As an industry that operates under the spotlight, Hollywood has always been a special existence.

The battle of wits between top stars and paparazzi is actually a condensation, whenever there is a paparazzi following, the parties will often be very angry, and even directly punch and kick each other, they will roar at the paparazzi, "Get out!" Give me a little personal space! "They have been begging for themselves to be able to save themselves*, even going so far as to confront the paparazzi head-on and speak ill of them.

The same is true of Hugo, who has always been very protective of his private life, always refusing the paparazzi to invade his private space, and even going to war directly with the media because of Mr. Bond's offense to Adam. In this regard, Hugo is the same as all other public figures.

Here's the interesting part: many second- and third-tier artists even want the paparazzi to follow them, and many artists in Hollywood pay the paparazzi to tell the paparazzi their location in advance, and then let them come over and take pictures secretly. For example, a photo of the artist dating a big-name star, for example, a photo of the artist negotiating with a certain crew...... And so on, creating a breaking point.

This is the confusion of the siege, and those who stand outside the siege are always curious about the scene on the other side of the wall, and longing for themselves to be able to enter the city; But when they actually enter the siege, when the novelty wears off, they find that this is a prison, and they try their best to escape, but often they just struggle in vain.

However, the siege of Hollywood is more special, it is not so difficult for the people in the city to leave the siege, as long as they are determined, they can leave, but the question is, after leaving, will they regret it?

As Hugo just experienced, when the paparazzi and fans really don't pay attention to them as they expected, will they really be willing? Will they really be satisfied? Do they really not regret it?

I'm afraid it's difficult, leaving aside those artists who have retired and been forced to leave but want to come back in every possible way, people like Macaulay Culkin, who have tasted the taste of "smash hits", it is difficult for them to be content with mediocrity. Shia LaBeouf and Justin Bieber have both said they want to retire, but it turns out to be just another way to try to get attention.

It's like in real life, many people always remember "the courage of the year", not only because it was the peak of their life, but also that fleeting scenery can never be forgotten.

Hugo thought this was a very interesting proposition, he originally thought that he could keep a normal mind, just like choosing a script, like an event of glory to death, he had always been very calm, but the scene just now made Hugo realize that in fact, deep down, Hollywood, the vanity fair, still quietly affected him, and quietly, Hugo was also trapped in this wall built by magnesium lights, applause, and cheers.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Hugo has been in a bottleneck for the past half a year, not a bottleneck in acting, but a bottleneck in music creation. It is because of the imbalance of mentality that Hugo's deep pursuit and determination of glory to death have been shaken - even if he never thought so, in fact there was still a deviation, so he could no longer determine his goal, nor could he create the original music that belonged to glory to death.

Isn't that interesting?

Hugo didn't expect that this trip to Berlin, which didn't seem to have anything special, made him realize the changes that he didn't notice, which was really an unexpected surprise. At the same time, Hugo remembered the Berlin Film Festival twenty years later.

From the very beginning of its establishment, the Berlinale was once considered a kind of political method, but they survived in the cracks, and created a world of their own in the fierce political and cultural conflict. Therefore, Berlin has always been different from the commercial attributes of Cannes and Venice, they have always focused on the work itself, and the atmosphere of the professional seminar is not a mockery, but a characteristic of Berlin.

Just like the young people Hugo met just now, they do get excited, even screaming and panicking when they see top stars, but they also want to pay more attention to the work itself than to the stars. It's a culture, but it's also a heritage.

It may not be possible to experience the carnival of Cannes, the hustle and bustle of Toronto and the noise of Venice in Berlin, but this kind of cinematic atmosphere is the strongest, and during the festival, the audience pays attention to, discusses and is passionate about the topic of film, only film.

In this long 20 years, Berlin has always been obsessed with sticking to its own line, cold and arrogant, which also makes their attention lower and lower, due to the decline in attention, the publicity effect is naturally getting weaker and weaker, those really good films often choose Cannes or Venice or even Toronto for better publicity, so there are fewer and fewer excellent works going to Berlin, which leads to more and more secluded entries and award-winning works every year.

This creates a vicious circle. Without attention, there is no sponsorship and no support, which also makes the future of the Berlinale more and more bleak, and the name of the "three major European film festivals" exists in name only.

Under such a pattern, the Berlinale was also forced to change, they also wanted to increase their commercial attributes, invite more Hollywood films to participate, and even began to pursue star effect, hoping to increase their attractiveness, which is a change that they have to bow their heads in the face of real life. But until Hugo understood the reality, there was still no effect.

This thought made Hugo feel a little anxious in his heart, is there really nothing in this world that can persevere to the end and remain eternal?

"Hugo, look inside." The bodyguard next to him interrupted Hugo's thoughts, and through the glass door in front of him, Hugo saw the situation inside.

Compared with the noisy and unenthusiastic scene outside, there is always a noise in the interior, Hugo took a step and pushed open the door in front of him, and in an instant the heat rushed to his face, and the warm heat completely dispersed the cold air behind him.

Hulala, everyone in the room turned their heads, and at this time there was still a red carpet extending to the end of the hall, but there were a large number of news media on both sides of the red carpet, and there were at least a hundred people on the scale. Hugo only had time to take a rough look, and the flash lights came on one after another, and it descended like a flood beast, quickly engulfing Hugo.

This is the scene that Hugo is familiar with, but after the outside episode just now, Hugo is not used to it, he feels that such a scene does not match Berlin.

After the line of sight was adapted, Hugo was able to carefully observe the scene of the scene, the scarlet carpet stretched all the way forward, and the two sides were full of media reporters, but the interesting thing is that there were more reporters than fans, a simple glance, Hugo felt that the reporters were about twice as many as the fans, or even triple, and the number of fans at the scene did not seem to exceed fifty at all; Moreover, although the fans are cheering and screaming enthusiastically, the faces of the reporters who are too excited to lose control are the real madness.

It's a sight you can't imagine anywhere else, and it's so unlike any other.

The four bodyguards escorted Hugo to the red carpet and left from the side, bypassing the crowd of onlookers, preparing to wait for Hugo backstage, leaving the spotlight on the red carpet to Hugo alone. Hugo walked towards the end, because there were not many fans, and they were not like the fans in Cannes who dragged and grabbed like crazy, on the contrary, there were people who high-fived Hugo, the scene was really funny, Hugo only took less than fifteen minutes to walk the red carpet.

A male presenter standing at the end greeted him and said with a smile, "Welcome to Berlin, Mr. Hugo Lancaster, I'm Werner. heisenberg）。 After saying that, he shook Hugo's right hand, and then touched his shoulder a little in a friendly way, even if it was a hug, "Do you see the boiling of the scene?" It's the biggest spectacle since the opening of this year's festival, and how did you feel welcomed by the German people? ”

This is the biggest spectacle since the opening? Hugo looked at the size of the less than 200 people in front of him and smiled very happily, "Of course, of course, although I have only been here for less than 24 hours, I have already felt the enthusiasm from the Berlin Film Festival, which has left a vivid impression on me, and I have already begun to reflect on why I didn't come here last year." ”

Hugo's little humor made Werner stunned, and then he laughed, "So is this compensation this year?" His brainless sentence made Hugo not know how to answer, and he didn't want Werner to finish speaking, he himself was there with great joy, and the fans at the scene also chuckled, while Hugo and those foreign reporters were calm.

Sure enough, the Germans' joke was very strange.

Werner didn't seem to expect Hugo to understand his humor, and he quickly added, "When I found out that you were going to be here for the festival, I honestly all my friends around me were excited and looking forward to you. It's as if the Pope has arrived. ”

And what kind of humor is this? Hugo only felt that his head was full of question marks, and he had not had such difficulty communicating with Roland and Allen before. However, Werner continued fluently, obviously he was used to it, "The reporters on the scene today, as well as the fans, have a lot of questions that they want to ask you in person, so I won't take up everyone's time, are you ready to get up close and personal with the Berlin Film Festival?" ”

Turning his head, Hugo saw a pair of wolf-like eyes, from Los Angeles to Berlin, they were probably suffocated, which made the corners of Hugo's mouth outline a smile, "If I am not ready, can I cancel this link?" ”

This...... That's not a good fit, is it?