2073 Chapter 2073 The So-Called Fairy Tale

"Hugo, what are you looking forward to?"

Hugo couldn't help being stunned by Charlize's words. He raised his eyes and looked at Charlize suspiciously, as if he didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence. A faint smile appeared on the corner of Charlize's mouth, and he repeated the words just now, "Hugo, what are you looking forward to?"

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

"I heard your words just now, which contained too many emotions, disappointment, anger, rejection, depression... I can feel that this trip to Princeton has touched you a lot, and even you can't completely clear your mind .But what I'm curious about is, what exactly are you expecting?"

Charlize knew that Hugo would always put too much pressure on herself, lest she get lost in the colorful daze of Vanity Fair.

This time, the adaptation of "A Beautiful Mind" was like a mountain, overwhelming Hugo, because Hugo wanted to do well and do better. But this kind of pressure made Hugo a little paranoid, a little greedy, and a little confused. He hoped to write a better script, hoped to write John Nash more realistically and vividly, and hoped to write a more angular story. Hoping to dig deeper into the theme... These greeds began to erode Hugo's own control irresistibly, so quietly that he himself did not notice his own loss.

As a bystander, Charlize could feel Hugo's subtle changes. She was worried about Hugo, but she felt sorry for Hugo more. Because Charlize knows that Hugo has endured too much pressure along the way, and the glamorous and unique superstar status in the eyes of outsiders makes Hugo gradually have no way out.

It's like when Hollywood is shooting a sequel movie, the success of the first movie has prompted the film company to innovate in the second and third movies, hoping to achieve greater success. Therefore, the sequel movies tend to have bigger and bigger scenes, more and more momentum, more and more characters, and more and more complicated clues... Finally, the finished product is vigorous and mighty, but it is empty and chaotic, which makes the The NPC was disappointed.

Everyone understands this truth. However, if everyone can control their thoughts as they like, then people will no longer be people, but machines.

In the past seven years, Hugo has been under pressure time and time again, and has achieved success time and time again. Even if he breaks out of his cocoon and becomes a butterfly, this time and time again struggle has consumed all of Hugo's strength. To be able to achieve the unique top superstar achievements of all ages, Hugo has been exhausted along the way. To be honest, Charlize found it incredible that Hugo's irritability, greed, and exhaustion had not been felt until now.

Charlize put her hands lightly 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 protoss, they They also have their own life, their own personality. You can't ask them to be perfect, because they can't be perfect."

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

"What are you looking forward to? John and Alicia still know each other so far? John is still handsome and handsome, and Alicia is still very beautiful? John is grateful to Alicia, and Alicia is caring for John? After regaining his senses John has become a successful professor, and Alicia, who has been waiting for many years, has regained her glory? If so, Hugo, then what is the difference between you and those cruel and rude 'mainstream society'?"

Hugo was amused by Charlize's words, and he fantasized about the picture Charlize said in his mind. The sense of sight of a happy and happy life created by "Truman's World" rushed over his face, full of irony. dark humor.

Hugo was thinking, maybe he did have expectations. Because of the 2001 version of "A Beautiful Mind", in that movie, it almost tells the beautiful love that everyone yearns for, helping each other in times of trouble, never leaving, holding hands and growing old together. Alicia supported John to get out of the predicament step by step, and finally ended successfully.

In fact, everyone is like this. Even if they are keen on tragedy, they still yearn for comedy in real life. Every time there is a happy ending, people are always cursing; but when the real tragedy ends, it is still uncontrollable to mourn. The fairy tales in "A Beautiful Mind" are too beautiful, almost unreal, 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 just called out her name, " Charlize..." Then the voice died in his throat.

Charlize understood worry and panic in Hugo's eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Hugo, I don't want to lie to you, I still don't want to believe in fairy tales, I think fairy tales are all lies. But if it is you, I am willing to go on with you, at least I am willing to try to go on with you to see where our end will be."

Looking at Charlize in front of her, she seemed to be a fox walking on the ice, pricking up her ears to carefully detect the movement around her, even the slightest disturbance would make her flee. Hugo couldn't help feeling a pang of distress. He raised his right hand and patted the back of Charlize's head lightly. He straightened up with a sit-up, pressed a kiss on Charlize's ear, and whispered in that ear: , "It's too late for you to regret 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 couldn't speak sweet words at all, but now Hugo's simple sentence can make the She discarded her armor.

Charlize watched Hugo lie down again, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, as if showing off to her. This made Charlize punch Hugo hard in the chest angrily, causing Hugo to grin his teeth in pain, which made Charlize smile with satisfaction.

"In my opinion, the relationship between John and Alicia is already a fairy tale." Charlize saw that Hugo regained his composure, and then returned to the theme, "You told me before that Alicia and John We have known each other for 30 years. I don’t know why Alicia stayed, maybe because she didn’t have enough money to move out and was confined to Princeton; maybe she was unwilling to make changes and just stayed there lazily ...But you can't deny that Alicia stayed by John's side, took care of him, and accompanied him for thirty years."

"Do you know how long thirty years is? Your life is only thirty-one years." Charlize's soft exclamation made Hugo fall silent, "Remember what you said to me It may not be love, but it's better than love. People always see the negative side of things, as if you, learned about John's wind. flow. rhyme. thing, and how he and Alicia didn't seem to So beautiful and beautiful, so I feel that this kind of story seems to be less powerful, and everything seems to be less than perfect. But in fact, even if they are just neighbors, being able to spend thirty years together is an amazing fate, because thirty years years, maybe half of our lives... or longer. Besides, didn't you notice? John had a few more marriages, but Alicia didn't."

Hugo fell silent, and he finally understood what Charlize said: What are you expecting?

John and Alicia's love is not perfect, no one can deny this, but Alicia's company to John is very important, she accompanied him through the whole life. They hadn't been apart since John met Alicia when he was twenty-seven. Hugo knew that in the original historical track, John and Alicia remarried after the release of "A Beautiful Mind", and the two still held each other's hands and walked on, until the world Hugo knew, there was no changed.

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

If none of this is a fairy tale, what else is Hugo looking forward to seeing?

Charlize could see in Hugo's amber pupils that the irritability gradually calmed down, as if the overheated brain had finally been cooled. The smile on the corner of Charlize's mouth relaxed slightly. She just hoped that Hugo would not push herself too hard, because it would be counterproductive. What Hugo needs is space, freedom, and inspiration. In this regard, Hugo How similar to John Nash.

"But...John Nash's life is too complicated and complicated, how should I start writing?" Hugo muttered, as if he was discussing with Charlize, and seemed to be remembering himself. Although the eyebrows are no longer irritable, but there is still a trace of bewilderment.

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

"Huh?" Hugo's voice brought Charlize back to her senses, and Charlize looked down, only to find that Hugo's amber eyes were looking at her intently, which brought Charlize back to her senses, there was nothing she could do Give Hugo a professional opinion, but as a bystander, she can let Hugo have more ideas.

Charlize thought for a while, "Hugo, do you remember? You told me before that the biggest drawback of many biographical films is that they are too greedy."