Chapter 558 To give or not to give, that is the question!

Chapter 558 To give or not to give, that is the question!

While Lindemann's mentality was shattered by the senior film critics on his committee, the story of "Parasite" continued to advance on the big screen in Times Square.

Unlike the senior film critics on the Oscar Content Selection Committee, the passers-by watching "Parasite" and the workers in the office buildings near Times Square did not know what story structure was and what shot language was.

For these people, this movie that suddenly came to them like a UFO gave them only one feeling - desire, no, no, no!

From the opening scene where Ki-woo's family walks a tightrope and uses deception to parasitize one by one to Lawrence's mansion, the tension of this movie and the suspense of the story itself have already firmly grasped the hearts of many pedestrians who had planned to leave after just one glance. Take control.

Many people didn't even realize that they had been standing on the street with their necks raised for a full hour.

You must know that the big screen in Times Square is generally at a very high angle. Many people even have neck pain due to standing for such a long time.

But when the movie entered the second half, the tension of the story gradually increased, and the suspense began to tighten suddenly. Instead of decreasing, the number of pedestrians gathering in Times Square increased!

On the big screen reflected by countless pupils, the story of "Parasite" has reached the second half;

Just when the Kiyu family was enjoying the mansion vacated by the Lawrence family for a temporary trip, an unexpected doorbell broke the family's happy time.

Standing at the door in the pouring rain was the black nanny who had been fired by the Kiyu family through trickery.

When asked by Jiyu's mother, the nanny claimed that she came here to take away the personal belongings in the basement.

Faced with the sudden visit of the former nanny, Jiyu, who was not supposed to appear in the mansion when the owner was not at home, Jiting and Lao Jin suddenly panicked and hid quickly.

After making sure that the father and son were hidden, Jiyu's mother forcibly calmed down and let the nanny in.

It wasn't until the soaked nanny entered the house with great gratitude that Jiyu's mother was surprised to know that there was a secret secret door in the mansion, and that secret door led to a place that had never appeared before. On the design plan, there is a basement that even the Lawrence family doesn’t know about!

Following the former nanny, Jiyu's mother entered the hidden basement vigilantly, and a secret that made her scalp numb and thought-provoking was revealed in front of her;

Hidden in the basement are not only the nanny's personal belongings, but also a living person - the former nanny's husband.

Through the former nanny's narration, Kiyu's mother was surprised to learn that this weird couple had lived in this mansion even earlier than the Lawrence family. Due to their failure to invest in stocks in their early years, the couple owed huge debts. In order to avoid banks, creditors and tax authorities, the couple lived in the basement of this mansion.

The basement was filled with a dazzling array of daily necessities, and Jiyu’s mother knew that what the former nanny told was not a lie.

Faced with this incredible situation, Jiyu's mother planned to call the police. Seeing Ji Yu's mother take out her mobile phone and want to call the police, the former nanny begged, but at this time, Lao Jin and his son, who were eavesdropping in the dark, accidentally fell down the stairs.

The former nanny saw the Lao Jin family, guessed their relationship, recorded everything on her mobile phone, and in turn threatened to send the video to Mrs. Lawrence.

Seeing the situation changing between offense and defense, the situation became passive. The family, which could no longer escape from this parasitic life, became ruthless...

Seizing the opportunity, the family snatched the nanny's cell phone and used their numerical advantage to control the former nanny and his wife. However, just as the family breathed a sigh of relief, the phone in the living room rang.

A sudden heavy rain disrupted the Lawrence family's travel plans. The Lawrence family, who were supposed to go camping, changed their schedule at short notice and came back.

When they learned that the Lawrence family would be arriving home in ten minutes, the Kiyu family quickly bound the hands and feet of the former nanny and his wife and locked them in a secret passage in the basement.

After hurriedly packing up the house, the family didn't even have time to dodge when they heard the sound of a car engine outside the door.

In desperation, the family could only panic and hide in the space under the coffee table and sofa like cockroaches suddenly disturbed by bright light...

Fortunately, little Lawrence was deeply disappointed with the temporary cancellation of the camping plan. Say what it takes to pitch a tent in the courtyard and experience a camping night.

Faced with their youngest son's willfulness, the Lawrence couple, who had always doted on their son, could only sleep on the sofa in the living room and accompany their son on the grass outside the window.

However, cockroaches can only hide their bodies, but not their smell.

"Why does it smell like that here?"

Lying on the large leather sofa, Lawrence twitched his nose and frowned.

"What is the taste?"

Mrs. Lawrence was puzzled by her husband's behavior.

"The smell of Driver Kim."

"Driver Jin? What does it smell like?"

"It's hard to describe, just like the smell in the subway. People in the subway always have a strange smell... I haven't taken the subway in a long time, forget it."

Perhaps remembering the reason why Lao Jin came to the house to work as a driver, Lawrence suddenly became interested.

"Honey, does this sofa look like the back seat of a car?"

Feeling her husband's big hands starting to touch her body, Mrs. Lawrence couldn't help but feel a little shy;

"What if my daughter goes downstairs?"

"Just stop, it'll be fine..."

Under the sofa.

Listening to the lingering exhortations of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, and recalling what the owner of this mansion had said about him, Lao Jin and his son, who were hiding under the sofa, frowned in pain.

At this moment, a steel needle called class gap pierced the hearts of Lao Jin's family.

And this steel needle obviously hurt more than just the Lao Jin family in the movie.

Times Square, off Seventh Avenue.

Looking at the Lawrence couple on the sofa who are infatuated and suppressing their breathing, as well as the "cockroach" family with embarrassed and painful faces and eyes tightly closed under the montage lens, a homeless man sitting on the street corner closed his eyes in pain.

In an office building on the 48th block, looking at the big screen opposite, the lens gradually moved up to fixate on the heavy rain outside the window. An intern was holding a cup of coffee and still working overtime to meet the schedule even after eight o'clock. For a moment, He froze in place.

on the street.

It was suffocating to watch, but it was not entirely caused by the tension of the plot, but more because I felt that the film revealed that it was insurmountable or simply insurmountable, unable to empathize, unable to reconcile, and even differentiated to the level of smell. The gap between rich and poor made many passers-by cover their mouths,

"Damn it, the people hiding in the house on a rainy night and escaping in haste were obviously people...but why do I feel like what I saw were cockroaches?"

"Damn it! The Lawrence family obviously did nothing wrong. They are polite and kind, but I really want to give them a break! It turns out that this is the difference between the poor and the rich."

"You also know that they don't mean any harm, but the sense of humiliation still gradually emerges from your heart. The more respectable they are, the more unacceptable it is. God, there are people in this world who have never taken the subway in their lives, but some people have to rely on it every day. Using dirty and crowded transportation to earn a living, is this world really fair? "

"Rich people actually do nothing wrong. They love each other, have no cheating, no cold violence, and no child abuse. They are also generous to drivers and servants and are not stingy. They are really kind and simple, but you just tolerate it. I can’t help but hate them, hate them, hate them! Damn it, the best movie I saw this year was on a billboard on Seventh Avenue!”

On the street of Seventh Avenue, Dyson pursed his lips as he listened to the comments of the pedestrians around him and the sadness in their words.

Holding a pencil and a shorthand notebook, he took his eyes away from the movie screen for the first time and looked around Seventh Avenue where he was.

Not far from the corner where he was, was the luxurious Lotte Department Store building in New York.

In front of the luxuriously decorated Chanel and Cartier stores on the first floor of the building, men and women in gorgeous clothes queued up. And on the corner of the next street, in an inconspicuous alley in Times Square when the lights were on, a thin old homeless man was pushing a cart full of cardboard boxes and took out half a pizza from the trash can.

Before today, none of this felt out of place for Dyson. But now, I looked up again at the Lawrence couple playing poor man's play on the sofa with the smell of the poor as an aphrodisiac, and the old Jin family under the sofa whose souls were stung by the creaking of the sofa. Dyson took a deep breath.

"From a distance, it is part modern fable and part family drama, but up close, it oscillates between satire, black comedy and thriller. A smooth script, clever and natural turns, carefully laid rhythms, and impeccable scheduling. In terms of film style The transitions and transformations are breathtaking!

The ultimate expression of a genre movie captures the despair of people on the margins of modern society. The extremely fluent audio-visual language perfectly combines laughter and creepiness, and the exquisiteness of the repeated folding of emotions is amazing..."

With a real thrill for a good movie that he had not felt in a long time, Dyson wrote a long paragraph of praise in pencil in a shorthand notebook.

But after writing it in one breath, he frowned when he looked back. Slowly, I used a pencil to outline all the first draft of the movie review I just wrote.

[The movie that most deserves to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director this year! 】

Staring at the messy shorthand notebook, he tore out the page and wrote a line of bold and emphasized words with a blunt pencil!

Beep!

Received stunning points, 801,298 points!

Beep~!

Received Dyson's additional [Admiration] and [Extreme Appreciation] stunning points, 88 points, 88 points, 88 points!

Next to Seventh Avenue, the crew temporarily rented a street stall to house equipment for today's premiere. Hearing the slightly excited hum of the system next to his ears, Li Youzhi took a deep breath.

Good guy, this is really a good guy,

This wave of income is ok!

What's going on with "Parasite" now? There was no full theatrical release, just an advertising screen in Times Square was rented. Although it is not known how many viewers are currently watching the premiere of "Parasite" near Times Square, according to Li Youzhi's estimation, it is definitely not as large as the number of viewers for the full theatrical release.

Even under such premiere conditions, more than 800,000 yuan of stunning value can be recorded in this wave. If you wait a few days for the movie premiere to end and start broadcasting on the TKTK platform, then your own stunning value income will still be Not allowed to fly?

Look, what is an international superstar?

This kind of thing is called international, giant, star, haha, soar!

︿(￣︶￣)︿Swelling, so much so!

"Brother Zhi, what do you say later? Do we need to wait until the first show is over and hold a premiere ceremony or something to increase the popularity of the film?"

Just as Li Youzhi put his hands on his waist, and was basking in the astonishment of the huge wave of income, Liu Meng's big face came in front of him.

Looking at the crowded Seventh Avenue and the 48th Street District, looking up at the electronic big screen, Li Youzhi waved his hand.

Just kidding, with this popularity, do you still need to do these things to boost it?

This wave, it's definitely a sure thing!

"Pack up and go home!"

Waving to a few friends, Li Youzhi stood up from the folding chair and got into the commercial van of Subona.

Behind Li Youzhi's hidden merits and fame, the story of "Parasite" has also come to the last part;

Under the sofa, Lao Jin and the other two suffered from physical and mental torment, and the Lawrence couple finally fell asleep in each other's arms after the passion.

Received a message from Ki-woo's mother. Knowing that the Lawrence couple had fallen asleep, the father and son finally crawled out from under the sofa like cockroaches after turning off the lights, and quietly escaped from the mansion like mice that had stolen something.

The night rain was getting heavier and heavier.

When the Lao Jin family returned to the slum where the basement was located, they found that their home had been swallowed by floods.

The water level in the basement continued to rise, and under the huge water pressure, the toilet in the house kept spraying sewage out.

Watching Ki-woo and Lao Jin saving the few belongings in the house in the stinking sewage, Ji Ting silently picked up a cigarette soaked in sewage and sat on the toilet, pressing the toilet lid with her body weight.

But it was obvious that this was in vain.

At her feet, Ki-woo, who was saving his belongings, was also stunned.

In the flowing sewage, he saw the precious "rock" given to him by the white classmate before, which was said to bring good luck, floating on the water.

Obviously, the "stone" was not precious. And it seemed... it did not have the function of bringing good luck.

Soon, the sewage rose to a height of one person, and the family had to give up the basement and go to the gymnasium for shelter to sleep for a night.

The next day, Lawrence decided to make up for his son's birthday and save the camping that was destroyed by the heavy rain.

For the sake of liveliness, Mrs. Lawrence invited Lao Jin, Ki-woo, and Ji Ting to attend this impromptu party.

After arriving at the mansion, Ki-woo came to the basement with the rock - the experience of being stung last night had made him make up a certain determination.

However, just when he wanted to get rid of the former nanny and his wife and eliminate the two threats that affected the family's parasitic plan, an accident broke out.

The husband of the former nanny who broke free suddenly jumped up, snatched the stone from his hand, and smashed it down fiercely.

For some unknown reason, this man who had lived in the basement for more than ten years walked out of the basement. After picking up the table knife in the kitchen, he ran straight to the courtyard.

And his first target was Ji Ting.

Under the hot and bright sunshine, the shining table knife pierced Ji Ting's chest without warning. In the surprise of all the guests, Ji Yu's mother picked up the fork and screamed and stabbed the man.

All this came too suddenly. Suddenly, everyone in the courtyard could only throw away their disguises and so-called cultivation, and made the most primitive instincts and subconscious actions.

With a mouth, looking at his daughter lying in a pool of blood, Lao Jin slowly looked at Mr. Lawrence on the side.

Looking at Lawrence who subconsciously covered his nose, frowned and looked disgusted, looking at his daughter lying on the ground twitching and gradually losing her life, and his wife who was crying helplessly, the line that had been tight in Lao Jin's heart for a long time broke.

He picked up the knife on the ground and stabbed Lawrence.

Amid screams, Lao Jin walked woodenly to the garage of the mansion.

Ki-woo, whose brain was injured, woke up after a long time.

He always returned to the vicinity of the mansion and saw the Morse code sent by his father in the basement with lights. He was determined to become an upper class, buy this mansion and take his father out of the basement.

However, on both sides of Seventh Avenue, watching the overly dreamy light and shadow at the end of the movie, all the pedestrians who stopped to watch were terribly quiet.

Ki-woo, whose brain was damaged in the movie, didn't know, but the audience outside the movie knew it clearly.

All this was just a dream of a young man with a broken brain.

That gap called class is a chasm that he will never be able to cross in his lifetime.

And that mansion, even if it was the site of a murder, is definitely not something that a poor boy like him can reach in his lifetime.

Clap...

Clap, clap, clap...

I don't know how long it took, and I don't know who led it, but a faint applause sounded in the center of Times Square.

Then... a rainstorm of applause swept across the entire block!

Wow!

"Too straightforward, this movie is too straightforward! But this straightforwardness directly pokes at the flesh of this damn country, and not a second is wasted! This is the best movie I've seen this year... No, this is the best movie I've seen in recent years!"

"The first part is a poverty comedy, the middle part is a suspense thriller, and the climax is a violent crime... My God, is this really a movie that can be watched for free?"

"Damn it, I was so scared that I quickly sniffed my body. Fortunately, I didn't smell anything strange. Sadly, after watching this movie, I deeply know that only poor people can't smell their own smell. Rich people smell like Chanel and Tom Ford."

"I really don't know whether I should feel hope or despair... Just like this tragicomic black drama. Damn it, the Oscars should give all the awards to this movie!"

At the corner of the street, in the business car parked at the traffic light, Li Youzhi raised his mouth when he heard the applause behind him.

Beep!

Received the amazing value, 841299 points!

Beep!

Suggested task (book the entire commercial screen in Times Square, hold a premiere ceremony for "Parasite" and broadcast it for seven days), the task difficulty is 6 stars, completed.

Obtained B+ level reward treasure chest X1!

Looking at the date on his watch, which showed that there were only a few days left before the Oscar selection deadline, he slowly closed the system prompt panel in front of him and looked at the Oscar countdown billboard in the distance.

Look at it,

With this call, this popularity, this feedback...

So your name is Oscar, right?

(｀д′)...convex

You... come here!

…

Oscar can't come here if he doesn't have long legs.

However, with the premiere in New York's Times Square, the popularity of "Parasite" has skyrocketed at a trend that even Li Youzhi couldn't believe!

On the second day of its release, "Parasite" was uploaded to the Rotten Tomatoes Award selection list by the TKTK film review team.

On that day, this movie, which had no prior publicity and no theater materials to cooperate with the dissemination, received more than 2,000 audience ratings!

On the second day of the release, the number of ratings directly rose to over 5,000. The direct result of more than 5,000 audience ratings was that the freshness of "Parasite", a movie that had just been released and released through an abnormal channel, was directly pushed to 92%!

What level is this?

Let's put it this way, there were only a few movies that had the highest voices before this Oscar.

Including "The Painted Bird", "Truth and Justice", "Les Miserables", "The Once", "Honeyland", "Corpus Christi"), "Pain and Glory" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

Among these movies, the one with the highest Rotten Tomatoes rating is "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", an absurd black comedy that gathers celebrities and tells the history of Hollywood.

What is the number of ratings and freshness of this movie on Rotten Tomatoes?

There are more than 30,000 film reviews in total, with a comprehensive freshness of 72%...

In other words, just two days after the release, "Parasite" has surpassed the popular movies that won the Oscars this year with an overwhelming advantage in word of mouth!

And this explosive ranking was quickly moved to China by the netizens of Leziren.

December 18th, a little after nine in the morning.

"Fuck you guys, Parasite has over 15,000 tomato votes! It's 90% fresh. Damn, if this trend continues, it's very likely that the number of ratings and ratings this month will be the first of the year!"

"Ahhhhh... I'm so anxious, I'm rubbing my feet in Shanghai! What on earth is this movie about? Damn, it completely conquered the American audience! Is it so magical?"

"I'm in New York, just watched the movie on Seventh Avenue. I can't say the details, I can only say... this movie is... just fucking awesome!"

"Fuck you, you're eating alone? You're a rebellious son! You've gone to the United States, why don't you make a gun version and send it to your fathers? You beast!"

"Based on my previous behavior, I estimate that this movie should be available in China soon. It's on, don't be impatient, wait a little longer. Of course, I must have watched it in Times Square. I can't tell you more, I can only tell you that it's really awesome."

"At the scene, this movie is really... like a roller coaster, soaring into the sky and then falling to the bottom. The audio-visual arrangement is comfortable, and the rhythm is also exquisitely controlled, especially the several montages and the processing of space and symbols, which makes people can't help but shout "Fuck".

Although there are some taken-for-granted passages when thinking carefully, it is still worthy of the master's work as a whole. There are not so many freehand, but not direct. The social issues wrapped in commercial elements are just right, which fully mobilizes the mood of watching the movie. I was really completely sucked in. Ah, I don't read enough, I don't know how to praise the comments, wow, wow..."

"What the hell are you? @Listen to the advice of brother Li Youzhi, brother, I advise you not to learn from the garbage netizens, you should be a man, hurry up, immediately, immediately, and put "Parasite" on the domestic screen for me! ! ! I can't stand these riddlers anymore!"

Beep!

Received a surprise value of 6233892 points!

Beep!

Received a suggested task (release "Parasite" in China immediately), the task difficulty is 5 stars, and you can get a D-level reward treasure chest after completing it.

"..."

In the hotel, looking at the netizens who were pissed off by a group of superior monsters, Li Youzhi grinned.

Damn,

Can't you guys let Brother Zhi take a breath?

"Parasite" does not need to consider the key period issue now, but this movie was shot in the United States, and it has not obtained a version number in China. You can tell with a brain that it is absolutely impossible to be released in China!

"Brother Zhi, what are you looking at?"

Inside the room, Wang Hui leaned over to see Li Youzhi staring at his phone with a face full of dog fuck.

Pushing this guy away from his phone, Li Youzhi casually edited a dynamic and sent it out.

[I saw your private messages, but "Parasite" may not be released in China in the short term due to the version number issue. According to the release plan, the movie will be released for free on TKTK and Wako Audiovisual Overseas Edition in four days. At that time, everyone is welcome to move to TKTK and Wako Audiovisual Overseas to watch! Thank you for your support! ]

As the dynamic was successfully sent, Li Youzhi sighed at the dissatisfaction and complaints of a group of netizens in the comment area.

"Domestic netizens insisted that I upload the film to China. "Parasite" does not have a domestic version number. Isn't this obviously a problem for Brother Zhi!"

Hearing Li Youzhi's answer, Wang Hui laughed.

"It must be that netizens know that Parasite is a big hit in the United States, so they are not anxious to watch it. Tsk... Hehe, brother, if we can really win an Oscar this time, what will be the reaction in China?"

What reaction?

Facing Wang Hui's slightly excited question, Li Youzhi touched his chin.

I don't know what the reaction in China is... But I guess the reaction from Hollywood and the Oscars should be quite exciting.

Just as Li Youzhi expected.

Just when netizens in China were anxious because they couldn't watch Parasite, the Oscar jury, a group of judges who had watched Parasite, were also in great anxiety.

At this moment, a century-old problem like Hamlet is hanging over the heads of every judge of the Academy of Oscars.

Give the award or not, this is a question!