This director is vindictive.

Chapter 6: A lawyer's letter of warning? No, it's a court summons

Things were much simpler than Chen Mo had imagined.

In fact, it was because he was in the dark and had not yet recovered from the era in his previous life.

These days, just as Gao Li said, there are so many movies and TV series where people copy each other. It’s not like later generations, when a movie becomes popular, people often start suing for plagiarism, and it can cause a lot of uproar.

For example, the drama "Let's Watch Meteors Together" is actually about the drama that Chen Mo knew in his previous life. To put it bluntly, it is the mainland version of "Boys Over Flowers", but people have never thought about buying any film and television adaptation license.

As for Taiwan, people were quite surprised when someone suddenly said they wanted to buy the mainland film and television adaptation and remake rights for "Boys Over Flowers."

After all, these days, even if someone takes the video, it’s basically impossible to get any results if they sue.

Even if you win the lawsuit, you won't get much compensation. The time cost and litigation cost are not worth it.

So, even though "Boys Over Flowers" became a phenomenal TV series at the turn of the millennium, in fact, there have been many imitative dramas in recent years, but who the hell bought the copyright from them?
No! not a single one!

Chen Mo did not bother two people with the same matter and directly entrusted Hongjing Law Firm to help him go to Taiwan to discuss copyright authorization.

Of course, "Boys Over Flowers" was originally a comic from an island country, but Chen Mo didn't need to go through so much trouble. He could just contact Formosa CTS directly.

As for why you should spend money to buy this copyright?
Of course, it was to avenge the original owner. Chen Mo certainly remembered the plot of "Let's Watch Meteors Together", but it was impossible for him to remember it clearly, but this was not the key at all.

He only needs to remember the first part.

If the copyright is not purchased, then after the film is made, Chen Mo will naturally not be able to compare with Yu Youde and the company behind him in the domestic film and television circle. If he really shoots the same plot without the copyright, it will definitely be a failure.

But once you buy the copyright, there is absolutely no problem.

Even if the beginning is exactly the same, as long as Chen Mo finishes filming and releases the film before the other party, the other party can only swallow their anger and suffer in silence.

The key is that Chen Mo has the copyright to remake the film, so he is not afraid of the other party taking legal action and can even sue the other party in return.

Of course, these are not the main point. The main point is, if Chen Mo shoots and releases his drama first, will anyone buy the other party's drama? Even if there is, he can definitely drive the price down to the ground.

This is Chen Mo’s plan.

As an online movie director in his previous life, he might not be very good at making big productions for theaters, but he is really good at making idol dramas.

And the production quality of idol dramas these days is just so-so.

Of course, there is another point. This drama itself has great development value, and it naturally has its own traffic, so a lot of money can be saved on publicity. The fact that the previous drama was filmed like that and still became so popular speaks volumes.

Now that he has traveled through time, Chen Mo will certainly not be an actor anymore. Wouldn’t it be better for him to be a director?
He still hopes that the dream that he could not realize in his previous life can be realized in this life, but at this stage, he can make a movie for theatrical release, but firstly, he has no fame in this field and was just an actor before. Secondly, he does not have that much money and channels, so he will first make an idol drama to practice and make a name for himself, which will make it easier for him to do anything later.

Of course there were many projects he could choose from, but who made Yu Youde fall into the trap?

It's not just Yu Youde, there's also the Stab Cult. Even if this first case of online defamation fails to get rid of them, Chen Mo will continue to make arrangements.

If an actor wants to target other actors, especially those with higher status and background than you, there's really nothing you can do about it. But if it's a director, it's a completely different story.

Revenge is for revenge, and favor is for repayment. We have lived this life again, and given the conditions, of course we should do whatever we want.

However, although the authorization of "Boys Over Flowers" is not expensive, it is still a considerable amount of money for Chen Mo.

He actually didn't make much in recent years. After all, he wasn't that famous, and the company's commission was not low. So, if he wanted to shoot this drama, he would definitely have to attract investment.

There are two options. The investment in this drama does not require a lot of money, just a few million will do.

So, one option was to go home and betray his father, but his family had always hoped that Chen Mo would go back and inherit the family business. Although he might get investment by pestering them, Chen Mo immediately gave up the idea. Another option was to borrow money from someone.

Who to look for?

Is there any doubt about that? Of course it’s our Da Tiantian!
Chen Mo was busy looking for Da Tiantian to borrow money. On the other side.

Because Chen Mo played against the rules, Star Entertainment suffered heavy losses.

What an artist management company needs most are resources and connections. This time, it was originally agreed that Chen Mo would come forward to apologize and everyone would just pretend that this incident never happened.

But in the end, Chen Mo's outburst naturally offended everyone.

The public opinion on the Stab-in-the-Knife Cult incident has been completely suppressed, and Fang Xiaoxiao and others have indeed just pretended that the incident never happened.

No, not only did they completely pretend nothing happened, but they also lived quite comfortably.

The result was achieved that Chen Mo was the only victim.

Look, Fang Xiaoxiao appeared again at the costume launch conference of Yu Youde’s new drama "Watch Meteors Together"!

She successfully got the role of the third female lead. As for why she got this role, those who understand will understand.

Of course Chen Mo understood that there is no gain without pain. Slandering and defaming Chen Mo is a very risky thing, even for Fang Xiaoxiao. Simply smearing Chen Mo, throwing dirty water on him, and even attacking Chen Mo by name, actually has no real benefit to her.

Unlike Du Chun, his business is profitable. After the incident, he directly replaced Chen Mo and won the men's clothing endorsement that should have belonged to Chen Mo.

The other members of the Stab Cult are actually just accomplices, or they just want to show their presence and get some attention, but Fang Xiaoxiao, the instigator, is she really that stupid if there is no benefit?
Now, the benefits are coming.

But soon she couldn't laugh anymore.

After Fang Xiaoxiao's agent received a call, her expression suddenly changed. Before the press conference was over, she pulled Fang Xiaoxiao over.

"What's wrong, Sister Mei?" Fang Xiaoxiao's face was filled with a happy smile, and she seemed a little confused when her agent suddenly pulled her aside.

"Take a look for yourself!" Fang Xiaoxiao's agent, Sister Mei, put the phone in front of Fang Xiaoxiao with a somewhat grim expression.

Fang Xiaoxiao was stunned when she saw it.

"Court summons? What's going on?" Fang Xiaoxiao looked confused.

"That Chen Mo has sued you, and the company's legal department is handling it. However, you have to be mentally prepared. I heard from the legal department that this is a criminal lawsuit. Chen Mo is suing you for online defamation!" Agent Sister Mei said with a grim expression.

"How could this happen? Could there be a mistake? Are you sure it's not a lawyer's letter? Is it a court summons?" Fang Xiaoxiao asked in disbelief.

Generally speaking, it is very common for celebrities in the entertainment industry to send lawyers' letters to others.

However, direct prosecution is still relatively rare, let alone being prosecuted.

What's more, it was a criminal lawsuit. Although she didn't understand it very well, she knew that criminal lawsuits and general civil lawsuits were completely different things.

"It's a notice of criminal prosecution, and the court has accepted it! The matter is very serious. You must come back with me immediately. The people from the legal department are waiting for you." The agent said seriously.

After hearing the agent's confirmation, Fang Xiaoxiao's mind went blank and her legs went weak, almost collapsing. It was her agent who helped her up and prevented her from collapsing on the spot.

(End of this chapter)