Chapter 12 The first fraud incident in the film industry
In a rental house.
Liu Yang went out to buy breakfast and brought back a court summons.
"Mr. Xu, Director Zhang Yange wants to sue us."
Xu Nan took the summons and couldn't help but smile.
It seems that Zhang Yange was really pushed into a hurry, and he didn't even go through the process of a lawyer's letter and directly filed a lawsuit.
Liu Yang on the side felt a little panicked.
"Mr. Xu, there won't be any problem. What if we lose the case?"
Although the movies produced by the company received poor reviews, they were box office hits and made a lot of money.
The company in front of him was about to come back to life, and he didn't want anything to happen.
Xu Nan shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
"The law stipulates that similar names are not plagiarism. Only when the content similarity exceeds 30% can it be considered plagiarism. Our shots are 100% original and definitely not plagiarism."
Liu Yang nodded in understanding.
If this is the case, then he can indeed rest assured.
After all, it can be said that there are few movies like them with such bad shots and images.
Xu Nan added: "Taking a step back, even if we lose the lawsuit, it's okay. At most we will lose some money. Other than that, there will be no consequences. Not to mention that we haven't plagiarized, just learned from it."
Liu Yang was completely relieved.
From the day he made the bad movie, Xu Nan was prepared to be sued, and he had already memorized the relevant legal provisions and was sure that there would be no consequences for doing so.
Otherwise, he would not dare to touch the piece of broken porcelain.
Then again, Xu Nan didn't expect that "Along the River on a Qingming Festival" would have such a high box office.
In just four days, the box office exceeded 30 million, which was more than ten times the highest box office he expected.
It turns out that Xu Nan just wanted to try "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", recoup the cost with hundreds of thousands of box office, and then sell the Internet copyright to make a little money, and he would be satisfied.
If the box office can exceed one million, he feels that he can laugh.
Unexpectedly, many people mistook his film "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" for "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", which made a big mistake and contributed a lot of box office revenue to him.
This is the first time that this kind of knock-off film has appeared in this world. Netizens have no experience and fell for it without paying attention.
No wonder Zhang Yange was so anxious that he immediately sued without even leaving the lawyer's letter.
A large part of the current box office of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" should belong to "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".
"Mr. Xu, look, Zhang Yange posted on Weibo."
Liu Yang took out his mobile phone and showed Xu Nan Zhang Yange's latest Weibo post.
"From the day my carefully shot movie "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was released, there were many bad reviews on the Internet that smeared the movie. Some film critics even wrote reviews to scold me. At first, I really thought that the movie I made was Everyone didn’t like it, but later I found out that what they were criticizing was another movie with a very similar name, “Along the River on a Sunny Day.”
"I went out of my way to see this movie. I have to say that this movie is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. The release of such a movie completely tarnishes the noble art of cinema."
"Here I solemnly declare that we have filed a lawsuit with the court for the plagiarism of the movie "A Riverside Scene on a Qingming Festival" and will use legal weapons to defend my dignity. I am also concerned about the producer of "Alongside the River on a Qingming Festival" and the director Xu Nan. , lodged the strongest protest.”
"We solemnly warn the producer of "Along the River on a Qingming Festival", Dingfeng Film and Television, and director Xu Nan to immediately withdraw the film and apologize in public."
"In addition, we solemnly remind all viewers here to pay attention to the movie title when watching the movie. Do not mistake "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" for "A River During the Qingming Festival" and do not contribute to the box office of fraudulent and bad movies."
This Weibo post became a hot search topic with thousands of comments.
"It turns out there are two movies with similar names. Let me tell you why the movies I watched were so bad."
"This kind of behavior is fraud. We support Director Zhang Yange's prosecution and use legal weapons to defend his dignity."
"Nah, I just watched this movie, and I thought how could Zhang Yange's film "Case Solved" be so bad, but it turned out that I was watching a bad movie with a similar name."
"I also had the same experience. When I was watching a movie in the cinema, I felt very uncomfortable, just like eating cakes. I watched until the end with the idea of believing in Zhang Yange. Now I feel sick when I think about it. I wasted dozens of dollars. Forget it, the problem is that my feelings were deceived."
"This is the first fraud incident in the film industry. The behavior is really bad."
It was obvious that the netizens were very angry. Nine out of ten comments were scolding.
Liu Yang asked: "Mr. Xu, what should we do with this Weibo?"
Xu Nan said calmly: "Don't worry, I will handle it."
Immediately, he picked up his phone, logged into his Weibo account, and edited a Weibo post.
"I have received the summons from the court. I must clarify here that I did not plagiarize. Regarding the slander of Director Zhang Yange, we will see you in court."
"In addition, the movies I make are definitely not bad movies. The reason why you think they are not good to watch is simply because you don't know how to appreciate them."
After editing, Xu Nan immediately clicked send.
Liu Yang next to him saw this extremely tough Weibo and his jaw broke to the ground.
He couldn't help but ask: "Is it okay to respond like this?"
In fact, what Liu Yang really wants to ask is, isn't Mr. Xu afraid of being scolded?
You really have no idea what's going on in our movie.
Just make some money while others don't react, why do you still look so confident?
Xu Nan smiled and said, "I'm telling the truth. Firstly, I didn't plagiarize. Secondly, I didn't make a bad movie. They didn't think it looked good. They just didn't appreciate it."
Liu Yang could only nod.
Okay, you are the boss, you are the biggest.
On the Internet, Xu Nan's reply immediately aroused heated discussions among netizens.
Zhang Yange's Weibo post was a hot search topic and attracted a lot of attention. Not long after Xu Nan's tit-for-tat Weibo post was posted, there were many comments below.
"Okay, brother is tough enough."
"No, how can you have the nerve to say such a thing? There are so many similarities between the content of the movie and Zhang Yange's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Do you dare to say that there is no plagiarism?"
"I have the nerve to say that the movie you made is not a bad movie. Yesterday I took my girlfriend to see a movie. I originally planned to confess my love after watching the movie. But halfway through, my girlfriend thought I was too bad and broke up with me. Please compensate my girlfriend. ."
"Haha, the world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. You don't know the quality of the movies you make. I dare say they are not bad movies. Then could you please explain, what the hell is a classroom used as a museum? What do you think of such a genius operation? from."
"Xu Nan, it's okay for you to make bad movies, but it's your fault to use them to pollute our eyes."
"You give it the same name and then broadcast it on the same schedule. Do you really think that everyone can't see what your intention is?"
"Before, the audience was ignorant, so they were deceived by you. Now that everyone knows the truth, you can't even think of deceiving people again."
"I support you. Others say it's a bad movie, but I enjoyed it quite a lot."
As Xu Nan expected, after his Weibo post was posted, it immediately attracted a lot of curses.