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

Chapter 555: Are you going to make such a big move at the first move?

Li Youzhi knew very well what kind of person Lezi was.

same.

People have already known Li Youzhi's temper...

Shaking their hands, netizens burst into laughter when they saw the screenshot that Li Youzhi pinned to the top of the comment section!
"Brother Exempt, come out and get beaten! Damn, look at what you have done. You have made the little brother angry!"

"I think this is mainly the fault of Brother Mianzhai. If Brother Mianzhai hadn't started this trend, how could we, the entertainment community, not support his work? Right?"

"@免辱哥, come out and apologize to my brother! Look at you, how mad have you made me? When has my brother ever held a grudge? This time, it's been more than half a month and you're still bringing it up. It's obvious that you're extremely sad!"

“@听劝小哥李有志, I strongly suggest that you kick外辱哥 out of the Leziren fan team. This guy is super bad. He always leads the rhythm and misleads the stupid netizens. But actually, you know, we Leziren... support geigei the most!!”

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"..."

Li Youzhi was speechless when he saw the silly people in the comment section trying to shift the blame off themselves with just a few words and instantly put the blame on the poor exempted brother.

If we talk about strength, you guys are still stronger!

When the wind is in your favor, you grab a lot of heads, but when the wind is against you, all the blame is on your teammates.

The f*cking faces of yours are more awesome than those big talkers in the Canyon of Kings!
Just go ahead and pass it on, who can pass the blame better than you?
Awesome!
With a look of contempt on his face, Li Youzhi gave a thumbs up to the funny people on the phone screen and silently folded the rubbish suggestion.

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

As for why he did not interact with the Le Zi Ren fans in the comment section to regain the attention of "Parasite", in fact, when he came to the United States to shoot "Parasite" this time, Li Youzhi really did not want domestic Le Zi Ren fans to interfere too much.

It is definitely a good thing that netizens support him, but this time Li Youzhi knows clearly why he came to the United States.

What Oscars, what Rotten Tomatoes, they are just superficial.

This time I came to the United States just to cause trouble!

Take "Parasite" for example. The film was actually intended to cause trouble for the American literary and art circles and the film and television circles.

However, we must abide by the Basic Law when we stir up trouble. For example, if we incite the LGBTQ+ community to stir up trouble this time, both the Academy of Film and the Federal Department of Justice will have to accept it. But if a large number of domestic netizens follow us to stir up trouble, that would be another level of problem.

Just like what some of the funny people said in the comment section just now, if there are really funny people making suggestions this time, or following the LGBTQ+ group to attack the film academy and the Los Angeles Department of Justice, then no matter how fierce the LGBTQ group is, they will not be able to escape deportation.

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

The support of fans is important, but at least for now... at least before "Parasite" is released, Li Youzhi still hopes that he can finish filming the film quietly without any complications.

Be timid when you should be timid, and be reckless when you should be reckless. This is the mentality that a professional troublemaker should have!
With this thought in mind, Li Youzhi remained silent for more than a month.

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

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

December 10th.

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

Inside the hotel.

Seeing Wang Hui leaning halfway into the room door, Li Youzhi, who was sorting out material information, raised his head.

Upon learning that the Hollywood studio had already completed the final edit, Li Youzhi slapped his thigh.

It's finally fucking done!

If there weren't so many strict editing regulations in Hollywood, any mistake would have an impact on the Oscar nomination, and Li Youzhi really wanted to send the film back to China for editing.

The efficiency in Hollywood is really frustrating. It took almost a month to complete the editing of a feature film, not including any special effects!
You should know that METU editing studio is the most expensive and best editing team in Hollywood. Li Youzhi spent more than 3 million US dollars on a project like "Parasite". Even so, it is still the best efficiency in Hollywood. Li Youzhi feels that the 3 million spent is not as fast as the 1 million spent by Heguang Culture.

"You and Mengzi go and watch it once. If you think it's okay, that's it. I've been watching so many movies these days that I feel like throwing up, so I won't go. If you two think it's okay, just transfer the remaining 500,000 to them! Also, call Subona over immediately. The damn movie is only released at this time, so we have to arrange the release quickly."

In the past two weeks, Li Youzhi has spent 14 or 15 days in the METU editing studio in Hollywood. In fact, the so-called final editing version, the main content of the film has been basically determined, and the only remaining part is some details of the opening and ending. They are all technical and have nothing to do with artistic expression.

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

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

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

According to the announcement from the Oscar Organizing Committee, the awards ceremony is scheduled for February 2. On January 10, one month later, the Oscars will announce the shortlist, and on January 1, the Oscar nominations will be announced.

This time is actually slightly earlier than the usual time for the Oscars.

For example, last year's Oscars ceremony was held in mid-March, and the nominations were decided in February. Compared to last year, this year's Oscars was held a full month earlier.

Although he didn't know if this was due to his previous troubles, it was actually not good news for Li Youzhi.

Why?

Because "Parasite" is a movie that is completely prepared to impact the Oscars and make a big splash, so time is very tight!
Li Youzhi originally thought that this year's Oscars would not be held until March, or even at the end of March.

Therefore, all preparations were made based on the fact that "Parasite" would be released in early December, then be shown in theaters in the United States for a month, leave a two-month fermentation period, and then compete for the Oscars.

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

What is the current situation with Parasite?
The final editing has just been completed, and the film has not yet been sent for approval. Even if it takes at least a week to sort out these procedural issues, contact the theaters to schedule the film, and arrange the release, it will take at least half a month.

It’s almost mid-December now. If these things are not done quickly, we might not be able to make it in time for this year’s Oscars selection after January!
Just as Li Youzhi was thinking this, he heard a series of footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door.

After a short while, his door was knocked several times and then pushed open.

"Boss, you called me?"

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

"Okay, I understand boss!"

Su Bona had seen Li Youzhi's anxiety these days. Knowing that Li Youzhi wanted to use "Parasite" to impact this year's Oscars, Su Bona nodded quickly and said;
"I have already communicated with the censorship department, don't worry, boss. Parasite has been creating topics and traffic for more than two months, and has received a lot of attention from the LGBTQ+ community. With the attention of this group, the censorship department will not dare to make any small moves. After General Wang brings the finished film back, I will immediately send it to PDDA for review and rating, and then contact the theater chain we cooperated with in the afternoon to see if they can arrange the screening.

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

In front of the desk.

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

That being said,

Theoretically, there was enough time, but for some reason, he always felt that something was wrong.

Oscar has been very quiet during this period.

In the second half of the filming, Li Youzhi was on guard against any trouble from the academy. It was because of this concern that Li Youzhi continued to keep the LGBTQ employees in the crew even though they were of no use.

The purpose is to keep this layer of BUFF to prevent Oscar from causing trouble.

However, this worry has never come true. The filming of the second half of "Parasite" was so smooth that Li Youzhi found it incredible.

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

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

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

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

"Okay, boss! Just wait and see!"

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

……

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

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

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

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

"Mr. Greens, what's going on?"

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

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

How could Greens not know what the secretary meant?
But in response to the secretary's almost explicit hint, he smiled and shook his head.

"No, no, no, Rig, that's too obvious. The movie Parasite currently has a great influence in the LGBTQ community. With the promotion on that damn TKTK platform, quite a number of LGBTQ people are calling for the movie to be released as soon as possible so that it can participate in this year's Oscars. If we let the PDDA do anything, those hateful LGBTQ people will definitely find a handle on us. Now that the award ceremony date has been set and the related publicity has been released, we absolutely cannot withstand negative public opinion at this time. The loss will be too great."

"Um, sir..."

Seeing that Greens rejected his suggestion, the secretary shrugged.

“But if Parasite is successfully released, given the popularity of this film in the LGBTQ community and its influence on TKTK, it will definitely be on the nomination list. If… I mean if, this film is better in terms of artistry, given the current trend of public opinion… it’s inevitable that some of the judges on the selection committee will be affected. If Li Youzhi can really be nominated for an award with this film… ahem, given what this guy did for the Oscars before, if he appears at this awards ceremony, the Oscars will more or less have some reputation…”

The secretary didn't say everything, but his meaning was clear.

Letting Li Youzhi, who has trampled on Oscar twice, walk the red carpet at the awards ceremony, where will Oscar's face be? !
In response to the secretary's concerns, Greens laughed.

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

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

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

……

"What? Old Su, please explain clearly, why can't the film be released?"

"Cou! What do you mean by no share of screenings? You mean Parasite can't be shown in New York and Los Angeles?"

The hotel was temporarily rented by the "Parasite" crew and used as a meeting room in the hotel's activity room.

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

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

"Yes, it's like this, boss. After I got the screening license from PDDA this morning, I immediately contacted all the theater chains we had previously cooperated with. These chains all said there was no problem with the screening of "Parasite". But there is one thing... that is, in the next month, all theaters in Los Angeles and New York, whether they are A-level theaters or B-level theaters, will no longer have any screening shares!"

Looking at Subona's somewhat flustered eyes, Li Youzhi frowned even more tightly.

“Not a single cinema?”

"Not a single one! Damn it, I called all the theaters in Los Angeles and New York that could show the movie. Ten days ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had already signed a screening agreement with them.

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

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

Boss, you know, these commercial movies have already passed their peak in terms of attendance and popularity, but they can still attract customers to the theaters during non-prime time, and the screening rights are completely free, no theater can refuse... As a result, we can't even schedule a single screening in Los Angeles and New York! All the screens are occupied by these re-screening movies!
I originally thought of finding a smaller theater, even an independent theater, and talk to them to let them withdraw from the agreement and hold a premiere for us, even if it's just in this theater for seven days. As a result, the two theaters I contacted showed me the agreement they signed with the Academy. These damn re-screening rights are free, but breach of contract is expensive!
The party in breach of contract will have to pay a huge amount of compensation according to the first round of screening authorizations for these re-screened films. Now most of these theaters have already screened dozens of films. If they have to pay compensation, I'm afraid they will have to pay hundreds of millions!"

Come on!
Upon hearing the news, Li Youzhi cursed inwardly, "Evil mother."

If you think such a thing is just a coincidence, then Zhige is too naive.

In order to punish Zhi Ge...the Film Academy really took great pains.

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

The reason why the Academy did this is actually quite clear; they are using the Oscar selection rules to target "Parasite"!

There are clear rules on whether a film can be shortlisted for the Academy Awards.

For some reason, the film must be produced with 35mm or 70mm film in digital format. The film must meet the length requirements and cannot be longer than two hours and thirty minutes, and no less than forty minutes. I won't go into the technical aspects.

The two basic conditions for screening are that the film must have been released between January 1 and December 1 of the previous year, and the screening time in theaters in Los Angeles and New York is no less than seven days. And... the film must have a public premiere in Los Angeles County, and the release date cannot coincide with the start of the awards season of that year!
In order to meet these two basic conditions, there needs to be at least one cinema that can show "Parasite", right?

Now all the cinema schedules in these two places are occupied, and Li Youzhi is feeling very upset.

He has several hundred million now...

After the settlement of Buried Alive, Heguang Culture had a surplus of nearly 1.6 billion RMB, equivalent to more than 200 million USD. After such a long period of hard work, his own savings have now exceeded 400 million RMB.

But...he is not like that!

Using the money that friends have earned over such a long time to recharge Oscar, isn't this a typical behavior of Empress Dowager Cixi?
TKTK does have money... but I guess Xu Haonian and Yang Chenghao can't allocate funds because of the screening of "Parasite".

Li Youzhi never expected that he couldn't defend against this one, and "Parasite" would end up in such a mess!

This is really,

Oscar's group of old rascals play with the rules.

"Brother Zhi, what should we do?"

"Ahem, Brother Zhi, you make up your mind. If it's your opinion, we shouldn't worry about it. Since we can't participate in this year's Oscars, let's wait until next year... wait until it's released after New Year's Day, and then we can do whatever we want. Anyway, with the current situation of "Parasite" in the United States, this movie will definitely make money. It's probably too late to do the face-saving things now, so why don't we do the inner things first and get a box office of tens of millions of dollars?"

Activity room.

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

no,

For the movie "Parasite", whether it makes money or not is actually secondary.

This kind of drama film, even with the blessing of LGBTQ, can only have a box office similar to "Buried".

This film incorporates LGBTQ elements, and Li Youzhi cannot in good conscience take it back to harm the aesthetic taste of domestic audiences, so he can only rely on the American and international markets.

Besides, "Parasite" and "Buried" are different.

The cost of Buried was only tens of thousands of dollars, but Parasite was shot in Hollywood from beginning to end, with the crew building and renting the location themselves. A large group of LGBTQ idlers were kept in the crew for two months, and all in all the costs exceeded tens of millions of dollars.

If it fails to win an Oscar, a box office of tens of millions of dollars will only be considered a break-even.

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

This time, Zhige is really at his wits' end.

But don't panic,

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

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

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

After explaining the situation in detail and making sure there was no ambiguity, Li Youzhi directly chose to send it!
It’s a little after eight in the morning US time, which happens to be the peak traffic period in China at night.

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

As soon as this update was released, it was like a stone that caused a thousand waves.

Seeing Li Youzhi, who had disappeared for more than two months, suddenly reappear, the comment section of this post... exploded.

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

"Hey, isn't this that so-and-so, that, that, that super vengeful and obedient young man? What, have you finally remembered us poor relatives in China?"

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

"Oh my, oh my, there's really nothing we can do about you. Sigh, although a certain guy is petty, fortunately we at Fun People don't hold grudges. Wait a minute, let the magnanimous and wise Fun People study the rules of the Oscars first!"

"Hahahaha, @Listen to my advice, brother Li Youzhi, you have come to this day! There is nothing I can do. You were raised by us, so let your father help you solve this problem!"

"..."

Looking at the group of people in the comment section who were suddenly filled with laughter, Li Youzhi pressed his forehead.

Minato,

You idiots, your performance tonight better match your pretentiousness skills!
Otherwise, Brother Zhi will kill you all!

Sandy!!!!
"Hehehehe, @听劝小哥李有志, according to the Oscar nomination rules, the film must be shown on the [screen] in Los Angeles or New York for more than one week. Brother, you said that all the [screens] in Los Angeles and New York are occupied, right? I think you seem to have missed a few?"

Just as Li Youzhi squinted his eyes and looked at a group of people in the comment section who were having fun, suddenly a comment with a picture attached popped up in the comment section.

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

what?
Are you guys sure you want to do something so big right away?

(End of this chapter)