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The advertising revenue of the second episode of "The Walking Dead" skyrocketed to an average of 20 seconds every 30 seconds. 70,000~!! The 20-minute live broadcast of this episode alone cost more than $8 million...... And after calculation, the funds recovered from these two episodes are enough to finish filming the remaining 4 episodes of this season of "The Walking Dead"~!

When Li Xiaole heard the news during the live broadcast, although he had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and muttered with a smile: "There are more ...... than the original cow" and Mina, Lincoln, and Wu Yan ...... All the people were even more stunned, this ratings completely exceeded their imagination, and the ratings of the second episode did not fall but rose, which means that this TV series has really conquered the audience with a strong posture, and it is by no means a fan effect of the exposure of "Plants vs. Zombies" alone~ They are really going to become a household name!

Lincoln and Wu Yan's group of actors all shouted excitedly on the spot and hugged each other, the actor's lifelong dream is to meet a work that makes him shine, and "The Walking Dead" will definitely become the representative work of the participating actors.

The broadcast of the second episode, the pirate TV company completely swept away the decline of many years and became a real "dark horse" TV station, watching the "zombie" craze on the Internet, feeling that his TV series has become a well-known topic for women and children, and now, the whole company and even the black aunt who swept the floor fell into a carnival again.

On the morning after the second episode aired, at the gate of the pirate station, there were suddenly a lot of fans, who took photos of the two handsome guys, Lincoln and Wu Yan, screamed as they passed by, asking them to sign autographs.

So everyone was pleasantly surprised to realize that the pirate TV company no longer has to worry about bankruptcy, but has really ushered in a period of rapid development. Everything seems to be moving towards a bright future......

At this time, Sony and Fox were finally surprised to find that "The Walking Dead" and Pirate Station were no longer the strategic "chess pieces" of the game between them, but really became their opponents, with a viewing population of 8.57 million, which has surpassed the 7.43 million viewing population of NBC's "Heroes", ranking third on the ratings list in the same period, and only "Two and a Half Heroes" and "Prison Break" are left in front of it, these two ace dramas......

In such a situation, after Li Xiaole once again rejected the cooperation agreement of Sony and Fox, it finally angered the bottom line of these TV giants, unlike movies, American dramas are broadcast on a weekly basis, and in the period before the release of the third episode of "The Walking Dead", the battle of public opinion has quietly begun, Li Xiaole is psychologically ready to meet the pressure from all sides, and the other party's offensive seems to be more ferocious than he expected.

First of all, both CBS and NBC media outlets began to pour cold water on "The Walking Dead", and Kevin Thomas, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, said: "'The Walking Dead' is such a terrible series, and it doesn't have the atmosphere that horror zombie filmmakers find at all." The critic's tone viciously pointed out:

"I don't know if Li Xiaole is biased, Sean in the comics is a white man, he actually changed to an Asian, okay, why does such an Asian little white face tempt Rick's boss, a white beauty can fall in love with an Asian? There is no universality in logic, this is really too dramatic, is Li Xiaole satisfying his dream of being a Chinese beauty? ”

In CBS's "Harry Talk Show", black host Harry Howard directly used a RAP to satirize that "The Walking Dead" is boring:

"Hey~everybody~~!I hate those expressions of human nature that are pretentious! I hate all kinds of plots of good and evil torture! I need to relax when I get home and watch TV~~! Episodes that mimic the Dawn of the Living Dead style are simply ridiculous! This series completely relies on terrifying makeup and all kinds of bloody zombies to attract attention...... If you leave the zombies behind and tear that horse apart! Half a zombie crawls on the grass! Sean makes out with Rick's wife! This series is absolutely rotten~~! It's rotten~~! Yo~~~~! ”

At the same time, worse news also appeared, with a huge headline in the supplement of the New York Times: "Pirate Company Plagiarism Addiction, 'Plants vs. Zombies' and 'The Walking Dead' Involved in Serious Infringement~~"

Everyone was shocked when they saw this news from the New York Times. According to the news, Chinese director Li Xiaole, who recently set off a "zombie fever" in the United States and created a ratings miracle, is suspected of plagiarizing others.

According to the report, the American company Procium Games has filed a lawsuit accusing Pirate Games of plagiarizing their game "Plants vs. Zombies" from their game "Seeds".

Although carefully comparing the games, the two games are planting plants to fight zombies, but both the types of plants planted and zombies are completely different, "Seeds" does not even have the concept of sunflowers collecting sunlight, it is a bit far-fetched to say that "Plants vs. Zombies" plagiarized, but what everyone didn't expect was that the New York State Court actually accepted the lawsuit, because Baokai Games Company put forward a lot of raw materials for "Plants vs. Zombies".

On the other hand, Tony Moore, a cartoonist at the "Image" comic strip agency, also suddenly sued the "Walking Dead" crew, claiming that the comic was co-created by the original author Robert Kirkman in 03, although he later left the production team, but he still owns part of the copyright, Robert Kirkman sold the film and television adaptation rights of the "The Walking Dead" comic to Pirate Television Company, which is illegal~~ Tony Moore asked Pirate Television Company to immediately stop broadcasting this series, and demanded that the pirate television company compensate him for the loss of copyright.

The reporter interviewed Jordan Hill, the official spokesman of Baokai Games, and cartoonist Tony Moore himself, who confirmed the news.

And this news was soon broadcast on the evening news reports of CBS, NBC, and Fox channels, and several major wireless television networks seemed to have discussed it, but the news broke out for a while, and families all over the United States who were watching news programs knew about it.

As soon as this bombshell news came out, on the Internet forum, fans expressed their doubts, and many fans with a strong sense of justice indignantly stated that if this incident was true, they would no longer watch any programs on the Pirate Channel.

At this moment, those who hated Li Xiaole finally fell into ecstasy, and sure enough, they knew that there must be something wrong with this Chinese kid being so successful~! For a time, "Chinese liars" on the Internet were "disgusting plagiarists." "All kinds of invective are overwhelming.

Li Xiaole's Facebook was occupied by messages from netizens who had good things, and for a while, Li Xiaole and the pirate station became the protagonists of the scandal, and all kinds of abuse was set off on the Internet, and people within the pirate TV company began to panic.

"Mina, is that true?" As soon as Mina entered the office in the morning, her colleagues who saw the news surrounded her, and those who were originally in high spirits, whether it was Andy Volcker, K. J. Steinberg, Joshhua Butler, directors like Joshhua Butler, or ordinary employees of the crew, were a little flustered, and everyone asked, "Is our boss really a plagiarist?" Did he get the rights to "The Walking Dead"?! ”

Mina faced everyone's questions with a sluggish face, and she didn't know how to answer, damn it! How can such a thing happen when they are enjoying success? Would the boss really do such a thing? Will "The Walking Dead" go off the air? She was also flustered when she saw the news last night......

But she is no longer the impulsive girl she was at the beginning, she used to know how to deal with her subordinates, and she cheered up and said:

"These things are all rumors, the boss and the company's legal department will deal with it, you don't have to worry, we continue to work."

But this kind of words are not convincing, Andy Volcker and K.J. Steinberg looked at each other, and they all felt a little lost, once Tony Moore's lawsuit is true, then not only "The Walking Dead" will be suspended, but Pirate TV will also pay a huge amount of copyright fees for infringement, and then their "Vampire Diaries" funds will also be put in, will the pirate station that has just begun to be high-spirited Xiangshang fall to the bottom again? Everybody's heart is terrified......

After Mina arranged the work of "Vampire Crew", she called Li Xiaole, who was filming in the suburbs of Atlanta, "Too-toot-toot-the phone you dialed is on the call......" She could only walk around in an irritated mood, looked at the discussion on the Internet about this matter on her iPhone, and looked at the scolding and cursing voices for Li Xiaole, she felt very uncomfortable, she couldn't stand it anymore, she picked up her mobile phone and dialed Li Xiaole's number again, and it was still on the call......

Li Xiaole's mobile phone has been busy all night, he has received calls from Ha Zhiyuan, Li Duohai, Sun Li, as well as inquiries from Han Sanpin and Zhang Damin, and is now answering calls from home. He walked in the hall with his ringing mobile phone, a little helpless, he gritted his teeth, pressed the connect button, and said in a calm tone:

"Hey...... Daddy......"

"Xiaole, are you okay in the United States over there? Your Uncle Han told me, it's a lawsuit, right? Father Li's voice was very worried, and he asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, don't worry...... Actually, I ......" Li Xiaole was about to explain, but was interrupted by Li's father's gentle voice.

"Xiaole, you don't have to explain to me, I know who my son is, so I don't believe anything that the bullshit Yankees say, I just want you to know, don't panic now, don't worry, as long as you sit up straight, you're not afraid of these chickens and dogs stealing people to block you......"