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"What did you say?" Hugo looked at Rick in front of him with a look of surprise, while Joseph, who was sitting beside him, was lost in thought, and the thought between his eyebrows also indicated his incomprehension.
Rick looked at the frightened staff around him, and greeted him calmly with a smile. Hugo's suddenly high voice just surprised many people. "Hugo, do you really want to participate?" Rick looked at Hugo again and said in a hurry, "If you really want to participate, of course there is no problem, this is not for me. What a big problem."
Hugo was stumped by Rick's rhetorical question, and couldn't help but be stunned, "No, that's not what I meant." Then Hugo himself laughed helplessly, as if amused by his fright and impatient explanation, "Rick, you know what I mean."
"Of course I know." Rick was amused by Hugo's expression, and it could be seen that he was in a very relaxed mood. Hugo was able to refuse to attend the Grammys at the beginning, and now he naturally doesn't care too much about whether to attend the Golden Globe Awards. Hugo was just surprised by his remarks.
Indeed, if someone had told Rick a month ago that he would advise Hugo to refuse to appear at the Ballon d'Or, he would have sneered at him and thought he was crazy. As an agent, awards ceremonies like the Golden Globes are absolutely not to be missed publicity occasions, not only the awards themselves, but also the Golden Globes themselves and the powerful figures who appear on the celebration banquet are important weapons at any time. What's more, Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company is still in the stage of rapid development, so it cannot be missed.
But now, Rick has personally come to the Burbank shooting site and personally advised Hugo to "don't attend the Golden Globes", which is so wonderful.
"Rick, are you planning to fight for the initiative?" Although Joseph was surprised, he thought more and thought more about the overall situation, so he thought about it carefully, and he knew that Rick was definitely not aimless.
Rick opened his hands to Joseph, "You can say this, but it's not accurate, in fact, in the current overall situation, whether Hugo attends the Golden Globes or not, the initiative is in Hugo's hands. Yes, there's no doubt about that. So if you really want to be there, I put my hands up." The latter sentence was addressed to Hugo, which made Hugo chuckle, and Rick went on to say, "However, I am indeed trying to win more interests, including Hugo's and the company's."
Joseph nodded thoughtfully, while Rick looked around cautiously, making sure that the "Independence Day" staff were busy, and then he controlled his volume and said, "The Hollywood Foreign Reporter The association has given you eight nominations for acting in the past four years, and you have five nominations after deducting three this year, but you have never gotten anything. It's just like attending the Golden Globes, but it's like we made a deal with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and traded attendance for awards."
In fact, whether an actor is present or not is not directly related to the award ceremony, because the award has been determined before the award ceremony. But it is undeniable that every award is selected by people, so personal senses and the closeness of the network will have an impact. Awards, this is a very subjective thing.
Hugo had been absent from the Golden Globes for the previous two years, and back in 1992, there was an unpleasant smear incident at the celebration banquet. It can be said that the relationship between Hugo and the Golden Globes has never been close. Last year, Hugo blatantly turned down the Golden Globes to travel to Salt Lake City for the Sundance Film Festival.
Even if Hugo has absolutely valid reasons, everyone will have their own guesses.
This year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony, in fact, even if they only nominated Hugo for one, people all know that more than 70% of the nominations will win the award.
Hugo's absolute hard power is recognized by everyone. The "Schindler's List" won the golden man for Hugo is still amazed, and so far Hugo is also one of the few in film history who has won an Oscar but has not won. The actors of the Golden Globe Awards - most of the others are shooting stars who disappeared after being stunning at the Oscars. Before the Golden Globe Awards could seize the opportunity to make up for it, those people gradually fell silent. But Hugo is different. As the first person in Hollywood today, Hugo has never won the Golden Globe Award? This is a hard truth for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
So, everyone knows that Hugo will definitely win at the Golden Globes this year, whether he will be there or not. The Golden Globe Awards gave Hugo three acting nominations and one screenwriting nomination for the first time. On the one hand, it gave Hugo enough attention. Of course, these four nominations are also convincing enough; on the other hand, it also increases the suspense and makes the final The trends of the awards are reserved for the awards ceremony.
Under such circumstances, Hugo attended the Golden Globe Awards after two years. Although it can be seen as giving face to the Golden Globe Awards, it will inevitably leave the impression that "I am here to win the award", and it will also make People get the feeling that this is a deal. Even if Hugo relies on his absolute strength to win the award, it seems difficult to justify.
Timing, it's a matter of timing.
"Of course, even if these ideas of mine come true, they are just rumors at most, and they won't have much impact." Rick didn't seem worried at all, because he knew that with Hugo's current reputation, as long as it didn't reproduce the original A bad situation like Michael Jackson wouldn't have much impact.
But it is precisely because of this that Rick needs to think more comprehensively. When Michael was at his peak, the negative news came one after another, and even forced Michael to accept an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey to clarify them one by one, and even this had little effect. There are a lot of people's popularity, the first bird hit by the gun, the big tree attracts the wind, the wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind... These words all say the same truth: it is never so easy to become a real superstar.
This is also one of the important reasons why Rick made this decision. "In addition, this is actually a game between the company and the Golden Globes. It is a question of whether we bow first or the other side bows first. I just want to let the Golden Globes know. Knowing that Hugo won't be there, you still have to give the trophy to Hugo and let the Hollywood Foreign Press Association back down. It's not just a question of awards, it's a question of the whole battle."
In short, it is superstar status, which is the so-called big-name strategy, so that even if the opponent knows that this is a big-name game, they can only eat Huanglian dumbly. However, the Golden Globes, like Twentieth Century Fox, will happily swallow the bitter pill, and swallow it with a smile.
Rick obviously has more long-term plans. From the "Independence Day" to the Golden Globe Awards this time, the layout behind Endeavour Elite Agency is definitely not that simple.
"What if they decided not to give us the award when they learned that I wasn't present?" Hugo couldn't help but laughed. This kind of behind-the-scenes game sounded like a game to Hugo's ears.
"That's right," answered Joseph, who shrugged nonchalantly, "you won't be present in the future."
"Correct answer!" Although Rick didn't laugh out loud, his piercing eyes revealed his relaxed and excited mood at the moment - in less than two years, Endeavour Elite Agency has Having initially possessed the ability to change the Hollywood landscape, how could Rick not be excited?
The words of the two made Hugo choked. He thought about it carefully, the attraction of the Golden Globe Awards was indeed limited, and he never seemed to have too many regrets about missing the Golden Globe Awards.
"Actually, all of these ideas came to me later," Rick continued, leaning forward slightly, his eyes firmly locked on Hugo, "At first I was just planning for Hugo's career. Considering the angle, 'Death Ramble' got the opportunity to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, you missed the 'Before Sunrise' promotion in Berlin last year, and this year's attendance is obviously a good choice."
Rick slowed down his speech, but continued to say without interruption, "This is also because the three works you made last year were all works with more artistic flavor than commercial elements, and they were definitely more loved by film critics than audiences. The works are all works whose chances of winning an award exceed the box office data, so Berlin is a better choice than the Golden Globe Award.”
To be precise, compared to the commercial-focused Golden Globes, the high-profile Berlin Film Festival is a better choice.
Hugo immediately understood what Rick meant. In fact, it was very simple. It was similar to last year. He chose to participate in the Berlin Film Festival to express Hugo's insistence on the pursuit of art. The fans screaming is much more fun.
Of course, Hugo does not necessarily agree with Rick's idea - he and Rick's understanding of art are obviously far apart, and he does not think that attending the Berlin Film Festival represents a higher artistic quality, but it is undeniable that rain Guo is also very curious about the Berlin Film Festival, just like last year's Sundance Film Festival.
At this time, Rick's thinking was completely clear. He was based on the choice of the Golden Globe Award and the Berlin Film Festival. An important move in the chess game, allowing Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company to win more initiative.
After speaking, Rick leaned back on the back of the chair again, and the whole person relaxed, "Of course, if you want to attend, this is still a good thing for us, after all, Los Angeles is our base camp, at the Golden Globes It's good for the company to show up, and it's not a problem to be at the Ballon d'Or and Berlin at the same time. I just feel that you can maximize your interests by not attending the Ballon d'Or. So, the decision is still in your hands."
Golden Globes, to go or not to go?