Hugo is the focus, not only on the red carpet, but also inside Dorothy Chandler Hall, where the constant flow of people makes Hugo have no breathing space at all, and can only socialize with everyone.

Mark Canton left on the front foot, and then Susan Sarandon walked over with a glass of champagne, "I recently heard that Columbia Pictures is using its brains again, and today Mark Canton actually went out in person." ”

Everyone knows that this is Hollywood, there is no need to hang yourself from a tree, there are countless excellent actors, and this is true of any film company, let alone the Big Eight. But Columbia Pictures has a lot of perseverance and persistence for Hugo, which began during the World Cup a year and a half ago, even if Hugo never liked their script, but Mark was not in a hurry or angry, and visited in person every once in a while, without the arrogance and posture of the leader of Columbia Pictures.

Although Mark Canton seems to be half a beat slower than Kevin Pence, he has never really figured out Hugo's mind, and every time Columbia Pictures sends a script to the door, it takes so long but still can't really reach a cooperation; But it is undeniable that Mark's patience and sincerity are far superior to Kevin's, and this sincerity even makes Hugo feel embarrassed - even if Hugo knows that in the final analysis, it is still the interests that make trouble.

In the face of Susan's ridicule, Hugo chuckled lightly and was noncommittal, "What about Tim?" Could it be that you were tripped up by some key occasion and ran out by yourself, right? ”

Susan didn't be polite with Hugo, shook her head, and said directly, "No, I came here specifically to find you, I have a friend I want to introduce to you." ”

"Friends?" Hugo raised his eyebrows slightly, "Susan was actually mobilized, it seems to be a character." This joke seemed to refute Susan's joke about Mark Canton just now, which made Susan chuckle too.

Led by Susan, Hugo soon saw Joe Schumacher in the crowd.

Speaking of Joe, there is no doubt that everyone knows him as a successful commercial director, "Batman Forever", "Killing Hour", "Sniper Phone Booth (phone). booth) and 8mm are all his works, and he once gave Batman's work a new lease of life, but unfortunately the subsequent "Batman and Robin" ruined all of them.

However, in addition to his commercial success, Joe's directorial career has also given impressive ideological connotations to many works, especially in his fifties, when he created outstanding works such as "City Hero", "The Ultimate Witness", and "Time to Kill", which often reflect the dark side and fear of human nature, and have won many praises.

Susan teamed up with Joe on "The Ultimate Witness" last year, and the film once again earned Susan an an Oscar nomination. Therefore, it is not unusual for Susan to introduce Hugo and Joe to each other today.

Joe didn't have a deep conversation with Hugo, just a simple polite greeting, it seemed to be just a normal meeting in a social situation, and Susan's explanation was that "he heard about your name and has always wanted to meet you, but he didn't have the opportunity", so Hugo didn't think much about it.

Immediately afterwards, Hugo saw Ron Meyer standing not far away.

To be honest, the intersection between Hugo and Lang is very small, because after the Golden Raspberry Award, he is an artist under Joseph, and the number of meetings with Lang is only a handful, but later Hugo completely integrated his memories and is naturally no stranger to Lang. But then Lang left the International Innovation Management Company and jumped to Universal Pictures, and the two had fewer opportunities to go head-to-head, and most of the time it was Rick and Lang who came into contact.

Hugo didn't expect Lang to appear at today's Oscars, he couldn't help but think about it carefully, he also saw Mark, Kevin, Shirley Lansing...... The unusual appearance of the bosses of these top big-scale zuò companies at the Oscars made Hugo have to think about it.

The Oscars are more of a feast for practitioners, and bigwigs like Ron Mayer watch the ceremony at home more often, and even if they arrive at the scene, they come to attend the Oscars night after the awards ceremony, and they almost never appear at the awards ceremony. After all, they are not professional film practitioners at all.

Today's anomaly made Hugo puzzled, and he didn't know what was going on. But think about it carefully, the film industry has been in turmoil since last year, and a major change has been brewing, and Hugo knows this, because this change finally reached its peak under the catalysis of the "Titanic", so these bigwigs probably also noticed something, so they went out.

However, these thoughts only passed through Hugo's mind, and his understanding of these things was too one-sided and superficial, so he did not want to spend time thinking deeply. Looking at Lang not far away, the eyes of the two people happened to touch, Hugo just nodded his chin politely, and then prepared to leave, but he didn't want Lang to take the initiative to take a step and greet him.

Hugo originally wanted to pretend not to see it and leave directly, but seeing the staggered and hot scene around him, Hugo knew that he could hide from the first day of junior high and couldn't hide from the fifteenth, so he didn't hesitate for too long, but stopped, stood in place, and waited for Lang to come over.

"I thought you'd leave." Lang said in a calm voice and with a smile on his face.

Compared with the impression of Lang, the Lang in front of him seems to be more restrained and more calm, and the Lang in the previous memory, although he is scheming, but his temper is inevitably impetuous. However, it is obvious that in the past few years, Lang has become more and more at the helm of a large-scale company.

"If I'm not mistaken, I shouldn't be in debt." Hugo also chuckled and said, but not jokingly, but a little playful, this so-called "debt" is really worth thinking about.

Lang listened, but he didn't react much, just smiled slightly, "Looking back on some things now, I regret a little that I missed 'Hugo Lancaster'." Lang added the article "the" in front of his name to emphasize Hugo's uniqueness and show the importance he attaches to it.

Hugo was a little surprised that Lang calmly took the initiative to mention this incident, and he did not hide this accident, but said with a slight surprise, "I thought you would treat it as if this incident did not happen." At the beginning, Lang can be said to have given up Hugo directly, although the reasons are very complicated, but it is undeniable that Lang looked at Hugo completely with the mood of falling into the well, otherwise he would not have instigated Hugo to attend the Golden Raspberry Award.

For Hugo's slight sarcasm, Lang didn't get angry as usual, but chuckled, "No one can get along with money, can they?" This pun is meaningful, as if to imply that if Hugo can work with Universal Pictures, it will be a win-win situation.

"I don't know, maybe I'll be willing to try it." Hugo's ridiculous tone made Lang stunned, remembering that Hugo's highest salary before "Independence Day" did not exceed 8 million, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Hey, Hugo." When he looked back, he saw Tom Hanks, and Lang didn't continue to say more, politely greeted Tom and Hugo, and then turned away. "Are you okay?" Tom asked with concern.

Tom had more or less heard of Hugo and Lang's affairs. Hugo chuckled and shook his head, "It's fine. ”

Tom was present tonight as the guest of honor for Best Actress, although his outstanding performance in "Apollo 13" did not win the nomination, but Tom was in a very good mood, after all, he achieved an incredible re-election in the previous two years, it can be seen that he is very relaxed, "I just met Meryl, she said that she hasn't seen you until tonight, how about it, don't you plan to go over and say hello?" ”

Meryl Streep, although Hugo and she have never really had a good conversation, Meryl has always been very friendly to Hugo, and even took the initiative to help Hugo during the Golden Globe Celebration Banquet. Therefore, Hugo was very happy to visit Meryl, but Hugo still deliberately let out a long breath and sighed helplessly, "What a busy night." This made Tom laugh too.

Indeed, as Hollywood's biggest annual pie, social events before the official start of the awards show are very frequent and intensive, not only Hugo, but also Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt and others, including those actors who did not win nominations. Even second-tier and third-tier actors, as long as they can qualify for appearance, this will become a stage for them to show their strengths.

Just look at the actions of Mark, Kevin, Lang and others just now, they and Hugo must be more than just polite, everyone's dialogue has a deep meaning behind it, otherwise they don't need to introduce each other, know each other, and talk to each other. In this occasion, opportunities abound. Just like Oscar night, the true significance of attending such an occasion is not only the exposure, but also the infinite possibilities for future development. This is also the fundamental reason why the Oscars have always been transcendent, even the Golden Globe Awards, which have been in business for many years, cannot be compared.

Hugo talked in the hall almost non-stop for nearly forty minutes, and only when the staff guided everyone to enter did Hugo have the opportunity to drink half a glass of juice, as for the dazzling buffet in front of him, he could only miss it. However, this part of the conversation can only be regarded as a warm-up, and the real show has just kicked off with the beginning of the award ceremony.

Night has fallen, Dorothy Chandler Hall is shrouded in a dazzling starlight, and the suspense of the 68th Oscars is about to be revealed!