There are two kinds of Oscar public relations strategies, one is to go to shows, magazines, articles, advertisements, and promote their own movies, and the other is to find ways to smear and suppress others. Most Hollywood companies take the first path and generally don't smear their opponents. The reason why Harvey was able to become an Oscar winner is that he not only does a good job of publicity, but also has a very clever approach to black people.

This year, Harvey has two movies in his hands, "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" and "Django Saved", in order to pave the way for his own films. While Harvey desperately promoted the two films, he also used various means to attack and discredit his opponents. Zhang Ran has a grudge against Harvey, and the two movies under Summit Entertainment have naturally become the focus of Harvey's attacks.

"Future Apocalypse" is considered by many American rightists to be an anti-American film, and Harvey seized on this point to make a big fuss, claiming that "Future Apocalypse" has the support of the Chinese government. New York Republican Congressman Peter King even jumped out and said that "Future Apocalypse" revealed a large number of future combat concepts of the US military, which may involve classified information, and the Department of Defense should investigate.

"Hunting Ben**" is in a similar situation, after the Oscar nomination came out, it was publicly bombarded by Oscar judge David Claulan, saying that the movie has too much slander and ugliness of the hero's image. Craylan publicly stated that he would not vote for "Hunting Ben" in the Oscar vote, and would encourage the judges around him to boycott it collectively.

Immediately afterward, the families of the 911 victims came forward to claim that the recording of her phone call on the day of the incident was used at the beginning of the film, which was without her permission. She asked the filmmaker to apologize for the incident at the awards ceremony if it won the award and donate all the profits from the film.

Scarlett Johansson, star of "Apocalypse of the Future," and Jessica Chastain, star of "Hunt Ben***," are the big favorites for Best Actress at this year's Oscars. Of the 34 Filmmakers Guild Awards that have been awarded, Scarlett Johansson won Best Actress in 15 stops and Jessica Chastain won 12 stops. Harvey intends to promote Jennifer Lawrence to the position, and it is natural to smear these two strong competitors.

Bruce Handy, senior editor of Vanity Fair, published an article against Scarlett Johansson, dissecting and criticizing her acting skills. However, a day later, Vanity Fair quickly deleted the article, which a magazine spokesman said was contrary to the magazine's philosophy.

Emily, the heroine of "Future Apocalypse", is a likable character, who has grown from an ordinary woman to a strong fighter, and is considered by many to be a particularly feminist character, and Scarlett Johansson also played the feminist card during the Olympics, and won the support of many people for it.

Harvey knew that in order to defeat Scarlett Johansson, she had to smash her character as a feminist fighter, so soon a media published an article "Is Scarlett Johansson really a feminist?", questioning, you Scarlett Johansson said that she is a feminist, so why did she star in Woody Allen's movies and acted in three films. Woody Allen's sexual assault on his 7-year-old adopted daughter is well known, don't you know?

Shortly after the article came out, Woody Allen's adopted daughter also published an open letter questioning the actors who participated in Allen's films, including Scarlett Johansson, why did they still act for him despite his evil deeds?

Jessica Chastain is relatively low-key and slowly rises from the bottom, with not many black spots to scratch. In order to crack down on Jessica Chastain, Harvey even broke the news through the media that Jessica's parents divorced when she was very young and that her biological father loved her very much, but Jessica never mentioned his existence in public, which broke his heart.

In fact, Jessica Chastain's father has passed away, and when someone else's dead relatives come out and say, she is completely eating human blood steamed buns.

Under Harvey's crazy smearing, "Future Apocalypse" and "Assassination Ben***" quickly fell into decline in the performance of the awards season, and the momentum of the Olympic race weakened a lot.

On January 10, the 18th Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards were announced, and "Escape from Tehran" not only won the best picture, but also the best director award. The lead actor and actress were won by Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Chastain, respectively, and Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Comedy Actress award for "Behind the Clouds". In addition, "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" also won awards such as Best Comedy Film, Best Actor and Best Group Acting Performance, leading the way in quantity. "Future Apocalypse" only won three awards: Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects.

On January 14, the 70th Golden Globe Awards came to an end, and the film "Escape from Tehran" won two awards in a row, Best Director and Best Picture, becoming the biggest winner. Jessica Chastain won Best Actress in a Drama, while Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress in a Comedy. "Future Apocalypse" only won Best Supporting Actor, and its performance was dismal.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards and the Golden Globes are the bellwether of the Oscars, and the format of the Oscars has completely changed after these two awards were awarded. "Escape from Tehran" replaced "Future Apocalypse" as the favorite for Best Picture, and Jennifer Lawrence also surpassed Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain as the top seed in the Best Actress category.

Domestic fans saw that "Future Apocalypse" lost two Oscar vanes in a row, and they couldn't help but worry about the movie's Oscar prospects. Many fans went to Zhang Ran's Weibo to leave a message, suggesting that he should still have public relations when he should be in public relations, and Ang Lee is constantly in public relations, "Future Apocalypse" could have won the best picture, what a pity if it was lost!

At noon at this time, Zhang Ran and Zhao Fei sat down and chatted together. Talking about the Oscars, Zhao Fei said with a smile: "Many people want you to go to public relations! I also think that you should run for several important awards." People as low-key as Daniel Day Lewis have moved to Los Angeles to attend various awards ceremonies. ”

Zhang Ran shrugged his shoulders and said: "I have to film in the crew during the day, and I have to go home to accompany my wife and children at night, how can I have the kung fu to go to public relations!"

At this moment, Li Xuejian walked over, looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Director, I want to talk to you!"

Zhang Ran was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Then, let's find a place to talk?"

"Just here. Li Xuejian pulled a chair, sat down, and said slowly, "We are very good in the front of this play, but I think there is a bit of a problem in the back." ”

Zhang Ran knew that Li Xuejian was not the kind of actor who liked to change the script randomly, he said that there was a problem with the script, and he must have really found the problem, so he said: "Oh, what's the problem?"

Li Xuejian said slowly: "There are too many lines, people are reluctant to speak when they are hungry, they have no strength, they can say one word and never say two words, I don't like to talk now!"

Zhang Ran was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this question, but after thinking about it carefully, it made a lot of sense, and this was Li Xuejian's true feeling, and he would definitely not be wrong. He immediately said, "You're right! It's our fault, we were full of food when we were writing the script, and we didn't take this into account." Let's change it immediately, don't say what we can't say, use our bodies and expressions if we can present it with our bodies and expressions, and we will try to shorten the lines where we have to say them. What do you think?"

Li Xuejian didn't speak, just nodded lightly.

On January 26, the winners of the 24th Producers Guild of America Awards were announced, and "Escape from Tehran" and its producer Ben Affleck defeated many strong opponents to successfully win the Producers Guild Best Film of the Year Award.

On February 2, the 65th Directors Guild of America Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Highland Center in Los Angeles and the winners were announced. Ben Affleck won the Best Director award for his self-directed and starred film "Escape from Tehran", which is also the second time that Ben has won the award this year, following the Golden Globe Award, the Producers' Guild and the Screen Actors Guild group show.

The awards season continues, but the Oscar prospects for "Future Apocalypse" are becoming increasingly unfavorable. However, Zhang Ran didn't care about the Oscars at all, because the filming of "Years, Months and Days" had come to an end.

In the virtual studio of Lin'an Century Film Metropolis, Zhang Ran is giving Li Xuejian a lecture.

This scene is a scene in which the ancestor uses his body as fertilizer to raise corn seedlings, waving a whip at the sun and scolding the sun. In the story "Years, Months and Days", the ancestor has repeatedly whipped at the sun and scolded the sun. The act of waving the whip at the sun is very symbolic and a manifestation of the character's spirit of resistance.

The difficulty of performing this scene is not great, but it is a bit difficult for Li Xuejian now. Because Li Xuejian has lost nearly 20 pounds of weight, the whole person is so thin that he is out of shape. There was no flesh in his body at all, only skin and bones, and through his clothes, he could clearly see the ribs on his chest bulging and distinct roots, like neatly rehearsed terraces on a mountain ridge.

Now Li Xuejian can't be tired at all, as long as he is a little tired, he will gasp for breath. This drama, which requires physical strength and explosiveness, is definitely a test for him.

Soon after, assistant director Guo Fan informed Zhang Ran that the filming preparations had been made and the filming could officially start.

This time, Zhang Ran did not stay behind the monitor, but stood next to the camera and watched Li Xuejian's performance on the spot. He picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Attention departments, let's start shooting!"

After shouting the password of "turn on! play board", Zhang Ran looked at Li Xuejian in front of the camera and asked in a low voice, "Teacher Li, can you start?"

Li Xuejian was still brewing emotions, still adjusting his state, and waved his hand lightly, indicating that it was not okay. Seeing this, Zhang Ran immediately said, "Teacher Li, if you're ready, give us a signal!" Li Xuejian nodded.

After almost ten seconds, Li Xuejian's lips trembled slightly: "Okay!"

Zhang Ran shouted: "Let's go!!"

As this sound began, Li Xuejian took two steps forward with the whip, glanced at the sky, and then waved the whip in his hand vigorously, as if he was whipping the vicious sun overhead. The flying whip made the "sunshine" fall in front of his eyes like pear blossoms.

He swung a dozen whips in a row, and used up all his strength. Li Xuejian bent over and panted, but he quickly straightened up tenaciously, faced the sun, and shouted in a hissing voice: "Your ancestor and I can still plant this maize and mature it, what can you do with my ancestor?"

Li Xuejian's voice was hoarse and dry, like a broken gong, but there was a strong unwillingness and determination in it, with thrilling power. Everyone present was shocked in their hearts, everyone felt the courage and determination behind these words, and many people couldn't help but think of a sentence, people can be eliminated, but they can't be defeated.

Zhang Ran behind the camera also felt the power in the shouting, this is a cry from the depths of the soul, this performance is also a performance that goes deep into the soul, he shouted vigorously: "Good!

Li Xuejian exhaled softly, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and the whole person relaxed. But at this moment, his eyes went dark, and his body softened.