Chapter 124
In this case, it is useless to explain it from the perspective of the Thorn Award.
Raymond's trick of creating momentum seems to be a combination of the right time, right place and right people. But this kind of play is not uncommon in the circle, and it is not the first time that Su Ning has seen this kind of tactic, this time it is just a particularly large scale.
In addition, he caught the timing to make everything look just right, and Arnold, who followed the rules, became a "destroyer" who deliberately broke everything. However, there are loopholes in this way of playing.
They praised Raymond too much, piling up various personalities to make him look like a perfect person, because only this kind of personality can arouse the sympathy and empathy of the public and make most people speak for him.
But is he really that perfect?
It's just covered up by the created halo. Once this halo is broken, everything will no longer exist.
Regarding this point, those present to discuss the matter quickly understood Su Ning's meaning, especially Chen Zhaolan.
This time, Su Ning and Wellington also brought people from Hong Kong Island to cooperate, which was considered a great respect for him. If you spend more time with Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning, you will understand that in their place, as long as you follow the rules, even if there have been unpleasantness before, after the conflict is resolved, it is not necessarily impossible to continue cooperation.
There is no eternal confrontation, only eternal interests. This is the case with Zhu Lan. Chen Zhaolan chose the right side and did the right thing at the critical moment, and all the staff in Hong Kong Island are also capable, so this is the case with him now.
Just think of it as a way of returning a favor. Hong Kong Island can do this, and Chen Zhaolan took the initiative to propose it.
After all, Hong Kong's entertainment news reporters are indeed world-leading in their ability to uncover breaking news, and some entertainment weeklies have been around for 20 to 30 years and have their own survival philosophies.
For them, as long as they get attention, they dare to offend anyone, not to mention that this time they have someone backing them up.
Raymond's attention was so high that Shen Zhaolan only needed to give a little hint and the media would understand. Several weekly magazines got some clues from them and soon went abroad.
In the past few days, Raymond's voice has been growing louder and louder, as if not supporting him as a judge is unfair and discriminatory.
He was full of confidence, even a little proud, but this kind of remarks pushed to the peak and aroused some rebellious psychology in people, and Arnold was also holding on tightly and refusing to give in, which was also beyond his plan.
Just at this time, some fresh news came out.
It was an entertainment reporter from Hong Kong Island who first broke the news, attaching a 20-minute investigation video. In order to prevent the public from noticing it because it was too long, an abridged version with pictures was also attached.
Then, the true story of this "prospective" Thorn Prize judge officially unfolds.
Raymond was indeed born in a slum, but he had already received considerable investment in his early twenties. After that, he made friends with the powerful and wealthy and spent a lot of extravagant money. Some pictures of him living a life of debauchery were dug up before, but they were suppressed and did not cause any waves. After all, he attended some banquets and many people did so, so it cannot be considered as strong black material.
But this time the revelations are very different.
It was revealed that Raymond had previously made a documentary about wildlife conservation, which is one of his representative works.
But now, reporters visited the remote area and found that while filming the documentary, in order to achieve good results, Raymond made a mistake and injured a snow leopard. At the same time, two little snow leopards were abandoned and died by their frightened mother.
At the same time, the installation of the camera caused irreversible damage to certain local landforms. Moreover, this happened more than once. There were many times when he would do anything to get the shot.
Most of the places where these wild animals live are remote. Even though local residents and conservation organizations are very dissatisfied and even ban Raymond's team from entering the country again, their voices on the Internet are too small to attract much attention.
Raymond soon noticed this.
He did not resist such criticism, but apologized quickly and posted a photo of his previous large donations to wildlife and environmental protection. He said that it was an accident during the filming, that staff members including himself were injured, and that he had been making amends.
He was quite polite about this, but in fact, many things could not stand up to further investigation, for example, his current identity as a disabled person that arouses sympathy was entirely his own fault, as he ignored the advice of the meteorological department and insisted on going into the mountains, which resulted in an accident, and even a rescue team member lost his life trying to save him.
Raymond didn't dare to mention these.
He still wanted to get away with it by relying on his previous practices, but it wouldn't work this time.
The public's attention is too high and it is no longer within the scope that can be manipulated at will as before. At this time, lies cannot be easily covered up. Cracks have appeared in his "perfect" personality. Once the truth is investigated, many things cannot be concealed.
Harming wild animals was just a prelude, but with this incident as the beginning, more and more things were brought out.
Especially the "charity" he mentioned. He shot himself in the foot by bringing this up.
The documentary attracted a lot of attention at the time. The local conservation organizations worked diligently and tolerated Raymond's team for a long time, but they finally couldn't stand it anymore. At that time, they thought they would use this documentary to call on everyone to pay attention to the protection of rare wild animals. As a result, the effect was indeed good after it was broadcast, but many people's kind donations went to Raymond's charity organization. The local volunteers who actually did the work had a hard time and didn't get much money at all.
Raymond's charitable foundation is simply a fur company.
Such a large fund has never disclosed the details of its use of funds and has serious financial problems. It has even been questioned by supervisory agencies for several consecutive years, but no solution has been given. This news has been suppressed for several years and few people paid attention to it.
It is untenable for him to use this as a whitewash now. In fact, this charity fund is simply a means for the capital behind him to launder and collect money.
If Raymond was just a big blogger and director, he could not be the confidant of capital, so his identity was not ordinary. With such a status, it was impossible for him to be clean.
This matter can only be solved if the truth is used to bring Raymond down and put him back to where he should be.
The Hong Kong media only started this story. Many of the subsequent events were uncovered step by step by other news teams and the almighty netizens. In today's online world, a person can be made into a god through some marketing methods, but there are no secrets on the Internet.
You can hide for a while, but you cannot hide for a lifetime. If your virtue is not worthy of your position, it will only take a moment to fall from a high place.
Whether it was abusing rare animals that eventually led to the death of their cubs, willfully killing rescue team members, using charity to collect money for the people, and later people constantly exposing his messy private life, each one was enough to make Raymond socially dead in cyberspace.
He definitely cannot be a judge for the Thorn Award.
This online public opinion campaign was very vigorous and ended with a shocking ending. Only at this time did some people seriously look at Chairman Arnold's speech at the time and review the matter. Only then did they realize that what he said made a lot of sense.
Raymond is no longer a "god", nor is he the representative of justice for a certain group. After this halo faded, Arnold's principled mentality gained the understanding of the public.
He was right. There was something fishy about the matter at the time. It was unfair that the judges' seats were decided in this way. Raymond had been manipulating public opinion to force the Thorn Award to submit.
Thus, the doubts about the Thorn Prize finally stopped.
Soon, Raymond’s self-media account with tens of millions of fans was banned, and he himself was also under investigation.
After this incident, although Arnold had a difficult time, in the end it was not a completely bad thing for him.
At least after this incident, he proved to the public that his judgment and persistence were useful. As a newly appointed chairman, he would face doubts sooner or later, but this incident was so big that he was caught off guard.
Moreover, Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng saw that Matthew's choice was correct. Even though his response was not the best, it was very rare for him to be able to hold on under so many attacks.
Besides being a good guy, he's also tough enough.
After this matter was resolved, Arnold made a special trip to Haicheng.
He came here under the pretext of attending a banquet, but actually he came here to meet Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng, so in order to show respect and courtesy, he came here in person.
Although in this matter, the public only knows that it was discovered by the entertainment news media, and the first person to question it was a reporter from Hong Kong and also an influential self-media blogger. The investigation was indeed detailed and timely, and he gained a lot of fans because of this, but this is only on the surface.
The initial direction of the investigation was learned by Haicheng from Wellington, who then informed them. Without the support of Haicheng, the blogger and many of the initial news media might not have had the confidence to conduct the investigation.
Just as Su Ning said, the situation is created by the same method and can be solved by the same method.
The news media is good at attracting attention, and the public is easily led astray. We cannot judge whether these groups are right or wrong based on just one thing, but how they are used. Public opinion is blind and lagging. Objectively speaking, it is impossible for everyone to maintain rationality and understand everything from a God's perspective at all times.
But the end result will speak for itself.
After Arnold met the two of them, he felt emotional when talking about this matter.
He had been with old Matthew for a long time and had learned a lot of things, but at that time there was someone leading the way, so most of the time he just had to do as he was told. He had never actually done anything, it was just talk on paper. In reality, every matter is different, and there is no unified formula.
People cannot be taught, but things can make people understand immediately. His demeanor has changed compared to when we first met.
After this incident, Arnold, who was still somewhat unfamiliar with Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng and had a little distrust in them, completely let down his guard.
"I was very surprised when old Matthew found you two. I thought you were too young and unfamiliar, and he was just too impatient," Arnold said. "But now I understand that his choice was right and I was wrong."
He sincerely thanked Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning for their help, and then said firmly: "Thank you, my friends, my partners. I hope we can protect this award together."
Only at this time did the people on both sides shake hands with true like-mindedness.
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