There was of course a reason for Angela's reaction, she spent a few days with her grandfather and then went to visit Diana at Kensington Palace and finally got to enjoy the remaining two days with Kate at some cheeky one. The guy who skipped work came to the door. If it wasn't for the sake of his uncle and saving him, he would really want to kick him in the face!
Of course, the last sentence is just a talk. The name Alizee is enough for her to put down everything and greet her with a smile. People are so strange, the reaction to knowing and not knowing are completely different things. Some people may say this Very hypocritical, that is because he is not in the game, and people always see others clearly and see themselves blurry.
"Have you seen that big disc? It's one of the two designs made by the British government to welcome the millennium. They call it the Eye of London." Angela said as she introduced, and glanced at the little girl beside her. Although the 13-year-old's face still looks immature, her dark brown short hair that is slightly turned outward, her bright brown eyes, and her well-behaved eyebrows all show her innocence and cuteness. The only regret is that there is no cold expression on her face. ice.
"Please continue." After realizing that she had stopped speaking, Alizee raised her head and seemed to have no emotion in her indifferent tone.
"Ah? Oh, okay, the London Eye will probably be operational by the end of next year, when people can look down on the whole of Lundun, and this Ferris wheel will be the tallest in the world so far." Angela said. The indifference she showed was a headache, but there was nothing she could do for a while. "As for the other design, the Millennium Sedan, designed by Sir Norman Foster, is said to be the first after the London Bridge opened in 1894. A new bridge across the Thames, we can walk over if you want to see it, but now we can only observe it from a distance, which is much later than the London Eye."
"It doesn't matter, just walk around." Alizee was still indifferent, and Angela couldn't help but feel a headache, but it's only been a year and a half, why has she completely changed her personality
"Come on, Lily, although it's not your first time in London, it's not necessarily everywhere, or we could go to Notting Hill, where Julia filmed is now a tourist attraction ." Angela tried to make the girl happy, but Alizee looked up and asked, "Is life always this painful, or is it just childhood?"
The girl was stunned for a moment and suddenly understood a little bit. The letter she had been communicating with the little girl for nearly a year and the indifference she showed yesterday and today allowed her to roughly guess something, which is really a bit…
"You think I meant to say it was supposed to be like this?" Angela rubbed her head, "Don't ask these silly questions, Lily, if movies were life, the world would have been destroyed a million times, and life is nothing at all. I'm not sure, you think I'm very beautiful and outstanding, don't you? But when I go shopping, I have to wear a wig and contact lenses. If I'm not careful, I'll be caught by the tabloids and make some articles out of thin air. This is a complicated issue and no one really understands it. However, philosophy can't really convince people at all, so it's not something you should think about at your age, and I think it's best to put this kind of thing aside, it's not good for your growth!"
After a pause, she took a deep breath and then said, "So how about facing life with optimism? 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 persevered, so don't say anything like life is painful, okay?!"
"Have you also suffered the loss of your parents?" Alizee's expression became strange.
"Well... I mean..." Angela made her expression not look so distorted, "If I hurt my parents like you, I might sink for a while, but in the end I will still survive and change my face. For life. Yes, I know you have suffered a lot of unfortunate things, but this should not be a reason to hate life!"
The girl lowered her head and looked at Alizee's eyes seriously, and the other party also looked back at her without any intention of avoiding it. They looked at each other for a long time until Kate's voice sounded: "Sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time, you..."
"It's nothing, I just want to see who can't help blinking first." Angela said with a smile, and then quickly took the hot drink from Kate: "God, you've been gone for a long time, doesn't the boss have change for you? ?"
"I have to say you guessed right, Angie, in fact the boss turned his pocket upside down and gave me change." Kate handed another cup of hot drink to Alizee and said Seriously, "So where do we go next?"
"Let's go to Notting Hill, I've never been there, and by the way, you can see where Julia Roberts made a movie there." The little girl with the plastic cup said at this time, although her tone was still the same. Indifferent but much better than before.
"Very good, then I will let Ryan and the others drive the car," Angela said immediately, "Do you want me to order him to change his clothes and go on a tour with us?"
Alizee nodded: "Thank you, you are very thoughtful."
"What happened to you before?" Kate asked in a low voice while Angela walked to the side to call.
"There have been some small discussions about certain issues. I told you Lily's story. Some things are really hard for her, especially... Well, don't worry, it'll be alright." Angela After talking on the phone, he smiled, and then hugged Kate apologetically: "I'm sorry, I said it was okay..."
"It's okay, I understand, you're right." Kate interrupted her in a low voice.
"Thank you." Angela curled the corners of her mouth, then snorted coldly as she looked at the approaching car: "Wait and see, I'll take care of him slowly when I return to the United States!"
Of course, this is still just an angry remark. After all, when Pu Guanshui brought Alizee to Ren Dun, he had a lot of cheek to say good things, and Angela also volunteered to accompany the little girl to visit London.
Anyway, after the trip to London, Alizee is in a much better state, but she still has that indifferent expression, as if she keeps everything in her heart and doesn't take it out. If it continues like this, it may develop into Three no girls. Angela had no choice but to make a phone call with Lily while continuing to communicate.
As for the biggest gain in London, of course, Rowling agreed to her request to buy the film production rights of the "Harry Potter" series. Out of the possibility of refusal, the reason why she only replied two days later, apart from the reserved British people, she couldn't believe it, after all, she didn't know that the popularity of the "Harry Potter" series had just taken off, and it was still far from being fully fermented. 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 negotiate with Rowling and draw up the contract. .
Although Ed basically respects Angela's opinions in terms of live-action movies, this time he still can't help but ask whether such conditions are too generous. After all, "Harry Potter" is only a children's book, and McKinley also Said that if he was given full power to operate, he could get more rights. Angela naturally scoffed at this practice of killing chickens and taking eggs, but at present, there is really no stronger evidence that this is a worthwhile investment, and fortunately Sparrow helped her.
"I think a small modification can be made in the contract, and the Pixar film department will assess the value that Harry Potter may have, and then give a reasonable room for possible appreciation, if it does reach it in the next two years. The established goal, then this contract will officially take 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, which is also unacceptable. Unless she bought the film production rights in a private capacity - and then called Rowling to explain the situation, 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 doesn't stop there. Hasbro's Transformers movie rights and, of course, the movie rights to Marvel's popular comics are all her goals, but it's not the time, and everything will have to wait for The Matrix. ” came out, since she had nothing to do with either company and Pixar had yet to show a credible ability to make live-action movies.
Angela is not in a hurry. Anyway, according to her plan, "Memento" has been released and has been well received. After the release of "Death is Coming", it will be "The Matrix", but even so, the production progress of this film is still very slow.
"Try to use electronically synthesized music. The movie describes that the virtual space in the future is a sci-fi movie. It is more appropriate to use electronically synthesized music for the moon and the theme. Of course, other musical instruments can also be used together, as long as the degree is good." After explaining her own idea, Angela frowned and thought for a while before adding a few words: "In short, you are the leaders, I only provide some materials, you can fully develop your imagination, I will not do too much. Interfere, only say yes or no!"
After throwing the written score to the composer and making a big request, she hurried to the editing room, where Ridley was watching the camera while analyzing with the editor.
"Sorry, I'm late, how's your discussion?" Angela sat down beside the old man and took a breath.
"Don't worry, Angie, take a break and drink a glass of water before talking." Ridley waved his hand, motioning her not to be in such a hurry, followed by someone next to him handed a glass of water, the girl said thank you and drank it, and then Looking at several people in the discussion: "I can't be busy, Rayleigh, I need to supervise the later stages of two movies, and what's even more outrageous is that I have to take care of everywhere like a firefighter - I just wrote it. I'm going to have to go to another editing room later, and I found it all by myself! God, I must have been insane to do this in the first place!"
Angela said a lot as if complaining, and then leaned on the back in a bit of dejection. She looked really tired with her right hand on her forehead. Ridley shrugged and looked at the person beside her: "She is the first person today. How many times have you said this?"
"Fourth time." Someone immediately replied with a smile.
"It seems that your mood is not very good today." Ridley said, seeing Angela raising his eyebrows and staring at him, so he said again: "Actually, this is normal, don't we often say that geniuses and lunatics are just A fine line."
"That means thinking about problems rather than doing something beyond your own power." Angela immediately sat up and retorted.
"No, no," the old man smiled and shook his finger, "whether a genius or a lunatic, they will advance toward a seemingly impossible goal, and will not waver at all. More importantly, this goal is They chose it themselves."
Angela frowned and moved her fingers. She felt that what the other party said was wrong, but she couldn't realize what was wrong for a while, so she finally had to curl her lips: "Well, I'm not a genius."
"Ha, Miss Genius has also learned to be a rogue." Ridley laughed this time, and the girl couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but as the other party's laughter disappeared, the corners of her mouth finally curled up: "You plan to do this Laugh all afternoon, Rayleigh? Or should I go over there first and then come over."
"Okay, okay, let's start." The old man stopped his laughter just right, and then coughed lightly for an editor to rewind what he had just seen: "My opinion is that these shots can be kept. …”
One hour of this discussion passed without knowing it, and after countless discussions, it was finally edited—five minutes! Yes, only five minutes, because most of the time Angela was arguing with Ridley, the longest one was about ten minutes, and the content was just whether to keep Keanu's features!
Although Angela is the producer, she can decide for herself in this kind of thing, but the problem is that it was directed by Ridley. He used his own lens language. The scenes the girl once drew are just a reference for him. , so the number of lenses alone is much more than she imagined.
It's not that the girl has no confidence in herself. If she were to act in her own way, she would be very sure that the editing would not lose to the original "The Matrix". After all, Ridley's technique is more sophisticated, and many of the shots are very beautiful, and he completely grasped it. Cool concept requested by Angela. But she is very clear that she still needs to continue to learn, and she needs to seize any opportunity to learn. Since there is such a quasi-master-level person around, how can she let it go in vain
So the editing work has always been moving forward in the dispute between the two, which is one of the reasons for the slow progress in the later stages of "The Matrix". Of course, this kind of editing for only five minutes in an hour is still relatively rare, unless it is a very important scene, and it was just about Neo and Trinity going to rescue Morpheus and having a shootout under the building part.
Angela was very satisfied with the final editing effect, and at the same time she was 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. long enough.
"Let's go here for now. I'll go there for a while and come back again. I'd better ask you to pay attention to it, Rayleigh." Angela said and packed 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." Ridley smiled humorously, and then added: "By the way, Angie, you may have to spend more time here tomorrow, Pixar. The animation department has already rendered the CG related to 'Wheat Field'."
"Really?" Angela asked with surprise. Although most of the special effects of "The Matrix" were done by Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic, the girls in CG still stubbornly handed it over to the animation department. Guys, after all, there are not many people who can just use it to practice, and some people in the animation department are also very interested in using CG for movies. Maybe in the future, Pixar will have a studio entirely dedicated to CG production.
"Obviously, tomorrow's work on "Death Is Coming" can be postponed, and I may stay here for an afternoon." Angela was quite excited after getting a positive answer, "It seems that I should hurry over, Try to make time to complete more, so as not to affect the progress.”
She said that she walked quickly to the door and was about to go out, when Ridley's voice suddenly came from behind: "Angie?"
"What's wrong?" Angela turned her head, and the old man came over and rubbed his nose with his right hand, seemingly embarrassed.
"I want to say... well, let me state first that I'm not trying to bully you, and I never insist on masculine chauvinism, and it feels ridiculous, but I'm going to say..." He made a few gestures to reinforce his tone. , "It's nice to have an argument with you, like... I'm sitting in front of me with a high-spirited boy."
Angela's mouth twitched for a while: "You think I'm like a boy?"
"Although you are an elegant and beautiful woman in every aspect, once you have an argument, you have that feeling," the old man spread his hands in embarrassment, "I don't know why."
"Maybe—" Angela folded her arms and narrowed her eyes. "There is an eagle in my body that is about to fly!"
After she finished speaking, she smiled and turned and walked out, but as soon as she went out, she rolled her eyes, like a boy? Have you ever seen a boy who is menstruating? The reason why I'm complaining about less work than when I was in a hurry at the end of last year is because of this thing.
No wonder it's so hard for a woman to want to do something. Angela had some broken thoughts, but the answer just now felt quite magical, but it would take a long time for this eagle to fly completely on its own wings...