Turn back 120 hours from the moment at Los Angeles Airport. Hugo spent only one day at the Berlinale – less than 24 hours – before leaving the city in the sky to continue his busy tour.

Hugo had no results at the tea party after "Romeo and Juliet" that day. Hugo and Barry Meyer talked twice, but Barry, the old fox, obviously had other plans, and never revealed any information, and there was no clue for Hugo to explore.

Unexpectedly, I got some information from Shirley Lansing, Shirley's previous long preparation has been unhurried, because she is not pursuing works within this year, but next year's collaboration - obviously, because of the "Titanic", Paramount does not dare to act rashly now.

Even with the great success of "Independence Day", the fiasco of "Cut Throat Island" and "Future Water World" still made major companies cautious, not to mention that Jim Carrey released the dud of "ace correspondent" with a salary of 20 million. So, both Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox walk on ropes in the air, and no one can take it lightly.

Shirley revealed information in and out of her words that Paramount does not currently have any projects in hand, but as long as it is a project in which Hugo participates, they are willing to invest. Paramount was really cunning and made a condition that Hugo couldn't refuse. This step is ahead of other major Hollywood companies.

Anyway, Hugo left with a lot of information, and he told Joseph all of it, leaving Joseph to stay and Rick to deal with the situation, while he and Samora returned to the touring team.

The reason why the turbulent Berlinale is called the focus is obviously not only because Hugo, who is trying to find his own artistic path, but also seeks cooperation with American films, hoping to open up a new world on the road of seeking common ground while reserving differences: let the festival maintain its own art, and at the same time be able to arouse a wider range of discussions.

In the past two years, the Berlinale has tasted the sweetness of Hugo. Therefore, they also hope that more high-quality films from the United States will come to participate in the exhibition.

Michael Russell had just come to ask for directions, but he didn't want to, but he keenly smelled the anomaly. Next, the competition between the Golden Globe Awards and the Berlin Film Festival will gradually heat up. This is also a situation that no one expected - and all this originated from a "mere" actor, which is unimaginable.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, a character who has little to do with the film also arrives in Berlin, who had come to visit Hugo, but unfortunately did not seek the right opportunity at all, and ended up just saying hello, which was disappointing. However, he still did not give up hope and found Joseph before the festival ended.

This figure is Hardwell, the general manager of marketing operations at the Recording Academy. Krall) – Recording Academy, host of the Grammys.

Hardway and Joseph talked secretly for nearly two hours, and then reached an agreement with Henry Bloom over the phone: Glory to Death flew to Los Angeles to attend the 39th Grammy Awards!

The reasons are complex, but they are also simple.

The Grammys need to be honored to die at the awards ceremony, regardless of whether the band wins the award or not, but it is undeniable that 1996 was the year when the new metal rock really led the music trend, and the glory to the dead and the Oasis bands, although the style refinement is different, are both affiliated with the new metal rock, and the wave set off by these two bands has had an impact on the entire music industry. The Grammys can't turn a blind eye to this, so they need both Glory to Death and Oasis to be present at the awards ceremony to make the changes in the market truly recognized – which is also a reflection of the Grammys' authority.

With the entire market already turned upside down, it is impossible for the Grammys to turn a blind eye, otherwise it would be a blasphemy of their authority; The absence of either of the troika of Glory to Death, Oasis and Maria is also a harsh challenge to the authority of the Grammys; Showing one's professionalism, showing one's leadership in the market, and showing one's sensitivity to the trajectory of music is the authority of the Grammys.

So, they need to be honored to die at the awards ceremony - Maria and the Oasis have already confirmed it.

Conversely, glory to death requires a stage like the Grammys, and the lofty ideals of the revival of the rock faith must rely on a more powerful and authoritative medium. It's like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones left Britain and came to the United States to carry out propaganda, which eventually detonated the global rock wave; It's like when grunge came out, Pearl Sauce and Nirvana were disdainful of the Grammys and just concentrated on making music, but grunge never broke the shackles.

In the eyes of many, art has nothing to do with business, because the copper smell of money tends to make art lose itself. But in fact, in order for art to develop, it had to be supported by money and commercial publicity, and even in the ancient Roman Renaissance, those top artists had to be financially supported by the aristocracy, otherwise their artistic ambitions would eventually be imprisoned. It is an undeniable fact that art and commerce have always been mutually exclusive, mutually dependent and mutually exploitative.

It's like in the first year of the new metal rock, the Grammys were unclear and frivolous, so they refused to attend; But the following year, the Grammys gave the corresponding recognition to the new metal rock, and gave the recognition in an absolute commercial way with an absolute authoritative attitude, which made today's grand occasion possible.

Therefore, glory to death needs a platform like the Grammys in order to realize greater dreams.

This is a situation where everyone takes what they need and helps each other, and the Grammys will not give up glory to death, and similarly, there is no reason to reject Grammys in glory to death.

Henry was persuaded by Hardway. In fact, Henry's original plan was to have Glory to Death attend the Grammys, but the "Tempest" tour was too successful, especially the Maracana, far beyond imagination. So, in Henry's view, Hugo's dream could be realized through touring, and the effect was far better than that of the Grammys - at the same time, there was no copper smell, and it was completely sown by the strength of the scene that was glorious to death. In this way, Henry is not so active, and he may or may not be present with absolute glory to death.

But Hardway eventually made Henry change his mind: as the world's most influential music awards show, the Grammys have always been an authority, which is undeniable – the Beatles, Elvis Pressley, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra...... These great names are all stepping on the stage of the Grammys and stepping into the hall of classics.

So, this is the temporary return of Glory to Death today, killing everyone by surprise.

Interestingly, this year's Grammys did not choose a Saturday or Sunday, as is customary, but chose a Wednesday, which also indirectly created the conditions for the return of the glory to death after a hiatus from the tour. But why CBS chose such a midweek time for the broadcast, and whether it was related to glory to death, is a historical mystery that no one can answer.

Time turned back to the scene at the Los Angeles airport again, and all the reporters saw Hugo, as if a person who had been wandering in the desert for seven days and seven nights without a drop of water had finally seen an oasis, and swarmed up, even through the railing, still poking forward exaggeratedly, hoping to get closer to Hugo, closer.

Countless voices calling for "Hugo" sounded in his ears, but the questions behind him were not heard clearly at all, and Hugo only felt a ringing in his ears. After a few months on tour, Hugo had almost forgotten this feeling, which made him have to pause a little, raise his hands and press down again and again, and finally calm everyone down - fortunately, there were not many reporters on the scene today.

After receiving Hugo's signal, the reporters began to ask questions in an orderly manner, "Hugo, did you come back to Los Angeles this time to participate in the Grammys?" ”

"Yes!" Hugo gave the answer neatly, which made the reporters a little overwhelmed - today the scene was full of film reporters, and they didn't know that much about music.

"Then do you think that glory to death can win the award, so you rushed back to receive the award?" Although they don't know much about music, the way entertainment journalists ask questions doesn't need to be differentiated.

Hugo laughed at the question, "What do you expect my answer?" A rhetorical question made the reporters stunned.

Indeed, how should this question be answered? The affirmative answer is that it is too arrogant, and the Grammys have not yet kicked off, so why are they so sure; The negative answer is tantamount to a lack of self-confidence, and no one attending the Grammys will have the mood of "I don't want to win the award". So, this is an unanswerable question - this is also the original intention of the reporters, but Hugo retorted so bluntly, which made the reporters speechless.

"I thought maybe it would be the best fit for the band to be on tour, but when I got back to Los Angeles, I was a little uncomfortable." Hugo looked at the stunned reporters in front of him, and said with a chuckle, which immediately overwhelmed the reporters: Is Hugo accusing everyone of not welcoming his return?

Naturally, Hugo didn't intend reporters to answer, he chuckled and said, "The band came back to promote the third phase of the tour, and we are very concerned about the attendance, and we hope that our efforts will be reciprocated." After finishing speaking, Hugo waved his hand at everyone, and with a relaxed smile, he followed the steps of Fujin and the others and chased after them.

The reporters are completely in the dark line, "expressing concern about attendance...... "Now that the third phase of ticket pre-sales has not started, the audience has already turned upside down, and even the call for additional performances has begun." The joke wasn't funny at all.