Super entertainment red envelope

Chapter 683 The feature film has not yet been decided, the copycat will go first!
Another half month.

The weather in the north has turned cooler, but the weather in Xiangjiang is still like spring.

Of course, it will still be very cold in the event of a typhoon, and it is the bone-chilling cold of that kind of magic attack.

"Infernal Affairs" is currently under intensive filming, and the news of this movie is probably known to everyone in the hearts of movie fans and insiders.

However, at this juncture, the original version of "Infernal Affairs" has not yet been filmed, and the counterfeit version has been released first.

Mainland.

A company called Jiuding Film and Television in Guangnan Province was in a hurry to shoot a copycat movie called "Infernal Affairs". The name is not a police movie, but the content is actually a horror movie!

This horror label was put on by the film and television company itself, and it also wrote on the title: "China's first Buddhist horror movie!"

Dharma Horror Movie!
This gimmick sounds like a bluff, making people confused.

The word "Infernal Affairs" is indeed derived from the Buddhist saying "Infernal Hell", and the content of the story of this copycat movie is the struggle between Buddhism, Taoism and the ghosts of hell, and the screenwriter unexpectedly caught The essence of "Infernal Affairs" is that there are undercover agents among the three parties.

In the past, most of the copycat movies were big online movies, but this copycat movie actually won the Dragon Label and became a theater movie. Although it was a round tour and only released for one day, it actually won 500 million in the whole country. box office.

The audience who bought the tickets thought they had something to do with Li Zhifan, but it turned out that it was a thousand miles away.

And the audience who knew the truth sneered at the movie and the audience who went to see it on the Internet.

"Damn! Counterfeit goods!"

"Did I really think it had something to do with Zhifan? The side-ball was too good, and the poster said: Director Li's new movie prequel! My god, I thought it was Li Zhifan, but I didn't expect the director's name to be Li Yu! Fuck you uncle!"

"Haha! Are you stupid? Why is your IQ offline at this time?"

"The key is the name of the male protagonist in the play. Do you know what it is? Li Yifan, you big-headed ghost! How dare you fight this kind of edge? The director is crazy about money!"

"When you know that the actor Li Yifan is played by the director Li Yu, you will feel even more sad!"

"is it?"

"Isn't it? The director of this bad film still has the nerve to direct and act on his own? Rich second generation?"

"The company wasted money! Two online video sites have already launched this movie, don't you know? Damn it, it's released today after it was released yesterday. The speed is fast enough! The most important thing is membership! Fuck you!"

"What? You want a member? I'll only go to see it!"

"Ahem, so many viewers have watched it, and it generated 500 million box office, which is more than the sales of movies starring many stars."

"I'm sorry, I'm going to watch Tengyun Video. The purpose of watching it is to contract barrage and curse the director!"

"I'm going too, I'm also a member, don't go for nothing!"

"I feel sorry for Li Zhifan, to be so popular like this."

"On the side, Li Zhifan is hot! A movie title can make many people eat, haha!"

"I advise you not to watch it, I just came back from the Tengfei video, and I can't even complain! Mom, a movie was shot in one room, and entering this room is Buddhism, and entering another room is chamfering , the next floor is the human world, and the basement will become a fucking area, I'll fuck it, the director is also talented!"

"Is this all right?"

"There are also special effects, you just have to go and see it! (Squint-eyed smiley expression)"

"..."

Hong Kong.

Li Zhifan also heard the news.

In fact, this is not the first time he has been copycat.

When "Wolf Warrior" became popular after its release, a lot of counterfeit films came out, such as "Wolf", "Wolf Warrior 2020", "Wolf Warrior", "Wolf Warrior Return"... The names are different from each other. fancy.

Of course, what kind of flowers can you expect him to shoot for counterfeit films?

The point is that there is no law to sue, and they have not infringed on your intellectual property rights. The names of the movies are just the same, but the plots are completely different. The promotion is also a side-ball method. There is no violation of the law at all, and it is not plagiarism.

This time it was even more extreme, actually when the feature film was only halfway through shooting, the copycat film over there came out, which greatly affected the normal publicity work of "Infernal Affairs" itself.

"tell!"

Li Zhifan called Chen Zhiyu, "You are familiar with the laws of Xiangjiang. I plan to sue them at both ends, in Beijing and Xiangjiang respectively. I have nothing else to do but sue him for destroying his reputation. Regardless of whether the lawsuit wins or loses, I just want to see the effect and let them You know we are not vegetarians!"

"Don't tell me, we really can't win!"

Chen Zhiyu smiled wryly, "They didn't point their noses and scold us. There is no evidence that they damaged their reputation."

"They didn't, but the netizens on the Internet have already caused the real thing. This is the case of Li Kui and Li Gui. You can do whatever you want, understand?" Li Zhifan said, "Even if you can't sue, you have to send a lawyer. Even if the judiciary doesn’t accept our prosecution, it doesn’t matter.”

"I know, I understand!"

Chen Zhiyu patted his chest, "I promise to finish this matter smoothly."

domestic.

The counterfeit film "Infernal Affairs" aroused heated discussions among netizens, and many people in the circle also publicly condemned it.

Even radio and television have been included, can this kind of movie pass the review?

The popularity of "Infernal Affairs" has not subsided. Jiuding Company has further shamelessly announced publicly that it will soon start filming the new film "Infernal Affairs 2 Walker", and invited famous singer Chen Lili and actor Xu Bin to join.

Seeing this news, netizens were puzzled at first.

Famous singer Chen Lili?
Actor Xu Bin?

How come I have never heard of these two names?
When I checked their information on the Internet, it suddenly dawned on me!
This Chen Lili is an Internet celebrity. She used to be the anchor of a company called "Happy APP", singing and filming some singing videos, but she became popular because of her proud figure and bold and revealing dress style.

After it became popular, someone pulled it out. In fact, this Chen Lili is nearly 40 years old and has a bad reputation in the local hometown. Before becoming an anchor, she was a lady, a KTV singing princess, and a mistress. .

As for the "famous singer", it is just a self-labeled label. She is quite famous on the "Happy APP", and the live broadcast content is also singing, so she calls herself "the first sister of happy singer", but together she is "famous singer" These four words are completely nonsense, and no one will buy it.

As for Xu Bin, he also came out of the "Happy APP". He often posts some "performance" clips-eating light bulbs, eating live snakes, eating mice, and even eating shit in live broadcasts, so he has been sought after by a large number of brain-dead fans.

After it became popular, Xu Bin stopped posting clips, but started "outdoor live broadcast", that is, walking up and down the street with a mobile phone, striking up a conversation with a beautiful woman, or pretending to be a beggar, looking for someone to beg on the side of the road Qian, when encountering beauties giving alms, he would go up and confess his love frantically, and would forcefully kiss passers-by under the instigation of fans, but he was caught by the police uncle many times and sent to the police station.

The 99-stream anchors on the two happy apps have turned into "famous singers" and "actors", which really makes people feel sick like eating flies.

The speed of Jiuding Film and Television is extremely fast. On the first day, it was said that it was going to be filmed, and on the second day, it pulled up the crew and held a start-up ceremony.

Not only that, but many Internet celebrities appeared at their opening ceremony, all of whom are going to star in the film. Compared with the passer-by actors and "actors" signed by Jiuding Company in the first film, these Internet celebrities are more popular among certain groups of people. But they are more familiar. For those specific groups of people, these people are "stars", even better than real stars!
……

Hong Kong.

"Damn it, the first part hasn't been finished yet, this bastard is starting to shoot the second part again!"

Chen Guanjun has a violent temper, and everyone in Xiangjiang is well known. As the other leading actor in "Infernal Affairs", he is of course extremely angry when the movie is copycat.

Li Zhifan remained silent. After thinking for a long time, he came to Liu Zexin and said, "Go and find out what forces are behind this Jiuding Film and Television, who is the sponsor, and who is supporting them."

"Ok!"

Liu Zexin went to operate immediately.

Two hours later, she brought a complete document, and when she handed it to Li Zhifan, she said: "This film and television company is not easy!"

"Oh? How awesome is it?"

When Li Zhifan heard this, he also made a decision in his heart. Could it be that there is really an expert behind him?

"Do you know how many movies they make a year?"

Liu Zexin said: "44 films! It has been established for five years, and 193 films have been made. Do you think it is amazing?"

"so much?"

Li Zhifan was surprised, "How many of them work? Can they shoot like this?"

In Li Zhifan's impression, the studio that made this kind of copycat movie should be the studio, because he had previously incorporated a studio that produced online copycat movies, so he had some impression.

"Jiuding Film and Television is just the parent company, and there are many subsidiaries under him, and they specialize in making horror movies. If any movie is popular, they will imitate the name of the movie and make a copycat movie."

Liu Zexin introduced, "They relied on you for a lot of food. Just last year, they filmed "Wolf Warriors in the Horror Dormitory", "The Prelude to Wolf Warriors in the Horror Dormitory 2", "Scary Transformation", "Scary 2 Wraith Men and Women", "Baby Horror Project", "Psychic Baby Project A"..."

"I wipe!"

Li Zhifan was stunned, he really wanted to give these people a thumbs up, you guys are so awesome, any title can be copied into a ghost movie?

"Among them, the "Dormitory of Horror" series received 2213 million and 1244 million box office respectively!"

"Wait a minute……"

Li Zhifan interrupted her suddenly, "What are you talking about? This movie can still get such a high box office? Can it still go to theaters?"

"Ok!"

Liu Zexin nodded and smiled wryly, "They are not simply big online movies. Every movie is screened in theaters. The highest box office has earned 2440 million, and the lowest box office has more than 200 million."

Firstly, these movies have no stars, secondly, there are no massive publicity fees, and thirdly, they don’t need sophisticated production. A movie does not exceed five main scenes, and even like "Infernal Affairs", all can be done in one villa, production plus publicity. It's only a little over one million yuan. As long as the theaters win the box office of four to five million yuan, they can keep their capital or even make a small profit after dividing the accounts.

In the conventional movie market, there is a saying of "eight losses, one tie and one gain", which is the same as futures, but in this market of fake horror films, it just happened to be transferred, and even "eight gains and two losses" can be achieved. Effect.

The investment is only one or two million yuan each time, and the shooting and production cycle is short. If you can’t build a scene, you can use green screen matting to post-production in PS. The effect is not as good as the special wedding photos of the studio. It's a big big movie with a big production.

In any industry, from start-up to fixed structure, there will be one or two grass-headed kings.

And Jiuding Film and Television is the grass head king in the copycat horror film market, and he is behind most of the horror films that can be seen on the market.

Some invest, some produce, some participate in the distribution, and some arrange publicity and distribution.

And among the behind-the-scenes teams of these movies, the shareholders and legal persons of all companies are inextricably linked, and they are all in the same village without relatives.

And shareholders and legal persons will act as producers, producers, supervisors and other roles in these dramas.

Whether it's named or not, it's always on the hook.

The box office split is only part of it. This type of movie will be hooked up with big online movies, and now those big online movies that are specially filmed and broadcast on the Internet are the younger brothers in front of these copycat movies. The first big online movies are these round-robin games Retired domestic cottage films.

So I sell a few video websites and make money from traffic clicks or VIP playback. In the future, there will always be stupid people who will click on it, and they will always make money.

The production and distribution companies of these copycat movies have formed a series. Although all parties are independently accounted for, there is a boss at the top. After checking the background of Jiuding and the investors behind the distribution of shares, there is actually " "Guangdong Satellite TV" and "Shenzhen Satellite TV", although they are funded by the program production center, they do represent these two TV stations.

Doing things in one system greatly reduces costs.

For example, the production team is the same people, and the distribution and packaging, and even the posters can be fooled by random post-production personnel. Copying posters of foreign movies is the most common. Anyway, foreign plagiarism reports come, and it will take a long time.

At the end of the calculation, a domestic counterfeit film invests 200 million yuan, and the box office plus online broadcasting can finally get a profit of 200 million yuan. The report, this is simply a good business!
On the other hand, it is very difficult to do this for those films with large investment. It must consider the market audience, fashion trends, public aesthetics, the popularity of the subject matter, and the quality and type of other rival films during the launch period.

The most important thing is the big investment. Once the cost is high, it can't be compared with other copycat movies.

This is how they made a fortune in a muffled voice. After reading their detailed information, Li Zhifan regretted it a little.

Depend on!
If I go to make this kind of low-cost small film, hundreds of films a year will not be a problem!

(End of this chapter)