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Nicholas-Macron was excited, he could hardly contain his excitement, and even his hands when taking pictures began to tremble. This scene is the most rare sight in his career for any reporter.
It's like seeing boyfriends and girlfriends who have broken up yelling at each other and accusing each other, but today they confront each other head-on, and the excitement of the scene rises by 50% immediately; The victor, the splendor of the scene doubled immediately. Now, the "defendant" and the "plaintiff" of the beating incident at the Golden Globe Awards celebration party collided head-on, and you went back and forth to fully restore the incident. The verbal confrontation between Hugo and Anthony is simply more exciting than the fist-to-meat fight scene. .
Nicholas began to piece together what happened last night based on the words of Hugo and Anthony, and his opinion of Hugo changed more and more. In fact, it is not difficult for reporters to speculate the whole story. It seems that Anthony deliberately slandered and slandered Hugo, which angered Hugo and caused Hugo to beat Anthony.
There is no doubt that the wrong party in such an incident is Hugo, because the so-called "slander" of the artist by the reporters is just a means to pursue the truth. Hugo can deny that he can ignore it, but he cannot respond with force. Therefore, even after the truth is revealed, Hugo is still the one who suffers, which makes Anthony confident. What's more, Anthony's embarrassed appearance has aroused countless sympathy voices, which shocked the reporters who were colleagues.
Facing such a dead end, Hugo launched a Jedi counterattack. Last night, Hugo's impulse when facing slander was still immature, young, and even stupid. At first glance, he knew that he was an inexperienced young man, but today Hugo has a new look, and the head-on confrontation with Anthony will turn the disadvantage bit by bit. Come back, it really makes people applaud.
As soon as Hugo appeared, he made a sincere apology. His sincere apology undoubtedly made people see the sincerity of Hugo's "repentance", which first won a good impression in people's hearts. It has a crucial and decisive role; in the face of Anthony's accusations and sophistry, Hugo not only did not worry, but calmed down, and with a calm attitude, he pulled the cocoon and guided everyone step by step to restore the truth.
As I said before, even if everyone knows the truth, it is always Hugo who is at fault. But Hugo's cleverness is that he did not escape his mistake. He had realized that he was wrong, and at the same time quietly used alcohol as a foreshadowing, and then switched the topic to the issue of slander, which immediately Make people shift their focus.
So, the current event has become: Hugo is wrong to beat people, this is a fact; but Anthony maliciously slandered Hugo, this is also wrong, this is also a fact.
The whole situation changed quietly.
Nicholas almost wanted to applaud Hugo to send his own praise. From last night's overwhelm to today's calm response, Hugo showed a strong learning ability, although Hugo was still a little impatient today, he is investigating When it came to the slander issue, he still seemed a little eager for success, which allowed Nicholas to see the flaws, and Nicholas believed that many reporters had seen the flaws, which showed that Hugo still had to continue to grow; The confrontation is still brilliant, which can definitely be said to be one of the great joys of journalists' careers.
Anthony is not weak. He was able to play Hugo and Joseph in the palm of his hand last night, which shows his ability, but today it was Hugo who had no intention of calculating, which made Anthony fall into the trap and reversed the situation. But Anthony still had no plans to disarm and surrender, and he also saw through Hugo's strategy, so he immediately thought of a countermeasure.
"No! I didn't! I just asked you to confirm the rumors, I heard rumors about the creation of the song 'Sunburn (Sunburn)' and about the 'Oprah Talk Show' that was pre-consensually created, to you To prove it, you can just give me an answer, but why should you be so angry? Could it be... Is it all true?"
Anthony's remarks really have the ability to reverse right and wrong. From this, we can see his ability to stir up the flames, and he quietly released the explosive points of plagiarism and the deliberate arrangement of the show.
You must know that the reason why "Oprah Talk Show" has caused such a wide range of discussions is that it is not enough for "Sunburn" to be outstanding. Hugo's "seven steps" miracle is definitely a crucial catalyst. . Not only Anthony, but countless people are suspecting that this "seven steps into a song" was deliberately arranged. Oprah made an agreement with Hugo in advance. Hugo had already completed the creation, and then deliberately rendered it on the show. , to amplify the effect of the program to create a sensation.
Now, Anthony has put these breaking points on the "rumor" stunt, and Hugo is even more "angry and angry" because of this, which makes the reporters have to think wildly. Anthony's move is indeed very strong.
Joseph immediately thought of how to deal with it, and now he has finally calmed down completely, knowing the reason why Hugo chose to confront him today. On the one hand, he took the initiative to expose all of Anthony's strategies, and Hugo could face to face. To dismantle and resolve part of the crisis; on the other hand, it blurs the focus and spreads out the whole process of the incident. For example, Hugo expressed his apology for the "beating", then Anthony must also be responsible for his "slander".
Such a purpose can only be maximized through confrontation. But at the same time, the danger will be magnified several times. However, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can't get the tiger's son. This is the proportional effect of risk and return.
Joseph's calm brain started to work quickly. He wanted to refute Anthony as soon as possible, because Hugo didn't speak at the first time, but then Joseph realized that now it is Hugo's answer, and the effect is the most important, When things pass through the mouth of his agent, the effect will be weakened a lot. Therefore, Joseph must believe in Hugo, and he can only believe in Hugo.
One second of time is usually just a "tick", and it is fleeting, but in a high-speed confrontation, one second of blankness is equivalent to being speechless, and it is equivalent to the default fact, which is absolutely fatal. Hugo, however, never opened his mouth, so after turning his head several hundred times at high speed, Joseph had no choice but to speak, "Are you finally willing to hear Hugo answer? You responded, but you didn't listen at all, are you willing to listen now?"
Joseph said this sentence from the perspective of a bystander. Obviously, the effect is much stronger than Hugo's own cry "You won't listen to my explanation". Although Joseph's status as an agent will weaken some of the effect, this sentence is at this time. The appearance was still very effective, and Anthony couldn't help but be stunned.
Hugo was reminded by Joseph, and immediately reacted, "I told you about the rumor of plagiarism yesterday, it is ridiculous! I hope you can give me an explanation, if you have evidence to prove that I plagiarized , I am absolutely sanctioned in accordance with the law, I will accept any outcome, if not, you must apologize for your remarks!"
Hugo was once again shocked by Anthony's ability to reverse right and wrong. Even though the two sides were confronting, Anthony was still full of lies, which was really unbelievable. But Hugo also realized that this is not a courtroom, and the reporters below are not judges, so Anthony's lying is instinct and his last resort. After being awakened by Joseph, the inexperienced Hugo immediately recovered and launched a counterattack again.
"You have the right to question your doubts about the 'Oprah Talk Show', but the entire show crew and all the viewers who participated in the recording that day can testify for me. Even if you still don't believe it, I will never feel ashamed, because I act with integrity, I have a clear conscience, I may not be a creative genius, but at least I am an honest musician and I have no doubts about my strength!"
After Hugo regained his senses, he counterattacked wave after wave, not only explaining the problem clearly, but also blocking any words that Anthony might have produced later, "So, you'd better show evidence to prove yourself, Otherwise you are an insult to me as a music creator and you must apologize for your remarks!"
Hugo once again brought up the matter of asking Anthony to apologize. This time, Anthony was speechless. His brain was already exhausted. In desperation, he could only return to the most basic status of the injured person, wailing, "Oh It hurts, it really hurts..."
Anthony's poor acting was really too ridiculous to see Hugo's eyes, but this time Hugo didn't let his guard down, he bowed again and apologized to Anthony, "For my impulsive shot that damaged your personal health. I'm sorry again, it's my fault, no doubt about it." After speaking, Hugo stood up straight and looked at the reporter, "However, regarding Anthony's malicious slander of my personal reputation, I also Hope to get an apology from Anthony, I deserve it!"
Hugo's neither humble nor arrogant words made the reporters at the scene shine. Many people wanted to take the lead in applauding Hugo. Unfortunately, Anthony was so embarrassed that he was wailing, and the reporters could not blatantly applaud Hugo. Nicholas secretly gave Hugo his thumbs up, but Hugo didn't buy it at all.
Hugo heard that the "Los Angeles Times" had attacked him again this time. He originally thought that the relationship with Nicholas had improved. Now it seems that Nicholas is just an ordinary reporter. There is no so-called friendship at all. A typical reporter who sees the news and sees the breaking point.
Originally, Hugo thought that there would be a "revolutionary friendship" between himself and the reporter, but now it seems that Hugo is too naive.
Now the truth of last night's brawl has come to light, and the speed is unpredictable. Before Anthony's well-prepared trap had time to exert its power, it was disturbed by Hugo. Now Hugo and Anthony are standing on the same starting line again. Next, let's see how these reporters interpret this: is it supporting Anthony? Or speak for Hugo?
It is foreseeable that the news media is gearing up to prepare a magnificent news storm.