"What was the first media comment?" Alex asked urgently in order to deflect his embarrassment. [Starter]

Only then did Joseph remember the purpose of his coming downstairs, "It's 'USA Today (USA.A."). today). USA Today is a comprehensive daily newspaper founded in September 1982. Joseph's expression stiffened a little at the thought of the newspaper comment, and he hesitantly looked at Hugo's expectant eyes.

In fact, Joseph was originally worried that Hugo would care too much about the comments of the media, but let himself not eat enough and sleep warmly, and looking at Hugo's obvious dark circles confirmed Joseph's thoughts. But then Joseph thought about the changes in Hugo in the past six months, and he knew that Hugo was no longer the gentleman he knew before the Golden Raspberry Award.

"The review is not good, it was Mike Clarke who wrote the review," Joseph decided to tell the truth, he was an agent, he was also a partner who fought side by side with Hugo, and he needed to face all kinds of situations with Hugo. What's more, even if these comments want to hide from Hugo, they can't be hidden. "He said, 'The two-and-a-half-hour film wasn't tight enough for more than half of the time,' but Alyi Pacino did the ,。 of the horn perfectly."

This was not a positive comment, Hugo's smile immediately stiffened at the corners of his mouth, and before Joseph could finish speaking, he changed his tone and continued, "He only gave fifty out of 100." "It's a failing grade.

Charlize and Alex froze in place, clearly not expecting this to be the case. On the contrary, Hugo breathed a sigh of relief, and when the tense love reached a peak, such a frontal impact made Hugo relax.

At this time, Hugo remembered that although the movie "Smelling the Fragrance and Knowing the 'Woman'" has won many praises, the slow pace of the whole movie has indeed been criticized a lot, and the slow progress of the movie in the first half an hour has even been described by some people as "drowsy". But even so, Al's 'fine' Zhan acting skills have not been concealed, which is also expected.

"Whew, fifty points, neither good nor bad." Hugo relaxed, his smile drew up again, and he sighed, but there was still some disappointment in his eyes

"Hugo, USA Today is a comprehensive 'sexual' newspaper, not a professional media, so don't care too much." Charlize has been learning acting and understanding the entertainment industry for the past few months, and now she is no longer the rookie who knows nothing about American movies. Therefore, she grasped the lifeline at once and said it positively.

Alex's eyes lit up next to him, and he nodded again and again, "That's it, what kind of Mike is Clarke, I don't know where it came from." If you want me to say, don't care about this comment at all!"

In the face of everyone's comfort, the disappointment in Hugo's eyes was also released along with a smile, and this time he smiled sincerely, "Don't worry, I know that the media is not so easy to please." "Most of the so-called film critics are 'chicken' eggs, because that's their job, and film critics are all ordinary people, and they also have their own preferences, which is inevitable. When Hugo said this, he was comforting his friends and himself, "At least, he didn't talk about my acting skills anymore, did he?"

Hugo's words are true, but the truth is one thing, and the real thing is another thing when it comes to the end. Although Hugo tried to liven up the atmosphere, the living room still inevitably looked a little low.

Joseph looked at Hugo with a bright smile, and secretly exhaled in his heart, recalling the criticism like a "tide" after the release of "Hudson's Eagle", Hugo was right about one thing just now, although "USA Today" did not praise Hugo, but at least did not pick any more thorns. This is a positive sign.

Even Hugo, the person concerned, can be optimistic and positive, and he can't 'mess up' as an agent, so Joseph also pretended to be relaxed and said, "The first 'wave' comments came out one after another, so wait." How's it going, what's your plan for breakfast? We can't afford to skip breakfast because of the troublesome media. ”

In fact, after getting up 'bed', Hugo hasn't washed yet, Charlize too, Alex still has foam slag on the corners of his mouth after brushing his teeth, and everyone noticed their negligence after being reminded by Joseph. Hugo, Charlize and Alex glanced at each other, and Hugo was the first to rush to the bathroom.

Charlize shouted as he ran, "'Female' taxi priority, 'female' taxi priority!"

And Alex, who was half a beat slower to react, shouted, "I just need to wash my face, wash my face ......"

But as a result, the 'door' of the bathroom was ruthlessly closed, and Hugo, the fastest, took the lead. Only Charlize and Alex were left standing at the entrance of the 'door', looking at the wooden 'door' with a depressed expression. Joseph looked at the lively atmosphere in the room, and his mood was a little lighter.

After everyone had washed up, Joseph baked bread, prepared cow's milk' and grain and sat down at the table, in fact, the high stools on the third floor were still not enough, and now there were only two, because the table was too high, the remaining chairs were not suitable, so generally only two people sitting, and the others were looking for a place to sit everywhere.

Hugo, for example, sat down on the sink table and kicked Charlize's high stool, "Hand me the bread and the 'flower' sauce." ”

"Why should I?" Charlize looked back and gave Hugo a roll of his eyes, as if he didn't care about it at all, but the movement of his hand was to pick up a piece of bread and start to spread the 'flower' sauce.

When Hugo saw this scene, he giggled and laughed, but after Charlize painted it, he "cut" it, "It's not for you, why are you so happy." Hugo saw that Charlize was about to put the bread in his mouth, and immediately jumped down from the sink and muttered dissatisfied, but before his feet landed, Charlize turned around and handed the bread to Hugo, who was stunned.

Charlize held the bread and froze in the air for about two seconds, and didn't see Hugo reach for it, and raised an eyebrow, "Don't?" Hugo reacted at this time, and hurriedly took the bread, "Yes, of course." Thank you! Thank you very much!" Then he took a bite of the bread and leaned against the sink and chewed it contentedly.

"Joseph! Call for you, I'll ......" Carl's voice came from the 'door', and when he saw a few people sitting around the dining table eating breakfast, he immediately chattered dissatisfiedly, "Don't call me for breakfast!" Then, without saying anything, he walked straight to the table and began to reach for the baked dough, but was slapped the back of his hand by Joseph, and Karl stared at Joseph with wide eyes

Joseph bit the bread and said, "Eat the bread and bake it yourself!"

"Then I won't tell you about the content of the phone call just now, but the news of the first 'wave' review of the movie." Carl had just answered the phone upstairs and noticed that Joseph was not there, so he came straight downstairs wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

Faced with such a Karl, Joseph quietly pushed the whole plate of baked bread in the direction of Karl. Carl then laughed contentedly, he picked up a piece of bread, found the strawberry jam, and faced the expectant eyes of the four people around him, although Carl was a little hairy, but he still tried to calm himself, slowly and methodically applied the strawberry jam, until Alex's forehead was already bursting, and then it opened. "Just now I called from the office and said, 'Chicago Sun. sun-times). ”

Although the Chicago Sun-Times is only a daily newspaper published in the Chicago area, and even if it is not the No. 1 local sales newspaper in Chicago, it is not a professional film newspaper, but the newspaper's film reviews are highly valued. Because the legendary American film critic Roger Ebert (Roger. ebert) is contributing to this newspaper.

Sixty-year-old Roger Ebert is one of the most famous film critics in the United States, the first film critic in history to win a Pulitzer Prize, and his film review show has also won an Emmy nomination, arguably one of the most influential film critics today.

So, when he heard the "Chicago Sun", Joseph immediately became nervous, "Roger Ebert's film review?" Even if you keep saying that you don't care or don't care, any movie is created by the entire crew with countless efforts, and the actors, as the most important part of it, naturally hope that their works can be affirmed. Especially after the terrible reviews of USA Today, Roger's film reviews have become even more important.

Not to mention Joseph, Hugo, Charlize and Alex also stopped chewing in their mouths and looked at Carl.

Carl nodded, "It's Roger." He said that at the end of the work "Smell the Fragrance" female "person", we still came to the cliché ending about coming-of-age movies again, and we still came to the cliché ending about the preparatory school again. But the difference is that this film has a wisdom and skill that other works of the same genre do not have......"

Carl's words were relatively long, and everyone didn't speak after listening to them, because they weren't sure whether Roger's film review was praise or criticism, or moderation.

"He also said that Al gave the most memorable 'fine' performance of his career, and Hugo," Carl said here, paused, looked at Hugo, and then 'revealed' a smile, "Hugo's great performance and Al have always supported the whole movie!" This was the good news, and Roger bluntly praised Al's expression of Hugo.

Carl looked at the suppressed smile on the corner of Hugo's mouth, and he himself couldn't bear it anymore, so he didn't sell it anymore, and said eagerly, "Roger gave the movie eighty points!"

Eighty out of 100 is really good news. Compared to the bad reviews of USA Today, Roger's review for the Chicago Sun saved Hugo's morning.