Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 389: Email Gate, Public Opinion Explodes
As for "Avatar", as mentioned in previous reports, the old white men who won the Oscars really don't like science fiction movies.

It's almost impossible to give it the best film and director.

This is supported by the results of his previous life, so Chen Linfeng is very sure of it.

In addition, they are the best male and female protagonists.

At this stage, a trade-off must be made.

It's impossible to have it all.

Chen Linfeng found Zhang Yimou to discuss the matter.

Then the two of them called You Benchang and Lu Zhong and explained the matter to them.

Based on those previous Oscar indicators and the results of the Sentinel Awards.

"Sunset" is indeed more outstanding in terms of the female lead.

Mr. You has only won the award twice, and the remaining five or six times were all won by Teacher Lu Zhong.

Therefore, Chen Linfeng’s opinion is to focus on the Actress Award in the second stage of actor awards.

After saying this, the room fell silent for a moment.

"I think this is a good idea."

You Benchang looked calm and didn't seem too surprised.

He smiled and said, "It's a blessing to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. The rest is up to you."

Lu Zhong wanted to say something but stopped.

She really didn't expect that she could reach this last step.

The past six months have been like a dream.

You Benchang turned his head and looked at Lu Zhong.

"Don't worry too much about it. Even if you focus on PR, you may not win the award in the end. It's better to relax."

Lu Zhong nodded silently.

Chen Linfeng saw this scene.

I sighed in my heart, "Mr. You still has a good attitude. This may really be the only chance in this life, but he is still so calm."

Zhang Yimou comforted him, "No matter what, PR is PR, and the final award may not be entirely based on this. Everyone still has hope."

In fact, these words were also said to Cao Yu and other behind-the-scenes staff.

When it comes to the Oscars, everyone wants to win the trophy.

Each crew has limited resources, and the Best Actress and Foreign Language Film awards are undoubtedly the focus of public relations.

Other awards will be put aside for the time being.

The outcome depends entirely on God’s will, so it’s better to relax a little.

In February, "Taken", which was originally scheduled to be released during this period, was finally decided to be postponed to the summer vacation.

Because after Mark tried to promote it in the early stage, he found that the current public opinion situation was too polarized.

They want to leverage Chen Linfeng's fame for joint promotion, but the audience now only wants to watch the three films tearing each other apart and doesn't pay attention to anything else.

Not only that, Mark was also worried that his rivals would use the scandal of "Taken" to implicate "Sunset".

In this way, "Taken" suffered an unexpected disaster for no reason.

After much consideration and consultation with several other investors, Chen Linfeng decided to postpone the deadline.

Although the summer season has the most intense competition, it can also be considered the best time if you choose the right opponents.

At this moment, an event that Chen Linfeng had anticipated happened.

Scandal breaks out on "The Hurt Locker"!
Nicolas Chartier, one of its producers, sent a mass email to members of the Emily Kent Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscars, asking them to vote for "The Hurt Locker."

In this regard, the Oscars have clear regulations:
Nominees can canvass for votes through advertising, media interviews, special screenings, etc., but are prohibited from directly contacting Academy members to canvass for votes, and are even more prohibited from sending emails.

In fact, everyone is directly exposed to this. It is very common to encounter it by chance during special screenings.

In addition, indirect contact is possible, such as sending gifts, celebrity-signed greeting cards, etc., which does not count as direct contact.

The bad thing about "The Hurt Locker" is that it's too rampant.

Chartier's email was so explicit that the media even reported the original text of the email.

"Hi, I'm writing to say that I hope you enjoy the movie "The Hurt Locker".

If you like it and want us to win, please forward it to (name XXX) and your Oscar judge friends, and forward it to the actors, directors, crew, art directors, and special effects staff.

If everybody can forward it to one or two friends, we can win and not let that $5 million movie win, or that foreign movie win.

Best regards, Nicolas Chartier”

Among them, the $5 million movie is undoubtedly "Avatar", and the foreign movie is of course "Sunset".

The box office of "Avatar" is too high, which is not an advantage but a disadvantage for the Academy members.

But this is an old question, and Chartier just emphasized it again, there is nothing to say.

One of the problems that "Sunset" has been criticized for is that it is a Chinese film.

Such a movie, no matter how good it is or how much it meets the liking of the academic judges, should not win more awards at the Oscars.

Of course, no one, whether the media or individuals, will talk about this matter openly.

Everyone is tacitly aware of this.

The most mentioned film "Sunset" is the Palme d'Or film, saying that the Oscars should not follow the Cannes Film Festival completely and should make different choices.

In fact, it is still xenophobia, it has just shifted from national relations to competition between film festivals.

But now, "The Hurt Locker" directly addresses this issue, which is a bit embarrassing.

You know, what the United States has always been promoting is its diversity and inclusiveness.

The topic of "Sunset" became the focus of public attention for a while.

The media, especially the white left media, was in an uproar.

How can you do this? You are alienating yourself from the people.

You know, Los Angeles is the stronghold of white leftists, and everyone is most averse to conservative practices.

Such blatant xenophobia made the Oscar organizers very uncomfortable.

They were in chaos internally, so much so that even after three days of the incident, there was still no official response. This was interpreted as tacit approval by the outside world.

Yes, that's what we think, foreign films shouldn't get more at the Oscars.

Best Foreign Language Film is what you should be striving for.

However, this is not the end. Last month, a tabloid report was dug up by the media.

In this report, "Sunset" was called a yellow man's movie, which was not worthy of competing for their interests at the Oscars.

This is an extremely conservative newspaper, and it has made all kinds of weird remarks in the past.

But at this moment, it doesn't seem right.

Was it "The Hurt Locker" that was behind this?

After all, except that the yellow movie is replaced by a foreign movie, it's almost the same routine.

You said it wasn't you who instigated it behind the scenes?
No, now we think it's you.

Lao Cha, this kind of thing is all done secretly, how can we tell anyone about it?
Once the news was released, it instantly ignited public opinion again.

Chatil has now completely exposed the truth.

The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, NBC, CNN, and many other media outlets approached Chen Linfeng for an interview.

Most media outlets came, except for a few conservative ones, such as Fox News.

"I'm surprised, really," Chen Linfeng made a stunned expression.

When he said this, he was sincere.

He had heard about the email gate incident in his previous life, and the situation was almost exactly the same as it is today.

Even the person sending the email has not changed: it is still Nicholas Chartier.

But in the email at that time, only "Avatar" was mentioned.

I didn’t expect to bring "Sunset" this time.

They had an agreement last year that they would not slander each other in public opinion.

You did a great job, Chatir.

Chen Linfeng's mind was full of excitement.

Carol, a female reporter from the New York Times, asked, "What do you think of Chartier's rejection of Sunset in his email?"

"I'm very sorry, I thought Emily Ken was a tolerant and open country.

The beautiful country dream is also a household concept in China. I came to Hollywood to realize my beautiful country dream.

I didn't expect the truth to be like this. It turns out that the beautiful dream was just talk. It seems that it is all my fault. I shouldn't have come here."

Chen Linfeng looked very sad, and also looked desperate due to his disillusionment.

Combined with his young and handsome face, it has a kind of broken and strange beauty.

Carol couldn't help but feel extremely guilty as she watched.

It's so pitiful, it shouldn't be like this.

She couldn't help but say, "No, it's not your fault. Emily Ken failed you."

At this point, she paused and said seriously, "No, someone has failed you, and this situation should be corrected."

Chen Linfeng was stunned, unable to tell for a moment whether the other party was sincere or just acting.

It seems that everyone’s acting skills are good.

The TV station's cameras recorded the entire scene.

Later, "NBC Nightly News" and "CNN News" both reported on the scene where Chen Linfeng expressed his disappointment and Carol responded.

In an instant, the entire network was in a frenzy.

This is social news, no longer limited to the entertainment industry and veteran movie fans.

Everybody was really excited.

Especially non-white groups.

You know, the reason they came to the United States is just for the beautiful dream.

Now, even big stars and directors like Chen are openly insulted and discriminated against, and suffer unfair treatment.

What about them?

Is this still possible?

Soon, Asians and South Americans organized protests in opposition.

Then black people joined in.

They like this topic the most.

The scale of influence expanded instantly.

Many Hollywood stars spoke out at this time to support the "Sunset" crew.

Leonardo DiCaprio: "Sunset is the best film of this year's Oscars and should not be treated unfairly."

Morgan Freeman: "I am disappointed with the producers of The Hurt Locker and the Oscars for their delayed response. What happened to Emily Ken? She shouldn't be like this."

Robert Downey Jr.: "I hope 'Selling Sunset' gets the justice she deserves."

Emma Watson: "This is not how the United States should be. I am very angry and disappointed that something like this happened."

"..."

Sports stars such as James and Kobe have come out to criticize such injustice.

Taylor Swift and other music stars also expressed their support for "Sunset" on social platforms such as Twitter.

They really like this kind of good thing which is free of charge and can help them build their own character without any backlash.

Even the main creators of "The Hurt Locker" such as Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal cut ties with Chartier.

I think what he did was wrong, as he sent the email without permission.

Of course, almost no one believed the last one.

　Um, I've written too much. The Oscars are tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)