Chapter 1177: There is only one chance, first come, first served!
Spielberg couldn't understand what kind of energy was behind Li Mu's sentence "Chinese netizens still have five seconds to reach the battlefield".
There is often friction between Chinese netizens, because of games, because of idols, because of regions, because of X, the reasons for friction are simply varied, and the scale of this kind of friction is also divided into different sizes, from small to 1V1 spray, as large as hundreds of thousands of people at the same time, it is staged on the Internet almost all the time, but as soon as it rises to the height of nationalism and patriotism, these netizens who usually look scattered will abandon all prejudice and discord in an instant, and quickly condense Consistent with the outside world.
At this moment, Zhao Kang gave an order, tens of thousands of sailors started at the same time, and a large number of remarks related to "The Last Samurai" quickly poured out on the entire Huaxia Internet, which can be described as overwhelming.
Chinese netizens were originally protesting on the domestic Internet, but very few people know how to post this protest to overseas websites, and now, a large number of hand-in-hand teaching content has suddenly emerged on the Internet, even if a netizen who doesn't know English words, can also follow the tutorial, step by step to complete the posting on major websites in the United States.
American netizens who were protesting against "The Last Samurai" and Tom Cruise and other creators on major websites suddenly found that a large number of almost identical themes and messages appeared on the website, and the content of these messages simply stunned American netizens.
The website is full of "netizens from Huaxia XX Province came to support", and occasionally I don't think there is anything when I see one or two. But when such content was everywhere, American netizens were completely shocked.
Looking at this scale, at least dozens of millions or even more Chinese netizens came to support, and in the content of their messages, they all strongly condemned "The Last Samurai", which is completely consistent with all American netizens, which makes American netizens involuntarily excited.
So many Chinese netizens have come to support, which not only makes American netizens feel that there is a strong ally around them, but also makes them feel that everything they do is completely loyal to justice and defending justice.
The strong support of Chinese netizens thousands of miles away moved American netizens at the same time, and greatly boosted their morale, many American netizens even felt that the influx of a large number of Chinese netizens at this moment was just like the mood of the Rohan people when they saw the arrival of elven reinforcements before the Battle of the Lord of the Rings 2 began.
The cross-racial reinforcements rushed to the battlefield thousands of miles away, which immediately changed the qualitative change of the entire "war" situation, and the influence of the whole incident immediately increased by more than one level.
Now, "The Last Samurai" has hurt not only the hearts of the American people, but also the Americans who died in the hands of the Japanese army in World War II, it has hurt the hearts of the Chinese people even more, and it is even more ashamed of the tens of millions of Chinese people who died in the Japanese army's war of aggression against China.
At this moment, Chinese netizens and American netizens quickly mingled because they had the same values and the same hostiles, and instantly shortened the distance in their hearts, and American netizens thanked Huaxia netizens on the Internet for their efforts, although the language barrier, but the expression was universal, so American netizens almost replied to every Chinese netizen who came to support with rows of thumbs.
The impact of such a large number of Chinese netizens on the American Internet is huge, and this kind of large-scale spontaneous action of netizens has never appeared in the history of the Internet in the United States, nor has it appeared in the history of the Internet in the world.
Major media in the United States began to pay attention to this event, and many TV media, including CNN, reported this grand occasion to the whole of North America and even the world in the form of emergency inserts that night.
There are also many online media that have carried out all-round tracking reports on the large-scale actions of Chinese netizens, including a portal website dominated by college students, which has given a general name to Chinese netizens- Army-Of-Justice, the division of justice, as soon as this title was launched, it was immediately sought after by the majority of American netizens, and even American netizens learned to repay the favor, specifically through translation software, or ask friends who know Chinese for advice, and reply to Chinese netizens in Chinese everywhere on the Internet, and the most widely circulated version is: "Dear Chinese friends, thank you, you are the teacher of justice!"
The 100% mutual recognition between Huaxia and American netizens, as well as the excellent online interaction, have greatly promoted the influence of the opposition and boycott of the "Last Samurai" action.
Tom Cruise, who is 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 scold him with it, Tom Cruise is almost completely overwhelmed by these remarks, and even fans have defected or disappeared at this time, in the face of strong social pressure, Tom Cruise is almost on the verge of collapse.
The agent was also anxious in the United States at this time, and seeing that the situation was more passive by Chinese netizens, he no longer dared to hesitate and immediately called Tom Cruise.
The moment the phone 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 and 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, this movie is the Titanic with an investment of 140 million US dollars, it has now hit the rocks, if you jump ship now and have time to survive, even if you are embarrassed, at least you can save your life, but if you are a little later, you can only sink with this ship!"
Tom Cruise was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?"
The agent said without hesitation: "My meaning is very simple, you 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 of the world, admit and reflect on your mistakes, the attitude must be extremely sincere and can not be concealed; second, unilaterally announced that you will immediately quit the crew of "The Last Samurai" and no longer have anything to do with this movie, so as to pray for the audience's forgiveness. ”
Tom Cruise sighed deeply and said, "In this case, according to the contract, I will compensate the other party a lot of money, and you must know that if I apologize, it will be equivalent to my admission that this film is promoting the extreme bushido spirit, and it is equivalent to my personal clear standing on the opposite side of the extreme bushido spirit, in this way, I may offend the entire Japanese audience in the future!"
Speaking of which, Tom Cruise added, "And Sumitomo...... You know, they're the investors behind this movie, and if I betray them now to protect myself, they'll definitely retaliate against me in every way in the future......"
The agent was in a hurry, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, saying: "Damn! Are you stupid?! If you quit now, it's just a loss of money! But if you can help you win back a lot of audiences, you have to remember that you are an actor, a global actor, even if the whole 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's people target you, can he control the whole world? If he had this ability, then how could this incident be so big? This time the incident is so big, which just proves that they do not have as strong influence as the legend, and in the face of public opinion, their influence is not even a fart!"
Later, the agent warned: "Tom, there is only one chance to please the public, and it is on a first-come, first-served basis! If you don't hurry up and jump ship to stand in line this time, in case Warner can't bear the pressure, they announce the cessation of the filming of this film first, then you will really be doomed, if everyone in the world except the Japanese is boycotting you, then you will really have no way to live!"
Tom Cruise's agent has been working with him for nearly twenty years, and the two have long become very close friends.
Indeed, I really stepped on the thunder this time, I didn't expect to arouse such a big public anger all of a sudden, in this case, if you want to stay on this precarious ship, it is really a little unwise.
Tom Cruise first got on the ship because he had admired the ship for a long time and wanted to take advantage of the big capital behind the ship, but in the current situation, it is really difficult for the ship to survive, if he doesn't jump ship again, it will really be a catastrophe.
And the agent just said something that completely woke him up, Warner is facing such a lot of pressure now, and it may not be able to last long, and now so many netizens are boycotting this movie, as long as Warner can't bear it, it will inevitably stop this movie.
Now there is one thing he strongly agrees with, there is indeed only one chance to please the people, whether it is himself, Warner, Edward Zwick, whoever defects first in these three parties can be the first to know the way back, and seize the last bit of favor in front of the people.
If you wait for the director to stop filming and wait for Warner to stop filming, you will have no initiative at all, but you will become the stubborn one in the eyes of the people!
Thinking of this, Tom Cruise has already made a decision in his heart, so he will do what his agent said, hurry back to Hollywood, apologize to the global audience, and draw a 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 also went to Hollywood, and he is in distant New Zealand, as long as either of them figure it out, they can hold a press conference in Hollywood within an hour, but they are now in the northern mountains of New Zealand, and it will take at least 24 hours to rush back, and they must hold a press conference in Hollywood, so they must rush back, and they can only pray for God to bless, hoping that before they go back, the two of them have not made a decision......
So, Tom Cruise said to his agent in a hurry: "I'll rush back now, you always keep an eye on Hollywood's trends, and contact me in time if there is any situation!"