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Chapter 242 China's Richest Man with $100,000 (Please Subscribe!)

"Chen, the Berlin Golden Bear-winning director from the mysterious East, is bringing his new kung fu blockbuster 'Die Hard' to the screen, scheduled for release on March 1st."

"They occupied the building, took hostages, and thought they had everything under control... until they messed with the wrong people—Die Hard."

Following "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "The Man from Earth," Eastern director Chen Fusheng is once again venturing into Hollywood. Will he succeed?

"A classic American superhero movie turned out to be directed by a Chinese director."

Do you believe in kung fu? The movie "Die Hard" will tell you the answer.

"..."

Chen Fusheng has landed in Los Angeles. Unlike his previous two visits, this time he is staying at a hotel arranged by Warner Bros.

The reason he didn't stay at the consulate this time was to better facilitate the company's promotion of his movie.

After all, his film this time received A-level promotional resources.

Moreover, they arrived quite late; today is already February 23rd, and there are only six days left until the movie's release on March 1st. Therefore, Warner Bros. has a very tight schedule for them.

Of course, Warner Bros. didn't start investing promotional resources in "Die Hard" only after their arrival in the United States. In fact, the promotion had already begun, as can be directly proven from the newspaper articles mentioned above.

How did everyone sleep last night?

The next day at breakfast, Chen Fusheng looked at everyone in the team and asked.

Li Lianjie excitedly exclaimed, "It's great! I didn't expect there to be a bathtub in the room. I took a bath before going to bed and slept soundly until dawn."

"Congratulations!" Zhu Lin gave Li Lianjie an envious look, but sighed wearily, "I'm having a rough time. Not only did I get airsick, but I also have jet lag. I couldn't sleep at all last night."

"Why don't you just rest at the hotel today, Zhu Lin? Don't come out with us." Chen Fusheng could also see that Zhu Lin was not in good condition, so he didn't force her to go to work immediately.

However, Zhu Lin was also a strong-willed person. Without thinking, she refused Chen Fusheng's offer of help and insisted on going out with everyone to do promotional work.

"Can your body handle it?"

"No problem, Director Chen, don't worry."

"Okay, if you feel unwell, communicate promptly and don't bottle it up."

They had only eaten half of their breakfast when the person Warner Bros. had assigned to them arrived.

This is an old acquaintance.

It was none other than the blonde, blue-eyed Karina.

Chen Fusheng was surprised that Karina brought him good news as soon as she arrived.

"Chen, what was the copyright fee you paid to Milo Photography & Processing Factory for producing cinema softboxes?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Fusheng replied without hesitation, "10% of the selling price, what's wrong with that?"

"It's nothing, just congratulations. The group just purchased the first batch of cinema softboxes from their Milo Photography Processing Plant. You'll soon be receiving royalties."

"Really? How much did you purchase?" Chen Fusheng asked curiously.

"1000 units, after all, we still need to test the effect, so we didn't buy too many."

Chen Fusheng had reason to suspect that the other party was in Versailles.

Then he quickly calculated in his mind how much patent fee he could get from these 1000 units.

'Even if each cinema softbox costs $50, I'd still get $5,000 from these 1,000 units. And this is just the first installment, not bad at all.'

Just as he was feeling smug about potentially earning five thousand dollars in patent fees, Karina across from him spoke up again:

"I heard that the Milos Studios priced your invention, the cinema softbox, at $1000 each, which means you earned $10 in patent fees alone."

hiss~
Chen Fusheng was glad he wasn't drinking water, otherwise he probably would have spat it out after hearing Karina's words.

But he still couldn't quite believe his ears.

"Miss Karina, are you serious? Today isn't April Fool's Day, is it?"

“Of course it’s not April Fool’s Day,” Karina continued. “But you also think $1000 a unit is too high, don’t you?”

Chen Fusheng's eyes darted around, and he said thoughtfully, "I don't know. Maybe the Milo Photo Processing Plant has made some breakthroughs in materials or other aspects compared to the film softboxes produced in China." Karina nodded. She had seen the film softbox that appeared in the post-credits scene of "Die Hard," and it was indeed much less advanced than the one the group had purchased from the Milo Photo Processing Plant.

Since she wasn't a professional to begin with, she quickly stopped having any doubts.

"Brother Long, what did Director Chen and Miss Karina talk about just now? You guys seem quite surprised."

Li Lianjie couldn't speak English yet, only knowing a few simple words, so he didn't know what Chen Fusheng and Karina had said that surprised everyone. Out of curiosity, when he saw Chenglong get up to get some food, he quickly followed and whispered to him to find out.

"Do you remember the softbox that Director Chen invented for film?"

"Yes, of course I remember." Li Lianjie nodded.

Cheng Long didn't keep them in suspense and continued, "Based on Director Chen's technology, the American factory also produced a batch of movie softboxes, priced at 1000 yuan each, and sold 1,000 units to Warner Bros."

"$1000 a unit, is that expensive?"

"Perhaps the materials here in the US are more advanced..."

Li Lianjie nodded with some skepticism, seemingly accepting the explanation.

But then he asked curiously, "How much money will Director Chen get?"

"$10 million."

"Hiss, how much?"

"You heard me right, it's $10. Director Chen said that the patent accounts for 10%."

"Does this money belong to Director Chen personally, or to Oriental Company?"

"I'm not sure about that, but in Hong Kong, it definitely belongs to an individual."

Not only was Cheng Long unsure, but even Chen Fusheng himself was somewhat uncertain at this moment.

Logically speaking, this money should belong to him.

After all, this patent was his personal invention.

However, the problem is that my country's Patent Law has not yet been promulgated, and he himself is a public official, so the relevant definitions are very vague.

If you are unsure about something, then you should report it to your superiors.

The news was relayed back to China that same day.

After receiving the fax sent from the United States by Chen Fusheng, Director Shi of the Film Bureau only glanced at it and immediately felt utterly overwhelmed:

"This guy is really a monkey; he gave me such a big problem as soon as he arrived in America."

This was no small matter, and Director Shi, knowing he couldn't make the decision himself, took the fax, got in his car, and went to the ministry.

As a result, the department leaders frowned upon reading the fax, and finally Ding Qiao waved his hand and said, "Send it to the lake."

……

Has this happened before?

"If it is an invention made in the course of employment, then the patent belongs to the employer; if it is an invention made by an individual, then the patent belongs to the individual."

"In that case, does this cinema softbox belong to the former or the latter?"

"should……"

"I don't want 'should,' I want to hear a definite answer."

Several hours later, the investigation results came out.

"Reporting to the commander, after confirmation by multiple people, the cinema softbox technology is a personal invention of Comrade Chen Fusheng."

"If it's an individual invention, what should be done with the $100,000?"

"Logically, it should belong to the individual, but this is $100,000..."

"No matter how much money it costs, since it's a rule, you can't break the rules."

(End of this chapter)