Chapter 913 913 VIP Box

Entering the Rose Bowl stadium, the shouts of the mountains and the tsunami, the uniform support, and the excited face ignited all the colors in the sight. The confrontation between the yellow-green army and the blue-clothed army was dyed in the noon California sunshine. Gold-colored, full of enthusiasm and madness that make people's blood boil.

This is the real world top stage! The noise and shock of the garden last night was just the tip of the iceberg of the stage. The stage in front of us was like a track rock music festival. The stage with 100,000 people made every move in the center of the spotlight magnified infinitely by the microscope, as if a single gesture would be enough Can set off a storm like a storm. Only standing on such a stage can you experience the unparalleled feeling of trembling at the peak.

Glory to Death is not a newcomer who has not seen the world. Since the establishment of the band, it has performed nearly 300 times, but at this moment, he is still speechless by the crowd of people at the Rose Bowl Stadium. It is almost just a blink of an eye. , Hugo and his party also became part of the carnival on the spot, joining the frenzy.

Although Hugo and the others came to the position indicated by the ticket, they did not sit down, but stood up together, holding loudspeakers and cheering with the surrounding fans. It's just that they didn't join a truly loyal fan organization. The grandstand in the south belongs to the Brazilian fans, a continuous ocean of yellow; The west stand where Hugo and the others are located is slightly chaotic. There are Brazilian fans and Italian fans, as well as fans wearing jerseys of other national teams. Like the east stand, it vividly shows the great integration of the nationalities of the city of Los Angeles. come out.

Sure enough, it is said that sports competitions are the same as concerts. You must be there to feel the surging enthusiasm. Even watching the live broadcast through a TV series cannot compare. The atmosphere at the scene is enough to destroy all the reason in the brain and fall into the carnival together. . The atmosphere of the scene is the essence of it.

Hugo was shouting "Italy" with Fokine and Neil. At this time, he was not the "Hugo-Lancaster" that is now popular in the United States, but just one of the more than 90,000 people at the scene. A famous fan, the smile on his face bloomed wantonly; suddenly he felt someone pull on his left hand, Hugo turned his head with a smile, and saw Joseph leaning over, shouting in his ear. .

"Henry said, someone is looking for you!"

Hugo frowned, "What?" After shouting out, he went on to say, "No, I mean, who?" In less than twenty minutes, the atmosphere at the scene was gradually reaching a climax.

Joseph simply shouted one word, "Columbia Pictures."

Hugo didn't even think about it, shook his head, "No." Today belongs to football, and what kind of work has to be discussed here, it sounds really disappointing, but then Hugo was stunned again, "You mean Henry told you?" If it's Columbia Pictures, why not contact Rick Rosen, but Henry Bloom?

Joseph nodded, and then explained helplessly, "He said there were just a few friends who wanted to introduce you to you." In fact, Joseph rejected Hugo directly. He also thought that if he had a job, he would completely Don't be in a hurry, after the two-hour game is over, there is still a lot of time. But after asking Henry, I realized that they were not talking about work in detail, but wanted to meet Hugo, as if fans and friends met at the scene.

Of course, Joseph and Henry both know that things are definitely not that simple. When they emphasize "friends", they are actually trying to win over the relationship with Hugo. Recently, because of the malicious competition between "Wolf" and "Life and Death", Colombia The location of the film industry is a bit awkward; secondly, they contacted Hugo through Henry, and things are definitely not that simple.

"They invited you to watch the ball in the VIP box." Joseph explained again, and then pointed to the noisy fans around.

In this way, at least it can be explained literally. The executives of Columbia Pictures noticed that Hugo was coming to watch the game. They were all in the VIP box, so Hugo was kindly invited to watch the game - no need to crowd with the fans. , but also to avoid confusion. This kind of thing is very common in any game scene.

Hugo thought for a while, he still likes to watch the game here, he likes the atmosphere here, but others have sent out friendly invitations, even if they refuse, it is more polite to refuse in person, so Hugo nodded, "I went over. Say hello."

Joseph nodded in agreement, "I'll accompany you there." Joseph was Hugo's manager, and it was most appropriate for him to accompany him on this occasion.

After saying hello to the band members, Hugo and Joseph left their seats and walked towards the VIP box at the top of the stadium. If it were two months ago, it would have been absolutely impossible for the executives of Columbia Pictures to invite Hugo into the VIP box to watch the game together. Although Hugo was already a first-line actor at that time, the gap between the first-line and the top in Hollywood was very obvious. More importantly, Hugo was not powerful at the time, and now, the situation has been turned upside down.

So, Hugo is not only qualified to enter the VIP box, but also qualified to talk to the bigwigs of Columbia Pictures on an equal basis. Of course, it is currently limited to conversations. If it involves the exchange of interests, Hugo is still too young, and he must hone and hone. Tom Cruise has come to where he is today, not only because of the accumulation of works, not only because of the passage of time, but also because of the painstaking efforts of himself and the team behind him.

Only when I came to the top floor, I saw Mark Canton greet him from a distance. Although he came to watch the game, he was still dressed in a suit and leather shoes, a black suit and a white shirt. A pair of round gold wire glasses, just like Harry Potter.

This was the first time Hugo saw Mark, and Joseph had only dealt with him once. Because before Hugo was not big enough to let this big man dispatch, but today, Mark was dispatched to meet Hugo in person.

Mark started his career at Warner Bros. in 1991, when he was hired as president by Columbia Pictures, which had a terrible box office record. Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, one of the eight major film companies, in 1989, but its performance has not improved much. It had to deal with the pain and invited Mark to rectify the film department.

For the past two years, Mark has done an excellent job of revamping Columbia Pictures' film division. But since last year, Mark's vision seems to have lost his sight, which put Mark in a short-term predicament.

"Last. Action. Hero" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger invested 85 million, and before its release, Mark called "the best action movie of all time", and the result was only 50 million at the North American box office. The US dollar failed miserably; and last year's "Gronimer: An American Legend" starred in Matt Damon was also extremely bleak, and only 18 million US dollars were recovered after an investment of 35 million US dollars. 's box office.

Against such a background, "Wolf" entered the summer camp in 1994, which can be said to be aggressive, and even "life and death speed" directly fight against Taiwan. From the company's standpoint, although Columbia Pictures has had good cooperation with Hugo in the past, the eight major Hollywood companies have always competed with each other. The competition between "Wolf" and "Life and Death" is the overall confrontation between the companies. Not directly related to the actors themselves. Both Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox know this.

But unfortunately, there were some small problems in the early publicity of "Wolf", which led to some unpleasantness between the "Wolf" and "Life and Death" crew, and Hugo also became a target - the point is that Columbia Pictures not only Instead of stopping it, it added fuel to the fire and hyped the showdown between Hugo and Mike Nichols.

As a result, everyone knew that the "speed of life and death" was born, and the "wolf" was lost. "Wolf" invested 70 million US dollars until the World Cup final, and only recovered 50 million US dollars at the box office, and even the book cost is out of reach.

So, Mark invited Hugo to watch the ball in the VIP box; so, Mark came out to meet Hugo in person. This is called socializing.

Hugo was not surprised by Mark's enthusiasm. After experiencing the enthusiasm of Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, Mark's initiative and enthusiasm seemed a bit deliberate. But Hugo naturally wouldn't pierce Mark, and Mark didn't do too much at this time, just hugged Hugo, and then talked about the upcoming finals.

I don’t know if the atmosphere was too hot today, or because Mark really wanted something, or because Mark’s personality was just like that, Mark’s conversation was always full of infinite enthusiasm, which made Hugo a little uncomfortable, “Wow. Oh, you love Italy, Italy! It's not really good news, Brazil is my love, my forever and only love, and hopefully we don't get into a fight when we watch the game."

This kind of conversation was a little too enthusiastic for a stranger who met for the first time. Just as Hugo was about to say no, Mark led him to the door of the VIP box. Hugo thought, at least he had to go in and sit down. It can be considered to give the owner face, so he swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

Hugo and Joseph exchanged glances, and Joseph curled his lips slightly, as if to say that his personality was like this. This made Hugo suddenly realize and nodded.

Entering the box, Hugo could hear Mark's cheerful laughter, accompanied by the cool air of the air conditioner, as if it was two completely different worlds from the scorching heat behind him, and before Hugo could sigh, he saw Another completely unfamiliar but absolutely familiar figure in the VIP box: Luc Besson (Luc. Besson).