Chapter 551 Look at me, you bastard!

Chapter 551 Look at me, you bastard!

Li Youzhi found Oscar's solicitation particularly funny.

These arrogant white people seem to have a characteristic of not crying until they see the coffin. They only try to save the situation when they can see that things are developing in a direction that is not favorable to them.

In addition, they always maintain a mysterious self-confidence, thinking that they can do it, they can do it, they can handle it, and everything is still under their control...

It was like this at the BBC before, and it is the same now as the Oscar organizing committee and selection committee.

In other words, these foreigners will never learn what it means to plan ahead or see the "trend" of things. As long as things have not developed to the point where they cannot be reversed, they stubbornly believe that they still have an advantage...

What is this like?

It's like a jungler in the silver rank of lol. Obviously, his teammates are all super ghosts, the three highland towers have been pushed, and the big and small dragons have been controlled, but his record is 5-5, and he thinks he has not lost yet...

It's just mysterious self-confidence!

What road is in front of him now?

Although Rotten Tomatoes has just started to promote it, with the highly interactive mechanism of TKTK and the involvement of the long video platform Heguang Audiovisual, the two companies have jointly won the streaming rights of dozens of popular blockbusters released in the United States in the past year.

From the resources currently controlled by TKTK and Heguang Audiovisual, the popularity of the Rotten Tomatoes Award has become a formula. At this juncture, the Oscars still use a condescending attitude, on the one hand, they give Xu Haonian a whistle to reduce the price of the live broadcast licensing fee of the Oscars Awards Ceremony, and on the other hand, they try to recruit themselves under the banner of "support".

How confident are they in the Oscars brand to make such an inflated operation?

With a 120,000% contempt for the Oscars' self-confidence and Lindeman's self-proclaimed "generous" conditions, Li Youzhi laughed out loud;

"Mr. Lindeman, there is one thing I don't quite understand. How and under what name will you pay the 60 million US dollars? Does the nomination for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film guarantee that I can get this award, or is it just a nomination? I am a person with no cultivation and I am more direct, so I like to make a decision after I figure things out. I hope you can give me a more detailed standard."

"... Uh, "

Why did Lindeman call Li Youzhi?

After learning that TKTK gave up the pursuit of the online live broadcast authorization of this year's Oscars and turned to Rotten Tomatoes, an online film award selection, the entire American Film Academy management, that is, the upper management of the Oscar Preparatory Committee and the Content Selection Committee, have panicked!

The current Oscars can be said to be the film award with the widest audience and the most attention in the United States and even the world.

With nearly 20 million fans around the world, the comprehensive audience of almost every Oscar can get absolute attention in the field of entertainment, affecting tens of millions of fans and movie lovers around the world.

At this level, none of the three major European exhibitions can compare with the Oscars.

But if TKTK really invests hundreds of millions of dollars in real money, combined with the user volume of Doushou Group around the world, this high level of participation will inevitably have a great impact on the influence and credibility of the Oscars.

The loss is not as simple as losing a few hundred million in copyright income. It is for this reason that the Oscars are so eager to contact TKTK and Li Youzhi.

But in fact, even the Oscars have not reached a unified opinion on the details.

Take Li Youzhi's promise of 60 million, for example, Lindemann is actually guilty. Because he himself knows that if he wants the Academy of Oscars to take out the 60 million to acquire Rotten Tomatoes, the Academy cannot take it out in its current situation.

Every Oscar seems to make a lot of money, but in fact, most of the profits of each Oscar have been personally attributed to the so-called professors and academic pioneers in the academy under various names.

Not to mention the 60 million that went into Li Youzhi's personal account!

As for the nomination promised to Li Youzhi... "Buried" was rejected by the selection committee some time ago, which caused dissatisfaction among Li Youzhi's fans. Everyone knows that even now, Li Youzhi's fans on the official website of the Oscars are still intensively confronting netizens from all over the world...

A nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Award is the biggest honor that the century-old Oscar can get. No matter from which aspect, it is impossible for the film "Buried" to win the grand prize.

Otherwise, the Oscars, from the inside to the outside, will really be rubbed on the ground like a shoe insole!

"Mr. Li Youzhi... As far as I know, there has not been an international director in the history of the Oscars who has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at your age. In a sense, being nominated for the best Oscar at this point in time is a qualitative leap for your career. Mr. Li Youzhi, you should know that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is behind the Oscars, and a favor from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can take you very far in the American film industry. This is not something that can be directly measured by money! We can guarantee that if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can intervene in the selection of the Rotten Tomatoes Awards, your personal income will definitely be more than 60 million US dollars!"

Pfft...

Hearing Lindeman's persuasive words on the other end of the phone, Li Youzhi almost choked on his own saliva.

Not for anything else, just because this smell... is too damn familiar!

What smell?

It's the smell of a bunch of rubbish companies painting big cakes for Zhige when he just graduated and attended the campus recruitment fair!

[Although our internship salary is a bit lower, with the work experience in our company, you will have the capital to stand in this industry in the future! ]

[Our company is currently small in scale, and the treatment we can give you is still very limited, but you can accompany the company to develop and fight together. If the company develops well in the future, you will definitely not lose out! ]

[What else do you want as an intern who just graduated? This position can allow you to accumulate work experience, which others can't even ask for, and you are still talking to me about treatment? ]

Look... the same empty words!

When Zhi Ge was just starting out, he didn't want to take these big cakes. Now Zhi Ge is considered the top star in Chinese entertainment. He has stepped out of the country and become an international superstar. You want me to come to Hollywood to take a cake?

I'm going to do it!

"Mr. Lindeman, I think it's better to do this..."

Having lost all patience to talk to the other party, Li Youzhi interrupted Lindeman directly and smiled modestly;

"I don't understand what you said. You know, I'm just a new director and young actor who has just started out. So these things... I can't give you an answer right now."

"Then..."

"Okay, Mr. Lindeman, wait a moment, I'll go ask what should be done about this matter, and then call you back! Don't worry, I'll be quick!"

"Ah..."

Without waiting for Lindeman to respond, Li Youzhi almost hung up the phone.

On the other hand, he opened his Doushou APP and opened the dynamic editing page.

After typing a few lines of text, he sent it out!

After all, Zhi Ge is not a person who likes to eat alone!

Such fun things, of course, should be shared with the people of fun!

Shaking hands.

Although these days Li Youzhi and a group of friends went to America in the posture of "armed helicopters" and "Walmart plastic bags", which hurt the eyes of many netizens of fun. For "Parasite", a movie that I don't know what it is about, and I don't know how Li Youzhi will play it, I don't feel anything.

But the people of fun are not idle!

While Li Youzhi was making trouble with the United States, the netizens of fun were also having a great time fighting with fans from all over the world on the official website of the Oscars.

It was in such an atmosphere that Li Youzhi suddenly sent a dynamic that directly ignited the people of fun who were already eager to fight!

[Friends, I was bored these days while waiting for the preparation and start of "Parasite", so I cooperated with TKTK to organize a Rotten Tomatoes Award, and the award selection has been carried out on TKTK. Just now, I received a call from the Oscars, who wanted to exchange a Rotten Tomatoes selection seat for 60 million US dollars and an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. I asked online: Should I agree to them? 】

In the comment area, I learned that Li Youzhi had quietly created a film selection award in the United States, and the netizens were instantly excited!

"Fuck, it's too sudden, it's too sudden! The guy actually created a film selection award himself, you said it earlier! Since we created our own award, why are we still competing with the Oscars! How much is it to play our own award directly?"

"Okay, Rotten Tomatoes, right? I'll follow it first, let me see what you created...Fuck! It's been less than a day since it went online, and the event page has more than 5 million followers, this is going to fly!"

"wtf? I thought the guy created some kind of slapstick award, giving himself an award that he didn't win Oscar nominations to make up for it, and you told me to make such a big deal? TKTKAPP flash screen promotion, more than 150,000 interactions within a few hours of the event, this popularity... feels more promising than Oscars!"

"Ahhhh... Brothers, it's interesting, you guys should take a look at this Rotten Tomatoes selection mechanism that the guy has made, it is completely up to the audience to judge the quality of the movie, and it does not support the rating system, it can only increase or decrease the freshness of the movie with good tomatoes and bad tomatoes, this mechanism is invincible! Interesting, hahahahaha, it feels like a mechanism that can make An award for the audience and fans to play with, isn't this more interesting than watching a guy filming a movie with a bunch of Wal-Mart plastic bags? The guy is good, really good, you are already a mature guy who will automatically provide fun for those who want to have fun. You... have matured!"

"Oh my god! I was wondering what kind of movie award can make the Oscars bleed, giving the guy US dollars in compensation and the qualification to be nominated for the Oscars. This is a completely subversive film quality assessment mechanism. If this mechanism can become popular, what is the point of the Oscars? Why? To see if a movie is good or not, just look at the Rotten Tomatoes rating. If it really works, in the future, when watching foreign language movies, just go to this website and find the top ranking ones and read on! "

"I strongly disagree with you giving up the control of this award! I strongly suggest you continue with the existing mechanism! Keep doing it. If this award doesn't become popular, I'll stand on my head and eat shit!"

"I strongly suggest you call Oscar back and tell them to go home and play with their poop! With this mechanism, you can beat Oscar and you'll be a god from now on! Right?"

"Hahahahahaha, the Oscars must be panicking. How on earth do you have such a brain, little brother? If this Rotten Tomatoes selection mechanism can really stick to it, a set of film evaluation standards that are completely different from the Oscars will be born. Do you know what you have done? You are setting a standard for Hollywood and international movies. If you can do this, you will be in Hollywood!"

Beep!

Received amazing points, 4192289 points!

Beep!

Receive a suggested task (the Rotten Tomatoes Awards will continue according to the existing mechanism). The difficulty of the task is 5 stars. After completing the selection of this Rotten Tomatoes Awards, you can get a B-level reward treasure chest X1!

Received a suggested task (call Oscar back and ask them to go home and play with daddy). The difficulty of the task is 2 stars. After completion, you can get an E-level reward chest...

"..."

Looking at the instant comment section that exploded with shaking hands, Li Youzhi silently gave a thumbs up to a group of fun-loving netizens.

Sure enough... Lezi people never disappoint Brother Zhi.

I knew you guys would make suggestions in the direction Brother Zhi expected...

You are so willing to mention any suggestions that would make Brother Zhi suffer and make you happy!

Secretly slandering the Leziren netizens, Li Youzhi silently marked the key points of the two newly displayed tasks.

Then, I opened the call history, found the phone number that Lindemann called just now, and called back!

The call came through almost immediately.

Faced with Li Youzhi's quick call back, Lindemann on the other side was obviously a little excited.

"Mr. Li Youzhi, I am very happy that you can be so efficient. I hope you have consulted wise enough people, and I hope you have made a wise choice!"

"..."

Listening to Lindemann's self-righteous instigation, Li Youzhi was no longer able to complain...

After all, there were three arguments in total in what he just said, and he probably got two of them wrong...

"Ahem, Mr. Lindemann, to tell you the truth, I also came from a film school. Our school actually has the qualifications and capabilities to hold film festivals. If you are really interested in the Rotten Tomatoes Awards, let's not mention the money. You see, let’s just give up half of the Oscar selection micro membership quotas for each session and let the professors and deans of our academy take over. Then I will also give up part of the Rotten Tomatoes selection seats to your film academy. In this way, no one will suffer. What do you think of my conditions?"

Faced with the so-called conditions given by Li Youzhi, Lindemann on the other side of the phone was obviously a little confused and subconsciously asked;

"Your film school? What school?"

"School of Drama and Film and Television, Chenggcheng Agricultural University, China. A real art college, with a college entrance examination score of over 300 points!"

"..."

Lindemann didn’t quite understand the classification of undergraduates and junior colleges in China, but when he heard the prefix of Agricultural University in front of the School of Film and Television, his pale face instantly turned red.

Comparing a college affiliated with the Agricultural University with the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts, the highest film and television academic institution in Hollywood, how could Lindemann still not understand the meaning of Li Youzhi's words?

Even if there are cultural and social differences, the banter in Li Youzhi's words is enough to make him angry!

Beep!

Received additional extreme [angry] and [shameful anger] stunning points from Lindemann, 76 points, 76 points, 76 points!

"Li Youzhi, you have to be clear. The Rotten Tomatoes Awards have just been held. We have ten thousand ways to make this award disappear now, immediately, immediately! Just like you and your damn "Buried Alive", in the United States The Academy of Literary and Art Film Arts has a voice that you can’t even imagine!”

Li Youzhi grinned when he saw the system's amazing value entry prompt popping up in front of him...

Look, it’s urgent!

Since you are so anxious, Brother Zhi can only give you a task.

"Mr. Lindemann, since you don't agree, then... then please go home and play with Shet..."

This is the phone.

Hearing Li Youzhi's firmest rejection expressed in a humble and even cowardly tone unique to Chinese people, Lindemann was completely... unable to hold back!

"FKU! Damn, you should go to hell! I guarantee that you will be put at the top of the list of the least popular filmmakers by the Oscars! In the future, no matter what your works, you will never get mainstream reviews in the United States. The industry is sure that your movie will never be allowed to be screened in the US film market! You and your damn Rotten Tomatoes will go to hell! !

Beep!

Received an extremely [angry] stunning value from Lindemann, 88 points, 88 points, 88 points!

Snapped!

Before Li Youzhi could respond, Lindemann hung up the phone.

"Brother Zhi...who called?"

Off set.

Seeing Li Youzhi grinning and holding the phone away from his ear, as if he was suffering from severe noise pollution, Wang Hui, the studio coordinator and executive producer of "Parasite", blinked and came closer.

"oh……"

After glancing at this trustworthy son-in-law, Li Youzhi slowly put away the phones.

"They called from the Oscars. They told me that I would never get a screening permit from the American Film Market in my life."

"Oh ah?!!"

Hearing what Li Youzhi said, Wang Hui's hair exploded!

"It's not Brother Zhi... this is a joke. So many of our friends have already started work. Up to now, "Parasite" has rented the venue, renovated the studio, and spent five dollars on the actor's salary. It’s more than a million dollars. Including filming equipment and external personnel, it costs more than fifty dollars a day. If it can’t be released in the United States, it will be a big deal.”

Others don't know it, but as an executive producer, Wang Hui is very clear about the expenses of "Parasite" this time.

This time I went out to film, which was different from that in China.

From the day the preparations started, it was almost a matter of beauty.

When he was in China, Li Youzhi basically played the leading role in every film he shot, and the cast was basically a cast of favors, which basically didn't cost a lot of money.

But when it came to "Parasite", every actor was found by the Screen Actors Guild. Even in order to meet Li Youzhi's bizarre "gender" requirements, the crew hired a large number of local Hollywood employees and ethnic minorities with surnames.

What are the characteristics of these minority employees and ethnic minorities?

The pay is expensive and there are many things to do!

For example, several LGBT+ makeup artists on the set, not only earn $200 an hour, but also require that the set have bathrooms dedicated to their gender. In order to meet these weird bathroom requirements, the crew even built five additional separate bathrooms under the supervision of the Screen Actors Guild!

Just for this part, the crew spent more than 400,000 US dollars!

In addition, Li Youzhi also satisfied all of these extra requirements that were not in line with the normal needs of the crew members.

This made the crew originally set an estimated budget of 5.5 million US dollars for the entire film to be shot, but it had already spent 77,888 US dollars just after the filming started.

Now if it offends the Oscars and the American Film Institute and the movie "Parasite" cannot be screened, then all the money has really been wasted!

Beep!

Received the stunning value of Wang Hui’s [Worry], 63 points!

Looking at Wang Hui's distorted donkey face, Li Youzhi chuckled.

Are you really treating Brother Zhi as a soft persimmon?

Why does Brother Zhi dare to be so arrogant?

Is it because of Zhi Gelang? Is it because Brother Zhi is coquettish? Is it because Brother Zhi is fearless?

That must be it!

Why did Brother Zhi dare to intensify his relationship with Oscar like this?

It's because... Zhi Ge has been waiting for today!

Squinting his eyes, he looked at the ethnic minority actors who had completed the audition for the first scene and were being retouched by several colorful LGBT+ makeup artists, as well as the activities on the set, or the armed helicopters and helicopters they brought from China. Walmart plastic bags, or the minority crew members hired by the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild, Li Youzhi raised the corners of his mouth.

Picking up the loudspeaker in Wang Hui's hand, he walked directly to the set.

Standing in the middle of the busy studio, he took a deep breath, and then... raised the big speaker in his hand.

"Everyone is here, Erivan! I have to break some bad news to everyone."

With anger sinking in his dantian, Li Youzhi opened his voice, attracting everyone's attention.

After all the crew members put down their work and gathered in front of him, Li Youzhi adjusted his emotions and made a bitter face.

"My dear friends, just now, I received a call from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts. One of their officials named Lindemann told me on the phone that for some unspeakable reasons, the film "Parasite" Movies starring and produced by all members of minority groups and ethnic minorities will not have the possibility of being released in the United States...

Therefore, I regret to inform you that the filming process of this drama has to be terminated today... I am very happy to work with you lovely people in the past week or so. This will be my The most unforgettable and valuable time in a director's career.

But friends...sadly we have to say goodbye. Good luck to you and God bless you. "

On set.

A group of local Hollywood employees of all shapes and sizes fell into chaos when they heard what Li Youzhi announced!

"FK! How dare they?!"

"Hell, I've long known the malice and prejudice of those old guys at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts, and they've finally revealed their foxy tail!"

"Don't even think about it! Damn it, they dare to ruin my work and disrupt my life like this. This is the most blatant discrimination and prejudice against a minority of film practitioners! I will never allow such a thing to happen in Hollywood. place! We must fight and unite to protect our rights!”

"I want to report it to the union, and I want to spread this matter to every minority worker and ethnic minority in Hollywood, and let the old stubborn and sanctimonious guys in the academy go to hell!"

"Shaking with anger... Our life is already so difficult, we live in suffering every day, but these arrogant and hypocritical guys don't want to let us go for a moment. Damn it... They should be ashamed, they should be beaten Go to hell!"

"Hey, hey, hey! This is not fair, this is not fair, this is absolutely unfair! Our rights and interests have been seriously violated, my personality has been seriously violated, and my heart has been hurt and stabbed in the most despicable way. Pain, I won’t accept it!”

Beep!

Received the additional [Indignation] surprise value, 3901 points!

Standing in the middle of the studio, watching the local Hollywood minority and ethnic minority employees take out their phones and start calling people, Li Youzhi raised the corners of his mouth.

Looking at the minority and ethnic minority employees who were indignant on the studio and had already organized people to make trouble, Li Youzhi put down the corners of his mouth that were secretly raised and raised the loudspeaker again.

"Everyone listen to me, I have the same indignation as you! I can completely empathize with your situation. If you want to fight against this unfair situation, I am willing to provide you with basic material security. During your struggle, I will pay you basic remuneration, plus a meal subsidy of fifty dollars a day! Until the academy publicly apologizes and withdraws the oppression full of prejudice and discrimination against the "Parasite" crew!"

Beep!

Received the additional [Strong Gratitude] surprise value, 4500 points!

Amid the cheers and applause on the set, Li Youzhi lowered his eyelids and looked at the phone number that Lindemann had called just now in the mobile call center.

Heh... Fight with your brother Zhi?

Today, brother Zhi will let you see what the full BUFF power is!

So you are called the American Film Academy, right?

So you have unimaginable voice in the American literary and artistic circles, right?

Come on, come on, brother Zhi will give you this opportunity.

Look at me, you bastard! ! ! !