In Los Angeles, skyscrapers reach into the sky, and the warm sunlight shines on them like optimus pillars.

Looking down from the 49th floor of the Warner Building, the vehicles below are already like beetles, no one can ignore the current situation in the United States, but what makes Raymond even more unable to ignore is the team of screenwriters blocked at the entrance of Warner.

"Strongly protest against the Big Six's control of the film and television market!" "Network sharing and DVD sharing must be improved!" "Screenwriters don't want to live in low-rent housing again!" "There is no reason why one of the three souls of film and television can't support itself!"

Wearing sunglasses, holding signs, and holding horns, Warner employees now have to enter through the parking lot to enter, and the gate is simply impassable.

It's not just Warner, it's all the Big Six.

The screenwriters' strike has swept across Hollywood like a tsunami.

Raymond turned around, holding a cup of fragrant coffee in his hand, and asked in a deep voice with the light on his back, "Hasn't the TV department received the script yet?" ”

"No, President Raymond." The man behind him replied in a low voice, "All American...... I can't get the script of the TV series now, and not only that...... Even ...... I can't get the script of the reality show...... Not to mention the movies. ”

Raymond snorted coldly, nodded, and turned his gaze out the window again, "People's hearts are insufficient...... Now that the whole United States is in an economic crisis, in two months, Warner's profit has fallen by 8% compared to last year, and Warner has announced layoffs, and there is a general strike when this should be a concerted effort. ”

"President, if it goes on like this, the impact will be very bad." The man whispered.

"The impact is poor, but if we can keep the interests we deserve, then it's not bad." Raymond turned the coffee cup in his hand and sneered, "I don't believe it, how long can they last?" Big-name screenwriters can drag it out, but what about those screenwriters who don't have much qualifications themselves? The whole family is waiting for their script to live, the Screenwriters Guild has given a death order, whoever dares to write it will get out, look at it, in two months at most, they will not be able to stand it. ”

"Let's talk about something else." Raymond took a sip of his coffee, "How's Daybreak going over there." ”

The man bowed slightly, "Everything has been arranged, the Warner Bros. movie script has been almost revised, this time the screenwriters went on strike, and six script doctors from the company were mobilized, and now it has entered the final stage, and it can be released within a month." ”

"Put some more pressure on them." Raymond made it to his chair and took a leisurely turn, "Accusing World of Warcraft of commercial plagiarism, plagiarizing Harry Potter, on the grounds that JK Rowling's writings quote a lot of Harry Potter content, settings, props, and extending the world view of Harry Potter...... Forget about this one. In short, they asked Rowling to write books for them, and we have reason to suspect him of plagiarism. ”

The man groaned for a moment and reminded, "President Raymond...... AOL's side is very serious about the representation of Rowling and Blizzard in their respective fields, and it is said that they have sent someone to call Dawn, although they were refused, but it can also be seen that the two of them are important in AOL's heart. ”

Raymond sneered, his stomach trembled, and his eyes looked at the man lightly, "This is Time Warner's president's office, not AOL's president's office, are you in the wrong place?" ”

"I'm sorry." The man immediately stood up and replied in a cold sweat.

"A, A" Raymond's fingers tapped softly on the solid wood tabletop, as if playing a monotonous piano "AOL's affairs, let them take responsibility for themselves, they publicly stated that everything Warner did had nothing to do with AOL, this is already unveiling Warner's fig leaf in front of the public, why should I care what they think...... Go for it. ”

"But......" the man still hesitated, "Lin Ke is one of the directors of the Olympics, ah......"

"Are you worried about the right to play?" Raymond smiled, "Don't worry, China wants the whole world to see the Olympics, he is just a director, not the Central Propaganda Department, and he can't decide this matter." ”

"Yes......"

After the man left, Raymond pulled up the blinds, took out his personal mobile phone, and dialed a call.

"Steve." He took a deep breath, "Warner has decided to sue Daybreak for unfair competition, and I hope to help you return to the Time Warner stage without making some wrong choices like the current president of AOL." ”

"Raymond, when I was at Warner, you were just a minister." There was a gentle teasing on the phone: "When did you learn to make these meaningless reminders?" I don't remember teaching you. ”

"Oh, we were in different departments at the time, and you really couldn't teach me." Raymond smiled indifferently and said, "Dawn seized a good opportunity to withdraw from the 200 million blockbuster movie ahead of schedule and quietly ate the new line, which is equivalent to telling Warner in front of Hollywood that it is incompetent, and it can't even keep the company it is affiliated with, and it must not set this precedent." Even if the new line is destroyed, it must be taken back. ”

"I've given them time to think about it, and I'll remind them again 'kindly'." Steve smiled and said, "Now that their costs have risen by 20 million, the result of Warner's ban will lead to a change in the share ratio of the theater chain, and I think this is what he is most worried about now." When he first came to Hollywood, he didn't have much cooperation with the theater chain at all, even if Sony came forward, the theater chain was on the reasonable side, if he was smart, he wouldn't make stupid choices. ”

Three days later, Time Warner filed a lawsuit with the Los Angeles High Court, accusing Dawn of unfair competition, and on the same day, the Los Angeles High Court formally filed the case.

"Fuck off!" Qin Zhong threw the summons sent by the court on the table and scolded viciously, "This group of dog cubs just can't see Chinese open a company!" ”

Lin Xiao was silent, Chu Yiming's glasses flashed with hesitation, and neither of them spoke.

"What are you saying! Everyone else has bullied us! ”

"There's not much to say." Chu Yiming pushed his glasses and sighed, "Warner's hand is very insidious, and the timing is wonderful. He sues Daybreak for unfair competition and suspects that World of Warcraft has stolen Harry Potter's magical ideas. ”

"Creativity, this in itself is a difficult thing to say, the world has a lot of movies, you can always see the shadow of other movies in a movie, speaking of which, which Hollywood company is not 'borrowing,' but they are Hollywood companies, we are Chinese companies, they can turn a blind eye, but it is not good to change to us." He sighed, "There is no absolute fairness, only absolute strength, if Dawn wants to gain a foothold in Hollywood and become Lin Xiao's strong backing, this encounter will happen sooner or later, if it is not Warner, it will be Disney, Paramount." ”

"Lin Xiao is now working as an Olympic director, Warner seems to be accusing World of Warcraft of unfair competition, it is better to discredit China's Olympic directors, as long as Lin Xiao is caught in this kind of scandal, the media will definitely not hesitate to attack, pay attention to this 'World of Warcraft screenwriter tried to steal a lot of Harry Potter ideas,' who is the screenwriter? At the press conference, it was said that it was Lin Xiao, and Rowling was just writing about the periphery. But this one is difficult to distinguish, who knows what the connection between the surroundings and the script is, and when it comes to the text, obviously many people will suspect that Rowling gave Lin Xiao 'guidance,' Speaking of which, Warner does have enough reasons to be suspicious. ”

"Such an appeal report is submitted, the court will definitely need Lin Xiao and Luo Lin to go to court together, once the court appears, the report of the Olympic director's suspected plagiarism, whether it is true or not, will be overwhelming, what kind of explosive news is this? World of Warcraft you copied, what about the Olympics? Chu Yiming's eyes flickered, "Poison ...... It's really vicious, it doesn't look like it's going to ban you, but as long as you seize an opportunity, you'll desperately set a trap to kill you, Warner hates you so much......"

"Can you not hate?" Lin Xiao sneered, "What is the reason why a small company is attached to a large company, it is nothing more than to be able to obtain resources from a large company, the second is to send a notice from a large company to a large brokerage company to be more valued, and the third is the vast cinema relationship under the six giants, and the results of the new line are not very good, but others have the world's third-ranked movie, and the name is well-known." For Time Warner, it belongs to the kind of company that eats tasteless and discards meat, but now they can't even keep their company from being eaten silently, and this time their face is embarrassed. ”

"And I'm busy with the lawsuit in Los Angeles, and I don't have time to guide the Olympics, so the Central Propaganda Department will definitely be very dissatisfied with me. Killing three birds with one stone, it's really clever ......"

"Do you still have the kung fu to say that others are smart? Now Warner's momentum is slowly rolling like a snowball, and the situation in the United States is not good. The production budget was suddenly raised by one level, which is 20 million dollars! Nearly 200 million RMB! It's enough to make a Chinese blockbuster! ”

"That's what I'm trying to say." Chu Yiming said seriously, "The situation in the United States is very chaotic, the film and television industry has become a pot of porridge, no one can stir it up, the first round of layoffs of the Big Six has laid off at least 500 people, and Warner has laid off 700 people, which makes more and more people in the film and television industry have no work to do, the general strike of screenwriters has led to a tightening of TV schedules, many reality shows have been closed, and Goldman Sachs, the main lender of Hollywood, will never lend, in fact, the Big Six are not having a good time." ”

"It's just that his hand makes you more sad." He sighed, "Lin Xiao, what can you do, this is the first battle to break dawn into Hollywood, and it is not only good to be famous, if you are not famous, I'm afraid Warner will not find us at all." Not only Warner, but the other Big Five are all looking at you, and if you back down, the company will only gain an inch next time. ”

"What can you do?" Lin Xiao asked rhetorically.

"Public opinion warfare." Chu Yiming replied, "Buying a water army to dilute the scandal that smeared you, this is no way, it's too passive, and in the end it can't avoid you from going to the Los Angeles court." Once you go, I'm afraid the CCP will be furious, and you will be the scapegoat until you get revenge on Warner. ”