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Brian Barlow just felt like he was going to be out of breath. As the current chief reporter of the San Francisco Chronicle, he has seen countless storms, but even Michael Jackson was involved in the second time in 2003. * During the storm, he rushed to the outside of Neverland Manor immediately, and he never encountered such a turbulent crowd.

At this moment, Brian felt like a sausage being processed in a vacuum compressor. The surrounding air was gradually pulled out bit by bit, and his body was squeezed so that he could not move at all. The oxygen was squeezed out, he could only pant with his mouth wide open like a dead fish out of the ocean, but even so it was of no avail.

More than 500 reporters surrounded the entrance of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York. A sea of ​​people stretched down the stairs, filling up all the space. Everyone was trying their best to get closer to the gate. Get closer, and some people even stand directly on the railings on both sides of the door, grabbing the highest point to grasp the overall situation; the cameramen of the TV station are carrying their cameras and sprinting left and right, trying to fight a bloody path amidst the turbulent waves of newspaper reporters It is really rare to see the grand occasion of the four major TV stations collectively attending the scene, but the newspaper reporters did not mean to be courteous at all. Instead, they joined hands to squeeze out the competitors of the TV station; Social reporters also arrived at the scene one after another, and the most ridiculous thing was that sports reporters also came to join in the fun.

Brian looked back suddenly, and then saw the crowd stretching to the side of the road. The open space at the gate of the court was already filled with water. Outside the crowd of reporters, the crowd of onlookers was gathering more and more, which began to affect the road traffic. , The traffic police maintaining order can already be seen at the intersection.

Brian knew that he should be thankful that he was in the front. Although he was not at the front, there were still two arm's lengths away from the door, but at least he could hear the voices standing here. But at this time, Brian didn't have time to rejoice, because he was about to be out of breath, and the suffocation made him unable to scream or wave his hands. What's more exaggerated was that he His feet were already slightly off the ground, and he tried his best to stand on tiptoe, stretched to the extreme, and then barely touched the floor a little bit, this is really... a dilemma.

But Bryan also understands how turbulent the discussion of Good Night and Good Luck has been in the past two weeks, how intense the attention Lancelot has attracted in the past month, and how out of control today's scene is. The truth is, when Goodnight and Good Luck collided with Lance, it set off a wave that could hardly have been seen in more than a decade.

Raising his eyes, Brian could barely see Lance's head, and the rest of his body was blocked by the crowd in front of him, but he could capture the solemnity and heaviness on that handsome face, even though he didn't speak, but It can also make people feel the overwhelming sense of depression.

'Good night, good luck' is... Lance said, omitting the polite part, skipping the greeting part, and directly entered the topic. He didn't even make the reporters at the scene a little quieter, but after he spoke , After a short pause, the reporters on the scene began to spontaneously make hush sounds from front to back, like the wind blowing wheat waves, the scene became quiet in a blink of an eye, and suddenly the noise of the engines of the cars on the road became It became very clear. 'Good Night and Good Luck' was a script that George Clooney and I co-wrote.

Lance's opening remarks set the tone, and instead of condemning George or emphasizing the word plagiarism, he defined the script of Goodnight and Good Luck in terms of co-creation. This was really beyond the expectations of the reporters, because judging from the news that came out yesterday, the situation should be far more serious, but why...didn't Lance...didn't catch George's pigtails and chase after him? You know, in the United States, infringement is absolutely unforgivable.

To be precise, around 2000, when George and I talked about the origin of journalism, we found that we were both very interested in journalism. I was inspired to try to reproduce the part of Edward-R-Morrow Over the years, this idea was supported by George, and then I wrote the first draft, and then discussed with George, and the script was gradually supplemented and revised in the process. Unfortunately, the script did not find a suitable investor, It has been left in our drawer, and it has always been our regret that it has not been able to move to the big screen.

Lance's narration is plain and sincere, without indignant accusations, no turbulent ups and downs, but more... grief-stricken forbearance, which makes people think of an important thing involuntarily: Lance and George are best friends! Now, it's clear that George has betrayed their friendship, and Lance's grief and depression is overwhelming.

Later, George told me that he had found a suitable investor, but the premise was that the script needed to be revised, because our version was too idealistic. I'm in favor with both hands and feet, and I'm more than anyone looking forward to seeing this movie on the big screen. However, George said that after the script revision, the content has been far from the original version, so my name is natural Removed from the screenplay. I have no objection to that. In fact, George continued to ask for my opinion during the filming process. We had many discussions and I couldn't wait for the film to be released. But… ...

The succinct words summed up the events of the past six years, but the emotional weight between the lines weighed heavily on everyone's chest. But when Lance's words stopped again, the pain was suppressed to the extreme, without any leakage, but brought a powerful impact. Everyone can deeply understand the harm Lance caused by George's betrayal .

Especially looking back on the past period of time, George has repeatedly expressed his friendship with Lance in public and private occasions, and Lance's name has always been involved in the preparation process for the internal screening of Good Night, Good Luck. At that time, people were kept in the dark, just lamenting the friendship between George and Lance; now, the truth is revealed bit by bit, calm and solemn, but cruel and bloody.

However, after I watched the movie, I found that the script was almost the same as the version we originally created. To be more precise, the script was closer to the version I originally created. Many branches we added later were deleted. However, My name is not on the list of screenwriters.

Facts, Lance is just stating the facts, without subjective evaluations, angry cries, desperate accusations, or even cadences to emphasize the key points and create suspense. He is just describing the facts in a straightforward manner, but the cold facts have powerful The power of the scene calmed down the noise at the scene, and everyone looked at Lance in front of them.

Brian doesn't like Lance, to be precise, he hates Lance, even hates Lance. But today, he had to admit that Lance expressed the most correct point of view in the most correct way. Even if George was able to put forward another version of the statement at this time, it would be difficult to win people's sympathy in front of Lance's calm and objective narrative, because Lance's approach of retreating into advance has already stood on the moral high ground, and he did not act impassioned. , and not furious, just stating the facts, and then leaving it to the public to judge, the silence of more sorrow than death will become the most powerful weapon to make the public stand behind Lance.

Of course, Brian will definitely not listen to Lance's one-sided words. Not only that, he will also try his best to stand on George's side and make excuses. It couldn't be better. However, Brian had an absurd premonition:

This time, George had nowhere to go.

Those deep blue eyes shone with a firm light, quietly covering up all the turmoil and confusion in my heart, So, I have filed a formal appeal here, hoping that the law can make a correct judgment After finishing speaking, Lance nodded slightly, and then walked to the side, preparing to leave the scene, it seems that there are no additional comments to be made.

Brian thought it was funny how smart as George, wise as George, how could he make such an obvious mistake? Could it be that the relationship between George and Lance has really become so tense? What's even more interesting is that Brian found that his emotions had already sided with Lance, agreeing with Lance's statement, assuming that George was the guilty party...the matter has not yet been judged, and it seems that the result has already come out.

The reporters froze for a moment, then immediately started to move, scrambling to be the first to shout, Why did George hide your name, What happened between you and George, Is it because you are in the creative process? Disagreement, Did you sell your creative rights to George, Is there any misunderstanding between you and George, What happened to make George take the risk...

In fact, there is one biggest loophole in Lance's statement, that is, why did George do this? George knew Lance's current status and knew that Lance would watch the movie. How could he be so stupid as to throw himself into the trap? Naturally, the reporters would not easily let go of this loophole, and they were flooded with questions.

But Lance had no intention of answering.

Lance didn't show all his hole cards today. He left that hole on purpose, and he didn't plan to fill it, because he had no plan to find out the old almanac about Diorama Films. However, Lance knew that George would not easily let go of this loophole. The bait had already been left, so how would George choose?