With the painting of "Pirates of the South Seas", Sun Ziming also ushered in a long vacation, and took a large family back to his hometown to prepare for the New Year. Now that there are hundreds of thousands of members of the 'Chinese Freemasonry' in their hands, as well as Jiang Peng's strong reinforcement, the Sun brothers don't have to think about those possible risks anymore, although two more super-rich people have just fallen in China.

However, as soon as Sun Ziming's family returned to the provincial capital and had dinner with President Gao and his wife, the phone call from the United States came after them.

"Boss, something is wrong! ……”

Seeing that Sun Ziming's face was getting more and more strange, the wife who was drinking tea was curious: "Ziming, what's wrong?" ”

"Oh", Sun Ziming hung up the phone and smiled strangely: "Something strange has happened over there in the United States, our partner Paramount, has released an independent film that is almost the same as a character from another movie, and it is preparing for a lawsuit over there." ”

"Does it matter?"

Sun Ziming said narrowly: "Master, it's none of our business, but the guy who made that independent movie is going to make a fortune." ”

"Hey, I remember a few years ago, you also fought such a lawsuit with someone, right?"

Principal Gao's doubtful words made Sun Ziming suddenly startled, how could the movie of Jeffrey and Garry's two bastards be handed over to Paramount for distribution? How can the anime characters in their movies be similar to the characters in "The Lord of the Rings 2"?

Sun Ziming, who is accustomed to thinking about people in a bad way, suddenly realized that this is not a coincidence, and there is a great possibility that it is a bureau, a trap for the new line company!

What kind of goods his subordinates are, Sun Ziming knows too well in his heart, he is a monolith internally, and he is as fierce as a wolf externally. At the beginning, Tom Cruise didn't even have a hint about it, so Douglas and they dealt with it behind their backs.

Thinking about it, Sun Ziming finally remembered that the character of "Gollum" in "Jack's Monster Friend" was drawn by himself when he was filming "Forrest Gump", thinking that he could get the adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings", and that movie was sponsored by himself.

Douglas may have learned from other sources that he was similar to Peter Jackson's Gollum, and instructed Jeffrey and Garry to set the trap. Otherwise, he wouldn't have interceded for Jeffrey and let him give the copyright to that guy; will not hand over "Jack's Monster Friend" to Paramount for distribution, completely disconnecting from his own company.

Sun Ziming guessed probably, but guessed the real black hand wrongly, he didn't expect that the first person to make trouble behind the scenes was Leonardo, the super handsome guy who looked harmless to humans and animals.

This has to start a few years ago, when Garry's black boy, who wanted to take revenge for being kicked out of the noble community, stole Peter's house with a few gangster friends, and accidentally got a model of Gollum. Coincidentally, Leonardo saw the model again, remembered Sun Ziming's sketches, and wanted to vent for the spiritual godfather in his mind, so he instigated Garry and Jeffrey to pit people. Later, his agent Ali revealed the matter to Douglas, which led to this sensational infringement incident.

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"The Lord of the Rings 2" reached $27.2 million at the box office on the first day, but unexpectedly, it was immediately sued by Paramount and demanded that the three major theaters immediately stop its release.

The United States has the strictest protection of intellectual property rights in the world, and as soon as the court issued a subpoena, the company involved immediately cooperated with the court's investigation. When the two movies were compared, everyone was stunned, the 'Gollum' and 'Gollum' in the two movies, although one action is realistic and the other is a little jerky, but the appearance and behavior are the same, and even the sound is almost the same. Realism and jerky are just technical issues, the key is that the two are too similar, which involves copyright issues!

"Your Excellency, in fact, five years ago, I applied for copyright protection for 'Gollum'. This is the parcel I sent to myself, the postmark and the fire paint are all in good condition. ”

When Jeffrey Turkgruna bastard presented the 'copyrighted packet' to the judge, the technologist scrutinized it and showed that the packet was indeed genuine.

'O God! ’

As soon as everyone opened it and watched it, they couldn't help but exclaim, Clifton Johnson, the president of the new line company, and Peter Jackson, the director, were both dead.

Five years ago, preparations for The Lord of the Rings had just begun, and it was impossible for anyone to steal the design of Gollum from Peter's head. There is only one explanation, many of the ideas of geniuses are similar, it just depends on who does it first. Just like China Ming's idea, similar to Dean Devlin, made the big oolong of "Independence Day" infringement.

The people of Lemanfu Insurance Company breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, as long as it was protected by a 'copyright packet', it had nothing to do with the company. Otherwise, the infringement compensation for "The Lord of the Rings 2" alone will make the company pay death. Hmph, if people seize such an opportunity, will they be like Dean Devlin's unlucky ghost, greedy ghost, and big fool, and finally take two million dollars and forget it?

The judge also knows that this matter cannot be good, "The Lord of the Rings 2" has been fully released, and it is almost impossible to make the plaintiff give up such an opportunity to make a fortune, but out of professional ethics, he still said: "Gentlemen, do you want to settle out of court?" ”

Clifton Johnson reacted immediately and said eagerly: "Mr. Jeffrey, let's settle out of court, and our company can pay you according to the highest standards in Hollywood." ”

Are you kidding? In order to dig this hole, he has spent five years, and Douglas did not hesitate to hire commercial spies in order to get the voice of "Gollum". If he let it go like this, Douglas would not have to swallow himself alive?

"No, Your Excellency, we apply to notify the theaters immediately to stop the screening of "The Lord of the Rings 2" and stop the infringement of our "Jack's Friend."

The judge said: "Mr. Jeffrey, at present, I can only say that I am suspected, not infringement, and whether I am guilty or not can only be decided by the jury." ”

Jeffrey's lawyer hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, can we build a courtroom and notify the theater chain to stop the release of the two movies at the same time?" ”

That is, there was no need to talk about it, and the judge had to draft a legal document and notify the major theaters to stop the screening of "The Lord of the Rings 2" and "Jack's Friend", waiting for the final result after the verdict.

With the sudden withdrawal of the popular "Lord of the Rings 2" from theaters, more than 2,000 big screens were suddenly left vacant, and the whole United States was a sensation.

'God, how can such a thing happen?' ’

That's right, it's just a coincidence! The Los Angeles County Court, in front of reporters who rushed to hear the news, confirmed the incredible coincidence.

Clifton was going crazy with all this going on, and he wanted to kneel down and beg Jeffrey and Garry to beg those two bastards. "The Lord of the Rings 2" invested 94 million US dollars, plus the publicity and distribution costs, it has reached 150 million, and it has also signed a screening agreement with the theater chain a year in advance, and it is impossible to delete the role of "Gollum" and remake it! Peter Jackson was also mad, the movie couldn't be released smoothly, and their Weta special effects company couldn't get the balance of the special effects production. Their special effects company is still just a small and medium-sized company, and if it doesn't have those two or three million dollars, how can the company stay running?

And for Jeffrey, the writer and director, no matter what conditions Clifton offers, he is a strong refusal. Even if the new line company gritted its teeth and offered a 10% share of the North American box office, this guy also demanded that the two sides could negotiate only after the verdict came down.

In fact, things have come to this point, Jeffrey can see it clearly, "Jack's Monster Friend" has been hyped, as long as the lawsuit with "The Lord of the Rings 2" is settled, his movie will make much more money than blackmailing others, and he can successfully transform into a director.