The United States has always flaunted itself as a free country, free to do anything, freedom of speech, freedom of action, and so on.
This set of arguments was still quite useful before the Internet age, after all, there were few channels for everyone to obtain information in that era.
However, with the advent of the information age, more and more people around the world are realizing that this seemingly beautiful country is actually only superficially doing well.
It is said to be "freedom", but to dissect this so-called freedom is actually just a word manipulated by capital.
This time I want to talk about a very typical example, the story of a small fresh meat star in the United States and a female fan.
Ansel Allerg was born in 1994 in New York, USA.
Speaking of his family, his father, Arthur Elgault, was born in 1940 and has been in the entertainment industry for decades, witnessing the glorious birth of the entire circle.
He is also the top fashion photographer in the industry, and has a very large network in the fashion industry and show business circle.
Since Ansel was 54 years old when he was born, he could be considered Arthur's oldest son in some ways, so he loved this young son very much.
Arthur had been hanging out in Vanity Fair for many years and knew that the entertainment industry was the best place to make money, so he had the intention of sending Ansel into the circle for a long time.
As a result, Ansel was sent to academies such as dance schools and acting schools for training as a child to prepare for future debuts.
But to be honest, it has to be said that Ansel's innate conditions are really average.
First of all, when young people debut, the first thing is definitely the appearance.
Ansel's appearance is really not very brilliant.
Not only is the appearance not outstanding, but the business ability is not very good.
He claims to have been practicing hard in the dance academy for many years, but what kind of dance does he dance?
There are also some "dances" that are difficult to grasp, and to be honest, I don't quite understand what he is doing.
There is also wink to the camera, so young and greasy feeling has already overflowed the screen, I really dare not imagine the picture after more than ten years.
Ansel had just debuted before receiving a blockbuster film, 2013's Carrie the Witch.
"Carrie the Witch" may not be very popular in China, but it is a very famous novel in foreign countries, and it has been adapted into film and television works many times.
You should know that when many Hollywood stars first debuted, they all performed dragon sets in various small theaters and TV series, even if they starred in movies, they were basically all kinds of cutscenes.
Ansel is good, just debuted can directly star in the famous IP adaptation of the movie, really have to be convinced, there is a capital dad is not to worry about anything.
In the end, the film didn't do well, with a budget of $30 million and just over $80 million at the box office.
However, in the following year, Ansel went straight to the crew of the famous "Divergents" series.
Good guys, others are relying on good results in movies to increase their own value, even if this may not be able to get the opportunity to enter the big IP, Ansel is good, debut in the second year directly into.
Of course, because he has no experience, no strength, and three has no commercial value, he is not an absolute star.
However, it doesn't matter if he's not the first star in Divergent, because his dad has arranged two other movies for him, and both are male number one.
However, as far as Ansel's business ability is concerned, although it is a bit famous, it has not been able to catch fire.
But for this kind of second generation who is born to enjoy happiness, hedonism is the most important.
At that time, an underage female fan named Gabby sent him a private message a few days before his 17th birthday, and he did not expect him to reply, but he became the prey of Ansel.
Ansel replied amicably to Gabby and asked her to add another private account of her own, after which she was asked out.
As a result, the girl was miserable, not only disappeared for the first time, but also forcibly violated, and then photographed, and Ansel even called a friend.
And he laughed at Gabby as he charged: "You'll thank you for this later!" ”
Ansel later threatens Gabby not to divulge this, because it will affect his career, she will dare to leak it, and she has many ways to make her speechless.
Frightened, Gabby has been living in fear and has PTSD.
Later, after the ME TOO movement was launched, Gabby finally plucked up the courage to expose the matter on Twitter.
Moreover, she also attached a lot of evidence, such as chat records and even photos with Ansel.
Soon after she told the story, several other girls released some chat records as well.
It turned out that the victim was not only Gabby, other girls had also been "hunted" by Ansel, some luckily escaped, but some were poisoned.
For a time, this topic was on Twitter's hot search, and it was boiling.
However, Ansel's side reacted very quickly, so a strange phenomenon appeared on Twitter.
Logically, the celebrity scandal should be "liked" by all major media, but at that time, almost all the mainstream media were silent, and only one media outlet that mainly published music information, Pop Crave, forwarded Gabby's tweet.
After a while something even more magical happened.
Gabby's Twitter was immediately disabled, the hot search disappeared, and at the same time a large number of users washed the floor for Ansel.
It seems that Ansel once said to Gabby, "I have countless ways to make you unable to say a word", which is not a lie, and perhaps he has already thought about what to do if he is exposed when he does that kind of thing.
Of course, behind it, it is certainly indispensable to the help of his father, after all, his father is the group of people who have a relationship with capital.
The next day, Ansel issued a statement stating that he:
"Never violated underage girls, at that time and Gabby was a couple, but the two sides did not handle the relationship well, which caused this incident, very sorry."
Ansel also stressed that the incident was voluntary and that it took place in New York, where the legal age was 17.
The most interesting thing is that as soon as Ansel issued this statement, the previously silent mainstream media instantly published the newspaper, and all kinds of forwarded reports were almost searched for Ansel's statement.
Guys, that's what the U.S. has been preaching about "free speech," and that's really in line with their style.
Under the manipulation of capital's rhetoric, this matter quickly passed, Ansel was still eating and drinking, and most of the people who supported gabby at the beginning also went to do other things because of the lack of follow-up, and this matter was so over.
In fact, European and American circles have always been very good at doing all kinds of superficial things, not only "freedom of speech", but also many others.
Of course, the circle is complicated, everyone knows it, but the problem is that it is obviously dark, but it is ridiculous to have to advertise itself as "white as snow".