The "National Inquiry News" released its latest issue of the newspaper on July 31, and sold 1.3 million copies in less than 12 hours, setting a new high in the history of newspapers. In the next 12 hours, sales volumes hit new highs. Due to insufficient newspaper preparations, only 1.5 million copies were printed, resulting in all out of stock on the same day. The supply in major supermarkets exceeded demand, which forced the "National Inquiry News" to be printed overnight.

One million and a half million copies, which is already the highest sales volume of the "National Inquirer" since the Michael Jackson Children's Case!

Subsequently, the "National Inquiry Newspaper" added another 1.5 million copies, and all sold out in the next forty-eight hours. Although there were still people asking for this issue of the newspaper, the "National Inquiry Newspaper" decided not to print it, but to conduct follow-up reports, and the attention index reached an unprecedented new height.

With a total sales of three million, the National Inquiry not only created the highest sales since the founding of the newspaper, but even surpassed many national newspapers this week, only lagging behind the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and ranked seventh in the newspaper sales ranking this week, which also created a miracle.

More exciting than Michael Jackson's children, more exciting than River Phoenix's death, more eye-catching than Rodney King's "injust accusation"... "National Inquirer" created an incredible myth with this issue of "Hugo, the psychopath", which may also be the peak that supermarket tabloids will never be able to surpass in the future.

Some sociologists have analyzed the content in detail, and there is a problem of timing to create this miracle. After the Oscar, Hugo refused to cooperate with the media for nearly six months. During this period, the glory of "bathing in the morning light", the success of "wonderwall", the start of filming of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Death-infernal Walk", Michael Jackson's washing of grievances, countless news are closely related to Hugo, but Hugo has never made any official appearance.

Under such premise, the "National Inquiry News" broke out, believing that Hugo was receiving treatment due to mental stress. This is not just a "mental illness". People will naturally think of it, "So that's it. It turns out that Hugo refused to be interviewed during the previous period because he had mental illness." For readers, all doubts are answered, and they are also concerned about what is going on, and what is wrong with Hugo now.

So, three million such incredible sales appeared on a supermarket tabloid.

Just as the sales of the National Inquiry News showed, the news quickly spread across the United States. With Hugo's powerful influence, this topic easily surpassed the "Future Water World" and became the hottest focus of the week.

"Future Water World" can definitely be said to be a disaster that never comes alone. Even after it was released, it still faces a bumpy situation. Later, after the box office failure of "Future Water World", summarizing various reasons for failure, the focus of this issue of "National Inquiry News" has undoubtedly become one of the important reasons.

Compared to the boring "Future Water World", people are more curious about Hugo's situation. Is the report of the "National Inquirer" true? Almost everyone is questioning this topic, and undoubtedly, those who believe it account for the majority.

Just like Jessica and Catherine, mental illness is difficult to describe clearly. Under the increasing pace of life in modern society, everyone is under tremendous pressure on their shoulders, and almost more than half of the population tend to be more or less depressed. This number has risen to 80% after entering the 21st century.

It can be said that everyone has their own problems and pressure. The only difference is that some people burst out, while others are still suppressing them.

Is Hollywood's pressure huge? It's extremely huge. This is an undisputed thing. No matter how positive or positive people face the cruel competition from Hollywood, it is difficult for them to maintain their optimistic attitude in this environment, let alone River Phoenix's overdose of drugs and eventually left the world.

The pressure on Hugo is obvious. In those years before 1992, he was drunk, drug abuse, racing, and fighting. After becoming famous at a young age, Hugo was squeezed out by pressure and completely lost himself in the spotlight. This experience has been mentioned frequently by people. Sometimes it is a model of "making a comeback" and sometimes it is a precedent for "repeating the same mistakes". When time is closer, rumors of Hugo's personality changing dramatically due to excessive pressure during the shooting of "Schindler's List", especially the rumors of alcoholism that later rumored that have been rumored to have been confirmed, but people still left an impression of "alcoholic".

This is why Hollywood is always so sensitive to negative news, because often a negative news becomes one of the indelible impression keywords. Even if it is clarified, even if the prodigal son turns back and reforms, it is still unavoidable.

Now Hugo has achieved even more brilliant achievements and has received more attention, and the pressure is naturally rising. From the "career decline theory" published by the "New York Post" at the beginning of the year to the huge controversy over film pay, we can clearly feel that Hugo, who is highly anticipated, is now in a vortex of pressure.

So, isn’t it a natural fact that Hugo needs to receive treatment from a psychologist because of excessive pressure? What’s more, what the “National Inquiry News” also said is that it has a nose and eyes, which makes most readers believe it easily.

This even includes many loyal supporters of Hugo. It’s not that they are too blind, but that they like Hugo so much that they have too many worries and fears in their hearts. They are afraid that the content described in the "National Enquirer" will become a fact, and they are even more worried about Hugo's situation.

Even those who believe in Hugo like Sally and Lydia cannot say a clear reason to support their ideas. They cannot say more than a sentence "I believe in Hugo". This is not a fact, but a belief.

So what if the news is true? Then what will this mean?

There were River Phoenix in front, Macaulay Culkin in the middle, and Charlie Sheen behind. In addition, there were countless artists, including Hugo himself before 1992, who proved that under pressure, their choices were likely to ruin their careers. They were neither others nor the media, but their own hands, and easily destroyed all of this.

Alcohol, poison, violence, stimulation... The excessive pressure makes them obsessed with endless venting, either venting to themselves and destroying their bodies; or venting to others, provoking all the people and things around them that can be provoked. In the end, all talents will be annihilated, all sparks will disappear, and all popularity will evaporate.

Even if none of these situations occur, even if Hugo is trapped in psychological pressure and needs to receive psychological counseling, as described in the "National Inquiry News", who can guarantee that pressure will not gradually erode Hugo's mind? From the quality of sleep, to emotional control, to concentration, and finally to cooperation and interaction with other people... The impact of pressure on a person can be said to be in all aspects. Once you lose control, it is likely to be an endless abyss.

So, obviously, if the report of the "National Inquirer" is proven to be true, then it is likely to be a turning point in Hugo's acting career, leading to a completely different ending.

Although people always like to say that "Hugo repeats the same mistake", before "Sleeping in the Seattle Night", people were worried that Hugo made a wrong choice and ruined his career; before "Life and Death Speed" was released, people were worried that Hugo would repeat the cup of "Hudson Eagle" and strand his career; before "Before Sunrise", people were worried that Hugo would be addicted to independent films and could not extricate himself and missed the opportunity to make further breakthroughs in his career...

But this time, I was really worried, because everything was so familiar that Hugo had been hanging on the wire rope in a crumbling manner, as if it would fall down at any time, and then fell into an endless black hole.

Today, the strongest male artist in the United States is trapped in self-destruction? This news has created unparalleled hurricanes and earthquakes almost across the United States.

Five consecutive movies have had a box office of over 100 million yuan, two 200 million yuan, and two albums with sales of over 6 million yuan... Just like the iconic identity representative on the power rankings, Hugo's influence is too huge now.

The effect triggered after the release of the "National Inquiry" showed a strange curve. From the silence within the first twenty-four hours to the storm after ninety-six hours, the three major TV stations in the United States, plus the rising star Fox TV, a total of 37 news programs, all of which paid enough attention to this incident; top talk shows, including Oprah talk show, Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, and talk shows, a total of fourteen, all of which set up special topics for discussion; as for the small topics such as ridicule, ridicule, and worry, there are countless programs mentioned during the program.

The New York Times conducted a temporary street sampling survey conducted by the Los Angeles Times on the West Coast, and found that up to 95% of people knew about this, but their understanding was different.

Not only that, industry insiders couldn't help discussing the possible impact of this matter. Even the big bosses of major film companies paid close attention, and the entire Hollywood was in full swing.
Chapter completed!