Peninsula Steel Love

Chapter 807 Copyright issue?

The white bullet-shaped high-speed train roared through the vast fields like a flash of lightning, and in the business class car, Ham Eun-jung was sleeping Eun-jung as usual.

She got up early in the morning and flew to Shanghai with the group. After landing, the other members went directly to Jinling, while she and her mother Li Enzhu went to the South Beauty Restaurant in Pudong for a dinner.

Let’s leave the process of the dinner aside for now. After the dinner, they hurried to the Hongqiao High-Speed ​​Railway Station, ready to take the high-speed train to Jinling to meet up with Tara and the others.

As a result, Eun-jeong and her daughter truly experienced what the Spring Festival travel rush is like.

The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. The entire waiting hall of the high-speed railway station is packed with people. All you can see is people, which makes Ham Eun-jung and Lee Eun-joo's scalps numb.

Wow, how many people are there? It's really the size of a mainland China. And this is a train station? Why does it feel bigger than Incheon Airport? It's scary.

Don't be surprised just yet. The assistant and translator who accompanied them were in tears because Eun Jung and her friends were foreigners and couldn't pick up their tickets by themselves. They had to queue up at the window and pick up their tickets manually with their passports.

After finally getting the tickets, they ran through the huge crowds and finally got on the high-speed train in the last few seconds before departure. Eun Jung was so exhausted that she fell asleep in seconds.

In fact, it was a very wise choice to take the high-speed rail. The assistant immediately communicated with Soyeon and Boram about the itinerary after the train departed.

They went ahead in a nanny car, but they didn't expect that more than four hours later, the traffic was stuck on the highway and kept stopping and starting. Now they have just passed Gusu. It would be a blessing if they can reach Jinling before dark.

Unlike Eun-jung who was soundly sleeping, Lee Eun-ju was also tired but had no desire to sleep. After a long while, she glanced at her precious daughter beside her and shook her head secretly.

"This child is so heartless, ah."

Li Enzhu withdrew her gaze and turned her eyes out the window, and her thoughts slowly went back to a few hours ago as the scenery flashed by quickly.

As mentioned earlier, Lee Eun-joo had long expected that Eun-jung's invitation to film was related to Zhou Jing, but she never expected that the so-called Chinese production manager would actually be Krystal Jung Soo-jung.

The moment Krystal walked into the restaurant's private room and took off her three-piece celebrity suit, she and Eun Jung looked at each other in disbelief.

Not only that, according to the assistant whose name is also Soo-jung, Krystal is also the executive director of Snow Scene Media, and the president is unexpectedly Choi Sulli.

Wow! This information really scared Eun-jeong and her daughter, but it also confirmed Li Enzhu's guess that it was indeed related to Zhou Jing.

Although Eun-jeong was half a beat slower than her idol mother, she also realized after she reacted that the matter was most likely related to her number one fan.

No wonder, why did the producers specifically choose her to star in the TV series when she can't even speak Chinese fluently, and the plot is based on Tara? Now it all makes sense.

So Eun Jung was touched but also a little embarrassed. Who told her to think about those things before? Now it seems that it was all groundless worry.
Function and Tara debuted just over a month apart, almost at the same time, so Eunjung didn't feel so awkward facing Krystal.

The same went for Krystal. She then gave Eunjung a brief introduction to the current preparations for the "Glory" crew.

Three of the four female protagonists have been basically confirmed, namely Girls' Generation member Kwon Yuri, EXID member Ahn Hee-yeon, and Tara member Ham Eun-jung who is sitting at the dinner table.

Yuri plays the role of Park Jin-eun, the second sister in the group, in the drama. Eun-jung knows this character, which is actually herself with some elements of Giuri.

Ahn Hee-yeon plays the third member, Kim Soo-ah, the sexiest member of the group, and her counterpart is obviously Park Hyo-min.

Eunjung will play the role of Phoenix's captain and lead singer Lee Jung-in, whose prototype is based on Park So-yeon and Bo-ram's family background.

Currently, the only actor who has not been decided is the youngest member Shin Yoomin. Krystal said that she originally wanted to act in the role herself, but her filming schedule conflicted with her function concert so it is still to be determined.

As for the male lead Yang Xiaojian, the director recommended a young domestic actor named Wei Daxun, who had just signed a contract with JYP Entertainment. The crew had sent the script and audition invitation to JYP company.

When talking about this, Shui Jing solemnly suggested that Eun Jung hurry up and learn Chinese. Although the characters of "Glory" are set as a Korean girl group, they can't speak Korean from beginning to end.

So is it a Chinese drama or a Korean drama? Although it will definitely have to be re-dubbed in the later stage, at least the lip movements have to match.

Ahn Hee-yeon has studied in China, and Yuri has made great progress in Chinese recently by studying hard with Yoona, but Eunjung clearly has weaknesses in this area.

For this reason, Crystal suggested that Snow View Media could send a Chinese teacher to teach Eun Jung one-on-one during this period. The teacher would follow her wherever she goes without affecting Tara's schedule, and all related expenses would be borne by Snow View.

Oh, is there such a good thing? You should know that the Chinese agency that signed Tara only provided translators for the members, and did not provide Chinese teaching, not to mention MBK, a stingy agency.

So when faced with Krystal's tempting proposal, Eun Jung agreed without hesitation. Tara will be active in China soon, and at that time they will be able to communicate with their fans who support them in Chinese. Eun Jung would wake up smiling in her dreams.

However, Li Enzhu felt nervous. She always had a feeling that Shui Jing's action was not just for the filming of the drama, but there seemed to be a deeper meaning behind it.

Facts have proved that the older you are, the wiser you are. When Krystal asked about Eun Jung's financial contract casually, Lee Eun Joo immediately understood.

On the surface, there is nothing wrong with Crystal asking these questions on behalf of the production company. After all, once the matter is finalized, Snow Scene Media must know who to sign the contract with, MBK or the Chinese agency?

Is it really that simple? I'm afraid not.
"Ding Dong, welcome to the CRH train named after Gujing Gongjiu vintage original liquor. Smoking is prohibited on this train. The next stop is Longcheng Station. Welcome to the CRH train."

The pleasant female voice of the high-speed rail broadcast brought Li Enzhu back to her senses. At this time, the train had slowly entered the platform, and she turned her head to look beside her.

"huh, huh"

Halfway through the trip, Eun Jung was still snoring happily, and Lee Eun Joo couldn't help but shake her head. "This child is so heartless, it's simply too much."
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"What? There are copyright issues with Glory Warsong. Isn't this an original drama?"

In the director's office of Snow View Media, Sunny looked at the production staff who were reporting to her in shock.

Now that he knew it was about the story of a gay group, Little Sun became very interested.

According to her estimation, Krystal should have finished meeting Eun Jung by now. Since she was free anyway, she called the person in charge of this project in the production department to ask about the specific progress.

It would have been better if she hadn't asked, but once she asked, she found out a big problem. She learned from the report that the project was currently encountering obstacles and the script was suspected of plagiarism and infringement.

"Boss Li, I don't know either." The person in charge spread his hands helplessly. "Boss Cui and Boss Zheng originally decided on the outline of the script, including the title and the names of the main characters. But a few days ago, an employee accidentally discovered that the title and the name of the male lead coincided with an online article on a certain website."

"Some point? Online article?" Sunny was even more confused.

"Yes, this is the one." The person in charge handed the tablet to the translator, who then handed it to Sunny.

When Sunny took it and looked at it, she immediately cursed in her heart, what the hell, a test of her Chinese reading ability?

"Tell me, what happened?" Xiao Yang pushed the tablet back calmly.

"It's like this. I've read it. The title of this novel and the name of the male protagonist are exactly the same as ours. There are also some similarities in the plot. It's hard not to be defined as plagiarism."

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

After listening to the introduction of the person in charge, Sunny felt a headache. Ayisi, the copyright issue is not a small matter, especially since it is the first project officially launched by Xuejing Media.

If a plagiarism scandal occurs, it will be a huge blow to Snow View Media, which forces Sunny to be cautious, but she has a question.

"Do President Cui and Director Zheng know about this?"

"We reported this to President Cui as soon as possible, and she instructed us to directly purchase the film and television adaptation rights for the novel."

"Huh?" Sunny became even more suspicious.

Sulli's response was correct. Could it be that the online platform or the author was unwilling to sell the book? The answer was soon revealed.

"The company's planning department urgently contacted a certain person, and the other party had no problem quoting a low price. Let's put it this way, they never thought that anyone would buy the film and television adaptation rights of this novel."

"Wei?" Sunny was quite confused.

"Mr. Li, that's a Korean entertainment novel."

“What is a Korean entertainment novel?”

"Well, Korean entertainment novels are fan fiction about the Korean entertainment industry. They use a lot of real names of celebrities. How can they be adapted into a film or TV series? The lawsuit will bankrupt the company."

That makes sense, Sunny nodded silently. Although the script of "Glory" tells Tara's story and even invites the real person to play the role, the character names are all fictional.

"Go on, what's the problem now?"

"The author could not be reached at a certain point in reply."

"Moragu?"

Sunny blinked a few times, thinking that the translation was wrong, but after confirming it again and again, she almost fainted.

To a certain extent, there is a profit-sharing agreement between the IP film and television adaptation website and the author. If Xuejing Media wants to purchase it, it must obtain authorization from the original author.

The problem is that the novel "Song of Glory" is strictly speaking a failure. The editor did not take it seriously at all and had almost no communication with the author.

Besides, the author’s only contact information is a QQ number. The editor left several messages but none of them went anywhere, and it’s unknown when the author can be contacted.

"If it really doesn't work, shall we change the script?" Sunny asked tentatively.

"It's OK, but the key project has already been approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. If we change it now, we have to start over and go through the process. I'm afraid it will be too late."

Well, as expected, one problem arose. The actors’ schedules are not so easy to coordinate. Little Sun’s head started to ache again.

“Do we have the author’s personal data or contact information?”

"No, a certain point is unwilling to provide it."

It’s over, a vicious cycle. Sunny’s little head hurt even more. At this moment, her office door was pushed open.

"Mo? Ernie, Kenchanayo?"

Crystal was stunned when she saw Sunny scratching her head, but Sunny was relieved and told her about the problem. What happened?
"Hahaha, that's it? Haha"

Although Xiao Daijing was laughing so hard that her body shook, Sunny was completely confused and couldn't understand why this kid suddenly went crazy.
(End of this chapter)