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

Chapter 558 To give or not to give, that is the question!
While Lindemann's mentality was broken 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, passers-by watching "Parasite" at this time and workers in office buildings near Times Square have no idea what story structure is or what camera language is.

For these people, this movie that suddenly appeared in front of them like a UFO actually gave them only one feeling - want to, stop, no, can't!

From the beginning, when Ki-woo's family walked on a tightrope, using fraudulent means to parasitize Lawrence's mansion one by one, the tension of the movie and the suspense of the story itself have already firmly controlled many passers-by who were planning to just take a look and leave.

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

You should know that the big screens in Times Square are generally at a very high angle, and 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, the suspense began to tighten suddenly, and the number of pedestrians gathered in Times Square did not decrease, but increased!
On the big screen reflected by countless pupils, the story of "Parasite" has reached the second half;

Just as Ki-woo's family was enjoying the mansion that was vacant due to the Lawrence family's temporary trip, an unexpected doorbell rang, interrupting the family's happy time.

Standing at the door in the pouring rain was the black nanny who had been fired by Ki-woo's family.

In response to Ki-woo's mother's questions, the nanny claimed that she came to take away her personal belongings in the basement.

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

After making sure that the father and his two sons were well hidden, Ki-woo's mother forced herself to remain calm and let the nanny in.

It was not until the soaking wet nanny entered the house with profuse thanks that Ki-woo's mother was surprised to find out that there was a secret door in the mansion. That secret door led to a basement that had never appeared in the design drawings and even the Lawrence family didn't know about it!
Following the former nanny, Ki-woo's mother cautiously entered the hidden basement, and a terrifying secret that made her scalp tingle and think carefully was revealed in front of her;
Hidden in the basement were not only the nanny's personal belongings, but also a living person - the former nanny's husband.

Through the narration of the former nanny, Ki-woo's mother was surprised to learn that this weird couple lived in this mansion even earlier than the Lawrence family. Because of the failure of stock investment in the early years, the couple owed a huge debt. In order to avoid banks, creditors and tax authorities, the couple lived in the basement of this mansion.

There were a wide variety of daily necessities in the basement, and Ki-woo's mother knew that the former nanny was not lying.

Faced with this incredible situation, Ki-woo's mother planned to call the police. Seeing Ki-woo's mother take out her cell phone to call the police, the former nanny begged desperately, but at this moment, the old Jin and his sons who were eavesdropping in the dark accidentally fell down the stairs.

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

Seeing the situation change from offense to defense, and becoming passive, the family, who could no longer escape from this parasitic life, became ruthless...

Seizing the opportunity, the family snatched the nanny's mobile phone and used their numerical advantage to control the former nanny and her husband. However, just when the family breathed a sigh of relief, the phone in the living room rang.

The sudden heavy rain disrupted the Lawrence family's travel plan. The Lawrence family, who were supposed to go camping, changed their itinerary and returned home.

When they learned that the Lawrence family would arrive home in a dozen minutes, Ki-woo's family quickly tied up the former nanny and his wife's hands and feet and locked them in a secret passage in the basement.

The family hurriedly cleaned up the house, and before they even had time to dodge, they heard the sound of a car engine outside the door.

In a hurry, the family could only panic and hide in the gap between the coffee table and the sofa like cockroaches suddenly startled by the bright light...

Unfortunately, Lawrence was very disappointed with the cancellation of the camping plan. He was determined to set up a tent in the yard and experience a night of camping.

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 they cannot hide their smell.

“Why is there that smell 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 strange behavior.

"The smell of driver Kim."

"Driver Jin? What's that smell?"

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

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

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

Mrs. Lawrence felt a little shy as she felt her husband's hands begin to caress her body;
"What if my daughter comes downstairs?"

"Just stop, it's okay..."

Under the sofa.

Listening to the Lawrence couple's lingering exhortations and recalling the evaluation of themselves by the owner of this mansion just now, the old Jin father and son and their two companions who were hiding under the sofa frowned in pain.

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

And it is obvious that the pain caused by this steel needle does not only affect Lao Jin's family in the movie.

Times Square, on Seventh Avenue.

Looking at the Lawrence couple who were passionately cuddling and holding their breath on the sofa, and the "Cockroach" family with embarrassed and painful faces and tightly closed eyes in the montage camera, a homeless man sitting on the corner of the street closed his eyes in pain.

In an office building in Block 48, an intern who was still working overtime on his schedule at more than eight o'clock, holding a cup of coffee, stood there in a daze for a moment as he watched the camera on the big screen opposite gradually move up and fix on the heavy rain outside the window.

on the street.

It was suffocating, but it was not entirely caused by the tension of the plot, but more because of the insurmountable or impossible to overcome, the inability to empathize, the inability to reconcile, and the wealth gap that could even be distinguished at the level of smell revealed in the movie. Many passers-by covered their mouths,

"Damn it, the pictures of people hiding in the house and running away in panic on a rainy night were clearly of people...but why do I feel like I saw cockroaches?"

"Damn it! The Lawrence family has done nothing wrong. They are polite, kind and generous, but I really want to give them a bullet! So this is the difference between the poor and the rich."

"You know they have no ill intentions, but the feeling of humiliation still gradually rises from your heart. The more respectable they are, the more unacceptable it is. God, some people in this world have never taken the subway in their lives, while others have to rely on this dirty and crowded means of transportation to make a living every day. Is this world... really fair?"

"Rich people actually do nothing wrong. They love each other, don't cheat, don't use cold violence, don't abuse children, and are generous to drivers and servants. They are really kind and simple, but you just can't help but hate them, hate them, hate them! Damn it, I didn't expect that 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 discussions of passers-by and the sadness revealed in their words.

Holding a pencil and a shorthand notebook, he turned 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 stood was the luxurious Lotte Department Store in New York.

In front of the luxuriously decorated Chanel and Cartier stores on the first floor of the building, well-dressed men and women lined up in long queues. And just across the street, in an inconspicuous alley in Times Square where the lights were just coming on, a skinny old homeless man was hunched over, pushing a cart full of cardboard boxes, and digging out half a pizza from a trash can.

Before today, all this did not seem out of place to Dyson. But now, looking up at the scene again, where the Lawrence couple were using the smell of the poor as an aphrodisiac, playing the poor play on the sofa, and the old Jin family were being hurt by the creaking of the sofa, Dyson took a deep breath.

"From a distance, it is partly a modern fable and partly a family drama, but from a closer look, it swings between satire, black comedy and thriller. The script flows smoothly, the turns are clever and natural, the rhythm is carefully laid out, and the scheduling is impeccable. The transition and transformation of the film style is breathtaking!

The ultimate expression of genre films contains the despair of marginalized people in modern society. The extremely smooth audio-visual language perfectly combines laughter and creepiness, and the ingenuity of the repeated emotional folding is amazing..."

With a genuine excitement for a good movie that he hadn't felt for a long time, Dyson quickly wrote down a long paragraph of praise in pencil in his shorthand notebook.

But after finishing it in one breath, he frowned when he looked back at it. Slowly, he used a pencil to cross out all the first draft of the film review he had just written.

[The movie that should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director this year! ]

Staring at the messy shorthand notebook, he tore off the page he had just written and wrote a line of bold, heavy characters with a blunt pencil!
Beep!
Received amazing points, 801298 points!
Beep~!

Received Dyson's additional [Admiration] and [Extreme Appreciation] amazing value, 88 points, 88 points, 88 points!
Next to Seventh Avenue, the crew temporarily rented a street stall to house equipment for today's premiere. Li Youzhi took a deep breath when he heard two slightly excited beeps from the system.

Good boy, this is really good boy,

This wave of profits is pretty good!
What is the current situation of "Parasite"? It is not being released in all theaters, but only renting the advertising screen in Times Square. Although it is not known how many viewers are watching the premiere of "Parasite" near Times Square, according to Li Youzhi's estimation, it is definitely not as many as the number of viewers who have released it in all theaters.

Even under such premiere conditions, this wave can earn more than 800,000 in surprise value. If the movie premieres in a few days and then goes online on the TKTK platform, wouldn't the surprise value income be soaring?
Look, what is an international superstar?

This is called an international giant star, haha! Hang ang ang!

︿(￣︶￣)︿ is expanding, so expanding!
"Brother Zhi, what do we say later? Should we wait until the first show is over and hold a post-premiere ceremony or something to boost the popularity of the film?"

Just as Li Youzhi stood with his hands on his hips, feeling ecstatic over the huge amount of money he had earned, Liu Meng's big face came up in front of him.

Looking at the crowded Seventh Avenue and 4/8 Block with pedestrians looking up at the big electronic screen, Li Youzhi waved his hand.

Are you kidding? With this level of popularity, do you still need to do these things to boost it?
This time, the wall is definitely stable!
"Pack your things and go home!"

After waving to a few friends, Li Youzhi stood up from the folding chair in a cool manner and got into Subona's business van.

Behind Li Youzhi's hidden achievements and fame, the story of "Parasite" has also come to the finale;
Under the sofa, Lao Jin and the other two were suffering both physically and mentally, but after the passion, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence finally fell asleep in each other's arms.

After receiving a message from Ki-woo's mother and learning that the Lawrence couple had fallen asleep, the father and his two sons 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 Lao Jin and his family returned to the slum where the basement was located, they found that their home had been engulfed by floods.

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

Watching Ki-woo and Lao Jin trying to save the few belongings in the house from the stinking sewage, Ji-ting silently picked up a cigarette that had been soaked in sewage and sat on the toilet, pressing down the toilet lid with her body weight.

It's just that it's obviously futile.

At her feet, Ki-woo, who was trying to save his belongings, was also stunned.

In the flowing sewage, he saw the precious "rock" given to him by his white classmate, which was said to bring good luck, floating on the water. Obviously, the "rock" 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 abandon the basement and sleep in the gymnasium for the night.

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

To make the party more lively, Mrs. Lawrence invited Lao Jin, Ji Yu, and Ji Ting to attend this impromptu party.

After arriving at the mansion, Ki-woo carried the rock to the basement - the painful experience last night had made him make up his mind.

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

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

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

And his first target was Ji Ting.

Under the scorching and bright sunlight, the shining knife pierced Ji Ting's chest without warning. To the astonishment of all the guests, Ji Yu's mother picked up the fork and stabbed the man while screaming.

All this happened too suddenly. Suddenly, everyone in the courtyard had to throw away their disguises and so-called self-cultivation and perform the most primitive instinctive and subconscious actions.

With his mouth wide open, looking at his daughter lying in a pool of blood, Old Jin slowly turned to Mr. Lawrence standing beside him.

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

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

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

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

He would always return to the mansion and see the Morse code his father was sending out with the light in the basement. He was determined to become upper class, buy the mansion and get his father out of the basement.

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

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

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

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

And that mansion, even if it was the site of a death, was something that a poor boy like him could never achieve in his lifetime.

Snapped……

clap clap clap...

I don’t know how long it took, or who led it, but a faint applause broke out in the center of Times Square.

Then... a rainstorm of applause swept across the entire block!
Wow!
"Too blunt, this movie is too blunt! But this bluntness directly touches the flesh of this damn country, not a second is wasted! This is the best movie I have seen this year... no, this is the best movie I have seen in recent years!"

"The first part is a comedy of poverty, 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 any strange odor on my body. Sadly, after watching this movie, I deeply understand that only poor people can't smell their own odor. Rich people smell like Chanel and Tom Ford."

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

At the corner of the street, in a business car parked in front of a traffic light, Li Youzhi curled his lips when he heard the thunderous applause behind him.

Beep!
Received amazing points, 841299 points!
Beep!
Recommended 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, and it has been completed.

Get 1 B+ grade reward chest!

Seeing 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 award ceremony countdown billboard in the distance.

Look at this.

Just this call, just this popularity, just this feedback...

So your name is Oscar, right?

(｀д′)...convex
You...come here!

……

Oscar definitely can’t come here because he doesn’t have long legs.

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

The day after its release, "Parasite" was uploaded to the Rotten Tomatoes Awards shortlist by the TKTK film critics team.

On that day, this movie, which had no prior publicity and no theatrical materials to support its distribution, received more than two thousand audience ratings!

On the second day of its 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 through an abnormal channel, directly reached 92%!

What level is this?
Let’s put it this way, there were only a few movies that were the most anticipated to win the Oscars this year.

These include The Painted Bird, Truth or Justice, Les Misérables, Once Upon a Time, Honeyland, Corpus Christi, Pain and Glory, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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

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

There are more than 30,000 film reviews in total, with an overall freshness rating of 72%...

In other words, after only two days of release, "Parasite" has surpassed the favorites to win this year's Oscars in terms of word of mouth with an overwhelming advantage!
This explosive ranking was quickly brought to China by netizens.

December 18th, around 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 votes and the ratings this month will be ranked first in the year!”

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

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

"What the hell, you're eating all by yourself?! What a rebellious son! You've already gone to America, why don't you take a photo of the gun and send it to your fathers? You're a beast!"

"Based on the guy's past performance, I estimate that this film will be released in China soon. Don't worry, just 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 is really awesome."

"At the scene, this film is really... like a roller coaster, soaring into the sky and then plummeting to the bottom. The audiovisual arrangement is comfortable, and the rhythm is also exquisitely controlled, especially the several montages and the treatment of space and symbols, which make people shout "WTF".

Although there are some taken-for-granted passages when I think about it carefully, it is still worthy of being a master's work as a whole. It is not so freehand, but not too direct. The social issues wrapped in commercial elements are just right, which fully mobilizes the viewing emotions. I was really completely sucked in. Ah, I haven't read enough, I don't know how to praise the comments, wuwuwu..."

"What the fuck are you guys? @Take the advice, brother Li Youzhi, brother, I advise you not to follow the rubbish netizens, be a human being, hurry up, immediately, immediately, and upload "Parasite" to China!!! I can't stand these riddlers anymore!"

Beep!
Received amazing points, 6233892 points!
Beep!
Received a recommended task (to immediately release "Parasite" in China), the task difficulty is 5 stars, and you will receive a D-level reward chest after completing it.

"..."

Inside the hotel, Li Youzhi grinned as he watched the funny netizens who were pissed off by a group of superior freaks.

What?

You guys, can't you give Brother Zhi a break?

It is true that "Parasite" does not need to worry about the key period issue now, but this movie was shot in the United States and it has not obtained a domestic version number. You can tell with a common sense that it is absolutely impossible for it 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 fucked-up look on his face.

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

[I have seen your private messages, but due to the issue of the version number, "Parasite" may not be released in China in the short term. 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, you are welcome to watch it on TKTK and Wako Audiovisual Overseas Edition! Thank you for your support! ]

As the update was successfully sent, Li Youzhi sighed as he looked at the dissatisfaction and complaints from a group of netizens in the comment section.

"Domestic netizens insisted that I upload the film to China. "Parasite" does not have a domestic publishing license, which is obviously a problem for Brother Zhi!"

Hearing Li Youzhi's answer, Wang Hui laughed.

"I'm sure netizens know that Parasite is a big hit in the U.S., so they're not anxious. Tsk... Hey, bro, if we can really win an Oscar this time, what will the reaction be in China?"

What's the reaction?
Facing Wang Hui's slightly excited inquiry, Li Youzhi touched his chin.

I don’t know what the reaction will be in China... but I guess the reaction from Hollywood and the Oscars will be quite exciting.

Just as Li Youzhi expected.

Just as netizens in China were getting 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 time.

At this moment, the century-old question, like Hamlet, is hanging over the heads of every judge of the Academy of Sciences.

To give a prize or not to give a prize, that is the question!

(End of this chapter)