Competitor

"What are you looking at there?" Joseph walked to Hugo's side as the car was driven to the parking lot by the valet.

Hugo looked at Joseph, then raised his chin and signalled the direction of the lobby, "Brad Pitt."

Joseph followed Hugo's line of sight and sighed, "He is your biggest competitor." Hugo was taken aback, seemingly understanding the greeting between Brad and himself earlier, which was something like "Hey, rival, I know you". Joseph opened his mouth but hesitated, remaining silent before finally continuing, "He's on the rise now."

Brad Pitt now was not a fan favorite of millions of young girls after the 21st century. After experiencing the confused period of TV screens in the 1980s, he appeared in the "Thelma & Louise" directed by the great Ridley Scott last year for only 15 minutes, but he was brilliant. He quickly changed from an unknown handyman to a hot new star in Hollywood. Especially so as the list of nominees for the 49th Golden Globe Awards was released not long ago. "Thelma & Louise" won many nominations such as Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and so on, and quickly became the hotshot of the 64th Academy Awards, making Brad Pitt garner even more attention.

In "A River Runs Through It", Brad's temperament and Paul have a natural fit. In addition to his rising popularity, the crew was indeed the most likely to choose him to play. It was consistent with the historical facts that Hugo knew. Brad got the role of Paul in "A River Runs Through It" and further promoted his career by relying on this role.

But now, the trajectory of history underwent a slight change, as Hugo had traveled from 2014 to this place. Could he change history and create his own miracle? Hugo knew that in 2014, there was no top star named Hugo Lancaster, and so if he wanted to create a world of his own, he must rely on his own efforts and gradually change the course of history. So perhaps today was the starting point in which he must firmly take the first step.

At present, Brad regarded himself as a competitor, which was also because Hugo had enough strength. After all, Hugo was also the main lead of several films. Before the end of the audition, everything was possible! Hugo took a long breath to settle his nervous mood.

"Go in. The interview room is in the conference room on the third floor. You go to the reception room outside and wait. I will come right away after I go to deal with some stuff." Joseph did not follow Hugo to the elevator, but stopped at the hotel lobby and signaled Hugo to continue.

Hugo stopped too and looked at Joseph with some unease. He had only been in Los Angeles for less than twelve hours, and Joseph was the only person he knew in this unfamiliar world. He had never been in an audition for a movie role before - auditions for extras and background actors were a completely different process from those for lead actors. Hugo wasn't even sure if his nervousness would cause him to perform poorly in English, and he might unknowingly revert to speaking Chinese. That would be disastrous. So, Hugo unconsciously had some sense of dependence on Joseph.

Joseph had never seen Hugo's expression such as this before. He couldn't help but round his eyes. "Did you forget how to audition? Do you want me to take you there?" Hugo murmured in his heart: I really don't know how. But he still looked at Joseph innocently and didn't know what answer to give.

Joseph hesitated for a moment. The reason he let Hugo go alone was because he had something to do that he needed to avoid Hugo for. Thinking of that woman, Joseph felt powerless. Hugo's current situation and the woman were definitely not unrelated.

After looking around, Joseph pointed to the three people standing at the elevator door and said, "See those people? Those who went to the third floor are all actors who took part in the audition. Today's audition is for the main actors, so there won't be many actors. You can follow them up. I have handed in your resume. Just wait for your name. I will catch up as soon as possible."

Hugo also realized that his hesitation was very innapropriate. This was not the bearing of an actor who had played the leading role in many films. He unconsciously encouraged himself in his heart, "Okay, you don't have to worry about me, I can handle it myself." After that, he took the lead to turn around and walk towards the elevator.

Joseph looked at Hugo's back and shook his head in wonder. Hugo's performance after fainting last night was very different from that before. Of course, he still liked the current Hugo. At least today, Hugo's whole outlook was sunny, which was definitely a positive signal. As for the reason for the difference in behavior, Joseph could only attribute it to sudden enlightenment after the struggle between life and death.

Soon, Joseph took his thoughts back and thought that he was going to meet Tracey Jacobs. He had a headache. He had to focus on this woman. Otherwise, today's audition of "A River Runs Through It" might come in vain.

Walking in the lobby of Four Seasons Hotel, an Italian Renaissance style hotel, Hugo felt as if his steps were bumping the shoulder of history. It was really refreshing to walk all the way to the elevator. However, because Hugo walked at the same speed as Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, three people had already taken the elevator to go upstairs. Hugo had to press the elevator again. After the elevator came down, he walked into the elevator alone. After he pressed the floor sign, he looked down at the script in his hand. He didn't know whether the audition today had a prescribed play or free play, or just an interview, and what's the difference between Hollywood and normal interviews?

The elevator quickly arrived at its destination, and with a "ding", the doors opened. Hugo bit his lower lip and stepped out of the elevator. As the doors closed, the bright light was locked behind him. Hugo looked around, but saw only an empty, quiet hallway in front of him. He stood there, amazed.

Why was the hallway empty when today was supposed to be the audition for "A River Runs Through It"? Brad and the other three actors had already come up, so it shouldn't be an empty scene. Hugo furrowed his brows, thinking. Joseph said earlier that there was a reception room outside. Could it be that there is a separate reception room today and all the actors participating in the audition were waiting inside the room?

Hugo didn't know anything about Hollywood, so he had to walk awkwardly and he walked to the left according to his intuition. However, this room was just like any hotel room, and there was no sign of conference room, let alone audition, interview, reception room, etc., which immediately confused Hugo.

At this moment, the sound of door opening was heard from the end of the corridor on the right side behind him, Hugo reflexively turned around and then saw a male and female figure appear in his sight. The man was tall and handsome, his soft golden hair was very eye-catching under the yellow light of the corridor; the woman was wearing a white-collared one-piece skirt suit, which fully outlined her contoured figure. She was intellectual, smart and charming. The two people deeply looked at each other. Although there was no physical contact, the understanding between their eyes blended in the ambiguous laughter.

Was that... Brad Pitt?

When Hugo saw the man's face, he was first surprised. He thought that it was the reception room where actors rest before auditioning, but his smile then froze. The two people realized there were others in the corridor and looked up, seeing Hugo standing on the other side of the corridor. The distance between them was unchanged, but the mutual understanding and laughter between their eyebrows disappeared quietly in the dim light. This scene vividly illustrates what is meant by a "felicity".

Was this the hidden rule of Hollywood?

Brad and the woman didn't stop much, and walked straight towards the middle elevator. The woman's face became clearer and clearer. Hugo looked at the woman's face, and another inexplicable sense of familiarity invaded his mind. Was it because they had cooperated before? The feeling that he couldn't properly remember made him really uncomfortable. Hugo had no doubts that if he couldn't recognize the parents of the original owner or if he treated his supposed ex-girlfriends as a strangers, that would turn really embarrassing.

Brad didn't look away from Hugo, but showed his trademark bright smile. At this time, Brad was only twenty-nine years old. He was in prime of his youth. His uninhibited sexy image charmed many young girls. Hugo could easily see infinite confidence and strong fighting will in Brad's smile.

It seemed that Brad really treated Hugo as his strongest competitor, but why? Hugo's situation in Hollywood was not that great, being nominated three times in two years for the Golden Raspberry Award, which had put Hugo's acting career in a difficult position. On the other hand, Brad was a rising new star. Or could it be that there were other complications between the two that Hugo had not remembered yet?

This damn transmigration.

At this time, Hugo finally understood the meaning of Brad's "dreams come true" just now at the door. This sentence quoted Hugo's winning speech at the Golden Raspberry Award, but it was not provocation or ridicule, but a letter of war. It seemed that Brad was going to compete with Hugo in the audition of "A River Runs Through It"!

Hugo immediately kindled his inexhaustible fighting spirit. No matter what happened before, and no matter the reason why the two men became rivals, Hugo had to beat Brad if he wanted to win the role of Paul in "A River Runs Through It", so this made the two men determined to become rivals.

The woman and Brad walked to the elevator, and they didn't rush into it as soon as it opened. The woman stood still and looked at Hugo again. Her gaze was strange, as if she was expecting something and also rejecting something. Hugo found her mixed expression to be inexplicable.

After waiting for a while, the woman didn't wait for Hugo's reaction, and then followed Brad into the elevator. The two took the elevator and went down. Hugo then slowly responded: Isn't the audition here? Why do they take the elevator?

After a while, the woman didn't get a reaction from Hugo, so she followed Brad into the elevator. The two of them took the elevator down. It was only then that Hugo reacted slowly: wasn't the audition here, why did they still have to take the elevator?