Chapter 266： 1 piece of surprise

"Nick, aren't you off work?" Nicholas McLenna looked back. It was Sophie Pierce(.), her colleague in the office, who was walking in her direction with a lot of documents in her hand.

Nicholas stretched out, "There is another piece of news, and it will be sent to the printing house at night."

Sophie yelled out in surprise, "Are you crazy? And... it will be printed in two hours, and you haven't written it yet." Sophie immediately remembered the first draft he sent over for typesetting today, "Entertainment The blank at the top of the version is for you!"

Nicholas was not as fussy as Sophie, and smiled freely, "Yes, that's it."

Sophie sat down next to Nicholas’ desk with the materials in her arms, looking at the messy materials on his desk and the blank paper on the typewriter. “So you were writing Hugo’s manuscript! I thought You wrote it out a long time ago. It’s not big news this time. Why did you linger for so long?” Sophie saw the headlines of other competing newspapers on Nicholas’s desktop. For example, the headline of the “New York Times” reads “Self-Exiled”. Hugo Lancaster".

"It should have been written yesterday, but unfortunately missed today's release." Nicholas twitched.

"That's why you were scolded today?" Sophie suddenly realized that Nicholas was called to the editor's office in the morning and scolded severely. The editor's roar could be heard on the entire floor.

Nicholas nodded to confirm that he was one step behind in a direct contest with his competitors, which is really undesirable. Moreover, Nicholas did not have exclusive revelations in his hands. It was difficult to win back a city. No wonder the editor-in-chief would be angry.

"It's just that Hugo took a new movie. It's not a big news. Why did you write it for so long and didn't write it out?" Sophie knew that the news Nicholas was writing was about Hugo becoming "Night Sleep in Seattle" "The news of the male protagonist, this news was confirmed yesterday, and it was officially announced today, which caused quite a stir.

Nicholas replied, "Because I have been considering my attitude towards this matter, whether I support it or not."

"You really are crazy." Sophie held the materials, left Nicholas' desk, walked towards the data room, and when she reached the door, she turned her head and said to Nicholas, "You are crazy, no one I am optimistic about Hugo's choice this time."

"Yeah, I'm crazy." Nicholas stretched again, muttering to himself, and then realized that he fell on the headline chosen by the competitor's newspaper on the table.

The "New York Times" used "Self-Exiled Hugo Lancaster" as the headline, the "San Francisco Chronicle" wrote the report "Desperate Hugo", and the "Premiere ( headline was "From The power group is moving towards the idol group", not to mention the gloating "National Inquirer" reported as "The beginning of the depravity", and the mocking headline of "Entertainment Weekly" "Hugo finally knows how to use his advantage"... …

Even the most authoritative "Variety Shows" and "Hollywood Report" in the industry are no exception. "Variety Shows" wrote earnestly, "Once again the wrong choice, how much talent does Hugo have to "was"; "Hollywood Report" It was a "stupid choice" to express his hatred for iron but not steel.

Yesterday at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, Samsung Pictures, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, formally announced that the love "wave" comic film "Sleepless in Seattle", written and directed by Nora Efron, has determined the protagonist, and the male protagonist is Hugo Lan In Kester, the protagonist of the'female' is Meg Ryan, and the film will be officially launched next week.

At the same time, Samsung Pictures also announced the outline of the story about "Night Sleep in Seattle". There is only one sentence, "A widowed father and an engaged'female' reporter are connected by radio waves. Together, resulting in a story of love."

After the announcement, the media and professionals were in an uproar.

The reason for the uproar is that no one is optimistic about the theme of "Sleepless in Seattle". During the preparations for Nora, the major film companies thought so. Two strangers who have never met before, because the radio station knows each other. , Resulting in love, which is simply incredible. This is equivalent to the consternation of people when online dating turned out in the 21st century. Connecting two strangers through radio'waves' can actually produce a chemical reaction, which is simply unrealistic. What's more, it is even more absurd that such a subject shooting becomes a movie. No audience wants to see two people shouting to the radio station in the air, but the whole story will be so boring and irritating to leave.

Obviously, the media and professionals think so too, so when people learned that Hugo actually took the film "Sleepless in Seattle", the above-mentioned representatives of the major media responded.

Hugo is currently in a turbulent vortex. Although the big-name suspicions have not continued to be exaggerated for the time being, the negative impact still exists, so it can be seen that Hugo is in a period of relaxation in his career. Under such circumstances, Hugo chose the script "Sleepless in Seattle". Almost everyone believed that Hugo was ruining his career as an actor who had just started to show off.

More importantly, Hugo regained the spotlight with his acting not long ago, and now he has actually taken over a chick film. What is a chick movie? That is the "lang" comic love comedy. To put it bluntly, it is a movie dedicated to "female" and "sex" audiences to satisfy their beautiful fantasy of love. Such movies do not have much acting content, even for classics such as "Roman Holiday", Gregory Parker (.) has also been ignored by people. Hugo is now inferior to the situation when Gregory took the "Roman Holiday". What's more, "Sleepless in Seattle" cannot be a "Roman Holiday."

Therefore, both "Variety Show" and "Hollywood Report" believed that Hugo was squandering his acting talents and once again made the mistake of choosing the "Deadly Moment" after the "Death Poetry Club", and this time even more stupid. At the beginning, "Deadly Moment" was still a promising big production during the preparation period, but this time "Night in Seattle" has no bright spots worthy of Hugo's takeover from any point of view.

As a result, almost all the media believed that Hugo was desperate and was ‘forced’ to a dead end by the so-called big-name suspicion. He panicked and chose the movie "Sleepless in Seattle". People in the circle are even more lamented that a good agent is so important to the actor's early career planning. The gap between Joseph and Lang is particularly obvious.

In fact, more than the media and professional film critics, the attitudes of people in the circle are almost the same.

When Brad Pitt learned that Hugo was the first to receive a new work by himself, his first reaction was to ask his agent Martin Baum, "Why!"

Martin actually felt a headache. Originally thought that the "sugar-coated trap" was nailed, but after planning it for so long, it still fell short at the end, but after all Martin went through strong winds and waves, so he quickly recovered, "Because I disdain. Do you know that "lang" love movies that have no performance value for you?"

Brad looked at Martin's serious expression. Although he was still walking around the office violently, he didn't continue to get angry anymore. Instead, he started to listen to Martin's explanation, "Listen to me, this movie will definitely fail, absolutely You can see the reaction of the media. No one wants to accept such a movie. Hugo is desperate. Then he panicked and chose a movie casually. Let's wait to see his jokes."

Brad scratched his head vigorously, and he gradually came around the bend. Thinking about it carefully, a script like "Night Sleep in Seattle" does not have the value of filming, but he is still a bit unwilling. "But he at least accepts. It’s the new script, what about me? I still don’t have any work!"

Martin took out a script from the ‘draw’ drawer without hesitation, "Joseph and I are not a high-grade agent. I have prepared the best for you."

Brad walked over with a questioning attitude, looked at the script on the desktop, and saw "California Killer ( written on the cover of the script.

Compared to Brad and Martin’s dialogue here, Tracy and Lang looked much calmer. Lang looked at Tracy with a solemn face, and comforted, “Don’t worry, this work is too rubbish. , It’s not worth mentioning at all, don’t worry, I think Hugo has no choice now and made such a decision as a last resort."

Tracy shook her head and looked at the fading night'color' outside the window, "You don't want him to hold the opportunity again, the situation of'scenting the fragrance of the woman' and'Yihai Xiongfeng' She must never show up again." Tracy felt a little flustered inexplicably. She always felt that Hugo had a reason for making such a decision, but she couldn't tell why, which made her very uneasy.

Lang shook his head with a smile, "Tracy, think about those classic chick movies, "When Harry Meets Sally", "Pretty Girl in Wind and Moon", "Roman Holiday"... Which movie is a success? The actor?" Lang's words made Tracy lost in thought, "And most importantly,'Night Sleep in Seattle' is impossible to succeed at all, maybe it is another bad love movie on the assembly line."

Looking at Tracy, who was still worried, Lang complained in his heart: "women" are in trouble. It is estimated that the menstrual period is coming, so he still wants to say something about the sixth sense of "women". But Lang did not show it on the surface, and continued to comfort him, "Tracy, Hugo is only twenty-five years old, and Joseph has only been in the industry for more than a year. They did not have the wisdom to choose such an excellent script~ www.novelhall.com~Otherwise, not many actors would refuse the invitation of this script before."

"What about Meg?" Tracy felt Lang made sense. The script of "Night Sleep in Seattle" had at least four male actors, and there were even more'female' actors. There should be more than seven. So many agents and actors have seen it, but in the end they all refused, which is enough to explain the "bad" of this script.

Lang pointed to the "Hollywood Report" on the desktop, "Have you not watched the report? Meg hasn't seen any great works for three years, so she has returned to the "When Harry meets Sally" route. This is What do you mean, you should know better than me."

"Desperate," Tracey said softly.

"What's more, this time the Los Angeles Times simply didn't report the incident. Don't you still feel the information inside?" Lang added the last piece of bargaining chip, Tracy did not speak, but the emotion was obviously Calm down.

"Hugo, you have to turn over again this time, but it's not that simple." Tracy said in her heart secretly. She finally dug such a big pit and pushed Hugo down. She hasn't seen Hugo enough. How can you stop, "Oh, just enjoy the feeling of being at the bottom of the valley."