Chapter 231 231 Not the Protagonist

A month ago, when the Golden Globe nominations came out, Hugo won a double nomination, and the limelight was no different. People sent praise to Hugo, thinking that Hugo would sweep the golden raspberry a year ago. The bad luck of awarding the worst actor, ushered in a new era. This kind of sound has reached a peak with the eight consecutive championships of "The Hero of the Righteous Sea" and the 23 million viewers of "Oprah's Talk Show", and the attention focused on Hugo has reached an unprecedented peak.

One look at the Golden Globes red carpet shows that Hugo was almost the biggest focal point on the red carpet all night, even those in the industry couldn't help but stare. No one knew that Hugo missed the opportunity to perform in "The Sugar Coated Trap", and no one knew that Hugo had not had a new script for half a year after "The Hero of the Sea of ​​Righteousness", and no one knew that Hugo was facing a new drama from the special. In the new round of suppression by Lacey and Lang, people only saw Hugo's superficial beauty, but they couldn't see that the so-called "ranking in the front line" was just a false name.

It was originally thought that this would be a Golden Globe Award for Hugo, but the fact is the opposite, Hugo is not the protagonist at all. The expected Hugo brilliance didn't come to pass, losing best supporting actor to Gene Hackman and best actor in a drama to Al Pacino. In terms of praise, "Unforgivable" is also slightly better, while "Yihai Xiongfeng" and Hugo, who shined on the list in the nomination stage, both failed, making people cry out for regret.

In fact, Hugo was not able to win the award, which is completely expected, even if other subjective factors are aside, it is only from the objective point of view of strength.

Gene is not only a veteran Oscar actor, but also has won four Oscar nominations for acting in his acting career. His strength is absolutely strong, coupled with the outstanding performance of "Unforgivable", his award is well deserved; and Al is an American actor. One of the greatest actors in the history of movies, this "Scent and Knowing a Woman" is his masterpiece, not to mention Hugo, even Jack Nicholson has to push his edge this year, Al's Winning an award can be regarded as a well-received one.

Therefore, although Hugo is disappointed, he has no regrets. His skills are not as good as others should be. This also makes Hugo realize that he has only made staged progress on the road of acting exploration, and he is still far from being truly "outstanding". There is a long road to explore.

But for the media reporters, they didn't think so: Hugo, who had gathered almost thousands of pets before the awards ceremony, disappeared all night, just like a passing spectator, with all his The stars were obscured, which was definitely news—or a gimmick, so at the celebration dinner after the awards ceremony, the reporters’ questions were like a hail of rain toward Hugo. smashed over.

Hugo was very surprised by the incomprehensibility of the reporters, which in his opinion was a natural result, but was given a very absurd interpretation by the reporters, "Hugo, you are not the protagonist tonight, are you disappointed by this? "Questions like this are just the beginning.

"Hugo, do you think winning double nominations but returning empty-handed is because of the negative impact of the Golden Raspberry Awards? Or is there some other special reason?" In point of view, it seems that Hugo is expected to speak out against the winners.

If Hugo can still understand these questions and express his admiration and blessings to the winners as much as possible, then the next question makes people feel a little speechless, "Hugo, do you think Jean's performance is really good enough? , beat Al, Jack, and you, and won the Best Supporting Actor Award?"

This question basically amounts to saying: Do you think Gene really deserves the trophy? Shouldn't it be you? Because when the reporter asked a question, he specifically emphasized "and you" alone, which was almost compulsive to ask a question.

Hugo didn't know much about the thinking of reporters. He couldn't understand the logic of such people. Does the big hit in advance have to win the award? It's as if Usain Bolt (Usain. Bolt) loses the game, it's hard to tolerate, but the problem is, Dugu only wants to lose his whole life, and a game without competition, no opponents, and no challenges is meaningless in itself. Now, that's why the weak to win the strong, the unpopular, and the dark horse are always frustrating and passionate at the same time. What's more, Jean can't be called a dark horse at all!

"Of course, I think Gene's performance is outstanding. It is a matter of course for him to win the award!" Hugo frowned slightly. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the way the reporters asked questions. These people kept attacking him for not winning the award. It was as if the sky was falling.

"Then according to you, don't you regret that Jack and Al missed the award?" The reporter was still aggressive.

The friendly smile that Hugo had always kept on his lips drooped down, "Why should I? Jack and Al are both excellent actors. Jack no longer needs to prove his greatness, and Al relied on his own strength to get the best. The Best Actor Award is well deserved. As for Gene, his performance definitely deserves this trophy!" Hugo said bluntly, although he didn't get angry, the previous friendship had quietly disappeared, "So, I I don't think there's anything wrong with tonight's results."

"Even if you come home empty-handed?"

"Yes! Even if I return empty-handed!" Hugo said in a bad tone, and then glared at the reporter in front of him. He didn't know this reporter, but Hugo was sure that this reporter replaced Nicholas. , to be his most hated reporter right now!

"Sorry, this is the end of the interview." Joseph stood up in time to stop the interview. After the awards ceremony, everyone's eyes were locked on the winner, and few people would pay attention to the loser, but Hugo The situation is so special that even though he did not win the first prize, a group of reporters still gathered around to conduct interviews, obviously not intending to let Hugo off his feet.

With Joseph's restraint, the interview temporarily stopped, and then Al's appearance also attracted the attention of reporters, which allowed Hugo, Uma, and Joseph to leave the circle of reporters and enter the backyard of the Hilton Hotel to participate in the celebration party.

"They just want to provoke you on purpose." Joseph actually felt depressed, but he still had to persuade Hugo, hoping that the situation would not get worse.

"Why?" Hugo widened his eyes, unable to understand the logic of the reporters.

Joseph shrugged, "For front page headlines."

Now Hugo has come to understand. In fact, it's not that Hugo doesn't know, but he has no personal experience, so he doesn't feel deeply. During the time when he was running around in the crew before time travel, Hugo saw a lot of this kind of thing. Whether it was a reporter or an artist, he would do anything to make news, especially in the Internet age when fake news was rampant. As long as they can create explosive points and attract attention, journalists and entertainers are willing to resort to various means. But in the past, Hugo was just a bystander. Only when he was in it did he know what the so-called "any means" meant. From this perspective, the provocation of the reporters' words just now was conservative and not very powerful.

It's one thing to understand, but Hugo still couldn't understand--or he despised this kind of behavior, "If they have the ability, they will go directly to the newspaper and use their own identity to say, who doesn't deserve the award, why should I say it? "Hugo gritted his teeth and looked depressed.

"Trust me, they dare." Joseph's words made Hugo choked directly. Indeed, journalists dare, especially in the United States, which advertises freedom of speech, "Also, they force you to say it, just for a gimmick. , for no particular reason."

"It turns out that I am a loudspeaker." Hugo muttered indignantly, only after he really entered this circle will he understand these filth, which is really unpleasant.

Listening to Hugo's words, Uma couldn't help but chuckle and said, "A microphone that magnifies the effect ten times."

"And by mixing yourself in, reporters can wait for a megaphone to watch the show," Joseph added.

Hugo was stunned by this. He had to admit that in the entertainment industry, he was too immature, and there were still too many things to learn slowly. When it comes to dealing with reporters alone, Hugo originally thought that he was getting in. The good times -- he's gotten better with Nicholas McKellen, but now that's because he hasn't really been through the storm.

The episodes of these reporters ruined Hugo's leisurely mood, and he couldn't get up when he attended the celebration banquet. Besides, almost everyone revolved around the winners during the celebration banquet. Hugo also wanted to meet some new friends. It's a real disappointment when it gets difficult.

Especially seeing Brad and Tracy standing side by side, holding up champagne to Hugo and Uma across a swimming pool, and toasting Hugo and Uma with a victorious attitude, this makes the rain It was difficult for Guo to resist the urge to roll his eyes. This "sugar-coated trap" hasn't even been released yet, isn't it too early for Brad to start showing off, no, the movie hasn't even started shooting yet! Hugo couldn't hold back after all, and rolled his eyes at Brad's proud behavior.

Hugo didn't think the party tonight was interesting, so when Uma mentioned Joseph, Hugo immediately felt that he should ask Joseph when he could leave. Hugo and Uma were wandering around the party, looking for Joseph; they were politely socializing with the colleagues who came forward to say hello, and after a while, Hugo saw Joseph standing in the corner of the back door of the garden.

Joseph was chatting with a bald middle-aged man very much. After watching the middle-aged man leave, Hugo and Uma walked forward. Hugo cast a suspicious look at Joseph, curious about the middle-aged man just now. Who was the young man, but before Joseph could answer, a figure suddenly jumped out from the other side, and then held a black square object and rushed towards Hugo's cheek, shouting a lot of words. The words caught people off guard, thinking that a crazy attacker appeared!