Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 200 Perlman's Invitation

If Angela were to choose ten distinctive movies from the movies she had seen in the past, "The Truman Show" would definitely be among them. This ironic movie is like "Forrest Gump" Generally, every time you watch it again, you will have a deep feeling. For the first time, you may only care about Jim Carrey’s comedy talent, and for the second time, you will doubt whether the people around you are also acting. I will pay attention to the sharp mockery of the film industry and filmmakers!And a merciless attack on the "media omnipotent" view!And the screenwriter of this movie is Mr. Andrew Nicol in front of him. In fact, if he hadn't failed to convince the producer, maybe he would still be the director of "The Truman Show"!

What's more interesting is that after Andrew gained a firm foothold in Hollywood by virtue of his own strength, the first movie that he concurrently served as producer, director and screenwriter was "Virtual Idol"!

Although slightly taken aback, Angela was no longer a newcomer to the entertainment industry, and still maintained a calm smile: "Can I talk about your idea, Mr. Andrew?"

"Of course," the other party nodded, and then started talking: "In my opinion, the director Victor Talansky in the novel is a real artist. He has a crazy pursuit of directing perfect movies. It was precisely this that led to his unemployment—Hollywood doesn’t need perfect movies, they just want profits—so when the perfect virtual number one appeared in front of him, he used her without hesitation, and got deeper and deeper !Even if it is adapted into a script, such factors should be completely retained, but it can be arranged in the film company, such as making his wife the manager of the film department..."

Andrew talked eloquently, and Angela also listened carefully. Although the novel version of "Virtual Idol" was not completely original by her, she still added a lot of things to it. In the movie, the department manager is the ex-wife of the director Victor, but the girl abandoned this slightly warm place in order to show the cold face above the interests of the film company.

However, the biggest change is the ending. The ending of the movie version is that after Mr. Dang Lang went to prison, her daughter killed the virus that infected Virtual One and got the virtual character back.So that his father was acquitted.But Angela completely "killed" the director in the novel, not only the court sentenced him to life imprisonment, but everyone spurned him, including his wife and daughter, because he killed the national idol!

This is the difference between novels and movies. In most movies, no matter how desperate the content is, the audience will always see a glimmer of sunshine at the end. Even cult movies, movies that are truly dark from beginning to end are always in the dark. Non-mainstream status, anyway, 80% of the audience go to the cinema to watch movies to vent rather than to find guilt.

But novels are different.This is especially evident in "I Am Legend". The ending of the movie, whether it is the released version or the director's cut version, looks very sunny, but most people don't know that in the adapted novel, the protagonist finally committed suicide by taking drugs!So Angela revised the ending. Although the story of "Virtual Idol" is quite flawed, if some reasonable parties read it, they will definitely be sprayed with nothing. However, in the sense of the story itself, the more absurd and critical The stronger the sex!So, what is more ironic than people not believing that their idols are virtual characters, so that the director Victor who created all this deserted and went to jail?So the girl wanted to hear Andrew's thoughts on how he would deal with the ending.

But obviously, Andrew thinks that such an ending is not suitable for use in movies. Not only that, he also made some of the sharper plots in the novel more hidden, almost the same as the original version, which surprised Angela a little , but immediately relieved.She vaguely remembered that Andrew's work after "The Truman Show" was "Virtual Idol". There were comments that although his work was humorous and witty, compared with "The Truman Show", the criticism was much weaker , Thinking about it, it's normal, no matter what, he's still looking for a life in the film industry, isn't he?

And now, although Angela has forgotten how the other party became famous, it obviously won't be now, and it won't be because of "The Truman Show", so it is necessary to hide her edge!

"Thank you for your explanation, Mr. Andrew." Angela applauded lightly. "I don't think I have any objection to this. Mr. Sparrow will discuss the details with you later."

"Thank you, Miss Angela." Andrew seemed relieved, and it could be seen that he was very concerned about whether he could get it.

In the girl's mind, Andrew's idea is basically fine, and it's okay to let him operate it, but——

"However, I have a small condition." Angela changed the subject, "I hope that my name will not be mentioned in any publicity."

"If...you can tell me the reason?" Andrew frowned slightly.He is a smart man, otherwise in another time and space, the satirical effect of "Virtual Idol" would not be worse than "The Truman Show".The reason why he came to buy the right to adapt the novel after knowing that Angela was the author, wasn't it because he wanted to use the girl's fame to open up the situation for himself?But if Angela isn't allowed to promote and promote in her name, how much point is there in doing so herself?Although I really like this story.

The girl laughed at this moment: "I think you have misunderstood, Andrew, what I mean is very simple, if a film company buys the script and makes it into a movie, it cannot have my name on it when it is promoted—the name of the original book." You can write a pseudonym in the column."

The other party breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time knew that Angela already knew what he was thinking, so she couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and coughed dryly: "I think I'm fine, but the film company..."

"It's okay, if they call, I will explain to them." The girl quickly answered, and she vaguely remembered that the box office of "Virtual Idol" didn't seem to be very good, and she didn't want to be questioned because of it, even if she didn't Participated in the adaptation, but the media, who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, will inevitably make hype again, which is very annoying; if only the film company knows, even if the box office fails, it will only have the idea of ​​​​"It's a pity that Angela didn't adapt it herself". For girls, this will not only help improve their rights, but also buy favors for Andrew.I have to say that this heart and eye played very well.

"Then that's it, I'll excuse you first." The girl stood up, nodded to Andrew, and then walked outside, when Sparrow, who was supposed to take over the negotiation, suddenly stopped her: "Please wait , Angela."

"What's wrong?" the girl turned around.

Sparrow walked over quickly, and then lowered his voice slightly: "There is an important invitation, I think I should tell you now, so that you will have more time to think about it."

"It's so important to say it now? Could it be that Time Magazine wants me to be on the cover?" Angela asked jokingly.

Sparrow didn't laugh, but said very seriously: "Mr. Perlman will perform the first concert of his national tour at the Kodak Theater on April 4, and he hopes you can be his guest performer!"

"Itzhak Perlman?! You mean Mr. Itzhak Perlman?! Did I hear you right, Jack!" Angela was a little startled, knowing that she and this famous violinist had an intersection It was only limited to the few days when "Schindler's List" was filmed in Poland. Although they chatted happily at that time, they were not close enough to invite her to be a guest performer, right?

"That's true. Mr. Perlman's assistant called me this morning, and I checked with him himself," Sparrow handed over a note. "This is Mr. Perlman's phone number, he said Give me a call if you have questions."

The girl took the note with the phone number on it. She is still a little confused. Although she knows that she plays an instrument well, even now she has never stopped practicing every day. Many people praised her, saying She has the level of a quasi-master, but she never thinks so herself. Now the violin master Itzhak Perlman actually invites her to be the guest performer of his first concert, which makes her feel flattered.

When she returned to the garden, she was still a little dizzy. This was so sudden that Angela couldn't help asking herself: Can it work?

At this time, a sound of yelling came into my ears from the side, and I turned my head to see that the two little guys, Clark and Isabel, were walking crookedly on the grass led by the maid, although they were about to They are 2 years old, but their small arms and legs are not enough for them to fully support their bodies.But there are a few words to say.

Probably feeling her sister's gaze, the two little guys turned their heads around at the same time, then screamed happily, struggling to walk towards her.

"Hey, you two, miss me that much?" Angela temporarily put the question aside, walked over with a smile, first hugged her younger sister, and kissed her pink cheek, the little guy was so happy Waving his hands, he opened his mouth and said things he didn't understand.And Clark next to him was not happy at this time. He thought his sister was eccentric, and immediately burst into tears as soon as his face collapsed.

"Hey hey, Klaue, I didn't say I don't want you!" The girl yelled hurriedly, squatting down quickly, hugging her younger brother in her arms, and then, as usual, with the help of the maid, the two little ones Pick them up one by one in each hand, and then sit down on the chair under the parasol, letting them cling to your body.

Only in this way will the younger siblings feel fair and stop making noise, but then they start to toss on the older sister in a tacit understanding, such as grabbing the older sister's hair with their hands, or wiping the saliva on the older sister's clothes or On the face, it would be better if it dripped into the sister's neckline.

Angela can also let them make trouble, after all, she is her younger brother and younger sister. She was a single child in her previous life, so it is impossible for her to have a younger brother or younger sister.

"If only you were in New York now," the girl sighed while playing with the two little guys on her body. "Maybe I can rely on you to make up with Natalie."

The little ones couldn't understand her at all, they looked at her with bright eyes, they could only yell, and occasionally they could say a word, for example, Isabel yelled: "Violin!"

"Have you already learned this word? So my education work is doing pretty well." Angela said with a smile, suddenly her heart moved, and a few seconds later she kissed her sister suddenly: "It's great, Isha ,I love you!"

Just as the younger brother was about to protest, Angela immediately gnawed on his face again, then handed the two little guys over to the maid, and followed the rush into the room. Isabel's words reminded her that she was going now Give Perlman a call, if she can confirm a few things, maybe she can win Natalie's heart back!