Chapter 124: The Lawsuit of the Century (1)
Hollywood, the dark tide is surging.
And in Seoul, Lin Xiao's side is also on the verge of breaking out.
Qin Zhong came, Baidu director Zhang Fan also came, and Chu Yiming, who had not met for a long time, also reappeared.
The three of them, respectively, are deployed in the world's most important Dawn battlefield, and rarely return to China, and at this moment, they gather together.
Everyone's faces were extremely serious, and after listening to Lin Xiao's conversation, they felt the danger of the situation.
Yes, even if Lin Xiao is banned by foreign countries, he can still return to China to be the emperor of the soil, but slipping back like this is an indelible shame for him who once walked out with his eyebrows raised!
And breaking the contract, whether it is the producer, the producer, the distributor, or the financier, is all something that is hated.
This is the embodiment of the credibility of an artist!
Whether it's a foreign country or a Chinese one, a bad, proven scandal can ruin a person. But are these scandals really "stumbled upon" by journalists?
Soon after Zhang Ziyi and Zhao Xingyu parted ways, the fraudulent donation gate appeared, followed by the splashing ink door, which almost ruined Zhang Ziyi's career as an artist, forcing her to apologize in public at the Cannes awards ceremony, and Zhao Xingyu watched coldly.
No one is stupid, women in the entertainment industry are also not vases, they have worked several times more hard than male artists to climb to their kind of position, most people are old and sophisticated, people like Zhao Qingya are just special cases, after all, her status is far from Zhang Ziyi in the future.
Most artists, if you look at the before and after his scandal, there are always some clues, or who he offended, or did something wrong, and soon after, the scandal "happened" to be filmed.
For example, the current Lin Xiao.
"Warner sued you for unilateral breach of the contract?" Zhang Fan's face is not good-looking, as the Chinese partner of Sequoia, which was established by Dawn at the beginning, he understands Warner's status in the entertainment industry very well.
"It won't be long after." Lin Xiao replied.
Qin Zhong grinded his teeth, "These dragon heads really don't stop!" ”
"What are you going to do?" Chu Yiming's eyes flashed behind the lenses, "Now our financial resources are by no means Warner's opponents, even if my family's Yongle helps you, it won't be able to resist for long." ”
"I have a solution." Lin Xiao looked at the coffee on the table and said in a deep voice, "But I don't know if it can work." ”
"Tell me about it."
Lin Xiao began to elaborate carefully for everyone, down to each step in detail.
After more than ten minutes, everyone was silent.
"Strange Soldier!" Chu Yiming first affirmed: "This is definitely a miracle soldier!" Ming Xiu plank road darkness Chen Cang, this can be described as a model of Sun Tzu's Art of War! ”
Zhang Fan was much calmer, thought about it and said, "You can definitely succeed?" ”
"Not sure!" Lin Xiao said, "This is a bet, see how big Warner's heart is to win the dawn!" If he is really determined to take the dawn, this method may not be enough. ”
"But it's really the best thing to do right now." Zhang Fan rubbed the handrail and muttered, "Sequoia can give you some support, but it's definitely not much." ”
"Don't worry, I can still afford the cost of the lawsuit at the beginning."
Zhang Fan shook his head, "Lin Xiao...... Once this lawsuit is opened, it will be a lawsuit for several years, or even ten years. Lawyers' fees are likely to be nearly $100 million...... Warner is clearly a golden dollar tactic, and you and they can't afford to spend ......"
"But once it works, it can be solved within a month!" Lin Xiao said categorically, "If I don't do this, do I have to wait for Warner to put the butcher knife on my head?!" ”
Zhang Fan didn't speak, was silent for a long time, stood up and patted Lin Xiao's shoulder, "Mr. Lin, good luck." ”
Obviously, he is not optimistic.
"What about you?" Lin Xiao gritted his teeth and asked, "Should you be thinking about splitting up now?" ”
Chu Yiming and Qin Zhong glanced at each other and laughed.
"How so." Chu Yiming said with a smile: "At the beginning of Huaxia, I never thought that I could come to this point. Do you know, now that dawn's influence in China has begun to approach a number of old companies such as Huayi and China Film, to put it bluntly, I came here with your light, although I am greedy for money and profit, but I also understand what it means for a gentleman to love money and take it in the right way. ”
"Especially this guy." He raised his chin towards Qin Zhong, "I've known me for a long time, I'm going to quit, he promises not to kill me." ”
"I heard that Qin Xiaomei is about to give birth?" He spread his hands, "Is there any way I can get out?" ”
"You're really smart." Qin Zhong smiled viciously and waved his hand, "Okay, I'll go back and mobilize." ”
"Don't mobilize." Lin Xiao looked at the starry sky outside the window and said unquestionably, "This is my battle alone!" ”
Inside, the night breeze blew through the silence.
After a long time, Chu Yiming raised his head and said, "Tomorrow, I will personally go to the United States to help you find the best lawyer team. ”
"It's time for me to find some old classmates abroad." Qin Zhong stretched his waist, "You are really not worried, this time the incident is a big trouble." ”
Warner and Dawn, each side is deploying troops, the two sides are like kings standing on two hills, far away from each other, with millions of soldiers below, just waiting for a trumpet!
Time passed day by day, Lin Xiao still filmed, but no matter how big his heart was, there were already flaws at this moment.
Bong Junhao stopped a few times, and Lin Xiao only said that he had encountered some trouble.
The filming of the Han River monster is going on as usual.
October 10th.
Double ten, Hollywood has a clear sky.
White & CaseLLP, one of the world's leading economic law firms, has an unusual client.
"Mareth?" Carlo, the general manager of W&CLLP, laughed and patted the other party on the shoulder: "How many years? Four years? Five years? Hahaha! Looks like you're doing well, old man! ”
"It's four years and one month, eight days." Mares is a master young man, in his early thirties, blonde hair and blue eyes, typical European and American, with deep eye sockets and a pair of "professional" gold-rimmed glasses.
"It's not as good as you, W&CLLP, how famous. We're just a small head. ”
"Where, where." Carlo smiled and personally made coffee for the other party, "Old man, you graduated eight years later than me, and I am proud of you to be like this!" ”
"yes...... University of California, Berkeley...... It's been so long...... "Maris took the fragrant coffee a little suddenly, "Thank you." ”
"Man, we're all pragmatic people." Carlo smiled and said mysteriously, "You suddenly came to me in person, what's the trouble?" I don't think Los Angeles is close to New York. ”
An imperceptible glint flashed behind Mares' glasses, and Carlo noticed that the other hand's hand holding the coffee cup trembled.
He was secretly surprised in his heart, he knew Mares's ability, what kind of big case could make the other party almost unable to suppress the excitement in his heart?
"Mr. Carlo!" Mares put down her coffee cup, her face flushed uncharacteristically, and was about to speak, but her eyes looked around.
At this moment, it is the time to work, and the office is full.
"Follow me." Carlo immediately understood, and led Mares into his office.
Pushing open the door, there were still a few people sitting in the office, and even several young people were shooting darts.
"John. Downey! "How many times has Carlo said not to come to my office for entertainment!" ”
"Old K!" A man who was playing cards threw out a card and said without looking back, "Boss, you have been talking about this for three years, and you have no prestige." ”
"What is this?" Maris said suspiciously.
Carlo sighed, "Say it, it's all your own." ”
Hearing that there was something serious, everyone stopped and looked at the man in his thirties with blazing eyes.
Mares took a deep breath, even with a hint of excitement in her voice.
"Three days ago...... We at CRANE received an order......"
"It's a list of Chinese artists." He said in a deep voice: "I want to sue a company in the United States for labor disputes." ”
"Oh? It's kind of interesting. Carlo asked, "Who?" ”
"Lin Xiao."
"Who is he going to sue?"
"Warner!"
As soon as this sentence came out, the audience was silent!
What is Warner? That's the Big Six Hollywood! The dominant party in Hollywood! Now, he was actually dragged into court by an artist?
But then, they were excited.
This is an unbeatable lawsuit! Once they can bite off a piece of meat from Warner, they won't go hungry for years without doing it!
"Warner?! Is it really Warner?! John had already whistled and shouted, "This is a big deal!" I don't meet it once in ten years! ”
"Yes, the artist sues the giant! This is rare in the history of Hollywood! Especially for the first time that a foreign artist has sued a Hollywood giant! ”
"Even if he loses the lawsuit, this lawyer's fee will be enough for us to eat for a while!"
Everyone was excited, and Carlo suppressed his rapid breathing and asked, "CRANE, WHAT'S NEXT?" ”
"Next." Mares gritted her teeth, suppressed her excitement, and said, "At the same time, there are four law firms. ”
He looked directly at Carlo, "Mr. Carlo, it's up to you!" Mr. Lin hired all of the most well-known economic law firms in the United States! And W&C is undoubtedly the most famous one! I recommended your firm to Mr. Lin and he has already agreed! ”
Carlo gasped.
Hiring six firms in one go shows that the other party is by no means joking, but wants to fight Warner in real time!
After being stunned for a while, he slapped the table suddenly, "Brothers! Start! It's started! This time, if you don't bite off a piece of meat from Warner, you'll be sorry for the legal profession! ”
October 20th.
Five days before Batman's expected internal press conference, Hollywood suddenly set off a shocking wave!
Chinese artist Lin Xiao sued Warner Bros., one of the six Hollywood giants, Time Warner's film company! The reason is a labor dispute!