From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

After waiting for the noise on set to subside slightly, Jay Leno looked at Anson with even more appreciation—

Generally speaking, each interview segment of a talk show is about ten minutes long, while the show's recording lasts twenty to twenty-five minutes. The highlights are then edited and produced in post-production. Therefore, they always prepare an interview outline in advance, allowing the host to control the pace within the framework.

However, today Jay Leno completely abandoned the interview outline, naturally unfolding the conversation along the lines of the topic, creating wave after wave of explosive moments, to the point that Jay Leno himself became enthusiastic—

Sweeping away the dullness of the previous interviews with Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor.

Who would have thought that the surprise of today's recording would be hidden here?

Looking at Anson, Jay Leno couldn't help but be curious:

Curiosity is often the beginning of sparks in a show. For an experienced old-timer like Jay Leno, there's naturally no reason to miss such an opportunity.

"So, I have a question. Didn't the record company contact you?"

Since the record company could contact Connor and the others, there's no reason they couldn't find Anson.

Anson shrugged lightly, "I was busy with other work at the time."

Lightly and briefly, Anson glossed over it, not intending to discuss it in depth, after all, today was about participating in the show as an independent band—

In fact, Anson did receive a call, but he thought the other party was a scammer, specifically preying on ordinary people with dreams of stardom. From a timeline perspective, around the turn of the millennium, such scams were at their most rampant and prosperous. At the same time, because network information was not yet so developed, even though incidents occurred frequently, countless people were still fooled.

As a time-traveler, Anson naturally wouldn't believe it.

Jay Leno picked up the information in front of him, "According to our show's investigation, you were filming a movie at the time, a blockbuster, 'Spider-Man', right?"

Little by little, Jay Leno threw out the bait.

Ah.

Blair couldn't control herself and let out a low exclamation, but immediately realized that she shouldn't disrupt the show's recording—

Others might not understand, but how could Blair and Karen not know?

"Spider-Man" was Blair's most anticipated movie of the summer, without exception.

Uncontrollably, her heart started beating wildly. Even though she covered her mouth with her hands and didn't make a sound, every cell in her body was still screaming.

Anson was speechless, "Yes, I have a small role."

Jay Leno immediately sensed the teasing in Anson's words. He also revealed a smile, "A small role called Peter Parker?"

In the studio—

Buzz, buzz, buzz.

Peter Parker? The name sounded familiar.

Now wasn't the era of superheroes sweeping the screen. Superhero comics were still a niche interest. Even though Spider-Man was a household name, for a moment, no one could connect the name.

Anson could hear Jay Leno's joke, "Yes, filming was very busy."

Jay Leno looked at Anson, who was calm and didn't take the bait, and didn't continue to beat around the bush. He turned to the audience, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome Anson Wood, the actor who plays Peter Parker in 'Spider-Man'."

Wait… wait!

Finally, the face on the "Spider-Man" posters in the streets and alleys perfectly matched the figure in front of them at this moment. The entire studio instantly erupted in a tsunami of cheers.

Blair: Ah, ah, ah!

The audience's reaction wasn't so crazy. While applauding, they exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock and astonishment—

Was this some new style of movie promotion from the "Spider-Man" crew?

Anson wasn't surprised. The "Tonight Show" crew couldn't be completely ignorant. Moreover, this was the reason why Edgar was particularly excited and proactive about the "Tonight Show":

Since Sony Columbia didn't trust Anson, they couldn't break the contract and arrange publicity privately. Then, by appearing on the show as a band member to bypass legal restrictions, when Anson got the opportunity to showcase himself and incidentally promote "Spider-Man", Sony Columbia should shut up obediently.

In other words, even if the "Tonight Show" crew hadn't discovered this, Edgar would have used his own methods to remind the show crew that such a thing existed.

Judging from the current situation, the "Tonight Show" crew had not only uncovered the information, but Jay Leno was also preparing to make a big deal out of it.

Thus.

Anson didn't continue to avoid it. He stood up, and in the midst of the audience's stunned gazes, he actually… left the studio…

Blair: Huh?

Joy and happiness slammed on the brakes, falling into confusion and shock without warning, staring dumbfounded at Anson's figure as he "angrily walked off", her mind filled with question marks.

Karen was also stunned, nudging Blair with her shoulder.

But Blair couldn't answer. Traces of excitement and elation still lingered on her cheeks, but the focus in her eyes was dissipating, without any clue.

What, what exactly was going on?

Not to mention Blair and Karen, even the other three people sitting next to Anson were caught off guard.

Miles was an honest man, anxiously looking at the expressions of the on-site staff. At this time, he couldn't care anymore and directly called out, "Anson, we're still recording."

Miles looked to Connor and Lily for help.

Lily wasn't surprised at all, curiously looking at Anson, expecting Anson to conjure up a flower, as if anything Anson did was reasonable. But soon, Lily realized that things were getting off track, because Anson didn't stop and actually walked straight off the stage.

Something was wrong.

Then, she, like Connor, stared blankly and dumbfounded at Anson's actions.

What exactly was Anson planning to do?

Even Jay Leno, who was seasoned and battle-hardened, was stunned—

This scene hadn't been rehearsed.

Anson stood up, with a calm expression and a smile on his face, and strode towards the entrance on the right side of the studio, just like that, leaving.

Just like that… left…

The atmosphere at the studio was a little funny. One second they were cheering, applauding, and whooping, and the next second they were looking at each other, at a loss. In the dumbfounded silence, the overflowing question marks almost drowned the entire studio. The rustling gazes sent out signals of help, lost and confused.

Jay Leno, who was able to defeat David Letterman to become the host of the "Tonight Show" and hold onto the ratings champion for ten years, without a single loss, was definitely not living on empty fame.

To take a step back, even the most chaotic and terrible situation actually had room for maneuver, because this was a show recording. The director could just pause the recording. The final bottom line was that the recorded show wouldn't be edited in post-production or broadcast, and would be completely frozen after recording.

Banned.

In other words, no matter what, Jay Leno had a way out. He didn't need to panic.

The key was that Jay Leno didn't want to pause the recording. He didn't want to admit that Anson had disrupted his plans. He didn't want to admit defeat in front of this young man.

His brain started working. Working at high speed.