Chapter 559 Brother Zhi is having fun!

Chapter 559 Brother Zhi is having fun!

Inside the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscar Special Jury Meeting Room.

The entire meeting room was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard clearly, and the occasional suppressed cough sounded like thunder in such silence.

Looking at the Oscar nomination application for "Parasite" next to Greens' hand, which is likely to be the last one of the year, the senior members of the Academy's special jury sat in their seats in silence like cats with their vocal cords stung.

The nomination application for "Parasite" was sent to the Oscar Jury this morning.

According to the Oscar selection rules, films that premiered in New York or Los Angeles and were screened for seven consecutive days can be submitted to the Oscars by the film producer before the selection deadline as long as they meet the technical standards.

The premiere of "Parasite" has not actually ended yet, but in theory it has met the nomination criteria.

Feeling the suffocating silence in the meeting room, Greens, who was standing at the head of the conference table, took a deep breath.

"Gentlemen, please say something. We must discuss this film and come to a conclusion today. I know that everyone here has the same concerns as me, but please forgive me for being frank, sticking your head in the sand is not a good way to solve the problem. In any case, the bastard from China is now in the general position, and it is time to respond."

As Greens stood up and spoke, the 24 senior members of the jury sat up straight one after another - but still no one expressed any opinions on the nomination of "Parasite".

Seeing that everyone continued to play dead, Greens cursed inwardly and cast his eyes directly on Kevin Kelly, the chairman of the Film Critics Association and one of the senior members of this year's Hollywood jury, who was sitting in the middle of the long table at the meeting.

"Say something, damn it! This movie is now eligible for the nomination, and our selection work has already begun. No matter what, this movie is an issue that cannot be avoided. Let me know what you think! Kevin, what is the opinion of the Film Critics Association? You go first!"

What role does the Film Critics Association play in the Oscars?

Nominations for various awards!

The selection of Oscar awards is a somewhat complicated process if you talk about it in detail. But if you divide it roughly, there are mainly three steps, namely "nomination", "voting" and "final awards".

The Oscars receive about hundreds of nomination applications every year. It is obviously impossible for all members of the selection committee to watch these films one by one. Therefore, in the nomination stage, the Oscars mainly rely on the National Film Critics Association. The association selects five films for each Oscar award based on the votes of its internal members.

For example, if the Film Critics Association thinks that the shooting technology of a film is good, then it will be included in the candidate list of "Best Cinematography Award". If the male lead of a film is good, it will be included in the candidate list of "Best Actor".

Although this list still needs to be voted by senior members of the committee to determine the order, it does not represent the final award nomination, but it is basically close to the final award nomination.

It is the first hurdle for the Oscars.

After being named by Greens, Kevin Kelly, chairman of the Film Critics Association, grinned and stood up in the eyes of everyone.

"Greens, everyone. We at the Film Critics Association discussed "Parasite" yesterday. According to the opinions of the 42 senior film critics who attended the meeting, we think that the film "Parasite" has undisputedly reached the qualifications for competing for this year's Oscars in terms of director, script and filming. About half of the members of the Film Critics Association who participated in the discussion of this film believe that the plot core, lens expression and production level of this film are also very capable of competing for the best film of this year's Oscars. Ahem, of course, this is just the opinion of the members of the Film Critics Association. Whether this film is qualified or not needs to be discussed by everyone present."

Hearing Kevin Kelly's hesitant answer, everyone present looked even more exciting.

Facing Kevin Kelly's proactive words, most of the committee members began to observe their noses...

Looking at the performance of the participants, Greens felt his head buzzing.

He roughly understood what the judges were thinking - no one wanted to cause trouble.

Why do you say that?

With the LGBT community cheering, the voice of "Parasite" for the Oscar is too damn high!

In just the few days since it was released in Times Square, New York, the film has gained a lot of attention in the Hollywood film and television circles. But this is not terrible. What is terrible is that some clips of the film and the online trailer have received high attention from fans and LGBT groups in just two days after they were released on the TKTK platform.

Even before the film's release, LGBTQ fans have already gone to the Oscar website to cheer for "Parasite"!

What's even more embarrassing is that such a film that is always trying to please the LGBT community and has a strong taste of political correctness is actually too hard-core!

Even if we ignore the minority settings of several characters in the film and the minority buff of the protagonist, the story, filming, and film quality of "Parasite" itself are all solid!

After just a few days of screening, the popularity of "Parasite" on the online platform is no longer limited to the LGBT community and ethnic minorities. This essentially tells a story about class antagonism and the gap between the rich and the poor, and is also talked about by ordinary movie fans.

If we have to characterize the movie "Parasite", this movie has shown signs of taking off, and it will be screened for free on TKTK soon. It is undoubtedly the hottest among the favorites to win the Oscars this year!

This... is quite embarrassing for the Oscar jury.

As the chairman of the Oscar Preparatory Committee, Greens is not afraid of being labeled as anti-mainstream. After all, it is common for the Oscars to award some important awards to niche movies and unpopular actors.

Sometimes the Oscars will even do this deliberately to show their independent judgment on art and... the so-called gold content of the Oscars.

For example, a certain Li Zi, who has been a professional runner-up for N years and has not won the Best Actor Award, does not mean that his acting skills are not good. It can only be said that the Oscars deliberately do not create topics in order to show their own preciousness.

And as the most well-known film award in the world, the Oscars are indeed not short of excellent actors and works. There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. No matter if the award is given to people or movies of similar level, or even slightly lower level, no one, whether movie fans or professionals, can say anything.

If it were in previous years, facing a dark horse movie like "Parasite" that suddenly jumped out, Greens would definitely not be so embarrassed.

No matter how loud your voice is, as long as you choose a movie that is almost excellent, no matter whether it is the audience or the fans of any movie, even if there are some opinions, it will not cause any waves.

But the embarrassing thing is that this year is a complete year of movies. Except for the commercial success of Marvel, DC, and Disney, which are obviously unrelated to art, there is basically no film that can be shown off and has decent reputation and quality.

If "Parasite" is not nominated or awarded, the meaning of targeting is too obvious.

Looking at the group of awkward and silent committee members in the meeting room, Greens took a deep breath again.

"Let me make it clear first that Parasite must not be the focus of this year's Oscars! Everyone here must have known what happened between Li Youzhi and the organizing committee and the jury some time ago. Emotionally speaking, if such a guy who regards the honor and tradition of the Oscars as nothing steals the show at the Oscars, then everyone here, including the Academy, will be ashamed! Besides..."

After expressing his attitude in silence, Greens knocked hard on the table.

"We must not allow such a guy who is totally out of line with the mainstream of world film and television in terms of culture and ideology to gain recognition through the Oscar stage! If that happens, we will become accomplices of those damn Chinese in exporting ideology to the world! Look at "Buried Alive" and "Parasite"... One is aimed at the American administrative system, and the other is questioning and interrogating American society. Gentlemen, this man is too dangerous, and different from all the filmmakers we have seen before. He is too good at incitement, too good at provoking and diverting contradictions. In his hands, film and television are not commodities, not art, but weapons!"

"Indeed..."

"That's right,"

Seeing that Greens set the tone for this meeting, many senior members present nodded in agreement.

What are the composition of these members of the Oscar Jury?

Let's put it this way, 94% of the Oscar members of the Oscar Committee are white, 77% are male, and 54% are over 60 years old...

This group of old white men... basically represents the actual mainstream of American public opinion - the traditional mainstream.

In the meeting room, Kevin Kelly, who had just been named by Greens, twitched his lips as he saw that a considerable number of committee members agreed with Greens's opinion.

"Greens, everyone... I swear, if it is based on personal feelings, I absolutely do not want that damned Asian face to appear at the Oscars ceremony. But the problem is... the supporters of the movie "Parasite" are very troublesome for us. The LGBT community and ethnic minorities have too high a voice for this movie. If we don't give the award... I'm afraid this year's Oscars will be pushed to the forefront by these people... You know, now those damned politicians attach great importance to LGBT and ethnic minorities for their votes, friends... We have to take this factor into consideration,"

"This is simple."

Faced with Kevin Kelly's questioning, Greens stood up straight and pursed his lips.

"The reason why "Parasite" has received such high praise from the LGBT community and ethnic minorities is that in addition to adding a lot of settings to discuss these two groups in the film, a large number of employees from ethnic minorities and ethnic minorities were introduced into the crew. As long as we balance this part, the controversy may not be so great."

"You mean..."

Seeing that Greens seemed to have an idea, Kevin Kelly asked hesitantly.

"That's right, my friend, it's just as you imagined. Give them one of the technical awards, such as the Best Art Award and the Best Makeup Award, and as for the others..."

At this point, Greens smiled slightly.

"Let them get it in their dreams!"

...

Beep!

Received cumulative amazing value, 3912005 points!

Los Angeles, TKTK headquarters building, CEO office.

Hearing a crisp reminder of amazing value deposited in his ear, Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows.

Looking at the desk on the other side of the sofa, Xu Haonian was still holding a signature pen, working hard with his assistant on a pile of documents. Li Youzhi silently opened his system panel.

[User: Li Youzhi]

[Appearance: 105 (upgrading, upgrading BUFF blessing, can continue to invest amazing value)]

[Temperament: 104 (upgrade completed)]

[Voice: 92 (upgrade completed)]

[Amazing value: 57523376 points! ]

[Props column: C-level treasure chest X24, D-level treasure chest X26, F-level treasure chest X40! 】

Seeing his temperament attribute finally upgraded, and the cumulative amazing value once again increased to more than 50 million and soon to 60 million, Li Youzhi silently shed tears, and heard the sound of swaying beside his ears...

Fuck,

Finally, Zhi Ge waited for the opportunity to sway, and this wall-breaking attribute finally upgraded after more than two months!

After a mental estimate, he felt that the amazing value would almost break through 60 million after tonight, and swayed the temperament that had not been improved for a long time by two points. Li Youzhi secretly gave himself a big thumbs up in his heart.

Seeing that Xu Haonian was still entangled in official business and could not get away for a while, he silently opened the system's prop column and extracted all the treasure chests.

These dozens of treasure chests were all brushed out in the two long-term tasks of picking up girls and teaching English online on TKTK according to the suggestions of netizens some time ago.

Li Youzhi was too busy during this period, so he didn't think about opening it. Now he was bored waiting for Xu Haonian, so he quietly opened the fusion panel.

He put all the treasure chests in at once!

[Prompt: It is detected that the user has C-level treasure chests X24, D-level treasure chests X26, and F-level treasure chests X40. Do you want to turn on automatic fusion? ]

Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows after glancing at the fusion panel that popped up in front of him.

Before, he had too few treasure chests, and he didn't dare to play too recklessly every time he merged the treasure chests. Basically, he would step on the brakes after reaching the A-level treasure chest, and didn't dare to challenge the S-level.

After all... the success rate of fusion of S-level treasure chests is less than 1%, and even Zhige's European emperor physique dare not try it easily.

But now it's different...

There are big boxes, just do it!

Open!

With his back to Xu Haonian, Li Youzhi directly pointed his finger at the option that no one else could see except himself!

[Hint: F-class treasure chests are being merged...Fusion completed! Successes 18, failures 2! Get E-class treasure chests x18! ]

[E-class treasure chests are being merged...Fusion completed! Successes 8, failures 1! Get D-class treasure chests x8! ]

[D-class treasure chests are being merged...]

[B-class treasure chests are being merged...]

[A-class treasure chests are being merged...Fusion completed! Successes...1! Failures 1, get S-class treasure chest x1! All treasure chest fusions are complete, do you want to open them immediately? ]

Fuck!

Looking at the series of synthesis records that popped up in front of him at lightning speed, and the S-class golden legend that finally appeared in front of him like a peerless treasure in a museum, Li Youzhi couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Good guy, it's worth it that Zhige washed his face twice before going out today... The synthesis success rate is finally up!

Open!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart and not letting himself shout out in excitement, Li Youzhi clicked on it without hesitation.

As a golden light flashed, a purple-gold light appeared in front of him;

[Congratulations to the user for obtaining the super-level proficiency skill [God-level programming]. Description: After fusion, it will automatically inspire the god-level application experience of all mainstream and non-mainstream programming languages ​​such as C, C++, GO, Java, JS, PHP, Python, etc., greatly improve the development and construction capabilities of software, web pages, games and other programs, greatly improve the programming speed and accuracy, and greatly improve the language application ability and language creation ability. PS: After fusion, you are the contemporary Turing! 】

What the hell?

Looking at the skill description in front of him, Li Youzhi touched his chin.

Good guy, although the artistic component of this skill is relatively low, the technical component seems to be very high!

Li Youzhi had not been exposed to programming before, and he was not very clear about the ins and outs of it. But looking at the many skill experience enlightenments in the skill description, Li Youzhi knew that this skill was not simple.

What you have learned is all knowledge!

As we all know, there is no useless knowledge in this world, only useless people!

Fusion!

Rubbing his hands, Li Youzhi directly chose to fuse the skills. With the sound of a light ringing in his ears again, Li Youzhi felt that many experiences about computer languages ​​were rapidly pouring into his brain.

"Oh, there are too many things every day, Xiaozhi, Xiaozhi?"

"Ah?"

Just when Li Youzhi was intoxicated by the feeling of this knowledge being forced into his brain, a greeting came from his side.

Turning his head, he saw Xu Haonian, who looked like he had lost all hope in life. He shook his swollen head and laughed.

"Brother Xu, are you done?"

"Yeah. Damn, it's all shit. If you don't do it every day, it won't make sense. Compared with the country, the working methods are very different. Hey, you kid is going to be free soon. Now, when I think about you going back to China soon, I don’t want to stay here for a moment! Your sister-in-law couldn’t bear it after a few days. She said that living here is like becoming a monk and becoming an ascetic. I can’t even eat the Sichuan and Sichuan hot pot. I’ve been making trouble with me every day these days to go home. I don’t know when I’ll be here.”

Listening to Xu Haonian's complaints, Li Youzhi smiled.

Today I came to see Xu Haonian at the TKTK headquarters in Los Angeles. Li Youzhi actually came to say goodbye.

Now that the release of "Parasite" is about to be completed, TKTK and Waguang Audiovisual Overseas Edition have also made plans for the film's subsequent release. Theoretically, all his business in the United States has been completed.

In a short time, there was not much to do in the United States.

Seeing Xu Haonian's face full of envy, jealousy and hatred, he said happily;

"Brother Xu,... I can't afford to stay here anymore. The crew's expenses are too high. I have to go back with tens of thousands of dollars a day for food and accommodation. Otherwise, I will stay with you here for a while longer, or else I won't do anything." …When I get home the day after tomorrow, can I find a way to prepare some hot pot ingredients for you?”

"Go, go, stop crying with me about poverty."

Facing Li Youzhi's gloating, Xu Haonian waved his hand like a fly.

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you, let's get down to business. You don't have to worry about the next operation of "Parasite". Just like the previous "Buried Alive", I will give you the maximum amount on the TKTK platform. As for streaming movies and TV shows I will ask the financial department to transfer the $8 million in licensing fees to you as soon as possible. I personally urge you not to worry about this."

Speaking of the next operation of "Parasite", Li Youzhi nodded slightly.

Xu Haonian can be considered a veteran in the field of operations. His previous burial operation was quite effective. A small-budget film gained him more than 1.2 million international fans through the operation of TKTK. This wave of "Parasite" He wasn't too worried about that.

Seeing that Li Youzhi had no objection, Xu Haonian crossed his hands together and continued;

"Based on the current popularity of this film, I think it should be no problem to surpass "Buried Alive" in terms of playback volume and word-of-mouth. I think it can continue to be popular for at least the next two months. According to my idea, next TKTK The most important thing is to follow the Oscars and hold an awards ceremony for the Rotten Tomatoes Awards before mid-February. This can maximize the traffic to the Oscars and increase the popularity of the platform.

Rotten Tomatoes is being held for the first time. Now I have sent out a lot of invitations to Hollywood, but not many people have responded yet. So my idea is that this first edition of Rotten Tomatoes will mainly use "Parasite" as the breakthrough point. After all, this film is currently the freshest new film of the year on Rotten Tomatoes.

Xiaozhi, you also know that TKTK gave up the Oscars and used a lot of traffic resources to build Rotten Tomatoes. TKTK has paid a lot. Therefore, this first awards ceremony cannot go wrong, and the first shot must be fired. Since I operate "Parasite" as a breakthrough point, I have to make some demands for you."

Li Youzhi was overjoyed when he learned that Xu Haonian wanted to use "Parasite" as the main promotion point of the first Rotten Tomatoes.

You must know that during this period, in order to compete with Oscar traffic in February, TKTK spared no effort in promoting Rotten Tomatoes.

In TKTK’s film and television area model matrix, the Rotten Tomatoes rating system can be said to be fully embedded, and it is almost full of publicity and promotion.

Now "Parasite" has just been released, and its popularity is basically on the wane after two months. If Rotten Tomatoes gives it another thumbs up by then, the revenue of this film will be awesome!

"Brother Xu, tell me!"

Facing Xu Haonian's serious gaze, Li Youzhi quickly sat upright.

"I need you to get as much visibility for "Parasite" as possible before the Rotten Tomatoes Awards ceremony. The Oscars ceremony is held in mid-February, so the popularity here may not be rushed. I noticed that in January in Germany The Berlin Film Festival is about to take place, so if possible, I suggest you take "Parasite" to a solo exhibition. If you don't have time or don't know how to do it, I can find someone to go with you.

If I can win an award at the Berlin Film Festival, and if I'm lucky, I can win an award at the Oscars, then this film will be enough. Even if there aren't any other well-known crew members or filmmakers coming, you and this film can still hold up the Rotten Tomatoes Awards Ceremony. "

Beep!

Received a suggested task (bringing "Parasite" to participate in the Berlin International Film Festival). The difficulty of the task is 5 stars. After completion, you can get a B-level reward treasure chest!

Wuhu?

Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows when he noticed the new tasks that were refreshed on the suggestion list in the upper left corner of his vision.

I really had no idea about the Berlin Film Festival before.

After all, it's almost the end of the year... When the Berlin Film Festival was held, it was almost the Chinese New Year.

But after hearing what Xu Haonian said and seeing the suggestion in front of him, Li Youzhi really had some ideas.

Although the Berlin Film Festival is not as well-known as the Oscars, it is still one of the three major international exhibitions. If "Parasite" can really win an award, and then win an achievement from the Oscars, combined with the iron-clad awards on Rotten Tomatoes, the revenue... will simply take off!

If this is done, the stunning value of this film will be around 70 or 80 million?

Moreover... Brother Zhi now has a channel to participate in the Berlin Film Festival!

What channel?

Su Bona!

What did this old guy do before he was conquered by Brother Zhi?

He just bought so-called art film directors such as Lou Ye and Jia Kezhang in China, which contained a lot of private goods, some domestic black materials or marginal arguments, and went to international film festivals to win awards and sell them for money!

Now Brother Zhi's film is let this old guy operate, isn't it just the best use of it?

Thinking of this, Li Youzhi smiled at Xu Haonian.

"Brother Xu, since you said so, I will let the company handle it after I go back. Don't worry, I have people who can handle international film festivals like Berlin, and I have no shortage of processes and channels. If you encounter any difficulties, I will tell you."

"Okay, then it's settled. It's almost New Year's Day now, so you should hurry up after you go back. I wish you a safe journey home!"

Seeing Xu Haonian stand up and extend his right hand, Li Youzhi also stood up from the sofa, shook hands and hugged Xu Haonian, and left the TKTK headquarters.

Standing on the bustling streets of the commercial center of Los Angeles, Li Youzhi stretched his waist.

Thinking that he was about to return to China, he smiled and took out his mobile phone to take a 45-degree selfie of himself.

[Friends, return home soon. When I met TKTK President Xu just now, he suggested that I take "Parasite" to participate in this year's Berlin Film Festival. I have never participated in such a high-level international film festival before. I would like to ask the almighty netizens... What posture should I use to appear more sophisticated? 】

What are netizens in China doing these days?

They are trying every possible way to find the resources and gun version of "Parasite" on the Internet!

Seeing the dynamics released by Li Youzhi...

The netizens who are angry because of the lack of resources are furious!