289 Freemasonry

Michael looked at Hugo with an embarrassed smile in front of him, and the smile on the corner of his mouth unconsciously became a little bigger, this is really an interesting young man. At this time, it can be seen from the whole process of watching the performance before that Hugo is very polite, even for strangers, he also puts his mind very well, whether it is an apology or a smile with full sincerity, not to mention Hugo's concentration and dedication in watching the performance, such a young man is unlikely to play a big name.

In fact, Michael is a very vigilant person, and he thinks that only children in this world can't lie. Hugo is not a child, but Hugo didn't know who the person next to him was just now, and he didn't need to play himself as a stranger, and more importantly, Michael found a childlike cleanliness in Hugo's smile. Although Michael didn't know what Hugo was like, at least when it came to playing big names, Michael knew that it should be malicious hype from the media. And the so-called malicious hype by the media, Michael naturally understands it all too well.

"What's the solution? That's what we do, isn't it? Hugo was very surprised by Michael's words, he didn't expect Michael to give himself a positive response, and did not believe the rumors in the media.

Michael smiled and nodded, "The best way for us to fight back against these rumors in the media is to be ourselves, because the truth will not be shaken by these rumors." ”

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Hugo's head, and he finally understood the reason why Michael took the initiative to talk to him! On the one hand, because he is an actor and a peer, Michael will not refuse to contact some people in the circle; On the one hand, it was because of his professionalism in the process of watching the drama that Michael became interested; And the most important reason is because of the recent similar experience between myself and Michael!

When it comes to Michael Jackson, in addition to those miraculous achievements, the negative news that has entangled his life cannot but be mentioned, and these negative news have also become more and more intense because of Michael's brilliance, bringing the ugliness of human 'nature' to the extreme, and finally making this generation of legendary superstars gradually fall.

As the most influential pop music superstar in the world after the Beatles, the criticism around Michael has never stopped, including Michael sleeping in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to gain immortality, buying the bones of the nineteenth-century British "elephant man" Joseph Merrick, etc., but these ridiculous rumors have spread in the mouth of the media, making Michael bothered.

This culminated at the end of last year, when Michael, who was about to shoot a new commercial for Pepsi, was rumored to want to use a white kid to play himself, which involved the race of Yan zhòng. The issue of discrimination caused an uproar, so that Michael had to ask the lawyer to hold a press conference to refute the rumors, and the "Oprah talk show" also took place in this context.

Michael was born as a child star, and his black identity is well known, but throughout the eighties, Michael began to gradually turn white, and even became "white skin", just like when Hugo saw Michael today, his snow-white skin was very eye-catching. As a result, the media has been constantly speculating maliciously, and reporters believe that Michael is bleaching his skin in order to become "white" and get rid of his black ancestry.

This is suspected of being strongly racial. Discrimination and denial of blood have set off a stormy 'wave', and every time Michael travels, he deliberately wraps himself tightly, sunglasses, masks, and sun umbrellas have become must-haves, and the media has caught the handle. This also makes Michael always in the whirlpool of the storm, under the extreme rendering of the media, Michael's image has been severely ruined, and it has also made Michael hate the media, and even have a sense of rejection of the crowd.

In fact, this can be seen from the Rodney King incident last year, and the media, for the sake of profit, can completely point the deer as a horse, look at the picture to tell the story, and do whatever it takes for the sake of the news, which is not uncommon, and at the same time, it has also turned the self-proclaimed "media freedom" of the United States into a joke. The U.S. law gives great tolerance to the high degree of freedom of the media, that is, it hopes that the media can dig up the truth, inform the public of the truth, and maintain the public's right to know, but the media is now using the tools in their hands to satisfy their own 'selfishness', at the cost of harming others.

And the media's behavior towards Michael is compared to that of the four police officers in the Rodney King incident. Inspection, it is definitely more than that.

In fact, the reason why Michael's skin will start to turn white is because he has a family inheritance of vitiligo, which is due to the imbalance of skin 'pigment', which makes his skin full of white patches, and he has to use a thick white 'color' foundation to cover up his disease. What's even more serious is that Michael also suffers from the skin disease erythema 'sex' lupus, which not only causes uneven skin 'color', but also is likely to lead to death, and ultraviolet radiation 'radiation' will accelerate the deterioration, so he has to take a protective measure every time he goes out.

Regarding these explanations, Michael clarified on the "Oprah talk show", but Hugo knew that ordinary people had already formed a fixed impression by the repeated slanders of the media, even if they were willing to believe him because of Michael's explanation in a short time, but this was also temporary, once the media coaxed again, people would be like reeds in the corner, and attack Michael again.

The reason why Hugo is so unwavering in his belief in Michael is because after Michael's death on June 26, 2009, because his death was an unnatural death, the police conducted an autopsy, which also confirmed Michael's statement that he never deceived everyone.

That's the cruelty of life. It wasn't until after Michael's death that the bad rumors that had been around him for nearly thirty years really came to light, but people wanted to express their apologies again, but they never had a chance. Compared to Michael, what Hugo has experienced in the past month is not even a "hairy" and "hairy" rain, at most it is just a breeze, and Yugo can't imagine what his life will be like when he walks into Michael's position and endures such terrible and bad slander.

No wonder Michael is so distrustful of the media and the public, no wonder Michael avoids direct contact with the population as much as possible, and no wonder Michael refuses any kind of interview for a long time...... Hugo could understand that he was deeply convinced that if he had experienced the qiē that Michael was now suffering, he would probably have collapsed. Trust has always been one of the most luxurious objects in the world; What Qianfu refers to is never a weight that everyone can carry.

This is the reason why Michael is willing to take the initiative to talk to Hugo, not to mention sympathy, at least Michael knows Hugo's current situation, and Hugo's focus on acting and his sincerity have become the reason why Michael stayed.

However, Michael still maintains his vigilance against strangers, Hugo will not forget Michael's retreat after he was surprised at the beginning, and Hugo will not miss the details that Michael is always three steps away from him, and the bodyguard next to him has never let his guard down. Michael can't be blamed for that, can it? Hugo also thanked Michael for being willing to take the initiative to talk to him, even if it was just a little bit of trust.

"It is true that the truth will not be shaken by rumors, but many times, the truth will be covered up by rumors, and it is not so simple to restore its true appearance." Hugo looked at Michael and sighed meaningfully, this old-fashioned sentence made Michael slightly stunned, and then laughed.

"It's a fact." Michael nodded, what he was currently experiencing made him understand that many times ordinary people are just "stupid", they become weapons in the hands of the media, and they work together to bury the truth, and it is not so simple to clear the thick fog of 'fog' in front of them. "The media always says that they are chasing the truth, but many times, they like lies more than the truth, because lies can benefit them."

Michael said this to himself, muttering in a low voice, but at this time Hugo's 'spirit' was highly concentrated, but he heard it clearly, and then Hugo heard Michael raise his voice a little bit and say, "Perhaps, only children in this world can't lie." No, not maybe, that's it. A shallow smile appeared on Michael's lips again, "That's why I'm always willing to spend time with children." What Michael didn't say was that Hugo's cheerful smile on his face when he watched the play was like an innocent child, and this was the 'sexual' factor that determined his willingness to stop.

But hearing Michael's words, the smile on Hugo's face suddenly froze, because he knew that it was Michael's most trusted child who destroyed Michael's 'spirit' world twice before and after, making Michael completely lose his trust in human 'nature'.

The first time was this year, in the summer of 1993, with a man named Jordan Chandler (Jordan). Dler), at the behest of his father, accused Michael of 'sexing' him. The purpose of the violation was to extort Michael 20 million dollars. As a result, this incident set off an unprecedented 'wave' around the world, and countless media outlets firmly believed that Michael was guilty, just like in the Rodney King case, and used a storm of public opinion to pressure the prosecutor's office, and as a result, Michael was forced to accept a very humiliating humiliation. A formal investigation into 'sexuality'. But the result is police. The survey did not find any relevant evidence.

In the case of insufficient evidence, the Chandler family still did not give up, which made Michael's 'spirit' and body suffer a huge blow, on the one hand, the prosecution did not have any evidence to prove the so-called 'sex'. On the one hand, Michael's physical and mental condition could not withstand the long period of litigation, and finally the parties reached an out-of-court settlement. Michael paid the Chandlers $22 million for this.

The second incident was in 2003 and 2005, when Gavin Avizo, who had been diagnosed with cancer but was able to survive with Michael's help. arvizo) will take revenge, again to the strife. Tong's charges brought Michael to court, and this time, under the pressure of public opinion from the media, the prosecutor's office accepted the lawsuit request of the Avizo family and forcibly initiated the judicial proceedings.

In this marathon lawsuit that lasted for two years, although Michael won the final victory and proved his innocence, it also pushed him completely into the abyss. Since then, a generation of superstars has fallen.