The first month of the release of "American Style Painting" passed quickly, and by now, the degree of attention of the film in the United States has basically reached the point where everyone knows about it, and even some US troops who have successfully withdrawn their troops, after receiving letters from relatives and knowing what is happening in China, strongly requested the US government to organize a domestic military performance and broadcast "American Style Painting".

Of course, in addition to the popularity of "American Style Painting" in the next two weeks, there is another thing that is also changing to hype, that is, some US soldiers who have been exposed to "Agent Orange" also strongly requested to return to China after receiving the news of the letters sent by their relatives in China, and there are even rumors that US soldiers committed suicide because they could not accept the reality after confirming the truth of the matter.

As these news spread, some US troops, presumably to take revenge on the government that deceived them, even spread the recent massacre of civilians by US troops and their own families through some reporters who covered the Vietnam War alone and their own families, which caused an uproar in public opinion for a while.

After all, since the US military carried out the "My Lai Massacre" in My Lai Village, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, on 16 March 1968, which shocked the whole United States, the entire American public has been skeptical of the trust in the US military, and many members of the public have demanded that the US Government withdraw its troops as soon as possible and no longer allow their relatives to participate in this battle without any interest.

However, the truth of the matter is once again shocking when the US soldiers once again exposed the atrocities of the army. Of course, even if the U.S. government came forward to clarify at the first time, saying that it was the nonsense of some soldiers who had gone insane due to the war, the majority of the American people would not believe it at all.

After all, during the "My Lai Massacre", soldiers of Company C of the 1st Battalion of the 20th Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 23rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army slaughtered My Lai village because they suspected that the villagers were covering the escape of the Viet Cong. Men, women, and children were shot dead, and women were also mutilated and corpses were mutilated, and the next day, the official newspaper of the US War Department, the Stars and Stripes, ran a headline that "U.S. troops surrounded the reds and killed 128 people."

The U.S. government deliberately covered up the massacre, which was covered up for more than a year, until several American soldiers wrote letters reflecting the atrocities of their units and mentioning the horrific massacre, which was finally exposed by American journalist Seymont Hersh-Seymour Hirsch, and on November 12, 1969, the news of the massacre was published in The New Yorker magazine, which led to a surge of anti-war sentiment in the United States, and the international community was in an uproar, unanimously condemning the U.S. government as "moral bankruptcy."

After the US Congress sent people to investigate the truth of the matter in order to restore the credibility of the government, the verdict of the US military tribunal on 31 March 1971 also fully guaranteed the morality and credibility of the US Government; except for the US Army Lieutenant Wiliam Cali, who ordered the firing and was sentenced to life imprisonment, all the other 25 people who were prosecuted for participating in the investigation were acquitted.

However, William Cali, who was sentenced to life in prison, was finally sentenced to four and a half months after appealing, and a military sentence to try the executioner became a farce of "everyone happy", and the only consolation was that Seymour Hirsch, who reported on the incident, won the Pulitzer International Reporting Award in 1970.

Now, as the U.S. military has soldiers again, further exposing the fact that the U.S. military has massacred Vietnamese civilians more than once, the whole society has been awakened, after all, combined with the stories before and after the "My Lai Massacre" that year, the image of the U.S. military as the righteous king on the battlefield in Vietnam has repeatedly fallen in front of the public.

As soon as the incident came out, the US government was so anxious that even President Nixon, whom they had been defending recently, could not take care of it for the time being, but used various official government newspapers to clarify the inconsistencies in the report.

However, this is useless at all, with the "My Lai Massacre" that has already been hammered, the major newspapers are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and deeply analyze the truth of this matter, for a time, the whole United States is not only concerned about the living conditions of the US troops in Vietnam and whether they need to sacrifice the army, that is, to discuss the atrocities of the US military.

After Walter knew about this, he was very surprised, after all, he was worried that there was no popularity to continue to drive the box office of the movie, but he didn't expect someone to send pillows when he was sleepy, and the majority of American journalists who are struggling on the front line of free public opinion obviously have an immeasurable harsh vision for their own country, and all kinds of remarks mentioning the anti-Vietnam War not only embarrassed the US government, but also pushed the popularity of "American Style Painting" to a climax.

Of course, from beginning to end, Walter did not involve his own people in the topic of hyping up the Vietnam War, and did not even spend money to continue to publicize "American Painting". The reason is very simple, he doesn't want to be a target in the eyes of the U.S. government, after all, the FBI has never been a vegetarian, and once things get out of the control of the U.S. government, then the final result can only be a thorough control of public opinion and political persecution.

Anyway, no matter whether Walter participates in this wave of public opinion offensive or not, the popularity of "American Style Painting" will not drop again, and the major theaters have once again increased the number of films, and it is said that some theaters have even filmed a terrifying seventy percent of the number of films, which is really too hot for public opinion outside.

So, although the box office of the film has decreased slightly in the third week, with only $28 million coming in, the good news is that it still occupies the top spot of the weekly box office charts.

Fortunately, in the fourth week, when the whole American public opinion was in an uproar over the atrocities of the US military, the box office of the movie suddenly rose to $35 million in the fourth week, firmly occupying the top spot at the box office.

Since then, the first round of screenings of "American Painting" in North America has not ended, and the box office of the film has exceeded 100 million in the first month, and it has firmly occupied the top spot at the North American box office for four consecutive weeks.

The box office results of the movie are so gratifying, it is natural to celebrate, not to mention that this is the first film that Walter has independently served as a producer since his rebirth, and it is also the first step for him to establish his reputation, so the celebration reception is still to be held.

As for the location and funding of the celebration party, it was won by Disney first, after all, "American Painting" is the first film to break the box office of 100 million since they invested in live-action films, and it is impossible to say that it is not good to celebrate.

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