In fact, Zhang Ran and they originally had a plan to play the *** card, and they planned to use the mainstream media to portray "Angel of Justice" as a good medicine to resist the *** regime a week before the Oscar deadline, so that everyone can understand that the "love" expressed in the movie is in stark contrast to the "hate" represented by ***, and "love" will eventually defeat "hate".

However, now Dongying people have organized a lobby group of 50 people to secretly lobby the judges and ask the judges not to vote for "Angel of Justice".

After hanging up Prem Gill's phone, Zhang Ran dialed Wendi Deng's phone: "You and Ivanka-*** are best friends, right, I want to ask you for a favor, I want to meet her if I have time!"

Wendi Deng and Ivanka-*** have an excellent relationship, and even Ivanka's husband Kushner was introduced by Wendi Deng. Kushner is not only the son of a wealthy Jewish real estate businessman, but also the publisher of the Observer magazine in New York, and has crossed paths with Wendi Deng's husband's media circle. After Wendi Deng introduced Kushner and Ivanka to each other, the two broke up halfway through because of religious beliefs. Later, Wendi Deng matched again and invited the two to her husband's yacht together, which rekindled the love between the two, and finally prompted Ivanka to make up her mind to convert to Judaism and marry Kushner in 2009.

Deng Wendi was a little surprised when he heard that Zhang Ran wanted to see Ivanka, and he didn't know what he was going to do, so he joked with Zhang Ran: "What, you have fallen in love with Ivanka?

Zhang Ran didn't have the heart to joke: "Now the Dongying people have secretly organized a lobby group of 50 people to secretly lobby the judges and ask them not to vote for "Angel of Justice". I have no choice but to play ***!"

Wendi Deng wanted to play ***, how to play it? Suddenly, she understood, and shouted, "Are you planning to bombard *** like Meryl Streep and them?"

Zhang Ran said in a very affirmative tone: "Yes, I can only do this now!"

Deng Wendi felt that Zhang Ran was crazy, and he couldn't help but remind: "After taking power, he will definitely fight a trade war, and he has a strong sense of revenge, if you bombard him, after the trade war starts, he is likely to take you under the knife!"

Zhang Ran exhaled lightly and said, "I know, so, I hope that after I lash out at ***, *** will jump out and fight back against me, but at the same time, *** will not make small moves against the peak of the century, which is why I want to meet Ivanka-***." ”

Two days later, Zhang Ran met Ivanka *** and her husband Kushner at Wendi Deng's villa on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Now Ivanka is a White House adviser and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at her. If she meets with a man alone and is discovered by the media, she will definitely be hyped up into a big scandal. But Zhang Ran wants to see her, and she can't see her, after all, the other party is a super-rich man worth more than 100 billion, and he has a great influence both in China and the United States.

After the greetings, Zhang Ran said directly: "Your father hopes that the overseas funds of American companies can flow back to the United States, and the overseas funds of American companies such as Netflix, Blockbuster, and EA under the peak of the century exceed 20 billion, and I can let this part of the funds return to the United States, and I can guarantee that 30,000 jobs will be added in the United States in the next five years!"

Ivanka was shocked when she heard this, and many cash-rich technology companies in the United States have transferred their funds overseas in order to avoid taxes, which is as high as 2.5 trillion US dollars, equivalent to 14% of the entire US GDP. Among them, Apple, Google, Microsoft and other companies have a total overseas asset of about 488 billion US dollars.

In particular, he wanted to attract this part of the money back to the United States, and for this reason he offered preferential conditions of "drastically reducing taxes from 35% to a minimum of 10%. So far, however, many large companies have reacted very lukewarmly. After Jobs' death, Zhang Ran was the leading big brother of the technology company. If Zhang Ran takes the lead, it will definitely play a good role model, thereby driving more funds back to the United States.

However, Ivanka knew that Zhang Ran threw out these conditions, and it was definitely not without requirements, so she looked at Zhang Ran with a smile and asked, "Mr. Zhang, what do you want?"

Zhang Ran smiled, it was really easy and pleasant to talk to smart people, and there was no need to bother at all. He looked at Ivanka, then at Kushner, and said lightly: "Next, I will attack your father's immigration policy for some reason, and he can hit me back, but after responding, the matter is over!"

Just a few days ago, *** issued an executive order against Iran and seven other countries, suspending immigration and visa issuance for 90 days, while banning all refugees from entering the United States for four months, and banning Syrian refugees from entering the country indefinitely.

The promulgation of the "immigration ban" has aroused opposition from all sides, with domestic travel one after another, business tycoons signing lawsuits condemning it, and attorney generals in 16 states, including California, issuing joint statements condemning the ban.

However, Ivanka didn't understand why Zhang Ran was attacking her father, she didn't believe that Zhang Ran would stand up for immigrants from Iran and other countries, so she smiled and said, "Can I know why you are attacking my father?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said helplessly: "My movie "Angel of Justice" is about the Nanjing Massacre and how the Dongying people covered up the historical truth. I hope that this film will win an Oscar, so that I can use the influence of the Oscar to get more people to pay attention to this film, and thus to pay attention to this history. But Dongying people didn't want "Angel of Justice" to win the award, so they secretly organized a lobby group of 50 people to persuade the judges not to vote for "Angel of Justice". I have no better way now than to get votes by lashing out at your father's policies. You also know that slamming your father in Hollywood is the biggest political correctness right now!"

Ivanka still doesn't understand: "Why don't you just poke things out?"

Zhang Ran said helplessly: "We will definitely poke it out, but this lobbying team of Dongying people is formed under the banner of a classic Sony movie, and this movie is nominated for an Oscar; ”

Ivanka completely understood: "Many people say that my father is a businessman, and he is indeed the character of a businessman. So, a good business like this doesn't need his personal nod, I can promise you!"

Zhang Ran smiled: "I like to deal with cheerful people, then we will decide!"

Trade war between China and the United States is inevitable, and as China's most influential enterprise, it is difficult to stay out of the Peak of the Century. The only way to avoid *** pointing the spearhead at the peak of the century is to give *** benefits. Zhang Ran has to talk to *** sooner or later, in this case, he might as well throw out the benefits as soon as possible, so as not to be crooked to the peak of the century.

There are several American companies in the hands of Century Peak, one this year, one next year, and the funds of several companies in Century Summit are transferred back to the United States, and *** has also stepped down!

After meeting with Ivanka-***, the "Angel of Justice" publicity team began to play the card of ***, and the media began to promote the "love" in "Angel of Justice" in stark contrast to the "hate" represented by ***, and "love" will eventually triumph over "hate". At the same time, the film's publicity team also hired the head of the United Church of Christ in the United States to stand for the film, and in addition, celebrities such as Bai Yunfei and Wintour also spoke for the film.

Even so, it failed to save the unfavorable situation, and in the next few union award competitions, "Angel of Justice" was hit hard. Not only did they lose the Editors Guild Award and the Screenwriters Guild Award, but they lost the particularly important Actors' Guild Award. In the competition for the British Academy Film Awards, "Angel of Justice" also won the Best Supporting Actress award.

By this time, La La Land, which had three bellwethers, was the top seed for the Oscar for Best Picture, followed by Angel of Justice and Moonlight Boy third.

Just when Zhang Ran was rushing for "Angel of Justice", the 67th Berlin Film Festival opened. Jury President Paul Verhoeven took Jury members Maggie Gyllenhaal, Wang Quan and others on the opening red carpet. However, due to the lack of international stars in the opening film, the red carpet of this year's Berlin Film Festival was dim, and most of the guests present were German actors.

This year's Berlin Film Festival has a total of 9 Chinese-language films unveiled, of which two were shortlisted for the main competition unit, one is Zhang Ran's "Angel of Justice", and the other is the animated film "Superb".

Politics has always been part of the Berlinale, and this year is no exception. The day before the opening of the festival, the chairman of the festival, Dieter Koslick, took aim at ***, bombarding the other party as "the most unworthy president in history".

At the press conference after the opening of the film festival, reporters continued to throw questions about *** to the members of the jury, so that they were shrouded in the shadow of the current president of the United States.

Maggie Gyllenhaal said: "As an American, it's unbelievable that I'm able to appear at an international film festival at this juncture. But I want the whole world to know that there are many people who are being kept out of my country right now. ”

Mexican actor Diego Luna, who starred in Rogue One, said: "I came here to learn how to 'tear down walls', hoping to send more messages of love to Mexico, not hate. Crossing the wall three or four times a month, there are a lot of love stories happening in between, and I hope the future will be even better. ”

This year's Berlinale has not been favored by critics since the announcement of the shortlisted films, and the only films in the main competition are Zhang Ran's "Angel of Justice" and Finnish master Aki Kaurismaki's new film "The Other Side of Hope" after a six-year absence from the big screen.

After the opening of the film festival, the whole situation was as everyone expected, and there were no bright spots in competition for several days in a row, and the level of the films was very disappointing. Many reporters complained on the Internet that this year's Berlin films were boring, with general speculation, gentle stories, and outdated techniques, which were not at all the level of the main competition of the A-class film festival.

A Chinese reporter said even more angrily: "Watching a disappointing one, complaining is powerless, and you can't get the best one, two, three, but it's still very promising to rank the most one to ten." ”

The mediocre films have led the press and critics to pin their hopes on "Angel of Justice", and everyone is looking forward to the premiere of "Angel of Justice" in Berlin. Many media and film critics have seen "Angel of Justice" and think the movie is very good. However, the version of "Angel of Justice" screened in Berlin is different from the version screened in theaters, it is an extended version, and the whole film is five hours long, which is also the version that Zhang Ran is really satisfied with.