Chapter 1129 Suspect Harvey

"Generally speaking, only insiders are the ones who know the source of the film one month in advance, but the teams who make sound effects, subtitles, or trailer edits for the film all see the whole film. Knowing the actual source of the leak is not easy.

When the mastermind cannot be found in a short period of time, all 20th Century Fox can do is to make an example of others.

In the "Wolverine" case, F~B~I finally arrested a middle-aged New Yorker who had nothing to do with the film industry. He was charged with illegally uploading pirated movies on the website. This poor scapegoat will face, It was a fine of tens of millions of dollars and three years in prison. The website he uploaded was also ordered to close down. "

Yang Cheng didn't know when she lit a thin cigar and began to puff.

Squinting, no emotion can be seen on his face, "According to your analysis, it is difficult for us to find the mastermind? I don't believe that there is no perfect crime in the world, and no one can do it without leaving a trace."

Eddie nodded affirmatively, "But the truth is, unless the other party exposes it actively, there is no way to find out."

"But I always feel that this is a conspiracy. The other party seems to be giving New Era Pictures another warning."

Yang Cheng's feeling is quite accurate. When the logical analysis fails, the first instinct can always help, especially in such a confusing situation like now, his feeling tells him that this is not just an ordinary movie. source leak.

The reason is very simple. The hacker who threatened to ask for bitcoins sent an e-mail without any movement. This is not in line with the general blackmail process.

And Eddie himself said that most of the incidents of leaked Hollywood film sources were due to the malicious revenge of competitors or enemies, and very few were purely for money.

In comparison, those who engage in such indecent means are mostly small and medium-sized companies in Hollywood. After all, the Big Six have more resources. Once someone initiates a struggle without a lower limit, the influence will be too great. Everyone As a businessman, he will not easily do such things that harm others and benefit himself.

But it doesn't matter to smaller production companies, anyway, they only have one film, and they can do whatever they can to make money, and copying everywhere often happens.

The victim of the leak incident that caused a lot of trouble in Hollywood last year was the famous Quentin Tarantino, the one who created "Pulp Fiction" and "Inglourious Basterds". His new film "The Hateful Eight" can be said to be the most fateful The script of this ill-fated movie was leaked before filming started. An angry Quentin once threatened that "I won't play anymore".

As a result, it took a lot of trouble, and finally waited for the movie to be released, but it was discovered by netizens before it was about to be released. There were already high-definition resources available for download on the Internet. According to statistics, the daily downloads of the website on the day of the leak exceeded 600,000, and it didn’t even take long. There are already pirated discs for sale on the street.

According to the watermark printed on the pirated screen of "The Hateful Eight", F~B~I tracked down that the copy was given to Andrew Kosovo, co-CEO of Aiken Entertainment, by the Weinstein Company.

Afterwards, the executive involved strongly denied that he had seen a copy of "The Hateful Eight", but the courier signatory, Andrew Kosovo's assistant, disappeared mysteriously.

Once the incident is related to Harvey Weinstein, everyone will not be surprised, and only that bastard will use despicable means to achieve his goal regardless of his face and reputation.

"The Hateful Eight" clearly blocked Harvey's Oscar path, so it was dealt a fatal blow.

In fact, when the awards season approaches every year, the producers of popular movies will send DVD copies of the films to members of various Hollywood industry associations, voters during the awards season, and some media. "Jiehu", even F~B~I can't find out why.

But Yang Cheng was a little puzzled, "Fifty Shades Darker" didn't plan to make any plans for the Oscars, why did Harvey Weinstein target this film? Or why should we target the New Era Films?

This fat man has been in Hollywood for decades,

He knows best which companies can offend and which people cannot. Could it be that he has bloated after eating too much? Ready to challenge Hollywood's rising stars all by yourself?

Harvey's notoriety has spread all over the world, but he is not at the same level as Yang Cheng, and he has never paid attention to it. Who would have thought that this bastard would take the initiative to hit the gun.

Although he has no real evidence yet, it does not prevent him from listing Harvey as the first suspect. After all, this matter looks more and more like Harvey's handwriting.

"Eddie, you go back to Los Angeles yourself, check Harvey, this old bastard had better play games with female stars in peace, if I know he messed up, hehe~" Yang Cheng's tone sounded like It was very plain, but Eddie felt a cool wind blowing, and his back was chilly.

"It's the boss. I have a channel to check Harvey's recent movements."

Yang Cheng suddenly remembered something. He hadn't brought the matter to Disney before, because the other party was also a big company. Under normal circumstances, he shouldn't take the initiative to break the bottom line, but what if it was abnormal?

He remembers very clearly that not long ago he personally ordered Donna Rondo to snipe Disney's new film. Although this kind of operation is far from the bottom line, and it is completely within the scope of the rules, the people who can't stand Disney are too domineering. Does the other party think that this is New Era Pictures breaking the bottom line first?

He asked worriedly, "Check Disney again to see if they are behind the scenes."

Eddie was taken aback for a moment, but didn't dare to ask more questions, and retreated in response.

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Needless to say, Yang Cheng's intuition was quite accurate. Just when he pointed the finger of suspicion at Disney and Harvey Weinstein, he was in a spa in Hollywood.

The big fat Harvey stepped into the spa bath with a slender body on his back. Not far away was Disney director Michael Froman who had been waiting for a long time. He saw a wet towel covering his head with a sullen expression, waiting for Harvey to sit down. , waved impatiently to the female technician behind her, and drove her away.

Harvey whistled at the female technician, blinked, and said pretending to be chic, "I'll find your sweetheart later."

The female technician smiled charmingly, turned her head away, her face was full of disgust and disgust.

"Michael, you really don't understand style. How can you do a massage without a woman?" Harvey's eyes followed the waist of the female technician. Even in front of such a big figure as the Disney director, he did not change his arrogance.

Michael Froman hid the disdain in his eyes well, and asked in a cold voice, "Harvey, do you still have mood massage?"

Harvey looked away reluctantly, and splashed water on his face, "Why are you not in the mood? I'm in a good mood."

Foroman forcibly suppressed a wave of evil fire, and said silently in his heart, "Calm down, calm down, I already knew he was a bastard, don't be as knowledgeable as a bastard."

"Harvey, you've crossed the line this time. You shouldn't have leaked the source of New Era Pictures." Although Foroman suppressed his anger, he couldn't hide the displeasure in his tone.

Harvey smiled unabated, "Michael, did you make a mistake? You asked me to do this, and I just obeyed your orders."

Foroman gritted his teeth, "But I didn't ask you to disclose the source of the other party's film, I just asked you to teach them a lesson."

Harvey didn't take it seriously, "That's right, I completed the task you gave me very well, and New Era Pictures has learned the most intimate lesson."

Foroman finally couldn't hold back his anger, stood up abruptly, splashing water~

"Harvey, do you still want an Oscar?"

The fat man was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, you old masters, you will never know the hard work of the people below. You won, and said, what do you want me to do? Come and apologize to New Era Pictures? Are they going to accept it? You said that if I told that crazy woman, Donna Round, that this incident was instigated by you, do you think she would block your door and scold you for three days and three nights?"

After finishing speaking, the big fat man changed his grievance just now, and laughed outrageously. How can there be any distinction between the class of the big man and his subordinates? If you don't know them, you must think that Harvey is the boss.

Michael Froman was trembling with anger, but he weighed the difference in size between himself and Harvey, but in the end he didn't dare to make a move, "Civilized people, we all say civilized people, you can't argue with unqualified fat people."

However, the threat that Harvey revealed inside and outside the words still made Foroman feel deep malice, and he couldn't help but regret his impulse at the beginning.

Taking a deep breath, he tried his best to remain calm, "Harvey, since the incident has already happened, it is meaningless to pursue responsibility. Now I just want to remind you to clean up the tail and don't let the other party take the blame. As long as there is no evidence, they will Don’t dare to do anything to us.”

Harvey is still a bit rational, and he will not tear himself apart with the director of Disney. Seeing that the other party gave him a step, he immediately jumped down, "Don't worry, you don't worry about my work. Over the years, I have done similar things countless times. , I have never been caught for evidence, so what if I guess I did it? F~B~I have nothing to do with me."

Thinking about it this way, Michael Froman also felt a little relieved. It's hard to say anything else, but the fat man's ability to handle affairs is worthy of recognition.

Sighed, "Harvey, I kindly remind you that you can walk sideways in Hollywood, but looking at the entire United States, your little power is not enough in front of real big shots."

After saying these words, Froman couldn't help but think of how he persuaded himself in Robert Iger's office that day?

Shaking his head with a wry smile, what is the difference between the self at that time and Harvey now?

However, he is not as cautious as Robert Iger after all, and he doesn't have a deep understanding of Yang Cheng. His understanding of the strength of this young Chinese is only in the data, so he just sighed with emotion, and at the same time, it was also to express his dissatisfaction with Harvey's handling of things. He is dissatisfied, but he will not treat Yang Cheng like an enemy.