

"In short, I will notify you or your agent in advance if there is any news, remember to adjust your schedule." After spending a pleasant weekend in Balamore and Claridge, Angela sent Keira away Say so.

"Understood, I won't forget." Keira intentionally made her voice seem particularly cadenced, with a bright smile on her face.Those crooked eyes were full of nostalgic smiles. If there were no other people around, she would definitely snuggle into Angela's arms and say something more intimate, and then bid farewell with a wet French kiss: If she didn't know that Angela is now being The paparazzi were concerned that even Balamore wasn't necessarily safe, and she was sure to stay with her for ten days and a half months.It can be said that Keira's heart is now completely placed on Angela.

Angela is also aware of this, but the two faces in her heart sometimes separate and sometimes close, which is really difficult to deal with.Never mind, let's talk about it slowly, anyway, Kayla is her own now, isn't she?

"Hey, you two," Xia Xia came over at this moment, tilting her head with her hands on her hips and looking at them, "Why do I see you in the corner from a distance... It seems like a couple talking sweetly."

A trace of imperceptible depression flashed in Keira's eyes, and then she rubbed Xia Xia's head before Angela could speak: "If two women talking intimately in the corner are lovers, lesbians in the world are too much." A little more."

"I think there are two reasons why she would talk like this," Angela took up the topic with a smirk at this time, "or, she thinks the bounty published in the tabloid is very attractive, and she wants to get that bounty."

"That's not it!" Xia Xia immediately pouted and yelled angrily, "Am I still greedy for that bounty?!"

"That's because—" Angela dragged her voice out, "Whatever you think in your heart is what you see!"

Both Keira and Xia Xia were taken aback by this half-concealed words. After a while, they both realized that the little girl's face flushed immediately, and she bit her lip and glared at Angela angrily.Although Keira tried her best to put on a nonchalant appearance, the upturned corners of her mouth betrayed her inner thoughts.

Who told you, you nasty brat, to tease us just now!

"Okay, I'm not joking," Angela waved her hand to smooth things over, "After the filming of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" starts, my side will probably be almost finished, and I will definitely I'll go to the set to visit your class—don't say anything about I never cared about you."

"Is this a promise?" Xia Xia looked at Angela and blinked, revealing a faint light of excitement.

"Yes, it's a promise." Angela nodded seriously, and then secretly mouthed to Keira, "I'm going to visit your class is also a promise."Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something again, pulled Lakaila and Xia Xia, and put on a serious expression: "By the way, if you have chest tightness, fever, cough and other symptoms, you must go to the hospital for examination."

"why?"

"Did something happen?"

The two looked at Angela and asked in unison.

"You should have read in the newspapers that a severe respiratory infectious disease broke out in Asia. Although it is far away from us, I think we still need to pay attention to avoid any trouble." Angela explained, seeing Kay Both La and Xia Xia were still a little disapproving, and she emphasized her tone again: "I'm not joking, the World Health Organization has issued a warning, Canada has become an epidemic area, and God knows if there will be a major outbreak in other places. "

"Okay, I will definitely pay attention." Keira nodded first, and Xia Xia immediately agreed.

"Don't be perfunctory to me." Angela asked her mother-in-law to tell her, but she got two blank stares in exchange.

The arrival of SARS made Angela feel a little heavy in her heart. Although she asked her charity fund to donate 300 million US dollars of medicines immediately after the World Health Organization issued a warning, it was just a drop in the bucket for the epidemic.

In fact, Angela can donate ten times the amount of medicines, but she just can't do so.So far, the total number of medicines donated in the United States is only about 400 million, which still does not include her donation in the calculation.Angela can appeal to everyone to donate enthusiastically, but the amount of personal donation must not be greater than the total amount of donations in the United States.How else would others see it?Do you still want the image she maintained for the project?She did the same thing during the flood in 98.

This is also a kind of compromise.Angela said to herself silently in her heart.

During this period of time, she deeply experienced the word "compromise".From Buckingham Palace to Barramore, Angela has been slowly groping for the Queen's inner world in the filming. Although she is always a bit confused, she has to admit that Queen Elizabeth II is quite decisive. unambiguous.

From the very beginning insisting on holding a funeral in a low-key silence, and not returning to Buckingham Palace for vacation at Barramore Palace, and then being forced to announce the change of the scale of the funeral and the half-mast of Buckingham Palace, and finally, according to the Prime Minister’s suggestion before delivering a national speech on TV, "as Queen" "Changed to" as the queen and an old grandmother", all of which embody her vow of "the country first, the individual second".Even if Angela doesn't like her conservativeness, she has to admire her for sticking to her beliefs without hesitation.

So when the Queen came back from Barramore at Buckingham Palace to visit and meet the people gathered there, Angela arranged for a little girl to present her with a bouquet and say: This is for you .This is one of the reasons why the UK wants to abolish the royal family while maintaining respect for the royal family.

The more things you shoulder, the more you have to give up, such as personal feelings... Angela sighed slightly as she concluded in her heart.Fortunately, what I insist on is about to be completed, as long as the last problem is solved.

Her thoughts suddenly came back to her that night when she came back from the outing, when she was dealing with Xia Xia, she once said a word, which made her stunned for several seconds.The final question is... did I put too much personal perception into it?

"I hope you understand, Boris, that before this disaster, Mr Blair was suffering from declining approval ratings after taking office for more than a year, so he needs to take this opportunity to erect a new image in front of the public. But when the Queen And after repeated compromises, he who originally wanted to further suppress the royal family began to hesitate. At this moment, the hesitation has not yet shaken his decision, so you should hide that hesitation under the excited expression, Instead of being so obvious!" Angela, standing in the center of the set, explained the points to pay attention to for the actor who played the current Prime Minister.

The actor named Boris Bodley was recommended by Alan Rickman. Although he was just in his early forties, he had outstanding performances in stage plays, TV series and movies.Most importantly, though, this guy looks a lot like Tony Blair, especially with makeup on at least 80% or so!

"Why don't you... work on small movements?" Boris suddenly asked after thinking for a long time, "For example, although his face is happy, his fingers keep tapping on the document? Or when the assistant reminds him that he can take advantage of the victory At that time, just froze for two seconds?"

"It's a good idea, you can try it." Angela nodded after turning around twice, then clapped her hands vigorously and raised her voice: "Okay, everyone, let's do it again!"

In terms of compromise, Blair is actually not much different from the Queen, otherwise the relationship between the two would not be so harmonious now.It is said that the difference between a politician and a politician is that a politician knows when to compromise and when not to compromise.Although Angela hates politics, she has to admit that this sentence is right, or that all good people know when they can compromise and when they can't.It’s just that you know what you know, but whether you can do it or not is another matter...

"Are you going back now?" After Angela asked her assistant to inform everyone that today's filming was over, the girl who had been sitting beside her without saying a word suddenly asked.

"Hmm... yes." Angela, who handed the worksheet to Alizee, hesitated for two seconds and then nodded.

"That, Miss Keira, will you still come to see you today?" The girl asked again immediately.

Angela couldn't help but rolled her eyes, and automatically ignored the mockery in Alizee's eyes. She took a deep breath and looked at the other person: "What's the matter, Lindsay? I think you should remember what I said to you."

Lindsay fell silent for a moment, just looking at Angela with a trace of dissatisfaction flashing from time to time.

"Okay, let's go back to the hotel." Angela waved helplessly after sighing.

The girl arrived in London yesterday afternoon. She went to Paris to shoot the location of "Taken". Because there were not many shots, she crossed the Channel to see her sister after filming——this is what Lindsay said.It's just that Keira happened to find time to sneak into the hotel to see her. The two arrived just after making out with Lindsay, so the girl must have seen something.

so what?Anyway, I've turned her down.After returning to the hotel suite, Angela hummed softly in her heart.It's just that after that, Lindsay almost only kept in touch with her at the most basic level. After the scandal with Weiwei spread, there was no way to know someone's news through her, so Angela still had some things about Lindsay that she didn't even realize. Resentment.

Even so, after Lindsay came into the room, she still smiled and chatted with the girl: "How does it feel to play father and daughter with Lim again? This time the father is a strong character."

The script for "Taken" was finished at the same time as "The Magic Remote" in February, similar to those before. Angela provided the outline and then let other screenwriters complete it.It's just that she is at the top of the screenwriter column this time. After all, one of the two scripts is given to Lindsay and the other to Jennifer. Although she can't finish it herself for various reasons, at least it is better to be the first screenwriter to show her sincerity .

As for the director of "Taken", Angela still contacted Luc Besson, just like ten years ago.After the other party received the script, he readily agreed to direct, and then spent two months of preparations and finally started the film in France not long ago.

"It's not bad, but it feels a little different than before, and it's... not so excited anymore." Lindsay folded her hands between her legs, and said in a rare light tone.

After looking at Angela for a while, she suddenly asked, "Are you dating?"

Angela, who was drinking coffee, frowned slightly, and then admitted generously: "Yes, we are dating."

"Why?" Lindsay continued to ask, staring at her.

"No reason, I want to find a lover, that's all." Angela waved her hand impatiently.

"Where are the others?" Lindsay suddenly raised her voice.

"I told you, I would prefer you to be my sister, no matter what, I won't change my mind?" Angela stared at her.

"I..." Lindsay's throat trembled, and her expression suddenly became annoyed, "I'm talking about Jessie! Do you know what she looks like now?! I didn't dare to mention you when I went to see her , she will become very dazed and have red eye circles even if she is involved in the slightest, even if she is very serious and hard at work, she hardly communicates with others when she is resting..."

"That's not my fault!" Angela also raised her voice, she stood up abruptly, her forehead kept beating, her hands were clenched tightly, and her whole body was trembling.

"I'm ready to solve it! I'm ready to accept the possible ending! But they didn't give me a chance! They didn't even give me a chance!" Angela yelled out of composure.

Lindsay leaned back and seemed to be frightened by her. After a while, she stood up and gritted her teeth and continued: "So you find such a woman as your lover?! You think I can't see it, you are looking for her just It's because of her..."

"Enough!" Angela's face turned livid, and she pointed at the door forcefully: "If you're just here to talk to me, then please get out!"

Lindsay's lips trembled, then she suddenly asked calmly: "What about Vivi?"

"What?" Angela was shocked.

"She told me that you were dating her," Lindsay stared into Angela's eyes, "I went to see her after she came back from Canada, and I drank a little too much at home, and then I jokingly asked her who are you?" Not really dating, she admitted."

After a pause, she continued, "Then I told her that I slept with you."

Angela's beautiful face suddenly became contorted, as if someone had punched her hard.

"No wonder... In the past two months, every time she called, she only said a few words before hanging up... and the emails she replied were only a few words..." Angela murmured, feeling a little absent-minded for a moment.

"How...how did you become like this, Angie?" Lindsay showed a sad expression, "You were dating Vivi but hooked up with Keira, have you forgotten that Jessie and the others were with you last year? Did you break up with you on the day of graduation? Why... why is the you now completely different from the you before?!"

"Don't say something completely different from me! I am me! There is no difference!" Angela suddenly shouted excitedly, "Don't think that you can tell me what to do with me because you have slept with me! You don't understand at all Me! Not at all!"

Lindsay stared blankly at Angela, her shocked expression finally turned into heartache and disappointment.

"I really don't know you, Angie," Lindsay looked at her and said softly, "I only know that the person who used to protect me from the wind and rain by my side, the person who made me want to be her lover , People who don’t care even if they are regarded as substitutes have already left.”

As she spoke, she bit her lip, took a deep breath, turned and walked to the door.

"Good night." Lindsay said so, and left without looking back.

Angela, who had been standing still, stood upright for a long time before she slumped down on the sofa. She looked up at the ceiling with her empty eyes that seemed to have lost all emotion, and then she shrunk her whole body onto the sofa. The top hugged into a ball.The hands around her chest were firmly grasping her arms. Although the trembling of her body gradually changed from slight to severe, she never made a sound, and her eyes were still empty.

Damn, how could this be... Damn!How can you do this!