"I know you've been working hard, but now when people talk about you, they always like to say, 'She's Julia Roberts' niece,' and I hope that one day, when people mention Julia Roberts, they'll say, 'She's Emma Roberts' aunt,' and as long as you're a big star, we'll naturally have more opportunities to work together in the future." It is a very unrealistic idea to poach Emma Roberts from the current agency to the name of Ex, in order not to make the little girl sad, Lin Mingyang can only "comfort" her with a bright future.

"It's really hard for me to surpass my aunt!" It's a tempting goal, but Emma doesn't have a bottom in her mind. Much of her success is due to her aunt Julia Roberts' cultivation.

As early as the age of 9, Emma made a cameo appearance in her aunt's movie "American Sweetheart", and then collaborated with Johnny Depp on her recommendation, and obtained a signed photo from Depp, which reads "To Emma - one of the most beautiful beauties I have ever seen", which is something that many girls dream of!

After that, Julia also tried her best to pave the way for Emma in many films such as "The Mermaid" and "Nancy". There are all kinds of signs that Emma, who has been "surrounded by superstars" since she was a child, was born to enter the showbiz, how much does Julia care about Emma? It is said that once a reporter interviewed her, in the middle of the conversation, she suddenly took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Emma, and the content was just an inconsequential shh Having such a successful aunt is both a blessing and a pressure.

"So you need to work harder!" Lin Mingyang clasped his hands and smiled and said: "You are still young now, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future, you have to believe in yourself!" ”

"Looks like you're only 5 years older than me!" Emma tilted her head and propped one hand on the table, she intended to change into a mature dress today, but Lin Mingyang still regarded her as a child, which made her feel a little awkward.

Lin Mingyang smiled, how could he figure out the little girl's thoughts. He flipped through the script: "We'll discuss this topic later, and now we'll start discussing the plot." I'm sure you've all read the script, so let's talk about what you think of the characters! ”

His eyes swayed between Justin Bieber and Emma Roberts, neither of them rushed to speak, and finally Xiao Jia pulled his collar and sat up straight, Lin Mingyang thought he was ready to speak, but he didn't expect him to pretend to be deep and said: "Ladies first!" ”

Emma was originally a little lucky, but Justin Bieber, a little kid, played "gentlemanly manners" with her at this time, if it weren't for Lin Mingyang's presence, Emma would maintain her ladylike image, and Xiao Jia would probably be "repaired" by her.

She glared at Justin Bieber, who lowered his head and pretended not to see. Finding that Lin Mingyang had been watching her, Emma could only catch the ducks on the shelves, and said, "I think when Julie looks at Bryce from a different perspective, there will be a huge cognitive turn..."

"Can you tell us more about that?"

Because she loved him so much, and Bryce failed to show any love for her, she thought he would help her, but unfortunately he didn't. It seems to me that it is this loneliness that gives rise to the drama's impressive image: Julie clings to the tree because it is what she grows up on. ”

Emma gradually clarified her thoughts in the narrative: "After the plane tree was cut down in reality, Julie's love for Bryce became her spiritual tree, but Bryce's final approach made her very sad, and her spiritual support also collapsed, and after learning to be brave, she slowly found that she could look at Bryce in a different way." She lost herself in love, and found herself again in love. ”

Lin Mingyang agreed with Emma's point of view, and he nodded: "Only by finding yourself can you find true love!" ”

"Some people are shallow, some people are outwardly ruined, but one day, you will meet a gorgeous person who makes you feel that everything you have encountered before is a floating cloud." When she said this, Emma stared at Lin Mingyang without blinking, and said faintly: "This is my favorite line!" ”

The current post-90s girl is too precocious, Lin Mingyang pretended to smile calmly, and after Emma finished speaking, he quickly set his eyes on Justin Bieber, the meaning is obvious, it's time for you kid to speak.

But as soon as Justin Bieber raised his head, he was met by Emma's "unkind" gaze, which frightened him and quickly lowered his head again, with the help of the thick hair on his forehead, to cover his embarrassed expression.

"Hey, little gentleman, it's your turn!" Lin Mingyang reminded.

Xiao Jia raised his head slowly: "I can't say... But I know how to act! ”

Emma, who had been waiting to see the joke, laughed "poof", and it wasn't until Lin Mingyang glared at her that she playfully stuck out her tongue and stopped her mocking laughter.

"Alright then!" Lin Mingyang closed the script in front of him, "I won't deliberately tell you how to act, but I will give you more space to perform." It's not enough to perform the content of the script completely, I need you to add your own understanding to the performance of the characters. Only then will the character be distinguished by your performance. ”

"Emma, for the character of Julie, she is a precocious girl, so she is also the first to feel the change of growth, she expects Bryce's response, but always needs to continue to wait for loneliness. When you are figuring out your own character performance, take a look at the original novel I gave you, which has a lot of delicate psychological fragments, which will help your performance! ”

"As for Bieber, you!" Lin Mingyang looked at Xiao Jia, who still didn't dare to look at Emma beside him, "I don't know if you will have Bryce's hesitation now." When you're 12 to 13 years old, you wonder about a lot of things. You don't know who you are, you don't know what to do next. I need you to show this hesitation in your performance, not a helpless expression on your face, but more from the heart. ”

"In the novel, Bryce is lucky that he has a grandfather in life who tells him who he is and what he should be. When you like me, I don't like you; When you fall in love with me, I fall in love with you; When you left me, I fell in love with you; Is it that you are walking too fast, or that I can't keep up with you. This is Bryce's inner monologue in the novel, and you need to experience it with your heart. ”

Justin Bieber was silent, he was seriously chewing on every word Lin Mingyang said. During the entire plot discussion, Xiao Jia spoke the least, but gained the most, and at the end of the discussion, Lin Mingyang also gave him a surprise.

"Bieber, have you ever heard the songs of the everlybrothers?"

Xiao Jia shook his head, he, like his peers, paid more attention to the current pop music, "Is that a group?" ”

"In the middle of the last century, the Everlybrothers were a smash hit, and they became famous in 1957, when they signed the first million-dollar record deal in history with Warner Bros. Records."

"I guess they can all be our grandfathers now!" Emma interjected when Lin Mingyang introduced EverlyBrothers.

In addition to their age, the musical achievements of the Everlybrothers are equally remarkable. The Everlybrothers were the first two-man choral bands, and their music was a fusion of country, rock, rhythm and blues, with a strong harmonic sound, and many musical groups such as the famous Beetle, Simon and Garfunkel were deeply influenced by them. ”

Emma can sing in addition to acting in movies, she is preparing her debut album this year, she is no stranger to European and American popular English, but the group Everlybrothers is really new to her, "They are so good? ”

"The era of their fame is half a century away from us, and it is normal for the two of you post-90s generation to not be familiar with this band."

It had always been Emma who had rushed to interject before, and Xiao Jia finally seized an opportunity to speak: "Do they have anything to do with this movie?" ”

"I guess one of them will play Bieber's grandfather?" Emma pressed a finger to her lips and began to make a bold guess.

Lin Mingyang shook his head, "The ending song of this film is going to use one of their classic old songs "let-it-be-me", Bieber, you are the cover singer of this song." ”

――――Designated as the singer of the ending song of "Heartbeat", Justin Bieber has one more task than others in addition to the daily shooting, that is, to go to the recording studio to cooperate with the recording of the ending song, although the workload has increased, he himself is very excited, because music is the field where he dreams of spreading his wings and flying.

Knowing that this opportunity was not easy to come by, Xiao Jia himself worked extra hard. During breaks on the set, he always had headphones plugged in his ears, and various versions of "Let-It-Be-Me" were collected in the mp3 with Lin Mingyang on his back, and he had to practice until late at night every night.

Justin Bieber got along with the makeup artist of the crew very quickly, so although he often appeared with a dark circle under his eyes, with the help of the makeup artist, his lack of sleep due to singing was not discovered by Lin Mingyang, but later this matter was revealed.

“cut！” Since the start of filming, Lin Mingyang lost his temper in the crew for the first time, the reason is that Justin Bieber has been unable to lift his spirits when performing, originally a very simple shot, ng 5 times has not passed, anyone in the director's position will be angry.

Emma was also complaining about her partner when she was performing, but seeing Lin Mingyang's angry appearance, she couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Justin Bieber. People who rarely get angry generally have serious consequences if they lose their temper.

"Bieber, what's wrong with you lately? It's getting worse and worse, and you're wasting everyone's time, you know? Lin Mingyang's words were not difficult to hear, but his tone was very stern, and with the rare gloomy expression on his face, the people present could feel his anger.

"I'm so sorry...", Bieber lowered his head and stood there like a child who had done something wrong.

"Do some reflection on yourself." Lin Mingyang's heart has softened, but his attitude on the surface is still harsh.

Before the reshoot, Lin Mingyang announced that he would take a break for half an hour, and in the dressing room, Bieber's makeup artist Bang Rui was still worried about what had just happened. While touching up Justin Bieber's makeup, he said worriedly, "Bieber, I think you should tell Mr. Felix about this, or you should have gone to bed early in the evening." ”

"Bang Rui, today is just an accident, I will be very careful in the future."

"Accident?" Bang Rui stopped what he was doing, "One is an accident, two is a coincidence, but this has been many times, this matter will be a goof sooner or later, and it will be okay if you are scolded, but I am just a small makeup artist, as long as the director is unhappy, he can kick me out of the crew at any time!" ”

"I know Felix, he's not that kind of person!" Justin Bieber confidently said, "If that happens, I'll intercede for you." ”

"But I always have a bad feeling that Mr. Felix seems to have noticed it."

…… Although they are partners, Emma rarely communicates with Justin Bieber outside the play, she likes to "pester" Lin Mingyang when she has time, and she doesn't have the time to pay attention to Xiao Jia, the "little kid" in her eyes. But today, seeing him scolded so badly by Lin Mingyang on the set, Emma couldn't help but feel compassion, she wanted to talk to Justin Bieber in private for the first time, but at the door of the dressing room, she overheard the other party inside, and the hand that was about to knock on the door finally retracted.

"Are you saying that Bieber didn't go to bed on time every day in order to practice singing?" After listening to Emma's "whistleblowing", Lin Mingyang's brows were twisted into a Sichuan character.

"They were talking about it in the dressing room just now, and I happened to hear it." Emma was embarrassed to say that she was eavesdropping, so she made up an excuse.

Lin Mingyang didn't have the time to delve into these trivial matters at this time, if it was really like what Emma said, then he had gone too far by scolding Justin Bieber just now. If you really want to be held responsible, Lin Mingyang himself can't escape the blame.

In order to verify the news, he asked the assistant director to bring in the makeup artist Bang Rui. As soon as he entered the door, Lin Mingyang found that there was something wrong with this Bang Rui, he didn't dare to look directly at Lin Mingyang's gaze, and there was still a little dodge in his eyes.

"Bang Rui, the crew is you in charge of making up Bieber?" Lin Mingyang asked quietly.

"It's... Yes! Bang Rui had a ghost in his heart, and his voice was inevitably a little trembling when he answered.

"Then you should be the person the crew spends the most time with him every day, has he behaved abnormally lately?"

"Nope!" Thinking of the agreement with Justin Bieber, Bang Rui still gritted his teeth and denied it.

"Really?" There was a slight chill in Lin Mingyang's tone, and Bang Rui couldn't help but shiver.

As if realizing that his tone was too harsh, Lin Mingyang adjusted it and said in a calmer tone: "As the director of the film, I must ensure that the film is completed on time and with quality, but Bieber's state worries me, I think you know the reason for this." You can choose to hide it, but Bieber's state will get worse and worse; You can also choose to tell me the truth and we will figure out a solution to this problem together. ”

After hesitating for a while, Bang Rui finally chose to tell the truth: "Director... I think you may have misunderstood Bieber, but his distraction is actually related to you! ”

"Something to do with me?"

Bang Rui nodded, "In order to have a good performance in the recording, Bieber is still practicing songs every night when everyone is asleep, he sleeps less than 5 hours a day, and he has to act and participate in auditions, I think this is really hard for a 12-year-old child." ”

Lin Mingyang was silent for a moment, and sighed softly, although he didn't say it on the surface, he was still moved by Xiao Jia's hard work in his heart. A person's talent is an important condition for success, but diligence is also an indispensable factor. With such a strong and persistent interest in music at such a young age, it's no surprise that Justin Bieber was able to achieve that in the future.

"You should have told me about this earlier..."Seeing Bang Rui's embarrassed face, Lin Mingyang shook his head.

"Bieber begged you to keep it a secret, right? You go and get him, and I'm going to have a good talk with him. ”

"But..."Bang Rui hesitated, he was worried that Lin Mingyang would find Justin Bieber and scold him again.

"Don't worry, I'll apologize to him this time!"

...... "I'm sorry! "Justin Bieber had learned everything from Bonray and had kept his head down from the moment he entered the room.

"This should be my line!" Lin Mingyang's tone was very casual, he didn't want to put more pressure on Xiao Jia.

Justin Bieber jerked his head up, "But it's all my fault!" ”

"So what do you think you're doing wrong?"

Xiao Jia self-examined and said: "I shouldn't delay filming because of singing practice, and waste everyone's time in the end!" ”

"I talked to you at the beginning that being an actor is not your future development path. This film asks you to act, firstly because the role is really suitable for you, and secondly, it is also to help you become famous. There's nothing wrong with you secretly practicing songs while you're sleeping, what's wrong is that you shouldn't hide it from everyone in this matter. ”

Justin Bieber heard a deep concern from Lin Mingyang's words, which made him feel more and more guilty.

"Want to hear my advice?"

Justin Bieber nodded vigorously.

"You have to get 8 hours of sleep a day, and I'll ask Ex to help you find a few professional music tutors and let them come to the crew to guide you in practice, I believe it's more efficient than practicing secretly on your own!"

Lin Mingyang's suggestion made Xiao Jia overjoyed: "Is it really possible?" ”

"If it doesn't work, it has to work!" Lin Mingyang laughed: "From today onwards, you must go to bed at 10 o'clock every night, this is an order, you must obey it, otherwise everything will be canceled, including your qualification to sing the ending song!" ”

(To be continued)