Guo Jingming, who has been negative in recent years, has been pushed to the forefront again.
Do you remember "Qing Ya Ji"? Only 11 days after its release, it won 4500 million, but the strange thing is that such a cinema hit was then urgently stopped and taken off the shelves.
Only one piece of writing on the official website remains"The covenant of Qingya, be grateful and keep together, have no regrets in this life, and be proud to serve".poster.
You must know that Guo Jingming spent a lot of money in order to shoot "Qing Ya Ji".
Not to mention the investment of up to 3-400 million, just the bow and arrow used by the male protagonist in the film cost 3 million.
Although the next "Taki's Nocturne" was filmed together at that time, according to professionals**, the box office of the two dramas must reach at least 1 billion to return to the cost.
Now, with the complete removal of "Qing Ya Ji", the launch of "Taki's Nocturne" has naturally become far away.
Frankly speaking, for Director Guo's "Qing Ya Ji", most of the audience still likes it.
There are even many viewers who have expectations for "Taki's Nocturne" because of this.
Of course, more people are in doubt"I don't understand why it's taken off the shelves? ”
Many netizens found that the fantasy special effects of "Qing Ya Ji" are almost the same as the scenes in the Marvel movie "Doctor Fantasy".
In addition, there are some scenes in the film that have also been questioned by netizens for imitating Guy Ritchie"Secret**".
However, none of these statements have been officially confirmed by the crew of "Qing Ya Ji".
But what is interesting is that just four days before the release of "Qing Ya Ji", hundreds of screenwriters, directors, producers, and writers in the industry jointly issued an open letter, publicly calling for a boycott of Guo Jingming.
And the reason they give is,"Plagiarists should not be role models. ”
At that time, their spearhead was directly pointed at Guo Jingming's ** "How Much Do You Know About the Flowers in Your Dreams" was plagiarizing Zhuang Yu's "Inside and Outside the Circle", and the former never gave Zhuang Yu a statement.
In the end, under pressure, Guo Jingming apologized.
The plagiarism turmoil in the past encountered the "questioning" of its plagiarism by the whole network, and the evil result was the complete removal of Director Guo's "Qing Ya Ji".
For Zhuang Yu, waiting for an apology after fifteen years is really sad.
But for Guo Jingming,It's just that in the process of creation, there are indeed some places that are not rigorous enough, as long as he pays more attention to this aspect in his future creations
Irony! In fact, this matter is not new, why does Uncle Fan want to bring up the old thing again?
Because, according to surging news reports, the listed company New Classic Pictures recently announced a "Civil Judgment", which involved "Qing Ya Ji", and a bad debt that has not been sorted out so far.
It is reported that the movies "Qing Ya Ji" and "Taki's Nocturne" are jointly invested by New Classic Pictures, Hehe Pictures and a third party.
New Classic Pictures enjoys 15% of the investment income rights of the series of film and television works, and it is agreed that the distribution income of the two films will be collected and distributed by Hehe Pictures.
After the takedown, New Classic Pictures received about 2,423 investment income from Hehe Pictures at the end of 2021Notification letter of 20,000 yuan.
But throughout 2022, New Classic Pictures still did not receive payment from Hehe Pictures, so they sued Hehe Pictures in a lawsuit, claiming that the other party had not fulfilled its distribution obligations.
It is said that "debt repayment", according to the agreement, Hehe Pictures should pay, but the problem is that in the agreement signed by the three of them, "Taki's Nocturne" should be included.
Now, "Taki's Nocturne" has not yet been launched, and the distribution of proceeds naturally cannot be carried out, so in June 2023, the court dismissed the lawsuit of New Classic Pictures.
But the new classic did not give up, and then continued to appeal, but the second-instance judgment still upheld the original judgment.
To this day, the investment income of more than 20 million yuan invested in the work by New Classic Pictures has still not been recovered.
After talking about the company entanglements related to "Qing Ya Ji", let's talk about the protagonist who single-handedly created it - Guo Jingming.
01, genius starts with "plagiarism"?
When he was 14 years old, Guo Jingming turned his inner grievances and unwillingness into words, wrote a poem called "Loneliness", and got the first manuscript fee in his life.
In 2002, Guo Jingming, who was still in college, published his ** "The Edge of Love and Pain", which sold well.
After that, he wrote it again"Phantom City", "Sadness Flows Into a River", "Small Times".Trilogy.
With several masterpieces in succession, Guo Jingming had a net worth of tens of millions, and not only that, but he also became one of the most popular young writers in China at that time.
In his heyday, he ranked among the top three in the "Chinese Writers Rich List" for five consecutive years.
At that time, he was recognized as a "genius" and full of personality.
But is there really no flaw? Not!
As early as 2004, some readers found that the plots and dialogues of Guo Jingming's "How Much Do You Know About the Flowers in Your Dreams" and the writer Zhuang Yu's "Inside and Outside the Circle" have many similarities, and even some of the words are exactly the same.
After this news came out, the writer Zhuang Yu angrily sued Guo Jingming.
But this lawsuit is very difficult for the "bitter master" Zhuang Yu.
First, Zhuang Yu was not well-known at that time, and Guo Jingming was already a well-known young writer.
In addition, although the plots in Guo Jingming's content are similar, they are disrupted, which makes it difficult for judges to find supporting evidence.
Second, the network environment at that time was not as developed as it is now, compared to Guo Jingming's ** degree, Zhuang Yu's voice was very weak.
Fortunately, justice will not be absent.
Two years later, Zhuang Yu won the lawsuit, and the court not only required Guo Jingming to compensate 210,000 yuan, but also stopped the sales of "How Much Do You Know About the Flowers in Your Dreams".
But strangely, Guo Jingming refused to apologize.
Because he knows that once he apologizes, he is admitting that he plagiarized in disguise, "a popular writer actually plagiarized", such a label, he is unwilling to recall.
However, some netizens soon found out that his "Phantom City" was suspected of plagiarizing "Holy Biography", and "Jue Ji" was accused of copying "Fate".
In addition, "Tokyo Babylon", "Onmyoji", etc. have traces of suspected plagiarism.
But Guo Jingming didn't admit all this.
In the interview, he even said this,"Every money I make is written by myself."
02, Guo Jingming, he is abandoning himself by himself
Writers should have their own morals and bottom lines.
Guo Jingming also understands these, but he is more shrewd.
When his reputation declined and publishers were reluctant to cooperate with him, the first thing he did was to transform and become a businessman.
He set up his own studio, recruited emerging writers, and became a veritable boss.
In 2013, Guo Jingming started another bold crossover of his own - to beDirector
and took his masterpiece "Little Times" series as the starting point to make a movie.
At that time, theatrical films were in a period of vigorous development, coupled with the rise of youth pain literature, and book fans were particularly powerful.
Despite the bad reputation of the "Little Times" series, it was exceptionally successful at the box office, with four films directly harvested17.8.4 billion
Regarding this phenomenon, Guo Jingming is both pleased with the box office and does not care about word of mouth.
He even said something like this in his propaganda:
"The way the filmmakers of the previous generation shoot and think is outdated, and if the director still shoots the film with the ideas of the previous generation of filmmakers, there will be problems. ”Crazy?
Crazy indeed! But the logic behind this is that Guo Jingming is trying his best to create his label of "director of the new era", and as for his previous identity as a writer, he is gradually abandoning it.
An Xiaofen, the producer of "Little Times", once commented on Guo Jingming, "As a director, he may not have an advantage, but he is very business-minded."
Therefore, Guo Jingming doesn't care about the so-called good stories, what he has to do is to catch the audience's attention and pile up the high-value "potential stock" actors he has cultivated, which is almost a sure deal.
03. Behind plagiarism, there is the decline of creative ability and the three views of being infected by the world
However, Guo Jingming's set cannot operate forever.
On the fourth day of the launch of "Jue Ji", his plagiarism and the creation of the movie were complained about by the whole network.
At the roadshow site, Guo Jingming said a little collapsed"Is it because my name is Guo Jingming, so everything is wrong? ”
The backlash of plagiarism is finally here.
So,Why did he choose "plagiarism"?
As a writer, Guo Jingming in the early days had texture, so his "The Edge of Love and Pain" had resonance.
But with the advent of fame and fortune, his desire for money and luxury was undisguised.
As a director, he is not from a professional background, and his professional ability has always been criticized.
In fact, he has always been criticized for his professional ability, and some of his behaviors can also highlight this.
Especially after giving the S card, what he said,"S is not only super, but also student, seed, and special. "
While acting recklessly, it also touched the bottom line of the director industry.
It is not so much that plagiarism is his "helpless" move, but rather that it is a smart choice for him.
This has "Qing Ya Ji", and there are also the consequences of the industry's boycott and the ridicule of the whole network.
Today, the word "Guo Jingming" is already a "negative equity" for him.
So, last year's"Cloud Feather"., the director's column is no longer his own name, and the proud youth pain literature and Guo-style aesthetics can't stand the bombardment of netizens.
To be honest, after ten years in the director industry, Guo Jingming still doesn't know how to film, and the reputation of the works he brings is lower than the other.
After all, he lost the ability to learn and the awe of creation.
The fame and fortune obtained by relying on cleverness will eventually be resisted because of cleverness.
Guo Jingming once said,Everyone, including myself, has been stupid to the end at times, and because of this, everyone should have the right to be forgiven once.
Now, Guo Jingming's prediction of himself is coming true step by step.
Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: An An).