Chapter 557 You are so presumptuous, you are really so presumptuous!

Chapter 557 You are so presumptuous, you are really so presumptuous!

The American entertainment industry has never lacked marketing.

In terms of commercialization, the United States, especially Hollywood, can be said to have always been leading the world. For the marketing before the release of a movie or at the premiere, Hollywood can often come up with classic cases that make the global audience shine and create a new look.

But even in the American entertainment industry that pays so much attention to marketing, the premiere of "Parasite", which made the entire Times Square a public screening site and was quite David Copperfield's magic scene style, still seemed too advanced and explosive!

At Seventh Avenue and 48th Street, when Li Youzhi on every big screen announced that the movie would be free for the next seven days, the scene was almost instantly engulfed by cheers and whistles!

Beep!

Received the additional [Surprise] [Excitement] Amazing value, 712789 points!

On the stage of Seventh Avenue, as the entire block was bathed in cheers, Li Youzhi's ears instantly rang with a reminder of the system's amazing value crediting.

Seeing the title of "Parasite" begin to appear on every advertising screen in front of him, Li Youzhi calmly turned off the lights and walked down from the stage of the movie, directing the attention of all the audience.

"Fuck, Brother Zhi is awesome! The atmosphere is so fucking exciting! It feels like... it feels like we have opened a large-scale film festival!"

"Wow, even the concert is not so awesome. Brother Zhi, this half a million dollars is worth it! When we make a movie again, we will do the same as the one released in the United States!"

Just after walking off the stage, Wang Hui and Liu Meng, who were completely infected by the atmosphere and excited to the point of red ears, immediately rushed to Li Youzhi's side.

Hearing the excited shouts of the two guys, Li Youzhi's handsome face drooped.

Cou,

You two idiots are still addicted, do you really think Brother Zhi is the richest man in the world?

Why is the scene so exciting tonight?

Is it because of this explosive premiere? Is it because of this unique movie premiere format?

Maybe there is this reason... But the core reason why "Parasite" caught the attention of these foreigners in such a short time is... Free, Free!

Being pulled by his two extremely excited sons, looking at the foreigners standing on both sides of Seventh Avenue and 48th Street, looking up and watching the opening scene of "Parasite" on the advertising screen, Li Youzhi's heart was bleeding...

Damn, this is the effect of money power!

I am so heartbroken that I can't breathe!

The old Bidens of the damn Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences played dirty tricks with Brother Zhi, causing Brother Zhi to be taken advantage of for free... I curse you all to have a collective cumshot tonight!!!

...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Oscar Preparatory Committee did not have a collective cumshot, but it was already a mess.

Upon learning that "Parasite" would hold its premiere in Times Square, Greens immediately called the review team of the Oscar Preparatory Committee to the office.

What are you doing?

Specializing in studying whether the operation of "Parasite" is legal or not!

"How is it? Have you found any relevant regulations or previous cases?"

Seeing a group of old scholars in the review team wearing magnifying glasses, flipping through the cases and revised rules for understanding Oscar nominations, Greens was as anxious as a grasshopper on a hot pot.

He had to be anxious.

He had already fully witnessed the power of Li Youzhi.

This guy is simply a troublemaker, and a very purposeful troublemaker. This year's Oscars have finally reached this level. If this guy is nominated, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause!

Besides...

Although it has been two months since Li Youzhi's previous two incidents, the LGBTQ+ community in the United States is still venting its dissatisfaction with the Oscars and condemning the Academy on various social platforms.

Considering the current influence of LGBTQ+ on American society, Greens really dared not let "Parasite", a film that has inherently won the favor of the LGBTQ community and ethnic minorities, enter the selection of this year's Oscars.

If that were the case, it would be a disaster for this year's Oscar selection!

Although the Oscar selection committee is led by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the members of the committee have their own positions. In addition, 40% of the selection committee are non-Academy members.

If such a politically correct film is really selected into the finals, and Li Youzhi, the big troublemaker, wins an award, then the Oscar, a golden signboard that has been shining for nearly a hundred years, will be stained with shit!

Faced with Greens's anxious urging, several old scholars stopped turning the pages of the book, looked at each other, and shrugged their shoulders.

"Greens, I'm really sorry, we can't be sure whether the release of "Parasite" complies with the rules. After all... there has been no such precedent in the past few decades."

"Well, strictly speaking, the advertising screen on Seventh Avenue is indeed a commercial screen. But when this rule was formulated, who could have expected that there would be such a madman who would take the movie he spent a lot of money to play on the advertising screen on Seventh Avenue?"

"In my opinion, Greens, you don't need to be so anxious. This director from China just held a premiere with a bit of a gimmick. Even if he gets the nomination rules, it doesn't mean that his movie is eligible to be included in our nomination list. Movie fans all over the world know how high our Oscar nomination standards are. I mean, whether he can be nominated or not does not depend on whether he held the premiere according to the Oscar rules, but on the quality of his film, isn't it?"

Listening to the chatter of several old scholars, Greens cursed inwardly "Damn it".

But after calming down and thinking about it, he felt that what these retired old guys who were slacking off in the Oscar organizing committee said made some sense.

Every year, Hollywood produces and releases thousands of films, but it doesn't mean that all the films that are released are eligible to enter the Oscar selection list.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the phone and called Lindeman of the selection committee.

"Lind, where are you?"

The call was quickly connected. Hearing Lindemann's greeting, Greens immediately asked anxiously.

"Hey man, you should know that it's seven o'clock in the afternoon. This is no longer working hours. I'm naturally back to my private life and enjoying the private time I deserve. What's wrong, man?"

"Li Youzhi's movie is now premiering in Times Square, New York. I originally wanted to use the Oscar's screening rules to block him from the selection, but now it seems that he has found it and taken advantage of it. If you are like me and don't want to embarrass the Oscars and the Academy, you'd better organize your selection committee to go to Seventh Avenue and use your selection committee's standards to block him from the selection!"

On the other side.

"FK!"

In a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles, Lindemann no longer cared about his manners after hearing Greens' reminder... or warning on the other end of the phone.

In front of the female companion across the table, he directly threw the knife and fork in his hand on the table.

After decisively hanging up Greens' phone call, Lindman immediately opened the group of the film and television review group of the selection committee on INS.

"Now, members of the New York jury, I ask you to go to Seventh Avenue immediately to watch the premiere of "Parasite" and give me the film review score of this film as soon as possible!"

"Please pay attention, gentlemen. Please cherish your praise. From my personal point of view, I don't want this film to be included in any of our nomination lists! Whether it is the content of the film itself or the technical level of the film!"

"Got it!"

"Sir, got."

Looking at the replies of several New York City film review group members in the group, Lindman took a long breath and sat back in his chair.

But facing the table full of sumptuous delicacies, he couldn't get up any appetite.

"Dear, what's wrong with you, what happened?"

Noticing that he looked worried, his female companion across from him put her hand over.

"I need to go to New York, you go back by yourself."

Faced with the tenderness conveyed by his female companion, Lindeman could only show a far-fetched smile.

Even though the high heels of his female companion under the table were already teasing his thighs, Lindeman still couldn't concentrate on anything.

He even felt that his heartbeat was becoming more and more chaotic. In a trance, he had an inexplicable premonition... A big pit full of dog shit was gradually taking shape in his bright future.

...

Just as Lindeman was feeling uneasy, the story of "Parasite" had already begun on the electronic big screen at Seventh Avenue and Forty-eighth Street.

In the upward gazes, the opening of the movie had been presented to every audience!

The story of "Parasite" begins in a dark and damp basement;

In the dirty and messy neighborhood of Los Angeles, the four-member family of Ki-woo, a Korean immigrant, lived in this small basement that was so small that even sunlight could hardly squeeze in.

In this country that did not belong to their family of four, they lived a poor and tight life like mice.

In order to get free WiFi, Ki-woo and his sister Ki-jung even had to squat in the corner next to the toilet to search for weak signals from their neighbors.

In order to make the basement cleaner, even psychologically, the family of four would open the window to rub the disinfectant smoke sprayed on the street.

The father, Lao Jin, once served in the Marine Corps. After retiring, he became a taxi driver and lost his job because the taxi company went bankrupt.

Ki-woo's mother was once a shot put athlete, but because she only won a silver medal and was not valued at home, she was forced to retire and immigrated to the United States with her husband.

His elder brother Ki-woo failed the exams many times and could only review and prepare for the exams at home. His younger sister, who studied art, could not get a scholarship because of her surname and could not afford the high tuition fees and had to drop out of school at home.

As one of many immigrant families, Ki-woo's family is in a terrible situation. The only stable job they can make a living is to fold paper boxes for the pizza shop upstairs.

Even such a meager job is often deducted for poor quality.

The fate of a family was completely changed because of a visit from Ki-woo.

That day, a tall and handsome white classmate gave Ki-woo a "rock" symbolizing good luck. But more practical than the rock was a job introduced to Ki-woo by a classmate who was about to study abroad - a math tutor for a rich family.

Faced with the lobbying of the white classmate, Ki-woo was tempted.

So, with the school certificate forged by his sister Ji Ting, Ki-woo came to the mansion that the classmate said "the salary is very good, and the hostess is easy to talk to."

The moment he entered the mansion yard, Ki-woo was deeply attracted by everything in front of him.

As the classmate said, the hostess was indeed a very simple and easy-to-talk person. She easily believed Ki-woo's PS school certificate, and after observing Ki-woo tutoring her daughter, she readily hired him.

But this time, the harvest was far more than that. After the tutoring, when chatting with the hostess, Ki-woo learned that because the hostess's youngest son was too naughty, he couldn't find an art teacher to tutor him.

The little trouble that the hostess, Mrs. Lawrence, mentioned inadvertently, gave Ki-woo a bold idea.

Since he could get into this wealthy family by forging a certificate and get a high-paying job, why couldn't his sister Keating?

So, a junior who "had studied in the Department of Applied Fine Arts at the University of Illinois" was recommended to the hostess, Mrs. Lawrence.

The opening of Parasite is not really that brilliant. Like all feature films, a lot of character relationship introductions and foreshadowing were done within the limited length of the opening.

But as a feature film, the film is thoughtful in the foreshadowing of the opening, and has invested a lot of "tightrope-walking" suspense film expression techniques.

This form of expression is enough to firmly capture the attention of the audience who are watching the movie for the first time!

"Please make way, make way."

"Hey man, can't you just stand there and watch? There are dozens of screens here, damn you stepped on my shoes!"

"Hey! Insolent guy!"

"Sorry, sorry!"

On both sides of the streets of Seventh Avenue and Forty-eighth Street, while passers-by were watching the big screen celebrating Ki-woo's high salary, several figures in suits and leather shoes hurriedly squeezed in front of the largest screen.

Amid the complaints around them, watching the movie that had just started, several people hurriedly took out the shorthand books in their briefcases.

In the heavy breathing of several people and the sweat that kept oozing from their foreheads, the plot of the movie continued;

With Ki-woo's introduction and assistance, Ji Ting, who disguised herself as a top student of a well-known art college, also successfully won the trust of Mrs. Lawrence with her own artistic talent.

Even Mr. Lawrence, who has a successful career in the securities circle of Wall Street, admired her so-called "art therapy" which does not exist in any discipline at all, and specially sent his driver to take her home.

The characteristics of family members are inheritance and similarity in behavior and thinking.

On the way home, sitting in the spacious and comfortable back seat of Maybach, feeling the luxury and style of the rich, Ji Ting's eyes were focused on the driver who was concentrating on driving.

She remembered her father who was unemployed and used to be a taxi driver.

So, while the driver was not paying attention, a pair of cheap underwear "inadvertently" fell under the back seat of the car...

Soon, this "evidence" was discovered by Mr. Lawrence, and the driver was fired as he should be.

And taking this opportunity, Ji Ting recommended Lao Jin to the Lawrence family - of course, his identity was re-edited, no longer Lao Jin who suffered from post-war stress syndrome and long-term alcoholism. Instead, he had rich driving experience and served several officials and dignitaries. "Mr. Jin".

In this way, three of the four members of the family successfully parasitized the Lawrence family's mansion with their forged identities.

Experiencing the luxurious and comfortable life of the Lawrence family, and looking at the only nanny in this wealthy family who did not belong to their own family, Lao Jin and his two sons naturally became interested.

When Ji Yu learned from Miss Lawrence that the black nanny in the family was allergic to peaches, a conspiracy jointly executed by the father and his two sons began to be implemented;

First, Ji Ting secretly sprinkled peach fluff into the nanny's collar, causing the nanny to have skin allergies and go to the hospital for treatment.

Then Lao Jin lied to Mrs. Lawrence that he saw the nanny in the respiratory department of the hospital and accidentally heard that the other party had contracted tuberculosis.

Then, it was Ki-woo who mixed peach juice into the nanny's water cup, causing the nanny to cough violently due to respiratory allergies...

The result of this series of seamless cooperation was that the black nanny was dismissed at light speed by the simple and sensitive Mrs. Lawrence, and the last idle person in the old Jin family... Ki-woo's mother changed into the fake identity of the gold medal nanny, successfully broke into the Lawrence mansion, and joined forces with the other three members of the family to complete the parasitism of the whole family!

The story has progressed to this point, and the progress has been more than half.

In front of Seventh Avenue, watching the Ki-woo family successfully parasitizing Lawrence's mansion on the big screen, enjoying everything in Lawrence's house with fake identities, and conveying pride with their eyes, Dyson Will, a senior film critic of the Oscar Content Selection Committee, frowned.

When he came, he had received instructions from Lindeman.

It can be said that this time he ran to Seventh Avenue and squeezed on the street with a group of pedestrians who had no etiquette to watch the movie together, just to find fault.

But he has watched half of the movie now, and so far... the notebook in his hand is still full of blanks.

The reason for this is...in the first half of the movie, Dyson couldn't find anything to fault!

Today's Hollywood movies are almost divided into two distinct groups; they are either commercial to kitsch or literary to lonely. Marvel's movies are very popular, but it cannot be said that such movies have any artistic quality at all. Some academic films are also very good-looking, but these films disdain any commercial expression and like to use the camera to talk to themselves, expressing the creator's personal views without any awe.

I won’t comment on whether these two types of movies are good or bad. I’ll just say that they express art without giving up good commercial elements. This attribute is extremely lacking in Hollywood today.

But now, the "Parasite" in front of him has undoubtedly done it in Dyson's eyes!

Looking at the first half of the movie, "Parasite" can be said to be extremely beautiful and exquisite in terms of narrative, lens language, and character creation and expression!

It almost uses the most standard commercial film framework to tell a gripping and bizarre story. At the same time... it also equips the film with a very exquisite and literary lens language.

What kind of feeling is this?

Let's put it this way, it's like a blind date. You arrived at the hotel with the mentality of showing off your cards when you meet, giving an explanation to your mother at home, and then leaving.

It turned out that the blind date was a girl who was extremely beautiful, well-educated, and had good values. She could work in the hall or in the kitchen. She also had a formal job and was able to make money to support herself. She didn’t want a betrothal gift and was not picky!

This is so fucking embarrassing!

Jingle Bell,

Just as Dyson was looking at the movie screen in trance, his cell phone rang.

Seeing that it was Lindeman, he immediately picked up the call.

"Hey, Dyson. You should be on Seventh Avenue by now, right?"

Hearing Lindemann's inquiry on the other side of the phone, Dyson immediately cheered up;

"Mr. Lindemann, I'm already here at forty minutes. In fact, I just missed the beginning of the movie. I'm watching it now, sir."

"Very well, Dyson. What do you think of this film? If we exclude this film from the nomination list, is there a technical problem?"

"Forehead……"

Faced with Lindemann's inquiry, Dyson was speechless for a moment.

Just when he was thinking about how to explain his feelings about the film to Lindemann, the plot of "Parasite" on the big screen had already reached its first turning point... and the climax!

The Kiyu family successfully moved into a luxury house and obtained a high-paying and comfortable job.

But the youngest son of a wealthy family discovered clues about their family.

"Same, they have the same smell! Teacher Jessica, Driver Jin, Auntie Nanny, and Teacher Jiyu all have the same smell."

Little Lawrence's childish words made all four members of Lao Jin's family break into cold sweats.

But Mrs. Lawrence, who was simple-minded, did not take these childish words seriously.

To be on the safe side, Lao Jin discussed using different soaps and washing powders to create different smells on each body. But regarding Lao Jin's idea, Ji Ting made it clear that it was not feasible.

"Dad, this is not a problem with washing powder and soap. What we have is the smell of this basement."

Regarding the truth revealed by Ji Ting unintentionally, the family fell silent.

Little Lawrence's birthday is coming soon. In order to celebrate his youngest son's birthday, Lawrence, who is usually busy with work, decided to take the whole family out for a camping trip.

After hearing the news, Lao Jin's family of four were secretly happy - since the owner was away, they could enjoy everything in the house as a matter of course.

After the Lawrence family left, they started this carnival.

After unbridledly enjoying the bathroom that would never be found in the basement, the large bedroom, the comfortable bed, and all the facilities in the house, the family took out the most expensive-looking food in the refrigerator and talked about the Lawrence family.

"Although Mrs. Lawrence is rich, she is quite kind."

"Ha! What does it mean to be kind even though you are rich? It should be said that you are kind because you are rich... If I had this money, I would also be kind... super kind! Look at the children of rich families, they don't even have clothes. The wrinkles, the money was the iron... ironed everything out, all the wrinkles... were ironed flat."

"This is our home now, and we are very warm,"

"Warmth, do you think it's warm? Okay, if Mr. Lawrence comes back suddenly, you will immediately hide like cockroaches, right? Children, you know that as long as you turn on the lights at home in the middle of the night, all the cockroaches will hide. Hahaha...do you understand what I mean?"

"Fuck you, I can't stand hearing this anymore. Cockroach? Are you calling me a cockroach?"

"Um!"

Wow!

on the street.

Watching Ji Yu's mother complaining about the family's identity in a drunken state on the big screen, Lao Jin was obviously angry after being stung, but because he couldn't beat the performance of his wife who was an athlete and forced a fake smile, Dyson seemed to be As if struck by lightning, the whole person was petrified in the crowd!

"Dyson! Hey, damn, can't you hear me? I'm asking you a question. Tomorrow morning, I need you to submit the evaluation of the organizing committee on this film. Do you understand what I mean?

This movie must not be included in our nomination list, but in view of the attention paid to this movie by those damn LGBTQ groups and those damn perverts, we need a professional and convincing reason to prevent those guys from making trouble at the upcoming Oscars ceremony! Hey, what's wrong with you? Is the signal bad?"

On the other end of the phone, listening to Lindemann's questioning and urging, Dyson's eyes, which still had a trace of surprise, flashed slightly.

Faced with the urging on the other end of the phone, he took a deep breath.

"Mr. Lindeman, I can tell you responsibly... this is a joke!"

"Oh? This is your evaluation of this movie? Very good, Dyson, this is what I want to hear..."

Hearing Lindeman's delighted voice on the other end of the phone, Dyson shook his head and said firmly, word by word;

"Sir, the joke I mentioned is not the movie itself. It means that if this movie cannot be nominated for this year's Oscars, it will be a big joke! Sir, if you want me to evaluate it from a professional perspective, all the movies produced and released in Hollywood this year cannot be compared with this movie in terms of artistry, commerciality and core. I can even say now... The best way to make the Oscars glorious again and get rid of the criticism of the credibility of the award in recent years is to give this year's Best Picture Award to "Parasite"!"

After eight o'clock, hearing Dyson's decisive evaluation, the smiling Lindeman was... numb!