Before the release of "Removing the Three Evils in the Week" in the mainland, director Qian Renhao posted a long article accusing this film of being highly similar to the script "Lawless" he created. I will continue to create" and said that it would be handed over to the judiciary.
Let's first refine the content of Qian Renhao's long article.
He gave evidence that he had written a story before 2015 in which a cash truck dropped money on the road and was picked up by passers-by to turn himself in, and then he slowly perfected the story, which was "Lawless" he wrote in 2017. When "Removing Three Evils Around the World" was released in Taiwan, China, many people came to discuss the plot with him and found that the story he told was highly similar.
His story became someone else's movie, and at first Qian Renhao just asked the other party for a public apology, but the other party never responded kindly, and it can even be said to be extremely arrogant contempt. Extremely angry, Qian Renhao decided to resort to justice.
However, because Qian Renhao was a little "soft-spoken" on the mainland social platform, he did not set off ** after posting this long article, and it was not until March 5 that he rushed to the hot search, and the topic was "Removing the Three Evils of Plagiarism Around the World".
Is there any plagiarism at all? Combined with Qian Renhao's elaboration and the content of the movie, a very simple text palette can be made.
1, the name of the actor, Qian Renhao is Chen Guangzhou, "Zhou Zhi" is Chen Guilin, in addition to the similar identity, the name is indeed quite a coincidence, Guangzhou and Guilin are cities in Guangdong and Guangxi respectively, if it weren't for Qian Renhao's accusation of plagiarism, it would even make people feel that they are cue or pay tribute?
2, in terms of supporting roles, they are both policemen, Qian Renhao is Chen Huo, and Li Liren in "Zhou" is called Chen Ash, which is also very close, and the fire is completed.
3. The aforementioned Qian Renhao said that the story of the cash truck he thought of dropping money on the road in 2015 became the news broadcast on TV in "Zhou Zhi".
4. Qian Renhao's version is that Chen Guangzhou went to turn himself in, and caught up with the person who picked up the money from the cash truck to queue up at the first place, and he found that he was only second on the list of wanted criminals, and decided to leave his name before he died. Everyone who has seen "Everywhere" knows that Chen Guilin also queued up to surrender, and when he saw that he was ranked third, he decided to kill the top two, and this setting also cleverly echoed the allusion of "Removing the Three Evils in Circulation".
5, Qian Renhao's script wrote that Chen Guangzhou was misdiagnosed with brain cancer, and "Zhou Chu" became a female doctor who deceived Chen Guilin into an advanced stage of lung cancer.
6, the similarity in the lines, Qian Renhao wrote "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of death and no one knows", and in the movie, it is "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of death and no one remembers." ”
7, there are prayer scenes, but Qian Renhao's script is thrown six times, and in the movie, it is thrown nine times.
8, the scene of the dialogue between the little fan brother and Chen Guilin at the beginning of "Zhou Place", and the setting of Chen Guilin shooting the gang brother in public are similar to Qian Renhao's script, but the movie should have redistributed the order of the bridge.
9, Qian Renhao's script is "Viper" and the massage parlor girl, and in the movie, Aberdeen and Xiaomei of the hair salon are almost the same.
10, in the script, Chen Guangzhou found the eldest brother on the list, the other party is already an old man in his last years, and there are great changes in the movie, but in fact, the one listed by Qian Renhao is different, because the Venerable in the movie is still very powerful.
In fact, Qian Renhao listed nearly 20 comparisons for **, but after combing, these 10 are highly similar, in addition, the biggest similarity should be the character line of Chen Guilin, the protagonist of "Removing Three Evils Around the World", who learned that he was terminally ill and wanted to turn himself in to find a wanted warrant, and to kill the criminals in front of ......
All kinds of evidence with a clear time sent by Qian Renhao, if these are true, it is indeed difficult for people to believe that "Removing the Three Evils Around the Week" is a completely original script, and the so-called "stories are all over the street" by director Huang Jingfu before is also untenable, because there are too many similarities and similarities, **There is such a coincidence? It's harder than winning the jackpot in the lottery!
But even if it is clear that "Removing the Three Evils of the Week" is not a new original, and the "plagiarism" on the hot search topic is not right, "The Three Evils of the Week" is not plagiarized, but plagiarized, there is still a difference between the two, the movie did not directly copy the script of Qian Renhao's "Lawless", but plagiarized the story told by Qian Renhao, and polished and enriched it into a new story, adding a lot of details, and polishing it is very mature and complete. Of course, if plagiarism is confirmed, no matter how good "Eliminate the Three Evils Around the World" is, this kind of behavior cannot be tolerated.
Another question, how did Huang Jingfu know the story in Qian Renhao's head?
According to director Qian Renhao, he and Huang Jingfu have known each other for almost 20 years, when he was called by Zeng Zhiwei to go to Hong Kong for development (Qian Renhao is from Taiwan, China), and the first director he met that night was Huang Jingfu. Directors will have a lot of stories and ideas, and they will communicate with each other, and the story of "Lawlessness", Qian Renhao has told Huang Jingfu, and also told other bosses and actors in the circle.
When they are all newcomers, they will sit in cafes and teahouses to wait for opportunities, chat, share with each other, and enjoy each other.
The last question, can Qian Renhao win?
The answer is hard, or hopeless. "Removing the Three Evils in the Week" is a movie produced in Taiwan, China, and Qian Renhao must go to Taiwan to file a lawsuit if he wants to sue, but according to him, there is no plagiarism in Taiwan in the law, and it can only be said that he changed his story. But on the one hand, it is difficult to win the lawsuit if sued on this ground in Taiwan, and in addition, it is impossible to stop the release of the film in the mainland at the prosecution stage, so "Removing the Three Evils Everywhere" can deal with the lawsuit while earning the box office without affecting each other.
Of course, we can't just take the words of Qian Renhao.
In fact, as early as last year, Qian Renhao accused "Removing the Three Evils of the Week" of plagiarism, and the director Huang Jingfu responded at that time, talking about his mental journey of creating a movie with a long article, saying that after filming "The Death of the Avenger" in 2010, he gave birth to a trilogy of good and evil, human nature and religious themes, and after Qian Renhao made the accusation, the Taiwanese film of "Removing the Three Evils in the Week" "One attitude" countersued Qian Renhao for slander and said that he would no longer respond.
Whether there is plagiarism or not, we will continue to pay attention, of course, I still hope that everyone can respect the original, after all, not only the script, even a story, an idea, is the screenwriter and director's hard work.
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