Hugo was furious.

He has never liked hype, because after experiencing Uma's affairs, he found that in Hollywood, it seems that all qiē can be used for hype, even love, family, and friendship can be used as bargaining chips for hype, and yiē is just for profit and fame, which makes him feel very uncomfortable. He wasn't sure what was left of a person when even the most sincere emotions in his heart became bargaining chips in exchange for benefits?

But he also knows that this is the industry rule of Hollywood, and no one can resist it. Whether it is rebuttal, confrontation, silence, evasion, or acceptance and cooperation, there is no escape from the scope of hype, as long as the media has the intention to hype, any action can be interpreted with different meanings.

So, he knew that since this was a rule, he had to learn to take advantage of it. For example, last year's "007" series audition school duì, although he knew it was hype, but in order to forge ahead elite brokerage company, he still attended that party duì.

But this time, apparently the hype has lost its grip and made everything taste different.

Hugo knew very well that the hype this time must have been fueled by Paramount, otherwise so much inside information would not have leaked out so lightly.

Paramount's idea is simple, they need to keep more eyes on "Mission Impossible", and the competition between Tom Cruise and Hugo Lancaster, two top actors, is definitely the hottest topic, enough to attract countless eyes. And once the 20 million salary they offered to Hugo is reached, this is the first thing in the world!

And in the end, whether Tom or Hugo signed, or even an unknown candidate who was killed halfway to win, Paramount could be invincible. If it's Tom or Hugo, everyone will pay attention to the winner's appearance in "Mission Impossible"; If it is an unknown candidate, everyone will wonder "who defeated the two most popular male actors today".

With these momentum, "Mission Impossible" is enough to become the biggest hot spot before filming begins.

It can be said that Paramount has a good calculation, and it is estimated that Shirley Lansing is indispensable behind the scenes, and the new head of Paramount can definitely be called a veteran and calculating. Don't forget jì, the first revelation started with Shirley.

It's just that Paramount didn't seem to have expected things to come to this point, and reporters actually began to fabricate news about Hugo and Tom's attacks on each other, which gradually turned things in the direction of scandal. Or, Paramount estimated the situation, but they didn't care, because even if Hugo and Tom attacked each other, they didn't have much direct relationship with Paramount. If things really get out of hand, they can simply not sign up with these two people and look for new replacements.

Take Brad Pitt, for example.

The "Daily News" broke the news again that the newly rising Brad entered Paramount's sight and became a candidate for "Mission Impossible", and Shirley personally met Martin Baum and Brad Pitt and had dinner together.

This suddenly made the direction of the news very interesting.

Hugo didn't like this situation because it made him feel like a commodity on the shelf, to be picked and judged, not alone. Although Hollywood is a circle where interests are paramount, and movies are a kind of commodity, the process of packaging actors is actually essentially similar to selling goods; However, they are human beings and not really commodities, and this is the most important point.

Of course, when the reporter interviewed Hugo, he was so sneered and speechless by Hugo, and more than 20 reporters surrounded Hugo who was dumbfounded, "I have heard of a news source called 'secret informant', but I have never known that there is a news source called 'hearsay' or 'heard'." Hugo is satirizing the fact that these media don't even bother to find a good reason to cover up, and the Houston Chronicle's report begins with this: "I heard ......"

As a national newspaper, such a news report is a shame. So-called "secret informants" or "credible news sources" are equally untrustworthy, but at least there is a fig leaf. But now there is no fig leaf, which is really a shame for the media.

"Or do you want to hear some evidence from me for yourself?" Hugo asked back, with a very gentlemanly and kind smile on his lips, as if answering a simple question as "what are you going to eat for lunch today?"

But more than 20 reporters looked at the smile on Hugo's face, but none of them could open their mouths. In fact, they all knew that Hugo's meaning could not be clearer: he never said those words, those false words, and he did not bother to respond to them, and the media without any evidence of nonsense was simply not worthy of his solemn response.

So, who else dares to ask? Whoever speaks seems to be admitting that he has no brains to open his mouth.

So, in the face of Hugo's calm smile, the reporters looked away one by one, and they were all stunned by the questions in their stomachs. Anthony Bond Stewart, who was hidden in the crowd, stared at Hugo motionlessly, he gritted his teeth and never dodged, he knew that he couldn't be afraid of Hugo forever, not only could he not be afraid, but he should also regain the courage to fight Hugo!

Hugo's gaze collided with Anthony's, but Hugo didn't have any special expression, and when his anger reached a point, he calmed down completely. Hugo knew that getting angry with these people was just an internal wound, and they would only be happier. So, Hugo pursed his lips slightly, the corners of his mouth drew an arc, chuckled, and then looked away, as if Anthony was not worth mentioning at all.

Anthony saw disdain and ridicule in Hugo's smile, which made him clench his teeth fiercely, and his fists began to tremble slightly because they were too hard.

Hugo's cold treatment here made the reporters stunned at all, and Tom was the first to be interviewed by reporters.

Tom's image in Hollywood has always been positive, and the only public image gaffe in his long career as an actor was jumping on the couch on the Oprah talk show, dancing with his hands, celebrating his imminent marriage with Katie. But this time the gaffe became a laughing stock, and it was the only time.

Tom has always been able to deal with this negative news with grace and calm, and he has righteously condemned the media for fabricating the news out of thin air, which is irresponsible and disgraceful for the media, and the Houston Chronicle, as a national newspaper, has made false reports without any evidence, which is a shameful moment.

Later, Tom reaffirmed his friendship with Hugo with a smile on his face, "Although we are not soul mates, nor are we sworn friends of the Brotherhood, we are friends, good friends, every time we meet is very pleasant, Nicole was planning a friend party not long ago, and Hugo is one of our guests." ”

Obviously, in the face of the bombardment of reporters, Tom's handling was calm, showing his sophistication and composure accumulated over the years.

Although both Hugo and Tom denied the news at the first time to minimize the negative impact as much as possible, due to the misjudgment of the "Houston Chronicle", things still caused a lot of turmoil. The most immediate result was that the "Houston Chronicle" was forced by strong public pressure to apologize for the irresponsibility of reporting without verifying the facts of the news, and at the same time endured the accusations of other national newspapers, and almost became a target -- bearing most of the damage for the "National Enquirer."

Moreover, the competition for the casting of "Mission Impossible" has become more and more fierce, and Hugo's fans and Tom's fans are almost fighting. In the era of lack of the Internet, the struggle between fans often does not seem lively, and without the scolding of thousands of trolls on the Internet, the scene naturally looks much more deserted; But it was more direct, Paramount appeared in front of the branch buildings in New York and Los Angeles, and fans were willing to be their idols, believing that their idols were more suitable to play in "Mission Impossible".

This also makes the whole casting process even more dramatic.

Hugo originally really wanted to play in "Mission Impossible", but now the whole thing looks like a farce, and his expectations for "Mission Impossible" are gradually decreasing, especially Paramount's malicious hype behavior makes Hugo very dissatisfied, and he even complained to Rick, which made Rick very embarrassed - he has no way to influence Paramount's decision-making.

After nearly half a month of excitement, Hugo's idea of "Mission Impossible" cooled down a bit, but at the same time, several other works also had accidents.

The "Twelve Monkeys" were scared away, and the recent news was so lively that people clearly felt Hugo's momentum now. The crew of "Twelve Monkeys" said that they could not withstand the huge pressure, and even if Hugo was willing to star for free, they would not be able to bear it. So Wanyan interrupted further negotiations with Rick.

The crew of "Brave Death Island" also began to discuss urgently, because they expected that the biggest name should be Sean Connery, but now it seems that Hugo is the most popular and appealing store, so how to arrange the scene? How to arrange the salary? What they didn't expect was that they actually let Alex go to the audition, which made things suddenly interesting.

Hugo was annoyed by a hype farce, which is why he never liked hype and the media, and these bad situations made it difficult for him to like them. At the same time, the news of the "Seven Deadly Sins" also came, and the New Line Film Company arranged a dinner party, invited many people, and the relevant personnel of the crew will arrive, and everyone can communicate with each other on the spot.

Hugo knew that this was the equivalent of an audition, a two-way audition opportunity. It's just that I hope this time the new line film company doesn't have the idea of hype!