The next morning, after waking up at nine o'clock, Hugo and Joseph took care of themselves and walked towards the Loop business district, less than two miles away.

The Loop is not only the traditional central business district of Chicago, but also the second largest central business district in the United States after Manhattan in New York, and is of extraordinary importance not only in the United States, but also in the world.

Oprah's Harpo, Inc. is located in the heart of the Loop's business district, along Washington Street, with a distant view of the United Center (U), home of the NBA's Chicago Bulls. You can stop at the junction, feel the breeze of the Chicago River behind you, and look at the gray brick buildings in front of you, about 30 floors, like an inconspicuous ugly duckling in the eyes of the surrounding high-rise buildings, but it is here that has given birth to talk shows in the United States for more than ten years.

Founded in 1986, Hap Zuò Company fully owns and produces "Oprah Talk Show", but the current business is only this, not huge, but Hugo knows that this humble company relied on "Oprah Talk Show" to make a fortune, and completed its transformation in 1996, and then became a large-scale entertainment group with talk shows, movies, radio, printing, Internet and other departments, which can be called a typical representative of the ugly duckling transformed into a swan.

After entering the building, Joseph and Hugo registered at the 'door', received a temporary access pass, and before they could get on the elevator, someone greeted them, while expressing their welcome to Hugo's arrival to record the show, and once again expressing their apologies for missing the pick-up yesterday, and then led Hugo and the two to the studio. Judging from this detail alone, the program team still attaches great importance to Hugo and gives him enough grand treatment.

Compared with the studios where Hugo recorded several times before, the "Oprah talk show" is not expensive because it controls the production of the show in its own hands, and the entire equipment of the studio is slightly simple. The so-called sound studio is a warehouse-sized space with different types of backgrounds, two red 'colored' single sofas in the front, four cameras in the middle, and a boom camera overhead. Near the entrance is the auditorium, which can only accommodate about 150 people, and it looks very simple, reminiscent of the 'dew' stone bench used to watch rugby in high school.

Hugo just entered the waiting room, Oprah personally greeted him, the talk show 'female' king who is not yet forty years old this year, with a retro bag hairstyle from the nineties, as if staring at a conch on his head, his face is full of friendly smiles, the strong figure is not feminine, on the contrary, it is a little honest, and the thick 'lips' flaps outline a kind arc, which makes it easy for people to feel close.

"It's a great honor to have you here, and thank you so much for being willing to come to Chicago on this temporary basis." Oprah welcomed Hugo with a warm hug.

Hugo's cheeks also showed a smile, "Of course, of course." To be invited to the 'Oprah talk show', even if you have to rush to come even if you are far away, this is a very rare opportunity. I must thank you for inviting me. ”

Oprah let go of his hands and looked at the young man in front of him silently, at this time Hugo was still in casual clothes, just a simple T-shirt and denim pants, just like any young man who had just come out of society, his face was filled with a bright smile comparable to the sun outside the window, and his handsome eyebrows were like the most 'fine' strokes of the painter's brush, which made people sigh involuntarily.

Before this, Oprah had already watched "Yihai Xiongfeng" on the movie screen, Hugo in a navy uniform was heroic and 'forced', and a smile was enough to kill the hearts of countless young 'women' in seconds, so Oprah was obviously mentally prepared for Hugo's handsomeness. But after seeing Hugo with her own eyes today, Oprah still had a momentary pause, different from the charm of subduing Hugo, Hugo in front of her was filled with the smell of sunshine, the faint warmth and sunshine aroma, people can't take their eyes off.

"I can't wait to start an interview with you and look forward to having a wonderful memory today." Oprah is still very sophisticated, and quickly reined in her feelings, smiling and saying that both she and Hugo have to prepare for the upcoming show, "Oh yes, congratulations on your double nomination at the Golden Globes, you deserve it." ”

With that, Oprah politely left the lounge, leaving the prepared space for Hugo.

Hugo sat down at the dressing table, waiting for the Oprah makeup team to take care of his makeup. In fact, in Hollywood, the real A-list stars all have their own work teams, in addition to assistants, managers and other fixed members, the bodyguards, makeup artists, hairstylists, and stylists during the publicity period are all long-term cooperative teams.

The top stars may be exclusive teams, because they can afford the long-term salary of the entire team, but most artists work with a team, and this team will also serve other artists, and the top makeup artists, hairstylists, and stylists in the industry also have studios or agents, and they are also a subdivided industry, which is no different from professional workers. Therefore, if an artist wants to cooperate with a fixed team and has no way to have an exclusive team, he must rely on the agent's public relations ability, and make an appointment in advance to finalize the time.

To put it simply, first-line artists will have their own team of people, and they will tailor their own appearances for each of their appearances.

A top-notch program like "Oprah Talk Show" naturally has its own dedicated team, because they have to record programs every week, so this team is exclusive to the program group - it is also possible for a team to do two or three programs, but they are mainly for TV programs. On the one hand, the guests of the show are still mainly ordinary people, and the artists have their own teams, so the technical requirements for them are not so high; on the other hand, because the team does not have enough time to tailor makeup and matching for each guest, and the space for play is very limited.

Therefore, it is not that the work team of TV programs is not excellent, but there is still a gap between senior professionals and relatively speaking.

After the "Yihai Heroes" achieved 'outstanding' results, Hollywood generally treats Hugo with the specifications of first-line actors, but what is a first-line actor? In the early nineties, the salary could enter 8 million to be considered a first-line actor, and 10 million is another 'door' threshold, as for the salary of 15 million, there are only a handful in the entire Hollywood.

The second is the whole work team, people once joked that the bigger the work team, the bigger the artist, this is of course just a joke, but it is true that a small number of top stars have such a hobby and hope to use this way to reflect their status - such as Mariah Carey (Mariah. Carey had a team of more than 20 people around 200o, and any trip was a huge 'swing'. But it is undeniable that a complete work team is very necessary for top artists.

Although everyone now thinks that Hugo can be among the first-line actors, this is only estimated from the box office and popularity, some people think that Hugo can get a salary of 8 million, and recognize that Hugo has such an ability, but before the film company really offers this price for Hugo, Hugo cannot be regarded as a real first-line.

At present, Hugo's promising projects are the "Sugar-Coated Trap" without auditions and the "Sleepless Seattle" with no news for the time being, if it is a "Sugar-Coated Trap", the salary of 8 million is not a dream, but it still depends on the audition; As for the "Sleepless in Seattle" 8 million estimates, it is more difficult. Therefore, if Hugo wants to be deservedly listed as a "first-line actor", it is estimated that he must wait.

As for Hugo's work team, it is even more pitiful, only Joseph alone supports the scene, which is why Joseph reminded Hugo not long ago that he should look for assistants and managers, not because Hugo is already a "front line", but because the huge workload must be supported by a team, and relying on Joseph alone is lacking. But finding a team is not so simple, and I haven't had enough time lately, because Yiqiē is coming too quickly, so I can only wait for this busy time to slowly form a team.

Therefore, Hugo's reputation is now a first-line one, and he is still a second-tier actor in the real supporting facilities. There is no preparation for coming to the "Oprah talk show", and you can only count on the makeup artists and hairstylists of the program group to take care of Hugo's clothes, fortunately, at least it is much easier for Hugo to find clothing support now, especially when he comes to record a top program like "Oprah talk show", and clothing brands that are willing to sponsor Hugo have taken the initiative to go to the 'door'.

Fortunately, Hugo's makeup doesn't require much care, and the hairstyle is not difficult, so there is no problem with relying only on the team of the program team.

After Hugo was all prepared and changed his costumes for the stage, the staff of the program team came over and briefly explained the recording procedures of the show to Hugo. Usually, the "Oprah talk show" is divided into two parts, the first half is to discuss the recent hot "door" topics, and the second half will invite guests to interview and talk. However, today, in order to show Hugo's caution, after obtaining Joseph's consent, the program will focus on a comprehensive interview with Hugo in both halves, which is an important consideration to Hugo, and on the other hand, it will also dig into Hugo in an all-round way, which can be said to be the highest standard program in two months.

Hugo couldn't help but be a little worried when he thought of this, he still didn't know enough about the previous things, and he just hoped that he wouldn't be speechless when asked by Oprah, it would be bad. However, Hugo took a deep breath to calm down the chaotic feelings and prepare for the recording of the show.