Chapter 32: Temporary Truce
Daniel's popularity alone was enough to create a craze in the entertainment section of the Internet, and Fred spread it in other areas.
One of the most remarkable of the popular creations derived from the four-panel cartoon is a caricature about the current US President Bill Clinton, which was first published on a current affairs forum and signed by the creator "Lewinsky's Little Mouth".
The comic is completely modeled after Daniel's four-panel comic format.
The first panel is a man working in the Oval Office and a lady outside the door.
The second panel is a picture of them in close contact in the office.
In the third compartment there was also a third person, a beautiful and elegant lady - everyone knew who it was.
The fourth panel is a man and a woman surrounded by microphones and a crowd.
At this time last year, the scandal at the White House was a feast for the media, which covered it with pleasure and enthusiasm for discussing the president's competence and the first lady's coldness.
This four-panel cartoon quickly reminds everyone of the scandal that makes people blush and heartbeat.
No matter what country you are in, when it comes to people in a building like the White House, there is always a great willingness to inquire.
In fact, this cartoon is not the handiwork of Fred, it is the wisdom of the people of the Internet. But there is no doubt that he greatly helped Fred. That's where Fred's joy lies, he thinks that there will always be someone in the huge online community who does it for him.
There's an illusion that God is manipulating the world.
Of course, he is just a working boy hiding behind the Internet, but this does not prevent him from enjoying the pleasure of this moment.
Daniel's four-panel comics have spread among big stars in the entertainment industry, such as Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. At the same time, also in sports circles, such as the NBA, the Houston Rockets, which is well known to Chinese, and this year's high-profile Rockets led by Pippen, Olajuwon and Barkley stopped in the first round, and it is not surprising that fans use comics to vent their anger, in which these three people are busy with dollars, beautiful women and wine, and then guide a hanging rocket upside down and a dejected face. And, of course, the White House story described above......
In any case, the Internet at the end of 1999 was simply vulnerable under Daniel's guidance and Fred's manipulation. Daniel's four-panel cartoon used to refute rumors instantly permeated all fields, and more and more people were involved, some of them were good - such as blessings for Pitt and Jennifer, and of course some were unhappy, such as Clinton in his final year of term.
But in any case, it didn't bother anyone, and Clinton even survived the president's impeachment, and certainly wasn't afraid of it, although Newsweek then got permission to reprint it from "Lewinsky's Little Mouth" -- they paid $2,000.
This is perhaps the first time that many people have truly participated online.
The development of the Internet is rapid, compared with half a year ago, there has been a significant increase in Internet users, this wave of craze, so that Daniel is familiar with the new users of the Internet, they are different from the first Daniel fans, they are shocked by the huge gap between Billy Bob and Daniel in "School Blues", so they fall into Daniel's interest, and then develop into his fans.
But what the new friends saw at the beginning was what Daniel was now, there is really no shortage of beautiful women and handsome men in Hollywood, and it is probably impossible for anyone to conquer as many people as he wants to conquer just by his face.
In any case, the attention of these people has dispelled the bad influence of Entertainment Weekly, and Daniel's fans have rightly cursed Entertainment Weekly as a book of lies, demanding that they come up with evidence, and that there is no way to get Daniel out of Daniel by word of mouth alone.
Blogs that have benefited from the entertainment boom in late 1999 have also benefited or suffered, and Daniel's blog site belongs to Pyra, which has made a breakthrough leap forward in the past two years, but it has not benefited them. They haven't found a way to profit from this new way of communicating, and more users mean more and more operating costs – which almost overwhelms Pyra.
In fact, they are already mulling layoffs, and Daniel's case has propelled the process forward.
After the intermittent layoffs of the entire Pyra company, only the founder Evan Williams remains, and if you are no stranger to the Internet, you will not be unfamiliar with this name, which is a big shot.
Of course, this has little to do with Daniel, who has already moved away from the negative press.
His fans and ordinary people have begun to attack Ginley Adams' shameless lies, and ubiquitous netizens have even begun to use their power to claim to be friends of Ginley Adams, breaking the news that Kinley had complained to her that Daniel ignored her. The authenticity of the time, place and some specific descriptions revealed by Jin Li in the interview was questioned one by one.
Events began to tilt in Daniel's direction.
This qiē is all driven by Internet public opinion.
People haven't realised that there's Fred, or Daniel, manipulating it, and they, including Philip and Jones, are shocked and, of course, envious, of Daniel's seemingly indestructible popularity and influence online.
Philip believes that his operation has failed by underestimating the loyalty of online fans.
So he stopped making further movements.
He believes that the reason why Daniel has such loyal fans is entirely because people imagine Daniel too perfectly, and the Internet blocks everyone's comprehensive Daniel.
Either there is real evidence to break everyone's illusions about Daniel in one fell swoop, or there is only to wait and wait for Daniel to show his feet, such as being photographed taking drugs, going to nightclubs, or involving discriminatory remarks, etc., at that time, Philip will do his best to completely knock him into the dust.
Daniel's move saved the two sides from fighting each other for the time being, but both knew it wasn't the end. Because Daniel is about to meet with Doug Liman, the two sides must still fight each other in order to fight for "Spy".
Of course, everyone has a way out, Matt Damon is hot and there is no shortage of filming, Daniel has a "Gladiator" waiting to be launched, and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", the commercial value is also clearly identifiable, and Hollywood's financiers will not refuse them.
However, they all understand that a play may not be a big deal in itself, but the winner of the competition will undoubtedly gain relatively more power.
If Daniel can win Matt Damon head-on this time, in a sense, he can be regarded as a coffee A. Of course, this level is not particularly above board, and it is often necessary to wait for the effect of the movie.
But the benefits, obviously.