Lance looked at the energetic girl in front of him, and didn't react at the first time, but the girl was not in a hurry, just stared at him with wide eyes and full of anticipation.

Even if he was a human being, Lance had never experienced such a scene - signing an autograph for a stranger, and Lance had always wondered what the meaning of the act of "signing" was. Even if the other party is an artist or a public figure, his or her signature is just a microcosm of the name and has no meaning. But at this moment, looking at the shining eyes of the girl in front of him, he seemed to vaguely understand.

After a slight pause, Lance raised his hand to take the pen and paper from the girl's hand, and replied politely, "Of course." Lowering his head, Lance's pupils shrank slightly, this is a "City of God" propaganda poster - the "City of God" originally had limited publicity funds, and did not issue multiple versions of different posters like "The Day After Tomorrow", it only had three versions of posters, and the number was not large.

As if sensing Lance's gaze, the girl said excitedly, "This is my favorite movie!" Really talented, I went to the cinema five times in total, and now I'm waiting for the videotape to come out, and I'm going to buy a set for my collection. ”

Lance raised his head and looked at the girl's dancing vitality, the breath of youth exuding a charming aroma, "What's your name?" ”

"......" The girl's voice was cut off, stunned, and those thrilling blue eyes spread all over the sight, as if there was an infinite mysterious world, and in an instant time stopped time, and she said mechanically, "Chloe." Her voice trembled slightly from being too excited, "Chloe-Moore." ”

"Chloe." The curvature of Lance's mouth was gently outlined, and he lowered his eyes again, "Very beautiful name." Lance then quickly wrote the name "Chloe Moore" in the margins of the poster, but when he was done, his strokes paused, because he didn't know how to sign his signature - he had never designed his own signature.

The artist's signature is very special, on the one hand, it represents the façade of the artist, becoming a commemoration for many people, and must have a certain sense of design; On the one hand, artists need to sign for many people in a short period of time, even up to hundreds, so it must be concise and clear, and sometimes artists will even sign abbreviations directly, such as the first two letters of the name, such as the abbreviation of the name.

After only a moment of hesitation, Lance signed his name according to his daily habits, and looked up with a smile, "Thank you, Chloe." ”

In a simple sentence, Chloe could clearly feel the heavy weight, but before she could savor it, the other audience behind her raised their hands and handed over the pen and paper, "Lance, I really like your work", "Lance, the movie is really good"...... Chloe was overwhelmed by the chaos of sound in the blink of an eye, and she realized that there were still many people behind her who were hungry for Lance's autograph, so she stepped back and quickly left the crowd.

Chloe looked down at the poster in her hand, and the chic and flowing font in one hand easily caught her eye, "To Miss Chloe Moore, I hope you can find your City of God, yours, Lancelot Strello." The vigorous and powerful handwriting on the poster is written virtually, and it can be seen that because there is no support below when writing, the force is uneven, but there is a hidden charm in the bones between a pause and a hook, which makes Chloe stunned in place.

When I looked up, I saw the tall figure surrounded by the crowd.

Tom stood two paces away, his face full of kind smiles, skillfully communicating with the fans, and from time to time he could hear screams one after another, as if he were in one with the audience; But he is not, his expression is calm and calm, but between his eyebrows, he can faintly feel his rustiness, in the face of the steady flow of paper and pencil handed forward, his movements reveal the strangeness of his heart, this is how he is, but Chloe's eyes can't be taken off at all.

"Lance, Lance......" Tom's call rescued Lance from the noise, Lance smiled politely at the dense crowd around him, and then followed Tom's steps, under the cover of the staff, back to the backstage, the noise and boiling gradually dissipated in the air, leaving only the temperature remaining on the skin to remind the madness just now.

Lance was still a little uncomfortable, the screams, the screams, the madness...... And those who worship, those who seek after, those who look up...... This qiē can make people feel an unparalleled sense of existence, as if he is a god on high, controlling the operation of the world; It is as if you are the center of the universe, and all the planets revolve around you. It's just that this qiē is still too unfamiliar to Lance.

Both hands couldn't help but gently put it away, and then he felt the hard carbon pen in his palm, and looked down, Lance realized that he was actually holding a carbon pen in his hand - think about it carefully, this should be Chloe's, from the very beginning of the sign, he forgot to return it.

"Lance." Tom's voice came, "Are you alright?" ”

Lance turned around, only to realize that he had stopped, and Tom had already walked away. The carbon pen in his hand looks plain, just the most ordinary black carbon pen, the cap is painted red, and the uneven red traces can be seen to be the work of the owner to pass the time when he is bored, but other than that, there is no characteristic.

Lance put the carbon pen in his suit pocket, and the smile on the corner of his mouth fell into his eyes, "It's okay." Lance took a step and caught up with Tom in three or two steps, and Tom said, "Today's recording is pretty smooth, right?" What's next? Is it all at the same pace as it is today? ”

The two of them drifted apart, talking and laughing and discussing, and it could be seen that both of them were in a good mood.

The recording of "The Tonight Show" was indeed very smooth, not only did Lance and Jay once again dedicate a wonderful interaction, but even Tom's watch Xiàn received a lot of praise. After the show aired, the number of viewers actually surpassed 10 million, becoming the second edition of 2004 to exceed 10 million - before March, Mel Gibson starred in "The Tonight Show", Mel, who directed the controversial production "The Passion of the Christ", and was controversial for his anti-Jewish rhetoric, that episode attracted 13 million viewers, the most viewership of the year.

Compared to Mel, the box office showdown between "Murder with a Knife" and "Ocean's Twelve" obviously has no comparison in terms of topics, but Brad's "Cheating Gate", Penelope and Matthew's private life, the heated discussion on the Internet before the premiere of the two films, and the huge gap after the premiere have attracted countless attention under the impetus of a series of momentum.

Of course, the most important thing is Lance and Tom's excellent performance, which has a final viewership of 11.7 million, which is not only the second highest-rated work of "The Tonight Show" this year, but also once again overwhelming a group of competitors with an absolute advantage; It also made the discussion of "borrowing a knife to kill" skyrocket, especially Lance's humorous and witty eloquence, which has become a hotly discussed phenomenon among countless people, and its influence far exceeds that of the original program that promoted "City of God".

Later, "The Tonight Show" also attracted 5.3 million viewers in the rebroadcast stage, and even the replay viewership easily surpassed the premiere ratings of "The Late Show of David Letterman", completely pushing the momentum of "The Tonight Show" to its peak.

After the "Tonight Show" aired, Tom's outstanding performance in "Killing with a Knife" really entered the public eye. In fact, in the media review after the premiere of the film, many critics expressed their admiration for it, and even those media who took a questionable stance on the film also recognized Tom's performance; Now, for the first time, with the broadcast of public television, people are beginning to discuss it in earnest:

Tom, is he a good actor?

Although Tom has won three Golden Globe trophies and received three Oscar nominations; Although Tom proved himself as early as the 80s, he proved himself with works such as "Good Boy is Crazy", "Born on the Fourth of July", and "Rain Man"; Although Tom's wonderful performance in "Magnolia" was considered worthy of an Oscar, he was eventually cut off by veteran actor Michael Caine, and many people thought that Oscar owed him a trophy recognition...... But when people think of Tom, the first thing that comes to mind is "idolism".

It's not just about "Top Gun" being his famous work, an image that has been with him throughout his long career as an actor, but also because the team behind Tom has worked tirelessly over the years to make Tom an icon.

Even in the world, everyone knows that there are two "Toms" in the United States, one is Hanks, Mr. Yes with superb acting skills; One is Cruise, a handsome and dashing idol vase.

It can be said that this image made Tom, but it also killed Tom.

But this time, the situation seems to be different, when "Murder with a Knife" was released, almost no one recognized the person on the screen as Tom, and even during the movie, Tom would make people ignore his "appearance" and really enter the story and enter the world that belongs to Vincent.

It's an unexpected surprise for a commercial film to be able to enjoy such a brilliant performance - and a confrontational scene with strong chemistry, and Tom's performance is the icing on the cake, making this rethought-worthy crime thriller movie even more than the "Outlaw" of eleven years ago.

After the release of "The Outlaw" in 1993, the 66th Academy Awards included seven nominations including Best Picture, and won Best Supporting Actor for Tommy-Lee-Jones! (To be continued.) )