Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 416 Japanese director

The only connection between Alizee and her uncle is that Ryan Stein who resigned and ran away for no reason. Well, it would be better to call him Pu Guanshui.And with Alizee's personality, she would never leave her country to go to a completely strange place with someone she has never met, even if this person is the teacher of the person she cares about the most.But it is an indisputable fact that she appeared in New York and in her grandfather's villa at this moment, so it can only explain what happened.

"You already knew, didn't you?" Lily suddenly opened her mouth. She turned her dull tea-brown eyes to look at herself, and her originally sweet and crisp voice was now extremely jerky.

"If you're referring to his sudden resignation, I've known about it for a long time," Angela considered her words, and it was rare that she would not be irritated if she stopped keeping silent, "I'm just not sure if you knew too, so no Explain in the letter."

After a pause, he asked cautiously: "You haven't written to me since the beginning of September, can I know what happened?"

However, Alizee closed her mouth again, lowered her head and resumed the previous silence.Angela couldn't help but was a little anxious and was about to continue asking, when her uncle and grandma had already walked out of the room.

"That's it, I'll go back first." The uncle said in a low voice and hugged grandma again, then glanced at the two girls on the sofa, nodded to Angela and walked straight to the door.

Angela looked at the uncle who left alone with surprise, countless thoughts began to swirl, and the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense, until grandma sat next to Alizee, held the little girl's hand and comforted her softly, and she was determined.Angela stood up suddenly and ran out after her, but her uncle had just walked to the vestibule.

"Uncle, please wait a moment!" Angela yelled loudly in Chinese. Uncle's figure paused when he heard the words. Although he took two quick steps, he finally stopped and turned around and looked at her calmly: "Why? Yes, Xueyi?"

Angela walked up to her uncle in two steps, took a deep breath, and looked straight into the old man's eyes: "If you can, explain what happened and why you gave that girl to grandma. I don't mean to be disrespectful, just I don’t want to be kept in the dark.”

The old man took a deep look at her, and after looking around, he sighed and patted her on the shoulder: "Come here."

Angela walked slowly behind her uncle to a secluded place. The old man seemed to be thinking about something with his hands behind his back, before turning around after a long time: "Xueqia, you need to know that where there is light, there will be darkness."

Although she was confused, she did not interrupt her uncle's speech, but heard the old man continue: "There is no absolute fairness in this world, so some people are born in the dark and some grow up in the sun. However, from the dark It's hard to go to the light, but it's easy to go from the light to the dark. You should live in the sun, and you shouldn't have anything to do with it, Angela!"

Hearing her uncle call her English name, Angela couldn't help being slightly shocked. Although she had guessed this a long time ago, it was hard to describe it when the old man said it himself.

"That's why I rarely meet Martha, so you just need to know some things, and don't look for answers." The old man patted her shoulder again solemnly, "That's not what you should be involved in."

"But...but..." Angela frowned and gestured, but the uncle immediately raised his right hand: "I know what you want to say, but it's just difficult to go from darkness to light. He has always done a good job , didn’t you? In fact, if he hadn’t been your bodyguard, he might have been…”

The old man waved his hand melancholy, but Angela still frowned: "Then why..."

"Because they are needed for some things!" Uncle immediately continued, "I know you are very smart, Xueyi, you have read poems and even "The Analects of Confucius", you know Chinese musical instruments and you are fluent in Chinese, but you may not be able to fully Understand Chinese culture."

Angela quickly went through the information that might be overlooked in her head, and then smiled wryly: "Indonesia, right?"

The uncle looked at her and neither admitted nor denied, but changed the subject: "That girl is his wish, and I promised him. But you should know by now that she is very inappropriate with me, and she was taken at the beginning. It took a lot of work to get her custody, we are Chinese after all. So I brought her to your grandma, which is the best way I can think of."

Seeing the old man walk out of the villa and get in the car, Angela was slightly dazed.Although there are still many things hidden in the mist that she can't see clearly, but it is enough to understand the most basic situation, as my uncle said, she lives in the sunshine.She has seen many injustices in her past and present lives, but she has never experienced or participated in them, so there is still a pure land of idealists in her heart, so she should not pay attention to those dark corners, let alone try curiously.

"Angie, what happened?" Natalie and the three of them came to the vestibule from the garden at this time.

"Nat, Manny, Liv, I may not be able to accompany you today. There is a small problem at home." Angela sighed, and then briefly talked about the matter selectively.

"It's that girl we met in Paris two years ago, Alizee?" Natalie asked while pinching her chin, "Then what happened to Reinstein, who asked someone to hand her over to your grandma?" foster?"

"I don't know. Grandma won't tell me, so I have no choice but not to ask." Angela shook her head.

"Poor Lily." Natalie said sympathetically.

"Can you tell us the specifics? Neither Liv nor I can understand." Scarlett interjected, and Liv nodded accordingly.

"Well, specifically..." Natalie introduced Alizee's family as simply as Angela did.

"That means that the only person she cares about now, Angie's former bodyguard, may have had an accident?" Scarlett also showed a sympathetic look, "This is indeed very unfortunate."

"Why don't we go in and see her," Liv suggested at this time, "It's better for everyone to comfort her together than alone."

Although Angela doesn't think that more people are more powerful in this matter, and Alizee's character may be more awkward because of this blow, she still agrees with Liv's proposal. It's good for Lily to be angry, and it's better to be willing to vent her emotions than to be stuffy in her stomach.

The four girls came to the living room very quickly, and grandma was talking to Alizee in a kind tone, although the little girl was still holding her head down and holding the edge of her backpack on her chest with both hands, it seemed that she had never opened her mouth. But grandma is still very patient.

"Grandma, let me do it. Although her English is good for communication, she still can't understand if she speaks a little faster." Angela whispered in grandma's ear.

The grandma looked at her granddaughter and then at her friend, then nodded lightly and said in a low voice, "That's fine, you are all about the same age, and you are familiar with each other, so it should be easier to understand her."

After grandma left, the four of them sat down around Lily, and Natalie held out her hand first: "Hi, Lily, do you remember me? We met in Paris two years ago, I didn't expect to meet again here, just now I'm sorry to hear about you from Angie, but I believe this is not the end of your life."

However, Alizee didn't answer, looked up and glanced at her, then lowered down and hugged the backpack tighter. As for the hand in front of her, it didn't seem to exist at all.Several people looked at each other, and Scarlett held out her hand again: "Hi, Alizee, I'm Angie's friend Scarlett Johansson, you can call me Scarlett or Manny, I think I can understand A little bit about your feelings, when my parents divorced, I also felt that my world seemed to collapse, but I still came out of the haze, and I think you can too, right?"

It's a pity that the little girl still didn't make a sound, but her movements were not so stiff at all. At this time Liv also stretched out her hand: "Hi, I'm Liv Taylor. Although I'm older than them, they always Make fun of me for being confused. I'm an illegitimate child and never had a proper father from birth, but I'm still an adult, and there are a lot of bad things that happen to be unfortunate. It would be better to look at it from a different perspective, I think you will understand .”

Alizee still didn't say a word, but the surrounding atmosphere had quietly changed, so Angela also stretched out her hand: "I don't want to say too much, Lily, maybe you didn't have friends before, but it doesn't mean you will never have friends, me and They would all like to be your friends, and I'm sorry for that, but I don't think he would like to see you wrap yourself in ice either."

Finally, the girl raised her head. Although her face was still blank and expressionless, she still stretched out her hand and shook the four hands in front of her quickly. , but the four women all looked at each other and smiled and did not continue but chatted. As for the topic, they were some embarrassing things about each other. Even though Alizee never spoke, they still chatted very enthusiastically.

The chat didn't last long. Liv, Scarlett and Natalie, who were supposed to stay overnight, bid farewell and left, and then Angela took Alizee upstairs to her bedroom, although the girl was no longer a puppet , but still stingy with his own language.

"Sleep here with me tonight, I will tell grandma." Angela helped her put the backpack away, then squatted down and gave her a tight hug, "I think you must have been hugged for a long time asleep, right?"

Alizee, who was still somewhat resistant at first, suddenly stopped her movements when she heard these words, and Angela let her go immediately, looking at the pair of tea-brown eyes that had finally regained some anger, she said softly: "Remember The end credits of Leon the Killer? Remember the end credits of Titanic?"

Although Alizee remained silent until she went to bed, and only occasionally said a word or two, Angela still found it in her pajamas and her face buried in her chest the next morning. Dry tears.While gratified, she also thought about a lot of things, especially after seeing Lily waking up and turning over awkwardly to cover her face, Angela got up immediately and found grandma before breakfast, asking Alizee to follow her to Boston live.

"There is no one she trusts here, and even I can only be counted as half. Whether it is raised by Uncle Dean, Aunt Ruth, or Godfather, it will not help her to open her heart. When she was crying in my arms last night I didn't hear a sound. If she goes to Boston with me, I can come out to look after her and chat with her at any time, just like writing to her, it will always make her open up. Even if I can't come out for something, and Anne, who she goes to school with, can also take care of her, if you are worried about the guardian, you can assign someone to be the housekeeper."

Although this kind of argument is a bit simple, grandma still said that she could consider it, so Angela spent the whole morning discussing the feasibility in detail with her grandparents, and finally pulled Alizee on her way back to Boston at night, and of course at the same time Mr. Ranald Basham, whom grandpa had hired to be the housekeeper of the villa, and several servants were also there.

Annie, who stayed in Boston because of participating in the school parade on Halloween, was very happy about it. She thought the villa here was too big and too empty with too few people. Now that there are so many people suddenly, she naturally feels happy.And after hearing what Angela said about Alizee, she became very sympathetic, and took care of the girl meticulously without Angela's instructions, even though Alizee still remained expressionless and reticent every day.

As for Angela, she found herself in a bit of trouble, not to mention the schoolgirls at college who accosted her more because of her role as Legolas on Halloween, not to mention American Beauty and Never, which were still in production. Compromise", on the second day after returning to Boston, Sparrow rushed over from Los Angeles, and there were two Japanese accompanying him!

"Hello, Miss Mason, I'm Hideo Nakata, it's my honor to meet you!" The unattractive middle-aged man with a square face and a pair of small eyes bowed to himself. 90°, but also very sincere.

Following him, he turned sideways and made an introduction to the man in his 30s who also bowed next to him, with thick eyebrows and big eyes with stubble, "This is Takashi Shimizu, my colleague, his idea of ​​Miss Mason. Highly respected."

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Nakata and Mr. Shimizu, please sit inside first." Angela kept smiling and made a gesture of invitation. I have to say that their serious and respectful appearance really gave people a good impression at the first time.

"What would you like to order? I have coffee, black tea, and green tea here. Of course, green tea is very common and not that particular." Angela asked with a smile after entering the living room and dividing the guests and hosts.

The two men looked at each other and nodded: "Ordinary coffee is fine."

"Okay, Annie, three cups of latte and one cup of cappuccino." After greeting Annie, Angela looked at Nakata and Shimizu again: "Mr. Nakata came all the way, do you have any advice?"

"As for the idea of ​​Miss Mason, I discussed with Mr. Takashige Ichinose, Mr. Hiroshi Takahashi, and Mr. Shimizu. Takashige Ichinose and Hiroshi Takahashi served as the producer and screenwriter of "Midnight Ring" respectively, and Mr. Shimizu was in my He was my assistant when directing." Nakata still maintained a serious face.

Angela frowned slightly. She was not used to Japanese English, but when she went to Tokyo, she realized how good Hideo Nakata's English was among ordinary Japanese. Of course, this is a later story.

"So, in the several emails, the opinions of several gentlemen have been synthesized, right?" Angela asked.

"That's true." Nakata nodded.

"Then Mr. Nakata came here suddenly this time, is he ready to agree to my proposal?" Angela said and glanced at Sparrow next to her. Angela couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

And Nakata coughed dryly, and after a moment of deliberation, he opened his mouth: "In fact, we are a little curious. Miss Mason knows Japanese culture so well. Of course, I don't mean to be disrespectful. I have read your works, especially a few of your works. Horror films, even though you didn't make them, I can still see your talent in them."

"Thank you, Mr. Nakata. In fact, I don't know much about your country's culture. I have only read "Hundred Ghosts at Night" and a few ghost stories. I used to like to find inspiration from East Asian horror stories. This year's "Death is Coming" is the product of this situation. I heard that many shrines and villages in Japan have their own horrors, just like many small towns in the western United States also have unique legends, so I set my sights on Japan. After thinking about it a few times, I watched "Midnight Ring" again, and then I sorted everything out." Angela had to put on a humble look, "What I emailed to you is just some fragments, and the story is basically completed. It’s just that I haven’t quite written it yet.”

"Although everyone has disputes about Miss Mason's idea, they all admit that if it is handled well, it should be quite good, even as good as "Midnight Ring." Speaking of this, Nakata's serious face that seems to never change He couldn't help showing a smile, obviously he was very satisfied with his work, followed him and pulled Qingshui Takashi who didn't speak much: "Qingshui Jun Feitao likes your idea, not only argued for your idea several times, but also based on your idea Those clips were a brief addition, and a lot of shot drafts were done.”

"Really?" Angela raised her eyebrows, "If possible, can I take a look?"

"Of course no problem." Nakata nodded and signaled Shimizu to take the drawing out of the bag, and handed it to Angela.

The lines of the drawing are very messy, but the content is clearly expressed, and the order of numbers on the lower left is clear at a glance.Angela, who was flipping through it, was a little taken aback. This manuscript depicts a scene where the flail palm climbs down from the upstairs like a spider and climbs onto the heroine. The artist obviously grasped the atmosphere she wanted. , both the sub-camera and the basic shape of the characters can basically match the picture she imagined. If it is shot, it should have a strong impact. The only difference is that there is blood on the face of the scorpion.

Could this guy be the director he was looking for?Such a thought appeared in Angela's mind, followed by Nakata's voice: "If possible, can you sell us this script, Miss Mason?"