Just as David Ellison and Michael Ovitz had discussed, the Warner executives were not idiots. When they did something that went far beyond ordinary understanding, there had to be greater interests behind it.
It was like those game companies in original history—clearly knowing players would not like DEI, yet still constantly adding "correct" content to their games.
Then one game crashed after another, yet new "correct" games kept appearing.
Were they stupid? Knowing they would lose money, knowing players would reject it, yet still doing such things?
Of course not. It was because the capital forces behind them had reached agreements with the game companies: I invest in you, and you make these things for me.
For game developers who did not want to make such things, the only outcome was resignation.
From media narratives to the game-production sector to cultural-policy aspects, capital kept pushing DEI to dominate the gaming world.
All of it was connected, one link after another. The ultimate goal behind it was to let capital continue controlling the world, keeping the masses permanently divided.
And then continue working like cattle and horses, letting capital endlessly harvest them—even their bodies were gradually being controlled by capital.
If this continued, it really might result in the cyberpunk scenario where megacorporations controlled everything in the world. Therefore, Gilbert releasing a cyberpunk-world film at this moment was absolutely fitting.
Everything has an objective development process. DEI was no exception; it did not appear out of nowhere. The foundation of DEI's birth was a series of "rights."
From Black civil rights to women's rights, then to diverse sexual-minority rights—the essence was simply tools used by capital.
All these "rights" were artificially supported under this ideological framework, merely as tools to counter global trends.
Of course, capital was composed of individual capitalists. People are not machines—they have their own interests, and where there are interests, there are disagreements.
These disagreements were the best tools to defeat or even control capital groups. In addition, there was another place and another civilization in the world that was almost unaffected by these DEI tools, giving normal people a sample.
In the original timeline, the one who used these tools was Donald, pushed by the new Silicon Valley capital—he simply carried things out too crudely.
Also, the development of DEI had somewhat gotten out of control. Capital had opened Pandora's box and eventually discovered the box had slipped from their grasp.
So in the eyes of those capital groups, Gilbert was the uncontrollable factor that disrupted their continued domination of the world. After that day, they confirmed he was no longer under their control.
Since they could not obtain him, the only option was to destroy him.
Thus Jada Smith was merely an appetizer—the big one was still ahead.
They did not yet know who would clash with whom. At this moment, the subprime-mortgage crisis already had early signs. Gilbert was gathering funds, preparing to make a huge profit.
After the subprime crisis passed, those funds serving as the vanguard would definitely be short on money, while Gilbert would be sitting on piles of cash.
Unless they convinced the printing press to produce infinite money to dilute Gilbert's funds, Gilbert would be able to use his money to buy up quality assets everywhere.
He could even extend his hand into the weapons-manufacturing sector—Lockheed, Boeing—these companies also played financial games.
By then, he would have guns too; if anyone refused to accept it, he could give them a "special lifestyle," drive an open-top car, and completely disrupt North American society. After all, if chaos erupted, he could simply leave—this was not his country; life or death here had nothing to do with him.
Of course, all the above were just dreams, not guaranteed to happen.
On May 24, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End held its premiere at the Caribbean-themed park in Orlando's Disney resort.
What drew the most attention at the premiere, apart from the film's main cast—Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley was the collective appearance of the women known as Gilbert's "Melon Harem."
When Naomi Watts, Charlize Theron, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Connelly, Anne Hathaway, Ivanka, plus Scarlett and Avril Lavigne appeared together, they completely stole the spotlight from the main cast.
Their appearance on this occasion was not accidental—it had been discussed in advance.
In this turbulent period, Naomi Watts felt it was necessary to emphasize to the outside world that the family stood united. So she discussed it with the other women, and they unanimously agreed to appear together.
Whether the outside world understood their attitude was unknown, but this indeed created a major topic for the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End premiere and drew a lot of attention.
It was the first time Naomi Watts publicly declared that she and Gilbert were a family.
In the past, although everyone knew these women were Gilbert's people, none of them had ever publicly admitted it. But this time was different—the women clearly expressed their stance.
Yes, I'm living with Gilbert.
So what? If you don't like it, bite me!
The scene was explosive enough, and it took a great deal of courage for these women to make such a decision, so Gilbert was genuinely moved.
After all, as long as they didn't say it out loud, if Gilbert ever went down in the future, they would still have room to maneuver.
But once they said it publicly, there was basically no retreat. For the rest of their lives, they were tied to Gilbert.
Gilbert appeared together with Jobs, and this was the first time Steve Jobs had ever attended a movie premiere. Two people both hailed as geniuses appearing together naturally drew a lot of attention.
Jobs looked to be in good spirits, with a rosy complexion, nothing like someone ill.
In reality, Jobs was a miracle—he had originally been expected not to live much longer, yet he was now incredibly healthy. Maintaining a good mindset, living another ten-plus years would not be a problem.
Cook was probably crying in the restroom; he could not take the throne anymore.
Jobs and Gilbert also accepted interviews, where the two engaged in a round of commercial mutual praise.
Jobs said, "There is no doubt Gilbert is an all-around genius. I don't just mean in the film industry—technology and investment as well. He's a genius in every field."
Gilbert returned the compliment: "There is no doubt Jobs is the leading figure of future technology. I believe that under his leadership, Apple will create even more outstanding achievements."
Jobs appearing publicly with Gilbert this time clearly showed his stance—he, too, supported Gilbert.
Silicon Valley capital was divided into old and new. Old Silicon Valley capital was heavily influenced by Wall Street, while the new Silicon Valley capital was mostly under Gilbert's influence and control.
Although Apple was considered part of old Silicon Valley capital, the company had fallen for a long period until Jobs returned. So from a corporate-identity perspective, Apple had little connection to Wall Street.
After all, back then the stock was trash and no one bought it—except Gilbert, the sucker who did.
In a sense, Gilbert and Jobs could both be considered leading figures of new Silicon Valley capital. But this capital group had very little voice; society was still dominated by those old, established financial families.
This public appearance was essentially new Silicon Valley capital declaring war on old capital.
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