Today, the sun was so dazzling that the rearview mirror was always reflective, and it took Joseph a while to reverse the car into the parking space, turn off the engine and pull out the key, open the door and walk out. Joseph couldn't help but squint his eyes as it was only May, and Los Angeles was already feeling the heat, so he opened the car door again, grabbed a pair of sunglasses, and then took a step.

There is an American breakfast shop in front of you, the bright sunlight makes the front and rear ventilation storefront full of summer atmosphere, the refreshing air of the ocean on the beach not far away makes this morning beautiful, and the outdoor open seats are full of guests, everyone is enjoying this rare leisure.

"Hey, Joe." A shout came from the right-hand side, and Joseph subconsciously looked over, and then saw the amiable smiling face of Thomas Rothman, the general manager of the film division of Twentieth Century Fox and one of the most powerful top figures in Hollywood at the moment. Standing next to Thomas, a veteran agent at the Innovative Artists Agency, he also raised his head generously and smiled at Joseph.

Thomas was leaving the breakfast shop at this time, with a cup of coffee in his hand, and Joseph nodded with a smile, "Ready to leave?" ”

Thomas raised the coffee in his hand and said with a smile from the innate Maitreya Buddha, "The short break for breakfast is over, and it's time to get busy at the company." ”

"We're 30 minutes behind in New York." Joseph, who was also infected by Thomas, replied with a chuckle. It's just that he's used to having a serious expression, so even if it's a joke, it's a little dull.

Thomas didn't care, shrugged his shoulders, "We're lucky more than many people, at least there's a job left." This made Joseph laugh out loud, "How are you, how are you doing?" Hugo has not been heard from since he returned to Los Angeles, and now it seems that you are on vacation? ”

The "Tempest" world tour has been over for more than half a month, and the final performance at Madison Square Square in New York is still talked about by people to this day.

The Madison Garden Plaza with the seats open could accommodate 110,000 spectators, and the concert was changed from two to four due to the persistent demand of fans. The scalper's ticket was even hyped to $10,000 a piece, and there are still people who are willing to spend a lot of money; But that didn't meet the fans' wishes, and the entire New England region was completely paralyzed that weekend, with fans flocking from all directions, with an average of more than 60,000 spectators on the perimeter every night.

Even so, at the end of the "Tempest" tour, there were still a large number of fans gathered at Madison Square Square and were reluctant to leave. On the second day, more than 36,000 fans gathered at the scene, urging Glory to Death to continue the tour, but the live country still had to announce that the huge tour had officially come to an end, which caused a wail.

The "Tempest" tour lasted for half a year, with 97 performances and 6.9 million spectators, surpassing Michael's "Dangerous Journey" three years earlier to become the largest show in the history of world tours. With a profit of more than 50 million, it has become the highest-grossing show in the history of the tour, and the revenue figure even exceeds the results achieved by the two albums "Storm" and "Bathing in the Morning Light" combined.

Among them, the sale of merchandise at the concert site made a whopping 8 million US dollars, and all of this part of the proceeds went to the "Sally Foundation", which was founded by Glory to Death, which is dedicated to treating seriously ill children and adolescents - not only terminally ill, but also many children who cannot afford high medical bills because of their poor families.

It can be said that the "Stormy" tour is over, but the impact of this tour is far from gone, and it still deeply affects every part of people's lives in the past two weeks. Glory to Death had barely finished the tour, and there were already people who couldn't wait to talk about their next show.

But for Hugo's fans, they are more concerned about where Hugo's next work is, it has been almost a year since the release of "Independence Day", and more importantly, since the completion of "Independence Day" in February last year, there has been no news about Hugo's new work - not even rumors.

Not only fans are in a hurry, but also major Hollywood studios. When Hugo returned from the tour, he disappeared completely, to be precise, after the tour ended in New York, no one caught the news of the Honor to Death members, including the paparazzi.

Rumor has it that Hugo flew on vacation to a small island in the Pacific; There are also rumors that Hugo hid in Asia to experience life; It is also rumored that Hugo is now traveling in the Amazon jungle...... The paparazzi walked around Hugo's Malibu villa and Los Angeles apartment almost every day, and even went to the residences of Leonardo, Cameron, Charlize, Alex and others for a long time to keep under surveillance, including Lanches, who were included in the surveillance range, but still did not see Hugo.

In fact, Hugo is now in Long Beach (Long. Beach) - Just twenty miles from Los Angeles and even closer than Malibu, a place that no one else expected. It's just that no one knows that Hugo is in Long Beach, and it is impossible to know.

At the end of last year, Hugo asked Samora to quietly go to Long Beach and buy a brand new villa. Located right next to the beach, the villa is nearly twice the size of the Malibu villa, almost 17,000 square feet, divided into a main villa, two vacation cottages and a pool room, each designed independently, with the basic equipment of three bedrooms and one living room with a games room, gymnasium, study, garden and a small football field.

It was more of a small estate than a villa, and after it was purchased, it was completely renovated at a cost of fifteen million dollars. Mainly because Long Beach is now well-developed, not only is it a developed tourist city, but also there are many wealthy people who choose to vacation here, so the cost is much more expensive than the fledgling Malibu. However, compared to the real estate bubble that has skyrocketed since the 21st century, the cost of this estate could not be cheaper.

Pedro, Neil, Forkine and Alfonso also bought a villa in other locations in Long Beach, large and small, with Pedro being the closest to Hugo, across the street; The farthest point, Alfonso, can be reached in twenty-five minutes by foot. Pedro even joked that he should buy a yacht so that he could go back to Malibu by sea without knowing it; Then buy a helicopter and leave Los Angeles without anyone knowing.

Because of the secrecy of this series of operations, no one knew that the members of the Glory to the Death were quietly vacationing in Long Beach.

Listening to Thomas's temptation, Joseph had already become accustomed to it, shrugged his shoulders with a chuckle, but replied without leaking, "Work, work, all the time." Hollywood never takes a vacation, does it? Thomas asked Hugo, but Joseph replied that he was not in the mouth of the horse.

Thomas didn't care either, just smiled and nodded, "Indeed, work all the time." Then good luck. With that, Thomas left with his companions.

Joseph frowned slightly, it was obvious that Thomas's last sentence just now meant something, but what did he mean exactly? But Joseph didn't pay too much attention to it, he knew that Hollywood has been turbulent recently, and almost the slightest wind and grass will cause a chain effect, but for Hugo, he always has the initiative, so he doesn't need to worry too much.

However, before his thoughts fell, when he walked into the breakfast shop, Joseph saw the unexpected candidate, and suddenly realized that Thomas was reminding himself just now.

Rick saw Joseph for the first time, and raised his hand to beckon - Joseph had asked Rick to have breakfast here this morning, but there was an uninvited guest, and he was sitting next to Rick at this time. Joseph and Rick exchanged glances, had a basic understanding of the situation, the corners of his mouth lightly outlined a smile, nodded in acknowledgment, and walked over unhurriedly.

Rick didn't make any special moves, but the stranger sitting next to him stood up with a smile on his face, took the initiative to stretch out his hands to Joseph, and greeted him, "I really didn't expect to meet you at the breakfast place." ”

This was obviously a look of opening his eyes and talking nonsense, but Joseph remained silent and shook the other party's hand with a smile, "Los Angeles is such a small place, isn't it?" I also met Thomas Rothman outside. ”

The name made the other party's eyes suddenly light up, obviously understanding Thomas's identity, "Of course, this is also the reason why many young people always want to come to Los Angeles, who knows if the person eating at the next table is Steven Spielberg." He shrugged his shoulders and added, "Or Hugo Lancaster." ”

Joseph laughed, but before he could answer, Rick stood up and relieved Joseph, "Joe, this is Curtis Hansen; Curtis, this is Joseph Gibbs. ”

"Of course I know, Mr. Hansen, Hugo mentioned to me the work 'Wild River,' and he liked it very much." Joseph is naturally familiar with Hollywood, and the answer is completely easy. "Wild River" was Curtis's last film, which attracted Meryl Streep and Kevin Bakken - both close friends of Hugo, so Joseph's statement is not true.

"It's my pleasure." Curtis also said politely, and then showed a hesitant expression, and said humbly, "I just came to say hello, and now it seems that I have disturbed you, so I will take my leave first." ”