Lance stepped out of the yellow taxi, the noisy engine roar in the street mixed with the cold water vapor over the Hudson River, the towering skyscrapers split the gray-blue sky above him into countless small tofu cubes, and when he looked up, he looked up as if he was a frog trapped at the bottom of a well, and the strong sense of insignificance made everyone feel lost.

New York, the world's largest capital.

In his last life, he had lived in the city for thirteen years, and the streets and alleys here were all too familiar to him, and he could find his way with unerring accuracy even with his eyes closed, and he knew that two blocks east of this street would be an underground experimental theater on his right, belonging to Off-Broadway, a bar when there were no plays, and an automatic coffee machine at the door, and the coffee in it tasted like monkey urine.

I just didn't expect that when I returned to this familiar city again, eight months had passed in a blink of an eye, and time passed so fast. Nothing has changed in all of them, the humid and harsh air, the oppressive and gloomy buildings, the bustling and indifferent streets, the cold and hurried people...... Every detail in his sight is exactly the same as in his memory, and the instinct/ability of the body and brain is awakened by the lightness, and it seems that compared to Los Angeles, which is like spring all year round, he has never gotten rid of the habit of the city in his bones.

"Lance, we can go upstairs." Percy's voice interrupted Lance's memories, he let out a long breath, the thick white mist boiled in the air, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, "It's already spring in Los Angeles, why is New York still cold like this." ”

"It's still the same in April." Heavy snowfall, sudden torrential rain, unbridled hurricanes...... The city of New York always seems to have a lingering gloom with it, and the sun is never seen in the long winters.

Lance's meaningful words seemed to be mixed with indescribable familiarity, as if ...... It's as if he's lived here for many years. But as far as Percy knows, Lance grew up in San Francisco and later lived in Los Angeles, and there is no trace of New York in Lance's resume. This left Percy a little confused.

However, Lance didn't give Percy time to think further, "Let's go." After saying that, he took a direct step and walked towards the building in front of him. Percy gathered up her fragmented thoughts and hurried after him.

Walking into the building, you will immediately see the huge signboard of NBC TV, as well as the iconic color station logo that looks like a peacock opening screen - which is why people always jokingly call NBC TV Peacock Station. The building is full of people coming and going, and it doesn't seem to be crowded, but it's obviously busy, but it's not too chaotic, and the temperament of a large company is coming.

In fact, until 2004, when "Friends" ended its decade of screening, NBC was the leader of the four major television networks in the United States.

Lance led Percy to the reception desk in the center and politely said, "Lancelot Strello, Percy Brandley, come for the recording of 'The Tonight Show.'" ”

The staff at the front desk didn't recognize Lance, for him, the two people in front of him were just one of the many ordinary people who came and went in and out of the building every day, and there was nothing special about it. He checked the information, and then nodded, "The program recording at three o'clock in the afternoon, this is your visitor pass, please bring it with you, the studio of 'Tonight Show' is on the sixteenth floor, you can see it when you get out of the elevator." ”

The staff is very skilled, and after confirming the reservation information, the process will be carried out quickly, "Since there are studios everywhere, and a lot of work is going on at the same time, please don't move around......" The staff was only halfway through the sentence, when they found Percy raised his right hand angrily, as if he wanted to say something, but Lance stopped Percy in time, and then nodded to the staff, motioning for him to continue. The staff dragged out a trailing note, but still said the next words, "Please don't make a loud noise, please don't intrude into other spaces at will." If you have a mobile phone with you, remember to turn it off. ”

Lance smiled and nodded, then turned and left the front desk, heading towards the entrance next to him. Percy took the pass from the staff and said in a low voice, "We're not New Jerseys coming to see the excitement!" After saying that, ignoring the stunned staff, he quickly chased after Lance, catching up with Lance before the elevator door closed.

After stepping into the elevator, Percy glanced at Lance twice without saying anything, Lance noticed Percy's abnormality, but he didn't intend to speak, and finally Percy couldn't help it, "Just now he obviously underestimated us and treated us as farmers who have never seen the world, why don't you refute him?" ”

Lance turned his head and raised an eyebrow slightly, "Refute what?" One sentence made Percy choke, and then lowered his head in indignation, which made Lance feel a little funny, "It's not difficult to teach him a lesson." The question is, why should we bother with such a small character? ”

Objectively speaking, Lance is now a nobody, whether as a producer or director, maybe in the Hollywood circle, after many years of operation of Diorama Pictures, his face still has a certain ability to recognize, but on a bigger stage, let alone New York, even in Los Angeles, he has been standing behind the scenes is an ordinary person without any recognition.

It's normal for others not to know him. If you want to become a top existence like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, everyone knows it, and the long march has just taken the first step. Lance was confident enough, but not a megalomaniac who thought the earth was revolving around him.

Percy opened his mouth, but finally didn't know how to refute Lance, and could only mumble, "I thought it was different now." But the voice didn't have much confidence after all, and disappeared from his lips.

This is the reality, there is no cruelty or bloodshed, but it is an incomparably real and objective reality. The "City of God" has attracted countless attentions, created countless topics, and has become a well-deserved king of hot spots on the Internet, but this qiē is just an illusion, and in real life - especially in Los Angeles and New York, where a "star" can be smashed by throwing a brick, they are still nothing special.

Even though the recording of "The Tonight Show" was an incredible opportunity for "City of God", Lance arrived on site today to participate in the recording, and it did not attract any media to come and interview.

The elevator stopped on the sixteenth floor, and Lance was the first to step out of the elevator, looking at the studio in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little curious. This was the first time Lance had entered the studio to record a show since his rebirth - in the past, it was never their job to record a show at Diorama Pictures, and it was always the actors, followed by the director, who stood in front of the stage and received the baptism of the spotlight.

In front of me is an open space similar to an office cubicle, with more than a dozen wooden compartments in the center, and all kinds of materials, cameras, props, etc. are placed on the desks in a disorderly manner, which makes people feel that this is a warehouse.

Behind the open space is a huge wooden wall, blocking the view to extend further inside, extending along the left and right sides of the wooden wall, on the right hand side is a long corridor, bright lights can see multiple room doors at both ends of the corridor, it looks like an independent office, at the end of the corridor is a T-junction, and two more corridors extend down; On the left-hand side is an open space, where you can already see the stepped auditorium, as well as a large number of props and camera mounts behind the auditorium.

This was the recording site of "The Tonight Show".

At this time, all the staff members are busy, the stepped auditorium is almost full, the cinematographer and gaffer are in full swing to adjust, and the director is telling the audience about the recording process and the reaction they need...... Although there is no way to see the panorama of the studio, you can feel the compactness of the TV industry just from just one corner. This is a very different situation from the movie.

"Uh...... Are you new here? A man with headphones around his neck and a clip in his hand walked over briskly and looked the two people up and down, "Oh, you're Lancelot?" The man reacted quickly, but he didn't intend to greet politely, and he didn't even introduce himself, so he beckoned directly, "Follow me." Then he walked briskly down the hallway to his right.

Neither Lance nor Percy had any experience with TV shows, and were caught off guard by the fast pace. Lance laughed dumbly, and then quickly followed, Percy was stunned, and then hurriedly trotted all the way.

The two men were led by the man into a room, with a large mirror, a dazzling array of gantries and a cluttered make-up table, all of which indicated that it was a communal dressing room. The man shouted, "Tank! Tank! The shout made Lance raise an eyebrow, had he heard him wrong?

Immediately afterward, a burly woman came out of a nearby cubicle and shouted impatiently, "What's wrong?" Lance thought he must have misheard.

"Tank, this is the guest of the second link, and the makeup and hairstyle will be handed over to you." The man quickly finished explaining and patted Lance's arm, "Twenty minutes after the show is recorded, you will appear in the second part, about forty-five minutes later, you are ready." After saying that, the man disappeared directly and quickly again, which can be said to come and go like the wind, not giving people time to react at all.

The woman, known as "Tank," tapped her chair and said, "Sit down." Then he rummaged through the dressing table. Lance stood still and didn't move, and the woman waited for a while, and when she found that there was still no one in the chair, she couldn't help but turn around and say in a commanding tone, "Come and sit down." ”

Lance shook his head and smiled, "I think I'll do it this way." The words were soft, but there was a firmness that could not be refused, which made Tank stunned.