Chapter 568 Caught the Tail (6K monthly ticket required)
It was hard to figure out who was behind this, so the two put the issue aside for the time being and talked about the progress of the Marvel negotiations.

“Disney has agreed to let us take some of the copyrights of Marvel movies and characters (limited to Chen Linfeng producing or filming). The proportion is still under discussion, but I think we can only get half at most. The other party is quite strict on this.”

Chen Linfeng nodded. As expected of Sister Mei, she always has a solution.

“Oh, and they hope to continue to sign a film cooperation agreement with you. Judging from the situation, they should use this as a condition and tie it to the previous copyright concession.”

“Well, considering Disney’s personality, there’s no way he could give up so much.”

“Yes, I also think that they still value you more.”

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment, then said, “It can be tied together, but if it is changed to cooperation between companies, then Qilin and Dingfeng will sign a cooperation agreement with Disney.”

Sister Mei was surprised and said, “They probably won’t agree to this.”

After all, the other party is only interested in Xiaofeng.

I don’t think too much about the teams and production capabilities of the two companies, as there are too many production companies of the same level in Hollywood.

“You can add additional clauses to the agreement, so that the film I direct will count in the end.”

“Then why take such a detour?”

“I’m thinking that we can slightly increase the number of films we collaborate on, and then in exchange for a further increase in the copyright ratio.”

Sister Mei didn’t know why he suddenly turned to this topic again, so she just said, “This is possible. The other party’s previous suggestion is still based on the last 5-film contract. If I relax a little, they will definitely be willing to add more.”

“You can directly increase it to 10.”

Now it is 2013, and it is almost the time he had expected.

In another two years, the films he made will likely suffer unfair treatment in North America.

With Disney’s full support, at least the film’s opening numbers can be maintained, and the balance in public opinion can be maintained.

Seeing that Sister Mei didn’t quite understand, Chen Linfeng explained, “My idea is that we can use the names of the two companies, Qilin and Dingfeng, to cooperate with Disney in the future.

In addition, we can find a way to cooperate with Warner through Longlin or by opening a new company, which can be regarded as leaving a loophole. “

“I don’t object to this, but Disney will definitely not agree to it.”

“As long as we can produce at least one movie a year with Disney and the quality is guaranteed, that’s fine.”

If “Lord of the Mysteries” wants to be made into a movie, it must cooperate with Warner. It can’t wait until the contracts for 10 films are completed before starting.

So it is necessary to leave a gap.

“So that’s the case. It is indeed necessary to retain a certain degree of autonomy.”

Sister Mei nodded.

Since we were talking about Lord of Mysteries, she naturally asked, “How is the third part of the novel going? I met Alex in Los Angeles a few days ago, and he asked about it.”

“It’s basically finished, and I’m making the final revisions now.”

During the filming period, he didn’t just hang out with Xixi when he got home at night. He would usually spend an hour or two writing five or six thousand words.

Therefore, it has indeed reached the final stage.

“That’s great,” Sister Mei breathed a sigh of relief, “This way we can catch up with the start of the second half of the school year.”

Chen Linfeng’s novels have a large number of new readers every year, most of whom are students.

Regular readers will buy it no matter what time it is.

Therefore, in order to cater to these new readers, he usually releases his novels during the school years, which is in March or April, or in September or October in the second half of the year.

If it is finished in August, it will be available for sale in October. There will also be Christmas in December, which will bring another wave of sales.

The timing is indeed good enough.

A day passed, and when Chen Linfeng woke up the next morning, he didn’t even get out of bed. He first took the notebook on the bedside table and checked the domestic public opinion.

The online public opinion became even more heated.

Because Yanying’s announcement was released.

The announcement acknowledged that Chen Linfeng rarely came to the school to teach students, but correspondingly, it also disclosed the two classes of students he had taught in the past four years.

Among the first batch of students, some have formed their own crews to film movies, while others have joined related companies in the industry and taken up important positions.

There is even a corresponding list below the announcement, released for public review to show that these are all true.

Yanying Academy did not think that Chen Linfeng was the type who was just drawing a salary without doing any work. Not only that, the academy also specially praised his contribution in teaching students.

For a moment, the morale of the crowd supporting Chen Linfeng was greatly boosted.

Those who opposed him and wanted him to resign were a little angry.

How dare you commit crimes against the law?

The conflict between the two sides became more intense.

Chen Linfeng paid special attention to it. The entertainment industry was very quiet about the public opinion this time, and not a single celebrity spoke out.

Only people outside the circle, such as some university professors, came out to comment.

These people also have different opinions.

“Generally speaking, there is often a certain percentage of failures among film school graduates, but the students brought up by Chen Linfeng have developed much better than the average level.”

“We can’t allow this trend to continue. After all, Chen Linfeng has hardly been to school. If his example is spread, other entrepreneurs will follow suit.

As long as you take some students to companies for internships, you can openly say that you are guiding students, and then you can get the title of professor. How cool is that. “

“After all, the cultivation of film and television talents is different from other industries. Practice is more important than learning, and experience is more important than talent. This substitute teaching method has proven to be effective.”

“Anyway, rules are rules. A teacher who is not in school all year round should not occupy a quota.”

“…”

Chen Linfeng took a quick look at these people’s comments on Weibo and didn’t care anymore.

They are all idle people.

There shouldn’t be anyone behind this.

If you want these professors to take action, the price you pay is not the same as those of the internet army.

At this point, he had some guesses about the possible person behind the scenes.

Logically speaking, now that public opinion has become so heated, it is time to find a heavyweight to take action and further influence the situation.

But no one has come out yet, and only netizens are still discussing it enthusiastically.

This means that the person behind the scenes is likely to be an insider.

Because only within the circle can he have such a strong deterrent effect that makes people dare not show their heads.

People in other industries are not afraid of retaliation at all, because different industries are like different worlds.

Furthermore, the target was not him as a person but his behavior of substitute teaching.

So who has the most obvious conflict of interest?

Chen Linfeng first thought of the people with whom he had had conflicts.

Short, big and tight?
No, this person has completely shrunk, and he is a person in the music industry, so it has nothing to do with him teaching students.

Lu Chuan?

Chen Linfeng held his chin, thinking that it was possible.

This guy is just a filler. If there are more new generation directors, Lu Chuan will be the first to be eliminated.

But thinking back, he didn’t have that ability.

Even if his father is approached, as a person who is not very involved in the Beijing circle, Feng Xiaogang will most likely hear the relevant news.

After thinking about it, I decided to leave this for now.

As for the remaining candidates, Chen Linfeng naturally turned his eyes to the south.

Over the years, he has not had many enemies in the country, and most of them are concentrated in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles.

Could it be these people?
He drew a big circle in his mind and was very suspicious.

He just wasn’t sure which ones they were.

There are a bit too many people.

“Xiaofeng~ Why are you up so early?”

Liu Qianqian rubbed her eyes and climbed up. The blanket slipped off, revealing a large area of ​​spring light.

Chen Linfeng took a glance and suppressed the throbbing in his body, “Well, I got up and had nothing to do, so I went online.”

“Oh,” Liu Qianqian knew that Xiaofeng must be a little upset because of what happened yesterday.

Thinking of this, she no longer felt sleepy.

She casually pulled a pair of pajamas over her shoulders, leaned forward, and leaned against him, also staring at the computer.

“It’s still so lively today.”

“Yeah, but it’s just lively. It’s no different than yesterday.”

Chen Linfeng told Xixi what he had just seen.

“Alas, the person behind this is so annoying. He doesn’t dare to show up, but he still insists on causing trouble.”

“That’s normal. After all, he’ll be beaten to death as soon as he comes out.”

“If they do this, can we find out who is the annoying one?”

“It’s still possible.”

“Once we catch them, we’ll make them pay.” Liu Qianqian clenched her fists and waved them twice viciously.

“of course.”

After breakfast, Chen Linfeng received a call.

“Mr. Chen, he should be up by now, right?”

“Yes.” Chen Linfeng said quickly, “Boss Wang, how is the situation going?”

“Several suspected targets with relatively concentrated IP addresses have been sent to General Zheng. Among them, there are two companies that provide information services, which are probably not very clean.”

Wang Gaofei mentioned the names of two companies.

“In fact, the waters are a bit muddy this time, and it’s hard to say who started it, but these two companies have been involved in He Jiong’s case, so they are the most likely suspects.”

The so-called information service company is naturally a water army company. Chen Linfeng knows this very well. Qilin is in charge of several similar companies.

“Thank you, Mr. Wang. You are really helpful.”

“Hey, we’re all family, and I can’t stand seeing them throwing dirty water at each other like this.”

As a gathering place for dirty water, Weibo’s president said so, so Chen Linfeng believed it.

“Boss Wang is so righteous!”

After hanging up the phone, Chen Linfeng immediately called Zheng Zhihao to explain the situation.

“Let’s check the situation first, then contact these two companies and see what they say. It would be best if we can figure out who is behind this. Otherwise, we’ll talk about it later.”

“Okay, I know what to do.”

In the morning, during a break from filming, Zheng Zhihao called back. “Mr. Chen, I checked these two companies, and there’s nothing special behind them. The source of funds seems to be quite clean.
The company’s CEOs, one in the south and one in the north, have little contact, so they should be taking orders.”

“Okay,” Chen Linfeng perked up, “Did you find out who’s behind this?”

“No,” Zheng Zhihao said depressedly, “They said they had to keep client confidentiality and act ethically, and they even refused to admit that this matter had anything to do with them.”

Fuck, they have already sold themselves out, what is the point of morality?

Chen Linfeng shook his head helplessly, “Then follow the process.”

Anyway, we have already caught the tail, so there is no need to rush.

“Okay, got it.”

During this morning, Chen Linfeng kept receiving calls.

Among them, Han Shanping specifically called to ask, “Xiao Chen, what’s going on? It looks like someone in the industry did it.”

Sure enough, smart people can probably guess it.

I can only say that the people behind this matter were really rough.

Although it was transferred through He Jiong, making him seem to have great powers, he was too hasty and it was easy to see.

“Maybe I blocked other people’s way when I was teaching my students.”

Han Shanping frowned, “Let’s teach our students well and make movies. Who can stand in our way?”

“Who knows? The domestic film market has been developing so fast in recent years. I wanted to train more talents and try not to be like Hong Kong in the 90s, where there was a market but the productions could not keep up, which led to its decline. It seems that I wasted my time.”

Chen Linfeng’s words were so miserable that Han Shanping instantly became furious.

The development of China’s film industry has been his goal for many years. Anyone who dares to mess around will be against him.

“Are there any suspects now?”

Xiao Chen’s subordinates are very powerful, so I think they should be completely clueless.

Chen Linfeng did not tell everyone what he had found out, but only revealed all the suspicions he had in the morning.

“This…” Han Shanping hesitated, “Are you sure it’s someone from over there?”

“I’m still not sure. Mr. Han, if it was really done by someone over there, what would you say?”

“What else can I say?” Han Shanping said stiffly, “You are definitely right about this. The leaders have also spoken about the public opinion in the past two days. We cannot let bad money drive out good money. This statement couldn’t be clearer.”

“Okay, as long as the leader and President Han say so.”

Han Shanping felt a little guilty. “If it really is someone from the south, we have to consider the impact. We should not strike too hard, otherwise it will not look good on the leaders.”

“Unity is still important. After all, we can’t go against our superiors head-on.” Chen Linfeng nodded.

Only those who stand with him are called united, and those who oppose him are no longer within the scope of unity.

“Yes, that’s right. The person who actually did it can do whatever he wants, as long as he doesn’t hurt innocent people.”

Han Shanping shook his head. It seemed that Xiao Chen had some clues, otherwise he would not have told him so in advance.

This was announced in advance.

That’s right, Zheng Zhihao has made some progress.

The leader wants to be honest, but a company is not controlled by one person alone. There will always be people who will turn from evil to good.

The person behind the scenes has almost been identified, and now all that’s left is solid evidence.

Chen Linfeng let Zheng Zhihao take charge of it. While he was in Europe, he spent more time in his free time contacting and spreading messages to domestic leaders.

Online, public opinion is gradually showing a trend of slowing down.

The college’s announcement plays a significant role.

For most people, although Chen Linfeng is not in school, his substitute teaching is proceeding normally and with remarkable results, and that is enough.

Chen Linfeng has a good reputation, and ordinary passers-by are more willing to believe him.

He has so many fans that it is naturally difficult for such opposition voices to be sustained.

Of course, another reason is that the navy gradually withdrew.

The overall trend of public opinion seems a bit anticlimactic.

This was obviously beyond the expectations of the people behind the scenes. In their view, there should be many domestic forces following up, and then everyone would attack Liangshan together to bring down Chen Linfeng’s momentum.

I never thought that a bunch of cowards would not dare to take action.

The last time Ai Da Jin made a fuss on Weibo, he still had quite a few followers. How come he has none this time?
Hey!
Wu Yusen was so angry that he threw the cup. He looked at the other side with an extremely ugly expression, “A Ping, your idea is not very good. This trick doesn’t work at all!”

“A Ping” also had a bad expression, “I underestimated this kid’s power. Who would have thought that the two big gangs in Beijing and Northwest China would find someone to make things clear from the beginning, without giving us time to stir up trouble. When others saw this, of course they didn’t dare to act rashly.”

Wu Yusen thought of this and his expression turned grim. “They are just a bunch of cowards who want to eat meat but don’t dare to do it. They will never be able to eat meat in the future. Why don’t we just stand up and fight them with clear banners?”

“No,” another person said, “We can’t force it. Chen Linfeng is too powerful in the mainland. His power alone is almost as strong as the power of all of us here combined. A head-on confrontation is not a good idea.”

“That’s right. It’s not just him. Just like Ah Ping said, the Beijing and Northwest circles have a good relationship with him. Han Shanping also stands with him. I heard that the upper echelons of the mainland also attach great importance to him. If there is a real commotion, we will not have the upper hand.”

Some people began to sigh, “Alas, mainland capital is much stronger now than it was in the past. It is too difficult to do anything now.”

“That’s why we have to stand together and find a way to stop Chen from continuing to act blindly, otherwise it will only make things more difficult for us.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But this time it looks like it will fail. What should we do next?”

“We can only look for the next opportunity.”

“Ah~”

“…”

Time passed quickly, two days later.

The issue on the Internet about Chen Linfeng drawing a salary without working has long become a thing of the past.

Although it caused a lot of uproar at the time, few people are talking about it now. I think in a few days, the whole thing may fade from the public’s memory.

After all, the Internet has no memory.

But as the person involved, Chen Linfeng will not let it go.

He is still asking people to track him down.

In the afternoon, Zheng Zhihao initiated a conference call with him, Sister Mei and the other two.

“Mr. Chen, there is a result.”

“Oh? What do you say?”

“The two companies have been taken over, and evidence has been found. The people who can be directly contacted from the company that paid for it are Wu Yusen and Zhu Yanping.”

The process mentioned before is that if the negotiation fails, just spend money to buy it.

Just like the rich second generation mentioned in online literature legends.

This is not a waste of money for them, after all, they already have internet army… No, it is the demand for Internet services, so they can just consider it as additional manpower.

“Wu Yusen…Zhu Yanping…” Chen Linfeng murmured.

Wu Yusen was not surprised, but he was quite surprised by Zhu Yanping.

The director who made Bruce Lee famous when he was a child was Zhu Yanping.

“Why did he get involved?”

Sister Mei said, “After Mr. Zheng told me about this, I immediately asked someone to investigate. With a prepared target, it will be easier to investigate. Now we have basically determined the whole story.”

Wu Yusen and Zhu Yanping have one thing in common, that is, they both have a famous point of view.

That is to use mainland actors to support the new generation of actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

“Obviously, Mr. Chen, you are leading students…”

“Wait,” Chen Linfeng understood a little, “So my training of directors is not the point, but Lu Yang, Shen Ao and others are organizing the show and not using Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, that’s the point?”

“Yes, in fact, there are more mainland directors in the industry, which has some influence on them, but the biggest influence is still on the actors.”

Yes, after all, there are more than one or two actors in a movie.

But this is ultimately Chen Linfeng’s problem, because he is well-known for not liking to use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

The few who are willing to use them are those artists who are relatively close to the mainland, such as Andy Lau, Louis Koo, and Alex Fong.

The students he taught naturally followed his teacher’s pace.

Not only his students, but other directors also followed suit.

We all know that Director Chen is always successful, but whether it is because of the script, Director Chen’s directing skills, the play-centered system, or because he always uses mainland actors, no one can say for sure.

Naturally, the people who study are diverse, some study everything, and some study everything.

As a result, the interests of a large number of people are affected.

No wonder.

His initial thinking was wrong.

“In this case, Wu Yusen and Zhu Yanping alone are not enough. The forces behind them should be different from what we imagined, right?”

Even if these two directors have the idea of ​​”carrying the sedan chair”, the ultimate goal is to attract the capital behind the new generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

No one is really doing this for the ideals, there must be interests behind it.

“Indeed, Tangchen Pictures, Changhong Films, and Xuezhe Company all showed signs of meddling. Producers that these companies often work with, such as Cai Songlin and Chen Guofu, should not be able to escape.”

Sister Mei concluded, “This is a network.”

And there is a very clear development context here.

At the beginning, needless to say, the capital from Hong Kong and Taiwan was so powerful that the mainland had no room for recovery.

After 08, things started to change. Film and television companies in Hong Kong or Taiwan alone were completely unable to compete with mainland film and television production companies.

So Bay Island Films learned the strategy of taking the lead.

Even though the funds are limited, as long as a contract is signed with a Hong Kong company first, no matter how big a mainland film company is joined later, the other party will only be a third-party film representative.

In other words, the other party has lost the right of first choice in selecting movie actors.

This tactic was very effective. Subsequently, capital from Hong Kong and Taiwan merged and many projects initiated by Hong Kong and Taiwan film companies, although mainland investment may account for 6%, Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island each account for %.

But since the two parties signed the cooperation terms first, they can have priority in casting.

Tiantingyan relied on this strategy to continuously rise to power.

Originally, this strategy would have continued for several more years, but at this time Chen Linfeng cut off the source of the problem.

He, his company, and the projects initiated by his students do not attract capital and actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The key is that these projects are almost all advantageous projects.

The entire market and a large amount of capital are focused on these people, and the way of playing in Hong Kong and Taiwan is no longer viable.

In other words, mainland investors are not stupid. If they encounter this situation again, they will just say, “If you do this, I might as well go find Qilin Company’s projects to invest in.”

Sunk instantly!

(End of this chapter)