"Hugo, what are you expecting?"

Charlize's words made Hugo stunned, raised his eyes, and looked at Charlize suspiciously, as if he didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence. A shallow smile appeared on the corner of Charlize's mouth, and he repeated the sentence just now, "Hugo, what are you expecting?" ”

Hugo opened his mouth slightly, wanting to question and justify, but his brain suddenly went blank, and he just looked at Charlize in a daze, unable to say a word.

"Listening to your words just now, there are too many emotions, disappointment, anger, rejection, and depression...... I can feel that this trip to Princeton has touched you so much that you can't even completely clear your mind yourself. But what I'm curious about is what exactly you're expecting? ”

Charlize knew that Hugo would always put too much pressure on himself, lest he get lost in the glorious confusion of Vanity Fair.

This time, the adaptation of "A Beautiful Mind" was like a mountain, which overwhelmed Hugo, because Hugo wanted to do a good job and did better. But this pressure made Hugo a little paranoid, a little greedy, a little confused, he wanted to be able to write the script better, he wanted to write John Nash more realistically and vividly, he wanted to write the story more angular, and he wanted to dig deeper into the theme...... These greeds began to eat away at Hugo's own control inexorably, so quietly that he was not aware of his own loss.

As a bystander, Charlize could feel the subtle changes in Hugo. She was worried about Hugo, but more often than not, she felt sorry for Hugo. Because Charlize knows that Hugo has endured too much pressure along the way, and his glamorous and unique superstar status in the eyes of outsiders has gradually made Hugo have no way out.

It's like when Hollywood shoots a sequel movie, the success of the first part prompts the film company to innovate in the second and third films, hoping to achieve greater success. Therefore, sequel movies tend to get bigger and bigger, more and more powerful, more and more characters, and more and more clues...... In the end, the finished product is vigorous and vast, but it is empty and disorganized, which is a big disappointment.

Everyone understands this. However, if everyone can control their own thoughts as they please, then man is no longer a human being, but a machine.

In the past seven years, Hugo has been under pressure again and again, and has succeeded again and again, even if he has broken out of the cocoon into a butterfly, this time and again the struggle has consumed all Hugo's strength. To be able to achieve the unique top superstar achievement of the past, Hugo has been exhausted along the way. To be honest, it was only now that I felt Hugo's inner irritability, greed, and exhaustion, and Charlize found it incredible.

Charlize gently put his hands on Hugo's shoulders and continued in her usual sassy and crisp voice, "You should also know clearly that John and Alicia are just ordinary people, they are not the so-called gods, they also have their own lives and personalities. You can't demand perfection from them because they can't be perfect. ”

Hugo could hear a faint smile in Charlize's voice, like the aroma of black tea curling under the afternoon sun, which gradually calmed him down.

"What are you looking forward to? John and Alicia still know each other? John is still handsome and dashing, and Alicia is still very beautiful? John is grateful to Alicia, and Alicia is so attentive to John? John, who has regained her senses, becomes a successful professor, and Alicia, who has been waiting for many years, shines again? If so, Hugo, what is the difference between you and the cruel and brutal 'mainstream society'? ”

Hugo was amused by Charlizer's words, and he imagined in his mind the picture Charlize was talking about, the immediate sense of a happy life created by "Truman's world", full of mocking black humor.

Hugo was thinking, maybe he did have expectations. Because of the 2001 version of "Beautiful Mind", in that movie, it almost tells about the beautiful love that makes anyone yearn for, helping each other in the same boat, never abandoning, holding the hand of the son, and growing old with the son. Alicia helped John out of the predicament step by step, and finally ended successfully.

In fact, everyone is like this, even if they are passionate about tragedy, but in real life they still yearn for comedy. Every time there is a happy ending, people always scold; But when the real tragedy ends, it is still difficult to suppress the sorrow. The fairy tales in "A Beautiful Mind" are so beautiful, so beautiful that they are almost not real enough, so that Hugo also has expectations for John in real life, super high expectations.

"We all know that reality is always crueler than movies, and fairy tales are always better than reality." Charlize's meaningful words made Hugo raise his eyes, look into Charlize's eyes, and simply call out her name, "Charlize ......" and the voice disappeared into his throat.

Charlize read the worry and panic in Hugo's eyes, and the corners of her mouth lightly outlined a smile, "Hugo, I don't want to lie to you, I still don't want to believe fairy tales, I think fairy tales are all lies." But if it's you, I'm willing to go down with you, at least I'm willing to try to go down with you, and see where we end up. ”

Looking at Charlize in front of her, she looked like a fox walking on the ice, pricking up her ears and carefully probing the movements around her, even the slightest disturbance would make her run away. Hugo couldn't help but feel a pang of distress in his heart, he raised his right hand and gently patted the back of Charlize's head, a sit-up straightened his waist, and a kiss was imprinted on Charlize's ear, and whispered in that ear, "It's too late for you to regret it now, even if you want to escape, you can't escape." ”

The warm breath made Charlize's ears turn red in an instant, which made Charlize a little embarrassed - because she remembered that Hugo could not speak sweetly at all, but now Hugo's simple words could make her lose her armor.

Charlize watched as Hugo lay down again, with a smug smile on his lips, as if to show off to her. This made Charlize angrily punch Hugo directly in the chest, which made Hugo grin his teeth, which made Charlize smile with satisfaction.

"In my opinion, it's actually a fairy tale between John and Alicia." Charlize saw that Hugo had regained his composure, and then continued to return to the topic, "You told me before that Alicia and John had known each other for thirty years. I don't know the reason Alicia stayed, maybe she didn't have enough money to move out and was confined to Princeton; It could be that she was reluctant to make a change and just stayed there lazily...... But you can't deny that Alicia still stayed by John's side, taking care of and accompanying him for thirty years. ”

"Do you know how long is thirty years? Your life is only thirty-one years. Charlize silenced Hugo with a soft exclamation, "Remember what you said to me?" It may not be love, but it is better than love. People always see the negative side of things, like you, learned about John's wind. Flow. Rhyme. and that he and Alicia didn't seem to be as beautiful as they thought, so it seemed that such a story seemed to be less powerful, and everything seemed to be less than perfect. But in fact, even if we are just neighbors, we can spend 30 years together, which is a great fate, because 30 years may be half of our lives...... Or even longer. What's more, haven't you noticed? John had several more marriages, but Alicia did not. ”

Hugo fell silent, and it was only then that he finally understood Charlize's words: What are you expecting?

John and Alicia's love was never perfect, no one can deny it, but Alicia's company for John was crucial, and she accompanied him throughout his life. From the time John met Alicia at the age of twenty-seven, they were never separated. Hugo knew that in the original historical trajectory, John and Alicia remarried after the release of "A Beautiful Mind", and the two still held each other's hands and walked down, until the world that Hugo knew, it has not changed.

In other words, for more than two-thirds of John's more than eighty years of life, Alicia was the one who stayed by his side. Does it really matter whether this is friendship, family affection or love?

If none of this is a fairy tale, then what else did Hugo expect to see?

Charlize could see in Hugo's amber pupils that the irritability had gradually calmed down, as if the overheated brain had finally cooled. The smile on Charlize's lips relaxed slightly, she just hoped that Hugo wouldn't push herself too hard, because this would be counterproductive, Hugo needed space, freedom, inspiration, and in this regard, Hugo and John Nash are so similar.

"But...... John Nash's life is so complex and complex, how should I put pen to paper? Hugo muttered, as if he was discussing with Charlize and reminiscing about himself. Although the eyebrows are no longer irritable, there is still a trace of dazedness.

Charlize didn't answer right away, because she wasn't sure if Hugo was thinking on his own, and she didn't want to interrupt Hugo's train of thought. But at the same time, Charlize herself is thinking about this question, and her knowledge of script writing is even more limited, so she can't answer the same question.

"Huh?" Hugo's voice brought Charlize back to his senses, Charlize looked down, only to find that Hugo's amber eyes were looking at him intently, which made Charlize come back to his senses, she had no way to give Hugo professional advice, but as a bystander, she could make Hugo have more ideas.

Charlize thought for a moment, "Hugo, do you remember?" You've told me before that the biggest drawback of many biopics is being too greedy. ”