Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore

Chapter 1056: Behind the Shield – The Mecariler Family.

"Did he just leave like that?"

Han Zaiyu and An Yuanshan raised this question at the same time.

El, standing at a distance, looked utterly humiliated, standing there dumbfounded.

"Should we still go over there?"

Han Jae-woo asked his manager with some hesitation.

An Yuanshan was silent for a moment, then gestured for Han Zaiyu to follow her away: "Let's forget it. If we appear in front of Manager El at this time, he'll probably hate us even more."

The film's failure had already angered Manager El. If he knew that they had witnessed the entire process of him being humiliated by Xiao He, wouldn't that make Manager El even angrier?

Let's reschedule!

Going there at this moment would be like walking right into the line of fire!

Without much hesitation, the two hurriedly left the scene, not daring to let Manager El see them there.

El, who remained where he was, blushed and then turned pale, completely unaware that his embarrassing situation had been witnessed by others. After watching Xiao He and his group leave, his expression turned completely gloomy.

He took out his phone, turned around, and walked to the other side.

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"Brother Xiao, is he one of the Shield Curtain members?"

After entering the hotel room and settling everyone in, Zhou Junhao asked Xiao He with some curiosity, "Brother Xiao, you've collaborated with Shield Curtain before? I think it's the Shield Curtain I know, right?"

Xiao He finally took off his sunglasses, revealing his cold eyes, and nodded mockingly at Zhou Junhao: "Besides them, there shouldn't be anyone else."

By the time Shield Screen Pictures reached that level, it was already a household name worldwide.

Even though its reputation in China isn't great these days, it has long been a part of the market. Whether people love or hate it now, its works and industries from many years ago are enough to keep it standing through countless storms of public opinion, not to mention its influence and fame are spread all over the world.

However, compared to the dazzling fame and numerous works of the Shield, the entanglements between Hollywood stars and the US political circles involved with them have lasted for nearly a century, making it a very dramatic and long story.

After all, wealth and power are always closely related.

It's less about high-level leaders with differing political views fighting each other, and more about the conflict and entanglement between several large capitalist families.

While this statement may be somewhat exaggerated, it's not entirely untrue.

A closer look at the relationships between people and the capital interest chains between families reveals the shadow of large capital behind them. All the discourse power related to political views is built on capital and interests. The stories of self-made geniuses instilled in us by toxic motivational rhetoric in our early years are often just those who were chosen as proxies at that particular moment.

The story is beautiful, but in reality, money is more important.

Therefore, when talking about the shield, one cannot help but mention the Mecariler family, which is currently the most prestigious family in the United States.

This family has a history spanning over a century, and the details are too numerous to recount, but the most famous story is undoubtedly the casting of their family's previous president.

That happened in the last century. At that time, the Mecariler family's Shield Films had become an industry leader. The family, as a large capital group, was not satisfied with pure commercial capital, so they began to venture into the political arena and gradually expand their family's influence.

At that time, the election methods were diverse and varied, each displaying its unique abilities. However, as the Mecaril family with its shield, how could they be limited to such simple election campaigning methods?

Thus, the first inspirational story of a "future president" specifically designed to garner votes was released!

Thanks to Shield's powerful theatrical resources, the film was released on a large scale in theaters across the United States. The protagonist's personality was portrayed perfectly, and the script is still a classic inspirational story even today. The film became an instant hit, generating a huge social buzz. In reality, this candidate also took advantage of this media attention and actually won the election and became president!

While others were still limited to making short films and holding seminars to tell their inspirational stories of going from poverty to wealth, the Mecariler family had already created a huge inspirational fairy tale by leveraging their film and television resources, and even turned the lies in those stories into reality!

That year, their family's president first became president in a movie, and then became president in reality.

That same year, they created a perfect presidential persona with that classic film. Even before the final election results were announced, many people who had seen the movie believed that the real-life inspiration for the character had become president and elevated him to a political pedestal.

So many years later, few people know that this work was a "propaganda film" that was shot before that candidate became president. They thought it was a biographical story that was shot after the real person became president.

As a result, this family was jokingly referred to by netizens as the originator of political marketing, and from then on, the era of large-scale marketing by politicians began.

"A politician who can't market himself is not a good politician; a person who can't tell a story will never gain any fame."

Of course, this matter was also full of controversy. Afterwards, competitors and related media jointly filed a lawsuit and questioned Congress, accusing the film of being essentially paid campaign propaganda, which constituted disguised bribery and illegal competition.

Thus, another lawyer, a master of sophistry in history, delivered an ultimate rogue defense in court: "We never said it was a biopic. It's just a purely fictional fantasy story, a fantasy inspirational science fiction, not a campaign propaganda piece. Everything that happens in it is just a fictional scenario and does not represent our own political intentions."

Wow, one sentence has directly labeled a work full of ulterior motives as a science fiction film.

This shameless statement is utterly shocking.

However, the laws of that era were imperfect, and there were no explicit legal provisions prohibiting the filming of stories depicting someone's future election as president...

Thus, thanks to the legal loopholes at the time and the lobbying and persuasion of family capital, the court ultimately did not classify the film as illegal campaign material, and all the accusations from the competitors were dismissed.

Later, after several other major events occurred within their country's upper echelons, these loopholes were filled one by one. This operation can be considered one of the unique masterpieces of the Mecaril family, and it is difficult for other competitors to replicate it, since not everyone has such a large shield to support them.

And it was because of this that the wave of publicity and marketing brought their family to its peak in the last century.

However, for the next half-century until today, although the Mecariler family has remained active in politics and even put forward another "commoner" president as their representative, they have never put forward a member of their family to sit in that position again.

After all, the transition between old and new capital can sometimes be quite irrational.

The current environment is not good either. Even Hollywood has fallen from its pedestal. Who can guarantee that they can stay at the top forever?

Actually, it's a good thing for others that such a family can turn bad.

The way the company, Shield Screen Pictures, treats Chinese actors reveals how the powerful family group behind the company views China.

They're already making underhanded moves; if they're allowed to stay in power, who knows how many more troubles they'll cause.