Chapter 1035 (1/2)
Xiao Yunhai has never encountered a copyright dispute. He thought that he had heard Kerry say that MGM had made such a lawsuit, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed his number.
”Hey, Xiao, congratulations on your big sale of Lord of the rings. On the first night and the first day, the global box office reached an unprecedented $786 million. It's terrible.”
On July 21, ”the Lord of the rings” won a global box office of $504 million, and with its premiere night, it almost exceeded 800 million.
However, operation hurricane was affected by it and only got 178 million US dollars. It was beaten by the Lord of the rings and had no ability to fight back.
Word of mouth is far behind. It can be said that ”operation hurricane” has completely lost in the duel. Unless there is a miracle, it is impossible to recover the defeat.
Paramount now can only hope for online video and DVD sales.
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile, ”it's all in my expectation. Kerry, I heard the movie ”Green Hornet” is on, isn't it? ”
Last time, after Xiao Yunhai sold the film and television rights of ”Green Hornet” to MGM, they asked the company's screenwriters to quickly adapt it. Only 10 days later, the script was fresh.
After careful selection, MGM hired Pippen, the company's first-line director, to direct the film, which was just launched yesterday.
Kerry said with a grin, ”your news is not very good. I tell you, yesterday is not only a movie, but also a TV series. It's just low-key. ”
Xiao Yunhai said, ”congratulations. Kerry, I've heard you say before that your MGM movie used a singer's song to make a soundtrack, didn't you? ”
”Yes. This is the stupidest mistake our audit department has ever made. ”
”What did it turn out to be?”
”What else? Lose money. Fortunately, the singer was not very famous and his songs were not so good. We only paid him three million dollars. Otherwise, we even have the heart of death. Why do you ask this question, Xiao? Is it possible to say that the soundtrack of the Lord of the rings made such a stupid mistake
Xiao Yunhai said: ”that's not true. It was paramount's assassin that made the mistake. It has a piece of music that uses the melody of Billie Jean. ”
Kerry's reaction is the same as Xiao Yunhai before, saying: ”it's impossible.”
Xiao Yunhai said: ”I don't think it's possible, but I just heard it and found that it is. The time is about 25 seconds.”
Kerry asked, ”are you sure it's more than 80 percent similar to the melody of your Billie Jean?”
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: ”it's not 80 percent, but 100 percent. Their soundtrack has not changed a tune. When it comes to music, I'm a professional and I can't get it wrong
Kerry chuckled and said, ”Paramount is just too unlucky. Two films with an investment of more than 2 billion US dollars were just beaten up by you. I didn't expect to make such a low-level mistake. It's like giving you money. What are you going to do? ”
Xiao Yunhai said with a smile, ”of course, it's money. My song is worth at least 100 million dollars. Paramount infringes my copyright. According to the copyright law, paramount needs to pay me one billion dollars. ”
”Wrong.” ”At the end of last year, the copyright law of the United States has been amended, and the compensation has been increased from 10 times to 20 times,” Kerry said. Haha, Shaw. Hanks is going to cry. ”
Xiao Yunhai exclaimed, ”so much. Kerry, do you think I should go to a lawyer first and sue him if I can't get along with him. ”
Kerry said, ”Shaw, you are obviously overstepping the bush. If I were Hanks, I would not have given you so much money. I think we should go straight to court. Such evidence is conclusive and the facts are clear. Anything that can't be denied can basically be sentenced in court. You're so lucky that you didn't do anything. Someone gave you some money, and it was only two billion dollars. Why didn't I have such a good thing? ”
Xiao Yunhai said without good breath: ”you are a five tone incomplete guy. You can't even sing a song, let alone write it. By the way, have you solved the MGM line? I'm still waiting for the money. ”
Kerry said with a smile, ”I was about to tell you about it. The film company is making a loan. It is expected to arrive in two days. At that time, I'll call you. Let's sign the contract and call you the money. ”
Xiao Yunhai said: ”it's almost the same. I don't want to talk to you. I have a lot of business here. ”
Hang up the phone, Xiao Yunhai let Daniel come over, the copyright dispute to him to deal with.
Can't help, who let the person in charge of these four companies, the most leisure.
In the afternoon, Xiao Yunhai met the leading team of four superhero blockbusters.