The sky is indeed falling!
Meyer never dreamed that things that he thought he had handled perfectly would undergo an unbelievable reversal in half an afternoon!
At the press conference just now, he condemned the scumbag who leaked the script and announced in a stern manner that Warner Bros. will never bow to evildoers, thus gaining support and appreciation from the media and the public. But unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Warner Bros. The Internet completely aroused public outrage!
After Meyer learned about the situation on the Internet, he was so frightened that he was at a loss!
I never thought that the American people would suddenly unite to resist the Japanese Bushido. Once they resisted the Bushido, "The Last Samurai", a large-scale movie currently being filmed, became the target of public criticism throughout the United States.
There is no way, "The Last Samurai" is originally very flattering to Bushido. It can be said that every word in the script is in service of Bushido, and every penny of the US$140 million budget is also in service of Bushido. What a coincidence is that the script has just been completely leaked, and Warner has just admitted the authenticity of the script at a press conference. This has confirmed the guilt of beautifying the spirit of Bushido. How can it not be boycotted by the public
In the face of patriotism and nationalism, almost all media have betrayed Warner and stood with the American people. Only a small number of media controlled by Japanese chaebols have not expressed their stance yet. That is because they are currently studying crisis public relations. plan, but judging from the current situation, the possibility of relying on crisis public relations to turn the situation around is slim.
After Tom Cruise's agent in Hollywood learned the news, he almost lost his mind. The popularity of Hollywood's top names has always been stable. There has never been a case like him where he was suddenly accused and scolded by countless netizens. His career path is very complicated. Affected.
What worries the agent even more is that an extremely powerful vortex of public opinion has formed on the Internet. This vortex is involving more and more fans who are neutral or even partial to idols. Once these people are involved, they will They will be quickly assimilated. Maybe they were die-hard fans of Tom Cruise ten minutes ago, but ten minutes later, they have already started to actively post and criticize Tom Cruise.
The agent realized that if he didn't think of something else, when Tom Cruise came back from New Zealand, he would be regarded as a street rat and everyone would beat him up!
Immediately, the agent immediately called Tom Cruise in New Zealand.
At the filming site in New Zealand, because the director temporarily returned to the United States to deal with the leak of the script, the entire crew did not start working. However, Tom Cruise was extremely dedicated and did not take a break even if he did not start working. Instead, he and Ken Watanabe and other Japanese nationals The actors communicate about the script. Like these Japanese actors, he hopes to do his best to make this movie the best it can be.
Coincidentally, what Tom Cruise and the leading actors were communicating about was the next major scene to be shot - the scene where Ken Watanabe died in the charge.
Tom Cruise read the script in detail and couldn't help but sigh: "This is the biggest breaking point of the whole drama. Mr. Watanabe has a heavy burden! He must highlight the spirit of Bushido to the extreme in this scene." .”
Ken Watanabe smiled slightly and said, "I have been waiting for this scene for a long time, and I will definitely try my best not to disappoint everyone!"
After saying that, Ken Watanabe looked at Tom Cruise again and said seriously: "Tom, in this scene, your role is also very important. You are the first person to put on Bushido uniform and appear as a samurai in a movie. Foreigners here, our investors want Bushido to be more accepted by Westerners, and it mainly depends on you to impress those Western audiences."
Tom Cruise nodded hurriedly and said politely: "Mr. Watanabe, please rest assured, it is an honor for me to be able to play such a role, and I will do my best!"
If ranked in terms of celebrity status, Tom Cruise's status far exceeds that of Ken Watanabe, but Tom Cruise knows very well that from the perspective of the investors behind this movie, Ken Watanabe is their most important Actor, because in this movie, the true spirit of Bushido must be interpreted in the most profound way through his performance. He, the so-called leading male, is actually serving him.
In fact, in the plot structure of the movie itself, the character played by Ken Watanabe is the truly supreme one. Not only has he been interpreting the so-called bushido spirit, he is also full of all kinds of human auras, with almost no shortcomings. Countless loyal followers.
Even the male lead like Tom Cruise is impressed by his brilliance of humanity in the play, willing to become his subordinate and do everything for him. What’s more interesting is that in this movie, even The Emperor of Japan is his student and respects him immensely, which further demonstrates the supreme status of the character played by Ken Watanabe in this movie.
Tom Cruise also knows very well that Ken Watanabe is the most valued actor by the Japanese chaebol behind this movie, and he is also the only irreplaceable actor in the entire movie. Therefore, although Tom Cruise is the male lead, he still Extra respect for him.
At this time, Watanabe Ken said with emotion: "I hope that through this movie, the world can better understand the Japanese bushido spirit. This is the treasure of Japanese culture and the essence of the Yamato nation."
Tom Cruise nodded and said with a smile: "I believe that this movie will spread the great spirit of Bushido throughout the world."
The best way to win a market is to praise the people living in this market and their culture. This is something every Hollywood movie star knows very well. Tom Cruise may not really like Japanese culture and the spirit of Bushido. , but he knows very well that after giving himself such a label, he will be able to better penetrate the Japanese market, attract Japanese audiences, make Japanese film and television companies pay for it, and even become familiar with Japan's super chaebols. .
But he never expected that this seemingly shrewd decision and approach would actually bring a huge storm to him!
Tom Cruise was in a particularly happy mood when he received a call from his agent. He even directly invited his agent on the phone, hoping that he could come to New Zealand to relax for a few days because the environment here is so great.
The agent almost vomited blood and said with hatred: "How long has it been and you are still so carefree? Do you know that the Internet in China is scolding you now?!"
Tom Cruise frowned: "Scold me? Who? Why did you scold me?"
The agent sighed: "I can't explain a sentence or two. In short, it was your participation in this movie that caused the trouble. Do you have access to the Internet now? I sent you some links on YY. You can watch it yourself first." one look."
Tom Cruise glanced at the Japanese actors opposite him and said, "I'm exchanging scripts with some Japanese actors. Just tell me what happened on the phone."
At this time, Tom Cruise didn't realize how serious the matter would be. He thought it was just a few scoldings from fans, which was not harmful at all.
When the agent heard that he was exchanging scripts with Japanese actors, he almost collapsed and said repeatedly: "I'm-begging-you (I beg you) Tom, don't get so close to those Japanese. If If you still want to keep your acting career, go back to your residence, turn on your computer, log on to YY, and take a look at the links I sent you!"
Only then did Tom Cruise become alert. Although his agent usually liked to joke, he had never used the word "begging", which was very unusual.
So Tom Cruise said to Ken Watanabe and others: "Everyone, you talk first, I will go back and check things on the computer."
The other people didn't pay much attention. After Tom Cruise left, they began to communicate in pure Japanese.
Here, after Tom Cruise returned to his residence, the first thing he did was to open his laptop and log in to his YY. As soon as he went online, he found that his agent had sent him more than a dozen messages, and these ten Each of the several messages is a URL link.
Tom Cruise clicked on the first link and was a little dumbfounded when he entered.
"Why are they all a bunch of old photos?" The surprised Tom Cruise continued to look at it. This sight didn't matter, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat!
This is the first post Li Mu posted in the Tom Cruise fan community. Now there are more than 10,000 replies. After reading it, Tom Cruise felt uneasy. What's going on? Who is trying to achieve Black Bushido, or is someone deliberately going against me? Just making a movie, does it need to be elevated to the level of patriotism and nationalism
Looking at the following link, Tom Cruise is simply stunned!
The subsequent posts were all aimed directly at himself!
Those who sounded better were asking themselves why they wanted to take on this movie and why they wanted to cleanse the extreme bushido spirit, while more people directly scolded themselves in the most vulgar language. Some said they were only doing it to make money. A bastard who doesn't care about anything, some say he is a lackey of the Japanese, some say he will do whatever it takes to make money, and some say he is simply a shameless traitor...
And almost every post on his own account is enthusiastically followed by a large number of netizens. The replies to any post are more than a few thousand times, and more than half of them have more than 10,000 replies, so that the entire Internet is full of comments about Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise searched for a long time for a long time, but he couldn't even find anyone to speak for him, or even just to explain himself. The entire American Internet was full of accusations and curses against him.
This sudden change made Tom Cruise panic in front of the computer, and he couldn't even hold the mouse steady. He never thought that he would take on the filming of this movie, and that he usually publicly claimed to like Japanese culture. Your remarks will cause such a huge disaster for yourself!
(End of chapter)