Tom Cruise didn't expect that he would arouse such strong public indignation online. When he was panicking, he kept asking his agent: "What do you think I should do now? Is there any way to save it?"
The agent thought for a moment and said seriously: "Tom, I think the most important thing now is to put aside the relationship quickly. Netizens condemn you for taking such a movie, so you should quickly make a statement and say that you don't know about this movie. It is a film that praises the extreme Bushido, and the Japanese culture you like does not include the inhumane spirit of extreme Bushido."
Tom Cruise said hurriedly: "No problem, I can write a statement right now, but how effective do you think this statement can be?"
The agent said: "I can't guarantee you. Maybe it will only have a little relief effect, maybe it won't have any effect at all. It mainly depends on whether your statement can convince these angry viewers."
At this point, the agent hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Tom, to be honest, from my point of view, there is no possibility of recovery for us now, so it is best not to have any hope of recovery. What we should do most is It is best to stop the loss in time, and it is best to immediately announce that it will withdraw from the filming of this movie, and at the same time apologize to the people across the country and ask for their forgiveness."
"What?!" Tom Cruise was furious when he heard this: "The movie is already halfway through filming, and you want me to quit? How do I quit? The compensation alone costs tens of millions of dollars, and more importantly, If I withdraw at this time, the Japanese consortium will definitely hate me! What will happen in the future?"
The agent blurted out: "How long have you been thinking about this? If you wait a little later and wait for netizens' opinions to upgrade, it will be useless even if you quit by then!"
Tom Cruise said irritably: "I will write a statement first, and you can help me find the media to publish it. As for the rest, we will observe it first."
The agent sighed helplessly and said: "Now that all the major media are publishing articles criticizing you, do you still want them to help you make a statement? Even if they are willing to help you make a statement, they will definitely use editorial comments to target you."
Tom Cruise asked: "What should I do?!"
The manager was silent for a while and then said: "By the way, try to find Li Mu for help. If he is willing to help you publish your statement on YY, the situation will definitely be much more optimistic."
"Li Mu?!" Tom Cruise said: "What should I do if I don't know Li Mu?"
The agent thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea and said, "Ask Spielberg for help! He is in China now, and he has a very good relationship with Li Mu! They just signed a contract a few days ago, and they want to reach a strategic partnership. , if he is willing to help you put in a good word in front of Li Mu, it should be able to restore your reputation to a certain extent."
"Spielberg?!" Tom Cruise seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and said excitedly: "Okay! Then I'll contact him now!"
Li Mu didn't expect that Tom Cruise would ask Spielberg to ask him for help.
Spielberg pleaded on the phone: "Mr. Li, Tom is a very good actor. Didn't you also tell me two days ago that you were very interested in him and hoped to cooperate with him? He is now because of a little unintentional Lost is in a lot of trouble. If you can help him, Mr. Li, I believe that when he gets over this difficulty, he will repay you twice as much."
Li Mu said to Spielberg without hesitation: "Steven, I have learned about Tom Cruise. Please help me tell him that I will never agree to his request! At the same time, on behalf of China Ten The 300 million compatriots express strong condemnation for what he did! The American people will never forget the harm caused to them by the extreme samurai spirit, and the 1.3 billion Chinese compatriots will never forget it. Anyone who stands for the extreme samurai spirit is us enemy!"
Spielberg did not expect that Li Mu would react so radically to this matter. He very wisely immediately gave up interceding on behalf of Tom Cruise. Instead, he hurriedly followed Li Mu's words and said: "You are right, this kind of behavior is indeed true." It is extremely excessive and unacceptable to the people of countries around the world that have suffered Japanese aggression."
With that said, Spielberg added: "Everyone has to be responsible for his own actions. Let's think of this as giving him a profound education lesson!"
Li Mu hummed and said, "This is the price he should pay."
After Spielberg hung up the phone, he immediately conveyed Li Mu's attitude to Tom Cruise and made it clear that he could not help him. This instantly shattered the glimmer of hope that Tom Cruise had just had!
Even Li Mu has such a big opinion against him. It seems that he has really stirred up a hornet's nest this time!
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Just when Tom Cruise was at a loss in New Zealand, Li Mu's second wave of crusade began again.
After all, he is an Internet celebrity with more than ten years of experience leading the world today. Li Mutai knows how to incite speech on the Internet. In other words, he is now the celebrity in the world who knows best how to hack someone online. .
The title of Li Mu's new article is "Tom Cruise, how many compatriots' blood has been stained by the samurai sword in your hand?" ", the article uses a questioning tone throughout, directly attacking Tom Cruise.
Among them, Li Mu asked him: When you keep saying that you are obsessed with Japanese culture and the spirit of Bushido, do you know how many compatriots have lost their lives here
When you picked up the katana and sang the praises of the extreme samurai way in "The Last Samurai", have you ever thought about how many of your compatriots' heads were chopped off by the katana in your hand
When you were impressed by the Japanese Bushido in "The Last Samurai" and were willing to fight to defend the extreme spirit of Bushido, do you know how many righteous people have sacrificed their lives to oppose this anti-human spirit
After several consecutive questions, Li Mu said in the article: "The profit-seeking nature of the commodity society and the upper class has made our celebrities have no moral integrity at all in order to make money. As public figures, shouldn't celebrities have more demands on themselves? , Let yourself take on more role models in society? Shouldn't you have a detailed understanding of the plot and historical background of a movie before taking on it? If you don't even have this most basic professional quality If it’s missing, how far will the industry fall?”
"As a public figure, if Tom Cruise takes over the filming of this movie without a sufficient understanding of history, it is enough to prove that the overall quality of the actors needs to be improved; if he has a full understanding of history, After taking over the filming of this movie, his motives are even more heinous, because the pain of the country is worthless to him. No matter what it is, it is unforgivable!"
At the end of the article, Li Mu also made a metaphor: "If one day an actor takes over a movie that praises homosexuality, then please remember that there are two most terrifying ones, except for the actor who is willing to praise homosexuality. And the company that invested in this movie!”
As soon as this article came out, it quickly received support and applause from the vast majority of netizens. While they raised their hands in agreement with the views of the article, they quickly spread the article to the entire Internet.
Li Mu’s article has blocked almost all of Tom Cruise’s escape routes.
At this time, Tom Cruise has been completely cornered by Li Mu and has no ability to resist at all. The result Li Mu wants is for Tom Cruise to find no way to find a solution when facing criticism from the whole society. Any defensible reasons, excuses and rhetoric!
In this way, he continued to add fuel to the fire and continued to put pressure on Tom Cruise. In the end, Tom Cruise was left with only one choice: apologize and then withdraw from the film.
And Li Mu also wants to push Warner to a dead end, so that they have to terminate the filming of this movie, making this 140 million US dollar investment work completely become an unfinished project in Hollywood!
In addition, Li Mu also has a greater goal and pursuit, which is to make the entire Western society recognize the true face of the bushido spirit, and through this incident, make them avoid participating in any film projects that promote Japanese culture. !
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In order to ensure the success of this matter, Li Mu decided to start an all-out war!
Before this, Li Mu used various means to hide his identity in order to trigger this incident on the Internet. This was to avoid exposing himself to major logical bugs. But now, the incident has become a hot topic on the Internet. You can participate openly and openly.
So, Li Mu immediately called the person in charge of YY English website and gave him two tasks:
First, from now on, we will fully and fully follow up on the events related to "The Last Samurai" and conduct 24-hour rolling reports on YY English website. At the same time, the headlines of pop-up news in the next three days will be reserved for this event. We must report it The impact of this incident was pushed to the extreme;
Second, invite well-known authors from China and the United States to write articles about this incident. The arguments of the articles must be extremely clear, and everything must be based on "strongly condemning those who promote the extreme spirit of samurai";
Later, Li Mu made a call to Wang Nan, the editor-in-chief of YY Chinese portal, and asked him to vigorously publicize this incident on YY Chinese website and YY’s daily push in China;
In addition, Li Mu called Zhao Kang, who was busy with the Internet cafe chain project, and made him a request: after YY Chinese website vigorously publicizes this matter, he will immediately mobilize the navy to add fuel to the flames on the Internet. It is necessary to mobilize the enthusiasm of domestic netizens to discuss this incident, and at the same time, we must find ways to guide them to support American netizens on the Internet.
Zhao Kang understood the first half of Li Mu's requirements very well, but he was a little confused about the second half. He asked Li Mu: "Support American netizens? How to support them?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "It's very simple. We need to find a way to mobilize Chinese netizens who can speak English to go to the American network, let them add fuel to the fire this time, and leave messages for relevant content on the American network to clearly express their support. And it can't just be support, but also Adopt certain speech techniques.”
Speaking, Li Mu gave an example: "For example, when replying to American netizens' posts, let all netizens add a sentence in front of them: A delegation of Chinese netizens come to support, justice will prevail! Let American netizens know that in this matter In fact, Chinese netizens are their comrades in the trenches with them, and this large-scale campaign is to support them and support justice!"
I think back then, when the Emperor Bar, WOW Bar and other forums broke out together, the comradeship made many bar friends extremely excited. What Li Mu has to do now is to take this opportunity to make Chinese and American netizens become friends. Close comrades, this is also laying a solid mass foundation for the future "Flying Tigers"!
(End of chapter)