Gu Biao didn't react at first, and after waking up for more than ten seconds, he realized that the people in the theater were obstructing Tiffany from taking pictures.

The first two were in other theaters, and it is estimated that they were also noticed, but because of the large number of people, the security guards didn't want to make a big fuss, so they didn't care.

In the United States, the copyright protection law is very strict, and the theater says that you are not allowed to take pictures, and if you have to take pictures, you may be suspected of breaking the law.

It is precisely because of this that in American dramas and American movies, if there is a plot that shows "a family watching TV", then 99% of the time on TV is showing news - because the US copyright law believes that pure news does not have copyright, and it is good to indicate the source.

If the TV in the TV shows another American drama, then I'm sorry, the producer is just waiting to pay the license fee for the "citation", or waiting to ban it.

The reason why it is so strict is to absolutely put an end to the situation of "watching TV on TV". (Similarly, if an online anchor on a live streaming platform in the United States dares to show a movie on his channel to the audience, the anchor will be banned from practicing for life.) You can compare the quality of domestic network anchors, and you will know how strict it is).

Tiffany brought the camera into the screening room, even if it was just a few stills, which was theoretically illegal, and belonged to the "pirated gun version".

Gu Biao could only help mediate and explain: "Gentlemen, listen to my explanation, we are actually the producer to conduct an unannounced visit to the box office - you should recognize that this young lady is the heroine of this film." So you don't have to worry about infringement, we are infringing on our own rights. ”

After listening to the explanation, the security guard didn't dare to make a mistake, and first took the group to a brightly lit lounge.

After taking a closer look at Tiffany, she found that she did look a bit like the heroine, so she called the theater manager.

Then he muttered a few words silently in the manager's ear.

The manager of the theater came over politely, "Miss, are you Tiffany Louise? ”

"Hello Mr. Alfred, I am, you should see it. ”

The manager said indifferently and politely: "Well, even if I believe that you are the heroine of "The Terminator", but even so, it is still illegal for you to shoot the pirated gun version in the theater, because the copyright of the film belongs to the producer, and the commercial interests belong to the investor." The heroine only has the right to perform, and she has no right to steal the whole film. ”

Tiffany was a little crazy: "Can you please not open your mouth and shut up for me, it's the law! Are you American litigants paranoid!"

After all, Tiffany's education was French, so she was very disgusted by the American litigator culture.

First, the common law system gives lawyers more room to operate, and the people of the civil law system are not used to it.

Second, it is also a typical example of "high knowledge prices" in the West, with private education being extremely strong and public education being extremely weak.

Not only are academic textbooks expensive, but God knows that in 2018, it was also developed that "if a student fails to present a genuine textbook purchase invoice during the exam, the exam result should be invalidated, because the student is suspected of illegally obtaining knowledge."

In contrast, the French are much more humane in this regard, such as the two world's largest peaks in mathematics, Princeton and a certain school in Paris, the former is a typical American private school, while the latter is a typical French public. In France, there are still many cheap and high-quality higher public education.

These cultural differences create impatience and conflict.

Tiffany couldn't help but squirt a few words, and immediately made the other party's face unkind: "Miss! You are blatantly promoting illegal values! Please respect yourself! Now you are suspected of pirating the gun version, and stealing a frame is also stealing! If you don't cooperate, I'm going to call the police!"

At this time, in order to prevent things from getting out of control, Gu Biao had to reveal his identity: "I am the producer and investor of this film, and I don't have the problem of guarding and stealing - we are indeed conducting a box office sampling investigation today." Your cinema chain is so obstructive and overreacting, could it be that it is suspected of box office fraud?"

"How can they help us with the box office? Isn't it only the mother who will help me?" Tiffany asked softly.

Gu Biao couldn't help but pat Tiffany's blonde hair, and replied in a lower whisper: "You are stupid, if they fake, of course they will change the tickets that are actually sold to other tickets, or drift away." That way, you'll be able to pay less when the time comes. ”

Although Manager Alfred didn't hear Gu Fu's whisper behind him, his expression immediately changed: "This gentleman, you are slandering! You have to pay the legal price for talking nonsense, and we can sue you for defamation and damage to the goodwill of our theater chain." ”

Gu Biao smiled.

He has never been afraid to reason with others: "I am the producer himself, I am in charge of this matter! You let us go immediately, I can act as if this thing has not happened, we will do business." If you're still pestering, don't blame me for being rude. ”

However, the other party hesitated, as if he wanted to keep them for a while longer.

"What's going on?" Gu Biao was a little stunned, and then realized a possibility: "Hold the grass! This theater chain won't really fake and lose his money at the box office, so I want to delay time to destroy the evidence urgently!"

"Applejack, show them my identification, let's go! I'm going to immediately make an assessment report based on the few undercover agencies today, and if they dare to stop you, you can defend yourself!"

Gu Biao said, just walked out reasonably and legally, and hugged Tiffany's waist and protected the camera hanging around her neck, and refused to throw it away.

After all, when things come to this point, there is no reason for the other party to restrict the freedom of consumers' lives. The laws of the United States no longer treat pirated dogs as human beings, and it is impossible to stop them, and there is a hierarchy between legal interests and legal interests after all.

Several of the theater's security guards seemed to realize that the problem was a bit of a problem, and at the behest of the manager, they came over and slammed into their bodies reasonably, trying to stall for time.

It's a pity that they were all put down by Li Lianjie one by one. And it seems that Li Lianjie neither moved nor moved, but they didn't stand firm when they blocked it.

It's almost like the eighteen dips in martial arts.

The bodyguards sent by Princess Kelly saw that the situation was not right, and they also rushed up to stop them, and Gu Biao and his party left easily.

After all, it's just a theater, and it doesn't raise any thugs.

Tiffany also took the opportunity to take a few forensic photos of the process to avoid trouble in the future.

"Huhu, it's so exciting, I didn't expect that there is such a fake form of floating box office in the world, I really saw a lot of things when I came out with you. Princess Tiffany's face was flushed, she was so excited that she didn't want to, and she didn't have any guilt when she was hugged by Gu Ao's waist, but couldn't help but hug Gu Biao and dance a few times to celebrate.

While jumping, she also proposed: "Why don't we find a few more groups of people and secretly visit the box office statistics? Maybe we can really cast a net overnight to find a few fake points." ”

Gu Biao advised her to calm down: "Don't do it, it's too ugly to eat like this, and it will be boycotted." Be a man and leave a line, don't lift the scars of the entire industry - but if you make such a fuss, you will have to explain in the end. Your identity as the princess of Monaco is a secret, and you must not be able to keep it.

Because we definitely have to explain that your behavior is 'juvenile ignorance and seeking truth', not a large-scale and deliberate box office check by the producers. In this way, those theaters will choose to take a step back and let the interest be calm. After all, we are not like those big publishers, who have a strong deterrent and manpower to keep an eye on most of the theaters. ”

"I'm confused! Just tell me what to do!" Tiffany was scheming and was quickly stunned.

Gu Biao showdowned: "Either forget it like this, if you have to pursue it, let's hold this cinema line at most, pretending that it's because you're young, impulsive and ignorant, and lift the lid." Then, other theaters rely on knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger to count on them to be conscious. ”

"Okay, it's rude to me anyway. They seem to be called 'Mars Cinemas', right?" Tiffany thought for a moment and agreed.

In the end, what she cares about is not this money, not to mention whether the box office of the movie is good or not, and she, the heroine, has not been shared. What she cares about is that she can't be angry, and whoever points fingers at her will be scolded back.

Gu Biao could only give up sleeping to accompany her crazy, and asked Li Lianjie to urgently notify some people to quickly find some theaters in this theater to step on the statistics at midnight.

Gu Biao didn't look at each house much, so he asked people to buy tickets and go in and secretly take a few photos to count the number of people and leave. Because the next day is Saturday, everyone has a holiday, so the movie in the second half of the night is also watched by some people, and it will not run in vain.

And Gu Biao believes that even the movie theater that clashed just now would not be able to urgently notify other theaters in the same theater chain in the middle of the night to urgently stop box office fraud - if they really fake.

After all, in the middle of the night, the theater executives and shareholders all slept soundly, and the theater managers were all at the same level, and no one could command anyone, and some things were inconvenient to say. When the Mars theaters react as a whole, it is estimated that it will already be the next day.

……

After stepping on a dozen points, it was almost dawn, and Gu Biao had time to go back to his villa in Los Angeles to sleep, while Tiffany was sent back to Princess Kelly's villa in Beverly Hills, about a few kilometers apart.

Parting, Tiffany also repeatedly said that she would come to play with him when she woke up.

Gu Biao slept for a few hours, and when he woke up, the first-day box office data of all theaters had been counted by the distributor Miramax.

Harvey Weinstein, the president of Miramax, the short-haired cunning fat man, paid a special visit to Gu's villa, had a working lunch with him, reported the situation and congratulated him.

Harvey looked excited: "Gu, cooperating with your project is the wisest choice I have made in the past two years. It looks like "Terminator" is really a success! Compared to the $8 million production cost, it is too successful!

On Friday, and in the middle of the night, in the early hours of Saturday, $940,000 was sold! According to my experience, the box office in the first week after release can account for 10%~15% of the cumulative North American box office in the future.

If there is a daily average of more than 1 million on Saturday and Sunday, it is no problem to break through 5 million that week, that is, the North American market may hit the 50 million mark! You can make at least 200% of the profit! Oh, lucky James, he is about to become a famous director, which is really enviable. ”

"You'll also become famous publishers, each other. Gu Biao poured a glass of champagne for Harvey, his gesture was very steady, not shaking at all, and he seemed to be in a stable mood.

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