Chapter 416: Rumors
Looking at the raging public opinion online, Liu Zhou naturally knew what was going on.

There has always been a group of people who hate the country on the Internet, but most of these people are idiots, some of whom are not clear-headed or have been brainwashed.

The most hateful are those people who get money from various foreign funds. These people are the most hateful.

Don't be fooled by these people who shout about democracy and freedom every day. Because only they have democracy and freedom, and you don't. As long as you say a good word about China, it's like killing their parents.

Liu Jialing was chased and scolded by a group of people because she posted a photo of herself in front of Tiananmen Square on Weibo.

The ageless goddess Zhao Yazhi posted a photo on her Weibo of the night view she saw from inside a car while driving along Chang'an Avenue, and left a message saying that every time she passed by Tiananmen Square, she felt deeply proud of being a Chinese, and was also chased and scolded by a group of people.

"The Founding of a Republic" was the gift presented by the Chinese film industry to the country's 60th birthday. To discredit "The Founding of a Republic" is tantamount to destroying this gift.

It’s like an old man is celebrating his 60th birthday and his children come to celebrate his birthday. Then someone jumps out and says that these are not your children, but the ones born to your wife and Mr. Wang next door.

The intention is very obvious. If I can't kill you, I will disgust you to death!
Liu Zhou felt even more disgusted when watching their disgusting behavior.

Liu Zhou has no control over other media. Although many media have very good relations with him, this is limited to a cooperative relationship.

Liu Zhou didn't know whether they would be in sync with him after making their stance clear like this.

So instead of making both parties feel embarrassed or difficult, Liu Zhou might as well let Sina, which he has full control over, speak out.

In the following two days, Sina directly posted the cast list of "Founding of a Republic" and the fabricated list by those people, and directly revealed the sinister intentions of those people.

Later, Liu Zhou and other artists under Golden Harvest also reposted the relevant Weibo.

However, among the many artists under Golden Harvest, there is one person who is more difficult to deal with, and that is Liu Yifei, because she is really of beautiful nationality.

Although she did not participate in "The Founding of a Republic", it is difficult for her to speak out on this matter.

To be honest, Liu Yifei is considered to be very good among the many artists in mainland China. Not only does she have good character, she is also very dedicated to her work. She never evades taxes and never hypes herself.

Her only black spot is her nationality.

But without exaggeration or slander, Liu Yifei at least did not earn money in China and spend it abroad, which is much better than 80% of domestic artists.

However, this is a question of principle after all. Of course, it does not mean that if you have the nationality of another country, you are definitely an unpatriotic person. There are also many patriotic Chinese and overseas Chinese.

But Liu Yifei is an active public figure in China, and so many people like her. She is a strong role model, so it is somewhat inappropriate for her to still have foreign nationality.

Liu Yifei will be the one that Jiahe will strongly support. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, Liu Zhou asked Zhang Zhao to discuss this issue specifically with Liu Yifei's mother.

Since Liu Yifei was born in the United States, she has American nationality from birth.

Besides, her mother is around, and she listens to her mother very much. Given her mother's belief that the United States has many good qualities, she definitely doesn't want her daughter to change her nationality.

But this time Zhang Zhao has to communicate clearly with Liu Yifei's mother, and it would be better if her daughter's nationality is changed back.

If she insists on not changing, Jiahe will definitely reduce its support for Liu Yifei.

Fortunately, although Liu Yifei's mother is short-sighted and a little confused about major issues, she can at least distinguish the interests.

After the previous ban by Huayi, she also realized that her daughter's base is still in the mainland.

Moreover, the nationality incident concerning "The Founding of a Republic" caused quite a stir, which made her realize that the nationality issue would sooner or later become a bomb for her daughter, whose base was in the mainland.

If that were the case, she might not have thought about asking her daughter to change her nationality back, but since Zhang Zhao came to communicate with her personally about this matter, it was different.

She understood very well that this was not only Zhang Zhao's intention, but also the intention of the big boss Liu Zhou.

After Liu Yifei joined Golden Harvest, he was very clear about Liu Zhou's power and influence in the entertainment industry.

What's more, Liu Yifei is now in Jiahe, making a lot of money and doesn't have to worry too much. She just needs to work with peace of mind. It's much better than before.

She also knew that her daughter was enjoying her current situation very much.

So Liu Yifei's mother agreed to Zhang Zhao's request and promised to change Liu Yifei's nationality back.

Seeing that Liu Yifei's mother was so understanding, Liu Zhou couldn't help but be a little surprised. After all, even before he was reborn, Liu Yifei had not changed her nationality back.

But it would be better if they were willing to change, so that they wouldn't be criticized for this.

This is just a small matter for Liu Zhou. What he cares more about is the current direction of public opinion.

After Sina.com, Liu Zhou and many artists under Golden Harvest spoke out collectively, it created a certain amount of momentum.

Liu Zhou, Qin Hao, Huang Xiaoming and others all have a lot of fans, and the total number of their fans is quite considerable.

So this finally calmed some netizens down and they stopped fooling around. Some even realized they were being scammed and turned against those people.

When the banana people saw this, they were so angry that their teeth were itching. The originally one-sided situation was destroyed by Liu Zhou.

Thinking back to before, Liu Zhou was also someone they wanted to get rid of as soon as possible, but his influence and power were too strong, and ordinary means were simply unable to do anything to him.

Now that a public opinion storm has been set off, Liu Zhou can also be dragged into it.

So afterwards, there were suddenly a lot of news and comments online saying that Liu Zhou was also an American citizen.

However, faced with this situation, Liu Zhou immediately posted his household registration book to clarify the matter.

This made Liu Zhou feel relieved, but he also immediately confronted those black fans excitedly and refuted the online rumors.

But it is useless to reason with the public intellectuals. Once a rumor is debunked, they can immediately fabricate a new rumor.

They don't pay attention to the facts at all and directly question whether Liu Zhou's acquisition of Summit Entertainment and the Golden State Warriors could be so smooth?

He even brought up the movie "Edge of Tomorrow" which he filmed in the United States.

He said that if Liu Zhou had not become a U.S. citizen, how could he have invited the Pentagon to assist in the filming.

This issue has been discussed online before, but because Liu Zhou reacted quickly at the time, the news was not allowed to ferment. However, his fans are clear about the reason.

So even though those people brought up these things, with the fans and Golden Harvest working together, it did not have much impact on Liu Zhou.

But what Liu Zhou didn't expect was that while he was fighting desperately at the front, a stupid teammate appeared above.

When the above spokesperson was interviewed by reporters, a reporter asked about the nationality of the main creative staff of "The Founding of a Republic".

As a result, the spokesperson did not clarify for Liu and Zhou, nor did he clarify that Liu Yifei and Jiang Wenli were not actors in "The Founding of a Republic". Instead, he said:
"The film complies with the Regulations on the Employment of Foreign Creative Personnel to Participate in the Production of Domestic Films, which stipulates that no more than one-third of the main actors in domestic films shall be from foreign countries."

He even said proudly:
“Some Chinese actors, especially those famous Chinese actors who love their motherland and are loved by the audience, play historical figures in the film without any compensation, which reflects the great motherland’s strong appeal to the descendants of Yan and Huang.

It will be more conducive to the general audience, especially young audiences, to review history, and will be conducive to the film being screened in a wider range of domestic and overseas film markets and achieving good social and economic benefits.”

Seeing him say this, Liu Zhou really wanted to slap him in the face.

Damn it!
His answer is equivalent to saying that although Liu Zhou and others are foreigners, they are patriotic, and they have a lot of influence overseas, which is conducive to the overseas promotion of the film.

Most passers-by had already begun to calm down, but when this report came out, netizens were completely outraged. Almost everyone on the list was pushed to the forefront, and even Liu Zhou was not spared.

Many netizens raised strong doubts:

"For a person who doesn't even want the nationality of his own country, how can he express and interpret his patriotic enthusiasm?"

"The person who starred in The Founding of a Republic went abroad. Can this be called a great cause? Whose great cause is this?"

"It's all hype. The so-called founding of a nation is clearly a great money-making enterprise for foreign celebrities. Don't be fooled!"

"Celebrities like this should be banned, making them unemployed in the mainland and allowing them to return home to make money."

Faced with this increasingly turbulent public opinion, the celebrities at the center of the storm can no longer sit still.

Poet Chen was the first to stand up:
"I will not join foreign nationality, and I have never joined foreign nationality. As a Chinese, I work hard to promote Chinese culture. This is called not losing my identity."

Xu Qing also publicly stated when she was a guest on the show "Lu Yu You Yue":

"I am not a native. I never was, I am not now, and I will never be!"

The two's public clarifications won great praise from netizens. One netizen even posted a message on a forum titled "Mr. Chen Shishi's words just now really shocked and moved me!", which sparked heated discussions among netizens.

Liu Zhou felt a little depressed when he saw this. He came out to clarify but was still being criticized, while when others clarified, people started praising him.

And it seemed that all the firepower on the Internet had shifted to his side.

"Liu Zhou, who has long abandoned his Chinese nationality, actually taught you to be patriotic. I have never seen such a shameless person in the future!"

"Liu Zhou is a new era traitor! He is so shameless and should be shot!"

"So disappointed. I supported you so much. I will never watch your movies again. I will stop being your fan!"

Liu Zhou knew that someone was fanning the flames and throwing dirty water on him, just like they had spread rumors about "The Founding of a Republic" before. Even if he explained it clearly, it would be enough to disgust him to death.

He was indeed disgusted, and at this time the Beijing News actually added fuel to the fire, becoming the direct target of his anger.

(End of this chapter)