507: Zhao Fu: It's no wonder that person surnamed Xu has been 'parasitized' and has ended up in this predicament.

"Hahahaha, that kid Xu Lu also has this day, it's really hilarious, hahahaha!"

Over at Xia Lifei Film and Television, Xiong Tang, upon hearing the news, burst into laughter, bending over backward.

For a long time, Xia Lifei Film and Television, where he worked, had been suppressed by Da Xu Culture, and he had never found a way to surpass them.

The continuation of this situation had made Xiong Tang feel quite depressed recently.

Originally, during the zombie film war last year, Xia Lifei was one of the few companies that didn't lose money.

However, compared to the huge profits made by Da Xu Culture, Xia Lifei Film and Television seemed somewhat overshadowed.

As an old rival, Xiong Tang, with no other options, could only hope that The kid surnamed Xu from Da Xu Culture would suffer misfortune himself.

He originally thought there was no chance.

Who knew that today, he would hear news that made him happy.

Da Xu Culture's new drama, 'a chinese ghost story', was actually pirated.

Although this matter brought no benefit to Xia Lifei Film and Television, the key was that it could cause losses for Da Xu Culture.

Seeing his opponent suffer, Xiong Tang felt very satisfied:

"I heard about this company that started by pirating others before, but I never paid much attention to it.

Unexpectedly, this time, this company actually helped me, hahahaha, go ahead and pirate them vigorously.

It's best if they steal all their traffic, then The kid surnamed Xu will probably be infuriated to death!"

Thinking of this, Xiong Tang's eyes suddenly lit up, and a flash of inspiration went through his mind:

"Yes, although Xia Lifei Film and Television cannot compare with Da Xu Culture right now, there are always ways to annoy people.

Just like now, I can set up a subsidiary company specifically to pirate Da Xu Culture's films.

Since 'a chinese ghost story' can become 'pretty girl ghost'.

Then it can also become 'Beauty Ghost' or 'Charming Girl Ghost'.

It is said that the company specializing in pirating other blockbusters has always been profitable, right...?"

...Xiong Tang was not the only one secretly rejoicing at Da Xu Culture's misfortune.

For example, Zhao Fu, who had no films to shoot and spent his days following industry trends, was also inexplicably happy at this moment:

"Serves him right! I never thought The kid surnamed Xu would have this day, it's truly gratifying!"

Zhao Fu slapped his thigh and exclaimed loudly:

"Director Qian's mind is truly brilliant; he chose a different path and actually succeeded.

This time, they've attached themselves to Da Xu Culture, like parasites.

The films they produce will completely 'suck the blood' from Da Xu Culture's films..."

As a director, Zhao Fu naturally understood all of this.

The pirating methods of Qian Benjing and Xiao Guangshan were, in essence, a 'parasitic marketing' strategy.

It was unclear who their previous hosts were.

But this time, these parasites chose Da Xu Culture, a big tree, as their host.

Through 'parasitism', they can effortlessly leverage the popularity of Da Xu Culture, the popularity of Director Xu, and the popularity of the new drama 'a chinese ghost story'.

When their pirated drama 'pretty girl ghost' is released, it's like the parasitic organism is about to mature.

To obtain 'nutrients', the parasitic organism will inevitably cause great losses to the host; in severe cases, it can even lead to the host's death.

This is the characteristic of parasitism!

Because if it were mutually beneficial, it wouldn't be 'parasitism' but 'symbiosis'.

"It serves The kid surnamed Xu right for being parasitized after causing me to fall into such a state!

It would be best if Director Qian and his team were even more formidable and sucked away all the popularity of 'a chinese ghost story'!"

Zhao Fu cursed under his breath.

Moreover, this news was the most refreshing he had heard in a long time.

So he decided to continue following it until he saw Da Xu Culture suffer heavy losses in this 'parasitic marketing'... However, just as there are unscrupulous individuals, there are also people with correct values.

For example, Director Xu's fans were already filled with righteous indignation:

[Holy cow, Director Xu's is called 'a chinese ghost story', and theirs is 'pretty girl ghost'. Can they really do that?]

[That's so unethical, doing something like this. Everyone remember to keep your eyes peeled.

Their pirated films are just to trick us out of our money, so don't fall for it.]

[Exactly, exactly. As long as everyone makes sure not to be fooled, these scammers' schemes won't succeed.]

[Speechless, I was fooled by this before. I searched for one, and a pirated version popped up.

Of course, I didn't know then. Only after watching it with relish did I feel something was off. It's so disgusting.]

...[By the way, can this kind of thing be taken to court, and let the police uncles arrest them!]

[It's probably very difficult. They can just say the film titles are similar; at most, it's a moral failing.]

['a chinese ghost story' and 'pretty girl ghost', is that really just a similar film title?

If you're not careful, you can't distinguish them at all, and the meaning is almost the same...]

[What I'm most worried about is that if these petty people aren't deterred this time, they'll become even more arrogant later.]

...In fact, as the General Producer of Da Xu Culture, Feng Xiaoxia also had similar concerns.

At this moment, he was discussing the situation with Xu Lu, saying:

"Mr. Xu, although it may not have much effect, we should make our voices heard.

We should strictly resist such things, otherwise, the losses will be significant later."

"You are right!"

Xu Lu nodded, indicating his agreement with the other party's statement, then smiled and said:

"By the way, what do you think these pirating people rely on to make money?"

"Director Xu, these guys naturally make money by harming others to benefit themselves.

Just like this time they pirated our 'a chinese ghost story', they first followed the film title, and then they will definitely leverage our promotional buzz.

According to custom, these guys will definitely go online before our release.

At that time, many people who are unaware of the inside story or haven't paid much attention will be deceived.

They will think that their 'pretty girl ghost' is our 'a chinese ghost story' produced by 'Da Xu Culture', consuming our company's brand and reputation..."

Feng Xiaoxia became more and more agitated as he spoke.

He felt like he had encountered a group of shameless thieves, yet he had no better solution than to issue a warning or two.

Seeing Producer Feng furious, Director Xu smiled and comforted him:

"Alright, Xiao Xia, it's not actually that serious.

In what you just said, for these people to gain greater profit, they need to achieve a very crucial point.

That is, their pirated movie must be released earlier than our authentic one.

So, what if we manage to release ours before they go online? How would they leech off the popularity then?"

"This... is that possible?"

Hearing this, Feng Xiaoxia was a bit incredulous and said:

"Mr. Xu, those bad pirated films they make can often be finished in two or three months."

Xu Lu smiled and said, "They can, and so can we, and in even less time than them!"