Chapter 300
Wu Junxiao was almost furious. When he was about to go find Tang Songhe to argue, his father called him.
Wu Junxiao calmed down for a moment, took his phone and went up to the rooftop. The call was hung up because no one answered, so he called his father back.
Wu Hongji asked as soon as he came up: "Xiaoxiao, has your name been taken by someone else?"
Wu Junxiao felt particularly aggrieved for a moment, and told his father the whole story: "It must be because I didn't want to sell the script to him, so he used this matter to mess with me, deliberately showing me what 'Shenghai has plenty of ways' means."
"Don't be afraid," Wu Hongji comforted him, "You still have the original manuscript of the script, right?"
"I have kept them," Wu Junxiao said, "including the chat records with the screenwriters of the crew. I have them all."
"It's OK as long as you have it," Wu Hongji said firmly, "Don't worry, Dad will contact a lawyer right away. It's your stuff, we have to get it back."
After that, he reminded him again: "Don't be impulsive, wait for news from Dad."
After hanging up the phone, Wu Junxiao calmed down completely and even had some free time. He went to the coffee shop downstairs and ordered some food and drinks. After eating and drinking, he went back to his workstation to slack off.
Tang Songhe had been sitting in the office waiting for him to come and make a scene, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't even see a single person.
Before leaving get off work, he deliberately passed by Wu Junxiao's workstation and found that the child was actually playing games.
Wu Junxiao noticed someone around him, looked up, and greeted Tang Songhe calmly.
Tang Songhe looked at him meaningfully and left.
Wu Junxiao sneered, packed up his things, and prepared to go home from get off work. He had already decided where to have dinner.
There is a Japanese restaurant on the commercial street. Wu Junxiao asked for a small private room, ordered a bunch of things, then leaned against the wall and waited for his food to be served.
When the waiter came in, an uninvited guest followed him. It was Zou Zhuoming.
"Director Zou, what a coincidence." Wu Junxiao greeted him, thinking that he was also here to eat, passing by the door of his private room, and pretended to invite him, "Would you like to sit down and eat together?"
Unexpectedly, Zou Zhuoming actually came in and sat down opposite.
He looked back and forth between Wu Junxiao's face and the food on the table for a while. After the waiter left and closed the door, he got straight to the point: "You should have seen the trailer for "Nightmare", right?"
Wu Junxiao picked up a piece of salmon sushi with chopsticks, dipped it in mustard, and nodded while eating.
Zou Zhuoming smiled: "Then you really have a good attitude."
Wu Junxiao swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "What can I do? Am I going to cry, make a scene, or even hang myself at the gate of Shenghai Entertainment?"
"Don't say that casually," Zou Zhuoming still had a smile on his face, "Tang Songhe is Tang Songhe, and what he did doesn't represent Shenghai."
"What do you mean?" Wu Junxiao frowned and looked at him.
Zou Zhuoming asked him: "How much do you know about our film and television department?"
"Not much." Wu Junxiao answered, thinking for a moment, and asked, "This matter doesn't have anything to do with you, right? How much benefit did Tang Songhe give you?"
Zou Zhuoming had no intention of hiding anything and made a forward-pushing gesture: "This matter is indeed related to me, and I also played a role in it."
"You..." Wu Junxiao suddenly leaned forward and glared at him angrily, then thought of what his father said, calmed down and sat back, "So what do you mean now? Are you helping Tang Songhe to persuade me to do this business?"
Zou Zhuoming did not answer him, but told him about the situation in the film and television department.
Shenghai's film and television department seems to be one department, but it is actually two. One is in charge of IP adaptation, and the other is responsible for original scripts. The two sides have clear division of labor and basically do not interfere with each other.
This division of responsibilities model was implemented after the new talent support program five years ago and has continued to this day.
Director Zou Zhuoming is in charge of IP adaptation, so when the conflicts arising from the script in the crew of "Nightmare" were handed over to him, he was the one who stepped forward to resolve them.
Wu Junxiao finished eating a fried shrimp and said, "So when you invited Tang Songhe over, you two became a community of interests. When he needed help, you extended a helping hand without hesitation, right?"
"No, no." Zou Zhuoming shook his head. "It wasn't Tang Songhe who came to me about this. It was the director of the original production who came to me. He said that you had angered Mr. Tang, whom everyone respects, and he wanted to teach you a lesson, so he asked me to tamper with the trailer a little bit so that after you see it, you would take the initiative to apologize to Mr. Tang."
Wu Junxiao paused while picking up the side dish, put down his chopsticks and looked at Zou Zhuoming, feeling that he understood.
It was just a signature in the trailer. Even if the matter escalates, the production team can completely blame the post-production staff, saying that it was a mistake made by the post-production staff who forgot to put Wu Junxiao's name in. Then they can apologize and make some changes. Therefore, even if you look into it in detail, it is not a big deal at all. The real intention is to criticize Wu Junxiao and disgust him at most.
Zou Zhuoming picked up the small teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip slowly: "I think you should be a smart person."
Wu Junxiao was really amused: "Are they stupid?"
Zou Zhuoming picked up the chopsticks and took away the last piece of sushi on the plate. He was really hungry. He had been busy all day and had just got off work and hadn't had a chance to catch his breath when the "detective" informed him that Wu Junxiao was here, so he rushed over immediately.
He thought that a young and energetic man like Wu Junxiao would at least make some noise when encountering such a thing, but he ended up being like a heartless person the whole day.
Zou Zhuoming guessed that he was either heartless or a strong supporter, so there was no need to worry. But no matter which one it was, he felt that he had found the right person.
After eating sushi and something else, he finally relieved the hunger in his stomach and started telling Wu Junxiao a story.
The protagonist of the first story had a similar experience to what he is going through now. She was also a new screenwriter. Tang Songhe gave her the subject matter and ideas. After she finished writing, the script was approved and filming started. She was waiting to join the crew with great anticipation, but what she got was the same contract as Wu Junxiao.
Wu Junxiao’s first reaction was: “Sue him!”
Zou Zhuoming said: "First, she has no money and can't afford to fight a lawsuit. Second, there is insufficient evidence."
"Why is there insufficient evidence?" Wu Junxiao didn't understand. Didn't she have all the scripts, manuscripts, designs, and electronic archives that she wrote? Or were they all stolen by Tang Songhe?
Zou Zhuoming said: "Tang Songhe had all the so-called evidence you mentioned. It was the second time he did this, and his style of doing things was relatively conservative. During the script writing period, he would call the victim over for inspection from time to time, and he would organize the victim's ideas and designs for each stage of the script and write a backup copy by hand."
Later, Tang Songhe became very bold as he became more famous. He took the money directly without even bothering to make up false evidence. With Xia Hongzhou backing him up, the victim could not cause trouble in the company and had no place to seek help outside. Not only did he lose the script and money, he also lost his job.
Later, there was a newcomer who was writing family ethics scripts. He discovered this trend while writing, and after weighing the pros and cons, he simply plagiarized the novel of a failed little author.
After the show aired, the young author gradually discovered that the characters and plots in the show were very similar to his novel, and in the end they were almost identical. So he made his own color palette and publicly asked WB for an explanation.
Naturally, the matter was suppressed. Tang Songhe spent money to ask the platform to limit the flow of traffic, and then found a lawyer to contact the young author privately and paid money to settle the matter. In the end, the young author also issued an apology, saying that it was not plagiarism, it was completely accidental, and it was just that they had the same idea. He was indiscriminate and wrongly accused Tang Songhe.
After listening to Wu Junxiao, the doubts he had for the past two days finally got the answer: "I was wondering, how could he, a big boss in the industry, be interested in the work of a newbie like me. It turns out that besides my real talent, all his previous scripts were actually from other people!"
He looked at Zou Zhuoming and said, "So how did this idiot become a big trademark of Shenghai?"
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