After Liu Yifei was released, the world's major media rushed to interview her, and major television stations invited her to attend the festival; even "Time Magazine" conducted an exclusive interview with her, and "Time Magazine" has decided that she will be the cover character of the latest issue. Although 2015 has only just begun, many people are already predicting that Liu Yifei and several other representatives of the METOO movement will likely become this year's Person of the Year.

With the full-scale outbreak of the Harvey incident, Hollywood's hypocrisy and darkness were exposed and became the best in the eyes of the public. In order to salvage their reputations, 54 members of the Oscar organizing committee, including heavyweights such as Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg and Katherine Kennedy, held an emergency meeting at the headquarters of Beverly Hills on the 19th, officially stripped Harvey of his Oscar lifetime membership.

After the meeting, the organizing committee issued a statement: "We are not only trying to separate ourselves from this unworthy respect of our peers, but also to send a message that the era of deliberate disregard and shameful complicity in sexual predatory behavior and sexual harassment at work in our industry is over." ”

"This issue of concern to us at this time has caused serious distress and will not have a place in society, and the organizing committee will continue to establish ethical standards that will be seen as a model by all members of the Academy," the statement said. ”

After announcing Harvey's expulsion, Schiehawk-Coch, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, personally called Zhang Ran, who had returned to China: "Mr. Zhang, I'm very sorry that this happened. The academy has removed Harvey from the list, and I believe that the next producer guild and relevant industry associations will deal with it, and Harvey has been ruined and cannot continue to stay in the film industry. However, this incident is also a huge blow to the reputation of Hollywood, which has become a place of filth and dirt in the hearts of the people. I don't think things can be expanded any further, and if they continue to make trouble, the whole of Hollywood could be destroyed, don't you say?"

Zhang Ran knew that Hawk Couch and the whole of Hollywood were worried that he would continue to make trouble, and that more Hollywood executives would be involved. However, Zhang Ran had no intention of continuing to make trouble, his target this time was Harvey, and he didn't have the idea of pulling others into the water. As Hawk Couch said, if Hollywood is brought down, everyone will have nothing to play.

Zhang Ran said lightly: "Hawke, I don't have the leisure to care about other people's things at all. I have a grudge against Harvey, but I didn't poke out his evil deeds in the first place, I don't like to talk about this, this time he provoked me first, and he was looking for his own death. The only target I want to hit is Harvey, and I don't want to involve anyone else, and I don't have the idea of expanding the target. Of course, if someone has to stand on Harvey's side and go against me, then I will definitely not be polite!"

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Hawk Kochi breathed a sigh of relief: "No one will be on Harvey's side now, two days ago, Woody Allen and Lindsay Lohan said a few words for Harvey, and they were immediately besieged by netizens." He took a breath and said, "NOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT THE METOO MOVEMENT WILL BECOME A BIT LIKE **** IF IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, AFTER ALL, IF YOU FLIRT WITH A GIRL, OR TALK ABOUT MEAT JOKES, IT MAY BE CONSIDERED SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND IT WILL BE TERRIBLE." ”

Zhang Ran felt that this concern was right, and several women jumped out two days ago to accuse Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment. One accused Freeman of holding her hand for long periods of time in front of a room of people, including her fellow actors, looking her up and down, saying, "I wish I had been there." … You really have the charm of a mature woman. Another accused, Freeman, standing just a foot away from her, staring up and down her breasts and buttocks without saying a word.

In fact, seeing a beautiful girl, staring at her twice, or even looking at her breasts or buttocks, can be said to be an instinctive reaction, many men will do this, if this is considered sexual harassment, then men must wear sunglasses when they go out.

ZHANG RAN FELT THAT WHEN HAWKE COCH TOLD HIM THIS, HE SHOULD HAVE WANTED LIU YIFEI TO SPEAK OUT, AFTER ALL, LIU YIFEI IS NOW AN ICONIC FIGURE IN THE METOO MOVEMENT. However, Zhang Ran knew that she couldn't let Liu Yifei come out, which would make her lose a lot of supporters, so she directly refused: "It makes sense, but it's none of my business and my apprentice's business, the METOO movement is not our business, and we are not behind it." Now it's a social movement, and it's not something anyone can stop!"

On this very day, Harvey's wife, Georgina Chapman, announced that she had parted ways with Harvey. Chapman, the designer of the fashion brand "Macesa", married Harvey on December 15, 2007, and has two children, a daughter who is now four years old and a son who is only two years old. Chapman, as Harvey's wife, must have benefited a lot, and the stars who work with Harvey must wear the clothes she designed before the red carpet and when they receive the Oscars, which makes her easily a first-line big name.

Chapman publicly stated in People magazine: "My heart is broken for the women who have suffered so much, and my husband's actions are unforgivable, and I have to choose to leave him." Chapman also said that his priority at the moment is to protect young children, and hopes that the media will allow them to maintain their privacy at this time.

Harvey bitterly said: "I felt devastated, I lost my beloved wife and children. I totally understand my wife's decision and hope that she can do what she wants. I know she did it to protect our children. ”

Harvey also said that the reason why he ended up today is because he exposed the dirty things in the circle and Zhang Ran, so he was retaliated, and he called on these weak companies to organize against the giant companies led by Zhang Ran.

Weinstein Pictures responded despite a series of measures to save itself from the accident, including firing Harvey, removing his name from its own shows, and a collective statement from the board of directors, including Bob Weinstein, saying that it was shocked by everything and that "any hint that the board was aware of these actions is false." However, no one will believe these words at all, after all, what Harvey did is an open secret in Hollywood.

Such disingenuous statements obviously did not help the company to save its image, and those companies that worked with Weinstein Pictures have drawn a line with it. Birch Publishing, a subsidiary of France's Lagardère Group, announced on Thursday that it would stop printing books published by Weinstein, Goldman Sachs said it would dispose of its stake in Weinstein, investors in the film "Lion" announced that they would remove Harvey from the film, and Quentin also decided not to let Weinstein release his new book.

It is foreseeable that for a long time in the future, many film and television companies and filmmakers will no longer cooperate with Weinstein, and the future projects of Weinstein Films may also face the distress of difficult to find funders.

There are only two possible outcomes for Weinstein Films, either it will be acquired by someone else or it will go bankrupt.

Bob Weinstein knows this very well, and for him to sell Weinstein Pictures, get hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, and start anew is the best option he can think of. He secretly contacted some investors and film and television companies, but the companies that could bid high prices were not interested in Weinstein Pictures, and the companies that were interested in Weinstein Pictures offered low bids and could not afford to buy them.

In this case, Bob thought of Zhang Ran and the peak of the century, and he remembered that Zhang Ran had taken the company into his pocket after defeating Huayi in China. Weinstein, despite his bad reputation, has dozens of films in his hands, including Oscar-winning films. It will be a good supplement to the film library of the pinnacle of the century, and he thinks Zhang Ran should be interested. Now the only company that is really rich and needs to replenish its film library on a large scale is the peak of the century. So, he first contacted Rob Freman, CEO of Summit Entertainment, and then got in touch with Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran was a little surprised to hear that Bob wanted to sell Weinstein Pictures to him, after all, he had harmed Weinstein Pictures to this point. He had no interest in the Weinstein brand, but he was somewhat interested in the film library. Harvey's character is rubbish, but he has an excellent vision, and Weinstein Pictures has a lot of good movies in his hands.

However, the best way to get these movies is not to buy them from Bob, but to wait for Weinstein to go bankrupt and auction them, which will be much cheaper. Weinstein's business was already bad, and after the scandal broke out, the collaborators chose to part ways with him. Weinstein Pictures will not be able to support it for long, and it will definitely go bankrupt.

As for other film and television companies buying Weinstein Pictures, now that the Weinstein brand has become stinky, how many companies will sincerely buy Weinstein? Not to mention that the core of Weinstein Pictures is Harvey, and now that Harvey has been ruined, he is likely to be imprisoned. After the acquisition of Weinstein Pictures, it is also necessary to re-establish a set of film selection, investment, production, and distribution systems. In this situation, not many companies want to buy Weinstein Pictures.

What's more, once Weinstein Pictures was sold in bankruptcy, it would be impossible for Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who collectively owned 42% of the company, to receive any assets from that bankruptcy. In addition, Liu Yifei, together with other victims, is preparing to launch a lawsuit against Harvey and demand compensation for mental damages. Attorney's fees plus mental damages, plus the bankruptcy of Weinstein Films, didn't get a penny. Harvey will be penniless, completely cutting off the possibility of his comeback.

However, Zhang Ran did not directly refuse, and planned to ask about the specific situation of Weinstein Pictures, so he said: "What is your current asset and liability situation?

Seeing that Zhang Ran was interested, Bob felt that there was a door, and immediately said: "We now have $225 million in debt, we sold the distribution rights of "Paddington Bear", sold 15 million, and now we have close to 20 million cash in hand. As for the film library, we now have 31 films in our hands, in addition to 5 projects in development. ”

Zhang Ran frowned and said, "There are only 31 movies, how can there be so few?"

Bob hastened to explain: "In 2010, when the company was having a hard time, we sold the rights to 200 old movies to Goldman Sachs and an insurance company. Although now we only have 31 films, they include Oscar-winning films such as "The King's Speech", "The Fighter", "The Artist", "The Iron Lady", etc., which are of very high quality. ”

Zhang Ran asked a few questions in a row, and after having a general understanding of the situation at Weinstein Pictures, he said lightly: "I will consider the acquisition, and if I really decide to acquire, I will contact you." ”

Hanging up Bob's phone, Zhang Ran just put the phone in his pocket and prepared to go to the conference room. The phone rang again. Zhang Ran picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He groaned slightly, but still connected: "Hey, hello!"

"Excuse me, is it Mr. Zhang Ran?" was a middle-aged man's voice, with a typical Texas accent, "Mr. Zhang, hello." I'm Gary Cohen, COO of Goldman Sachs, and I don't know when you're free, and I want to talk to you!"