Chapter 547 Come, give America some strength!

Chapter 547 Come, give America some strength!

In Li Youzhi's memory, the movie "Parasite" is definitely a milestone work of the Oscars in his time and space.

Why do you say that?

Because this movie won four Oscars in 2019, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film as a foreign language film!

It can be said that this movie, from its core, fully meets all the expectations of the United States and the West for excellent movies.

What is an excellent movie in the eyes of the literary and artistic circles of the United States and the West?

If you simply summarize it, there are actually a few points;

The narrative should be a mainstream Western narrative, but the characters should be marginal characters. The story perspective should be clear, but the ending of the movie should be abstract!

It may sound difficult to understand, but in fact, even a fool can understand it when it is broken down, that is...

First, don't try to talk to Hollywood about cultural implicitness. They stubbornly believe in the Western drama structure and don't like anything that deviates too much from their cognition, so the narrative structure follows the three-act structure of commercial blockbusters, that is, the occurrence, development and ending!

Second, you should not put a normal person as the protagonist in the story. You have to put some social scraps in it, so that you can reflect the so-called struggle of human nature and the conflict of ideas!

Third, you can't openly talk about universal values. Can things that are recognized by most people be called art? That's vulgar!

The fourth... the ending of your story can't be too beautiful. You have to let the struggling characters in the story die a miserable death in the end, or even be unable to live or die, so that you can reflect the depth of your story!

Hey, this is the basic framework of a story that Oscar likes.

It's a coincidence.

The movie "Parasite" perfectly meets all the frameworks of "a story that Oscar likes"!

What this movie tells is that a poor boy from a low-income family accidentally enters the living environment of a rich person by chance. Then through scheming and deception, he brought his whole family into a rich family, parasitizing in this rich family like a parasite, and finally caused a tragedy, exposing the huge gap between the rich and the poor in Korean society.

It can be said that the structure is typical, the characters are marginal, the story perspective is unique, and the ending is abstract!

Through the comparison between Ki-woo's family and President Park's family, social issues such as the gap between the rich and the poor and class contradictions are explored. By comparing the living conditions of the rich and the poor, and the mutual harm between the poor, the social reality is deeply reflected.

In terms of artistic expression, the film uses a very obvious Western perspective to tell the fusion of Asian stories, and uses a lot of audio-visual features and artistic techniques that Hollywood audiences and film critics like: for example, the contrast of light and color shows the living conditions of the rich and the poor, and the theme is emphasized through a lot of Hollywood-style classic lens language and composition... It can be said that this film is based on the Oscar.

But for Lee Yoo-ji, can he win an Oscar with this?

The pattern, the tuson is broken!

"Parasite" was able to win an Oscar that year, which was actually more of a rebellious trend in the Hollywood academic community. But at the same time, there is also the mentality of white people looking down on the bottom foreign masses, watching the struggle of the zoo audience to give a little pity to the monkeys, and by the way showing how loving I am.

In Li Youzhi's opinion, it is not safe to win an Oscar with just these.

Apart from the story, the most important thing is... you have to be politically correct!

What is the so-called political correctness?

Sensitive topics in American society, market demands that can attract attention or flatter Hollywood stars, and the viewpoints and ideas that capital needs the film industry to give way... this is very complicated.

For example, let's take the 82nd Academy Awards; the films nominated for the best film are "The Hurt Locker", "Avatar", "Inglourious Basterds", "Love, Unresolved", "An Education", "District 9", "A Serious Man", "Up", and "The Blind Side".

Among this batch of films, the one with the best audience reputation and the most beautiful story is definitely "Up", which can be said to have killed all the word-of-mouth lists in Hollywood that year. The best box office is definitely "Avatar", with a global cumulative box office of nearly 3 billion US dollars, and it has won several box office records in one go.

But in the end, the Oscar for Best Picture was given to "The Hurt Locker".

Do you think "The Hurt Locker" is good? It's just so-so. Do you think it has any connotation? It's just a rehash of the old tune.

But that year, anti-war was the main social theme in the United States, and the withdrawal of troops was the voice of the American public, so "The Hurt Locker" had to win the Oscar.

For example, at the 89th Academy Awards, the films nominated for the Best Picture included "Moonlight", "Arrival", "Hacksaw Ridge", "Hidden Figures", "Lion", "Fences", "La La Land", "Hell or High Water", and "Manchester by the Sea".

In terms of IP popularity and artistry, "La La Land" is almost unmatched. In terms of spiritual promotion, "Hacksaw Ridge", adapted from historical facts, can be said to be the king of American mainstream music. In terms of exploring human nature, "Manchester by the Sea" can be said to have reached almost the ceiling in this area.

But there was no way. That year, the topic of the tanning movement and minority groups was very popular. "Moonlight" with the triple buffs of [minorities], [teenagers], and [gender identity]... could only sweep everything away and wear yellow robes.

Awkward?

Why! It's so awkward.

This is the so-called Western independent, democratic and liberal values ​​and unstoppable political correctness.

With this idea in mind, Li Youzhi began a bold and crazy rewriting of "Parasite";

In the original story, the protagonist Jiyu is a poor boy living in a semi-basement. His parents and sister Jiting are unemployed and rely on odd jobs to survive. Every day they endure drunken men peeing into their windows and rubbing against the floor. With WiFi on my computer, I always have to be wary of toilets filled with sewage. Life is so difficult that I can’t see a glimmer of hope.

The other family, the home of President Park in the original work, is a super mansion designed by a famous architect. It has a beautiful and elegant wife, a well-behaved daughter, a smart son, and a driver and nanny.

In the original work, these two families on the surface represent the two extremes of Korean society, but in American society, Li Youzhi felt that this was not enough!

Are poor boys representative? No! Then he must be given a minority status that suppresses his true orientation, so that the male protagonist can live under double material and spiritual oppression!

Is it still a thing in American society to have a sister and parents who don’t have stable jobs? There shouldn’t be too many people like this on the streets, right?

It would be much more reasonable to just give my sister the identity of a cynical LGBT fighter who wants to fight against society but is oppressed and has been unemployed for a long time!

As for her father and mother... her father had been in the military and suffered from PTSD. He was severely traumatized after the war and was an alcoholic for a long time. Her mother directly gave her an EMO aunt who was depressed every day because her husband was away for a long time and was incompatible with American society...

As for another rich family, they are directly set up as an upper-class white family who earns a lot of money from financial transactions on Wall Street. The audience will naturally hate Yala.

In another movie, it did not appear until the second half. The Zao Jiyu family was parasitic on the hidden family of the rich. They were directly given a black couple who had to live in the hidden basement of the rich family because of their investment bankruptcy to avoid high debts. .

Damn it!

After a quick output, Li Youzhi was shocked when he looked at the script in his hands an hour and a half later.

With such a script that is full of buffs and even overflowing with elements, if it still can't win an Oscar...that would be really unreasonable.

After all, this is the first time that I am scared when I look at a script I have written...

What is a boxing champion? 【Tactical Retreat.jpg】

Clicking to save the script, Li Youzhi directly opened the management core group of Heguang Tongchen and sent it directly!

Although it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, based on Li Youzhi's understanding of his group of traitors, he was sure that no one would sleep at this time.

as expected,

Not long after Li Youzhi's script was sent out, the group became lively.

Agricultural University Storm, Brother Meng: Brother Zhi, are you going to make a new movie? I was still wondering if I should give you a call. My friends from Tongchen Club and Waguang and I spent the whole night on the official Oscar website. Don’t worry, I will definitely get this place back for you! Damn it, just yell at him for a week to take it out on you!

The adoptive father is not here, and the original god is activated (Zhou Yuan): Brother Zhi, didn’t you plan to go out to dinner with Mr. Tu and the others tonight? I saw your shaking hands and hair, don’t take it to heart about "Buried Alive", it’s just an Oscar, what does it matter whether you win it or not? Take a good rest and go back to work on the new movie. Is this the script of the new movie?

Wang Stephen Hui: Oh shit, I packed up my things today. I stayed in Los Angeles for a month. My waist hurts a little from going to nightclubs. The big American V8 wastes gas. I can finally go back to China for some maintenance.

Wang Stephen Hui: It’s troublesome. For a person like me who has lost his virginity, how should I get along with all the pure love gods when I go back?

Wang Stephen Hui: Hey, it's a pity that you didn't come... What kind of script is this for the foster father? Wright secretly saw... Damn it! This book is so exciting. If it were to be filmed, wouldn't it cause a sensation in Hollywood? Bro, when are you going to shoot this film and where will it be shot?

Li Youzhi laughed when he saw several unfaithful people in the group coming online one after another.

Seeing Liu Meng still leading his friends to compete for the Oscars, Li Youzhi felt warm in his heart.

Although I am busy with work now and can't hang out with my friends every day like before, my friends are always paying attention to my movements, and if something happens... my friends are really on board!

After swiping through the portraits of several friends, Li Youzhi finally fixed his sights on Liu Meng.

Now the division of labor of Heguang Culture is quite clear. Zhou Yuan is responsible for the operation of the branch. He is in Shanghai and handles matters including the external liaison, public relations, business communication, securities and operation of Heguang Audiovisual Division of Heguang Culture.

He is the core butler of the company and can't move easily.

Wang Hui is now in Hollywood. According to Li Youzhi's idea, he wants this guy to be responsible for the company's future overseas market operations, copyright overseas and other business frameworks.

As for Liu Meng, he is more responsible for film and television production coordination and personnel management of the internal team.

Tu Susu is basically a brick that can be moved wherever needed.

If you want to make "Parasite" this time, the filming location must be in the United States.

Li Youzhi definitely couldn't trust the team in Hollywood. It didn't matter whether they were high or low. The main reason was that the working atmosphere and team there were not easy to manage, and there were too many things going on. And it is subject to various trade union restrictions.

What's Brother Zhi's temper like?

Revenge is nothing more than a page!

This time it was targeted by the Oscar jury, so we should resolve this matter before this selection.

There are still four months left before this year's Oscar selection date. If we are pressed for time and use the Wako Culture production team, "Parasite" can be easily produced.

Out of this thought, Li Youzhi directly clicked on the pictures of Liu Meng and Wang Hui.

Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do. If you have something to do, call me: "Mengzi, prepare yourself, take a good look at this script, and then prepare a team for me as quickly as possible. This time we will go to the United States for filming. After selecting the people Tell the brothers that you may have to go out for a month or two this time. Huizi, you should also take a good look at the script. Before our team arrives, you and Subona will sort out the shooting and framing issues. "

Seeing that Li Youzhi was talking about business, the two villains who were called quickly responded with an OK gesture.

At eleven o'clock, the family building of Chengdu Agricultural University and the Heguang Cultural Dormitory were still brightly lit.

Wearing a vest and shorts, Liu Meng returned to his room and silently opened the script of "Parasite" in the group.

Putting on his sound-isolating headphones to block out the noise and yelling from friends outside who were organizing an attack on the official Oscar website, Liu Meng silently lit a cigarette and read the script attentively.

After reading the script carefully from beginning to end, Liu Meng blinked his little eyes... Damn, the story of this script... is awesome!

It’s just... there seems to be a pit in Bili, there seems to be shit in the pit, and the shit seems to be extremely poisonous!

What is Brother Zhi trying to do?

With this doubt, Liu Meng silently opened Li Youzhi's shaking hands. My eyes fell on the comment area of ​​the latest news, and the comments of the most liked ones were made by the most popular people;

"... Even if "Buried Alive" is shortlisted, it doesn't meet this year's Oscar award selection criteria? How can such a version be played? Otherwise... I will go to Thailand to change my personality?"

"Pfft! You were such a smart little kid in front of you... But in this version of the Oscar, stacking buffs on yourself is a very effective way to win awards. If I want to win an Oscar, I suggest you turn yourself into LGBTQIA+ first. Like straight bisexual women or just plastic bags from Walmart, hahaha!”

"Don't be alone! Look at the changes to the Oscar rules. How can I do it alone? I suggest that all LGBTQIA+ members of Waguang Culture collectively transform into armed helicopters. In this way, the success rate of winning the Oscars will be at least 50%, quack quack!"

Staring with his small eyes, Liu looked at these high praise comments for a long time. Liu Meng suddenly waved his hand and slapped it on those two strong hairy legs!

"I've realized it! Zhuo! My adoptive father, I've realized it! Wonderful, wonderful! Hahahaha..."

Suddenly thinking about something, Liu Meng stood up suddenly, opened the Heguang Tongchen WeChat core group leader group on his mobile phone, directly edited an announcement, and sent it;

"@全, I have a new job. Brother Zhi's new film is a drama. The filming location is in the United States. It will take about two months to travel abroad. Hurry up and organize the best people to apply for passports tomorrow!"

Late at night, seeing Brother Mengzi’s announcement, the group and the team leaders of various departments of Guangguang Culture instantly became excited!

"What a big job! I have to go abroad to see the world, right? The photography team is fine, we have all the manpower available now!"

"Fuck you Genshin Impact, I'm going to play with foreign girls! Brother Mengzi, please guide me! Our entire costume team is on standby!"

"Me, me, me! Brother Meng, I can do it! The prop team is waiting to be called at any time!"

Um……

Seeing several core team leaders express their opinions, Liu Meng nodded with satisfaction.

Then, the text editing box opened.

"Very good, very energetic. But this time when we go to the United States, what we need is an elite team. Each group should have the best people but not too many. Here, I would like to make some requirements. I feel that I am qualified and do If you don’t come, stay home and guard the tower.”

Liu Meng took a deep breath when he saw a large number of "Brother Mengzi, please give me instructions" that suddenly appeared in the group.

[If you are introverted, shameless, or not perverted enough, please don't come... I need a neat team! 】

"..."

Seeing Liu Meng's specific request in bold and enlarged terms, the group instantly became quiet.

(⊙⊙)(⊙ω⊙)(⊙⊙)(⊙ω⊙)

However, this silence only lasted for two seconds.

Two seconds later, Heguang Culture's WeChat core management group and Liu Meng's WeChat private chat interface... were boiling!

…

Time flies, the years fly by, and the days when you can't pretend to be cool are passing by.

In a blink of an eye, ten days passed.

At the exit of Los Angeles International Airport, looking at the bustling crowd at the airport exit, Wang Hui, who was leaning on his feet, looked a little expectant and a little anxious.

Due to his lack of height, he had to hold the pick-up sign in his hand high, for fear that people coming out of the exit would not be able to see the words "The young children of Wako Culture gather here" written in Chinese characters.

Beside him, looking at Wang Hui's anxious look, Su Bona, who was leaning against the door of a minibus for airport pickup, smacked his lips.

"Hey, Hui. Don't be so nervous. There are banners on the bus. I guarantee that as long as you are not blind, you will be able to see us at first sight. And don't you have their WeChat? Although we are abroad, we are not out of touch. The daytime security in Los Angeles is still very good. You don't have to worry about them getting lost."

"You know nothing!"

Looking back and glaring at the foreigner holding a glass of iced Americano, even his gender was confiscated by Li Youzhi, and he lost his original gender. Wang Hui curled his lips.

"My brothers are usually used to staying at home. Going to the mall to buy clothes is considered a long trip. I don't know how nervous they are when they go abroad this time. How will they feel if they don't see their relatives when they go out in a foreign country?"

"Besides, I have seen the morals of the airport staff in Los Angeles. When we first came here, they saw that I was Chinese and asked me all kinds of questions about anyone in uniform, making me feel like I was lurking in America. If they are troubled, they can just send me a message when they see me here, right?"

"Hmm,"

Hearing Wang Hui say this, Su Bona shrugged his shoulders.

Although in his opinion, Wang Hui's worries are still partly due to his worries, they do make some sense.

Strictly speaking, he is now also a non-staff employee of Heguang Culture. When he was in China before, he had also seen those young people from Heguang Tongchen. Indeed... Just like Wang Hui said, they are all very introverted.

Even though the domestic entertainment industry unanimously believes that Heguang Culture's business level is surprisingly high, in Su Bona's opinion, these guys who followed Li Youzhi through thick and thin and escorted him were more like kids who had not graduated from school, rather than top practitioners in the entertainment industry - this was completely different from any domestic entertainment company he had ever come into contact with.

"Hey?"

Just as Su Bona was thinking this, he suddenly saw a swarm of people in the airport exit door.

It seemed that some kind of riot was happening.

"What's wrong? Hui, are your classmates coming out?"

Faced with Su Bona's reminder, Wang Hui slapped his thigh.

"Cou, judging from the time, it should be. Don't let the airport police make things difficult for them again. Are these guys stubborn? Old Su, hurry up and come with me to take a look!"

"OK."

As Wang Hui waved his hand, Su Bona quickly threw the coffee in his hand into the trash can beside him, squeezed through the crowd with a sign, and walked to the front of the airport exit.

However, just as he squeezed to the front row amidst the national curses, the scene in front of him... shocked Subona!

He saw... a group of people... wearing colorful, strange clothes, eyeshadow and nails with a cyber style... at the exit, surrounding the two Los Angeles airport inspectors.

The leader was a bearded man who was 1.9 meters tall, with muscles stretched all over his body and nails painted in rainbow colors!

He, she, it... was now pointing at the chest of one of the inspectors, his eyes wide open and his saliva flying;

"Repeat what you just said to your father? What do you call me?"

Faced with the aggressive accusations of the bearded man, the inspector who was a whole size smaller than him, she, it... was about to cry.

"Sir... I don't mean anything else. I just want to temporarily check your carry-on luggage. As a first-time entry, this is a necessary procedure..."

"Fuck you! What right do you have to define my gender?! Ah? Based on the passport? I tell you, this is in the United States! In China, they call me sir and I don't say anything. Now I am in the United States. Take a good look at my features. What do you call me?"

"..."

The inspector was grabbed by the collar by the bearded man, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

Faced with the pitiful look of this poor guy "begging for mercy", the big man pushed him away.

"Remember! My fucking gender is Type 055 destroyer! FKoff (get out of here)!"

"OK\\OK..."

As the inspectors exhaled as if they had been pardoned, the big man adjusted his feather vest that looked more attractive than a peacock and carried his luggage.

"Yo!"

It was only at this time that he saw Wang Hui and Su Bona holding the pick-up sign.

"Brother Hui, Lao Su! Hey, I thought you two hadn't arrived yet! Come on, family, this way! Brother Hui, where is the car? We are so fucking tired, hurry up and get us a hotel. It's agreed that you guys have sublimated here these days, so please leave the sequence of the pure love god of war, and you will treat me to lunch!"

"Ah..."

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Looking at Liu Meng, who was leading a group of demons and monsters striding towards him, Wang Hui was completely confused.

Aside, Su Bona also swallowed hard and silently looked at Wang Hui's distorted profile.

"Hui, this is what you call introversion. This is what you call... a homebody?"

"I think the genders my boss assigned to me are already fancy enough. They look... more unrestrained... right?"

Listening to Su Bona's sigh of discomfort, Wang Hui smacked his lips.

Cou,

I originally wanted to meet this group of rebellious sons to show off and talk about the driving experience of the American V8 here, but now... I seem to be a little behind the version!

Brother Zhi... my real father!

What the hell is this! ?

...

Beep!

Received from Wang Hui, with the additional surprise value of [chaos] [madness], 68 points, 68 points, 68 points...

Shanghai International Airport.

VIP waiting room.

Sitting on the VIP waiting sofa, listening to the crisp prompt of the system beside his ear, Li Youzhi, wearing a baseball cap, a refreshing casual outfit, and covering his face with sunglasses, raised his eyebrows.

Looking at the WeChat from Wang Hui that was sent almost at the same time as the system prompt, he couldn't hold back his smile.

Cou!

This wave of Brother Mengzi... 6 wow!

Just two days ago, he said that he would stand on the king of the version this time, but now it seems that this is not standing on the king of the version...

This is running to lead the peak of the version!

Looking at the group photo sent by Wang Hui, which was like the style of the demon cave in Journey to the West, and the friends with broken legs, Li Youzhi grinned and downloaded the photo, and opened his own Shake.

[According to the suggestions of netizens, a team with all members standing at T0 in the American version has been formed. I am also waiting for the flight and will leave for Los Angeles soon. I would like to ask the almighty netizens online, what should I do next to win the Oscar? Waiting online, it’s urgent. ]

Shake.

In the middle of the day, seeing Li Youzhi’s photo of the team building that looked like a demon, I quarreled with the Koreans on the Oscar official website for ten days. By the way, the netizens who were on the fun line for ten days... exploded!