Chapter 1,784 The Thief

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There are two major film markets in the world, one is the United States and the other is China.

The film markets in these two places are huge, and if it can succeed in the film markets in these two places, it means that the film will be successful in the film markets around the world.

Although the movie "Tianxing" also achieved a box office of over 100 million in Europe, compared with the box office of China and the United States, the two largest film markets, it is not so conspicuous.

Time passed little by little, and as of 12 o'clock in the morning, on the day "Tianxing" was released, the cumulative box office in mainland China reached 2.8375 billion.

This is a number that has shocked countless people. You must know that the entire China has a population of only one billion and a box office of more than 2.8 billion. If a movie ticket costs 40 yuan, it is equivalent to having More than 70 million people went to the cinema to watch a movie today!

More than 70 million moviegoers, this is simply a miracle!

Inside the hotel.

When Xu Taiping heard the box office report reported by Guo Yunpeng, he also felt a little scary.

He had a hunch that the movie would do well at the box office this time, but he never expected that the box office would be so terrible.

This is no longer a question of the audience going to the cinema to give him a movie ticket, this is a matter of countless people coming to give him money!

2.8 billion is nothing to Xu Taiping's huge wealth, but for Chinese film history, this first-day box office will definitely be unprecedented.

Under the influence of countless external factors, Xu Taiping successfully transformed all the factors that were unfavorable to him into box office.

It can be said that this box office record is partly because the movie is really good, and partly because of Xu Taiping's pig opponents.

If these people hadn't given Xu Taiping the opportunity to continuously expose the film and constantly hype it up, the film would never have reached this level.

Especially the person who leaked the master tapes. Because of him, many people saw the high-definition source of the film in advance, and then these people gave positive feedback to the Internet. As a result, more people voluntarily went to the cinema to watch Xu Taiping's film. Coupled with the press conference held by Xu Taiping, Xu Taiping's open-mindedness made many people who watch pirated movies feel ashamed, so that these people who hardly spend money to watch movies are willing to buy a movie specifically for him. Ticket, go to the cinema to watch this movie.

When something becomes a trend, countless people will follow it.

The same is true for watching movies. When many people go to the cinema to watch Xu Taiping's movies, then naturally more people will follow these people's footsteps and watch movies.

The cinema is still crowded, and the box office is still growing at a terrifying rate. For Xu Taiping, he doesn't care much about how much box office he gets now, because today's box office has proven everything, and he will definitely win this movie. Having made a lot of money, Xu Taiping is more concerned about who leaked the master tape of his movie.

At 2:30 in the morning, the Beijing police called Xu Taiping.

Logically speaking, you shouldn't call anyone at this point, but Xu Taiping specifically stated that once the police catch the person who leaked the master tape, they will call him as soon as possible, so even though it is 2:30 in the morning , the police still called Xu Taiping, and the reason for the call was naturally simple. The person who leaked the master tapes was caught.

The efficiency of the police is still very high, especially when this matter involves Xu Taiping, the richest man in China. The police started investigating day and night after receiving the call. After several days of investigation, they finally found the person who leaked the master tape.

After receiving the call from the police, Xu Taiping immediately called Guo Yunpeng, and then the two set off from the hotel to the Beijing Police Station.

In the Beijing Police Station, Xiao Lin, the captain of the economic investigation brigade in charge of the case, arranged Xu Taiping and Guo Yunpeng in a separate room and briefly talked about some of the transcripts of the suspects they had obtained so far.

"The suspect's name is Wen Xingyong. He is 42 years old. He is a projectionist at a cinema called Yunxing in Beihe County. He took advantage of his position to gain access to the movie tapes that the cinema was preparing to play on Christmas Day, and he The copy was sold to a pirate website on the Internet for 300,000 yuan. We also traced the website based on clues. After arresting the owner of the website, we followed the clues and found Wen Xingyong. Now Wen Xingyong has admitted his crime. It all matches up with some of the clues we have collected, and the next step should be to go through the prosecution process," Xiaolin said.

"Sold for only 300,000?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Yes, three hundred thousand is quite a lot." Xiao Lin said.

"Is this Wen Xingyong's first crime?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Well, it's the first offense!" Xiao Lin nodded.

"First offender? Then why didn't he sell other people's tapes but only mine?" Xu Taiping asked.

"We don't know that either. He said that your movie has become quite popular recently, so he thought it could be sold at a good price, so he secretly copied the master tape and sold it." Xiao Lin was informed.

"Is this Yunxing Cinema a small cinema chain?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Well, there are about a hundred cinemas across the country, which are relatively small. They are mainly located in third- and fourth-tier cities." Xiao Lin said.

"I want to meet this Wen Xingyong." Xu Taiping said.

"Meet him?" Xiao Lin frowned slightly and said, "I wonder what else Mr. Xu doesn't understand? Maybe I can help you answer it."

"I just want to see him." Xu Taiping said with a smile, "I hope Officer Lin will make it convenient."

"Well..." Xiao Lin hesitated, and then said, "It's okay to meet, but our police must be present and videotape the whole process."

"Okay, okay!" Xu Taiping nodded.

"Okay, come with me." Xiao Lin said, leading Xu Taiping out of the room, then walked around the police station for a while and came to a detention room.

"Wen Xingyong is inside." Xiao Lin opened the door and said, "Mr. Xu, please come in."

"Well, thank you!" Xu Taiping nodded, then walked in with Guo Yunpeng, and Xiao Lin followed suit.

There was a policeman in the detention room. Behind the iron fence opposite the policeman, a man in his forties was sitting on a chair with his hands cuffed.

"Boss!" The policeman saw Xiao Lin coming in and quickly stood up to greet him.

"You go out first!" Xiao Lin was greeted.

"Yes!" The policeman nodded, then turned and walked out of the detention room.

"Mr. Xu, this is Wen Xingyong!" Xiao Lin pointed at the man behind the iron fence and said.

The man heard the sound and looked towards Xu Taiping. When he saw Xu Taiping, the man quickly lowered his head.

"Wen Xingyong." Xu Taiping walked to the iron fence, looked at him and said, "Are you the Wen Xingyong who sold my master tapes?"

Wen Xingyong lowered his head and said nothing.

"Very good." Xu Taiping smiled and said, "You dare to sell my master tapes, you are really good."

"I was wrong." Wen Xingyong said in a low voice.

"Wrong? Of course you are wrong." Xu Taiping said with a smile, "You are very wrong, and you will pay a heavy price for your stupid behavior."

After hearing Xu Taiping's words, Wen Xingyong raised his head and glanced at Xu Taiping, but said nothing.

"Officer Lin, how will Wen Xingyong be identified in the end?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I don't know about this. This is a matter for the public prosecution agency. However, it should basically be related to theft. Whether it is stealing trade secrets or stealing movie master tapes, it is an act of theft." Xiaolin said.

"What about sentencing?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Well, when it comes to sentencing, it may be based on his illegal income. I'm not a lawyer or a judge, so I'm not very clear." Xiao Lin said.

"If the illegal income is used to determine the sentence, then the illegal income of 300,000 yuan will be sentenced based on the 300,000 yuan. Theft of 300,000 yuan is considered a felony. It is estimated that it will be imprisoned for seven or eight years. However, if it is only seven or eight years, , I really got an advantage over this guy, so no matter what, I can’t let the court decide the sentence based on illegal gains. As far as I know, theft, on the one hand, is sentenced based on illegal gains, and on the other hand, theft will also be taken into consideration. The stolen property caused real damage to the victim. For example, if you stole my movie master tape and caused me a loss of 10 million, then use the loss of 10 million to determine the sentence." Xu Taiping smiled. said.

"Mr. Xu, do you still have research on law?" Officer Lin asked in surprise.

"There is a little research." Xu Taiping looked at Wen Xingyong with a smile and said, "Wen Xingyong, you may not know that the total box office of my movie is now close to 3 billion. I can completely assume that if there is no mother If the tape is stolen, then my movie may have a first-day box office of 4 billion or even 5 billion. In other words, the loss you caused me will be calculated in the hundreds of millions."

"How is it possible? I just got three hundred thousand!" Wen Xingyong shouted excitedly.

"The three hundred thousand is your illegal gain, but it is not my loss. My loss can also determine your sentencing. Let's not say more, just 100 million. You made me lose 100 million, this 100 million, It’s enough to keep you in prison for the rest of your life,” Xu Taiping said.

"No, you can't do this. How can you blame me for this loss? You don't have any evidence to prove that I have caused you so much loss!" Wen Xingyong shouted.

"Evidence? Of course there is evidence. I'm already looking for analysts. I'll ask them to calculate how much money I lost from this master tape leak. Then, I will submit the evidence from the analysts to the court. You Believe me, with my ability and connections, the court will definitely send in my evidence. When the time comes, life imprisonment will be the starting point of your sentencing. This is the price you have to pay for stealing my master tapes. I... want you to spend your whole life. Locked in prison, I want you to suffer in prison for the rest of your life! Even if the law bypasses you in the future, as long as you are released from prison, I will definitely use my methods to make you regret coming to this world. I promise peace. ,no sooner said than done!"

Xu Taiping said with murderous intent.

(All the plots in this book are fictitious. Don’t tell me what happened in reality. They are all fake, including my description of the film industry. They are all my own.)