Chapter 1071: Strategy
After lunch, Liu Xiaoli simply cleaned up and drove to Los Angeles International Airport. After entering the airport, she told the staff that she was here to pick up Zhang Ran and reported her name. The staff checked the records, called a commissioner, and invited Liu Xiaoli to a private waiting suite and asked her to wait inside.
When it was almost five o'clock, Liu Xiaoli saw a plane slowly landing through the window. She knew that Zhang Ran was coming, because Zhang Ran's exclusive logo was printed on the plane.
Liu Xiaoli came out of the room and quickly saw Zhang Ran. She greeted her and said apologetically, "Teacher Zhang, you have caused you trouble!" But there is no way, I really don't know who to turn to except you. Weinstein has a lot of energy, and he even has the governor's lawyer on his defense team. Someone like him is simply something we can't provoke!"
Zhang Ran smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, the buns will be fine." I've reached out to Johnny Cochran and asked him to form a team of lawyers to deal with this lawsuit, and with him going to work, I'm sure I'm not going to lose. Zhang Ran saw that Liu Xiaoli did not react to the name Johnny Cochran, and explained: "Johnny Cochran is one of the most famous lawyers in the United States and the lead defense lawyer in the Simpson wife murder case. ”
Liu Xiaoli was overjoyed when she heard this, this lawyer was able to defend the Simpson murder case, and it was naturally a piece of cake to clear Harvey's slander against Liu Yifei, and said excitedly: "Teacher Zhang, I don't know what to say, but thank you very much!"
This is Liu Xiaoli's sincere words, she usually watches the news, and knows that the peak of the century and Wanda are at war recently, and Zhang Ran was accused by Wanda of manipulating the stock price, and now she is also in trouble. In this case, Zhang Ran was able to personally go to the United States to help Liu Yifei fight the lawsuit, and she was really grateful.
Zhang Ran waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't be polite with me, and I'm not exactly helping you." Harvey and Wanda are in the same group, and I have wanted to clean him up for a long time, but I have never waited for the right opportunity. ”
Coming out of the airport, Zhang Ran let Liu Xiaoli get into his car and drove towards the brightly lit downtown Los Angeles.
After the car drove out of the airport, Liu Xiaoli began to update Zhang Ran on the latest developments of the matter, and she told Zhang Ran that she offered to release Liu Yifei on bail of 1 million, but it was still not approved. She looked at Zhang Ran and pleaded: "Teacher Zhang, you have a lot of influence in the United States, if you come forward to bail, the prosecution should agree." Teacher Zhang, can you come forward and bail Sissi out?"
Zhang Ran didn't agree: "Let the buns stay in it and let her sober up." Harvey is a hooligan who has violated and harassed many girls, and everyone in the circle knows it. She dared to run into Harvey's room single-handedly, it was really a brain water. Did you act in a few "The Legend of Chunli", and you really thought you were Chunli?"
Liu Xiaoli knew that this was Zhang Ran's excuse, he just didn't want to see Liu Yifei. Zhang Ran said so, and she didn't want to speak again. However, she thought about it and found that it was right not to bail Liu Yifei first. Liu Yifei accepted no one's help, but he was unwilling to accept Zhang Ran's help. If she is released on bail now, she will definitely make trouble, and even shout at Zhang Ran, I don't want you to care! If Zhang Ran really lets her go, then the matter will be really troublesome!
The next morning, Johnny Cochran arrived in Los Angeles. After learning more about the case, he began to discuss with Zhang Ran and Liu Xiaoli how to deal with the lawsuit.
Johnny Cochran's expression was more serious: "The situation is not very favorable for us now, Liu Yifei said that Xavi tried to violate her, and she kicked and injured him in a scuffle with Xavi. Harvey said that Liu Yifei took the initiative to seduce him, but her condition was to make her the heroine. Harvey said a chink, Liu Yifei was enraged, saying that he should go into the gas chamber, and then the two scuffled. Liu Yifei is trained in martial arts, and she kicked Harvey in the crotch and shattered his **. Now we lack strong evidence that Harvey attempted to rape her, and according to surveillance footage, Liu Yifei came out of Harvey's room in good clothes and very calm, not at all as panicked as other women who were assaulted.
Under Harvey's control, the media is now on Harvey's side, the big newspaper only said that Harvey accused Liu Yifei of kicking and injuring his **, and never mentioned that Liu Yifei accused Harvey of attempting to rape; ”
Zhang Ran said directly: "What can I do to ensure that Liu Yifei is okay?"
Johnny Cochrane said: "First of all, we have to turn public opinion and convince the public that Liu Yifei is innocent, and Harvey is the perpetrator of multiple experiences of sexual harassment and assault. Harvey is so emboldened, and the media plays a very important role, Harvey spends tens of millions of dollars every year on large and small media, and is an important advertiser for these newspapers. ”
Zhang Ran said disdainfully: "This is easy, I'll call the bosses of several media groups in a while." Harvey is a big customer, and I'm an important customer of these media groups. ”
Johnny Cochran laughed when he heard this, Harvey spends tens of millions of dollars in advertising every year, and the annual advertising dollars burned by Century Peak are as high as tens of billions. As long as Zhang Ran speaks, the media will definitely turn the gun and stand on Liu Yifei's side. He said sincerely: "With Mr. Zhang coming forward, things are much simpler." Second, we must let women who have been sexually harassed and sexually assaulted by Harvey come forward to testify against Harvey, and as long as a few women come forward to testify against Harvey, then Harvey will become a repeat offender in the eyes of the public, and prosecutors will also consider this when weighing whether to prosecute. The problem, however, is that the victims have a gag agreement with Harvey, making it difficult for them to come out and identify Harvey. ”
After the Oscar dinner the year before last, Zhang Ran asked people to secretly collect evidence of Harvey's crime. He received a number of testimonies from harassed and abused by Harvey, who were ready to come forward. Zhang Ran said with a smile: "This is very easy, I can let them stand up, not one, but a group!"
Johnny Cochran was slightly stunned, and then understood what was going on: "Then this time Harvey is planted!", but he immediately added: "Harvey has dealings with the top management of major Hollywood studios, as well as many politicians. These people are Harvey's umbrella, and we have to guard against them. The best thing to do is for you to stand up and speak out, as long as you stand up and speak strongly, these people will inevitably be afraid of your energy and dare not speak for Harvey easily. ”
That night, Zhang Ran posted a long blog post on his Fly account. "It's a well-known secret in Hollywood that Harvey is a villain, harassing and abusing many women," the article reads. I had a conflict with Harvey and thought about getting this out. But I don't have any evidence in my hands, and Harvey has a lot of energy and there are a lot of people who protect him. If I prick this thing up, I might be ostracized by the whole of Hollywood. So, I eventually gave up.
The same is true of many women who have been harassed and violated by Harvey, who finally chose to remain silent because they were afraid of Harvey's power. It is precisely because everyone is afraid of Harvey's power and chooses to remain silent that Harvey has not been punished, and the more unscrupulous he becomes, the more victims there are. Just a few days ago, my student Liu Yifei was almost violated by Harvey. Now I really don't think we can go on like this, or there will be more victims.
There's a passage at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston that says, "When I killed the Communists, I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Communist; then they persecuted the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew; then they killed the unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a unionist; then they persecuted Catholics, and I didn't speak out because I was a Protestant; and finally when they started dealing with me, there was no one left to speak up for me.
It's time to expose Harvey's crimes, and we can't afford to remain silent any longer, or your loved ones and friends may fall prey to Harvey. I sincerely appeal to all women who have been sexually harassed and abused by Harvey to stand up and speak about their experiences of being sexually assaulted and harassed by Harvey to avoid more victims. ”
After Zhang Ran's long blog post was posted, it sparked heated discussions on the Internet and quickly topped the Fly hot search list. But the whole of Hollywood is silent, especially the A-list stars, as if they didn't see it. Zhang Ran and Harvey are both bigwig-level figures, and neither of them can provoke. In order to avoid harming the pond fish, they did not dare to express their position easily before Zhang Ran and Harvey really separated the winners and losers.
Harvey's legal team and crisis public relations team immediately issued an announcement denying Zhang Ran's accusations, claiming that Zhang Ran's accusations were completely fabricated and intended to slander himself, and the statement also implied that Zhang Ran had an improper relationship with Liu Yifei, that he had lived with Liu Yifei when she was 14 years old, and that Zhang Ran had fabricated lies in order to help Liu Yifei get away with the crime.
The next morning, actress Amber Heard "bravely" stood up and held a press conference in Los Angeles. At the press conference, Amber told reporters that in 2007, Harvey said that he wanted to give her a role and let her come to his room to talk in detail. Upon entering the room, Harvey called out a series of A-list actors, saying that he had become popular because they had slept with him. Amber stated that she rejected Harvey's courtship, but in the end Harvey forced her to have sex, even though she kept asking to stop. She said, "Harvey is so powerful, like a beast, I can't push him away." My resistance was so weak that I was at his mercy like a corpse. ”
Before Harvey could refute Amber's remarks, someone else came forward. Actress Natasha Myerz claimed that Weinstein raped herself in a London hotel in 2008 and continued to sexually harass her throughout her acting career.
Actress Paz de la Velta, who said she had been raped twice by Harvey, said that in October 2010, Harvey offered to send her back to her New York apartment because the two lived in a neighboring neighborhood. Harvey insisted on a drink, so they went to De la Velta's home, after which Harvey took off her skirt, pushed her down on the bed and raped her.
What really pushed Harvey into hell was the recording released by female model Ambra. At the beginning of the recording, Harvey asks Ambra to enter his hotel room, and she is clearly reluctant. During the conversation, it was revealed that Harvey had rubbed Ambra's breasts the day before, and admitted that "I was used to doing it". After Ambra refused, Harvey first promised that he would not do anything to her, and then threatened that "if you don't do this, you will be out of luck", and then tempted: "Do you know that you are becoming a big star?" and finally Ambra refused Harvey's request.
After the recording was released, public opinion was completely boiling. Major media outlets reported Harvey's sexual assault with headlines, and various TV stations also reported it on a large scale, and a storm of anti-sexual harassment and sexual assault began to sweep Hollywood!