Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 209 Either defect or die together!

This is the first time Harvey Weinstein has encountered such a thing in his long Hollywood career, which is a mystery.

Now all the evidence in his hands shows that the person who has put him in the current crisis is precisely this young man from the other side of the ocean.

The reason, of course, was that stupid Chinese counterpart who did things so crudely that the cooperation between them not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but instead made him move from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.

But how did he do it?
The counterattack was so quick and hit his vital point, forcing him to call him in the middle of the night to seek peace.

At first, when Harvey Weinstein heard Chen Nuo say that he was taking classes, he was skeptical.

But by this time, he was certain that the other party was indeed humiliating him.

This was a feeling he hadn't felt for many years, and for a moment, it was hard for him to accept.

He took a deep breath and said, "Chen, let me say it again. Please listen carefully. Can you tell me how you know about me?"

This time Chen Nuo heard it clearly and laughed immediately.

Of course no problem, even though you're such a fat bastard, you're so disgusting and you want to kill me
But I will also tell you that I was reborn from 2024, so come and kill me quickly, otherwise sooner or later you will be killed by me, right?

These American ghosts. Why do they always treat others like pigs? Are they crazy?
"The reason is simple. I just have more friends and am more informed. Besides, Harvey, what you did wasn't really secret, was it?"

Harvey was silent for a while, then said with relief: "You're right, Chen. It's not secret. In fact, the title of the article is absolutely correct. From 1990 to now, do you know how many times I have been sued for sexual harassment? 86. Do you know how many of them have finally entered the trial stage? 0."

"Every woman, no matter how angry she appears to be, or how much she wants to kill me, I know that in order for her to sign a waiver of prosecution and a confidentiality agreement, she only needs to do two things - enough money, or one or two movies in which she can be the heroine."

"So, why should I keep it a secret? I have no shortage of money, and as for dramas...haha, one or two bad dramas are enough to satisfy those Hollywood bitches."

In the face of Harvey Weinstein's boasting, Chen Nuo remained calm from beginning to end.

There was no way he couldn't help but stay calm. In front of the whole class, could he still act like a gangster and say "fuck you, son of a bitch" to Harvey with a grim look?

But this is not a solution, as there will definitely be some language that is not suitable for children.

So Chen Nuo said to Huang Lei: "Teacher Huang, I'd better go out and answer it."

Huang Lei nodded very reasonably and said, "Go ahead."

When Chen Nuo walked out of the classroom, he was heard saying to the whole class: "Classmates, don't say that I only made an exception for Chen Nuo and let him go out to make a phone call during class. If one day you also receive a call from Harvey Weinstein in the United States, raise your hand at any time. You can go out at any time."

Haha, he’s just an old rogue, but Teacher Huang takes him seriously.

Harvey Weinstein, he deserves it!

As soon as he stepped out of the classroom, Chen Nuo began to speak for his female friends as a friend of women: "Don't think too highly of yourself, Mr. Weinstein. Even the smallest ants can kill an elephant as long as there are enough of them."

"Like me, how could I be in your eyes before? I was just like an ant that you could easily crush to death. But now, is your butt a little swollen after being kicked by me?"

"Tonight must be an extra long night, right? You didn't wait until this time to call me on purpose, did you? Are you having trouble sleeping, my dear Harvey?"

"You should be glad you're in Hollywood and not China, because otherwise I'm not just going to kick your ass. I'm going to shove your fat face up your asshole. Do you hear me, you son of a bitch?"

As soon as Chen Nuo finished speaking, Harvey Weinstein started spewing all kinds of obscenities on the phone in an abnormally crazy tone: "You&$～#"

Chen Nuo hung up the phone without saying anything.

He did not return to the classroom, but lay in the corridor looking at the campus outside.

The weather today is pretty good. The thick smog has finally dissipated, and the school looks like it has a kind of withered winter beauty.

Two girls were walking hand in hand downstairs. The one on the left glanced in his direction and just stared at him without moving.

Chen Nuo smiled at the other party and waved.

His acting class was on the second floor, so he could see the other person's facial features clearly.

She is a freshman in his acting department and a friend that Janice Man has made recently. If nothing unexpected happens, this girl will become a famous actress in the future. I heard that she is the goddess of many people.

The girl with big eyes was obviously startled when she saw him waving. After that, she didn't move or respond, but just stared at him blankly.

At this time, the phone rang again.

Chen Nuo turned around and continued to answer the phone.

The deliberate provocation just now made him almost 80% sure.

Harvey Weinstein, this obscene pervert, not only suffers from exhibitionism, but is also likely to suffer from bipolar disorder, and his emotions are extremely easily out of control.

This was undoubtedly a surprising discovery.

If necessary in the future, you can make use of this.

Chen the scumbag has a mind as cunning as a sieve, and every time he insults someone he does it is calculated, but Harvey Weinstein is no ordinary character either.

This time on the phone, Harvey Weinstein's voice did not sound like he wanted to tear Chen Nuo to pieces just a minute ago.

"Chen, let's reconcile." This was Harvey Weinstein's first words, and his tone was as cold as ice.

The second sentence was: "You know you can't kill me."

Chen Nuo sneered unwillingly, as if he still had more than 10,000 cards in his hand, and said: "Harvey, do you want to give it a try?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and after a while he said, "Although I am 90% sure, you are probably bluffing. But it doesn't matter, I agree to your terms."

"Do you know what my conditions are?"

Harvey Weinstein chuckled: "I won't interfere with the Oscars this time. So, we're fine, right?"

Chen Nuo didn't hesitate for a second and said, "Yes."

His straightforward approach once again silenced Harvey Weinstein.

After a while, the voice on the phone became gentle and soft, completely different from before.

"If I remember correctly, you are 21 years old this year, right? You are so young. You remind me that I founded Miramax at such a young age."

"Little boy, you are very similar to me back then, crazy, desperate, emotional but knowing when to quit. I admire you very much. I hope that next time we meet again on the Oscar stage, not as rivals, but as friends."

Of course Chen Nuo would not drink this bowl of magic soup.

People like Harvey Weinstein don't have blood flowing in their veins, but sewer water.

If he really wants to turn enemies into friends, he is the biggest fool in the world.

The only reason why he so easily agreed to a temporary truce with Harvey was that Chen Nuo knew that this time, just as Harvey said, he could not kill the other party.

Because Facebook, Twitter and other platforms had only just appeared, and smartphones were only in their infancy, the scale of websites such as blogs was far from sufficient to allow the general public to make their voices heard.

The right to interpret both big and small events is still firmly controlled by those media giants.

With Harvey's energy and ability, as well as the connections he has built up in Hollywood over the years, there is a 90% chance that he can calm the storm through various means.

At the same time, the 2017 New York Daily News investigative article was written by Jodi Kanter and Evans Nissen after more than half a year of investigation.
At that time, a former secretary of Harvey was found who was willing to come forward with his real name to expose Harvey's ugly behavior, which finally triggered the me too storm on Twitter.

And this time, what does Jordi Kanter have in his hands?
The only ones he mobilized were Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, and they were only willing to come forward and make anonymous accusations.

Although me too and the like may spread somewhat remarkably on blogs, they will be extinguished immediately if the media does not report on them.

Not to mention the differences in other historical backgrounds and public opinion atmosphere.

Therefore, Chen Nuo persuaded Jordi Kant not to be impatient. At the beginning, he only needed to release a vague report to give Harvey a small warning so that he would not dare to act recklessly again.

We will slowly conduct investigations later and gather more physical and witness evidence, and finally, when social media becomes popular and Harvey Weinstein can no longer use his connections to cover up the case, we will deal him a fatal blow.

As a result, the woman did not listen to his advice as a friend, and he could do nothing about it.

This may be the limitation of the times.

but
If there are no limitations, how could Berkshire Hathaway and Apple stocks be so cheap after the financial crisis next year, right?
In the following week, developments regarding Harvey Weinstein in America were dizzying.

A week ago, Jodi Kanter was already fantasizing about this year’s Pulitzer Prize.

She didn't know how many times she laughed at the Chinese boy in her heart for trying to make her give up such good news material and lose the opportunity to become famous.
But now, a week later, as she walked out of the New York Daily News office building, holding a cardboard box filled with sundries, she suddenly felt a lump in her throat and tears started streaming down her face.

Why did it become like this?

Everything was going smoothly at the beginning, but a week ago, Fox TV, a subsidiary of News Corporation, reduced its coverage of Harvey.

Then other CBS and NBC also slowly began to focus on other hot spots.

The New York Times, where she works, is still following the report and guiding public opinion to condemn Harvey.

However, I don't know when the public's focus shifted from whether Harvey Weinstein really did those things to more specific details. For example, men have been discussing the sexual harassment methods that sound very interesting online.

In the name of business, I first invited the lady to the room. At this time, she usually wore a nightgown to receive me. During the chat, I said, "Excuse me, my shoulders are a little sore. Can you give me a massage?"

After that, he started to play some tricks to take advantage of every opportunity.

In fact, it is not that bizarre or exciting. If it had not happened in Hollywood, it might not even be worth making the newspaper page.

But this is what happened in Hollywood.

As soon as the male and female protagonists were replaced by the boss of a film company and a blonde, blue-eyed, tall and long-legged screen goddess, everyone suddenly felt that the matter became erotic and exciting.

Then the topic changed again and the public began to discuss why Harvey Weinstein could order those women around like that?
Why didn't they resist or call the police?

Could it be that they were actually half-hearted, trying to cling to Harvey's power?

When things developed to this point, Jodi Kanter felt something was wrong. Unexpectedly, a video that came out from nowhere dealt her a heavy blow.

In the mottled and old video footage, a sexy woman is posing and Harvey Weinstein is waving at her to leave.

This is not over yet.

The day after the video clips began to circulate online, Harvey Weinstein held a press conference, declaring that the recent defamation and slander made it impossible for him to sit comfortably in his position as chairman and CEO of Miramax.

Therefore, he and his brother Bob Weinstein will resign from all positions at Miramax, withdraw from the board of directors, and sell relevant shares to prove their innocence.

Harvey Weinstein also accused some unscrupulous journalists at the press conference of publishing articles without real evidence in order to attract attention.

He declared that he reserved the right to sue the relevant media and journalists for defamation, and hoped that the New York Daily News would immediately expel the relevant unethical people.

When Harvey Weinstein held a press conference,
It wasn't just the top brass at the New York Daily News who saw it and made the decision to fire Jody Kanter.

Lori Eisner also saw it and made a cross-ocean call to Chen Nuo at 12: a.m. LA time, telling him that this time Harvey Weinstein had completely escaped.

"OK, got it."

"Why, I don't sound disappointed from your tone?"

Of course Chen Nuo was disappointed!

Although he knew the possibility was low, Harvey Weinstein really got away with it, and he had to admire his decisiveness.

The Weinstein brothers left Miramax and started their second business, establishing Weinstein Pictures in Hollywood. If he remembers correctly, it was two years later.

It was from that time that Xavi gradually fell from grace and his popularity declined. He was finally overthrown in 2017.

It seems that in this life, Weinstein Company will be established ahead of schedule.

From the phone call that day, Chen Nuo could tell that Harvey Weinstein was definitely still the willful Harvey Weinstein.

He thought that even if he left Miramax, he could still start a new business and achieve greater success.

Little did we know that with the development of the times, everything would be different.

Chen Nuo was still talking about something, so he didn't talk to Lori Eisnardo. He just said a few perfunctory words and hung up the phone.

"So, you told her. Harvey Weinstein told me in person on the phone that it was Huayi who started it this time. Don't blame me for being cruel. What did that woman say?"

Qi Yuntian said, "She said she would go back and think about it for two days. She might still want to wait until the final result of the Golden Globe Awards is announced. But I think she seems to be quite tempted. After all, the me too Chinese leader you proposed should be just what she wants. But her contract doesn't expire until 2010. She said that she can pay the penalty herself, but she wants to enter Hollywood, so she asked if you can give it to her."

Before Chen Nuo finished listening, he interrupted and said, "Give what? I won't give anything!"

"What about the Golden Globe and Silver Globe awards? They are one thing at a time."

"She can either wait to die with Wang Zonglei or defect to me. Anyway, there are more than one or two women who have been sexually harassed by him..."

"There is no third option. Let her slowly sue Huayi for breach of contract or something. Wang Zonglei slept with her, so shouldn't he pay her?"

"Call her later and tell her to check the news. The me too movement in the United States has already brought down Harvey Weinstein. How are the two brothers Wang Zongjun and Wang Zonglei better than the Weinstein brothers?"

"One day, let her give me an answer immediately!"

"Tell her what I said. If she doesn't agree, I will immediately ask Fan Binbing to hold a press conference!"

When Chen Nuo was angry at Qi Yuntian,
On the other side of Beijing, Wang Zongjun was also in his office, angrily scolding his brother: "Why are you so anxious? Would Harvey, a big Hollywood boss, betray us? Besides, even if Chen Nuo knew, what would he do? What can he do to us? Why are you afraid of him?"

Wang Zonglei said: "Brother, I'm not afraid of him... I'm asking if we should be on guard against him. Their company also has Internet trolls. If they are also online at that time... I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of our company."

Wang Zongjun waved his hands and said, "You're overthinking it. If spreading rumors on the Internet was really useful, we wouldn't have spent so much money to find Southern Weekend and Wenhui Daily. The statements on the Internet have no credibility and are nothing to be afraid of. However, you really have to restrain yourself during this period. Do you hear me?"

Wang Zonglei said, "Yes, I understand, brother."

Then he laughed again, "Actually, I'd like to see Chen Nuo know it's us, but be unable to do anything to us, hahahahaha."

"That idiot must still be in the dark. Qi Yuntian was asking around before, but you have a way, brother. When you contact those water army, use fake names and fake accounts, so that they can't find any trace at all."

Wang Zongjun also laughed and said, "It's just a trick. Don't be too proud. Be careful. By the way, is Bingbing here today? I want to talk to her."

Wang Zonglei thought for a moment and said, "It seems that I haven't seen her since yesterday. I'll ask Li Xue where she is later."

As a result, Li Binbing's sister Li Xue took a leave of absence today and did not come.

Wang Zonglei called Li Binbing, but the phone was also turned off.

He had no choice but to ask the agent arranged by the company for Li Binbing, and he was told that the two sisters had gone back to their hometown in Northeast China together and would probably not be back for another two days.

Wang Zonglei didn't take it seriously.

The next day, he also followed Wang Zongjun's advice and came to work at the company.

At 10: in the morning, he was sitting in the boss chair in his office, with his feet on the table, talking on the phone.

The person on the other end of the phone was a young actor named Tang whom he had just met in the past two days.

"Well, no problem. I'm very familiar with Director Yimou. It will be easy to arrange for you to run a torch relay or something... How about this, tonight, I'll find a place, and then I'll call you... Hehe, what do you say? When the time comes..."

He said this with a lewd smile on his face, but before he could finish his words, the office door was suddenly pushed open. It was his most trusted subordinate Tian Zewen.

Wang Zonglei was disappointed and scolded him: "Don't you have hands? Don't you know how to knock on the door?"

Tian Zewen held the phone in his hand and said with a pale face: "Boss Wang, a reporter I know called me. A press conference is being held there."

"listen."

After saying that, he turned on the speakerphone of his cell phone and placed it on Wang Zonglei's desk.

Wang Zonglei forgot to hang up his phone because a familiar female voice mentioned his name on Tian Zewen's phone: "...Yes, Wang Zonglei has been like this for many years in Huayi. Female artists in the company have to accompany him for dinner if they want to get a role, and they are even harassed by him. Many people have to give in under his tyranny."

"This time, I decided to speak out because I was inspired by the Me Too movement abroad."

"I want to be worthy of my identity as a woman. I want to help my sisters escape from the clutches of those despicable bastards in the entertainment industry."

"I want all the girls watching here to know that a lot of times in the past, we girls might have been the ones who wouldn't have been in the books."

“Where we live are the white margins of the pages.”

“Our lives are only in the gaps between stories.”

"But now, times have changed. We just need to be brave and take our own steps forward."

“Then we become the story itself.”

"A new day is on the horizon, my dear sisters."

"In this brand new day, everything is bright. There will be no more darkness, no more assholes like Wang Zonglei, and no one will need to say: ME TOO."

"And I, Li Binbing, promise that as long as we stand shoulder to shoulder, fight together, and bravely and resolutely say no to those dirty unspoken rules, this day will eventually cast the first ray of light."

“Because it’s right in front of us.”

Wang Zonglei listened in amazement and couldn't believe his ears.

But it was indeed the voice of the person he was familiar with, spoken so emotionally and sincerely, almost surpassing every play and every line she had performed in the past.

Similarly, Li Binbing, who was sitting behind the podium at the press conference, was also sighing in his heart that the speech was so well written. No wonder they specially provided it to him and asked him to read it.

The author's signature of this article is too unfashionable, it's called "Friend of Women".

(End of this chapter)