Chapter 184: Confession
readx(); There was a rippling silence in the Los Angeles Times newspaper office, starting with Mona, her surrounding colleagues, then a little further afield, and finally spreading throughout the office.
People who were a little further away couldn't hear what Mona said at all, because their attention was not on Mona before, but as the silence centered on Mona extended to them, they couldn't help Shut up, stopped the movement, and then looked suspiciously at the place where it was quiet first.
Mona was flustered by everyone watching.
"Daniel, Daniel has just announced on his personal MB that after completing his work in 2003, he will temporarily bid farewell to the entertainment industry to clarify the personal character that was discredited in this incident."
Everyone looked at each other for a second, then rushed to their positions, turned on the computer, and entered Daniel's personal MB from the favorites. During this time, his personal MB has become a regular interface for entertainment reporters.
A sincere letter hung on his homepage so brightly.
The reporter responsible for collecting and writing related news quickly began to edit the document, intercept the pictures, and keep the original statement.
After his colleagues confirmed everything, they began to have the kind of lively discussion that the editorial department is used to.
"Is he crazy? Didn't his PR already suppress the matter, Donald was even brought to court, why did he do this?"
"He's really a willful rich man—he makes a movie, and his salary is basically locked at more than 20 million."
"Is there no one to stop him? CAA would actually agree with him to make this decision, besides, didn't he and Universal sign a back-to-back contract according to the rumors? Could it be that he will shoot two "Bourne Shadows" at the same time next year?"
This conjecture was quickly rejected.
"He doesn't have time at all. You see, he is going to make "Pirates of the Caribbean" soon, which will be released next year, and the second and third "Lord of the Rings". Meaning. The Universal comedy that just finished filming, Jennifer Aniston’s—wasn’t Pete asked if he was worried that Jennifer would be attracted to Daniel?”
"The Bourne Movie will definitely have at least one. It's a good thing he didn't pick up the second part of Legally Blonde, as if he recommended Paul Walker? That handsome guy from Fast & Furious." Another He added that they were all well-informed people in the big newspaper. Although many of Daniel's plans are unknown, it is probably okay to have a grasp of them.
"Oh, speaking of Pretty Woman, he's with MGM and Lionsgate.
We made a movie about the Rwandan genocide together, do you remember? Starring Denzel Washington, Daniel is said to have played a big supporting role. "
Everyone nodded in understanding.
"It's horrible, how can he have so many jobs?"
"This is still just his new film work. Didn't he fly to France to attend the premiere of "The Spy" in Paris some time ago? There is also the premiere of "The Pianist"—fly here. Attend two premieres, This is really worthy of his title of "high efficiency". "Greek Wedding" has made so much money, it must have a lot of work with the theater. In addition, unless he sees it all at once, he will definitely not invite those commercial events. I won’t refuse—seriously, why do businesses like to hire him? Even Leonardo and Cameron Diaz are not half as good as him.”
"You can't even imagine how enthusiastic those businessmen with East Asian and Middle Eastern conglomerate backgrounds are for him—maybe this is fate, who made him the darling of ethnic minorities in the first place?"
"And then he also has two big properties of DD Films and Weta Digital, as well as mysterious financial investment, tsk tsk. Maybe Columbia can make a superhero movie called "Danny Man" next time."
These editors talked about Daniel's future work one after another, and finally came to the conclusion that "Daniel is a superman", which is far from the original intention of the discussion.
When the "Los Angeles Times" was in full swing, major portals in the United States had already begun to release news, and major newspapers were also moving out important positions. In the past period of time, the drama of Daniel, Sean Penn, and Donald, The sales of the newspaper increased by 20%. Now Daniel's response announced that the media carnival is not over yet. Of course, they will not be stingy in giving support and cooperation.
Reporters will not forget to interview Sean Penn, who is preparing for the "911" project. While planning your own trip to Baghdad.
He was obviously very surprised to hear the news.
"It's a choice, isn't it? Escape? Young people are always so vulnerable. I have nothing more to say. I have a lot of things to do. He has the right to never return to Hollywood."
This was a rather sarcastic response. Undoubtedly very unintelligent, with chaotic word order, and fired a map gun, the final reaction seemed a bit harsh.
The reporters who interviewed him were overjoyed. His manuscript was biased toward Daniel, and now Sean Penn was so cooperative. It completely helped him save too much "re-creation" time and energy.
As Daniel expected.
The print media showed full enthusiasm for this final move.
There are fewer and fewer people criticizing him as "hypocrisy", "liar", "speculator" and "disgusting" on the Internet, and more and more people comment on his actions as "too impulsive" and "fragile". So handsome" these young people gave him a new label.
The effect came as expected.
Whether it was Cusa, Trivor, or even the three new assistants who had just been hired, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Sally, who had recently become his assistant, expressed strong dissatisfaction with Daniel's action.
She thinks that Daniel should not use such a method to divert public opinion at all. The public is forgetful. You can see that they always vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party in turn. They are dissatisfied with Clinton and then choose Bush. Bush It won't satisfy them either, and the next time a Democrat will definitely come to power. So Daniel shouldn't take such drastic actions at all, he just needs to wait until things calm down and everyone's emotions stabilize, and then it's enough to do something to please the audience, and people will forget about his dark history.
But Miller gave Daniel a thumbs up - his daughter is a huge fan of Daniel, only 9 years old this year. He wants her daughter's idol to be someone aboveboard.
The remaining newcomer, Dishaer, after observing it, thought that Daniel didn't need to give psychological guidance, so she went to prepare delicious food.
"I know that everyone is somewhat surprised and disapproved of my decision." Daniel began to explain the reasons for his decision, "In the beginning, I asked you to try to destroy Sean Penn or Donald to take the initiative. But We all know that this doesn't actually solve the problem, that a criminal is not credible, but there is no law that finds the testimony of a criminal lacking force, in other words, if I stop there, the question will follow me.
It could be brought out all the time, and anyone who wants to get on me can use this to disgust me. No, my future will never stop at the current results, and I will not allow such stains to exist. And Donald thinks that I adhere to the 'anti-war' stance for profit, so when I can get 20 million per film and my annual income exceeds 100 million, I choose to stop my career. What could be more proof of my heart than this decision? The results also show that the problems that bothered us no longer exist. If someone mentions that Daniel is an "anti-war speculator" in the future, people will naturally refute him without us asking.
I think you must be curious about my insistence on my 'anti-war' stance. It has caused me far more trouble than it has benefited me. But, trust my judgment, this stance will help us when we finally get high enough, a positive image of a Hollywood star with a powerful influence and a staunch 'anti-war' stance, to some groups Attractive, besides, I am not the only one. "
"You mean democracy—"
"Not now, Sally, not now. Now is the time to invest. When the time comes, things will happen naturally. Listen, the calls to fight Iraq are getting louder and louder. There are many Americans who are against the war, but now , those who support war are the mainstream, but this will not last forever, we will always dislike war, we will always feel heavy and expensive at the huge price paid by the country. Time will tell, 'anti-war' is a promising position .
Finally, I want to explain to you the most realistic reason why I made this decision: I need to stop. "
Daniel looked at his team members sincerely.
"You may say that I can reduce my workload. But think about it, is it possible? "The Lord of the Rings" will only be more successful than the other one. This one has a global market of 900 million, and the next two will definitely exceed 100 million. 100 million, then "Fake God" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", I predict that they are both 200 million-level films, I never lie. And "The Pianist", a Jewish protagonist, World War II theme, plus the quality you can see , It’s not difficult to get nominated for an Oscar winner, isn’t it? And, Kusa, when I contacted Harvey through Tim, you knew that the award operation of "The Pianist" would definitely be handed over to them, both Jew, shouldn't it? The result of all this is - I will lose control of my own time! Those who want to earn dollars and influence from me will not allow me to stop. If not For the current reason, will Universal agree with me to delay the shooting of the third part of "Bourne"? If "Pirates of the Caribbean" performs as I expected, will Disney agree to make a sequel? Even, Finn will not ask me to do more. Too many public events? Those relationships I've built over the years suddenly become a compulsive pressure to keep pushing me forward—until I fall to the ground and lose my 'never fail' aura." (To be continued continued.)
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