Cultivate a male god: After listening to persuasion, I became a top-notch

Chapter 551: Look directly at me, you bastard!

Li Youzhi found Oscar's solicitation particularly funny.

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

Besides that, he always maintains a kind of mysterious self-confidence, believing that he can do it, he can do it, he can handle it, and everything is still under his control...

This was the case with the BBC before, and it is the same with the Oscar organizing and selection committee now.

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

What does this look like?
It's like a silver-ranked jungler in League of Legends. His teammates are all super-ghosts, the three lane highland towers have been pushed, and the big and small dragons have been controlled, but his record is 5-5, so he thinks he hasn't lost yet...

It's just so confident!
What path lies before you now?
Although Rotten Tomatoes has just started its promotion, thanks to TKTK's highly interactive mechanism and the involvement of the long-form video platform Wako Audiovisual, the two companies have already secured the streaming rights for dozens of popular blockbusters released in the United States in the past year.

With the resources currently controlled by TKTK and Heguang Audiovisual, the popularity of the Rotten Tomatoes Awards has become a fixed pattern. At this critical juncture, the Oscars still used a condescending attitude, on the one hand, they gave Xu Haonian a tip-off to reduce the price of the Oscars live broadcast licensing fee, and on the other hand, they tried to recruit themselves under the banner of "support".

How confident are they in the Oscars reputation to come up with such an inflated operation?
With great disdain for Oscar's self-confidence and Lindemann's self-proclaimed "generous" conditions, Li Youzhi laughed out loud;

"Mr. Lindeman, there is one thing I don't quite understand. How and under what name will you pay the $60 million? Does the nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar guarantee that I will be nominated for this award, or is it just a nomination? I am a person with no self-control and tend to be straightforward, so I like to make decisions after I have things sorted out. I hope you can give me a more detailed standard."

"……Forehead,"

Why did Lindman call Li Youzhi?
After learning that TKTK had given up on pursuing the authorization for the live broadcast of this year's Academy Awards and instead started the Rotten Tomatoes online film awards selection process, the entire American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences management, that is, the top management of the Oscar Organizing Committee and the Content Selection Committee, have all panicked!

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

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

In this respect, none of the three major European exhibitions can compare with the Oscars.

But if TKTK really invests hundreds of millions of dollars in real money, combined with the scale of Douyin Group's users around the world, this high level of participation is bound to have a huge impact on the influence and credibility of the Academy Awards.

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

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

Take Li Youzhi's promise of 60 million for example. In fact, Lindemann felt guilty because he knew that the Academy of Oscars could not afford to spend 60 million to buy Rotten Tomatoes in its current situation.

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

Not to mention that the 60 million was deposited into Li Youzhi’s personal account!

As for the nomination promised to Li Youzhi... Some time ago, "Buried" was rejected by the selection committee, which caused dissatisfaction among Li Youzhi's fans. Even now, Li Youzhi's fans on the official Oscar website are still intensively confronting netizens from all over the world...

Being nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award is the biggest honor that the century-old Oscar can get. No matter how you consider it, it is impossible for "Buried" to win the grand prize.

Otherwise, Oscar, from the inside to the outside, would be rubbed against the ground like a shoe insole!

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

puff……

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

Not for any other reason, just because of this smell...it's so damn familiar!

What does it smell like?

It was just like when Zhi Ge just graduated and attended the campus job fair, and a bunch of crappy companies were painting big rosy pictures for him!

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

[Our company is currently relatively small, and the benefits we can offer you are still very limited, but you are welcome to work with the company and strive for success. If the company develops well in the future, you will definitely not be at a disadvantage! ]

[What else do you want as a freshly graduated intern? This position will allow you to gain work experience, which is something others can't even ask for. Why are you still talking to me about salary? ]

Look...exactly the same empty promises!
When Zhi Ge was just starting out, he didn't want these big jobs. Now Zhi Ge is considered one of the top stars in the Chinese entertainment industry. He has stepped out of the country and become an international superstar. You want me to come to Hollywood to eat big jobs?

I'm going to NMD!

"Mr. Lindemann, I think it would be better to do this..."

Li Youzhi had lost all patience in talking to the other party, and he interrupted Lindemann directly, smiling modestly.

"I don't quite understand what you're saying. As you know, I'm just a fledgling new director and young actor. So these things... I can't give you an answer right now."

"That……"

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

"what……"

Without waiting for Lindman's reaction, Li Youzhi almost hung up the phone.

He immediately opened his Doushou app and opened the dynamic editing page.

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

After all, Zhige is not someone who likes to eat alone!
Such a fun thing should of course be shared with fun people!
Shaking hands.

Although Li Youzhi and his friends went to America with "attack helicopters" and "Walmart plastic bags" these days, which made many netizens feel uncomfortable, I have no idea what "Parasite" is about, and I don't know how Li Youzhi will play it.

But the people who are having fun are not idle!

While Li Youzhi and the United States were making trouble in various ways, netizens on Leziren were also having a great time arguing with movie fans from all over the world on the official Oscar website.

It was in this atmosphere that the dynamic message suddenly sent by Li Youzhi directly ignited the already strong fighting spirit of the fun-loving people!
[Friends, I was bored these days while waiting for the start of the filming of Parasite, so I worked with TKTK to organize a Rotten Tomatoes Award, and have already started the award selection on TKTK. Just now, I received a call from the Oscars, who wanted to exchange a Rotten Tomatoes Award selection seat for $60 million and a nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. I am asking online: Should I agree to their offer?]

In the comment section, when netizens learned that Li Youzhi had quietly set up a film selection award in the United States, they were instantly excited!
"Fuck, this is too sudden! This guy actually set up his own film selection award. Why didn't you tell us earlier? Since he set up his own award, why are we still competing with the Oscars? How much is it to just play our own award?"

"Okay, okay, Rotten Tomatoes, right? I'll go follow it first, so I can see what you've come up with... Holy shit! It's been online for less than a day, and the event page has over five million followers. This is going to be a big deal!"

"Wtf? I thought this guy was organizing some fake award to make up for not being nominated for an Oscar, but you told me he was going to do something so big? The TKTKAPP splash screen promotion, more than 150,000 interactions within a few hours of the event going online, this popularity... feels more promising than the Oscars!"

"Ahhhh... brothers, it's interesting. Take a look at this Rotten Tomatoes selection mechanism that this guy has created. It's entirely up to the audience to judge whether a movie is good or bad, and it doesn't support a rating system. It can only use good tomatoes and bad tomatoes to increase or decrease the freshness of a movie. This mechanism is invincible! Interesting, hahahaha, it feels like an award that can allow the audience and movie fans to have fun. Isn't this more interesting than watching a guy filming a movie with a bunch of Walmart plastic bags? Not bad, really not bad. You're already a mature guy who can automatically provide fun for those who want to have fun. You... are mature!"

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

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

"I strongly suggest that you call Oscar back and tell them to go home and play with their poop! With this mechanism, if you kill Oscar, you will be a god from now on! Right?"

"Hahahaha, the Oscars must be panicking. What's wrong with your brain? If the Rotten Tomatoes selection mechanism can really be maintained, a set of film rating standards that are completely different from the Oscars will be born. Do you know what you have done? You are setting a set of standards for Hollywood and international films. If you can do this, you will have established a foundation in Hollywood!"

Beep!
Received amazing points, 4192289 points!
Beep!
Received a suggested task (the Rotten Tomatoes Award will be awarded according to the existing mechanism), the task difficulty is 5 stars. After completing this year's Rotten Tomatoes Award selection, you will receive 1 B-level reward chest!

Received a suggested task (call Oscar back and ask them to go home and play with their poop), the task difficulty is 2 stars, and after completing it, you will get an E-level reward treasure chest...

"..."

Looking at the comment section of the Douyin dynamic that exploded instantly, Li Youzhi silently gave a thumbs up to a group of funny netizens.

As expected...Lezi people never let Zhige down.

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

As long as it will make Brother Zhi suffer and bring you happiness, you are really willing to make it!
After secretly criticizing the netizens who liked Leziren, Li Youzhi silently marked the key points of the two new tasks.

Then, he opened the call log, found the phone number that Lindman had called just now, and called back!
The call was connected almost immediately.

Facing Li Youzhi's quick call back, Lindman on the other end was obviously a little excited. "Mr. Li Youzhi, I'm glad you can be so efficient. I hope you have consulted enough wise people, and I hope you have made a rational choice!"

"..."

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

After all, the sentence he just said had three arguments in total, and he probably got two of them wrong...

"Ahem, Mr. Lindemann, to be honest, I also graduated from the Film Academy. Our academy actually has the qualifications and capabilities to host a film festival. If you are really interested in the Rotten Tomatoes Award, let's not talk about money. Why don't we just give up half of the Oscar selection micro-member quota for each session and let the professors and deans of our academy take on the positions. Then I will also give up some of the Rotten Tomatoes selection seats to your Film Academy. This way, no one will suffer a loss. What do you think of my offer?"

Faced with the so-called conditions given by Li Youzhi, Lindman on the other end of the phone was obviously a little confused, and subconsciously asked;
"Your film school? What school?"

"The School of Drama and Film at China Rongcheng Agricultural University. A real art college, the college entrance examination score line is over 300 points!"

"..."

Lindemann didn't quite understand China's undergraduate and junior college classifications, but when he heard the prefix "Agricultural University" in front of the Film and Television Academy, his pale face instantly turned red.

Comparing an academy affiliated with an agricultural university with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the highest film and television academic institution in Hollywood, how could Lindemann not know what Li Youzhi meant?
Even though there were cultural and social differences, the mockery in Li Youzhi's words was enough to make him angry!
Beep!
Received the amazing value of extreme [anger] and [shame] from Lindman, 76 points, 76 points, 76 points!
"Li Youzhi, you have to understand. The Rotten Tomatoes Awards have just been held. We have ten thousand ways to make this award disappear right now, immediately, right away! Just like you and your damn Buried, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds a voice in the American literary and artistic circles that you can't imagine!"

Looking at the system's amazing value credit prompt that popped up in front of him, Li Youzhi grinned...

Look, it’s urgent again!
Since you are so anxious, Zhige can only use you to complete a task.

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

This is the phone.

Hearing Li Youzhi's most resolute refusal expressed in that humble, even timid tone that is unique to the Chinese, Lindmann completely...could not hold it in any longer!
"FKU! Damn you, you should go to hell! I promise that you will be put on the first list of the most unpopular filmmakers by the Oscars! In the future, no matter what your works are, you will never be recognized by the mainstream American critics, and your movies will never be allowed to be screened in the American film market! You and your damn Rotten Tomatoes, just wait to go to hell!!!"

Beep!
Received an extremely [angry] surprise value from Lindemann, 88 points, 88 points, 88 points!
Snapped!
Without waiting for Li Youzhi to respond, Lindeman hung up the phone.

"Brother Zhi...who's calling?"

Off set.

Seeing Li Youzhi grinning and holding the phone away from his ear, as if he had suffered from some serious noise pollution, Wang Hui, who was in charge of the set coordination and served as the executive producer of "Parasite", blinked and came over.

"Oh……"

After taking a look at this trustworthy and rebellious son, Li Youzhi slowly put away the phones.

"It was a call from the Oscars. They told me to forget about getting a screening permit from the American Film Market in my lifetime."

"Oh ah?!!"

When Wang Hui heard Li Youzhi say this, he was completely furious!
"No, Brother Zhi... this is a joke. So many of our friends have already started working. "Parasite" has spent more than five million US dollars on site rental, set decoration, and actor salaries. Including filming equipment and external personnel, it costs more than fifty dollars a day. If this can't be released in the United States, it will be a big deal!"

Others may not know, but as the executive producer, Wang Hui knows exactly how much was spent on "Parasite".

This time, filming is quite different from filming in China.

From the day we started planning, it was almost always the US dollars that paved the way.

When he was in China, Li Youzhi basically played the leading role in every film he shot, and the cast was mostly made up of personal connections, which basically didn't cost much.

But when it comes to "Parasite", all the actors were found by the Screen Actors Guild. In order to meet Li Youzhi's bizarre "gender" requirements, the crew even hired a large number of local Hollywood minority practitioners and ethnic minorities.

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

The pay is expensive and there is so much to do!
For example, several LGBT+ makeup artists in the crew not only earn $200 an hour, but also require that the set have toilets dedicated to their gender. In order to meet these weird toilet requirements, the crew even built five additional separate toilets under the supervision of the Actors Guild!
Just for this part, the crew spent more than 400,000 US dollars!

In addition to this, Li Youzhi also met all of the additional requests for extra treatment that did not meet the normal needs of the crew members.

This meant that the crew's original estimated budget of $550 million to complete the film had already been spent before filming even started.

If the Oscars and the American Film Academy are offended and the movie "Parasite" cannot be released, then all the money will be wasted!

Beep!
Received the surprise value of [Worry] added by Wang Hui, 63 points!
Looking at Wang Hui's distorted face, Li Youzhi laughed.

Do you really think Zhige is a soft persimmon?
Why does Zhige dare to be so rampant?

Is it because Zhige is reckless? Is it because Zhige is coquettish? Is it because Zhige is fearless?
That must be it!
Why did Zhige dare to escalate his relationship with Oscar so much?

It’s because... Brother Zhi is waiting for today!

Squinting his eyes, Li Youzhi curled his lips as he looked at the minority actors who had already finished the audition for their first scene and were being touched up by several flashy LGBT+ makeup artists, as well as the minority crew members who were active on the set, including the armed helicopters and Walmart plastic bags he brought from China, or the minority crew members hired by the Hollywood Actors Guild.

Picking up the loudspeaker from Wang Hui, he walked straight to the set.

Standing in the middle of the busy set, he took a deep breath, and then... raised the loudspeaker in his hand.

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

With his energy concentrated on his dantian, Li Youzhi opened his voice and attracted everyone's attention.

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

“My dear friends, just now, I received a call from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An official named Lindeman told me on the phone that due to some unspeakable reasons, Parasite, a film that is performed and produced by all minorities and ethnic minorities, will not be able to be released in the United States…

Therefore, I regret to inform you all that the filming of this drama has been forced to stop today... I am very happy to work with you lovely people in the past week. This will be the most unforgettable and valuable time in my directorial career.

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

set.

A group of local Hollywood employees of various types fell into chaos when they heard what Li Youzhi announced!
"F**K! How dare they?!"

"Damn it! I've long known about the malice and prejudice of those old guys in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They finally let their fox tails show!"

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

"I will report this to the union. I will spread this matter to every minority worker and ethnic minority in Hollywood. Let those old stubborn people and hypocritical people in the Academy go to hell!"

"It's so frustrating... Our lives are already so difficult, we live in agony every day, but these arrogant and hypocritical guys don't want to let us go for a moment. Damn... They should be ashamed, they should be sent to hell!"

"Hey, hey, hey! This is unfair, this is unfair, this is absolutely unfair! Our rights have been seriously violated, my personality has been seriously violated, my heart has been hurt and hurt in the most despicable way, I will not accept it! Never!"

Beep!
Received the additional [Indignation] surprise value, 3901 points!
Standing in the center of the set, Li Youzhi curled his lips as he watched local Hollywood employees of ethnic minorities and minorities take out their phones and start calling people.

Looking at the indignant people from ethnic minorities on the set who had already started organizing people to cause trouble, Li Youzhi put down the corners of his mouth that had been curled up secretly and raised the loudspeaker again.

"Everyone, listen to me. I share the same indignation as you do! I can totally empathize with your situation. If you want to fight against this unfair situation, I am willing to provide you with basic material security. During the days of your struggle, I will pay you basic remuneration, plus a $50 meal allowance per day! Until the academy publicly apologizes and withdraws its oppression full of prejudice and discrimination against the Parasite crew!"

Beep!
Received an additional [Strong Gratitude] of 4500 points!
Amid the cheers and applause on the set, Li Youzhi lowered his eyelids and looked at the phone number in the cell phone call center that Lindman had just called.

Haha...fight with your brother Zhi?

Today Zhi Ge will let you see what the power of full BUFF is!
You guys are called the American Film Institute, right?

You guys have unimaginable voice in the American literary and art world, right?

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

Look at me, you bastard!

(End of this chapter)