Chapter 597 597 The Hero Behind the Scenes

After the reporter interview session was over, the reporters were entangled in thinking about how to write the news. Now it is more and more troublesome to interview Hugo. It is not that simple to come up with an article that has a selling point and will not be scolded by readers. ; But Hugo turned around and left with a relaxed expression. He still hates reporters. Even though he can face reporters calmly now, his rejection of reporters has not changed, but Hugo now knows how to deal with reporters. Make it easier for him.

Uma looked at Hugo, who had lightly shifted the "focus" she hoped for, but her irritability became more and more uncontrollable, which forced her to turn around and leave in the other direction, hoping that she could calm down.

Hugo and Samuel were talking as they walked towards the rest area of ​​the crew, but someone next to him followed quickly, "The answer just now was very clever." Looking back, it was actually Harvey- Weinstein.

"The croaking of these crows is always annoying. I have tried my best." Hugo shrugged. He didn't think he had restrained reporters. In the entertainment industry, reporters are a group that can never be escaped. , Now it seems that Hugo has the upper hand. In the future, as long as there is a little mistake in Hugo, whether it is in life or work, presumably this group of reporters will immediately swarm up and devour him. This is the result of Hugo's personal experience in the past two years, so Hugo will not let down his guard easily, and he will not be complacent.

Samuel laughed when he heard Hugo's description, "Crow, um, crow."

Harvey's reaction was not that big, but he nodded with a smile, "quack, quack, these crows never know how to stop, even if you shut up today, next time anything happens, you can still hear them. chattering again."

Hugo was convinced. Harvey looked at Hugo's expression and recalled Hugo's experience in the past three years, from the fall of "Hudson's Eagle" to the rise of "Schindler's List" last month, it is indeed incredible , and Hugo has grown from panic and restraint to today's calm and calm in the face of reporters, which makes Harvey very interested.

Harvey can already imagine that "Pulp Fiction" has attracted enough attention before shooting, which means focus for the producer, and also means saving on publicity costs, and he is naturally overjoyed.

"Crow, I have heard this description from a senior elder. He also described these damn reporters as crows." Harvey said with a smile, "Unfortunately, he is now retired."

Hugo looked at Harvey in surprise, "Oh, who is it?" In fact, Hugo was thinking of Katherine Hepburn, because the last time she met Katherine on Broadway, she also called reporters a raven. . But Harvey gave an answer that Hugo never expected.

"Ernst," Harvey said with a nostalgic face, "this is a wise old man."

"Who?" Hugo was really surprised this time, and he even stopped. Because the first time he heard the nickname "The Raven", it was Ernst, who lived on the second floor after the Golden Globe Awards, the grumpy little old man mentioned it.

Harvey and Samuel took two steps forward before noticing that Hugo was behind them. Harvey turned to look at Hugo, "Ernst Lechmann, don't tell me you don't know him."

Hugo was still dazed, of course he knew Ernst Lechmann, the grumpy old man who lived downstairs, but he didn't know Ernst Lechmann, because he thought Enst Lechmann T-Lehmann was just an ordinary old man, but now Harvey speaks of Ernst as if he were a great man—and a man in the entertainment industry.

This time, Samuel also looked at Harvey curiously, which made Harvey show an incredible expression, "Hey guys, stop kidding, you don't know Ernst?"

There are so many people in the entertainment industry, not to mention the people behind the scenes, it is almost impossible to know all the actors standing in front of the screen, and there are countless people with the same name and surname. Thinking of this, Harvey understood, "But it's normal that you don't know each other. He hasn't written any script since 1977. To be precise, his glory days were in the 1960s, before you were born. ."

Harvey also sighed, he was fifteen years older than Hugo, which was the difference between the two eras, but Samuel was born in 1948, four years older than Harvey, so when Harvey gradually mentioned At these details, Samuel immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.

"I'm talking about Ernst as a screenwriter who's written less than twenty plays in his career, but he's been making great plays," Harvey explained briefly, trying to resonate with Hugo. "'The Dragon and Phoenix (Sabrina)', 'NorthBy. Northwest)', 'West Side Story (West. Side. Story)', 'Ling. Afraid. Of. Virginia. Woolf)', 'Hello, Dolly (Hello, Dolly)', 'The. Sound. Of. Music'..."

As Harvey uttered the name of a work, Samuel's expression became clearer - obviously he already knew who Ernst was, while Hugo's expression became more and more surprised.

"God damn it!" That was pretty much the only thing Hugo could say.

Each of these works Harvey mentioned are classics of film history. Whether these works are Oscars, film critics, or the long film history, they have proved their value and are definitely called masterpieces. And the name "Ernst Lechmann" can be seen in the list of screenwriters of all these works, which is simply incredible.

Hugo's first reaction was: this Ernst and the one downstairs in their house shouldn't be the same person, right? But thinking about it carefully, Hugo felt that they were the same person!

What Ernst said to Hugo after the Golden Globes incident clearly seemed to be an insider, not an experience that could be said casually; moreover, Ernst's research on Broadway It’s very good. Hugo stood at the door and saw a lot of Broadway posters at Ernst’s house. Originally, Hugo thought it was just Ernst’s hobby, but now it seems that it is Ernst’s job. ——Most of the plays he created are adapted from Broadway, all classics.

Ernst retired in the late 1970s because he couldn't keep up with the pace of social evolution. The film industry has entered a period of rapid development with the 1967 "male and female thief" as a dividing point. It is difficult for Broadway stories to keep up with market demand. A large number of original scripts, as well as underworld movies, action movies, and science fiction movies are accompanied Market demand emerges. Under such circumstances, Ernst produced few works worth mentioning in the seventies, and for the whole decade he only collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on one not-so-subtle The successful "Family. Plot", which is Hitchcock's swan song, is also Ernst's final work.

Thinking about it this way, the old man downstairs from Hugo really looks like the Ernst in Harvey's mouth. He lives alone near Sunset Plaza, but he doesn't have any job. Occasionally someone comes to visit...that sounds like a perfect fit.

Of course, all of this is just Hugo's conjecture, and Ernst's own confirmation is required to know the truth. But even so, Hugo still finds it inconceivable that he has never found out that there is such a famous person living downstairs in his house - provided that his guess is correct, because Ernst has always been like a bad tempered person. It's just an ordinary old man, this is... an accident.

But to be honest, Hugo knew about every work Harvey said, but he really didn't know much about the screenwriter, so when he heard the name "Ernst Lester", he really had no reaction at all— - No response until today. This also further illustrates the sadness of the people behind the scenes. What the actors show on the screen is the hard work of the people behind the scenes. All movies are made by the entire crew, but only the actors and directors are truly famous for the ages, and even the producers are very Difficult to be known.

"Unfortunately, Oscar will always owe Ernst a golden statuette." Harvey said with a sigh, the shock brought by this sentence was much stronger than the previous paragraph. Samuel was the first to exclaimed, "What?"

Harvey twitched the corners of his mouth, "It's ridiculous, isn't it? But it's the truth, the Academy never gave Ernst a single statuette, God knows, Ernst got five or six nominations, but never No accolades, damn Oscar."

"There isn't even a 'West Side Story'?" Hugo asked in surprise. "West Side Story" absolutely swept away thousands of troops at the Oscars that year, and won ten golden statues in one breath, which is currently second only to "Ben Hur" Ben-Hur" has won the most awards.

Harvey shrugged, "lost to 'Judgment. At. Nuremberg'."

"****!" Hugo and Samuel said in unison, clearly feeling the regret and contempt in their voices.

Harvey also had a helpless smile on his face, "I heard this word from Ernst at the beginning, Crow, he has always disliked reporters, because these reporters don't know art at all, they are a bunch of lunatics, Ernst. Te has always had a bad face towards reporters, and almost no reporters can control him with his bad temper."

This makes sense, it seems that Ernst does not have a bad temper in old age, but a hot temper when he is young. Hugo was deeply touched by this. His heart was still turbulent, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, crows, a bunch of damn and noisy crows, but this is our job again, it's too bad."

"You did a good job just now, don't be led by the crows, learn to use them, then things will be different." Harvey said with a smile.

Hugo also twitched the corners of his mouth, but he was still surprised by Ernst Lester's true identity, and I was afraid that this surprise would last for a long time.