Chapter 516: Trouble to Death (Subscription Requested)
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"Do you believe in Matthew racism?"
In a slightly dilapidated house in Westwood, Brian Liszt put down the newspaper in his hand and asked a young black man of his age, "Do you believe what the newspaper says is true?"
The black young man didn't even think about it, he just shook his head, "I don't believe it!" He was very sure, "It's all rumor!"
"That's right!
"That Spike-Lee nonsense. ”
"How could Matthew ......"
There was a chaotic sound in the house, among which there were men and women, with black, white, yellow and brown complexions, but without exception suspected that this was a rumor.
Brian Liszt nodded, and said to the black man first, "Thompson, I remember a fan meeting where Matthew hugged you and took a picture with you?"
"yes. The black young man named Thompson immediately said, "Not only did they take a group photo, but Matthew signed it later." ”
He took out his wallet and said, "I take all the group photos with me." ”
"Lend me a little bit. After Brian Liszt finished speaking, Thompson had already handed him the photo, he took it and looked at it, and said loudly, "Friends, someone slanders Matthew, we must not sit idly by, I want to collect a photo or video of Matthew with us and send it to Matthew's agency to help Matthew clarify." ”
"Good!" echoed Thompson.
"I have it!"
"I have it at home!"
There was a lot of excitement in the room, especially the black fans, some of whom asked Brian to wait and rush home to get a photo with Matthew, a few of whom had a few hands, as well as a video of Matthew interacting with fans when he ran a promotional notice in the past few years.
There is no shortage of videos interacting with black fans.
Even, Brian Lister got a video of Matthew visiting a black child with leukemia from his part-time photographer for the Westwood Fan Organization.
"Not bad. Brian Liszt looked at these things and kept nodding, "Very good." ”
Hopson leaned in at this point and asked, "Brian, I heard that some black organizations have protested in front of Matthew's house, shall we go over and cheer Matthew on?"
Some people in the back heard Hopson's words and chimed in, "Why don't we go together!"
"yes! Can't watch those guys bully Matthew!"
"Let's go over and give them some color!"
Brian Liszt hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't, don't!" he raised his voice and reminded, "Everyone wait a few days for the time being, the matter will be clarified soon, and if necessary, I will inform everyone to go to Spike Lee to protest." ”
After two years of organizational development, Brian Liszt has considerable prestige in this fan organization, and after his words, basically everyone dispelled their previous thoughts and left the room one after another.
It didn't take long for Brian Liszt to put everything in a large document bag, walked out of the room with his carry, took out his mobile phone and made a call, a black Mercedes Benz van quickly stopped on the side of the road in front of the door, and Brian pulled the door to get into the car.
"Hi Bella. He greeted expertly.
Bella Anderson responded with a smile and asked, "Where? ”
"Old place. Brian handed the bag of papers to Bella Anderson, "Everything you asked me to collect is in it, in addition to photos, there are also some video materials, in the portable hard drive." ”
Bella Anderson opened the file bag, looked through it briefly, and said, "And the video? ”
Brian Liszt explained, "There is a person in the association who is a photography enthusiast who likes to shoot with a camera when he has nothing to do, and when he participates in Matthew's activities, he shoots a lot of content, and you see if he can help Matthew." ”
"It should work. Bella Anderson was quite polite and said, "Matthew specifically instructed me to say thank you to you. ”
Brian quickly waved his hand and said, "This is what I should do, really." ”
The Mercedes sedan parked underneath a detached house, dropped off Brian Lister, picked up Amanda at a high-end apartment community in Westwoods, and headed for Beverly Hills.
"When did you come back?" Amanda asked, looking at Bella Anderson.
"Yesterday night. Bella Anderson said directly, "I met with a number of key figures in the Matthew Fan Association, and I got a lot of footage from them. ”
Amanda nodded, "That's not enough. ”
Bella Anderson asked with concern, "Is it going well over there?"
Amanda returned to Los Angeles from Geneva yesterday morning and said with a smile, "It went more smoothly than expected, and the large amount of supplies we donated to Africa, especially Ghana, were not in vain." ”
Just after the release of "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", the second donation of materials donated by Matthew's two charitable foundations also arrived in Africa, but compared with the last huge publicity, this time there was basically no media coverage.
In fact, this is mainly for the follow-up accounting, otherwise it will be a trouble if there are media reporters staring at it all the time.
Nowadays, all that is needed is a suitable platform, a TV platform that can reach a large number of viewers in North America.
As soon as she thought of this, Amanda was interrupted by the protests outside, looking for the sound and turning her head to look out of the car, the Mercedes-Benz business vehicle had approached the gate of Horner Manor, near the previously quiet gate, hundreds of black people and hundreds of media reporters gathered, black people held poster images, pulled up long signs, all of them protested Matthew and told Matthew to get out of Hollywood and the like.
Media reporters are constantly capturing various protest scenes.
Seeing all this, Amanda couldn't help but shake her head, unlike Bella Anderson opposite, she was born in the upper class, received a higher education, and saw many issues more thoroughly.
In the past two days, some black people in Hollywood have not only protested against Matthew, but also by Will Smith's wife Jada Smith, and the protest has also expanded to the Oscars.
Of course, this is a good thing for Matthew, and the firepower has been dispersed quite a bit for the time being.
If Jada Smith were in the same league as that Spike Lee, he would really be a pig teammate.
Amanda sighed, the incident was the result of years of overkill of political correctness. Hollywood, as the most open-minded, politically left-wing and free-spirited place in the United States, has been at the forefront of society for many years and has been trying to support various movements, and now it is ironic that it has been bitten by a snake raised by itself, calling itself "racist".
The word diversity is now often used as a trump card for a handful of people with ulterior motives. As long as they can't get their purpose, they will take out this trump card and make trouble to the death.
In the rules of the game in politics, shouting may not be useful, but not shouting is certainly useless. The black movement has been going on for many years, and some blacks know the rules of the game.
"So far, there are very few black winners of the Nobel Prize. Bella Anderson suddenly said, "By the standards of these people, they should be protesting the Nobel Prize." ”
Amanda didn't answer, the social situation was here, and it wasn't something a few of them could change.
In a study on the second floor of Horner Manor, Helen Herman stood in front of the window, looking at the commercial cars driving through the door and the crowd of protesters locked out, and said to Matthew, "Bella and Aman have arrived, and they are all going well." ”
Matthew nodded and asked, "How's your contact going?"
"No problem. Helen Herman has also just arrived, "As long as we can turn around the current bad situation, Warner Bros. and Walt Disney will follow suit, and David Ellison has also reached out to a lot of tech and business media, and they will follow suit." ”
"So, we turn around the most critical." ”
These are not as expected by Matthew, the current situation, except for the mouth cannon, there is no evidence to prove that he discriminates against blacks, but we cannot underestimate the power of public opinion, when most people say yes, it becomes yes.
Therefore, although he did not speak out publicly for the time being, he was running at full strength.
"Is there a problem with the talk show over there?" asked Matthew.
Now that this has become a hot topic, Oprah not only did not mean to refuse, but also made an exception to postpone one the talk show recorded this week, and put your episode on Friday night live. Helen Herman's face was rarely serious, "I said hello in advance about the video and photos, Oprah watched part of it, but you also have to note that Oprah is a black man, and although she is different from Spike Lee, she will definitely make things difficult for you." ”
"You can rest assured. Matthew still has some confidence, "I'm not a young actor anymore. ”
Helen Herman nodded, "We have prepared all aspects, and the average viewership of the last two episodes of Oprah's talk show is close to 20 million, and there is no more suitable platform in the short term." ”
She reminded again, "Generally speaking, Oprah will keep a hand on the talk show and will not notify us in advance, so you have to be careful to be improvised, this is a live broadcast, I can't follow you." ”
Matthew kept his mind calm and casually joked, "She can't invite Spike Lee to the show to confront me, can she?"
"Probably not. Helen Herman shook her head, "It's usually the tearjerking that is hidden, and that's what Oprah does best." ”
Matthew frowned slightly, "I'm going to cry then?" ”
Helen Herman shook her head, "No, you just have to be impressed." ”
There was a knock on the door at this time, and Amanda and Bella Anderson, led by the housekeeper, walked in one after another, and the affairs handled by both of them went smoothly without encountering too many accidents and difficulties.
From Monday to Thursday, in just a few days, the storm spread across the United States.
On Thursday night, Matthew flew to Chicago with a series of materials to prepare for the famous Oprah talk show.
(Part of Spike Lee's fame is entirely earned by freedom fighters, it's normal for him to spray you, and you spray him, regardless of the facts, it's racist, and foreign forums call him and the Smiths spoiled.) Kids, you can see it.
He took advantage of his skin color to spray actors, spray directors such as Dong Damu, and spray Oscars, even if there is no evidence, just like spraying the banner of his father, everyone knows that he is unreasonable, but he sprays correctly.
It's not without benefit to spray like this, focusing on skin trouble for 20 years, although he didn't win the Oscar for Best Director, Spike Lee successfully won the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award after spraying the Oscar several times.
This can be said to be typical of success by skin color and mouth cannon. )