Chapter 66 Press Conference
With the popularity of "Legend of Lu Zhen", Yu Zheng's plagiarism incident has become more and more serious. News media and entertainment weekly magazines do not want to miss this traffic feast, and have flocked to Xiangshan Film and Television City, where the "Asian Knife" crew is located, all wanting to interview "Legend of Lu Zhen"'s screenwriter and male lead Yang Hao.

When more than a dozen media reporters swarmed in and surrounded the door of the "Embroidered Spring Knife" crew, clamoring to interview Yang Hao.

Faced with such a scene, Lu Yang was even more excited than Yang Hao, the planner of the incident. He no longer said that there was insufficient funding and that the filming progress could not be delayed. He immediately stopped the crew and organized more than a dozen news media to hold a small press conference.

"This is truly a gift from heaven," Lu Yang said, patting Yang Hao on the shoulder and laughing.

Director Lu Yang was so excited. He was worrying about how to promote the movie "The Blade of the Assassin". He didn't expect that the opportunity would come now, and it was a promotion that didn't cost much money.

"Yang Hao, when you are interviewed by reporters later, remember to focus more on the movie "The Blade of the Assassin," Lu Yang repeatedly reminded Yang Hao as the press conference was about to take place.
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After all, it was a press conference venue temporarily built by the crew, and the layout was very simple, with only a high platform and three rows of twenty or so chairs placed below.

When Lu Yang accompanied Yang Hao into the press conference, more than 20 chairs in the audience were already filled with media reporters.

The media reporters also noticed the arrival of Yang Hao, the real person, and immediately took out their cameras and started taking pictures, aiming all their cameras at Yang Hao.

In an instant, the impromptu press conference fell into a minor chaos.

"Quiet, quiet," Lu Yang banged his hands hard on the table, making a clanging sound, attracting everyone's attention, and then signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Dear media friends, please return to your seats first," Lu Yang continued after the media reporters on the scene returned to their seats.

"Everyone will have a chance to ask questions later, come one by one, don't fight over it."

Director Lu Yang temporarily played the role of host and maintained order on the scene.

"The first beautiful lady on the right side of the first row, you are the first to ask questions." At Lu Yang's signal, this impromptu press conference officially began.

"Yang Hao, is it true that the investors of "Legend of Lu Zhen" have sued Yu Zheng for plagiarism of the script?" The female reporter was quite competent and her question went straight to the core of the incident.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am the investor of "Legend of Lu Zhen" and "Blade of the Assassin". It is true that Yu Zheng was sued for plagiarism. Nanshan Court has accepted the case. This is the case filing document. For the specific progress of the case, interested media friends can go to the official website of Nanshan Court to check."

When Yang Hao took out the case filing documents from Nanshan Court, all the media were very excited. Knowing that this was big news, they quickly took out their cameras and started taking pictures.

After answering the female reporter's question, a male reporter wearing glasses and looking quite gentle sitting next to her took the microphone and continued to ask questions.

"Yang Hao, what do you think about Yu Zheng's plagiarism incident?"

"Script plagiarism is shameful and must be resisted. We call on entertainment practitioners to jointly boycott such people. Director Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Blade" is an excellent original script. We should encourage and praise such scripts."

The journalists and media in the audience were speechless. How can you mention "The Blade of the Assassin" in every answer? Is this the focus of our attention today? Can you still answer the questions properly?

Although the reporters in the audience were secretly complaining, the press conference continued.

As the reporters asked questions, perhaps because the previous reporters had asked almost all the questions about Yu Zheng's plagiarism incident, the subsequent reporters had nothing left to ask. As a result, some reporters with sharp minds wanted to ask differentiated questions and shifted the focus of the questions from "Legend of Lu Zhen" to "Knife of the Assassin".

"Yang Hao, what kind of story does the movie "Embroidered Spring Blade" tell?"

"'Knife of the Assassin' tells a suspenseful story about three brothers of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who were ordered to hunt down Wei Zhongxian during the Chongzhen period of the late Ming Dynasty, but ended up being involved in a palace conspiracy. I won't reveal the specific details of the story, but in short, this is a very interesting martial arts film. Friends who are interested can go to the cinema to watch the movie when it is released." "Excuse me, how much do you think the box office of 'Knife of the Assassin' will be?"

"Of course the more box office revenue the better. If I have to give a number, I think it's 2e."

After Yang Hao finished his speech, the reporters in the audience were already in an uproar. Everyone present was considered an insider in the industry and knew the current situation in the film industry.

Martial arts films are now on the decline, and not many of them can make over e at the box office. For a low-budget martial arts film like "Blade of the Assassin", which only had an investment of 2500 million yuan, it is considered good if the box office can recoup the cost. As for 2e, it is really a bold boast.

Last year's "The Four" directed by Chen Jiashang, starring Liu Tianxian and Deng Chao, was a standard movie with big investment, big director and big stars, but the box office didn't even reach 2e. How can your movie expect a 2e box office?

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The press conference lasted nearly two hours. When it ended, Lu Yang walked over excitedly, put his arm around Yang Hao's shoulders, with an excited smile on his face.

"Yang Hao, you are amazing. You turned a press conference about Yu Zheng's plagiarism into a press conference for the movie "Blade of the Assassin". You have done a great job this time."

Seeing Lu Yang still talking excitedly, Yang Hao quickly interrupted him.

"Brother, let's stop talking for now. Go and give travel expenses to these news media reporters. Otherwise, I guess few people will report on the questions related to "The Blade of the Assassin"."

After Yang Hao's reminder, Lu Yang slapped his head and came to his senses.

"Oh no, I almost forgot about such an important matter as sending out red envelopes," he said and quickly jogged to catch up with the reporters who had not yet left.

After Lu Yang gave each reporter travel expenses, the smiles on all the reporters' faces became even wider. They all agreed that "The Blade of the Assassin" was a good movie and the box office would definitely exceed 2e. They would definitely report more on it after they returned.
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These reporters knew to come to Xiangshan Film and Television City to interview Yang Hao from the "Asian Knife" crew. Of course, many reporters would also choose to interview Yu Zheng.

The incident of Yu Zheng's plagiarism has been fermenting in recent days. Public opinion has always been unfavorable to Yu Zheng. Affected by this storm, Yu Zheng has been in a bad mood recently.

But these reporters didn't care whether Yu Zheng was in a good mood or not. They surrounded Yu Zheng, pointed their cameras at his face, and asked all kinds of embarrassing questions.

"Yu Zheng, why did you plagiarize "Legend of Lu Zhen"?"

"Yu Zheng, what do you want to say about plagiarism?"

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After hearing these reporters' questions, Yu Zheng's face turned even darker. He pushed the reporters away and left angrily.

The reporter who was pushed to the ground was also full of resentment, and he immediately decided to write a good report when he returned.

He had already thought of the title, and as for Yu Zheng's plagiarism, he had nothing to say and simply agreed.

(End of this chapter)