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Among them are many famous female stars in the Chinese mind, such as Uma Thurman.

Like Angelina Jolie?

Like Gwyneth Paltrow?

And my cousin Jennifer Lawrence, whose Oscar-winning role was also orchestrated by Harvey Weinstein, made her the youngest actress in Hollywood.

When Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, her acceptance speech was, "Thank you, Harvey, for helping me eliminate the competition."

As for Zhang Ziyi, Harvey Weinstein was indeed interested in her.

When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was competing for awards, Harvey Weinstein had contact with Zhang Ziyi.

These things were later exposed with the downfall of Harvey Weinstein.

Zhang Ziyi did refuse.

After Harvey Weinstein's downfall, Zhang Ziyi publicly stated that she did not cooperate with Harvey Weinstein because the conditions he offered were unequal and she could not accept them, thus avoiding being involved with him.

Zhang Ziyi's original statement was, "I am very lucky to have avoided working with Weinstein for so many years," and "Although winning an Oscar is every actor's dream, I think it is not right to use this as a transaction."

Director Wei doesn't believe this statement.

It's probably because we didn't agree on the terms.

Zhang Ziyi is a smart person, and she should also know that her chances of winning the Oscar for Best Actress are very low.

So it's very possible that working with Harvey Weinstein meant being taken advantage of.

This kind of thing must not be done.

Although Harvey Weinstein has a high winning rate in the industry, the number of awards he has won is very limited compared to the women he has had affairs with.

Not everyone can get a satisfactory result after trading with him.

It’s like not everyone can become famous after accepting the unspoken rules.

You still have to gamble on probability.

If you want to gamble, just grit your teeth.

Zhang Ziyi probably also wanted to take a gamble, but after she estimated that the chances were slim, she gave up.

In this regard, Director Wei can only say that it is a wise choice.

If an American actress really worked with Harvey Weinstein and was on the list of actresses Harvey Weinstein had an affair with, there might not be many Americans who wouldn't care about this.

But Zhang Ziyi is making her living in China.

Chinese audiences will absolutely not accept this kind of thing, and her already shaky audience appeal will collapse even further.

Thinking of this, Wei Jun gave Zhang Ziyi a thumbs up.

"Sister Ziyi is amazing. She rejected a huge temptation.

Zhang Ziyi smiled bitterly and said, "I don't think it's necessary. I don't have much competition among Chinese female celebrities. Further advancement won't help me gain a foothold in our country's entertainment industry. Besides, it's embarrassing to be associated with Harvey Weinstein. His reputation is already rotten."

But he hinted to me, Director Wei, are you also working with him?"

Director Wei nodded and said, "I asked him to help me with PR if I want to win an Oscar, so PR is a must.

Harvey Weinstein has the best odds in this regard.”

Anyway, Harvey Weinstein is going to fall next year.

This is the last year of the year, so don’t waste it.

It doesn’t matter if it’s exposed next year.

Director Wei is not a female star.

He collaborated with Harvey Weinstein and won an Oscar. Even if this were exposed, domestic audiences would not be disgusted. They would just think that Director Weinstein used money to bring down the Oscar. Awesome.

If a female star collaborated with Harvey Weinstein, Chinese audiences would feel that the female star had made a huge sacrifice to win an Oscar, which would be offensive.

In this regard, Director Wei does have a gender advantage.

Zhang Ziyi didn't think Director Wei did anything wrong.

She was just worried. "Director Wei, Harvey Weinstein's fees are not low. Don't let your money go to waste. Feng Xiaogang lost a lot when he worked with Harvey Weinstein before."

Many domestic films want to enter North America, and usually they sell the North American copyright directly at a fixed price.

Initially, many Chinese filmmakers worked directly with Harvey Weinstein.

Harvey Weinstein has been a big loser.

Feng Xiaogang was one of the people who was cheated the most, so much so that he even cursed Harvey Weinstein during an interview.

Director Wei said calmly: "Don't worry, I didn't give him any money.

Zhang Ziyi was stunned and asked curiously, "You didn't pay Harvey, and he did your PR? What's his intention?"

"I gave him a piece of evidence."

Director Wei chuckled and said, "An evidence that can put him in jail."

Zhang Ziyi, Chen Daoming and Chen Baoguo were stunned.

“Is this still possible?

"of course."

Director Wei shrugged and said, "I only spent a few hundred thousand dollars and gathered enough dirt on Harvey Weinstein to put him in jail.

It's because he was too arrogant, and he didn't clean up many of the messes thoroughly."

Things were much easier than Director Wei had expected.

Harvey Weinstein may have been so powerful in Hollywood for so long that he felt that doing something illegal was fine and no one could stop him.

But in fact he is just a paper tiger.

When the matter came to light, he was immediately turned against by everyone.

Because what he is involved in is no longer just public relations, but real illegal crimes.

Some things cannot be exposed.

Once it is exposed, there will be victims.

Harvey Weinstein believes that everyone in the industry will abide by these rules of the game.

Unfortunately, he failed the next year.

It's very easy to plant.

He was too weak to even struggle.

Director Wei collected some evidence a year in advance and presented it to Harvey Weinstein, saying, "If you don't help me with the Oscar promotion, I'll send this evidence directly to major American newspapers and TV stations."

Harvey? Weinstein originally wanted to use his local dominance to threaten Director Wei.

Director Wei directly told him that his grandfather didn’t care about the so-called North American market at all.

At worst, we'll all die together. I won't come to the United States, but I'll drag you down with me.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

Director Wei didn't back down.

Harvey? Weinstein got scared.

He truly is a paper tiger, and Director Wei has deeply realized this. Of course, Director Wei has no grudge against Harvey Weinstein.

Director Wei didn't even want to help the Americans get justice.

Harvey Weinstein committed crimes in the United States, and the victims were all foreigners. What does it have to do with him?

Director Wei is not an internationalist.

So in order to get Harvey Weinstein to do his best to help him with public relations, Director Wei sold him the North American rights to "A Family of Heroes" at a reasonable price.

This price can guarantee that Director Wei will make money.

It also guarantees that if the film wins the Oscar for Best Picture, Harvey Weinstein will also make money.

When everyone has common interests, the foundation for cooperation will be more solid.

But this means Harvey Weinstein pays the money first and then makes money from the Americans.

It seems to be a win-win situation, but Director Wei has zero risk.

Upon hearing Director Wei say he'd sold the North American rights to "A Family of Heroes" to Harvey Weinstein, Zhang Ziyi nodded and said, "Forming a community of interests with Harvey Weinstein is a good choice, but it doesn't seem like Harvey Weinstein's style. He should be more greedy. It seems I'm still intimidated by you, Director Wei."

Director Wei smiled and said, "Not really. Harvey Weinstein is still very greedy. In addition to the North American rights to 'A Family of Loyalty', he also reserved the North American rights to my next film. This is a bargain price."

"Ah? Director Wei, you've lost a lot of money, haven't you?" Ziyi felt a little sorry for Director Wei. "If 'A Family of Loyalty' wins an Oscar, then the North American rights to your next film will be very valuable."

"Harvey Weinstein thought so too.

Speaking of this, Director Wei almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

“Unfortunately, he is destined to be disappointed.

"why?

Zhang Ziyi didn't understand.

Director Wei shrugged.

“You’ll know then.

It’s not appropriate to say now.

After all, his next movie has not yet been approved.

But Director Wei has basically already thought it out.

The next movie is a military movie with a huge investment. It is definitely a big production, that’s for sure.

Unfortunately, it is a war with the United States.

It would be surprising if this movie could do well at the North American box office. Movies like "Wolf Warrior 2," which Americans could theoretically remain neutral on, didn't do much at the box office.

Expecting a movie about fighting Americans to have a market in North America is a pure insult to the American intelligence.

Director Wei never expected his next movie to be a box office hit overseas.

So Director Wei readily gave Harvey Weinstein the North American rights.

It’s cheap at a bargain price.

It's profitable even at a bargain price.

Selling it means making a profit.

Director Wei is very aware of this.

It turns out that Harvey Weinstein is quite capable.

Of course, Goldfinger deserves half of the credit.

The reward Director Wei received after his last magical modification of "The Great Wall" was a 50% increase in the probability of winning the Best Director award (PS: This can be applied to any movie and any award).

Director Wei used it in the movie "A Family of Loyal Bravery" and also in the Oscar award.

Therefore, Director Wei was already halfway there.

Harvey Weinstein's PR efforts certainly aren't 100% successful, but half of it is.

There's a 50% chance that Harvey Weinstein could do it.

So, during the live broadcast of Station A, Director Wei stood on the stage of the Oscar Awards Ceremony.

Unsurprisingly, he won the Best Director Award at this year's Oscars.

The lights flashed and the whole audience was paying attention.

At this moment, Director Wei felt that he was the most handsome guy in the world.

Director Wei also knew that this would probably be the last time he would win the Oscar for Best Director in his life.

He is not a hermaphrodite like Li An. He is a Chinese and has never thought about changing his nationality.

So, since he wouldn't be coming back anyway, Director Wei simply overturned his original acceptance speech and decided to give a more memorable one: "I have always believed that people in the arts and literature circles should not talk about politics because our practitioners are not qualified to discuss public politics based on their academic qualifications and experience.

But standing here today, I still want to say it loudly - Taiwan is a province of China.