Chapter 1400： Wonderful Father

To be honest, the current Macaulay is not suitable for the pitiful and innocent expression.

If it were Macaulay when he was filming "Home Alone", his pitiful look would break the hearts of countless people; but now Macaulay looks like an addiction. A gentleman, paired with an unreasonable strange father next to him, is really hard to sympathize with.

But Hugo still patiently broke Macaulay's hands. Hugo could feel that Macaulay was trying his best to hug himself, but at this time Macaulay was too thin and didn't have much strength at all. , Hugo broke apart at once, and then Hugo saw Macaulay’s azure blue eyes full of tears, which really made Hugo dumbfounded.

"Good morning, Macaulay, I’m Hugo." Hugo squatted down, trying to keep his sight at the same level as Macaulay, but it’s actually very difficult because Macaulay’s height is not embarrassing. Macaulay was too high if he squatted down, Hugo was too high if he didn't squat down, Hugo could only squat down on his knees, introduced himself with a smile, and then asked gently, "I was Did you lose your job?"

Hugo is already very friendly, and he is very popular in front of children. Macaulay hesitated and nodded, "Yes, Dad told me that it is because of you that there is no script to find me..." Cowley paused here, glanced at Kit quietly, and then said in a crying voice, "The box office of'Little Ghost Moves' is so bad, it's all because of you..."

Macaulay is already fifteen years old this year. Seeing a fifteen-year-old teenager crying in front of him, Hugo was really overwhelmed. This age is no longer suitable for the eight-year-old set. But even so, Hugo still patiently listened to Macaulay's explanation.

It turned out that Kit blamed Hugo for the fiasco of the "little ghost". Back then, "Little Ghost Moves" and "Life and Death Hour" were released at the same time. Under the instigation of the "New York Post", Kit uttered a lot of rhetoric to Hugo. Everyone knows the final result. The box office of "Life and Death Speed" is like a smashing bamboo, while the "Little Ghost Moves" ushered in a painful loss.

What Hugo didn’t know was that Macaulay’s previous film "Master Weiweikuo" was also defeated by Hugo. At that time, "Pulp Fiction" and "Interview with the Vampire" were in a box office battle. Almost everyone Focusing on this duel, "Master Weiweikuo" did not even stir up a wave, as if a dust of dust fell on the calm lake-not even a ripple appeared.

So Kit has always blamed Hugo for all his faults, thinking that Hugo ended Macaulay's career as an actor. Today, when "Apocalypse" publicly auditioned for child actors, Kit brought Macaulay to the door to collect interest. What's more, Kit also knew clearly that "Apocalypse" could definitely be said to be the core topic of the topic, and it is bound to arouse. Everyone pays attention, this can also become the key to Macaulay's career restart.

After knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Hugo really realized what it means to be dumbfounded. He couldn't even get angry. It was just a burst of speechlessness and absurdity, which made people sigh that there is nothing strange in the world!

"Hehe, if you put it this way, I have a lot of debts." Hugo said mockingly, and all the staff around him laughed without holding back.

Recalling the box office miracle that Hugo has created in the past few years, if according to Kitt’s logic, all the failed box office works of the same period are to be settled by Hugo, then Hugo can almost be regarded as the enemy of the whole people.

Macaulay didn't seem to understand what Hugo meant, and he still looked at Hugo blankly. At the age of fifteen, I still don’t understand the situation in this society at all. I don’t understand communication or reason. This is actually a kind of sadness, the sadness of family education.

Hugo took a deep breath, and solemnly said to Macaulay, "Sorry, we can't give you a job, even the first round of auditions won't work, because you don't meet our requirements. I'm looking for a son. , Instead of... younger brother." Strictly speaking, Macaulay’s age is indeed very embarrassing, playing Hugo’s son in "The End of the World" is too old; playing Hugo’s younger brother is too young, starting Not to promote the role of the plot. Therefore, Macaulay is destined to miss the "end of the world".

"Hugo, Hugo..." Macaulay saw Hugo stand up slowly, and quickly grabbed Hugo's hands, begging, his eyes were filled with tears again, making people look at him. I really couldn't bear it, especially as his horrified eyes kept drifting behind him. Kit standing aside seemed to have not figured out the situation, and people couldn't help but think of how Kit treated Macaulay.

Hugo sighed lightly, he is not the savior, he can't help everyone. It is one thing to participate in charity activities and to help those children who are suffering from illness within the scope of one's ability; to give him a job because of sympathy for McCauley, which is another thing, a career failure like McCauley's There are countless actors struggling in Hollywood. Hugo himself is just an actor. He cannot help everyone, nor is he obligated to help everyone.

What's more, the more than 2,000 children who are really suitable for the role who came to the audition today are the protagonists of today's audition, not Macaulay in front of them. Hugo does not need to be responsible for the failure of Macaulay's career.

"Hugo," a low voice came from beside him. Hugo turned his head and saw that it was Cameron. I don't know when Cameron came over. At this moment Cameron's eyebrows were filled with a deep unbearable heart, and she gently pulled Hugo's arm, "Can't you help him?"

Although Hugo knew that Cameron was just soft-hearted and was not accusing him of being hard-hearted, Hugo still choked when he heard Cameron's words. "Cameron, Hugo has no responsibility for Macaulay. You have to know this." Joseph standing on the side couldn't stand it anymore and explained.

Cameron also realized the ambiguity of what he said at this time, and a touch of annoyance appeared in his eyes, and he cast an apologetic look at Hugo. Hugo smiled and shook his head, saying it was okay, but before Hugo could speak, he heard Kit’s rough voice, "Hugo, you know you need Mike’s help, you know Mike can Attracting countless family audiences into the cinema..."

In fact, the conversation between Hugo and Macaulay just now took more than ten seconds. At this time, Kit finally came back to his senses and said urgently, "If you and Mike star in this movie together, you can definitely conquer the big The screen, maybe the box office can break historical records! You know this, I know this, so why don't we work together?"

Kitt's words were really dumbfounding. He was obviously still considering Macaulay as the leading actor, but this time Joseph didn't plan to give Kithu a chance to mess with him anymore. He motioned to the staff to take Kit out. The four staff members immediately swarmed up, firmly controlled Kit, and then dragged him to the door, but it took two steps to realize that they didn’t ask the real person—Roland’s opinion. After turning his head to cast his sight, Roland waved his hand again and again, motioning to make Kit disappear, and they moved again.

Kitt didn’t want to give up at all, and shouted angrily, “Hugo, you know this is what you owe Mike, and it’s all caused by you. If it weren’t for you, Mike’s career would never end. You must give us one. To be fair, you must give this role to Mike..."

The staff dragged the unreasonable Kitt towards the door, but Macaulay stood still and did not want to leave. He looked back at his father and then at Hugo. After hesitating, he ran in Kitt’s direction. Past.

Seeing Macaulay's figure disappearing at the gate, Hugo was still a little bit sorrowful. Although this is a farce that makes people laugh and cry, but the sadness hidden behind the farce makes people laugh.

Joseph had already begun to appease the others at the scene. Only then did Roland react and hurriedly organized the audition to restart. Even Cameron turned back and walked towards the seat, but Hugo stood there. Although Hugo returned that he had done nothing wrong, he made the right choice; although Hugo knew that his ideas were correct, he did not owe Macaulay... But Hugo still inevitably felt a little regretful, saying Not out of the taste.

After a long sigh, Hugo turned and walked towards the seat. Sergio took the stage to apologize to everyone on behalf of the crew and won everyone's applause. After a simple adjustment, the audition began again, but Hugo did not have the leisure time just now, and it is inevitable that he became a little emotional.

Cameron noticed that Hugo's air pressure was falling She was also a little quieter. The unexpected topic about the child just now, both of them didn’t think about it again, so they took it directly. After waiting for a long time, Cameron remembered it again and tried to explain, but found that the time had passed, so she thought about it for herself. , Maybe deep in her heart, that topic was not a joke... then she didn't take the initiative to bring it up again.

In the beginning, Hugo only planned to stay here for about half an hour; later, because he noticed that many children are familiar faces, the interest came up, Hugo felt that it would be okay to stay longer; but now there is no such thing. In my mood, Hugo and Cameron left first after staying for about forty-five minutes.

Before leaving the Los Angeles Grand Theater, Hugo also accepted a brief interview with reporters, the main topic is still around 20 million film pay. For this situation, Hugo has been prepared for a long time, humbly said, "Although it is the film company that pays me the film, but it is the movie audience that gives me this honor. Thank you for your willingness to go into the cinema to watch my work. So, continue. I can’t relax. I still need to produce excellent works to repay the support of the audience. Otherwise, they will give me this remuneration and they can cancel it at any time, right? I hope I won’t let the audience down.”

Hugo's regular but humorous answer allowed the reporters to let him leave the scene contentedly.