From northern New Zealand to Los Angeles, this is a trip that can take up to twenty hours at best.
Li Mu has been holding back at this time, and now he has only leaked the entire plot of "The Last Samurai". The next step to escalate the situation is the real priority, but Li Mu is not anxious at all.
To kill the enemy, you have to use a dull knife to enjoy it!
From eight o'clock that night, Los Angeles time, until nine o'clock the next morning, the only hot spot on the entire American Internet was the major news that the plot of the movie "The Last Samurai" had been leaked.
At nine o'clock sharp, YY listed this news as the front page headline in the North American news pop-up window. YY is the largest and most powerful information delivery platform on the Internet today. YY's push officially pushed the influence of this leak to reached its peak.
YY’s pop-up window was not directed by Li Mu. After all, YY’s English portal has been launched a long time ago. Its positioning itself is to be the largest, best and fastest news portal, so putting such news on the front page is their professionalism. It’s something that people will definitely do if they are educated. Not just YY, basically all the morning newspapers and headlines today are related to this incident.
At this moment, Edward is still on a flight from New Zealand to Los Angeles.
Warner CEO Meyer stayed up all night. If other films had such problems, Meyer would never be so nervous, but this time it was different. For Warner, this film is more than just a commercial film. It's so simple. There are powerful Japanese chaebols behind it. If this movie is well made, has a high box office, and has great influence, then Warner will definitely have countless benefits in the future. But if this movie fails, even if Warner doesn't You will suffer deliberate retaliation, and at least you will lose an excellent opportunity to take off.
So in this context, Meyer couldn't help but be nervous.
Even after staying up until now, I don’t know how many cups of coffee I drank, but Meyer’s nervousness still hasn’t been relieved in any way.
Just before I called Edward last night, the Japanese employer had scolded me severely and asked me to resolve the matter as soon as possible and to do everything possible to minimize the impact of this matter. Then the other party hung up the phone rudely and never called again.
Just as Meyer was picking up a cup of coffee again, his secretary hurried into the office and said in a panic: "Mr. Meyer, something serious is going to happen!"
"What's wrong?" Meyer was startled, and the coffee almost spilled on his white shirt.
The secretary said breathlessly: "YY! YY has been pushed out! The leak of our script made headlines!"
"Snapped… "
Meyer's coffee fell from his hand and hit the table. The hot coffee splashed out and covered his body and face.
The burning pain made him scream out. The secretary hurriedly came forward and took out a tissue to wipe him. Mayer was in unbearable pain everywhere from the burns, but he didn't care about the supervisor at all, and just cursed angrily: "Damn YY ! Their reaction speed is too fast!"
While wiping, the secretary said: "Mr. Meyer, the Los Angeles Morning News has already put the front page on the front page at six o'clock. YY's efficiency is not very fast, because they always pop up the news at nine o'clock every morning..."
"But that's YY!" Meyer scolded angrily: "If it were the Los Angeles Morning News, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to it, but YY covers users all over the world! Isn't this just adding fuel to my fucking fire?!"
Seeing Meyer gritting his teeth in hatred, the secretary immediately did not dare to answer the question.
Meyer sent her away and took off his dirty shirt. He was almost worried to death. Damn it, Edward hadn't arrived yet. The matter was such a big deal. How should he explain it to the Japanese management? ! In other words, how can I satisfy the Japanese employers
Just when he didn't know what to do, the phone on the table rang.
When the phone was connected, the secretary's voice came: "Mr. Meyer, Mr. Horita's phone number is on line 2..."
"Mr. Horita..." Meyer's scalp exploded and he panicked for a moment.
But after a moment, Meyer still managed to say: "OK, come in."
Switching to line 2 and connecting the call, Meyer hurriedly said in a low voice before the other party could attack: "Mr. Horita, don't worry, I've asked the director to come back, and I will investigate this matter thoroughly. , and give you a satisfactory explanation!”
After saying this, Meyer waited for the angry roar of the other party. This Horita cursed people with a sharp and harsh voice, just like a vicious dog from hell. It made people want to die. Now the situation is escalating. Meyer It is expected that the other party will be even more angry at this moment.
But what Meyer never expected was that this time the other party was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed a few times and said in English with a strong Japanese accent: "Meyer, my friend, don't worry so much. I’m not going to pursue this matter anymore, so don’t worry!”
Now Meyer was dumbfounded.
No further investigation? Yesterday, he almost scolded himself to death over the phone, but he won't pursue it today? Could it be that I took the wrong medicine
Meyer couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Mr. Horita, are you really not going to pursue the case?"
"No more pursuing it." Horita laughed and said: "Meyer, things are starting to develop in a good direction now. The Chinese people have helped us a lot. Since even YY has put this matter on the front page, then This means that our movie is now well-known throughout North America. This is a good thing. Although it will lose a certain box office ratio, it has saved us a lot of publicity funds. So many people know this movie. , even if the box office conversion ratio decreases, with such a large base here, I believe that the box office will be higher than we expected in the future, and you know, my goal is not box office at all, but influence! Now we We’re already halfway there! What a huge surprise!”
Meyer didn't expect that Horita would attach so much importance to influence, but it seemed that as long as Horita was satisfied, that would be the best, and he would be completely relieved.
So, Meyer asked Horita: "Mr. Horita, shall we continue filming?"
"Of course! Keep shooting! I tell everyone to shoot well and don't have any psychological burden!"
Meyer asked again: "Then how do we respond to this incident?"
Horita smiled and said, "This is the most important reason why I called you."
With that said, Horita added: "As soon as Edward arrives in Los Angeles, you will immediately organize a press conference. At the press conference, you will openly admit that the plot revealed online is true, and then tell reporters that you will not be affected by this incident. I will definitely make this movie the best it can be, and I will let all the major media push it behind the scenes. By the time the press conference is over, our movie will probably be famous all over the world!"
Meyer was almost moved to tears.
Unexpectedly, Horita would no longer pursue his responsibility and fault in this matter because of YY's headlines. This gave him an instant feeling of rebirth, and the boulder in his heart disappeared without a trace in an instant. After hanging up Horita's phone, he immediately got up and prepared to go home and rest. He didn't close his eyes all day and night. Now he just wanted to have a good sleep.
After leaving the door, Meyer said to his secretary with excitement: "Susan, two things. One is to communicate with the public relations department immediately and prepare to hold a press conference. The press conference will be held at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Let the public relations department Invite all the media that can be invited; also, if Edward arrives, tell him not to worry too much, let him rest first and wait for my call, and I will interview him in the evening."
The secretary didn't know why Meyer was suddenly so happy, but he still nodded very seriously and said, "Okay, Mr. Meyer, I'll make arrangements right away."
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For the past dozen hours, Li Mu has been immersed in one thing.
He is developing a script non-stop, and he will fully develop this script in 24 hours.
At that time, he will transfer the hundreds of graphic speeches he has written into this script to prepare, and then let the script be ready to automatically hang up the American proxy server without any trace. At that time, as long as he clicks to run, The script will automatically send these prepared contents to the designated website one after another.
At the same time, Li Mu is also curious about what kind of crisis public relations Warner will do.
In his opinion, there are only two ways:
The first is to jump out and deny the authenticity of the script, and then temporarily change the script of "The Last Samurai", but this possibility is basically slim.
Because the filming of this movie has been started for more than two months, and for this kind of movie with few special effects and grand scenes, a lot of time, energy, and money have been spent on various preparations before the shooting started. The cost of 140 million US dollars The budget may have already gone out to 80, 90 or even hundreds of millions. Now if we change the script, everything will have to be started from scratch. How to play it
The second option is to acknowledge the authenticity of the script but continue filming without making any changes to the script. This is the most likely possibility in Li Mu's opinion.
Acknowledging the authenticity of the script, although it will lose some box office, can save them the trouble of changing the script and reshooting, and Li Mu has left them a lot of room to operate. Now the influence of the incident is increasing, as long as they seize this opportunity , to win the favor of the audience, even if the script is leaked, there is still a chance to be a blessing in disguise. After all, this matter has become an extremely hot topic. This is really a good opportunity for publicity and promotion.
In Li Mu's plan, the best outcome is for Warner to stand up and admit that the leaked plot is true, because as long as they admit that the plot is true, their subsequent series of nuclear attacks can be targeted.
Otherwise, if they do not admit that the script is true and want to attack them with ideological and nationalist arguments, it will be difficult to stand.
However, Li Mu firmly believes that Warner will definitely fall into the trap he has set. He has personally planned so many overall situations and has never made a mistake!
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