After Liu Yifei was released, major media around the world rushed to interview her, and major TV stations invited her to the festival; even Time magazine interviewed her, and Time magazine has decided that she will become the cover character of the latest issue. Although 2015 has just begun, many people have predicted that Liu Yifei and several other representatives of the METOO movement are likely to become the person of the year this year.

As the Harvey incident broke out in full swing, Hollywood's hypocrisy and darkness were fully exposed and became the *** in the eyes of the people. In order to regain reputation, 54 members of the Oscar Organizing Committee, including heavyweights such as Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg and Catherine Kennedy, held an emergency meeting at the headquarters of Beverly Hills on the 19th, officially depriving Harvey of his Oscar lifetime membership.

After the meeting, the organizing committee issued a statement: "We not only want to separate ourselves from such people who are not worthy of respect for their peers, but also show that in our industry, the era of deliberately ignoring sexual predation and sexual harassment at work is over, and shamelessly engaging in the industry."

"The issue we are currently concerned about has caused serious trouble and will not occupy a place in society. The organizing committee will continue to establish ethical standards and all members of the college will regard it as a model."

After announcing the expulsion of Harvey, Hawke Kochi, chairman of the American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences, personally called Zhang Ran, who had returned to China: "Mr. Zhang, I am very sorry for this incident. The college has removed Harvey from the list. I believe that the production guild will deal with it in the next production guild. Harvey has been ruined and it is impossible for him to continue to stay in the film industry. However, this incident also had a huge blow to Hollywood's reputation. Hollywood has become a place of filth in the hearts of the people. I think things can't be expanded. If it continues, the whole Hollywood may be destroyed. Do you think?"

Zhang Ran knew that Hawk Koch and the entire Hollywood were worried that he would continue to make trouble, and that more senior Hollywood executives would be involved. However, Zhang Ran did not plan to continue making trouble. His goal this time was Harvey, and he did not have the idea of ​​pulling others into the water. Just as Hawk Koch said, if Hollywood was really destroyed, everyone would have no choice but to play.

Zhang Ran said lightly: "Hawke, I have no idleness to care about other people's affairs. I have a grudge and conflict with Harvey, but I did not expose his evil deeds at the beginning. I don't like to make trouble with this. This time he provoked me first, and he was seeking death by himself. The only target I want to attack is Harvey, and I don't want to involve others, nor do I have the idea of ​​expanding the target. Of course, if someone insists on standing on Harvey's side and going against me, I will definitely not be polite!"

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Hawke Kochi breathed a little relieved: "No one will stand on Harvey's side now. Two days ago, Woody Allen and Lindsay Lohan said a few words to Harvey, and they were immediately besieged by netizens." He took a breath and said: "Now many people are worried that the METOO movement will continue to develop and become a bit like ****. After all, you may be considered sexual or harassing with girls or chatting dirty jokes, which is terrifying."

Zhang Ran felt that this worry was right. Two days ago, several women jumped out to accuse Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment. One of them accused Freeman of the room, including the actors in the same film, holding her hand for a long time, looking up and down, saying, "I really hope I'm here...you are so familiar with female charm." Another accused Freeman of the house, standing only one foot away from her, staring up and down at her breasts and buttocks without saying a word.

In fact, seeing a beautiful girl staring at her for a few more times, or even looking at her breasts or buttocks, it can be said that it is an instinctive reaction. Many men will do this. If this is considered sexual or harassment, then men must wear sunglasses when they go out in the future.

Zhang Ran felt that Hawke Kochi talked to him about this, probably because he wanted Liu Yifei to speak out. After all, Liu Yifei is now an iconic figure in the METOO movement. However, Zhang Ran knew that Liu Yifei could not come out, which would make her lose many supporters, so he directly refused: "It makes sense, but it doesn't matter to me and my apprentice. The METOO movement was not done by us, and we didn't push it behind the scenes. Now this has become a social movement, and it is not something that anyone can stop it!"

On this day, Harvey's wife Georgina Chapman announced that she would part ways with Harvey. Chapman is the designer of the fashion brand "Machesa". He married Harvey on December 15, 2007 and raised two children. His daughter is currently four years old and his son is only two years old. As Harvey's wife, Chapman must have benefited a lot. The stars who work with Harvey must wear the clothes she designed before walking the red carpet and when receiving the Oscars, she easily becomes a top-tier brand.

Chapman publicly stated in People magazine: "I am heartbroken for those suffering women. My husband's actions cannot be forgiven, so I have to choose to leave him." Chapman also said that his primary task is to protect young children at the moment, and hopes that the media will allow them to maintain privacy at this time.

Harvey said painfully: "I feel like I've been hit by a destructive blow and I lost my favorite wife and children. I fully understand my wife's decision and hope she can do what she wants to do. I know she does this to protect our children."

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

Despite the accident, Weinstein Pictures took a series of countermeasures, including firing Harvey, erasing his name from his own series, and a collective statement by the board of directors including Bob Weinstein said they were shocked by everything and said that "any hint that the board of directors is wrong about these behaviors." However, no one would believe these words, after all, what Harvey did was an open secret in Hollywood.

This hypocritical statement obviously cannot help the company restore its image, and those companies that cooperate with Weinstein Pictures have drawn a clear line with it. Huaxie Publishing Company, a subsidiary of the French Lagardele Group, announced on Thursday that it would stop printing books published by Weinstein; Goldman Sachs said it would dispose of its shares in Weinstein; investors of the movie "The Lions" announced that they would remove Harvey from the movie; Quentin also decided not to allow Weinstein to release his new work.

It can be foreseen that for a long time in the future, many film and television companies and filmmakers will no longer cooperate with Weinstein, and future projects of Weinstein Pictures may also face the trouble of being difficult to find funders. The golden signboard of the awards season in the past will be like a plague in the future, which is a disgusting existence that makes people retreat.

There are only two possibilities for the final outcome of Weinstein Pictures, either being acquired by others or going bankrupt.

Bob Weinstein knew this very well. For him, selling Weinstein Pictures and getting hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and starting a new job was the best choice he could think of. He secretly contacted some investors and film and television companies, but companies that could offer high prices were not interested in Weinstein Pictures, and companies that were interested in Weinstein Pictures were relatively low and could not afford them at all.

In this case, Bob thought of Zhang Ran and Century Peak. He remembered that after Zhang Ran defeated Huayi in China, he took the company into his pocket. Although Weinstein had a bad reputation, he had dozens of films, including Oscar-winning films. It would be a good supplement to Century Peak's film library, and he felt that Zhang Ran should be interested. Now, the only company that is truly rich and needs to supplement the film library on a large scale is Century Peak. So he first contacted Robert Freman, CEO of Dingfeng Entertainment, and then contacted Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran was a little surprised to hear that Bob wanted to sell Weinstein Pictures to him. After all, he caused Weinstein Pictures to this point. He had no interest in the brand Weinstein, but he was a little interested in the film library. Harvey has a very trash character, but his vision is excellent. Weinstein Pictures has many good movies.

However, the best choice to get these movies is not to buy them from Bob, but to wait for Weinstein to go to auction after bankruptcy. The bankruptcy auction price will be much cheaper. Weinstein's business situation is not good at all, and after the scandal broke out, the collaborators chose to part ways with it. Weinstein Pictures will not support it for long and will definitely go bankrupt.

As for other film and television companies buying Weinstein Pictures, the brand of Weinstein is already terrible. How many companies will sincerely acquire Weinstein? What's more, the core of Weinstein Pictures is Harvey. Now Harvey is ruined and may be in prison. After acquiring Weinstein Pictures, it is necessary to establish a new film selection, investment, production and distribution system. In this case, not many companies want to acquire Weinstein Pictures.

More importantly, once Weinstein Pictures is sold in bankruptcy, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who have a total of 42% of the company's equity, will not be able to obtain any assets from the bankruptcy. In addition, Liu Yifei, together with other victims, is preparing to file a lawsuit against Harvey, demanding that Harvey compensate for mental damages. Attorney fees plus mental damages, and Weinstein Pictures go bankrupt, you can't get a penny. Harvey will become a penny-free pauper, completely cutting off his possibility of making a comeback.

However, Zhang Ran did not refuse directly, and planned to ask about the specific situation of Weinstein Pictures, and said: "How are your current assets and liabilities? How many videos are there in the film library?"

Seeing Zhang Ran interested, Bob immediately said: "We now have $225 million in debt; we sold the distribution rights of "Paddington Bear" and sold 15 million, and now the cash in hand is close to 20 million. As for the film library, we now have 31 movies and 5 projects under development."

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

Bob quickly explained: "In 2010, the company encountered difficulties in its operation, so we sold the copyrights of 200 old movies to Goldman Sachs and an insurance company. Although we only have 31 movies now, it includes Oscar-winning films such as "The King's Speech", "The Fighter", "The Artist", and "The Iron Lady", which are of very high quality."

Zhang Ran asked several questions in a row. After having a general understanding of the situation of Weinstein Pictures, he said lightly: "I will consider the acquisition. If I really decide to acquire, I will contact you."

After hanging up Bob's phone, Zhang Ran had just put his phone in his pocket and was about to go to the conference room. The phone rang again. Zhang Ran picked it up and saw it was an unfamiliar number. He pondered slightly, but he still answered: "Hey, hello!"

"May I ask, is it Mr. Zhang Ran?" It was the voice of a middle-aged man, with a typical Texas accent, "Hello, Mr. Zhang. I am Gary Cohen, Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs. I don't know when you are free, I want to talk to you!"
Chapter completed!