She asked if Ye Chen was the one who brought down the Qiongjing Cosmetics Group, and Ye Chen shook his head.
Because the matter of the spy had to be kept secret, Ye Chen naturally couldn't reveal the specifics.
Moreover, it was Ye Xiong who brought down the Qiongjing Cosmetics Group. The Ye family had to swallow their pride and bear the consequences, and Ye Chen did not personally take action.
After chatting with Ning Shuang for a while, Ye Chen checked the time. In a few hours, "The Dark Night Will Come" would be released in the remaining regions of the world.
These are the regions that Ye Chen values highly.
Ye Chen anticipates that the box office revenue on the first day of release in these regions will be similar to that in Europe.
However, we'll have to wait and see how much it actually will be.
After checking the time, Ye Chen walked towards the classroom.
After taking only a few steps, the phone rang suddenly.
"Boss, something's happened. It looks like 'The Night Is Coming' won't be able to be released today."
The call connected, and the film company hurriedly reported to Ye Chen.
"What?!"
What does "it can't be released" mean?
Ye Chen countered with a question.
“A company called Streach in the United States accused our film ‘The Night Is Coming’ of plagiarizing their intellectual property, sued us, demanded that we stop the film’s release, and asked us to pay them $100 million in damages.”
The people from the film company spoke helplessly.
This is clearly an attempt to piggyback on the global popularity of the movie "The Night Is Coming."
They've taken themselves to court, and dealing with this matter could take months, a year and a half, or even several years.
It's important to know that during the handling of this case, "The Night Is Coming" could not be released.
"I see."
Ye Chen nodded.
He had heard of such companies that stage accidents for extortion.
These companies that engage in plagiarism accusations target movies, TV series, games, and so on.
This is done to delay the release of movies and games.
Although they will definitely lose the lawsuit in the end, these companies that stage accidents don't care about winning or losing; they just want to delay the inevitable.
Many movies and games are popular for a short period of time. If they are suspended for several months, or even a year and a half or several years, there will be irreparable losses, and they may even completely disappear.
This is something that movie and game company owners would absolutely not want to see.
Therefore, the owners of these film and game companies can only talk to these companies that are trying to extort money from them in private, give them a sum of money to bribe them to drop the charges.
These companies that stage accidents for insurance fraud make a fortune by doing this.
Unexpectedly, this time the other party actually tried to scam him.
"Boss, how about we send someone to contact them and spend some money to resolve the issue?"
People from film and television companies made the suggestion.
If the other party insists on filing a lawsuit, the release of "Night Is Coming" will be delayed by several months, or even a year and a half, which will have a significant impact.
"Solve the problem with money?"
Ye Chen smiled mysteriously.
Indeed, some problems can be solved by spending money, which makes things much easier, and Ye Chen isn't short of a little money.
But Ye Chen would never bow down and take the money in the face of such disgusting extortion.
"Don't worry, they'll voluntarily withdraw the lawsuit in less than an hour."
Ye Chen answered calmly.
"They certainly won't delay the normal screening of our movie today."
"ah?"
"Boss, you're not joking, are you?"
The people at the film company didn't quite believe what Ye Chen said.
If this had happened in Shanghai, they would naturally believe that their boss had the capability.
But that company is in the United States, which is too far away. Even if I went there right now, it would take more than ten hours by plane.
How could the boss possibly resolve this within an hour?
"I'll show them what the strongest legal department on earth really is."
Ye Chen answered.
He is not just a figurehead as a shareholder of the Disney Group.
This Straitch company is trying to frame itself, but they've chosen the wrong person.
Moreover, this is happening in the United States, on Disney's own turf, making it even easier to deal with them.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Chen contacted the head of Disney's legal department directly and told them about the matter.
"OK............."
"Mr. Ye, leave this to me. I'll take care of it for you in ten minutes and get them to drop the lawsuit immediately."
The head of the legal department spoke confidently in English.
They wouldn't even need the hour Ye Chen mentioned; ten minutes would suffice, and those ten minutes would include five or six minutes for investigating the other party.
"good."
Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction.
Ten minutes! No wonder it's the world's strongest legal department; their efficiency is truly impressive.
In the Lighthouse Country, at the Straitch Corporation, the owner and several partners of Straitch are discussing something.
How much money will they make by piggybacking on the movie "The Night Is Coming"?
They knew that "The Night Is Coming" was a huge hit in Europe, and that in just two days, the total box office had reached nearly $200 million.
The other party certainly wouldn't want to be delayed for so long, so they will definitely spend money to solve the problem.
"I think it shouldn't be a problem for us to ask for $50 million privately."
One of the partners spoke up.
$50 million is enough.
"What, 50 million US dollars? That's too little. I think it should be 65 million."
"No, it's still 70 million."
Just as these people were debating whether it should be over 60 million or 70 million, the boss of Streitch made a surprising statement.
"We want 200 million US dollars!!!"
2........... billion US dollars.............
The group turned around abruptly, staring at the boss in astonishment.
Two hundred million US dollars, that's way too much.
If they can successfully stage an accident to extort money, they can achieve complete financial freedom.
“You guys are too timid. This time we’re going to be bolder and get our hands on all the money we’ll have for the rest of our lives.”
Streich said, "You have to be ruthless to do things."
They've finally found a big fish they can't bully, so how could they only ask for a few tens of millions of US dollars?
Two hundred million, not a penny less this time.
Given the current popularity of the movie "The Night Is Coming," 200 million yuan is just a few days' worth of box office revenue.
Two hundred million US dollars, that's an astronomical figure.
Faced with the temptation of instant financial freedom, these partners naturally had no objections and all agreed.
The more they thought about it, the more excited they became, their hearts pounding even faster. They even started imagining how they would use Ye Chen's money to live a carefree and extravagant life after they got the money from his staged accident!
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