Birth of an actor

On Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., there is a Palladian-style residence diagonally opposite the White House and not far from the Blair Palace where every U.S. president lived before taking office. It is the private property of the Roderick family.

When Lance arrived at the mansion on Pennsylvania Avenue from a private club in suburban Washington, the butler told him that Tyler Roderick was waiting for him in the living room.

Lance came to the living room, the old Roderick was watching TV and opening a bottle of 1975 Latour. tone.

Tyler Roderick took out two crystal wine glasses from the wine cabinet with a calm expression. There was no obvious panic or fear on his face, and he even seemed overly calm.

This morning, four hijacked planes successively attacked the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and the White House, causing thousands of civilian casualties.With the exception of Pearl Harbor during World War II, the United States has fought wars on foreign soil for the past 136 years—not only did World Wars I and II never reach American soil, but It has brought a huge opportunity for the take-off of the national strength of the United States-but at this time, [-]% of the American people are immersed in anxiety and panic, and large-scale attacks have occurred in New York and Washington. This country has never been like it is today Make them feel no longer safe.

But Taylor Roderick is obviously not among the ninety-nine percent of the people.

Even Lance, who had been mentally prepared since he got the call from Condoleezza Rice, was still nervous when he saw smoke billowing from the top of One World Trade Center on TV this morning. Shocked and unbelievable.

"Just tonight, our citizens, our lives, and our supreme liberty have been violated by a series of premeditated and inhumane terrorist attacks..." On the turned-on TV, President George Bush looked solemn , With a heavy tone, he delivered a televised speech to the people of the whole country at the joint meeting of the two houses of Congress.

When President Bush angrily vowed to "find the real culprit and bring him to justice", Taylor Roderick finally spoke. He said with some contempt: "Our Mr. President has finally found the right expression."

It took Lance a second to realize that his father was mocking the president's incongruous behavior when New York was attacked this morning-at eight o'clock in the morning, Bush Jr. was visiting an elementary school in Florida. The first time he came in to report to him about the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, he was overwhelmed, and then chose to continue saying hello to the children in the school, and once he sat in the classroom and read "My Pet Goat" for 7 minutes .

As the president returned to the White House in the evening, these scenes were also revealed by the staff around Bush Jr., and circulated in a small circle in the Washington area. Fortunately, the media has not heard any news, otherwise Bush Jr. The support rate of the party probably fell by a few percentage points in response.

"Come here, my son, and enjoy Mr. President's speech." Tyler Roderick poured two glasses of wine and took a drink himself: "From today, America will change, and the world will change." Change will happen. And change is an opportunity for Roderick, just like your great-great-grandfather Thomas received the first order from the US Army in World War I and changed the fate of the entire family from then on.”

Lance picked up another glass of red wine, took a sip, barely tasted a few flavors and swallowed it. He was surprised by the rare excitement revealed in Taylor Roderick's seemingly calm words, because this kind of emotion was in the It's really uncommon on the other side.

And those few words seem to have another meaning.

During last year's U.S. election, Lance participated in two George Bush campaign receptions, donated money to the other party several times, and helped Bush Jr. matchmaking between Wall Street and Silicon Valley, which has always been a Democratic Party, so now he is in the Bush family In my eyes, he has probably become the most lovable and generous person.

The enthusiasm of the American people for political participation is very high. Voters tend to influence North American politics. American politics also affects the world structure, which is closely related to the global economy. Therefore, the competition in each US general election is extremely fierce. It takes hundreds of millions of dollars in publicity funds to make one's name known to most voters.

Such a huge campaign expenditure is obviously not supported by small and medium-sized voters, so behind each presidential candidate there must be several or even dozens of rich people or multinational companies. There are rewards, such as lowering the personal income tax rate that the rich should pay, or introducing policies that are beneficial to certain industries-billionaires support presidential candidates for the election, of course, it is impossible for ideals or Empty spiritual pursuits like belief.

But in fact, Lance is not keen on participating in politics, and he was so "benevolent" in the general election, just because it is also considered an investment.Moreover, Lance not only sponsored George Bush, but also donated money to the Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in order to follow the trend of Wall Street. One of the billionaires.

So in terms of enthusiasm for political participation, there is a big difference between Lance and Taylor Rodriguez. Taylor has always paid attention to Washington, persistently cultivated White House agents, and even almost participated in the election himself. How many congressmen on Capitol Hill have a good relationship with him? Always a mystery.The only thing that is certain is that ninety-nine percent of those congressmen are Republicans, and they are staunch conservatives.

What's more, Taylor Roderick and Cheney have a very close personal relationship.Dick Cheney is the current Vice President of the United States.He served as Secretary of Defense during the term of President Bush Sr., played an important role in the Gulf War, and abandoned politics and business after resigning from office. Bush's famous background allowed them to successfully defeat the Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and had the last laugh. After Bush Jr. took office as president, Cheney also successfully became vice president.

——Generally speaking, the power of the vice president is far less than that of the president. When encountering a strong president, the vice president is just a decoration, but this situation does not exist in this US government, because Bush Jr. often does not pay attention , Cheney is the deputy carefully selected by the Bush family for him, and Bush Jr. also trusts and even relies on Cheney very much. Since the former took office, many important decisions have been made by the latter. With more energy, it is really difficult to tell whether this US government is more influential than the president or the vice president.

Lance has made a lot of contributions (US dollars) to Bush Jr.'s campaign. The money played an important role at the critical moment of the general election, so Bush Jr. and his younger brothers are very friendly to Lance, but Taylor Rodriguez Kerr, like Cheney, is a staunch conservative Republican. The two have a 20-year friendship. It is not surprising if Tyler Roderick knows more about the inside story of the White House than Lance.

But Lance would not ask Taylor what he knew, and Taylor would not take the initiative to tell—yes, the relationship between the two generations of Roderick is so strange, they don't get along like ordinary father and son.

At the end of the speech, Bush Jr. finally named the real culprit behind the attack on the United States: the Taliban terrorist organization Al Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden.By the way, the attack on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, as well as the instigator of the bombing of the US destroyer USS Cole, were also placed on bin Laden's head.

The whole world is still amazed at the occurrence of the 911 incident. The people of the United States have just recovered from the shock. Before the president's speech, the major media have asked the US government to find out who is the real culprit who planned this terrorist attack as soon as possible. It only took one day for the White House to announce the name of the planner of the terrorist attack. It seems that the speed is already very fast, but in fact, as early as the morning when the attack just happened, the White House already knew who the planner was.

It was not until 12 hours after the attack that the identity of the head of the terrorist organization was revealed through the president's speech. Of course, it would not be as simple as pointing out the real culprit.

At the end of the speech, Bush Jr. reiterated a lot of content. He demanded that the Taliban hand over Bin Laden and all Al Qaeda members in Afghanistan, release all detained foreign personnel, demand that the Taliban immediately close the training base of the terrorist organization, and Let the U.S. military freely enter and exit these bases to ensure that they will not be used again... And, these demands are non-negotiable, and the Taliban must implement it immediately, immediately, or suffer the wrath of the United States.

Ordinary people got the U.S. government's determination to punish terrorists from the president's speech, while those with a little bit of political sensitivity got unusual information, such as the signal that the U.S. might go to war.

As for the target of the war, it may be Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, or any Muslim country that supports terrorist organizations.

And Lance Roderick - a rare doer who didn't follow his father's tradition of being interested in energy and industry, but has made achievements in finance and technology - has too much information, stocks, Futures, domestic and international, all crossed his mind at this moment:

Less than two months ago, Larry Silverstein leased the right to use the World Trade Center in New York for 32 years at a price of 99 billion U.S. dollars, and at the same time invested 35 billion U.S. dollars in insurance. It is said that one of the compensation clauses involves terror attack;

Since a week ago, the stock market has begun to sell a large number of put options, involving American Airlines, United Airlines, Boeing and several companies headquartered in the World Trade Center in New York, which shows that some people think that the stocks of these companies will fall sharply in the near future;

The executive of Securacom responsible for the security of Dulles International Airport, United Airlines, the World Trade Center and even the U.S. armed forces is Marvin Bush, the younger brother of President Bush;

In addition to the phone call from Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. government has long known that some unusual people began to move in the summer...

All of this can't help but lead to a frightening conjecture: the truth of what happened in New York today may be deeper and darker than what Lance once knew, thought, or guessed.

Once suspicion arises, other clues and evidences also emerge in a steady stream.

Especially Lance remembered that at a reception not long ago, Marvin Bush discussed with him the possibility of the US government hiring mercenaries from private security companies to replace US soldiers to perform tasks on the battlefield after getting a little drunk. .

Marvin Bush is an executive of Securacom responsible for the security of the U.S. Department of Justice and the armed forces, while Lance owns Deyang International, the largest private military contracting company in the world. Get up, but full of hints.

……

Lance took a deep breath.

911/60 looks more and more like an unsolved mystery similar to Pearl Harbor. After [-] years, no one can tell whether the Pearl Harbor incident was a real surprise attack on the United States based on Japan's strategic intentions, or whether the United States had known about Japan's plan for a long time, but deliberately let the surprise attack succeed, so as to have an excuse to participate in it A bitter trick in World War II.

Even with Rice's warning first, even if New York was really attacked this morning, until the daytime, Lance and William still tended to believe that this was a disaster that no one wanted to see, because the US government was too negligent and prepared The accident caused by the lack of time—maybe the U.S. government’s notice to domestic dignitaries not to fly today was just a precautionary measure, and even they didn’t expect that terrorists would really hijack the plane to attack the United States today—and other conjectures.

Lance did think so at first, and now he has changed his mind.

Some truths are too ugly and cruel, but the truth is the truth.

Then, the first thought that came to Lance's head was: 'Don't tell Will this. '

William knows enough now, and his birthday is actually September 9, but he chose to hold a birthday party on the 8th. Many Hollywood stars changed their itinerary to New York because of this party. I don't know if it will attract the attention of interested people. If I tell William more the truth, in case he is monitored... Lance dare not take this risk.

William still doesn't understand the ugliness of politics. He can never imagine how much darkness there is within three miles of Capitol Hill, especially when the truth of this matter involves national security and war.

In this country, even four presidents have been killed, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy.

After Bush Jr.'s speech was over, the anchor of the CNN evening news began to analyze what information was revealed in the speech of the President of the United States, and whether it indicated what the White House's next move would be.

Tyler Roderick pressed the remote control to turn off the TV, and snorted softly: "Within a month, the United States will send troops to Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is not just anti-terrorism, it is war. The White House will earmark 400 billion Dollars, for this operation, Lockheed Martin, GE, Boeing, Thales will all smell it, Roderick will get a big order - and you, my son, the Department of Defense intends to hire private military companies Responsible for many missions in the Middle East, there will also be some secret military contracts, this is an opportunity for Deyang International to make good use of the cards in Li's hand."

This secret is currently only known to less than ten people, but it will soon spread, so the old Roderick wants to ensure that the Roderick Industrial Group is not the slowest one to hook up with the White House.

"Deyang International will not go to Afghanistan, father." Lance did not accept the instructions from his father: "The Ministry of Defense can hire MPRI, Armor Group, Blackwater International and even Securacom. Deyang's business focus has long been transferred to logistics support In terms of military training, we can provide American soldiers with pre-battle training, so they don’t have to go directly to the Middle East. Although I am also Roderick, not every Roderick is interested in war.”

After breaking up with Tyler Roderick, Lance didn't want to stay in the house any longer, so he left regardless of the housekeeper's persuasion, and walked all the way to the Washington Monument. Along the way, he met many people, from old people to children, They were all dressed in dark colors, some were carrying bouquets, others were holding candles, Lance got one too because he had inadvertently walked into the crowd.

Then William called.

"Where are you, Lance?"

"I'm at the Lincoln Memorial." Lance looked at the burning candle in the palm of his left hand: "Participate in a mourning prayer."

"Really? I'm also at a prayer service in Los Angeles, right here on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and there's going to be an impromptu fundraiser at the Chinese Theater in a bit. Listen, Lance, I want to ask—"

Lance interrupted William: "You want to ask me when I will go back to New York? I will leave as soon as the airport reopens."

"No, not this one."

"Okay, William, what's your problem?"

"'William'? Seriously?" After a moment of silence, William's voice suddenly rose an octave: "Oh, yes, the question I want to ask is--in the fundraising for a while, I want to use Willot Is it okay to donate a check in your name? The company is also yours, so I need your approval before making important decisions." If there are acquaintances nearby, you can probably hear the pretentiousness in this voice.

"There is no objection, this is the right thing to do." Lance breathed a sigh of relief calmly.

"Also, everyone is terrified by what happened today, and I believe you are too. So, when you come back from Washington, we need to talk, face to face."

"Face to face, of course."

……

You can't live in New York, live in America and not be affected by 911/[-], which left its mark on everyone.

After President Bush's speech, the American people ushered in the second stage of grief, anger.

Anger at Osama bin Laden, anger at the Taliban, even anger at Afghanistan.

The tough attitude revealed in Bush Jr.’s speech made his approval rate soar all the way, even surpassing the level when he was just elected president. There are voices everywhere among the American people demanding that the government take coercive measures against terrorists, and many of them support sending troops and mobilizing terrorists. of war.

On Wall Street, after the September 911 incident, the U.S. stock market was shut down urgently, and it was not reopened until the 17th. In five trading days, the Dow Jones Index fell from 9605 points to 7926 points, a drop of 17.5%, and aviation and insurance stocks suffered even more. Hit hard.Those who bought put options on US stocks before 911/[-] all made a fortune.

There is also real estate businessman Larry Silverstein. When 911/71 happened, the media called him "the most unfortunate person". Stein will eventually receive $[-] billion in insurance payouts.

Silicon Valley and Wall Street are closely related. Since last year, the investment boom in Silicon Valley has cooled rapidly, and now it has even entered a freezing period. Many emerging Internet companies are facing the danger of bankruptcy due to lack of sufficient investment.

In order to stabilize the stock market, the US Securities Regulatory Commission interviewed the heads of major banks and groups, and introduced a series of fiscal stimulus plans, so the US stock market only fell for a week, and quickly returned to the level before 911, and even slightly There is a rise.

Although they had foreseen it long ago, Lance and William did not short US stocks beforehand. One is that the two now have diversified investments, and they no longer need to rely on the rise and fall of the stock market in a certain country for a certain period of time to make profits. , If there was a joint short sale of US stocks before, the shock caused may have already attracted the attention of the US Securities Regulatory Commission and the national security department.

Not only did they not sell their stocks, but after the stock market reopened, William and Lance invested a lot of money to recycle their own company's stocks, which not only expressed their confidence in the company, but also increased their voice in the board of directors with the increase in shareholding. Later, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates twice, the stock market rebounded quickly, the Dow Jones Index rose to a higher level than before 911/[-], and the assets of the two did not fall but rose.

However, like William and Lance, there are not many listed companies that can raise a large amount of funds to repurchase their own stocks. The downturn in aviation, insurance, and travel stocks will not change for a long time. In addition, the old media empire Time Warner, since last year and The Internet upstart America Online fell into a downturn after its merger. Later, when the Internet bubble burst, coupled with the impact of 911, the stock price plummeted like a wild horse.

Hollywood was equally affected, and the good news is that none of the stars were on board the hijacked plane when it happened, of which Michael Jackson, Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane and others would have bought I bought the plane tickets that morning, but they all missed the departure time by coincidence. Michael Jackson overslept, and Mark Wahlberg temporarily changed his itinerary to go to Canada to participate in the film festival.

However, although he was lucky enough to escape 911, in an interview with the media later, Mark Wahlberg was criticized for saying "If I was on the plane, I would have the ability to fight terrorists". slammed—these words made him look unsympathetic, as well as deliberately boastful.

On the bad side, many comedies and movies with poor box office that are currently being released have been offline ahead of schedule. After the September 911 incident, Americans lost the mood to watch movies. It is not a popular movie schedule, and there are not many blockbuster movies released in the near future, otherwise the film company will definitely lose money and cry.

Many movies that are scheduled to be released at the end of this year or next year have been postponed, especially R-rated comedies and disaster movies. At this moment, North American movie fans probably don’t want to enjoy vulgar comedies, and they don’t like someone to hurt their wounds. Sprinkle with salt.

The studios also began to check the scripts of the planned or ongoing filming. Is there any plot of hijacking a plane or bombing the White House and Pentagon?have?Well, change everything, anyway, in the last two or three years, this kind of plot should not appear on the big screen.

When Ben Affleck invited William to brunch, he inadvertently sighed that "Pearl Harbor" starring him was released in May, with a production cost of 1.4 million U.S. dollars and an announcement cost of 7 million U.S. dollars. Only 4 billion, did not make any money, just barely paid back. If this extremely American-themed movie was chosen to be released at the end of the year, I wonder if it will detonate the entire movie market?

"Given the similarities, of course you'd expect that, Ben. "Pearl Harbor evoked memories of history and war, as well as a strong patriotic fervor that drove moviegoers into theaters and was a smash at the box office." Kind of.” William’s answer was: “But there are more than two possibilities for anything, you’re sure that people are now mentally prepared to relive similar disasters in the cinema, watching a film that is sensational in the first half and second in the second half. Part of a heavy-handed war romance?"

"Well, I see." Ben Affleck sighed blankly: "It may be great, but it may also be worse. It's not as good as the current result."

Ben Affleck approached William not to discuss the long-lost "Pearl Harbor", but to discuss "Daredevil".

Daredevil is a superhero character with an "anti-hero" character under Marvel. In the early years, Marvel packaged Daredevil and the X-Men together and sold them to Fox. Fox tasted the sweetness of the box office of "X-Men" , So they want to shoot "Daredevil", Ben Affleck is one of their leading candidates and the most promising actor to win the role.

Given that Daredevil is a superhero in Marvel comics, and Marvel belongs to Willot, Ben Affleck came to William to ask about the comic book "Daredevil" and whether it is possible to adapt it into a movie. Be as successful as X-Men.

"Daredevil is not a Marvel superhero in the traditional sense. He has a dark and depraved side to his character. Although he was first created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, he was actually created by Franco Miller. The biggest influence on this character is that he made Daredevil independent from other comics and gave the character a unique temperament-of course, Miller has now gone to DC to draw "Batman", I love him so much The Dark Knight series—what, you like too? Well, my friend, heroes see the same thing.”

Ben Affleck clasped his hands: "So, Will, this is a great comic?"

"Great comics, sure, but don't necessarily make great movies. Even the X-Men have had their share of underwhelming moments. My advice is, read the script first, Ben. Especially It is a superhero character like Daredevil who has both good and evil temperament. Whether the script is well adapted is very important to the movie. Unfortunately, the right to adapt "Daredevil" is no longer in the hands of Marvel, otherwise I would still I can really help you."

Ben Affleck nodded thoughtfully: "I see, thank you, Will."

"You're welcome. And it doesn't matter if Daredevil isn't right for you, I think I should be able to help you find the right superhero role."

……

Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, Willlott Independent Productions.

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is safe, everyone agrees?"

"agree."

"Fairy tales have played a very positive role in psychotherapy, especially this kind of fairy tale that is full of imagination and distinguishes good from evil."

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring safe?"

"Safety."

"Peter Jackson wouldn't kill a horse."

"White Night Chase" is safe?"

"Nolan is very cautious, and this movie has nothing to do with terrorist attacks."

"'Blood Together' is safe?"

"I don't see where the movie is not safe."

"And if we dare to delay the schedule—"

Another added with lingering fear: "This office will be flooded with letters of protest from fans."

"My Greek Wedding is safe?"

"The more difficult times are social turmoil and economic sluggishness, the more people like to watch warm and light comedy movies that can relax people's nerves. Hollywood movies during World War II have fully confirmed this."

"So, safe."

"agree."

"Finally it's our Spider-Man Peter Parker's turn."

As soon as William finished speaking, the office became very quiet. The dozen or so people who were still discussing just now fell silent, with hesitant expressions on their faces, as if they didn't know what to make.

"I thought the movie wouldn't be controversial," William said.

"But Mr. Bradley, it does exist." The others exchanged glances and began to scramble to speak.

"The city where the story of the film takes place is in New York, unlike the Superman and Batman movies, which directly fictionalize the two cities of Metropolis and Gotham. This is New York."

"And the city is full of criminals, killings, bombings and destruction."

"We watched some movie clips, and there are many shots of people and public facilities being attacked and damaged."

"During this sensitive time, we are concerned about—"

"It creates an emotional backlash from the audience."

"A paper like the Christian Science Monitor can also be very critical."

Among the countless Hollywood companies that were affected by 911/[-] in the next few years of film production decisions, Willot is just one of them.

It's good that Willot doesn't have a film in the works that involves hijacking a plane and bombing the White House or anything like that, or even something that has anything to do with a plane crash.However, they have Spider-Man.

As a superhero movie adapted from comics, "Spiderman" should have nothing to do with 911, but now that 911 is here, the impact on the United States is no less than another Pearl Harbor incident. The release date is scheduled for next spring. At that time, about half a year has passed since 911/[-]. No one knows whether this movie, which is full of all kinds of super crimes happening in New York, will stimulate the sensitive nerves of some movie fans or cause some movie critics. people's dissatisfaction.

"Spider-Man is a superhero in New York. He was born in New York, grew up in New York, and fought for justice in New York. Our movie was also shot in New York." William held up a pre-made movie poster—poster content It's Spider-Man slithering through the high-rise buildings of New York City--asking everyone in the conference room: "Come on, guys, you don't want New York City to be changed to the Big Apple in post-production, do you?"

The protest sounded immediately: "No!"

"Not at all!"

"That's too bad."

Willot's management began to talk and even argue: "Maybe we can postpone the release date for a few months, and after the first anniversary, people's emotions have calmed down, and then they can see it on the screen again." The scene of New York being destroyed shouldn't be too strong."

"More delays? People won't know the real reason, they'll talk about it. Most of the delays are because the studios don't have confidence in the film, and people think we're the same reason. "

"The release date of "Titanic" has been postponed again and again. The film has achieved great success at the Oscars and at the box office. It is not unrelated to Fox's postponement of the time several times, which happened to be released before Christmas."

"But Titanic is a special case, and while it hurts to say that, Sam Raimi is not James Cameron."

"Then what do you want us to do?"

The secretary opened the door and walked in, handed William some documents, and conveyed some information.

"Quiet! Everyone is quiet." William asked the secretary to distribute all the documents: "Before everyone makes red eyes, maybe you can take a look at these things."

"'I hope Superman is there so he can stop those planes.'—what's this?" the head of production reads the first line, then asks.

"Here are some posts I asked my secretary to find on the Internet. The source is a communication forum for movie lovers and comic lovers." William signaled everyone to continue reading: "Read them, and then tell us what you find."

The people attending the meeting looked down at what they had just received, and found that it looked like a screenshot of a forum and then printed it out. It was an online discussion by comic fans about the abilities of various superheroes and what would happen if they appeared in New York on the day of 911/[-]. Post, probably because there are too many superheroes involved, comic fans themselves are arguing in the post:

'If Superman was real, we wouldn't lose any of our fellow human beings, Superman could turn back time, save everyone, and bring terrorists to justice. '

'Come on, the upstairs is talking about Superman decades ago, DC has changed the setting long ago, Superman can no longer turn back time. "

"Then for Green Lantern, Hal can wrap the plane in the ring and take it to some other safe place."

"The Martian Manhunter can control the minds of terrorists and stop them from attacking their plans."

"Hulk definitely can't solve this kind of problem, even if he transforms directly in the plane, it's useless. He has to ask other Avengers for help."

'Can Spider-Man stop a plane with a web?Given that he has stopped trains in this way. '

'I don't think it's going to work, the impact of a plane crash is much higher than that of a train. '

’ But Spider-Man can still do it, he can enter the cabin to subdue criminals and help the plane make a safe landing. '

’ Yes, much more plausible than Mark Wahlberg’s claim that he can subdue terrorists. LOL'

Everyone in the conference room was divided into several pages, all of which were similar but not exactly the same. The director of the PR and media department looked a little confused: "What's the point of letting us read the cartoons of these nerds to share and communicate, Wei Wei?" you?"

"Yes, of course it makes sense, and it would end the debate we had just about whether or not to delay the release date of 'Spider-Man'."

Everyone's attention is drawn.

William explained his views and decisions: "Although so many days have passed, the country's memory of 911/[-] has not faded at all. On the contrary, as time goes by, its influence will continue to grow. And gradually affecting all industries, people will become more alert, more sensitive, more insecure."

"These netizens' discussions about superheroes and the feedback from a latest market survey that the company just received tell us that when a disaster occurs, people are eager to prevent the disaster and to see inspiring good things happen, even if tomorrow Knowing that it's not real superheroes, people still see heroes protecting humans—"

"That's why I decided not to delay the release date of Spider-Man, people will fall in love with fighting criminals in the cinema.