Chapter 112: Fame Moves the World
Baden's words spread around the world with the New York Times, and the name Zhang Chu and his work "Sherlock" became the fuse like Sarajevo in World War I.
The American people obviously appreciate Sherlock Holmes too, but they don't know much about the events behind this character, and now after the incident is exposed, these people are shocked to find out that fans and writers can't use Sherlock Holmes at will, and they have to pay for it.
But the copyright has already expired, since it has expired, why does the Heritage Foundation still collect money?
TV stations, radio stations, online news, and social media are all about this news, and of course the protagonist of the news cannot be placed on Zhang Chu, a foreigner, the focus is on whether the image of Sherlock Holmes should be liberated and whether the Heritage Foundation has the right to charge relevant fees.
The United States has always been the center of world news, and after a report by the major media here, it quickly spread to the rest of the world.
Especially in the United Kingdom, the hometown of Sherlock Holmes, where the copyright of Sherlock Holmes has long expired, the copyright protection period in the United Kingdom is only 70 years, Sir Conan Doyle died in 1930, and the complete Sherlock Holmes detective works and other works can be freely published in the United Kingdom in 2000.
I didn't expect that in the United States on the other side of the ocean, there are still such a group of fans and writers who are shamelessly sucked by the Heritage Foundation!
The British love Sherlock Holmes and James Bond to death, although they don't like Sherlock Holmes being adapted beyond recognition, but some of the works are still quite wonderful.
This year's movie "Sherlock Holmes" swept away $40 million at the box office in the small territory of the United Kingdom, obviously the reputation is already very low, but it can't stand the British people's love for Sherlock Holmes.
BBC television, the Daily Mirror, The Sun, and The Times have also paid considerable attention to where this lawsuit will go.
As for China, the media exclaimed, why is there a Chinese writer involved in such a case?
And who is Zhang reported by the Internet media?
Which article did he write about Sherlock?
Obviously, they all guessed that it was Zhang Chu, but they couldn't believe that this kid really sent an email to the top lawyers in the United States, and the result was just like in a fairy tale, and those lawyers all agreed.
Obviously, the fate of this kind of email should be to be cleaned up in the trash, and then deleted completely.
What are people doing at 18, and what are you doing at 18?
Things fermented so quickly, and by the time Zhang Chu learned the result of the matter from Xu Dong's mouth, the news had spread all over the world, and his name and works were also known by countless people.
Today's headlines, Sohu News, UC News, The Paper, Xinhua News Agency and many other media have reprinted it to spread the news.
Even when Weibo "Onion News" directly sent out the news, you must know that the Onion Club and the Roadside Club are all specialized in sending false and unreliable news, and they don't even dare to think about these onion news, but they were done by Zhang Chu!
Twitter topped the real-time hot list, even surpassing the discussion of the name of the new album of the popular American singer, but it was quickly surpassed by new topics.
However, on the list of micro and hot hands, Sherlock Holmes ranks first in copyright issues, leaving behind with an absolute advantage, of course, the second place is not an outsider, and the topic of "Zhang Chu's Detective Sherlock" also has a lot of attention.
The Chinese writer went to the United States to file a lawsuit, which was originally a high-profile headline, not to mention the fact that the same author sued the Heritage Foundation, which dramatically brought more people involved.
Coupled with the previous entanglement between Mr. Hua Ye and Beifei, many people were waiting to see if Zhang Chu's homo works would be infringed, but as a result, they quietly went to the United States to file a lawsuit!
Those who ridiculed and waited to see the jokes were simply shocked, and what about the loss of money for the good book?
How did he become a messenger of justice, he didn't fight lawsuits in China, he went to the United States, and hired such a top lawyer!
This is very different from the tragic fate that was thought out in advance.
"That's awesome, this guy is awesome!"
"It's the first time I've seen the same people sue the official.,And it's still so loud.,Sit and wait for the follow-up.。 ”
"Today is the death of original literature!"
"I can't dream of this kind of thing, Zhang Chu, how did you do it?"
"Kneel!"
"Zhang Chu is very domineering, why can a publishing house publish a novel, but fans can't write it casually, it's just bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. ”
"The world is too mysterious, just like the president of the United States who ruled the country on Twitter. ”
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When the news of Zhang Chu's lawsuit against the Foundation was exposed, anyone in any media wanted to find Zhang Chu, and only the person concerned knew what happened here!
The local media in Jiangcheng rushed directly to the Hanlinxuan bookstore, wanting to block Zhang Chu directly at home.
As a result, after a group of media rushed over with long guns and short guns, they were told that this goods had already gone to Yanjing to participate in the suspense literature summit!
It hurt these reporters to quickly take out their mobile phones to report the situation to the headquarters, and strive to interview Zhang Chu at the suspense literature summit.
There is no shortage of media at the "Scholarly China" large-scale book fair, but the suspense literature summit has not received much attention as a part of it.
After all, this literary form is not mainstream, and there are no big names, just publishing houses, film and television companies, writers, and only a few media reporters taking pictures in front.
Now after receiving the notice from the newspaper, website, and TV station, this group of reporters immediately looked around, wanting to see where Zhang Chu was!
"Zhang Chu, this kid is too good at tossing, have any of you seen him?"
Zhou Long, who was wearing a press card, hurriedly asked, just now the leader of the website called directly to explain, no matter what, Zhang Chu must be interviewed today.
They Tencent News had several people at the scene today, but only Zhou Long was on the side of the suspense literature summit, thinking that the building near the water would get the moon first, but at a glance, I didn't know who Zhang Chu was.
The rest of the reporters were also confused, they did know that there was this person, but they didn't know exactly what it looked like, so they had to ask others.
"Who knows Zhang Chu?"
"Where did he go?"
"Is classmate Zhang Chu here?"
Zhang Chu didn't have anything to do with the people here, and when the reporters were still looking for people in the venue, he left from the door with Xu Dong and editor Gu Xinxue.
Obviously, there were already many reporters waiting outside the door, but Zhang Chu was a fresh face, and no one noticed when he walked in front of them, but craned his neck one by one to wait.
"My little ancestor, when did you toss this thing?"
Gu Xinxue always knew that Zhang Chu was a young man with a lot of ideas, but he never expected to make such a big move, and he didn't know what to say at all.