my gilded age

Chapter 330: What happened in the story, how the harmonica turned into a camera
Lu Fu and Jiang Xiaoyu, as well-known domestic film critics, both received premiere invitations. Naturally, they came from both "Parasite" and "The Third Man". So how to choose?
This time both of them made a relatively correct decision, so the two of them met together at the premiere of "The Third Man".

"Ouch, Mr. Lu, you are so damaged!"

"Brother Jiang, we cultural people should not speak in a quack-like manner."

"Are you sorry? I have remembered the things that happened last year for a year."

"It's not even a year yet. It was the last day last year..."

The two of them spoke tit-for-tat, and they had scolded each other a lot on the Internet before, just because Lu Fu hurt Jiang Xiaoyu during the premiere of "Heaven's Mouth" and "The Strange Case of Magic City".

Hold grudges till now...

In this kind of situation, just a few words of insults to each other, no matter how hard you try, you can't do it. Besides, fighting is not the literati's strong point.

After finishing "The Third Man", the two met together again, and the look in their eyes was very strange.

"This article..."

"Brother Jiang, do you want to guide me in writing?"

"Who is it! It's you, you kid. You can't tell me how to find fault. You're such a poor person."

"Hehe... Brother Jiang wants to blow it again?"

"Are you in charge? Besides, isn't this movie good?"

"This movie... at least from what I've seen, it's very logical and gives people all kinds of surprises."

Jiang Xiaoyu and Mr. Lu came out and started fighting again, but after they talked for a while, they had to work some more.

"Brother Jiang, how about "Parasite"?"

"You still want to deceive me? Mr. Lu, you are so unreasonable."

"Anyway, I have to watch it. These two movies are now competing against each other, and it's also about Huayi and the Red Star family. It's impossible not to watch it."

"Mr. Lu, how about this, how about we each write a review for one movie? We draw lots to see our luck?"

"Brother Jiang, don't fool me, I won't be fooled."

"Damn, that's quite a thief! Let's go."

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

The two of them moved to "Parasite" again. Of course, it wasn't the premiere or the on-demand screening, so they had to pay for it. As a result, Jiang Xiaoyu was given a movie ticket by Lu Fu. Jiang Xiaoyu really I didn't expect that Mr. Lu would be so poor.

After the two people finished watching "Parasite", the way they looked at each other...

It’s still quite cold at night in Beijing. Today, the 8th, is still the beginning of winter.

"Thankfully I wasn't fooled!" I thought so in my heart, but didn't say anything, just go back and write the manuscript.

……

Huayi and Hongxing have already appeared in the movie. The previous back-and-forth moves have now revealed their trump cards. Of course, this is just the beginning. The outcome will depend on the next development.

Today's premiere plus screening, the two families did not say much, and what they said to reporters was very simple. Huayi insisted that "The Third Man" plagiarized "Parasite", while Hongxing still said the same thing, which is fair. At ease in people's hearts.

The Wang brothers only made an appearance at the premiere of "Parasite". In their view, this movie is just a small production, just a weapon to attack Hongxing and Baek Shiqiu. Therefore, the next step is the key.

"Xiao Fang'er also just showed off and ran away?"

"Brother, this girl's wings are stiff. Forget it, forget it."

"Brother, you said Mr. He Ping, is what he said accurate?"

"Brother, I think at least three points of this matter is true."

"Only three points?"

"How much more can there be? What's the point of that old guy? It's okay for us to respect him as a teacher, but he has failed in recent years and he doesn't do much creative work at all, so..."

"This book should have been created by Cheng Er. At least the prototype is his, right?"

"Teacher He Ping didn't say that, hehe..."

"I understand, I understand, hehehe..."

The Wang brothers looked at each other and smiled.

Speaking of which, for the movie "Parasite", it was He Ping who came to find the two brothers with a book. After all, He Ping was famous and had made great contributions to Huayi.

Hua Yi's movie "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", which was a blockbuster film co-produced with Jiang Wen and others, had a lot of tricks in it.

"Heaven and Earth Heroes" was a super big production at the time, and Zhang Yimou's "Hero" was the opponent, and in terms of its lineup, it was also extremely strong. The male protagonist Jiang Wen, the female protagonist Xiao Yanzi, and many other powerful actors Stars, even Takakura Ken’s disciples were invited.

But the box office was not on the same level, and it was killed instantly by "Hero".

But the most interesting thing is that even though the box office of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" was not satisfactory, the Wang brothers made a lot of money.The reason is very simple. The money invested in this film does not belong to the Wang brothers at all, but to Columbia Company. The reason for making money is that the contract signed by Columbia Company that year was that they only wanted the overseas box office of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

The overseas box office was a mess, and Columbia's compensation was a mess.

The Wang family brothers only spent the cost of publicity and distribution, and all the domestic box office is theirs.

He Ping was Columbia's senior consultant in Asia at the time. This was simply a real-life version of Infernal Affairs.

Therefore, "Parasite" was the original "Camera". When the book was handed over, Hua Yi naturally didn't say anything about it, but He Ping was even more powerful. He brought in the Emperor of Hong Kong this time.

So, the cast of this movie looked like this. The Wang brothers sent their most famous actress at the time, Fang Binbin, whose contract was about to expire, and the Emperor sent a group of capable actors such as Zhang Jiahui and Qiu Sheng. Hong Kong movie star.

Originally, this movie was going to be released very early, but as soon as he heard that Bai Shiqiu's famous star was going to film "The Third Man", He Ping said something to the Wang brothers at that time.

That's copying my script!
The Wang brothers don't care what the truth is, as long as there is such a chance to attack Hongxing and Bai Shiqiu, that is enough.

Moreover, after all the hype, hasn’t the box office of “Parasite” taken off yet?
Whatever she does now, she is afraid that there will be no topic, just like Fang Binbin. She has been trying her best to blackmail herself in the past two years. Look at all the black materials she has posted on the Internet in the past two years, but the result is that Fang Binbin His fame is getting bigger and bigger, and now he simply gets rid of Huayi and pursues a solo career.

The Wang brothers saw this matter very clearly, and they had other methods that they didn't use.

……

At the same time, in the Red Star Base, the creative team of "The Third Man" and all the Red Stars were talking about it.

"How is it? How is it going? How do you react to the plagiarism?"

"What did the media reporters and the show's leaders say at the premiere today?"

"I went to inquire about the enemy's situation today. I watched two movies and they were indeed very similar!" Today's premiere was attended by several veterans from Red Star, and many people also went to see "Parasite". Everyone was excited Being in this field, how could I not see that the two movies are indeed somewhat similar.

Bai Shiqiu is still the old god. He has been back since the premiere. He has no interest in the "Parasite" at all. It would be better to come back early and take a rest.

"Speak!" Yuanyuan looked on. She really couldn't get used to this guy Lao Bai. He was very irritating like this. He seemed to have known something in his heart for a long time, but he just didn't say it out loud, which made people anxious. .

"Oops~" Bai Shiqiu scratched his double chin lazily, "What do you want me to say? It's just the beginning. Even if we look at the reaction of fans and above, it won't be until tomorrow at the earliest."

Bai Shiqiu's words are very reasonable, but everyone is very anxious.

"Old Bai! You bastard! If you think of something, just tell everyone!" Zhang Mo has always been aware of Lao Bai's pretentious habits, but he has always wanted to beat Lao Bai, but he also You know, I'm afraid I'm no match for this girl.

There are so many people now, can we mobilize the power of the masses?

Sure enough, everyone else couldn't bear it anymore.

"Old Bai, tell me quickly!" Zhou Shen was very direct.

"Yeah, can't you stop pretending?" Shen Teng was begging.

Even Lao Cao came over directly and said with a smile: "Lao Bai, we are all good comrades. If you have any ideas, please tell everyone."

Bai Shiqiu remained unmoved, and here, there was another female lead, Mr. Zhou. At this time, she was also smoking there and looking at Bai Shiqiu.

"You guys, why don't you understand? Is this okay if I don't let Lao Bai pretend to be enough?"

When everyone heard this, they felt that Mr. Zhou understood Lao Bai and admired him.

But at this time, Bai Shiqiu said, "Everyone, you really wronged me. It's not that I like to pretend to be aggressive. This time, it has nothing to do with me. This time, I have to be regarded as a senior brother."

Cheng Er was called upon.

That's right, he is the director of the power supply, and if you want to say plagiarism, it is actually him.

Cheng Er was also smoking. Now, he seemed to have made up his mind. He pinched the cigarette butt and said, "Do you still want to hear the story?"

story?

Previously, Bai Shiqiu asked Cheng Er's story here, that is, the story of "The Third Man" and "Parasite", or the story of "Harmonica" and "Camera", it must be this one.

But at this moment, Bai Shiqiu smiled and said, "Big fellows, I'll just ask everyone, you've watched two movies, right?"

Many people nodded.

Bai Shiqiu continued: "Which one do you think is better? Tell the truth!"

truth?

Dare to tell the truth, many people said in unison: "Our Red Star's "The Third Man" is good!"

Bai Shiqiu laughed loudly, "Isn't this the end of it? Besides, do you think that these two movies are enough for us to copy their Huayi movies?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts lit up.

Yes, it’s different!
Zhang Xiaochun, played by Zhang Jiahui in "Parasite", has two personalities.

"The Third Man" shows Xiao Feng having two personalities.

And here is the most crucial point, the themes of the two movies are completely different.

At this time, Bai Shiqiu faced Cheng Er and said, "Senior brother, if that story is not easy to tell, you can tell it to me alone."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Er was moved to tears.

The story is actually simple. A top student in the film school said he was very good at it, but in fact he had never made many movies. Cheng Er thought of a story, wrote it into a script, and showed it to a teacher. He commented that I thought it was good at first glance, but also put forward some suggestions and ideas. Cheng Er completely accepted it and made any changes he wanted.

But it took many years to make such a change. From 02 to last year, these few years passed. Cheng Er couldn't hold on anymore, so he simply sold this script.

He made the move at a very low price, but it didn't take long for him to hear the news that He Ping had received funds from Huayi and Emperor, and "Parasite" was launched.

I didn't have any special feeling at first, but I just thought it was strange because Teacher He Ping hadn't made a film for several years, so I asked someone to find some information about this movie. After just a simple look, Cheng Er was furious.

Isn't this his script?
It was originally a harmonica, but now it has become a camera. He modified this camera.

Cheng Er knew that he had been deceived. He went to He Ping for theory, but as you can imagine, it didn't matter if the script was given to him.

Fortunately, there is a key point here...

"Lao Bai, brothers and sisters, I am not here to harm you. In 03, I couldn't help myself and found a friend's small company. This movie was produced under the name of "Harmonica". I have done some project planning here.”

This is key evidence. When everyone heard it, they became excited.

"Wow! Good!"

"You should have said it earlier!"

"Yes, if you had told me earlier, we would sue them now!"

All of a sudden, the crowd was excited.

But at this time, Bai Shiqiu poured a basin of cold water over casually, "Hey, hey, do you think it's that simple? Let's not talk about whether we can win high in this matter, but let's talk about how Senior Brother Cheng will behave in the industry after winning the lawsuit. ?”

That's right, if you win the lawsuit, you will offend Huayi. Why don't the Wang brothers ban you?
"Old Bai! What do you think we should do?"

"Yes, Lao Bai! Stop pretending and tell me!"

Everyone turned their fire on Bai Shiqiu, but one person spoke particularly directly.

Just listen to Zhou Gongzi's leisurely saying: "Old Bai, Old Bai, what were you talking about before? Don't let you see it, or you will fight to the end, is that what you said?"

Well, it was last year. Everyone praised him in his heart. Mr. Zhou is a good man at swaying people. Guys like Lao Bai need Mr. Zhou to sway him.

After hearing this, Bai Shiqiu smiled slightly and didn't care. He could be said to be as shameless as the sky, but he still faced Cheng Er, "Senior brother, you have to make your own decision, whether to sue or not? Besides, you sold this script to others, with one hand. It’s hard to win if you pay and deliver the goods.”

Cheng Er was very moved just now, it was because Bai Shiqiu gave him enough face and gave him great confidence, but right now...

Sue Huayi?Sue the largest private film and television company in the country?

The key is that as Bai Shiqiu said, it is difficult to win a lawsuit.

How to do?
"Sue! Sue them for fraud!" It was Mr. Zhou who spoke.

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(End of this chapter)