Chapter 6 006 Competitors

"What are you standing there looking at?" Joseph walked to Hugo's side, and the car had already been driven to the parking lot by the parking boy.

Hugo glanced at Joseph, then raised his chin, indicating the direction of the lobby, "Brad Pitt."

Joseph followed Hugo's line of sight and let out a sigh, "He is your biggest competitor." The words made Hugo stunned, and seemed to understand Brad's greeting to himself just now. It's like "Hey, opponent, I know you" kind of face-to-face. Joseph opened his mouth and hesitated, but in the end he didn't say it, but paused for a while, and then continued, "He is on the rise now."

Brad Pitt is not the teenage heartthrob of the post-21st century. After a period of disorientation throughout the 1980s, he made his debut last year in director Ridley Scott. Scott)'s "Thelma. And. Louise" appeared for only 15 minutes, but it made a big splash, quickly going from an obscure handyman to a hot Hollywood star, especially not long ago. Among the nominations for the 49th Golden Globe Awards announced before, "The Wild Flower" won many nominations such as Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, etc., and quickly became the 60th nomination. The four-time Oscar favorite has made Brad Pitt more visible.

In the script of "Love in the Big River", Brad's temperament and Paul have a natural fit, and coupled with his popularity now in the rising period, the possibility of the crew choosing him to play is indeed the greatest. The same is true of the historical facts that Hugo knows, Brad got the role of Paul in "Love in the River", and relied on this role to further improve his career.

However, the trajectory of history has changed slightly now. Hugo has traveled here since 2014. Can he change history and create his own miracle? Hugo knew that there was no top star named Hugo Lancaster in 2014. If he wants to create a world of his own, he must rely on his own efforts to change the historical track step by step. Therefore, today may be the beginning, and you must take the first step firmly.

From the current point of view, Brad regards himself as a competitor. This is also because Hugo has enough strength. After all, Hugo is also the hero of several movies. Anything is possible until the audition for "Big River Love" is over! Hugo let out a long breath to calm down his nervousness.

"Come in, the interview room is in the conference room on the third floor. You go to the reception room and wait outside. I'll come over immediately after I handle some things." Joseph did not follow Hugo to the elevator, but stood in the hotel The lobby stopped and motioned for Hugo to move on.

Hugo also stopped and looked at Joseph with some unease. Less than 12 hours after arriving in Los Angeles, Joseph is now the only person he knows in this strange world, and he has never participated in the audition for the movie before - the audition for the supporting role and the role is completely different from the audition for the leading role. procedures, not to mention that Hugo is not sure if he is nervous or not, and he can only rely on Chinese to communicate, which would be bad. Therefore, Hugo subconsciously has some psychological dependence.

Joseph had never seen Hugo with such an expression before, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "You haven't participated in auditions, do you want me to take you there?" Hugo muttered in his heart: I really He had never auditioned, but he looked at Joseph innocently, not knowing what to answer.

Joseph hesitated for a while. The reason why he let Hugo go up alone was because he had something to do without Hugo. Thinking of that woman, Joseph felt powerless for a while, and Hugo would be reduced to this point and that woman. It doesn't matter.

After looking around, Joseph pointed to the three people standing at the elevator door, "Did you see those people? Those who went to the third floor were all actors who participated in the audition. Today's audition is for the main role. , so there won't be many actors, you can just follow them up. I have already handed in your resume, just wait for your name, I will rush over as soon as possible. "

Hugo also realized that his hesitation was very wrong. This is not the emotion that an actor who has played many leading roles in movies should have. He couldn't help cheering himself up in his heart, "I see, you don't have to worry about me, I I can do it myself." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the elevator.

Joseph looked at the back of Hugo leaving, and shook his head in confusion. Hugo's performance after fainting last night was really different from before. Of course, he still prefers the current Hugo, at least today Hugo The whole mental outlook is sunny, which is definitely a positive sign. As for the reason for the difference in performance, Joseph can only blame it on the great enlightenment after struggling on the line of life and death.

Soon, Joseph took his thoughts back. Thinking of the upcoming meeting with Tracy Jacobs, he had a headache and had to concentrate on dealing with this woman, otherwise today would be "big river love" The audition may be in vain.

Walking in the Italian Renaissance-style hotel lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel, Hugo only felt that his footsteps were slapping on the shoulders of history, and walking all the way to the elevator entrance was really refreshing. However, due to the speed of Hugo's journey like Grandma Liu's entering the Grand View Garden, the three people had already taken the elevator upstairs. Hugo had to press the elevator again, and then walked into the elevator alone after the elevator got off. After he casually pressed the floor sign, he looked down at the script in his hand. He wondered if today's audition was a regulated script, a free play, or a chat format. Also, would Hollywood interviews be any different?

The elevator quickly arrived at the destination, the elevator door opened with a "ding" sound, and Hugo bit his lower lip and walked out of the elevator. The elevator door closed, locking the bright light behind him, Hugo raised his head and looked left and right, but saw the entire empty corridor quietly presented in front of him, Hugo stood there dumbfounded.

Didn't it say that today is the audition for "Dahe Love", why is the corridor empty? Brad and the three actors came up just now, it shouldn't be an empty scene. Hugo frowned and thought about it. Just now, Joseph said that there is a reception room outside. Could it be that there is a separate reception room today, and all the actors who participated in the audition entered the room and waited?

Hugo didn't know anything about the situation in Hollywood, so he could only clumsily step forward and walked towards the left according to his intuition, but this room was all hotel rooms, and there was no sign of a conference room at all. , not to mention the signs of auditions, interviews, reception rooms, etc., which immediately confused Hugo.

At this moment, the sound of the door opening came from the end of the corridor on the right side behind him. Hugo turned around and looked over in a conditioned reflex, and then he saw the figures of a man and a woman appearing in sight. The man is tall and handsome, with soft blond hair that is very conspicuous under the milky yellow light in the corridor; the woman wears a white-collar one-line skirt suit, which completely outlines the bumpy figure, and there is no intellectual and neat temperament. Lost. Mei. The two looked at each other deeply, and although there was no physical contact, the tacit understanding between their eyes was warm. It was especially conspicuous in the vague laughter.

Is that... Brad Pitt?

After Hugo saw the man's face clearly, his first reaction was surprise. He thought it was the reception room where the actors rested before the audition, but then his smile froze. Because the two people noticed that there were other people in the corridor, the two raised their heads and saw Hugo standing on the other side of the corridor. The tacit understanding and laughter between them disappeared silently in the dim light. This picture can't be more obvious what it means to be tricky.

Could this be the unspoken rules of Hollywood?

Brad and the woman didn't stop much and walked straight towards the elevator in the middle. The woman's face became clearer and clearer. Looking at this woman's face, Hugo always felt another inexplicable familiarity in his mind. Could it be that they had cooperated before? This feeling of not being able to remember is really bad. Hugo even wondered if he could not recognize his parents when he saw this body, or if he saw his ex-girlfriend and the like and just treated him as a stranger, then It's really embarrassing.

Brad didn't look away from Hugo, just showing his trademark bright smile. At this time, Brad was only twenty-nine years old. It was when he was young and vigorous. He did not know how many young girls were fascinated by his unrestrained and sexy image. Hugo can easily see in Brad's smile. Infinite self-confidence and a strong will to fight.

It seems that Brad really regards Hugo as the strongest competitor, but why? Hugo's current situation in Hollywood can't be said to be good. He has been nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award three times in two years, which makes Hugo's acting career into a big dilemma, and Brad is a rising star. There is no comparison. . Or, there are other entanglements between the two that Hugo didn't remember.

This damn crossing.

At this point, Hugo finally understood what Brad said to himself at the door just now, "Dreams come true." This sentence was a reference to Hugo's acceptance speech at the Golden Raspberry Awards, but it was not. Provocation is not a mockery, but a gauntlet. It seems that Brad is planning to compete with Hugo in the audition for "River Love"!

This suddenly made Hugo also have a strong fighting spirit. No matter what happened before, and no matter what the reason for the two became opponents, Hugo wanted to get the role of Paul in "Love in the River". Brad, so that makes the two destined to be rivals.

The woman and Brad walked to the elevator entrance. After the elevator opened, the two did not rush in. The woman stood there and gave Hugo another look. This look was very strange: she seemed to be looking forward to something and seemed to be rejecting something. , Hugo was really inexplicable when Hugo looked at this mixed look.

After waiting for a while, the woman did not wait for Hugo's response, and then followed Brad into the elevator, and the two took the elevator down. Only then did Hugo react slowly: Isn't the audition here, why do they have to take the elevator?