Hugo took the elevator to the third floor, and before he got out of the elevator, he heard a commotion outside, which made Hugo raise his eyebrows in surprise, the third floor is the breakfast dining area of the hotel, but he was a little late today, originally thought that he had avoided the breakfast rush hour, but it turned out that it was still so lively outside.

Joseph walked out first, followed by Hugo, and then saw Joseph stop and give Hugo a helpless look. Because Joseph was big and the weight loss plan never worked, Hugo leaned to the side, saw the commotion in front of him, gave Joseph a roll of his eyes, and then quickly sorted out his expression, with a polite smile on the corner of his mouth.

Mark Canton walked up to him, smiling, "Look, who is this." Obviously, he was looking forward to Hugo, but he wanted to make a surprised expression, "I didn't expect you to come to breakfast at this time, it seems that today has a wonderful start." ”

"If this sentence was said by Shirley behind you, I would be in a happier mood." Hugo's teasing made Mark laugh, and then he turned his head to look at Hugo's line of sight, and Shirley Lansing's smiling face came to him, Mark couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart, "Shark", but his expression did not change, and he took the initiative to meet him, "Hey, Shirley, why didn't you see Ralph?" ”

Just one sentence hints at the fact that Shirley and Ralph Fiennes had just had a very happy conversation and had a close relationship.

For Mark's hint, Shirley's eyes flashed slightly, but she was not flustered, and said generously, "Ralph is behind, he knows that Hugo is coming, and he will definitely come over to say hello." As she spoke, Shirley walked over to Hugo and greeted Hugo, "Ralph said, "He was also invited to interview for the role of Schindler's List, but unfortunately you were one step ahead, and he wanted to talk to you. ”

This is obviously Ralph Fiennes, whose starring role in "The English Patient" was released at the end of last year, and it can be described as a success, winning both box office and word-of-mouth, and he has received a lot of praise himself.

Mark opened his mouth to interject, but he quickly relented and just stood quietly with a smile on his face. Because Mark also realizes that he is always in a hurry - although most of the time, this is not a big problem, but in front of old foxes like Shirley, it is often easy to lose the first opportunity, so he needs to control it a little.

Naturally, Shirley walked to Hugo's side, while Joseph and Mark walked side by side and followed.

Walking into the breakfast dining area, there is not much difference from the ordinary restaurant, you can see that the square tables for four people are scattered at the eye, but at this time, more than two-thirds of the tables are seated, which makes the whole breakfast dining area seem lively, even if no one makes a loud noise, just whispering, the sound gathers together, and the whole corridor continues to reverberate.

Seeing Hugo walk in, many people turned their heads and waved or nodded at Hugo with a smile. The hotel was originally one of the three official hotels of the Berlinale, so almost all the people who lived here were insiders, not only the crews of films from all over the world, but also journalists from all corners of the world who flocked to cover the event.

But these faces seemed so unfamiliar to Hugo's sight—the face blind was terminally ill.

Hugo sat down at an empty table for four, Mark and Shirley naturally sat down next to him, plus Joseph, the seat was directly full, and the other people who were a little slower seemed to have to stand still for the time being. Mark and Shirley were both unhurried, chatting with Hugo about the works that had been screened at the Berlin Film Festival in the past few days, which aroused a lot of Hugo's interest.

During this time, Ralph came to say hello, and then Luc Besson arrived as expected, and it is certain that Mark's confident work is indeed the "fifth element". But today Mark didn't make it clear, and Hugo pretended not to know, and they still talked happily.

After breakfast was finished, it was coffee time for Ron Mayer and Robert Saya, and both Mark and Shirley knew each other very well and made an excuse to give up their places. The most surprising thing for Hugo was that Michael Russell actually came to greet him.

Since Michael didn't say anything, just greeted him and expressed anticipation for the next performance of "Storm", the direct result was that until Michael left, Hugo didn't know who he really was - because he really hadn't met the head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Marjana Blericon, and Michael Russell.

"Who was that guy just now?" After Lang and Robert had left, and the editor-in-chief of "Bild" and "Cinema Handbook" had been sent away, Hugo finally had the opportunity to quietly ask Joseph.

Joseph naturally knew Hugo's problem, and those who met for the first time introduced themselves, so he knew who Hugo was talking about at once, and explained in a low voice. As a result, Hugo not only did not solve the doubt, but looked at Joseph even more confused, because he really didn't understand what the head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had to do with him, just like the dean of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences suddenly appeared in front of Hugo, it didn't make sense!

But before Hugo could speak, Joseph gave Hugo a look, and Hugo immediately turned his head, cheered up, and saw Barry Meyer in front of him.

"Hey Barry, do you need a cup of coffee?" Joseph took the initiative to say hello, then turned to Hugo and whispered, "Warner." ”

Barry noticed Joseph's movements, but didn't care. These top Hollywood bigwigs all know that Hugo can't remember faces, let alone names, almost every time they meet, they need Joseph or Samora to remind them, and even once Hugo met Kevin Burns when he was alone, and the two chatted for twenty minutes, and when Kevin left, Hugo found Joseph and asked "who is that", which was heard by Steven Spielberg, who was standing aside, and has since become a joke in the circle.

Interestingly, Michael Russell didn't know about it.

Barry took the initiative to extend his right hand to Hugo, "I see that there are too many guests who have come to visit today, and I think it will definitely be rude if I don't show up." Barry was also very direct, but he was a little more tactful than Mark, and the same or similar words he said with a hint of banter and teasing, and the whole atmosphere seemed relaxed.

Hugo couldn't help but laugh at Barry's straightforwardness, "You know, the hotel lobby has always been so busy. ”

As Barry said, except for Kevin, who just said hello from afar and didn't come over, almost all other important people showed up in front of Hugo once, although they didn't talk about anything serious, but they can still feel Hugo's influence on the film industry today. But Hugo interpreted it in such an ingenious way, which made Barry laugh too.

"If the hotel lobby manager is so charismatic, then I would like to stay in this hotel every time." After Barry's teasing, he covered his mouth and whispered, "If you don't tell my wife to know." Hugo and Joseph both burst out laughing.

Hugo directly raised his hands to make a surrender gesture, indicating that he had nothing to say.

Barry didn't have any special expression, sat up straight again, and said with a smile, "As far as I know, you're very interested in American culture in the '60s and '70s. Hugo looked puzzled, obviously not understanding what Barry meant, but Barry was not in a hurry, and then said, "It was the most prosperous era of rock and roll. ”

People all over the world know the importance of Glory to Death for Hugo, and now Glory to Death is making history step by step, and it is a glimpse of Hugo's talent, and the album "Storm" is awakening the memories of that golden age for this generation. So, Barry is telling the truth that everyone knows, but his way of interpreting it is very interesting, starting with the culture of the '60s and '70s.

Sure enough, Hugo showed a surprised expression, "That's true. In fact, it was an era of cultural explosion, and countless ideas and concepts had an impact, and I grew up in such an atmosphere. So I'm very interested in those days. To be more precise, a large number of cultural traces of the 60s and 70s can also be found in "vulgar", not only rock, not only retro, Hugo also has a lot of interests in the social, economic, cultural and ideological formation of those eras.

"Then you must know something about the fifties." Barry's words made Hugo stunned, Hugo shook his head, he really didn't know much about that era. Barry laughed, "Hugo, you read classical literature, you should know better than me that the inheritance of culture is closely related to society, and it is not a correct way to separate the various eras." ”

Barry is right, if you really like the culture of a certain era, you need to know at least something about it, even if you don't need to know everything about it. It's just that Hugo feels quite inconsistent, because none of the top bigwigs will talk to him about cultural inheritance, and when this object is Barry, it becomes even more weird.

Barry Meyer, the head of Warner Bros. and the most greedy, cunning, and decisive decision-maker among the top eight Hollywood studios, actually talks to himself about cultural inheritance? This......

"If you look closely, Los Angeles in the '50s was like San Francisco in the middle of the last century, a golden land that made everyone's eyes red, with sunshine, beauty, low-hanging fruit and the Hollywood film industry. The sight of people. Barry's next words were still unusual, but the smile on the corner of his mouth revealed some clues.

The fifties? Los Angeles? A thought flashed through Hugo's mind, and he quickly wanted to capture it, which made Hugo's eyes flash a trace of curiosity.