Chapter 288 A small counterattack

Chapter 288 A small counterattack

Chapter 288 A small counterattack

That night I took a car from the airport and returned to the courtyard house next to Houhai.

Fan Wumian first went online, opened the Yahoo browser, and looked up information about the Singapore Tianwu Film Company.

It was discovered that it was founded by several wealthy kids at the beginning of this year, with a total investment of 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and two film projects have been announced.

Although registered in Singapore, the general manager is the son of a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong's financial circle, and his mother was once a Malaysian star.

The woman who serves as the deputy manager is also from Hong Kong, and her family is mainly engaged in media and film and television business.

Fan Wumian followed the clues and unexpectedly discovered that the father of this female deputy manager had been investigated for money laundering two or three years ago.

No formal conviction was reached.

But this only shows that there is insufficient evidence, not that he is completely innocent and has been wrongly accused.

There is limited information found online.

However, the "Sakura Gakuin" mentioned by Ji Qiao in the text message has announced that the filming and production costs are as high as 2400 million Hong Kong dollars, and an additional 1100 million Hong Kong dollars will be used for publicity and promotion.

The release date is scheduled for December 12, just one day later than "Crazy Stone".

Another special effects blockbuster "God Gundam" currently being prepared by Tianwu Film Company is even more powerful.

It was revealed that they would cooperate with a Hollywood special effects company and invite a luxurious cast of actors to join, with an estimated total investment of 2500 million US dollars.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

A new company wanted to invest 2500 million US dollars to make a blockbuster, and the director was a little-known Japanese.

Fan Wumian naturally felt that there was something wrong here and began to consider money laundering.

I suspect that because of the launch of "Crazy Stone", I accidentally blocked other people's way to wealth, so I was stabbed in the back one after another without any respect for the rules.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt that the smear campaign by singer Jang Kyung-hyun might not be that simple, and it would be difficult to make a big deal out of a small matter.

Zhuang Muxi took a shower and changed into black silk suspender pajamas.

After she heard Fan Wumian's guess, she got into bed and asked curiously:
"What era is this? Are there still people laundering money by making movies? I've read some news reports, and it seems that everything has moved to the Internet now."

Fan Wumian told her that she said:

"In the early years, the Hong Kong film industry was quite chaotic, and various social groups tried every means to launder stolen money through it. Now the situation is a little better, and many loopholes have been blocked. However, the crackdown in Southeast Asia is not so strict. I guess that's why they registered the company in Singapore."

"The film and television industry and antique trading are all areas that are prone to money laundering. There are even haters online who suspect that the reason I became rich so quickly was also due to money laundering."

“If everyone hadn’t known that my family was poor before my debut, many people might have believed it.”

Zhuang Muxi came close to him, blinked and asked:
"So what are you going to do? It seems safer not to provoke these people."

"Well, I was worried that some big companies would join hands and start setting traps for me. If it's just this company that's messing around, then it's fine. I'm curious where they got the confidence to release their film at the same time as my movie."

past life.

The box office of "Crazy Stone" was not high, mainly because the director and actors lacked fame and the publicity and promotion budget could not keep up.

So after "Crazy Stone" was released and fermented for a period of time, it attracted the attention of more and more people, and people realized belatedly that they had missed a good movie.

This time, with the support of Fan Wumian, they did not hesitate to purchase jade pigeon eggs worth more than 10 million yuan as a gimmick, and the film received extremely high attention during the filming of the movie.

The quality of the work is impeccable, and a lot of money is spent on the publicity and promotion. It has long been selected by the media as one of the "most anticipated Chinese-language films of the year."

Had a good sleep on the plane.

I didn’t have a chance to spend time with Fan Wumian in the past few days, so Zhuang Muxi started to make some advances and continued to ask:
"How do you clean up the money from making a movie? If the box office doesn't make money, won't it be a loss?"

Fan Wumian let her do what she wanted and explained:

"The investment capital is not clean, but the box office revenue earned is legal income. In addition, we can also sell overseas distribution rights, audio-visual product copyrights, etc. There are many areas where we can operate."

"For example, if you acquire an advertising company, you may claim to have invested tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in advertising, but in reality you only spend a few hundred thousand. After the boss of the advertising company pays taxes, the rest of the money can be pocketed in the form of profit."

“You can also make your own DVDs and claim that you’ve sold so many, but in reality you’re just playing with numbers in your account book.”

Zhuang Muxi's parents used to work, so she had no chance to come into contact with these things. She said with emotion:

“I really don’t know where all that illegal income comes from.”

Fan Wumian laughed and scolded:
"They have a problem with their brains. It's obvious that The Promise is the most popular movie right now, but they chose to go after me. Other colleagues saw an opportunity and fanned the flames behind my back, taking the opportunity to suppress my momentum."

"For example, I only paid tens of thousands of yuan for the songs and A Quiet Place 2 might be returned. These things are very damaging. They are equivalent to attacking my character and talent, hoping to make some people feel negative towards me."

"If I continue like this, I'm afraid that soon people will say that I'm so rich, so wasteful, so arrogant, and so domineering on a daily basis."

When you are a star, external public relations is undoubtedly very important.

Seeing someone cutting his flesh with a blunt knife, Fan Wumian was thinking about how to fight back.

Zhuang Muxi originally wanted to light his little fire, but she ended up burning herself first. When she stood up, she was so suffocated that Fan Wumian almost couldn't breathe.

Due to the jet lag, I couldn't sleep most of the night.

I worked until a little after 2 a.m., watched TV, ate some snacks, and then took a nap.

the next day.

Rest at home during the holidays.

Near noon, the sky was gloomy and heavy snow began to fall.

The lawn, black pine and five-needle pine branches in the second courtyard were soon covered with white snow. Because the heating was on indoors, the glass was covered with a layer of mist that slid down from time to time.

His nose was dry and bleeding, so Fan Wumian stuffed it with paper and communicated with Ji Qiao on the phone.

Ji Qiao told him:

"I contacted the record company that Jang Kyung Hyun signed with this morning, but they haven't responded yet. They just said it was a misunderstanding and they are trying to figure out the situation. Someone I know in the media told me that some people are trying to make a big deal out of this."

After listening.

Fan Wumian, who was watching a drama leisurely, said to her: "It's confirmed. It shouldn't be the mainland company that is causing trouble for me."

"I think so too. Only crazy people would use the Spring Festival Gala to discredit you. If they are caught, they will be completely banned. How can a mainland company be so ignorant of the rules?"

After Ji Qiao finished speaking, she added:
"Zhang Jingxuan's forum has been destroyed, and your fans are helping you vent their anger. How can he think that your singing skills are not good enough? Anyway, his agent has made it clear that it is impossible for Zhang Jingxuan to issue a public apology. At most, he can say that it was a misunderstanding."

Fan Wumian said helplessly:
"I'm not a top talent like 'Voice Rogue', but I'm not bad either."

Mention "Tone Rogue".

He first thought of Zhou Di, a singer in his previous life. "Big Fish" was very difficult to sing, and as for "Dala Bangba", it could make countless singers despair. Looking at the entire Internet, few people can sing it. He dragged his feet and did not respond, obviously wanting to let the matter ferment.

Fan Wumian thought there was no need to wait any longer, so he said:
"My English album is released today. The timing is so precise. Find some lawyers to issue a notice to sue him."

"It would be best to file a case in Shenzhen for investigation. I can ask Penguin Group's legal advisor for help."

"Also, post some anonymous posts, saying that the reason I've been plagued by negative news recently is because a competitor wants to suppress "Crazy Stone" and my new album. Don't talk about Tianwu Film Company directly, just write about a Hong Kong movie that was released at the same time, and let netizens guess the rest."

Ji Qiao paused for a moment and said:

"It's fine to sue, but I'm still not sure if it's someone from Tianwu Film Company who's behind this. How embarrassing would it be if someone accidentally hurt someone?"

Fan Wumian replied:

"Originally, Sakura Gakuin is the competitor of Crazy Stone. If they are accidentally injured, it's their bad luck. You just need to be careful and don't get caught. Don't fight for the time being."

Since we have not taken any strong measures against the outside world, it would be beneficial to our future development if we appropriately show a tough attitude.

Ji Qiao stopped trying to persuade him and reminded him:

"Anyway, boss, you'd better be a little more cautious and low-key in the near future. You are the most popular this year, and everyone's attention is on you."

"I understand. I will go back to school for vacation before the New Year, so it's a good time to rest for a while."

Obviously no one would believe that Fan Wumian is not qualified to perform on the Spring Festival Gala.

But this did not stop people from watching the fun. The news spread from Hong Kong to the mainland and soon attracted widespread attention.

A staff member in charge of the Spring Festival Gala quickly contacted the media to make a public clarification, saying that it was the program team that took the initiative to find Fan Wumian and that the negative news was completely false.

These interviews have not yet been published in the newspapers.

An announcement was posted on the official website of Fan Wumian Studio, briefly stating that a report had been filed and that they were discussing with lawyers to prepare for prosecution.

Another announcement clarified that when the copyright of the song "Damn Tenderness" was purchased, a relatively high market price had been paid, but the company understood the difficulties of the original creator and decided to give the other party a commercial housing unit in Guangzhou for free.

The enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, so we can only counter their moves.

These two announcements were also reprinted and commented on by countless media, and together with the "anonymous breaking news posts" that fermented online, the effect was particularly good.

The outside world was in an uproar.

According to the original plan, Penguin Group released 20 spots for the Penguin Weibo beta version experience at one time.

The account registered by Fan Wumian a few days ago has been specially retained, and the number of fans following him continues to increase.

Almost every registered user can see the photo of him riding a brown bear.

Under the post, there are fans who form groups to support him.

He said frankly that it must be because of his high album sales and movie box office that people are jealous and try to suppress him.

Netizens were just paying attention to Fan Wumian's affairs.

Penguin Weibo had just come out and the hot search list had not yet been filled up, but several hot searches that emerged one after another were all related to Fan Wumian.

One of them is "Zhang Jingxuan actually questioned Fan Wumian's singing ability."

There are also other articles such as "Fan Wumian sues Zhang Jingxuan", "The composer of "Damn Tenderness" is given a property in Guangzhou", "The suspected investor of "Sakura Gakuin" discredits Fan Wumian", etc.

Netizens are very powerful.

It was soon revealed that both the record company that Jang Kyung-hyun signed with and the movie "Sakura Gakuin" were related to Singapore's "Tianwu Entertainment Group".

This made countless netizens believe that Fan Wumian, as a victim, was slandered and suppressed by big companies.

Penguin Weibo has just come out, and the first batch of beta users have already felt the joy of watching melons online.

In the past, netizens were scattered across numerous forums and bulletin boards, making it difficult to form a large scale.

This time is different.

Some fans have begun to use Penguin Weibo to speak out, clamoring to boycott "Sakura Gakuin" and support Fan Wumian's new album and "Crazy Stone". The number of comments and likes below has skyrocketed.

Tianwu Entertainment Group’s headquarters is registered in Singapore, and its actual office is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Its businesses include film, television, music, and audio-visual product distribution, and it has also acquired two cinema chains in Malaysia and Thailand.

Fan Wumian chose to fight back against it, and he really did not wrong them.

This company is indeed not clean.

There is no apparent problem, but their main business is to launder money for several underground casinos in Southeast Asia, which means they want to make both obvious and hidden money.

In order to pave the way for the upcoming new movie "Sakura Gakuin", the four investors of this company discussed last month and decided to use their connections to discredit Fan Wumian and suppress "Crazy Stone".

After all, this movie is highly anticipated by audiences in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other regions, and the two sides have formed a direct competitive relationship.

If we throw some dirty water on it, "Sakura Gakuin" might have a chance to earn an extra 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which will bring huge profits with almost no risk.

As a "noble son from a poor family".

Fan Wumian does not have a strong foundation, but he makes a lot of money by relying on his super high popularity. In the eyes of many people, this is equivalent to a fault and weakness.

I originally thought he was just a lucky young man, and it was no big deal if he was bullied.

I unexpectedly learned that "Sakura Gakuin" was boycotted by mainland netizens, and things seemed to be getting out of hand.

The general manager of Tianwu Entertainment Group was a little puzzled and couldn't figure out what went wrong for a while.

After reading the anonymous post that was forwarded crazily on the Internet, he even suspected that there was a mole in the company and was leaking the information to vent his anger.

The mainland market is limited in size.

However, the scale is there, and films with box office revenues exceeding 1 million or 2 million RMB have begun to appear, and its importance is gradually becoming apparent.

Tianwu Entertainment Group did not want to lose a big market, so it issued a statement overnight after receiving the news.

The apology stated that Jang Kyung-hyun was too young and was talking nonsense after drinking, so the company decided to put him on ice for a year as a lesson, and clarified that Fan Wumian’s recent defamation had nothing to do with their company.

After all this fuss.

Fan Wumian’s English album “That Girl” is selling like hot cakes.

There are only 20 accounts available to participate in the internal test, and other netizens can browse public information on the Weibo platform.

Many media companies and artists in the entertainment industry have seen that the newly launched "Penguin Weibo" platform has huge value. It allows artists and fans to interact directly, which is equivalent to adding a platform for publicity and communication.

In various forums, post bars, and QQ groups, there are netizens offering bids for internal test accounts. One account can be sold for about 100 Q coins, or the price can be agreed online and transferred through Jifubao.
(End of this chapter)