Spielberg had no idea what kind of energy was behind Li Mu's words, "Chinese netizens have five seconds to reach the battlefield."
Chinese netizens often have frictions with each other, because of games, idols, regions, and pretense. There are many reasons for friction, and the scale of these frictions varies from small to 1V1. Confrontations and bar-bashing operations involving hundreds of thousands of people at the same time are carried out almost all the time on the Internet. However, once it rises to the level of nationalism and patriotism, these netizens who usually seem to be disorganized will give up in an instant. All prejudices and discords quickly coalesced and were unanimously exposed to the outside world.
At this moment, Zhao Kang gave an order, and tens of thousands of navy troops launched at the same time. A large number of comments related to "The Last Samurai" quickly poured out on the entire Chinese Internet, which can be described as overwhelming.
Chinese netizens originally protested on the domestic Internet, but very few people knew how to post such protests to overseas websites. Now, a large number of step-by-step teaching contents suddenly appeared on the Internet, even for netizens who don’t know a single English word. , you can also follow the tutorial to complete posting on major websites in the United States step by step.
American netizens who were protesting against "The Last Samurai" and Tom Cruise and other creative staff on major websites suddenly discovered that a large number of almost identical topics and messages appeared on the website, and the content of these messages simply shocked the United States. netizen.
The website is all about "Netizens from XX Province of China come to support". I occasionally see one or two but don't think it's anything. But when such content appeared everywhere, American netizens were completely shocked.
Looking at this scale, there are at least dozens, millions or even more Chinese netizens who have come to support. In their messages, they all strongly condemned "The Last Samurai". This position is completely consistent with that of all American netizens. , which made American netizens involuntarily excited.
So many Chinese netizens have come to support, which not only makes American netizens feel that they have a powerful ally around them, but also makes them feel that everything they do is completely loyal to justice and defending justice.
The strong support from Chinese netizens thousands of miles away moved American netizens and greatly boosted their morale. Many American netizens even felt that the influx of a large number of Chinese netizens at this moment was like the Saint in Lord of the Rings 2. Before the Battle of Helm's Deep, the people of Rohan felt the same way when they saw the Elven reinforcements arriving.
Cross-racial reinforcements rushed to the battlefield thousands of miles away, which immediately caused a huge qualitative change in the entire "war" situation. The influence of the entire incident immediately increased by more than one level. While American netizens thanked Chinese netizens for their support, they changed clarified the caliber and starting point of the protest.
Now, "The Last Samurai" has hurt not only the hearts of the American people; it has also wronged not only the Americans who sacrificed their lives in the hands of the Japanese army during World War II. It has hurt the hearts of the Chinese people even more, and it has even more wronged the thousands of Tens of thousands of Chinese people died in the Japanese invasion of China.
At this moment, Chinese netizens and American netizens quickly became one because they had the same values and the same enemies, and the distance in their hearts was instantly shortened. American netizens thanked Chinese netizens for their efforts online, despite the language barrier. , but the expressions are universal, so American netizens responded with rows of thumbs up to almost every Chinese netizen who came to support.
The influx of such a large number of Chinese netizens has had a huge impact on the American Internet. Such large-scale spontaneous actions by netizens have never happened before in the history of the Internet in the United States, nor in the history of the Internet around the world. , not to mention that such a large-scale spontaneous action was transnational and transcontinental, which gave this action a more distinctive significance.
Major media in the United States began to pay attention to this event. That night, many TV media, including CNN, reported this grand event to all of North America and even the world in the form of emergency broadcasts. Chinese netizens and American netizens Unity and cooperation perfectly explain what one plus one is greater than two.
Many online media have conducted comprehensive follow-up reports on this large-scale action by Chinese netizens. One of them, a portal website mainly composed of college students, gave Chinese netizens a collective name—Army-Of-Justice. Teacher, as soon as this title was introduced, it was immediately sought after by the majority of American netizens. Even American netizens have learned to reciprocate the favor, using translation software or asking friends who can speak Chinese to reply to Chinese netizens in Chinese everywhere on the Internet. It is the most widely circulated. A version of it is: "Dear Chinese friends, thank you, you are teachers of justice!"
The 100% mutual recognition and excellent online interaction between Chinese and American netizens have greatly promoted the influence of the opposition and boycott of "The Last Samurai".
Tom Cruise in New Zealand is going crazy.
The Internet is full of negative news and remarks about him. Almost every netizen who opposes this movie will also scold him. Tom Cruise is almost completely overwhelmed by these remarks, and even fans are also At this time, he defected or disappeared. Faced with strong social pressure, Tom Cruise was almost on the verge of collapse.
The manager in the United States was also worried at this time. Seeing that the situation was made even more passive by Chinese netizens, he no longer dared to hesitate and called Tom Cruise immediately.
The moment the call was connected, the agent immediately said to Tom Cruise: "Tom, the situation is completely out of control now. This matter is likely to cause a major earthquake in Hollywood. I advise you to return home now." , don’t stay in New Zealand!”
Tom Cruise subconsciously asked: "What about this movie?"
"Still thinking about this movie!" the agent blurted out: "Let me tell you clearly, this movie is the Titanic with an investment of 140 million US dollars. It has now hit the rocks. If you jump off the ship now to survive, If you are late, even if you are in a bit of a mess, you can at least save your life, but if you are later, you will have no choice but to sink with the ship!"
Tom Cruise was shocked and subconsciously asked: "What do you mean?"
The agent said without hesitation: "What I mean is very simple. You should return to China immediately, and then hold a press conference. The core of the press conference has two points: first, immediately apologize to the people around the world, acknowledge and reflect on your own mistakes." Mistake, the attitude must be extremely sincere and cannot be covered up in any way; secondly, unilaterally announce that he will withdraw from the crew of "The Last Samurai" immediately and no longer have anything to do with the film, in order to ask for the audience's forgiveness."
Tom Cruise sighed deeply and said: "In this case, according to the contract, I have to compensate the other party a lot of money, and, you know, if I apologize, it will be equivalent to me admitting that this movie is promoting extreme The spirit of Bushido, and it is equivalent to me personally standing on the opposite side of the extreme Bushido spirit. In this case, I may offend the entire Japanese audience in the future!"
Having said this, Tom Cruise added: "And Sumitomo... You have to know that they are the investors behind this movie. If I betray them now to protect myself, they will definitely deal with me in all aspects in the future." I took revenge..."
The manager was anxious and couldn't help but swore: "Fuck! Are you stupid?! If you quit now, you'll just lose some money! But it can help you win back a lot of viewers. You have to remember, You are an actor, a global actor, so what if the entire Japanese audience hates you? You still have billions of viewers in North America and Europe. As long as they can forgive you, you can make a comeback, even if Sumitomo people are targeting you. What about you? Can he control the whole world? If he has this ability, how come this incident is so big? The fact that this incident is so big just proves that they are not as powerful as the legend. Influence, in front of public opinion, their little influence is nothing!"
Later, the agent warned: "Tom, there is only one chance to please the public and it is first come, first served! If you don't hurry up and jump ship this time, if Warner cannot withstand the pressure, they will announce the discontinuation of this film first. Shooting, then you are really in doom. If everyone in the world except the Japanese boycotts you, then you will really have no way to survive!"
Tom Cruise's agent has been working with him for nearly twenty years, and the two have long since become very close friends. At this time, the agent suddenly swore. He was not really angry, but was thinking very seriously. I remembered what my agent said just now.
Indeed, I really stepped on a thunderbolt this time. I didn't expect that it would arouse such a huge public outrage. Under such circumstances, it would be really unwise to stay on this precarious ship. .
Tom Cruise initially boarded the ship because he had admired the ship for a long time and wanted to take advantage of the large capital behind the ship. However, in the current situation, it seems that the ship is indeed difficult to sustain. , if he doesn’t jump off the ship, he will really be doomed.
And what his agent said just now completely woke him up. Warner is now facing such great pressure, and it may not be able to hold on for long. Now so many netizens are boycotting this movie, as long as Warner cannot bear it anymore, it will inevitably The movie stops.
Now there is one point that he strongly agrees with. There is really only one chance to please the people, whether it is himself, Warner, or Edward Zwick, whoever changes sides first among these three parties will be the first to return from the lost way. That, and grab the last bit of goodwill in front of the public.
If he waits for the director to stop filming and for Warner to stop filming, he will have no initiative at all and will become the stubborn one in the eyes of the public!
Thinking of this, Tom Cruise has already made a decision in his heart. He will do what his agent said, quickly return to Hollywood, apologize to the global audience, and draw a clear line with this movie.
After making this decision, Tom Cruise immediately became nervous again, because he suddenly realized that his current situation was very passive.
Warner is in Hollywood, Edward has also gone to Hollywood, and he is in distant New Zealand. As long as either of them figures it out, they can hold a press conference in Hollywood within an hour. However, he is now in New Zealand. In the northern mountainous area, it will take at least 24 hours to rush back. Moreover, I must hold a press conference in Hollywood, so I have to rush back, and I can only pray for God's blessing. I hope that before I go back, the two of them will not be together. Make a decision…
So, Tom Cruise said to his agent urgently: "I'm going to go back now. You should always keep an eye on the trends in Hollywood and contact me in time if there is any situation!"
(End of chapter)