Angela embarked on the return journey on the Sky ship that came to pick her up, and of course her own agent Sparrow, two bodyguards, and Kate, she basically did not need to worry about her work in Japan, and she had already told Shimizu Takashi what she had to say. Having said that, and the other party's ability to draw inferences from others is stronger than expected, Angela even considered that if she was busy with other things in the future, it would be possible for this guy to be the executive producer and responsible for the editing of the movie.
And before leaving, she told Shimizu privately that if there is any good new idea, as long as it doesn't cost a lot, it can be shot first, and she also greeted Sam, the person in charge of Pixar here. Anyway, the cost of this film is not high. It is also a good thing to make this horror film of good quality even better.
After returning to Los Angeles, Angela started to prepare for returning to school, but after thinking about it for a long time, she had nothing to pack, because Annie and Alizee began to prepare after she received the news that she was coming back from Japan, so Angie was very happy. After praising Annie, La went to the horse farm with her mother every day and started teaching the two little guys equestrianism.
Although it is a little early for Willie and Ike, who are not yet 6 years old, to learn to ride a horse, but it is not bad to let them feel the taste of horseback. Angela is just relaxing, and there is no horse riding in Boston. .
The mother was obviously addicted to being a coach and a teacher - Angela's etiquette and horsemanship were taught by her mother herself, and only the swordsmanship was handed over to the teacher who was in charge of the Albert family's swordsmanship teaching, but unfortunately, her grandma Foil is obviously more interested, so sometimes I often get angry with the swordsman teacher. Well, let's go too far. In short, because Angela cooperated in her studies, her mother was very interested in teaching her children by herself, so she taught the two little guys to ride horses again.
I have to say that my mother's teaching level is very good, but unfortunately the two little devils are not Angela's after all... perverts, so although the scene is not a chicken dance, it also makes the mother frown, and Angela is not good at this time. Riding around on horseback, I can only walk around so that I can act as a regulator at any time. In fact, this is not bad. Listening to my mother's warm scolding to my naughty younger brother and sister is quite a happy family, if my father is also here. .
It's a pity that good times can't last long, although Sparrow can immediately understand what she wants to pay attention to. For example, "The Truman World" has entered the preparatory stage as she expected; she also declined many invitations to visit , for example, about the possibility of winning the Grammy for the best single for four consecutive years - "Angel's Gaze" was nominated for the best single; but after all, she still has to do some things herself, such as joining an association and so on.
Although Angela is not a member of any Hollywood association so far, it cannot be forever. Simply put, these actors and screenwriters associations are like the fraternity and sorority in the university. They can provide various conveniences to members, and more importantly The good thing is that you can accumulate contacts, which will undoubtedly be of great help to Angela's plan.
However, as a national idol, the genius lady of course can't help but discriminate. Those who are not helpful to themselves but may be borrowed by the other party are still forgettable - such as the Screenwriters Guild. Although the Writers Guild has a lot of energy, it is enough to see that the screenplays produced by them have dropped from 90% of the film market in the late 1980s to 70% now. The Actors Guild is also not very reliable. Not to mention that there are two associations related to actors - the Actors Guild of America (SAG) and the Actors Association of Television and Radio (AFTRA). Although they are consistent with the outside world, there are also many of them. Contradiction - Although Angela will not completely give up acting in movies, she will not spend too much energy on the path of being an actor. After all, she is now a woman who is completely resistant to certain scenes and certain scenes.
Therefore, after thinking over and over again, I finally chose the director's association and the producer's union, which are closely related to my current main direction of efforts. The former has the most outstanding directors in the United States, and the Directors Guild Award is also one of the famous awards in the United States; while the latter, needless to say, the Producers Alliance, which gathers hundreds of top and various audio-visual producers, can even be said to dominate the Hollywood film industry. Knowing that this alliance is responsible for the negotiation of all contracts in the film and television industry, other organizations such as the writers, actors, music, directors, etc. associations mentioned earlier are responsible for mediating conflicts, so for Angela, it has become this way. Membership of the two institutions is essential, but unfortunately she only accompanied her mother for two days because of this.
After finishing all the formalities, Angela finally left Los Angeles and went to Boston. Although there are still two days away from school, she could not let the time be too tight. Fortunately, the housekeeper in Boston has Mr. Ranad Basham, the housekeeper. Take care of them, so Angela just takes Annie and the others to live in.
"I'll stay in Cambridge for the next month and a half to see what these guys can do," Angela, who wanted to go out after a day's rest, was chased back by reporters and the location of the villa was exposed. Afterwards, he announced to Annie angrily, "So I'll leave it to you to take care of it, and of course, that little ice cube."
Saying that, she pointed her thumb to the sofa, and Alizee, who was curled up on the sofa and reading a book, raised her head and glanced at her. She pouted and shook her head slightly, then lowered her head to continue reading. , a little too lazy to pay attention to her meaning, Annie couldn't help but chuckle: "Okay, I see, unless you're worried."
"Relax, how could I not be relieved." Angela pouted like Alize, her previous depression was swept away, she shrugged and turned back to the room, "After finishing the books I want, help deliver them. Come up, okay?"
"No problem." Anne's leisurely voice came from behind.
After returning to her bedroom, Angela sat at the desk and opened the laptop. Since she couldn't go shopping and it was cold here, she wrote something. The two scripts of "The Princess Diaries" were completely finished with a little tail left. The sooner you get Sparrow up and running, the better, and Disney's request to release her new album earlier this year at the beginning of the summer needs to be carefully considered, and if so, it means that the song will be closed from now on. Ready.
Just as Angela rubbed her hands to call up the document and was about to start, the phone at the bedside suddenly rang again, she rolled her eyes and had to stand up a few steps and walked over to pick up the cordless phone: "Hello, who is it? ?"
"I don't think I bothered you, did I?" Sparrow's happy voice came from over there.
"Of course not," Angela laughed, seeing that it was not even 4:00 pm on the east coast, and then jokingly asked: "It's surprising that you called at lunchtime, is it good news? "
"Yes, good news," Sparrow didn't care about her teasing, "I've got the nominations for this year's Oscars, and it will be announced in major media tomorrow."
"Really?" Angela recalled carefully, "Let me guess, Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" and John Madden's "Shakespeare in Love" should be the biggest winners in the nomination, Is it right?"
Spielberg's 1998 war blockbuster is hard to ignore, and it would be hell if it wasn't an Oscar hit. As for "Shakespeare in Love", it is because in Angela's memory, this year's best actress seems to be Gwyneth in this movie.
"They both have 11 nominations, which is great." Sparrow admitted her inference, but then moved on to the subject: "Let's talk about your movies first, first of all, 'The Matrix' got editing, sound effects, Four nominations for sound and vision."
"It's all technical awards." Angela pouted.
"It's normal, not many sci-fi movies are nominated for Best Picture." Sparrow chuckled softly, "Next is "Never Compromise", which won five awards for film, director, actress, supporting actor, and original screenplay. nominated."
"It's great! I knew my aunt would definitely be nominated," Angela exclaimed happily, "I believe it's not a problem to kill other people and win the golden statuette."
"It's really something to be happy about, but you should also be happy for yourself, right?" Sparrow said suddenly, "You know that since 1993, you have had a screenplay nominated for best original or adaptation for five consecutive years. already."
"5 years in a row?" Angela blinked her eyes and raised her head to think. "It seems so, so surprising, I didn't realize it at all... Next is American Beauty?"
"Well... yes," Sparrow over there seemed to laugh wryly, "there are 7 nominations for American Beauty, cinematography, editing, screenplay, hero and heroine, and film and-director! Congratulations on breaking another one. For the record, the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director at the Oscars! …are you listening?”
"Um... ah... yes... I'm listening... Jack, can I call you later, let me... let me digest this information first." Angela said incoherently and closed the phone, followed by He threw the phone on the bed, slowly leaned against the wall and gasped for breath, without the slightest hint of joy on his shocked face.
"Damn it!" She growled in a low voice, her brows furrowed, her hands clenched into fists, and a confused look flashed in her eyes.
"You idiots!" Angela straightened her body abruptly and walked irritably around the room, clutching her head with both hands and gnashing her teeth as if she was trapped by a beast, "How dare you! How dare you! I'm only 18! I'm still a woman! How dare you! Have your heads burned out!"
In the end, she almost roared, closed her eyes and knocked on her head angrily, and sat down on the edge of the bed in frustration. She had repeatedly thought about the possibility of directing "American Beauty" at the Oscars and other awards ceremony. The repercussions, the nominations for the male, female lead and script are all expected, and even the best picture is more or less possible, but only the best director is not among them, after all, she is only an eighteen-year-old girl, if To actually nominate that would be a satire on most male directors in the U.S. and around the world.
Therefore, even though many media and film critics believed that Miss Genius was at least eligible for nomination after the release of "American Beauty", she still laughed at it, and the nomination of the Golden Globe Award was as early as December 11 last year in "American Beauty". " was announced before its release, so she never thought she'd be nominated for an Oscar for best director for the film.
Nominations and the Oscar for Best Director in Angela's plan are essential in the future, but it should definitely not be now. In her plan, she should climb to the top step by step, instead of flying directly to the top Go to the place a step away from above. Only by constantly moving up will more attention be paid to me, and only when most people's eyes are on me can they take the final step, but I didn't expect those old antiques from the Film Academy to actually...
Taking a deep breath, Angela rubbed her face and finally calmed down. She finally found that she still underestimated the huge influence of "American Beauty", just as a film critic said: every middle class can be in the Lester finds his own shadow! Think about how much middle class America has? Think again how many middle classes are there in Europe? Although the North American box office of "American Beauty" is only about 20 million more than "Never Compromise", it is much more popular overseas than "Never Compromise". Even a European film critic who always thought that Angela was just a fan of tickets and only played tricks in technology, was surprised and praised with a bit of sourness, so the nominations by the film academies were natural.
But this completely disrupted his plan! Angela scolded angrily in her heart, she would not expect that she would win the best director after being nominated. To win this award requires qualifications, even those who directed a movie for the first time and won the award have several years of experience. Directing skills for stage plays or TV series.
So... now what? Angela's hands were constantly rubbing on the wings of her nose, or... or... in advance? She raised her head and looked at the dazed roof beam, and some pictures suddenly flashed in her mind, such as a trip to Tokyo, last year's Halloween, or an earlier birthday party, etc., some things are also very important and difficult to choose, this burden Although she provoked it herself, it was sometimes too heavy.
Although the original version of "Rabe's Diary" can only be regarded as a mediocre work, it is also full of bright spots. If you make a good analysis and make choices and adjustments, coupled with the current network and fame, it can basically be considered a booming work. Dongfeng, nominated by Director Jia, should be able to achieve the effect he wants by using some means of publicity and hype.
Angela's mind became more active after the floodgates were opened. For example, if the soundtrack could invite Williams, he should not refuse. As for the methods of publicity and hype, there are also several comparisons, as long as the mainstream society can no longer ignore it. She didn't care about the consequences of doing that. As for Japan, one month is enough time to complete the filming of "The Grudge", and the post-production time should be able to be released by the summer vacation, as long as you keep a low profile enough that no one can guess your actions, and then wait for "The Grudge" 》It can also achieve its own purpose if it is released after the big sale in Japan.
Angela clenched her fists and took a few deep breaths, then picked up the cordless phone and dialed: "Hi, Jack."
"Finally remembered?" Sparrow came over with a teasing voice, but Angela said bluntly and politely: "Listen, Jack, I need you to get ready to go to Nanjing, China now, late at night. From time to time, I will email you the content that you need to investigate, and I hope you can go and reply quickly."
Probably did not expect Angela to say this, there was silence for a while before asking tentatively: "Are you going to put "Rabe Diary" on the screen?"
"Yes." Angela replied affirmatively and briefly.
After another brief silence, Sparrow spoke again: "Okay... But, I want to ask what is your purpose?"
"What do you want to say?" Angela's heart moved, and Sparrow's tone seemed to ignore something.
"Are you making this movie for yourself or is there a bigger purpose?" Sparrow continued.
Angela's brows furrowed together, she knew that Sparrow would definitely not say something useless at this time, and he had won the adaptation rights of several planned literary works, even if he didn't fully understand My own mind is clearer than most people.
"Can you explain it more clearly?" She pursed her lips, and there was a sigh: "If you're just making this movie for yourself, it doesn't matter; but if you want a huge response or enthusiasm Now is not the best time for discussions and people's reflections... You know, the relationship between the two countries has been getting colder since 1996, and what happened last May... "
"I see." Angela answered briefly and hung up the phone. After a few seconds, she suddenly threw the phone in her hand on the bed and bounced high. Her gritted fists trembled slightly, she knew what Sparrow was trying to say, damn politics!
No matter her past or present life, she hates politics very much, not to mention several times she declined to sing at the opening ceremony of the politically-flavored "Super Wrist". Although she is 18 years old, she completely ignores the right to vote, even herself It is not clear whether the parents support Democrats or Republicans!
If the politically incorrect mainstream society will only selectively ignore or even lead public opinion to be flogged, maybe she can use her influence to force them to watch, but how long can she force them? Will it bottom out and lead to a worse situation? This is definitely not what Angela is plotting, but what can she do now
Her chest kept heaving and her eyes were fixed on the cordless phone on the bed as if it was about to make a hole. After a while, she suddenly laughed, very playful, like a sneer and a mockery.
In this case, then I will readjust the plan; in this case, let you see what "Miss Genius" can do! Angela pinched her fingers, and when she picked up the electric bracket again, she had regained her usual elegance and confidence.
"Hi Jack, I'm sorry I hung up the phone just now. I don't have to go to China, but I need you to go to Poland."