Chapter 654 The issue of piracy at 600x speed is basically a headache for the global film industry.
Piracy refers to recording currently showing theatrical films using various methods and then releasing the recordings on the internet.
In other countries, taking Hollywood as an example, various "CAM" (camera rip, recorded from the cinema using a mobile phone or camcorder) versions of blockbuster films typically appear online on the day of or the day after their release in Europe and America. In addition, there are TS (recorded with audio source added) and TC (scanned directly with a copier) versions. India, where piracy is most rampant, has become the No. 1 anti-piracy procedure for many film companies.
Of course, China also has the problem of illicit photography. Although there are regulations in place, the large population of the mainland means that the problem is barely noticeable. In places like Hong Kong and Taiwan, where the population is smaller, the problem is relatively less severe—it's just a matter of one bowl of rice versus one bowl of porridge.
It's unfortunate for a film to be filmed without permission. But it's a hundred times more unfortunate if a film isn't even filmed without permission, as that means it'll be completely ruined.
Given Ye Chu's fame, it would be almost impossible for "The Forest Without Flowers" to avoid being filmed without permission.
But Shang Yechu didn't expect that the unauthorized filming would happen so quickly and the resources would be so widely disseminated!
Some viewers illegally recorded the entire film "The Forest Without Flowers" and sold the resource packs in Telegram (an international social media platform). Many pirates seized the opportunity, bought the resource packs, downloaded them, and resold them on platforms like Xianyu and Zhuanquanquan, where they quickly became a hit. After tasting success, they simply started openly selling the film on Weibo.
Piracy is something that's generally ignored by officials and doesn't attract public attention. One person might feel a little embarrassed sharing pirated footage, but when a group does, it becomes a case of "nobody looks down on anyone else." Once pirated resources spread widely, things get out of control.
Ye Chu starred in a lesbian film. Faced with such a massive influx of traffic, marketing accounts were like Alibaba facing the treasure trove of the Forty Thieves. Even a saint would find it hard not to utter "Open Sesame."
A film marketing account with over 100,000 followers was the first to act, creating and posting GIFs of scenes from the movie. Upon release, it caused a sensation. This blogger's comment section, usually only frequented by inactive accounts, garnered over 5,000 reposts within hours of this post, hundreds of times the usual buzz!
From that moment on, the floodgates were opened. Film bloggers and influential figures could no longer sit still. At least dozens of marketing accounts and bloggers followed suit, releasing screenshots, GIFs, and film reviews. Overnight, this content swept across all platforms with terrifying popularity.
When Shang Yechu woke up, she saw that GIFs of herself kissing and going to bed with Yang Huanyi had spread all over the internet.
Shang Yechu was nearly going crazy. She opened Weibo early in the morning and saw no fewer than ten GIFs of herself and Yang Huanyi being intimate; she opened Douyin and scrolled through three videos, all clips from "The Forest Without Flowers"; she opened Green Petal and saw seven or eight posts on the homepage with screenshots of her and Yang Huanyi kissing; she opened Pixiv and the first recommended content was a pirated copy of the entire film "The Forest Without Flowers"!
Shang Yechu only slept for six hours, but the world seemed to have sped up six hundred years in a single click.
Her brain was wide awake, but her heart was about to give out. Shang Yechu stared wide-eyed as the animated GIF of herself and Yang Huanyi kissing played on the computer screen over and over again, while the comment and repost sections erupted in excited screams.
【Aa ...
[I woke up to find the world had gone mad. Ye Chu went and filmed a lesbian movie, and she even kissed Yang Huanyi so passionately in the film [shocked]]
Holy crap, such intense sexual tension...
[Oh no, Ye Chu became the top? [Scared]]
I watched it out of curiosity, intending to only see Ye Chu's first kiss scene, but for some reason I stayed up all night and watched the whole movie. I don't know what to say, I'm just shocked and my mind is a mess. I couldn't sleep all night. I just feel like everything is wrong. o△o……
I know how you feel. It feels like someone's smashing cement into your head with a sledgehammer. Your head is buzzing.
[This is the first time I've seen love in Ye Chu's eyes [laughing and crying emoji]]
[Okay, I'm getting excited... I haven't even seen the movie yet, just looking at the GIFs is making me excited...]
[I'm currently in a state where my eyeballs have fallen to the ground [Doraemon surprised]]
Before seeing the trending topic: Aren't these two from different generations?
After seeing the GIF: Luckily, they're both women, so even if they're from different generations, there's no need to worry about Ye Chu being impotent [laughing and crying emoji]
No wonder Ye Chu and Shi Shan's pairing was so hard to ship back then, now it's more like it...
[Oh my god, Ye Chu is a lesbian? Is this really just acting?]
[Ye Chu looks quite muscular in these two pictures, and seems to have a lot of strength in her hands. Be careful of tenosynovitis.]
[Ye Chu's sweaty neck, the bulging muscle lines of her arms, the powerful hands gripping the riding crop, and... well, her trembling lips...]
So, the reason Ye Chu had a falling out with Yang Huanyi's husband was because of this?
Am I really awake?
No, Ye Mengnu is shattered [crying]
Why does Ye Chu's gaze seem so yearning...?
[Although it's nice to my eyes, it's definitely fake! Hahahaha! I get it, it's all for show! It's a trick of perspective! Hahahahahaha!]
When Ye Chu kisses, it's like a wolf licking its prey. First, it takes a light sniff, then slowly moves closer, starting from the most fertile spot... uh, very sexy, aggressive, yet gentle in its touch (what am I rambling about?)
So where can I watch it?!?!?!?!
[Oh my god, have you all shipped this? I feel so scared, I don't even know what I'm scared of. It's just that Ye Chu shouldn't be like this, but she has become like this. I'm trembling while watching, my body feels very uncomfortable, but my heart is also very excited.]
[Oh my god, no wonder Ye Chu and Yang's husband are always giving each other the cold shoulder [laughing and crying emoji]]
Countless similar comments have emerged. GIFs and reviews on Weibo have been forwarded tens of thousands of times, while videos on Douyin have garnered tens of thousands of likes one after another. One popular comment on Douyin, "[Damn, no wonder Ye Chu and Yang's husband are always giving each other the cold shoulder [laughing and crying emoji]]," has already received 80,000 likes.
And this was only the second day after "The Forest Without Flowers" was released!
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