Seeing Ernst, who was irritable but trying to pretend to be fine, returned to the room, Hugo laughed out loud, and his mood was really happy, and the hearty laughter echoed in the stairwell, making Ernst's back muscles stiffened and his temper became even more irritable.

Hugo stood up, patted his pants, and walked downstairs with the garbage, and went to throw out the garbage. As Ernst just said, he should learn to recognize the meaning behind the media's rhetoric, is praise really praised? Is condemnation really condemnation? It's like this time, obviously the media is constantly discussing it in order to get the spotlight, and most of the content of the discussion is fake, Hugo knows that he is not playing a big name, which is the most important thing.

Therefore, there is no need for Hugo to be afraid of these media at all, on the contrary, they will stay at the 'door' of their own house just to win first-hand news, and from another point of view, they are pleading with themselves, and it is even more ridiculous that they are forced to hide.

When Hugo came downstairs, the group of paparazzi rushed up, and when Hugo saw them rushing over, Hugo's first reaction was to turn around and flee, the nightmare memory during this time was too profound, but Hugo still tried to hold back his fear, threw away the garbage, and then faced the siege of the paparazzi, Hugo silently chanted in his heart "This is a flock of crows", and sure enough, his mood calmed down a little, and after leaving the paparazzi encirclement, Hugo instead fluttered and 'revealed' a smile.

Looking at the group of unknown crows behind him, Hugo knew that at least this was the beginning, and his footsteps stopped at the 'door' of Ernst's house, hesitated, and still shouted, "Ernst, thank you!" After shouting, he waited for a while, but still did not get any response, but Hugo did not mind, and walked back to the third floor with no longer heavy steps.

Opening the room 'door', Hugo saw Alex sitting on the sofa reading the script, and recently Alex received a cameo role 'Se', which made him very excited and motivated. "Hey, Alex, do you know who Ernst lives on the second floor?"

"What do you mean?" Alex looked up at Hugo suspiciously, "He's Ernst." ”

"No, I mean, what did he do before, you know, he always needed money to live on his basic expenses, and the subsistence allowance didn't allow him to live here." As far as Hugo knew, Ernst lived on his own, unlike the three of them, who shared the rent.

Alex then understood, "Oh, I don't know, he was there when I moved in, and I didn't have any 'intersection' with him. Alex spread his hands and said he couldn't help, "What's wrong?" Why are you suddenly so curious about him? ”

"No, it's just that I talked to him just now, and I always feel ......" Hugo thought about it, and finally shook his head, "Forget it, it's nothing, I just think he's full of wisdom." ”

Alex couldn't help laughing, "I think you're the only one who dares to talk to him." Hugo agreed, remembering Ernst's terrible temper, and Alex added, "But to live so old and to go through so many things, there is always the gift of time, isn't it?" ”

"So, what did you just say to Ernst? When I went downstairs, I saw you sitting on the steps and chatting smoothly. Joseph's voice came from the direction of the restaurant.

As soon as Hugo turned his head, he saw Joseph and Carl sitting in the dining room, and Charlize who quickly disappeared into the kitchen, Hugo only saw a back of Charlize, "No, Ernst just told me what he thought of the reporters outside." Hugo walked to the table and was about to pour himself a cup of coffee, Karl took the initiative to bring the coffee pot from the dishwasher, Hugo nodded in thanks, "He said those reporters were crows......

Hugo said with a smile, but he saw Charlize's slightly cramped back in the kitchen, Hugo didn't think much about it, and thought that Charlize was tidying up the cabinets again, but when he retracted his gaze, he found that Joseph and Carl's eyes had been pulling Charlize, slightly nervous and flustered, which made Hugo subconsciously turn his head to look at the kitchen.

"Hey, Hugo, what did Ernst say? How could he have thought of ...... Uh, thought of chatting with you? Joseph quickly interrupted Hugo's movements, trying to get his attention.

Hugo did turn his head to look at Joseph as Joseph wished, but he noticed the tightness and haste in Joseph's words, which made Hugo pause slightly as he picked up the coffee cup, and looked at Joseph with a slight frown.

Although Hugo and Joseph are not the best friends who have known each other for many years, the two have been together for a year, from the beginning of Joseph's strict and cautious 'sex' belly, to now he knows Joseph's hard-mouthed and soft-hearted 'sex' personality no better, Hugo soon discovered that Joseph was wrong, "Joe, do you know that you just burped two times in a row? Joseph hiccups when he is overly nervous, but not noticeable, and he is able to hide it so well that only those who are really familiar with it will notice it.

Joseph's eyes were flustered and avoided Hugo's gaze.

Hugo turned his head to look at the kitchen in an instant, Charlize had already turned around, arranged his sleeves stiffly, and then pretended to be calm and 'revealed' a smile to Hugo. Hugo looked at Charlize like this, frowning slightly, and his amber 'colored' eyes fell motionlessly on Charlize's face.

Charlize tried to pretend to be calm, but she quickly failed, and she tilted her eyes upwards in a wolf manner, Hugo knew that this was Charlize's typical action when avoiding problems, and she didn't want to 'reveal' her inner feelings, so she avoided eye contact.

Hugo glanced at Charlize, Carl, and Joseph, "So, are you going to say it yourself, or I'm going to check it myself, I know that Charlize has hidden things in the cupboard." "Charlize is a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but she just put a bunch of things in the cupboard in a 'mess', which is obviously abnormal. At this time, Alex also walked over, and Hugo noticed that there was someone behind him, so he immediately turned his head to look over, "You also have a share?" ”

Alex smiled awkwardly, then walked to the table and shrugged helplessly at Joseph and the others, "I said Hugo would find out." Then Alex felt Hugo's gentle but impossible to ignore eyes, obviously Hugo's eyes did not have any strict or sharp feelings, but Alex couldn't look at him at all, "Hehe, I just didn't expect it to be so fast." Alex laughed dryly twice and said tastelessly.

Charlize chose to give up, and she let go of her tight shoulders, "Okay. He walked to the kitchen and opened the cupboard and pulled out a newspaper.

"Charlize!" Joseph said with a worried look on his face, and the word "desire" stopped.

Charlize held it in his hand, "Joe, Hugo is not a child, he always has to face this matter, and it is impossible for us to replace him." Charlize was also worried, but she still looked at Joseph persistently. Karl, who was sitting in the middle, sighed, "Joe, Charlize is right, Hugo is qualified to know about this. ”

Faced with such a result, Joseph looked at Hugo, his eyes full of helplessness and confusion, but finally nodded dejectedly.

"What?" Hugo was confused, he saw the newspaper in Charlize's hand, it was the "San Francisco Chronicle", "Is there any new news?" Hugo thought of the disturbances in the newspapers this week, and then thought of his own decadence just now, and he thought that it was probably his low 'fan' that worried his friends.

Hugo took the newspaper and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I've figured it out." Joe has exhausted all sorts of contacts this time, and the current situation is not too bad, is it? At least they didn't blame me one-sidedly, and I could see a lot of reports that spoke for me. Hugo tried to speak lightly, trying to liven up the atmosphere, but the four friends in front of him still looked embarrassed.

Carl looked left and right and said to Hugo, "In the sixth edition." ”

Hugo lowered his head and opened the newspaper, opened the sixth page, but did not see his own news, Hugo has been familiar with the bold characters of the group of names "Hugo Lancaster" recently, but he has not seen it. Hugo was about to open his mouth to ask, "What's going on", but his eyes fell on the news in the upper left corner, and then his expression froze on his cheeks, and his body movements were fixed at this moment.

The headline in front of you, "Uma Thurman Sidney 'Po' Lak? Hugo's gaze shifted downward, and a short news article was quickly read. The news writes that the selection of the 'female' protagonist in the deadlock of "Sugar-Coated Trap" has made breakthrough 'sexual' progress, and Uma is likely to join forces with Sidney to become the 'female' protagonist of this new film. At the end, the news also said that the most promising actor is Brad Pitt, and the negotiations have entered the contract stage, if it happens, then the combination of Brad and Uma handsome guys and beautiful 'women' is bound to add a lot of luster to this huge book.

From any point of view, this is an ordinary piece of news, and there is no comparison with the recent boiling suspicions of big names, so it does not occupy a large space, but it is this small section that has become the most important message in this issue of the "San Francisco Chronicle".

No wonder everyone is worried that Hugo will see this news, because this news is not just as simple as Uma becoming the 'female' protagonist of the "sugar-coated trap", but also connects all the clues.

It doesn't matter if it starts on New Year's Eve or when the invitation to the "sugar-coated trap" is interfered with. From the moment Anthony 'provoked' Hugo and triggered the beating, it was an interlocking trap.

The invitation of "The End of the World" made Joseph and Arnold stand in the corner for a 'hand' talk, even if Hugo didn't go over, there must be other ways to let Hugo pass, such as Uma, Hugo vaguely remembered that it was Uma who mentioned Joseph in the first place, which reminded Hugo that he should go to Joseph; then Arnold left, Anthony appeared, and Arnold scheduled the audition for ten o'clock in the morning the next day, because they knew that Anthony's press conference was scheduled for half past nine, even if it was "the end of the world" Hugo was not late for the audition, and Arnold must have had good reasons to reject Hugo; After that, it was the rumors of big-name suspicions that put Hugo in a bad situation.

If Hugo hadn't taken the initiative to destroy the plan, then it would have been a 'wave' of plagiarism, and Hugo would have been greeted by a bottomless abyss. And what concludes this whole scheme must be Uma's "betrayal", the failure of his career, and the alienation of his feelings, which will definitely put Hugo in a more terrible and worse situation than a year ago.

Tracy must have been triumphantly waiting for the spectacle of Hugo's collapse.