This director only makes bad movies

"It's confirmed. The movie directed by Director Xu is a copycat of ours. I've already found out the name. It's called "Atlantic Rim"."

In Warner's conference room, the vice president informed "Pacific Rim" director Benjamin about the news he had just learned.

No information in the entertainment industry can be truly hidden, especially if you are interested in inquiring.

Warner is one of the largest film and television companies in the United States with amazing energy. After learning about Xu Nan's plan to copycat, they quickly learned about Xu Nan's movie information and the name of the movie through special channels.

"Pacific Rim" and "Atlantic Rim" are deliberately misleading when they are heard.

Benjamin felt that his teeth were very sore. He knew in advance that someone was touching the movie before the movie was released. This feeling was extremely unpleasant.

This is like you finally found a stunning beauty as your girlfriend, and then you suddenly found out that this person likes to cosplay his woman as your girlfriend when doing things. The key is that he said it openly and was not ashamed but proud of it.

How could there be such a shameless director?

"Can you think of a way to prevent this movie from being released?" Benjamin asked.

He really doesn't want to see "Atlantic Rim" released, which will definitely steal some of the box office revenue that belongs to "Atlantic Rim".

Theoretically speaking, there is a big gap between the names of Atlantic Rim and Pacific Rim, and normal people can easily tell them apart. However, most American viewers are so clueless that they can't even find the United States on the map.

The key point is that it's disgusting. I worked so hard to make a wonderful and big production, but it only took a few days for someone to copy a similar one and just use it to make money. It's very disturbing.

"Unlikely." Warner's vice president shook his head: "The other party's procedures are very complete. It is impossible for us to prevent them from releasing it. At most, we can limit the other party's film schedule and the number of theaters through years of business relationships."

"Judging from the current situation, the Imperial Cinema will definitely release this movie. It's just a question of how many films to schedule."

"Of course, I can guarantee that the film schedule of "Pacific Rim" will not be greatly affected. This is our big production at Warner. As long as the theaters are not fools, they cannot give too low a film schedule. They need this movie. To attract audiences, including Imperial Cinemas."

Although Warner is a big company in the entertainment industry, it is impossible to prevent a movie from being released. If it can really do it, it will almost be the uncrowned king of the entertainment industry.

Obviously, Warners didn't get to that point.

And it’s useless even if the three major theater chains don’t allow “Atlantic Rim” to be released. There are still many small and medium-sized theater chains in the United States, and they will still release the movie.

If it's not a real theater chain, there are also online streaming platforms and video tapes. If it's really not enough to be a self-media and put it on YouTube, there's no way it can be stopped.

"Can we sue them for plagiarism?" Benjamin asked again.

"It's useless." Warner's vice president shook his head. "I specifically consulted the company's legal department. The company's lawyer told me that legally, whether a movie is plagiarized mainly depends on the shots. Only 30% similarity can be considered. Condemned for plagiarism.”

"In other words, even if the other party's content is similar to ours, as long as the shots are different, it cannot be said to be plagiarism."

"And according to the information I have inquired about, the other party's content is different from ours, so there is no way to stop them by suing. If the names are similar, the most you can do is to change the name, and it will take a long time, so it may not be possible. success."

Warner's vice president used a relatively long language to tactfully express the fact that he was powerless.

Benjamin's expression was ugly.

How could such a thing happen? You know that someone else is cheating, but you can't do anything about him.

This director is really disgusting.

"Hey, Director Benjamin, if you think about it, there's nothing anyone can do about this kind of thing." Warner's vice president advised: "This is just like the tabloid media in the entertainment industry. There's nothing you can do to stop them from making up news."

There are many gossip tabloids in the American entertainment industry. They like to attract audiences with all kinds of sensational headlines, and often spread rumors openly.

But for these gossip tabloids, few celebrities will pay attention to them, because these gossip tabloids are barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and targeting them only increases their popularity.

The best way to deal with these bottomless gossip tabloids is to ignore them and let them fend for themselves.

Benjamin has been in the industry for so long, and of course he has encountered gossip and tabloid news spreading rumors about him, but he has never paid attention to it.

But this time is different, this time is really different. I know that I am being touched but I still don't care. I really can't bear the tone in my heart.

"Maybe there's nothing we can do against him, but we can't just let it go." Benjamin gritted his teeth and said, "At least we must minimize the adverse effects."

"What do you want to do?" Warner's vice president asked: "I have to remind you that anything you do to this movie will increase the popularity of the other party."

The copycat movies are so outrageous. You know the other person is cheating, and everyone knows he is cheating, but there is nothing you can do about him.

Just like a scoundrel, he will disgust you when he sticks to you. The more you talk to the other person, the more enthusiastic he will be.

"Don't worry, I won't be stupid enough to increase the heat for the other party." Benjamin said solemnly: "Since the last movie viewing meeting, I have studied the director Xu Nan and his last movie "The Hobbit" era"."

"I have to say, that movie was terrible, very, very bad. The service was rubbish, the actors were rubbish, and the plot was even rubbish, but he managed to make money."

"The biggest reason why movies make money is that audiences can't tell the difference between The Hobbit and The Age of the Hobbit."

"The movie "The Hobbit" was so exciting that many viewers watched it. However, they didn't understand the difference between the two movies and bought tickets to watch the copycat movie "The Age of the Hobbit," which resulted in the movie making money. "

"Even this shameless Chinese director hired a navy to mislead netizens on the Internet. Even the producers of "The Hobbit" didn't figure out the reason in the early stage. This is the main reason for his success."

Having said this, Benjamin looked confident.

"So, the best way to deal with this director from China is to let the audience know that "Atlantic Rim" has nothing to do with "Pacific Rim"."

"What do you want to do?" Warner's vice president asked.

"It's very simple. It's just to remind the audience not to mistake the movie. In this way, the audience will pay attention to distinguish what movie they are watching when watching the movie. The copycat movie "Atlantic Rim" will not be able to steal our box office."

"This may not prevent the film "Atlantic Rim" from being released, but at least it will prevent the other party from stealing the box office that should belong to us."

Benjamin said.

"Okay." Warner Vice President nodded, "I will arrange for people from the public relations department to do it, but you should not take this movie too seriously. This is just an ordinary copycat movie. Don't worry about this movie. The movie influenced the promotion of Pacific Rim.”

The movie "Pacific Rim" will be released soon, and Benjamin's focus will be devoted to the promotion of this movie.

The performance of this film is crucial to his career, and he must devote all his efforts to it.

As for "Atlantic", which is a knock-off, it's just a bit disgusting. As long as you ignore it, it actually has no impact at all.

Benjamin didn't want to swallow this breath, and he didn't want to let Xu Nan, a bastard, take advantage of "Pacific Rim".

But he also has to distinguish between priorities. The promotion of "Pacific Rim" is the next focus.

In a cinema, an internal movie viewing party is being held.

This movie viewing party was organized by Xu Nan, and representatives from major and small theaters in the United States were invited to participate.

When filming the first movie "The Age of the Hobbit", Xu Nan was just an unknown person who had to visit theaters one after another with the movie.

But now that he finally has some connections and foundation in the United States, he can invite all the representatives from the theaters to organize a movie viewing party.

Lin Ziyi was very considerate. Even though she was very busy at work, she still attended the movie in person to support Xu Nan.

Unlike the other two major theater chains, which at most only sent a manager over, compared to the last film viewing party organized by Warner, the staff level was very different.

There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. The news that Xu Nan's movie is a copycat has already spread in the industry, and the theater chain is not a fool, and it is impossible to place a heavy bet on this movie.

What theaters want are blockbusters, blockbusters that can make the audience linger, never forget, and take the initiative to enter the theater.

A sneaky copycat like Xu Nan can at most be used to enrich the diversity of movies and attract some audiences with weird aesthetics. Whether they have it or not, it doesn't make much difference to the theater chain, so it's Don't expect them to take this movie viewing seriously.

But even so, Xu Nan still tried his best to respect these theater representatives. Regardless of whether they would let the movie go to theaters or not, at least this attitude must be in place and the film should not be adversely affected by factors outside the movie.

After the theater representatives arrived, Xu Nan did not delay and played the main film directly on the screen.

The movie "Atlantic Rim" begins to show.