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Chapter 629 Li Mu was so angry that he laughed
Tiangong animation.

A small number of people in the team followed Tian Xiaopeng to polish the script of "Deep Sea", while most of them continued to develop "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" with Jiaozi Studio.

When Li Mu arrived, he saw that everyone in Deep Sea had a copy of the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, as well as the outline written by Tian Xiaopeng, the map he drew, and the movement trajectory of the characters.
At the same time, Tian Xiaopeng seemed to be communicating with technical staff.

“Can we make it three-dimensional and make it move?”

"Director Tian, ​​the freehand style of Chinese ink painting and the three-dimensional realistic style of figurative painting are naturally incompatible. We can only give it a try first."

"You guys try it first, and come to me if you have any questions."

After Tian Xiaopeng finished speaking, he looked up and saw Li Mu coming, who happened to be not far away.

"Director Li, you are here."

"Just arrived, saw you were busy, don't worry, I don't have anything to do either"

Li Mu smiled. The Heavenly Palace is very busy right now. Most people are so busy with "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" that they are too busy to handle it.

What's more, there is another film called "Deep Sea" which Tian Xiaopeng is currently developing.

Tian Xiaopeng and Li Mu did not enter the office, but just sat down somewhere randomly.

Li Mu picked up the outline of "Deep Sea" and nodded, "It's a good story."

"Director Li, stories like Deep Sea may not sell well in the mass market"

Tian Xiaopeng has always had this worry.

Because the story of "Deep Sea" is more like an experiment, trying to break away from the normal film narrative routine, including those scenes, which are too willful, all to challenge the audience's psychological endurance limit.

"It doesn't matter. With Mengying Media here, as long as we make a good movie, we will accept it even if we lose money. And it won't be difficult to make back the money."

Li Mu said confidently that the original version was released at an inappropriate time slot and suffered losses in publicity and promotion but still achieved good results.

"Relax." Li Mu saw Tian Xiaopeng's uneasiness and patted him on the shoulder. "Director Tian, ​​think about it, what was your original intention in filming "Deep Sea"? "

In fact, Tian Xiaopeng could have taken advantage of his success and taken a more stable route by filming "The Monkey King: Hero is Back 2". This kind of family-friendly animation with a strong plot and relatively lively atmosphere is likely to set a new record in the market.

But he chose a more rocky path.

"Original intention?"

Find your own style like Ghibli, keep innovating in 3D production like Pixar, and explore the ink painting style of Chinese animated films in Deep Sea.

Tian Xiaopeng muttered to himself.

"That's it. The Heavenly Palace must find a way out, and this means that it cannot remain closed and sealed.

Innovation is the only original and greatest motivation in a director’s career, and it is also the biggest barrier to corporate competition.”

While Li Mu and Tian Xiaopeng were talking, a technician suddenly found them in a hurry, with a look of indignation on his face.

"what happened?"

Tian Xiaopeng asked.

"Mr. Li, Director Tian, ​​someone on Weibo revealed that a producer plagiarized our "The Return of the Great Sage"!"

The technical staff were very angry because this was a movie they had spent many years working on, and it turned out to be plagiarized.

“Look, the poster photo in the launch ceremony of the live-action version of “The Monkey King: Hero is Back” is exactly the same as ours, even the font and handwriting are the same, how shameless.

Even the story outline in the filing is exactly the same. But after being discovered, it was immediately changed. Now it becomes a story of love and hatred after Sun Wukong kills the White Bone Demon and is expelled from the journey to the West by Tang Monk.

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Li Mu and Tian Xiaopeng were stunned after hearing this. What was going on? Not only were the fonts the same, but even the story outline was exactly the same, and yet they changed the outline so quickly.

The technician immediately handed over the information he had just seen.

Title: The Monkey King: Hero is Back; Filing unit: Fairy Tale Tribe Film and Television Culture Media (BJ) Co., Ltd.; Screenwriter: Hong Bo; Filing result: Approved for filming after modification.

The two of them were so angry that they laughed.

"It's really outrageous, this."

Tian Xiaopeng was immediately furious.

At the same time, the Internet was in an uproar.

"This is even more shameless than the movie 'Cars'! At least they added a word. This is better, they just use it! And it's done in broad daylight, openly. What kind of industrial environment is this? Who set up the project?"

"Oh my god, I laughed my ass off. It's true that people are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat. As long as you are famous, there is nothing we dare not copy. After copying many foreign IPs, the national copycat team has extended its copycat hand to "The Return of the Great Sage" again."

"I thought Blue Flame Pictures had copied even the posters of Disney animations, and I felt that this was the bottom line of domestic plagiarism. But this time, not only did they copy their own people, but they didn't even change the name, not even the font of the name."

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"I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone so shameless. Even the font and handwriting of "The Return of the Great Sage" are exactly the same as ours. @Zhou Tiedong himself." Li Mu of Fairy Tale Tribe Film and Television Culture Media really didn't know where this thing came from, but it was easy to find the person responsible, after all, netizens had already found it.

Li Mu posted questions on Weibo and called the General Administration directly.

"Director Li, we already know about this matter. Director Zhang has already held a meeting to reflect on this type of incident."

When Li Mu heard this, he understood the bureau's attitude and didn't say anything else.

After all, Tong Gang said so, what else can he say? He can't just contradict Tong Gang again.

At this moment, Tong Gang, who had just hung up the phone, was also getting angry and seemed to be in a hurry to go to the meeting place.

The people who are in charge of filing and reviewing the application are really outrageous. In this case, they are either careless and negligent, not taking the filing and review seriously, or they turn a blind eye.

It's okay if the names are the same, but you can't have the same plot.
However, just when Li Mu returned home, Wang Jianhua, the person in charge of the live-action version of "The Return of the Great Sage" from this film company that appeared out of nowhere, explained:

"The live-action version of 'The Return of the Great Sage' was launched earlier than the animated version, and the name has never changed, and the story is different, so there is no question of who is copying whom."

“As for the live-action version of The Return of the Great Sage, which has just been launched, the font of the title is the same as the animated version. It may be that the staff asked the design company to design a new font, but they didn’t expect it to be designed like this. Maybe they didn’t pay attention.”

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Netizens were stunned.

As expected, as long as you are shameless, you can find any excuse, and you have modified the synopsis, what can you do to me?
"After reading this, do you feel a sense of familiarity? When the Autobots plagiarized Cars, they said something similar."

"Brother, can you tell me if the artists from your two companies are brothers or sisters who have been separated for many years? They are so in tune with each other! The shape and strokes of the two characters "Great Sage" are exactly the same. Are you sure that this will not lead to the leakage of company secrets?"

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Li Mu was not angry but laughed instead.

Liu Yifei even relieved Li Mu's back out of concern.

"fine!"

Li Mu waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing. She really wanted to laugh now.

Then he replied calmly: "You are invincible!"

Liu Yifei looked at Li Mu's reply and couldn't help but laugh out loud. She tapped Li Mu's shoulder with her little hand and her tears were about to burst out.

Like Liu Yifei’s reaction, many netizens burst into laughter after seeing it.

"You're invincible! No, this is so funny, Director Li really understands it too well!"

"These four words bring out the essence. I just want to ask who else is there?"

"I've learned it, I've learned it. To deal with this kind of person, you only need to say four words, and you will be invincible!"

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At the same time, some friends from theater chains told Li Mu directly that the theaters would never pay attention to such plagiarized movies.

Li Mu was too lazy to care about the follow-up. It was really unheard of for him to be involved in such a scam.

However, given this situation, everyone in the industry is well aware that if anyone dares to invest in filming, they will most likely suffer huge losses.

"In 2012, the Hong Kong gangster film Cold War hit a new peak in Chinese-language films. The original crew spent four years brewing a story with more dramatic tension and conflicts, and once again brought together Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung, Charlie Young, Eddie Peng, Aarif Rahman, and international superstar Chow Yun-fat."

"After twelve years, Big Fish and Begonia premieres."

“It took 6 years to create, with Chinese investment + Chinese story + Hollywood production, and adapted from Zheng Jun’s comic book of the same name, Rockin’ Tibetan Mastiff, it’s coming soon.”

As July 7th gets closer, major films are starting to grab traffic.

In the just-concluded second quarter, the overall performance of the mainland film market can only be described as "miserable".

The box office revenue was only 102.11 billion RMB, a slight decrease from last year. This news is bad news for those who expect the mainland box office to surpass that of the United States soon.

"Captain America 3", "X-Men", "Warcraft" and other blockbusters have been released one after another, and the audiences are enjoying them very much, so why can they squeeze out such a small box office? There are many reasons, but the most obvious one is undoubtedly that domestic films have not been hits.

From "Hot Pot Heroes" in early April to "Threesome" and "Black Fan" in late June, there are many well-known domestic films, but it is hard to find a film that can hold up at the box office. If you insist on saying that it performed well, "North West 4" is one of them, but it is still far from being a "hit".

The glorious record led by "The Mermaid" during the Spring Festival is gone forever.

The awkward situation of the Sino-Korean co-production camp competing against the foreign sequel army, which is neither lively nor interesting, will come to an end this weekend. A group of pure domestic films will make their debut and start a joyful battle.

Li Mu did not attend the premiere of "Big Fish and Begonia" because "Rock Mastiff" was also being screened at the same time.

Li Mu was simply too lazy to go, but Tian Xiaopeng did go to the "Big Fish and Begonia" set.

However, after reading it that night, Tian Xiaopeng sent a message to Li Mu.

“Big Fish and Begonia is more like a gift with extremely beautiful packaging, but the process of slowly unwrapping it in your hands is not as pleasurable as seeing the gift itself.”

(End of this chapter)