Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 433 Miscalculation Adjustment

Angela took the Sky to pick her up and set foot on the return journey. Of course, there were also her manager Sparrow, two bodyguards, and Kate. Basically, she didn’t have to worry about her work in Japan. Chong said, and the other party's ability to infer other cases from one instance was stronger than expected, Angela even considered that if she was busy with other things in the future, it would be okay to let this guy be the executive producer in charge of film editing.

And before leaving, she told Shimizu privately that if she has any good new ideas, as long as the cost is not too much, she can shoot them first. At the same time, she also greeted Sam, the person in charge of Pixar here. Anyway, the cost of this movie is not high. High, and it would be nice to be able to make it more refined and make this already good horror film even better.

After returning to Los Angeles, Angela started to prepare for returning to school, but after thinking for a long time, there was nothing to pack, because Annie and Alizee started preparations after receiving the news that she would return from Japan, so Angie was happy and relaxed After Lazai praised Annie a lot, he went to the horse farm with his mother every day and began to teach the two little guys how to ride.

Although it is a bit early for Willie and Ike, who are not yet 6 years old, to learn to ride a horse, but it is also good for them to experience the feeling of being on horseback. Angela also just relaxes. There is no horse riding in Boston. .

The mother obviously became addicted to being a coach and a teacher - Angela's etiquette and equestrian skills were taught by her mother herself, and only the swordsmanship was handed over to the teacher who was in charge of the Albert family's swordsmanship. His foil sword is obviously more interested, so sometimes he often makes the fencing teacher very angry.Well, it's getting too far, anyway, because Angela's special cooperation in the study made the mother very interested in teaching her children by herself, so she taught the two little guys to ride horses again.

I have to say that my mother's teaching level is very good, but it's a pity that the two little ghosts are not... perverted like Angela, so although the scene is not a wild one, it still makes my mother frown. It’s good to run around on horseback, and you can only stroll around to act as a regulator at any time. In fact, this is not bad. Listening to the mother’s gentle scolding of the naughty younger brothers and sisters feels like a happy family. If the father is here talk.

It's a pity that the good times can't last long, although through Sparrow, I can immediately understand what I want to pay attention to. For example, "The Truman Show" has entered the preparatory stage as she expected; she has also rejected many invitations to visit , For example, about the possibility of winning the best single of the Grammy for four consecutive years-"Angel's Gaze" was nominated for the best single; but some things still need to be done by herself, such as joining a certain association and so on .

Although Angela is not a member of any association in Hollywood so far, it is unlikely that she will never be. Simply put, these associations of actors and screenwriters are like fraternities and sororities in colleges, which can provide various conveniences to members, and more importantly The most important thing is that you can accumulate contacts from this, which will undoubtedly be of great help to Angela's plan.

However, Miss Genius, who is a national idol, of course has to make distinctions and get into a mess. Forget about those who are of no help to themselves but may be borrowed by the other party—such as the Screenwriters Association.Although the screenwriters association is not small, it is enough to see that the market share of scripts produced by them has dropped from 80% in the late 90s to 70% now.The Actors Union is not very reliable, let alone the two associations related to actors - the American Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA). Although they are consistent externally, they also have differences. Less contradictions—Although Angela will not completely give up acting in movies, she will not spend too much energy on the road of acting. After all, she is a woman now and is completely resistant to certain scenes and certain scenes.

So after thinking about it again and again, I finally chose the ones that are closely related to my current main efforts-the Directors' Association and the Producers' Union.The former has the most outstanding directors in the United States, and the Directors Guild Award is also one of the famous awards in the United States; while the latter needless to say, the Producers Union, which gathers hundreds of top audiovisual producers, can even be said to dominate the Hollywood film industry. Knowing that this alliance is responsible for the negotiation of all film and television industry contracts, and other organizations such as the aforementioned screenwriters, actors, music, directors and other associations are also responsible for mediating conflicts, so for Angela Membership of the two institutions is essential, but unfortunately she only stayed with her mother for two days because of this matter.

After finishing all the formalities, Angela finally left Los Angeles and went to Boston. Although there were still two days left before she left for school, she couldn't make the time too tight. Fortunately, the villa in Boston had a housekeeper, Mr. Ranald Basham. Taking care of them, so Angela just took Annie and the others to live in.

"I'll stay in Cambridge for the next month and a half to see what these guys can do," said Angela, who wanted to go out to relax after a day's rest, but was driven back by the reporters and the location of the villa was exposed. Finally, he announced to Annie angrily, "So I will leave this side to you to take care of, of course, and that little ice cube."

As she spoke, she pointed to the sofa with her thumb. Alizee, who was curled up on the sofa and read a book, raised her head and glanced at her, curled her lips, shook her head slightly, and then lowered down to continue reading , quite lazy to pay attention to her meaning, Annie couldn't help chuckling: "Well, I understand, unless you are worried."

"Don't worry, how could I not be relieved." Angela pouted her lips like Alizee, and the previous depressed mood was swept away. She shrugged and turned back to the room, "After the books I want are sorted out, help deliver them Come up, will you?"

"No problem." Annie's leisurely voice came from behind.

After returning to her bedroom, Angela sat down at the desk and turned on her laptop. Since she can’t go shopping and the weather is cold here, then she can write something. The two scripts of "Princess Diaries" are still a little bit behind, and they are completely over. The sooner Sparrow can get it to work, the better. In addition, Disney’s request to release her new album this year in advance of the summer vacation also needs to be carefully considered. If she agrees, it means that she will collect songs from now on. Prepared.

Just when Angela rubbed her hands and called up the document to start, the phone beside the bed suddenly rang again, she rolled her eyes and had to stand up and walk over to pick up the cordless phone: "Hello, who is the ?”

"I don't think I disturbed you, did I?" Sparrow's cheerful voice came from over there.

"Of course not," Angela laughed, seeing that the time on the east coast was not yet 4 p.m., so she asked jokingly, "It's surprising that you called at lunch time, is it good news? "

"Yes, good news," Sparrow didn't care about her teasing, "I've got the list of nominations for this year's Oscars, and it will be announced in major media tomorrow."

"Really?" Angela recalled carefully, "Let me guess, Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" and John Madden's "Shakespeare in Love" should be the biggest winners in the nominations, Is it right?"

Spielberg's war blockbuster released in 98 can't be ignored. If such a movie is not a big hit at the Oscars, it would be hell.As for "Shakespeare in Love", it is because in Angela's memory, it seems that Gwyneth in this movie got the best actress this year.

"They both have 11 nominations, which is great." Sparrow conceded her inference, but then turned to the topic: "Let's talk about your film first, first of all, "The Matrix" won the editing, sound effects, Four nominations for sound and vision."

"It's all technical awards." Angela pouted.

"It's normal, not many sci-fi movies are nominated for best picture." Sparrow smiled softly, "The next thing is "Never Compromise", which won five awards for film, director, leading actress, supporting actor, and original screenplay nominate."

"That's great! I knew that my aunt would definitely be nominated," Angela exclaimed happily, "I believe it won't be a problem to kill other people and win the statuette."

"This is indeed something to be happy about, but you should also be happy for yourself, shouldn't you?" Sparrow said suddenly, "You must know that since 93, you have been shortlisted for the best original or adapted script for five consecutive years. gone."

"Five years in a row?" Angela blinked her eyes and looked up for a while, "It seems to be true, it's so surprising, I didn't realize it at all...The next thing is "American Beauty"?"

"Well... yes," Sparrow over there seemed to have a wry smile, "There are 7 nominations for "American Beauty", including photography, editing, screenplay, leading actor and actress, film and——director! Congratulations, you broke the record again. A record, the youngest person ever to be nominated for Best Director at an Oscar! ... Are you listening?"

"Um... ah... yes... I'm listening... Jack, I'll call you later, please, let me... let me digest this information first." Angela said incoherently and closed the door After picking up the phone, he threw the phone on the bed, leaned against the wall slowly, and gasped heavily, his shocked face showing no joy.

"Damn it!" She growled in a low voice, her brows furrowed, her hands clenched into fists, and a look of confusion kept flashing in her eyes.

"You idiots!" Angela straightened up abruptly, walking around the room restlessly, holding her head with both hands, gnashing her teeth as if trapped by a beast, "How dare you! How dare you I'm only 18 years old! I'm still a woman! How dare you! Are your brains burned out!"

In the end she almost roared out, closed her eyes and knocked on her head angrily, and sat down on the edge of the bed with dejection, she had repeatedly thought about the possibility of directing "American Beauty" at the Oscars and other award ceremonies. The repercussions aroused, the nominations for the leading actor, actress and screenplay are all expected, and even the best picture is more or less possible, but the best director is not among them. After all, she is only a young girl. If she is really nominated That is a satire on most male directors in the United States and the world.

So even after "American Beauty" was released, many media and film critics believed that Miss Genius was at least eligible to be nominated, she still laughed it off, and the nomination for the Golden Globe was as early as December 12 last year in "American Beauty". " was announced before it was released, so she never thought that she would be nominated for an Oscar for best director for this film.

In Angela's plan, being nominated and winning the Oscar for Best Director is essential in the future, but that should definitely not be now. In her plan, she should climb to the top step by step, instead of flying directly to Go one step above.Only by constantly going up can more eyes pay attention to me, and only when most people's eyes are on me can I take the last step. I didn't expect that group of old antiques from the Film Academy to...

Taking a deep breath, Angela rubbed her face and finally calmed down. She finally realized that she still underestimated the huge influence of "American Beauty", just like a certain film critic said: Every middle class can Lester found his shadow in him!Think about how much middle class there is in America?Think again how much middle class there is in Europe?Although the North American box office of "American Beauty" is only about 2000 million more than "Never Compromise", it is much more popular than "Never Compromise" overseas.Even the European film critics who always thought that Angela was just a gimmick who only played tricks on technology could only praise with a bit of sour taste while being surprised, so it was only natural that the nominations from the film academy would be nominated.

But this completely messed up my plan!Angela cursed angrily in her heart. She would not expect to win the best director after being nominated. To win this award requires seniority. Even those who directed a movie for the first time and won the award have years of experience Directing skills for stage play or TV series.

So... what to do now?Angela kept rubbing her hands on her nose, or...or...in advance?She raised her head and looked at the roof beams in a daze, some images suddenly flashed in her mind, the trip to Tokyo, last year's Halloween, or earlier birthday parties, etc., some things are also very important and difficult to choose, this burden Although she provoked it herself, sometimes it was too heavy.

Although the original version of "Rabe's Diary" can only be regarded as a mediocre work, there are also some bright spots. If you analyze it carefully and make choices and adjustments, coupled with the current network and fame, it can basically be regarded as the sky. Dongfeng, who was nominated as the best director, should be able to achieve the desired effect with some publicity and hype.

Angela's thoughts became more active after the floodgates were opened. For example, if Williams could be invited for the soundtrack, he probably would not refuse. As for the methods of publicity and hype, there are many ways, and there are a few relatively cheap ones, as long as the mainstream society can no longer ignore it. She didn't care about the consequences of doing that.As for Japan, one month is enough to complete the filming of "The Grudge". After calculating the post-production time, it should be released in the summer vacation. "It can also achieve its own goals if it is released after it is sold in Japan.

Angela squeezed her fist and took a few deep breaths, then picked up the cordless phone and made a call: "Hi, Jack."

"Finally got over it?" Sparrow came over with a teasing voice, but Angela said bluntly and politely unintentionally: "Listen, Jack, I need you to get ready to go to Nanjing, China, tonight. At some point, I will email you the content that needs you to investigate, and I hope you can go and reply quickly."

Probably didn't expect Angela to say this, there was a moment of silence before asking tentatively: "Are you going to put "Rabe's Diary" on the screen?"

"Yes." Angela replied affirmatively and briefly.

After another brief silence, Sparrow spoke again: "Okay... But, I want to ask what is your purpose?"

"What do you want to say?" Angela's heart moved, and Sparrow's tone seemed to ignore something.

"Are you making this movie for yourself or is there a bigger purpose?" Sparrow continued.

Angela's brows were frowned immediately, she knew that Sparrow would definitely not say something useless at this time, and he won the adaptation rights of several planned literary works, even if he didn't fully understand My own mind is also clearer than most people.

"Can you make it clearer?" She pursed her lips, and there was a sigh: "If you're just making this movie for yourself, then it doesn't matter; but if you want to cause a huge response or enthusiasm Now is not the best time for discussions and people's reflections... You know, the relationship between the two countries has become more and more cold since 96, and what happened in May last year..."

"I see." Angela answered briefly and then hung up the phone. A few seconds later, she suddenly threw the phone in her hand on the bed and bounced it high.Her clenched teeth shook slightly into fists, she knew what Sparrow was trying to say, damn politics!

Regardless of her past and present lives, she hates politics very much. Not to mention several times she declined to sing at the opening ceremony of the "Super Wrist" which is very political. Although she is already 18 years old, she completely ignores the right to vote, even herself. It is not clear whether the parents support the Democratic Party or the Republican Party!

If the politically incorrect mainstream society only selectively ignores or even guides public opinion to whip it, maybe she can use her influence to force them to watch, but how long can she force them?Will bottoming out lead to worse?This is definitely not what Angela is plotting, but what can she do now?

Her chest kept rising and falling, and her eyes were fixed on the cordless phone on the bed as if she was about to make a hole. After a long while, she suddenly laughed, very playfully, like a sneer or a mockery.

In this case, then I will re-adjust the plan; in this case, let you see what "Miss Genius" can do!Angela squeezed her fingers, and when she picked up the bracket again, she had recovered her usual elegance and confidence.

"Hi, Jack, I'm sorry for hanging up the phone suddenly just now. I don't need to go to China, but I need you to go to Poland."