The sun was setting all over the sky, and the whole world turned bright red in an instant, and the soft but dazzling colors were like a medium. The Chinese ink painting is general, swaying freely on the silk cloth in front of him, the pen walks the dragon and snake, and the left and right rotate. People couldn't help but hold their breath, lest their rash actions would break the beautiful scenery in front of them.

The mountains and rivers between the phone seemed to disappear at this moment, and Hugo and Charlize stood side by side, raising their chins slightly, and looking at the clouds together. Hugo involuntarily turned his head to look, and then found himself standing alone on the balcony on the twenty-third floor, which made him chuckle, "It would be a pity that such a scene could only be admired by one person." ”

Charlize heard Hugo's voice with a light smile, and it seemed that Hugo's expression at this time could be directly sketched in his mind, which made Charlize gently close his eyes, feel the lazy taste of the sun shining on his eyelids, and blurted out the words in his mind almost whispering, "I'm with you, aren't I?" ”

"Hugo!"

"Sally!"

Almost at the same time, the shouting voice swept along the wind, interrupting Hugo and Charlize's train of thought, and the two of them seemed to be wrapped in a warm halo, suddenly invaded by the cold air, and subconsciously looked back. The two seemed to see each other in a halo, and Hugo looked at Charlize's face that had become unrecognizable because of the special makeup she wore as Erin Enos, but recognized her from those moving eyes; Charlize looked at the shallow smile on the corner of Hugo's mouth, and her heart beat faster and faster, making her stiff and stunned in place.

"Hugo." A person broke into the halo, and the whole figure was torn apart in the blurred light and shadow, and gradually became clear, it was Samora, "The live broadcast of the show is about to start, and the three-minute countdown is about to start." ”

This brought Hugo back to his senses, and the half-hour break was over in a blink of an eye, he was stunned, and then shook his head helplessly with a smile, "I need to go back to record the show, and I'll talk to you later." With that, he hung up the phone. Then he walked back with Samora.

Opening the door of the balcony, Hugo stood by the threshold, and couldn't help but look back at the sky behind him that was burning like a flame, still thrilling. Then Hugo took a step, and the door behind him slowly closed, separating the inside and the outside into two worlds.

Charlize stood in place a little distracted, until someone patted her on the shoulder, she came back to her senses, raised her head in some shock, and found that the person in front of her was the field assistant of the crew, "Sally, the director asked me to come over and ask you, are you okay?" A professional doctor has already come to the scene, so you'd better go over and have a check-up. ”

Charlize nodded hesitantly, "yes, I see." The wind messed up his hair, and Charlize pinned a loose end of hair behind his ears, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "Give me two minutes, and I'll be over right away." The assistant stood there and looked at it, but there was a worried look on his face, Charlize reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, "I'm fine, I won't jump from here." ”

One sentence made the assistant pale with fright, but made Charlize chuckle. Charlize patted his assistant's arm and said seriously, "I mean really, I'm fine." After a pause, the smile on Charlize's lips hooked up slightly, and then let out a long breath, "I'm fine." ”

The assistant turned around and left, but Charlize turned his head to look at the endless valley in front of him, and the chaotic thoughts in his mind seemed to become extremely chaotic, but they seemed to become extremely clear in an instant.

Charlize naturally won't forget what happened just now, her hands can still feel Scott's neck, and the shiver that penetrates deep into her soul makes her can't help but shiver twice. She originally wanted to practice the script with Hugo, but in the end she didn't succeed, but at this time her thinking became extremely clear, all the things Hugo said became clear, and she seemed to easily understand the core of Hugo's words.

Her understanding of the character is correct, but it is still not in place and accurate enough. In the middle of the performance, when she was completely self-conscious, she completely lost control - neither Erin Enos nor herself, it was a completely wrong performance. Performances can get out of control, but they have to be out of control on the right path, otherwise everything is in vain.

In the final analysis, it is actually a matter of understanding performance. Before the performance, she needs to organize her emotions, think clearly about the beginning and end of the whole story, and then know what Erin will react to and why she will react, and finally show it according to her understanding. When she is engaged in performance, what she needs is not to think, not to control, but to release, to release with full devotion.

It's like...... It's like "L.A. Confidential."

It's just that, under Hugo's guidance at the time, everything seemed to be so simple, but now it has become so difficult to try it yourself. It wasn't until today that she really realized how important it was to be a good rival actor, even Al Pacino didn't make her feel that way in the first place.

So, what she needs to do now is to calm down, re-read the script carefully, and then sketch out Erin's every move in her mind.

Thinking of this, Charlize couldn't help but smile, it turned out that things were so simple, but she got into the tip of the horns and couldn't get around. In the past nearly a month, I have pushed myself to the limit step by step, but I don't know how to find a way out like a headless fly. But now, everything has suddenly opened up.

On the phone just now, Hugo seemed to say many, many things, but as if he had said nothing. But that's how Charlize understood. This made the smile on the corner of her mouth have a touch of intricacies, happiness, satisfaction, bitterness, and confusion.

Hugo was always like this, as if he could easily understand her inner thoughts, and it only took a look or a word to make her feel ...... Security. All the fear, confusion, and coldness just now were as if the ice and snow had met the sun, and she smiled quickly, and her chaotic brain cleared all the fog in an instant, and the feeling of pleasure made her can't help but let out a long breath of turbidity.

Security.

Charlize shook her head helplessly, she hadn't remembered the word for years, as if in her life the word had lost its meaning early on, hidden in some dark corner, as if it had never existed. But now, such words popped into her mind, calming down all the chaotic aura around her.

It's subtle, it's unfamiliar, it's attachment, it's scary. But if there is one person in this world who can give her a sense of security, maybe it is only Hugo.

This idea popped up suddenly, startling Charlize, and after extreme panic, it made Charlize feel a little ridiculous, and then laughed softly. After laughing, Charlize calmed down, quietly recalling the gentle beating of his heart just now, the pounding heartbeat, the slight heartbeat was not intense, just a slight beat, as if there was a shallow electric current rushing through, but it made the whole soul begin to tremble slightly.

It's not the first time, it's not the first time Charlize has felt this way about Hugo, isn't it...... Don't? Charlize didn't dare to let himself continue to think about it, even if he was just aware of such a possibility, which made Charlize feel panicked. But...... If this is true, if that heartbeat again and again is not just a momentary pounding, but also a cumulative fall, then what should she do?

Charlize tried to convince himself that all this was only because of the impact that Tyra Banks's words had on him on Oscar night, and the loss that passed by at the beginning made ripples in his heart again, but it was only a momentary feeling, because the "once" she and Hugo were only two dates, but this "now" between her and Hugo was the precipitation of six years.

In the past, she had always succeeded in convincing herself, but this time, Charlize failed, because the more she recalled, the more her heart throbbed. Fragments of memories drowned her like a tidal wave, and the real and definite emotions made Charlize a little helpless. Because she knew that she and Hugo should be friends, and should not cross that line. This used to be her pride, whether it was Uma Thurman or Cameron Diaz, they had questioned her friendship with Hugo, but she never had a weak heart and faced them with dignity, because she firmly believed that the friendship between her and Hugo was not mixed with anything else, and she never broke Hugo's feelings. But now, she couldn't control her heartbeat, and all that insistence fell apart in an instant, leaving Charlize at a loss.

But if she and Hugo weren't friends, how would they be related?

Hugo's handsome face came to mind, but Charlize couldn't imagine Hugo's expression after knowing what he was thinking, even if it was just a slightly stunned look, it could shatter the friendship between them. Hugo has always stuck behind the line of friendship, never crossed the thunder pool, which is the foundation and pillar of friendship between people of the opposite sex, and once broken, everything is ruined.

Charlize closed her eyes again, took a deep breath, and then took another deep breath, trying to calm her mind, but the warmth in her eyes made her extremely embarrassed. Charlize raised his hands and rubbed his eyes vigorously, gritting his teeth to suppress the restlessness in his heart, but why did it become so difficult to breathe, as if all the air in his lungs had disappeared.

When he opened his eyes again, the gorgeous sunset in front of him was burning and gradually disappearing on the horizon, and the magnificent epic feeling made Charlize clench his fist slightly, and finally turned around and walked towards the crew.