Chapter 1602: Popularity Frenzy
72_72291"Horn Horn Horn ......" Dawes Carter kept honking the horn of the car, but the long car formation in front of him didn't mean to move at all, which made him anxious. Less than ten minutes earlier, Dawes had received an update from his informant that Hugo had appeared in the block ahead, much to Dawston's excitement.
Since avenging Michael Jackson, Dawes's status in the paparazzi industry has risen dramatically, and in the past year, he has grown into the owner of a small gossip collection company with five gossip reporters who specialize in collecting gossip from Hollywood circles and then selling it off with Dawes's vast connections.
The only two minors in the paparazzi industry, Brian Heveson and Austin Wicchedeck, also became employees of Dawes due to their original affiliation with Burbank. Dawes knew that Hugo took good care of these two little guys, so he handed over Hugo's line to them, and he went to work on the lines of other artists.
However, the recent "Independence Day" frenzy has made the whole of Hollywood inextricably linked to Hugo, and Dawes has been seeking Hugo's gossip - of course, with his friendship with Hugo, if he receives negative news, he will inform Rick Rosen first, so that Endeavor elite agency can prepare in advance. Similarly, Endeavour elite brokerage will often leak clues to him, which is a win-win.
But Hugo's whereabouts have been a mystery for some time now, and it is not easy to interview Hugo. It just so happened that he was less than two miles away from the source of the news, so Dawes rushed over as soon as possible,
However, just two miles away, Dawes was stuck at the second junction for ten minutes.
Sticking his head out of the car window and looking at the long queue in front of him, he didn't mean to move at all, and he couldn't even see where the end of the traffic jam was. Dawes hesitated, grabbed his camera equipment, then got out of the car and ran all the way forward, and when he crossed the street, Dawes's pace involuntarily slowed down at the intersection of traffic lights: because the scene before him was so spectacular.
The surging crowd could not count how many people there were, and the endless crowd stretched out in sight, blocking the entire street, and the entire street from the pedestrian path on both sides to the roadway in the middle was completely blocked by the crowd, and there was no space at all, so the cars were forced to stay in place, unable to move.
Dawes even saw a traffic policeman's car stopped fifty yards across the street, which made the traffic policeman have to get out of the car and trot over to clear the road, which was really joyful.
Ten minutes, only ten minutes have passed since Dawes received the news, and the entire street has been blocked, which is really terrifying. If Dawes wasn't sure if Hugo was really here, there is no doubt about it now. Except for Hugo, no one in the United States is capable of creating such chaos these days, not even Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks.
The sea of people in front of you is like a vast ocean, surging in the wind, the vigorous waves are mixed with the wind and rain roaring in the sight, and the heat wave in the face makes people suspect that it is still the height of summer and July, it is hard to imagine that this is just an ordinary residential street, not a concert or premiere scene.
Dawes wanted to interview Hugo, but he couldn't do anything, if the sea of people that had been entangled in front of him was not evacuated, let alone interviewed, it was estimated that there would be an accident next. Looking at the faces that had become distorted by being too excited, the shock in Dawes's heart surged again.
So, Dawes began to help the traffic police, assisting them in their work, and evacuating the crowd on the periphery. Dawes stopped an ordinary person who ran forward frantically, and said sternly, "Calm down! Calm down! Hugo is not here, Hugo is not here at all! โ
The visitor was stunned and looked at Dawes in surprise, "What did you say?" โ
Dawes said with great certainty, "You see that these people have lost their minds, and Hugo is not here at all." Think about it, how could Hugo be here, and this is not Beverly Hills. Even if you go up and join in the fun, you won't see anything. Dawes knew that this was the only way to gradually disperse the crowd. What's more, looking at the sea of people in front of you, even if Hugo is here, you can't see it at all, not even a single hair.
The visitor looked at Dawes again suspiciously, but Dawes nodded vigorously without any emotion, "Trust me, you don't want to waste time." โ
Only then did the person believe it, and said scoldingly, "Damn, you actually lied to me, see if I catch him next time, don't teach him a good lesson." Then he turned and left.
Dawes didn't stop either, and immediately began to persuade the other people around him. Seeing Dawes's movements, the traffic police also joined the ranks of maintaining order, and a small number of people who recovered their sanity also realized that the scene was so chaotic that there was a danger of a stampede at any time, so they also joined the ranks to help.
Even though more than 30 people assisted in evacuating the crowd, it still took nearly half an hour to restore traffic at the scene, and more than 50 people gathered on the side of the road, completely congesting the 7-Eleven convenience store next to it.
At this time, Dawes saw Hugo in the crowd.
Hugo's hair was slightly messy, his handsome face was flushed at this time, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows clearly wrote his irritability and helplessness, which looked wolf-bรจi. It's been a long time since the media has seen Hugo look so wolf, but they didn't expect that Hugo would be in an embarrassment because of his avid fans.
Before Dawes could step forward, he saw a reporter on the other side of the street rushing directly, pushing aside the frenetic crowd on the periphery and starting to squeeze inside. Dawes only then reacted, although he received the news as soon as possible just now, and rushed over as quickly as possible, but in Hollywood, a gathering place for a group of jackals, tigers and leopards, if you don't pay attention to it, not only will the advantage of exclusive interviews disappear, but it is even very likely that even the qualifications for group interviews will be lost.
Dawes hurriedly packed up his feelings and ran up quickly, he had seen at least nine or more colleagues in his sight, and he knew that it must be more than that, it took so much time to evacuate the crowd just now, and now almost half of Los Angeles should know that Hugo is here.
At this time, although the surrounding crowd has been evacuated, the more than fifty people in front of them are still completely entangled, and they are not willing to leave at all, Dawes and other colleagues are trying to get in, and the crowd is moving towards the side little by little, although it is still in the range of the entrance of the 7-Eleven convenience store, but it is moving slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Dawes used his years of experience in paparazzi, and he was stunned to get into it from below, and then stood up suddenly, relying on his strong body, occupying an empty seat, and the people around him suddenly began to loosen their center of gravity. Dawes took this opportunity and began to squeeze in, and the speed was not at all satisfied - the crowd that had been tightly packed together began to relax at this time.
As Dawes expected, there must have been more than a few reporters at this time, and there were at least thirty reporters who rushed over at this time, and at the same time, all the news media in the whole city mobilized and quickly moved towards this place, like moths to a fire, and countless moths rushed towards this flaming bonfire, regardless of a single thing.
When you think about it, this is not unusual. In just ten or twenty minutes, Hugo was completely surrounded by the crowd and couldn't move, and when he went out, he was stuck five steps away from the gate of the convenience store, and he was still stuck in place. This bunch of marshmallows has clearly gone beyond control.
The fanaticism of the general public is the focus of the news media that cannot be missed, not to mention, it is now the second week of September, and the box office of "Independence Day" is striding towards 500 million, and no media can get an exclusive interview with Hugo, which has already annoyed the media; In addition, there have been several news points that have been attached to Hugo recently, but reporters have been interviewing Hugo without a way. Now, it is not easy to capture Hugo's whereabouts, how can the reporters let it go.
The scene that had just been slightly controlled became complicated again because of the reporters' succession, and the crowd surrounding Hugo began to swell again, which made the traffic police, who were busy maintaining traffic order, suddenly nervous, and rushed towards here one after another, trying to control the scene as soon as possible.
Although Dawes didn't look back, he could clearly feel the crowding and heat wave coming from behind him, which made him have to speed up his movements, and finally squeezed to the innermost, there were two people between him and Hugo, and he hurriedly shouted, "Hugo, are you confident that the box office of 'Independence Day' will exceed 500 million?" Why are you reluctant to accept the invitation of the major media for an exclusive interview? What's next for you? โ
Dawes vented all the problems in one go, lest he miss the opportunity and it would be difficult to catch Hugo again. But Dawes was disappointed, because Hugo didn't look back at all, just looked intently at the route on the right, and then kept moving slowly, the stiffness of his face line could be seen that he was clenching his teeth at this time, and the sweat on his forehead was clearly feeling his boiling at the moment.
Obviously, the situation in front of him has already made Hugo anxious, he simply does not have time to be interviewed, and he does not bother to be interviewed by reporters, so he has no intention of responding at all.
Dawes couldn't help but start to get irritable, these irrational fans really have the ability to drive anyone crazy, he has only been in for less than five minutes, and he feels like his whole person is going to explode. However, before Dawes could come up with a solution, he found Hugo stop and began to retreat.
Back off? Why retreat?.