Chapter 1181 A Press Conference Full of Repentance

Journalists from major media piled up the entire conference hall.

No way, there are too many people!

Nowadays, topics related to "The Last Samurai" have become the hottest news in the world. At least hundreds of millions of people around the world are paying close attention to it through the Internet and other media channels. Every media regards it as the most important news. none of them.

When Tom Cruise arrived at the scene, the press conference was about to start, but what he didn't expect was that Mayer specially arranged a number of security guards to guard the entrance outside the press conference, and deliberately told them that they must not be allowed. Anyone but Warner employees and media reporters entered the venue, which naturally included Tom Cruise and (love ài) Dewar Zwick.

Tom Cruise, who was blocked by the security guard at the entrance, almost ran wild. He protested with the security guard countless times, but it was of no use. Nearly 20 security guards were guarding one entrance, and Tom Cruise couldn't get in at all.

After realizing it (love ài) Dewar Zwick also hurried over, seeing that Tom Cruise was blocked from the door, and hurriedly asked him about the specific situation.

Tom Cruise said angrily: "These guys won't let me in, and now that bastard Mayer has decided to betray us!"

(Love ài) Although DeWal Zwick had guessed for a long time, Warner held a press conference without saying hello. He must have wanted to leave himself and Tom Cruise to run away, but when this (love qíng) situation suddenly happened At the time, he was also hateful and anxious, and even wished to get a gun to kill the security guards at the door, and then rushed in to clarify to all the media that he was the victim, and Warners simply took (Japanese rì) his own money. , I am willing to do things for myself!

However, no matter how anxious or hateful it is, there is no use. They can't get in, and there is no time window to hold a press conference in front of Warner. The only thing they can do is to wait! Wait to hear how Mayer will excuse himself, if he really betrays himself and Tom Cruise, then the two are waiting here, waiting for the media reporters inside to come out and clarify things to them immediately ( Love qíng) the truth!

At this time, the press conference is about to start.

The environment in the entire conference hall was noisy, and no one could hear Tom Cruise yelling angrily outside the door.

A few minutes later, Mayer and a group of Warner executives walked out of the lounge. Everyone walked to the stage very neatly. Before taking their seats, everyone stood side by side in a straight line and bowed to the reporters under the stage.

Everyone bowed at a 90-degree angle, and before they spoke, they already showed their attitude.

They came to apologize.

Sure enough, after everyone bowed for half a minute, everyone came to their seats in silence and sat down. Mayer sat in the center, picked up the microphone, and said, "Thank you media friends for coming this time. Press conference, I'm Mayer, CEO of Warner Bros..."

Mayer first made a self-introduction, and then introduced other Warner executives beside him.

After the introductions took turns, Mayer went straight to the point and said with a look of guilt: "Because Warner Bros. filmed a film with a very inappropriate subject matter, which aroused strong protests from the majority of netizens, I hope that through the media here, I would like to express to the audience. People all over the world apologize, it was our negligence that caused your psychology to suffer undue harm."

Having said this, Mayer immediately stood up (body shēn), and other executives also got up (body shēn), and everyone bowed deeply again.

After bowing, Mayer sat down and continued: "As for the movie "The Last Samurai", Warner Bros. did have a very big responsibility for the topic selection. Deceived by the well-packaged script, we foolishly cast this film. At the beginning of the shooting, because of our negligence, we were so foolish that we had no idea that the film had a hidden motive to justify the executioner.

This responsibility should be completely borne by me personally. All negligence is caused by my poor management. "

Although what Mayer said was self-reflection, he was actually throwing the blame. He only used one Warner theme to be responsible for completely isolating the creation of the script of "The Last Samurai" from Warner. The real meaning is: although we chose the wrong theme, the theme and the script were not written by us, but someone else wrote it to deceive us, and we were blamed because of research and prevention.

As for who wrote the theme and the script, the screenwriter must be the one to blame.

But the screenwriter is actually very pitiful. As an investor, Horita has the idea of ​​shooting such a story, but he does not know the screenwriter, the language of the camera, and the commercial packaging, so he can only tell the story he wants. Come out, it will be created by a professional script creator. To put it bluntly, the screenwriter may just be a substitute writer who writes the script.

Although Mayer also knows this truth, he can no longer care about the life and death of the screenwriter. All he needs to care about is himself.

Tom Cruise and (love ài) Dewar Zwick outside the door were furious when they heard Meyer's remarks!

They are very clear about Mayer's motives for doing this. Mayer has already left the biggest bag to the screenwriter of this film. Everyone has a spirit of tracing back to the source of evil. Everyone wants to know where the evil was born. The land, or the founders, are generally the most despised by the people.

Take the Nazis, for example, although Hitler did not kill innocent Jews in the concentration camps with his own hands, the evilism of genocide started from him, so he is the most notorious person in the whole of Nazi Germany, and he is also the most responsible person for all blood debts. .

Now, Mayer has thrown out the cauldron of the "source of evil". Warners only decided to shoot when they received this project and were blinded by this project. The creator of this project is the screenwriter of the film.

The screenwriter is a good friend of (爱ài) Dehua, and he is still in New Zealand and has not come back. (爱ài) Dehua is very clear that he is too innocent. Although he wrote the script, he did not create the story. It was proposed by Jiro Horita. He has a professional planning team under him. He has been preparing for this movie for a long time. All the story backgrounds, plot trends, and characters in this movie are , are all enriched by Horita Jiro's team on the basis of his ideas.

In the venue, after saying this, Mayer did not feel any guilt, and continued: "Regarding the truth of history, Warner's key personnel, including me, lacked the necessary in-depth understanding, which led to this mistake. , if I and my management were more in-depth on the history of World War II, I don’t think we would have taken on such a movie that celebrates the spirit of the devil.”

After a pause, Mayer added: "Because of our lack of understanding of history, we made such an unforgivable mistake. On behalf of all Warner employees, I once again apologize to the audience all over the world! It's our fault! It's us. Responsibility!"

Except for CNN and several major TV stations that have the ability to do live broadcasts, other media do not have such fast information transmission channels, so many media reporters' laptops and mobile phone buttons are crackling non-stop. They are taking Mayer's words, Send it back to your company in the fastest way, and then quickly send it to the world.

At this time, Mayer continued: "Because of our mistakes, which have caused such serious trouble to people all over the world, Warner Bros. has decided to permanently stop the shooting plan of "The Last Samurai" after careful discussion and research. All economic losses incurred will be borne by Warner, including but not limited to the salaries of actors and directors, crew members, partners' losses, and compensation for breach of contract, etc. It is Warner's consistent practice to immediately spare no effort to correct any mistakes. manner!"

Meyer's remarks quickly won the favor of the media reporters present. Everyone could feel the sincerity in Meyer's words, admitting mistakes without hesitation, and without being sloppy or ambiguous at all. This attitude is indeed worthy of praise.

However, Meyer took all the losses on Warner's own head like this, which is actually a solid pit for Tom Cruise, (love ài) Dewar Zwick, and all the cast and crew.

Tom Cruise and (love ài) DeWal Zwick are going crazy outside the hall. Warners bear all losses, including but not limited to the salary of the director, actors, and crew members. What does this mean? This is totally selfish!

Originally, Warners held a press conference to apologize first, and it seemed that Tom Cruise and (love ài) Dewar Zwick were a little stubborn, but now that Mayer said this again, what he wanted to highlight was nothing more than that , Warners don't care about money and are willing to pay for their mistakes, while the cast and crew, including Tom Cruise and (love ài) Dewar Zwick, are still thinking about getting paid...

In one sentence, Warner was raised by several notches, and at the same time, the cast and crew including Tom Cruise and (love ài) Dewar Zwick were severely stepped down by several notches...

Tom Cruise and (love ài) DeWal Zwick wanted to fight with Mayer, but Mayer had no time to estimate them.

Seeing that all the media reporters cast (shoot shè) eyes of praise and approval on him, Mayer knew that the effect he wanted had been achieved, and in order to continue to consolidate the results, his apology continued.

Mayer said: "On behalf of all the staff of Warner Bros., I solemnly promise to people all over the world that from now on, we will seriously review every future film and will never make the same mistake again. The industry peers can take a lesson and don’t make mistakes similar to Warner’s again.”

Having said this, Mayer paused, bowed again and said, "Here, I would like to solemnly apologize and repent to China and the people of the United States! Because I have deeply realized that during World War II, China has The people of the United States and the United States paid a huge price in the just war against Japan for world peace! It is because of your great sacrifice and dedication that the world has returned to today's peaceful situation. So great, and we have hurt you because of our negligence, I am so sorry! I am sorry!"