Chapter 185: Verdict
Zhang Liang's studio sued Xihang Satellite TV for arrears of royalties, plagiarism and shady injuries to Zhang Liang, and finally opened in the First People's Court of Xihang Airlines, and the final result also caused everyone to be in an uproar.
However, for the result, Zhang Liang felt that it was expected.
One win and two defeats!
The court won the lawsuit for arrears of royalties, and the court ordered Xihang Satellite TV to pay all the arrears of royalties totaling 23,155,789.26 yuan within one month.
"The Masked Singer" plagiarized "The Masked Singer" and lost the lawsuit, but the court ordered the "The Masked Singer" program team to change its name.
"The Masked Singer" hurt Zhang Liang and lost the lawsuit because of insufficient evidence.
When Xihang Satellite TV came to negotiate, they hoped to reconcile with Zhang Liang through royalties, because they also knew that they were at a loss, and there was absolutely no possibility of Zhang Liang losing the case in this case, rather than this, it was better to use this as a step back and fight for interests with Zhang Liang, but in the end there was no consensus.
The reason why the second Zhang Liang lost the lawsuit was actually because after not being able to reconcile, Xihang Satellite TV made large-scale changes to the competition system of "The Masked Guess the Singer", and in a short period of time, it was able to make such an almost subversive modification to the competition system of "The Masked Guess the Singer", and I have to admit the ability of Xihang Satellite TV in this regard.
Originally, the PK mode was canceled, and now "The Masked Guess the Singer" has completely become a show to guess who the masked singer is!
Each issue of "The Masked Guess the Singer" will invite ten contestants to take turns to participate in the quiz, and five members of the guessing jury can make a guess, of course, the audience at the scene can also give advice to the guessing jury, but each member of the guessing jury has only three chances to guess each participating singer, as long as someone guesses the identity of the masked singer who participated, this person will declare a failure, and then leave the scene (after all, they have guessed who it is, it doesn't make a difference whether they are uncovered or not).
After the singing, if no one guesses the identity of the singer, the singer is declared victorious and can enter the winning team.
The singers of the winning team can participate in the next edition of the competition, and there will naturally be new singers in the next session to fill the number of places that leave the competition, making up for the tenth.
The format of the second round is the same as that of the first stage, and only those who have not guessed will be able to enter the winning team and participate in the next round.
In the third phase, it is still the same, the only difference is that as long as there are contestants who have not been guessed for three consecutive periods, they can enter the masked singer candidates, and they do not need to participate in the fourth phase of the competition, but can enter the final battle!
After rounds of deletions, ten masked singer candidates are finally gathered to start the final battle!
The rules of the final battle will also be changed, the first round is the self-selected repertoire, and the exit of the contestants is also guessed, and the second round is a random selection of repertoire, and the departure of the contestants is also guessed, and the rest of the personnel enter the final battle, and the final battle is not only to ensure that their singing methods are not recognized, but also to score according to the singing vote.
Those who are recognized will naturally be out, and those who are not recognized in the end will be selected according to the number of votes sung to choose the final champion, that is, the last masked singer!
(Leng Feng is helpless: Anyway, will this variety show model I think be favored by which TV station, eh, hehe?)
I have to say that this final modified "The Masked Guess the Singer" is still a bit interesting, but it still deviates from the original intention of a singing competition show, but has become a singing show that is completely to cover up your identity, after all, whether you are eliminated is just to see if you are showing up, not to see how your singing skills are, this practice is that many singers deliberately use some strange singing methods to disturb the audio-visual in order to cover up their characteristics.
It is precisely because the audio-visual effect is no longer pursued that the songs sung may not be so beautiful, and naturally it will not achieve the purpose of an audio-visual feast of singing programs, and will only become a funny program that hides its identity.
But I have to say that this approach has nothing to do with "The Masked Singer" except that it has something to do with the masked in its name, and it is naturally impossible to be considered plagiarizing "The Masked Singer" after such a drastic move.
If it is changed to other countries with complete plagiarism laws, it may still be judged as a certain degree of plagiarism, but it is a pity that Huaxia has not perfected the law of Xiaguan, so it also made Xihang Satellite TV take advantage of the loophole, and it is reasonable to lose the lawsuit.
However, Zhang Liang's side is not completely without gains, at least Xihang Satellite TV has to change the name of the program, and the final winner cannot be called the masked singer.
Although such a result does not seem to be of any benefit to Zhang Liang, at least it makes Xihang Satellite TV disgusting, after all, most of the advertising investment in the early stage has been wasted, many documents and documents have to be remade, many review approvals have to be handed in again, and even the contract of the advertiser title sponsor has to be redrafted, which is definitely a rather annoying and disgusting thing.
As for the third lawsuit, Zhang Liang had no hope.
Many things, even if everyone knows about them, but such things as lawsuits still need to pay attention to evidence.
Zhang Liang was shady, but so what? Who will prove it?
Just because Rulai won? That was the result of the audience's vote, and there was also a notary public present at the scene, and you said that this was shady, and that was questioning the authority and credibility of the notary office? What's more, Zhang Liang chose to uncover himself, and he also chose to leave the scene, saying that Xihang Satellite TV was shady, but there was no conclusive evidence, right? Xihang Satellite TV did not countersue Zhang Liang for slander, right?
Therefore, when the result of this case came out, there was naturally an uproar on the Internet, and for Xihang Satellite TV, the majority of netizens naturally had one more adjective: shameless!
shamelessly modified the competition system of "The Masked Singer", and even the final champion was called the Masked Singer, and in the end he was embarrassed to lick his face and say that it was an original show, with complete intellectual property rights, what is this practice not shameless?
And the well-known shady scene will eventually be judged to lose the case because of insufficient evidence, which also makes many people who support Zhang Liang very angry, and even some people think that Xihang Satellite TV bought off the court, after all, they are all their own families.
However, Zhang Liang, as a party to the case, didn't think so, he was just asking for money, and the others were just disgusting Xihang Satellite TV, if he could make Xihang Satellite TV apologize or something, it would be really comfortable, but unfortunately it didn't get his wish in the end.
However, Xihang Satellite TV may not have done such a thing as a counterclaim because it was untenable, which can be regarded as a relief to Zhang Liang.
Leave a line in doing things, whether it is Xihang Satellite TV or Zhang Liang, they all understand this truth, and if some things are really too stiff, it will not be good for each other.
This sensational case came to an end, Zhang Liang did not appeal, and Xihang Satellite TV also accepted the result, which made the majority of netizens feel a little incredible, and thought that this matter would make trouble for at least a few years.
And soon after the verdict of this case, the three variety shows of "Star Challenge", "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and the name changed to "Masked Singer Everyone Guess" after the revision, finally confirmed the broadcast date!