Chapter 1344： Surfaced

When this episode of "The Tonight Show" was broadcast, before the end of the credits, before the subtitles of the staff appeared, a line appeared specifically, "This film is dedicated to Jenny Davis (Jenny.) and the Grayson Gift Foundation", Then at the end of the subtitle, an icon of a rainbow windmill appeared.

This line of subtitles stayed for about three seconds before slowly disappearing, but it triggered an unimaginable follow-up reaction.

When the "Tonight Show" was broadcast, it actually called 9.17 million viewers to sit in front of the TV at 11:30 in the evening. This not only easily refreshed the "Tonight Show" last year's "Life and Death" special 780. The thirteen viewership record once again created the highest viewing performance in the post-Johnny Carson era; and the performance has also been greatly increased, which is almost an incredible performance for the late-night talk show.

Due to the "death prisoner's walk" and Hugo's topical effect, countless viewers are specially guarded in front of the TV, hoping to know the truth of the August Hugo incident from the live TV broadcast for the first time. What’s even more rare is that in the audience rating range between the ages of 18 and 49, the "Tonight Show" actually got a ratings of 4.2, which also greatly exceeded the data of last year’s special issue, and even approached The ratings for the night Johnny Carson left the "Tonight Show" in 1992.

This shows that Hugo's unparalleled appeal among young people today.

But to everyone’s surprise, the highest ratings moment of the "Tonight Show" did not appear at the clarification moment of the Hugo incident, but at the moment when Hugo and Jie had a bickering on the topic of Brad. The audience of 9.91 million watched the less than two minutes of the clip, which has been approaching the threshold of 10 million viewers indefinitely!

This also makes people clearly feel that the Hugo and Brad showdown is still a hot topic-even after the "Seven Deadly Sins" was released, the topic seemed to disappear for a long time.

Relying on a series of record-breaking results, the "Tonight Show" easily defeated two major competitors, "David Letterman Late Night Show" and "Political Incorrect", both of which had less than three million viewers. , Less than one-third of the "Tonight Show" score. Such a strong gap can almost be said to be swept away!

After the "Tonight Show" was broadcast, all the topics during the filming of "Death Row" were answered positively. Hugo's dedication, calmness, calmness, and concentration have been recognized by the audience, especially Hugo has repeatedly emphasized that he It is not an actor with a background in science classes, nor is it a talented actor, which also makes people clearly feel Hugo's efforts. This also makes Hugo seem more normal.

People can't help but sigh: Hugo is also an ordinary person.

Especially the "Tonight Show" plus the later broadcast of "Friends", the deification halo surrounding Hugo suddenly faded a lot, which not only made Hugo more affinity, but also brought closer the relationship between Hugo and ordinary audiences. distance. This is also the unexpected result of Rick Rosen. It can only be said that the Matthew effect is indeed very impressive after it has played a positive role.

However, due to the sensitivity and special nature of the "Hugo Incident", people have no way to conduct more discussions. It is the content that is repeated over and over, so there are not as many related topics as expected. This is also an important reason why Rick insists that Hugo does not need to respond immediately-he knows that Hugo needs time to buffer, and he does not want people to put too much pressure on Hugo. But what is certain is that the discussion of "Death Row" broke the table again, and the movie tickets that were screened in the first week were just as Hugo said: a ticket is hard to find!

In addition, the important reason why the "Tonight Show" has achieved such a high ratings is the direct cooperation between Hugo and Jie. Many viewers have expressed to the TV station that Hugo’s witty words and Jie’s wit and cunning are completely acceptable. It is said to be a match made in heaven. Even after the broadcast of "Friends", people gave a super high evaluation of Hugo's comedy talent, and some people suggested that Hugo and Jie jointly develop a new comedy talk show. This is really dumbfounding. ——Everyone knows that this is impossible.

After the "Tonight Show" was broadcast, it was precisely the short-length Jenny Davis.

Although Hugo didn't mention Jenny much in the show, the words were very simple and sincere. The sentence "Hugo, am I going to die" made the eyes of countless viewers in front of the TV red.

In an instant, the problem of seriously ill children became the focus of attention in society. News media reported on this topic one after another. For a time, news on related topics continued to be heard on the night of the "Tonight Show". Issue center.

After the media reported it, people realized that the child’s medical assistance was facing such a difficult problem.

When many intractable diseases appear in adults, it is already very difficult, and because children's physical functions are not fully developed, especially many underage children, their own immunity is not perfect at all, which makes many treatments impossible to use at all. The children who cannot be treated because of economic problems are far beyond imagination. They are not in remote Africa or South America, but by their own side. Every day there are children leaving the world, and they have not even had time to enjoy the children’s experience. Innocence and joy.

Charitable organizations headed by the Grayson Gift Foundation have become the objects of attention, and more and more people are turning their attention to children. Everyone knows that children are the future of society.

Among the countless focal points, some media questioned whether Hugo was performing a show, because before that, there had never been any news about Hugo's charity activities. They believed that Hugo was just using so-called charity activities to build his own. Image project, this is undoubtedly shameful and despicable.

The power of the "Hugo Incident" has gradually receded, and the media has begun to resurface again. Although there are not many media that questioned it, and it is not a national newspaper, and they are very cautious in their wording, but they have reasonable doubts. It did not exceed the boundary; but it can still be seen that the media are still unwilling after all-no king will surrender his scepter willingly, not even the uncrowned king.

However, the news was subsequently clarified. In interviews with the media, the Grayson Gift Foundation, Santa Monica Hospital and other organizations defended Hugo, and many volunteer colleagues also defended Hugo. testify. These testimonies also let the doubts disappear before they can be publicized.

Naturally, all eyes were focused on the topic of helping the seriously ill children.

The Grayson Gifts Foundation’s fundraiser before Christmas actually raised four million dollars in donations! This is almost the sum of all the donations in the three years since the Grayson Gifts Foundation was established. It can be seen that Hugo's unparalleled influence, he only mentioned it on the "Tonight Show" and achieved such results.

This is the so-called "star effect". Even if it is a show, even if it is image public relations, it is undeniable that more and more public figures join charity activities to attract more public attention and give charity. The greater the power of activity. This can also be considered part of the added value of public figures. Silently doing charity and high-profile charity, if the essence is to do charity, then there is no difference, but if the essence deviates from the track, then it is truly undesirable.

Faced with such a high amount of donation, the Grayson Gifts Foundation also publicly stated that most of these expenses will be sponsored by professional institutions for disease research, hoping to fundamentally help those children; the remaining expenses will be separately funded for those who For children who cannot be treated due to financial problems, I hope that more children can grow up carefree.

After finishing his work, Hugo stood behind the scenes in a low-key manner, because he knew that the real protagonists were the children in need, not him. Therefore, Hugo only donated 300,000 US dollars to the Grayson Gifts Foundation in his own name, and then temporarily disappeared.

After spending a long vacation, Hugo began to read the script one after another. Although he may not immediately join the crew, he can at least have a plan.

After learning that Hugo started to read the script formally, Hollywood suddenly began to surging. After experiencing the four works of "Pulp Fiction", "Before Sunrise", "Seven Deadly Sins", and "Death Row", major film companies responded to Yu Yu. The orientation of Guo is somewhat unclear. However, apart from the "seven deadly sins", the other three works are completely independent works, so film companies are more inclined to submit independent scripts to Hugo.

But the problem is that film companies still hope that movies can win the box office, but independent works are not so easy to create good results. This also makes major production companies appear to be in a dilemma.

Among the many small actions, the huge plan of 20th Century Fox finally began to surface. Rick got the news right away. At present, 20th Century Fox is planning a big project with an investment budget of about 100 million U.S. dollars. The epic war blockbuster was selected, and the scale will definitely exceed expectations.

Not only that, Fox’s peripheral actions in the twentieth century were very frequent. They first contacted the White House and expressed the hope that they would be able to shoot in the White House; then they began to discuss with the NFL and tried to buy the right to stop advertising during the Super Bowl. There are advertisements for the Super Bowl, but there has never been a movie that chooses to promote during the Super Bowl. This is undoubtedly the first act of eating crabs, which has attracted a lot of attention. Then they began to contact advertising sponsors, including Apple and Coca-Cola. They are all in the list of negotiation objects.

The cast of this work hasn't even been announced yet, one action after another has attracted the attention of countless people. But people are a little hesitant. Is this the second "Terminator 2" or the second "Future Water World"?

Under such circumstances, Sergio Mimica Gozan found Hugo himself. ()