Actually, this kind of thing wasn't that big—at most, it was just an opportunity to make a scene. Gilbert exaggerated it, which made it look very dramatic.
In reality, both sides were just venting their frustrations verbally; neither had any real impact on the other.
However, from this incident onward, many people began to question Gilbert's true stance.
At this time, Richard Dykes, an analyst from the World Think Tank Network, published an article detailing the causes and consequences of the outbreak of this event.
Richard Dykes believed that Gilbert's vast wealth, which aroused envy, was the main reason behind the tensions.
As we all know, every technological and social innovation creates a new group of people, and Gilbert became a super-rich tycoon by seizing the opportunity presented by the rapid development of the Internet and information industries.
Dykes noted that although Gilbert was officially ranked as the seventh richest person in the world, many of his assets were not publicly disclosed. If they were, Dykes estimated that Gilbert's holdings would amount to at least hundreds of billions of dollars.
As information technology continued to penetrate deeper and markets expanded, Gilbert's wealth would continue to grow exponentially, eventually reaching an unimaginable scale.
Such rapid accumulation naturally drew envy, especially from the major financial conglomerates.
It is well known that traditional conglomerates primarily derived wealth from energy, former manufacturing, now finance, and through alliances with the military-industrial complex and healthcare conglomerates.
But this kind of wealth accumulation was insignificant in the face of the IT revolution. Conglomerates realized that no matter how they manipulated the stock market or controlled markets, they could not amass wealth as quickly as the Silicon Valley IT giants.
In just a decade or so, Silicon Valley had created more wealth than Wall Street had accumulated over several decades, which the old financial powers could not accept.
Thus, they deployed various resources to engage the Silicon Valley giants, hoping to enter the market and claim a share, even aiming for the largest slice.
With others, it went smoothly—Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Cisco, IBM, Qualcomm, and other early Silicon Valley capitals all complied obediently.
But when the conglomerates tried to take a slice from Gilbert, they found they could not. Initially, their plan was to give Gilbert a small lesson, then offer incentives to make him comply.
Unexpectedly, Gilbert was unyielding; he refused to bow, and even turned the small lesson back on them, humiliating them.
This left other Silicon Valley capitals, waiting to be harvested, observing. Once they saw the weakness of the conglomerates, they realized these old powers were not that impressive.
Just because they had early wealth and strong connections? Without these preconditions, they were powerless; even Gilbert was untouchable.
Thus, the new Silicon Valley capital began observing. Loyal allies like Steve Jobs aside, companies like Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google, and Yahoo started watching closely.
Gilbert's holdings—including Watermelon Corp, Banana Corp, and now seemingly less prominent companies like Nvidia and Tesla—stood firmly behind him.
Even Bill Gates, who had previously complied, wavered, participating in the Human Health Initiative led by Gilbert and Jobs, investing in medical centers in New York and Paris.
Richard Dykes wrote a 50,000-word analysis detailing the chain of events. Although much was speculative, it closely approached the truth.
He further predicted that unless physical intervention occurred, Wall Street, the healthcare complex, and the old financial conglomerates would have no way to deal with Gilbert.
And if Gilbert survived, he would establish an unprecedented business empire with immense power. In other words, he would become the ruler of this world.
James Cameron's line "I am the king of the world" was just talk—the true king of the world would be Gilbert.
Dykes was correct: physical means would be required. But if all physical means were effective, Castro would not still be alive today.
To succeed, the military-industrial group would need to intervene.
However, after Dykes published this article, he was fired by the World Think Tank Network. His work disappeared into obscurity, ignored by all.
Just a week later, Dykes joined Fruit Group Think Tank as a senior analyst.
His main task was to study how to divide and weaken the healthcare complex, Wall Street, and the old financial conglomerates. After all, these groups were not entirely unified and could be exploited.
In fact, in any century, talent is the most important. A continuous stream of talent joined Fruit Company and the various major companies under Gilbert.
In early February, The Dark Knight entered post-production. Heath Ledger successfully survived January—he didn't die. In original history, he had passed away in January.
After Heath Ledger wrapped filming, Gilbert arranged for him to be hospitalized to receive treatment.
While Gilbert was sparring with the media, Heath Ledger naively stepped forward, wanting to speak on Gilbert's behalf.
But Gilbert stopped him in time. Even Naomi Watts and others were not allowed to respond to the matter.
However, this Joker was somewhat endearing; Gilbert believed that saving one was worthwhile. As for those already dead, the financial gains had already been realized, and there was no psychological burden.
Over a decade earlier, River Phoenix had died months early because of the "black material" conflicts. His death, in turn, had boosted the box office for Speed, starring Keanu Reeves.
Of course, for people he admired, Gilbert still hoped they could survive if possible. Death without purpose was meaningless and only brought endless grief—daughters still needed their fathers.
Afterward, Gilbert visited Michael Jackson. His mental state had greatly improved; he had clearly come out of the slump and was actively training to return to the stage.
Gilbert offered a suggestion: "Michael, I think your best comeback stage would be the Olympic opening ceremony."
Michael Jackson was taken aback: "Really? I could perform at the Olympics?"
"Of course," Gilbert said. "I am an artistic advisor for the Olympics. In fact, this time I am officially representing the Olympic Organizing Committee to invite you to participate in the opening ceremony."
Michael Jackson was overjoyed: "This is amazing! I would be truly honored to perform at the Olympic opening, Gilbert."
They shook hands warmly. Donald clapped from the side: "This is fantastic, Michael. Finally, we can see you back on stage, singing and doing the moonwalk again."
As he spoke, Donald was moved. The journey had been far from easy, but fortunately, everything was now behind them.
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