Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 462 Controversial Remarks, the Man Behind the Scenes
On social media, the directors, actors and other main creators of "Resident Evil" and "Alien" at that time.

Frequently interact with "Infinite World".

This has sparked another wave of heated discussion.

"Infinite World" is not inferior to others in terms of riding on the popularity.

Seeing that the public opinion about "Infinite World" is getting louder and louder, some people are getting a little restless.

The summer market is so small, if you have more, I will have less.

Especially "X-Men" and "Green Lantern", which have the closest release dates.

When they learned that "Infinite World" was scheduled to be released on June 6, they were all furious and felt like they were being looked down upon.

What’s the matter? You think those two in July are hard to deal with, so you come to us, right?

Soon, some controversial remarks appeared on the Internet.

For example, "Infinite Worlds is better than the Harry Potter novels", or "Chen is more literary than JK Rowling".

On some social platforms, fans of the two books quickly started to fight with each other, and the situation seemed to be escalating.

As Chen Linfeng's representative, Sister Mei has already gone to Los Angeles in advance to confirm some promotional activities and itinerary before the film's release.

She soon realized something was wrong.

"Xiao Feng, there must be someone behind this, but it doesn't look like it was done by the people from Harry Potter."

Chen Linfeng's voice on the phone was relatively calm.

"Definitely not. Our release date is so far off from Harry Potter's. There's no way we're competing with them."

It was obvious that it was other opponents who were causing trouble.

The purpose is to ruin Chen Linfeng's popularity among the public.

As the protagonist and author of the original novel of the film, if he is disliked by the public, it will definitely affect the box office of the film.

"Infinite World" has a large audience in Emilycon, so the fight between the two may even have a slight impact on "Harry Potter".

"Who did this? It's bad."

Liu Qianqian, who was sitting nearby, felt a little angry when she heard this and couldn't help but clench her fists.

Chen Linfeng held her fist and gave her a reassuring look.

I continued to ask the person on the other end of the phone, "Is it just the issue with Harry Potter? Is there anything else wrong?"

"I haven't found any so far. Um... there seem to be some more extreme comments saying that Chinese people shouldn't be the protagonists in Hollywood."

"But these kinds of comments are rather stupid, they shouldn't be made by opponents, right?"

"It's indeed quite stupid," Chen Linfeng said, "but who knows, if some celebrities who haven't received much education bought negative articles behind the scenes, they might do something like this."

"Aren't you afraid of making things worse?"

Liu Xixi immediately thought of the time when "Sunset" was nominated for an Oscar.

Chen Linfeng shook his head. "Not necessarily. Oscar is more concerned about this kind of comments, but on the Internet platform, it's nothing."

Even more radical remarks, such as the Ku Klux Klan's call to exterminate other races, exist in real life, not to mention online.

However, the fact that such remarks were seen by Sister Mei also indicates some problems.

He had the backing of Disney before, and had never faced direct competition from any of the Hollywood giants.

Therefore, I have never suffered attacks from this kind of opponents before.

Now they all appear at once.

Chen Linfeng had been successful most of the time before, and one important reason for this was that he often played at home.

He is a kind person and when he rarely has disagreements with others, he always crushes them.

The enemy fell down without much effort.

This time it might not be so smooth.

Chen Linfeng was silent for a moment, "Sister Mei, have you communicated with the people from Disney?"

"Well, before contacting you, I asked someone about the situation."

"What do you say over there?"

"They said that there were actually far more negative articles than these, and they have tried their best to stop many of the media's smear campaigns."

Sister Mei was a little uncertain when she said this.

"The other party is also a company of the same level. Maybe they are really stretched to the limit."

Of course, the main issue is time.

Now is a critical period for the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4".

The priority of this film is even higher than "Infinite World".

All relevant resources were used on this film.

Even Bruckheimer is more focused on "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"No wonder." Chen Linfeng suddenly realized.

This timing is indeed a bit delicate.

That’s why Sister Mei called back.

Otherwise, she would find ways to resolve general public opinion issues on her own.

The personal connections and relationships accumulated over the years will definitely play a role.

It is because the opponents we face this time are different, and the speed and frequency of problems are unusual.

Liu Qianqian asked worriedly, "Isn't the situation a bit bad?"

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment and said, "Not really. The problems that have arisen so far are not big problems. Even if we can't solve them, it's just arrogance and identity issues."

Although these points may make some people hate him.

But there are two sides to the story.

Arrogance can also be seen as self-confidence, and some people may even like this.

After all, Infinite Worlds is in the first tier below Harry Potter, so it is normal for it to want to compete with the big brother. And this problem can be solved in a way.

In terms of identity, it is only 2011 now, and white left-wing thinking accounts for the majority of Emily Ken's online views.

The Democratic Party is in power again, and at least the mainstream public opinion is still against discrimination.

The comments in this regard actually have little impact.

Those who don't go to the movies for this reason are not his target customers.

And if the incident gets out of hand, he might become a victim and gain the attention of the Asian community.

What Chen Linfeng was more worried about was the opponent's hidden attack.

You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief the day before.

We have been just passively defending, and problems might arise at any time.

"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about."

Sister Mei said, "When we were in China, you were a minor in the early days, so you were naturally protected by public opinion. Later, when it became a trend, we never experienced serious public opinion attacks."

“Then this content needs to be supplemented now.”

Chen Linfeng instructed, "First, discuss the follow-up work methods with the people in charge of public relations at Dingfeng and Qilin. I will ask Bruckheimer about the situation first."

After hanging up the phone, he saw that Xixi was worried and seemed a little worried.

I couldn't help but comfort her, "It's okay. You know, I've always been very cautious in doing things. As long as I don't make mistakes on major issues, a little attack won't affect me at all."

Liu Qianqian thought about the time when she was slandered on the Internet, and was very worried that Xiaofeng would encounter the same thing.

Although Liu Xiaoli and Chen Linfeng both operated properly, they quickly solved the problem.

But it's somewhat ptsd.

However, in her eyes, Chen Linfeng has always been a man with many resources.

Therefore, Liu Qianqian forced herself to suppress her worry and smiled at Chen Linfeng.

"Yeah, I know, but you still have to be careful."

"Will do."

Chen Linfeng called Bruckheimer to inquire about the situation.

"I heard about this from May, and we are working on it now."

"How to deal with it?"

Bruckheimer talked about the plan that had just been discussed.

After listening to it, Chen Linfeng nodded and said, "It's a good plan, let's do it.

But this is just a defensive measure. What if similar operations occur again in the future?
We can’t always be on guard. Infinite World is also a key project and we can’t keep being attacked without reason.”

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his words, "Jerry, although I am young, I am not a rookie who has just entered the industry. Can you joke about a $2 million investment?

You know, I am the absolute protagonist of this movie. Even if I have any plans, I have to get this big ship sailing first."

"I know, don't worry."

Bruckheimer couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He quickly tried to persuade her, "Since May called me, I have been contacting all parties to find a way to resolve this matter."

There is a tacit understanding between the major Hollywood companies.

Generally, key projects have the right to be exempted from criticism.

If a project really has a fatal weakness, it would be fine if it could be destroyed in one go.

With potential profits of hundreds of millions of dollars, the unspoken rules can be ignored.

But under normal circumstances, we shouldn't create trouble for no reason like we did this time.

Otherwise, no one would do anything and just try to cause trouble for each other and prevent explosions.

This is what made Chen Linfeng angry. Disney definitely didn’t do its job properly.

He was reluctant to speculate too much, as this was due to some conflicts in the early stages of the project, which led to the extension.

Or maybe it’s because the cooperation contract with the other party has reached the second half, and Disney wants to demonstrate its importance.

Or they think the film has a good future and want to gain greater power in the future through some means.

There are too many possible factors, and Chen Linfeng can’t figure it out for the moment.

But the fact that this could happen is abnormal.

It is also questionable what role Bruckheimer played in this matter.

Therefore, the first thing he thought of was to test the other party.

Bruckheimer also knew that this was not normal.

He is also trying to find out the reason.

But like Mei said.

Now that "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" is at a critical stage, his energy is limited and he is somewhat unable to focus on one thing while neglecting another.

Therefore, he felt a little unconfident when faced with doubts.

After some communication, Chen Linfeng temporarily believed that the other party was really too busy and was not on guard.

As for other reasons, let’s put them aside for now and resolve the issue first.

The two agreed on this point.

The first is the conflict with Harry Potter fans.

With the help of relevant personnel from Disney and Warner, Chen Linfeng and JK Rowling had a brief but friendly communication on popular literature through video.

Then both sides expressed their appreciation for each other through social platforms such as Twitter and YouTube.

The video of the two of them blowing each other's clothes had over a million views on YouTube in a short period of time.

Both are internationally renowned writers, and their exchange can be regarded as a peak dialogue, which attracted a lot of attention.

(End of this chapter)