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

Chapter 559 Brother Zhi is having fun!
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, inside the special Oscar jury meeting room.

The entire conference room was so quiet that even a pin drop on the ground could be heard clearly. The occasional suppressed cough sounded as piercing as thunder in such silence.

Looking at the application for "Parasite" in Greens' hand, which might be the last Oscar nomination 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 committee this morning.

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

"Parasite"'s current premiere hasn't actually ended yet, but in theory it has met the criteria for being shortlisted.

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

"Gentlemen, please say something. We must come to a conclusion today regarding this film. I know that everyone here has the same concerns as me, but please forgive me, sticking your head in the sand is not a good way to solve the problem. Anyway, now that the bastard from China has been defeated, it is time to accept the challenge and respond."

As Greens stood up and spoke, the twenty-four senior members of the jury present all sat up straight - but still no one expressed any opinion on the nomination of "Parasite".

Seeing everyone continuing to play dead, Greens cursed inwardly and turned his gaze directly to 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 conference table.

"Say something, damn it! This movie is now eligible for the nomination, and our selection process 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 speak first!"

What role does the Society of Film Critics play in the Oscars?

Nominations for various awards!

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

The Oscars receive hundreds of nominations every year, and it is obviously impossible for all members of the selection committee to watch these films one by one. Therefore, during the nomination stage, the Oscars mainly rely on the National Association of Film Critics, which 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 filming technology of a film is good, then it will be included in the candidates for the "Best Cinematography Award". If the male lead of a film is good, then he will be included in the candidate list for the "Best Actor Award".

Although this list still needs to be voted on by senior members of the committee to determine the ranking and does not represent the final award nominations, it is basically close to the final award nominations.

It is the first hurdle to winning an Oscar.

When Greens called out his name, Kevin Kelly, president of the Society of Film Critics, grinned and stood up in everyone's gaze.

"Grins, everyone. We at the Film Critics Association had a discussion about Parasite yesterday. According to the opinions of the 42 senior film critics who attended the meeting, we feel that Parasite has indisputably reached the qualifications to compete for this year's Oscars in terms of directing, script, and filming. About half of the members of the Film Critics Association who participated in the discussion of this film believe that the core plot, camera expression, and production level of this film are also very capable of competing for this year's Oscars for Best Picture. Ahem, of course, this is only the opinion of the members of the Film Critics Association. Whether this film is qualified or not still needs to be discussed by everyone present."

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

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

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

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

Why do you say that?

With the LGBT community cheering for it, the chances of "Parasite" winning an Oscar are so damn high!
In just a few days of being released in New York's Times Square, the film has become a hot topic 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 attracted great attention from fans and LGBT groups in just two days after being released on the TKTK platform.

Even though the movie hasn't finished its theatrical run yet, LGBTQ fans have already gone to the Oscars website to cheer for "Parasite"!

What’s even more embarrassing is that this film, which seems to please the LGBT community and has a strong taste of political correctness, is actually too rigid in its 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!
In just a few days of screening, the popularity of "Parasite" on the Internet platform is no longer limited to the LGBT community and ethnic minorities. This story, which essentially tells a story about class confrontation and the gap between the rich and the poor, is also talked about by ordinary movie fans.

If we have to characterize the movie "Parasite", it is now showing signs of taking off in popularity, and the movie that will soon be screened for free at TKTK is undoubtedly the favorite to win an Oscar this year!

This is quite embarrassing for the Oscar jury.

As the chairman of the Oscars 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 films and unpopular actors.

Sometimes the Oscars even do this on purpose to demonstrate their independent judgment on art and...the so-called value of the Oscars.

Take for example Li Zi, who has been a professional runner-up for many years but still hasn't won the Best Actor award. It's not because his acting skills are not good. It can only be said that the Oscars deliberately don't create topics for him in order to show its own value.

Moreover, as the world's most famous film award, 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 whether it is a fan or a professional, no one can say anything if the award is given to a person or a film of similar level or even slightly lower level.

If it were in previous years, Greens would definitely not be so embarrassed when faced with a dark horse movie like "Parasite" that suddenly emerged.

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

But the embarrassing thing is that this year is a completely weak year for movies. Apart from the commercially successful blockbusters from Marvel, DC, and Disney, which are obviously unrelated to art, there are basically no films that are worth mentioning and have decent reputation and quality.

If "Parasite" is not nominated or awarded any awards, the targeting will be too obvious.

Looking at the group of committee members who were sitting in silence in the conference room, Greens took another deep breath.

"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 were to steal the show at the Oscars ceremony, then everyone here, including the Academy, would be ashamed! Besides..."

To express his attitude in the silence, Greens slammed the table hard.

"We must never 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 then look at "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 he is different from all the filmmakers we have seen before. He is too good at incitement, too good at provoking and diverting conflicts. In his hands, film and television are not commodities, not art, but weapons!"

"really……"

"That's right."

Seeing that Greens had set the tone for this meeting, many senior committee 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 are white, 77% are male, and 54% are over 60 years old...

This group of old white men... basically represent the actual mainstream public opinion in the United States - the traditional mainstream.

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

"Greens, everyone... I swear, if it's a personal feeling, I definitely don't want that damn Asian face to appear at the Oscars. But the problem is... the supporters of the movie "Parasite" are very troublesome for us. The LGBT community and ethnic minorities have expressed too much support for this movie. If we don't give it an award... I'm afraid this year's Oscars will be pushed to the forefront by these people... You know, now those damn politicians pay so much attention to LGBT and ethnic minorities for their votes, friends... we have to take this factor into consideration."

"This is simple."

Facing 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 also introduced into the crew. As long as we balance this part well, the controversy may not be so great.”

"what do 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 points, 3912005 points!
Los Angeles, TKTK headquarters building, CEO office.

Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows when he heard the crisp notification of the stunning value being credited to his account.

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

[User: Li Youzhi]

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

[Temperament: 104 (upgrade completed)]

[Voice: 92 (upgrade completed)]

[Amazing value: 57523376 points! 】

[Item Bar: C-level treasure chests x24, D-level treasure chests x26, F-level treasure chests x40! ]

Seeing that his temperament attribute had finally been upgraded, and the cumulative stunning value had once again increased to more than 50 million, soon to be 60 million, Li Youzhi was silent with tears in his eyes, and a sound of swaying sounded beside his ears...

Very meow,

Finally, Zhige got the chance to upgrade. It took him more than two months to upgrade the wall-breaking attribute!
After making an estimate in his mind, he felt that after tonight his stunning value would almost break 60 million, which would push his temperament, which had not been improved for a long time, up two points. Li Youzhi secretly gave himself a big thumbs up in his heart.

Seeing that Xu Haonian was still tied up in official duties and couldn't get away for a while, he silently opened the system's prop bar and extracted all the treasure chests.

These dozens of treasure chests were all obtained from the two long-term tasks of flirting with girls on TKTK and teaching English online some time ago according to the suggestions of netizens.

Li Youzhi had been too busy recently, so he hadn't thought about opening it. Now he had nothing to do and was bored waiting for Xu Haonian. With the mentality that he was free, Li Youzhi quietly opened the fusion panel. He put all the treasure chests in it 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 enable automatic fusion? ]

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

I had too few treasure chests before, so I didn't dare to be too reckless every time I merged the treasure chests. Basically, I would put the brakes on 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 one percent. Even with Zhige's European physique, he doesn't dare to try it easily.

But it's different now...

There is a big box, just do it!

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

[Hint: F-level treasure chests are being merged...Fusion completed! Success times 18, failure times 2! Obtained E-level treasure chests x18! ]

[E-level treasure chest fusion in progress...Fusion completed! Success times 8, failure times 1! Obtained D-level treasure chests x8! ]

[D-level treasure chests are being integrated...]

[B-level treasure chests are being integrated...]

[A-level treasure chest fusion in progress...Fusion completed! Success number...1! Failure number 1, obtained S-level treasure chest X1! Treasure chest fusion is complete, do you want to open it immediately? ]

What the hell!

Li Youzhi couldn't help but widen his eyes as he looked at the series of synthetic records that popped up in front of him at lightning speed, and the S-level golden legend that finally appeared in front of him like a rare treasure in a museum after the dust settled.

Wow, it’s worth it that Zhige washed his face twice before going out today... The success rate of synthesis is finally up!

open!

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

As a golden light flashed, a message with a purple-gold glow popped up in front of his eyes;

【Congratulations to the user for obtaining the super-level proficiency skill [God-level Programming]. Note: After integration, 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 programming speed and accuracy, and greatly improve language application ability and language creation ability. PS: After integration, you are the contemporary Turing! 】

What the hell?

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

Wow, even though this skill has a relatively low artistic component, it seems to have a very high technical component!
Li Youzhi had never been exposed to programming before, so he didn't know much about it. But after seeing so many skill experience inspirations in the skill description, Li Youzhi knew that this skill was not simple.

What you learn is 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 merge the skills. As the sound of a soft ringing sounded in his ears again, Li Youzhi felt that many experiences about computer languages ​​were rapidly pouring into his brain.

"Oh, there are so many things to do every day, Xiaozhi, Xiaozhi?"

"what?"

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

Turning around, 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, it's all crap. I have to do it every day, but there's no point in doing it. The working style here is so different from that in China. Hey, you're going to be free soon. 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 stand it after a few days. She said that living here is like becoming an ascetic monk. She can't even have a proper Sichuan hot pot. She's been asking me to go home every day these days. Oh, I don't know when my life here will end..."

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

Today, Li Youzhi came to the TKTK headquarters in Los Angeles to visit Xu Haonian, but he actually came to say goodbye.

Now that the release of "Parasite" is almost over, TKTK and Wako Audiovisual Overseas Edition have already finalized the next release plan for the film. In theory, his business in the United States has been completed.

In the short term, there is nothing left to do in the United States.

Seeing Xu Haonian's face full of envy and jealousy, he said happily;
"Brother Xu, I can't afford to stay here anymore. The crew's expenses are too high, and the food and accommodation cost tens of thousands of dollars a day. I have to go back. Otherwise, I will stay with you here for a while, or... when I get home the day after tomorrow, I will find a way to get you some hot pot base."

"Go away, stop crying poor to me."

Faced with Li Youzhi's gloating, Xu Haonian waved his hands like a fly.

"Okay, I won't waste my time talking nonsense with you. Let's get down to business. You don't have to worry about the future operation of Parasite. Just like with Buried, I will give you the maximum volume on the TKTK platform. As for the $8 million streaming film and television licensing fee, I will have the finance department transfer it to you as soon as possible. I will personally supervise this, so don't worry."

Talking about the next steps of "Parasite", Li Youzhi nodded slightly.

Xu Haonian can be considered a veteran in operations. His previous "Buried Alive" operation was quite effective. A low-budget film gained him more than 1.2 million international fans through the operation of TKTK. He is not too worried about the "Parasite" wave.

Seeing that Li Youzhi had no objection, Xu Haonian crossed his hands and continued;
"With the current popularity of this film, I think it should be no problem for the number of views and word of mouth to surpass Buried. I think it can continue to be popular for at least the next two months. In my opinion, the most important thing for TKTK next is to hold an awards ceremony for the Rotten Tomatoes Awards before mid-February, following the Oscars. This will attract the most traffic from the Oscars and increase the popularity of the platform.

This is the first Rotten Tomatoes Awards. I have sent out a lot of invitations to Hollywood, but not many people have responded yet. So my thought is that this first Rotten Tomatoes Awards will mainly focus on "Parasite" as a breakthrough point, after all, this movie is currently the freshest new film of the year on Rotten Tomatoes.

Xiaozhi, you also know that TKTK has paid a lot to give up the Oscars and use a lot of traffic resources to create Rotten Tomatoes. So this first awards ceremony cannot go wrong, the first shot must be fired. Since "Parasite" is used as a breakthrough point, I have to make some requests to you. "

When Li Youzhi learned that Xu Haonian wanted to use "Parasite" as the main promotional point for the first Rotten Tomatoes, he was delighted.

You should know that in order to compete with the Oscars for traffic in February, TKTK has 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 implanted, with almost full publicity and promotion.

"Parasite" has just been released, and its popularity will basically be on the decline in two months. If Rotten Tomatoes gives it another push by then, the revenue of this movie will be amazing!
"Brother Xu, you say!"

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

“I need you to try to get as much publicity for Parasite as possible before the Rotten Tomatoes Awards Ceremony. The Oscars will be held in mid-February, so the popularity here may not be there in time. I noticed that the Berlin Film Festival in Germany will be held in January, so if possible, I suggest you take Parasite to participate in the exhibition. If you don’t have time or don’t know how to do it, I can find someone to go with you.

If you can win an award at the Berlin Film Festival, and if you are lucky, at the Oscars, then the weight of this film will be enough. Even if there are no other well-known crews or filmmakers, the scene of the Rotten Tomatoes Awards Ceremony can be supported by you and this film. "

Beep!
Received a suggested task (bring "Parasite" to the Berlin International Film Festival), the task difficulty is 5 stars, and you will get a B-level reward chest after completing it!
Wuhu?

Li Youzhi raised his eyebrows when he noticed the new task refreshed on the suggestion list in the upper left corner of his sight.

I didn't really have any idea about the Berlin Film Festival before.

After all, it’s almost the end of the year... When the Berlin Film Festival is held, it’s almost the Chinese New Year in China.

But after hearing what Xu Haonian said and seeing the suggestion in front of him, Li Youzhi actually 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 compete with the Oscars for achievements, combined with the ironclad awards on Rotten Tomatoes, the revenue... will skyrocket!

If this is done, the shock value of this film will be around 70 or 80 million, right?
Besides... for things like attending the Berlin Film Festival, Zhi Ge now has the channels!

What channel?
Subona!

What did this old guy do before he was conquered by Brother Zhi?
They just buy domestic works of so-called art film directors such as Lou Ye and Jia Kezhang, which contain a lot of private goods, some domestic black material or marginal arguments, and then go to international film festivals to win awards and sell them for money!

Now that Zhige's film is being produced by this old fellow, isn't that just the right way to make 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. I have all the procedures 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 when you get 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 street in the commercial center of Los Angeles, Li Youzhi stretched his body.

Thinking that he would be returning home soon, he chuckled, took out his cell phone and took a 45-degree selfie of himself.

[Friends, I will be back home soon. When I met with TKTK CEO 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 domestic netizens doing these days?
Trying every possible way to find the resources and gun version of "Parasite" on the Internet!

Seeing the updates posted by Li Youzhi...

The netizens who were angry about the lack of resources were furious!
(End of this chapter)