383: Imitated

"Aren't you going to post an explanation on Weibo? Netizens are making a fuss." In the evening, Zhou Lingwei came to Hengdian.

After dinner, the two chatted in the hotel room.

Jiang Ge could roughly guess what she was referring to and said: "You are talking about the logic of the lyrics of 'The sky is blue waiting for the misty rain' in "Blue and White Porcelain", and the words 'The elegance of the Han Dynasty written on the bottom of the bottle imitates the previous dynasty' and 'Copying' "I'm thinking about you when I sign it in Song Dynasty." What's wrong with these two lyrics? "

Zhou Lingwei nodded and said, "Yes."

Jiang Ge smiled lightly and said: "It's not necessary. In fact, many songs become illogical in order to rhyme a little. This is normal. As for the mistakes in the last two sentences, they are also intentional, because most of the audiences who listen to the songs do not I know a lot about porcelain, so I did simple processing for artistic creation.”

Logical questions, such as "Kill that SJZ person", or "String your heart and mine together", do you think singing a song will lead to death? Therefore, sometimes there is no need to compare the truth with the lyrics.

As for the problem of incorrect knowledge about porcelain, Fang Wenshan has explained this. In fact, he originally wrote "Ru Kiln", but after finishing the creation, he suddenly thought about it. If Jay Chou goes to perform in the future, the host will announce, "Jay Chou is invited to sing "Jay Chou". "Ru Kiln", it felt a bit strange, so I decided to change the title of the song to "Blue and White Porcelain".

After hearing this, Zhou Lingwei said "Oh" and said, "It turns out you wrote that on purpose."

Django laughed it off.

He was aware of these issues and wanted to change them, but he changed a lot of words and sentences but was not very satisfied with them. In the end, he just kept them as they were, and what was said was what was said without losing a piece of meat.

The controversy only made the song "Blue and White Porcelain" even more popular, and it has already gone out of the music industry.

Zhou Lingwei added: "No matter what others say, I really like this song and have been playing it on repeat for several days."

Jiang Ge said with a gentle smile, "Aren't you tired of it?"

Zhou Lingwei raised her chin and said, "It's not greasy at all."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and put it on his shoulder, stared at his side face tenderly, and asked: "So, when do you plan to release the next song?"

"Ah..." Jiang Ge turned to look at her and said seriously: "There is no next song."

Zhou Lingwei stared and said, "Why?"

Jiang Ge smiled slightly and said: "Don't you think it would be better to quit at the most glorious time and leave a legend in the world?"

Zhou Lingwei wrinkled her nose and said, "You are so tall, but I won't agree. I want to hear you sing."

She spoke out the thoughts of countless fans.

Jiang Ge stopped teasing her, put his arm around her waist, and said, "Okay, okay, I will sing again when there is a good song in the future."

Zhou Lingwei smiled with satisfaction, and just as she was about to speak, Jiang Ge's cell phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was the manager of the operations department calling. He thought it was so late, what could happen?

"Hello……"

…

"What? Is there such a thing?"

…

"Okay, let me find out first..."

…

After hanging up the phone, Django's expression became strange.

Seeing this, Zhou Lingwei asked curiously: "What happened?"

Django explained: "It is said that among the movies released today, there is a movie that imitates "A Chinese Ghost Story"."

Although there is a short holiday on May Day, it is not a good time for movies.

But this is talking about blockbusters, such as small and medium-cost films, which can still be released at this time. There are still a lot of them, and they cover a wide range of genres, including romance, suspense, crime, action, comedy, animation, and drama. etc.

One of them is also a story that revolves around a scholar, a female ghost, and a Taoist priest. If this is the case, it cannot be said to be an imitation of "A Chinese Ghost Story". After all, it is adapted from the story in "Liao Zhai". The main reason is that the title of the film is different. The word is called "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Zhou Lingwei raised her eyebrows and said, "Plagiarism?"

Jiang Ge shook his head and said: "We can't make this conclusion yet, let's go and take a look."

Zhou Lingwei stood up from the sofa and said, "You buy the ticket, and I'll change clothes."

Jiang Ge took her hand and said: "You don't have to go to the cinema. When this movie is released in the cinema tonight, it will also be released on Penguin Video. You can just watch it online."

Zhou Lingwei sat down again, took the tablet next to her, opened Penguin Video and searched, her face changed slightly, and she complained: "It's so expensive, even a member costs 12 yuan."

Jiang Ge looked at the tablet screen. The rating was 5. It was a really bad movie. Then he said: "Buy it. Only after watching it will you know whether it is plagiarized."

So...

The two started watching "A Chinese Ghost Story".

"Eye-searing."

“I’ll buy it now if I’m cheap.”

"10 points, if you can cheat, it counts."

"Isn't this Pengci's "A Chinese Ghost Story"?"

"I was just wondering why the trailer was released at noon and was released at night. Only after watching it did I realize it was not the case."

"I thought it was a companion piece to "A Chinese Ghost Story". Geneva, please give me your money back!"

…

The screen was full of comments at the beginning, and it seemed like there were a lot of people spending money.

After an hour and fifteen minutes, the movie ends.

Zhou Lingwei rubbed her temples and said, "I have never seen a movie so badly shot, acted, and edited in my life. Oh my God."

Jiang Ge was stunned on the spot and didn't know how to describe it.

First of all, the story is very simple, it is the female ghost chapter of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", but the scholar who falls in love with the female ghost is not the male protagonist. The real male protagonist is a Taoist priest with great magical powers, and then he exorcises ghosts and demons as the main line. However, as a fantasy love film, the portrayal of the female ghost and the scholar is very thin, and they are just tools for the Taoist priest to fight monsters and upgrade.

Secondly, the production level can be said to be extremely cheap, and the special effects are too much for 50 cents. Even if it is placed in the same type of online movies, it is quite bad. The costumes are also very shocking. Although she wears a long robe in ancient costume, she actually wears shorts inside.

The reason why it was considered as infringement by the operation manager is that, for example, the female ghost plays the piano, and this film is a female ghost playing the pipa; Lanruo Temple, this film is the Pagoda Temple; the female ghost seduces the soul, and this film becomes a female ghost seduces; the main villain is the tree demon grandma with yin and yang, and this film is a yin and yang ghost king... and other similar plots.

However, just this alone does not constitute plagiarism. The problem is that others released it first.

Even if it has nothing to do with "A Chinese Ghost Story", from the perspective of the movie itself, this "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not a qualified movie. Many curious audiences went to see it, but were discouraged by the poor special effects, awkward acting, inexplicable camera movements, and vulgar plots.

After Zhou Lingwei calmed down, she analyzed: "This movie is completely a way to make money by riding on the popularity. In order to avoid being accused of plagiarism and copycat works, it was released in advance."

Her words reminded Django of a film company in the United States on Earth, the Shelter.

They specialize in copycat blockbusters. "Pacific Rim" became popular, so there was "Atlantic Rim", "Transformers" was a big hit, followed by "Transformers", and even "10,000 BC" has a twin brother "100 Million BC"...

The few cents of special effects and awkward acting are integrated, and even many shots are directly used from previously shot movies. Although it is the king of bad movies, the Shelter has never lost money.

In 2012, when "Battleship" cost Universal Pictures $200 million, "Battleship of the United States" by Shelter made a profit of $250,000. You know, they only invested $100,000.

So, isn't it considered plagiarism to copy blockbusters so frequently?

Of course not, they said "It's just borrowing the name of the blockbuster, the content is absolutely original."

For example, Warner Bros. sued them for infringing "The Hobbit", but they said that "The Age of the Hobbit" tells the story of a real ethnic group in Indonesia called "Hobbits" by anthropologists, which has nothing to do with the original plot. In the end, the judge could only rule that Warner Bros. lost the case.

Not only that, the copycat films are released earlier than the original films. Often, after the official announcement of the theater movies, they use the film titles and revelations to speculate the plot, and then make their own magic changes and shoot, and can be delivered in as fast as fifteen days.

Django: "..."

Is this happening to me?

He checked online and found various information about "A Chinese Ghost Story". It showed that the film was approved a month ago, shot and released in 20 days, and the key is that the cost was only one million.

Calculated by the current playback volume and real-time box office, it is highly likely that the investment can be recovered, and it may even make a small profit.

Zhou Lingwei was furious. It was intolerable to film such a good story like this. She immediately said: "Do you want to send a lawyer's letter?"

Jiang Ge smiled bitterly and said: "It's useless. It doesn't constitute plagiarism."

Besides, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has not been completed and released yet. Suing them at this time will only be used by people with ulterior motives to make articles, saying "Jiang Ge, the author of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "Huafeng Media bullies the weak", "A Chinese Ghost Story" blames others", etc.

Fortunately, according to the copyright situation of Blue Star, after the script was revised, the copyright was registered on the official website of the Copyright Bureau and the original script was uploaded, otherwise it might be turned into a substitute.

After a night of online dissemination, the bad reputation of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has spread all over the Internet, and the rating has dropped to 5. "A Chinese Ghost Story" was also hit by the criticism and became a hot search.

"Hahahaha..."

Wang Cheng laughed so hard that tears came out, and said: "You will have this day too."

Feng Yilun also laughed happily, saying: "Although it has little impact on his popularity and popularity, it feels good to see him get humiliated."

Wang Cheng wiped his tears and said: "These people are so talented that they can think of this."

Feng Yilun followed: "I asked about it this morning. They used to be a studio for shooting online films. It has been a film and television company for a short time."

Hearing this, Wang Cheng thought about it, and squinted after a moment and said: "Maybe... I can try to contact them."

Feng Yilun's eyes lit up and said: "Do you mean to acquire it for your own use?"

Such a small company doesn't cost much money.

Wang Cheng shook his head and said, "Why buy it? Just find an investment company and give them money to shoot it."

Feng Yilun thought it was a good idea and said, "Count me in."

The two people's idea is very simple. We can't suppress you, but we can disgust you!

At this time.

Hengdian, the crew of "Young Justice Bao".

Early this morning, Chen Gan and Chu Pianpian came.

"This company is quite interesting. It is named "Parrot Films". Parrots can learn to speak. Although they can only do some simple things, they can sometimes be mistaken for the real thing." Chen Gan said.

"They are also quite smart and can grasp the degree. While making money by taking advantage of the popularity, they will not break the law." Jiang Ge said.

"Why are you still praising it? They are taking advantage of your movie." Chen Gan said.

"Just take advantage of it. I often take advantage of other people's popularity." Jiang Ge spread his hands and said helplessly: "This is called 'you will pay for what you have done sooner or later'."

"But..." Chen Gan hugged his hands in front of his chest and said in a serious manner: "Look, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has set a new low for bad movies and lowered the expectations for "A Chinese Ghost Story". This influence is not good, but from another perspective, when it is actually released, won't it be easier to be satisfied?"

Jiang Ge smiled and did not comment on his point of view. It was a bit like Murphy's Law. The lower the expectation, the higher the happiness.

Chen Gan's face suddenly changed, and he hooked his neck, looking like he was going to ask for an explanation, and said: "Also, you, you went to record "National Treasure" and sang such a beautiful single without telling me. Don't you consider me a brother?"

Jiang Ge laughed dryly: "You didn't ask, right?"

Chen Gan let him go and changed the subject: "By the way, did "League of Legends" contact you?"

Jiang Ge shook his head and said: "No, you also said that I am one of the candidates, not the only one."

Chen Gan smacked his lips and said: "That's a pity, otherwise I can hear your second single."

Jiang Ge laughed: "Hey, hey, when did I say I sang it myself."

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The organizers of the "League of Legends" event have their own considerations. The increased popularity and heat of "Jiuzhou Tong" and "Blue and White Porcelain" will definitely raise the price of his songs to a higher level. Good is definitely good, and expensive is really expensive.

So, they plan to take a look at other people's songs first.

In the conference room, Yu Li, the event director, tapped the table rhythmically: "There is less than half a year left before the opening of the World Championship. When will the Chinese theme song be determined?"

"Mr. Yu, this..." The music director said with a bitter face: "We have successively found several composers, some specializing in game music, some good at writing animation music, and some who have won the Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist and Composer, but... but you didn't like any of them."

Yu Li frowned and said: "This is the first time that the S Championship has used a Chinese theme song. It must not only fit the theme of the event, but also show the charm of Chinese songs. Do you think my requirements are too high?"

The music director said hurriedly: "Not high, not high at all."

The opening ceremony director interrupted: "Or, let's try Jiang Ge."

The music director agreed: "Yes, yes, his songs must meet your requirements."

Yu Li said lightly: "It must meet my requirements?"

The music director looked bitter again and said: "No, it is very...highly likely to meet your requirements."

The opening ceremony director spoke for him again and said: "Mr. Yu, have you heard of "Jiuzhoutong" and "Blue and White Porcelain" he wrote for "National Treasure"? "

Yu Li nodded and fell into deep thought.

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