Chapter 1044: Big Killer
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In Hollywood's world-famous Dimei Building, although it has passed the end of work, there are still many offices with lights on and have not yet left work.
In one of them, the atmosphere in one office was unusually depressing.
Several people straightened up and sat cautiously, carefully dealing with Mr. Harrison Hopkins, the president of the company opposite.
"Tell me your opinions, right?" said Harrison, raising his eyelids slightly.
However, the few people sitting opposite him, although they were all executives of Dimei, did not dare to say anything at this time, as if they were afraid that every word would be wrong.
Seeing such a situation, Harrison couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, but he didn't say anything, he knew very well that everything now was deliberately caused by him, and after more than ten years of operation, he had the right and majesty to say everything in Dimei, and it was normal for the people below to be afraid of themselves.
It's just that now he really needs someone to give him advice.
"Cole, tell me what you think, you did this by yourself!" Harrison waited a little impatiently, and directly called Cole's name, "Are you sure that the person who poached from the subsidiary of Oriental DreamWorks didn't sign any separation agreement?"
Cole's heart trembled when he heard Harrison's question, but he quickly returned to normal, and immediately nodded very affirmatively and said, "Mr. President, I dare to swear by my sacred faith that the two people I brought back from Huaxia have absolutely not signed any confidentiality agreements and separation agreements. ”
"That's weird!" Harrison muttered, frowning, his fingers tapping on his desk, he couldn't figure out what the hell was going on at Oriental DreamWorks now.
If the person who was poached signed that he would not divulge company secrets and not engage in work in the same industry within the restricted period after leaving the company, then Oriental DreamWorks is now suing Dimei Pictures, and there is a possibility of winning the lawsuit.
But now Oriental DreamWorks not only sued Dimei Pictures without the certainty of winning the lawsuit, but also put the lawsuit on his own lair, which made him a little confused.
Even if the other party's actions may be because of the young Chinese man's youth, but with the character of the old fox of Barber, he would definitely not make such a brainless decision.
Otherwise, the other party will definitely have the certainty of victory.
But now Harrison can't guess what hole cards the other party is holding in his hand, so they have such strong confidence that they dare to collide head-on with Dimei Pictures, and also put the lawsuit on the side of Los Angeles.
In the face of sudden changes, even if he was sure in his heart, Harrison became cautious for a while.
Because of the behavior of Oriental DreamWorks, it is too crazy to feel like it, and it does not conform to the conventional gameplay at all.
Business competition!
With so many Hollywood studios, the competition between companies is too frequent, and the giants are no exception.
As an old fox who has been at the helm of Pan American Entertainment for nearly 20 years, how can Barber not know the rules of this!
This kind of meaningless copyright lawsuit is a complete waste of money and energy, according to Harrison's idea, his side rushed to launch the "Iron Man" comics, although it robbed the other party's creativity, but this kind of thing without evidence, even if it is brought to court, it is meaningless.
Costly.
According to the traditional practice of Hollywood, Oriental DreamWorks condemned it in the media at best, and then forced itself to give up some of its interests and sue the court, which is pure nonsense and has no chance of winning.
But Harrison didn't expect that Oriental DreamWorks not only did not come to him for peace talks, but sued in court cleanly, he seemed to be able to feel Barber's resoluteness, which made his heart feel extremely puzzled, could it be that Barber, an old guy, is now with a young boss, and he wants to rebel against youth when he is old?
However, he quickly put the idea behind him, and Barber couldn't be the kind of person who impulsively didn't care about the big picture.
Even if that young Huaxia genius is willing to go crazy, Barber will not accompany him to go crazy.
Harrison knows Bobble's character very well.
His fingers tapped aimlessly on the table, but he couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in the gourd of Oriental DreamWorks.
He then clicked the names of several other executives in the room.
"President, I don't think there's any need to worry too much, after all, the lawsuit is in the Los Angeles court, and I think with the company's influence, the other party has absolutely no chance of winning!" said one of the executives.
After listening to this, several others also agreed.
The people at Oriental DreamWorks may be really funny, and they want to sue a Hollywood giant in Los Angeles, who doesn't know that Los Angeles is the nest of Hollywood, and it is impossible to run to other people's nests to fight, and it is impossible to do it.
Harrison thought something in his heart, but when he heard the executive's words, he always felt that something was wrong.
Why?
Yes, now everyone knows that Oriental DreamWorks has failed to put the lawsuit in Los Angeles, and even the outside media is also unbelievable for Oriental DreamWorks' decision, which is completely brain-dead, everyone thinks that with the influence of Oriental DreamWorks in the Chinese entertainment industry, as long as they choose to sue Dimei Pictures in Huaxia Yanjing, this lawsuit will be won.
But now Oriental DreamWorks doesn't choose a sure way, but through another way that feels impossible, and that's what Harrison wonders a lot about.
He didn't believe that the other party's move to Los Angeles would be a hot impulse.
Even, in his plan, there was a plan to deal with the difficulties of Dimei's film distribution in East Asia in case of the copyright dispute between Dimei and Oriental DreamWorks, and because of Oriental DreamWorks, he would have a bad relationship with the Chinese cultural department, which would make Dimei's film distribution in East Asia difficult.
When the time comes, as long as he provokes the media in the United States, the media in the United States will definitely all stand on the side of the United States and criticize the Chinese government, and Oriental DreamWorks will be shot by the way.
Then, at that time, Dimei Pictures will take the opportunity to let all the businesses of Oriental DreamWorks in the United States be blocked.
The next thing is very simple, nothing more than to achieve the purpose of both parties through the exchange of various interests.
But now the decision of Oriental DreamWorks has disrupted his plans.
And the trick he planned would definitely not work.
After all, there is a premise for his plan, that is, Dimei Pictures will suffer from the difficulties of the Huaxia cultural department, but now that Oriental DreamWorks has put the lawsuit in Los Angeles, the right to impose a penalty is in the hands of the United States' judiciary, and if there is a judgment that is unfavorable to Dimei, the situation will be very passive.
Even Harrison believes that Dimei's influence is enough for the Los Angeles court to rule in his favor.
But there is a good saying, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case.
If there is really a penalty that is unfavorable to Dimei, then Dimei's situation will be very passive.
Harrison gathered several company executives in the evening and held a meeting for one night, and he didn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Oriental DreamWorks.
In short, their side is just the same.
Anyway, in Los Angeles, Dimei Pictures is the home field.
It's just that when the next day, Harrison saw a news break by the media, and the whole person felt bad, his face was pale, and his mind was disrupted.
He immediately called Cole over the phone.
"You look at the news in the newspapers, and now, immediately, immediately, you go and investigate. Harrison said in a bad mood as he threw a newspaper in Cole's face.
Cole was terrified and confused by Harrison's anger, but when he picked up the newspaper on the ground and saw one of the headlines on it, his face turned unusually pale, and he muttered, "How is it possible? ”
"Shocking: The "Iron Man" comic book grandly launched by Dimei Pictures, this idea has long been registered by Oriental DreamWorks for a global patent. ”
"The earth-shattering oolong - "Iron Man", which is regarded as a treasure by Dimei Pictures, is actually the son of Oriental DreamWorks after a paternity test. ”
"The biggest joke in Hollywood's history, the plan that Dimei Pictures is looking forward to, turned out to be a project that someone else had determined half a year ago, and this project actually had a registered patent. ”。
"How is that possible? this can't be!" Cole's mind went blank, and he didn't know what to say.
Because he knew that if what was said in the newspapers was true, it would be a huge cup for him, his career would be completely over, and he would become the joke of the whole of Hollywood.
For a moment, Cole stood there with the newspaper in his hand, stunned.
When Harrison saw Cole's appearance, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and said coldly, "What? Do you want me to ask you to do something?"
He now wants to slap Cole in front of him to death, although he knows that even if the news in the newspaper is true, this fault is not all on Cole, but he is even less likely to bear it, because his decision is always the right one.
Looking at Cole's dejected figure, Harrison's eyes shot a cold gaze, and he gritted his teeth and read a name: Oriental DreamWorks!
Now he has fully understood the intention of Oriental DreamWorks, people have already dug a big hole for Dimei Pictures waiting for him to jump, but he didn't expect that he would really jump in, thinking of this, Harrison suddenly felt like he was slapped the face.
This kind of humiliation is something that Harrison, who has always been arrogant, has never experienced.
In other words, in Hollywood, no one dares to target Dimei Pictures like this.
After a while, Harrison's mind slowly regained its composure, after all, he was able to have today, he was not an ordinary person, and his self-control was still very powerful.
After he went through the whole thing in his mind for a while, he suddenly understood that the whole thing may have started half a year ago, or when Cole poached from the comic company, people had already begun to plan to dig holes.
Half!!
If Cole had dug people back at that time and immediately launched comics on his side, maybe the situation would not have been so unfavorable.
But after half a year, this is simply a catastrophe for Dimei Pictures.
Even if Dimei Pictures has enough confidence now, no matter how much the courts in Los Angeles stand on Dimei Pictures' side, it can't help much.
The evidence is ironclad.
Unless the court in Los Angeles really doesn't want any face, it will make a judgment in favor of Dimei Pictures.
However, Harrison is sure that the courts in Los Angeles will never do such a thing, after all, compared to the judicial fairness of the United States, Dimei Pictures is still too small.
And this time, Dimei Pictures simply sent all the handles to the other party and let others manipulate them.
Well, that's good!
Although Harrison was furious in his heart, his face was still expressionless, and he maintained the greatest calm.
No wonder I don't feel anything wrong!
I see.
At this time, with the revelations of today's news, he almost guessed why Oriental DreamWorks wanted to put the lawsuit in Los Angeles.
It's a pity that I believe in Dimei's strength too much for a while, so I have such a huge negligence.
However, he quickly made a decision in his heart, and immediately put the matter to rest, and did not hesitate to pay the price of fighting again.
This time, Dimei Pictures and himself are decided.
Datang Hotel.
Yang Ming looked at the newspaper with a smile on his face, chatting and laughing with Bobble.
"Looks like I'll be able to leave tomorrow. ”
Originally, according to his plan, he was ready to leave for Luzon yesterday, but because he was not worried about the situation here, he stayed for two or three more days.
Barber was in a happy mood today, he ordered a cigar rarely, and smoked it leisurely, he heard Yang Ming's words, and said with a little pity: "Actually, you are still too soft-hearted, according to my meaning, the later this hole card is opened, the greater the benefits we get!"
In Hollywood's many years of career, what kind of swords and swords have he not seen?
Yang Ming's heart is still too soft, if according to his meaning, Oriental DreamWorks has such a good opportunity this time, it can completely step on Dimei Pictures to death, after all, Oriental DreamWorks registered a patent half a year ago, which is a big killer for Dimei Pictures.
With such hole cards, Oriental DreamWorks is completely in control.
The longer the lawsuit drags on, the greater the influence, and when it comes to a certain point, it is enough to make the image of Dimei Pictures greatly damaged.
But it's still a bit too early to throw out this big killer now.
At least that's what Bobble thinks in his heart.
"Hey!" Yang Ming sighed when he heard Bobble's words, he naturally knew that it was a bit too early to take out the patent killing weapon, and he was originally planning to wait for the matter to get bigger and then take it out with a fatal blow.
But after listening to Yang Ming's overall plan, Minister Guo thought about it seriously and persuaded Yang Ming not to do it.
It doesn't matter if it's just a film company in Dimei, but now Yang Ming has put the lawsuit in Los Angeles, which can be said to involve the judicial department of the United States.
If Oriental DreamWorks obviously had the evidence of victory, but hid it and deliberately put it in the back before taking it out, it would certainly make Dimei Pictures suffer a bigger blow at that time, but at that time, it would also make the judicial department of the United States unable to step down.
After all, compared to Huaxia Company and the local company of the United States, everyone knows who to protect.
In this case, after attracting global attention, Oriental DreamWorks took out the patent as a killer weapon, which is tantamount to forcing the judicial department of the United States to severely punish Dimei Pictures.
Can a government department be forced?
Even if you are forced for a while, won't people get back to the field?
Who is not a thick black person who plays politics?
After listening to Minister Guo's analysis, Yang Ming was also frightened into a cold sweat, fortunately he had a conversation with Minister Guo, otherwise according to the previous plan, although it would make Dimei Pictures a big hurt, but it would also make Oriental DreamWorks be hated by the judicial department of the United States.