"Ah~!"

With a scream, a girl in pajamas rushed out of her room, and the girl's mother and aunt were chatting in the living room, and the girl's sudden screams startled them.

The girl's mother immediately stood up and was about to go upstairs to check, when she bumped into her daughter at the top of the stairs. The girl put her arms around her mother's neck and kissed her cheek excitedly. Seeing this situation, the girl's mother finally let go of her worries, although she didn't know what made her daughter so excited, it shouldn't be a bad thing.

The mother rubbed the girl's head dotingly, kissed her forehead, and finally hugged her face, "Say, baby, what excites you like this." It just so happens that your aunt is here, so let her hear about your happiness too? ”

"Can you take a guess?" Seeing her aunt sitting in the living room, the girl obediently got out of her mother's arms, jumped up to her aunt, hugged and kissed each other on the cheek.

The girl's aunt has a big mouth with a surname, and if a reporter is present, they must be surprised, because this "aunt" who is kneading the girl's face is none other than Hollywood's most influential actress, Julia Roberts.

This was once rated as the most powerful person in Hollywood, ranked 12th in Forbes magazine's "100 Powerful List", and the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, but at this time there was a loving smile on her face.

For the little niece in front of her, who has a similar experience to herself, Julia has always been preferred. She often took the girl with her during filming, and the filming location became the girl's favorite playground, and she refused to leave during the filming of "Never Compromise" until the girl's mother came and dragged her home.

"Let me guess which film our little Emma was chosen for?"

Julia's reward for getting it right was a kiss on the cheek, and the girl triumphantly put her hands behind her back, "Or my aunt knows me!" ”

The girl's name is Emma Roberts, her mother separated from her father when she was seven months old, and when the two sides fought for custody of Emma, Julia Roberts did not side with her brother, but in turn helped Emma's mother win custody. Because Julia found out that her brother was addicted to drugs, and Julia had a deep prejudice against him, she thought that her brother was not capable of educating her little niece.

It wasn't until Julia Roberts gave birth to her twin daughters this year and her brother came to visit that the relationship between the two was repaired. However, Julia Roberts has always had a close relationship with her little niece Emma, and Emma even called her husband "Daddy" as a child.

Seeing the cute expression on the girl's face, Julia pulled her to her side and sat down, "Your mother complained to me just now, you ran around like crazy all this time, did you sneak away to auditions?" ”

Under the influence of her aunt Julia Roberts, Emma couldn't wait to get into showbiz, but her mother wanted her to live the life of an ordinary child, and it wasn't until she was 9 years old that she finally couldn't resist her bitter entanglement and let her go to auditions.

Roberts' surname really has a unique on-screen charm, and Emma successfully got the opportunity to play Johnny Depp's daughter in "American Narcos". However, this movie that reproduces the life of a real drug dealer is obviously beyond Emma's comprehension, and the brilliance of the male and female protagonists Penelope Cruz and Depp is far from completely overshadowing her, so that every time she mentions it, Emma's friends around her shout at her: "It's a very good movie, I really didn't expect you to be in it!" ”

In order to prove herself, Emma constantly participated in various auditions, and after a small cameo in several movies, it was Nickelodeon's children's sitcom "One Serious" that really made Emma shine. If nothing else, this film can help her make the transition from a teenage girl star to a youth idol.

But at this time, Disney added several new roles to "Musical" to "Youth Musical" launched a huge casting campaign in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and thousands of young people participated in the audition, and Emma also signed up for this event with the mentality of giving it a try. Just now in her room, she received a call from the crew of "Youth Musical" 3, and she was selected. Excited, she screamed and rushed out of her room, and then the scene just happened.

Julia Roberts was also secretly surprised when she learned the news, because in the United States, "Youth Musical" has countless dazzling halos on its head, and it is called "HSM" by young people, and it has become a popular cultural symbol. According to statistics, the first two episodes of this film have been watched by 450 million people around the world, that is, one in fifteen people in the world have watched a certain episode of this film. This can be said to be a miracle for a youth film, and just a TV movie on the Disney channel.

During this time, the news about the film has been hyped by the media, but Julia Roberts is more concerned about what kind of role her niece gets in this film.

"I play a high school student who transferred from the UK and became Pesha's assistant in the film!" Emma clenched her hands excitedly and pressed them to her chest, "Auntie, you know that my favorite TV series is "Orange County Boys", my favorite novel is "Twilight", and I am about to work with my favorite idol Felix Rin, and he is also the author of "Orange County Boys" and "Twilight", I am so excited that I am going crazy right now!" ”

"I'm a little jealous of Felix Lin, when did he take my place in your heart?" Julia Roberts reached out and hung Emma's nose and quipped, "Our Emma has finally grown up!" ”

"Auntie!" Emma ducked into Julia Roberts's arms like a coquettish, her cheeks as shy as ripe apples.

-- Disney raised the budget of this film to an unprecedented $20 million, which is already a sky-high price for a musical and dance drama. However, "Youth Musical" has made several leading actors popular, and the salary has also risen, especially Lin Mingyang, $5 million is already his lowest salary.

Because the filming time was only five weeks, and there were many singing and dancing scenes, they could only rehearse once or twice before they had to shoot officially, and they had to try not to make mistakes, and every staff member was under a lot of pressure. Several leading actors have settled in the crew in advance, Lin Mingyang and Meghan met, naturally there is a "warmth", and the joy of meeting somewhat dilutes the hard work of training.

After the rehearsal that day, director Kenny Ortega called Lin Mingyang aside and said something. When Lin Mingyang came back, he had a sad look on his face, which made Megan very curious.

"Did Mr. Ortega tell you any bad news?" Megan couldn't guess the answer in her head, but Lin Mingyang rarely was so distressed about one thing, which made her a little worried.

Lin Mingyang smiled bitterly, "Things are not as bad as you think, Mr. Ortega just invited me to go to the movies together!" ”

Megan pretended to be angry and pushed Lin Mingyang, "Then if you still have this expression, will Mr. Ortega still eat you?" ”

Lin Mingyang didn't speak, Megan's beautiful eyes were rippling, and she immediately thought of a possibility, although she immediately overturned her assumptions, she still thought it was funny: "I heard that you have a guy in the same dormitory who is in love with the same surname, you won't be with him...... That's it, right? ”

Lin Mingyang was defeated by Megan's powerful imagination, he reached out and flicked it lightly on Megan's head, "It seems that I shouldn't have let you go so easily last night!" ”

Megan grimaced at him, and she deliberately made a sultry pose, with a hint of charm in her eyes.

"And we continue tonight?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Mingyang slapped her buttocks fiercely. Megan was just about to protest, but found that the depression in Lin Mingyang's expression did not dissipate with the "gag" with herself. Temporarily suppressing the doubts in her heart, Megan felt that this matter was not as simple as she imagined.

There were only her and Lin Mingyang in the room, so Megan could hold Lin Mingyang's arm without any scruples, "Since it's a movie, can you take me?" ”

Her gentle offensive was actually rejected by Lin Mingyang very directly.

"Mr. Ortega gave me a movie ticket, and I'm sure you won't like it!"

When he said this, Meghan's curiosity was aroused, "Is it a boring documentary?" ”

"I think it's worse than that!" Lin Mingyang painfully took out the movie ticket and handed it to her.

Meghan took it and took a look, what kind of movie ticket was this, it was clearly an admission ticket to the Science and Technology Museum, and it was written:

"Science and Education Cinema: Exploring Life on Saturn."

-- Lin Mingyang himself has a perverted brain, plus Megan, who is full of strange ideas, they discussed for a long time, and still didn't understand Kenny Ortega's intentions. With a stomach full of doubts, Lin Mingyang came to the agreed science and technology museum.

Kenny Ortega was waiting there early, and he didn't explain too much after Lin Mingyang came, and when he entered the venue, the staff at the gate gave each of them a pair of special glasses.

Lin Mingyang is no stranger to this thing, what makes him really curious is that a science and education film was actually made in IMAX-3D format, and then look at the large IMAX-3D screen of the Science and Technology Museum, Lin Mingyang knows a little in his heart, the Science and Technology Museum belongs to the public welfare industry, and it is invested by the political axe. The development and promotion of IMAX technology has always been inseparable from large-scale exhibitions, science and technology museums and other public welfare activities and venues, and a popular science film made in such a format is not a luxury in the United States, which attaches great importance to popular science education.

This science and education film called "Exploring the Life of Saturn" is half an hour long, and the content is as boring as Lin Mingyang imagined, but the picture is shocking enough, the scene of the astronauts walking in space on the surface of the space station, the whole person is about to come out, and the real three-dimensional sense is unparalleled.

Until the end of the film, Lin Mingyang did not find an answer that could solve the doubts in his heart, and when they walked out of the science and technology museum together, Kenny Ortega finally spoke.

"How does this film feel?"

"What impresses me the most is the application of IMAX-3D technology, and only public welfare venues like the Science and Technology Museum can enjoy this shocking picture for free." Lin Mingyang said with emotion.

"IMAX-3D has been maturely applied to films, with huge screens, explosive sound effects, and resonant soundtracks, which can only be experienced in IMAX movies." Kenny Ortega's face naturally showed a very yearning look: "Do you remember the "Polar Express" released this year? ”

Lin Mingyang nodded, that film left a deep impression on him not only because Tom Hanks played the five corners alone, but also because it was a masterpiece created entirely by computer CGI animation technology.

For the past 10 years, the computer graphics industry has focused on how to produce realistic effects such as smoke, water, fire, and more. Now, the industry is in a metamorphosis and is beginning to find ways to create realistic effects of human facial expressions, hair, and clothing movement. The ultimate in art in this field is to create realistic human beings, and perhaps one day digital technology can replace actors. From this point of view, the birth of "Polar Express" is undoubtedly a milestone.

"That film was shown on 2,000 regular 2D screens, and IMAX-3D screens were only 75. However, it is these 75 IMAX-3D screens that account for 30% of the total box office of the whole film. You can imagine what a huge commercial potential the 'super combination' of 3D+IMAX has. ”

Kenny Ortega casually reported a string of data, and it seemed that he was very researched on the matter.

"I heard that the reason why the "New Spider-Man" starring you has not been released for a long time is that it is busy converting the IMAX format, and Blake, vice chairman of Sony Pictures, even claimed: When you have a movie like "The New Spider-Man" on hand, if you don't convert it to this unparalleled IMAX format for the audience to enjoy, it is simply an amazing waste!"

Lin Mingyang knew Sony's plans, but as an actor, he didn't pay special attention to this matter, because it had nothing to do with him. On the contrary, Kenny Ortega now suddenly mentioned this matter, which made him suddenly think of a possibility.

"I've been thinking about turning 'Youth Musical' into a 3D movie, but unfortunately my proposal hasn't been enthusiastically responded." Kenny Ortega sighed regretfully.

did not realize the idea of a 3D movie, Lin Mingyang guessed that it was because of the cost, to make a song and dance drama into a 3D movie, no matter who it was, it would feel that this was a very extravagant idea, but Kenny Ortega actually proposed it, which made Lin Mingyang have to admire his courage.

(To be continued)