After this conversation, Fred still planned to serve as the art director of "Slumdog Millionaire", which made Li Xiaole feel a little disappointed. In desperation, he had to invite old Charlie again, and old Charlie finally agreed to the job.

, although it is not perfect and may not be able to surpass the original version, but Li Xiaole still has a certain degree of confidence in winning the Oscar. After all, the subject matter of this movie is much more pleasing to the eye than "No Country for Old Men" and "Rejuvenation", and Hollywood judges all prefer it.

Stories about some ordinary little people like this.

Everything is going as smoothly as expected. Li Xiaole is also preparing for "Slumdog Millionaire" passionately, preparing to use this movie to put himself on the center of the world's film stage and let Black Pearl Company completely break the power of capital.

Just thinking about the shackles of the movie world makes Li Xiaole feel excited.

The work was going smoothly, all equipment and personnel had been prepared, and the crew of more than 600 people had prepared every detail to perfection. On the other side of the Atlantic, while the North American box office of "The Incredible Hulk" exceeded 200 million, the global box office also exceeded 200 million.

With more than 400 million US dollars, the new film "Captain America" ​​is also getting ready to join the summer box office war. Everything is developing as Li Xiaole expected.

But when the crew of "Slumdog Millionaire" was about to leave for India with great ambition at London Heathrow International Airport, things suddenly took an unexpected turn.

"Why is your phone turned off!? There is a problem, there is a problem with the movie~~" Lei Ting rushed in front of Li Xiaole who was about to enter the security check channel in panic.

"Don't be impatient, sister Tingting, tell me slowly, what happened?" Li Xiaole, whose cell phone had long been out of battery, tried to help Lei Ting breathe calmly, but there was a vague premonition in his heart, because he had never had any

I have seen Lei Ting's panicked expression before.

"Look at this~" Lei Ting took out her laptop and handed it to Li Xiaole.

Li Xiaole took over the computer and saw Sony's official website announcing with a huge title on the screen: "Today, our company is happy to announce to everyone that the Indian-themed film "Slumdog Millionaire" directed by Danny Boyle will

Shooting officially starts today in Bangalore, India~~~"

What is going on!? Li Xiaole's mind suddenly buzzed, and it took him a long time to react. He eagerly took Lei Ting's hand and asked:

"Sister Lei, what the hell is going on here? Are they infringing? Haven't we already bought out the original author Vikas Swarup's novel and changed the copyright? Why can Sony start filming before us?

How did they pass the copyright review by the insurance company?”

This is simply a blatant infringement!? Just like the deliberate malicious competition between the domestic "Pen Master" and "Pen Master", Sony wants to start shooting this same type of movie and grab it before their original work is released.

Make a fortune at the box office!? Aren’t they afraid of taking legal action?

"No...that's not the case..." Lei Ting's face darkened, and she lowered her head with a very uncomfortable expression:

"Just two hours ago, the Supreme Court of Madras, India, has ruled that Yaga Publishing House, which published "Q&a", has the rights to film and television adaptation of his work... and the author Vikas Swarup has lost the case

The company has just received a formal notification document from the Madras Supreme Court, requesting us to immediately stop the filming of this work."

"How could this happen!? Didn't we say that we can win this lawsuit?" Li Xiaole suddenly felt angry and his voice became louder, causing many people in the waiting room to look this way.

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Copyright disputes are very common in movies. This lawsuit has actually been going on since three years ago. The Indian government departments are extremely inefficient and have been pending until now. However, almost all the previous evidence shows that Yaga

The publishing house did not obtain the film and television adaptation rights of "Q&a" from author Vikas Swarup at all.

Why did the Supreme Court suddenly rule against Vikas Swarup today?

"The court has received new strong evidence. I guess Sony has the support of powerful people in India, and they have conducted public relations for the court department... and it is very likely that they have already found witnesses and evidence, and they just waited until today to come up with it.

... All this is planned... They have been prepared for a long time... just waiting for this time today to give us a fatal blow..."

Lei Ting lowered her head, and for the first time a helpless expression appeared on her cold face. She once thought that her intelligence capabilities and skills could be superior to all opponents, but she never expected that the opponent had a more powerful person, and the opponent was actually right under her nose.

Gao Gao concealed these things so well that she didn't even notice it beforehand...

Li Xiaole was stunned on the spot, and suddenly understood what was happening... The media from the six major studios who praised "Slumdog Millionaire" in unison were not trying to create momentum for him... but were simply waiting.

As this day comes, everything has been arranged.

These people waited for him to spend tens of millions of dollars, set up a crew, actors, rented a Bollywood venue in India, and prepared everything before they used their long-planned fatal move.

The child grabbed his throat and vital parts... so cruel! So poisonous!

"Director Li, it's almost time for the plane to take off... It will be late if you don't go through the security check." Dev Patel, an Indian-British actor next to him, didn't know what was going on, so he came over and kindly reminded Li Xiaole.

"I'm not leaving..." Li Xiaole's face looked gloomy and he said in an extremely cold voice.

"What?" Dev Patel thought he heard wrongly.

"Let's not go to India yet. Charlie, please organize everyone to go back to the company to put down the equipment first. Everyone will go home and stay on standby. They should stay in good condition and wait for my notification at any time." After Li Xiaole finished speaking, he hurriedly joined Lei Ting.

Jogging towards the parking lot.

"What's going on?" "What's going on?" The dozens of people in the first batch of the crew who were preparing to go to India were all stunned and didn't understand what was going on. But they were all sure of one thing, that something was really going to happen.

It's a big deal...

Back in the apartment, Li Xiaole immediately turned on the computer and checked all relevant information and Indian legal documents with Lei Ting, trying to find some ways to change the current situation.

At this time, major websites were filled with news about the two "Slumdog Millionaire" movies.

"Sony Company obtained the copyright, and Black Pearl was suspected of infringement in filming a movie with the same theme. The Indian court ordered it to stop filming and was not allowed to engage in any film and television activities with related themes." "Black Pearl Company's major infringement case~~~ Bruce Lee's new film died~!"

Sony takes over "Slumdog Millionaire" to compete for next year's Oscars."

Even fans on major film and television forums were stunned. They posted posts to express their doubts: "What's going on? Li Xiaole obviously announced the filming first, so why did this movie belong to Sony again? Who bought the copyright?"

"It's so chaotic~~It's so chaotic~~Did Sony do this on purpose? Otherwise, how could they have already started filming just after the verdict was announced? Li Xiaole's crew are still in the UK."

There are also some fans who hate Li Xiaole and are gloating: "Damn, this arrogant Chinese boy is really not a good person. He actually makes infringing movies and dares to be so high-profile. Let's see what he will do now." "Okay, maybe this is the case."

This is a good thing for Li Xiaole. Even if he filmed it, this kind of subject would definitely be a disaster. I think Sony saved him~~~"

Looking at this, Li Xiaole has slowly calmed down. He has been tricked. He has been tricked by the six major studios so many times. Now he has finally been tricked once. Even if he gets angry now, it will not help. Now he has to think about it.

How to solve this problem, she turned around and asked Lei Ting calmly: "Sister Lei, can we counter-sue them for infringement? After all, Vikas Swarup is the original author."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult. If it were in the United States, we would still have Wagner as a publicist, and we could also find relevant lawyers to fight Sony. But in India...you know there is serious corruption in the administrative agencies, and we don't have any connections there.

Now that Sony has started filming its own movies,

I'm sure we've made all the preparations and won't be afraid of us resorting to legal action... Damn it! If I had paid more attention, this wouldn't have happened." Lei Ting scolded herself through gritted teeth with a cold face.

, I was extremely upset, why didn’t she notice it at all before!?

Only then did Li Xiaole remember what Fred reminded him, "Todd Hardy will use various methods that go beyond the film industry itself to force you to submit..." He suddenly realized that he had really underestimated the enemy, and the other party was simply

He didn't plan to use the movie to decide the outcome with himself, but let himself fall into the business trap early without realizing it... Aren't these Wall Street guys the best at this method?

He invested so much time, energy, and money in "Slumdog Millionaire" and had high hopes for this work. He never expected that he would make wedding dresses for others.

What to do now? Are you going to stalk Sony? In terms of social resources, Black Pearl is still unable to compare with giants like Sony. Even if they struggle to the end, there is no chance of winning, and they may have to pay a huge amount of infringement fees...

Cancel this movie? Start over again? But now there are less than 6 months before the end of the year. How can he plan and shoot an Oscar-level movie from scratch in such a short period of time?

Instead of filming "The King's Speech" in the UK? No, this kind of subject requires royal authorization. No matter whether it is successful or not, the cycle is about a year... Now go back to the United States to film "12 Years a Slave"? Re-initiate the project

, establishing a crew, gathering actors, renting venues...shooting, post-production, completely starting from scratch, and shooting a movie of this level from scratch...This is almost impossible...
Chapter completed!