The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1038 Anonymous Release
Early morning, cloudy.

Although it is summer now, New York is still typical New York. Mornings without the sun are depressing, and people walking hurriedly in the city are like zombies, with only their shells moving.

Nicholas Flynn was one of them. He yawned loudly and was a little slow to remember that this was a public place. He was worried about damaging his image, but when he looked around, he saw that no one cared, so he felt relieved.

Ordered an espresso in a coffee shop, with some extra rum -

Don't ask him why he started taking alcohol so early in the morning. Just ask that after three consecutive nights of writing a special report analyzing the 2003 summer box office charts for the New York Times, he now has Red Bull flowing through his veins.

Standing at the counter, waiting for his espresso, in just a few seconds, Nicholas began to feel dazed and his consciousness flew into space.

Inadvertently, Nicholas caught an image out of the corner of his eye.

That's...wait, that's...Spider-Man? But why?

Although he was busy, Nicholas was naturally not to miss the overwhelming news about Anson. What surprised him was not Spider-Man appearing on the news page, but the picture -

The current focus is on Anson, and when reporting, photos of Anson are often used rather than a Spider-Man with a mask and no visible face.

But the news in front of us used a photo of Spider-Man, and it was a photo of Spider-Man flying in the air, which seemed abnormal.

Could it be news about the "Spider-Man 2" crew?

Subconsciously, Nicholas took a few more glances without thinking much, but the moment he saw the photo, he was dragged into shock little by little.

Seeing the customer switching pages on the laptop screen, Nicholas could no longer care and stepped forward.

"Sorry to bother you. I just glanced at your computer screen accidentally. I'm really sorry, but that was..."

The young man, who looked like a college student, waved his hand to show that he didn't care. "Oh, the new uniform of Spider-Man 2. Do you like Spider-Man too?"

Nicholas: ... "Spider-Man's new uniform? How did this get leaked? Wasn't it kept strictly secret before?"

The young man was not surprised at all. “All the paparazzi were watching. It was simply a war between the crew and the media. As you can imagine, the paparazzi won in the end.”

Everything happened just as Harry Pesci expected. People took it for granted that this was a collective behavior of paparazzi. "Paparazzi" has become a collective synonym and no longer focuses on an independent individual.

However, Nicholas was different. His keen journalistic instincts immediately caught the anomaly:
Timing. The timing was wrong.

At this juncture, a paparazzi actually leaked information about Spider-Man's uniform? This is not right.

"Who leaked the information?" Nicholas looked at the computer screen.

Young people have a confused look on their faces, "Does it matter?" When they read gossip, who pays attention to the names of the reporters and photographers who interviewed them? Who cares about the name of the paparazzi who broke the news?

But the young man blurted out, "TMZ."

Nicholas, "TMZ is just a platform. The key point is who took the photo and how it was taken."

Nicholas was shocked the more he read.

Not only is it detailed, but it is also positive and can be described as brilliant. It can even be called an official behind-the-scenes still.

But Nicholas does not think that this is an official still, the reason is very simple, there are too few photos, and there is only one angle, so it is obvious at a glance that this is a candid shot; but one cannot help but sigh at the excellence of the work.

Marvin Daniel.

Nicholas glanced at the signature and searched carefully in his mind -

There is no answer.

This is a completely unfamiliar name, at least Nicholas has never seen it before; but then again, there are countless talented people hidden among the paparazzi, and Nicholas cannot possibly know them all, so it is not surprising that unfamiliar names occasionally appear. However, Nicholas is 100% sure that this photo will spark a topic and even explode with energy beyond imagination.

For Nicholas, who works for the New York Times, this kind of gossip is not within his purview and he would just glance at it occasionally. But this time, Nicholas vaguely felt that something was fishy and a storm was brewing.

But why?

Nicholas frowned. The timing of everything was just too coincidental. One thing after another, could it be...

A flash of inspiration.

Nicholas caught an idea. Could it be that these photos were related to Anson's injury? But what was the connection?

"Nick. Nick! Your espresso is ready."

A call came from behind, and Nicholas's brain was spinning at high speed. The whole world was spinning, and the rustling noise in the coffee shop was stirring in the air, and finally turned into a waterfall rushing down, and there was a roar in his head.

Nicholas turned around and quickly returned to the counter, picked up the small cup of espresso, and drank it all in one gulp. The scalding hot liquid almost burned his throat, but Nicholas didn't care. He sprinted out of the coffee shop and his figure disappeared in the torrent in the blink of an eye.

The coffee shop was only briefly surprised, then looked away, as if it was used to it, and regained its composure.

Everything was just as Nicholas expected:
Sweeping the entire Internet.

Vast and vigorous.

This is not the era of social networks, so it is difficult to intuitively feel the impact of traffic; however, if you can hear/see the news in every corner of major media, major portals, television and radio stations, and the streets and alleys are filled with news, the effect will be the same.

"Here it comes, it's finally here, the new Spider-Man 2 uniform has been revealed."

“The biggest news of the year! Peter Parker’s new uniform makes its debut.”

"The new Spider-Man uniform is tighter, more fitted and more handsome."

"From Dior to Spider-Man uniforms, Anson Wood pulls it off perfectly."

"It couldn't be more perfect - Anson Wood's all-new look is coming to 'Spider-Man 2'."

So, what is overwhelming?

When you leave home, you'll be surrounded by Spider-Man 2 in his new uniform at newsstands on the roadside, TV walls in department stores, radio waves in taxis, and the chatter in street breakfast shops. Even the newspapers in the hands of passengers coming and going in subway stations are no exception.

Literally, everywhere, with no breathing room.

Originally, the new uniform of "Spider-Man 2" has been a hot topic. Now after Anson's accidental injury, the crew was forced to shut down, anonymous people sneaked into the hospital, etc., the popularity has reached a new height.

The best example is that even a gossip-insulated newspaper like The New Yorker joined in the discussion.

And now, things have gone a step further, as Peter Parker's brand new battle suit has been exposed, and everything from top to bottom has gone haywire, and things have gotten out of control.

It penetrates into everyone's life in every possible way.

It even makes one wonder if all this was arranged in advance by Sony Columbia, otherwise how could things have achieved such an effect?

Now, the conspiracy theory is even more unstoppable.

When you are famous, you are prone to gossip. The huge success of "Spider-Man" put Sony Columbia in the spotlight. Even the smallest things became excuses for people to be suspicious and attack them. Countless dark thoughts emerged and intensified.

In response, Hollywood is just watching the show from the sidelines.

(End of this chapter)