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Chapter 216, page 215: A Global Sensation

"The first man name was kiki."

"The first man's name is Qiqi."

"He wears such little pants."

"Wearing tight-fitting pants."

"His brother was a champion."

"His brother is a boxing champion."

"But kiki loves to dance."

"But Qiqi only loves to dance."

"The second man was chuchu."

"The second man's name is Chu Chu."

"An master of romance."

"He's a romantic young man."

"He loved Damsels In Distress but not as much as dance."

"He likes to help girls in distress, but he likes dancing even more."

Harvard University, Psychology Department dormitory.

Famous actress Natalie Portman studied here, and she didn't want to neglect her studies while filming "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace".

Even in Hollywood, where there are many actors, very few top stars have a high level of education, which is a plus.

At noon, after reviewing the notes I got from the professor all morning, I returned from the library and was about to take a break.

Before I even reached the door, I could hear upbeat music playing through it into the hallway.

"Huh? What are they doing?"

With a slightly puzzled expression, Natalie Portman pushed open the door and entered the dormitory.

In the distance, I saw my roommate Portia and two female classmates from the next dorm room twisting their bodies strangely.

How to describe that kind of twisting? It just looks really silly at first glance.

But when paired with the song and background music, it becomes incredibly catchy and captivating.

The frequency and amplitude of their twisting movements, combined with their swaying hips and waists, and especially their exaggerated facial expressions, make it impossible to look away once you've seen them.

"Porti, what are you doing?"

"Dancing, the shoulder-shaking dance, don't you know it?"

"Shoulder-shaking dance? What kind of dance is this? I've never seen it before. You guys are dancing so strangely."

"Natalie, it's not that we're dancing weird, it's just that this is how this kind of dance is supposed to be done. Didn't you watch the video?" Portia pointed to the computer screen.

"What video?"

"Good heavens! You're really making yourself stupid by reading so much. You can't spend all your time in the library. You should surf the internet more and learn about the latest information."

"This video is now a viral sensation online. My brother recommended it to me. He's at Yale, and all the guys there are obsessed with it and are trying to imitate the dance."

A girl from another dorm said, "Natalie, you're a big star, you must know these actors, right?"

Upon hearing this, Natalie Portman leaned closer to watch, and the video content immediately struck her like a thunderbolt.

"On day inside station."

"One day by chance."

"In Amsterdam perchance."

"At the Amsterdam train station."

"The man was dancing side by side by a man with a quicker glance."

"Their dancing side by side attracted the attention of other men."

"They turn to face each other."

They turned around to face each other.

"It was just happened to dance."

"Everything happened by sheer coincidence."

"That these two men would meet that day and do their favorite dance."

"On this day, the two men met and began their destined dance."

"WOW! you can really dance!"

Wow! You jumped so well!

"WOW! you can really dance!"

Wow! You danced so well too!

"They said we both been dancing all this time oh what a coincidance."

"They said it's such a coincidence that we've been dancing this together for so long."

"Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds? How could they make a video like this!" Natalie Portman exclaimed, her eyes wide.

"Not only that, there are tons of celebrities involved in this video, we just counted, there are at least a dozen."

"Isn't this fun? The exciting part is coming soon, so be careful not to blink."

To the catchy background music, Chris Evans, Ryan Reynolds, and Jack Black, who played the chubby guy in "The Hangover," performed a classic scene of three people passing on their manhood and their shadows becoming three.

Portia and her two classmates laughed and started shaking again.

"And then they dance together."

"Ever since they started dancing together."

"Like no one dance before."

"It's as if no one has ever jumped over it before."

"The diplomat were dancing."

Even the diplomats jumped up.

"They canceled all of the war."

"They cancelled the order to wage war."

"The whole world is cerebrated."

"The whole world is singing and dancing."

"Was there no more violence."

"No one is violent anymore."

"And all because these men cross path."

"It's all because of the meeting of these two people."

"What a coincidence!"

"It must have been fate!"

So sexy so sexy so sexy so sexy so sexy...

So sexy so sexy so sexy so sexy so sexy...

"Robert Downey Jr.! What's with him?!"

Natalie Portman was quite surprised to see the big poisonous insect. This guy is currently embroiled in negative news, the kind of person you'd be afraid to even walk past on the street for fear of getting into trouble.

He even got to participate in the filming of this video, which features many popular up-and-coming actors. The Olsen twins are almost as popular as him.

"Robert Downey Jr.? Who's that?" Portie asked.

This guy has clearly been out of the public eye for a long time, and some people don't even remember him.

"Who cares who he is? Don't you guys think his expression is sexy? That little mustache, combined with his deep, husky voice, I think this actor is pretty handsome."

"He's a bit gay."

"That's true, but which of the men in this video isn't gay? If they weren't gay, I wouldn't feel anything for them."

"Hahaha... Ryan Reynolds is a Predator in Transformers, a goofball in Sharknock, and here he's a gay guy. He can really pull off any style."

"Hahaha... Sisters, let's shake it up!"

Watching her roommate once again obsessively sway her shoulders in the video, Natalie Portman shook her head speechlessly.

She's an insider and doesn't judge things by appearances. Gathering such a large group of celebrities to film a prank video, just like Saturday Night Live, clearly indicates that the person behind it has ulterior motives.

Given that these individuals have all made films for MGM, it's no secret that Facebook is Eric Cooper's asset.

If they can create Facebook with innovation, they could very well create YouTube with even greater innovation.

As a Harvard graduate, after quickly analyzing this information, she realized that this was most likely a publicity stunt.

The goal was to hype up YouTube, and it seems to have been very successful. Public enthusiasm is high, and many people are registering accounts to become YouTube users.

Even prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale have fallen victim to this; one can imagine what it's like for ordinary people.

The main reason is that this shoulder-shaking dance is just too addictive. I only watched it for a short while, and it was just as easy to spread from person to person as in the video. I don't know whose creation it is.

Although the video was posted on YouTube, it was posted using a virtual account, and the registration information behind it could not be found. Eric did not want to appear in the public eye for the time being.

The shoulder-shaking dance went viral from YouTube to the entire internet in just a few days after it was released.

This time, we didn't spend a single penny on promotion because the stars in the show are so popular, almost all of them are A-list or B-list, except for Robert Downey Jr.

Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds play the two male leads, while the Olsen twins play their girlfriends.

Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, and Anthony Mikan play the older brother and the boxer.

Tom Hardy plays a petty thug who kidnaps his first girlfriend.

Jack Black plays a passenger who is infected at Amsterdam Station.

The yoga master was gone; Eric didn't like Indians, so ballet was replaced.

The ballet dance was so infectious that it turned into a shoulder-shaking dance, with James McAvoy playing the ballet master.

There are also cameos by Elijah Wood, Benjamin Mackenzie, Heath Ledger, and others, who at most have a single shot or play a bystander.

Even Anthony Hopkins, the old man, was brought in for a cameo role as the Secretary of Defense with only one line.

If the video weren't less than three minutes long, Eric's performance would have been worthy of a full-length film like "The Founding of a Republic" or "The Banquet."

The number of celebrities featured in the film has become a hot topic among onlookers.

Soon, and I don’t know where it started, a large number of videos imitating the shoulder-shaking dance suddenly appeared on YouTube.

Harvard and Yale spearheaded the release of student council versions, and other Ivy League schools followed suit with their own versions.

In an instant, universities across the United States seemed to have entered an arms race phase.

Versions from various student organizations, including the student council, basketball, rugby, baseball, chess, Go, and computer science, have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Then it began to spread from students to parents, teachers, professors, and even school administrators.

At this time, YouTube also released behind-the-scenes footage of the day's filming, showing a group of celebrities following the steps to learn the movements and making witty remarks, which was even funnier than the video.

The introduction of decomposed movements further propelled the trend to its peak.

This trend has spread to the whole society, and subsequently, versions for nurses, flight attendants, truck drivers, hot girls, and so on have emerged all at once.

Celebrities from all walks of life have also jumped on the bandwagon to imitate this trend of gaining traffic. Many of them helped promote YouTube when it first launched, registered an account and then stopped updating, but this time they all followed suit and instantly came back to life.

Since users are becoming more active, it means that YouTube, like Facebook, can be used as a platform to attract followers and promote itself. Why not do something that benefits you?

Once the trend took hold, even major television stations began to follow suit, reporting on the event and releasing their own versions featuring presenters.

In an interview, Professor Kevin of UCLA Medical Center said, "Shoulder shaking is a great exercise that anyone can learn. This movement can effectively relieve joint pain, frozen shoulder, and other ailments."

On talk shows such as The Ellen Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Daily Show, The Morning Show, and The Conan Show, imitating the shoulder-shaking dance has become a way to open the show and liven up the atmosphere.

With just one video, YouTube attracted millions of new users, making it undoubtedly the biggest winner.

Moreover, after watching the videos related to the shoulder-shaking dance, they suddenly discovered that many new types of videos had appeared in the general section that they had never seen before.

For example, a video labeled "ghostly" or "grotesque" has many people wondering what "ghostly" means, as it sounds a bit scary.

After clicking in, I was immediately captivated by the sharp editing and parody style.

This video edited and spliced ​​together Eminem's music video and concert footage, completely distorting the meaning of his words.

It's vulgar and obscene, but it makes people who have never been exposed to bizarre and outrageous content laugh out loud.

Eric always seeks revenge, and Emiam deserved it.

There's also a wilderness survival video where the person filming claims they can survive in the wild for a week without using any tools.

Some videos, labeled as science popularization videos, disassemble a newly released Sony camera on site and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each component to the audience.

There are also talent performances, with singing and dancing being standard practice.

A girl was performing a trick involving clamping a watermelon between her thighs. The huge watermelon couldn't withstand the power of her legs and shattered into pieces with a bang.

At that moment, countless men were lost in their fantasies.

This girl works in MGM's logistics department. She loves fitness and is quite well-known in the Los Angeles community.

There was also a girl dressed up in a flamboyant way, speaking in a high-pitched, affected voice, with a scheming, manipulative look on her face. Her talent was swallowing light bulbs.

It swallowed a light bulb the size of a fist and then took it out, deforming its mouth, but it was unaffected, demonstrating an astonishing capacity.

The main theme is someone who speaks with a pearl in their mouth and moves with ease!

The wide variety of video types has opened up a whole new world for users.

Suddenly, everyone realized that YouTube had changed; it had become more fun and interesting.

Many viewers were instantly enlightened.

The housewife thought, "It's just taking pictures of food, right? I can make it too. My family, colleagues, and kindergarten teachers all praise my cooking."

Extreme sports enthusiasts think they can film the process of their sports to attract more people to join the sport.

People who like to sing will film themselves singing and playing instruments, and people who like to dance will film various dance styles.

In a short time, videos of all styles were uploaded, and the number and variety of videos in the YouTube general section became increasingly rich.

In this trend, YouTube undoubtedly benefits the most, followed by Robert Downey Jr.

This is his first public appearance after disappearing from the public eye for more than a year.

The results were quite good. Although many people still dislike him, at least his performance in the shoulder-shaking dance video was recognized by everyone.

Acknowledging your talent and considering you trash are two different things.

So Robert Downey Jr. started appearing on talk shows and other similar programs.

All of this was within Eric's expectations. At MGM's request, Downey temporarily kept the casting of "Iron Man" a secret and focused on his personal matters.

Simply put, it's about clearing one's name, gradually recounting how one gradually descended into the abyss, implying that it wasn't entirely my fault, and that growing up in that kind of family was also very difficult for me.

But we can't shirk responsibility; we must admit our mistakes and stand up straight when we're punished.

His tearful confession on the show, apologizing to his ex-wife and children, and his genuine outburst of emotion garnered a lot of sympathy.

Finally, he promised never to touch drugs again and to completely repent and become a good person.

I ask the audience and the media to keep an eye on me. If I am caught using drugs again, I will leave the entertainment industry immediately, without needing anyone to scold me.

The prodigal son returning home trope works all over the world, and many people think that Robert Downey Jr. isn't so bad after all.

With his reputation recovering, Downey started updating his social media on Facebook and YouTube, showcasing his disciplined daily life.

After some time, the casting for Iron Man will be announced.

People naturally think that this is an opportunity given to Downey by Marvel, and also an opportunity that Downey worked hard to earn for himself.

There will naturally be far fewer people criticizing the casting, and it's even possible that it will garner more attention.

A win-win outcome.

(End of this chapter)