I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

The person who accused director Cheng Sheng of plagiarism is a clown, an unknown nobody. I think he's desperate for fame.

[I'm speechless. There are actually people who believe this! What kind of people are those Hong Kong celebrities?! Look at their past records, not one of them is a good person. Du Wen is a damn 'poisonous' scumbag; she should be arrested and shot.]

The Hong Kong Film Awards organizers have all spoken out; who are they trying to smear? I think this is retaliation against Cheng Sheng.

[Upstairs, it's confirmed. It's because Cheng Sheng offended the Hong Kong Film Awards organizers.]

[Wu Baige's words are laced with sarcasm; if he were a woman, he'd definitely be destined to be a mistress.]

[Hey! Don't you guys think Cheng Sheng is a plagiarism monster?]

[Upstairs, is this plagiarism? I think you and those people from Hong Kong are exactly the same.]

[Haha, it might actually be plagiarism. After all, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is based on historical books. If that's the case, then there are plenty of people who plagiarize.]

[To the person upstairs: Your angle is quite clear. Shouldn't the copyright fees be paid to the ancients?]

[This public opinion seems a bit strange; it's as if someone is manipulating things behind the scenes.]

[I did some research, and the screenwriter who first accused Cheng Sheng of plagiarism is an employee of the Hong Kong branch of an entertainment company called Avex. Avex was partly invested in the film *Red Cliff*.]

Wow, you're amazing! How did you find such detailed information?

[Analysis: It's definitely because "Red Cliff" was afraid of losing to "Three Kingdoms," so Wu Baige and the investors of "Red Cliff" hired someone to sabotage Cheng Sheng.]

Shameless, absolutely shameless...

While netizens were commenting, the mainland celebrities remained silent because they had all received warnings from their companies, instructing them not to post anything under any circumstances.

It seems these film and television companies aren't blind; they've also noticed the problem.

They were afraid that their artists would say something inappropriate and cause unnecessary trouble.

……

The next day.

Cheng Sheng arrived at the company early in the morning.

The company immediately convened a meeting with its senior management.

"Boss, this is the information I gathered last night."

Jiangsu Ying sat next to Cheng Sheng and handed him a folder.

Cheng Sheng was quite surprised. He didn't seem to have asked Jiangsu Ying to do anything, but she was quite intuitive!
"well done."

After watching it, he put the folder aside and praised Jiangsu Film Studio.

It must be said that Jiangsu Film Investigation is indeed very detailed. They even found out the background of the Joker screenwriter and some information about Little Days Country Aihui Company.

Based on this information, Cheng Sheng was able to make sense of at least one thing.

Wu Baige used Avex Entertainment to target him this time, but Avex's headquarters did not take any action. Instead, they sent their Hong Kong branch to smear him.

It's clear that Avex's headquarters doesn't want to get involved in this mess either.

What are your thoughts on this matter?

Cheng Sheng asked the people present.

Those who can sit here are basically people Cheng Sheng trusts, and are also middle and senior managers in the company.

Faced with this public opinion crisis, he still wanted to hear the opinions of his subordinates.

Xing Aina, as the company manager, was the first to speak: "This is no longer as simple as plagiarism. Judging from the surging public opinion in Hong Kong, it is clear that someone wants to use the conflict between Hong Kong and the mainland to deal with us."

"No one in our company should speak at a time like this, boss. Why don't we just go through legal proceedings and let the police handle it?"

Upon hearing Xing Aina's words, Cheng Sheng neither agreed nor disagreed.

Going through legal proceedings is of course the best option; he doesn't need to show up himself, and the police can arrest the people who are slandering him.

However, it might also trigger the fragile nerves of Hong Kong people, and if someone were to lead the way, it could cause even bigger trouble.

"Boss, it's necessary to come forward and clarify things, otherwise people will think we're afraid of them."

One of the company's senior executives said.

“That’s right. If we keep silent, many people will probably really think that your work is plagiarized.”

Another senior executive agreed. The rest nodded in agreement.

Most of the senior executives present were young people, and they were also the least afraid of trouble.

Cheng Sheng actually agreed in his heart that it was necessary to clarify things in front of the media, but the 'degree' of his words had to be well controlled so as not to cause conflict between the two places.

"Okay, arrange a press conference for me this afternoon," Cheng Sheng said to Jiangsu Film Studio.

"Okay, boss."

"Any other opinions?" Cheng Sheng asked.

"Boss, I have an idea."

Xing Aina said.

"any solution?"

"Since they've sent Little Life Country Company to smear us, let's fight fire with fire."

"What do you mean?"

“Boss, don’t you have a partnership with Nikkor in Japan? Let Nikkor handle those people in Hong Kong,” Xing Aina said.

"Daily active users step in? Is that even possible? They have no reason to agree?" Cheng Sheng frowned.

“Boss, you’ve forgotten that Nikko only bought the first part of ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’. The second part is still in our hands. We can agree to let them publish the second part of ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’ and let Nikko help us solve this problem.”

Xing Aina said with a smile.

"What excuse? Nikkatsu wouldn't just start causing trouble for those people in Hong Kong without a reason, would they?"

"The fact that those people are smearing 'Three Kingdoms' will affect the box office performance of 'Three Kingdoms' in China."

"That reason is barely plausible."

Cheng Sheng nodded secretly. Giving up some profits to Nikko and having them help resolve this trouble was quite a good deal.

“Okay, Sister Na, I’ll leave this to you to communicate with Nikkatsu.”

"Okay, boss."

"If everyone is alright, then we can adjourn the meeting."

Seeing that no one was speaking, Cheng Sheng said, "Meeting adjourned."

One by one, everyone left the meeting room, leaving only Jiangsu Ying and Cheng Sheng inside.

"this is for you."

Cheng Sheng took a small gift box out of his pocket and gave it to Jiangsu Ying.

"what is this?"

Jiangsu Film was very surprised.

"A gift I bought in Cannes."

"Gift!"

Jiangsu Ying was overjoyed. Upon opening the gift box, she was surprised to find a women's watch inside.

"Boss, this isn't right! I shouldn't accept something for nothing."

Jiangsu Film hesitated.

She had only been with the company for a short time, and Cheng Sheng was already giving her such an expensive gift.

She recognized the watch; it was a Cartier Santos women's watch, worth over 30,000 yuan.

Jiangsu Ying comes from a very privileged family, and she had already earned some money before, so 30,000 yuan was just a small amount for her.

But for ordinary people, 30,000 yuan might be equivalent to three or four months' salary for others.

"If you don't want it, you can throw it out the window," Cheng Sheng said calmly, not wanting to argue further.

"what!"

The director of the Jiangsu Film Studio, looking somewhat bewildered, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Thank you, boss." (End of Chapter)