The sun on the east coast in summer was dazzling and scorching. After Yang Can left, Albert fell into an inexplicable irritability. He got out of the car and smoked a cigarette. He kicked the red maple tree on the side of the road angrily, cursing in a low voice: "**!"
Even he himself didn't know why he was so upset because of words that he didn't understand.
At this time, the curtain of the front seat in the car had been opened, Deng Li gently helped her husband, and a silver-haired Rudolph Murdoch sat on the couch.
From the very beginning, this old man, known as the king of the global media industry, listened to their conversation with Yang Can in the front passenger seat. Yang Can felt that he was the one who exceeded the 700 energy level. The reason why Deng Li did not respond to Yang Can’s Chinese , Which is the reason.
"How do you..." Deng Li took a deep breath and tried to calm her mind. Frankly speaking, she had been deeply moved by Yang Can just now. After all these years in shopping malls, she has become accustomed to the humility of countless Chinese who bow down and seek development in the United States. The posture of Yang Can is so different. He seems to have a distant and ancient aura, so vigorous and moving.
Although it is clear that these romantic feelings in the shopping mall will make people's judgments biased, as a woman born in Guangdong, she is really impressed by the courage Yang Can just showed.
Rudolf Murdoch touched his spectacle frame and was immersed in Yang Can's words. The appeal was so shocking that it hadn't dissipated for a long time, making him feel willing to go down the wind. He slowly said:
"I feel both regretful and thankful now."
Deng Li hadn't fully recovered her usual thoughts, and asked with some doubts: "What do you mean?"
Rudolph Murdoch’s eyes flashed with infinite wisdom, and laughed self-deprecatingly: “I regret why we can’t find such a good young man in the United States. If he joins us, the scale of News Corporation will be even greater than it is now. , The Asian market will become our bag... and it is even more regrettable that he will be completely driven out of the United States soon.” Albert, who looked at the trouble outside the car, sighed:
"At the same time, I am also very fortunate that if he really agreed to join us just now, I think it will be no more than 20 years. When we retire, News Corporation will probably not be the property of our Murdoch family."
Deng Li nodded suddenly and deeply agreed. The reason why they came to see Yang Can this time was mainly for the future of News Corp. They have worked hard for many years to build such a huge media empire. Of course not. They are willing to be controlled by others, but it will take a long time for them to truly control the entire News Corporation from the hands of Freemasonry.
But his husband is already 70 years old. When they retired, he just expected Albert to take over their unfinished business. What worries them is that although Albert is the best in the family, he is cautious and careful. Sleek is somewhat similar to himself, but he lacks the courage and pioneering spirit of his father, and Yang Can happens to have these two advantages.
Deng Li believes that if Yang Can can join News Corp to assist Albert, then he will be a golden partner, comparable to their current husband and wife combination...
The reason why Murdoch is here in person is that he wants to choose a future career partner for his son. Let’s see for himself how many catties the best Chinese media person is in Deng Li’s mouth. Does Deng Li describe it? So excellent.
But I plan to return, but now both Rudolph Murdoch and his wife Deng Li understand the fact that this Yang Can... is not a talent that is comparable to Albert... He is a son far beyond his own, he is one of the best in the industry and a leader, and he will be overwhelmed in any place.
If Yang Can joins News Corporation, Albert will not be the opponent of the Chinese at all until the day when their husband and wife really retire.
I am afraid that the final outcome is not what the Murdoch family wants to see.
Rudolph Murdoch shook his head with a wry smile: "Unfortunately, he is still too young and too stubborn. If he can bear it this time, I am afraid that we will not only worry about the people like James in the future."
Deng Li did not say anything. She was in a complicated mood. In fact, even in the top group, Yang Can is at most second in command, and there is also the president Ma Yiyi. Why does he insist so? People, after waiting for a few years, sooner or later he can become the most powerful group leader after Albert. Isn't this not enough to attract him
Or, as he said, is it really just to stick to the romantic feelings of the ancient times, he would rather die than surrender
"Contact Wu of the dodge*cox fund and ask him to raise funds in advance and prepare to acquire all the American industries of the top group. James must not be allowed to succeed. If the budget is difficult, I will go to the White House to discuss with the Democrats, and then Think of a way..." Rudolph Murdoch immediately made a new decision after finishing his thoughts.
Deng Lien said, from now on, I don't know how many will be eyeing the top media, which is about to be sold..
Three days later, Yang Can’s refusal of Freemason’s invitation caused a chain reaction as expected. The Hollywood Reporter, Vaudeville Daily, and even the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fox’s many radio stations, and America Online, and other major television media.
Whether it is a comprehensive media or a professional entertainment media, they have carried out a naked trash against the infringement of "Kung Fu Daughter-in-law" on their respective pages.
The words of the famous drama critic Tom Vaux's articles published in the "Juggle Daily" can even be described as sharp.
“It seems that the Chinese people’s awareness of piracy is innate, not only in Asia, but also in the United States, they are also superbly used in the United States. Such a good plot, they only used 200,000 US dollars to select it. I want to send it. The producers of Mengyu DreamWorks must have been envious when they saw this news~
But now that the truth is out, Fox is ready to make this movie, which also means that these cunning Chinese businessmen will pay a heavy price for this. I now sincerely want to say a friendly word to them, hi~ friends from the East. , I warmly welcome you to the United States of America with a sound legal system. "
At the celebration of the best box office record in the first week of "The Avengers" in Los Angeles, a reporter asked the producer Paul La Monica about questions. The famous producer of French descent was deflated to the camera. He smiled and replied:
"Well, I don’t know what happened, but I believe the court’s decision. If the court declares the top film industry innocent, then I will sincerely congratulate them and hope that their film will be released on time. If the final result is top film industry I really plagiarized the script, then I think I would recommend the Producers Association to penalize them... After all, if this kind of thing happens to me, I will absolutely not tolerate it, do you think?"
Similar reports followed wave after wave. Before the court had judged, the North American and Canadian media had almost determined the guilt of the top film industry on one side, while many people in Asia, on the contrary, stood firmly at the top. Here, especially on the Internet, both professional film critics and mass netizens who like to watch movies are complaining for the top.
In the country’s largest Tianya forum, someone released a list of surveys. Among the 218,000 polls, 87.6% of the people chose to believe in top companies and firmly believe that the golden combination of Yang Can and Yang Xiuya is innocent.
Even the famous fan of Yang Can, "The Artillery Company Pharaoh" posted a 5,000-character technical post, explaining evidence and reasoning, and finally came to a reasonable conclusion: "Yang Dapao once again played yin. Beckoning to deceive everyone, this is definitely another propaganda tactic that the pharaoh beauty has been fooled."
The argument of "Artillery Company Pharaoh" represents a considerable part of the people's understanding of this incident. The cunning Yang Dapao is playing tricks again. This time the target is Yankees, plagiarism? Please, Yang Dapao is famous for his integrity. He is still known for exposing nasty things when he is a reporter. Will he do such wicked things? Who believes it
Whether it is Yang Xiuya, Yiyi or other top-notch people, when I saw these support from the Internet, I couldn’t help being a little touched. Who said that there are only mobs on the Internet, and the hearts of the people are enthusiastic. For so many years, the top companies rely on their conscience. Step by step, everyone can see clearly, this kind of trust is heartwarming.
Everyone can't help but have some fluke ideas in their hearts. If you get entangled like this, maybe things might turn for the better..
At this time, only Yang Can himself was the most sober. After seeing the reflections on the Internet, he held an ad hoc meeting on the same day and issued a decision that surprised everyone.
"Contact all available media and our own media this afternoon, admit that we have plagiarized, and apologize. The larger the page, the better. Kent, your legal department will contact News Corporation for an out-of-court settlement and agree to stop all efforts. For my wife’s shooting activities, all relevant materials are given to them. I am talking about all."
There was an uproar in the meeting room. Mai Weijian almost got up from the bench and looked at Yang Can in disbelief:
"Boss~How can this work? Now I apologize for not all of our filming was wasted so much money and manpower to invest in it. Moreover, it was such a big trouble. We admit that plagiarism and audiences all over the world will spur us~ How will we stand in the future?"
Mai Weijian has experienced the same thing. During the period when his reputation was discredited, no one paid any attention to him. It took more than ten years for the public to forget this memory. Now he is still very scared when he thinks of it.
Now apologize, does the top have to wait another ten years
Even Yiyi, who has always been on Yang Can's side, felt that this decision was a bit hasty, and said in a warm voice: "Manager Yang also proposed. We are discussing the details..."
Yang Can glanced at the noisy crowd calmly, and said in a calm and quiet tone:
"You are all engaged in the media. You should know that the crisis itself is not terrible, the less it is insurmountable, but in a crisis, most companies often make a mistake, that is, they do not have a positive crisis awareness and do not pay attention to collecting and analyzing information. Opportunity in crisis. In fact, crisis is a "double-edged sword", which contains both danger and opportunity..
If we don’t apologize right now, we will be more passive when the court verdict comes down."
Yang Can can only stop at what he said. There are many things he doesn't want to talk about. After all, there are too many inside stories to let them know now. He naturally has his own plan.
Everyone in the company knows that at the meeting, Manager Yang said nothing. As long as he decides things, no one can object to it. Although there are many complaints, they are silent.
The meeting ended in a voice of doubt. Yang Can left Mai Weijian, Yang Xiuya, Yiyi, and Zhu Huaicheng behind. There were no outsiders. Yiyicai looked at Yang Can worriedly and asked:
"What are you thinking? You know that we will apologize now that our company will collapse... The advertising contract must be executed in the second half of the year. Don't think that our current liquidity is barely enough to pay the compensation. As soon as the news comes out, our stock price will fall sharply. At that time, the capital chain will be broken..." General Yiyi exclaimed as if thinking of something:
"Don't you? You want to change the shell..."
The most precious thing in the media industry is reputation, and the most terrifying thing is reputation. A good reputation will become the foundation of a company's endurance, and a company with a disgraceful reputation will be eliminated by the industry even if its state-owned enterprise is brilliant. Yiyi is indeed very smart. , Yang Can first thought of sacrificing himself to save others.
If Yang Can is responsible for something, then even if the top company goes bankrupt, then Yang Xiuya and Mai Weijian remain unscathed. As long as they are still there, it is not impossible to raise funds to open a new film company at that time. It is just this. I am afraid that the cycle will be more than three years.
"Don't even think about it. If you want to admit it, just admit it together. What does it mean?" Yang Xiuya waited for Yang Can in a huff, feeling very uncomfortable. What do you mean? Look carefully at Yang Xiuya's watery eyes. A little moist, it seems to be really short of breath.
"Don't lose your temper in a hurry, I don't mean that." Yang Can denied it altogether, knocking on the table:
"I mean we can take advantage of the current momentum and shoot a new movie that will be released on the same stage as Fox's "Kung Fu Wife", and we can also get a good box office."
Many films in this world are full of curse, but the box office is booming. Some celebrities have constant disturbances, and they will become more and more popular. This is the power of cursing.
It’s not that you don’t understand this, but it’s a so-called “one-time consumption”. After you use it up, your reputation will become even worse. It is a tactic commonly used by mainland filmmakers who are eager for quick success. Really high-level film companies will not use it.
Yang Xiuya originally wanted to curse, but she lowered her head for a moment and looked at Yang Can, biting her lip but she was silent, her face calmed down, as if she had nothing to do with her.
This made Mai Weijian feel very strange. One of the bosses of National Elf was silent. Mai Weijian was not confident enough to say anything. He just sighed deeply beside him and hammered his fist as if to vent his anger. Next table.
But Yiyi couldn't see it, and asked Yang Can suspiciously:
"I know what you mean, but the current situation is that "Kung Fu Daughter-in-law" has been fired before everyone knows it. Even if it is scolded, the box office of this movie has already been halfway through, and Fox has picked up one. It’s a big bargain, and if we shoot a new film, the other party will definitely know our strategy. As long as we don’t respond to us, our publicity effect is also limited...
What's more, you made an apology with such a big fanfare... I really can't predict what situation we will face. "
Yang Can didn't say much. It would be meaningless to explain more. After all, there are still too many unknown factors. He just smiled and said:
"It's so decided. I will handle the technical issues with the mouse. Don't worry too much about Yiyi."
Under the company’s consistent and resolute style, in the afternoon, Zhu Huaicheng began to mobilize his dense network of contacts, and strived for space from various channels, including Ace Weekly, National TV, and Youku. They all had friendships with Yang Can and Zhu Huaicheng. On the platform, the top film industry’s apology statement was published the next morning.
"Top Films hereby apologize-About the copyright issue of Kung Fu daughter-in-law", the huge headline is in the supplement, which is the page that the top paid for real money.
The official website of the top media has made an unprecedented black-and-white interface on the homepage to publish this apology on the official website.
At the same time, Yang Can’s blog and Yang Xiuya’s fans met on the Internet, and it was clear that their id posted this statement. Yang Xiuya even recorded a tearful video statement in accordance with Yang Can’s request. In the video, Yang Xiuya was face to the sky and melancholy. And the sincere face looked very tired.
"I'm sorry to those who supported me. This time we were negligent and disappointed you..." Yang Xiuya said that the almost choking effect of this sentence is not only a complete performance, but also because she lost it. Such a good role this time and it was really sad.
You must know that during this time, she cast the most sincere and focused emotions in this role, and even lived in the university for more than a month in order to integrate with her.
Just when I was addicted to the plot, I was pulled out abruptly. This is uncomfortable for any actor. In order to shoot this video, Yang Xiuya was too emotional, so the number of times was far more than in the filming. Much more.
The original plagiarism of "Kung Fu Daughter-in-law" was one of the hottest topics in the media circle during this time. This time, there was no doubt that a high-explosive bomb was thrown away, and the reactions from all walks of life immediately seemed to explode.
Those who originally accused the top companies, all laughed, and laughed at the people around them with newspapers: "You see, I am right, it is really a copy of Fox..." I am not proud of myself as a prophet. .
Some of those who originally supported top companies didn't believe it was true at all. They sent emails to the mailboxes of Yang Can and Yang Xiuya. Are there any difficulties, or are they cheated by the screenwriter? The responsibility should be on the individual, not the film company
More supporters felt angry. They felt that they were really played by Yang Can this time. The most trusted person actually tricked their angry fans to use the phone, and text messages continuously harass the top company service calls. , Vent their anger.
"XXX, you want to make money and want to be crazy, plagiarize Lao Mei's creativity, and Nima is ashamed to go abroad." "Yang Da Pao of the dog day, what about those things you said before? Do you slap yourself? Lao Tzu regrets buying your company DVD, if I knew it would be better to buy a Japanese action movie"
The famous fan "Artillery Company Pharaoh" was frustrated and deleted his post, leaving only the word "annoying"...