Chapter 555: Are you going to do such a big thing right away?

Chapter 555: Are you going to do such a big thing right away?

Li Youzhi knows all too well what kind of person Leziren is.

The same.

Leziren also knows Li Youzhi's temper thoroughly...

Shaking their hands, seeing the screenshot that Li Youzhi pinned in the comment section, Leziren netizens burst into laughter!

"Brother Mianzei, come out and get beaten! Damn, look at what you did to make Brother angry!"

"I think this matter is mainly Brother Mianzei's fault. If Brother Mianzei hadn't started this wave of rhythm, how could we, Leziren, not support Brother's work? Right?"

" @Brother Mianzei, come out and apologize to Brother! Look at you, how angry you made Brother? When has our Brother ever held a grudge? This time, it's been more than half a month and you're still talking about it. It's obvious that you are extremely sad!"

" @Listen to Brother Li Youzhi's advice. I strongly suggest that Brother kick Brother Mianzei out of the Leziren fan team. This person is super bad. Every time he leads the rhythm and leads the stupid netizens astray, but in fact, Brother, you know that we, Leziren... support geigei the most!!"

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"..."

Seeing that the silly fun people in the comment area threw away the blame on themselves in a few words, and instantly put the blame on the poor blameless brother, Li Youzhi was speechless.

If you want to talk about strength, you guys are still stronger!

When the wind is favorable, you guys grab heads flying, and when the wind is unfavorable, all the blame is on your teammates.

Your faces are more awesome than the strong-mouthed kings in the Canyon of Kings!

Go ahead, you guys, who can throw the blame better than you?

Awesome!

With a face full of contempt, Li Youzhi gave the fun people a thumbs up on the mobile phone screen, and silently folded the rubbish suggestion.

It's not that it's difficult to kick someone out of the fan group, but he thinks that although the exempt brother is hateful, his crime is not punishable by death... Even if his crime is punishable by death, he should at least be judged by the criminal law, and he shouldn't be so tragically crushed to death by the pot.

As for why he didn't interact with the Lezi people in the comment area to save the attention of "Parasite", in fact, this time when he came to the United States to shoot "Parasite", Li Youzhi really didn't want the domestic Lezi fans to get involved too much.

The support of Lezi netizens for him is definitely a good thing, but this time Li Youzhi knows why he came to the United States.

What Oscars, what Rotten Tomatoes, are actually appearances.

This time he came to the United States, just to make trouble!

For example, "Parasite", in fact, he wanted to make trouble for the American literary and artistic circles and the film and television circles.

However, when making trouble, we must follow the basic law. For example, this time, he incited the LGBTQ+ group to make trouble together, whether it was the Film Academy or the Federal Justice Bureau, they could only pinch their noses and admit it. But if a large number of domestic netizens follow him to stir up trouble this time, that would be another level of problem.

Just like what some people in the comment area said just now, if there are really people in the comments section who make suggestions this time, or follow the LGBTQ+ group to attack the film school and the Los Angeles Department of Justice, then no matter how fierce the LGBTQ group is, he may not be able to escape deportation.

It is said that the United States has freedom of speech, but Li Youzhi is not a three-year-old child, nor is he a big idiot brainwashed by Yilin. He knows how serious the control of public opinion is.

The support of fans is important, but at least for now... at least before the release of "Parasite", Li Youzhi still hopes that he can finish the film quietly and not cause any more trouble.

Be timid when you should be timid, and be wild when you should be wild. This is the mentality of a professional troublemaker!

With this idea in mind, Li Youzhi remained silent for more than a month.

Leading the "Parasite" team, with a high-intensity shooting rhythm, Li Youzhi quickly finished shooting all the materials. In order to facilitate the reshoot of the materials, Li Youzhi did not return to China immediately after shooting the materials. Instead, he directly found a dubbing and music team in Hollywood and pushed "Parasite" to the final editing stage.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

December 10th.

"Brother Zhi, METU Studio just sent a message. According to your latest version of the requirements, the final editing version of "Parasite" has been made."

Inside the hotel.

Seeing Wang Hui half-leaning in at the door of the room, Li Youzhi, who was sorting out the materials, raised his head.

Knowing that the Hollywood studio had already finished the final editing version, Li Youzhi slapped his thigh fiercely.

Damn, it's finally done!

If it weren't for the many rigid editing regulations in Hollywood, one of which would have an impact on participating in the Oscar selection, Li Youzhi really wanted to send the film back to China for editing.

The efficiency in Hollywood is really frustrating. It took almost a month to complete the editing of a feature film, not including any special effects!

You should know that METU Editing Studio is the most expensive and best editing team in Hollywood. Li Youzhi spent more than three million US dollars on the project "Parasite". Even so, it can be regarded as the best efficiency in Hollywood. Li Youzhi feels that the three million spent is not as fast as the one million spent by Heguang Culture.

"You and Mengzi can watch it once. If you think it's okay, just go and watch it. I'm about to vomit from watching the movie these days, so I won't go. If you both think it's okay, just transfer the remaining 500,000 to them! Also, call Su Bona to me immediately. The fucking movie is only released at this time, and the release here must be arranged quickly."

In the past two weeks, Li Youzhi has been in the METU Editing Studio in Hollywood for fourteen or fifteen days. In fact, the so-called final editing version, the main content of the film has been basically determined, and the only remaining part is some details of the opening and ending. They are all technical and have nothing to do with artistic expression.

Seeing Li Youzhi say this, Wang Hui, who followed the editing process throughout and understood what was going on, nodded and closed the door and left.

Li Youzhi took out his mobile phone with his hands on his hips, seeing that it was almost January.

The day before yesterday, the Oscars had officially announced the date of this year's awards ceremony.

According to the announcement of the Oscars Preparatory Committee, the awards ceremony was scheduled for February 10. On January 15, one month later, the Oscars will announce the shortlist first, and on January 24, the list of nominees for this year's Oscars will be announced.

This time is actually slightly ahead of the usual time for the Oscars.

For example, last year's Oscars ceremony was held in mid-March, and the nominations were set in February. Compared with last year, this year's Oscars was a full month ahead of schedule.

Although I don't know if there is any reason for my previous trouble, for Li Youzhi, this is actually not good news.

Why?

Because "Parasite" is a movie that is completely prepared to impact the Oscars and make a big event, so the time is very tight!

Li Youzhi originally thought that this year's Oscars would not be held until March, or even the end of March.

So all the preparations are based on the release of "Parasite" in early December, and then it will be released in theaters in the United States for a month, leaving a two-month fermentation period, and then preparing for the Oscars.

This advance means that the time left for "Parasite" is actually less than a month.

What is the current situation of "Parasite"?

The final editing has just been completed, and the film has not yet been submitted for review and approval. Even if it takes at least a week to solve these procedural problems, contact theaters to schedule the film, and arrange the release, it will take at least half a month.

It is almost mid-December now. If these things are not done quickly, one may not be able to catch up with this year's Oscar selection after January!

Just as Li Youzhi was thinking about this, he heard a series of footsteps coming from the corridor at the door.

Not long after, his door was knocked and pushed open.

"Boss, you called me?"

Standing in front of the desk, looking at Su Bona's old face, Li Youzhi waved his hand and told him that the feature film of "Parasite" had been edited.

"Okay, I understand, boss!"

Li Youzhi's anxiety these days was seen by Su Bona. Knowing that Li Youzhi wanted to use "Parasite" to impact this year's Oscars, Su Bona nodded quickly and said;

"I have already communicated with the review department, don't worry, boss. "Parasite" has been creating topics and traffic for more than two months, and the attention in the LGBTQ+ community has been high. With the attention of this group, the review department dare not make any small moves anyway. After Wang brings the finished film back, I will immediately go to PDDA to submit it for review and rating, and then contact the theater chain we cooperated with before in the afternoon to see if they can arrange the screening.

Boss, you don't have to worry that "Parasite" will not be able to participate in the Oscars. According to the regulations of the Oscars, in principle, as long as we show "Parasite" on any theater screen in Los Angeles and New York for more than one week before January 1, "Parasite" will appear on the selection list. According to this standard, we still have time now!"

In front of the desk.

Hearing Su Bona's comfort, Li Youzhi took a deep breath.

That being said,

Theoretically, there is definitely enough time, but for some reason, he always feels that something is wrong,

The Oscars have been too quiet for a while.

In the second half of the filming, Li Youzhi was on guard against any trouble from the academy. It was precisely because of this concern that Li Youzhi kept the LGBTQ employees in the crew, although they were useless.

It was to keep this BUFF and prevent Oscars from making trouble.

But this worry has never been fulfilled. The filming of the second half of "Parasite" was so smooth that Li Youzhi found it incredible.

It was precisely because of this smoothness that Li Youzhi felt that a storm was brewing. The Academy of Film and Art had suffered two big losses from him before, and Li Youzhi didn't believe that the old ruffians in the academy were so generous and forgot about this matter.

As the saying goes, there must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Li Youzhi felt that...hidden behind the silence during this period of time must be a pair of resentful eyes staring at him closely.

However, it was useless to tell Su Bona these unfounded things. Seeing that Su Bona had already made arrangements in his mind, Li Youzhi waved his hand.

"Go, be quick. I won't treat you unfairly after the matter is done."

"Okay, boss! Just wait and see!"

Subona, who had paid off his debts through "Buried Alive" and was determined to be a traitor to the British with Li Youzhi, left happily after leaving Li Youzhi with a very authentic Beijing dialect.

...

On the other side, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

With the date of the awards ceremony confirmed, the members of the content selection committee have been in place, ready to review and vote on all the films that have been released so far this year, and the entire organizing committee has been busy.

In the office of the Oscar Preparatory Committee, the list of judges for the content selection committee that has been confirmed was placed on the table. Greens, who succeeded Orlean as the chairman of the Preparatory Committee, leaned back in the large leather chair.

Seeing that the date on the calendar on the table had reached December 10, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and waved to the secretary beside him.

"Mr. Greens, what can I do for you?"

In response to his call, the young secretary immediately stepped forward respectfully.

"How is the Parasite that I asked you to pay attention to going?"

"Oh, you mean this movie? Just last night, the METU editing studio has completed the editing of this movie. Earlier this morning, PDDA also sent me a message saying that they have received the rating application from the Parasite crew and are already reviewing the movie. If they follow the normal process, they will be able to get the release permit in about a week. Mr. Greens, I was just thinking about asking you... If nothing goes wrong, this movie may be released in theaters around the 20th. Do we want to... You know, if they release it around the 20th, then there will only be ten days left for the release. According to the rigid standards of the Oscars, films that have been released for less than a week this year need to be shelved until the next year's Oscar selection..."

How could Greens not know what the secretary meant?

But he smiled and shook his head at the secretary's almost explicit hint.

"No, no, no, Rig, that's too obvious. The movie "Parasite" currently has a great influence in the LGBTQ community. With the promotion of that damn platform TKTK, a considerable number of LGBTQ people are now calling for the movie to be released as soon as possible so that it can participate in this year's Oscar selection. If we let the PDDA do anything, it will definitely be seized upon by those hateful LGBTQ people. Now that the award ceremony date has been determined and the relevant publicity has been released. At this time, we absolutely cannot withstand negative public opinion. That would be too much of a loss."

"Uh, sir..."

Seeing that Greens rejected his suggestion, the secretary shrugged.

"But if Parasite is released successfully, with the popularity of this film in the LGBTQ community and its influence on TKTK, it will definitely be on the nomination list. If... I mean if, this film is better in terms of artistry, with the current trend of public opinion... it is inevitable that some judges in the selection committee will be affected. If Li Youzhi can really get nominated for some award with this film... ahem, based on what this person has done for the Oscars before, if he appears at this awards ceremony, the Oscars will have some reputation..."

The secretary didn't finish his words, but his meaning was clear.

Letting Li Youzhi, who has trampled on the Oscars twice, walk the red carpet at the awards ceremony, where will the Oscars put their face? !

In the face of the secretary's concerns, Greens laughed.

"Don't worry, Rig, your worry is also my worry - well, the worry before. But now, please rest assured my friend. The scene you are worried about will never happen. Because..."

With a confident smile, Greens stood up from the large leather sofa and looked at the Hollywood Hills outside the window.

"In the next month, all theaters in Los Angeles and New York will no longer have any screening quota. In other words, no matter what movie it is, it will not have the opportunity to be shown in any theater in Los Angeles and New York in the next month."

...

"What? Isn't it Lao Su, please explain it clearly, what is the situation of not being able to be shown?"

"Cou! What do you mean by no screening quota? Do you mean that "Parasite" can't be shown in New York and Los Angeles?"

The hotel was temporarily rented by the "Parasite" crew to serve as a meeting room in the hotel activity room.

After hearing Su Bona's breathless words, Liu Meng and Wang Huiteng stood up from their chairs.

Faced with the murderous looks from these two guys, Subona, who was barely catching his breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly glanced at Li Youzhi who was frowning.

"Yes, that's right, boss. After I got the release permit from PDDA this morning, I immediately contacted all the theater chains I had previously worked with. These chains all said there was no problem with the release of "Parasite". But there is one thing... that is, in the next month, all theaters in Los Angeles and New York, whether A-level or B-level, will no longer have any share of the film!"

Looking at Su Bona's somewhat flustered eyes, Li Youzhi frowned even tighter.

"Not a single theater?"

"Not a single one! Damn it, I called all the theaters in Los Angeles and New York that can show movies. As early as ten days ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had signed a screening agreement with them.

In the next month, that is, throughout December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will provide these theaters with the right to re-screen more than 70 movies for free. These movies include Oscar-winning films from previous years, and even this year's hit movies such as "Spider-Man 4" and "Black Widow 3"!

This re-screening right is provided free of charge, but the requirement is that in the next month, in addition to the screening agreements that have been signed, all the schedules must be used for the screening of these re-screened movies...

Boss, you know, these commercial movies have already passed their peak in terms of attendance and topicality. , but as a non-prime time, it can still attract customers to the theater, and the screening rights are completely free, no theater can refuse... In this way, we can't even arrange a screening in Los Angeles and New York! All the screens are occupied by these re-screened movies!

I originally thought of finding a smaller theater, even an independent theater, to talk to them and let them withdraw from the agreement to give us a premiere, even if it is only shown in this theater for seven days. As a result, the two theaters I contacted showed me the agreement they signed with the academy. These damn re-screening rights are free, but breach of contract is precious!

The breaching party must pay a sky-high price, and needs to compensate according to the first round of screening authorization of these re-screened movies. Now most of these theaters have shown dozens of movies. If they have to pay, they are afraid that they will have to pay hundreds of millions! "

Collect!

Hearing this news, Li Youzhi cursed inwardly, "bad mother".

If you still think that such a thing is a coincidence, then Brother Zhi is too naive.

In order to punish Brother Zhi... The Film Academy really took great pains.

Using all the Hollywood award-winning movies of previous years to occupy all the theater screens in Los Angeles and New York, this is really a big deal!

The purpose of the Academy is quite clear; it is to use the Oscar selection rules to hunt "Parasite"!

There are clear regulations on whether a movie can be shortlisted for the Oscars;

The application must be made in 35mm or 70mm film and digital format, and the film must meet the length requirements, not more than two hours and thirty minutes, and not less than forty minutes. I won’t talk about these technical aspects.

Among them, the two basic conditions for screening are that the film must be released between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year, and the screening time in theaters in Los Angeles and New York is not less than seven days. And... the film must hold a public premiere in Los Angeles County, and the release date cannot coincide with the start date of the awards season of that year!

And in order to meet these two basic conditions, there must be at least one theater where "Parasite" can be screened, right?

Now that all the theaters in these two places have been occupied, Li Youzhi feels a pain in the tooth.

He does have a few hundred million now...

After the settlement of "Buried Alive", the surplus funds of Heguang Culture are about 1.6 billion RMB, equivalent to more than 200 million US dollars. After such a long time of hard work, his own savings have now exceeded 400 million.

But...he is not like that!

Isn't this a typical Empress Dowager Cixi's behavior to use the money earned by his friends for such a long time to recharge Oscar?

TKTK does have money...but it is estimated that Xu Haonian and Yang Chenghao cannot allocate funds because of the problem of "Parasite" screening.

Li Youzhi never thought that this one was not prevented, and "Parasite" was awkward here!

This is really,

Oscar's group of old ruffians, playing with the rules.

"Brother Zhi, what should we do?"

"Ahem, Brother Zhi, you make a decision. If it's your opinion, we shouldn't worry about it. Since we can't participate in this year's Oscars, we'll wait until next year... After the release of the film after New Year's Day, we can do whatever we want. Anyway, with the current situation of "Parasite" in the United States, this film will definitely make money. Now it's probably too late to do the face-saving things. Otherwise, let's do the inside things first and get a box office of tens of millions of US dollars?"

In the activity room.

Listening to the consolation of Liu Meng and Wang Hui, Li Youzhi took a deep breath.

No,

Whether "Parasite" makes money is actually secondary.

For this kind of drama film, even if it has the blessing of LGBTQ, the box office is at most similar to "Buried".

This film incorporates LGBTQ elements, and Li Youzhi can't take it back to harm the domestic audience's aesthetic taste. He can only rely on the US and international markets.

And "Parasite" is different from "Buried".

The cost of "Buried" was only tens of thousands of dollars, but "Parasite" was filmed in Hollywood from beginning to end. The crew built and rented the venue themselves, and kept a large group of LGBTQ idlers in the crew for two months. All in all, the cost has exceeded tens of millions of dollars.

If it can't win an Oscar, the box office of tens of millions of dollars can only be said to be a return on investment.

After frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Youzhi slowly took out his mobile phone.

Zhige is really helpless this time,

But don't panic,

Zhige's power and wisdom are limited, but the power and wisdom of the people are unlimited... Let's try it out anyway.

With this idea in mind, Li Youzhi edited a Shake Hand dynamic about his current situation and sent it out!

[Dear friends, danger! According to everyone's previous suggestions, the movie "Parasite" has been filmed and has obtained the release permit to compete for this year's Oscars, but according to the Oscar nomination requirements, "Parasite" needs to hold a premiere ceremony in Los Angeles or New York and be publicly screened for more than seven days. The current situation is that all theaters in Los Angeles and New York have no space for scheduling films. I am asking the almighty netizens online... How to break this situation! 】

After explaining the situation in detail and making sure there is no ambiguity, Li Youzhi directly chose to send it!

It was a little after 8 o'clock in the morning in the United States, which happened to be the peak traffic period in the evening in China.

Since Li Youzhi updated his status before, he has not updated Douyin for more than two months.

This status was just sent out, just like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves.

Seeing Li Youzhi, who had disappeared for more than two months, suddenly appear, the comment area of ​​this status... exploded.

"Hey, who is this? I haven't seen you for two months, I kind of forgot about you. Can anyone downstairs remind me?"

"Hey, isn't this the guy who holds a grudge? What, you finally remembered us poor relatives in China?"

"Heh, you didn't tell me when you were traveling abroad with a group of LGBTQ+ people, and now you're looking for me when you're in trouble?"

"Oh, oh, oh, I can't do anything about you. Alas, although a certain guy is petty, fortunately we are not the kind of people who hold grudges. Wait a minute, let the generous and wise people study the rules of the Oscars first!"

"Hahaha, @Brother Li Youzhi, you have come to this day! There's nothing I can do. You are the child raised by us, so let your father help you solve this problem!"

"..."

Looking at the group of people who suddenly swelled up in the comment area, Li Youzhi pressed his forehead.

You idiots, your performance tonight had better match your pretense skills!

Otherwise, I will ruin all of you!

Rushed!!! ! !

"Hehehehe, @Listen to my advice, Li Youzhi. According to the Oscar nomination rules, the film must be screened on the [screen] in Los Angeles or New York for more than one week. Brother, you said that all the [screens] in Los Angeles and New York are occupied, right? I think you seem to have missed a few?"

Just as Li Youzhi squinted his eyes and looked at a group of people in the comment area, a comment with a picture suddenly popped up in the comment area.

Looking at the picture attached below the comment, which showed the advertising screen in the center of New York's Times Square, Li Youzhi blinked.

Huh?

Are you guys sure you want to go so big?