Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 725 Three Trials
The copyright war was extremely fierce. Fang Hong was also thinking of countermeasures. The current situation was very unfavorable to him.

Even if it makes rectifications to its copyrights, there will be some pain, and Chang'e Technology will need to get through this pain.

There is no other choice but to make changes in order to survive.

Because Fang Hong knew that blatant infringement would definitely not be allowed.

However, Fang Hong also has a countermeasure. He controls most of the domestic film and television production ports, and this card has not been played yet.

Hundreds of film and television companies, large and small, have basically benefited from his favor, and hundreds of animation companies, large and small, have also accepted his investment.

For example, Huaqiang Fangte Animation Company, the company that produced "Boonie Bears", has Yutu as a shareholder.

The three platforms of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent basically have all the content controlled by Fang Hong playing on their platforms, which is Fang Hong’s trump card.

It's still the same, without content, it's all in vain.

It's just that he hasn't launched the attack yet. Once he does, it will be an indiscriminate attack, which will cause the prices of the entire film and television copyrights to soar, and sky-high copyrights and sky-high film pay will be born.

A large part of the entire film and television content platform will die.

But it is also skyrocketing now, and many copyright agents and distributors have realized the major changes in copyright reforms.

Those giants were so angry that they were about to report it to the market regulator. This is fucking terrifying.

Fang Hong was not affected by the copyright war. What is coming will eventually come. If he can't bear it, he can just accept financing. What's the big deal?

Copyright is something that cannot be avoided.

At the end of August, when the summer vacation was coming to an end, the box office of all movies was plummeting. Even blockbusters like "The Lost Tomb" and "Mr. Six" only had box office revenues of a few million.

This summer, only "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" grossed over 10 billion yuan, while other movies did not.

Even "Skiptrace" only made around 8.8 million yuan; "Old Runner" made 9 million yuan.

Even so, there are many films that make 300 to 500 million yuan, or 200 to 300 million yuan in box office revenue, and they are not concentrated at the top like in the past.

Stars like Principal and Stephen Chow often make 20 to 30 billion for a movie, which sucks up the box office revenue of other mid-tier and low-tier movies, resulting in generally low box office revenue of other movies.

The total box office for this summer season is around 130 billion!
With box office revenue of this scale, basically all cinemas made money, with the top cinemas earning between five and eight million.

After all, this is a minority. The middle and tail are the majority. The middle is around one or two million; the tail is less than one million.

This also depends on the location. Of course, a theater with low box office sales is not located in a very prosperous area, so the rental expenses are relatively lower.

The box office revenue of many cinemas has increased by more than 10%, which is the result of attracting traffic from Wanda.

There are fewer people going to Wanda to watch movies, and more people going to other cinemas, so the revenue of many cinemas has increased.

This is the inevitable result of the struggle. When some people make money, others lose money. Wanda suffered huge losses this time, with a loss of around 10 billion.

It's just the summer season, after all, it's the most important season of the year. Wanda didn't make any profit from the tens of billions of dollars, but instead suffered a loss.

There are still the National Day and Lunar New Year holidays coming up, which will be very difficult.

Mr. Wang truly felt the pressure, the pressure from the field of culture and entertainment, and regretted that he didn't press the principal to death with his finger.

If this man had been killed back then, there wouldn't be so many problems today.

Everyone else is making money, but he is losing money. The shareholders are all asking him, what are you doing?
Of course, Yutu’s cinemas made a profit this time!
It’s just that recently there seems to be no movement from the principal and major real estate service providers due to the rent increase incident.

Only Evergrande is fighting to the death, the others are not.

The storm that the theater chains were waiting for did not come, and many people still didn’t know that Fang Hong had solved the problem, and Fang Hong didn’t say anything.

Let's talk about it later, lest the theater operators think he solved it too easily.

On August 8, Liu Tianxian posted a Weibo with a photo. In the photo, she was smiling brightly, making a scissors hand gesture, wearing jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, and surrounded by various flowers.

It looks warm and happy, which is very enviable.

And under the Weibo post, there were also various wishes: "Happy birthday, sister!", "Happy birthday, Xixi."

At the same time, fans from all over the country celebrated her birthday on the Internet as they did in previous years, with flowers, candles, and postcards flooding her Weibo.

Some people also made short videos to wish Liu Tianxian a happy birthday, and it was a lively scene.

It also briefly topped the trending search list.

The villa is decorated warmly and romantically, with flowers spread everywhere, presenting a pink color.

They gathered around a table with a cake in the middle. Xu Liyun was holding the baby, Liu Xiaoli was also beside them, and Heizi was lying under the table.

Xu Liyun held the baby's chubby hands and taught him to clap: "Happy birthday, Mom!"

The baby was only a few months old and was very confused.

Liu Tianxian kissed her son's cheek, tapped her own smooth cheek and said, "Baby, give mom a kiss."

"Come, give me a kiss!" Xu Liyun held the child and moved close to Liu Tianxian's face, and the child kissed her.

It's not a kiss, it's just a face-to-face encounter.

"Oh, you little rascal, you made your mother drool." Liu Tianxian smiled and was very happy.

Everyone else smiled and clapped their hands.

"This is a gift from my wife." Fang Hong took out a high-end packaging box and took out a necklace from it, which was sparkling with gold.

"Wow! Thank you, husband. Please put it on me." Liu Tianxian was delighted. She lifted her hair and tidied it up and put it in front.

Fang Hong put it around her neck from behind, and then kissed her on the cheek!
Liu Xiaoli smiled as she watched this heartwarming scene, feeling deeply moved.

"Make a wish and blow out the candles!" she said.

"I won't make a wish this year. If I make too many wishes, it would be too greedy. I can't be too greedy." After Liu Tianxian said this, he blew out the candles.

She has everything she needs now and has a happy family, but it doesn't mean anything to her anymore.

"Clap, clap, clap!" Her family members applauded her.

Liu Tianxian was also happy. She picked up some cream cake with her fingers and smeared it on her son's face and then on Fang Hong's face.

"Your mother is so mean."

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In September, Liu Tianxian officially made a comeback and attended Bulgari's event dinner in a glittering array of jewels.

At the magnificent dinner, there were many new and popular young actresses, such as Shuang Meizi, Zhang Tianai, Yang Zi, Guan Xiaotong, etc.

I haven't been in the entertainment industry for a long time. It feels like the old ones are replaced by the new ones. That's how the entertainment industry is. It feels like something has changed if you don't appear in any activities for half a year.

However, whenever Liu Tianxian appears, she is still the focus. She is the most arrogant star in the entertainment industry, and her husband is also very arrogant.

Now no one deliberately provokes her, they are no longer on the same level, they can just fight each other.

At the dinner, Liu Tianxian accepted an interview with reporters: "Some time ago, when you celebrated your birthday, the principal did not send you birthday wishes. People outside are saying that you and the principal are getting divorced. Is that true?"

"Strange, he never posts on Weibo, and rumors stop at the wise!" When Liu Tianxian said this, she deliberately showed off her wedding ring.

It's that big pink gem.

There are always rumors on the Internet about how the two of them are getting divorced, and there are even articles specifically written to analyze the situation in detail.

Even when Fang Hong didn't post on Weibo, people said that the two were having a marriage crisis.

"You haven't been active for a while, and some people say that you are pregnant and gave birth to a child. Is that true?" the reporter asked.

"You are really good at making associations. I'd better not answer." Liu Tianxian left a suspense.

"So what have you been doing at home all this time?" the reporter asked.

"I plant some flowers and grow some grass, nothing special. Actually, I'm a home girl." Liu Tianxian raised her eyebrows, looking a bit arrogant.

"Have you heard about some recent rumors about the principal?" The reporter was talking about the competition among the principal's bosses.

There are news and reports, and netizens are not fools.

"I haven't heard of him. I never care about his business." Liu Tianxian said. "So what are your work arrangements and plans for the future?" the reporter asked.

"Work hard and film well."

Liu Tianxian's appearance after almost a year did not cause any major disturbance in public opinion.

In fact, she usually doesn't show up for a long time after filming a movie, and seems very Buddhist. It's just that the outside world has too many speculations about her.

Rumors such as she was pregnant and her marriage was going through a crisis continued to emerge.

She always attracts too much attention, and now she has the halo of being the principal's wife.

The copyright war in September is still going on and has now affected the film and television industry, simply because there are many film and television copyrights in the country.

It has become the object of crazy competition among various film and television platforms and copyright distributors. According to the trend of the major giants continuing to fight like this, whoever controls the copyright will have the right to speak.

It’s just because they fought too fiercely. Alibaba and Mr. Wang launched a fierce attack on Bilibili in the field of film and television content, including the two-dimensional animation.

After all, Alibaba has a good relationship with SoftBank. Many Japanese two-dimensional artists do not accept secondary creations, even if they are paid.

It means that it can only be played in its entirety and no secondary creation is allowed!
But the small broken station is very stubborn. No matter what you do, it will not do anything and will not take down the products. If you want to sue, you will fight with it. If you lose, the worst that can happen is that you will be compensated.

This led to the secondary creation agent filing a criminal lawsuit against Bilibili, which is a serious matter and may result in detention.

We have warned you so many times and talked to you, but you turned a deaf ear to us and refused to change. If you continue to use the stolen intellectual property to make profits, you may end up in jail.

This forced the small site to remove a large amount of secondary creative content, which caused quite a bit of trouble.

It also caused the loss of traffic for the small broken station. Of course, the small broken station has a large number of copyrights of two-dimensional animations, but they can only be played in full and cannot be re-created.

Secondary creation is not authorized, that’s the logic.

Anyway, we have to impose restrictions on Chang'e's platforms in this area and force them to remove the products from the shelves. The more losses they incur if they don't remove the products from the shelves, the more compensation they will have to pay.

If you are not careful, you will face more severe punishment.

Tencent has imposed restrictions on the entire music sector under Chang'e, and complete music had to be removed from the shelves.

Of course, some people also launched attacks on Tencent.

The copyright market is now a chaos of all kinds, and of course the most intense one is the fierce attack on Chang'e by several giants.

It can be said that this copyright war is so big that all video platforms, content production platforms, and film and television companies are involved.

The copyright prices of major film and television companies are also rising. After all, the giants are fighting for copyrights, and producers also have copyright revenues.

Huayi is also a beneficiary, as the copyright can be sold at a higher price.

Huayi has breathed a sigh of relief recently. The box office of "Old Cannon" was pretty good, about 9 million yuan. It's a pity that it didn't reach 10 billion yuan. If it had reached billion yuan, it could have reached a higher level.

Fang Hong also launched a counterattack against iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video. Among the more than 300 online dramas on the market, almost all of them have the participation of Chang'e and Yutu, either by investment or selling copyrights.

However, these online dramas do not impose any restrictions on iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video. When Chang'e Video is launched, those three companies can also buy the copyrights.

Except for high-quality products, there are no distribution restrictions for non-high-quality products, including many animations on the market, many of which are invested by Yutu and there are no restrictions.

Now Fang Hong has ordered that the content on Chang'e Video is not allowed to be posted on other platforms, which means that the content on iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video will be cut off.

This was the tactic that Jack Ma used at the beginning, but it was not mature when he used it!
Fang Hong’s current situation is completely different from Jack Ma’s.

"Mr. Sun, Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City is no longer available on our streaming platform."

"Boss Sun, Once Upon a Time There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain also sent us a message, saying that they can no longer be on our platform and the negotiated contract is void."

Sun Zhonghuai, president of Tencent Video, received a series of news that those producers wanted to stop cooperating with them and stop putting their content on Tencent Video.

There are also news of refusal to cooperate, both in animation and web dramas.

This made Sun Zhonghuai quite confused and he felt a crisis. Without a large amount of new content, the platform would have difficulty operating.

He can only report this matter to Mr. Ma for the decision.

Youku has also received various news of termination of cooperation, including "The Legend of Qin" and "Trembling, Abe!" and dozens of other online dramas.

They all said they would remove the video from the shelves or stop broadcasting it on Youku.

The same is true for iQiyi. Zhonglian Culture, the producer of "The Crime Fighter", apologized. They have accepted funds from the principal and used his IP, so they hope you don't mind.

Including "Yuzui", New Classics Media also stated that it would no longer cooperate with iQiyi.

For a while, the online dramas on the three major platforms seemed to be cut off all at once. It was okay in a short period of time, but if it lasted for a long time, there would be no room for any films to be broadcast.

However, they also have their own products, especially iQiyi, which has a lot of self-produced movies and TV shows, so they can still hold on. The same is not true for Youku and Tencent, as these two companies are strong and all of them are purchased.

Fang Hong cut off dozens of their film sources at once, and it would be difficult to make up for them as filming requires a period of time.

It takes a long time from script development to project approval.

Gong Yu, CEO of iQiyi, expressed strong dissatisfaction with this. He cursed in his circle of friends:
“Some platforms rely on their dominant market position to require partners to sign exclusive agreements. Once they cooperate with them, they cannot cooperate with other platforms.

Moreover, this situation is not targeted at a single work, but during the cooperation period, all content of the content company can no longer cooperate with other platforms. This practice is very bad and seriously inhibits the development of the industry. As you can guess, there is only one person with a dominant market position, and that is the principal! "

This was a direct insult to Fang Hong, and it also received a like from Sun Zhonghuai, the CEO of Tencent Video.

It also received a thumbs-up from Youku CEO Fan Luyuan. The founder Gu Yongqiang has retired and is no longer managing Youku.

This is what it means to be controlled by Alibaba. You will lose your job.

At the same time, Sun Zhonghuai also cursed: "Short videos that cut and move infringe on film and television copyrights, waste users' time but are not nutritious, and should be banned."

This is not only aimed at the content being cut off this time, but also at the entire Chang'e Technology.

Fan Luyuan was not to be outdone. In an interview, he said: "We at Youku do not participate in the arms race, but we are firmly against the hijacking of the industry by content. The malicious competition of some platforms has reached an outrageous level."

The CEOs of the three major platforms could no longer tolerate the principal's behavior and made statements one after another to refute Chang'e Yutu and the principal.

The official Chang'e released a picture showing Chang'e's arrogant look, with the caption: "I like the way you can't stand me but can't get rid of me!"

Netizens naturally come to watch the show and enjoy the melons, and they love to see the big guys fighting each other.

One netizen said: "Chang'e looks like Liu Tianxian!"

"This is a picture the principal drew based on his wife's appearance. It looks quite similar to how she looked in the previous interview."

"Hahaha!"

It can be said that in this copyright war, Alibaba, Tencent, and Chang'e have all demonstrated their own advantages and countermeasures. It will be difficult for them to fight and they will all face losses.

And those little Karami are trembling in fear. At least hundreds of unrelated platforms have died in this copyright war.

Because of copyright regulations, it will definitely affect the scoundrels.

Several giants have been fighting until now, and so far, Sagittarius.com and Renren Film and Television Subtitle Group have been shut down one after another.

Many film and television websites and resource sites, including those on online disks, have been shut down, a typical example being 360 Cloud Disk, which has stopped providing personal services.

Xiami Music, Tiantian Dongting and others were successively acquired by Alibaba.

Fang Hongdu had to remove a lot of music, movies, and animations. How could they bear it? A single lawyer's letter would kill a lot of people.

Once a lawsuit is filed, there will be a huge amount of money involved, but few people can afford it. The only option is to close the business and run away.

The copyright war between several parties was in full swing, disrupting the entire film and television market and the content market, causing countless casualties, and the authorities finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Interviews were held with relevant parties including Chang'e Yutu, Tencent Video, Alibaba, Wanda, NetEase, iQiyi and Youku.

This meeting was jointly held by multiple departments, mainly because the scope involved is too large, not only film and television, music, but also the larger entertainment industry and the Internet.

The General Administration, Copyright Bureau, Market Supervision and other departments.

This is a bit like a trial by three judges, but it's not a trial of one person alone, there are people accompanying you, so there's no need to panic.

Since the master has stepped in, the leaders hiding behind the scenes have to show up. They dare not send their second or third in command to deal with this kind of situation, so they can only go themselves.

(End of this chapter)