Chapter 1043: Good Intentions
"Oriental DreamWorks accused Dimei Pictures of unfair competition, malicious poaching, stealing ideas, and seriously damaging the company's interests, and Mr. Barber, who served as the executive general manager of Oriental DreamWorks Hollywood, demanded that Dimei Pictures must immediately stop this illegal act, not only to apologize publicly, but also to compensate Oriental DreamWorks for all losses. ”
"Hollywood giants are suspected of copyright disputes, according to relevant sources, Dimei Pictures maliciously poached from Oriental Comics, a subsidiary of China Oriental DreamWorks Group, and preemptively published its existing creative comics, the case has been filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court, this newspaper will further pay attention to the progress of the case. ”
"In the face of Oriental DreamWorks' accusations, the relevant people of Dimei Pictures pointed out that the other party is completely out of nowhere, and they will take severe measures to sue Oriental DreamWorks for defamatory behavior!".
In just one day, the news that Oriental DreamWorks will face off in court at Dimei Pictures has spread throughout the global entertainment industry and attracted the attention of countless people.
A powerful old giant in Hollywood, and a new company in the entertainment industry with extraordinary confidence like the rising sun, the news of the lawsuit between the two companies immediately became the focus of attention and coverage of the global entertainment media.
In particular, the entertainment media in Huaxia and Mi are extremely excited, and now they finally have no shortage of topics for news reports.
You must know that whether it is Dimei Pictures or Oriental DreamWorks, in their respective countries, they are all star-studded and influential, and they are originally entertainment media that attach great importance to interview subjects, but now all of a sudden such news has been exposed, these media are eager to move their homes to Oriental DreamWorks and Dimei Pictures, and interview the senior executives of their respective companies all day long.
Originally, the success of Yang Ming's concert in Los Angeles still occupied a large part of the entertainment media in the United States the next day, but when this news came out, it immediately became the focus of the front page headlines of all entertainment media, and the news of the concert can rarely be seen.
However, there is still a lot of news about Yang Ming's concert in China.
But what those domestic media are most curious about now is why Oriental DreamWorks didn't sue Dimei Pictures in their homeland, but went to the court in Los Angeles to sue Dimei Pictures, you must know that it is the nest of Dimei Pictures!
Isn't Yang Ming worried that he will lose the lawsuit?
At the Datang Hotel in Los Angeles, the scorching sun shines through the glass at noon, making people feel warm.
It's already June, and it's approaching July, and the midday sun already makes people feel a hint of heat.
At this time, Yang Ming was entertaining Barber in his suite.
As soon as the two had lunch, when they returned to the room, Yang Ming made two cups of green tea for Barber.
"Barber, what did the court say?" Yang Ming sat comfortably on the soft sofa, lying there lazily, because of the lawsuit, he was not ready to leave for the Lion City immediately, but let his private jet send Zheng Mengsheng, Huang Zuqiang, and other staff members over first, and he waited here for a day or two to see how the situation was.
"No problem, the court will be going on tomorrow, what's the matter? Are you worried about putting the prosecution in Los Angeles now?" said Barber with a sip of tea, leaning back comfortably on the couch.
This time, the lawsuit with Dimei Pictures was settled in the Los Angeles Superior Court, but they discussed it for a long time before it was decided.
Originally, Barber did not agree with Yang Ming's suggestion, and Liu Xinsheng also agreed with his opinion, but only after Yang Ming analyzed his intentions for the two of them, and carefully considered the gains and losses, he agreed with Yang Ming's idea.
When Yang Ming heard Barber's words, he shook his head with a smile, shrugged his shoulders, and pretended to be indifferent and said: "What am I afraid of? The freedom and fairness of the laws of the United States are world-famous, and we must have confidence in the Los Angeles courts!"
Hearing the meaning tone of his boss, Barber almost didn't squirt out the tea in his mouth, he really didn't expect that the young man he had always thought of as steady would have such a frivolous side.
The trade competition between the United States and China has long been known all over the world.
Barber didn't have a good opinion of this, he put the teacup on the coffee table and said, "Don't worry, the courts in the United States are not as unbearable as you think." ”
Yang Ming laughed when he heard this, and didn't say anything more, after all, Barber said that the people of the United States would hurt their feelings if they talked too much.
At this time, Barber suddenly thought of something, his expression was slightly condensed, and he said to Yang Ming seriously: "Oh, by the way, I heard that the high-level of the Ministry of Culture over there in Huaxia has said that they will sanction a bad company like Dimei Pictures, boss, you go and ask if there is such a thing, don't expand the contradiction, you won't be able to end it when the time comes." ”
"Well, no!" Yang Ming's face was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately reacted and patted his head a little speechlessly.
It seems that he has made the mistake of empiricism again, and he always treats this life as a past life.
Why did he want to put the lawsuit in Los Angeles this time, instead of in Huaxia.
It can be said that if Oriental DreamWorks decides to sue Dimei Pictures in the Yanjing Court, the company does not need to come up with the last patent bargaining chip, and relying on Dimei Pictures' malicious poaching of people from Oriental Comics, it is enough to make Dimei Pictures' business in Huaxia shrink significantly.
The protection of international commercial disputes between domestic enterprises in today's Huaxia is not a joke, it is even more domineering than the Midi in the previous life.
Where is our nearest aircraft carrier!
This sentence is not only said by the United States in this world, but also said by China, and the strength of China makes the expansion of Chinese commerce in the international is definitely in a very favorable position.
In addition, East Asia is simply China's backyard, and if a foreign company uses unfair means to deal with China's enterprises in international business competition, even if the company does not receive due punishment in its own country, then China's commercial government will definitely deliberately promulgate some policies against that country to restrict the country's commercial exports to China.
The most important thing is that this policy applies to the whole of East Asia, that is to say, the entire East Asian market, and the country does not want to export any screws to East Asia.
Although this kind of trade competition and mutual suppression methods have become less and less in recent years, this does not mean that Huaxia does not dare to do it.
You must know that the strength and domineering of the Chinese commercial sector in the international trade competition have been taught by other countries in the world, and it can be compared with China in this regard, that is, the United States, but the hegemony of the Mi Emperor in this world is still much inferior to that of China.
After all, the Greater China Regional System in East Asia is too much for other countries to be a pain in the face.
East Asia, the Greater China Cultural Region, has a population of about 1.8 billion, almost one-third of the world's population.
With such a large market, which country would dare to say to give up?
Therefore, if Oriental DreamWorks really decides to put this lawsuit in Yanjing and Dimei Pictures, it will definitely win and not lose, even if Dimei Pictures does not admit the penalty result, all the films of Dimei Pictures should not want to enter the East Asian film market.
And other Hollywood giants don't dare to say a word for Dimei Pictures in this regard.
But no one thought that Yang Ming would put this lawsuit in Los Angeles, you must know that Los Angeles is the stronghold of Hollywood, can the family still lose this lawsuit in their own nest?
In case the penalty result is unfavorable to Oriental DreamWorks, even if the Huaxia commercial department is provoked to take the lead for Oriental DreamWorks, it will be untenable in public opinion.
Failure, dizziness!
This is the evaluation of many media in the outside world on the practice of Oriental DreamWorks in Los Angeles.
Even, there are many people in China who think so.
"Is there such a thing, okay, I'll ask!" Yang Ming heard what Barber said, his heart tightened, he already had a comprehensive plan on his side, and those big men in China must not make trouble for themselves, although he also knew that the other party was kind.
Well, it's just that the taxes are too ruthless.
However, Yang Ming feels that it is worth it, although the tax in Huaxia is quite ruthless in this world, and once any tax evasion is found, the punishment is estimated to be the world's No. 1 enterprise will also be fined.
In this regard, Huaxia's tax department is absolutely selfless.
As long as you pay taxes, if you are unfair competition in the normal international commercial trade, the domestic business department will definitely give support in the first time.
This practice of the Huaxia commercial sector and the tax department has been compared by many people to the protection fee of the gangsters, since they have collected your money, they will definitely handle things well for you, and if something happens, as long as it is not illegal, it will also settle it for you.
It's that simple.
And it's also very positive.
But at this time, Yang Ming really didn't want this kind of positivity.
This can be related to the company's future expansion plan in the United States film market.
Since Oriental DreamWorks aims to become a global film giant, there is no doubt that the film market in the United States cannot be ignored, after all, this is the second largest movie box office in the world, if Oriental DreamWorks puts the lawsuit in China this time, it must be Oriental DreamWorks to win, but emotionally for the United States, no matter how ironclad the evidence provided by Oriental DreamWorks is, the opinion of Oriental DreamWorks will definitely not be too good.
At that time, the high-level officials of the United States government will definitely take certain measures to restrict the development of Oriental DreamWorks.
Yang Ming has never been afraid of normal business competition, but this involves the high-level of the state, and he definitely has no way.
This is very likely.
Dimei Pictures, which lost the lawsuit, will definitely hype up the threat of Oriental DreamWorks to the film industry in the United States, and the high-level officials of the United States will definitely come forward because of these alarmist remarks.
Don't say that Yang Ming thinks too exaggerated, there is a precedent for this, when he told Barber and Liu Xinsheng about his own thoughts, the two thought about it seriously, and they had to admit that Yang Ming's worries were likely to come true.
But this lawsuit would be different if it was fought in the United States.
Especially Oriental DreamWorks has registered a patent, as long as this hole card is opened, unless the Los Angeles court really doesn't want to be cheeky, it will be absolutely impossible for Dimei Pictures to turn around.
No matter how alarmist Dimei Pictures is when the lawsuit loses, it will be just a vent for losers in the eyes of others, and will not rise to the level of the government.
In this case, how could Yang Ming start preparing to block Dimei Pictures before the U.S. court made a verdict, doesn't this give Dimei Pictures extra points to win his domestic sympathy?
He immediately called Liu Xinsheng and asked if there was such a thing.
Liu Xinsheng told Yang Ming on the phone that there was really such a thing.
Just yesterday, after the news that Oriental DreamWorks sued Dimei Pictures in the Los Angeles court, it also caused a shock in China, and a high-level official of the government's commercial department said in an interview with reporters that if the court in the United States will not give Oriental DreamWorks a justice, then the commercial department of Huaxia will give Oriental DreamWorks an explanation, and will definitely not let local enterprises suffer a little grievance.
Hearing this, Yang Ming was extremely painful.
Nima, but people are also well-intentioned, this kind of unparalleled self-confidence and strength, and the earth-shaking difference from the previous life, made Yang Ming cry and laugh, if anyone dared to say such things in the previous life, the superior leaders would teach you how to be an official in minutes.
Do you want the friendship of foreign friends, and do you want to think about the overall situation?
But this kind of style will obviously not appear in this world, the stronger the better, and the stronger the voters will vote for you.
For the sake of votes, these officials are also quite hard.
But Yang Ming can't let this matter ferment indefinitely, if it really rises to the boycott of the cultural industry between the two countries, it will be more than worth the loss for him, but he doesn't have any acquaintances with the Ministry of Commerce, and he is not very familiar with that official.
He thought for a while, and then he called Minister Guo and asked him if he knew the official from the Ministry of Commerce.
When Minister Guo knew the whole story and learned about Yang Ming's plan, he scolded Yang Ming with a smile on the phone: "You kid, you have such a big hole hidden in your heart, and you don't want to say it, this pit is on you, haha!"
Hearing Minister Guo's cheerful laughter, Yang Ming was also helpless, there was no way for him to tell his thinking to always stay in his previous life.
"Well, I've heard about this too, and it's related to our Ministry of Culture. Minister Guo revealed a message on the phone, which surprised Yang Ming.
"It is also related to the Ministry of Culture?" Yang Ming asked in surprise.
"Hmm!" Minister Guo affirmed, and then he told Yang Ming something.
It turns out that with the development of the economy, the country's top level pays more and more attention to the export of culture, after all, this era is no longer the time in the past to use the knife and gun to speak with strength when there is a disagreement.
Although there were local wars, they were relatively small in scale.
And you can't just drive the army over for some trivial things, right?
Therefore, the vast majority of disputes between countries are trade disputes.
In this case, if you want other countries to identify with the Chinese concept and culture, then the export of your own culture and values is the top priority.
And the Oriental Dream Factory, which has sprung up during this time, has dazzled the high-level officials of the government.
Kung fu movies were screened abroad, attracting foreign people's attention to Chinese culture, and then through cooperation with the military, the image of the Chinese military was reshaped on a global scale, which was amazing.
Recently, Yang Ming has sung Chinese songs in foreign concerts one after another, and has achieved a good influence.
Therefore, the cultural department of the government paid more and more attention to Oriental DreamWorks, or Yang Ming, so they mentioned it to the commercial department by the way to take care of Oriental Dreamworks.
I didn't expect it to turn out like this.
Yang Ming couldn't cry or laugh when he heard Minister Guo's words, but fortunately, on the phone, Minister Guo told himself that he would personally communicate with the business department to ensure that Yang Ming's good things would not be harmed, so that Yang Ming was completely relieved.
After hanging up the phone, he said to Barber: "Don't worry, there will be no problem over there." ”
Alas, Nima, Huaxia's strength not only makes him feel happy, but also awkward, this is all unaccustomed to causing trouble!