When the million-dollar "Righteous Division" from China became famous on American social networks and fought side by side with American netizens, it was not only Tom Cruise himself who panicked.

Affected by such a negative impact, the entire senior management of Warner Bros. fell into a huge panic, and the strength of public opinion made them have no way to reverse public opinion, and even Warner's parent company, Time Warner, had an extremely difficult time.

Originally, Time Warner's acquisition of AOL (AOL) is a famous failure case in history, and the market value shrinking by hundreds of billions of dollars a year is a big thing that Time Warner and AOL have done together after the merger, and in this life, AOL is facing a much more painful dilemma than the same period in the previous life, because AOL did not have Makino Technology in its previous life.

In the previous life, AOL was a giant in the American Internet industry, but due to the rise of YY and the follow-up of YY English Network, all Internet companies that provide page services in the United States have suffered a huge blow, and AOL is even more difficult to survive.

Time Warner has been caught in a whirlpool of huge losses since 2002, coupled with the blessing of YY, and now it is overwhelmed.

Time Warner demanded that Warner Bros. immediately find a way to solve the current public opinion crisis, and it was Jiro Horita who also put pressure on Warner Bros.

Horita Jiro was furious at the current extremely passive situation, for him, investing in this film is to promote Japanese culture, the spirit of Japanese bushido, and make money by the way, but what he didn't expect is that not only did he fail to achieve the purpose of promoting Japanese culture and the spirit of bushido, but instead let the spirit of bushido, the quintessence of Japan, be resisted and spurned by the whole world.

An angry Jiro Horita angrily scolded Warner Bros. CEO Meyer on the phone, telling him that no matter what, he must find a way to solve this matter, and if the impact of this incident continues to expand, he will definitely make Warner Bros. pay the price.

Meyer was also about to collapse, and he said to Jiro Horita: " Mr. Horita, now all the media in the United States are standing in line, only a few media controlled by Japanese capital have not yet expressed their position, but you have also seen that these media are now being boycotted by netizens, and what's worse is that YY, which has a huge influence in the world, is also fueling the flames, its information delivery ability is too strong, and we have no way to influence its views at all, so according to the current trend of this matter, this influence can only get bigger and bigger. ”

"Fucking bastard!" Jiro Horita suddenly went berserk, his voice suddenly became hysterical, and he scolded angrily: "Meyer, I fucking warn you, this movie is my dream, if it is ruined, I will definitely not be able to get around you!

Meyer's endurance is also about to reach the limit, seeing that Jiro Horita is pointing the finger at himself, Meyer's emotions are also a little out of control, and he shouted loudly: "The current situation has nothing to do with me, the movie is what you want to make, the script is confirmed by you, the director and actors are all designated by you, I am just a shell to help you build a group and help you distribute and promote! My job is to help you integrate resources and start the project smoothly, and I have already done these tasks!"

Speaking of this, Meyer's stomach exploded with dissatisfaction, and he said angrily: "The filming of the whole movie has been going very smoothly, and it was the leak of the script that led to such a thing, but the leakage of the script is not my responsibility, if you want to blame Edward's mismanagement, let the crew make such a big mistake! But Edward is not my person, it's yours! If you really want to be held responsible, then go to him! I've had enough!"

After saying this angrily, Meyer didn't give Jiro Horita time to react, and immediately hung up the phone.

He's really had enough of it and doesn't want to go on anymore.

Not just Meyer, but almost every senior member of Warner Bros. has reached the limit of what he can bear.

Now they are not only being scolded on the Internet, but the key is that many protesters have gone to protest outside Warner's offices, and the scale of the protests has grown, from dozens at the beginning, to hundreds, and even increasing, so that Warner's top management is no longer afraid to go to the company.

Among them, Meyer was the worst, the last time he went to the company, the car was immediately surrounded by a large number of protesters as soon as he drove into the parking lot, and when he got out of the car, he was also thrown two rotten eggs by an old Chinese lady, and he was disgraced, and quickly got into the car and fled home.

After that, Meyer never went to the company again, and he and other executives hid in their respective homes, and contacted through the YY group video to discuss the next step.

Among the senior management of Warner, there are also people who understand that they want to use the solution of a strong man's broken wrist to quickly solve this problem, suggesting that the company hold a large-scale press conference, at which it will self-examine and apologize to the people around the world, especially in the United States and China, and then announce the suspension of filming of "The Last Samurai" and the disbandment of the crew.

However, Meyer did not agree with it before.

The investment of 140 million US dollars was almost all given by Sumitomo, and Horita quietly completed the investment through externally controlled investment companies and funds, and it seems that Warner took the lead in investing in the film with several companies, but in fact, all the money came from Sumitomo.

This money was given to Warner, and Warner has spent most of it from the preparation of the auction to now, and if the filming is announced at this time, Warner will lose a lot.

The legal staff calculated that if the filming was stopped, the book loss would be at least more than $200 million.

The reason why it is as high as 200 million US dollars is because the investment of 140 million US dollars itself is in hand, and there is a risk clause, if the film is not completed as planned due to unnatural force majeure, then Warner will compensate all the investment and pay an additional 100% compensation.

Originally, the terms given by Sumitomo were very lenient, as long as the film is filmed, Warner does not have any risk of violating the rules, even if it takes an extra year, as long as the movie is made well, Sumitomo will not pursue any responsibility.

But the most embarrassing thing is that this movie may have become the most difficult film in film history, so according to the contract, if filming is stopped, Sumitomo will be compensated 280 million, because most of the money has been spent, there are still tens of millions left on the books, and the rest must be borne by themselves, with a loss of more than 200 million US dollars.

Meyer didn't want to take on such a huge loss, more than $200 million, when he was sitting in the CEO position, how many movies would have to be made to make it back.

And this is only a direct economic loss, and the indirect loss is even greater!

If investors lose confidence in Warner Bros. because of the suspension of filming, then Warner Bros.'s valuation, future project development and even the proportion of shares when cooperating with other companies may be greatly affected, and Time Warner, as the parent company, is bound to be affected, and the stock price has been falling in the past two days, many of which are due to the trouble caused by the Warner Bros. movie, once the suspension of filming is announced, I am afraid that the impact will be greater.

But now, Meyer finally figured out that this pot can't escape by himself, and the later he carries it, the greater the cost!

This damn Horita Jiro didn't care about the actual situation of the matter at all, and he shamelessly came to himself to hold him accountable, if it weren't for such a big problem with his subject matter, how could it cause so many things one after another?!

I didn't want to bear the loss of 200 million US dollars before, but now it seems that these losses can't be avoided, in this case, it is better to be fortunate to carry it myself, and then immediately hold a press conference to apologize to the people of the world, admit the mistakes, admit the evil of extreme bushido, and then announce the suspension of filming, so that although the loss cannot be recovered, at least the reputation can be saved! If it drags on any longer, the money will have to be lost, and the reputation will be completely lost.

So, the angry Meyer immediately organized a video conference with the senior management hiding at home, and after the connection was connected, the first thing he said was: "Prepare, we will hold a press conference tomorrow morning!"

It was already half past eight in the evening local time, and if it weren't for the lack of preparation time, Meyer would have wanted to hold a press conference immediately.

Other executives immediately asked, "What strategy are we going to adopt for the launch?"

Meyer didn't hesitate to say, "Apologize!"

After Meyer made this decision, all the executives did not say a word in front of the camera.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Meyer said angrily: "You don't have to worry! Stopping filming is my decision, and I will bear all the responsibility!"

When Meyer said this sentence very clearly, the executives in front of the camera finally breathed a sigh of relief.

For the hot potato of "The Last Samurai", everyone wants to stop filming quickly, and then immediately apologize and pray for forgiveness from the public, so that the pressure exerted on them by society in the past few days can be reduced by half, but, after all, it involves at least 200 million US dollars in direct losses, as well as immeasurable indirect losses, and no one wants to carry a pot.

Meyer had been the same before, but now he couldn't take it anymore, and now he just wanted to get out of this matter as soon as possible.

At this point, one of the executives said, "Let's talk to Edward and Tom Cruise to see if they're willing to attend this press conference together, and if we apologize together, it will be more sincere." ”

"Absolutely not!" Meyer immediately exploded and blurted out: "Edward and Tom Cruise must not be notified of this matter, not only that, you must keep it a high degree of secrecy until tonight, prepare secretly tonight, and contact the major media at eight o'clock tomorrow to inform them that we are going to hold an emergency press conference at ten o'clock, and I will catch everyone off guard!"

"Why?!" Almost all executives didn't understand why Meyer was leaving Edward and Tom Cruise alone at this time.

Meyer said with a gloomy face: "If three sinners confess their sins at the same time, then these three people will bear the condemnation and punishment of the people at the same time, but if one person confesses his guilt first, it will make the people transfer most of the condemnation and punishment that should have been given to him to the remaining two people! At this time, what we have to do is to make the most beneficial choice for ourselves!"