025 Chasing dreams
On the way back from Universal Studios, he was silent all the way, and neither of them spoke. Joseph drove intently, while Hugo leaned against the car window and quietly looked at the scenery outside the window.
Palm trees, billboards, and bushes cast reflections in their eyes. The sunlight above their heads penetrated the cloudless blue sky and scattered the entire city of Angels, covering every object in their sight with a layer of golden gauze. The dazzling color made the sight blurry, but Hugo couldn't bear to close his eyes. He looked at the scenery in front of him greedily, trying to find a shadow of the city in memory from this strange world. In a trance, he did have the illusion that he was still galloping on the Palm Tree Avenue in Sanya, and the band leader was driving. They were on the way to a small performance. In the back seat, someone's bad snoring sound could even be heard shuttled back and forth in the roar of the engine.
When he was fourteen years old, Hugo watched a movie called "Nuovo.Cinema.Paradiso". He was moved by the sentence "If you don't go out for a walk, you will think this is the whole world". He realized that chasing his dream is the most important thing.
So Hugo put the musical dream of listening to the Beatles since he was ten years old and the Oasis band was put into practice. He formed a band with a group of like-minded partners. The band did not even have a suitable name at the beginning, but this did not affect their love for music. I originally thought it was just a whim for the children, but unexpectedly, they taught themselves and even made some achievements, and even started to learn to create by themselves in a daze. Although the works at the beginning were really terrible, such a life was their happiest time.
On the first anniversary of the band, Hugo gave the band a name called Death.Or.Glory. The origin of this name is actually Japanese comics, which contains their dreams and desires when they were young and frivolous. After having the name, the band is not only satisfied with self-entertainment. They hope to go out and perform, hoping to make the band stand on the real stage.
In fact, they also succeeded and won a lot of prizes at the school's New Year's Eve - although they did not perform songs they created, this sense of accomplishment was still unforgettable for the five members of the band. So a stronger wish was born: they had to go out and participate in various performances, and become a real band. Such wish was so powerful that they even made them fight against their families.
Hugo's personality is actually not ostentatious or rebellious. Before he founded the band, he was a typical student representative with good character and academic performance, which made his parents even more unable to understand his persistence in the band. It was incredible enough to form a band. At the age of fifteen, how could parents agree to them abandon their studies and tinker with the band? This is naturally impossible.
The result of the story is very clear. The five band members who were glorious until death all left their homes - including the well-behaved Hugo, who became one of the huge underground rock music in China. This time, it took ten years to leave. Time seemed to be just a short moment. Later, Hugo arrived here.
If someone asks Hugo, do you regret it? Hugo may answer "No", but he cannot hide the bitterness in his smile.
Although the process of pursuing the dream of music is hard, it is worth it. Even if the efforts of ten years are worth it. When others are studying on campus, he has found his goal and began to strive for his life goals. Such a life is so wonderful, so beautiful and so forgetful. Therefore, Hugo does not regret it.
Just as in "How Steel is Tempered": The most precious thing for a man is life: it is given to us only once. A man's life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he does not regret wasting his years, nor is he ashamed of mediocrity; in this way, when he is dying, he can say: I have devoted my entire life and all my energy to the most magnificent cause in the world - to fight for the liberation of mankind.
Of course, Hugo was not that great. He fought for all mankind, and he just devoted his entire life and all his energy to his dreams.
However, the cost of pursuing dreams is too high. It is not that life is hard or that the future is long, but that he has let down his parents' hopes. Hugo violated his parents' ardent hopes and embarked on the musical path. Although he has been working hard to repair his relationship with his parents for ten years, unfortunately, he has achieved little success. Especially his father, he has never understood, let alone accepted it. This has also made Hugo wander around all year round. This bitterness can only be savored by himself when it is late at night.
Close your eyes and you can still vaguely see the grand scene of Midi Rock Music Festival in your mind. Hugo couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if he stood on the stage until his death, and whether they would be closer to their dreams; after he traveled through time, what was going on with his band friends, and what was his parents like...
Hugo took a deep breath and tried to get himself out of this lost emotion. He had arrived in 1992 and could not go back. Focusing on the present is the most important thing.
The audition of "Smelling the Scent of the Scent" gave Hugo a lot of confidence. Although this was not a breakthrough in music, becoming an actor has always been Hugo's dream. The actor interprets the lives of different people on the big screen, bringing people joy, sorrow, remembrance, pain and happiness. The charm of the movie is so wonderful and timeless that people can easily indulge in it.
Before traveling through time, Hugo made some progress in music. It was a huge opportunity to receive an invitation from Midi Rock Music Festival, but in terms of movies, Hugo didn't get many opportunities. He could only learn his acting skills through movies, observe the shooting situation on the spot, fantasize about how he would perform in the protagonist's position.
Now, Hugo has participated in auditions for two movies. Although "Dahe Love" ended in failure, the progress of "Smelling the Flavor and Knowing Women" is very gratifying. Even though Hugo has not yet won the role of Charlie, it still makes Hugo believe that he has talent in acting skills, and his efforts over the years are not useless. This is the biggest good news after traveling through time.
Looking at the scenery that kept retreating outside the window, Hugo clearly realized that this is Los Angeles, this is Hollywood, and this is the center of world movies. Here, stories of overnight fame are constantly being staged, and scenes of reaching the sky are emerging one after another. Hugo does not seek to become popular overnight, he only hopes that he can have more opportunities to realize his dreams, which is enough, because for the rest of the road, he will rely on his own strength to the end!
"My vision is extremely wide. I enjoy every day on the road ahead and enjoy the world outside the window, which means saying goodbye to the past and starting a journey from today." Hugo hummed softly, conveying his inner emotions in the form of music, which is also the way Hugo is best at.
Music is a very wonderful thing. It is said that music has no borders because it is composed of musical notes. It conveys emotions through lyrics, and finally the singer's interpretation makes emotions ferment. Therefore, this also makes music one of the most direct ways for human emotional communication. After each seemingly ordinary musical notes are pieced together according to the rhythm of emotions, they will become a deep resonance in the heart. This feeling is really wonderful.
After Glory was established until his death, Hugo and his teammates had been learning music and learning to create by themselves. Of course, in the previous few years, they could only be considered as playing house. It was not until they entered the underground rock music industry that they had truly systematically studied. Hugo's musical talent was more reflected in creation, but his instrumental talent was very average. He has only learned guitar so far, and he has not played well, but in music creation, he has made great progress.
Unfortunately, Hugo's time to learn and create was still too short, which also made the music created by glory to death still not of high quality, which continued to delay their time to make a name for themselves. Today is the first time that Hugo has inspired his mind after traveling through time. This inspiration is different from before, and it seems to have a little more shining spirituality. I don't know if it was because of the long-term precipitation that caused qualitative changes or the shuttle between time and space that made their thoughts refreshed, so Hugo hummed it out directly.
Listening to the music that escaped from Hugo's mouth, Joseph finally responded. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hugo, "What kind of song is this?" Joseph couldn't hear the lyrics of this song, because Hugo hummed very vaguely, but the moving melody grabbed his ears and aroused his curiosity.
Hugo turned around and looked over, showing a big smile, "I just wrote it."
Joseph's first reaction was to look at Hugo in surprise. This made Hugo realize something was wrong: Could it be that his predecessor was a sound nerd? No...
Just as Hugo was thinking about how to round, he saw the road conditions ahead in his eyes, "Attention! You are driving!" A roar immediately made Joseph turn to look at the road conditions ahead. There was a truck driving in front. Fortunately, Hugo shouted quickly, otherwise it would be troublesome if the distance was closer. Joseph quickly stepped on the brakes slightly to allow the speed of the car to be controlled.
It was this gap that Hugo finally came to his senses and explained, "I was bored and I was having fun writing. Why, do you think it's good?"
Joseph did not turn his head this time, and still looked at the road conditions ahead, "Yes, it's very good. I just didn't know you had this talent before, which was a bit unexpected."
Hugo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It's not just a sound ecstasy, otherwise it would be troublesome to explain it. He laughed and teased easily, "If I can't receive jobs from an actor, maybe I can still sing and seek some income. Maybe one day I can release an album and become a singer!"
Chapter completed!