Lance sat comfortably on the big red sofa seat, but after a while, Clint Eastwood came over, and Lance stood up and was ready to say hello - Clint had been in the business for more than fifty years, and it was only natural for Lance to take the initiative to say hello. However, Clint was all acquaintances in the room, but five steps away, he would chat with Holly-Hunter for a while, walk over to say hello to Tim-Robbins, and turn around to meet Diane Keaton, who had just arrived at the scene......

Lance stood for nearly five minutes before Clint walked over. Lance was still not agitated, always with a warm smile on his face, and nodded politely, "Mr. Eastwood." Clint waved his hand as if he had said hello, and then sat down at an interval on Lance's left-hand side. However, before Clint sat down, there was a greeting from behind him, and as soon as he turned his head, he saw Kathleen-Kennedy and immediately stood up again to say hello.

Lance didn't react much, and after saying hello, he sat down on his own. Lance sat quietly in place like this, without the slightest embarrassment, let alone embarrassment, even if everyone around him was greeting, he was left out alone, he also sat calmly, quietly looking at the stage in front of him, but did not look lonely.

The seats for today's awards ceremony are arranged according to the department, the acting nominees sit together, the director nominees sit together, and so on. Although Lance's name appeared in the Best Picture section and he was nominated as a screenwriter, the seats gave the director the most importance - the director's position was in the first row, and the lead nominee shared the first row position, so Lance was placed in the director's area.

However, among the five director nominees, Lance is the most unknown and the least qualified. So, he sat here and looked a little out of place. However, this was not a problem for Reims.

Sofia Coppola soon appeared as well, and she looked at the position. She was placed on Lance's left-hand side, that is, between Lance and Clint, which made Sophia stunned, and her expression stiffened for a moment.

Lance looked up and gave Sophia a polite smile, then withdrew his gaze, and Sophia was completely confused. Because Lance's appearance is as if the scene at the funeral had never happened at all. This made Sophia hesitate, she still didn't forget the estrangement caused by the incident, but Lance's nonchalance left her at a loss - she didn't know what to do.

After thinking about it, Sophia still sat down cautiously, and then tried to ignore Lance beside her, trying to calm herself down. But the fact that she always saw the man in the corner of her eyes made her feel a little tense. Suddenly, a low, magnetic voice came from his ears, "Several other people have gone to say hello, you are looking for them." Or are you also ready to go and say hello? ”

Sophia couldn't help but be startled, but then she reacted to the meaning of Lance's words, she thought about it seriously, and couldn't help it, but the corners of her mouth only hooked slightly, and then she retracted, and said sternly, "I never like such social occasions." ”

Lance didn't turn his head, but just whispered, "I'm asked not to like it." ”

Sophia could see a shallow arc at the corner of Lance's mouth. Then this sentence made her stunned, and then it reflected Lance's words - Lance was self-deprecating, at the awards ceremony, even if he wanted to socialize. But as a nobody, he can only open up a limited situation, so he can only sit still.

After realizing this deep meaning, Sophia endured it, but after all, she couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud. But she immediately relented. Pretending not to care about Lance's words, he withdrew his gaze and sat still. Just then, Clint walked back and showed a kind fatherly smile, "Hey, Sophia, you're here?" I was just talking to Diane Keaton, and you've been amazing this year. ”

Sophia remembered Lance's words again, and she could see that Lance didn't look up, still bowing her head and pretending to be a statue, which made Sophia not hold back for a while, and laughed again, and then she held back her smile, "Thank you, thank you for the exaggeration, Uncle Clint." ”

Clint apparently didn't understand what was going on and looked at Sophia in confusion. But before they could continue to greet each other, Peter Weir and Peter Jackson both returned to their positions, because the awards ceremony was about to start, and Clint could only gesture, "Sit down first, tonight's highlight is coming." ”

Peter Jackson sat on Clint's left-hand side, while Peter Weir sat on Lance's right-hand side, and to their right used to be the producer's area. It's just that Lance was a little surprised that none of the five nominated directors traveled together today...... This is very rare, and if you look at the producer area, every producer is dragging their families, so it's not lively.

Looking sideways, Lance saw Ryan Kavalaugh, Tucker Toure and Jason Berkeley all appear, and all three had female companions with them. There were satisfied smiles on their faces, and it was clear that Lance had gained a lot in the banquet hall outside during the time he was resting - compared to the Golden Globes, the Oscars were undoubtedly a step higher, and the people they made were naturally more important.

Jason was the first to notice Lance, and before he could sit down, his eyes touched Lance's clear eyes. Although they had expected it before attending the awards ceremony, they were bound to meet tonight, not to mention, they should have met at the Golden Globes before, but the result has continued to this day; But Jason was still panicked, he subconsciously avoided Lance's gaze, and lowered his head in a bit of a panic.

After Tucker sat down, he noticed that the seat next to him was still empty, and he looked up and beckoned, "Jason." Immediately he noticed Jason's abnormality, following Jason's line of sight, Tucker turned his head to look, and then saw the smiling Lance, the friendly and gentlemanly smile was like a devil's mask, which made Tucker jump up at once, startling his female companion next to him, and even Ryan looked over, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm going to kill him!" Tucker clenched his fists, his muscles tensed in an instant, and the anger that erupted in an instant made his eyes red, "It's all because of him, it's all because of him!" ”

Ryan turned his head to look over, and he was also in a hurry, and his expression could hardly hide his panic. Especially under the calm and calm contrast of Lance, which made the three of them look more and more wolf-like, in just one month after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the vicissitudes of life, the world changed so fast that they were a little overwhelmed.

However, Ryan quickly calmed down, and as he thought back to the remedial work they had done over the past month, a long-lost smile appeared on his face again, and he glanced at Lance condescendingly, as if to say, "We are the victor tonight!" The sharp look in his eyes did a good job of hiding the resentment and anger in his heart, but it aroused a strong fighting spirit, and he hoped to step on Lance's shoulders and walk onto the stage in front of him like never before, and the idea of defeating Lance fiercely grew stronger.

Tucker, who was standing next to him, had already clenched his fists, as if he only needed the slightest touch to pounce on him and fight Lance to the death. Jason nervously looked back at the other guests seated, praying that no one noticed the chaos here - this is the Oscars, this is the whitewashed awards ceremony, even if there is a deep hatred, people will not show it here, the surface is the most important thing.

Jason patted Tucker on the shoulder, causing Tucker to glare back viciously, but Jason also glared back without showing weakness, squeezing a sentence out of his teeth, "You want Clint Eastwood to see you now?" This sentence was like cold water, directly extinguishing all of Tucker's anger.

Lance's gaze fell from Jason to Tucker, and finally to Ryan, and then the corners of his mouth lightly outlined a shallow smile, and without any reaction, he turned his head directly and looked at the stage.

The contempt and disdain in those eyes were like dust, gently raised, and Tucker's anger burned again, but at this moment, the lights of the Kodak Theater gradually dimmed, and the noise of the scene slowly settled, Tucker looked around in a panic, and then realized that the awards ceremony was about to begin.

Tucker could only sit down sullenly, and was directly suffocated from the internal injury; Jason also let out a long breath, looked at Lance's shoulder in the dark, and his heart was too mixed to express it, and then sat down as well.

Ryan's gaze remained motionless on the back of Lance's head, and after his anger was extreme, he calmed down completely, he knew that these confrontations between them had no effect at all, as if Lance had gone directly to the office of Diorama Pictures last time to make trouble, and as a result, they had not gotten the "Troy" project by accident; It was tonight's showdown that really decided the outcome of the matchup, and thinking carefully about the past month's public relations work, the smile on Ryan's lips was gently outlined.

"Lance, I wonder if you'll be able to laugh after the awards show tonight?"

Ryan's eyes flashed with great confidence, staring at Lance's blurred silhouette in the darkness, and then smiled contentedly.

There was no other sound in the air, only a buzzing low pressure, which made the tension of the scene brew little by little, the award ceremony was about to be opened, and the realism of the belonging of the little golden man was about to be revealed slowly spread in the Kodak Theater, nervous and exciting, excited and expectant, and adrenaline began to bloom in the dark! (To be continued.) )

PS: Today's first update, normal update time: 20 o'clock and 22 o'clock every night, the old rules!