Chapter 231 231 Not the protagonist
A month ago, when the Golden Globe nomination list came out, Hugo won the double nomination, and for a moment it was in full swing. People all gave Hugo a voice of praise, believing that Hugo would wipe out the bad luck of the worst male lead of the Golden Grocera Awards a year ago and ushered in a new era. Such voices accompanied by the eight consecutive championships of "Yihai Xiong", the 23 million viewers of "Opra's Talk Show" reached a peak, and the attention concentrated on Hugo reached an unprecedented peak.
You can see it by watching the red carpet at the Golden Globes. Hugo can almost be said to be the biggest focus of the red carpet all night, and even industry insiders couldn't help but look at it. No one knows that Hugo missed the "icing trap" performance opportunity, and no one knows that Hugo has not had a new script for half a year after "Yihai Xiongfeng". No one knows that Hugo is facing a new round of suppression from Tracy and Lang. People only see that Hugo is showing the infinite scenery on the surface, but not that the so-called "entering to the front line" is just a false reputation.
I originally thought that this would be Hugo's Golden Globe Awards, but the facts were contrary to this. Hugo was not the protagonist at all. People expected that Hugo's brilliant performance did not appear. The Best Supporting Actor Award was lost to veteran actor Gene Hackman, and the Best Actor in the Drama category lost to Al Pacino. He was "unforgivable" in the overall praise of the movie, and "Yihai Xiongfeng" and Hugo, who shined in the nomination stage, both failed, which made people feel regretful.
In fact, Hugo was not able to win the award, which was simply expected, even if other subjective factors were put aside, it was the same as it was purely from the objective perspective of strength.
Gene is not only a veteran Oscar winner, but also has won four Oscar nominations for acting in his acting career. His strength is absolutely strong. In addition to his "unforgivable" excellence, his award deserves its reputation; and Al is one of the greatest actors in American film history. This time, "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing Women" is his masterpiece. Not to mention Hugo, even Jack Nicholson must force him to be sharp this year. Al's winning of the award can be regarded as a result of everyone's expectations.
Therefore, although Hugo was disappointed, he had no regrets. His skills were not as good as others. This also made Hugo realize that he had only made phased progress in the exploration of acting skills, and there was still a long way to explore the real "outstanding".
But for the media reporters, they didn't think so: Hugo, who had almost gathered thousands of beloved before the award ceremony, disappeared throughout the night, just like a passing spectator, and all the starlight on his body was covered. This could definitely be said to be a news or a gimmick. So, at the celebration banquet after the award ceremony, the reporter's question hit Hugo like hail.
Hugo was very surprised by the reporters' inconscionableness. In his opinion, it was a natural result, but it was given a very ridiculous interpretation by the reporters. "Hugo, you are not the protagonist tonight, are you very disappointed with this?" Such a question was just the beginning.
"Hugo, do you think you won the double nomination but returned empty-handed because of the negative impact of the Golden Raspberry Award? Or is it something special?" This is obviously something in the words, hoping to guide Hugo to a strange point of view, and it seems that Hugo would say something that attacked the winner.
If Hugo can understand these questions and expresses his admiration and blessings to the winners as much as possible, then the next question is a bit speechless, "Hugo, do you think Gene's performance is really good enough to defeat Al, Jack, and you, and win the Best Supporting Actor Award?"
This question is basically equivalent to saying: Do you think Gene is really worthy of the trophy? Shouldn’t it be you? Because when the reporter asked a question, he specifically took out "and you" and emphasized it alone, which almost means asking a compulsive question.
Hugo doesn't know much about the reporter's ideas, and he can't understand the logic of such people. Do you have to win the prize if you are a popular player in advance? It's like if Usain Bolt (usain. Polt) loses the game, it's hard to tolerate it. But the problem is that Dugu Qiubao only wants to lose one life. There is no competition, no opponents, no challenges, and there is no meaning. This is why the weak defeat the strong, the unpopular, and the dark horse is always regretful and passionate. What's more, Gene can't be said to be a dark horse at all!
"Of course, I think Gene's performance is excellent. It's natural for him to win the award!" Hugo frowned slightly. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the reporter's questioning method. These people kept attacking him for not winning the award, as if this was the matter of falling.
"So according to you, don't you regret Jack and Al missing the award?" The reporter was still aggressive.
Hugo's friendly smile that had been on his lips fell down, "Why do I want it? Jack and Al are both excellent actors. Jack no longer needs to prove his greatness. Al deserves the Best Actor Award with his own strength. As for Gene, his performance is definitely worthy of this trophy!" Hugo said in a stiff tone. Although he didn't get angry, his previous friendship has disappeared quietly, "So, I don't think there is any problem with the result tonight."
"Even if you return empty-handed?"
"Yes! Even if I'm back empty-handed!" Hugo said in a bad tone, and then glared at the reporter in front of him. He didn't know the reporter, but Hugo was sure that the reporter replaced Nicholas and became his most hated reporter at the moment!
"Sorry, the interview ends here." Joseph stood up in time to stop the interview. After the award ceremony, everyone's eyes were fixed on the winners, and few losers would pay attention to it, but Hugo's situation was too special. Even though he had not won a single prize, a group of reporters still surrounded him for the interview, obviously he did not intend to let go of Hugo's foot pad.
With Joseph's stop, the interview has temporarily come to an end, and the subsequent appearance of Al also attracted the attention of reporters, which allowed Hugo, Uma and Joseph to leave the reporter's encirclement and enter the backyard of the Hilton Hotel to attend the celebration party.
"They just wanted to provoke you on purpose." Joseph actually felt depressed, but he still had to persuade Hugo, hoping that the situation would not get worse.
"Why?" Hugo widened his eyes, unable to understand the logic of the reporters.
Joseph shrugged, "For the front page headlines."
Hugo now understood that it wasn't that Hugo didn't know, but he didn't have personal experience, so he was not deeply touched. When he was playing supporting roles in the crew before, Hugo saw a lot of such things. Whether it was reporters or artists, he did everything to create news, especially in the Internet era when fake news was rampant, as long as he could create explosive points and attract attention, reporters and artists were willing to use various means. But in the past, Hugo was just a bystander, and only when he was in it could know what the so-called "any means" meant. It seems that the provocation of the reporters just now was still conservative and not very powerful.
He understood the same thing, but Hugo still couldn't understand or despise this behavior. "If they have the ability, they would just say it in the newspaper, and in their own identity, who is not worthy of winning the prize, why do I tell me?" Hugo gritted his teeth, looking depressed.
"Believe me, they dare." Hugo choked, indeed, reporters dared, especially in the United States, which boasted freedom of speech. "And, they forced you to say it was just for a gimmick, and there was no special reason."
"So I'm just a melody." Hugo muttered angrily. Only after he really entered this circle would he understand these dirty things, which was really uneasy.
Listening to Hugo's words, Uma couldn't help but chuckled and said, "A phonograph that enlarges the effect ten times."
"And you can also mix yourself up, so journalists can wait for a soundtrack to watch the show," added Joseph.
Hugo was stunned by this. He had to admit that in the entertainment industry, he was too immature and had too many things to learn slowly. Just talking about dealing with reporters, Hugo originally thought that he had gradually improved his relationship with Nicholas McLen, but now it seems that it is because he has not really experienced the storms.
The interludes of these reporters ruined Hugo's leisurely mood and couldn't get excited when attending the celebration banquet. Moreover, almost everyone revolved around the winners during the celebration banquet. It became difficult for Hugo to meet some new friends, which was really disappointing.
Especially when seeing Brad and Tracy standing side by side, raising champagne to Hugo and Uma across a swimming pool, holding a victorious posture to toast Hugo and Uma, Hugo finally resisted the urge to roll his eyes. This "sugar-coated trap" has not been released yet. Is it too early for Brad to show off his power now? No, the movie has not even started filming! Hugo couldn't help but roll his eyes at Brad's proud behavior.
Hugo felt that the party tonight was not interesting at all, so when Uma mentioned Joseph, Hugo suddenly felt that he should ask Joseph when he could leave. Hugo and Uma were wandering around the party, looking for Joseph; while socializing with their colleagues who were greeting him politely. After a while, Hugo saw Joseph standing in the corner of the back door of the garden.
Chapter completed!