Chapter 204 Why are you begging us? Go beg the dragon!
The official Weibo account of Hunan Broadcasting System.
She rarely posts updates and has very few followers, not even reaching 10,000.
But today, the pitiful scarf suddenly received tens of millions of views.
With the exposure by Japanese and South Korean netizens, the dragon has completely gained influence in China.
Especially with the added influence of Zhou Tianyi's terrifying influence, more and more fans are becoming curious about the movies starring Long Yan.
Due to copyright issues, there is absolutely no resource available online, and even on external websites, there are no clips related to the Dragon movie.
Currently, the only way to watch Dragon Movies is by logging into the largest online video platform, Rotten Sweet Potato.
Although film copyright is strict, few are as strict as Dragon Movies.
Other foreign films, with some copyright restrictions lifted, can still be shown through editing. However, according to Rotten Sweet Potato's reply, Dragon has not opened up the copyright related to editing.
Therefore, unless you pay for a membership on Rotten Sweet Potato to watch it, there is no other way to watch Dragon's movie.
A year ago, China began to gradually integrate with the international film industry. Most films that are released can be shown in China as long as they are imported by a company and the registration is approved.
That's why many netizens came up with this idea, flooding the CCTV Weibo page and frantically expressing their requests.
Gong Xueer manages the radio and television broadcasting Weibo account; in addition to her regular work, she focuses on managing the Weibo account.
However, accounts like theirs rarely post updates, and every word and action represents the honor of Hunan Broadcasting System. Therefore, apart from the above requirements, Gong Xueer basically does not log in to her Weibo account.
She only found out about this from a colleague, so Gong Xueer logged into her account on her computer and discovered that there were tens of thousands of comments in the backend, and the trend was still rising.
This matter quickly caused a sensation within Hunan Broadcasting System and eventually reached the higher-ups. The response from above to Gong Xueer was simple: follow the market.
They have no right to import movies, because that requires film companies to import them voluntarily; they are only responsible for review.
"Xue'er, just reply with our rights and obligations." After creating this message, an older colleague personally came to tell Gong Xue'er how to proceed.
Gong Xueer edited the script according to her senior's instructions and then sent it out under her senior's guidance.
"Senior, hasn't anyone mentioned importing Zhou Tianyi's films before?"
Having learned about the events that had occurred on Weibo in the past few days, Gong Xueer quickly found out the cause and effect, and asked out of curiosity.
Since the Dragon movie is so famous in the world, why has no company ever bought the Dragon copyright and introduced it to China?
"How could there not be? Every year, people talk to Rotten Sweet Potato about importing Dragon movies, and some even hope that we can act as a go-between to import Dragon movies," the senior said with a smile.
"Then why hasn't it been introduced yet?" Gong Xue'er asked.
"The specific reasons are not very complicated. On the one hand, the copyright negotiations failed, and on the other hand, the price negotiations failed. As far as I know, there was a chance that the acquisition would be successful, but it fell through because of some issues with Long and they couldn't contact him. Now that Long has appeared, I'm afraid many companies will be eager to make a move."
"I see. Then, senior, have you ever heard of dragons?" Gong Xue'er asked in turn.
"I don't know how to answer this question. It's not uncommon for actors like Long to be in this situation. Many actors who go abroad to develop their careers end up disconnected from the domestic scene. If it weren't for the nature of our work, I probably wouldn't know about Long."
Gong Xueer seemed to be deep in thought after hearing this. No wonder so many people don't know about dragons. Even with the internet being so developed now, it's only by chance that so many people have come to know about dragons. In the past, it would probably have been very difficult.
Moreover, this is only possible because of Zhou Tianyi's special blessing, which is why everyone is so interested.
"Don't think too much about it. We just need to do our own thing. In the current Chinese film and television industry, traffic is everything. Whether or not Dragon's movies are imported or not doesn't make much difference to me. In the end, it's all about profit."
"Especially in recent years, it's easy to make a lot of money by making a movie, so fewer and fewer companies are importing foreign films. Unless it's a special effects blockbuster or a super movie, there's no capital to be interested in importing it into China."
"The Dragon movie was released so long ago, the novelty has long worn off, and I guess netizens are just taking advantage of the hype, there aren't many who actually want to watch the movie."
"I estimate that once you reply, the online discussion will subside, and the account will return to normal," the senior colleague said at length.
However, after listening to her senior's words, Gong Xueer glanced at the account and said with a wry smile, "Senior, there are a lot of people in the backstage criticizing us, saying that we only know how to shirk responsibility and urging us to quickly introduce the Dragon movie. They don't seem to be joking."
Upon hearing this, the senior glanced at the computer screen. When he saw the screen filled with comments from netizens, he paused for a moment, then said, "Don't worry about them. Things will return to normal in a while."
But is that really the case?
Netizens who were initially excited to see the official response from Hunan Broadcasting System were immediately enraged upon seeing its content. They questioned the difference between such official statements and no response at all.
Dissatisfied netizens, disregarding the consequences, went to the Hunan Broadcasting System's (Hunan TV) account homepage and began to bombard the account, demanding that Hunan TV agree to import the Dragon movie.
This conflict has even spread to many film and television companies within China, with netizens hoping they can act as intermediaries to bring in Dragon's films.
As the matter escalated and gained more attention, the higher-ups at Hunan Broadcasting System already knew about it without needing to leave a message.
Therefore, the senior management of Hunan Broadcasting System directly summoned Gong Xueer and the senior colleague, asking them to handle the matter properly, which made the senior colleague, who originally thought the matter would be resolved quickly, feel embarrassed.
"It's alright. Since the higher-ups have given the order, we'll just tell the truth and shift the blame to those film and television companies."
This is also his most proficient tactic. However, after Gong Xueer replied to netizens with these words, although most netizens understood, the private messages from people regarding Hunan Broadcasting System did not end.
As the situation grew increasingly tense, those above began to criticize the two for not resolving the matter by now.
Left with no other option, the senior colleague had to come up with a solution. At this moment, Gong Xue'er said, "How about we tell them in a different way that we agree to this, but someone else needs to negotiate?"
"What do you want to do?" the senior asked immediately. He was actually quite speechless about the stalemate that had been going on for so long, but he was not familiar with how things were done on the internet, and his official language was making things worse.
Gong Xue'er smiled and, in front of her seniors, edited a message: "Why are you begging us? Go beg Long, the copyright is with him..."
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