Chapter 1268 1268 Breaking News

Monday, July 31st.

Meredith-Morris sat in the passenger seat of the car boredly flipping through the "Los Angeles Times" in his hand, looking out the window from time to time, the sunset outside the window had filled the sky, and the heat wave that lasted for a day finally finally started to fade. The people who came and went in the parking lot seemed to be in a lot of energy. Everyone was talking about something, and the expressions on their faces were beaming. It could be seen that they were very excited.

Meredith is now a student in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She used her summer vacation time to help organize files at a research institution. After get off work today, she accompanied her mother, Katherine Morris, to the supermarket to buy groceries. It's just that she was tired all day and didn't want to move, so she stayed in the car.

"What are they excited about..." Meredith muttered, because she had seen at least eight people holding a newspaper in their hands, and then excitedly said these things to her companions. She tried to open the car window to take a look, but it brought nothing but the rushing heat.

Meredith looked down at the "Los Angeles Times" and flipped over, but didn't see any excitement.

This past weekend, "Future Water World" was officially released, which should have been a sensational news. After all, this $175 million film has caused countless discussions in the past few months. However, after the film was released, it attracted a crusade, the reputation among the major media was terrible, and the box office results were not much worth mentioning.

Although "Future Water World" won the North American weekend box office championship in the last week of July, the championship score was only 20 million. Compared with the high investment of the movie, almost everyone believed that this movie would be lost, especially In the case of the film's reputation has also been a complete failure, it is no longer reliable to hope for the long-term sales of the film. The only thing that Universal Pictures can count on now is that the movie can win back some box office by relying on the blockbuster title in overseas markets.

The most expensive film of all time, suffered an unimaginable fiasco, which made almost all professional filmmakers say in unison, "Look, I said it a long time ago!"

Indeed, these remarks have been seen countless times before, and the pros have always disapproved of the ethos of rising movie production costs. It also makes today's LA Times seem a bit boring, and it doesn't seem like a blast at all.

"Quick, look!" The car door was suddenly opened, interrupting Meredith's thoughts. As soon as she turned around, she saw her mother in a hurry. Her mother threw something over, and Meredith subconsciously went to pick it up. , but didn't catch it, and the thing fell on her thigh. She quickly pressed it with both hands to prevent it from falling, "What? What is this?" Meredith also shouted at the same time.

Catherine was still carrying the things she bought in the supermarket, but before she could put it on the back seat, she yelled at her daughter, "Look, look!"

Meredith murmured and complained, but he still looked down. It was a newspaper, a supermarket tabloid—the National Enquirer. Meredith looked at his mother angrily, "Mom... "The last half of the sentence is obviously "You know I don't like this newspaper", because of Hugo's relationship, she has never had a good impression of this newspaper, or even despised it.

In fact, the mainstream media have always disdained supermarket tabloids. On the one hand, many news in supermarket tabloids are fabricated and even absurd; trust, so naturally they won't follow these supermarket tabloids. What's more, the uncrowned kings are still concerned about their dignity and face. Most of the reports in the supermarket tabloids are vulgar. For the mainstream media, don't adopt them, and even pay attention to them.

The National Enquirer is already the most credible newspaper among many supermarket tabloids in the United States, and it also leads the way in sales. But even so, their status has not changed much. Especially in the witch trial incident, the activity of the "National Enquirer" eventually led to the embarrassment of the media, and even made major newspapers dismiss them.

It can be said that the status of supermarket tabloids is very low.

Meredith will not forget the fact that the "National Enquirer" repeatedly fabricated fake news to hurt Hugo. She can be said to hate this newspaper. Catherine is also a fan of Hugo, of course it is clear, so why did she bring this newspaper over?

But Meredith's complaints seemed to have no effect, and Catherine insisted on pointing to the newspaper.

Meredith rolled his eyes angrily, then opened the newspaper, and his mother's voice came from his ear, "Front page headlines! Front page headlines!"

"Yes, yes..." Meredith's voice was full of irony, but her voice quickly disappeared in her throat, and then her mouth was wide open, but no sound came out, her eyes Staring at the news headlines quickly and tremblingly, with a look of disbelief and contempt on his face, his anger rushed to his head, "Mom! They are talking nonsense, and you believe it!"

I saw that the entire front page of the National Enquirer today was white, with only two words written in red in the middle, "Hugo, Psycho" and then a small line at the bottom summarizing the news , "It is reported that Hugo Lancaster, who is working in Baton Rouge, was admitted to a mental hospital due to excessive stress. He was initially diagnosed with a mental illness and required psychological treatment."

This piece of news is really shocking. The news content avoids the movie "Death Ramble", and does not even mention what Hugo is doing in Baton Rouge. All the focus is on "mental illness", and Directly put the name of "neuropathy" on Hugo's head.

Catherine is also a fan of Hugo. Although she is a mother and a teacher, things like chasing stars seem to be out of reach for her, but Hugo is a special case. She and her daughter both like and support Hugo very much. Because Hugo is not only an artist, but also represents the persistence and struggle of chasing dreams, which gave Catherine a lot of inspiration and inspiration.

Catherine naturally didn't like to see such news. When she saw the headlines on the front page, her reaction was almost exactly the same as Meredith's, but, "What if this is true? Even if it isn't, does that mean that Hugo really met When it's difficult?" Catherine didn't care about sorting out the things in her hands, she sat in the driver's seat directly, put a large bag of things directly on her lap, and then explained.

Meredith was stunned.

Indeed, such a thing is too special, unlike any previous news. Even if the National Enquirer is fake news, everyone pays attention: Is it real? If not, what went wrong? If yes, then...

It seems that there will be some news about "the death of a certain artist" every few days. No matter whether they care about this artist or not, people will more or less take a look at the news and pay more attention, and things will get bigger before they know it. If it is fake news, it will also force the parties involved to come forward to clarify.

And what about Hugo?

"Almost all the newspapers in the supermarket were robbed just now. I got the second batch." Catherine explained in a simple sentence what Meredith saw just now. No wonder everyone is so abnormal today.

Meredith didn't realize that her hands were sweating, and she quickly opened the inner page of the National Enquirer and began to read it carefully. Only at this moment did Catherine realize that she was holding a lot of things, and hurriedly put the things on the back seat, but instead of starting the car in a hurry, she leaned on the steering wheel in a daze.

This news also had a strong impact on Katherine.

According to the news, Hugo lost control of his emotions due to excessive stress during the work process and had to go to the hospital for treatment, and because the condition was too serious, he stayed in the hospital for one night. After that, Hugo received consultation and treatment from a psychiatrist. It is reported that even after receiving treatment, Hugo's condition still did not improve, causing his work to be temporarily suspended and he had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital. long-term treatment. Later, all of Hugo's friends went to Baton Rouge, and even his father went there himself, obviously the situation was very serious. At present, Hugo is like a time bomb. It is impossible to predict when he will completely collapse, and the specific situation of Hugo in the mental hospital is unknown, which is worrying.

The whole report is well-founded, has nose and eyes, and describes the whole process in great detail, especially some details about the hospital are directly pointed out, which seems to be full of confidence, and immediately increases the credibility by dozens of percentage points. No wonder those people were talking excitedly just now, no wonder Catherine was so panicked...

Although the report never mentions what Hugo's work is, it is clear that the National Enquirer has gone to great lengths to focus its attention on "neuropathy" and avoid "death row" as the focus; For a loyal fan like Diess, she easily connected things.

Because it was a "Death Ramble", Meredith was even more convinced of the authenticity of the news, because she knew that Hugo always devotes himself to his work. Nearly injured, and the news of deliberate drinking during the filming of "Schindler's List" to experience the character is still vivid.

Thinking of this, Meredith's cheeks turned pale in an instant. Could it be true that what the "National Enquirer" said this time?

"No, no, definitely not... Hugo will be fine..." Meredith muttered raggedly, as if denying the truth, but more like convincing herself, although she firmly believed in the rain But who can really tell the truth about things like stress, depression, and mental illness? People say that nine out of ten Hollywood stars suffer from depression.

The denial of the facts and the worry about Hugo invaded in an instant, leaving Meredith at a loss.

Seeing such a daughter, Catherine couldn't help feeling a stab in her heart. She quickly took her into her arms and whispered, "We should trust Hugo, shouldn't we?" However, this time, even they were not sure.