Seeing Lance angrily turn away, Albert could only quickly follow to extinguish the fire.

Originally, this was not his job, and more often than not, the assistant director or producer needed to come forward to communicate, but due to the special situation in the crew of "Sin City", Lance had absolute control rights, so compared to the assistant director, as a friend of Lance, he also had the responsibility of drama management, so the heavy responsibility naturally fell on his shoulders.

"Lance." Albert quickly chased out of the studio and outside, where he saw Lance light a cigarette, which made Albert sigh lightly. Lance is not a heavy smoker, but he has frequently seen Lance smoking cigarettes in recent times, and this detail reveals the huge pressure on Lance's shoulders.

The success of three works in a row seems to be brilliant and full of flowers, but since Lance has no previous roots, the faster he climbs, the more ruthless he falls. Now, for Lance, he can't afford to fail - that's the difference between Diorama Pictures and Chaos Pictures, the former has failed two commercial productions, and two art films have failed to meet expectations, but they are still only on the edge of the cliff, but the latter can be doomed if one work fails.

Albert didn't quite understand the feud between Lance and Ryan and others, because Lance almost avoided talking about it, but he also knew that "Sin City" was naturally important as the finale of the crime trilogy.

Lance didn't answer, just glanced at Albert with slanted eyes, and then smoked again, Albert wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, "Lance ......" but found that he didn't know what to say at all, the reason why filming is so difficult is more often because Lance himself is embarrassing himself, high requirements, high standards, high intensity, coupled with high difficulty, the whole crew is tortured because of Lance's harshness, but he can't blame Lance, right?

So, Albert stretched out his right hand and laughed dryly, "Can you give me one?" ”

Lance rolled his eyes speechlessly, almost burst out laughing, and said angrily, "If you have time to smoke here, you might as well let Jessica exercise well." ”

"It's your choice of actors." Albert muttered something in a low voice, enough for Lance to hear, but it seemed to be talking to himself, which made Lance not refute it, nor did he refute it. "I mean, I think Jessica was just so nervous that her muscles were so tight that she couldn't relax, so she looked very stiff. ”

Everyone knows that Jessica is not an actor with outstanding acting skills, but Lance still decided to play the role of Nancy with Jessica, and he must be mentally prepared. It's just that in the first few scenes, Jessica was really too stiff, almost like a machine, with an awkward expression, wooden limbs, and a sluggish demeanor, even laymen knew that this was a disaster.

Lance's brows furrowed slightly, he hadn't thought about it, he thought that Jessica's decision to play in "Sin City" was to be mentally prepared to face him...... As he was thinking, a voice came from inside the studio, "Lance." He interrupted his train of thought, looked up, and then saw Percy walking briskly, and just as Albert wanted to speak, Percy didn't give him a chance, and just raised his voice and said, "Tom's phone." ”

Lance didn't ask much, took the phone, and turned to talk, "Hey, Tom, this is Lance." So Lance didn't see Albert and Percy speechless expressions on each other's faces, "Shouldn't you be preparing for the evening pie at this time?" Reims was referring to the college's PR activities.

"So, ten o'clock in the morning is to prepare for the dispatch duì, and there are twelve hours left in the day?" Tom Cruise said with a smile.

"I don't know, maybe attend an afternoon tea pie duì and have a dinner date before pie duì." Lance's mood also relaxed a little and made a joke. "I haven't been to the Academy PR during awards season, so I don't know how this works."

"If you want, you can join me now." Tom teased, causing Rains to chuckle, "So, you're calling me at this time to ask me for help?" Tom laughed along, "You can say so, I'm thanking you." I felt like I needed to convey that personally. ”

"Thanks?" Now Lance was a little confused, "For ......?" ”

"Promise, you fulfilled your promise." Tom explained, and then he waited for a while, only to find that Lance still didn't make a sound, which meant that Lance still didn't quite understand, and Tom chuckled helplessly, "Man, Oscar? Aren't you paying attention? Yesterday the Oscar nominees were announced! ”

"Oh, Oscar!" Lance replied meaningfully, apparently long ago, to Tom's complete laughter.

"So, my thanks are purely self-inflicted?" Tom teased, and his relaxed mood could be heard, "I've won the nomination." Tom took a deep breath and added, "Of course, you've been nominated for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, congratulations." ”

Lance raised an eyebrow, obviously not expecting such a huge surprise from the list of Oscar nominees. Lance is well aware of how competitive the awards season can be, and even if he doesn't personally attend the Golden Globes, he knows that the Oscars were a bellwether before 2010. But now it seems that for the second year in a row, the Oscars have handed in a completely different answer sheet from the Golden Globes.

"It seems that the academy is determined to go against some people." Tom was stunned by Lance's reaction, and then clapped his hands and laughed, "Very good, thank you for the good news." To be honest, Lance was very happy, his right hand couldn't help but clench into a fist lightly, secretly celebrating for himself, whether he won the award in the end or not, the Oscar nomination must be the greatest wealth for "borrowing a knife to kill".

Lance relied on his talent to create a new version of "Kill with a Knife", which not only realized the talent at the box office, but also won the recognition of award nominations, which made Lance more confident in himself than ever, he believed that he could give "Sin City" a new life, he also believed that he could achieve goals that the previous two lives could not catch up with, and he also believed that he could create a future with his hands.

He firmly believed.

The curvature of the corners of his mouth slowly outlined, and there was an indescribable excitement and joy, as if his entire chest was filled with happiness, overflowing so much that his breath became hot, "Congratulations, it seems that you have finally achieved your goal, and I have fulfilled my promise." Lance wasn't used to sharing his emotions with others, whether they were joy or sadness, so he kept his feelings hidden and immediately changed the subject.

"I didn't think I would have another chance." Tom's simple sentence contains too much sadness, although it was only five years ago since the last nomination, but in fact, after "Magnolia", Tom tried many times.

At that time, "Mr. Sweetheart" and "Magnolia" won Tom two consecutive Oscar nominations for acting, and many critics believed that "Magnolia's" performance was the best of Tom's career, which made Tom full of hope, so in the next five years, Tom temporarily postponed the plan of commercial films, and successively took over the filming of "Vanilla Sky", "Eyes Wide Opening", "The Last Samurai" and other works, all of which were expected to hit the awards, but all returned empty-handed.

is not only the failure of the award, but also the disconnection with the audience in the past five years, which has also made Tom's appeal at the box office a downward trend, although from "Mission Impossible 2" to "Kill with a knife", five consecutive works have broken 100 million, but only real insiders know that breaking 100 million is now just the bottom line, and it can't be regarded as making money at all. Two films like Lance in 2004 with 200 million are the real shocks.

It can be said that Tom has lost sesame seeds and watermelons in the past five years.

Now, the nomination of "Murder by Knife" is not just a nomination, it has also rekindled Tom's hope, and even has a huge impact on his future career plans. So, Tom's mood couldn't hide his excitement.

Thinking back to when Lance found him, Tom just thought it was too incredible; Recalling the hardships and tortures of the filming process, Tom's mixed feelings couldn't find the right words, "Lance, thank you." "A thousand words are reduced to just one sentence.

"No, a promise is a promise." Lance was very open-minded, Tom won an Oscar nomination, and "Kill with a Knife" was also successful, and they each took what they wanted, and it was a successful collaboration. "What's more, it's just a nomination now, and you should be familiar with it, and it's still unknown whether you can pick up the little golden man."

Tom shook his head, "No, I know exactly how much you've paid for this movie. Whether or not I can get the little gold statuette, I have learned a lot. This is a fact, of course Tom wants to win the recognition of the little golden man, which is a big regret of his career as an actor, but Tom also knows that nomination depends on strength, and winning awards depends on luck, Lance has paved the way, and the next thing may be his own. However, during the filming of "Killing with a Knife", he stepped out of his comfort zone and broke the shackles of acting, which became his personal wealth. "So, you deserve it."

As an actor who has been active at the top of Hollywood for nearly two decades, Tom's words are very meaningful. Quietly, Reims is gaining more and more recognition and respect. What happened in the crew just now is also one of the side proofs: no one dares to challenge the authority of the director, because the current Lance is no longer a fledgling stunned boy, on the contrary, he has become one of the most recognized rookie directors at present.

The climb of status is far more difficult and important than box office numbers and award recognition.

The corners of Lance's mouth rose slightly, and he said, "I'd rather have you say that from the podium. Tom's hearty and out-of-control laughter came from the other end of the phone. (To be continued.) )