Chapter 443 Big Tsunami
In fact, when it comes to various issues within the industry, Hollywood is no better than the Chinese entertainment industry.
Just like the movie itself can never be determined, the Chinese entertainment industry and film and television industry cannot be determined by itself.
It's just that if you don't care about it most of the time, it will cause a lot of problems, just like this time.
As an industry that is naturally under the spotlight, an industry scandal here can immediately cause a sensation and then set off systemic social criticism.
For example, PC, drug abuse, tax evasion, don’t this phenomenon not exist in other industries? Of course there is, but no one cares about it.
In terms of attention, who gets more attention than these star directors who live in the spotlight and are loved by thousands of fans and moviegoers?
In contrast, the unspoken rules about sleeping with actresses are basically tacit and open secrets, and the public has already accepted them by default.
And this incident of pretending to be a student would probably have gone unsolved if it hadn't involved foreign friends.
But what is different now is that not only Disney and Warner Pictures executives jointly submitted a letter of protest to the Los Angeles Consulate. The ambassador on the other side also urgently met with the leaders of the diplomatic port and lodged a serious protest.
The gentlemen in Washington don't know how to quarrel even if they don't do business all the time, but they still have a tacit understanding on this matter.
Major companies in Hollywood also expressed support. Little Gilbert is the face of Hollywood. No matter how everyone fights inside, it is their own business.
Slapping little Gilbert in the face is like slapping Hollywood in the face.
Not only Hollywood, this matter could not be concealed at all. The next day, the Los Angeles Times, ABC, CNN and other media reported it.
Even the "Washington Post", which has always disliked Little Gilbert, supports Little Gilbert and must regain the lost face.
The Internet, whether it supports Little Gilbert or not, North American netizens are in a rage.
North American netizens even launched a petition, asking Washington to question the other side of the country.
Why? Our great son of God, Director Gilbert Jr., in the spirit of friendship between the two countries, allowed you to study on the great Hollywood crew, but you actually did this?
The situation was developing in an uncontrollable direction. Little Gilbert did not expect that Washington would also come forward.
But it's normal to think about it. Now this is North America, the arrogant North America. Now I have been stimulated by the September 11th incident and the Iraq war, so I am a little sensitive.
As the North American media and Internet fermented, the fake list immediately spread to the entire Western world.
In today's world, the Western world is equal to the whole world. Media such as the United Kingdom, France, and even the island country next door, South Korea, have followed and reported on this matter.
For a time, the counterfeit list became a hot topic around the world.
Many people originally thought it would not be serious, but now it has turned into a large-scale public opinion incident, which caught people off guard.
As the consulate received the protest letter and the ambassador officially issued a diplomatic note, the matter became serious.
Lao Tian and the others are still having a meeting here to discuss how to resolve the matter. The higher authorities have sent a joint investigation team to investigate the cause and effect of the matter.
When it comes to international events, various major international media are now hyping it up, and those media from the South are also not stopping.
Although the country quickly issued a ban order, except for official media channels, other newspapers and media were strictly prohibited from reporting and discussing this matter, making the issue of fake lists not as popular as abroad.
However, if this matter is not handled well, it will lose points internationally. This will be a fatal blow to China, which is actively integrating into the world.
Just like in mixed society, face is very important.
You can't blame little Gilbert, after all, it was your fault first, and he took advantage of it.
As the old saying goes, you can travel all over the world with reason, but you can't move even without reason. Although this sentence does not apply in many cases, after all, the truth does not apply everywhere.
But this matter is an international incident, and if our own side ignores it, we cannot protect our own people at all.
What's worse is that this matter has been hyped up by Disney, Warner, and the gang of gentlemen in Washington, making the whole world agitated, and it can't be suppressed even if they want to.
When people look at it, they find that you, who are calling for world peace and friendship, are actually telling lies. Who will dare to cooperate with you without integrity?
So in this situation, if we don’t take a serious step to give the International an explanation, all kinds of hats will be slapped on us soon, and it will be very ugly by then.
During the investigation of the investigation team, various gifts and beggars kept coming to the door, but all the people related to this matter did not dare to touch him and remained silent.
As mentioned above, we will deal with it seriously and will never tolerate it. Everyone involved in this matter must deal with it.
Even if foreigners try to take advantage of others, they can't be fooled. You idiots can fool them easily.
The results of the processing came out soon. Except for Guo Fan and the other five people, the other 24 people first publicly apologized to the crew and were then sent home.
Little Gilbert also accepted an interview with CNN to summarize the matter:
"I know that there are so-called unspoken rules in every industry, including Hollywood. I just didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to my crew."
He is the producer of "Mystery of the Spell", so it is not wrong to say that it is his crew.
"I often talk to my Chinese friends about a saying of their great philosopher Confucius: When three people walk together, there must be one who is my teacher. We should all communicate with each other and learn from each other's strengths and strengths.
But if the learning attitude of Chinese friends is so bad, then I think there is no need for us to study anymore.
Fortunately, there are still five people out of the twenty-nine who can stick to their hearts. Even if they can't stop something like this from happening, at least they can be on their own and not participate in it, which is a bit gratifying. "
Little Gilbert's words were heartfelt. Afterwards, the consul from the consulate made a special trip to visit Little Gilbert at the Melon Manor and sent a letter of apology.
"We have sent those fake students back home, and we sincerely apologize to you again." Consul He Qing was sweating profusely. He bowed and said nice things, but his smile was gone.
He simply hated the so-called people in the film and television circles and the cultural circles in China. He had been sitting on pins and needles for more than a week, like thorns thorns in his back and a lump in his throat.
In his opinion, these people should all be fed to fish.
Although this matter has little to do with him, who knows if it will implicate him?
Little Gilbert didn’t care what He Qingliu thought. It had happened for several days, and he was not as angry as he was at the beginning. He just asked:
Mr. He, what are you going to do with these people? deal with?"
"When you go back and make serious criticism, how will you deal with it depends on what the other side of the country says?"
"Is it just serious criticism? You are really big-hearted. In my opinion, they are not material for making movies at all. I know what you Chinese think.
It's just that they want to go out and live a life, get rich, and go back to rely on their family background to continue to dominate and become the so-called tyrant in the entertainment industry.
Then life continues to be carefree, beautiful actresses continue to sleep, and capable and talented people continue to be suppressed. Is this the result you want? Is this what your film industry is all about? "
He Qingliu blushed. Although what little Gilbert said was true, saying it so nakedly still made him lose face.
But you can’t blame little Gilbert for speaking directly, right?
Those guys are still going to get lost. If nothing else, why would you change the list? When is it not okay to go abroad for gold plating? Do you have to choose this time?
It’s okay now. It’s hard for everyone. What should we do?
He Qingliu could only apologize with a smile on his face again, and then promised to deal with it seriously.
After that, the ambassador in Washington also called Gilbert Jr. and promised that he would notify Gilbert as soon as the results of the investigation were available.
This vicious diplomatic incident caused by fake students made the people on the opposite side very angry and it also lost points internationally.
Chinese people have always paid attention to the issue of face when doing things. There are very few shameless people and things. This is a matter of losing face.
So after these people who pretended to be students returned to China, they were immediately placed under house arrest in isolation, and then questioned separately by members of the investigation team.
The questions include how to use the back door, whose back door was used, what details were used to make the transaction, how to replace the student list, etc.
The students originally thought it was just a simple gold-plating trip, but they didn't expect things to turn out like this.
They panicked in Los Angeles, and the hotel they stayed in was surrounded by angry movie fans in protest. Fortunately, the Los Angeles city government didn't want to see anything really happen to these foreigners, and the police force they arranged provided good protection.
I originally thought that it would be safe to return to China, but who of you here doesn’t have any background connections? The worst thing is that it doesn't matter if we just walk away.
But after they came back, they found something different. They were locked in a designated hotel room and were not allowed to go out, see their families, or communicate with the outside world.
They were not allowed to watch any news, newspapers, television or media. Apart from eating, drinking and defecating, they were questioned every day. They were tortured like this for two weeks.
Their family members were not allowed to visit until the investigation report came out.
Zhang Chuan's questioning career is finally over, and his family can finally visit him.
Zhang Chuan's mother cried out in distress when she saw her son getting thinner and thinner day by day: "Son, what did they do to you?"
This Zhang Chuan was somewhat filial, so he quickly comforted his mother and said, "It's okay, Mom, I just didn't get enough rest. I'll be fine in two days."
He glanced around and saw that except for his mother and brother, his father was not here, so he asked curiously: "Where is my father?"
"Your dad..." Zhang Chuan's mother choked while wiping her tears: "Your dad found out about illegal issues and was arrested."
"Ah?" Zhang Chuan was completely dumbfounded and looked at his brother: "Is this really the case?"
The elder brother nodded silently and added: "During the half month you were imprisoned, many people arrested and imprisoned you, and they all got in."
Zhang Chuan suddenly felt that the sky was falling, and muttered: "How could this happen? How could this happen? Our family is very rich, and my grandfather is a retired cadre, so he didn't think of a solution?"
At this time, Zhang Chuan discovered that his brother's leg was also limping, and he hurriedly asked: "Brother, your leg?"
"It's okay." Brother Zhang Chuan's face seemed to have a weathered look, which was completely different from the cynical arrogance before: "I was beaten by the old man, and he will be fine after he recovers."
The mother and son held their heads and cried. They didn't understand why they were punished like this because they just did the same thing as usual.
They must not understand that the things they are accustomed to are really normal?
The entertainment industry, film industry, and cultural industry have been in chaos since these fake students returned to China, and everyone is in danger.
Many so-called masters are unlucky. When caught in this trap, all the scandalous things they have done in the past are exposed, and those who should bear legal responsibility must bear legal responsibility.
The so-called small circle was cleaned up like a plow, leaving chicken feathers everywhere.
The leader above also said: "I don't know what the Beijing Circle, Shanghai Circle, and Northwest Circle are. From today on, I only recognize one identity, that of a Chinese film and television person."
The first to suffer was the so-called Beijing Circle composed of the stubborn masters of the Four Nine Cities.
These stubborn masters were called back by their ancestors one after another and given a lesson. Those who found out the problem were even sent to the public security bureau to have their relatives exterminated.
There is no way, if you don't kill your relatives right now, the whole family will be killed in the future.
Ge Ge Chen was a little confused. He and his wife Hong Chen were attending a film festival abroad. After hearing about the fake student list on the news, I was severely embarrassed at a film festival and was ridiculed by filmmakers from other countries.
Forget it, after the two key people rushed back, they found that the Beijing circle they used to fawn over had been wiped out, with only two or three kittens left.
Hong Chen was also confused. She often did some work like a madam, introducing some interesting female stars to the stubborn masters.
As a result, all the stubborn leaders dispersed, and she, the old madam, couldn't organize herself. What should she do?
The Imperial Master was also punished. After all, he was more or less involved in similar dirty things, but the circumstances were considered minor, so he just had to pay the fine.
But this fine is not a small sum.
As for the families of those fake students, the investigation team went crazy, looking for all kinds of troubles and trivial mistakes, and then calculated the total ledger for you.
In short, with the high attention from above and the attention of the international community, the so-called Chinese entertainment industry has been undergoing a big purge.
During this period of time, everyone is in danger, and they dare not do anything about unwritten rules, for fear that they will be found out in the next second.
Although we still don’t know what the subsequent impact of this sweep operation, which the entertainment and cultural circles call a tsunami, will be, it is foreseeable that it will be clean for a while in the future.
As for getting clean permanently? Impossible, counting on this is worse than counting on Third Brother’s astronauts to go to the moon!
After the results came out, a press conference was held selectively to introduce the results of the incident and also informed Little Gilbert.
Although many people are still dissatisfied, after all, the results of the treatment have come out, and things have gradually cooled down.
This incident lasted from early August to mid-September. Media around the world made an uproar for more than a month, and the public also suffered from it for more than a month.
The final result allowed Dongda to save some lost face, but after bad things were done, countless good things were needed to make up for it.
When the investigation report was handed to Little Gilbert, Little Gilbert had already called together Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Charlize Theron for a meeting.
They were going to start making counterfeit money... no, making a movie.
(End of chapter)