"Hey, Angie, what are you doing?" As Jessica waved her hand in front of her, Angela finally came back to her senses: "Oh, no, it's nothing, I was thinking about some work, after a few moments. Going to the premiere of the movie."
"The movie premiere? Can I go, Angie?!" Lindsay, who was chatting with Avril, jumped up immediately.
"About this, you can call the Pixar film department and ask if they have invited you." Angela raised her eyebrows and looked at Jessica. Jessica smiled and shook slightly after noticing her expression. Shake your head.
"But aren't you the director of the film department?" Lindsay pouted.
"God, you've been by my side for so long, don't you even know that I haven't held a position in the film department?" Angela let out a tsk tsk, and Lindsay couldn't help frowning and looking at her suspiciously, in the little guy's head For a while, I couldn't figure out why Angela could dominate the Pixar film department and yet said she didn't hold the position.
"Okay, don't think about it too much, in a few years there will be more invitations to the premiere than you can see." Angela rubbed Lindsay's head with a smile, "Of course, before that, you must Complete the agreement with me first."
Speaking of this, the little guy's spirit was obviously lifted, and he immediately raised the guitar and waved it: "There will be absolutely no problem, I have been practicing for a long time, although... Not as good as Weiwei, but Weiwei also said that I am very good!"
Seeing her eagerness to be recognized, Angela knew what she was thinking, and couldn't help pinching her cheek with a smile: "Okay, how about singing a song for everyone on the spot? Sing whatever you want!"
"No problem, I'll sing your "Front"!" Lindsay exclaimed happily, followed by picking up Ji and fiddling with her and clearing her throat. She took a deep breath and waved her hand to start the melody.
As soon as the little guy opened his mouth, Angela knew that she must have sang it many times. His original "Front" is an inspirational song, which is very suitable for guitar accompaniment singing - as long as you change the technique a little - no wonder the little guy likes it.
For her age, she still did a good job. Obviously, she remembered the agreement with herself and never let it go. Angela nodded in relief. After letting go of her heart, her thoughts drifted to Kate who had already left.
"But, didn't you also make out with them and move your hands?" After being stunned for a while, Angela answered in a joking tone, but there was always a little unease and guilt in her heart.
"That's why... I just..." Kate spread her hands, smiling with self-deprecation and helplessness, "I'm sorry to say it."
She sighed. "I know it's weird, maybe I'm jealous of something, and it's been from... this since Warsaw... Anyway I can't stop myself from thinking that way. I'm sorry, Angie, I'm so sorry."
So she finally left early, not sure if she saw it wrong or what, Jessica seemed relieved when Angela told everyone that Kate had left beforehand.
Angela feels that she is about to become a complete asshole, cowardly escaping reality, contradictory shrinking and tangled, this is how she is now.
"How am I singing, Angie?!" Lindsay's voice brought Angela back to her senses.
"Well... not bad, just lacking her own style." Angela rolled her eyes, God knows she didn't pay attention to this except at the beginning. However, the off-the-shelf shield has exactly one.
"Weiwei, why don't you comment?" Angela smiled and looked at Lindsay sitting next to her, wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt and black trousers, her straightened hair was slightly messy and draped over her shoulders. She was already starting to look cool. Cool looking Avril.
"I'm coming? Of course there's no problem!" Avril squeezed her fist, then looked at Lindsay with a humming smile: "Are you ready, little guy? I won't be polite to you."
"Really? I really want to know what you can say." Lindsay took the guitar in her arms, then sat cross-legged on the chair like Avril Lavigne, raised her eyebrows with one hand on her cheek, clearly Say I'm not afraid of you.
Angela couldn't help but want to laugh when she saw these two guys being so "tit for tat". If nothing else happened, they would have to sign with the same company in the future.
Weiwei moved to Los Angeles after the new year. She has officially signed a contract with Hollywood Records, but she has to undergo a year of training first. The company also spends time designing packaging for her and releasing an EP to test the waters.
Angela didn't go back on her word, and she dropped it after recommending her to music director John Burns. As the old saying goes: gold always shines. What's more, Avril has made a lot of efforts to surpass Angela in rock. Even without Angela's recommendation, Burns's eyes will not ignore her edgy musical strength.
To be honest, Angela had an incredible feeling about these two guys who looked at each other almost the first time they met. In fact, it's not surprising to think about it. Weiwei is the second child in the family, and she belongs to the kind of character whose grandfather does not love grandma and does not love her. Most of her strong desire to perform is to attract the attention of her family. ; As for Lindsay, needless to say, or because of this, both of them are very egoistic in front of their families, so they "smelt like"
No matter that much, at least it's a good thing for Lindsay, as long as her friend is not Pa... Angela suddenly became agitated when she thought of this. Paris... Paris... She kept repeating the name in her mind. Angela asked Paris to talk about it after hearing the shocking news at the premiere of "American Beauty" last year, but she didn't like it in the end. And scattered.
She originally planned to wait for the other party to calm down before talking, but when she was busy with her own affairs, she threw this to the Java country, and in a flash, more than half a year passed.
Is it too late to ask her out now? Angela thought with a headache. More importantly, what are you going to talk about? Paris seems to be concentrating on being a model now. She is featured in many fashion magazines. I heard Ivanka say that she is doing very well. Maybe she... Well, how about secretly talking to Nikki
Angela retracted her thoughts and concentrated on the argument in front of her: "Okay, Lindsay, you have to admit that although Weiwei is a bit exaggerated, she's on point, isn't she?"
"Got it!" Since she said so, Lindsay could only grumble and accept it.
"Don't be discouraged, Weiwei puts all her mind on music. Maybe she will achieve higher music than me in the future." Angela said comfortingly with a smile.
"That's because you didn't focus on music, otherwise your achievements in music will be unparalleled!" Lindsay seemed to have found a way to fight back, staring at Avril and said angrily.
"Of course, I absolutely admit this." Weiwei shrugged her shoulders with no intention of denying it, which made her look very cool. However, her words changed immediately: "At least I still admit my shortcomings, but some people either deny or justify after being pointed out the problem, it is not their own fault anyway."
Lindsay glared at her immediately, as if she wanted to pounce and take a bite, while Avril threw up her legs and ignored her threat at all. Angela had no choice but to laugh and took the guitar from the little guy's hand and handed it to Weiwei: "Come and sing one too, Weiwei, sing what you wrote yourself."
"As you wish." Avril raised her chin and nodded proudly to Lindsay, then jumped up from the chair and walked in front of everyone. After taking a deep breath, she raised her hand and popped out her own rhythm.
Although Lindsay pretended to be disdainful, she actually watched Weiwei's technique without blinking, her ears pricked up even more. Angela, who had a panoramic view of these, couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth. Even though Lindsay tried her best to be recognized by everyone, she always maintained her innocence. I really hope she can keep it up.
"Lindsay has been working hard all the time, so don't worry about her." Jessica leaned into Angela's ear and said.
"Of course, I know." Angela smiled and nodded, but she thought that it was time to talk to Michael Lohan. There will definitely be fewer paparazzi after attending the premiere of the movie in a few days. should have a chance.
"Speaking of which, are you really not coming, Jesse?" Angela suddenly shifted the topic to the premiere a few days later.
"Because I want to make a TV series, the second season of "Black Angel of the Last Days"." Jessica said with a smile, "What you said to Lindsay can also be applied to me, and in a few years there will be countless others. Invited to attend."
"Unless you move to the big screen," Angela rolled her eyes at her, "Okay, Jesse, even if you focus on TV series now, you still want to make movies occasionally, right? You've blackmailed me for ten scripts. ."
"What is blackmail, you clearly agreed to it voluntarily!" Jessica snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Okay, okay, I promised, but as long as I write it, you have to act." Angela made a face, and replied with a low voice and laugh, "This is a contract of prostitution."
"Don't think about it!" Jessica rolled her eyes at her immediately, and then both of them laughed in unison.
But to be honest, there are really not many non-vase movies suitable for Jessica, and those who test acting skills are still a little difficult for her. Forget it, let's talk about it, there will always be a way, isn't Jesse also working hard to hone his acting skills, take it slow. Angela thought so.
Although Pixar produces no more than 10 films a year, the box office profits are the envy of established film companies such as Universal and Warner. There are 4 films with a box office exceeding 100 million last year alone. While these established companies can do the same, and they don’t just make money at the box office—the same goes for Pixar animation, Pixar’s movies, by comparison, make some of the largest box-office profits among Hollywood studios.
Although Pixar released on Valentine's Day this year
The first movie was co-invested and shot with Universal, but the box office still easily exceeded 100 million again, and "The Grudge", which was released at the end of May, almost reached 200 million due to the influence of certain things.
As for the reason, everyone in Hollywood knows, Miss genius Angela Mason! If nothing else, just the fact that the "The Pianist" she directed a while ago was fired up and the box office of "The Grudge" rose can show what she means to Pixar. If you count all the movies she's been in, the total box office is basically close to $5 billion - "Titanic" alone provides $2 billion!
"So now they all want to know what kind of movie this "The Mummy" would be without your participation." Ed said to Angela next to him watching the people walking in and out of the venue.
"I'm sure it will surprise them." Angela shrugged. "So it's a good thing that I can't supervise the editing of The Mummy because I want to direct The Pianist."
After a pause, she suddenly laughed again: "Speaking of which, it's not that I have nothing to do with "The Mummy", I asked the editorial team to win the script, and I negotiated with Sommers... If the reporters discovered this Point will be disappointed.
"Maybe they'll be happy if they fail at the box office." Ed raised his eyebrows. "Okay, I won't bother you. If you can, how about some more X-Men?"
"They have done a good job. Whether it's writing or selecting actors, I don't think it will be good for me to intervene." Angela raised her hands and shook it. She started preparing for "X-Men" when she was directing in Berlin. She handed over the outline of the script to the film department early on, and they asked the screenwriter to write the story. Angela would only make suggestions by email - the best-selling screenplays are all from Her words would be very detrimental to the development of the film department.
It turned out to be a good idea, and the writers deepened the outline a lot, especially with regard to racism. If the director's skill is enough, the original version may be even better. As for the actors, Angela only recommended Hugh Jackman to play Wolverine. Although she also wanted to recommend Halle Berry to play Storm, she gave it to the film department after thinking about it.
"Okay, I see, then the animation department—" Ed reminded.
"The dubbing of "Toy Story 2", I know." Angela rolled her eyes, "I will definitely not run this time!"
After Ed left, Nicole and Naomi both came over to say hello to Angela: "Hi, Angie."
"Hi, Nami, Nicole, it's a pleasure to see you at the premiere." Angela smiled and looked at the two women in front of her, "Especially Nicole, she's much prettier than before."
"Of course, Nami is also good," she added immediately. Although Naomi did not become very popular because of "50 First Loves", but her hard-working performance has won a lot of praise, so she is no longer a second- or third-tier actor.
"You're trying too hard, Angie." Nicole frowned deliberately.
"Then what should I say?" Angela spread her hands, "In an aria way?"
"Okay, Nicole." Naomi touched Nicole lightly at this time, and then explained: "She is in a good mood during this time, so she likes to joke sometimes."
"Of course, Nami, of course I am very happy to have you with me." Nicole said with a smile looking at her friend. Angela raised her eyebrows involuntarily. She seemed to feel that something was not right, but she couldn't tell.
"To say that she is beautiful, Angie is the most beautiful, and she has outstanding talent, better than any female star in Hollywood." Perhaps she realized something, and Nicole suddenly gave Angela a big shot.
But Angela didn't take it seriously: "Outstanding talent? Forget it, those film critics almost pointed at my nose and scolded me with some inexplicable things to scare people, and said that this shows the film "The Pianist". It's bound to be a laughing stock."
There was a hint of sarcasm and helplessness in her tone. Here's a reviewer's article from The Grudge when it came out, when the debate about The Pianist subsided a little bit, and the critics started looking for other targets, and the horror film just hit the gun .
Because I told Shisui Chong about his idea early, and Shisui did not make too many changes in the later editing, so in addition to the screenwriter, Angela's name was also printed on the producer, so that That's a big target for film critics.
"It's normal, Angie, you know that they can only criticize The Pianist by guessing for the time being, so they can only hit you in other ways." Nicole said comfortingly.
"So, you are very optimistic about me directing "The Pianist"?" Angela raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"You are Miss Genius and Miss Miracle. It's best not to draw any conclusions until the dust settles." Nicole shrugged, then looked at Naomi beside her: "What do you think, Naomi?"
"Although I don't have much interaction with Angie, but..." Naomi smiled, "At least I agree not to jump to conclusions before the outcome of the matter."
"Okay, Angie, don't think about it," Nicole waved. "Well, she just happened to be here, why don't we go over and say hello to her, and then how about you persuade her?"
"You said her? Forget it, Nicole, you know there are some things you don't need to take seriously." Angela shook her head indifferently.
"But you have to go over and say hello," Nicole insisted.
"Okay, okay, let's go then." Angela smiled helplessly.
The three of them immediately walked to a corner of the venue, where two tall ladies were standing there whispering, one was wearing a V-neck evening dress with her hair tucked behind her head elegantly and beautifully, and the other was wearing a low-cut shoulderless dress. Her hair was cascading down her shoulders, beautiful and sexy.
"Hi, Sophie, how are you?" Nicole walked over to the other party and greeted politely.
"Nicole? I didn't expect to see you here." The beautiful woman with curly hair turned around and said in surprise.
Angela coughed lightly after the two of them hugged softly, and stretched out her hand to Sophie Marceau: "We meet again, Sophie, do you remember me