On this day, Li Xiaole spent the whole day thinking about what to do next, he sat alone on the sofa, clasped his hands together, looked out the window at the cloudy sky of London, and reflected on the mistakes he had made during this time.

From the time he filmed "Color is Empty" 6 years ago to the present, he has filmed various film and television projects, and he has encountered countless difficulties in the coming years, and he can cope with them easily, but only this time he has a feeling of helplessness......

Because no matter how oppressive competitors were before, how to use their resource advantages, they were still only in the category of the film and television industry, that is, they were still under a framework and rules that he was familiar with.

And this time, those capital operators on Wall Street are using pure business operation tricks, so that he has no way at all, those Wall Street hedge funds, in order to transfer capital to the United States in 98 to stimulate the recovery of their own economy, and even manipulated the Asian financial crisis, leading to the collapse of many countries' finances, under this business system ruled by the Americans, they are far more powerful than themselves......

When it comes to international business, his experience is too far behind that of Todd Hardy...... The Black Pearl Company is expanding too fast, but the foundation is not solid, if he is still in Zhongying, if there is Han Sanpin behind him, it is absolutely impossible for this kind of thing to happen......

In the final analysis, he himself was too naïve, thinking that he could overthrow such behemoths as the Six by himself...... If Black Pearl wants to stay sustained, he'll need more backing to compete with these people......

Just thinking about it, the phone rang, it was Ha Zhiyuan calling, Li Xiaole took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, picked up the phone and said with a forced smile: "Hey, President He, don't you sleep well in the middle of the night?" Did you miss me? "It should be 3 a.m. in China right now.

"Li Xiaole, what's the matter, I just saw the news? Why did Sony say you infringed? What the hell did they do? Ha Ji Won's flustered and anxious voice came over the phone, sounding very worried about him.

"It's okay, President He, it's a small problem, I expected this matter a long time ago, and I'll take care of it." Li Xiaole remembered the promise he gave to Ha Ji Won, and suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't want Ha Ji Won to be sad, so he could only pretend to be full of confidence to comfort her: "President Ha, you don't have to worry about these things, you still have to think about what to wear at the Oscars next year." ”

Ha Ji Won seemed to feel the uneasiness in his tone, but his emotions calmed down, and he said softly in a soft voice: "Li Xiaole, don't think about this now, I don't care about this, no matter if I get Oscar, I don't care if I get married or not, I just want you to be happy, you have to remember, no matter what happens, I will be on your side, it doesn't matter if you don't have a chance this year, next year, the year after tomorrow, even if it's ten years...... I know you'll be able to do it...... Don't put too much pressure on yourself......"

"Xie Lu, thank you, President He......" Ha Ji Won's empathy made Li Xiaole feel even more guilty, he was a man, and he couldn't do what he promised his beloved, this feeling really made him uncomfortable.

Hanging up the phone, thinking about what Ha Ji Won said just now, he felt more and more guilty in his heart, he owed Ha Ji Won too much, he originally wanted to give his beloved a perfect ceremony this year, but he didn't expect things to turn out like this...... It's self-defeating...... He's so stupid.

The plans have been disrupted, is there no hope of winning the Oscar this year? Li Xiaole felt some throbbing pain in his chest, and silently swore in his heart...... Next year, next year he must double his return.

At the moment of distraction, the phone suddenly rang again, it was Tom Cruise, and his anxious figure came from the phone: "Lee, now watch the live broadcast of the fox comprehensive station~!" They are holding a press conference~~"

What happened and what happened? Li Xiaole was shocked again, and quickly turned on the computer, linked to the live broadcast URL of fox TV, and as soon as the picture appeared, he saw Warner President Jeff Robinoff, who was in a suit and leather shoes, sitting behind a desk, as if announcing an official statement at the press conference.

"Recently, Marvel announced that it will cooperate with Black Pearl Films to develop its superhero comic book series "The Avengers", and in fact, according to the original description of the "Avengers" comics, the comic characters included in the organization are not only "Iron Man", "Hulk", "Thor", "Captain America", "Black Widow", "Hawkeye" purchased by Black Pearl Company for film and television adaptation rights......

It also includes Warner's 'Blade' with film and television adaptation rights, Universal Pictures owns the film and television adaptation rights of 'Super Daredevil 'and Sony Columbia owns the film and television adaptation rights of "Spider-Man"; Dinis owns the film and television rights of "Ant-Man", and Paramount owns the film and television rights of "Wasp";

and, in the copyright series of the "Fantastic Four" film and television adaptation of Twentieth Century Fox, "Mr. Fantastic", "Black Panther", "Stone", "Sand Devil", "Wolverine", "Storm Girl", "Quicksilver", "Scarlet Witch", "Beast" in the X-Men series...... Wait a minute;

Based on these facts, we believe that Black Pearl does not have the right to independently shoot the series of movies until it is authorized by the other six companies, and that the development of this series of movies by Marvel and Black Pearl alone is a serious breach of contract and damages the interests of other film production companies, and we hope that Marvel will stop the project immediately, and the two sides can jointly negotiate the development of this series, and if Marvel insists on going its own way, we will take legal measures......"

Looking at the computer screen as Jeff Robino read the statement expressionlessly, Tom Cruise exclaimed anxiously on the other end of the phone, "What now?" Lee~~ What should we do now? ”

Li Xiaole only felt a cool breath rushing from the soles of his feet to the back of his head, and couldn't help but shudder, and suddenly realized that things were far from being as simple as he imagined, and the real killer moves of the six major were still waiting for him here......

"Slumdog Millionaire" is just a personal honor for him, and it is not related to the overall fate of the Black Pearl Company, but "The Avengers" is different, this series is the real trump card of the Black Pearl Company, the Century Cinema Alliance, Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, all of these allies attached to the Black Pearl Company, all feel the huge potential of this series, and are really willing to unite under the pirate flag of the Black Pearl, and now the Big Six are shaking his foundation......

Li Xiaole's footsteps shook for a while, listening to Tom Cruise's anxious inquiry on the mobile phone, but he immediately cheered up again, tried to stay calm, and said: "I saw Tom, don't worry, you and Wagner continue to deal with your work, hurry up the release of "Captain America", leave these things to me to deal with, rest assured, everything is with me." ”

"yes, I see." Tom Cruise responded as if relieved, in the minds of all the people in the Black Pearl Company, Li Xiaole is an undefeated symbol, he is the true spiritual leader of this pirate ship, he has created countless miracles, only if he is there, as if they can survive any difficulties, he believes in Li Xiaole.

Hanging up the phone, Li Xiaole's heart had sunk to the bottom, and he felt a huge pressure coming at him, but he couldn't escape, because he was burdened with everyone's hopes, took a deep breath, picked up the phone and called Avi Arad, the chairman of Marvel.

"Lee, this thing is simply outrageous!? How could they do that? How much these adaptation rights exist and there are characters involved in each other, if they are counted like this, it is not clear at all~~~ You can rest assured, even if we fight a lawsuit, we will not lose, I will definitely let them know the end of breaking the rules. Avi Arad yelled on the other end of the phone, showing his innocence.

"If there is a lawsuit, how soon will it be over?" Li Xiaole asked the most critical question directly.

"According to California law, it should be at least two years...... You also know that this kind of design infringement lawsuit is very troublesome to collect evidence......" Avi Arad said with some helplessness.

"Well, then don't sue them for the time being, I'll figure it out again." Li Xiaole tried his best to reassure in a calm tone, two years...... Not to mention two years, as long as it takes half a year, Black Pearl Company will lose its two most important works, as long as it can't immediately come up with powerful works, the alliance with Century Cinema, Lionsgate, and Summit Entertainment that he has worked so hard to build will collapse, and Black Pearl will never be trusted again.

The most important thing is that the big confrontation between Hollywood labor and management half a year later is the winner of Black Pearl, and all his preparations are waiting for that moment, even if he loses the copyright control of "The Avengers" now, as long as "Slumdog Millionaire" is filmed and let the industry see the strength of Black Pearl, he can still lead everyone to fight against the Big Six, but "Slumdog Millionaire" was also blocked by them......

He now finally understands that Fred will have that kind of shuddering expression when he mentions the person "Todd Hardy", this person is really terrible, at first he released a low posture towards himself, paralyzed himself, and made himself think that these Wall Street investors are just paper tigers, but he didn't expect that only overnight, they showed their terrifying fangs, and a series of killing moves hit like a storm, beating their seemingly glamorous black pearl pirate ship to the ground, You could be buried in this cold sea at any time......

Thinking of this, Li Xiaole squatted on the ground, like a beast that had been cornered, and his whole body trembled slightly with anger and fear......