Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 624 Then kick him out!

"Just now...you were at Liv's house...when you said that she regretted that she didn't attend the premiere in London, why did Liv look a little unsightly?" After the car drove a few streets, Scarlett finally endured I couldn't help asking.

"Is there?" Angela blinked in surprise, "Did you read it wrong?"

Scarlett didn't speak. After staring at her for a long time, she turned her head to look at the night scene on the street. Angela laughed and stretched out her arms around Scarlett's waist from behind, and after blowing by her ear, she said ambiguously. He whispered: "Tell me about other things, such as how does it feel to shoot a movie in Tokyo?"

"Actually, it's nothing... After all, it's a completely different country from the United States..." After twisting her body, Scarlett glared at Angela angrily, and shouted in a low voice, "Angie!"

"Okay, okay." Angela opened her hands at the right time and sat back in her seat with a smile, "Can we talk now?"

Scarlett took a deep breath and shrugged: "As I said just now, it is a completely different country from the United States, with different customs and interpersonal relationships. I remember when I was filming with Ms. Sophia in a hotel, because it was time to say The good time has not yet been completed, and the proprietress pulled the switch without even informing."

Speaking of this, she showed a thoughtful expression: "Perhaps because it is an island country, they always build buildings very high, so... there is quite little communication between people, that feeling of loneliness It's more obvious ... I think that's probably why Ms. Sophia chose Tokyo as the location for this story."

"Development in the air? But Japan also has a lot of independent houses. When I passed the last century..." Angela was startled when she said this, and her face became a little unnatural.But she laughed immediately, and waved her hand under Scarlett's gaze: "Forget it, we don't have much say, after all, we only stayed there for a while, let's change the subject."

The car soon arrived at Scarlett's apartment in Brooklyn, and Angela walked her all the way to the door.

"Okay, let's stop here, thank you for sending me back, Angie." Scarlett smiled at Angela at the door.

"You're welcome, I'm naturally obligated to bring you back after I take you out." Angela said with a smile, leaning in front of Scarlett and stretching out her hands to gently comfort her smooth face.

"Angie... We agreed..." Scarlett tilted her head, her eyelids drooping, and she didn't dare to look at her.

"Of course, of course, I know, I haven't forgotten." Angela said so, but she didn't retract her hand, but raised Scarlett's chin, "I just haven't seen you for too long, and I miss you a little."

Speaking of which, Angela leaned in front of Scarlett, and after kissing the corner of her mouth, she asked again: "At least we are still friends, right? Can't friends even do intimate actions?"

That grinning look is really a little underwhelming, but the condescension that flashes in his eyes from time to time makes people dare not look at each other.Scarlett glanced at it and lowered it again, but the ups and downs of her chest became a lot bigger.

"Okay, that's it, I'm going back. Good night, have a good dream." Luckily, Angela didn't do anything to make her feel confused. After patting her arm, she turned and walked to the elevator.

After closing the door, Scarlett poured a glass of cold water for herself and drank it all before she breathed a sigh of relief in the cold. At the same time, she became confused and uneasy. Why does Angela look so... possessed Aggressive?

Damn it!It's all over!She closed her eyes and cursed fiercely, then suddenly opened them again.A picture broke into my mind. When Liv's face changed slightly, Angela seemed to be... brushing her long hair from the sideburns behind her ears affectionately? !

With the end of the Christmas and New Year holidays, people's life and study began to return to normal, but for Angela who returned to her home in Los Angeles, the holidays have just begun.

"I'm finally freed from the situation of running between work and school, why can't I enjoy some more relaxing leisure time? Even though I still have a lot of things to do." Angela said to Annie so lazily.

She completely handed over the post-production of "Love Actually" to the assistant director and editor in London; although the materials for the new film were almost collected, the script could not be officially written until it went to Buckingham Palace; as for the final The important movie, if something really happens, it will definitely not start production this year, and besides, what problem is stuck that she has never found - but Angela has a hunch that the new movie may solve this A problem that has plagued me for a long time.

In this case, it's not bad to spend all day painting at home or practicing musical instruments and kung fu, and then go out for a walk once in a while.Even if other emotions arose due to the information that Alizee included in the itinerary, they were all thrown to the back of her mind and ignored.Although the scandal with William at the end of last year and the movie made in the UK were hyped up, but most of the media in the United States did not take it seriously except for the fans. After all, Angela's career is in Hollywood, so after discovering After her whereabouts, she didn't do anything special except rushing to take pictures.In short, Angela was quite comfortable during this time.

However, something always comes to her door, who makes her the most dazzling star in Hollywood.

"Hi, Yi Ni, I didn't expect you to come here to see me." Angela hugged the beautiful blonde in front of her in surprise, and then shaved her face affectionately: "Long time no see, you're beautiful again A lot."

"This sentence should be left to you. Who else is more beautiful than you?" Ivanka Trump said with a smile. A professional ginger suit made her look very temperamental.

"I heard that besides being a model, you are also hosting a beauty pageant recently. Why, do you want to ask me to be a guest?" Angela said jokingly, and waved as if remembering something: "Sit down first and then Speak."

The two sat down on the sofa, exchanged a few pleasantries, and waited until the servant brought the coffee before turning to the topic.

"Do you know Jamie Johnson, Angie?" Ivanka asked at this time.

"Hmm..." Angela thought for a while, "Mr. Foster Johnson's son, the heir of the Johnson & Johnson Group? I've met a few times but haven't communicated much. I can only say that I know him—what's the matter?"

"That's it," Ivanka put the cup in her hand on the coffee table, took out a thin yellow document bag from her small bag and handed it to her, "Jamie plans to make a movie called "Born Rich" "The documentary is about the life experiences of the children of rich families. He wants to show people the similarities and differences between us children born with gold spoons and ordinary people. He hopes you can accept his interview."

"Interview?" Angela, who took the file bag, did not open it, but tapped her face with her finger, "You have given me a problem, Yi Ni. If you guessed correctly, you should have Have you been interviewed? Who else?"

Ivanka then said a few names, and Angela had the impression that they were all of the same age and were indeed born in wealthy families, so she shrugged: "Look, isn't it enough to have them? ?"

"That can't be done, Angie," Ivanka laughed teasingly, "Jamie selected interviewees for this documentary, although they were all born in wealthy families, they worked hard on their own. Think about it , if you, the best of your peers, don’t accept interviews, will a documentary on this topic still be convincing?”

Angela raised her eyebrows involuntarily, nodded after pondering for a few seconds: "I have to admit, you are a qualified lobbyist, Yi Ni."

"So you agreed?" Ivanka suddenly showed a look of joy.

"You've said that, how can I not agree?" Angela shrugged, then opened the file bag, took out the information and flipped it quickly, "Let me see, he plans to prepare two units, one for women and one for women." Male... hmm?"

She suddenly raised her head, and an imperceptible surprise flashed in her eyes: "Paris and Nikki are also invited?"

"Of course, as the heirs of the Hilton Group, the two sisters are doing very well, aren't they?" Ivanka spread her hands, "Especially Paris, she is now preparing to start her own fashion brand."

"I know, I know this..." Angela murmured, her face became a little strange.

Ivanka also saw something, and couldn't help coughing lightly: "Angie, I know there seems to be some misunderstanding between you and Pari, which is why I told Jamie that it's best to let me convince you alone. If If possible, I hope..."

"It's okay, Yi Ni, it's just a little holiday, I haven't taken it to heart for a long time," Angela immediately returned to normal and smiled, "That's it, I will let my agent prepare at any time."

Angela hasn't heard from Paris for a long time, oh, that's wrong, after all, she can still learn about her movements from newspapers or fashion magazines, so it should be said that she hasn't seen each other for a long time.

Today's Paris is still famous for her glamorous and sexy image, which is in stark contrast to Nikki's enthusiasm and generosity. If the sisters appear together, they will attract a lot of attention no matter where they are.

More importantly, although the two are working hard in the fashion industry, they are very low-key and unassuming, completely different from the "once" image in Angela's memory.

"Should I congratulate you or should you thank me, Paris?" Looking at the introduction on the webpage, Angela frowned and gritted her teeth as she snorted, a wave of uncontrollable anger surged up for no reason.Fortunately, she restrained herself in time.

Isn't it just different? What's the big deal?It's normal, people change, like... haven't I changed too?Thinking so, Angela focused her thoughts on other aspects.

She has put the documentary matter behind her, it's just an interview, at most she can take the other party to the company or studio to have a look, don't worry too much, just leave it to Sparrow and Alizee to handle.Frankly speaking, the other party extended the invitation so graciously only because she is a benchmark. After all, among so many rich kids, no one can reach her height.

Besides, there are more important things to consider now, about possible topics that may arise at Pixar's regular meeting...

"Eisner refused to give in even one step, and insisted on renewing the contract according to the original conditions, completely ignoring the benefits of the animations we have produced in the past few years." John Lasseter, who never knew what weight loss is, knocked on the meeting Said complaining on the long table in the room.

"He's waiting for us to bargain with him. Eisner wants to take the initiative in his own hands. He always does." Edcom, who was sitting at the top, shrugged.

"But this contract is a bit too much." Andrew Stanton frowned, "Our achievements are obvious to all, but he actually put in front of us a few years ago without changing a single word. It shows that Eisner never thought about re-signing with us."

"This is exactly Eisner's style of doing things. It is very difficult for him to spit out what he eats. A few years ago, he was not very talkative, not to mention he has become more and more defiant now." Ed Spreading his hands helplessly, "I guess this will be a difficult negotiation. It may be possible to increase the box office share, but getting back the copyright of peripheral products is not an easy task."

"We can no longer give up the copyright of peripheral products. Let's see how much benefit this has created for Disney." John waved his hand in dissatisfaction.

"Our cooperation with Disney is too close. Although they will soon be offered by others, it will inevitably affect a lot of work," Ed shook his head, "Besides, they also have "Toy Story" and the previous animations. owns part of the copyright, so I do not recommend breaking with them until it is absolutely necessary."

"But you also said that Eisner has become more and more greedy and arbitrary." Brad Bird spread his hands and glanced at the conference room at this time, "Once the negotiations reach an impasse, it will still affect a lot of work. .”

"That's a problem," Ed admitted with a nod.He also glanced at the meeting room like Brad did, and then sighed inwardly. The heads of the game department couldn't intervene at all, and the film department...

"Then drive him down!" A voice rang out coldly at this moment.

The three people who were still discussing enthusiastically just now felt like their throats were pinched, and they looked dumbly at the girl who was sitting with her hands folded, the girl who almost never made decisive opinions in meetings.

After a while, Ed finally spoke after taking a deep breath: "Sorry, Angie, you mean..."

"Since Eisner has become so greedy and confused, then find a way to get Disney's board of directors to oust him and replace him with a clear-headed CEO." Angela said calmly.

"Let Disney change the CEO? Sounds good, but I'm afraid it's not easy." Brad said jokingly. Compared with John, Andrew and others, he had been at Pixar for a short time, so he wasn't as surprised as they were.

"Eisner should also have his own enemies within Disney. If Ed is really as arbitrary as he said at the beginning, I am afraid there will be many enemies. All we have to do is to defeat them one by one," Angela said unhurriedly. Said, "We have a lot of bargaining chips. In addition to animation, our cooperation with Disney is closer than other companies, so we can put this on the table. And the patent rights of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Still in my hands, I can express my dissatisfaction to Disney's management through various channels."

She paused at this point, and then smiled again: "We can also get Steve to join in and help find a solution. Anyway, we just want Disney to find a CEO with a better vision, not to break with them completely. Eisner is old and senile, and it's time to step down."

Several people stared blankly at Angela, and Ed let out a sigh of relief after a while: "It sounds... This plan seems feasible... But, Angie, if you do it..."

"Okay, Ed," Angela raised her hand, "I'm just making suggestions based on my own judgment. If you adopt it, it's up to you how to do it. But I want to remind you that as long as Eisner stays If Disney is in the position of CEO and refuses to make changes, then the conflict with us will only increase rather than decrease, and a breakup will happen sooner or later."

"You know, Angie, you seem to have changed a lot compared to before." Ed said after a while.

"Have you decided?" Angela just smiled slightly.

"Oh, yes, we are going to discuss the specific content now." Ed nodded.

"Then I'll leave first. You know, I still have to go to James' place. If you need my opinion, just give me a call." Angela stood up as she spoke, greeted the people in the conference room, and then left up.

She vaguely remembered that Pixar had conflicts with Disney after the 21st century, and finally parted ways.It wasn't until Disney changed the CEO a few years later that he began to make up the relationship again, and finally acquired Pixar in the form of a stock exchange.

Originally thought that because of her, Pixar, which has made great progress in animation, games, and movies, is still not on an equal footing with Disney, but the other party should at least consider the feelings of its partners.Unexpectedly, as the CEO, Eisner is still so arrogant, and he has done so more than once.So Angela, who got the news from Sparrow, consulted relevant opinions and decided that if he was going to step down sooner or later, he would simply use his relationship to drive him out early. The worst result would be an early breakup between Pixar and Disney.

Of course, Angela remembers

The old man who was always smiling and talking at the celebration banquet after the success of the first movie, although he also helped me a little, but the help was with a purpose, and I had already settled with him.

People change. Angela remembers one thing on Eisner’s profile: When he was the general assistant at Paramount, he could have been promoted to vice president. The CEO also made it clear that there was no problem, but he was rejected in the end. Yes; the CEO told him it was because he needed to work out, which led to Eisner's departure from Paramount, which led to his current success.

However, more than ten years later, Eisner used the same method to deal with an assistant general manager who was about to be promoted to vice president. As a result, the other party ran away angrily, and finally went to NBC, which once suppressed Disney's ABC to death. dead.

So, this is normal, isn't he also changing?Thinking of this, Angela frowned slightly.