Chapter 200: 200

The end of the year is approaching. For any corner of the world, it is a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Even the air is filled with a joyous atmosphere. At the same time, all kinds of celebrations also make the end of the year the busiest time for artists, but this busyness is for singers. The invitations to countless performances, galas, parties, and concerts make singers fly around the world. Have fun. For the actors, although there are invitations for events such as radio stations and shows, they are more often as spectators enjoying the hustle and bustle on the stage, while the party carnival has become an occasion for the actors to relax.

After the "Oprah Talk Show" recording ended, Hugo brought seven invitations to the show in the last three days of 1992. In the end, Hugo and Joseph appeared in four of them. The focus of the discussion was similar, but they were all around With Golden Globe nominations, upcoming Oscar prospects and talent in music creation, but since Hugo's "singer" can only be regarded as a cameo role at present, the excitement at the end of the year has nothing to do with Hugo. I just don't know what the "Oprah Talk Show" will be like after it airs.

After the busy program recording, Hugo can finally relax and wait for the moment when 1992 enters 1993.

On December 31st, the last day of the year, at ten o'clock in the morning, Hugo followed Joseph to the International Innovation Management Company.

Every year at the end of the year, the International Innovation Management Company will hold a special luncheon to bring together all its brokers. The company's partners will attend this luncheon to commend and condolences to the brokers, and then award bonuses and hold some The simple lottery activity is mainly to activate the atmosphere of the company, to reward the achievements of the past year, and to encourage everyone to continue to cheer in the new year.

At this luncheon, the managers will more or less bring several artists to attend. On the one hand, it is to increase the weight of the company and show their strength to the competitors who inquire about the company's information; In the competition, whoever has the best performance in the past year will definitely be recognized by the partners, which will be of great help to the future development of the agent.

Therefore, generally speaking, when the agent attends, he will send an invitation to his most proud entertainer, hoping that they will be able to cheer for him and save face, but people like Joseph and Karl don't have such good luck. Joseph and Carl attended the lunch alone last year. Although Hugo and Joseph came to the luncheon, they always followed Ron Mayer like a tail, which made Joseph very angry.

This year, Carl still came alone, and Charlize can only be regarded as a newcomer at present, and he has no weight in such an occasion. If this is a party in the industry, then Karl will let Charlize come over to meet the world, maybe you can get to know some people; but this is just an internal lunch meeting, and I don't meet the same competitors here. It's just the competitor's helper - their artist, so it doesn't make much sense.

When Joseph attended with Hugo, it caused quite a stir. Although the international innovation management companies have made remarkable achievements this year, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Eddie Murphy (Eddie. Murphy), Julia Roberts, Paul - McCartney (Paul. McCartney), etc. All the artists have achieved very good results. But it must be admitted that this year Hugo Lancaster has also occupied a place in the star-studded international innovation management company, especially "Yi Hai Xiong Feng", which is still hanging in the top position of the North American weekend box office chart. The work quickly became a hit at the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Therefore, after Hugo appeared, many top brokers came forward to say hello, no matter what the purpose was, at least a familiar face and congratulations were very suitable for today's festive atmosphere. Not only the manager, Hugo also chatted with Julia for a while, and had a very pleasant conversation with the popular spicy chicken; then he drank half a glass of whisky with Arnold and Mel, but unfortunately Hugo did not smoke , there is no way to join the men's smoking camp.

After seeing so many big-name stars this year, Hugo finally stopped making a fuss. Although he was surprised when he saw Arnold's almost terrifying muscles, he remained calm overall. is a big improvement.

But when he saw Paul McCartney, Hugo still seemed a little impatient. Why? Do you still need to ask why, because that's Paul McCartney, because that's the Beatles, because that's a generation of music legends, and although Hugo didn't experience the Beatles' craziest and hottest years, he didn't It will affect his perception of the positive effects of the Beatles' music.

Among the Beatles' four members, there has always been a debate as to who John Lennon and Paul McCartney are the true souls of the band, but there is no doubt that both of them are The great songwriters who joined forces to propel the Beatles into the position of the greatest rock band of all time.

It is conceivable that Hugo was very excited about being able to see a character like Paul up close to a living fossil for Hugo. But unfortunately, before Hugo could get close to Paul, he saw that Paul was led to the other side by the company's co-president Marvin. Josephson, and his footsteps were blocked by an uninvited guest.

Hugo tried to give way to the side, but found that the other party followed, Hugo had to take his eyes away from Paul and turned to the obstacle in front of him, "Hey, Hugo, long time no see "It's actually Ron Mayer. Although it's a little surprising, it's not surprising that Lang was originally one of the company's partners, and he was also the protagonist of today's luncheon.

"It didn't take that long, did it?" Hugo knew that the other party must have come prepared, so he simply stopped and looked at Lang. As for Paul, maybe there will be a chance later. Hugo's answer is actually meaningful. He hinted that he had seen each other at the premiere of "The Hero of the Sea" before, but he deliberately didn't make it clear. It was up to Lang to deal with it.

In fact, after the premiere, Hugo wanted to go up and ask Ron Mayer why he was having trouble with him, but there was no evidence, and secondly, it didn't make any sense. What's the matter, Hugo wanted to go up and beat Lang, just neatly.

But after discussing it with Joseph, I thought that Lang appeared at the premiere of "The Righteous Sea" to find Sidney Pollack, which means that Lang has a backer; on the other hand, Lang and Trey Xi was planning something behind his back, whether it was aimed at Hugo or not, but now the other party is in the dark and he is in the open, so after thinking about it again and again, Hugo still decided to stand still.

Lang narrowed his eyes and took a deep look at Hugo, as if he was thinking about the deep meaning of Hugo's words, but then his words surprised Hugo, "You mean the leader of 'Yihai Xiongfeng'. Let's go to the screening, I'm really sorry that I didn't come up to say hello to you that day, mainly because I had to leave first because of some urgent matters."

Hugo didn't expect Lang to point it out directly, which further confirmed Hugo's idea. Lang had a backer, so he couldn't be more anxious, but in front of Lang, the old fox, although Hugo rolled around in society Ten years, but still a little immature, he directly leaked some of his cards, "It's okay, I just mentioned it accidentally when I was chatting with Sidney. After all, work is important."

Hugo didn't even realize that he had leaked the information about the "sugar-coated trap" chatting with Sidney, and it was Lang's knowing smile that made Hugo sober, "I heard about your cooperation with Sidney. , I believe you will give a very wonderful performance, you are on a par with Nicholson in 'The Hero of the Righteous Sea', and there is absolutely no problem."

In fact, Hugo is usually not so easily neglected, but in the face of an old fox like Lang, and Lang is deliberately calculating Hugo, Hugo, who is only 25 years old, still exposes the shortcomings of inexperience. However, Hugo's ability to understand so quickly is also the experience accumulated in the society for many years. "Before the movie is released, everything is uncertain, isn't it?"

This time Hugo was smart and didn't reveal anything about the "sugar-coated trap" audition process. Although it is not too difficult to inquire about this information, unless the producers keep it secret; but Hugo knows that it is one thing for Lang to inquire about it, and it is another thing to leak it to Lang himself. Hugo still didn't know what abacus Lang was playing, so he couldn't let his guard down.

Hugo's eyes subconsciously searched for Joseph in the crowd. Joseph and Carl went to get fruit together just now, and they haven't come back yet, and they haven't been seen near the buffet table.

"I heard that Brad Pitt's agent Martin has been very active recently, and Robert also thinks that Brad is very suitable for the role of 'Sugar-coated Trap'. I don't know how Sidney will choose." Lang is clear. The expression on his chest lowered his voice, as if revealing a great secret to Hugo.

Such an expression made Hugo feel very uncomfortable, as if Lang had mastered the overall situation, while Hugo was in this game and could only see a corner of the chessboard, and could not form a confrontation with Lang at all. Hugo realized that although he and Joseph rose quickly, they still had too shallow foundations, and in this circle of connections, they always fell behind.

It's like this "sugar-coated trap" invitation, if Rick Rosen didn't take the initiative to remind them, it is estimated that they would be a few positions behind Brad. Robert Redford and Sidney Pollack have been very friendly since "out of Africa", and Brad's agent Martin Baum is powerful, which really puts Brad in a favorable position.

When Lang said this just now, it seemed that he was implying Hugo: Sidney hasn't asked you to audition lately, and that's why!

After Hugo understood Lang's suggestion, he was neither happy nor nervous. Instead, he became vigilant, or even more vigilant. The relationship between him and Ron Mayer has always been tense. Don't forget that the affairs of Alleger were instigated by Lang. Now, why is Lang taking the initiative to say goodbye?

What about Joseph? Damn Joseph!