Chapter 1218 Digging Your Own Grave

When Li Mu and Wei Lan arrived in Hollywood together, Paul Keane had published the article written by his friend through multiple media.

Although the article was written by Paul Keane's friend, it is based on Paul Keane himself in the first person, and the content is very simple. Paul Keane apologized to Li Mu and the people of the United States, and took all the responsibility. When it came to himself, he claimed that his son did not know, and everything was his own momentary confusion.

Paul Keane's information delivery ability is not even one-tenth of Li Mu's, so after this article was published, it did not cover a large number of users immediately, but Paul Keane made second-hand preparations. I called Elon Musk, the famous broker and bully king in Silicon Valley. The purpose was very simple. I knew that he had some friendship with Li Mu, so I asked him to mediate and intercede in front of Li Mu without asking Li Mu to make any concessions. , I just ask Li Mu to stop.

Elon Musk's reputation in Silicon Valley is indeed not very good. This is mainly due to the big mouth of his buddy who can never control it. He often makes outrageous remarks in public. Before he really succeeds, no one wants to put him. Take it seriously.

If it was before this, with Paul Keane's status, he would not take the initiative to ask Elon Musk for help, but now there is no way, except for Elon Musk, he really doesn't know who to ask for help, Before that, Paul Keane wanted to ask Spielberg for help, but Spielberg refused him without hesitation.

Spielberg sees the problem very clearly. He knows very well that if he wants to maintain a close cooperative relationship with Li Mu, he must stand firmly in Li Mu's camp. He will never speak for his opponent. will do.

Elon Musk also thinks that Paul Keane is a bit of a dick to find him in this matter. He is very proficient in the world of people and knows that people are the most afraid of consumption. If he speaks for Li Mu's opponent, then Li Mu's attitude towards himself is the first Change will happen, and if things don't work out then, Paul Keane won't be able to get any good.

But Elon Musk couldn't say no.

He is different from Spielberg. The latter is the godfather of Hollywood and has a great reputation throughout the United States and even the world. In his social impression, even if he rejects Paul Keane, Paul Keane Well, I don't dare to think about him. Compared to me, I just earned some wealth and fame by relying on PayPal. I don't have a strong foundation in the United States. If Paul Keane targets him for this in the future, that's really true. Not a small hassle.

So Elon Musk thought of a compromise, he readily agreed to Paul Keane, and immediately got in touch with Li Mu, and took the initiative to go to Hollywood to meet him, but he did not mention Paul Keane to Li Mu Entrust yourself with what you say and do.

Li Mu still has a good impression of Elon Musk.

Although he now looks like a delusional person who doesn't do his job properly and who only makes a fuss every day after he has some achievements, to Li Mu, the future development prospects of this buddy are no less than that of Mark Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk's forward thinking represents a future that ordinary people can't imagine. If nothing else, Tesla alone is a company with infinite possibilities. At the beginning of its birth, Tesla was in the eyes of most people. However, Elon Musk accurately saw the future trend of countries around the world to strengthen environmental protection. As more and more countries introduce bans on the sale of fuel vehicles, Tesla's development space is also In the continuous enhancement, in Li Mu's view, if he wants to become a major shareholder or even owner of Tesla in the future, he cannot do without a guy with extreme avant-garde thinking like Elon Musk.

Li Mu, who arrived in Hollywood, declined Spielberg's invitation to live in his house, and asked Li Ziwei to reserve four ultra-luxury suites on the top floor of a five-star hotel in Hollywood in advance. Several rooms are isolated from each other and have an exclusive elevator, so privacy and security are very good.

The allocation of rooms is very simple. Li Mu, Li Ziwei and Wei Lan have one set for each person. The three bodyguards led by Wang Yuen Lang live in the remaining set. As for the one that Wei Lan lives in, it must be empty at night. .

After checking into the hotel, the first people to visit were Spielberg and other senior executives of DreamWorks. In addition to them, there were also three American starring actors of "Flying Tigers", namely Tom Hanks and Leonardo. and Anne Hathaway.

Li Mu's time is short. The press conference of "Flying Tigers" will be held in the hotel's grand ballroom tomorrow morning. After the press conference, Li Mu's special plane took off directly from Los Angeles to Huaxia that night. Too hurried, these talents, including Spielberg, came to the hotel to meet Li Mu for the first time.

In the meeting room of the hotel suite, Li Mu once again met with these "old friends" who had met at least once. Starting from Spielberg, everyone kindly shook hands with Li Mu and said hello to Anne Hathaway's At that time, this girl, who was about the same age as Li Mu, became extra shy and twisted, and the gentle hug actually caused two red glows to float on her cheeks.

Since the last time she was quarantined for many days in China due to an accidental blood infection, Anne Hathaway still has some lingering fears every time she thinks about that experience. Li Mu, who had planted some kind of tenacious seed in his heart.

During this period of time back in the United States, Anne Hathaway often thinks of Li Mu, and will always unconsciously add some uncontrollable fantasies on the basis of missing him, and will always assume that if he becomes My boyfriend, how will it all be.

After dreaming of Li Mu in countless dreams and having many indescribable events with him in her dreams, Anne Hathaway already knew clearly in her heart that she had fallen in love with that mysterious and charming oriental man.

After thinking about it for so long, we finally meet again, and he hugged him like an old friend, which made Anne Hathaway's girl heart burst, and she was shy and didn't know what to do.

Li Mu didn't pay attention to Anne Hathaway's shyness, and Spielberg quickly brought the topic to business, he said: "Mr. Li, we have already done all the preparatory work for the press conference, so that there is no accident. , we have completed the acceptance of the venue construction one day in advance, and it has been fully accepted yesterday, and we have notified all the media in advance. With your participation in this conference, it will definitely be the grandest and most popular Hollywood film in recent years. An impressive press conference!"

Li Mu smiled and said: "Steven, with you as a great director, the eyes of the whole Hollywood will be attracted, not to mention that Tom, Leonardo and Annie will be sitting together this time, even without me. , this press conference will surely attract a lot of attention.”

Tom Hanks said with a serious face: "Mr. Li, if you talk about social attention and influence now, I don't think anyone in Hollywood can compare to you, not to mention that YY is now the most commonly used software by netizens in the United States. I believe our film will become a phenomenal film.”

Li Mu smiled slightly: "I hope everyone can do their best to make this movie better."

Spielberg said: "Our "Flying Tigers" also has a very big advantage, which is that our film respects history and has the right three views. "The Last Samurai" had such a big situation before, which led to the film The industry's behavior of tampering with history has become the object of disgust and rejection by the people all over the world. At this time, our "Flying Tigers" just launched, just in time to borrow a force from the "Last Samurai" incident. There are "Flying Tigers" "The Last Samurai" will be used as a negative teaching material, and "Flying Tigers" will become a positive teaching material for the entire Hollywood, and even the world's film industry."

Li Mu nodded in agreement. When he thought of his secret manipulation of the textbook-like destruction of "The Last Samurai", Li Mu secretly sighed at the skill and importance of public opinion guidance.

This movie has been touted by so many people in the past life, including a very high rating and status in the minds of Chinese netizens, but after being attacked by his own fatal weakness, the movie immediately became everyone's shout Fighting a rat crossing the street fully shows the great difference between the two sides of the incident. Sometimes, life and death are only a single thought away.

Li Mu asked Spielberg with great interest: "Those who are related to "The Last Samurai", how are they doing now?"

Spielberg sighed: "Basically all the people who are related to this movie have suffered heavy losses. Warner is still being boycotted by the people. Several movies that Warner was already in production have now temporarily changed the distribution party. , Warner has begun to replace Warner's original role with externally controlled shell companies and small and medium-sized film and television companies, and in the future, these films will appear to be separated from Warner as much as possible in order to avoid audience resistance."

Speaking of this, Spielberg added: "But the worst is Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise, whose original multi-film contracts have now been terminated by investors, and this is because of their own There has been a major problem with the reputation of the actor. Hollywood contracts have clauses about reputation. If there is a problem with the reputation of the actor and director, the investor has the right to directly terminate the contract, so the two of them lost a lot, especially Tom Crewe. Now, almost all the advertisements he endorsed have been stopped, and many advertisers are going to sue him for compensation."

Li Mu raised his eyebrows in surprise: "So, in the next two to three years, the two of them will probably fall into the quagmire of a sudden drop in income."

Spielberg nodded and said, "Yes, within two or three years, most of their income should be cut off."

After speaking, Spielberg sighed lightly and said, "But it's their own fault. Before this movie happened, they had been promoting their obsession with Japanese culture to the outside world. Now it seems that their original remarks are simply It's just digging your own grave..."