As a professional entertainment reporter and a loyal fan of Li Qian, Lu Chao is also on duty during the Spring Festival.
In the past few days, I haven’t paid too much attention to the situation during the Spring Festival, but more to the trends during the awards season.
Whether "The Truman Show" can win the Oscar statuette is the most important event in the film industry.
Get up in the morning and go online to bypass the wall as usual.
I first looked at the two major websites, Facebook and Twitter, mainly focusing on the movements of well-known film critics and Oscar judges.
There is nothing new. After all, it is the best foreign language film. In comparison, it does not get as much attention as the best picture, best director, best actor, and best actress.
A whole morning of fishing passed, and it soon passed twelve o'clock.
Just when he was about to turn off the computer and have a meal and take a break, he found that a reporter who had been paying attention to Twitter suddenly posted a news related to "The Truman Show".
After watching "The Truman Show", the audience suffered a mental illness and climbed up the Statue of Liberty to find the door to the real world?
What the hell?
Lu Chao was stunned. Having studied movies in all aspects, he certainly knew what this meant.
If you guessed it correctly, some viewers were influenced by the movie and thought the world was false, so they climbed up to the Statue of Liberty, thinking that this was the door to leave the false reality.
But this is too much money!
I thought it was some kind of prank, but there was another video. I clicked on it and saw that it was probably recorded by someone looking at the TV.
The background is at night. There is a large group of police and reporters under the Statue of Liberty. One reporter is reporting to the camera.
Lu Chaozhou probably understood English, and his expression immediately changed.
It looks like it's a live broadcast on a TV station?
By the way, it's 12 noon now, and it's just 12 am in New York.
It turned out to be true, Milijian became insane after watching "The Truman Show".
Too much money!
Lu Chao immediately became excited, his fingers were clicking, and soon a news release came out, and he used the video again.
"Let the news fly for a while."
After posting the news to Xinlang's home page and Weibo with a smile, Lu Chao turned off the computer, prepared to eat, and took a lunch break.
During the Chinese New Year, except for a few people, everyone was resting at home. Soon the news was seen by netizens.
However, my first reaction was disbelief.
"I'll go, Xinlang doesn't have any moral integrity now just for the sake of traffic. The person who wrote this news doesn't even read it himself, only a fool would believe it!"
"Watching movies makes me crazy. This news is out of date. There was a lot of news like this two months ago. Journalists are so unprofessional!"
"This time I learned the lesson wisely. I reported that people in Milijian were dumbfounded when they watched a movie. We are thousands of miles apart, so who knows the truth or falsehood."
"I guess the reporter lost his mind at home and published such news that only a fool would believe."
"There are some big Vs on Weibo, which are like self-media. There used to be a big V who opened a psychological clinic. He said that he received eight people in one day who became crazy after watching "The Truman Show", and even advertised for himself, so that those who doubted him
Everyone who is under surveillance should go to his place and have a look."
"Hey, there's also a video. There's one picture at the beginning, and the rest is all made up?"
...
Any normal person would not believe this news.
However, if there is a video and the truth, it is different.
However, I am still skeptical. After all, the video is only on the ground and was recorded when it first happened.
But after waiting for seven or eight hours, in the morning in New York, the news went viral on Twitter and Facebook, and reporters did not need to reprint it. Many netizens in China who circumvented the wall to access the Internet broke the news.
Within two days, the Internet was full of rumors about the impact of "The Truman Show" on Miljian and the ridicule of Miljian people.
"Hahahaha, Milijian people are so cute. Some of them are really crazy, and even believe that there is a door to the real world on the Statue of Liberty just because of a joke."
"After reading what Milijian said on Twitter, I kind of doubt whether everyone is living in the same world."
"We are both from the same Earth, but why are there such big differences? Looking at Twitter, the Milijian people really seem to think there is something wrong with the world?"
"Even the conspiracy theory that September 9 Yao Yao was directed and acted by the Mi Lijian government has come out, and there is also the flat earth theory. I always thought it was a joke."
"Uh... isn't this a joke? Is the netizen Mi Lijian serious?"
"If I live in New York, I can tell you clearly that moon landing conspiracy theories, 91 conspiracy theories, and flat earth theories are not uncommon. Some flat earth theories are influenced by religion, but there are also people who use this as a gimmick. Some time ago, there was
A Duke University student gave a flat-earth speech, and he wanted to be famous."
"Twitter has been laughing at me for the past two days because "The Truman Show" has exposed so many psychopaths."
"This is a perfect attack to subjugate one's wits, Li Qian is awesome!"
...
"The Truman Show" has caused a sensation in North America during the off-season for movies, and even domestic audiences and media are paying attention.
To be honest, any normal person would not be able to understand the views of those Mi Lijian people. Although everything they say is reasonable and well-founded, those who read it will want to laugh.
Everyone took it as a joke.
However, here in North America, it feels a bit more and more lively.
To be honest, although Li Qian knew that there was a high probability that it would have a certain influence, it was still unexpected that the box office in a single day exceeded 10 million US dollars and that it had firmly occupied the top spot at the daily box office for three consecutive days.
Now, Li Qian and the others feel exactly the same as the domestic audience.
It is indeed a free country, where all kinds of opinions can be expressed.
Some viewers have even voluntarily built a website for "The Truman Show" to gather a small group of like-minded viewers who believe the world is false to jointly study how to escape from this world.
They called it the "Freedom Alliance."
It's very freeing!
However, such people are still in the minority, and most of them criticize the government, capitalists, and media for joining forces to control the world and deceive the people.
Not only the general audience, but also many media and celebrities came out.
"The general expression of television is entertainment. All public discourse increasingly appears in the form of entertainment and becomes a cultural spirit. All cultures are willing to become appendages of entertainment. The result is that we have become a species that entertains itself to death.
For the sake of entertainment, fame and fortune, TV companies can deprive a person of his most basic rights. In order to satisfy their voyeuristic desires, the public can treat a living person as a clown and collude with the TV company. The Chinese movie "The Truman Show"
What is shown is such a real and sick society, which is suffocating and terrifying." - From the Los Angeles Daily News.
"Truman has lived in a false world tailor-made for him since he was born, a complete lie. People all over the world are deceiving him and peeping on him, but he is the only one who is unaware of it.
This is a collective "crime". The director, the entire crew and even every audience in front of the TV are all "murderers". They use the media to manipulate Truman's life wantonly. Sadly, their lives are also "murdered" by the media.
Manipulate".
When the public feels sorry for them, they never think that they are also a sad person. The news published by TV stations and newspapers every day is unknown whether it is true or false, and the content is controlled at will. In fact, they are also manipulating most people!" - from New York!
A well-known writer for The Times.
Li Qian was happy to see the media criticize the media for manipulating the people.
Do I blame myself?
However, if it’s for sales and topic, it’s understandable. There’s no point in scolding yourself.
I have to say that these well-known film critics, professional writers, and newspapers know very well what people want to see.
After watching "The Truman Show" and reading these manuscripts, it is easy to have a sense of immersion. I suddenly found that most of the things I saw were learned through the media and TV. Even the news on the Internet, in fact,
It also comes from the media.
How can you not be angry when you think about yourself being manipulated by the media?
In Los Angeles, the entertainment capital, a small-scale demonstration "We refuse to be media puppets" broke out.
Standing at the window of the hotel, overlooking the Avenue of Stars not far away, the marchers chanted words such as "freedom", "don't be media puppets", "we want the truth" and so on.
Li Qian smiled, left the window, and went back to the living room to sit on the sofa. The large-screen TV in front of him still showed the parade. This was a live broadcast on the CW TV station.
Deng Chao looked at the pictures on the TV and was puzzled, "I don't understand what these media are thinking. They are obviously scolding the media and the TV station. They are not angry at all. Instead, they seem to be very happy. They are going to broadcast the parade live for fear of
Others don’t know.”
Li Qian laughed and said, "There is news, there are ratings, and you don't care whether others scold you or not. No matter how loud the noise is, they are eager to do it."
So what if you scold me? Can people like Mi Lijian stop watching TV?
The TV station and the media are not worried about the impact on themselves at all. Now they are scolded in exchange for a lot of ratings and newspaper sales.
As for pressing down and cold treatment, that is impossible, and I would only add fuel to the fire.
Various online and print media are criticizing the media and the government for controlling the people, and even many TV talk shows and interview programs are criticizing it.
The TV station plays programs that criticize the TV station, and the audience criticizes the TV station while watching the TV station's programs that criticize the TV station.
Newspapers criticize the media for controlling public opinion. People buy newspapers, read newspapers, and criticize newspapers for controlling public opinion.
By reasoning, what did the media and television stations lose?
The answer is, not a dime was lost.
"Why do you think these Milijian people are always marching? It's not a day off, so they don't have to go to work in broad daylight?" Zhang Wei couldn't understand these people, who would come to the parade for any reason. They were really busy.
Tong Liya had an idea, "Isn't this also organized by the media, directing and acting on its own?"
"It's definitely not organized by the media." Li Qian shook his head.
"That's okay, otherwise Mi Lijian is too pitiful. He said he would not be a media puppet, but in fact he still did it, and he was still willing to be a puppet of the media without knowing it, helping them increase their ratings and
Newspaper sales.”
Li Qian answered, "It was not organized by the media, it was organized behind the scenes by Warner. They also hired the CW TV station to broadcast the live broadcast. This TV station is affiliated with the CW TV network, the fifth largest TV network in the United States owned by Warner."
"Ah...this..." Tong Liya was stunned.
Deng Chao and others were also a little confused. Was this Li Qian's doing?
While making a movie to expose the media's manipulation of the public, through this movie, we are also manipulating the public and public opinion in reality.
"This is too...that's what it is." Deng Chao smiled bitterly.
Although they didn't explain it clearly, Tong Liya, Zhang Wei, and Wang Ou also knew what Deng Chao was talking about, and they had the same idea.
Li Qian didn't take it seriously at all, "Just say what you want to say, even if you call me a black-hearted capitalist."
"Isn't this a lie?" Zhang Wei said weakly.
"Who did I lie to?" Li Qian asked.
"You're lying to Mi Lijian."
"Does lying to Mi Lijian count as lying?" Li Qian smiled.
Everyone looked at Li Qian with a smile and were stunned.
"You have to be careful. If you are discovered, you will be scolded to death." Tong Liya hit Li Qian's arm angrily.
"Why are you scolding me?"
Li Qian spread his hands and said, "Think about it, if what I did was made into a movie, the audience would be more touched and the irony would be stronger. I am satirizing the media.
It is to wake up the Milijian people, who made them so easily instigated."
Hearing Li Qian's righteous words, their eyes widened even more. The two girls, Tong Liya and Wang Ou, opened their mouths slightly. They didn't expect Li Qian to be so... shameless.
Deng Chao slapped his head hard, "Wait a minute, I can't get around it. Someone made a movie. In the movie, you made "The Truman Show." In "The Truman Show," the show team
His life was made into a 24-hour live reality show.
Is that so, then in other people’s movies, the movie you made caused a big sensation and triggered a heated discussion about the media’s manipulation of the public, but in fact, this sensation was also manipulated by you, so that the audience of other people’s movies would watch it.
This scene makes me reflect."
It was like a tongue twister. Li Qian was confused when he heard it, "That's pretty much what it means."
Tong Liya said angrily, "You are sophistry, and no one can see it, who will reflect on it!"
"Who says there is no one? Maybe there are aliens with higher civilizations looking at me. Come and say hello to the audience."
Li Qian smiled, looked up at the ceiling, waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Hi, hello."
"hiss!"
Everyone couldn't help but take a breath, and suddenly felt something strange and uncomfortable.
...
Just in the afternoon, a small-scale demonstration also broke out in New York, also planned by Warner.
The parade they planned and the TV station that broadcast it live was also their CW TV station.
It's similar to "The Truman Show".
I have to admire this group of media people, they are so awesome and they keep the public entertained.
Li Qian didn't expect it at first, mainly because of the parade. He really didn't expect for a while that the difference in thinking between the East and the West was something that Warner informed him about after finalizing the plan.
However, Li Qian didn't feel any guilt when looking at these indignant Mi Lijian people who shouted "We are so free, don't be media puppets".
Even Warner will not feel the slightest guilt for fooling his own people, and Li Qian, a Chinese, will not feel guilty for the Mi Lijian people.
In the evening, Li Qian also met with Thomas. Considering the current situation, they had to arrange one or two interviews for themselves, just to fool the Mi Lijian people.
After we finished talking, we returned to the hotel. It was already getting late. I casually turned on the TV and watched the news, then took off my clothes and climbed into bed.