Cheng Er's movie "The Third Man" was released in June this year.

This is a suspense thriller, which can be regarded as Cheng Er's new attempt in the field of drama films other than literary films.

As early as October 2003, the film was reported to the Film Bureau through Beijing Digital Impression Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and obtained a shooting permit.

It was only because he couldn't get together the shooting funds that Cheng Er shot this movie until he participated in the Young Director Support Program in the Light and Shadow Era.

Unexpectedly, this movie was actually plagiarized.

And the plagiarized movie was released first.

The movie "Parasite" was released in April this year, starring Emperor and Zhang Jiahui and Fan Xiaopang.

It's just that the box office results of this movie are very average, and it didn't make a splash at all, and basically no one paid attention to it.

I didn't expect that this movie actually plagiarized a lot of the script of "The Third Man", which is too absurd.

When Wu Yuan learned the news, he was caught off guard.

The box office performance of "The Third Man" is not good, the total box office has not exceeded 10 million, and "Parasite" is basically a rookie pecking at each other.

Well, in a sense, it does seem to prove that the two movies are indeed about the same level

Wu Yuan never thought that he could produce such a moth.

Immediately, Wu Yuan instructed on the phone: "Find the most professional lawyer team and appeal and accuse the other party!" ”

"We absolutely cannot tolerate the vicious behavior of intellectual property plagiarism, and we must defend Chenger's rights."

"The other party's investors include Shanghai Film and Emperor?"

"So what, since plagiarism is a sure thing, no matter who is behind it, it's useless!"

Hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan let out a long sigh.

What's going on!

Looking around the house, Liu Yifei was not at home, she went to participate in an Olympic-related event held by Yili, and Liu Xiaoli also went with her.

Idle is also idle, Wu Yuan packed up his things, and went out to go to the company to see the situation.

On the other side, in Li Xiaoping's office, she was also surrounded by people.

Cheng Er, the director of "The Third Man", and the leading actors Gao Yuanyuan, Xu Guangtou, and Yan Po all looked depressed.

"Mr. Li, this is too much."

"I've been filming for so many years, and it's the first time I've encountered such an almost all copying behavior."

"The fact of this plagiarism infringement could not be clearer."

"I have to sue him!"

Xu Zheng was very indignant, now he is not as sleek as he was later, and he is more indignant.

In comparison, Cheng Er is relatively calm, he found out late, "The Third Man" has been screened for so long before he found out, if he found it when it was released, it would be a hype hotspot if it was exposed, but it's a pity.

"The company has already organized a team of lawyers to prepare for the appeal, and public opinion will also build momentum to support it."

Li Xiaoping said helplessly: "I know that the filming of this movie is not easy for everyone, and I will not let everyone's hard work be tarnished like this." ”

Xu Zheng's face looked a little better, and only then did he realize that Li Xiaoping was the actual helmsman of the Light and Shadow Era, and hurriedly explained: "Mr. Li, my tone may be a little rushed, but it's really not aimed at you, forgive me." ”

The birth of the movie "The Third Man" was not easy.

At the beginning of the creation of the script, Cheng Er was very worried about the direction of the protagonist.

Later, after filming started, he repeatedly pondered the character with Xu Zheng and Gao Yuanyuan, and everyone held their own opinions and argued, and finally on the basis of the original screenwriter, several endings were filmed, and they discussed it together for a long time before deciding to use the current version of the ending.

Although the final box office performance of "The Third Man" was not very good, it does not mean that everyone's hard work was in vain.

Just when Li Xiaoping wanted to comfort a few words, the office was pushed away, and Wu Yuan strode in.

"What's the noise, I heard it in the corridor from afar."

Wu Yuan casually pulled a chair, sat down in the middle of the crowd, and said nonchalantly: "What's the hurry." ”

"Since there is enough evidence, the infringer will naturally be punished as he deserves."

"Send a lawyer's letter first, and then ask the media to publicly report on this matter and let public opinion out."

"It's the other party who should be in a hurry!"

In fact, on the original trajectory, when Cheng Er released "Parasite" in April, he found out that this movie plagiarized his "Third Man".

But considering that "Parasite" was released first, if this matter was exposed at that time, it would only affect the box office results of "The Third Man".

So he held back for half a year, and waited until the release of "The Third Man" to break out this incident.

However, at that time, Cheng Er made "The Third Man" with his own scattered investment, and there was no capital behind him to give him a platform.

In the face of the joint efforts of Huying and the Emperor, this plagiarism incident did not make much splash at all, and it was suppressed.

Cheng Er also gained the title of "love hype", obviously a victim of plagiarism, but was beaten up by plagiarists.

But now it's a different story.

Cheng Er participated in the Young Director Support Program in the Light and Shadow Era.

The producer of "The Third Man" is the Light and Shadow Era, and the copyright also belongs to the Light and Shadow Era.

Wu Yuan is not a good man and a woman, he has always pursued a principle, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, but if someone does something, he will also fight back!

Three hours after getting the news, the three investment companies of "Parasite", Emperor, Shanghai Film, and Youyou Sunshine Film and Television, which co-invested, received a lawyer's letter and fax from the Light and Shadow Era.

On the Internet, the news about the plagiarism of "The Third Man" by "Parasite" is also spreading rapidly.

The media, which has a good cooperative relationship with the era of light and shadow, all published articles with the same caliber to angrily denounce the shameless behavior of the main creative team of "Parasite".

The entertainment industry, which has been relatively calm recently, immediately set off a wave after dropping a small bomb in the era of light and shadow.

Shanghai Film Group, a vice president in charge of distribution, reprimanded his subordinates in a very irritable tone.

"Okay, our Huying can actually have such a big scandal!"

"Plagiarism! There are still as many as 17 similarities, almost copied from the script! ”

"This kind of thing, when you reviewed the project script, you didn't find it?!"

"Is the company's project audit department a group of dry food?"

"It's okay now, the fax of the lawyer's letter in the Age of Light and Shadow is in my office!"

"You say, 'How can this matter be solved?'

The vice president slammed the table with a loud bang, and on his desk, a lawyer's letter was floating.

"With this kind of lawsuit, it really has to go to court, and judging from the evidence in the current light and shadow era, we have no chance of winning the lawsuit!"

"Our Shanghai Film is a state-owned enterprise!"

"State-owned enterprises take the lead in plagiarism, can you afford this name?!"

One of the subordinates of the vice president gritted his teeth, raised his head and said: "Mr. Chen, we should immediately issue a joint statement with the Emperor, saying that "Parasite" and its script are original film and television works created by him, and his originality and originality are beyond doubt!" ”

"Regardless of whether there will be a confrontation in court in the future, we must first strive for the peak of public opinion, after all, "Parasite" was released earlier than "The Third Man", and the audience must believe that we are innocent!"

This PR plan, if placed under normal circumstances, is actually quite reasonable.

How can the audience know that the script of "The Third Man" has been filed in 2003, they will only think that this movie was released later than "Parasite", then obviously the latter is the object of plagiarism!

However, this is not the normal situation now.

After hearing this handling plan, the vice president of Huying not only did not approve of it, but became even more angry, and casually picked up a document and smashed it on the subordinate who made the opinion.

"Are you a pig?!"

"You fooled the audience and fans, can you fool Director Wu and the judge?"

"After this incident, Director Wu's impression of our Shanghai Film has seriously declined, and you are still planning to fight again?"

"If this annoys Director Wu, we in Huying will never want to cooperate with Director Wu and the Light and Shadow Era!"

"Is it worth the price?"

"The director of "Parasite", He Ping, right?"

"Ten of him tied together, is it important to have a Wu Dao?"

"I want to offend Director Wu in order to protect him when I have a sick brain!"

This team is too difficult to bring!

The vice president of Huying was a little out of breath, pulled the tie around his neck, and gasped angrily.

As a large state-owned film and television media group in the mainland second only to China Film, it would be a lie to say that they watched the cooperation between Wu Yuan and China Film like glue, and had no idea.

Among the investors of "Gravity", Shanghai Film occupies an investment ratio of 30 million, and has a reasonable investment cost of 100 million yuan with Huaxia Film and Television, Guangguang and Bernard Sanjia Company.

Shanghai Film also hopes that through this cooperation, it will establish a good cooperative relationship with Wu Yuan and continue to participate in his other film projects in the future.

You must know that the film investment projects that can be profited out by Wu Yuan are definitely big productions, and they are super blockbusters that require hundreds of millions of costs at every turn!

Although the mainland's capital has cooled down a little about the "blockbuster fever", a big director like Wu Yuan, who has an international market, still has a blockbuster project in hand that everyone is rushing to want.

Even because other directors' blockbusters have lost money, resulting in more cautious capital investment, the investment share of blockbusters directed by Wu Yuan is more sought-after than before.

For such a street hit film with a box office of only about 10 million, to offend Wu Yuan?

Isn't that sick?

The vice president of Huying knocked on the table hard, his tone was cold, and he almost gritted his teeth and said: "Cut!" ”

"Immediately cut off with the screenwriter and director of "Parasite", issued an apology announcement, and admitted the company's negligence in reviewing the film."

"Let the main creative team of "Parasite" hold a press conference to publicly apologize!"

"Try your best to dilute the influence of our Shanghai Film in this movie, and pull the Emperor and Yoyo Sunshine Film and Television to the front of the stage!"

"Cutting the wrists of a strong man is the only choice we can make now."

"The company's script review department immediately started self-inspection and self-inspection, I hope this kind of thing will not happen a second time!"

(End of chapter)