Chapter 832 832 Whale Fight

Passing through the circle of reporters, Hugo, even wearing sunglasses, could still feel the dazzling flashing light penetrating from the side, constantly stinging his eyes, and finally left the airport and sat on Rick. - With the van sent by Rosen, Hugo immediately felt a sense of escape.

But the reporters were still reluctant to let Hugo go. A large group of reporters ran to the front of the car, raised the camera and kept pressing the shutter on the inside of the car. The whole car was illuminated brightly, which made Hugo quite a bit. Unable to resist, Samora, who was sitting next to him, was even more stunned: what should he do if he encountered such a situation while driving? Run over directly? it's not good……

Rick's driver had clearly anticipated this, and he showed Samora the correct way to deal with the encirclement.

I saw the driver start the car, and then slowly drove forward. The front of the car quickly hit a large group of reporters. At a glance, there were at least ten people, and there were many reporters on both sides, who were close to the glass. The shutters were pressed continuously inside the carriage, and they all followed the start of the car, clinging to the door of the car "never betray", and continued to move forward.

But the driver did not stop the car, but kept moving forward at a slower speed than walking. The bunch of reporters in front were pushed forward by the front of the car. After all, it is impossible for the human body to fight against the car. Yes, this is real Hollywood, not a Hollywood movie.

Then I could see the speed of the car increased little by little with the naked eye. Although it was only increased from walking to normal walking speed, the reporters on both sides of the carriage could still be close to each other, but people had started to fall behind in front of the car, because They all backed up and hung on the front of the car. After the car accelerated, they couldn't keep up with their backsteps. Now there are only two options: either get caught under the wheel, or get out of the way.

In fact, the photos that the reporters want to take are almost the same at this time, but the paparazzi have such a habit: they are unwilling to give up unless they push the artist to the extreme and watch the artist completely out of their control. Now is the time to give up, they won't really give their lives. As a result, reporters began to move away from the front of the car one after another.

With the first one, there is the second one. The speed of the car gradually increased. When the speed of the car reached the speed of jogging, there was no one in front of the car, but there were still reporters running wildly on both sides.

The driver still increased the speed unhurriedly, and then he could clearly see that the reporters who were clinging to the carriage like a leech started to retreat one by one. After everyone had retreated, the driver stepped on the accelerator and accelerated sharply... When he turned around suddenly, he saw a bunch of unwilling tails still chasing behind him, but obviously, they could no longer catch up.

The car sped away, and a large group of reporters could only eat dust in the back.

Samora involuntarily whistled, "I must learn this skill." There will certainly be no less things to block Hugo in the future, and he must learn how to deal with it.

Joseph turned his head to look at the group of at least 30 reporters behind him, and asked loudly, "What happened in Los Angeles recently? Why are there so many reporters?"

"Twentieth Century Fox officially started the second round of promotion of 'Speed ​​of Life and Death' on Thursday." The driver is an unfamiliar face, but he is obviously an insider, and he immediately knows the focus of Joseph's topic. Thursday was the day Hugo was at the Track Rock Festival.

Generally speaking, it is quite normal for Hugo to be the best actor in Cannes and return with honors. It is quite normal for reporters to visit. Quentin and the others staggered the time and still stay in Cannes. On the one hand, it is to further promote the film in Europe. On the other hand, it is actually That is, in order to avoid the peak of the reporter's containment.

But the enthusiasm of the on-site reporters today was obviously a little too exaggerated, and there were too many visitors. Even if Quentin, who won the Palme d'Or, returns, it is estimated to be at this level. Although it is indeed a hot topic that Hugo has won important acting awards within two months, this scene still exceeded expectations.

Although Joseph is now Hugo's manager, his keenness as a manager immediately saw the problem and immediately grasped the core of the problem. Obviously, as a manager, Joseph can play a far greater role than an agent. This is the stage on which he can really show off his talents. As for how big this stage is, it depends on the future development of Hugo. How far have you gone.

After Joseph heard the driver's answer, he was stunned for a while, and immediately realized that 20th Century Fox wanted to use Hugo to drive the box office of "Life and Death", so most of today's reporters should be in their 20s. Century Fox called, but things are definitely not that simple, Joseph thought for a while, "What else?"

The driver chuckled lightly, "Yes, the other two films in the same schedule, including the ones that will be released later, have also started promotions. Recently, the publicity offensive has been very violent. It seems that they have made up their minds not to let 'Life and Death' have a chance. Now." After listening to the driver's brief description, Joseph couldn't help rolling his eyes.

Things must start from mid-March, when the major film companies begin to arrange the release dates of this summer's movies.

Generally speaking, the movie schedule is determined three months before the release, or even a year in advance, because the entire publicity plan will revolve around the release schedule. The number of movies in the 1990s is far less than that in the 21st century, so the filming cycle is also relatively short, just like "Pulp Fiction" was completed in January and landed in Cannes in May; "Life and Death" was completed in March, and the release was finalized. In June, such a situation is almost impossible to see in the twenty-first century. But in the 1990s, it was quite normal.

The arrangement of the schedule is very particular and knowledgeable, and it is not only a matter of one company, but also involves other competitor companies, the schedule of competing works, and the arrangement of major theaters. Part of the reason is that adjustments can be made in time.

The incident originated from Paramount Pictures. At that time, major film companies began to arrange schedules for this summer’s summer season. Paramount released several works this summer, including three key releases, which were released at the end of May.” Beverly Hills 3 (Beverly. Hills. Cop. III)", "Clear. And. Present. Danger" in late June, and "Forrest Gump" in early August .

However, after the schedule was fixed, it was discovered that "Browsing Eyes" and "True Lies" by 20th Century Fox actually collided. The two works were released only a week apart. Since they are both action movies, the internal friction of the same type of movies will obviously be reduced. It would be a lose-lose situation.

So Paramount Pictures negotiated with 20th Century Fox, and finally decided to postpone "True Lies" by a week and release it on the third weekend of July. "Forrest Gump" hit theaters in the last week of June, while "Browsing" was switched to the second week of August.

I don't want to. In this way, "Forrest Gump" collided with Disney's annual masterpiece "The Lion King". As a result, after negotiation between the two companies, "The Lion King" decided to release a week earlier, while "Forrest Gump" delayed by two weeks. This action immediately caused a major earthquake. The production cost of "The Lion King" was as high as 79 million US dollars. It is definitely an opponent that no one wants to meet in the summer season. The monthly schedule was tense, and in the end, the "speed of life and death", which was ignored by everyone, became the target of bullying.

As a result, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" not only needs to face the situation of strong competitors in the previous week and the next week, but also has to face the situation of strong competitors in the same week's release, which can definitely be called survival.

The "Wolf" directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer mentioned a timetable with "Life and Death" and faced off head-to-head. Think this will be the second head-to-head matchup between Hugo and Mike Nichols after Oscar.

And "Wolf" was released by Columbia Pictures. As we all know, Columbia Pictures and Hugo have cooperated very successfully several times before. Now Mike and Jack have teamed up with Columbia Pictures to stand on the opposite side of Hugo. The result is obviously full of suspense.

Twentieth Century Fox, which has always lacked confidence, decided to avoid the ambitious masterpiece "Wolf" with an investment of 70 million, and put "Life and Death" ahead of schedule. In this way, "Life and Death" competitors will become Became Universal Pictures' comedy "The Hillbilly Conquer New York (The. Cowboy. Way)."

"The Hillbilly Conquers New York" starred Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland, and was the first shot of Universal's summer season after Ron Mayer took over.

As a result, the duel became a competition between Hugo and Kiefer. After the two faced each other in the movie "The Hero of the Sea of ​​Righteousness", they also became competitors in reality; , also extended to the film contest.

In the end, the most important thing is that the media generally interpreted this incident as: Hugo avoided the second contest with Mike and chose a more bullying opponent-Lang, under this kind of rendering, naturally all the news broke .

In fact, all of this is just a balance and game between major companies. In the summer competition, they all hope to defeat their opponents, but they do not want to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred by internal friction-after all, making money is what matters Everyone's wishes, so the change of schedule is completely understandable.

There was nothing unusual at first, but it was hyped by the media, especially the second publicity period recently kicked off. At this juncture, Hugo won the Cannes Best Actor again, and his momentum has reached a new level. The prospect of "speed of life and death" It is also becoming more and more confusing: is it a fiasco or a counterattack?

Under such circumstances, several other competing films have kicked off the second round of publicity. The smell of gunpowder has already hit the face, and the reporters at the airport have had a rare grand occasion.

Although the driver just briefly talked about the recent movie promotions, Joseph understood the ins and outs at once, and he also knew that the "speed of life and death" is a typical example of whales fighting shrimps, and Hugo, the starring role, is standing on the sidelines. Those under the spotlight have naturally become the victims of the games of major companies behind the scenes in front of the stage.

But the problem is that recently Hugo is preparing for a tour first, then to Cannes, and then to tour again, and there is no time to cooperate with the promotion. Thinking of this, Joseph smiled helplessly, and it was estimated that Rick had a headache.