China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 346 Plagiarism controversy? The press conference was as quiet as a library!

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Whether "Inception" plagiarized "Paprika" was not a consensus in the past.

At that time, Nolan replied that he had never seen the movie "Paprika", which caused an uproar in public opinion.

Guan Ling in his previous life had never seen this movie.

As a student of Beijing Film Academy, Guan Ling had never seen it either.

But after the plagiarism scandal broke out, Guan Ling took a look.

Speaking of which, the movie "Paprika" is not as unknown as everyone imagines. It is also the grand prize film of the main competition of the Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of how to treat various mental illnesses of modern humans.

A comprehensive psychiatric medical research institute in Tokyo has developed a machine that can reflect the dreams of other people.

With the help of micro DC, dreams can be displayed on the monitor, thereby alleviating human anxiety.

In the cartoon, due to the theft of three DCs, the dreams of the relevant researchers were invaded one after another, causing serious harm.

Among them, a beautiful medical technician is a dream detective who can experience dreams synchronously with the patients. Therefore, in order to prevent the thieves from using DC to continue doing evil, she has to sneak into the victims' dreams to find the whereabouts of the terrorists.

Speaking of which, the core settings of these two movies are similar.

Invading dreams.

But it is really laughable to label a movie as plagiarism based solely on this concept.

But it has already happened, and it has caused quite a stir in Japan.

Although this added another layer of popularity to the release of "Inception", if the matter continues to be dragged on, it will not be good for Guan Ling and the reputation of "Inception".

The comments on the foreign website are still quite popular. For a director of Guan Ling’s stature, any movie he makes would be a source of pride for the entire East Asian cultural circle.

So everyone is paying a lot of attention to it.

These disturbances in Japan have also caused surprise among many people on the Internet.

"How can Director Guan plagiarize? This is a Palme d'Or and Oscar winner?"

"I went to watch Paprika specifically. The setting is similar, but the plot and content are not the same at all. To say it's plagiarism is a bit too self-righteous."

"Inception is a standard commercial blockbuster, while the core idea of ​​Paprika may be better in my opinion. In terms of artistic attainments, Paprika is slightly better, but in terms of the definition of plagiarism, I don't think it is."

"No matter what, there should be some references. After all, it is a movie from 2006."

There are many rational people commenting online, and some mainland media are also watching the fun.

Started to edit Guan Ling on the Internet.

"Inception created the highest box office in Chinese history, and even set the highest box office record in North America and the world for Chinese directors, but it was caught up in a plagiarism storm in Japan."

"Is the idea similar or is the content borrowed? Guan Ling's new work has aroused doubts from foreign media."

"This newspaper interviewed lawyers and experts who define cultural plagiarism. After analysis and argumentation, it is believed that Guan Ling's film may not be involved in plagiarism."

"The Chinese director's record-breaking film was tainted, and the young Guan Ling's many awards may have been caused by plagiarism?"

"The famous Japanese writer Keigo Higashino said in an interview that he was quite surprised when the movie "Suspect X" appeared, because the idea was similar to a novel he was planning to write at the time."

Guan Ling looked at the information on the Internet and couldn't help laughing.

Public opinion has been relatively tolerant of him over the years.

But there is a saying that goes, it’s lonely at the top.

Nowadays, even if there are not many companies that have specific internet trolls to discredit themselves, there are definitely some people who like to slander themselves.

Guan Ling is very clear about this.

He is not the RMB, so he cannot be liked by everyone.

No matter how great a director he is, there will always be people who are unconventional and don't like his movies. This is normal.

It is normal to give some advice on the Internet.

"Director Guan, should we arrest a few typical cases and prosecute them?"

Lingyun Media, Fang Ping asked as he looked at Guan Ling who was sitting in the office with a calm expression.

As the head of the company's legal department, Fang Ping's work in recent years has been on contracts, but this time these people's eyes began to turn to Guan Ling, and Fang Ping could not tolerate it.

"There's no need for that. Let the internet stir up trouble. The more it stirs up trouble, the more heated it will be."

"What about the movie and your reputation?"

"If you don't respond, people online will think you don't dare to respond, and then the impact on the box office results might be bad."

"Wait a few more days. The box office in Japan should have increased significantly in the past two days. Someone there should go to the cinema to find faults and specifically look for the differences between the two movies."

"what?"

Fang Ping had no idea that Guan Ling's words had anything to do with the box office in Japan.

He doesn't understand.

But Guan Ling didn't take it seriously at all.

Eat when it’s time to eat, drink when it’s time to drink, and poop when it’s time to poop.

And Yang Mi, it’s time to go in.

……

On the third day of the second week of the film's release in Japan, Guan Ling finally responded.

Lingyun Media issued a statement that it will hold a press conference on the plagiarism scandal at the company on the afternoon of the fourth day of the second week.

People from all walks of life are sincerely invited to participate.

This response was so grand that everyone in the circle felt it was a bit of a fuss.

Why not just say that you have borrowed from it, or you haven't, and then just give an interview and that's it?

Do we still need to hold a press conference?

"Director Guan, why do I feel like something bad is about to happen? This is putting the blame on you. It would be fine if you didn't respond directly, but why did you hold a press conference?"

Zhu Yawen called.

"The purpose of holding a press conference is to put the blame back on others," Guan Ling said.

"You're not going to make some big news, are you?"

"That's not the case. Whether it's plagiarism or not is another matter. I just have to show my attitude."

"What attitude?"

"Won't we know tomorrow?"

"Sister Hua asked me to tell her that there is no need to hold this press conference. We can just claim that we didn't plagiarize and just borrowed some settings, and then we can make a big deal out of a small matter."

Zhu Yawen said.

"Alright, alright, I got it. Just thank Sister Hua for me. I have arrangements for this matter."

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Yawen looked up at Sister Hua beside him.

"Sister Hua, you see, I have brought your message to you, but Guanzi obviously doesn't want to hear it."

Wang Jinghua nodded and said, "This is all we can do. Just give some advice. If you give too much advice, it will only annoy people.

"Given Guanzi's temper, I'm afraid he's going to make a big fuss this time."

Zhu Yawen looked at Wang Jinghua and said, "I have to go to the scene to watch the show."

"I won't go. You can make your own arrangements."

Wang Jinghua thought about it and suddenly asked, "By the way, after the supporting role in Source Code, do you have any more of Guan Ling's new movie?"

“I haven’t been in touch yet, but Director Guan told me about a Hollywood movie a long time ago, but it hasn’t been filmed yet.

However, the post-production of the TV series "Awakening Age" is said to be almost completed."

After Wang Jinghua and Huayi broke up, although she still had a lot of resources, she did not have many movie resources. So for Zhu Yawen's development, Wang Jinghua still had to rely on Guan Ling for support.

However, in order to maintain Zhu Yawen's popularity, Wang Jinghua got him a role in China's first TV series on air force war, "The Distant Eagle". She is also arranging schedules with Li Youbin, and it is likely that they will still collaborate on a TV series.

But compared to this, Wang Jinghua still values ​​film resources.

But Guan Ling is obviously a guy who likes to promote women, first Liu Yifei, then Fan Bingbing, and he never gave Zhu Yawen a leading role again.

As for "Inception", it's a pity that Zhu Yawen didn't get to play a supporting role in it.

Although she was involved in a plagiarism scandal, did Guan Ling really plagiarize? Everyone knows it.

Can you win the Palme d'Or by plagiarizing?
During this period, these people have become complacent. They have forgotten the news that Guan Ling won the Palme d'Or last year and helped You Benchang win the Best Actor award this year, but they have forgotten it so quickly.

Do some media dare to join in such excitement?

Wang Jinghua shook her head. Guan Ling was a petty person. Didn’t Hua Yi, who had a big quarrel with her, disappear in recent times?
……

"You didn't plagiarize, did you?"

Director Tong and Han Sanpin visited Lingyun Media’s office together.

This is a big deal.

Whether it is plagiarism or not is not a big deal, but they have put a lot of effort into this movie, trying to beat "Avatar", and now this kind of thing has happened.

No one expected it.

On the morning before the press conference was about to be held, the two were in the office, hoping that Guan Ling would give them some reassurance.

"Avatar" stands in the way of Chinese films like a mountain, suppressing all Chinese directors and domestically produced films.

And finally everyone has the confidence to let Chinese directors' works go towards that big mountain.

If plagiarism is confirmed, it will be a disgrace to China.

The two were really a little worried.

"No."

"I can rest assured that."

"What are you going to say at the press conference this afternoon?" Han Sanpin asked.

"I have a lot to say, and my purpose is to blast people."

"You can criticize anyone you want, just don't be like Yang Mi in your company, criticizing officials, because you can't cover up the consequences."

After hearing Guan Ling's response, the two of them finally put aside the uneasiness in their hearts.

A stone fell to the ground.

As for Guan Ling, just criticize me if you want. Guan Ling must have been feeling very depressed these past few days, and both of them knew it.

……

Highly anticipated.

The press conference held by Lingyun Media on "Inception" was finally held.

Countless media have been waiting here for a long time. This news has become very popular. Whether it is the name Guan Ling, the movie "Inception", or Nolan, Leonardo DiCaprio, You Benchang, Liu Yifei, these people together, plus the fact that they plagiarized foreign movies,

Everyone was waiting for Guan Ling's response.

When Guan Ling appeared at the scene, he took nothing but a stack of books.

He had a smile on his face, as if the news of the past few days had not affected his mentality at all.

When Guan Ling announced the official start of the press conference, the whole country's attention was focused on the press conference site.

"I think everyone should know the whole story, right?"

Guan Ling did not allow anyone to ask questions, but got straight to the point.
"If not, I will synchronize the whole process of the plagiarism scandal with everyone, but I think it is probably unnecessary."

Everyone below laughed.

What Guan Ling said is true. The popularity of this incident is no less than that of the movie itself.

"There will be very few questions for everyone at this press conference, and I will do most of the talking."

Guan Ling had held many press conferences before, but this was the first time he made a clarification. However, he was familiar with the process and knew very well that he had to keep the rhythm firmly in his own hands.

The people below had no objection.

Everyone comes here to see the response. As for what form or process you use, no one particularly cares.

Guan Ling unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, took a sip, and moistened his throat.

"Regarding this plagiarism incident, I have listed a few of the most confusing questions for everyone. It may not be complete, but as for the additional content, you can continue with the media Q&A session after I finish.

First of all, did Inception plagiarize Paprika?
My answer is, no, not even for reference, because I have never seen this movie. I am a student of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, and even if I need to watch movies for study, I will not watch cartoons. This is the first reason.

Is this response not very enthusiastic? "

Guan Ling was quite happy, looking at everyone, "Actually, you can write "I plagiarized" in the title, because below, I may make it clear what exactly I plagiarized."

The reporters below were a little dumbfounded. Did you plagiarize or not? You denied it on the one hand, and said you plagiarized on the other?
Guan Lingcai ignored the downtime of the people below,

I saw him take out a few books.

"You may have seen Paprika. After this incident, I went to see the movie.

Then I saw that a lot of people had concerns about setting up similar situations.

But there are too many novels, movies and TV shows about dreams.

First of all, from a general perspective, "Inception" is a science fiction film, "Paprika" is a fantasy film, and "Inception" is more hardcore. There is a clear boundary between reality and dreams. How to separate, at which layer, what is the relationship between layers, the principle and basis of the birth of dreams, and what each element in the dream represents.
But "Paprika" does not have any metaphors, or even if it does, they are forced metaphors. It is chaotic for the sake of confusion, metaphor for the sake of metaphor, and difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood for the sake of difficulty. This is not reasonable.

If you want to talk about similar styles, the third issue of Science Fiction World in 2007 has the Chinese version of Serge Brusseau's "Dream Hunter".

You may not have read "Dream Hunter". This novel tells the story of the protagonist David's multiple role switching in dreams and reality.

During the day he was depressed and frustrated, but at night he dived into the abyss of dreams and transformed himself into an omnipotent thief, accompanied by beautiful assistants and loyal companions. He brought back prey from his dreams, and all collectors were eager to get this crystal of dreams.

If this year is not early enough, there are also "The Untamed" and "Invasion", which are also sci-fi-type dream-like film and television works.

If it wasn't early enough, there were nine paintings at the premiere of "Inception", each telling a story about ancient Chinese dream culture.

I say this not to explain anything, but to tell everyone that the similarity of a logical line does not mean plagiarism of the movie plot.

Just like Japanese characters, are they copied from Chinese characters?

Not really. Japanese characters are the inheritance of Chinese characters and an extension of Chinese characters. They share the same soul as Chinese characters. Chinese civilization has always been the ancestor of Japanese civilization.

The soul of "Inception" is the fantasy of entering a dream, which appeared very early.

If this answer cannot satisfy everyone.

Especially if we cannot satisfy the Japanese,
It doesn’t matter, I’m not Liuzi in “Let the Bullets Fly”, and I won’t prove myself.

If this argument still appears.

I will choose to shatter their plagiarism argument by focusing on the aspects that the Japanese are most proud of.”

For a moment, the reporters below were all stunned.

A reporter asked timidly, "Director Guan, what did you mean by that last sentence?"

“What movie are the Japanese most proud of?”

"Animated movie?"

Guan Ling nodded and said, "Then I will make an animated film. Only in this way can I make them shut up."

Suddenly, there was silence below.

The entire press conference was as quiet as a library.

You can hear the needle drop!

There were only surprised eyes focused on the stage and the sound of breathing coming and going.

(End of this chapter)