Hollywood Secret Garden

Seeing the surprised and puzzled expression of the little girl, Nancy was 50% sure that she was the one who wrote the letter to herself, but if it was indeed her, it would be unbelievable. A little girl who is only 11 years old How is it possible to write such an article?

"I'm Nancy Meyers, you should be Angela Mason." Although her heart was full of ups and downs, Nancy still said with a smile.

"Yes, I'm Angela, but why did you come to my house?" The little guy just slapped his head and exclaimed in surprise: "My God, you received my letter! Do you think it's okay? ! This is my first time writing a script! I... I have read a lot of books, but I always feel that there is something missing, can you give me some pointers?"

The little girl's tone was full of excitement and excitement, and she didn't realize how much shock her words had brought to Nancy and George.Especially Nancy, although she was already mentally prepared, she was still very excited when she heard her admit that this excellent script was actually written by this little girl, but in this excitement, there was confusion and doubt, At least in her experience, she has never seen or heard of an 11-year-old girl who can write a script. She probably picked up a story somewhere, copied it and sent it to herself, right?

Although George was also excited, he didn't think too much about it. When he saw Angela for the first time, he found her unique charm, especially those bright green eyes, even compared with Vivien Leigh. She doesn't show off too much, and she always has a subtle and indescribable temperament. Maybe as long as she operates a little bit properly, she will definitely be a popular child star, and this little girl can still write—if the script is really What she wrote, if such a talented child star can be promoted, it will be of great help to the film company!

At this moment, Elena, the little girl's mother, coughed lightly. Angela, who had already spoken incoherently, immediately closed her mouth, shrank her neck and remembered something, and said enthusiastically to Nancy: " Please come and sit down, Mrs. Meyers." Then she looked at George suspiciously.

Before Nancy could speak, George had already bowed slightly and said, "Hi, Miss Mason, I'm the head of the script editing and review team of Disney Pictures, and I'm here to talk to you about the script."

Seeing Angela's confused look, he quickly explained with a smile: "That's right, Miss Mason, generally speaking, unless it's a low-budget movie, there's no way for a producer to make a movie by himself."

Seeing that the little girl still didn't understand, he was about to explain further, but Angela said beforehand: "Anyway, please sit down and talk first?" George couldn't help feeling more fond of her, and sat down with Nancy again. on the sofa.

Then, after getting Elena's permission, George explained to the little guy: "Generally speaking, when a screenwriter has a good script, he will directly submit it to the film company, and the script editor of the film company will report it to management after confirming that it is worth shooting. The higher level evaluates and invests funds, then purchases scripts from screenwriters, and finally contacts producers to select directors and actors. Each company has full-time screenwriters who have signed long-term contracts, but they also accept contributions from other non-signed professional screenwriters and non-professional screenwriters. "Speaking of this, he was a little embarrassed and smiled: "Send the script to the producer like you, basically...well, no."

Angela stuck out her tongue: "I'm sorry if this caused you trouble. I just like the movies made by Mrs. Meyers very much. I think she is very good at this kind of romantic comedy movies."

George laughed: "It's nothing, in fact, I agree with you, so we came to visit together."

"That means you have decided to invest in the filming of this script? It was produced by Mrs. Meyers?!" Angela immediately widened her eyes and said excitedly.

"Although I can't decide, I think it should be fine." George glanced at Nancy and nodded.

After the little girl looked at Nancy, she asked calmly, "Before that, may I ask two questions? Miss Mason."

"No problem, you can call me Angela." The little girl said with a smile.

"Okay, May... oh, Angela, may I ask how you know my address first?" Nancy asked the first question.

"The 4th issue of "Cinema Handbook" this year." Angela answered very briefly, which made Nancy slightly stunned.

"Is it the issue that introduced "The New Father-in-law?" She asked uncertainly.

"Yes, although it's not very detailed, the postman still delivered the letter to you, didn't he?" The little girl shrugged, "Maybe, Mr. President can give this gentleman a medal for this."

Nancy smiled, looked at Mrs. Mason on the side, and then asked the second question: "Can you tell me about your original intention for writing this script?" She tried her best to keep her tone calm, not wanting to appear rude.

"Original intention? You want to ask me why I wrote this script," Angela peeked at her mother, stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly: "Actually, it was an accident when I first wrote this script, mainly because I wanted an older sister or a younger sister." , otherwise it would be too boring to be alone at home. I have many friends, but they won’t be at your house all the time, right? Mom and Dad love me very much, but they can’t be with me all the time. They all have their own things to do I do, so I sometimes think how nice it would be if I were twins, maybe my life would be more interesting."

Then she took a peek at her mother again, making sure Elena's face didn't change before she continued talking. It seemed that she was "afraid" of her mother. Nancy couldn't help but whisper in her heart, to the little girl Also a little more trust.

"Actually, what I originally planned to write was a story about twins messing with their parents at home, a bit like "Growing Pains", but obviously, I didn't know much about this aspect, and after a few revisions Then I suddenly came up with an idea, if the twins were separated because their parents were divorced from birth, what would happen after they met by chance? Would they have thought about it from the moment they couldn’t see each other when they first met to when they knew the truth? If you want to match your parents again, how do they match up? How about switching identities to live with your father or mother? Then how can you not be discovered? How can you find the reason for your parents’ divorce? How can you get your parents together again? I thought it was very fun to think about it, so I overturned what I wrote before and completely re-conceived it."

The little guy paused here, took a sip of water and continued: "After overthrowing and rewriting, it is much faster than before, because a lot of material is in front of me. My father is American and my mother is British. Every year we will Going to London or Bristol to visit grandpa and grandma, so I put the main scene transition on that. Also, some of the supporting characters in the script can be found in our family. You see Josie in it is Aunt Jennifer , she came to our house to work when my father was a child, and Martin's butler is Mr. Gerald of the grandfather's house, but he is also very funny, but most of the time he is very strict."

Looking at the eloquent Angela, Nancy's only suspicion disappeared. In fact, there are still geniuses in this world, isn't it?And George was thinking about another headache. Judging from the little girl's story and her family situation, she is not an ordinary rich family. Will her guardian allow her to make movies?Taking a step back, even if she still has her parents' consent, most of them will choose Universal or Paramount and other established film companies instead of them. The only advantage of Disney is that she has a considerable affection for Nancy, which is amazing. It's really difficult.

"Sorry, may I interrupt?" Mrs. Mason, who had been listening quietly, suddenly interjected, looking at her daughter with a perceptive smile on her lips: "Chris, I think you should have something else that you haven't brought out?"

what else?Nancy was a little puzzled, but she immediately realized that Mrs. Mason didn't quite believe that it was written by her daughter. She smiled softly in her heart. As a mother of two children, she understands this mentality of worrying about gains and losses .

And Angela's little face collapsed immediately, she scratched her head and hesitated for a moment, then sighed: "Okay, I see, Mom."

Saying that, she jumped off the sofa and ran upstairs quickly, and ran down with a big folder after a while.After returning to the sofa, she first took out an envelope and handed it to her mother. Mrs. Mason took the envelope calmly, raised her eyebrows unconsciously when she saw the address on the envelope, and then pulled out the letter After glancing at it, the always calm look also showed a surprised expression, and she only heard her whisper:

"Respect Miss Mason, we are honored to inform you that your short story "They Are Made of Meat" published in this magazine last year was nominated for this year's Nebula Award for Best Short Story, please reply us before the end of April, " Sincerely, Marvel Magazine."

As soon as this letter was read out, the three adults present were shocked again, "Amazing" magazine?Nebula Award?Oh my God, is everything that happened today a fairytale!George involuntarily touched his forehead and wanted to groan. "Amazing" is the oldest science fiction magazine in the United States, and the Nebula Award is also the highest award for science fiction alongside the Hugo Award. An 11-year-old girl's short story is not only published in " Marvel Magazine, and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story!Has something incredible happened in this world? !

The surprise of the other two ladies was not much better than George's, especially Mrs. Mason, looking at the letter in her hand and looking at her daughter, for the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

Before they continued to ask questions, the little guy continued to take things out of the folder:

"This is the notice of publication, this is the issue of "Surprise" that published my novel, and this is the receipt of the payment check."

When the last thing was taken out, everyone was in a state of dizziness. It was a thick stack of paper with pictures and manuscripts. Angela handed it directly to George: "Mr. Wells, this It’s the script of a cartoon I made last year. It’s adapted from “The Prince’s Revenge”. It’s about the story of the African savannah. There’s also a concept map I drew in it. I named it—“ The Lion King!"