"Mr. Chen, let me introduce you. This is my elementary school classmate, Dwyane Brown, the director of the United States Publishing Administration. Dwyane, do you need me to introduce you to Mr. Chen? "
Director Brown pinched his chin and looked at Chen Guang with a smile. He extended his hand enthusiastically. "Mr. Chen, nice to meet you."
Chen Guang was overjoyed and squeezed Director Brown's hand.
What the f * ck, what is this?
A heavenly soldier descending from the heavens?
Could it be that my hidden skill is the legendary Lucky Star, and I get what I lack?
Sure enough, I have the protagonist's halo. It's my destiny!
The more he thought about it, the more satisfied he was, and the harder he squeezed Director Brown's hand.
Director Brown's hand was squeezed tightly, and he swayed it back and forth.
However, Chen Guang only shook hands with him and did not speak.
Director Brown looked up and found that Chen Guang's eyes were as bright as the stars in the night sky. He obviously wanted to eat him!
What … what was going on?
He had never heard of this great artist from Huaxia, Mr. Chen, who was a great scholar, having such tendencies!
"Mr. … Mr. Chen?"
Director Brown reminded him with a red face and tried to pull his hand out.
However, with Chen Guang's strength, it was impossible for Dwyane Brown to break free.
Chen Guang reacted first. "Haha, Mr. Brown, I'm sorry, I forgot myself. I'm very happy to meet you. No, I'm very, very happy!"
About half an hour later, Dwyane Brown finally understood why Chen Guang had lost his composure.
Chen Guang was more than ten times more enthusiastic toward him than anyone else. He chased after him the whole time, chatting with him whenever he had the chance. Finally, his fox's tail was exposed.
One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions. Director Brown also understood this principle from Huaxia, so he simply asked directly.
Chen Guang knew that it was difficult to do such a big thing under the table with the way things were done in Europe and the United States. It was impossible for 10 million sets of publications to flow into America without causing a commotion, and it was impossible that it had nothing to do with the director of the United States Publishing Administration.
It was unrealistic to expect Director Brown, whom he had just met, to take some money and secretly stir up trouble.
China was fighting corruption, and so was Europe and the US. Brown would not take the risk of being imprisoned and offend those publishing and printing companies who were trying to take advantage of him. These companies were backed by large media groups.
Touching their money was equivalent to touching their lives. In the democratic land, the influence of business owners and large financial groups on the political world was even stronger than in Huaxia.
So, Chen Guang simply said it in front of everyone. First, he talked about how shameless those unscrupulous printing companies were. Then, he asked Director Brown if he could sell books from China here.
Brown shook his head vigorously. "That's impossible! Mr. Chen, I will never agree to your request! Heaven knows how serious the protests will be. It will be fiercely boycotted by the Amalgamated Publishing Union! Not to mention me, even the president doesn't have such a right! "
Chen Guang looked at this guy and thought to himself. He really wanted to force him into a PY deal!
Aren't you talking nonsense? Of course, I know that. I'm asking you to see if there are any loopholes in the system that I can exploit!
President Fred, who was next to him, interrupted, "Dwyane, is there no other way? I think Mr. Chen's idea is very good. You don't know this, but more than two-thirds of the people in the Film Association have not been able to buy a copy of 'World's Pie,' let alone ordinary people. Those publishing and printing companies are violating the law of the market and maliciously raising prices. They are hindering the progress of civilization! "
On the other side, the dean of the Southern California Academy of Motion Picture Arts nodded. "President Fred is right. If it weren't for the fact that we don't want to profane knowledge, the students in our school would want to infringe and make copies themselves. This matter has made us very miserable. As far as I know, it's not just me. Many film and television universities in the US are calling for the same thing. "
The dean of the Los Angeles University School of Performing Arts also poked his head in from the side. "It's not just you. The students in ordinary universities are also very anxious. This morning, two students from our school's Physics School fought over a copy of 'World's Pie.'"
Seeing that his international friends were speaking up for him, Chen Guang struck while the iron was hot. "Director Brown, look, these are the voices of the masses! Those companies that are asking for sky-high prices have simply lost their conscience. If it weren't for them raising the prices crazily to the point of making us lose money, we would have satisfied everyone's needs long ago! You also know that my 'World's Pie's' price is very low, and there is almost no profit! Other similar academic monographs on the market start at 150 US dollars. Look at mine, I have no intention of relying on publishing to make money, but they still want to suck my blood. This hurts me so much! "
"That's right!"
"Evil capitalist entrepreneurs!"
"A shameless businessman who has lost his conscience for money and stinks of money!"
"For their own interests, they are harming civilization and art! We can't let them succeed! "
Hearing the criticism from the people around him, Chen Guang nearly forgot that he was in the United States. Those that weren't in the know might even think that he was in the Paris Commune from decades ago. How great was the sentiment of the Soviet Union? They were all allies!
Dwyane Brown was "besieged." President Fred did not expect Chen Guang to stir up trouble with just a few words. He tried to smooth things over and ease the atmosphere. "Dwyane, after all, Mr. Chen has just left his handprint on the wall with great figures like Chaplin and Martin Luther King. Otherwise, given his great achievements, is there any special channel to consider?"
Director Brown felt helpless. "Okay, okay, I have an idea. We can try to list the World's Pie Performing Arts as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, and then put this monograph into a special channel for academic introduction. This way, we can avoid the relevant regulations of the General Administration of Publishing and the Ministry of Commerce, but we will still have to pay a considerable amount of taxes to compensate the publishing industry."
World Intangible Cultural Heritage!
Chen Guang's eyes lit up.
"That's possible! The taxes can't be higher than the cost of printing in North America, right? "
He really wanted to take a selfie with his phone and post it on Weibo.
Accompanying the text: "Living World Cultural Heritage."
"The taxes shouldn't exceed 100 million dollars, but it's very difficult to become a World Cultural Heritage, Mr. Chen."
Director Brown said again.
Chen Guang asked, "Why is it difficult?"
Director Brown shrugged. "You know, the approval of World Cultural Heritage is very strict."
Irma Watson, who had been eavesdropping, finally couldn't help but interrupt. "Is it because Mr. Chen is still alive, so it can't be considered a heritage?"
"Shut up! Irma! "
James Sr. covered Irma Watson's mouth.
Chen Guang felt that Irma's words made sense, and he couldn't refute them at all.
He felt that it was necessary to hang himself and make the heritage a real one.
Well, the price was a little too high. It was a big loss.
Chen Guang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Then what should I do?"
Director Brown thought for a moment. "How about this, Mr. Chen, don't you have a public lecture tomorrow? You can apply to UNESCO now, and I'll arrange it at the same time. You'll be teaching here, and an expert from the headquarters will evaluate it online. After that, we'll hold a week-long global public vote, and the final online public vote and expert review will be considered. What do you think? "
"No problem!"
President Fred interrupted. "But Mr. Chen, how are the preparation of your materials? Won't this be a little too much pressure for you to teach? "
Chen Guang waved his hand. "This is nothing. It's a piece of cake!"
After discussing with everyone, they disbanded at around 10pm. Before leaving, Chen Guang counted on his fingers. The whole process that Director Brown said would take about eight or nine days.
But this wasn't important. He could start in China tonight!
Regardless of the consequences, whether it would succeed or not, he had to start pulling people in.
As long as Dwyane Brown made an opening, it meant that things could be done. It was better than the previous situation where he had no idea where to start.
According to this man's words, it seemed that the United UNESCO was something that the US government could deeply interfere with?
Forget it. This was a little complicated. Now that the Old Man was out of the picture, there was no need to care about these details.
Back at the Flemington Hotel, Chen Guang first asked Lu Xiaoliang to inform Yue Hong not to ask or say anything. Find a ship now, the kind that could pull 10,000 tons and was extremely fast. It would be best if it could ride the wind and waves with sparks and lightning along the way, and sail at a speed of 70 knots.
Well, this wasn't very realistic. China's warships could reach this speed, but the US would not agree. The old men had their own opinions.
Finally, Yue Hong set his sights on a luxury cruise ship that had just completed repairs at the Port of Embarkation and happened to be vacant. It could reach a speed of more than 30 knots.
The cost of making such a cruise ship go straight from China's Port of Embarkation to Los Angeles was as high as millions of dollars, but it was not a problem.
It wasn't until the ship was ready that Chen Guang could set off the day after tomorrow at the latest that he felt at ease.
He immediately went online and was very satisfied with the almost one-sided public opinion on the Internet and TV.
After these days of crazy tossing and turning, there was the amazing performance in Brosnan's Cafe, the perfect interpretation of "Romeo and Juliet", followed by the "1900 Wave March", followed by the Wall of Signatures, which was the first wall where almost no more candidates were added. Coupled with the continuous rise of "Women" and the increasing reputation of "Chen Guang", Chen Guang's reputation was rapidly rising, both domestically and internationally.
The international clamor to directly award the Best Actor Oscar to Chen Guang was also getting louder and louder.
It had only taken him half a month to completely crush "The Sunshine Man" and "July in Florence", which had taken nearly half a year to warm up and invest so much time and energy in the promotion, not to mention the other competitors in the same period.
Faced with the social media comments praising him one after another, Chen Guang was so addicted to the likes that he couldn't extricate himself. This was a movie lover with attitude.
What kind of situation is this? President Fred and Old James are really not in the mood. Why the hell are they voting? If you're a man, you should just give me the Best Actor Oscar!
Oh, look at this. He glanced at William Jones's speech that the system had automatically recommended to him.
"After seeing Chen Guang's" Romeo and Juliet "live, I couldn't help but become his fanatic fan. I admit that I have been disrespectful to him in the past, and I feel uneasy about it. But I can't deny that I have worked hard for many years to be recognized by the Oscars. This is a dream that I have established since I was five years old. This time, after filming "The Sunshine Man," I almost thought that I had half a hand on the Oscar's legs. But now I've changed my mind. I even want to withdraw from the competition right now, even if the nominations have not yet begun! This year's Oscar can only belong to the Chinese, Chen Guang! The greatest international performing artist! "
Not long after, another competitor, Bent Afflett, also straightforwardly reposted William Jones's tweet.
Chen Guang was instantly speechless. Back then, these two guys had poured dog blood on his face. If it weren't for the fact that they definitely couldn't beat him, they would have probably fought back then.
At today's autograph ceremony, these two didn't show up. Apparently, they had returned to Los Angeles together.
Chen Guang had thought that the admiration in these two's eyes the night before was fake. He didn't expect them to suddenly do this on social media.
Less than twenty minutes later, they seemed to have reached an agreement after an urgent discussion.
The official Twitter accounts of "Sunshine" and "July," including the two main leads, William and Bent, as well as the respective social media accounts of the directors of the two movies, all updated with explosive news at the same time.
"Sunshine" and "July" officially announced that they would withdraw from this year's Oscar competition!
Chen Guang couldn't believe it himself. So straightforward?
You guys probably know that you're going to lose for sure and are afraid of embarrassing yourself, so you might as well just accept your fate, right?
The sudden decision of the two big Oscars once again set off a wave of public opinion.
Chen Guang didn't pay any more attention to it. Instead, he returned to his bed and lay comfortably until the next morning.
Before falling asleep, he couldn't help but think, The other ten or so competitors this year are a little thick-skinned. If I were you guys, I would admit defeat along with "Sunshine."
Those stronger than you guys are all cowering. At least you guys have some self-awareness. Let me become the uncrowned king as soon as possible. At least I'll be able to get my hands on the statue first. That way, I won't have to wait anxiously, right?
The next morning, Chen Guang woke up early. He was washing up when he received a call from Dwyane Brown.
After an intense night of work, UNESCO finally gave a positive response. A 17-member expert team had been urgently formed. They would watch and review the live broadcast of the public lecture in one of the conference rooms at the headquarters in Manhattan, New York.
If they passed today's preliminary examination, they would be able to enter the voting phase of the global referendum.
In addition, the UNESCO office in Los Angeles would also send a commissioner to attend Chen Guang's public lecture!
Of course, these things were easy to say, but they cost money like running water.
Chen Guang waved his hand. This was nothing!
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