Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 387 It will take a long time...

Of course there was a reason for Angela’s reaction. She spent time with her grandfather for a few days and then visited Diana at Kensington Palace. She could finally enjoy the remaining two days with Kate. But the guy who skipped work came to the door, if it wasn't for the sake of my uncle and saving me back then, I really wanted to kick him in the face!

Of course, the last words are just words. The name Alizee is enough for her to let go of all smiles to greet her. People are so strange. The reaction to knowing and not knowing are completely two different things. Some people may say this It's very hypocritical, that's because he is not in the game, and people always see others clearly and see themselves blurred.

"Did you see that big disc? It's one of the two designs made by the British government to welcome the millennium. They call it the London Eye." Angela said as she introduced and glanced at the little girl beside her. Although the 13-year-old face is still immature, but the slightly curled dark brown short hair, bright tea-brown eyes and well-behaved eyebrows all show her pure and lovely, the only regret is that there is no expression on her face that is slightly cold ice.

"Please continue." Alizee raised her head after she stopped talking, and her tone seemed to be emotionless.

"Ah? Oh, okay, the London Eye will be put into operation at the end of next year, and people will be able to overlook the whole of London from it, and this Ferris wheel will be the tallest in the world so far." Angela said to The indifference she showed was a headache, but there was nothing I could do for a while, "As for the other design, the Millennium sedan, designed by Sir Norman Foster, is said to be the first car after the opening of the London Bridge in 1894." A new bridge across the Thames, if you want to see it, we can walk over to see it, but now we can only observe from a distance, much later than the opening hours of the London Eye."

"It's okay, just walk around." Alizee still had that indifferent attitude, and Angela couldn't help but feel a big headache. It's only been a year and a half, why does she seem to have changed completely?

"Come on, Lily, although it's not your first time in London, it doesn't mean you've been everywhere, or we could go to Notting Hill, where Julia made a movie and it's now a tourist attraction " Angela tried to make the girl happy, but Alizee raised her head and asked, "Life is always this painful, or is it just childhood?"

The girl was taken aback for a moment and suddenly understood. The letters she had communicated with the little girl for nearly a year plus the indifference she showed yesterday and today allowed her to roughly guess something. This is really a bit...

"You think I want to say that it should be so?" Angela rubbed her head, "Don't ask these stupid questions, Lily, if movies were life, the world would have been destroyed a million times, life is nothing I don’t know, do you think I’m very beautiful and outstanding? But when I go shopping, I have to wear wigs and contact lenses. If I’m not careful, I will be caught by the tabloids and make some articles out of thin air. This issue is very complicated and no one really understands it Well, philosophy can't convince people at all, so it's not something you should think about at your age, I think it's best to throw this kind of thing aside, it's not good for your growth!"

After a pause, she took a deep breath and said again: "So face life with optimism, okay? Think about how Ryan cares about you, and think about the answers I gave you in the letter. I have also suffered the loss of my parents, but I still persisted, so stop saying that life is painful, okay?!"

"Have you also suffered the loss of your parents?" Alizee's expression became strange.

"Well... what I mean is..." Angela made her expression not look so distorted, "If I love my husband and parents as much as you do, I may sink for a while, but I will still survive in the end. Face life in this way. Yes, I know that you have encountered many unfortunate things, but this should not be a reason to hate life!"

The girl lowered her head and looked into Alizee's eyes seriously, and the other party looked back at her without any intention of avoiding it. They stared at each other for a long time until Kate's voice sounded: "Sorry for keeping you waiting, you..."

"It's nothing, I just want to see who can't help but blink first." Angela said with a smile, and then quickly took the hot drink from Kate: "God, you've been away for a long time, doesn't the boss have any change for you?" ?”

"I have to say that your guess is really accurate, Angie. In fact, the boss turned his pockets upside down before giving me the change." Kate handed another cup of hot drink to Alizee, saying Seriously, "So where do we go next?"

"Go to Notting Hill, I've never been there, and by the way, I can see where Julia Roberts made a movie there." The little girl with a plastic cup opened her mouth at this time, although her tone remained Indifferent but much better than before.

"Great, then I'll ask Ryan and the others to drive over," Angela said immediately, "Do you want me to order him to change his clothes and then go on a tour with us?"

Alizee nodded: "Thank you, you are very thoughtful."

"Did something happen to you before?" Kate followed Angela and asked in a low voice while she was walking aside to make a phone call.

"There were some small discussions about certain issues. I told you Lily's story. Some things were really hard for her to bear, especially...well, don't worry, it will be fine." Angie After talking on the phone, La smiled, then hugged Kate apologetically: "I'm sorry, it was settled..."

"It's okay, I understand, you're right." Kate interrupted her in a low voice.

"Thank you." Angela bent her lips, then looked at the approaching car and snorted coldly: "Wait and see, I will take care of him slowly when I return to the United States!"

Of course, this was still just an angry word. After all, when Pu Guanshui brought Alizee to Ren Dun, he had the cheek to say good things, and Angela also voluntarily accompanied the little girl to visit London.

Anyway, after the trip to London, Alizee's state of mind is much better, but she still has that indifferent expression, as if she keeps everything in her heart and doesn't show it. If it continues like this, maybe it will develop into Three no girls.Angela has nothing to do about it, so she can only make an agreement with Lily to keep in touch and make phone calls at the same time.

As for the biggest gain in London, of course, Rowling agreed to her request to purchase the film production rights of the "Harry Potter" series. In fact, Magic Mom didn't think about it at all. There was no possibility of refusal, and the reason why she replied only two days later was that she couldn't believe it except for the British's unique reserve. After all, she didn't know that the popularity of the "Harry Potter" series had just taken off, and it was still far away from full fermentation. far away.

Angela didn't know this. Anyway, after receiving Rowling's reply, she immediately notified Ed, and then called the film department manager McKinley and Sparrow from the United States, and asked them to be responsible for negotiating with Rowling and drawing up the contract. .

Although Ed basically respects Angela's opinions on live-action movies, he still can't help asking this time whether such conditions are too generous. After all, "Harry Potter" is only a children's book, and McKinley also It is said that if he is given full power to operate, he can get more rights.Angela naturally scoffed at this practice of killing chickens and taking eggs, but at present, there is really no stronger evidence to prove that this is a worthwhile investment. Fortunately, Sparrow helped her.

"I think a small modification can be made in the contract. The Pixar film department will evaluate the possible value of "Harry Potter", and then give a reasonable room for possible appreciation. If the goal is set, then this contract will come into effect, otherwise it will be revised.” This is the opinion given by Sparrow, Ed and the others finally agreed after thinking for a long time, and Angela finally breathed a sigh of relief. The way, unless she bought the film production rights in a private capacity-then called Rowling to explain the situation, and the other party didn't mind.So after Angela returned to Los Angeles, the film production rights of "Harry Potter" were basically obtained.

Of course, the girl's appetite is more than that. Hasbro's Transformers film production rights and the film production rights of those popular comics under Marvel Comics are her goals, but it is not the time yet, everything has to wait for "The Matrix" ” turned out to be able to start considering the possibility of buying, after all, she has nothing to do with these two companies, and Pixar has not yet shown credible strength in making live-action movies.

Angela is not in a hurry. Anyway, according to her plan, "Memory Fragments" has already been released and has been well received. After "Death Comes" is released to collect money, it will be the turn of "The Matrix". very slowly.

"Try to use electronically synthesized music. The movie describes the future virtual space as a sci-fi movie. It is more appropriate to use electronically synthesized music for the moon and the theme. Of course, it is also possible to use other musical instruments in combination, as long as the degree is good." After explaining her idea, Angela frowned and thought for a while and added a few words: "In short, you are the leaders, I just provide some materials, you can fully develop your imagination, I will not carry out too much Interference, only say yes or no!"

After throwing the written score to the composer and making a lot of requests, she rushed to the editing room, where Ridley was watching the camera while analyzing with the editor.

"Sorry, I'm late, how is your discussion going?" Angela sat down next to the old man and took a little breath.

"Don't worry, Angie, take a break and drink a glass of water before talking." Ridley waved his hand, signaling her not to be in such a hurry, and someone next to him handed him a glass of water. The girl drank it after saying thank you, and then Looking at the few people who were discussing: "I can't help but be busy, Rayleigh, I need to supervise the later stages of two films, and what's even more outrageous is that I have to take care of everything like a firefighter-I just wrote Good score to the composer, I'm going to have to go to another editing room later, and I asked for it! God, I must have been crazy to do this!"

Angela complained a lot, then leaned on the backrest with her right hand covering her forehead, she looked a little tired, Ridley shrugged and looked at the people around her: "She is already the first person today. How many times have you said this?"

"The fourth time." Someone immediately replied with a smile.

"It seems that your mood is really not very good today." Ridley said, seeing Angela raising her eyebrows and staring at herself, so she said again: "Actually, this is normal, don't we often say that geniuses and lunatics are just A thin line."

"That means thinking about problems instead of doing things beyond one's ability." Angela immediately sat up straight and retorted.

"No, no, no," the old man smiled and shook his fingers, "Whether it is a genius or a madman, they will all advance towards a seemingly impossible goal, and they will not waver at all. More importantly, this goal is They chose."

Angela frowned and moved her fingers. She felt that what the other party said was wrong, but she couldn't detect what was wrong for a while, so she could only curl her lips: "Well, I'm not a genius."

"Ha, Miss Genius has also learned to be a rascal." Ridley laughed this time, and the girl couldn't help being a little annoyed, but then the other party's laughter disappeared, and finally the corners of her mouth curled up: "You plan to do this Laughing all afternoon, Raleigh? Or should I go over there first and come back later."

"Okay, okay, let's start." The old man stopped his laughter just right, and then coughed lightly to make an editor rewind what he had just seen: "My opinion is that these shots can be kept ..."

An hour of this discussion passed unknowingly, and after countless discussions, it was finally edited - 5 minutes!Yes, only 5 minutes, because most of the time Angela was arguing with Ridley, the longest one was about 10 minutes, and the content was just whether to keep Keanu's close-up!

Although Angela is the producer, he can make his own decision on this kind of thing, but the problem is that this is directed by Ridley, and he uses his own lens language. The sub-shots that the girl once drew are just a reference for him. , so the number of shots alone is much more than she imagined.

It’s not that the girl doesn’t have confidence in herself. If she decides on her own way, she’s very confident that the edit will not lose to the original version of “The Matrix”. After all, Ridley’s techniques are more sophisticated, and many of the shots are very aesthetically pleasing, and she has fully grasped them. Cool concept requested by Angela.But she is very clear that she still needs to keep learning, and she needs to seize any opportunity to learn. Since there is such a quasi-master by her side, how can she let it go for nothing?

Therefore, the editing work has always been advanced in the dispute between the two, which is one of the reasons why the progress of "The Matrix" was slow in the later stage.Of course, it’s rare to edit only 5 minutes in an hour, unless it’s a very important shot, and what was going to be edited just now was Neo and Trinity going to rescue Morpheus and having a shootout under the building part.

Angela is very satisfied with the final editing effect, and at the same time proud of her decision to add that thing in the first place. This shootout will definitely be more exciting, so she is not in a hurry about the slow progress. As long as it takes.

"Let's go here for the time being. I'm going to go over there for a while before coming back. I'd like to ask you to pay attention, Raleigh." Angela said as she packed up her things, picked up her bag and was about to leave.

"I've been paying attention for so long, there's no reason not to keep paying attention." Ridley smiled humorously, and then added: "By the way, Angie, you may have to spend more time here tomorrow, Pixar The animation department has rendered the CG related to the 'wheat field'."

"Really?" Angela asked with surprise. Although most of the special effects of "The Matrix" were done by Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, the girl still stubbornly handed over the CG to the animation department. Guys, after all, there are not many that can just be used to practice, and some people in the animation department are also full of interest in using CG in movies. Maybe Pixar will have a studio completely dedicated to CG production in the future.

"Obviously, the work on "Death is Coming" can be postponed tomorrow, and I may stay here for an afternoon." After receiving a positive answer, Angela was a little excited, "It seems that I should hurry over, Try to squeeze out more time to complete more, so as not to affect the progress."

As she said, she walked quickly to the door and was about to go out, when Ridley's voice suddenly came from behind: "Angie?"

"What's the matter?" Angela turned her head, and the old man came over and rubbed his nose with his right hand, seeming a bit embarrassed.

"I want to say... well, I'm not trying to impersonate you, and I've never insisted on male chauvinism, and this feels ridiculous, but I still have to say..." He made a few gestures to Strengthen the tone, "It's very pleasant to discuss the quarrel with you, just like... sitting in front of me is a boy in high spirits."

The corner of Angela's mouth twitched for a long while: "You think I look like a boy?"

"Although you are an elegant and beautiful woman in every aspect, once you get into an argument, you will feel that way," the old man spread his hands in embarrassment, "I don't know why."

"Maybe—" Angela folded her arms and narrowed her eyes slightly, "There is an eagle in my body that is about to fly!"

After she finished speaking, she smiled, turned around and walked out, but she rolled her eyes as soon as she went out, like a boy?Have you ever seen a boy with menstruation?The reason why I complained endlessly in a workload that was less than when I was in a hurry at the end of last year was because this thing came.

No wonder it's so difficult for women to do something about it.Angela had some thoughts, but the answer just now seemed to be quite clever, but it would take a long time for this eagle to fly completely on its own wings...