China Entertainment special effects started in 1997

Litigation is commonplace in the United States.

And in Hollywood, which is full of interest disputes, weird lawsuits are flying all over the place.

For example, Hua Na Company, the other party in the "script case", was sued in court for infringement of the horror film "The Conjuring". The plaintiff said that he signed a contract with the Warren couple, the prototype of the story, in 1987 and bought out the exclusive copyright of the story. And published the novel "The Demon Master". Now Hua Na has blatantly plagiarized my story and is demanding compensation of US$900 million.

Hua Na was stunned at the time. The total box office of "The Conjuring" series was only 900 million US dollars, and the author himself lost a lot of money.

Then the two sides filed a lawsuit, and Hua Na's defense line was: We adapted it from real events and have nothing to do with your novel.

The problem is that the "Conjuring" series is a ghost movie!

If you say it is a real incident, then you have to find a way to prove that the supernatural incident experienced by the Warrens is real.

If you want to win the case, you have to use court methods and ask ghosts to testify.

Then, Hua Na Company was dumbfounded and had to spend a large sum of money to reach an out-of-court settlement with the plaintiff.

As one of the most popular directors in Hollywood, Cameron has been going to the court all year round.

Whenever he releases a hit movie, someone will jump out and claim that Cameron plagiarized his idea.

When "Terminator" became popular, a writer claimed that Cameron had plagiarized his work, but no evidence was produced in court.

On the 20th anniversary of the release of "Titanic", a person suddenly appeared and claimed that he was the prototype of Jack. Cameron wrote the script after listening to his own dictation. There is still no evidence.

After "Avatar" was released, five writers emerged one after another claiming that Cameron had copied their ideas, and they demanded compensation ranging from 100 million to 1 billion.

Cameron attended various courts and won all the cases.

Then, someone else claimed that the look of "Nawei Ren" copied his own record cover...

Therefore, Hollywood reporters will not take the "script case" too seriously. They know that Columbia is just hyping up the release of "The Matrix".

"Hello, Mr. Jiang, I heard that you are going to sue Huana Company for defaming you. Is it true?" A beautiful reporter with blond hair, blue eyes and a good figure squeezed to the front and asked with a microphone.

"Of course, Huana Company shamelessly slandered me. They actually falsely accused a Chinese who had never been to the United States before the completion of "The Matrix" of stealing their script. Is there anything more outrageous than this? For the sake of my reputation, I hope Huana Company will publicly apologize and provide me with mental compensation.”

In order to achieve higher topic popularity and box office, Jiang Heng had to follow the local customs and follow the hype ideas designed by Columbia Company.

As expected, the beautiful reporter's eyes lit up, she straightened her body and continued to ask: "Then how much do you hope this amount will be?"

“If you want The Matrix’s U.S. box office, it’ll be one-fifth of it!”

A reporter next to him asked hurriedly, "How much do you think the box office of "The Matrix" can be?"

"I think it's at least $100 million!"

"One-fifth of one hundred million U.S. dollars is twenty million U.S. dollars?"

"Oh, my God, that Chinese guy actually wants 20 million US dollars in compensation. Is he crazy?"

"No, not 20 million, he meant at least 20 million!"

"His thoughts are so wonderful, how could he have such a high box office!"

"It's hard to say...!"

The reporters were talking a lot, and they were all shocked by Jiang Heng's remarks.

The people from Columbia Company were overjoyed. Seeing that their goal was achieved, they happily took Jiang Heng out of the crowd and went straight to the premiere venue.

But here, there are still many reporters. Jiang Heng repeated what he said at the airport before taking his seat with Wu Xianzu, Li Meiqi and others.

"Director Jiang, do you really plan to sue Hua Na?"

As a newcomer in the film industry, Wu Yanzu felt inexplicable pressure when he thought that Hua Na was a Hollywood giant.

Seeing Jiang Heng talking freely in front of a group of reporters, I was a little impressed.

"The litigation costs in the United States are so high. How can I file a lawsuit? It's just hype!" Jiang Heng said in a low voice.

Li Meiqi said: "You are doing this all for the promotion of the film!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "That's right!"

"Can "The Matrix" really have a box office of over 100 million here?" Li Meiqi said seriously.

After all, North America is the world's largest film market. Only if the films she stars in can gross over 100 million in North American box office can she be called a true international star.

Seeing Wu Yanzu looking at him seriously, Jiang Heng smiled and whispered: "Just a little more!"

The original "The Matrix" was a box office hit. One of the reasons was that Yuan Heping was hired as a martial arts instructor and the action scenes were dimensionally reduced.

Before this, no one in Hollywood would shoot action scenes. Melee combat consisted of you punching me and me kicking you, destroying the surrounding environment by the way.

He looks like a tough guy, but he's actually stupid.

This is the reason why Cheng Long broke into Hollywood in the 1980s and failed in films such as "The Killer" and "Cannonball Run".

Because Cheng Long had no initiative at that time and had to listen to the director and producer for everything, the films he produced did not reflect his strengths at all. It was not until "Rush Hour" that he truly entered Hollywood.

At the beginning of the premiere, the president of Columbia Company came to the stage to speak. After another person was changed, Jiang Heng was invited to the stage.

Followed by Wu Xianzu and Li Meiqi, they all said a few words very briefly, and then the highlights of the movie were played.

Before arriving, many reporters were doubtful that the unknown director from Xiangjiang could produce any good films worthy of competition from several major Hollywood companies.

Columbia even agreed to split the revenue and release the film in more than 2,000 theaters.

When they saw the wonderful special effects of Trinity, played by Li Meiqi, leaping into the air on the big screen, kicking her opponent with a rotating camera, and Neo, played by Wu Yizu, dodging bullets on the rooftop, they were all shocked.

"Oh, my God, I can't believe my eyes. Such a wonderful picture is not made by Hollywood!"

"How can there be such a talent in a small place like Hong Kong?"

"It's so cool. When the film is released, I must bring my lover and children to watch it!"

When the preview ended, the reporters present were still sighing and discussing.

When they looked at Jiang Heng, Wu Yizu, and Li Meiqi again, they were no longer the same as before!

Each of them was filled with enthusiastic smiles and rushed up to ask various questions.

Jiang Heng and others answered them one by one, and the event was quite successful.

The next day, many American entertainment media and newspapers reported the premiere of "The Matrix", and the preview clips of the film were basically full of praise.

Many media even exaggerated the script, and directly changed Jiang Heng's claim of one-fifth of the North American box office as compensation to one-fifth of the European and American box office, claiming at least 40 million US dollars.

The leaders of Hua Na Company were almost mad when they saw such news.