Chapter 535 Everyone’s thoughts

The legal dispute between Zhou Xingchi and Huayi Film Company is still continuing to ferment.

After the Capital University Student Film Festival, Zhao Yanzi's film "So Young" held a high-profile premiere.

At this time, there was a huge noise outside...

The matter is naturally about the lawsuit between Zhou Xingchi and Huayi Film Company...

Zhou Xingchi said very clearly: "Before New Year's Eve, I had already reached an agreement with Wang Zhonglei, the general manager of Huayi.

The content of the agreement is very simple, that is, once the box office of the movie exceeds 500 million, Zhou Xingchi, as the director, will receive an additional 80 million in box office revenue.

But now, more than a month has passed since the movie was taken off the screen, but Huayi has gone back on its word, refusing to acknowledge the agreement and refusing to pay the revenue share.”

When interviewed by reporters, Zhou Xingchi not only confessed the agreement at that time, but also made the contents of the email agreement public.

Now, all the evidence has been revealed.

For a time, most netizens stood on Zhou Xingchi's side. After all, the generation that grew up watching Stephen Chow's movies tend to favor the other side in their bones.

But later, when Wang Zhonglei of Huayi saw Zhou Xingchi use this trick, he immediately left the stage.

At the press conference, he tore off his mask and said blatantly: "What Mr. Zhou Xingchi said was indeed discussed in the email, but the two parties did not sign a formal contract, so it has no legal effect. We believe that the court will make a fair judgment."

"Also, I would like to remind the other party that evidence is needed for everything. Speaking without any evidence will only make people laugh."

The ridicule and sarcasm were so intense that Weibo, Tieba, and other social media platforms were about to explode.

In just one day, the entire industry, the media, and the Internet were all talking about this incident.

"The situation is clear at a glance. There was only a verbal promise but no signed agreement, so it has no legal effect!" an internet user posted an analysis online.

Wuershan, who is responsible for the promotion of "Special Identity", suddenly felt emotional after seeing the online reports. Compared with Zhou Xingchi, he realized how lucky he was after joining the Star Film and Television Company.

"These two brothers are really like Zhang Weiping. No, judging from this incident, they are much more ruthless than Zhang Dapao."

Song Ge, who knew the truth of the matter, made a sarcastic comment.

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After the two parties had a falling out, many production companies in the industry became excited. After all, what everyone cares about at the moment is not the lawsuit between the two parties, but how to profit from it!
Just as I felt sleepy, someone brought me a pillow.

"Over the years, Guangguang has always kept its word, whether it is making movies on its own or cooperating with other companies. There has never been a situation where a promise cannot be fulfilled."

Guangguang's official Weibo updated the news as soon as possible, and the words naturally showed support for Zhou Xingchi.

"So far, Bona has never treated its partners harshly. I look forward to working with director Stephen Chow."

Yu Dong from Bona followed closely, fearing that it would be too late and he would lose the opportunity to recruit Zhou Xingchi.

Subsequently, major film and television companies in the industry expressed their opinions and views.

"Xingmei looks forward to working with Director Zhou Xingchi in the future..."

"Pony Ma hopes to work with director Zhou Xingchi to jointly..."

Even Tangren Films, which is currently in a state of panic due to the Lin Gengxin incident, expressed its strong desire to work with director Zhou Xingchi...

But as soon as these remarks were made, they were immediately ridiculed by netizens.

Happy and Perfect: "Other companies are easy to deal with, but forget about Tangren. If Stephen Chow goes, I'm afraid that after filming a movie, he will have to continue the lawsuit."

Tiger Climbing a Tree: "Tangren has the capital to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi? They are almost unable to make TV series, and they are entering the film industry?"

The internet is overwhelmingly criticizing Huayi Company, but morality and law are sometimes really contradictory.

According to professionals, Huayi Company will most likely win the lawsuit between the two parties. After all, based on evidence alone, Zhou Xingchi is clearly at a disadvantage.

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On the other hand, Gu Wei finally realized how powerful Miss Lo was.

During the few days that the two of them were traveling together, the young lady showed her great power and made Gu Wei suffer a lot.

Just now, when the two woke up in the morning, Gu Wei felt weak and frowned unconsciously.

Liu Yifei next to her covered her mouth with a smug smile on her face.

A new day, a new itinerary.

In Seattle, they went to the famous public market, the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, the flying fish show, the duck boats, and the Riverside Park. The young lady took Gu Wei to all the famous attractions.

In the evening, the two chose to go to the beach in Seattle and bathed in the sea breeze.

The sea here is different from the sea in Cannes and Venice.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the waves of the Pacific Ocean, and the sea surface becomes golden, as if the sea is playing a melodious symphony for them.

Sitting on the beach, the fishing boats and seagulls in the distance form a peaceful and romantic picture. …

In the office of Huayi Company.

After seeing the statements made by major film and television companies online, Wang Zhonglei was so angry that he started cursing.

"What do Wang Changtian and Yu Dong mean? They are directly saying that we are destroying our bridges after crossing the river. They don't even think about the fact that Zhou Xingchi lost money when he made a movie in Hong Kong Island. Who supported him to make the movie?"

"Calm down, it's not a big deal, just let them talk, can they afford to lose a piece of meat?"

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei had completely different reactions to the remarks made by other companies. In his opinion, they were just talks. Could they really change the outcome?
According to Wang Zhongjun, after the quarrel with the other party this time, he had no plan to cooperate again in the future.

"I think Wang Changtian and Yu Dong want to work with Zhou Xingchi. Guangguang and Broadcom don't have many directors they have worked with, so they can't compare to us."

Wang Zhongjun said calmly that Huayi had the great director Feng Xiaogang and a stable source of income. In this regard, other companies in the industry could not compare with them except Xingchen Film and Television.

Even though "1942" lost money, when Feng Xiaogang mentioned that the next movie would be a comedy and would be written by Wang Shuo, Huayi's stock price immediately stabilized.

what is this?
This is the celebrity effect!!

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domestic.

Several movies that will be released at the end of April are still being promoted in full swing, and news about Hollywood blockbusters is also coming out one after another.

As soon as Robert Downey Jr. finished promoting "Iron Man 3" in the capital, the news that "Transformers 4" would "cooperate with China" was reported everywhere.

According to the producer, this film will star several mainland actors, two of whom are well-known "superstars".

Coupled with the previous news that "Iron Man 3" and "World War Z" have successively launched "special editions" for the Chinese market, the huge Chinese market has suddenly become even more popular.

At the same time, the imported blockbuster "Iron Man 3" has been confirmed to be advanced to May Day for release.

Inside Xingchen Film and Television Company.

Director Wuershan also felt a headache when he thought about this.

"I thought my only competitor was Zhao Yanzi's So Young, but I didn't expect to encounter this situation suddenly."

Hearing this, Song Ge nodded slightly and said in a teasing tone, "Oh, it's the domestic special edition of Iron Man 3, right?"

By the way, "Iron Man 3" has already been screened in some countries, and the international version of "Iron Man 3" is not what the film crew originally advertised.

After watching the test screening, the reporter discovered that Fan Binbin, who had been flying around in the previous press release, not only did not appear, he was not even in the cast and crew list, and only appeared in the final "Special Thank You" list.

Dr. Wu, played by Wang Xueqi, only appeared for a few seconds, and his lines only had two words "Hello" and disappeared.

The most obvious "Chinese element" in the film is the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Not only were important plots filmed there, but the TCL Chinese Theater was eventually bombed beyond recognition.

This incident was spread, not only the industry, but also netizens were very happy for a long time.

So much so that DMG specially prepared a special version for mainland China, emphasizing that the domestic version will have more Chinese elements.

"Yes, seeing that the mainland market is getting better, foreigners are trying every way to come in and make money. The key is that the audience buys it and is fooled." Having worked at Xingchen Film and Television for so many years, Wuershan has long been familiar with foreign special effects technology. Unlike other directors and filmmakers, he recognizes the other party's special effects technology, but is somewhat disdainful of the story content of their films.

After all, compared with China's 5,000 years of cultural and historical heritage, many of their films lack heritage.

Not to mention, when talking about China, if we think further back, there are even more ancient mythological story systems, whether it is the primitive world, the battle between dragon and phoenix, or the Fengshen series.

If you just take out the story from that stage and film it, and the skills are similar, you can still crush the opponent.

Hearing this, Song Ge understood what was going on, but he could do nothing about it. After all, he couldn't influence the audience's thoughts.

Therefore, he could only continue to encourage Wu Ershan, "Old Wu, in the current Chinese-language film market, the only one that can compete with Xingchen Film and Television in terms of operating income and net profit is China Film.

China Film Group mainly relies on distributing Hollywood blockbusters and makes money without doing anything!
So, no matter whether these so-called Hollywood blockbusters are advanced in release date or not, at this point, they can only face off head-on.

And I believe that as long as the quality of the film is not bad, the audience will definitely have a discerning eye.”

Hearing this, Wuershan could only nod silently. After all, just complaining wouldn't realize his dream of a special effects blockbuster.

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In late April, the Cannes Film Festival shortlist was finally announced.

So far, one domestic work has been selected for the main competition unit of Cannes this year.

The judges of this year's main competition unit are also not simple. In addition to the jury chairman Spielberg, the jury members include Li An, Nicole Kidman, Christoph Waltz and others.

It can be said that there are many famous directors and stars. According to media reports, this film festival has many highlights.

But Gu Wei, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, had not received any feedback from Zhang Yimou, and a bad premonition came to his mind.

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(End of this chapter)