On a sunny Saturday, Emma Roberts floated through the living room like a little ghost in her adorable hello-kitty pajamas and a pair of adorable duck plush slippers.

"Good morning, Mom!" Little Emma doesn't seem to have fully woken up and her pronunciation is slurred.

"Emma, you haven't washed yet?" Emma's mother frowned.

"Mom, I want to eat something first!" Little Emma's dreamy voice floated through the air, and she had already entered the kitchen as she spoke.

Emma's mother, Lily, looked at Lin Mingyang who was sitting opposite with an embarrassed expression, the little girl probably hadn't woken up yet, so she completely ignored the existence of another person in the living room, "This child..."

Before Lily could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by her daughter's screams. Little Emma stood at the door of the living room with milk in one hand and bread in the other. She rubbed her eyes vigorously and made sure that the person sitting in the living room was Lin Mingyang, and she was not dreaming.

The screams were covered by Emma's own hands, and the bread and milk had already been thrown to the ground by her, and she covered her face shyly, but her eyes peeked out from between her fingers, and she said embarrassedly: "Mom, why didn't you remind me..."

"Felix has been here a long time ago, and you are to blame yourself for being too snooze!" Lily looked at her daughter's blushing face, her eyes full of doting.

"You should have come up and woken me up," Emma said, her voice faint.

"Hello, Emma." Lin Mingyang greeted her with a smile.

The girl stood at the door of the living room for a long time, and then screamed again, she remembered that she hadn't washed her face yet, and thought that she might have a cat face in front of Lin Mingyang, Emma screamed again, covered her face and ran upstairs in a hurry.

All this happened too suddenly, Lin Mingyang raised his hand when he said hello before he could put it down, the girl's excited reaction made him a little embarrassed, and the smile froze on his face, "It can't be that I scared her, right?" ”

Lily hurriedly waved her hand, "No... No, she must be too excited to see you, this child has been like this since he was a child, and he was shocked! ”

Lin Mingyang breathed a sigh of relief, "When I was in the crew of "Youth Singing and Dance", we all liked her very much and took care of her like a little sister. But Emma is young, but she is not inferior to others in acting, maybe she was born to belong to this stage. ”

Without deliberate compliments, Lin Mingyang praised Emma's acting talent in a very ordinary tone like chatting, and Lily also revealed the proud smile on her mother's face when her daughter succeeded.

"Emma also mentions you a lot, especially you, who loves all your movies and is a big fan of Twilight. After receiving a call from the crew of "Youth Musical" 3, she was very happy, I have never seen her so excited. ”

"I'm planning to make a new movie, and the heroine is about the same age as Emma, so I think she's the perfect fit!" In addition to her role as a mother, Lily also serves as her daughter's agent, so Lin Mingyang told her his thoughts very directly.

"I adapted the 2001 novel by children's writer Wendeline Van de la Annan, Heartbeat, which respects the original book and tells the story of a pure first love."

"What level do you position the film at?" When it comes to her daughter's role image, whether as a mother or an agent, Lily must seriously consider this issue.

She was referring, of course, to the MPAA's film and television ratings, a North American rating system that classifies all films into G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17, and Emma's mother would not approve of her appearance.

Because Emma is still a 14-year-old, Lin Mingyang understands Lily's caution, and he explains with a smile: "Heartbeat is a niche but special movie, which puts people in a warm, funny, and humanistic atmosphere, until the end gives you a beautiful story that doesn't seem so unreliable." I only designed one kissing scene in the whole film, and it was not Emma who kissed the male protagonist, and the male and female protagonists only had a plot arrangement of holding hands at the end of the film. ”

Lily hasn't read the novel "Heartbeat", but according to Lin Mingyang's description, there is no problem with this movie getting a G-rated rating. After listening to Lin Mingyang's narration, a satisfied smile immediately appeared on her face, "I think Emma will definitely like this movie." ”

"What are you talking about?" The eccentric Emma poked her head out of the staircase, she finished washing as fast as she could, picked out the most delicate dress in the closet, and dressed up in the mirror in the bedroom for a long time, before Shi Shiran walked downstairs.

"Of course it's our pretty little princess!" Lily beckoned to her daughter standing at the top of the stairs, "Mr. Felix has good news for you. ”

"Is it a new film contract?" Emma changed into a blue dress, and when she ran, she looked like a butterfly fluttering. She ran to her mother and sat down with excitement, then glanced at Lin Mingyang a little shyly, and suddenly became very ladylike, smiling at him reservedly.

"Hello Felix!"

"Hello, little Emma!" This little beauty of the new generation of the Roberts family is naturally likable, and it is even more difficult to resist the lethality of a "strange uncle" like Lin Mingyang, whose psychological age is much greater than his biological age.

Emma pretended to be mature and straightened up her small breasts that had begun to develop, and pouted, "I'm 14 years old, not little Emma anymore!" ”

"Alright, Miss Emma!" Lin Mingyang had a "I know I was wrong" expression on his face, and his mouth changed a title.

"Naughty!" Lily flicked her finger on her daughter's forehead, "You're still a kid, don't always pretend to be a little adult!" ”

"Okay, Mom!" Emma put her arms around her mother's neck and kissed her on the cheek.

Lily patted her on the back, "Okay, the guests are still sitting here, I just said that I have grown up, and now I am starting to be spoiled again!" ”

Emma blushed, obediently let go of her mother's neck, she secretly glanced at Lin Mingyang, and found that the other party was staring at her, smiling meaningfully, Emma felt the deer in her chest pounding, and hurriedly lowered her eyes, not daring to look over there.

"Felix is preparing to make a new film, and he's like you're going to be the heroine." Lily simply explained Lin Mingyang's intentions.

"Heroine?" Emma couldn't care about being shy anymore, she raised her head and looked at Lin Mingyang with wide eyes, "Can I really play the heroine?" ”

"In fact, I'm going to make a literary film, and I need a heroine with good acting skills, but I think you can do it, and your age is just right for this role, and I have already given the script to your mother." Lin Mingyang roughly described the plot of the film to Emma, and finally asked with a smile, "Are you interested?" ”

"Is that the male protagonist you?" In front of her mother, Emma's face flushed with shame as soon as she said this question.

Lily's eyes made Lin Mingyang uncomfortable, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "I can't play that role now, this time I'm just the director, and the actor is going to find a boy who is not too old with you to play it." ”

Emma whispered an "oh" with a hint of disappointment in her tone.

"In the film, you want to play a 'crazy girl' who boldly pursues the boy you like, so you can't blush like this often during filming!" In order to resolve the embarrassment, Lin Mingyang made a joke.

Emma nodded vigorously, the little secret in the girl's heart didn't even tell her mother, anyway, she could stay with Lin Mingyang during filming, thinking of this, the girl's mood could be cleared, and the sweet smile returned to her face again.

――――The heroine of "Heartbeat" is played by Emma Roberts, which Lin Mingyang planned when he conceived the script, but he didn't find a suitable candidate for the leading actor for a while.

This film was invested and filmed by Lionsgate, and at the release of "Three Fools", Lionsgate gave Lin Mingyang a big gift.

At the suggestion of Moore, Lionsgate's director of distribution, who personally served as executive producer for the film, launched a call for candidates in North America. "Three Fools" has gradually made the audience accept Lin Mingyang's directorial talent, and he still has the dazzling halo of "Hollywood's popular movie star" on his head, this actor recruitment activity quickly attracted the attention of the media. More than 3,000 people signed up for the audition, and after layers of screening, only 50 people finally entered the audition.

"This group of young actors are all between the ages of 12 and 16, and most of them have acting experience before." Moore found Lin Mingyang with the information of the actors who were finally confirmed to participate in the audition, Lionsgate originally started in Canada, perhaps because of the local complex, many of the young actors shortlisted for this audition are from Canada.

Lin Mingyang leaned on the comfortable sofa in the café, holding the bound actor information in his hand, and looked through it carefully. In the photo, he will compare a few favorite actors left and right. To be honest, this film does not have any special requirements for actors, as long as the face is childish and the appearance is delicate.

But boys at this age are just in the rebellious stage of adolescence, most of them can't wait to become rock men, punk style, cape, smoking and drinking, and they need enough patience to find a simple and able to attract the attention of girls. It is impossible for Lin Mingyang to find all 50 people for interviews, he needs to carefully select less than 10 young actors from them.

Lin Mingyang's favorite actors will fold a corner on the information page, turning over more than 40 pages, and there are only 5 pages with creases, which is still the result of his selection when he picks left and right.

Turning two more pages, Lin Mingyang's gaze suddenly stopped on page 48, the boy in the photo on the information had bright brown hair, and a little melancholy but very cute eye expression, all of which made Lin Mingyang feel very familiar. Because of this very special sense of familiarity, he paid attention to the boy's basic information, but when he saw the words "Justin Bieber" filled in the name column, Lin Mingyang was stunned.

Moore, who was drinking coffee, noticed the strange look on Lin Mingyang's face, and he raised his eyes to look at Justin Bieber's profile, and he also had some impressions of this boy. This post-90s boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes and thick bangs covering his forehead is not incredibly handsome, but he has outstanding musical talent. What the boy really enjoyed was not acting but singing, but his family convinced him and signed him up for this audition.

"That's him!" Lin Mingyang patted the information in his hand, "Notify this boy named Justin Bieber separately to come to the audition, if he doesn't have any problems with the performance, then the others don't have to participate in the audition." ”

"Are you sure?" Moore was curious why Lin Mingyang suddenly made such a decision, but seeing Lin Mingyang's unwavering eyes, he didn't ask any more and nodded. "Alright then, I'll arrange this right away."

He naturally didn't know that Lin Mingyang actually had some guilt in doing this, he "borrowed" Justin Bieber's famous song at the Grammy Music Festival, and with such an opportunity, of course, he had to find a way to compensate him. Although Justin Bieber's talent is not in acting, starring in a movie can at least get him more attention.

Because he has always maintained close contact with Avril, Lin Mingyang is ready to recommend Justin Bieber to her. Avril knows a lot of excellent musicians, Xiao Jia's talent should be discovered soon, which can help him realize his dream as soon as possible, and Lin Mingyang can be more calm.

Moore was so productive that he contacted Bieber's mother that night and persuaded her to fly with Bieber to Los Angeles to meet Lin Mingyang.

Justin Bieber was born in 1994 in Ontario, Canada, to a single-parent family, his family was not wealthy, but he had acting talent at a young age and, like other people his age, craved attention. Since the age of five, he taught himself piano, drums, guitar and trumpet, and the talented Bieber also loved to sing, his singing voice was crisp and beautiful.

This audition was the first time the mother and son had flown on a plane, and Bieber's mother had worked many different jobs to make ends meet, and often needed the elders of the family to supplement the family. Lin Mingyang, who learned of this situation, not only paid for the round-trip air tickets for the mother and son, but also booked a room for them in a five-star hotel in Los Angeles.

(To be continued)