This is Shirley's cleverness, she did not deliberately hide the tense atmosphere in front of her, but explained it with "chemical reaction", which is indeed ingenious. Then Shirley glanced at James meaningfully, James raised his eyebrows slightly, looked away, slowly precipitated his irritable feelings, and said with a smile, "Hearing Shirley say this, I also began to look forward to it, I don't know if you have any special thoughts on the script?" ”

Is James a tantrum stupid? Apparently not. In fact, James is a very smart person, he knows when to suppress his temper and when to fully release his temper, which is why he always refuses to work with big-name actors. James has the ability to control his own feelings, but he doesn't like the crew to challenge his authority, especially when he becomes a top director in the United States, so he refuses to control his feelings, that's all.

Hugo also felt Kevin's meaningful gaze, not a warning, but a pleading and friendly. Hugo also did not debunk the duet between Kevin and Shirley, and looked at James with a smile, "I don't like the ending of the script, it seems to be profound, but in fact it is just a boring preaching, but it destroys the idea of the whole movie, making the screenwriter look hungry and pathetic." ”

Hugo's straightforward words did not make James angry, on the contrary, he fell silent and looked at Hugo quietly.

In fact, James has thought about countless versions of the ending of the "Titanic", but he has never been satisfied, the current tentative ending is that the elderly Ruth is standing on the aft deck of the ship, holding the priceless heart of the ocean in her hand, planning to throw the heart of the ocean into the sea, but this move was discovered by the crew, and everyone rushed to stop her, especially the captain, he spent three years and poured everything he had, just to find this heart of the ocean, he hoped that Ruth could leave the heart of the ocean.

But Ruth said, "Only life is priceless." Then Ruth and the captain's eyes kept exchanging, Ruth hoped that the captain could understand that the countless experiences in life, the other people in life are the most important, which no matter how much material and no amount of profit can be exchanged. Although Ruth and Jack's love was only a few days, Ruth's life was different because of Jack, who kept Jack deep in her heart all her life, a wealth that no material can replace. Until the end of her life, Ruth's memories were still with Jack forever.

In this version of the ending, James hopes to change the captain's mind through the eye exchange between Guò Ruth and the captain. Because in James's conception, "Titanic" is not just a simple disaster movie, nor is it just a simple love movie, he pinned some of his thoughts on love, life, and life throughout the movie, and many lines can reflect this, and at the end of the movie, he wants to sublimate the whole idea.

But this ending seems a little too philosophical, a little mysterious, and James himself can't say why.

As a screenwriter, James has a deeper understanding and understanding of the whole story of "Titanic" than anyone else, so Hugo's simple sentence hit James's death hole, his first reaction was anger, but the second reaction was: Is Hugo joking, or does he really have an idea?

James looked at Shirley and Kevin, who were quietly giving him a look on the side, and looked at Hugo with a smile, "Hungry and pathetic? Very interesting adjectives, so if it were you, what kind of ending would you think would be more appropriate? ”

There are too many rumors about Hugo in the circle, and James has also heard rumors that people praise Hugo's screenwriting skills, and "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Before Sunrise" have been shortlisted for the Oscar screenwriting department for two consecutive years, which is one of the important proofs. But James never believed this, because he was a member of the industry himself, and he knew how far the so-called rumors could be, and he also knew what the consequences of the so-called Matthew effect might bring.

Feeling James' contemptuous scrutiny, Hugo didn't care at all, just smiled and said, "Have you ever thought about simplifying the ending?" For example, the captain doesn't need to notice Ruth's actions, so Ruth casually throws Heart of the Ocean into the ocean, causing Heart of the Ocean to sleep at the bottom of the ocean with Jack again. ”

"Huh." James didn't control his feelings at all, "What an excellent and delicate opinion." ”

Not only James, but even Shirley and Kevin looked at Hugo quite unexpectedly, because Hugo's opinion was really ...... It's too unprofessional, too simple, too much like a joke, but the two of them are more sophisticated, and they didn't leak their love directly, but just set their sights on Hugo.

Hugo laughed hehehe, "Many times, the simplest is the most profound, and too many explanations are just more picturesque." Hugo didn't mean to be condescending, because he knew how much effort James spent on the script of "Titanic", and his current screenwriting level was far inferior to James's, so he just stood on the standpoint of discussion and said his opinion, "You spent so long...... I don't know, a hundred and thirty pages? To tell this story, do you think that the captain still can't be relieved after listening to that magnificent story, but he is relieved because of Ruth's words? People are greedy, and when they see the heart of the ocean that represents wealth in front of them, they will let Ruth throw it into the sea? You're trying to tell more in the last page of the story, but you're trying to make all the effort of the whole story insignificant. ”

The mockery at the corner of James' mouth gradually subsided, and he fell silent, thinking carefully.

In fact, in Hugo's view, the meaning that James wants to express has been throughout the story, and people can savor it after watching the movie. He deliberately set a plot at the end of the film to tell it directly, which not only seems redundant, but also makes the story shallow. To be precise, every audience who watches the movie will have their own thoughts and precipitation, which is the biggest charm of the movie, rather than the director specifically telling you, "Hey, the core theme of my movie is this, don't get confused." ”

"What's more, I've always believed that Heart of the Ocean is a secret that belongs only to Jack and Ruth." Hugo added at the end, a simple sentence, without much explanation. This made James raise his head and look at Hugo with a complicated look.

"So, you read the script anyway." Shirley broke the stalemate between Hugo and James and said with a chuckle, with a big smile on her face.

Hugo withdrew his gaze from James and chuckled, "I used to talk to Michael Kane. e) At a charity event about how to pick a script, we all agreed that if you open the script, read the first page, then read the last page, and if the character I'm playing appears on both pages, then the script can be taken. ”

Hugo's brainless words made Shirley and Kevin stunned, but James understood, and he laughed directly without holding back. Because on the first and last pages of the script of "Titanic", apparently there is no appearance of "Jack".

This was the first time in the two meetings between James and Hugo that he had really taken some interest in Hugo, but only the size of a fingernail at the moment.

Although neither Shirley nor Kevin understood what was going on, Hugo insisted that he hadn't finished reading the script, and there must have been a reason, so Shirley glanced at James and then smiled and said, "Actually, I've met Kevin so many times recently for this project that the paparazzi are worried about whether the two of us are having an affair." This joke made Hugo laugh directly, "The two of us have many differences and quarrels, and this cooperation is obviously not easy for the two companies." But we both have one thing in common, and that is that we want you to be part of the crew. ”

This was the first time Hugo received a formal invitation to the "Titanic", and after several early trials, including negotiations between Kevin and Rick, Hugo officially became the alternate - or the only alternate - for Jack.

Both Shirley and Kevin are well aware of the commercial value of Hugo, and this has been the case for months, otherwise Kevin would not have been brewing since last summer. Now, after Hugo won the Oscar for Best Actor, this momentum will only get stronger and stronger, you know, the overall attention of this year's Oscars is several notches lower than last year's, but Hugo's moment of being the best actor still attracts the attention of more than 48 million people in the United States, which is even more than the moment when Tom Hanks completed the best actor award last year. This is just a microcosm of Hugo's appeal.

So, they know that the Oscars have only been over for less than an hour, but the number of people who are watching Hugo's project is definitely more than two pairs of hands. Shirley and Kevin must strike first!

Although Hugo had already guessed this, but when he really heard Shirley say this, it was inevitable that he was a little surging, but he turned his head to look at James, and the eyes of the two people came into contact with each other, but James looked at Hugo with a strong scrutiny, and the strength and rejection in the depths of the line of sight were still radiating.

Hugo smiled, "It seems that Rick doesn't have to worry about my job for the time being, which will help a lot to improve our relationship." Hugo did not answer directly, but subtly changed the subject.

Shirley and Kevin didn't put any further pressure, they knew that their goal for today had been achieved, and they quickly changed the topic. However, the relaxed atmosphere was soon sniffed by the hounds with a keen sense of smell, and the tranquility that had lasted less than a quarter of an hour was broken again, and people once again flocked to Hugo's location.