Chapter 268 268 Emerald City

The plane slowly landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Seattle-Tacoma. International. Airport), and the misty drizzle began to rain outside the window, and the whole city was like an ink landscape painting, with thick ink and light green. The mountains and forests slowly spread from the bottom of the eyes to the distance, and the edge of the city with light ink and light hooks is loomingly outlined in the mist. In the wonderfully determined Middle-earth of John. Ronald. Reuel. Tolkien's writings, it seems that Hobbit villages can be seen on the far side of the horizon.

After getting off the flight, Hugo pressed the baseball cap slightly, tied the belt of the windbreaker, and dragged his luggage out of the airport behind Joseph. The earthy fragrance with a touch of dampness pulsates lightly on the skin, the vitality and hope that only belongs to spring extend infinitely in the drizzle, and the exhaustion and irritability in my heart are all resolved in silence. .

No wonder it is called the Emerald City, and the beautiful green mountains and waters are so beautiful and moving.

Standing at the gate of the airport, no one noticed Hugo's arrival, there was no reporters surrounded, and there was no flashing light. Hugo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although he had adjusted his mood now, he saw reporters swarming up. When I was still feeling irritable, it was really good to be able to avoid dealing with reporters.

Joseph stopped a taxi, loaded two large suitcases into the back of the car, got into the car, and said to the driver, "Fourth Street, 1112th."

"W Hotel (W. Seattle)?" the driver confirmed.

"Yes." Joseph adjusted his position and gave a positive answer.

The driver slowly drove the car out of the parking area, and the car fell into silence. Only the sound of the tire hitting the water on the ground could be heard. The whole city had a sense of quiet mystery. Zhong Xu slowly appeared out of the window, giving people an intermittent glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of this land.

In 1993, Seattle was actually far less famous than it was a few years later. At this time, Seattle was more attracted by the developed shipbuilding industry, and the location of Boeing's headquarters here gave Rain City the reputation of "airplane city". But a few years later, Microsoft and Starbucks, which chose their headquarters in Seattle, gradually began to rise, making the city attract the attention of the world. Since then, people have really noticed how fresh the air is and how high-end the quality of life is, making Seattle the best city in America to live and live in.

Seattle also has a name called "Alaska Gateway", where countless people lead to the last wilderness of North America, Hugo can't help but think of a 2007 movie "Into. The. Wild", Alaska The endless wilderness outlines the most real appearance of nature in my mind, with ice and snow and green trees.

As the gateway to Alaska, Seattle also has the same incredibleness as Alaska. Its low altitude, but it has ancient glaciers, active volcanoes and peaks covered with snow all year round, which makes the city always permeate a kind of fresh and clean. Chilling breath. Green hills, lakes, bays, and rivers make Seattle unique geographical conditions, and the typical oceanic climate gives it four seasons like spring.

Whether in the continental United States or anywhere else in the world, there is hardly a second city like Seattle, with its hills and flats covered in dense, nearly pristine forest. Inside and outside the city are lined with quiet harbors, rivers, green trees, and a colorful street market. In the green hills surrounding the city, there are dozens of lakes of various sizes hidden in place. The trees are lush, the grass is lush, and even the drifting rain and the gently passing wind have a green color.

The city shrouded in rain and fog is so verdant that people can hardly help but stretch out their arms to embrace the city, feeling the jubilant and light green in the air.

Looking at the looming Lake Washington between the buildings, Hugo couldn't help but put a smile on his mouth, and said to Joseph in a low voice, "If I have the opportunity in the future to settle here, I will feel relaxed and happy every day."

Joseph knew that Hugo was a little nervous these past two days, although he said that they all knew that the words of the media could not be trusted, especially after the big-name suspicions, Hugo also understood that whether it was praise or criticism, the words of the media We must learn to recognize the moisture of content; but it is one thing to understand the truth, and it is another to apply it in life. Seeing that almost all the media are chanting about "Sleepless in Seattle", Hugo, who is at a low point, is inevitably lost.

Although it was said that before the release of "Smell the Fragrance to Know a Woman" and "The Hero of the Sea of ​​Righteousness", there were not many optimistic media, but now the situation is different. When "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman", the attention was not high, and the media that gave feedback There are also very few; Hugo was in an upward trend during the "Heroes of Righteousness", and the overall media response was relatively balanced. But now, when filming "Sleepless in Seattle", Hugo stood at the bottom of the invisible valley, facing the pressure of all the media and going upstream. The nature of the difficulty is incomparable.

This time, in addition to the "Los Angeles Times", only "U.S. Weekly" James Larter has a good word for Hugo, thinking that this is a great opportunity for Hugo's salted fish to turn over. But among the truly authoritative media, only Nicholas of the "Los Angeles Times" stood on Hugo's side for the first time, which was surprising.

Therefore, the pressure on Hugo's shoulders is indeed enormous.

Joseph looked at Hugo's tenseness. He didn't comfort him, and he didn't know how to comfort him. They all understood the truth, but it was not so easy to really relax. In fact, Joseph was even more nervous than Hugo. Since he was confirmed to star in "Sleepless in Seattle", Joseph began to have insomnia, so he didn't talk about comforting Hugo, even himself was in a panic.

Now, watching Hugo relax, Joseph couldn't help but cast his eyes to the wonderful scenery outside the window, and let his tight shoulders relax a little, "Living in Seattle? You are crazy, it rains here every day, It's so annoying, the air is humid, and it feels like the clothes won't dry no matter how dry they are."

Hugo chuckled, "It's not a downpour here, this kind of drizzle is always pleasant. Don't you have such an experience when you were a child, running in the light rain with an umbrella and then deliberately stepping into a puddle? , just to see how the water splashes? Heavy rain makes people irritable, but light rain makes people like it." Hugo looked out the window again, "It seems that spring is not far away."

"Hehe, that's because you don't live here." The driver said something abruptly, which made Hugo stunned, while Joseph seemed to have a hard time holding back his laughter. "Distance always creates beauty."

Hugo had to admit that the driver's words were very reasonable, and replied with a smile, "You will know if you live here during this period of time." After the filming started, Hugo will live here for a long time, so you can feel it in advance. Take a look at the quality of life in Seattle.

"I think you still live in Malibu." Joseph looked at Hugo's smile, and his emotions calmed down unconsciously. Hugo's smile always seemed to have such power, like a wisp of piercing through the haze Like the sun, the curvature of the corners of the mouth was drawn together with Hugo's smile before he realized it. Even though Hugo himself is in a state of tension and anxiety, Joseph can still get positive energy from Hugo. This feeling is very subtle and comfortable.

"Living in Seattle, what about your knees?" Joseph grumbled angrily, and he saw Hugo sticking out his tongue helplessly.

Hugo's knee has an old car accident injury, which is prone to occur on rainy days. If he lives in Seattle, the situation must be terrible. So even if the environment in Seattle is good, it is still not the best place for Hugo to live.

The taxi quickly arrived at the destination, and it took about half an hour from the airport to the city center. Of course, the continuous light rain extended this time a little bit. Joseph and Hugo walked into the W Hotel to check in. Before the formalities were completed, old friends greeted them from the hotel lobby.

"Good afternoon, man." Rob Reiner was the first to greet him. Hugo could see a group of people following him, but he only saw Nora Ephron for a while, and the others were too late. After recognizing it, Rob hugged him hard, blocking his sight, "Oh, this bad rain has made the clothes wet, and I always feel that there is a rotten smell at any time." Rob complained gloomily.

"Rob, why are you here?" Hugo ignored the question of clothes, but looked at Nora curiously, and the two nodded as a greeting.

Nora explained with a smile, "Rob appeared on the set as an actor."

"Actor? Oh, sorry, I forgot." Only then did Hugo relax. Although Rob won recognition as a director, he was an actor, but Hugo always fixed Rob in " In the position of director of Yi Hai Xiong Feng, it is always easy to forget the fact, "What role are you playing in the crew?" Hugo has not yet received the script for "Sleepless in Seattle", so he is not very clear about the situation.

"Your friend at work Jay." Rob said with a smile.

Hugo casually looked at the group of actors behind Nora, but did not see Meg Ryan, "Fortunately, I'm not the last to arrive on the set, otherwise I'll delay the start of the set, and I'll feel very uncomfortable. Sorry."

"In fact, our entire crew is here, and you are the last to arrive on the crew." Nora looked at Rob, and the two of them smiled tacitly and said meaningfully.

"Uh, what?" Could it be that Meg was in the upstairs room, or so, wouldn't Hugo put on a self-inflicted one-man show?