Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 435 Getting Started

Angela didn't step out of her room for five whole days, including the day of talking with Jack. She was either typing the script in front of her notebook or drawing the storyboard on the adjustable table. In the past few days, except for the first two days with Sparrow and Ed Outside of the contact, no one answered the phone, not to mention friends and lovers, even parents, all communication tools were invited out, and the network cable was unplugged, and everything was handed over to Anne, and I was completely in a closed state. The state is frantically catching up with the progress.

Of course, Angela never stayed up all night since she fell asleep because she was too tired that day and slept from the evening until the next morning. At the same time, he returned to the previous work and rest time, but he grasped it more tightly - even eating was carried out in his own bedroom.

In short, during the few days of vacation here, she finally sorted out the script of "The Pianist". Some of them don't even have a lot of grammar and are even completely composed of short sentences, but they are much more detailed than the outline. Basically, there is already a prototype of the first draft. Of course, only Angela can understand the prototype.

It’s pretty good to be able to do this within five days, but if you don’t happen to have the original novel of “The Pianist” by your side, and you’ve taken the time to write a lot of jokes on and off as early as 97, you can also add sub-cameras. Let her recall the specific content very well, so there is this quasi-first draft, and it is also a dozen shots of the main bridge.

Naturally, she still has to go back to school. Although Angela still wants to continue to take leave until she finishes the first draft, don't forget that if she really starts the machine in mid-April as she planned, she will have to take another two months of leave. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to graduate smoothly, but this is definitely not Angela's choice.

Besides, her goal is only to graduate, so starting from this goal, the freshman course is not too complicated. Angela can use the spare time to modify the script. Anyway, the skeleton of the whole script has come out, and even the flesh and blood in many places It's grown up, of course, we still have to hurry up in terms of time, after all, without a script, other work will not be easy to carry out.But when Angela came out of the retreat, she realized that there was still a big thing waiting for her.

"The reporters outside hang around every day. We basically never go out. Even Emily will be questioned by them when she goes shopping." Annie opened the corner of the curtain and pointed to the blurry figure in the distance and said jokingly to Angela .

"I think they're really boring..." Angela sighed and didn't continue. After she left the customs last night, she played her favorite "Moonlight Sonata" in the piano room for a long time as a way to vent, and she felt comfortable again. After taking a bath, I carefully read the newspapers of the past few days before going to bed, so I am quite clear about the controversy in the media.

"Leave them alone, let Bucket prepare the car to take me to school. I have two classes this morning and I still have time to look at the lessons that have fallen from the previous few days." Angela turned and left the window, "Wait until I go out to the reporter They will also leave, you and Lily can go to study, and I will stay in Cambridge if I don’t come back on the weekend the day after tomorrow, and you two can go out for a walk, don’t always be at home or at school or in the company like me Or studio."

"Aren't you coming back on weekends?" Annie was slightly surprised.

"Yes, instead of being chased around by those boring guys, it's better to stay in the school dormitory. Anyway, I haven't finished my work yet, and I have to continue to rush." ​​Angela shrugged helplessly.

"Okay, but remember to call Mrs. Madam and Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. and so on." Annie reminded, and then suddenly lowered her voice: "And them, the number of times and time I recorded is in your place. It's in the novel."

"Thank you, Anne." Angela sighed in her heart and hugged her, then carried her bag and walked out.

As she expected, those reporters who found Miss Genius finally came out of the villa, like sharks smelling blood, immediately blocked the door, but Angela still didn't give them a chance, got into the car and let the bodyguards Go straight out, as if the guys clattering around the car and clicking the shutter are all empty.

Boring, this is her comment on the so-called controversy. To put it bluntly, it still discriminates against her gender. If she is an 18-year-old man or a 30-year-old woman, the degree of controversy will definitely be much smaller than it is now.But no matter how much you argue, it's useless. Angela in the carriage is expressionless, tapping her fingers back and forth on her thighs, unless she can convince the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to withdraw her nomination, but the question is, will they slap themselves?

Angela suddenly discovered that there was an omission in her plan, sexism!Although she recognized this early on when "Snatched" was released, and randomly countered with "Memento", the debate over the best director nomination made her realize again that as a woman How difficult it is to make better grades than men.

It's fine if you're a man.This kind of thought suddenly popped up in his head, but was thrown away without a trace. Angela didn't bother to dwell on this kind of inexplicable thought. Now that she found the omission, she naturally had to make up for it.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still a question of the right to speak. Angela has already realized this when she first made the plan, otherwise she would not have fought back immediately after the malicious comments on "Stealing and Kidnapping", but judging from the current situation My own understanding is obviously not enough. There are many strong women in modern times, but it is still a patriarchal society after all.For the first time, the expressionless girl in the carriage smiled wryly.Gender, grades and relationships and goals...

At this time, when I think about the adjustment of the plan, I have to say that it feels like a mistake. If it goes well, it will inevitably attract more attention to me. I am not afraid of disputes. Disputes will only make more people pay attention to me. Control the controversy within a certain range, and this is influence, that is, the right to speak.

But people's hearts are fickle, and... Angela sighed softly, the scene outside flashed, and the car had already entered Cambridge City.Forget it, let's do the current preparations first, no matter what, we have to do it step by step.

Although it was already February, the weather in Boston was still as cold as before. The frigid vegetation planted in Cambridge was still covered with a thin layer of snow. Even though the streets were cleaned early every day, they were still wet.

After getting out of the warm car, Angela shivered, pulled her coat and scarf to identify the direction, and walked to the teaching building in the northeast. Today's first class will be in the multimedia classroom.Although the school gave her the convenience of allowing her to get off the bus inside the main campus and blocked the reporters outside, it couldn't block the eyes of the students at the school. There were dozens or hundreds of eyes cast on her along the way. The limelight of the youngest Oscar nomination for best director can be said to be the same for a while. Not only has it aroused huge controversy on both sides of the Atlantic, but I am afraid that no one will be able to break her record since then.

Angela ignored these surprised or curious eyes. They have been there since the day she entered Harvard. No matter what, it was better than the eyes of tens of thousands of people on the stage at the concert, so she walked in calmly. In the teaching building, if someone came up to greet her carefully, she would nod politely.

There were only six or seven girls sitting in the multimedia classroom that hadn’t yet started. They were all first-year students of Radcliffe College. Their eyes lit up when they saw Angela walking in, but Angela still simply said to them He said "Hi", then took off his coat and sat down on a chair.

"You're finally back at school, Angie, it's nice to see you." A girl sat next to her with excitement.

"Some things need to be dealt with, so it has been delayed for a few days." Angela nodded with a smile. Unexpectedly, this sentence immediately attracted several other girls: "Deal with things? Is it to fight back against those comments that you shouldn't be nominated?" person?"

"Of course... no, I don't think there is any need to fight back." Angela smiled helplessly in her heart. She was not as polite to her classmates as she was to others, and she wanted to be closer to them, but This also caused these girls to always want to inquire about gossip about why Nicole and Cruise divorced, especially after a few contacts and basically figured out her bottom line, as long as they don't cross the line, these guys will be unscrupulous Ask this and that.

"This kind of debate is actually meaningless, so I spent all my energy on more important things." Angela changed the topic without leaving a trace. Of course, she will not answer all questions. You must know the speed of communication between women But it is faster than the Internet, and the meaning of the transmission may be completely opposite to the beginning.

"What's more important? What's that?" another girl asked again, and then suddenly became excited: "Are you planning to play any movie roles? You have almost no screen weight after "The Sixth Sense" What about the role?"

A group of girls immediately chattered about Angela's childhood masterpiece. Although Angela was a little dumbfounded, she didn't bother to divert their attention, and only occasionally said a few words in their tone.

Of course, this topic will be brought up again sooner or later as other girls who keep entering the classroom and gather around to listen to the discussion enthusiastically join in, but before that Angela has already called out: "Okay, everyone take their places, Mr. Bensley has been waiting at the door for a long time."

"It's okay, you can discuss for a few more minutes, so I don't have to go to class." Kim Bensley, who is in charge of teaching this class, laughed and shook his hands. He is a middle-aged man in his 40s, very humorous. Likeable.

"I think what you mean is that we can consider going to the Academic Affairs Office to complain about your refusal to perform your duties as a lecturer?" After all the girls returned to their positions, Angela raised her eyebrows at Bensley with one hand on her chin , causing everyone to chuckle.

"This accusation is really serious. I never thought that Miss Genius would be so concerned about the progress of the course." Although Bensley was still smiling, he also raised his eyebrows, but Angela admitted generously: "Because the previous few days I lost my homework progress, so I naturally want to make up for it as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay," Bensley didn't bother, went to the podium and pulled down the screen, "Ladies, please turn your textbooks to page 17—by the way, I forgot to say, congratulations, Angela .”

This guy... Angela rolled her eyes amidst the laughter. Just now, every girl who entered the classroom would run up to her and say congratulations or you are awesome before joining the discussion. Bensley must be in the classroom Listened to it for a long time.Before she could speak any more, the middle-aged man started his lecture, and Angela didn't bother to think about anything, opened the textbook and listened.

The two classes in the morning passed quickly, and Angela returned to the university dormitory where she had been away for a long time. At the same time, she was greeted with a fierce hug from Benita: "My dear Miss Genius, I finally see you again."

"Okay, Benny, it's only been two months." Angela smiled and pushed her away. She hardly had close friends on the university campus. When I meet someone in many public places, I only talk politely, so it is very precious for Benita who can chat a few words.

Of course, this situation is also caused by her own reasons. Ever since she stepped into the entertainment industry, her friends in school have been on the decline. If you don't join the club, you will naturally feel a little lonely.

"I know, it's only been two months, but two months ago I would never have thought that Miss Genius would be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director!" Benita's tone sounded like she was looking up in surprise.

"Okay, don't mention this," Angela waved her hand with a wry smile, "I don't want to be an ornamental animal in the dormitory."

"Okay, don't mention this." Benita nodded understandingly, and then changed the subject with a little excitement: "By the way, Hannah agreed to my membership application."

"Congratulations then," Angela shrugged, "What's your test? Don't tell me they let you run naked around the campus in the middle of the night or something."

"It's not that bad, but it's not easy." Benita showed a look of reminiscence, and then showed a look of chills, "They got a box of muddy water from somewhere, not only asked me to jump in, but also put My whole body sank into it, but fortunately I was allowed to wear my underwear, otherwise it would be a hundred times more uncomfortable.”

"So it was definitely the right decision for me not to join the sorority." Angela immediately added.

"Of course, you are Miss Genius." Benita curled her lips, then looked at the time and walked towards the door, "I'm going to the restaurant, let's go together? Or should I bring you something back?"

"Just bring whatever you want." Angie stretched her waist, "I don't mind what to eat, even if you bring back a big bucket of fried chicken, it's fine."

Benita, who was about to ask this question, had to close her mouth resentfully, but after thinking about it, she opened her mouth again: "Okay, but for the sake of my hard work, how about playing a violin piece for me?" Like? Any capital will do.”

For the sake of hard work?Angela twitched the corners of her mouth, but she still agreed with a drawn-out voice: "I know!"

After Benita left the dormitory, Angela began to call her family, friends, and lovers back. She didn’t have much to say, that is, she thanked them for their concern and briefly explained why she had to stay alone in the room. When she came out, she spoke vaguely and was not very clear, after all, the preparations for "The Pianist" hadn't even started yet.

Basically, everyone expressed their understanding and congratulations in a considerate manner. Only Lindsay, the little devil, kept asking questions, which meant that she was swearing that she would not achieve her goal, but she obediently gave up after Angela's pretended stern warning.

The one who chatted the longest was Liv. She already knew the result of the audition for "The Lord of the Rings", so she chatted with Angela about the novel for a long time with great interest. Fortunately, she had already had lunch when Angela called her. Otherwise, you have to talk about your stomach growling.

However, Liv's call also reminded her that she had to adjust the schedule conflict between "The Pianist" and "Lord of the Rings", otherwise she would have to unilaterally terminate the contract.Of course, this is just the worst result. Peter said at the beginning that the machine would not be able to start the machine until after the end of the summer vacation at the earliest, so as long as she completes the shooting task within 3 to 4 months according to her plan, there should be no conflict. It can be handled on the satellite phone, and the foreshadowing request for cooperation was originally prepared for this situation when signing the contract. In the same sentence, problems that can be solved with money are not problems!

"It's a great honor for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to nominate me as the best director..." Angela thought of this question again when she updated her blog for the first time after leaving customs at night, and recalled what a girl said to herself during the day, thinking After a few seconds of blah blah blah, I added another paragraph: "I signed an actor contract at the beginning of the year. This is a great role. You will never think of it. A little reminder: The story is based on a classic novel."

That's it, Angela curled up her lips after uploading, uncrowned kings, turn your attention elsewhere and see if you can find something out of it?

Having said that, there is no guarantee that these guys with sharper noses will not dig up something-even though she has a unilateral non-disclosure agreement with the "Lord of the Rings" crew, Angela doesn't mind the "best of the best" in the newspaper. The director-nominated Miss Genius will reappear in "The Lord of the Rings" because it's better than the report that "the best director nominee is actually trying to put "The Pianist" on the screen", after all, once It is impossible for her to keep absolute secrecy when the preparations are officially started. Although Angela knows that the media will find out about this sooner or later, it must not be before she starts filming!