"Remove from shelves and pay compensation?"
When Sun Changjiang from the producer heard this, his face became even uglier. He glared at Shen Yanda, who had a stiff face. The politeness and admiration he had shown at the wine table last night were all gone.
Sun Changjiang took his assistant's work phone and immediately called the head of the TV station's film and television purchasing group.
After four or five seconds of beeping, the call was connected.
"Hello."
"Hello, is this Mr. Jiang? It's me, Sun Changjiang." Sun Changjiang's face showed a somewhat hypocritical smile.
"Old Sun, you've really put me in a terrible situation this time!" President Jiang on the other end of the phone said angrily, "In order to get your drama to be broadcast during the winter vacation, I have said so many good things to the leaders of the station."
It also offended the producer of another TV series that was originally scheduled to be released.
"Now look what has happened. Today the internet is buzzing with rumors. Is it true that your drama is a plagiarized drama?"
"That old man Chen Yanda looks noble on weekdays, but I didn't expect him to be a coward who took advantage of his ex-wife!"
"It's my bad luck to work with a crew like yours!"
Mr. Jiang's ridicule came one after another, and was heard by the three people in the conference room through the loudspeaker.
Chen Yanda's face turned blue and red, like a changing color palette.
In order to get the drama released early through backdoor channels, they gave Mr. Jiang a lot of money.
Unexpectedly, the other party turned against me now.
However, Shen Yanda did not dare to object.
If he really angered the head of the TV station, the drama "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" and his previous investment would be completely wasted!
At this time, Sun Changjiang was too lazy to speak well of Shen Yanda.
When Mr. Jiang on the other end of the phone calmed down a little, he apologized and agreed, "Yes, yes, this matter was indeed the negligence of our crew. We did not control the direction of online public opinion."
"But there's no need to remove this TV series, right? We're all in the same industry, and the netizens' outcry won't last more than a week..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by President Jiang, "Come on, you guys think it's easy."
"The superiors are going to give awards to the major TV stations, and the review documents issued clearly state that plagiarized dramas are prohibited. If our station continues to broadcast your dramas, wouldn't that be knowingly committing a crime?"
The TV station that purchased the copyright of "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" and broadcast it is Xiangjiang TV. They have been competing with Haishi TV for the position of "big brother of satellite TV" for many years.
To put it bluntly, this comprehensive "evaluation and commendation" is a competition between the two TV stations for the "first place".
Originally, the ratings of "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" were better than those of "The Detective" on Haishi TV. The director of Xiangjiang TV was very satisfied with it. At the regular meeting last week, he praised the purchasing team for their unique vision.
This afternoon, a large-scale public outcry broke out. Not only the official Weibo of the TV series and Shen Yanda’s Weibo were scolded, but even Xiangjiang TV received many complaints and threats from the public.
"If you don't remove this kind of badly plagiarized drama, then report it to the General Administration."
This month is a critical period for "Awards and Awards", how could the TV station allow such a thing to happen?
When the station manager learned about this, he got mad and scolded the purchasing team severely.
Blame them for not doing a thorough investigation before purchasing the TV series.
The director not only required each member responsible for purchasing the copyright of "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" to write a self-review and submit it, but also deducted all the pen bonuses for this month.
Now the entire purchasing team is full of complaints, and Jiang Fan, as the leader, feels under tremendous pressure.
"To tell you the truth, the General Administration's inspection team called to express their 'concern'. Your drama must be removed from the shelves, and a new drama will naturally take its place."
"As for the losses caused to the station, you should be prepared to pay for them!"
At this point, who dares to say good things about this drama?
Boycotted by the public and supervised by the central radio and television station, whoever broadcasts such a drama will be in trouble!
When the contract was signed, both parties agreed that
If during the broadcast of the drama, Party B causes irreversible losses to Party A due to human error, Party A has the right to demand compensation from Party B!
A TV series that is halfway through airing must be taken off the air?
Not only can’t you make any money? And they want compensation?
This time, Shen Yanda really couldn't hold it back any longer, "Boss Jiang, can you help us plead with the station? The previous plot is only slightly similar, and we can re-edit and splice the subsequent plots!"
President Jiang recognized Shen Yanda's voice and sneered on the spot, "Re-edit, how much content did you copy yourself? Do you still remember it clearly?"
Re-edit and splice?
I’m afraid it’s not just a plum blossom!
"Chen Yanda, don't take yourself too seriously! People call you teacher because they value your past works and accomplishments. You are nothing now!"
He plagiarized his ex-wife's scripts, copied his 'original' works, cheated on his wife and kept a mistress, and also harassed her in the workplace.
A pile of mud!
President Jiang became more and more angry as he spoke, wishing he could just rush out of his phone and go up to beat up Shen Yanda.
How many people who are busy running around have been implicated by this idiot?
The call was rudely hung up, and the cold busy tone clearly foreshadowed the end.
Sun Changjiang's chest rose and fell twice, and he suddenly slapped the table and stood up, "Chen Yanda, you take care of yourself!"
As the chief executive of the production company, he had to rush back to the company and find ways to save the situation and reduce the losses.
If the situation really develops to the point where there is no turning back, he will definitely seek revenge on Shen Yanda!
Sun Changjiang slammed the door and left with his assistant.
Shen Yanda froze in his seat, his inner panic and shame intertwined. The connections and status he once took pride in were nothing but a false dream.
About five or six minutes later, Shen Yanda returned to the office lobby on the first floor from the office on the second floor.
It’s less than ten o’clock at night.
The screenwriters who did not take holidays during the Spring Festival and worked overtime late at night have all left. Everyone's workstation was kept clean, as if no trace of work had ever been found.
There was a collective resignation letter on the host's desk.
"Boss Shen, from today on, we will no longer work for people like you who are seeking fame and reputation. As for the scripts that are currently being written, we have already called the respective film and television companies to hand them over, and they will pay us the copyright fees in the future."
Before, the studio would cooperate with other film and television companies by virtue of Shen Yanda's reputation, and was responsible for producing some short online scripts.
These screenwriter employees are responsible for script writing and receiving commissions.
When Shen Yanda saw this scene, he gritted his teeth in anger.
What is going on?
Employees collectively fired their boss? And took away his clients!
Before Shen Yanda could recover from this anger, his phone rang with a text message alert.
[Transaction reminder: The last digit of your bank card is 6754, complete the transfer transaction...]
When Shen Yanda saw the huge transfer record, he almost couldn't breathe. He quickly dialed Qian Yiren's number.
The only one who knew his account password was Qian Yiren, and she did it by using sweet words to get it out of him in bed.
Shen Yanda never thought about changing the password because he was confident that Qian Yiren would stick close to him and would not want to leave.
But reality gave him another loud slap in the face. Qian Yiren seemed to have run away with his money?
Call, hang up, call again, hang up again.
Just before Shen Yanda was on the verge of losing control, Qian Yiren, who didn't answer the phone, sent him a voice message on WeChat.
"In addition to the money in the bank card, I also took away all the valuables in the house. For the past six or seven years, I have been without a name or status. Now we can part ways amicably. You have to give me something as compensation."
"Don't contact me again. By the way, Shen Yanda, I forgot to tell you that your skills in bed are really bad."
Shen Yanda yelled angrily, "Qian Yiren, you bitch! You are running away with the money, which is illegal! I can call the police to arrest you!"
Unfortunately, before the message was sent, he was blacklisted by the other party.
Shen Yanda slumped in his seat, never feeling more desperate than now.
He had been proud and high-profile for more than ten years, thinking that he had achieved great success, but how come he ended up like this?
He lost his money, his women, his works, his status... He was used to the good life of being sought after by others. From now on, where should he go?
At which step did the problem begin?
Shen Yanda was trapped in a huge chaos, sweating profusely from anxiety.
Suddenly, he thought of what Ji Li said when he came to his house with the 'plagiarized' script.
——Teacher Shen, people with different ideals cannot work together.
——I know that the control over plagiarism in the market is very lax now. In addition, with your title of a famous gold medal screenwriter, as long as your work is a big hit, not many people will care about it at all.
——But I still can’t accept such a script. You don’t cherish your feathers, but I cherish mine.
After half a year, these words were more clearly imprinted in Shen Yanda's mind.
In an instant, he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green!
If I had listened to Ji Li's advice and stopped before it was too late, how could everything that is happening now have happened?
If he had not cheated on his ex-wife, but instead focused on protecting his family, and even returned the works that belonged to Song Fangmei to her, he probably wouldn't have ended up like this, right?
Regret! Regret!
…
The next morning.
The China Screenwriters Association also issued a notice:
They claimed that the chaos in the industry will be rectified from the new year. Not only that, the association also drew up a 'list of key industry auditors'.
Any screenwriter included in this list will not be able to cooperate with film and television companies through private channels in the future. Their new works must pass the association's review to ensure their quality before they can be released on the market.
Shen Yanda's name was listed high up in the list. In addition, Wang Yongwei, who had previously modified the script, also appeared on the list.
To put it bluntly, this is the 'blacklist' in the screenwriting community.
Netizens cheered loudly.
With such constraints, film and television companies and screenwriters will become more cautious in creation and adaptation, which will indirectly cut off the way for these unscrupulous screenwriters to make money.
Immediately afterwards, Xiangjiang TV announced that it would remove "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" and replace it with the new drama "Feng Yue Xiao Qing Shi".
The plagiarized drama was taken off the shelves?
The reaction speed is still so fast?
This is simply unprecedented in the history of Chinese film and television!
Before netizens could recover from this "highly efficient removal", the female lead Shi Meng and the male lead Wu Yimu of "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasties" jointly sued the producer and screenwriter Shen Yanda of "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasties".
Due to the lack of ethics of the crew, the series was taken off the shelves, and their four or five months of hard work went to waste.
Why don't you fight for your rights at this time? How long should we wait to protect our rights?
Fans of the two helped to repost the post, and the discussion on the hot searches continued to soar.
Unable to withstand the pressure, the producers finally released a lengthy statement through their official blog:
They first expressed sincere apologies to the actors and the audience, and promised to properly handle the losses caused to the actors. In addition to apologizing, they also sued the screenwriter Shen Yanda directly in court.
Because the producers believed that Shen Yanda first violated the moral bottom line and then concealed the truth about the script, which led to huge losses for the entire crew!
Before one lawsuit is settled, another one is filed.
Three days later, Song Fangmei and other online authors who had been 'plagiarized' before also planned to sue Shen Yanda -
The former demanded that Shen Yanda return the copyright of his previous works, while the latter demanded that Shen Yanda publicly apologize.
Netizens were busy eating melons and had no time to rest.
——Hahahaha, the wicked will get their retribution! So cool!
——Shen Yanda, are you happy? This is what you deserve.
——Therefore, actors should be careful when choosing scripts and film and television companies should be careful when choosing screenwriters. The one in front of us is a living example.
——Hey, I didn’t know about “plagiarism” before, and I thought “The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty” was quite good.
——Sisters upstairs, go watch "The Young Detective"! It’s really beautiful! The male lead Ji Yunqi’s acting is also very good!
——"The Detective" is worth following! The previous gossips were all fake, this drama as a whole is very conscientious!
Yes.
While "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" was making a big splash, "The Detective" was making quiet progress at the same time.
The internet trolls who gave the comprehensive ratings have been cleared out. There is enough evidence to prove that the 'book fans' who gave low scores and the 'passers-by' who gave high scores all came from the same marketing company, and the crew has already dealt with it firmly.
In addition, the original author of "Red Detective" posted on Weibo:
When Ji Mingyue's team was adapting the script, they would seek his opinion every now and then. The original book plots that were deleted in order to pass the review and the original plots that were added were all approved by him.
The script was well adapted, the casting was excellent, and the TV series was brilliantly acted.
How bad can a TV series be that is praised by the 'original author'?
Therefore, the audiences of costume dramas who lost "The Long Song of the Southern Dynasty" all ran to "The Detective".
After the new week's broadcast, "The Detective" won 1.65% of the national audience share, and the website's overall score also rose to 8.5 points.
It can be said that the development momentum is very good.
…
A week later.
Qin Li was packing his suitcase in the room, while Ji Li was leaning against the door, a rare hint of reluctance in his eyes.
Qin Li noticed his unusual silence and stopped what he was doing. "What's wrong?"
Ji Li took the initiative to stick to him and asked in a low voice, "How long will it take for you to shoot this movie?"
"About two months. Modern commercial films are faster than period films." Qin Li held his lover in his arms and nuzzled his nose. "You can't bear to leave me now?"
"Yes, a little bit." Ji Li answered frankly.
In the past, if he stayed at home for more than a month, he would feel uncomfortable and would be eager to go out to work.
Unexpectedly, after being pampered by Qin Li during the Spring Festival holiday, he is now feeling lazy and wants to stick with his lover for a while longer in their world of two.
Qin Li's mouth corners raised, he could clearly feel——
Compared to when they first got together, after living together for this period of time, Ji Li has become much more dependent on him.
"Some time ago, you urged me to take on a new role on behalf of my fans."
Qin Li really enjoyed Ji Li's clinginess. "How about I not take this role? And stay at home with you?"
"Nonsense." Ji Li quickly regained his business mind, "After resting for so long, we should work hard."
Next, Qin Li was busy filming and he was also busy with business announcements.
Although Ji Li has not returned to Hai City yet, Yu Fuya has arranged a lot of work under his instructions.
A public welfare short film, two magazine blockbusters, and two advertising endorsement shoots...
The most important thing is that Ji Li received several variety show invitations as he wished, and he was waiting to return to Chaoying to carefully select.
"I'm just kidding." Qin Li is an actor with professional ethics, so he would naturally not quit the role at the last minute.
He stroked his lover's earlobe out of habit, "The crew will return to Hai City for filming in the second half of the month. I'll find time to visit you then, okay?"
Ji Li smiled and nodded.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Li's cell phone rang. The driver had already driven the RV to the gate of the villa area.
Because of his two beloved pets, Major General and Xuebing, Qin Li planned to drive all the way to the crew in an RV to avoid causing any serious harm to the two little guys if they were shipped by plane.
"Let's go, don't waste time." Ji Li took the initiative to enter the room and put away Qin Li's personal belongings.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he booked a flight back to Hai City tomorrow afternoon.
"You're home alone, okay?"
"Yeah, that's okay."
"There's some pasta in the fridge, we can heat it up and eat it, the fruit is already cut up and in the fridge, and there's also..."
Ji Li pinched Qin Li's Adam's apple, a glimmer in his eyes, "Got it, stop nagging."
If this continues, he will really become a useless person who cannot support himself.
Qin Li held Ji Li's hand, pulled him into his arms and kissed him.
"Remember to think of me."
"Um."
…
It was three days later that Ji Li returned to Chaoying Culture.
Yu Fuya walked in with a bunch of printed invitations for variety shows, "Have you rested enough?"
"Well, Sister Yu, long time no see." Ji Li curled his lips.
After a holiday break, Ji Li is full of energy and is looking forward to the accumulation and harvest in the new year.
Yu Fuya stared at him from head to toe, then suddenly took out her cell phone and started recording.
Ji Li was stunned for two seconds, "Sister Yu, what's wrong?"
"Does Qin Li find different ways to feed you delicious food every day?" Yu Fuya asked.
She turned the video over and raised an eyebrow, "With your 'uneasy to gain weight' physique, he was able to grow some meat on you."
"I think Brother Ji looks just right now. He looked too thin before." Baozi said as he handed the milk tea he bought to Ji Li.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Yu Fuya halfway.
Ji Li looked at himself in the mirror, then at the video in the original camera of his phone, and sighed silently, "I know, I'll give up sugar for a few days."
In fact, his current weight is still normal, but he looks a little fat on camera.
No matter how standard your figure is in real life, it will become "inflated" in front of the devil of the camera.
As an actor, one should strive to maintain a good figure and screen image while ensuring good health.
This is to be responsible for his own career and to be responsible for the fans who support him.
"That's what I'm saying." Yu Fuya raised her lips in satisfaction, "Just restrain yourself for a few days."
With Ji Li's physical condition, it would probably take less than half a month for him to recover his previous photogenic image.
Yu Fuya sat in the main seat of the conference room and pushed the variety show script on the table towards Ji Li. "While everyone is here today, please recommend variety show invitations that you think are suitable to Ji Li."
"Okay, Sister Yu." The members of the agency team followed Ji Li's intention and have recently been looking for variety show projects for the first and second quarters of this year.
What is currently on the table are the variety shows that are suitable for the next two quarters.
Ji Li picked up the top volume casually and asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"
"Brother Ji, the show you're holding, Get Ready, Actor!, is a performance competition variety show. It's the main variety show of the second quarter of Haishitai, and it has an S+ investment."
"The program has invited three big-name directors to serve as judges and will invite 24 young actors. The final winner will have the opportunity to star in a top-notch production by a big-name director..."
While listening to the staff's introduction, Ji Li flipped through the invitation plan sent by the program team.
Last year's "New Generation Actors" became a huge hit, reigniting the popularity of this type of actor selection program. Seeing this, other TV stations and online platforms have launched similar programs one after another.
"Get Ready, Actor!" in Ji Li's hand. 》 is one of them.
Yu Fuya nodded, obviously thinking this variety show was good.
Large investments mean strong follow-up promotion and publicity, and it is also a competition among a group of actors on the same stage. Given Ji Li's previous outstanding acting skills, it is easy for him to stand out in this show.
"Ji Li, are you interested?"
"Sister Yu, I don't want to participate in any acting program." Ji Li shook his head.
It's not easy for the show itself to stand out because it's just old wine in new bottles.
Moreover, since it is a variety show in the form of a competition, there is bound to be tension and pressure.
Ji Li took on variety shows in order to relax himself and adjust the residual emotions brought about by all the previous roles. If he were to be put in such an "actor shooting" environment again, he might as well join the crew directly to film.
Seeing that he was not interested, Yu Fuya had to look around again, "Then let you take a look for yourself? If you are interested, we will introduce it to you?"
Ji Li nodded slightly and spread out a bunch of variety show plans.
In fact, he already has his favorite variety show invitation direction.
Want to relax by recording a show?
You must definitely choose a slow-paced variety show recording.
Ji Li scanned the list and fixed his gaze on the last variety show invitation. "The Poor Traveler? Whose variety show is this?"
The staff looked at each other, all showing embarrassment.
"Brother Ji, why don't you look at something else?"
This variety show is positioned as an online broadcast, and its audience base is far lower than that of satellite variety shows. Moreover, the name of the show shows that the production team is short of funds.
The program sent invitations to celebrities crazily, but they were all rejected.
Chaoying has always given artists the right to choose for themselves, so they did not refuse on Ji Li's behalf at the first time.
However, the team members put this invitation at the very end, actually because they didn't want the young man to consider it.
Ji Li flipped through the program plan, his eyes lit up, "Isn't this quite interesting?"
Because on the first page of the variety show plan, there was a line of bold words clearly written:
Apart from the necessary program settings, the entire program has no script, allowing the celebrity guests to perform freely.
Just for this reason, Ji Li was quite willing.
If you were on a variety show and had to follow the script to dictate your words and actions, wouldn't you know whether it was enjoyment or torture?
The program has a total of four trips, and the destination of each trip is truly randomly drawn, purely based on the guests' choice by throwing darts.
The program team will start to restrict and plan food, accommodation and transportation based on the destinations voted by the stars, and each choice of food, accommodation and transportation basically depends on luck.
The so-called backpacking, "poor" is luck, "traveling" is the mentality.
The most interesting line of notes reads - if the guest's first trip to the destination runs out of money for the program, then sorry in advance, this program may only have this one episode.
Although it is a joke, the fact that celebrities blindly choose travel destinations is much more flexible than general scripted variety shows.
"Ji Li, if you want to be on a travel variety show, I'll find one for you?" Yu Fuya didn't quite agree.
This unpopular online variety show is also a travel show about poverty? It doesn't look too formal.
"That's right, Brother Ji. What if the show doesn't make a splash after it's aired? Then won't we lose the exposure we want?" Baozi said.
"Brother Ji, this production team is made up of a bunch of recent graduates with so little experience. They're not reliable!" someone else echoed.
Because the production team is too young and has very few connections in the circle, they have never been able to connect with suitable celebrity guests.
Ji Li looked around, but didn't see any approving look.
He looked at the complete and elaborate program plan of up to thirty pages in his hand, and then looked at the few thin pages of paper from other program teams.
I don’t know why, but Ji Li feels that this show won’t be bad.
"Didn't they say that all the programs suitable for me are here? It seems that this one is a travel variety show?" Ji Li looked at everyone and asked.
Everyone fell silent.
If you want to take part in a travel variety show in the first half of the year, this is indeed the only one you can choose.
Ji Li sighed lightly and clenched the planning invitation in his hand, "Sister Yu, I believe in my own intuition."
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#Free points question: Guess who are the variety show guests?
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