Chapter 76 076

At this time, the coffee table in the hall was filled with three large plates of fried chicken and two boxes of pizza. There were two bottles of Coke and three dozen beers on the floor next to it. Five young people sat around the coffee table and enjoyed their dinner. The first official celebratory dinner since the move, and the task of congratulating Hugo for his second role since 1992.

"Don't you have a shared roommate upstairs? Why don't you call down and join us..." Hugo looked at the lively scene in the house, and then realized that the fourth floor was also a three-bedroom and two-hall structure, and before Joseph and Carl moved in, Someone already occupied a room.

Carl shook his head, "He's not here. I've only met once in the past two days since I moved here. He's not at home most of the time. He seems to be a music student, but I don't know if it's the Los Angeles Institute of Music (Musicians. Institute) or University of California, Los Angeles (University. Of. California. Los. Angels)." When I first contacted, I thought that Carl was a little rigid, otherwise he would not have been abandoned by the previous two actors and become a bare commander, but Only later did I know that Carl was actually very sociable, and his personality was more lively than Joseph, but he was more serious about his work and was prone to stubbornness. After getting along in the past two days, Carl talked a lot, but he became familiar with Hugo instead.

"Music?" Hugo raised his eyebrows and looked at Alex, "Don't you come from a musical background?" As he said that, he looked at the worn-out piano. .

Alex immediately understood Hugo's ridicule, and waved his hands again and again with the chicken leg, "That was left by my previous roommate, he said that a few keys were broken and couldn't be played anyway, so there was no need to take it away. I kept it there all the time, so I didn't lose it." After Alex finished speaking, watching Hugo suddenly remembered the creation of the night before, "It's more like you play music, if you want to use it, welcome any time."

As soon as Alex said this, Karl and Charlize immediately became interested. In fact, there has always been a lack of versatile people in the entertainment industry, but there are not many people who are truly talented in every skill. Hugo has good potential in acting, which has violated the "law of handsome guys". Musical talent?

It's Hugo's turn to wave, "No, I can't play the piano." But he forgot that he was holding a pizza, and accidentally shook the toppings off the pizza and dropped it into his jeans. , and even sprinkled it out, causing Joseph and Alex on both sides to jump up immediately.

Hugo hurriedly wanted to pick up the filling, but Charlize immediately stopped loudly, "Hugo, your hands are so greasy, don't smear it all over the place anymore, use facial tissue!" This sternness The voice startled the four big men, and Charlize also realized that she seemed to be allergic, and she hurriedly saluted, "Sorry, I have obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Seeing Charlize's serious and nervous appearance, Hugo immediately chuckled shyly, took the toilet paper that Charlize handed over, picked up all the stuffing scattered around, and threw it into the trash can. He said casually, "Are you sure it's not a cleanliness?"

"Oh, no, it's not that exaggerated." After seeing that everything was neatly arranged, Charlize returned to her previous state, and found that the four boys were all focusing on her, Charlize quickly changed the subject, "Hugo , you said you can't play the piano? Really?"

Hugo saw the deliberate urgency in Charlize's eyes, as if he was very interested in this topic. Hugo knew that Charlize wanted to change the subject. He chuckled, but he didn't pierce through Charlize. Just saying, "I can play, but I play badly, so I'd rather say I can't play it so I don't look ugly."

"Even if you make a fool of yourself, the handsome guy plays the piano. This is a picture that countless people dream of." Charlize breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to talk along the topic with a smile.

Hugo showed a surprised expression, "Aren't you still sitting in a fairy tale dream of a princess and prince? This is too vulgar."

"So what, I'm a woman, you're a man, don't you know that men's and women's heads are different?" Charlize didn't refute but didn't admit it, just crumpled the tissue in his hand into a The ball was smashed directly at Hugo, but unfortunately the ball was too light, and it crashed halfway through the flight.

Carl, who was sitting next to him, saw that Hugo and Charlize seemed to be having a real quarrel, and quickly changed the subject, "Joseph, when will the new Hugo movie start shooting this time?" This is an important reason for dinner tonight. One: Hugo paid the bill.

"The filming started in Burbank, and today I received news that it will be next week. But Hugo still has to go to the fittings, maybe a day or two later." Joseph kept thinking about this in his head. So I didn't feel dazed, and said directly, "By the way, I'm going to sign a contract tomorrow. After that, I'll meet with Rob, Jack, and Demi. I guess it's to practice the script."

"So fast?" said Alex.

"It's not too soon, the male protagonist is only determined now, and the progress has been delayed," Joseph has a lot of work in the company today, "Jack still has a work contract on hand, it is Danny DeVito (Danny. DeVito) ) as the director of a film called Hoffa, so I guess the shooting schedule will be rushed this time.”

"The Danny DeVito of 'Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Mother-Daughter Love'?" Carl was a little surprised, and Joseph nodded, "When did he start to be a director?" Danny DeVito is a A famous actor, he can be seen in many classic works, but I didn't expect that he would also start to serve as a director.

Joseph shrugged, "'War. Of. The. Roses' is his director's work."

This time it was Karl's turn to be surprised. "Right and Wrong" was nominated for Best Musical Comedy at the 47th Golden Globe Awards. It starred Michael Douglas and was widely acclaimed at the Berlin Film Festival that year. , "I will review." Carl immediately said obediently, as an agent, he should not miss such important information.

"Look, I already said Hugo would definitely get the job, right, right!" Alex said excitedly, amusing Karl's frustrated expression again, "By the way, Rain Guo, how much did you get paid for this time?"

"How much did 'Vanity Fair' pay for this information? Don't sell it if you don't have $5,000." Hugo teased Alex with a smile, and it is estimated that tomorrow Hugo will defeat Tom to become the hero of "Righteous Sea Heroes". It will be on the front pages of major newspapers, and Hugo's remuneration will definitely become the focus of attention. After all, this time it is not a supporting role in "Smell the Scent and Know a Woman", and the protagonist's remuneration is naturally no trivial matter.

It's a pity that Hugo doesn't know how much the salary is, because he knows that he is not qualified to be picky now, so he will leave it to Joseph to handle it. So Hugo also looked at Joseph, and saw Joseph raised his thumb, index finger and middle finger, and then said with a little regret, "But they are still unwilling to make concessions and refuse to give you dividends."

This means that Hugo will earn three million US dollars for his role in "The Hero of the Righteous Sea", returning to the level of the "Hudson Eagle" period again, mainly because Hugo is much cheaper than Tom. , so Columbia Pictures is not too harsh. Only in terms of box office dividends, Hugo does not have any box office appeal right now. Columbia Pictures is naturally reluctant to let Hugo take the box office risk through dividends, and it is even more reluctant to distribute the profits to Hugo.

"Wow." Alex's sigh basically represented the inner feelings of Carl and Charlize at the moment. In fact, Hugo himself was amazed. I was surprised by the $10,000 salary, and now I am the protagonist and I immediately have three million dollars in income, which is really amazing.

"Don't think too much, the pace of progress always comes step by step." Hugo patted Joseph's shoulder contentedly, signaling him not to care too much about the salary. "You know, I'm still the worst actor in the Golden Raspberry Award, and I actually got a job offer again. That's the most important thing. I can imagine that Tom and Brad's faces are definitely not good at the moment."

Joseph quickly understood that he was too greedy. So he also smiled, "How does it feel to defeat the opponent head-on to get the role?"

Hugo shoved the pizza into his mouth, chewed it hard, and then raised his hands like a bodybuilder, showing his biceps, "Please call me Popeye. The. Sailor!" After he finished speaking, Hugo jumped up in coordination, and started walking like Popeye.

This comical action suddenly made everyone laugh backwards and forwards, and the atmosphere was not harmonious.

After dinner, drinks and beer were all finished, it was already eleven o'clock. Joseph and Carl went back upstairs, Alex went to take a shower first, leaving only Hugo and Charlize to clean up the mess in the hall .

Hugo packed the pizza boxes one by one, but noticed that the mushrooms were slowing down in the box in front of Charlize. It was estimated that Charlize didn't eat mushrooms, but unexpectedly, he ate all the pizza, which was different from most girls. Different, which made Hugo laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Charlize asked, noticing Hugo's expression.

Hugo shook his head, "No." There was still a smile on his face, "Is it really okay for you to live here?" Hugo hesitated for a while, and finally asked the hesitation in his heart.

"Hehe, you're not a virus, what does it matter?" Charlize stopped what he was doing and glanced at Hugo. The eyes of the two met in the air. This time, no one was dodging, and there was no embarrassment, just silence. Looking at each other quietly, Charlize continued, "If you're worried about that night, don't worry, it's over. I think it's better for us to be friends. Look, aren't we very happy together? ? Others say that there is no pure friendship between a man and a woman, what do you think?"

Hearing Charlize's words, Hugo felt a little lost in his heart, but he recovered quickly and said with a smile, "I don't think so, at least that night was not pure friendship."

This made Charlize laugh generously and nodded in agreement, "But maybe it was that night that proved that it was the most suitable for us to be friends. So, with such an episode, we Maybe there can be pure friendship between them?"

Hugo tilted his head and thought for a while, then raised the corner of his mouth, gave Charlize a light punch on the shoulder, and said in the tone of a street black man, "Yo, man." After that, he pulled his pants. , wanted to show a casual look, but it didn't look like it at all, so he made Charlize turn his back and forth, and the pizza box in his hand almost overturned.