"I sometimes wonder what I would be like now if you didn't show up to me that day and reach out to me."
"It's really hard to describe that feeling in words. From the initial curiosity to the attachment to the inability to extricate myself, the subtle power made me captive by you without even realizing it."
"I've been trying my best to catch up with you, but you can only let me look up."
"I just want to hold you in my arms, I love you, Angie."
Angela closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She removed from her mind the warm image of the two of them in the bathtub after their passion. Then she opened her eyes and moved. After running, jumping, and tossing dozens of times, she was completely completely With a twist of his waist, he jumped onto the plum blossom pile in the fitness room, and put on a prudent posture to practice the kung fu he had learned.
Once, twice, three times, she kept practicing, even though the sweat kept slipping down from her forehead, even though the tights were gradually soaked, Angela still didn't want to stop, she moved out and punched like a vent, until After a straight punch, her arm felt sore, and she finally stopped her stance. He calmed down from the violent heaving of his chest, and jumped off the plum blossom pile only 3 feet high.
Yes, it's only 3 feet tall and it's not a stake yet, and my mom wouldn't allow her to set up stakes in the garden, nor would she agree to set it too high, so the 3-foot "plum stake" in the gym became Her practice location.
"Forget it, I'm not a grandma after all. If it's too high, I can't guarantee that I won't fall, and there is a possibility of being photographed secretly in the garden." Angela, who was in a better mood, mumbled and laughed, and moved her body again before applying Shi Ran left the gym, greeted the servants and the housekeeper all the way back to the bedroom.
After taking a comfortable hot shower and changing her clothes, Angela sat quietly on the grand piano. She opened the lid and swiped her fingers on the keys to make a pleasant sound, and then played with one hand for a few seconds. After that, the other hand was also put up, and the music played was not complicated, very simple but very ethereal, giving people a quiet and cold feeling, tugging at the heartstrings but unpredictable.
This is the soundtrack she made for "American Beauty", and it is completely original by herself. Although she has only written two paragraphs so far, Angela has fully grasped what the film wants to express: the loneliness and craving.
So she decided to use only the piano and the guitar to play, because the simpler it is, the more it can highlight the lonely atmosphere and the desire for beauty. I have to say that Angela's musical talent is really outstanding. She let the piano be responsible for the performance of the entire section, and the guitar assisted occasionally to make a finishing touch, which is very suitable for the emotions contained in the movie.
However, this is not an easy task. The simpler things are, the more difficult it is to do well, so even though Angela has written two pieces of 5-minute pieces, she still revises them repeatedly to achieve the best performance. Effect.
Maybe you can find some old songs from the 60s and 70s to add. Angela, who was revising the draft of the score, thought this way, whether it was Spacey or the character he played, he spent his youth in that era. Think about the old time when Lester drove the Firebird home. The song should be fitting. But that would have to ask someone to help, she had to do more than soundtrack.
Angela couldn't help but feel a little conflicted. The work of the soundtrack simply wanted to add her own understanding of the movie, but she didn't have her own professional team like John Williams or Hans Zimmer. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't work with other professionals, but it certainly won't be very efficient in terms of efficiency.
If it were any other time, Angela could take it slow, even though she's going to Harvard soon, but the course schedule in college is definitely more loose than high school, so she can definitely spare more time. But the problem is that Angela wants the movie to be released on Christmas Day in December! She is not worried about the progress of the editing. It is enough to prove that she completed the shooting in 7 weeks. She can definitely complete the editing in the next 4 months, but there are other work to be done at the same time, such as post-production. Dubbing, soundtracking, publicity, etc., it would be very troublesome if it was delayed because of certain things.
"Don't worry, there will be a way." Angela said after playing the tune again, and then Annie knocked on the door and walked in: "The time is up, Angie, they are all waiting for you below."
"Do you have two or four of them?" Angela asked jokingly, and put on her coat at the same time.
"You know." Annie smiled and didn't answer directly.
"Poor little fellows." Angela, who had tidied up a little in front of the vanity mirror, sighed softly. She didn't know whether she was really sympathetic or gloating. Anyway, Annie rolled her eyes and turned away. But Angela immediately followed and took her arm affectionately: "Don't go so fast, can't you wait for me for a few minutes?"
"Do you want me to hold your hand and lead you out, miss?" Annie gave her a roll of eyes again.
"It sounds good, so I'll do it in the future!" Angela nodded solemnly, but with a smile, she pulled Annie's arm: "Annie, would you like to go to the East Coast with me?"
"Let's go together?" Annie stopped and looked at Angela in surprise.
"Let's go together," Angela nodded seriously, "I'll let someone rent a villa near Cambridge City, you know, even if I go to Harvard, it won't just be my studies, I think someone can help me pay attention things in life.”
"You just want me to go?" Annie asked sarcastically, "Aren't you afraid that I will disturb you?"
"Oh, of course not. Besides, I really like the way you wear a maid outfit." Angela came up to her and said in a serious tone, and laughed when Annie subconsciously ducked back: "Okay. , I'm joking."
"You must know that you are the person who knows me the most, and... the person who knows me the best. I don't worry about others." Angela whispered in Annie's ear after laughing. This time she was not pretending to be serious. of.
Annie gave her a deep look: "I see. If Madam and they don't object to me, they don't have any opinion."
"Don't worry, I will convince Mom and Dad, thank you." Angela, who was happy, quickly kissed Annie's cheek, and then slipped into the restaurant giggling.
Annie shook her head helplessly, a look of worry flashed in her eyes, she never let go, it would only get worse.
The atmosphere of the dinner was very harmonious. The only thing that made Angela a little bit big was that the two little guys, Willie and Ike, were tearfully pulling the corners of her clothes, hoping that my sister would not leave them to Massachusetts.
"I'm not here, you won't be able to do anything?"
nod.
"Don't tell me that if I'm not here, you will never be happy or unhappy from now on?"
nod.
"Am I not here anymore, am I not your sister!"
Nodding, and then shaking his head after the murderous aura hit his face.
"Now! Go to the children's room! Otherwise I have reason to think that you need to strengthen your etiquette studies!"
Under the threat of their sister, the two little ghosts finally followed the nanny out of the restaurant. Angela then sat back on the chair as if relieved, and spread her hands to her mother helplessly: "They are too annoying. ."
"They just love you very much." Mom crossed her hands elegantly and looked at her daughter with a smile.
"I know, it's just..." Angela waved her hand and changed the subject: "Okay, Mom and Dad, it happens that you are all here. I have a small request that I hope you will agree to."
"Small request?" Father raised his eyebrows and tapped his fingers back and forth on the dining table, "Okay, let's hear it."
Angela knew how much her father understood her mind, but she had already prepared enough reasons to convince him: "You know, Harvard has accepted my admission application, so in a few days I will be going to the East Coast. ."
"It's not just us, now the whole world knows you're going to Harvard." Mom complained.
"Even if I don't disclose it on the blog, those reporters with a keen sense of smell can still easily find out." Angela spread her hands helplessly. After negotiating to combine the content of her websites on both sides to build a new official website, and put the blog here, Angela is in
The first blog post announced that he was going to Harvard.
The funny thing is, because the two consecutive films released in the first half of the year were made by her, and there were concerts interspersed in the middle, many reporters ignored the fact that Angela had graduated from high school, so she waited for her on her blog. When they announced that they would go to Harvard, they were surprised to find that Angela had been awarded the AP National Scholar Award, so they hurried to dig on it.
"Miss genius is also a superwoman?" This is the headline of a tabloid. They use a lot of data to prove that it is difficult to successfully complete 9 AP homework with Angela's work intensity, especially AP foreign language even requires students to complete the equivalent of The three-year, six-semester course in college has attracted a lot of attention, and sales have naturally increased. Of course, they are very smart and have not drawn any conclusions.
However, more people are surprised by Angela's intelligence. After all, the certification of the University Council is absolutely authoritative, and some people even speculate that the IQ of Miss Genius will be above 200.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want Annie to go to Boston with me." Angela didn't dwell on this topic too much, and directly stated her request.
"Let Annie go with you?" Father raised his eyebrows again. "Who swore to tell me that she was going to spend these four years in the university dormitory?"
"I didn't say I didn't live in the university dormitory?" Angela spread her hands with a smile.
"Harvard's school rules don't seem to allow people to live in the school building, right?" Father asked calmly.
"But you didn't say it's not allowed?" Angela blinked her eyes and answered seriously, until her father looked at her and raised her chin slightly before sticking out her tongue: "Okay, no kidding, Dad. I Think of it this way, rent a villa near the city of Cambridge where Anne and Bucket and Wilder could live - don't tell me you're going to let me go to school alone. I'll still live in the school building, but if If I can't go back to school on time because of work, then I can live in the villa. Yes, Ed and the others have agreed to rent a studio in Cambridge City for the staff who are now in charge of the post-production of the new film to move there. The next few months I would go there to supervise the production after school.”
Jared didn't say anything, just held his chin with one hand, and his left hand was still tapping back and forth on the table, Elena looked at her husband and then at her daughter, and sighed: "Chris, if that's the case, you can do something else. Ask someone to take care of the villa, why do you have to let Annie go with you?"
"Because she knows everything about me," Angela said seriously, "that's why she's in our house, isn't it? I've already promised myself that I'll live independently in college, so why can't she go with me? "
The mother wanted to say something, but the father had already raised a hand: "Okay, I agree."
"Jedie?" Elena looked at her husband in surprise, while Angela was surprised.
"Don't you see it, honey," Jared smiled and spread his hands to his wife, then turned his eyes back to Angela: "Our daughter obviously doesn't plan to be in filmmaking just because she's going to college. Hands over."
"I knew I couldn't hide it from Dad," Angela stuck out her tongue again, with a playful look, "Is that so?"
"That's it." Jared nodded and took his wife's hand from below.
"Thank you Mom and Dad!" The happy Angela jumped up immediately, gave her parents a kiss and quickly slipped away.
After seeing her back disappear, Elena turned her head to look at her husband with a slight frown: "Jedie, I think we have reached an agreement."
"Yes, dear, but you can see Chris' determination, and her request is reasonable, and she also promised to live alone, I really can't think of a reason to refuse, unless you want her to secretly Pack up Annie and take it away." Jared said humorously.
His wife rolled his eyes at him and said worriedly: "Chris is very smart and we are proud, so I am more worried that she is confused in some aspects, and we can't be by her side forever."
"We've talked a lot about IQ and EQ, Mary, and as you said, we can't be around her forever, so even if she breaks up with Jonathan, it's okay, she has to learn to deal with her feelings. " Jared said comfortingly, and then his face flashed an unnatural look: "Besides, Mom is still in New York, isn't she?"
"I know, but..." Elena made a gesture with a wry smile, "Okay, maybe I'm just being over-hearted."
"I understand, I understand," Jared laughed. "My mother is always the most reluctant when my child leaves home. When I left New York, it was my mother who sent me on the plane."
Having said this, he suddenly sighed: "I still remember the suppressed sadness on my mother's face."
"Don't be sad anymore, otherwise Martha and I will have something to talk about for several days at Christmas this year." Elena patted her husband's hand comfortingly, "Let's go back upstairs."
I wish I was really just overhearted, Chrissy.
Time slipped step by step towards the start of the school in mid-September, and Angela was busy again. She didn’t need to worry about the film department, because Ed agreed to move the studio to Boston, so it will be temporarily stopped in the later stage. The time, plus the 5-minute title edited before, she is basically sure that she can complete the production in December, and the outline of the soundtrack has basically been set, so Angela's attention is focused on other aspects, for example-
"No, no, I don't think I have achieved the desired effect," Angela shook her head again and again after listening to the voice in the earphones. "It should be a little more subtle. What I want is that publicity and subtlety go hand in hand. This is not a contradiction, as long as The skills of the singers are good enough."
"It sounds so complicated, so nitpicky, I would have known that I wouldn't agree to your invitation." Eric White said jokingly.
"Does this count as nitpicking?" Angela took off her earphones and shrugged at Eric. "Help, Eric, know that I am strict with myself."
"Okay, okay, I didn't say anything." Eric smiled and waved his hand, "but I don't think you're being too strict, even if you're recording "My Heart Will Go On" or "loving you" I've never seen you ask for something like this."
"There is no comparison between the two, Eric," Angela stood up and moved her body, "To be honest, "Flying Angel" was written as early as the first half of the year, but there was no time to record it, but This instead gives me time to tinker and improve, and I love this version.”
"It was completed as early as the first half of the year? If someone finds out, they will be very sad." John Burns said suddenly ridiculed.
"Sad? Come on, John, can't C&B work without me writing songs? Who was the Grammy's best newcomer at the beginning of the year? Who was one of the best-selling albums of the year? The album that topped the Billboard charts right after its release. Who else?" Angela rolled her eyes rudely.
"Hey, don't be mad, I just wanted to say how much they admire you, the disappointment on their faces when they learned that you can't write for them this year is not fake, especially Brit is about to cry ." John explained with a smile.
cry out? Come on! Angela pouted, she felt really complicated about the combination that she pushed together by herself, both of them did a good job in music, Britney's sweetness and Christina's sexiness complemented each other to attract a large number of fans, Although it has not reached the point of 1+1=2, it is definitely 1+1>2, but those two times...
Thinking so much about what to do, Angela shook her head gently, but let's focus on the recorded song. This song written for Diana should be sung at her best level no matter what!