Chapter 768: 768

Hugo's calmness and sincerity, without a trace of ridicule and contempt, made Ernst laugh out loud.

Once Ernst, as long as someone mentioned the Oscar statue in front of him, he would feel insulted, like a scar, he could look at it himself, but he didn't allow others to touch it, so he was always short-tempered Keeping others at a distance, he always uses his own ideas to arbitrarily speculate on others.

At that time, Ernst today, when he heard Hugo's words, couldn't help laughing because he didn't mind? Or because it was Hugo who raised the topic.

Ernst raised his head and looked at Hugo in front of him seriously. He looked at Hugo's eyes carefully. The amber eyes glowed warmly in the soft light of the night, like snow. The poplar standing proudly on the grassland, the winter sunshine on the canopy exudes Yingying warmth.

"So, how does it feel?" Ernst restrained his laughter and asked slowly, the solemnity and expectation in his eyes betrayed his deepest thoughts at this time.

"Happy, very happy." Hugo answered succinctly.

Ernst was still expecting Hugo to say something more, but there was no further text. Hugo lowered his head and blew the tea leaves in the water cup. The dense steam made Hugo's face blurred. Clear the curve of that outline. Ernst's tense shoulders suddenly loosened, "Yeah, happy, it should be happy..."

Ernst only felt that all the expectations in his heart suddenly became empty. He originally thought that after getting the little golden man, he would be ecstatic, or overjoyed, or at least overwhelmed by surprise, and his inner thoughts were definitely It would be turbulent, but Hugo's simple answer made all the rich expectations come to nothing. The huge drop made Ernst seem to be hoisted into the air at once, unable to reach the sky or reach the ground.

However, this is the truth. "Happy", besides being happy, what other emotions are most suitable for?

Ernst sat on the sofa in such a state of despair, without saying a word, the irritability, stubbornness and power in his eyes were like water polo that had been scattered, turned into a cloud of mist, hidden in every corner of his eyes, Then gradually disappeared. It seemed that Ernst had aged ten years in just an instant.

Hugo saw Ernst's appearance through the mist in front of him, as if his soul was suddenly drawn out, and he couldn't help but sigh. It seems that most of his guesses just now were correct. Hugo thought, if he were Ernst, would he do the same?

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the Oscar statuette is nothing at all, just an award, and has even been criticized for its commercial elements after entering the 21st century. But for many insiders, this is not just an award, not just an honor, but a pursuit.

The famous Irish actor Peter O'Toole (Peter. O'Toole) was born in 1932. He is a typical British academic actor: born in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, standing on the theater stage to polish his acting skills, and in art films Exercising himself, he entered the film industry in 1960, and soon became a hit in 1962's epic "Lawrence of Arabia", which then began his long life as a veteran.

In fact, when the name Peter Otto is mentioned, it will definitely not be more widely known than the names of Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, and even ordinary movie lovers do not know him, but in fact , but his acting career is brilliant. In addition to "Lawrence of Arabia", he also starred in "Troy", "The Last Emperor (The. Last. Emperor)", "Lion of Winter", "Eternal Ages" "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and other classic films, he can easily cross the boundary between art film and commercial film, and has achieved admirable achievements.

Peter was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar eight times in his lifetime, the last time he was nominated for "Venus" in 2006; he was also nominated for four Best Actor Oscars before he was forty. Actors, you know, this achievement has only been won by seven actors until 2014, including Marlon Prynne, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Gregory -Pike, Leonardo DiCaprio and others.

But what is embarrassing is that these eight nominations have never brought any golden statues to Peter Otto. It has to be said that he can be regarded as one of the biggest regrets in Oscar, although the Academy in 2003 The lifetime achievement award was awarded to this old actor, but it still made people feel embarrassed.

When Peter died in late 2013, the greatest actor in Irish history left the world with a lot of regret.

In fact, Ernst, like Peter, has achieved an incomparably brilliant career, but they have never received their corresponding recognition. This is life, and it is cruel and unreasonable.

People always sigh about the incredibleness of movies, thinking that the movie screen shapes things that we can't encounter in our lives. Indeed, life is not a movie. Life is more cruel and complicated than a movie. The story in the movie depends on the writer's pen. The protagonist can go to the sky, the ending can be perfect, and everyone can be happy, but everything in life must be created by our hands. . More often, pay and return are not always proportional, and disappointment after disappointment will easily destroy life.

Hugo would always tell himself that the Oscars are just an awards ceremony, don’t worry too much, but when he actually stood on the Oscar stage, he was still shivering with nervousness; the moment he really won the award, he still cried with joy and didn’t know what to do. After he really got the little golden man, he was still satisfied and ecstatic. This is life, so real.

If Hugo, like Ernst, like Peter, worked hard all his life, but never got his own recognition, his own glory, his own status, then what would happen to him?

Unwilling, he may feel unwilling, just like Ernst, who hates and loves deeply, constantly torturing himself.

Just like work in life, hard work, or even double work, is only exchanged for a meager salary, and even my own life cannot be maintained, or I will never see an opportunity for promotion, but Still have to bear the troubles and pains of work because of the oppression of life.

So, when people see that people on Wall Street are just chanting a few numbers in exchange for wealth that they can't get in their entire lives, they will be jealous, resentful and rebel; when people see actors standing under the spotlight for a few minutes , you can get hundreds or thousands of dollar bills, you will envy, yearn and long for...

All the emotions are so real and so cruel.

"I don't know if this sounds like a cliche, but..." Hugo leaned forward slightly and said seriously, "Before, I also thought about what would happen to me after I got the little golden man, Maybe what I see will be a brand new world, maybe I can enter a brand new field... However, when I woke up today, I didn't feel anything special, I was still me, and my right finger was not because of too much Once you get a little golden man, it becomes golden."

Hugo's cold joke was exchanged for a cold look from Ernst, which made Hugo chuckle, "I'm wondering if the real difference will appear on my epitaph, for example, ' Hugo Lancaster, winner of the 66th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor from 1967 to 2067', if it were just that, I would be disappointed; but if there was nothing, I would be even more disappointed ; of course, it would be great if there were more.”

Hugo's words finally made Ernst react, "A hundred years old..." He said after a while, which made Hugo scratch his head shyly.

"But I thought, maybe, people discuss that I'm always measured by the Oscar statuette, but maybe there are other ways." Hugo twitched his lips and laughed. In fact, this is one of the effects of Oscar, People are always used to using Oscar winners -- or even just Oscar nominees for publicity, positioning, as if it's a label, the most important label, highlighting the key points, "for example, 'Dead Poets Society', Leading actor in 'Scent and Knowing a Woman', 'Schindler's List', etc. Or something like that."

In fact, the entertainment industry is the same as any other job. People are always accustomed to using "representative works" to define a certain person. For example, the advertising industry is a famous advertisement, and the writers are the peak works, police. The investigators are a major case... and awards like the Oscars are the halo that adds to the masterpiece.

Hugo told Ernst early, but he was also telling himself that the halo is not a necessary existence. If there is no halo, the status of the masterpiece will not be lost. You should not lose yourself because of the number of these halos.

Life in the real world is like an adventure, full of countless traps. The higher the status, the more traps you will encounter. This is why many people want to live a normal life; but to meet the challenge, let yourself It is also a very interesting thing to have more light in life. There are countless traps in Vanity Fair, and it is not an easy task to persevere here.

Although Hugo did not comfort Ernst positively, Hugo's words still made Ernst quiet. In terms of age, experience, and vision, Ernst is many grades higher than Hugo. Even if Hugo has such an incredible experience of time travel, he is still incomparable, but Hugo has one advantage: that is, he won the Golden Man , he felt at the moment that Ernst could not understand.

Ernst understands what Hugo said, but many times, understanding a truth does not mean that he can do it, but today, Ernst fell into silence because of Hugo's remarks.

Ernst sat on the sofa and didn't speak for a long time, the hall fell into silence, and then he suddenly raised his voice and said, "You can go back." After he finished speaking, he paused and said fiercely, "Go out. !"