Edward flew all the way in fear, perfectly interpreting an old Chinese saying from another angle: being close to home makes you more timid.
I have to be timid!
He was really afraid that because of this major mistake, he would screw up the movie and even screw up his career.
To be fair, Edward felt that 10 million percent of the leak of the script came from insiders. Regardless of whether it could be found out in the end, it was all caused by his poor management.
With an investment of 140 million US dollars in his hands, and all the investment plans leaked out for fun, who would dare to invest money in making movies for himself in the future
If Warner blocks him in anger, I'm afraid no one in Hollywood will help him...
When the plane landed in Los Angeles, Edward really wanted to lie down on his desk and chair and cry. Anxiety, pain, panic, anxiety... All kinds of negative emotions were lingering in Edward's heart, making him feel like he was being crushed by a huge stone. It's hard to hold my chest and even breathe.
After getting off the plane, he hurriedly took a taxi to the company. In the taxi, he saw today's newspaper. Except for the huge headline that read "The Last Samurai Script Leaked", there was only a huge photo on the front page. This photo was synthesized by the media itself. It includes Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe and other actors, and it looks menacing.
This discovery made Edward even more devastated, fearing that Meyer would fight him desperately.
When he arrived at the company, Edward received comforting looks from all his colleagues. A public relations manager who knew him well told him: "Edward, the boss is going to hold a press conference tomorrow. You must cheer up!"
Edward was going crazy.
Press conference, are you going to take the blame so soon
He was extremely worried and walked all the way to the door of Meyer's office.
The secretary outside saw him and said with a smile: "Edward, you are finally back!"
Edward couldn't help but feel annoyed. Damn it, I've made a big mistake. Why are you laughing so hard? Gloating, right
The upset Edward asked him angrily: "Is the boss here? I want to see him."
The secretary smiled and said: "Mr. Meyer is not here, but he asked me to tell you when he left in the morning, so that you don't have to worry and have a good rest first. He will interview you in the evening."
Edward was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What did you say? Mr. Meyer told me not to worry?"
"Yes." The secretary explained: "Mr. Meyer was very happy when he left. It seems that this incident did not cause him much trouble, so he deliberately asked me to tell you those words."
Edward, who was confused, did not dare to let down his guard immediately, but returned to his home in Los Angeles anxiously, waiting for Meyer's call.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Meyer called. After asking Edward with concern whether he had arrived in Los Angeles, he immediately invited him to his home to discuss tomorrow's press conference.
Edward hurried over. The moment he saw Meyer, he was as nervous as a three-year-old child.
Unexpectedly, Meyer enthusiastically invited him to sit down on the sofa in the living room, and even took the initiative to hand him a cigar. He said with a smile: "Edward, you are a blessing in disguise this time! Now the script is leaked It became a hot spot among hot spots, even YY reported on it, and the exposure of the film suddenly reached its peak, and RB management is very satisfied with it!"
Edward asked in disbelief: "Mr. Meyer, why are RB management satisfied with this?"
Meyer laughed: "What they care about is exposure and influence. Box office is not that important. The movie hasn't been finished yet, but it's already so famous. Of course they are very satisfied."
Saying that, Meyer patted Edward on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You must be worried all the way back, right?"
Edward breathed a sigh of relief. The boulder in his heart seemed to be removed instantly. Tears of excitement almost flowed out, but he still said with lingering fear: "Mr. Meyer, only God knows how painful this journey back has been for me! God bless me, Otherwise, I don’t know how to face you and the employer..."
Meyer laughed and said with relief: "You are really lucky. If things continue to develop this way, this movie will probably become the hottest topic of the year. When the movie is released in the future, it will definitely cause a huge sensation! "
Edward nodded repeatedly and promised: "Mr. Meyer, please rest assured that I will do my best to make this movie!"
Meyer nodded and smiled: "I believe in your strength!"
After saying that, Meyer added: "Let's take care of tomorrow's press conference first. After the press conference is done well, you can set off and go back to continue filming."
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The press conference held by Warner attracted almost the entire mainstream media in the United States.
YY's push yesterday made this script leak a super hot topic that attracted the attention of the entire North America. Naturally, these media will not miss the opportunity to follow up on this super hot topic.
In fact, as long as you pay a little attention to the news industry, you will find that this industry is very similar to people making money. The poorer a person is, the slower they make money. There are no opportunities, and even if there are, it is difficult to seize them; The richer you are, the faster you make money, and some opportunities will even come to you on their own. This leads to the fact that the poorer you are, the poorer you are, and the richer you are, the richer you are.
The news industry is exactly the same. Some news is too exhausted to be popularized, and all media turn a deaf ear to it; but some news is instantaneous and becomes more and more popular, with countless people voluntarily coming in to add fuel to the fire.
The news about the leaked script of "The Last Samurai" is like the latter. Because of the big star Tom Cruise, it became very popular in a very short period of time, and countless media came in to assist.
At the press conference, Meyer and Edward were so excited that they wanted to laugh out loud in the face of countless media criticism. However, they still suppressed their excitement and admitted the leaked content in front of the media with angry faces. authenticity, and at the same time strongly condemned the shameless behavior of the leaker.
As CEO, Meyer seemed furious in front of the media and said: "The leak of the script of "The Last Samurai" is the most disgusting and dirty incident that has happened in Hollywood in recent years, although we still don't know who leaked it. We have obtained an absolutely confidential script, but what is certain is that the other party did this just to interfere with the filming of this movie. He must have wanted to disrupt us, must have wanted us to temporarily modify the script or stop filming indefinitely.”
Having said this, Meyer said impassionedly: "However, I would like to make a solemn promise to all media and audiences at this press conference today: Although the script of the movie "The Last Samurai" has been leaked, please believe it." , Warner will definitely put aside all interference, continue to support the work of Edward and the entire crew, and will definitely complete the film as planned!"
After saying this, Meyer paused, stretched out his right index finger to gesture upward, and shouted: "At the same time, I want to tell that shameless leaker: Do you think you can make Warner surrender? Dream! I tell you! Warner We will never make temporary changes to the script, we will never stop filming, and we will never bow to scum like you! At the same time, Warner will definitely pursue this leaked case to the end, dig you out, and make you pay the price!"
Meyer's performance at the press conference, in the eyes of Americans, is really "have-balls". In layman's terms, he just has the balls. This attitude has also won him a lot of favor.
Afterwards, it was director Edward's performance time.
In front of media reporters, Edward first condemned the leaker's behavior. After an angry condemnation, he said excitedly: "No matter how others shoot cold arrows in the back, I will never give up on this great film. I represent " The crew of "The Last Samurai" solemnly promises to audiences around the world that our entire crew will put aside this unexpected interference and wholeheartedly make this great movie and give all audiences a satisfactory answer!"
Having said this, Edward paused and said very forcefully: "At the end of this year, "The Last Samurai" will be with you!"
The press conference was held very successfully, and Meyer also instructed Warner's public relations to privately give all reporters present a sincere "travel fee" in exchange for media reports that follow his core needs, so After the press conference, almost all the media reporters present immediately began to write articles. Every reporter couldn't help but lament that Warner's crisis public relations is really powerful. This leak incident was originally thought to have a great impact on Warner. , Unexpectedly, Warner became the biggest beneficiary.
While the media reporters were busy writing articles, Li Mu learned about the entire press conference through the YY English portal. After confirming that Warner and Edward admitted to the authenticity of the leaked script, his real counterattack began in earnest!
The script that had been written began to run, and a large amount of content edited by Li Mu in advance began to be published on some websites with huge traffic in the United States.
In a gathering place for Tom Cruise fans, someone posted a post titled "Look, this is the extreme samurai spirit that Tom Cruise highly recommends." The title of this post is a tribute to Tom Cruise. His fans are very attractive. Many people know that Tom Cruise is obsessed with RB culture, and this post seems to be to give everyone a good introduction to RB’s Bushido spirit
And when these fans clicked in with a learning mentality, the first black and white photo left countless fans stunned!
This is a real historical picture. In the picture, the corpse of an American officer is clearly visible. The most important thing is that his internal organs were hollowed out and his leg muscles were cut away, leaving only bones...
The first sentence under the picture is: In September 1944, a U.S. bomber pilot was captured by the Japanese army on the Chichijima Islands. Except for George Bush, who later became the president, who narrowly escaped, the other eight pilots were brutally killed by those who believed in the extreme bushido spirit. The Japanese soldiers beheaded their heads and the bodies were cooked and eaten by the Japanese soldiers...
Then there was a black-and-white photo of a U.S. warship on fire and capsized, and a black-and-white photo of a U.S. Navy soldier covered in fire jumping from the ship into the sea.
There is a text description below: In 1944, in order to resist the attack of the U.S. Navy, the exhausted Japanese army used the spirit of extreme bushido to inspire pilots to fly planes into U.S. warships. This is the kamikaze team that advocates of RB's extreme bushido spirit are still proud of. !
Then, there was another photo of countless American prisoners of war being driven by RB men armed with samurai swords and rifles. The American prisoners of war in the photo were all emaciated and very similar to the Jewish refugees in the concentration camps;
The accompanying text description is: In 1942, the American and Filipino defenders on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines fought fiercely with the Japanese army for four months. In the end, due to lack of supplies and support, nearly 80,000 soldiers surrendered to RB. These 80,000 soldiers were forcibly escorted to There was a prisoner-of-war camp 160 kilometers away. On this 160-kilometer road, the Japanese soldiers who believed in the extreme Bushido spirit stabbed and shot prisoners of war crazily. Fifteen thousand prisoners of war died during the 160-kilometer journey!
Next, there is a photo reported by RB's "Tokyo Nichi Shimbun" during World War II. It shows two RB officers holding samurai swords. In addition, there is also a photo of a Japanese soldier wielding a samurai sword and beheading an ordinary citizen. Black and white photo of the skull;
The following text description is: In 1937, two Japanese invaders who believed in the spirit of extreme samurai engaged in an inhumane "competition" in China. They called it the "Hundred Killing". It means that whoever kills a hundred innocent Chinese people with a samurai sword first will be the winner of this "competition", and the first photo was an account of this demonic competition by RB's "Tokyo Daily News" at the time Official report!
Later, there were many old photos from the war period, including photos of the Japanese army beheading American prisoners of war, photos of the Japanese army cutting off the heads of ordinary people and holding them in their hands to show off their power, photos of the Japanese army stabbing prisoners of war with bayonets, and photos of the Japanese army killing civilians and prisoners of war. Photos of buried alive…
After a large number of bloody photos, the author of the post asked: "After seeing these photos, please tell me, what is the difference between the spirit of extreme bushido and dehumanizing sectarianism? What are the intentions of those who praise the spirit of extreme bushido?" I don’t understand, when ** has been despised by people all over the world, why are there still people with no conscience praising another so-called spirit that is on par with **?”
Later, the author pointed the finger directly at Tom Cruise, the leading actor of "The Last Samurai":
"Tom Cruise, you have been publicly stating on various occasions that you like RB culture and the spirit of samurai. You have even taken over the filming of a movie about samurai. You even kept telling the media that for this You have been preparing this movie for two whole years. If the script of the movie hadn't been leaked, we wouldn't have even known that it was actually a brainwashing film that glorified the spirit of extreme samurai!
I want to ask you, as an American, do you really have no understanding of the history of decades ago
Don't you know how many innocent Americans and innocent people from other countries have been brutally slaughtered by this kind of 'spiritual'? !
Don't you know how much death and suffering this 'spirit' has brought to people all over the world? !
And you, in order to make money, shamelessly wear armor that highlights Bushido, pick up the long sword of Bushido, and clear the ground and stand for this extreme Bushido spirit! Even being extremely devoted to participate in this kind of film that spares no effort to glorify the spirit of extreme bushido is really disappointing!
I want to ask you, when you see these photos, when you learn about these deeds, when you see those helpless and frightened eyes, won’t the beating heart in your chest feel... Ashamed? "
(End of chapter)