Chapter 1530： Universal Studios

This summer seems to be passing very fast, as if the footsteps of early summer had just arrived yesterday. In a blink of an eye, nearly half of June has passed. From "Tornado" to "Mission Impossible", the summer file has gone through three in a blink of an eye. One part.

Both of the two commercial masterpieces have achieved incredible success, which also allowed the North American film market to sweep away the haze caused by the "cut-throat island" and "future water world" last year, and the major film companies once again saw high investment. The dawn of hope in return. In particular, the success of "Mission Impossible" made Tom Cruise's career soar and once again stood shoulder to shoulder with Hugo.

In the past year, Hugo’s momentum has been too strong, and Brad Pitt’s late comer is even more aggressive, making Tom, who had no works launched last year, completely eclipsed him, and Tom’s before "Mission Impossible" The work is "Interview with Vampires at Night". Now, "Mission Impossible" has been affirmed in both box office and word of mouth, making people realize once again that the real battle with Hugo depends on Tom, and Brad, as a chaser, still needs more proof.

Of course, the success of "Tornado" and "Mission Impossible" still kept the major film companies on hold. They are all waiting for the release of the two 20 million club member works, "Independence Day" and "Ace Specialist." The success or failure of the work will have a specific impact on the development trajectory of the entire film.

However, in the midst of this hustle and bustle, Hugo never showed up. Since he disappeared in early April, more than two months, there have been countless rumors about Hugo, but no one can really tell where Hugo is. . This also brought the media to a halt. Now everyone is accumulating strength, waiting for the "Independence Day" to be released, and then it bursts out, either with a big victory or a complete defeat.

In fact, Hugo, who had disappeared for more than two months, has now returned to Los Angeles, and it is in one of the most crowded places: Universal Studios. If reporters knew that Hugo was hanging out at Universal Studios now, they would definitely have a dislocated jaw.

Hugo came to Universal Studios today. Naturally, it was not on a whim and decided to visit this Los Angeles landmark building, but because today is the day when "Romeo and Juliet" was completed. As a friend, Hugo made a special trip to congratulate Charlize and Leon. Nardo's.

The journey from glory to death lasted forty days and completely completed the recording of all the tracks in the third album. However, their work is still not over.

Although Roger compromised and approved Hugo’s idea, he decided to release the album recorded in the outdoor studio; however, Roger still had the conditions. He asked the band to catalog all the songs in the studio version, and the album would be a two-disc. Issued in the form of. This is the bottom line of EMI Records.

It can be seen that Roger is still very worried. From a commercial point of view, he has to make such a request. From the point of view of radio broadcasting or commercial promotion, they must record the studio version.

This originally disgusted the members of Glory To Death, because it completely violated Hugo's original idea, but Henry nodded and agreed after weighing it. Later Henry successfully persuaded the members of the gloriously dead band, "To make a bold album, this is the right idea and should be supported; but you should also leave a studio version worthy of collection to let people know the original. What kind of original music is like."

After careful consideration, Glory to death nodded in agreement.

Three days ago, the band members returned to Los Angeles, preparing to enter the studio to complete the recording of the third album, but for the time being, Hugo and others all took a rest for a few days. Especially Hugo, he has been running around for more than 70 days, and his physical and mental fatigue has reached a peak. He is not a wandering personality in his bones, and the warmth of home is always an inseparable part of his heart. After returning home, the happy sense of belonging made Hugo familiar and moved.

Walking among the noisy crowds of Universal Studios, Hugo freely enjoys the rare peace. Although the journey has now ended, Hugo still has not completely shaved his beard, and his beard has become his natural umbrella. This image Almost few people can recognize him, plus a baseball cap, even if the paparazzi see Hugo, it is estimated that they will react for a while.

Although few film companies are filming here nowadays, Universal Studios more often exists as a tourist park, but occasionally there are still TV shows or movies that choose to shoot here. After all, the studios and scenes here are still very good. From the twenties to the present accumulation, Universal Studios is still one of Hollywood's best filming venues.

"Romeo and Juliet" moved the studio here in the second half of the film for shooting, but Hugo had never visited the class before, so the first time I came here, I was lost.

Hugo was not in a hurry, but was slowly sightseeing in Universal Studios, enjoying the rare leisurely time during this period. Different from running around on the road, Hugo now regards Los Angeles as his home. The familiarity and comfort make Hugo very relaxed. After walking for a while, Hugo found that the crowds seemed to be gathering in one direction one after another. He couldn't help but walked along the crowd curiously.

When he came to the crowded place, Hugo discovered that this was the filming location of "Romeo and Juliet". At this time, the crew was busy, and there were not many crowds onlookers, about 50 or 60 people. They all stood behind the isolation zone, quietly watching the crew that was busy filming.

Charlize and Leonardo’s version of "Romeo and Juliet" set the background of the story in modern times. They went to Sydney and Mexico to shoot for a while, and finally returned to Universal Studios for the finishing touch. Therefore, Charlize and Leonardo are performing interpretations in modern costumes. If no one tells the audience that this is a work adapted from Shakespeare, there is nothing wrong with saying that it is a modern romantic drama.

Hugo saw Charlize and Leonardo directed by Baz Luhrmann from a distance. He didn't step forward to interrupt their work, but watched quietly from the side. It must be admitted that the two people in front of them are very talented in acting. They have their own unique insights into acting, and they have put in enough effort to make their roles shine with real light.

It's just that Hugo has become a member of this era. I don't know what kind of changes will happen to the future of the two of them because of the Hugo variable. Hugo hopes that it will be a positive change.

Suddenly, Charlize glanced at the crowd. She vaguely felt that a familiar sight fell on her, but when she looked back, she saw the noisy crowd of onlookers. Everyone was paying attention to her. She should After thinking about it, she turned her head.

Leonardo was aware of Charlize's anomaly and asked directly, "What's wrong?"

"No, it just feels like something special is paying attention to me, I hope it's not a stalker." Charlize joked with a chuckle.

Leonardo twitched his mouth and laughed, but the words he uttered were, "I think so too, as if it's something familiar... guy..." Leonardo dragged the end sound into the crowd. After looking around, Charlize couldn't help turning his head to look at it, and then Charlize saw the man in the crowd.

A light blue plain T-shirt, paired with dark blue jeans, a dark blue baseball cap, with a slightly sloppy beard, such a simple dress, you can't see the characteristics when you throw it into the crowd. But Charlize noticed that the eyes hidden under the baseball cap were somewhat familiar.

Leonardo also noticed this figure, and the joy in his eyes immediately surfaced. He was pleasantly surprised and said, "It's Hugo!" Then Leonardo raised his hand and waved, standing in the crowd. The man also waved his hand, and a big smile was drawn at the corner of his mouth, making both Leonardo and Charlize laugh.

"If we deliberately yelled ‘Hugo Lancaster’ here, what would you say would happen?" Leonardo said gleefully, causing Charlize to laugh. But thinking about it, Leonardo did not do so after all.

Hugo saw that his whereabouts were discovered by two friends, so he left the crowd and walked towards the side where the security guards were. When he reached the open entrance of the crew, the security guards blocked Hugo's footsteps. Hugo raised his baseball cap and said with a bright smile, "I'm here to visit a friend."

When the security guard saw Hugo's eyes, he was stunned, he couldn't believe his eyes, his face was stunned.

Hugo walked over with a smile patted the security guard on the shoulder, then walked straight in, leaving the security guard standing alone in astonishment. He still couldn't believe it, he actually watched it. Arrived Hugo, the famous Hugo.

Someone noticed Hugo's movements and immediately ran over, thinking that he could go inside to watch, but the security guard stopped the other party in time, which made the visitor very dissatisfied, "Then why can he go in?"

The security’s words have already flooded his lips, but when he looked back at Hugo’s back, he was still low-key converging all the light, making people invisible, turning his head and saying, “Because he is a crew member, here is The crew, idlers are not allowed to enter." This made the visitor quiet down in frustration.

When Hugo entered the crew, the staff cast their surprise glances. The crew of "Romeo and Juliet" has been working together for more than three months. Naturally, they are familiar with each other, but they have never seen the stranger in front of them. They thought it was a crowd of onlookers who came in in troubled waters, but before someone stepped forward to stop them, they saw Leonardo ran over with a smile on his face, and gave the stranger a big hug, with his eyes clearly written. Excited, then Leonardo forcefully gave the stranger back several times, "Hugo Lancaster! You finally came to visit the class."

What? Hugo!