Chapter 1623 1623 Focus

"Welcome to tonight's 'The Tonight Show,' I'm Jay Leno. Let's skip all the nonsense and give our special guest, my best friend, Hugo-- Lancaster."

Papapa, thunderous applause and tsunami-like cheers made the entire studio start shaking. The deafening sound almost made the studio director's headphones start to murmur. He had to take off the earplugs, and then He also stood up and welcomed Hugo with applause.

Hugo with a bright smile on his face appeared in everyone's sight like this, making the heat wave at the scene higher and higher. Just seeing Hugo beckoned, the scene was about to lose control.

Today Hugo wore a white shirt with black buttons, a round neck T-shirt with a black background and a colorful dog head, a pair of light brown fine plaid suit pants and navy blue suede flats. Dressed in a grand manner, elegant and full of vigor, he easily caught everyone's attention with just one appearance.

Hugo gave Jie a big hug, with a relaxed smile all over his face, and then walked to his guest sofa chair, waiting for the applause to end, but the turbulent wave continued incessantly, as if forever. It won't stop. The director on the scene had to remind the audience three times that they could sit down, but it was still unsuccessful. In the end, Hugo tried twice, and the scene gradually became quiet.

"It seems that the positions of the guests and the host should be changed today." Seeing this scene, Jie said mockingly.

Hugo shrugged, "I can be half the host of 'The Tonight Show' too, can't I?" Jie couldn't help but stunned, Hugo continued, "I noticed your wording, 'best friend' ', I always thought it was just another way of saying family."

In the opening just now, Jie did not introduce Hugo as a singer or actor, but as "My Best Friend". This is actually a trick. Hugo is now fighting back, which makes the scene The audience all laughed lightly. Hugo and Jie's meeting was so full of laughter every time.

"I'm glad I didn't introduce it with 'my closest business partner'." This sentence made many people clapp their hands and laugh. If you know the news, you can know that Jie did not long ago. Made some investments, but ultimately failed, and the partners ran away with the money. Although the loss was not big, it made Jie very unhappy. Jie's irony now clearly means something.

However, Jie did not give the audience more time to react, and immediately said, "So, the income has been very good recently." After saying this, Jie stared at Hugo's eyes, as if Hugo dared to deny it, he would To directly destroy Hugo's humanity.

Hugo didn't react at first, but after noticing Jie's gaze, he pursed his lips, lowered his head and began to dig in his pocket for a while, and finally took out a twenty-five-cent coin. , and put it on Jay's desk.

All the audience at the scene witnessed this moment, and then everyone burst into laughter. Hugo spread his hands innocently, pointed to his trouser pocket, and shook his head helplessly. This made Jie also burst into laughter, "There have been too many topics about you recently, let's clarify one thing first, is the box office of 'Independence Day' about to exceed 500 million, which makes you more happy? Or is it glory to The dead single 'Young. Volcanoes' sold 430,000 copies yesterday, making you more excited?"

This is also one of the topics that everyone is most concerned about recently, first "Independence Day", then "Young Volcano", Hugo is climbing to an unprecedented height with an incredible attitude. Not even Marlon Brando, not even Michael Jackson, not even Steven Spielberg, not even the Beatles.

Hugo pondered for a while, then answered seriously, "'Independence Day'."

Such a neat and tidy answer made everyone stunned. In everyone's expectation, Hugo would definitely hesitate for a while, and then politely, because this question is basically equivalent to asking "do you prefer left hand or right hand", "" Do you like father or mother", "do you like singing or acting", maybe you have the answer in your heart, but you will never say it. Even here is "The Tonight Show."

But Hugo's answer didn't hesitate too much at all, and he said it neatly, which really made people unable to react at all. Even Jie couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then squeezed out a sentence, "Why?"

"You know, there are five people in Glory to Death." Hugo's answer was also very simple, which once again made people stunned, and then Jie was the first to react, the smile on the corner of his mouth hooked, and then he tried to suppress it. , but it didn't hold back. After sketching it again, he burst out laughing.

Hugo is using Jie's previous question to answer the second question: There are five people in the glory of death, and the income needs to be divided equally by five people; but as an actor, Hugo has only one person, and the "Independence Day" harvested 20 million The salary and 2% of the dividends are all shared by him alone.

Hugo's answer is really jumpy, but at the same time, it's full of explosions, answering everyone's curiosity in the most interesting way.

When the others reacted, the scene was a few beats slower before bursting into laughter, and Jay had finished laughing and started the next question, "So, let's talk about glory to death, this is how you abandoned them today, Why did you come to the show alone?"

"Although they have never been very comfortable with talk shows, that's one of the reasons. But..." Hugo pondered for a while, then nodded, "Yes, that's why. It's always too crowded in the spotlight. , isn't it?"

Looking at Hugo's serious expression, he was about to laugh hard at the scene, and Jie also grinned, "Before the single "Young Volcano" was released, what did you think of the Battle of the Century?"

"To be honest, my first reaction was: let me be quiet." Hugo's words made everyone burst into laughter, Hugo was disgusting Oasis and Maria's provocation, "Maybe I can talk about it. The difficulties the band has had over the past year, and the calm we've faced, including the difficulties of making this new album, but... I think it makes you look like Oprah, so maybe I It should be said..." Hugo shrugged, "The champion is ours! Without a doubt!"

"Oh oh oh!" The cheers and screams at the scene suddenly surged, and everyone applauded for Hugo's domineering words. At present, in the United States, only Hugo is so qualified to say this sentence. talk. And on September 23, the reality of the Battle of the Century also proved this.

"So, you're saying that neither Oasis nor Maria are rivals to the death of glory?" Jay asked aggressively. This is also the consistent style of most talk shows, including "The Tonight Show." He will withdraw his words because he is concerned about those who are ridiculed.

Hugo couldn't help chuckling, "I'm in the boxing ring now? Is this a straight punch?" Hugo's teasing made everyone chuckle, but Jie didn't flinch at all, still staring at Yu. If so, Hugo had nowhere to run. The smile at the corner of Hugo's mouth did not solidify, but rose slightly, "Let me put it this way, I don't think music can be a winner, because everyone has their own aesthetic orientation, and sales don't mean everything. But As far as the quality of the music is concerned, I have absolute confidence in the music to the death of glory."

Hugo didn't answer Jie's question directly, but he actually answered the question directly, Jie showed a satisfied smile, "Let me see, 'Young Volcano' sold forty in North America in just one day. 30,000 copies, and worldwide, the sales figure is... uh, 1.28 million copies." All the audience at the scene gasped, and Jie couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Yes, I think I was completely horrified by this data, literally." This made Hugo burst into laughter.

"I know you just said that sales can't mean everything, but did you expect such a result before the single was released? A single, in one day, can create such a terrible miracle."

Listening to Jie's question, Hugo waved his hands again and again, "Of course not, to be honest, I don't know much about the specific sales figures of the current single, but my manager Henry mentioned it to Neil once, but he just said A rough figure. Michael called me at noon today and he said he was a little jealous of my results and although I know the sales of 'Thriller' are mocking my smugness at this time, Michael told me this I did feel a little sluggish when I was there.”

The sales miracle created by the album "Thriller" is a height that cannot be broken at all. As the owner of this record, Michael is obviously surprised by the results of "Young Volcano".

"To be honest, the creation of the song 'Young Volcano' was an instant burst of inspiration, and I won't describe the creative process in detail, but I must stress that this is a very special song, maybe purely from a technical point of view, It's not the perfect melody, but it's a song for all music lovers. Between the melody and the lyrics, I can find that passion for music. So, maybe this time, 'Young Volcano' was hit It's so sought after because I'm... talented."

Just when everyone thought that Hugo was going to say, because of "the audience's passion for music", although such words are a bit old-fashioned, and also somewhat clichéd and polite, they are indeed the spirit of the song "Young Volcano". But unexpectedly, Hugo gave everyone a surprise.

"Uh..." Jie was stunned again, then nodded his chin slightly, with a helpless embarrassed expression on his face, "We have no way to deny this fact, right?" The audience burst into laughter.