Chapter 607: Chapter 606: This Punch, Oscar Can’t Catch It!
Does Deng Kai know what he’s doing?
He ruined an Oscars! He destroyed the efforts of the global film industry of the past year!
What drives all competitive things in the world?
It’s the unknown!
It’s curiosity!
No matter how exciting the match, no matter how grand the awards ceremony, once all things are known in advance, the number of people paying attention will drop by more than half.
It could even die out completely!
And the question is, how on earth did Deng Kai come to know these things?
Is he really just a football player?
"I know some people think I ruined an Oscars, but who’s to say it won’t become a classic?" Deng Kai announced after he had revealed the full list of winners, "I did this just to tell the people in this entertainment circle."
"If I’m not happy, I can make all of you unhappy."
"But on the other hand, you won’t have any impact on my football career."
"So please stop upsetting Hathaway, okay? My more than 1.5 billion fans really hope I devote all my efforts to football."
"Instead of studying who’s sleeping with whom in your circle today, who will be slept with by whom tomorrow, especially the gay men of Hollywood, it literally makes me sick."
"Don’t tell me that existence is justified, and don’t lecture me about what society can or cannot accept. Things that have a detrimental influence should be curbed."
"Otherwise, one day you’ll end up taking your own leaders to court with your inferior fighting skills and become the laughing stock of the entire world!"
Having said that, Deng Kai stepped down from the stage, took Hathaway by the hand, and left the Kodak Theatre.
They headed straight for the airport.
It was time to bolt.
He was indeed a public figure and supposedly safe by that measure.
But considering the air here was so tense it was almost combustible, he chose to trust his own judgment about the place.
Meanwhile, the Oscars ceremony could only continue.
But the outcome was astonishing.
Because it was exactly as Deng Kai had said.
With each award presented, Hollywood stars, North American viewers, and global film fans felt an additional shock from Deng Kai.
Merely announcing the award winners in advance was enough to destroy an awards ceremony.
Moreover, the way Deng Kai came to know these winners list was even more frightening.
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"A man’s wrath for the sake of a fair lady! Deng Kai punches Harris publicly, now try pushing a third season of your show!"
"Hollywood’s dirty laundry! The editor of Entertainment Weekly, Harris, reported by multiple women for harassment!"
"Harris’s lawyers state they will not sue Deng Kai!"
"The Oscars committee is thoroughly investigating the leak of the winners list. The executive committee says it’s almost impossible! Before they’re announced, nobody knows all the names!"
"Unless all the members told Deng Kai at the same time, he shouldn’t have known the list!"
"More than chasing post-event accountability, the Oscars should consider the future. If Deng Kai continues to reveal the names next year, the Oscars will suffer a fatal blow!"
"The 75th Oscars ceremony! It could be the most classic one or possibly the last one! It depends on Hollywood’s attitude towards female stars!"
"Over ninety percent of actresses support Deng Kai! Meryl likes the video of Deng Kai punching Harris, commenting ’This punch must have saved so many girls’!"
North America’s entertainment industry was in an uproar.
Didn’t those politicians, who profited under the guise of supporting women’s rights, know what Hathaway was going through?
Of course, they knew.
But they could pretend to be ignorant.
However, now... Deng Kai’s punch had torn through the filth of the Oscars and Hollywood.
A shout that made the whole world look this way.
Finally, those politicians had no choice but to stop turning a deaf ear.
Overnight, legislators from more than ten states stood up in support of Hathaway, demanding a thorough investigation into Entertainment Weekly and Harris.
Even the United States Golden Ball Awards took the opportunity to launch a rectification movement, resolving several jurors.
They set some internal goals, determined to find an opportunity next year to arrange several awards for Hathaway, to avoid any further embarrassment.
And in European football, the effects were even more remarkable.
When have Europeans ever outdone Americans?
But now, they are like puppets on strings, unable to do anything but follow America’s lead.
However, now, their pride, their pearl, football... had struck at America’s pride, the film industry.
Roadside Agency: "The King of Manchester punches the Oscars! If you can’t even protect the women around you, you might as well mingle in Hollywood, where the men can’t take proper care of women!"
The Guardian: "Europe’s finest law firms have expressed their willingness to help Deng Kai with all lawsuits related to the Oscars ceremony for free, fighting for justice!"
United Press: "Give the Americans a little Caesarean shake up! Do you know that you’ve offended the future emperor of the world football?"
Bild: "This isn’t the first time Deng Kai has accurately predicted awards, it’s very likely that behind him is a power that could influence not only world football and the film industry but all aspects."
"We speculate that this is related to Middle Eastern oil assets."
"It could also be related to China’s strategic deployment."
UAE Daily: "The UAE supports Deng Kai, and will provide all financial assistance to Deng Kai!"
"Understand Football Emperor": "1.3 billion Chinese football fans firmly support Deng Kai! China is considering a comprehensive ban on the import of Hollywood movies!"
Northern Entertainment: "Famous director Zhang Yimou says that Deng Kai is not only the greatest football player in China but also a pioneer for Chinese movies entering the global market in the future! This will have a huge impact in terms of spirit and culture!"
Record Report: "The Portuguese Film Association announces a temporary halt on importing Hollywood movies."
Manchester Evening: "The British Film Association states that they refuse to introduce Hollywood movies until the Oscars have explained the Hathaway incident and apologized."
The Sun Newspaper: "Europe and North America’s women’s rights activists join forces to smash Hollywood! This punch, twenty years in the making, the Oscars can’t catch it!"
Eventually, the Oscar committee apologized for the harassment Hathaway had suffered and for the mistakes in the award ceremony arrangements, the vetting of special guest qualifications, and so on.
They also invited Deng Kai to visit Los Angeles during his free time, where they would arrange a formal apology ceremony and the like.
In response, Deng Kai expressed his fear of being hit by a ’black gun’, and for the time being, he had no consideration of setting foot in the land of the free, the United States.
This even nearly set off a new round of debate over gun control in North America.
April 5, the thirty-second round of the Premier League.
Manchester City away at Bolton.
Bolton’s home attendance this season had hovered around twenty-five thousand people.
But for this match, the stadium was packed to the brim, with a forty-thousand capacity stadium crammed with fifty thousand people.
These fans were all here to see Deng Kai.
Although Manchester City lost to Bolton one to two, Deng Kai still received countless rounds of applause.
The European public showed their support for the European warrior Deng Kai with such an attitude.
