Chapter 374 374 New Journey

"Sleepless in Seattle" can actually win 100 million box office in the North American market? This was expected to be laughed at a few months ago, even Columbia Pictures themselves dare not say so, and now after the film is released, it has performed so well, which is indeed broken by many people's glasses.

But the film was a success, and the film company was naturally overjoyed. Columbia Pictures was waiting to count the money. Other film companies aimed at the appeal of the two leading actors, but for a small number of people, it was not such a pleasant experience. , especially Hugo relying on this film to signal his strong comeback, which is not good news.

Although outsiders don't know it, Sidney knows the twists and turns in the preparation process of "Sugar-Coated Trap". In fact, Sidney is really optimistic about Hugo's role in "Sugar-Coated Trap". The plans of Tracy Jacobs, Ron Mayer, Martin Baum and others, after Sidney weighed it, chose to give up Hugo and turned the "sugar-coated trap" into a trap to contain Hugo, thus Created Hugo's slump for nearly half a year.

Strictly speaking, Sidney has nothing to lose, because he also hacked Tracy and others at the last minute, abandoning Brad Pitt and choosing Tom Cruise. Under the leadership of Tom, "Sugar-Coated Trap" earned $110 million at the box office within four weeks of its release.

If placed at any other time, this achievement of "Sugar-Coated Trap" would be enough to make Sidney look good, but it happened to meet "Sleepless in Seattle", this love movie starring Hugo, in the absence of Under the optimistic circumstances, the cumulative box office of the five-week release reached 120 million, and the outbreak of the "sugar-coated trap" was suppressed for three consecutive weeks, which really made Sidney quite aggrieved.

It's not that Tom wasn't good enough, it's just that Sidney inevitably thinks: It's really a pity to miss Hugo. Moreover, Sidney's friend Steven Spielberg has also publicly expressed his appreciation for Hugo, and Sidney's other friend Meryl Streep also seems to have disagreements with Hugo. Sidney couldn't help but think of Hugo's performance at the New Year's Eve party. Sidney couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if he could work with Hugo.

Of course, in the world of Hollywood, no actor is indispensable. To be precise, no one is indispensable in any position, and anyone can be replaced. Therefore, it is a pity to miss Hugo, but Sidney will not always keep it in his heart, just think about it. After all, Tom also gave a wonderful performance. Although the performance of "Sugar Coated Trap" is not as good as expected, it is still enough to make people feel satisfying.

However, even Sidney had this idea, and Tracy, who was the client, was even more uncomfortable. She could also feel that Hugo was chasing her pace quickly, and first cooperated with Steven "Schindler's List" "Let's not talk about the performance of this film after its release, it can be seen from Steven's attitude recently that they have experienced a very pleasant cooperation, which is not good news for Tracy; and "Seattle The success of "Sleepless" has made Hugo successfully enter the front line.

At present, Tracy knows that the estimated salary of Hugo in the circle is about 10 million US dollars. In other words, Hugo has relied on the excellent box office performance of "Righteous Sea Heroes" and "Sleepless in Seattle". It has successfully got rid of the influence of the three works of the Golden Raspberry Award and "Hudson's Eagle", and has come to a position that has not been reached before.

If Hugo can continue to have a stable performance in the future, then his position as a first-line actor will gain a firm footing. Regardless of whether he can make an impact on the top stage in the future, Tracy knows that, in general, actors are among the " It is very difficult to lose value after the first-line", unless there are many consecutive works that hit the pot, or after entering the 10 million salary club, they will not come out.

So Tracy knew that the showdown between "Schindler's List" and "Farewell to the Lovers" was her last chance. If she couldn't snipe Hugo here, then after this year, Hugo would really be on the front line, and she could even rely on " The success of Schindler's List went a step further, and Tracy's advantage was running out, and it would not be so easy for her to continue suppressing Hugo.

The success of "Sleepless in Seattle" was undoubtedly a huge blow to Tracy. She unexpectedly leaked an opportunity from her hand again, and Hugo seized it like this, and also created an incredible 's success. Tracy was simply gnawing at her heart and bones, causing her to lose control of her emotions and rage several times in the "Farewell to Lovely Heaven" crew.

But even if Tracey is angry and angry, it's a foregone conclusion. The only thing she can do at present is to devote all her energy to the production of "Farewell to the Sentient Heaven", expecting this work to complete the fatal blow. If "Farewell to the Sentient Days" beats "Schindler's List", it is a blow to Hugo who is in the recovery period, and it can even hit Hugo hard.

As long as she imagines the tragic situation of Hugo after the success of "Farewell to the Love of Love", Tracy will be able to regain endless motivation! "Hugo Lancaster! This is just the beginning!" Tracy clenched her fists through gritted teeth.

Compared with the anger and loss of their competitors, Hugo and Joseph ushered in the long-lost sunshine.

The victory of "Sleepless in Seattle" finally made Joseph relieved. On the one hand, it was because he chose box office dividends in a gambling style and finally got rich rewards. Today, the salary of 15 million US dollars is a top actor. The club, although Hugo relies on box office dividends to achieve this level, the real salary level should still be between 8 million and 10 million, but this is still the biggest victory since Joseph took over Hugo.

On the other hand, it is because Joseph has also benefited a lot. Apart from the additional effects, just talking about the commission that Joseph can get this time can make Joseph owe Hugo both money. Of course, Joseph is not yet a partner of the company, his share must be divided with the company, and he must pay taxes, so the amount in Joseph's hands will not be as much as on the book, but this is still a problem for Joseph. Huge progress.

Sure enough, there are countless successful methods in the entertainment industry, but works are the essence, and relying on hype or topics to temporarily attract attention, there is no way to last, and only continuous excellent works can pile up the achievements of artists step by step. The staged victory of "Sleepless in Seattle" gave Hugo a respite in the confrontation with Tracy, which also allowed Joseph to regain his confidence.

At present, major media are promoting that many large film companies are targeting Hugo, the new popular king, hoping to use Hugo's popularity to add fire to their works. But in fact, the script in Joseph's hands is not as much as he imagined. After all, a love movie like "Sleepless in Seattle" shows that Hugo's potential and strength are very limited.

More importantly, after Joseph understood the importance of the work, he was not in a hurry to contact the script for Hugo immediately. After experiencing the awakening of the Golden Globe incident, Joseph knew that impatience and pride would not help. And Hugo has said before that he doesn't want to appear in any movies in the short term. The sequelae brought by "Schindler's List" still make it impossible for Hugo to integrate into the shooting of the new work soon, so Joseph plans to Selected for Hugo's next work.

Joseph had thought about how to arrange Hugo's career as an actor before. Now that Joseph has finally won the opportunity, he can calm down and think about it. Joseph doesn't want to be too reckless.

So, to everyone's surprise, after the success of "Sleepless in Seattle", Hugo disappeared.

As Hugo's agent, Joseph began to look for assistant candidates for Hugo, and started his own agent work on the other. After the success of the three works before and after Hugo, I hope that Joseph's acting as his agent will gradually start to emerge. Among them, there are newcomers and actors who have achieved certain achievements. Joseph must make his own judgment and then sign his own first. The second, and even the third actor, fully developed his managerial work.

Arguably, instead, Joseph has entered the busiest phase of the past two years, and he's really enjoying the side effects of Hugo's success.

On the contrary, Hugo really relaxed and completely disappeared from the spotlight. The promotion period for "Sleepless in Seattle" is only two weeks. After the promotion, Columbia Pictures originally wanted to extend the promotion period, but Hugo and Meg refused at the same time. Columbia Pictures The indifference before the release obviously put them at a disadvantage, and both actors signed on for a promotional period of only two weeks, Columbia Pictures didn't have any means of restraining the actors, and even director Nora Ephron didn't say much. It also brought the publicity period of "Sleepless in Seattle" to an abrupt end. Fortunately, this did not affect the film's box office advancement.

After leaving the movie screen, Hugo returned to the practice of Glory to the Dead and began to prepare for the band's US road tour. In the past year, Hugo has composed far more songs than an album. Coupled with the creations of Neil, Fokkin and others, they have no problem at all for street tours.

However, the so-called tour of Glory to Death is not an official tour, but a free performance on the streets of every city, which is more like a wandering performance than a "tour". The band hopes to accumulate more experience through such performances. For the band, a hundred hours of practice is not as good as ten hours of street performance. Perhaps academic professional education can bring solid basic skills, but let the band What is really good is not the boring practice in the warehouse or school, the band should grow gradually through countless performances.

The craze of "Sleepless in Seattle" is still brewing. After Independence Day, Glory to Death embarked on a new and unfamiliar journey!