Samora parked the car in front of the house, Hugo got out of the car, and then saw Ernst and Lechmann cursing next to the garbage can, apparently someone did not throw the garbage into the garbage can accurately, and each time it made Ernst nag for a long time.

Ernst noticed that the car behind him had stopped, and immediately turned and squinted at Samora, who came out of the driver's seat, and Samora immediately reacted and waved his hand repeatedly, "No, it's not me, I haven't thrown away today's garbage." ”

Ernst pursed his lips and continued to turn around and mutter, "This is simply low morality, how can he do such a shameful thing, how dare he!" It can be seen that Ernst is very angry about this.

Hugo looked at Ernst in front of him and overlapped him with the famous screenwriter "Ernst Lechmann" in the mouth of Harvey Weinstein, but found that this was too incredible, he still couldn't overlap the image of Ernst and the screenwriter, and sure enough, it was not so easy to adjust after leaving a fixed impression in his mind.

Ernst in front of him was wearing a crumpled suit, a shabby shirt and a dark blue pilling sweater that could be judged with the naked eye that they had a long history, and his gray hair was combed into a neat back, but it was not enough to fit in, slightly messy, coupled with the foul language and short temper, he was completely a lonely old man living next door, and he had no connection with the image of "screenwriter" or related professions such as literati and authors.

Could it be that the Ernst in front of him is not the famous screenwriter, but just a person with the same name and surname? It's not impossible.

"What! Don't look at me with that kind of scrutiny, I hate it. Ernst sensitively spotted Hugo's inquiring eyes and pursed his lips, which made Hugo awkwardly withdraw his gaze and smile at Ernst. But apparently Ernst did not buy it, glared at Hugo in exasperation, and muttered a complaint, "Young people are really not polite at all now......"

Hugo couldn't cry or laugh when he stood next to him, but he had no way to refute it, so he could only touch his nose and admit that he was unlucky.

After Ernst muttered, as if suddenly remembering something, he looked around, and then said hatefully, "Those crows are finally gone, their ears can be cleaned, and lately it feels as if they are living next to a subway station, and there is no time for peace at all." After saying that, Ernst also glanced at Hugo, obviously blaming Hugo for the culprit of this qiē.

Hugo was unwilling to admit his mistake, and his eyes widened and he pushed back, "Is there a quiet time in Los Angeles?" Those crows don't fly around every day. ”

Ernst looked at Hugo and said irritably, "Since you came, there has been no quiet in this neighborhood. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Hugo with disgust, hesitated for a moment, and the whole momentum retracted again, "But what you said also makes sense, even if those crows don't go to the door, they won't stop." ”

Hugo thought about it and saw that Ernst didn't seem to be as irritable as before, so he decided to ask his doubts directly, "Ernst, I heard that you used to be a screenwriter?" Is this true?"

Ernst didn't expect Hugo to suddenly ask such a question, he was stunned, and then his brows were tightly tangled together, and he raised his eyebrows and roared directly, "So what?"

If it was a stranger, he would have been frightened by Ernst's roars one after another, but Hugo had lived here for almost two years, and he also knew a certain amount of Cheng Dù about Ernst, so he instead sketched the corners of his mouth and smiled, "It's not good, it's just a little curious, you know, the grumpy old man in my neighbor's house is actually a famous person, which is always very interesting for children, as if ...... It's like scientific exploration. ”

Ernst looked at Hugo's warm smile, all the words were stuck in his throat, and he tried twice to say something, but he couldn't say it, and finally he could only say recklessly, "Child, just if you return the child, you will soon be thirty years old, cut." After saying that, he sneered, and his eyes kept peeking at Hugo and then looked away, as if he wanted to turn around and leave, but he felt that it was too embarrassing to leave like this, so it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Hugo was not in a hurry, he just stood where he was, looked at Ernst with a smile on his face, and waited patiently for an answer. And Samora stood next to him with a good look, he had only been here for less than two months, and he was not familiar with Ernst at all, on the contrary, he had suffered a lot, and now seeing Ernst's hesitant appearance was a rare joy for Samora.

"What are you laughing at!" Ernst's quick eyes turned to see Samora's smile, and immediately roared angrily, Samora, who had suffered from the unwarranted disaster, could only lower his head depressedly, and Ernst seemed to be slightly satisfied, but when his eyes turned and saw Hugo, who was still smiling, his mood suddenly became worse again, and finally he could only say irritably, "That was seventeen years ago, and I don't remember it for a long time." ”

In the seventeenth year, Ernst's words revealed his true feelings, and he clearly remembered that his last work, "The Strange Case", was filmed in 1976, but he said it so stiffly, and this small detail made Hugo suddenly feel a little sad.

Hugo didn't know what made Ernst secretive about his former glory, but when he thought back on Ernst's life in the past two years, Hugo was a little inexplicably sad. Like Katharine and Hepburn, they are all top existents who have created countless glories, but the years have gradually made them disappear from the limelight, but Catherine is still active on the Broadway stage, but Ernst is not, he is just a lonely old man, grumpy and bored guarding his empty house, waiting for tomorrow, or waiting for death.

But this sentence just now revealed Ernst's thoughts, and he still remembered the joy he had when he wrote the script seventeen years ago. Moreover, he will still call reporters crows, and he will still be willing to share a little bit of his inner thoughts when he sees Hugo upset because of the Golden Globe incident. Perhaps, Ernst chose to live a peaceful life in Sunset Square because he never let go of his heart.

After Ernst finished speaking, he glanced at Hugo, and he could see a faint sadness in Hugo's calm eyes, but it stung his pride as if it was sympathy, so Ernst immediately straightened his back and said to Hugo with great momentum, "Those memories are long gone, and they have nothing to do with my current life." ”

Hugo looked at the back of Ernst leaving, stubborn and stubborn, he knew that his "sadness" stung Ernst, and it could even be said to be an insult, the passage of time took away the glory and glory of the original, but it could not take away the pride and persistence of the beginning. Hugo was a little wolfish and collected the sadness from his sight.

"Last year," Hugo quickly opened his mouth to raise the question in his heart, this sentence made Ernst's steps to leave pause slightly, "Nora and Ephron are willing to give me a second chance to audition, did you recommend it to her?"

Hugo thought over and over the reason for the second chance of "Sleepless in Seattle", and he never looked for a clue, but now it seems that Ernst is the most likely candidate.

After the Golden Globe incident, Hugo's depression Ernst saw it, although Ernst always did not have a good face for Hugo, and could even be said to be foul language, but Hugo knew that this lonely old man was wrapped in that violent temper, but he was afraid of loneliness. So, it makes perfect sense that Ernst recommended Hugo to Nora and won Hugo a second audition.

Ernst didn't look back, but said calmly, "It should be your own effort to get this role in the end." Although he did not admit it, he did not deny it either.

Looking at Ernst's back as he prepared to leave again, Hugo hurriedly said, "Thank you." This made Ernst pause again, "I mean, although you need to rely on your own strength to take advantage of the opportunity, not everyone can get the opportunity, this is true in society, and even more so in Hollywood, so thank you for giving me this opportunity." ”

In the world of Hollywood, there are countless actors with strength and conditions, if not 100,000, there are 80,000, and the competition for each role is almost a fight of more than thousands of people, especially actors who have experienced a trough or newcomers who have just entered the industry, it is too difficult to compete with those actors who have achieved fame, and many people have consumed all their youth and ambition without even having the opportunity to touch.

After the Golden Globe incident, although Hugo's situation was not so bad, at least it was not on the edge of the cliff, at most it could only be said to be a temporary trough, after all, the success of "Yihai Xiongfeng" and "Smelling Fragrance and Knowing Women" could still allow Hugo to gain some bargaining chips; But "Sleepless in Seattle" gave Hugo the opportunity for the first time, and Hugo successfully seized it, which was undoubtedly a breakthrough for Hugo in the trough period.

Although it may have been something that Ernst could have solved with just a word or a phone call, it was one of the most important turning points for Hugo in the whole of 1993. So this "thank you" is a sincere thank you from the bottom of Hugo's heart.

When Ernst heard this, he stood there without much movement, and after a while, he turned around, looked at Hugo, and said with a stern face, "This is Hollywood, the real world where one sentence can change many things, some people are not worthy of your sympathy, don't be soft-hearted." ”

After dropping this inexplicable sentence, Ernst took another step of his steps, slumped over the stairs, and disappeared from the sight of Hugo and Samora.

(To be continued)

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