Journalists from major media outlets piled up the entire press conference hall almost without water.

No way, there are too many people!

Nowadays, the topic of "The Last Samurai" has become the hottest news in the world, and at least hundreds of millions of people around the world are paying close attention to it through the Internet and other media channels, and every media outlet regards it as the most important news, and there is no one.

When Tom Cruise arrived at the scene, the press conference was about to start, but what he didn't expect was that Meyer specially arranged for a number of security guards to guard the entrance outside the press conference, and deliberately told them that no one except Warner employees and media reporters should be allowed to enter the venue, which naturally included Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick.

Tom Cruise, who was blocked by the security guards at the entrance, almost went berserk, he protested with the security guards countless times, but it was useless, nearly twenty security guards guarded an entrance, and Tom Cruise couldn't get in at all.

Edward Zwick, who was an afterthought, also hurried over, seeing that Tom Cruise was blocked out of the door, and hurriedly asked him about the specific situation.

Tom Cruise said angrily, "These guys won't let me in, and now that Mayer bastard has decided to betray us!"

Although Edward Zwick had already guessed that Warner held a press conference without saying hello, he must have wanted to leave himself and Tom Cruise and run away first, but when this happened suddenly, he was also hated and anxious, and even wanted to get a gun to kill the gang at the door safely, and then rushed in to clarify to all the media that he was the victim, and Warner simply took the money of the Japanese and was willing to do things for the Japanese!

However, no matter how anxious and hateful they are, they can't get in, and they don't have the time window to hold a press conference in front of Warner, the only thing they can do is to wait! Wait to hear what way Meyer will excuse himself, if he really betrays himself and Tom Cruise, then the two of them are waiting here, waiting for those media reporters inside to come out, and immediately clarify the truth of the matter to them!

And at this time, the press conference is about to begin.

The entire conference hall was so noisy that no one could hear Tom Cruise's angry yelling outside the door.

A few minutes later, Meyer and a group of Warner executives lined up in the lounge, and everyone walked to the stage in a very neat manner, and before taking their seats, everyone stood side by side in a straight line and bowed to the reporters in the audience.

Everyone bowed at an angle of 90 degrees, and before they could speak, their attitude was already indicated.

They came apologizing.

Sure enough, after everyone bowed for half a minute, everyone came to their seats in silence and sat down, Meyer sat in the center, picked up the microphone, and said: "Thank you media friends for coming to this press conference, I am Warner Bros. CEO Meyer......"

Meyer first introduced himself, and then introduced the other Warner executives around him.

After taking turns to introduce, Meyer went straight to the point, and said with a guilty face: "Because Warner made a movie with a very inappropriate theme, which caused a strong protest from the majority of netizens, I want to apologize to the people of the world through the media here, it is our negligence that has caused you to suffer undeserved psychological damage." ”

At this point, Meyer immediately stood up, and the other executives followed suit, and everyone bowed deeply again.

After bowing, Meyer sat down and continued: "Regarding the movie "The Last Samurai", Warner does have a very big responsibility for the selection of topics. In the early days of filming, because of our negligence, we were so stupid that we didn't know that this movie actually had a hidden motive to exonerate the executioner, and this responsibility should be borne by me personally, and all the negligence was caused by my mismanagement. ”

Although Meyer is saying this is self-reflection, but in fact he is throwing the blame, he only used a Warner topic to choose the responsibility, and completely separated the creation of the script of "The Last Samurai" from Warner, the real meaning is: Although we chose the wrong theme, this theme and script were not written by us, but were written by others to trap us, and we also took the blame because of research and prevention.

As for who wrote the theme and script, this pot must be the screenwriter to take the blame.

But the screenwriter is actually very pitiful, as an investor, he has the idea of shooting such a story, but he doesn't understand the screenwriter, doesn't understand the lens language, and doesn't understand commercial packaging, so he can only tell the story he wants, and the professional script creator will create it, to put it bluntly, the screenwriter may just be a ghostwriter who writes the pen.

Although Meyer also knows this truth, he can't care about the life or death of the screenwriter now, all he needs to take care of is himself.

Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick outside the door listened to Meyer's remarks and were furious!

They are well aware of Meyer's motives for doing this, Meyer has thrown the biggest bag to the screenwriter of this film, everything that is evil, everyone has a spirit of tracing back to the source, everyone wants to know where evil was born, where it was born, or the creator is generally the most spurned by the people.

For example, although the Nazis did not kill innocent Jews in the concentration camps with his own hands, the evil of genocide was caused by him, so he was the most notorious person in the whole Nazi Germany, and he was also the most responsible for all blood debts.

Now, Meyer has thrown out the cauldron of the "source of evil", and Warner only received the project and was blinded by this project before deciding to shoot, and the creator of this project is the screenwriter of this film.

The screenwriter is Edward's good friend, and now he is still in New Zealand and has not come back, Edward knows very well that he is too innocent, although the script was written by him, but the story was not created by him, these are all proposed by Jiro Horita, he has a professional planning team under his hands, and he has been preparing for this movie for a long time, and all the story background, plot direction, and character in this movie are all plumped up by Jiro Horita's team on the basis of his ideas.

In the room, Meyer did not feel guilty after saying this, and continued: "Regarding the truth of history, Warner's key personnel, including me, lack the necessary in-depth understanding, which led to this mistake, and if I and my management had studied the history of World War II more deeply, I don't think we would have taken on such a film that celebrates the spirit of the devil." ”

After a pause, Meyer said: "Because of our ignorance of history, we have made such an unforgivable mistake, and on behalf of all Warner employees, I once again say sorry to the audience around the world! It is our fault! It is our responsibility!"

Except for CNN and a few big TV stations, other media outlets do not have such fast information transmission channels, so many media reporters are crackling on their laptops and mobile phone buttons, and they are transmitting Meyer's words back to their companies in the fastest way possible, and then quickly transmit them to the world.

At this time, Meyer continued: "Due to our mistakes, which have caused such serious distress to people all over the world, Warner Bros. has decided to permanently suspend the filming of "The Last Samurai", and all financial losses caused by this will be borne by Warners, including but not limited to the salaries of actors and directors, crew members, partners, and damages for breach of contract. Knowing a mistake, we will immediately spare no effort to correct it, this is Warner's consistent attitude!"

Meyer's remarks quickly won the favor of the media reporters present, and everyone could feel the sincerity of Meyer's words, admitting mistakes without hesitation and without any procrastination and ambiguity, this attitude is indeed commendable.

However, Meyer's big bag of losses on Warner himself is actually a steady pit for Tom Cruise, Edward Zwick, and all the cast and crew.

Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick were going crazy listening outside the hall, and Warner was responsible for all the losses, including but not limited to the salaries of the director, actors, and crew members?

Originally, Warner himself apologized for the development conference first, and it seemed that Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick were a little stubborn, but now Meyer said such a thing, what he wanted to highlight was nothing more than that Warner didn't care about money and was willing to pay for the mistakes he made, while the cast and crew, including Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick, still wanted to get paid......

In one sentence, it raised Warner several notches, and at the same time stomped down several notches of cast and crew, including Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick......

Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick were eager to fight Meyer, but Meyer had no time to estimate them.

Seeing that all the media reporters were projecting approving and acknowledging glances at him, Meyer knew that the desired effect had been achieved, and his apology continued to build on the results.

"On behalf of all Warner staff, I would like to solemnly promise to the people of the world that from now on, we will carefully review every film in the future and never make the same mistake again, and I hope that the world's film and television industry will take this as a warning and not make similar mistakes to Warner again," Meyer said. ”

Speaking of this, Meyer paused, bowed again, and said: "Here, I would like to solemnly apologize and repent to Huaxia and the American people! Because I have been deeply aware of the huge price paid by the Chinese and American people in the just war with Japan for the sake of world peace in World War II! It is precisely because of your great sacrifice and dedication that we have brought the world back to today's peaceful situation, you are so great, and we are so sorry that we have hurt you because of our own negligence!