Three Hundred and Fifty-Five - Political Correctness that Never Changes

"Children may not know the consequences and seriousness of bullying children, but every older child with a righteous heart should understand how important it is to protect the justice in this little boy's heart! ---Wayne- Greenberg.”

After this passage was broadcast on the CNN channel, it made the front pages of many media the next day. This time it was not just entertainment media, but was also placed on the "Washington Post," "The New York Times," etc. On the social section of the media.

At this moment, it was as if the media that had been madly throwing dirty water on Wayne had forgotten what they had said some time ago. Discussions about mental illness, mental problems, abuse of women, etc., had completely disappeared within a day, leaving only this The incident has triggered comments on hot social news.

There is no such thing as integrity for the media. As soon as a hot topic arises, reports of crazy slaps in the face will appear almost every day. This is not only true in North America, but also in the media industry all over the world.

School bullying and children's issues, especially those of underage children, have always been red lines that cannot be touched in this land. Every time a hot incident about children occurs, it will instantly arouse the sensitive nerves of North America.

Just look at how much of a stir the Michael Jackson incident caused. Sometimes even if you do nothing, as long as children are involved, countless people will come up with red eyes and be ready to bite them like crazy.

With the passage of time and the pathological progress of society, perhaps the political correctness in the future will be the darkening of skin color, the group of women waving their fists, and the trend of all gay people coming out. These are all affected by social or political reasons. , social needs gradually emerged.

But from beginning to end, children's issues have always been the biggest political correctness, no matter in which era.

Even if you want to run for the leadership of North America, you need to have a seemingly happy family, so in the photos and reports circulated from the White House, the commander-in-chief will be surrounded by children.

With the careful preparation of Warner Bros. and Time Warner, as soon as the CNN news report was broadcast, various media resources under the company immediately followed up the hype, whether it was several national TV stations under Time Warner, or newspapers suppressed it, even Warner Bros. The gossip tabloid controlled by the brothers also put Wayne's photo on the front page.

This wave of well-prepared public opinion marketing plan, with the media group Time Warner going all out to promote it, directly overwhelmed the scandals of various superstars during the awards season, and successfully led the whole matter into a social discussion for the whole people. Hotspot.

“Although I have never liked the films directed by Greenberg, things are always like this. A film noir director who shoots violence, gore, humanity and other elements has always retained the warmest heart. "

Faced with a street interview by a reporter from ABC TV station's "America Today" in the morning, a white-collar woman in professional white shirt looked at the camera and talked.

The main group that took the lead in resisting Wayne's works some time ago were these social elite women. Now it is as if nothing has happened, and their comments about him have changed again.

The reporter thanked the female white-collar worker, turned around and walked towards another passerby on the streets of Los Angeles. "Hey, excuseme, can I keep you for two minutes?"

"Is this a live TV broadcast?" a black woman who was stopped asked obviously excitedly after seeing the camera.

"Yes." The female host smiled and handed the microphone to passers-by. "We are reporters from the "America Today" program. Can we talk about your views on the righteous little boy?"

"Oh my God! I'm actually going to be on TV, Father!" The black woman covered her mouth and looked at the camera in surprise, her surprise was beyond words.

"Are you talking about the child that Wayne Greenberg is protecting? I have known for a long time that Wayne has always been a good person, and he has always respected our group very much, even in the movie. Our family is his movie fans, our family has supported his films every year since "Get Out"..."

Facing the gushing black woman, the reporter frowned slightly, and while the woman was taking a breather, he immediately said: "Very good, thank you for accepting the interview!"

The ratings of the "USA Today" program have always ranked first in the morning segment. As the program was broadcast, countless families watched this interview with ordinary people.

Some people may have seen more than one of his movies, but have never paid attention to the film director. After all, this is a behind-the-scenes job. Most ordinary movie fans who just want to have fun don’t care who shot the movie. They I only care about the big stars I like.

However, with the continuous broadcast of CNN's "Global Report", ABC's "USA Today" and other programs, the name Wayne Greenberg suddenly appeared more frequently than the big stars that ordinary people care about.

Countless families who were warmed by the whole incident are willing to spread the story about the little boy to friends, colleagues, and relatives, and discuss it with them.

"How about it? Those who want to reach out to trip us up, but don't want to expose themselves and face us, now all hope is lost!"

The street interview on ABC TV station continued. Jeff Robinov walked to the TV, turned the sound down to the lowest level, and made a mocking exclamation.

Wayne sat on the sofa, his face showing a hint of exhaustion, and his eyes fixed on the TV.

In just a few days, he not only ran around Florida, but also had to cooperate with CNN's filming team, and barely had a good night's sleep.

"Then, what else do you need me to do?"

He holds a thick cigar in his hand. Every time he communicates with the CEO of Warner Bros., he will enjoy this thing with him, even though he has never been used to smoking it. "Tomorrow I have to attend the shutdown party of "The Departed", and then there's post-production. A lot of work is waiting for me, so..."

"No problem, your work is over these two days." Jeff Robinov nodded happily. He could feel that Wayne's impatience with the media might have reached the limit of his tolerance.

"Go back and rest early. We will talk about other things later. By the way, remember to buy tomorrow's "Times". I heard that you were tortured by the photographer? I saw the sample issue. It was all worth it. I ensure."

"I hope so." Wayne put the cigar directly into the ashtray, waved and stood up, straightened his suit, and left the office with the assistant who followed him closely.

Until long after the footsteps disappeared, Jeff Robinov was still standing by the window, looking in the direction of the other giants, and kept puffing on his cigar with an indifferent expression.

He had expected this result. Even though those people seemed to have amazing methods when they hacked Wayne, in fact, the most powerful killing move was just to seduce those women to stand up and bite them.

Among the six major Hollywood companies, it is impossible to say who is more powerful than the other, let alone who is afraid of whom. There are constant frictions between them, but there has always been cooperation between them. They stab each other in the back and basically have a tacit understanding.

However, there is one principle that everyone abides by tacitly, that is, no matter what the reason is, there will never be any serious competition.

So there is a situation where several companies have a tacit understanding to throw dirty water at the same time, but they are unwilling to expose themselves, because no one will trust the other easily, let alone take action to suppress one party together.

Just like their current attitude towards DreamWorks, the tacit understanding in the general direction has not changed, and they adopt a relatively loose alliance to suppress. Hollywood is already crowded with six giants, and there's no way they're going to allow a seventh.

That's right, maybe the remaining five giants don't want to see Warner Brothers remain the dominant one, so they will tacitly want to make Wayne look bad. But no one is willing to take the lead in breaking up with Warner Brothers. There is no trust issue at all. method to solve.

They know better than anyone how important this director is to Warner Bros. If they don’t do it right, it will trigger a crazy counterattack from Warner Bros. Thinking about it, it becomes clear that if there is such an important person in your company, whoever dares to reach out randomly will probably cut off that hand at any cost.

The Rolls-Royce was driving on the way back to the manor. When the car turned into Beverly, Nina rubbed her forehead tiredly and sighed. "Boss, it seems that Warner Bros. has prepared very carefully this time. After this incident, no one will mention the dirty talk some time ago."

Wayne was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed. In the past few days, he had been flying, filming, interviewing, reporting, and a lot of continuous work. He was like a puppet, being guided by strings by the public relations department. This kind of Very bad experience.

He couldn't help but feel lucky that he had never wanted to be an actor, otherwise this puppet-like life would have been the main theme of his work.

"I didn't expect Jeff to put in such a big effort."

Even though he knew that the main purpose of Jeff Robinoff investing so many media resources was to market the video tapes that would be released next, Wayne also felt the benefits of a large company. With a media group standing behind him, it would be difficult for his reputation to be ruined. .

In his conception, two thousand years ago, he would not have been involved in the company's decisions, and he would not have positioned himself as a major shareholder or boss, because before the turn of the century, Warner Brothers was developing in the right direction.

And when the node of two thousand years passes, his weight on Warner Brothers or Time Warner will only become more important by then.

Coupled with the projects he invested in the past two years, he has no intention of getting the money back. As soon as the opportunity arises, he will immediately increase the shareholding of Warner Brothers and even find ways to exchange for shares of Time Warner.

Only in this way will Wayne be able to stop the media group from making wrong choices and stay on the right path when he must speak out.

"After all, I still thought too far..."