Chapter 5: Surprised

Seeing the surprise and doubtful expression of the little girl, Nancy had 50% certainty that she would definitely write to her, but if it was her, it would be too incredible. A young girl only 11 years old How could a girl write such an article?
"I'm Nancy Meyers. You should be Angela Mason." Nancy said with a smile, though her heart was rolling.
"Yes, I'm Angela, but why did you come to my house?" The little guy just finished, exclaimed suddenly, "Oh my God, you received my letter! Do you think it's okay?" This is the first time I have written a script! I ... I read a lot of books, but I always feel like something is missing. Can you please point me? "
The little girl's tone was full of excitement and excitement, and she didn't realize how shocking her language was to Nancy and George. In particular, Nancy, although she was psychologically prepared, when she heard her admitting that she was still very excited, this excellent script was actually written by this little girl, but she was puzzled and confused in this excitement. At least in her experience, I have never seen or heard of an 11-year-old girl who could write the script. Shouldn't she pick up a story from where she copied it and send it to herself?
Although George was also excited, he didn't think so much. When he saw Angela for the first time, he found her unique charm, especially those bright green eyes, even compared with Vivien Li. Not too much, and she always has a subtle and unspeakable temperament. Maybe it will definitely be a very popular child star if she is slightly manipulated, and this little girl can write-if the script is really If she writes, if she can bring out such a talented child star, it will be very helpful for the film company!
At this moment, the little girl's mother, Elena, coughed slightly, and Angela, who had already spoken incoherently, immediately closed her mouth, narrowed her neck and thought of something, and said enthusiastically to Nancy: Come and sit down, Mrs. Meyers. "He looked at George in doubt.
Without waiting for Nancy to speak, George said slightly, "Hello, Miss Mason, I'm the lead of the screenwriting team of the Disney Pictures. I'm here to talk to you about the script."
Seeing Angela's bewildered look, he was busy smiling and explained: "That's it, Miss Mason. Generally speaking, unless it is a small-cost movie, the producer can't make the movie alone."
Seeing that the little girl was still a little confused, he was about to explain further. Angela had already said, "Anyway, please sit down and talk?" George couldn't help but a little more favor with her, and sat with Nancy again On the couch.
Then with Elina's permission, George explained to the little guy: "Generally speaking, screenwriters who have a good script will directly submit to the film company, and the screenwriter of the film company will report to the management after confirming that it is worth shooting They then evaluate and then invest funds, then purchase scripts from screenwriters, and finally contact producers to select directors and actors. Each company has a full-time screenwriter who has signed a long-term contract, but also accepts contributions from other non-signed professional screenwriters and non-professional screenwriters. "At this point, he smiled a little awkwardly:" The script that you send to the producer like you, basically ... well, no. "
Angela stuck her tongue out: "If it causes you trouble, I'm sorry, I just like the movies made by Mrs. Meyers, and I think she is very good at this kind of romantic comedy movies."
George laughed. "It's nothing. In fact, I agree with you, so let's visit together."
"That means that you decided to invest in the script? It was made by Mrs. Meyers?" Angela immediately opened her eyes and said excitedly.
"Although I can't decide, I think it should be fine." George glanced at Nancy and nodded.
After looking at Nancy's eyes, she asked anxiously, "Before that, would I like to ask two questions? Miss Mason."
"No problem, you can call me Angela." The little girl said with a smile.
"Okay, May ... Oh, Angela, may I ask how did you know my address first?" Nancy asked the first question
"This year's" Movie Handbook "No. 4." Angela answered very briefly, which made Nancy a little hesitated.
"Is it the one about" New Father-in-law "?" She asked uncertainly.
"Yes, although it's not very detailed, the postman took the letter to you, didn't he?" The little girl shrugged. "Perhaps, Mr. President can give this gentleman a medal."
Nancy laughed, looked at Mrs. Mason aside, and asked the second question: "Can you tell me your original intention in creating this script?" She tried to calm her tone and didn't want to make herself look rude.
"Original intention? Do you want to ask me why I wrote this script," Angela said with a peek at her mother and spit her tongue out. "In fact, it was an accident when I wrote this, mainly because I wanted an older sister or younger sister. Otherwise, it ’s boring to be alone at home. I have many friends, but they wo n’t stay in your house all the time, do n’t they? Mom and Dad love me very much, but they ca n’t stay with me all the time. They all have their own things to do. Do, so sometimes I often think about how good it would be if I were twins, then maybe my life would be more interesting. "
Then she glanced at her mother again, determined that Alina's face hadn't changed, and then she continued to talk. It seemed that she was "frightened" by her mother. Nancy couldn't help thinking about it to the little girl. There is also a bit of trust.
"In fact, what I originally planned to write was a story of twins messing around with their parents at home, a bit like" The Growing Trouble ", but it is clear that I don't know much about this. Then I suddenly came up with an idea. If the twins were separated because of their parents' divorce from birth, what would happen after the accidental encounter? If they saw each other from the beginning, they would n’t think about it after seeing the truth. We need to re-match our parents. If so, how do they match? How do we exchange identities with my father or mother? How can we not be found? How can we find the reason for parents' divorce? How can we bring our parents together again? I thought it was fun to think of it, so I overthrew what I had written before and completely reimagined it. "
The little guy said that he paused here and drank his saliva and continued, "After overthrowing it, it is much faster than before, because a lot of material is right in front of me. My father is American, my mother is British, and we will have holidays every year. I went to London or Bristol to visit my grandfather and grandma, so I put the main scene change here. Similarly, some supporting characters in the script can be found in our house. You can see that Josie is Aunt Jennifer. She came to our house when my dad was a kid, and Martin's housekeeper was Mr. Gerard, the grandfather's grandfather, but although he was equally funny and humorous, he was very harsh most of the time. "
Looking at the talking Angela, Nancy's only suspicion disappeared. In fact, the world still has genius, isn't it? George is thinking about another headache. From the description of the little girl and her family situation, she is not an ordinary rich family. Will her guardian allow her to make movies? Taking a step back, even if she still has her parents' consent, then most of them will choose Universal or Paramount's veteran movie companies instead of them. Disney's only advantage is that she has a good opinion of Nancy. It's really difficult.
"Sorry, would you like to interrupt me?" At this moment Mrs. Mason, who was listening quietly beside her, suddenly interjected. She looked at her daughter with a discerning smile on her lips: "Kriss, I think you have something else left? "
What else? Nancy was puzzled, but immediately reacted. It seemed that Mrs. Mason was not convinced that it was written by her daughter. She smiled in her heart. As a mother of two children, she understood this kind of suffering. .
And Angela's small face immediately stepped down, scratched his head and hesitated, and then sighed, "Okay, I see, Mom."
Talking, she jumped off the sofa and ran upstairs quickly, and then ran down with a large folder. When she got back on the sofa, she took an envelope out of it and gave it to her mother. Mrs. Mason took it calmly. When she saw the address on the envelope, she raised her eyebrows unconsciously, and then pulled out the stationery. After a glance, she had a very calm look and a surprised expression, just listening to her whispering:
"Dear Miss Mason, we are honored to inform you that your short story" They Made of Meat ", which was published in this magazine last year, has been nominated for this year's Nebula Award for best short story. Please reply to us by the end of April," Sincerely, Magazine. "
The thought of this letter shocked the three adults present, "Marvel" magazine? Nebula Award? Oh god, is everything happening today a fairy tale! George involuntarily touched his forehead and groaned. "Surprise" is the oldest science fiction magazine in the United States, and the Nebula Award is also the highest award for science fiction alongside the Hugo Award. A short story by an 11-year-old girl is not only published At the same time, he was also nominated for the best short story of the Nebula Award! Is something incredible happening in this world? !!
The other two women's surprises were not much better than George's, especially Mrs. Mason. Looking at the letter in her hand and looking at her daughter, she had an incredible expression on her face for the first time.
Before they continue to question, the little guy continues to take things out of the folder:
"This is a publication notice. This is the" I Amazing "issue that published my novel, and this is a receipt for a draft check."
When the last thing was taken out, everyone was in a state of dizziness. It was a thick stack of paper with drawings and manuscripts. Angela handed it directly to George: "Mr. Wells, this This is a cartoon script I made last year. It is based on the story of the African savannah, based on "The Revenge of the Prince." It also contains the concept map I drew. I gave it a name-" The Lion King! "2k novel reading network