Everything related to "The Last Samurai" has gone beyond Li Mu's expected development trajectory.
Even Li Mu didn't expect that he just leaked the plot of the movie online, and then used the history of World War II to successfully incite a wave of resistance from angry youths. He didn't expect that it would develop to such a wonderful stage today.
Li Mu also didn't expect that the film company, the movie and the actors could play such a game of tricks. Warner held a separate press conference without the director and starring actors. It originally seemed to be because it wanted to take all the responsibilities alone and protect others. , but no one expected that and were actually a big show carefully planned by them. If Edward Zwick hadn't revealed the news, people would not have been able to detect the wolf ambitions of Warner and Sumitomo.
Warner immediately became the most despised film and television company, and Meyer was also criticized as one of the worst people in Hollywood.
What is certain is that it will be difficult for Warner to turn around for a long time in the future. Meyer has been scolded as a dog and has become the most disgusting corporate CEO, bar none.
Of course, the people not only directed their anger at Meyer, who was lying, but also at Sumitomo, which was huge and secretly operating at the same time. For a time, Sumitomo was almost ostracized by the whole world.
And Jiro Horita and Sumitomo, who were exposed by Edward, became the targets of everyone's contempt.
A farce with ups and downs and constant twists and turns is being staged in the United States. Jiro Horita, the Sumitomo Foundation and Warner, instead of Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick, have become the target of public opinion around the world.
Japan has always been famous for its strong overseas capital. Before this, Japanese overseas capital and chaebol had a pretty good reputation around the world. However, after the secret filming of "The Last Samurai" was exposed, the entire Japanese capital reputation has been greatly affected.
Sumitomo was naturally the first to bear the brunt. Overnight, people all over the world were disgusted with this consortium. Some netizens with strong information channels even quickly compiled a detailed list of the companies under the Sumitomo consortium and the companies involved. Suddenly, a large number of familiar names were Companies and brands have all been exposed to have unusual capital relationships with Sumitomo.
What followed closely was the spontaneous boycott of these companies and brands by netizens, which had a huge negative impact on the reputation and daily operations of Sumitomo as a whole.
Sumitomo became the target of public criticism, which made Li Mu discover a very interesting phenomenon: people all over the world are the same, and have an extraordinary aversion to evil companies. Sumitomo and its affiliated companies may not really deceive consumers at the product level. It may not actually involve falsehood and fraud, but just because he secretly supports and promotes evil ideologies, people all over the world are disgusted with him.
This further strengthens Li Mu's consistent view that it is okay to run a business, but not to do evil.
Sumitomo suffered heavy losses, and Jiro Horita, the chief culprit, naturally had a hard time.
The day after Edward Zwick exposed Jiro Horita, Sumitomo recalled Jiro Horita to Japan urgently and announced internally that Jiro Horita would no longer be responsible for any business related to overseas markets from now on. Jiro's status in Sumitomo has plummeted, which is almost equivalent to being recalled to the country.
Subsequently, Sumitomo, which was in the vortex of public opinion, was forced to apologize globally. Not only did it blame all the blame on Jiro Horita's personal decisions, but it also solemnly declared that Sumitomo would absolutely respect history and respect all those who suffered in World War II. country and people, and promise that similar behavior will never occur again.
However, Sumitomo's apology has not brought about any change in their predicament. If they want to truly solve the negative impact of this incident, I am afraid they still have a long way to go...
All of Li Mu's goals this time have been achieved beyond expectations. Not only did he hack Xiang out of "The Last Samurai", but he also hacked out the spirit of Bushido and all the people responsible for it.
Not long after kneeling in "The Last Samurai", Anne Hathaway finally recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
Therefore, Li Mu no longer delayed, immediately arranged a business jet, and flew to Yanjing the day after Anne Hathaway was discharged from the hospital.
When departing from Shenzhen City, a total of seven people were on board the Gulfstream V business jet, including Li Mu and his personal assistants Li Ziwei and three bodyguards including Wang Yuanlang, as well as Spielberg and Anne Hathaway.
According to the previously scheduled route, the plane had to fly to Yanjing first, pick up Weilan in Yanjing, and then fly to the United States.
After picking up Weilan, they began a transoceanic voyage of more than 10,000 kilometers.
Ever since Wei Lan's father used the information revealed by Li Mu to successfully bargain on eBay stocks, Wei Lan's parents moved to sunny San Francisco, California, and bought a great seaside villa in a wealthy area of San Francisco.
San Francisco happens to be right on the edge of Silicon Valley, so Weilan is just on the same line as Li Mufei.
Li Mu’s plan is to first send Spielberg and Anne Hathaway to Los Angeles, and then fly to San Francisco. At that time, Weilan can directly visit her parents, while she goes to Silicon Valley to meet Elon Musk. He met with Mr. Scott to learn about the current situation of supplies related to epidemic prevention, and then, under his arrangement, met with the business leaders of 3M and Honeywell.
After a whole night's flight, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport in the early morning of Los Angeles local time. The plane was still taxiing, and Spielberg said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, when you are done, remember to come to Los Angeles. "Flying" The official launch of "Tiger Squad" is waiting for you to announce it together."
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Before returning to China, I will definitely come to Los Angeles."
The "Flying Tigers" project has not yet been officially announced. Li Mu feels that since it is produced by a Hollywood team headed by Spielberg, Leonardo, Tom Hanks and Anne Hathaway have been the first to be finalized. With these Hollywood actors, it would be more appropriate for the film to be officially launched in Hollywood.
The most important thing is that movie audiences from all over the world are staring at Hollywood. This is the world center of the film and television industry. "Flying Tigers" is officially launched here and its influence can be maximized.
Saying goodbye to Spielberg and Anne Hathaway, Li Mu flew to San Francisco without stopping.
When the plane finally landed in San Francisco, Li Mu had been flying in the sky for more than 20 hours.
Wei Lan originally wanted to invite Li Mu to visit her home first. After all, her parents regarded Li Mu as the family's benefactor and nobleman, and they hoped to entertain him well and show their friendship as a landlord.
But Li Mu declined Wei Lan's invitation, because on the one hand he didn't want to disturb Wei Lan's family reunion right away, and on the other hand, he and Elon Musk had already made an appointment to meet in Silicon Valley, so it was better to do business first. important.
So, Li Mu said to Wei Lan: "I won't disturb your family reunion this time. Just tell your uncle and aunt that I will definitely visit you after I finish my business."
After saying that, Li Mu said again: "If there are no special circumstances, why don't you go back with me?"
Wei Lan nodded: "Will your matter be over in a week?"
Li Mu thought about it and said, "If we can't get it done in one week, ten days won't be enough."
Wei Lan smiled and said: "Okay, as long as you are here as a shield, I will calm down and wait for you to go back together."
Li Mu then said, "That's best. I'll go back to San Francisco after finishing the business and visit your uncle and aunt at your home. Then we'll go to Hollywood together. After finishing the business in Hollywood, we can return to China."
"OK."
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Elon Musk, who has always been very enthusiastic about Li Mu, brought a motorcade to the airport to pick him up. After Li Mu said goodbye to Wei Lan, he took Li Ziwei and three bodyguards and got into Elon Musk's car.
Li Mu and Elon Musk were sitting in an extended Lincoln. Elon Musk said to Li Mu as soon as he got up: "Mr. Li, I have already made progress on the things you asked me to do. I, 3M and Honey The heads of the two companies, Weill, have had face-to-face communication. They are all interested in your model of using promotional resources to replace products, and are waiting to discuss with you in detail. In addition, I also communicate with them about products. After that, they have already made a statement that as long as they reach cooperation with you, they will do their best to meet your needs."
Li Mu nodded. Hearing what he said, he felt more at ease. 3M and Honeywell are both world-class companies in this field, especially 3M, which can be said to be the best in the world. As long as they can fully satisfy themselves , then whether it is the quantity, quality or price of the items, there should be a certain guarantee.
So, Li Mu asked Elon Musk: "When will they have time? Where can I meet them?"
Elon Musk said: "3M is in Minnesota and Honeywell is in New Jersey. One is in the north and the other is in the east. They are both quite far away. So I told you when I helped you communicate with them before. The time for coming to the United States is very hasty this time. Ask them to come and talk to you as much as possible. They don't have any objections. The person in charge of Honeywell heard that you are coming and has flown to Silicon Valley in advance. If you have time, , we can make an appointment to meet him at any time.”
With that said, Elon Musk added: "The person in charge of 3M can come over at any time. If you want to meet him tomorrow, I can say hello to him now."
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "Well, let's just disappear today. I will go to Makino Technology later to meet with the senior management of Makino Technology in North America to understand our current internal operations. Please help me talk to the two companies." Make an appointment with the leaders of the company, one for tomorrow morning and the other for tomorrow afternoon. Since the people from Honeywell are already here, let’s meet with them first tomorrow morning!”
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now!"
(End of chapter)