The day after Jia Jiafeng and Jia Jiayue complained, the Daqian Entertainment filed a lawsuit with the Jianfu Provincial Court in Hua Xia, the United States Court, Chen Jiji's Superstar Film Company and Chen Jiji himself. They sued the Daqian Entertainment for their infringement of 'Princess Huanzhu' and demanded that they stop immediately and apologize to the Daqian Entertainment and compensate them with 100 million RMB.
On top of that, the Daqian Entertainment also filed a lawsuit against 63 media outlets in Wanwan Province. They demanded an apology and compensation of 200 million RMB for their defamation.
As the lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of the United States had just ended, the entire incident was still quite popular. So, when the Daqian Entertainment filed these two lawsuits, the media all over the world were like sharks that smelled blood as they began to report on the incident.
Soon, "Princess Huanzhu" and "Princess Huanzhu" became one of the hottest news in the world. It was obvious that one party had copied the other party's TV series just by hearing the names.
Especially in the Huaxia Mainland and the Bay Province, it was even more popular.
As soon as the citizens of Hua Xia heard that their beloved 'Princess Huanzhu' had been plagiarized by a shameless writer from Wanwan Province and that they were even making a false accusation, the citizens of Hua Xia were furious and began to condemn them.
The media also quickly followed suit and cheered for the Daqian Entertainment while condemning them for plagiarism.
Of course, there were also a few individual voices within the media that spoke with an attitude.
For example, 'Southern XX' pointed out that the people of Wanwan Province were their own people and relatives. Therefore, they had to be considerate towards their relatives. They couldn't sue them for no reason as it would hinder the overall situation.
What if they really plagiarized?
However, these voices were treated like farts and were completely ignored.
The media in Wanwan Province naturally didn't want to be outdone. They began to clamor, saying that the Daqian Entertainment had gone too far and that they were too shameless. They also said that the United States would definitely uphold justice for their sons.
Hua Xia acted quickly and the trial was set for half a month later. However, Chen Jiji did not appear in court. Superstar Media only sent two representatives and a lawyer.
The trial was quick and smooth. In the end, the court ruled that the Daqian won the lawsuit. Superstar Film and Television and Chen Jiji were required to publish an apology in the newspapers within a specified time and compensate 100,000 RMB for emotional distress.
Logically speaking, this was a very fair verdict because the evidence provided by the Daqian was impeccable. First of all, the recording time of the script was carefully checked by the relevant departments, so there could not be any mistakes.
In addition, the Daqian also provided the manuscript of the script. According to the pen and ink, the outline of the script was indeed written nearly four years ago, setting the time of the entire script of "Princess Huanzhu" to 1993.
As for Superstar Media, all they could provide was evidence that the novel was written in 1995 and that the novel was completed. There was a difference of two years between the novel and the Daqian script. This was an insurmountable chain of evidence, so there was nothing wrong with this conclusion.
On top of that, the first trial only awarded 100,000 RMB as compensation. This was far too different from the 100 million requested by the Daqian.
According to the evidence provided by the Daqian, 'Princess Huanzhu' had generated nearly 100 million in revenue for Superstar Media in Wanwan. So, it was reasonable for them to ask for compensation.
The first trial only awarded 100,000 RMB as compensation. This was already giving them face and it didn't hurt them too much. All they needed was an apology from Chen Jiji.
However, Chen Jiji had no intention of complying with the verdict. Interestingly, Chen Jiji had no intention of appealing in Hua Xia's court either.
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"It's useless to appeal in Hua Xia's court. They're all in this together. We're going to lose no matter what. I'm not going to take this lying down!" Chen Jiji yelled at her husband inside their villa.
"It's better to appeal. Otherwise, our assets in China may be frozen!" Ping Xintao smiled bitterly.
"So be it. It's just 100,000 RMB. They can freeze it however they want. I didn't do anything wrong, and I didn't copy it. Why should I apologize?" Chen Jiji was furious.
In all fairness, Chen Jiji was indeed a little wronged. 'Princess Huanzhu' was created by her independently, but now she was accused of plagiarism. This was very uncomfortable.
But on the other hand, Chen Jiji also knew that the Daqian didn't plagiarize her. Because when the Daqian wrote the script, 'Princess Huanzhu' was just a simple idea and idea that was brewing in Chen Jiji's mind.
Therefore, Chen Jiji believed that neither side plagiarized each other. It was just that the idea and idea happened to be similar. Even the name 'Huanzhu' was the same.
Although such a thing was rare, it was not impossible. After all, there were often two people who looked exactly the same in Chen Jiji's novels. It was normal for stories to occasionally bump into each other.
In fact, until now, Chen Jiji didn't do anything wrong. And Boss Jia also felt guilty in his heart, so he wouldn't blame 'Princess Huanzhu'. Both sides could have gotten along well.
But the bad thing was that in the face of the media's distortion of black and white, Chen Jiji did nothing and said nothing. This was helping the evildoer.
Since Chen Jiji knew in her heart that neither of them plagiarized each other, then when the media began to report this matter, Chen Jiji should take the initiative to clarify the situation and explain the situation that there was no plagiarism.
In fact, Chen Jiji's husband, Ping Xintao, also suggested this at that time.
But Chen Jiji refused. In her words, the innocent would know that they were innocent, and the guilty would know that they were guilty. There was no need to clarify anything.
In fact, Ping Xintao understood that his stepwife was famous for being narrow-minded. Even if the two TV series were natural similarities, she didn't want to have a TV series with the same story as her. So, it was best to say that 'Princess Huanzhu' was plagiarized.
Apart from this, there was another important reason. It was because of 'Princess Huanzhu' that 'Princess Huanzhu' failed to be released in China.
Previously, Superstar Media's TV series had basically all entered the Chinese market and received a huge amount of income. In fact, it was much higher than the local market. After all, at that time, there was a lack of TV series like this in China. The audience was very receptive, the advertisers were also receptive, and the TV stations were even more receptive.
But this time, 'Princess Huanzhu' was released and the entire Hua Xia TV station knew that 'Princess Huanzhu' was a Daqian TV series. So, no one dared to offend the Daqian. Otherwise, if the Daqian gave the order, all the celebrities and products in Daqian Entertainment would be cut off from the TV station. If that happened, the TV station would basically collapse.
So, the TV station was very straightforward. Without waiting for the Daqian to say anything, they directly rejected 'Princess Huanzhu'.
Even Nanhu TV Station, which was quite tempted, chose to give up in the end because they were discussing with the Daqian about the first-run broadcast rights of 'Meteor Garden'.
As a result, 'Princess Huanzhu' couldn't enter the Chinese market and Superstar Media lost tens of millions in income. This made Chen Jiji hate 'Princess Huanzhu'.
On top of that, as Guangying Supermarket gradually took over the entire Chinese market, Fusang, the United States and even the Chinese market, Chen Jiji realized that she couldn't sell her VCD players and VCD players.
Because she refused to sign a contract with Guangying Supermarket, none of Superstar Media's TV series could be released in Guangying Supermarket. This was the only legitimate VCD player in the world.
As a result, Superstar Media's TV series lost 80% of the VCD player market. Although there were still a few VCD rental shops that sold Superstar Media's VCD players, these shops basically sold pirated copies.
After all, the price difference between a legitimate VCD player and a pirated VCD player was more than 4 times. So, it would be strange if a small shop sold a legitimate VCD player.
In summary, the appearance of the Daqian had caused Superstar Media to suffer losses since 1996. In fact, the losses got bigger and bigger each year. This year, it had already reached a critical point. Chen Jiji hated the Daqian to the core. So, it would be strange if she took the initiative to clarify things.
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