Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 418 Thanksgiving Chapter

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy has become a member of Angela's "treasure box" very early on, so the main points and plots are well remembered in detail, but at that time even if the CG effect could be made to spend money It was amazing, so from the day it was born, this script was thrown at the bottom and forgotten by Angela.

The weirdest thing is that even the great Captain Sparrow and Miss Genius' agent have the same name and surname, Angela would not be able to think of anything, if she hadn't dressed up as Legolas to participate in the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village, if she hadn't Peter Jackson, who is preparing for the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings", sent an invitation. God knows how long it will take Angela to remember, and it was only when she remembered that she was still typing out the main points of the notes that she suddenly realized that it would have been there a long time ago. If this script had If you are self-aware, you will cry bitterly because of Miss Genius' behavior and then commit suicide first and then suicide.

If this is the case, then it can be temporarily-let it go first, yes, let it go first, after all, she still has a lot of other things to do now, anyway, she has been hiding the "treasure box" very well, and the things inside are being used After reading or seeing the aging, they all become pieces of paper in the shredder, so there is no need to worry too much.

The weather is getting colder day by day. Boston’s average temperature in winter is much lower than that of Los Angeles. The first snow fell not long after entering November. Although the spring in London and New York is not necessarily warmer than Boston, But after all, Angela spent the longest time in Los Angeles, so even though she was wearing thick clothes, she still felt cold occasionally.

But cold to cold some things still can not stop.Her studies are good, and Angela doesn't really want to study anything, as long as she graduates successfully, she needs to work harder in the later stage of "American Beauty", especially the soundtrack.This is the first time that she is completely responsible for the original soundtrack by herself - she was a part-time job in "The Matrix", so the progress became more and more difficult at the end, but Angela was not discouraged, anyway, she had already grasped the music of the movie. Just practice the core slowly, the only problem is time.

Originally, Angela had some free time these days because Ward Collier, the head of the temporary studio, brought the master tape of "American Beauty" back to Los Angeles to cooperate with Spacey and the others in post-production work, but But she had to use this time to discuss the content of "The Grudge" with two Japanese directors.

After Angela obtained the translation of Takashi Shimizu's Chinese name from a Chinese student, the position of director was confirmed. After confirming Angela's opinion, Nakata and Shimizu contacted Japan again and finally agreed. After meeting her request, the next step is naturally discussion and negotiation.

"I agree with you, Mr. Shimizu. The scary thing about Kayako is that she is always in the dark, and people are born afraid of the dark. In addition, her attacks are everywhere. Elevators, quilts, attics, etc. may attack you at any time." Launched from a dark corner, so I hope that this atmosphere will always be rendered throughout the process. As for the character modeling, I still don’t think it is necessary to add blood. Although this is more impactful, it relatively reduces the weirdness of Kayako It feels like the downright weirdness is what appeals most to Americans."

In two or three days, Angela and Qingshui Chong exchanged a lot of opinions. Although Angela said that Qingshui Chong listened most of the time, the questions raised by this stubble-faced guy from time to time were all on point, and he could hear them all. She was very serious and often took a notebook to record something, which made Angela sigh a few words in her stomach.

As for the negotiation, it was naturally handed over to the agent Sparrow who was still around, but Nakata was only the director, so Angela only asked Sparrow to exchange some preliminary opinions with him, such as agreeing to what they wanted before in Japan. Distribution rights, but they are responsible for the preparatory work in Japan.After that, the specific content will be discussed after she notifies the film department, and the two companies will send representatives to discuss slowly. Anyway, Angela will not be able to complete the script until Christmas.

The production of "The Grudge" was basically settled in this way. With the departure of Nakata and Shimizu, Sparrow also returned to Los Angeles. When the next weekend came, Angela thought about it for a long time and finally decided to stay in Boston. Work hard on the soundtrack, and it can be completed with two more pieces, even if it is practice, you can't be negligent.

Then sometimes, the more you want to complete a task, the more difficult it is to complete. The last two pieces seem to be stuck there and can’t go up and down. For Angela, who has always been smooth in music, it’s really a big headache. thing.

"Or do these two scores after the editing is done?" Ward, the head of the studio, suggested.

"I'm not sure about anything, because I'm not by your side, maybe you care too much about gains and losses?" Natalie said on the phone.

"Maybe you should take a good rest and relax yourself completely." Annie was still very considerate.

"It doesn't seem to be of any use." Angela, who was sitting at the table, held her chin gloomily. Seeing that Thanksgiving is approaching, the post-production is basically coming to an end, and it can be completed in early December. Even the trailer It has already been edited, and the publicity work will start on the eve of Thanksgiving, but the fact that these two songs have not been completed can make her depressed.

"How do you know it won't work if you haven't tried it?" Anne shrugged, "And in a way I agree with Nat, you know, these days I've been mentioning that "Never Compromising" will be released after Thanksgiving topics like that."

"Hehehe, this has nothing to do with the release of "Never Compromise"!" Angela yelled dissatisfiedly, but after a pause, she had to admit with some coyness: "Well, maybe...a little bit."

Yes, at one point, Angela couldn't figure out why the filming started at the same time and ended at the same time - well, Soderbergh finished three days earlier than her - but when she was still working on the soundtrack "Never Compromise" Already starting to prepare for the test screening, hell, what magic did Soderbergh use to shorten the cycle to less than 6 months!Even if the script of "Never Compromise" is not complicated, but I should be more familiar with "American Beauty" than Soderbergh is familiar with "Never Compromise", right?And just last week, I had a long dispute with Soderbergh on the videophone because of editing issues.

"Just a little bit," Angela repeated again, "that's not the decisive reason."

"Yes, no." Annie smiled and nodded, neither denying nor admitting.

Angela had the urge to pinch her face for her attitude, but after staring at Annie for a while, Angela shook her head and sat down beside Alizee who was reading a book quietly on the sofa, and hugged the girl's shoulder affectionately Half joking and half aggrieved: "Dear Lily, can you tell me why I got stuck?"

"Your hand." Alizee said in a low voice.

"It's okay, my hands won't get dirty." Angela pretended to be crazy, and at the same time, she kept shaking her arms even harder, without taking the girl's feelings into consideration.

Alizee has been living here for almost a month, and Annie has been taking care of her every day since she went to and from school after completing the admission procedures. A person who does not make a sound or hides in a corner to read a book is so quiet that it makes people feel distressed.

So while Angela told Annie to spend more time with her, she also took time to live outside as much as possible, and as long as she stayed in the studio, she would ask Alizee to deliver dinner for herself, and then let the girl help with tidying up in the studio materials, or simply take it with you to record what you say every day for yourself.According to Angela, although Lily sits quietly reading a book after returning home every day, she still doesn’t know whether she is reading or thinking wildly, so it’s better to take her with her and stuff her head with things and get tired Not only did she have no time to think about her body, but she could also treat it as a job and earn a small fortune. Why not do it?

And the craziness just like the one just lingering on not letting go after physical contact is also a product of this kind of thinking. Although Alizee often uses her eyes to squeeze her with words, Angela, who is thick-skinned enough, doesn't take it to heart at all.

"Let's talk about it, the more opinions you listen to, the more you can find the answer." Angela smiled and grabbed the girl's shoulder and shook it coquettishly, like a child who couldn't get candy. Cover your mouth.

"Do you think..." Alizee, who was shaken unbearably, closed the book, "It's because you didn't go to New York this month."

Although she still maintained her expressionless face, the voice that floated from between her teeth was obviously repulsive, but Angela didn't seem to hear what she was still thinking about while frowning with her arms around Alizee's shoulder.

"Now...can you let me continue reading?" Alizee obviously understood how thick-skinned the other party was, so she could only whisper in a negotiating tone.

"Okay, I think I understand." Angela sighed dejectedly at this moment—it wasn't an act.Then she leaned in front of the girl and stared at her seriously and asked seriously: "How did you see that?!"

Alizee shrank her neck. She didn't know whether she was frightened or didn't like it. Her tone was still calm: "It's just intuition."

"Instinct?" Angela raised her eyebrows and scanned the girl's body several times with her scrutinizing eyes. After a while, her eyes bent and she quickly kissed Lily's cheek: "Thank you, I see."

Then, completely ignoring Alizee's angry and awkward gaze, she jumped up and went straight to the piano room.

Well, although it's embarrassing, I have to admit that the main reason for my anxiety is... Nat, Angela sighed after sitting down in front of the piano. For the first two months, I would go to New York to meet and play with Nat at least every other week Last day, there were too many things to deal with after entering November, and "Never Compromise" was catching up on the progress, so I couldn't wait to finish the later stage of "American Beauty", so I gave up this month's return to New York I plan to, but there are some things...

Angela couldn't help grinding her teeth. Although she understood the problem, the lingering irritability in her heart became more and more intense. Why did she behave like this?Is it true that not seeing each other every day is like three autumns?But it wasn't like this before, or... am I afraid?

Angela, who recovered from this shocking thought, suddenly found that her fingers were moving on the keys. Although the music stopped after concentrating, the ending sound was still floating in the piano room. Angela's eyes lit up when her ears caught this trace of music. She stood up and then sat down again. Although she was staring at the keys, she had no focus. After a few minutes, Angela began to try again and again.

Is that so... No, no, again... It's not like this, that's... By the way, these scales are very similar.

With a face full of excitement, Angela played it repeatedly. It seemed that she thought that the piece that she accidentally played just now was suitable for the soundtrack, but she really thought so or... who knows?

On Thanksgiving Day, Angela took the Sky and finally returned to Los Angeles, where she had been away for three months. She had never missed the climate of Los Angeles so much...!Even though the current temperature in the City of Angels is only ten degrees, it is enough for Angela to throw away her down jacket and scream with tears in her eyes: This is my city—of course, for a lady, this kind of image only exists in her mind.

Although they turned into four people when they came back with three people when they left, the parents did not show any more surprise to Alizee. Although the three little guys, including Lulu, were very curious about Alizee, they all It seemed very polite, maybe the mother had already greeted them earlier?And Alizee still had an indifferent appearance lacking expressions and words, but at least it was much better than indifference, and her mother didn't say much and arranged her next door to Annie, which was very good, much better than Angela, because……

"I think if there are too many people, maybe someone will fall out of bed in the middle of the night." Angela looked at the three little ghosts who were lying on her bed and didn't plan to leave, and said in a discussing tone, although her forehead was throbbing.

"But aren't we still young? So the situation my sister said can't exist." Willie said with a smile while bending her beautiful eyes, while rolling all over the bed.

"Please, I can only stay at home for three nights, can you let me have a good rest?" Angela couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I'm sorry, these three nights of yours belong to us!" Lulu announced, waving her fists.

"Hey hey, you guys are occupying! It's occupying! Understand!" Angela looked at these unreasonable brats with a headache. Although she really wanted to leave, anyway, she can sleep in any of the more than a hundred rooms , but if you do this, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the next few days.

"Sister, don't you really want us after you go to college?" Ike also joined in with teary eyes, well, after reasoning and threats, there is an emotional offensive.

"Okay, you little guys, even if you all love me, you can't be like this." Angela softened her tone and could only choose to negotiate, and it would definitely not work to squeeze them all on her bed, so—— the final result was For three nights, the three little ghosts took turns sleeping with their dear sisters and had to hold them to sleep.

Even so, Angela was still very depressed, because Lulu bit her face like an apple while she was asleep on the first night, and Angela's face was full of dry saliva when she woke up in the morning; In the second night, Willie learned a lot of moves from the octopus, and the ring around her neck made her almost stiff; as for the third night, Ike was very honest and quiet, but Angela was saying "this is me. "Brother" fell asleep.

Inhumane!This mentions Angela's evaluation of the three nights.

Although I went home on Thursday, Angela only had 3 days of vacation in Los Angeles on Sunday morning, so I only chatted with Kate, Jessica and Lindsay on the phone, because she still has many Things have to be busy, such as using Friday to go to the film department to integrate the post-production and promotion of "American Beauty", and Saturday is the trial screening of "Never Compromise".

Both Kate and Jessica expressed their understanding on the phone. Although Lindsay murmured a few words unhappy, she comforted Angela and promised to invite her to stay at home for a few days after returning to Los Angeles for the long holiday after the New Year. Time finally became a lot more enjoyable, so Angela only went to see Nicole's house, which lived relatively close, for the entire Thanksgiving, and was surrounded by movies during the rest of the time.

"I have to say your performance is great, dear aunt." Angela hugged Julia immediately, "Know my favorite line from you? Ed got angry: 'I fuck you !' And Eileen retorted: 'I'll do it back!' The way you said it and the smell is so good!"

"Are you complimenting yourself indirectly, honey?" Julia laughed and patted her on the shoulder.

"Of course not, I'm complimenting Irene." Angela smiled and extended her hand to Irene Brockovich who was sitting in the back row, "I hope you don't think I've made it up very distorted."

"Of course not, Angela, in fact at the time, I mean at the time, I was probably 10 times ruder." Eileen, who attended the screening, also laughed and shook her hand, "Your script is really good. Yes, although I chose to give up some things, I think this is what it should be, and Julia's performance is also very good, I almost forgot that it was something I experienced."

"I heard that you and Mr. Ed also made cameo appearances. It's a pity I didn't see it. Can you tell me how many minutes it was?" Angela asked a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, it's the group meeting later, Ed and I are in two corners, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it." Irene shrugged, "I just want to say that making a movie is not An easy thing."

"Did you hear that, Auntie, Irene is praising you." Angela smiled and took Julia's hand.

"Of course, I won't lie about it, I really forgot that was something I did." Eileen echoed.

"Thank you for the compliment, but if you continue to praise me so much, I'm really going to float on the clouds." Julia smiled and hugged Angela, "I want to thank Angie for the script, if it wasn't for her excellent writing, I might It can’t be performed to this extent.”

"Humility is a virtue, but excessive dislike is pride, aunt." Angela raised her finger and shook, "If you really want to distribute the credit, your performance accounts for 60%, while my script only accounts for 10% , and another 30% belong to—”

She pointed to Steven Soderbergh, who was talking to Frank below.