After the end of the interview session with reporters such as the heroes behind the scenes of 597, the reporters were thinking about how to write the news, and now it is more and more troublesome to interview Hugo, and it is not so simple to conceive an article that has selling points and will not be scolded by readers; But Hugo turned away with a relaxed face, he still hates reporters, even if he can face reporters calmly now, but his rejection of reporters has not changed, but Hugo now knows how to deal with reporters, which also makes him more and more relaxed.

Uma looked at Hugo, who had shifted the "focus" she hoped for with an understatement, but her inner irritability became more and more uncontrollable, which forced her to turn around and leave in another direction, hoping that she could calm down.

Hugo and Samuel walked in the direction of the crew's rest area as they spoke, but a person next to them quickly followed, "The answer just now is very clever. "Looking back, it was Harvey Weinstein.

"The croaking of these crows is always irritating, and I've done my best." Hugo shrugged his shoulders, he didn't think that he had restrained reporters, in the entertainment industry, reporters are a group that can never get rid of, now it seems that Hugo has the upper hand, as long as Hugo has a little mistake in the future, whether it is in life or work, presumably this group of reporters will immediately flock up and eat him clean. This is the result of Hugo's personal experience in the past two years, so Hugo will not let his guard down lightly, let alone be complacent.

When Samuel heard Hugo's description, he laughed, "Crow, well, crow." ”

Harvey's reaction wasn't that big, but he also smiled and nodded, "Quack, these crows never know how to stop, even if they shut up today, the next time something happens, you can still hear them chattering again." ”

Hugo thought so. Harvey looked at Hugo's expression and recalled Hugo's experience in the past three years, from the fall of "Hudson's Eagle" to the rise of "Schindler's List" last month, which is indeed incredible, and Hugo's composure and calmness in the face of reporters from his panic and restraint to today's composure and calmness make Harvey very interested.

Harvey could already imagine that "vulgarity" had attracted enough attention before filming began, which meant a focus for the makers and a saving on publicity costs, and he couldn't be happier to be pleased.

"Crows, I've heard a veteran elder mention it, and he also described these damned journalists as crows." Harvey laughs, "Unfortunately, he's retired now. ”

Hugo looked at Harvey in surprise, "Oh, who is it?" In fact, Hugo's head was thinking of Catherine and Hepburn, because the last time she met Catherine on Broadway, she also called the reporter a crow. But Harvey gave an answer that Hugo would never have expected.

"Ernst." Harvey said wistfully, "This is an old man full of wisdom. ”

"Who?" Hugo was really surprised this time, and he even stopped. Because the first time he heard of the nickname "Crow" was after the Golden Globe Awards, Ernst_The grumpy little old man who lived on the second floor mentioned it.

Harvey and Samuel took two steps forward before noticing Hugo falling behind them, Harvey turned to look at Hugo, "Ernst and Lechmann, don't tell me you don't know." ”

Hugo was still at a loss, of course he knew Ernst Lechmann, the grumpy old man who lived downstairs from him, but he didn't know Ernst Lechmann, because he thought Ernst Lechmann was just an ordinary old man, but now Harvey spoke of Ernst as if he were a great man - and a figure in the entertainment industry.

This time, Samuel also looked at Harvey with a curious expression, which made Harvey show an incredulous expression, "Hey, guys, don't be kidding, you don't know Ernst?"

There are so many people in the entertainment industry, not to mention the people behind the scenes, even if the actors standing in front of the screen know all the actors, it is almost impossible, and there are countless people with the same name and surname. Well, at this point, Harvey also understood, "But it's normal that you don't know each other, he hasn't written any scripts since 1977, to be precise, his glory days were in the sixties, before you were born." ”

Harvey also sighed a little, he was fifteen years older than Hugo, this is the difference between the two eras, but Samuel was born in l948, four years older than Harvey, so when Harvey gradually mentioned these details, Samuel immediately showed a sudden expression.

"I'm talking about Ernst as a screenwriter who has written less than twenty plays in his career, but he has been producing great works," Harvey explained simply, trying to resonate with Hugo. northwest)" 'Westside Story. side。 story)" 'Spirit. Desire**(wh0,s.) afraid。 of。 virginia。 w001f) "'Hello' Dolly (hell0, dolly)" 'The sound of music (the. sic)”……”

With each name of a work that Harvey said, Samuel's expression became more and more open—apparently he already knew who Ernst really was—and Hugo's expression became more and more surprised.

"Hell God!" That was pretty much the only thing Hugo could say.

Each of these works mentioned by Harvey is a classic of film history, whether it is an Oscar, a film critic, or a long film history, they have proved their value, and they are definitely masterpieces. And the name "Ernst Lechmann" can be seen in the list of screenwriters of all these works, which is simply incredible.

Hugo's first reaction was: This Ernst and the one downstairs in their house should not be the same person, right? But when you think about it, Hugo thinks they are the same person!

Ernst's words to Hugo after the Golden Globe events obviously seemed to be an insider, but it was not an experience that could be said casually; Moreover, Ernst's research on Broadway is very good, Hugo stood at the door before and saw a lot of Broadway posters in Ernst's house, originally Hugo thought it was just Ernst's hobby, but now it seems that it is Ernst's work - most of the scripts he wrote are adapted from Broadway, classics.

Ernst retired at the end of the seventies because he could not keep up with the pace of social evolution. The film industry has entered a period of rapid development with the "male and female thieves" in l967 as a demarcation point, and the stories of Broadway have been difficult to keep up with the market demand. Under such circumstances, Ernst made few noteworthy contributions in the seventies, and for the whole decade he was only with Alfred and Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock) collaborated on a not-so-successful "Strange Case (Family. plot)" is Hitchcock's swan song and Ernst's final work.

Thinking about it this way, the old man downstairs in Hugo really seemed to be Harvey's Ernst, who lived alone near Sunset Square, but had no job, and was grumpy and refused to be visited thousands of miles away, but occasionally came to visit...... That sounds like a perfect fit.

Of course, this is just Hugo's conjecture, and the truth will not be known until Ernst himself confirms it. But even so, Hugo found it strange that he had never found out that there was such a famous figure living downstairs in his house - if his guess was correct, because Ernst had always been like an ordinary old man with a bad temper, ...... What an accident.

But to be honest, Hugo knew everything Harvey said, but he really didn't know much about the screenwriter, so he really didn't react at all when he heard the name "Ernst Leicester" - and to this day there is no reaction. This also further illustrates the sadness of the people behind the scenes, what the actors show on the screen is the brainchild of the people behind the scenes, all the films are done by the whole crew working together, but the only ones who are really famous are the actors and directors, and even the people who make them are difficult to be widely known.

"It's a pity that Oscar will always owe Ernst a little golden man." Harvey exclaimed, and the shock of this sentence was much stronger than the previous one, and Samuel was the first to exclaim, "What?"

Harvey tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Ridiculous, huh?" But that's the way it is, the academy has never given Ernst a single statuette, and God knows, Ernst has been nominated five or six times, but never been honored, hell Oscar. ”

"Not even 'West Side Story'?" Hugo asked in surprise that "West Side Story" was definitely a sweep at the Oscars that year, winning ten statuettes in one go, which is currently the most awarded work after "Ben-Hut".

Harvey shrugged, "Lost to the Nuremberg Trial. at。 nuremberg)，。 ”

"Shit!" Hugo and Samuel actually said in unison, and you can clearly feel the regret and disdain in their tones.

Harvey also smiled helplessly, "I heard this word from Ernst in the first place, Raven, he has always been unpleasant to reporters, because these reporters don't know art at all, they are completely crazy, Ernst has never had a good face for reporters, and his bad temper can hardly be controlled by reporters." ”

This makes sense, it seems that Ernst was not short-tempered after old age, but was a fiery temper when he was young. Hugo was deeply touched by this, and his heart was still turbulent, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, crows, a bunch of damn and noisy crows, but it's our job again, it's terrible." ”

"You did a good job just now, don't be led by the crows, learn to take advantage of them, then, things will be different." Harvey said with a smile

Hugo also tugged at the corners of his mouth, but in his heart he was still surprised by the true identity of Ernst and Lester, but he was afraid that this surprise would continue for a long time.

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