Hollywood Road

"If everyone criticizes as harshly as the archbishop, there will be no creation of Hollywood movies. This kind of unrealistic interference will limit the creative space of filmmakers and cause movies to avoid serious and important society. , political and moral issues, with far less authenticity, artistry and entertainment..."

Although this is not the first time I have watched it, Archbishop Marquez Costello couldn't help being furious every time he saw the remarks made by representatives of several major labor unions in Hollywood against Catholicism!

"These ungrateful bastards!"

If it were not in the current position, Archbishop Marquez Costello would have scolded him a long time ago. If there were no censorship by the "Catholic Moral League" in the last century, Hollywood movies would have developed to the point where they are now the only one in the world. ?

Even though he thought so in his heart, he could also see that Hollywood liberalism is rampant today, and if Catholicism wants to establish its reputation in this lost area of ​​Southern California, it must take strong measures!

Therefore, even though there are voices of backlash in Hollywood, since seeing Murphy Stanton's interview with the "Hollywood Reporter" at noon yesterday, Archbishop Marquez Costello has prepared to make his own voice. A strong fight back.

Someone walked into the office at this moment and said respectfully to Archbishop Marquez Costello, "It's ready, Your Excellency."

"Ok."

Archbishop Marquez Costello stood up, adjusted his clothes in front of the mirror, and led him out of the office and into a large conference room next to it, where a video camera had been set up long ago. , a social news media leaning towards Catholicism is ready for Archbishop Marquez Costello to speak.

Since yesterday, there have been many voices questioning Catholicism in the media, not limited to California. In the past ten years, the influence of Catholicism in the entire United States has been declining. Except for a few areas in the Northeast, it is no longer It is easy to interfere with the situation of the secular world decades ago.

On this matter, Archbishop Marquez Costello communicated with the archbishop who is coordinating the American Archbishop, and the other party also supported his approach.

"This way please, Your Excellency."

Someone brought Archbishop Márquez Costello to the camera, and a faculty member immediately brought the manuscript and handed it to Archbishop Márquez Costello.

After reading the manuscript, and waiting for the person in charge of the media to say the beginning, Archbishop Marquez Costello made his voice heard in the media.

He spread the manuscript on the table in front of him, stood straight in front of the microphone, and said, "Currently, the Hollywood movie "Diego Ross" directed by Murphy Stanton has caused considerable controversy, directly causing fans and The Diocese of South Central California is very concerned about the physical and verbal conflicts among Catholics."

Speaking of this, Archbishop Marquez Costello subconsciously glanced at the camera lens, "There are a lot of false content in the movie "Diego Ross", which violates religious ethics and insults the feelings of the congregation. This calls for a full-scale boycott of the congregation."

"This movie contains many insulting and conflicting plots with Catholic teachings. At present, the Archdiocese of the United States is considering sending a letter to inform all places that believers should not watch this movie."

Speaking of this, Archbishop Marquez Costello coughed in a low voice, cleared his throat, and said, ""Diego Ross" will be a test of your faith. Believers must strengthen their beliefs and obey The teachings of the church, don’t be influenced by these fictional things. The congregation should pray more, strengthen their faith through prayers, and drive out corruption!”

He specifically mentioned, "The congregation should help the misguided people to make them treat this movie correctly, and introduce the teachings and true spirit of Catholicism to the people around them, so as to set the record straight."

After the short media speech, Archbishop Marquez Costello nodded to the media staff,

He returned directly to his office, but the media interview did not end. Two devout Catholics entered the interview area.

"Many congregants have been paying attention to and talking about this matter," said a white man in his fifties, "We believe that the content reflected in the film is fictional, it insults and distorts our sacred beliefs, we It will be firmly resisted, it is not acceptable to hurt the feelings of so many congregants with fictional and misleading things, and the majority of the congregation will resist it!"

Then, a dark-skinned woman said to the camera, "Of course the content of the movie "Diego Ross" is fictional, and no one will believe that what it reflects is the truth. However, after watching this movie, People's perception of the sanctity of Catholicism has definitely been weakened, and it has had a certain degree of negative impact."

The recording of these two paragraphs was quickly completed, and the person in charge of the media ordered his subordinates, "Send it back as soon as possible for necessary processing. His Excellency the bishop requested that the news must be on the news at night!"

The media interview and filming team started working as fast as possible.

"Why not the believer who is in direct conflict with the Murphy-Stanton fans?"

Before leaving, the head of the media curiously asked the spokesperson of the suburban area, "If he appears, the effect may be better."

The press spokesman shook his head, "At the beginning, we didn't go to him, but later we found him through his priest, but he declined our invitation. It is said that he was afraid of being attacked by Murphy Stanton's fans everywhere. .”

A little later, a man wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap walked into a Starbucks cafe in West Hollywood. He was probably in his early twenties, and his gray coat was as inconspicuous as his appearance. It belongs to the kind of ordinary people who can no longer be ordinary people who are thrown into the crowd and will be discovered in the end.

He stood at the door of the cafe and looked around. There were not many people inside. In the corner, he saw the person he was looking for.

"A cup of cappuccino..." He pointed to the waiter at the corner, "Send it over there."

After ordering the coffee, he walked around vigilantly and found nothing unusual, then quickly walked to the opposite of the man in the corner, pulled out the chair and sat down.

"Mr. Rodriguez..." The person on the opposite side raised his head, looked at him and said, "You are late."

The man named Rodriguez said, "The taxi I called was stuck on the road for a while."

The waiter brought the coffee over at this time, and asked politely, "Sir, do you need any other services?"

"No more." Rodriguez waved his hand, "I will call you if necessary."

Hearing what he said, the waiter left quickly, Rodriguez took off his hat, took a sip of coffee.

The person opposite looked at the bruise on his face and said, "Have you been to church recently?"

"I go every week." Rodriguez looked devout, "This is my spiritual sustenance."

The man knew that Rodriguez was a seemingly very devout Catholic, smiled and said, "Do you want to make another fortune?"

"Make another fortune?" Rodriguez rolled his eyes, then shook his head, pointing to the bruise on his face and said, "I haven't healed from the injury I suffered last time, if I do it again, I might be killed by Murphy - Stanton fans killed!"

Thinking of the crazy woman on the beach last time, he still has lingering fears. Murphy-Stanton fans are even crazier than the most paranoid Catholics!

"You are not allowed to attack anyone this time." The person said lightly, "I just let you post a video of yourself on the Internet, calling on Catholics to attack Murphy Stanton and his film "Diego Ross "."

The man pondered for a while, then said, "Well... and Hollywood!"

Rodriguez took a sip of coffee and asked suspiciously, "And Hollywood?"

"Don't you think Hollywood is annoying?"

That person completely stood on the side of Catholicism, "In the past ten years, there have been many attacks on the Catholic Church, such as "The Da Vinci Code", "Suspicion of Child Abuse", "Angels and Demons" and "Diego Ross". Movies that promote negative information about Catholicism, shouldn’t they be scolded?”

From the point of view of a devout and pure Catholic, Hollywood should indeed be scolded, but Rodriguez knows that he only looks like a devout Catholic.

"Hollywood should be scolded." Rodriguez echoed, and suddenly asked, "Are you from the Catholic Church?"

The man smiled and didn't say anything, but his attitude, in the eyes of Rodriguez, was naturally regarded as the default.

Rodriguez sighed, "When I upload a video, I will be remembered by many people. I have already been beaten last time. I don't want to be beaten by Murphy Stanton's fans again."

"After the incident, you can go abroad for a while." The cunning in the man's eyes flashed, "How about the Vatican?"

Hearing this, Rodriguez was a little moved.

Although it has nothing to do with Catholicism, the opportunity to fly to the Vatican is still possible, and it doesn't cost much.

Seeing that Rodriguez was a little tempted, that person raised his chips again, "This time the reward is twice as much as last time!"

"Really?" Rodriguez seemed unable to believe his ears, "Really twice as much as last time?"

"Of course!" The man spread his hands, "I can prepay one-third as a deposit between us, and did I pay less last time? There is a basis for cooperation between us."

Rodriguez bit his lip, thought about it for a while, clenched his fist with his right hand and hammered the table, "Okay! I did it!"

Isn't it just to crusade against Murphy Stanton and Hollywood movies on the Internet, this is not difficult!