Chapter 590 Two Plans
Gu Tianle said doubtfully: "My eldest brother is the most influential star in Hong Kong and even in Asia. Since you have already asked your eldest brother to endorse me, why are you still infringing on me? I know how much I weigh, so it is absolutely impossible for me to be with you." Big brother, please ask Mr. Xu and Mr. Wang to help me clear up my doubts."
"That's what you said." Xu Yang said with a smile, "We, Mr. Wang, are rich. We are not just asking Brother Chenlong to endorse our games, but we also want to invite the older generation of artists in Hong Kong City to endorse our games."
Gu Tianle suddenly said: "That's it."
Li Xinghe couldn't help but said: "Mr. Xu, you said Mr. Wang is rich, but why doesn't Wang Xiaocong come directly to discuss cooperation and engage in infringement? I believe that as long as you come to discuss cooperation and your sincerity is enough, Mr. Gu will not Reject you."
Xu Yang said: "About this matter, we must apologize to Mr. Gu Tianle. This is indeed what we did wrong. It was just that the matter was urgent at the time, so we acted first and then reported it. We are willing to say sorry for this."
Wang Xiaocong followed: "Yes, our game was about to be officially launched at that time, and the promotion strategy suddenly changed, so we had to make this decision. We didn't mean it. We are willing to apologize, I'm sorry."
Xu Yang continued: "We have now prepared two plans for you to choose from. I hope this matter can be solved perfectly and achieve the goal of good for you, me and everyone."
Gu Tianle said: "Let's talk about these two plans."
Xu Yang said: "The first option is to sue Mr. Wang's company. Regarding infringement cases, you should know how difficult it is to win. Back then, Yu Zhen was accused of plagiarizing Qiong Yao and was awarded five million yuan in damages plus a public apology. But in Zhen paid 5 million in compensation, and there was no apology at all. In the end, it was nothing. There was also Jordan's infringement case, which was nothing in the end. Now Jordan's stores are still open all over the country, and nothing happened at all. , Mr. Wang can hire a lot of gold-medal lawyers, and they can drag it out for a few years, so if you continue to fight this kind of lawsuit, even if you can win, you will only get a few million in compensation at most, a few million in compensation, except for the time. Cost, litigation cost, if you don’t lose money in the end it’s good, do you think this is true?”
Gu Tianle frowned.
This kind of lawsuit is really difficult to fight.
It's really not a problem to drag out a lawsuit with someone like Wang Xiaocong for several years.
I spent a lot of time and effort fighting this lawsuit, but in the end I could only get a few million in compensation.
It's really not worth the gain.
If you have that time and energy, you can make money back by making movies.
This is one of the reasons why infringement is so popular.
Li Xinghe said coldly: "Mr. Xu, are you threatening us?"
Xu Yang spread his hands: "Lawyer Li, I am not threatening, I am just stating a fact to you."
Li Xinghe looked at Gu Tianle: "Brother Le, what do you think of Mr. Xu's statement?"
This matter is indeed difficult to deal with. Although he is Gutianle's lawyer, it is still up to Gutianle to make the final decision.
Gu Tianle frowned.
In the past, when he was young, he must have been passionate. Even if he didn't need any money or even lost money, he would still fight this lawsuit and make the other party pay the price.
But he is no longer young, so when facing something, he must consider the issue based on interests.
He knows that many things cannot be decided by personal likes and dislikes, but by interests.
In the current Hong Kong film and television industry, most of the resources are tilted towards Louis Koo, who has transformed from a simple artist into a boss.
He no longer thinks like an artist, but like a boss.
The boss's thinking is to be profit-oriented and maximize profits without breaking the law or corrupting morals.
So when Gu Tianle saw Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong talking sincerely, he suppressed his anger and was willing to listen to what Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong had to say.
After listening to Xu Yang's words, he felt that it was really not worthwhile to litigate, and he might even lose money.
There is a saying that goes well: Some people are in the business of killing people, but no one is in the business of losing money.
As a boss, Gu Tianle will naturally not engage in money-losing business.
Therefore, Gu Tianle will not fight this lawsuit unless it is absolutely necessary.
Thinking of this, Gu Tianle said: "Mr. Xu, I have always believed in peace as the most important thing. You and Mr. Wang are both respectable people. If a lawsuit breaks out, everyone will lose face. You just said that there is Two options, I want to hear what the second option is.”
Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong looked at each other and knew that the matter was basically done.
Xu Yang smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Gu Tianle can become the mainstay of Hong Kong's film and television industry for a reason. I admire your rationality. Before talking about the second plan, I want to ask you, How much is the endorsement fee now?”
Gu Tianle said: "About eight million."
His endorsement fee is not a secret, you can find out if you ask around.
The film and television industry is an industry with great influence but very small output value.
Not to mention compared with other technology industries, even if it is a processing industry, it cannot be compared to the film and television industry.
There are often news reports about how little fresh meat earns over 100 million yuan for a film, about how little flower endorsements cost over 100 million yuan, and how a certain star took away tens of millions after just a few days of filming.
In fact, these are all operations and speculation for other purposes of capital.
How can employees in an industry with such a low output value earn so much money?
It can easily reach hundreds of millions, which is more than the executives of many technology companies. How is that possible!
In fact, most celebrities’ endorsement fees are not very good.
Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong went to find Chen Long, an international superstar, and offered him 40 million, but Chen Long couldn't refuse.
In fact, even if he takes the 40 million to go to the beautiful country of Hollywood, Downey may refuse, but Depp will definitely not refuse.
You know, the top-level salary of Haolaiwu is US$20 million.
How many people get paid 20 million US dollars for a razor blade?
Even if you can get a salary of 20 million, how many A-level big-budget movies can you make with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars every year?
And making a movie takes a lot of time and effort.
But shooting commercials is different.
For example, when filming an advertisement like "Fun Today", just shouting a few lines like "If you are a brother, come and kill me, free trade, fun and profitable", you can get 40 million. Brother Chenlong even feels that if he refuses this The endorsement is a crime.
Although Coo Tim Lok has a lot of resources now, the films he can make are really not that good, the box office performance is generally poor, and the endorsement fees are really not that high.
Therefore, Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong had discussed it before inviting old celebrities from Hong Kong City to speak for themselves, and giving Chen Long 40 million was a special case.
As for other celebrities, the endorsement fees are basically less than 10 million.
As the news said, it is absolutely impossible to ask for 100 million to be endorsed by Xiaoxianrou.
"We will give you fifteen million!" Xu Yang said, "Mr. Gu, this money, ten million is the fee for asking you to endorse the game, and five million is the apology fee that Wang Xiaocong and I gave you. You have also seen it, Our commercial was very easy to shoot and it only took a few hours to shoot. You may not earn that much even if you shoot a movie. We also respect your contribution to charity very much, so we offer you this price. !”