Hollywood Secret Garden

"How about it, my robot looks very oppressive?" James closed the door of the editing room casually, and asked with a smile as he walked, while Angela shrugged: "Not bad, but I prefer them to deform The shots at the time. Although there are no sound effects or anything, the shots alone are enough, and it is indeed a correct decision to choose you as the director."

"Actually, I can do it more perfectly, as long as you..." James blinked and was about to say something, but Angela interrupted unceremoniously: "I will give you what should be given to you, don't even think about me adding even more." An investment of one cent!"

"Okay, okay," James whined and waved his hand, "You are not cute at all when you are the boss, I really miss you when I made "Titanic" six years ago, how serious and confident you were and excellent."

"Okay, James, some things are in the past, and you always talk about what you did in the past?" Angela rolled her eyes, looking a little annoyed, "Can talking about the past make you do better now?"

"Hey hey hey, I'm just expressing emotion, don't you need to criticize so much?" James raised his hands and raised his hands, then walked a few steps to the front, opened the door, turned his head and made a gesture of invitation to Angela.

"What's going on here?" Angela walked in with a smile, "It looks like... dubbing?!

The smile suddenly froze. Behind the large glass wall, Jessica stood in front of the microphone, looking at the script script on the shelf, and said something with a sweet smile.It's just that in the eyes of familiar people, that smile is less bright than before.

Jessica, who was dubbing the voice inside, also noticed someone coming in, and couldn't look away after glancing at the door.

"What's going on, Jessica?" The staff responsible for the recording raised his head a little annoyed, and after noticing her gaze, he looked towards the door, and then showed a look of sudden realization.

"Okay, let's take a break for 10 minutes." He said something into the microphone, stood up and greeted James who came in: "Hey, James, what's the problem with coming here suddenly? I'm very serious. Work, everyone can testify."

Low laughter suddenly sounded around, James smiled and shook his head: "Don't be so nervous, Byron, I haven't lost my temper with you for a long time, can't you be a little normal in front of me?"

"Long time?" Byron raised his eyebrows, "I...I still remember last year before Christmas, because I was in a hurry to go home..."

"Okay, Byron, I didn't come here to talk about that," James reached out to stop him from speaking, "I just brought someone who has been caring about this movie over to see the current semi-finished product."

As he spoke, he turned his head and was about to call Angela over, but saw Angela leave the dubbing room in a hurry, and Jessica, who was standing in front of her just now, looked blank, as if she didn't know what happened.

After a long breath, Angela slowed down, then stopped at the corner of the aisle, and then cupped her face and gritted her teeth in a low voice.Damn it, after saying hello, I obviously wanted to say something in a sarcastic tone, "It seems that you have been doing well recently", but why did you ask hesitantly, "Now...how are you?"? !

And no matter what words come out of her mouth, they will change and become completely different from what she wants to say. She can't even ask her with a sneer, "You came to the Halloween party last year and left immediately, so you hate me so much?"

Damn it!Angela closed her eyes and cursed inwardly, but her mind was full of the other party's depressed eyes and pretended no longer bright smile. "Long time...no see, Angie..." She looked at herself and asked, the slight tremor in her voice could be heard, and the sadness in her lowered eyelids could also be seen. Angela couldn't understand the inexplicable anxiety Overwhelmed.

Punching the wall hard, that's what she really wants to do now, Jesse seems to have lost a lot of weight...

"Angie, what happened?" James came over at this moment, finally bringing Angela back to her senses.In just a few seconds, she returned to her previous appearance, turned her head and asked doubtfully, "What?"

"Why did you leave so suddenly?" James asked, gesturing, "I thought you'd be very happy..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, James, something went wrong," Angela interrupted him apologetically, and followed the phone in Yang Yang's hand, "Jack just called and needs to talk to me, so I'm going to ask left."

"Is that so?" James squeezed his knuckles, "It's a pity, but it's okay, you can come over anytime."

"Thank you." Angela apologized again and turned around to walk towards the exit, but James stopped her immediately: "Wait, Angie, can I invite you to write a script for me?"

"Script?" Angela looked at James suspiciously.

"Yes, remember the new type of movie I told you before? It is basically ready for use. I plan to start preparing for a new movie after the production of "Transformers" is completed, and I have a general idea. The inspiration comes from I have seen a dream of "Star Wars", I hope you can write a script based on what I provided." James said a little eagerly.Seeing that Angela showed hesitation, she quickly added: "If you don't have time, if you don't mind, I can write an outline or even the first draft for your reference."

"Okay, that's it." Angela, who was entangled in something, nodded and agreed without thinking carefully.

After arriving at the parking lot and getting on the car, Angela breathed a sigh of relief, but it was impossible to completely calm down.After hesitating for a few minutes, she took out her phone and made a call: "Hi, Annie, I want... to hold a small party at home... Yes, that's right, as for the guests... Weiwei, Lindsay and... "

The thumping water splashed, and the permeating water vapor made the whole room look hazy, and the laughing and joking sounds were accompanied by the plopping sound from time to time, and the lotus root-like arms and calves were looming in the mist with water droplets .

After a few more clattering sounds, a person crawled on the wall of the bath, giggling and begging for mercy: "Okay, okay, I surrender."

"Isn't it too late to surrender now, huh?" Another beautiful body came up and hugged her in his arms.

"Hey, you said that as long as I surrender, it's fine, Angie, you have to keep your promise!" Avril Lavigne protested.

"I just told the truth, and didn't say to continue, didn't I?" Angela smiled, hugged her and leaned against the wall of the bathtub to immerse her body in the hot water, and then pressed the switch of massage surfing .

Perhaps the frolic between them consumed most of the energy, Avril Lavigne quietly snuggled into Angela's arms and felt the impact of the water waves, occasionally caressing each other gently or rubbing their ears together.

"Angie, why did Lindsay become a little depressed after the party that day? I seem to see what you said to her?" Avril suddenly raised her head and asked.

Angela stroked the wet hair on her forehead, and replied after a while: "I said something... She might be angry if she didn't like to hear it... Don't worry, Lindsay is a simple girl, she won't Thinking too much."

"But she always takes your opinion very seriously," Avril Lavigne involuntarily had a bit of sourness in her tone, but it disappeared before she noticed it, "Angie, Lindsay just likes to play, she is still very measured, I can attest to that..."

"Okay, Weiwei, I know what you said, and I have a sense of proportion," Angie stretched and shaved her little nose, then lowered his head and kissed the corner of her mouth, "Don't worry, okay?" ?”

Having said that, Angela's mind couldn't help replaying the conversation that day.

"Why can't I stay?" In the corner, Lindsay asked angrily.

"Some things should stop, Lindsay." Angela said in a calm tone, "I understand your thoughts, but this is wrong, I don't like you like this, understand?"

"Then...so what?!" Lindsay waved her hands a little irritably, "I like you, that's my business..."

"But going to bed is different," Angela interrupted immediately, "I hope...you are my sister."

"But we've already done it, haven't we?" Lindsay said stubbornly.

Angela didn't speak anymore, and after looking at her for a while, she said coldly: "I met Jessie when I went to James Cameron to supervise "Transformers" today, you want... let me feel her in you breath?"

Lindsay's expression changed immediately, and she left the party angrily without saying anything.

Rejecting Lindsay...is it because of Paris?When Angela was wiping Avril's hair, a thought suddenly popped up.

Nonsense!She immediately sneered in her heart.

Yeah?The voice sounded again.Then why are you still not sure about your relationship with Weiwei?Why had she been told not to tell Lindsay about your sex to anyone?Or are you just... treating her like a toy?

Angela's complexion suddenly became ugly. Avril, who was combing her hair facing the mirror, noticed her strangeness, and couldn't help but turned her head and asked, "What's wrong, Angie?"

"No, it's nothing." Angela then smiled and hugged her flat belly from behind, kissed the back of her neck before looking at the mirror and jokingly said: "I found that your breasts seem to be smaller than before. "

"Are you showing off how big you are?" Avril immediately rolled her eyes, and suddenly turned around and grabbed the softness of Angela's chest. The two immediately started fighting in the bathroom, and they didn't give up until Avril conceded. .

I can do whatever I want, and I can do whatever I want, and I don't need others to tell me what to do!Angela, who had teased Avril so that her face was flushed, said so coldly in her heart.

However, when she came to the bedroom with the girl in her arms, put each other lightly on the bed, looked into Ai Zang'er's gray-blue eyes for a while, and then said softly: "Tonight, we just hugged each other and fell asleep, nothing happened. do it, okay?"

At the end of January 2003, Angela returned to London from Los Angeles. She had dealt with the forward-looking affairs related to the new movie, and now it was time to visit Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace.

And before that, she has other things to do. Even though she handed over the post-editing of "True Love Actually" to the assistant director and others, it doesn't mean she doesn't care about it at all. His own signboard is not worth the candle.At the same time, she has to deal with Jamie Johnson, who came from Los Angeles to make "Born Rich".

"I actually seldom go shopping for clothes, and I don't have several rooms for storing clothes, shoes, and accessories like the rumors. It's not that I don't like it, but I don't have the time and energy to do it," Angela said as she walked. Talking to the young man around 20 years old, the photographer stood behind him against the camera.

"Is it because you spend all your energy and time on work?" Jamie Johnson asked with a smile. His facial features are sharp and sharp, and he smiles very well. "Then this can confirm another rumor."

Angela smiled and opened the door in front of them for them: "Before this, I still had studies. Fortunately, I have already graduated. Frankly speaking, it is not easy to make a movie while going to Harvard. I was afraid that I would not finish it several times. Industry."

"It would be much better if it was just filming, right?" Jamie asked. "There are many movie stars who are going to college while filming cypress movies. It would definitely take a lot of time to make."

"The key is to arrange the time and let go when it's time to let go," Angela said, pointing to the people who were working hard around her, "Look, they are working on the post-production of "Love Actually". Because this movie is a warm The movie, and it’s going to be released this Christmas, so there’s plenty of time to slowly build it, so I just hand it over to them to come and see it occasionally.”

Having said that, she raised her voice slightly: "Can someone tell me what's going on?"

The main person in charge didn't speak, but was quiet for a few seconds, and then a guy suddenly jumped up, straightening his body upright: "Report sir, everything is going well, we have finished the 30-minute edit!"

Angela couldn't help but rolled her eyes, and waved her hands a little funny: "Thank you for your answer, Sergeant Jim, please continue."

"Understood, sir!" Jim replied angrily, and there was a burst of low laughter from all around.

"Okay, let's go back to the conference room. I believe you should have a general understanding of where I work." Angela said as she walked out of the editing room, while shaking her head half complaining in her heart.

After the high school reunion, Angela called Jim as agreed. He has rich editing experience and likes the whimsical atmosphere of Pixar, and he quickly gained a foothold. This time, Angela specially asked him to come over to help with the post-production of "True Love Actually" clip.It's just that this guy may be stimulated by the last class reunion, and he often likes to act like a combat soldier, and the people around him not only don't hate it, but also find it very interesting, so the situation just now happens at any time.

"Obviously, you're popular everywhere," Jamie continued, "but don't you think it's less dignified if you're always like this?"

"Lack of majesty? No, no, no, no, Jamie, I actually lose my temper when I'm directing when I have problems that I can't always solve, especially women are more emotional than men at certain times of the month," Angela said without any scruples, completely ignoring the embarrassing expressions of Jamie and others.

"At this time, everyone will be careful not to offend me, otherwise I will definitely be ridiculed." Angela continued, "Of course, if you want to maintain the attitude of an executive like the company's CEO, I will No way. You know, I'm not gifted in business, so I have no idea what kind of gesture it's supposed to be."

"It's true that there are a lot of news that you don't understand business, but anyway, you injected capital into Pixar and Apple at the right time, and made a fortune in the IT storm in 2000, didn't you?" Jamie asked immediately.

"Oh, don't talk about it, Jamie," Angela smiled wryly and spread her hands, "If I was interested in business before, after selling stocks in 2000, I realized that I would never be able to be financially interested. There was some development. The coping solutions I had racked my brains and came up with in my father’s hands quickly became waste paper, so I gave up those delusions and did what I could do and loved.”

"Make Movie?"

"To be precise, it is storytelling. Telling a good story and telling a good story are the most basic elements of a good movie..."

The interview of "Born to Wealth" lasted intermittently for almost a week. Apart from Angela, Jamie also interviewed many people around her. Most of them cooperated and talked about their views on Angela from their own perspective.Of course, there were also people who dismissed it. For example, when asked about it, Alizee just said "just ask her" before ignoring her, which made Jamie stand there awkwardly for a while. Angela made a break.

"Don't take it to heart, she just doesn't like to talk too much." Angela said so.

By the time Jamie Johnson left London, it was already early February. Although London was still cold, it couldn’t stop the paparazzi’s enthusiasm. They were like frogs waking up from hibernation and began to jump out of Angela’s house. There was a lot of noise around - because the nomination list for this year's Oscars was released ahead of schedule.

Released at the end of last summer vacation, the controversial "Crash" was nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Song, and Best Original Screenplay. Angela once again won three nominations!Especially the last original screenplay nomination, she won two nominations for "Crash" and "Little Miss Sunshine" at the same time!

Reminiscent of the statuettes that she won the best adapted screenplay in the previous three years, some reporters exclaimed: Is Ms. Angel planning to win all screenplay awards while winning the best film?

Of course, more people still focus on whether she can get the best director award this time. After all, this is the fifth consecutive nomination.

Angela herself didn't take it seriously. Although she was a little surprised to be shortlisted for the original script, she still smiled bitterly. After all, the word "original" is quite ironic.

As for the nomination for Best Director, whether she can get it or not won't have much impact on her plan—although she hopes to wait until next year—so Angela puts all her energy on other things.