Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

This sudden change of plan to go to the United States, in fact, it is not that Su Yun deliberately tricked Bourne, but that something big happened here.

One is what Spielberg told her before: DC, which has received a large investment from Warner, is planning to start making a Superman movie recently. As soon as the news spread, it immediately attracted the attention of relevant people.

So much investment, and the creators of Superman, Siegel and Schuster, didn't get the compensation they deserved, so they held a press conference, cheated them, and sold them for a mere $130 The poignant story of Superman's entire copyright has been made public.

Reminiscing about the past, "Superman", a highly popular comic and character, was unappreciated before 1938. It was not until "Action Comics" was published that it skyrocketed, not only making the company a lot of money, but also directly Opened the golden age in the history of American comics.

It can be said that the birth of "Batman" was also based on the popularity of "Superman" and followed suit.

According to regulations, the biggest difference between American manga and Japanese manga is the concept. American manga is centered on characters and companies, while Japanese manga is centered on the author.Therefore, as long as the copyright of the character is still held by the company, even if the artist and screenwriter are changed, the publishing house can still continue to publish comics related to this character. As long as the story and style of painting are good enough, readers will accept it.

When Siegel and Schuster, who were fledgling at the beginning of the year, submitted Superman to "Action Comics", the editorial department probably saw the great potential of Superman, so they made an extremely strong condition, asking for $130 Buy out all the copyrights of Superman, otherwise Superman will not be published in "Action Comics".

Calculated at the price level at that time, a piece of bread was only a few cents, and $130 was considered a lot of money, so Siegel and Schuster, who were still newcomers at that time and suffered from rejections, both They all suffered from inexperience, so they were deceived and signed a contract to sell "Superman".

After hearing that DC can make millions of dollars in profits every year from the "Superman" comics, and also got a large investment from Warner to prepare a live-action movie, Siegel, who has long been regretful Finally, the two of them couldn't bear it any longer, and they joined hands to start their rights defense trip.

This move immediately aroused fierce repercussions in the comics industry: "Superman" has been popular since before World War II until now, and it is the leading star of DC, earning countless benefits for it—however, its two A creator is in such a miserable state!

The painter Jerry Robinson, who used to help Bill Finger speak out against Bob in the past, is now the president of the National Cartoonist Association. After hearing the news, he, together with his friend Neil Adams, supported the two Superman creators advocacy actions.

Painter Adams was the first group of people who grew up watching comics, and finally worked hard to realize their childhood ideals and successfully entered the comics industry.Determined to fight for the rights of creators, he burst into passion after hearing the news, and created a famous support cartoon for this purpose-"Can Superman Save His Author?"

When Su Yun flew from Japan to the United States, the rights defense battle here had reached a fever pitch. With the support of colleagues and readers, Siegel and Schuster filed a lawyer's letter with DC, and the two sides went to court.

After coming here, Su Yun and Bill and others closely watched the progress of the lawsuit, waiting for this lawsuit that might become a reference event for Bill's future rights protection trips and become a precedent for successful rights protection.

Even with the contract signed in black and white back then, DC does not have to be afraid of losing the lawsuit, but what they are afraid of is the huge pressure of public opinion gathered from various practitioners and readers in the comics industry.

The filming of the "Superman" series starring Christopher Reeve is about to begin, and Marlon Brando was specially hired to play the role of Superman's biological father at a high price of 400 million US dollars. Naturally, no negativity can be tolerated in this critical period. news.

In the end, in the expectation of countless people, DC finally made a certain concession, promising that in the future, the two names Siegel and Shuster will be marked on all Superman works in the name of the creators, and also It is promised that the two creators will enjoy a fixed subsidy of [-] US dollars per year.

As soon as the news came out, in addition to the carnival of success in the comics industry and readers, Su Yun and Bill also seemed to have a reassurance: when there are identical or similar lawsuits, they will generally refer to the existing ones. precedent to judge.

With the previous successful examples of rights protection, and DC's current critical public relations period, no matter how hard Bob can be, DC will try its best to use its power to crush the dead crab to calm things down.

So, under the recommendation of Ovitz, Su Yun and Bill invited a well-known lawyer in the industry. It was also a lawyer's letter, suing Bob, the father of Batman, and DC, Bill's former employer. went to court.

This big melon has not calmed down yet another big melon comes, and it is "Batman" as famous as "Superman". The comics industry, readers, fans, etc. have put down the business at hand and started to pay attention to things against the clock. Progress.

Compared to outsiders watching the excitement, the DC editorial department is going crazy: Why did Bill, a particularly soft persimmon, choose this time to make trouble? !

Did you finally wake up after seeing the successful rights protection of the predecessors?

Or are people jealous that they got the investment to make a live-action movie, so they deliberately took this critical moment to engage in DC?

In the face of high-level accusations, the current editor-in-chief of the Bat Department almost wants to curse the former editor Sullivan who has long since left: this is the person who was in charge of "Detective Comics" and signed the Batman manuscript.

It is said that Sullivan had never met Bill at all, and such acts of catching knives were extremely common back then, so Sullivan only knew that he bought the manuscript from Bob with money, and whether the manuscript was created by Bob alone , that is not the focus of his concern.

Anyway, Bill, who was so stupid, didn't sign the manuscript.

Even though Bill became the screenwriter of the Bat-series comics after Bob and Robinson left one after another, most of the editorial departments that recognized his talent believed that he was just a follow-up successor creator, rather than actually creating most of the Bat-series comics. The original author of the plot.

Later, because of Sullivan's departure, as well as Bob's shrewd business acumen and those secret immoral tricks, Bob, who was not top-notch talent among his contemporaries, became the successful father of Batman.

Under Su Yun's previous suggestion, Bill presented all the witnesses and evidences he had collected.

Rich and well-connected can always turn ghosts around. After Su Yun suggested, she sent a telegram to England and invited Vivienne and her friends who like to shoot documentaries from Kubrick. By asking them to follow Bill everywhere to interview the witnesses they could find, they recorded all the testimony of the witnesses on video.

This small documentary was so well shot that after watching it, Kubrick even said with great satisfaction that if he made a movie next time, he would let his daughter Vivienne accompany him to make a documentary about the new movie.

But compared to the powerful documentary "Testimony", the materials that Bill has accumulated for the creation of Batman over the years-he self-called "trick book" notebook, piled up into a hill, is the most impressive. something amazing.

And if he had the time to record it, he even found the comics of the corresponding number in his collection, and compared them one by one, clearly proving that these ideas of his were indeed thought of and implemented before the comics were published. recorded.

Although the surface is very soft, he is also the real father of Batman after all. The fact that Batman is knowledgeable and almost omnipotent is absolutely born out of Bill.

This kind of "color palette" comparison is very popular and crucial evidence in the anti-plagiarism actions of later generations, but it is extremely exhausting to make.

Su Yun really didn't expect that during this period of time, Bill almost made such a comparison board by hand to prove himself.

Once a talented and honest person gets serious, you never know what step he can take.

Compared to Bill's extremely detailed personal and physical evidence, Bob's exasperated rebuttal seemed so pale and feeble: at this time, he had already lived extremely well under the compensation of the high copyright agreement, which was less than when he was young. Even if there was some evidence in the past that could prove that he also participated in part of the creation, it is probably long gone now.

It is very obvious who will be forever new and who will not advance or retreat between those who are immersed in making money and enjoying themselves and those who are still persistent in creating.

Although the lawsuit has not yet officially started, but based on the disparity and precedents, the lawyer in charge of their lawsuit said that the chances of winning are already very high. What needs to be considered now is the method and amount of compensation.

Regardless of whether the other party chooses to file a lawsuit or privately, Bill can officially get his due status and remuneration legally, and return history to justice.

Su Yun, who was basically relieved, began to pay attention to the second reason why she came to the United States: Ovitz and his four partners, who had dreams of starting a business, had not had time to fire the boss before starting his own company. , because in a casual conversation, people in the company learned of their idea of ​​leaving the job and starting a business...

So five of them were successfully fired.

The five of them are also bachelors—they are all going to run away anyway, although being fired by the boss and firing the boss may sound different in name, but in fact the ending is the same, there is no difference...

Since there is no job, then simply start to realize the dream of starting a business ahead of schedule.

Compared with saving enough money to start a business, the current rush to start a business in advance will lack a lot of initial capital.

So Ovitz thought of Zou Yunhua, who seemed stupid and rich at the time, and his Jiahe Film Company: In the previous conversation, Zou Yunhua had always had the idea of ​​entering Hollywood, so it should not be difficult to get some investment from him Bar?

In this way, it will be convenient for Jiahe to act in Hollywood in the future, and their new company CAA can safely survive the difficult period of starting a business.

As a result, when a telegram was sent, Zou Yunhua didn't care at all: Ovitz and his partner were backed by WMA, a big tree of the old company, so they used them with a gamble mentality. Now Ovitz Several people want to start their own businesses and their goals are only small and medium-sized companies. Why should he carry out such a risky cooperation with them?

Recently, the comedy films of the Xu Brothers are selling very well, and Su Yun is here overseas. Jiahe is a well-known big company in Xiangjiang, and it can also contact Warner; even if it does not cooperate with WMA, it is almost the same as WMA Or second-tier brokerage companies, can they still cooperate?

This kind of arrogance that looked down on small goals made Zou Yunhua give up a huge development opportunity.

Therefore, Su Yun, who heard that Ovitz was planning to start a business but lacked funds to the point of asking for a loan, flew over from Japan non-stop.

The bottom-hunting mentality of buying at low prices is the result of the fanatical attitude when he made his fortune in stocks back then.