Chapter 1184 Going to America Again

Everything related to "The Last Samurai" has gone beyond the development track expected by Li Mu.

Even Li Mu didn't expect that he just leaked the plot of the movie on the Internet, and then used the history of World War II to successfully incite a wave of angry youths' resistance.

Li Mu also did not expect that the film company, the film and the actors would be able to play with their scheming to such a degree that Warner held a press conference without the director and starring actors. It seemed that it was because they wanted to take all the responsibilities and protect others. , but no one thought that He turned out to be a big show carefully planned by them. If it wasn't for Edward Zwick to break the news, people would not have been aware of the wolf ambitions of Warner and Sumitomo.

Warner Bros. immediately became the most despised film and television company, and Mayer was also criticized as the worst character in the entire Hollywood, no one.

What is certain is that Warner will have a hard time turning over for a long time in the future, and Mayer has been scolded as a dog, and has become the most disgusting corporate CEO, no one.

Of course, the public not only aimed their anger at Mayer who was lying, but also at Sumitomo, who was huge and secretly operating at the same time. For a time, Sumitomo was almost rejected by the world.

And Jiro Horita and Sumitomo, which Edward broke the news, also became the object of everyone's scorn,

A farce with ups and downs and constant twists is being staged in the United States. Jiro Horita, the Sumitomo consortium and Warner, instead of Tom Cruise and Edward Zwick, have become the target of public opinion around the world.

Japan has always been known for its strong overseas capital. Before that, Japan's overseas capital and chaebol had a good reputation in the world. However, after the secret filming of "The Last Samurai" was exposed, the entire Japanese capital reputation has been greatly affected.

Sumitomo is naturally the first to bear the brunt. Overnight, people all over the world are full of disgust for this consortium, and even some netizens with strong information channels quickly counted the details of a Sumitomo consortium and the companies involved. Companies and brands have all been exposed to have extraordinary capital relationships with Sumitomo.

What followed was the spontaneous boycott of these companies and brands by netizens, which had a huge negative impact on the reputation and daily operations of Sumitomo as a whole.

Sumitomo became the target of public criticism, and Li Mu discovered a very interesting phenomenon: people all over the world are the same, and have an extraordinary dislike for companies that do evil. Sumitomo and its subsidiaries may not really deceive consumers at the product level. It may not be true that he has been involved in falsehood and fraud, but because he secretly supports and promotes evil ideology, people all over the world are full of disgust for him.

This further strengthens Li Mu's consistent view,

It's okay to be a business, but you can't be evil.

Sumitomo suffered heavy losses, and Horita Jiro, who was the culprit, was naturally not feeling well.

The day after Edward Zwick exposed Jiro Horta, Sumitomo urgently recalled Jiro Horita to Japan, and announced internally that Jiro Horita would no longer be responsible for any business related to overseas markets from now on. Jiro's status in the entire Sumitomo plummeted, almost equivalent to being recalled to the domestic snow.

Subsequently, Sumitomo, who was in the whirlpool of public opinion, was forced to apologize on a global scale, not only blaming all the guilt on Jiro Horita's personal decision, but also solemnly announcing that Sumitomo would absolutely respect history and all those who suffered during World War II. The country and the people, and promises that similar acts will never happen again.

However, Sumitomo's apology has not brought the slightest change to their predicament. If they want to truly resolve the negative impact of this incident, I am afraid there is still a very long way to go...

All Li Mu's goals this time have been achieved beyond expectations. Not only did "The Last Samurai" be hacked, but also the spirit of Bushido, and all the responsible persons were also hacked.

Anne Hathaway finally recovered and was discharged from the hospital not long after kneeling in The Last Samurai.

As a result, Li Mu stopped delaying, arranged a business jet immediately, and set off for Yanjing the day after Anne Hathaway was discharged from the hospital.

When departing from Shenzhen, there were seven people on the Gulfstream V business jet, including Li Mu and his personal assistants Li Ziwei and Wang Yuenlang, three bodyguards, as well as Spielberg and Anne Hathaway.

According to the previously booked route, the plane must first fly to Yanjing, pick up Wei Lan in Yanjing, and then fly to the United States.

After connecting Wei Lan, they started a cross-ocean voyage of more than 10,000 kilometers.

Since Wei Lan's father succeeded in bargain hunting on eBay through the information disclosed by Li Mu, Wei Lan's parents moved to sunny San Francisco, California, and bought a very good seaside villa in the wealthy area of ​​San Francisco.

San Francisco happens to be on the edge of Silicon Valley, so Wei Lan is just in line with Li Mufei.

Li Mu's plan is to first send Spielberg and Anne Hathaway to Los Angeles, and then fly to San Francisco. At that time, Wei Lan can go to see her parents directly, and she will go to Silicon Valley with Elon Ma. Ske met to learn about the current situation of materials related to epidemic prevention, and then, under his arrangement, met with the business leaders of 3M and Honeywell.

After a night of flying, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport early in the morning local time in Los Angeles. The plane was still taxiing, and Spielberg said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, remember to come to Los Angeles when you are done. The official launch of Tiger Team is waiting for you to announce it together."

Li Mu nodded and smiled: "Before returning to China, I will definitely come to Los Angeles."

The project of "Flying Tigers" has not been officially announced yet. Li Mu felt that since it was produced by a Hollywood team headed by Spielberg, Leonardo, Tom Hanks and Anne Hathaway were the first to be finalized. With these few Hollywood actors, then the official launch of the film would be more appropriate in Hollywood.

The most important thing is that movie audiences from all over the world are staring at Hollywood. This is the world center of the film and television industry. "Flying Tigers" is officially launched here, and its influence can be maximized.

Saying goodbye to Spielberg and Anne Hathaway, Li Mu flew to San Francisco non-stop.

By the time the plane finally landed in San Francisco, Li Mu had already been in the sky for about twenty hours.

Wei Lan originally wanted to invite Li Mu to be a guest at home first. After all, her parents regarded Li Mu as the family's benefactor and nobleman, and they hoped that they could entertain him and show the friendship of the landlord.

But Li Mu declined Weilan's invitation, because on the one hand, he didn't want to disturb the Weilan family's reunion as soon as he came up, and on the other hand, he had made an appointment with Elon Musk. important.

So, Li Mu said to Wei Lan, "I won't disturb your family reunion this time. Just tell your uncle and auntie that I will definitely come to visit after I'm done with my business."

After speaking, Li Mu said again: "If there are no special circumstances, why don't you go back with me?"

Wei Lan nodded: "You can end this time in a week, right?"

Li Mu thought about it and said, "If it can't be done in a week, ten days will be enough."

Wei Lan smiled and said, "That's ok, with you as a shield, then I will hold my breath and wait for you to go back together."

Li Mu then said, "That's the best thing. I'll go back to San Francisco before I finish the business, and visit your uncle and auntie at your house. Then we'll go to Hollywood together. After finishing the Hollywood business, we can go back to China."

"OK."

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Elon Musk, who has always been very enthusiastic about Li Mu, took the team to the airport to pick up the plane. After Li Mu said goodbye to Wei Lan, he took Li Ziwei and three bodyguards to Elon Musk's car.

Li Mu and Elon Musk were sitting in an extended Lincoln, and Elon Musk said to Li Mu as soon as he got up: "Mr. Li, I have already advanced everything you ordered me to do. The heads of the two companies in Vail have communicated face-to-face. They are all interested in your model of replacing products with promotional resources and are waiting to discuss with you in detail. In addition, I also communicate with them about products. After that, they have already made a statement, as long as we reach a cooperation with you, we will do our best to meet your needs."

Li Mu nodded. Hearing what he said, he felt more at ease. 3M and Honeywell are both world-class companies in this field, especially 3M, which can be said to be the top in the world, as long as they can fully satisfy themselves , that whether it is the quantity, quality or price of the item, there should be a certain guarantee.

So Li Mu asked Elon Musk: "When will they have time? Where can I meet them?"

Elon Musk said: "3M is in Minnesota, Honeywell is in New Jersey, one is in the far north, one is in the far east, and they are all a bit far away, so I said when you communicated with them before, you This time I came to the United States in a hurry. I asked them to come and talk to you as much as possible. They didn’t have any comments. The person in charge of Honeywell heard that you were coming and flew to Silicon Valley ahead of time. If you have time , we can ask him to meet at any time."

With that said, Elon Musk added: "The person in charge of 3M can also come over at any time. If you want to meet him tomorrow, I can say hello to him now."

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Well then, I'll be gone today, I'll go to Muye Technology later, and meet with the high-level executives of Muye Technology in North America to learn about our current internal operations, you can help me and the two companies The person in charge of the company has an appointment, one is for tomorrow morning and the other is for tomorrow afternoon. Since the Honeywell people have come, let’s meet them tomorrow morning!”

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now!"