My absurd experiences in North America over the years
Chapter 239, 8 hexagrams
Sanjiro stared at the constantly refreshing tweets on his computer screen, his fingers hovering over the keyboard, but he couldn't type a single word.
He thought it was just a normal public opinion counterattack, until he saw those labels: #Gadot, #AntiSemitism, #HacksawRidge...
He immediately realized that Li Fu's punch was much harder than he had expected.
While Jews were not yet politically correct in 2010, and later became untouchable, anti-Semitism in the United States still has very serious consequences.
An annual audit report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed that 1,239 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded across the United States, including 900 cases of harassment, threats, and incidents, and 22 cases of physical assault.
The FBI's data is equally alarming: 65.4% of reported religious hate crimes in the United States are against Jews, and of approximately 1,300 hate crimes targeting religion, 887 are against Jews.
This led to extremely severe public opinion and legal sanctions.
In January, a man was arrested after shouting "I'm going to kill all the Jews" before his flight to Detroit took off.
In April, several teenagers in Monsey, New York, were arrested on hate crime charges for throwing stones at Jews on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
At almost the same time, the New York State Supreme Court ruled that even if violence is directed at Jewish buildings rather than people, it can still constitute a hate crime against Jews and be subject to severe penalties.
This applies to ordinary people as well as some social elites.
Not long ago, Helen Thomas, an 89-year-old veteran journalist and industry giant who has covered all U.S. presidents since Kennedy, announced her early retirement after making the statement that "Israel should go back to Poland and Germany."
This is not an isolated case; almost any celebrity who openly opposes Islam will ruin their career.
Sanjiro stared blankly at the endless stream of tweets on the screen.
He knew very well that if the label of "anti-Semitic" was firmly attached to them, they would lose not only some online troll accounts, but all their space for activity in North America.
The country's reaction to this word is overwhelming; politicians rush to condemn it, the media reports it extensively, and even their own domestic tycoons do not hesitate to sever ties with it.
However, even now, he doesn't think he was too stupid. Instead, he thinks Li Fu is too cunning and treacherous for not officially announcing that Gadot is one of the main characters.
It's like they've dug a pit and are waiting for them to jump in.
Just then, Naoki Ohashi called.
"You saw it all, didn't you?"
"I saw it."
"What should we do now?" Sanjiro was completely at a loss.
"What else can we do? They've locked onto multiple of our accounts, and each one has been labeled as 'linked to Japanese right-wing organizations.' We've already been exposed, and we can only go down together," Naoki Ohashi said in a deep voice.
They have no way out but to carry this out to the end, until they are caught or deported.
Sanjiro paused for a moment, then asked, "What did Cohen say?"
"He said he's Jewish too and can't get involved in this," Naoki Ohashi said angrily. "He came up with the idea, and now that things have gone wrong, he's trying to wash his hands of it."
Sanjiro closed his eyes.
He knew, of course, that Cohen would back out. Such a shrewd person would run faster than anyone else when the risk outweighed the reward. But he didn't expect Cohen to put it so high-soundingly.
What the hell are these Jews!
It's clear they simply ran away because things were hopeless.
"Those accounts of ours..." Sanjiro lowered his voice, "...many of them were registered in the United States. If the FBI investigates further..."
"We have no choice but to cancel them first," Naoki Ohashi instructed him to act immediately. "Tell everyone right away that all devices associated with those accounts must be deactivated, and all computers, mobile phones, and memory cards must be physically destroyed."
"So we're just going to give up like this?" Sanjiro asked, unwilling to accept the situation.
"Of course we can't give up like this. Don't we still have a trump card?" Naoki Ohashi said bitterly, "Target Li Fu directly. Describe him as a promiscuous womanizer who insults white women. Anyway, those who associate with him are either superstars or heiresses. Nobody cares about the truth. They just want to pry into the privacy of important people."
This move was indeed brilliant; it was their last desperate gamble.
……
The gossip came extremely suddenly.
Those accounts deleted all content related to "Hacksaw Ridge" overnight, and then a batch of new accounts and some entertainment tabloids began to publish "exposés" about Li Fu's private life.
The headlines are increasingly sensational: "The American Harem of a Chinese Tycoon," "From Tennessee to New York, How Many Women Has He Had?", "Is He Taylor Swift's New Boyfriend?"...
Sanjiro was refreshing the screen in his hotel room in Los Angeles. This time, the content wasn't all posted by paid trolls; several entertainment gossip websites and anonymous users on forums were also releasing it simultaneously.
The accompanying images were all blurry candid photos and pieced-together timelines.
The photo is so blurry that it's not even clear whether it's actually Li Fu.
However, the number of shares of those posts still climbed rapidly within a few hours. There's no way around it; the public is just too interested in this kind of topic.
Public opinion has indeed reacted strongly.
Many comments sections began to express numerous doubts.
"Ivanka hasn't appeared in public for several months, supposedly to recuperate. Is this related to Li Fu?"
"I remember he used to be Lucy's bodyguard, and the two were even rumored to be dating."
"Last year, Li Fu stood up for Taylor Swift with such a big show of support. Was it really just a boss taking care of his artists? I think someone saw them attending a party together."
"And Gadot, he was also Gadot's bodyguard..."
"Oh my god! No way? This can't be real, can it?"
……
Public opinion was in an uproar.
Many people may realize that these fabrications may not be true, but many more don't care whether they are true or false; they just want to vent their anger first.
Li Fu saw these messages in his study at the Seven Springs Manor. He read through several of the most widely reprinted reports from beginning to end. There was a little bit of evidence, but the whole thing was nonsense.
The photos were not very clear, and the timeline was also very blurry, so there was no empirical evidence to support them.
However, he had to admit that the Japanese right wing had indeed put a lot of effort into "smearing people" and their moves were quite ruthless.
He didn't dare let Ivanka access this information, fearing it might harm the baby.
That is why he harbored murderous intent towards the right-wing elements of Japan, determined to send them to hell.
Sure enough, he still needed a pair of black gloves.
The Qin Ming that Fang Li mentioned came back to his mind. He thought he should find some time to sit down with Fang Li and meet Qin Ming.
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