The reporters stood under the stage, looking at Hugo on the stage, curious about how Hugo would deal with the situation next. Today is more special, the crew of "Los Angeles Confidential" needs to rely on the power of reporters to carry out preliminary publicity, and Hugo, as a producer, cannot ignore the reporters, nor can he confront the reporters head-on, in other words, it is the uncrowned kings who have the initiative today. So, with almost half an hour to go before the official start of the press conference, how will Hugo respond to the restlessness of the reporters on the spot?

I saw Hugo walk to the side stage and think for a while, then left the stage and stood next to it to discuss in a low voice with Curtis, David and others. In an instant, the reporters began to heckle again - how could the uncrowned kings be willing to give up after suffering too many losses at the hands of Hugo, and finally seized an opportunity to play a prank?

There were even reporters with inflatable sticks and started hitting them, making the scene sound like Staples Arena during the Lakers' home game. This also made the onlookers outside the street start screaming and shouting, almost halfway. The city is in a carnival rhythm.

But after a while, Hugo walked back on the stage, but this time he didn't go to appease the reporters on the scene, but beckoned Kevin Spacey, Charlize Theron and others to come to the stage, and now it was the turn of the reporters to be confused: Could it be that the press conference should start early? It shouldn't be, because there are still quite a few invited media who haven't arrived at the scene - after all, it's still early before the actual opening time.

Hugo bowed his head and exchanged a few words with Kevin and Charlize, and then saw a group of people walking on the stage one after another. In the blink of an eye, the reporters under the stage appeared in different postures, some were still making noise, some were discussing the situation with each other, and some simply picked up their cameras to take side shots, which controlled the situation of the scene to a certain extent.

With more and more people walking on the stage, the chaos has become a stage, even more lively than the audience. At the same time, there are also staff members who began to move benches and backrest chairs onto the stage and get busy on the stage.

Gradually, the reporters understood that this was a posture for taking a group photo, as if it were ...... It's like a college graduation photo.

In Hollywood, of course, the crew will still take group photos, but more often they choose to take commemorative group photos with all the staff and the background, props, etc. on the set when the crew is finished; At the start-up ceremony, it is very rare, because the start-up ceremony is more of a propaganda function, and those who can attend the start-up press conference are the protagonists of the crew, as well as big-name actors, directors, screenwriters, etc., as for group photos, no one cares at all - just take a photo of the protagonist is enough.

"Russell, come here, come here." Hugo raised his voice and shouted to Russell who was standing in the corner, Russell couldn't help but hesitate, looking at Hugo, Kevin, Charlize and others, at a loss, and then Hugo saw Hiss next to him, the corners of his mouth smiled up, and looked back at the formation that had been roughly lined up, "Heath, you come here too, hurry, hurry." ”

Russell and Heath came running quickly, and Hugo gave a brief introduction to Kevin and Charlize, but apparently they had already met cursoryly, "Russell, you are one of the main characters, and you need to stand in the middle." Heath, just stand in the middle of the second row, next to James Cromwell and David Straitharn, and distract yourself a little. "James Cromwell plays the final villain in the movie.

Heath looked at the senior seniors who had already stood in line, and couldn't help but be stunned, the second row is almost all the backbone of Hollywood, maybe they rarely play the leading role in the movie, but all of them are golden supporting roles, and they often appear far more often in the movie than the main character.

When James Cromwell heard Hugo's words, he showed a gentle smile and beckoned to Heath, "Young man, come here." As he spoke, he also motioned for David next to him to move and get out of the way. Heath hesitated, then ran over in small steps, looking very happy.

Russell stood alone, but he was a little restrained, looking left and right, and he didn't know where he should be standing. Hugo walked to the chair in the first row and pointed to the middle position, "Charlize, you sit down, it's up to you to win the page today." The sentence made everyone laugh, "Russell, you sit to the right of Charlize, and Kevin goes over to a seat." As he spoke, Hugo himself sat down on Charlize's left, and then asked Curtis to sit down on his left.

Russell looked at the seating arrangement, looked back at Kevin very uneasily, and seemed to think that Kevin should sit on Charlize's right hand, but Kevin didn't care, and sat down directly in the chair where Charlize was one seat apart, and on his right hand was Brian Hellgland, "Russell, come and sit down." Kevin also took the initiative to greet him.

At this time, Hugo stood up again with the microphone, "I don't know if you know the basic situation of our crew, but as you can see, this is a huge crew, and there are more than 90 core staff members in the entire crew. ”

Hugo's words made the busy staff whistle one after another, and the reporters couldn't help but chuckle, "Now, the whole crew is here, I hope you can leave a memorial for us, which is Cuckoo's." Nest) is ready for a group photo. ”

This simple sentence caused everyone to burst into laughter, and even a reporter whistled, and the atmosphere immediately became lively, "Cuckoo's Nest" is actually an allusion to the classic movie "Fly Over the Asylum (literally translated as Fly Over the Cuckoo's Nest)".

Hugo sat down again, straightened his back, and the reporters began to press the shutter in an instant to record this special moment. This is not only an ingenious kick-off ceremony, but also a special promotional ceremony - it only takes a group photo of the "L.A. Confidential" crew to be a topic of conversation, whether it's the academic joke of the photo itself, the humorous point of view of "Cuckoo's Nest", or the discussion sparked by the characters in the photo.

On this group photo, people can clearly see the strong cast, Hugo Lancaster, Kevin Spacey, Charlize Theron's strong combination, plus Russell Crowe, who is favored by insiders, the starring lineup is indeed huge, easily surpassing works such as "Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Line of Theft", and has become a model of a star-studded and powerful cast in recent years; The others are James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, David Straitzer, Ron Refkin (Ron). Rifkin) and other strong blue-collar actors, the movie has not yet started, and people are full of expectations for the performance of the movie.

Among them, the acting duel between Hugo and Kevin is obviously high-profile, last year Kevin relied on the wonderful performance in "The Very Suspect" to defeat Hugo's appalling stunning performance in "The Seven Deadly Sins", and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and later the crew also broke the news that Hugo won the role of Anonymous in "The Seven Deadly Sins" at the last moment to defeat Kevin, which also makes the acting collision between the two full of countless highlights.

Hugo and Charlize's second collaboration is also full of expectations, "before sunrise" let people see Hugo's screenwriting talent, but also let people know Charlize's beauty and acting skills, and this work made Charlize nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress for the first time, and it is a good story. What kind of sparks will collide between the two people in this cooperation, and what kind of storybook will the handsome man and beautiful woman partner deduce, reporters have begun to gear up.

After the group photo shoot was over, the staff moved the chairs off the stage and began to set up the long tables for the press conference, and when everything was ready, there were less than five minutes left before the official start of the press conference. At this time, the reporters suddenly realized that Hugo used a small means to divert the attention of the reporters; At the same time, it is also a small gimmick that adds some topics to today's boot ceremony. Sure enough.

But there was no time for journalists to frustrate, as the press conference was soon officially opened.

Almost all topics are directed at Hugo, Kevin, and Charlize, which is completely expected, especially "L.A. Confidential" as a new work taken by Hugo after "Independence Day", which carries a lot of hope, in this regard, Hugo can only say, "Every work is a new beginning, I hope that the work can be like the original "Seven Deadly Sins", bear huge expectations and doubts, and finally use the work to prove itself." Of course, this is just my wish, at least I should redouble my efforts from today, otherwise the work will be ruined, and I can't blame the audience, can I? ”

In the face of Hugo's ridicule, the reporters chuckled, and then Hugo continued, "We have a group of very good actors in our work, and I am already looking forward to the next work, but before I look forward to it, I will worry about myself, because I haven't performed for more than 18 months, so I think the most worrying thing at the moment is myself." This made everyone laugh, even the people sitting on the stage laughed, "I'm telling the truth, in addition to Kevin and Charlize, Russell is also one of the main characters, and he will take on the responsibility of the main role in the movie." Russell is also a very good actor, if you are interested, you can go to the screen actors guild to look into his information. ”

Hugo quietly shifted the topic to Russell while talking and laughing. As a result, Russell, who was drinking water, didn't expect it at all, and he choked on himself and began to cough violently, making everyone around him laugh.