When Li Mu and Wei Lan arrived in Hollywood together, Paul Keane had already published the article written by his good friend through multiple media.
Although the article was written by a good friend of Paul Keane, it was written in the first person by Paul Keane himself. The content was also very simple. Paul Keane apologized to Li Mu and the people of the United States and took all the responsibilities. When it came to himself, he claimed that his son did not know anything about it and that everything was due to his temporary confusion.
Paul Keane’s information delivery ability is not even one-tenth that of Li Mu, so after this article was published, it did not reach a large number of users in the first time. However, Paul Keane made secondary preparations. I made a call to Elon Musk, the famous broker and bully king in Silicon Valley. The purpose was simple. I knew that he had some friendship with Li Mu, so I asked him to help mediate and intercede in front of Li Mu without requiring Li Mu to make any concessions. , just begging Li Mu to stop.
Elon Musk's reputation in Silicon Valley is indeed not very good. This is mainly due to his big mouth that can never be controlled. He often speaks nonsense in public. Before he has truly succeeded, no one is willing to talk about him. Take your words seriously.
If it were before this, with Paul Keane's status, he would not take the initiative to ask Elon Musk for help, but now there is no other way. Apart from Elon Musk, he really doesn't know who to ask for help. Before this, Paul Keane wanted to ask Spielberg for help, but Spielberg rejected him without hesitation.
Spielberg sees the problem very thoroughly. He knows very well that if he wants to maintain a close cooperative relationship with Li Mu, he must stand unswervingly in Li Mu's camp. He will never speak for his opponent. Can do it.
Elon Musk also feels that Paul Keane is a bit screwed up for asking him about this matter. He is very versed in the world of people and knows that things like people are most afraid of being consumed. If he speaks for Li Mu’s opponents, then Li Mu’s attitude towards him first Changes will occur, and if the matter is not resolved by then, there will be no benefit from Paul Keane.
But Elon Musk couldn't refuse.
He is different from Spielberg. The latter is the godfather of Hollywood and is extremely famous throughout the United States and even the world. According to his social impression, even if he rejects Paul Keen, Paul Keen will En didn't dare to do anything to him. Compared with him, he only earned some wealth and fame through PayPal. He didn't have a strong foundation in the United States. If Paul Keane targeted him for this in the future, it would really be a disaster. Not a small trouble.
So Elon Musk thought of a compromise. He readily agreed to Paul Keane, and immediately contacted Li Mu, and took the initiative to go to Hollywood to meet him, but he did not mention Paul Keane to Li Mu. Entrust yourself with the matter of making peace.
Li Mu still has a good impression of this guy Elon Musk. Although he seems to be a delusional person who is not doing his job right now and only talks about it every day after he has achieved some achievements, to Li Mu, the future development prospects of this buddy are No less than Mark Zuckerberg.
Elon Musk's forward thinking represents a future that ordinary people cannot imagine. Among other things, Tesla alone is a company with unlimited possibilities. When Tesla was born, in the eyes of most people, it was a company full of potential. However, Elon Musk has accurately seen the future trend of countries around the world to strengthen environmental protection. As more and more countries issue bans on the sale of fuel vehicles, Tesla’s development space will also increase. In Li Mu's view, if he wants to become a major shareholder or even owner of Tesla in the future, he cannot do without a guy with extreme avant-garde ideas like Elon Musk.
When Li Mu arrived in Hollywood, he declined Spielberg's invitation to stay at his home and asked Li Ziwei to book four ultra-luxury suites on the top floor of a five-star hotel in Hollywood. These four suites were the same as other suites on the same floor. Several rooms are isolated from each other and have an exclusive elevator, so privacy and security are very good.
The allocation of rooms is very simple. Li Mu, Li Ziwei and Wei Lan all have a room each. The three bodyguards headed by Wang Yuanlang live in the remaining room. As for the room Wei Lan lives in, it must be empty at night. .
After checking into the hotel, the first people to visit were Spielberg and other senior executives from DreamWorks. In addition to them, there were also the three American stars of "The Flying Tigers", namely Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. and Anne Hathaway.
Li Mu was pressed for time. The press conference of "Flying Tigers" was scheduled to be held in the grand ballroom of this hotel tomorrow morning. After the press conference, Li Mu's special plane took off directly from Los Angeles to China that evening. Because of the schedule In such a hurry, these talents, including Spielberg, rushed to the hotel to meet Li Mu immediately.
In the living room of the hotel suite, Li Mu once again met these "old friends" whom he had met at least once. Starting from Spielberg, everyone cordially shook hands with Li Mu, hugged and said hello, and arrived at Anne Hathaway's At this time, this girl who was about the same age as Li Mu became extremely shy and coy, and the gentle hug actually made two red clouds appear on her cheeks.
Since she was quarantined for many days due to an accidental blood infection in China, Anne Hathaway still has some lingering fears every time she thinks back to that experience. However, in addition to the lingering fears, what she can't forget is the person who is already in her. Li Mu sowed some stubborn seeds in his heart.
During the time when she returned to the United States, Anne Hathaway often thought of Li Mu, and would always unconsciously add some uncontrollable fantasies to her longing for him, always assuming that if he became My own boyfriend, what will everything be like
After dreaming about Li Mu countless times and having many unspeakable events with him in her dreams, Anne Hathaway knew clearly that she had fallen in love with that mysterious and charming oriental man.
After missing her for so long, she finally met again, and he hugged her like an old friend. This made Anne Hathaway's girly heart explode, and she was so shy that she didn't know what to do.
Li Mu did not notice Anne Hathaway's shyness. Spielberg quickly brought the topic down to business. He said: "Mr. Li, we have completed all the preliminary preparations for the press conference. In order to avoid any surprises, , we set up the venue one day in advance and had it fully accepted yesterday, and we have notified all the media in advance. With your participation, this press conference will definitely be the grandest and most popular conference for new movies in Hollywood in recent years. An eye-catching press conference!”
Li Mu smiled and said: "Steven, with you as a great director here, the attention of the whole Hollywood is attracted, not to mention that this time there are Tom, Leonardo and Anne sitting together, even without me , this press conference will definitely attract great attention.”
Tom Hanks said seriously: "Mr. Li, if we talk about social attention and influence now, I don't think anyone in Hollywood can compare with you, not to mention that YY is now the most commonly used software by netizens in the United States. I believe our film will definitely become a phenomenon.”
Li Mu smiled slightly: "I hope everyone can do their best to make this movie better."
Spielberg said: "Our "Flying Tigers" also has a very big advantage, that is, our film respects history and has a correct perspective. "The Last Samurai" had such a big situation before, which led to the film The industry's behavior of tampering with history has become the object of most disgust and rejection by people all over the world. At this time, our "Flying Tigers" is launched just in time, and we can just borrow some power from the "The Last Samurai" incident. There are " "The Last Samurai" will be used as a negative teaching material, and "Flying Tigers" will become a positive teaching material for the entire Hollywood and even the world's film industry."
Li Mu nodded in agreement. Thinking of the textbook-like destruction of "The Last Samurai" that he secretly manipulated, Li Mu secretly lamented the skill and importance of public opinion guidance.
This movie was touted by so many people in a previous life, including having very high ratings and status in the minds of Chinese netizens. However, after I seized on its fatal weakness and attacked it, the movie immediately became a thing that everyone was shouting about. Beating up a mouse crossing the street fully demonstrates the huge difference between the two sides of an event. Sometimes, there is only a single thought between life and death.
Li Mu asked Spielberg with great interest: "What is the current situation of those people related to "The Last Samurai"?"
Spielberg lamented: "Basically everyone involved with this movie has suffered heavy losses. Warner is still being boycotted by the people. Several movies that Warner was already in production have now temporarily changed their distribution methods. , Warner has begun to replace Warner's original role with externally controlled shell companies and small and medium-sized film and television companies. In the future, these movies will seemingly have as little relationship with Warner as possible in order to avoid audience resistance."
Speaking of this, Spielberg added: "But the worst thing is that Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise have multiple film contracts that have been terminated by investors, and this is because of their own There has been a major problem with the reputation of the actors and directors. Hollywood contracts have reputation clauses. If there is a problem with the reputation of an actor or director, the investor has the right to directly terminate the contract, so the two of them have suffered a lot, especially Tom Cruise. Now, almost all the advertisements he endorses have been stopped, and many advertisers are about to file lawsuits against him and demand compensation."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows in surprise: "So, in the next two to three years, both of them will probably fall into a quagmire of sharp decline in income."
Spielberg nodded and said: "Yes, within two or three years, most of their income should be cut off."
As he spoke, Spielberg sighed softly and said: "But this is their own fault. Before this movie happened, they had been publicizing their obsession with Japanese culture. Now it seems that their original remarks are simply It’s just digging your own grave…”
(End of chapter)