"interesting."
Meng Shu was wearing a Bluetooth headset, listening to Mr. Liang's personal explanation inside, while handling the chicken wings in his hand.
"Every precaution is taken, but you still can't prevent trouble from coming to your door."
Mr. Liang's steady voice sounded in the headphones.
[Mr. Meng, I am contacting you personally this time just to ask what you mean. We can also ask the public relations department and legal department to issue a notice to prove that the game is not plagiarized. After all, we released it first. ]
Meng Shu smiled and shook his head when he heard this.
"If you want to say something, you don't have to ask me, just don't take me with you. Those who are clean will clean themselves up, and I don't want to end up in other people's ways."
Moreover, I don’t want to play a public opinion war anymore.
The last sentence was what Meng Shu was thinking and what he really meant at the moment.
"It doesn't matter whether it proves plagiarism or not. It's just a trigger. There's no point in worrying about it. You can tell from the fact that Jiyou mistakenly thinks that our only game is a studio under your Infinite Online Entertainment. They don't know us well."
"At the same time, they want to use this matter to sue you and us. It can only be said that the management of their game is a bit chaotic in the gaming industry. It is a bit ridiculous to sue the opponent without understanding the opponent."
On the phone, Mr. Liang was confused.
[Mr. Meng, can you explain something more clearly? The current CEO of Jiyou, whose surname is An, is indeed a very capable person, but whether he understands games or not, we don’t know, and we don’t know either. ]
Meng Shu took out a basin, poured in seasonings, and marinated the chicken wings while responding calmly.
"Successful businessmen do not necessarily understand the law, and capable managers do not necessarily understand game products. It is enough that they can manage people and can bring profits to the company. As for whether they understand games or not, it is not important to managers at all. "
“I spent some time hiring a lawyer and learned a little bit about intellectual property rights.”
"If they want to sue us for 'gameplay plagiarism', 'innovation plagiarism', and 'concept plagiarism', then they are destined to be in vain."
Mr. Liang's eyes lit up. From these few words, he could hear the absolute confidence of this young entrepreneur.
[So, Mr. Meng, you are confident that you can handle their prosecution? ]
After hearing this, Meng Shu shook his head.
"It's not about responding, it's about ignoring. This lawsuit is just to scare people. The only intellectual property rights in the game industry that can be effectively sued are art resources, music resources, actor portraits, script lines, etc. As for gameplay, concepts, innovation, etc., the structure You can’t plagiarize, so your efforts are in vain.”
"Now that we understand that Jiyu is wasting our efforts, then what reason do we have to waste our efforts together?"
"So what is plain and ordinary is the truth."
Meng Shu chuckled in his heart.
If the gameplay is considered plagiarism, then someone from the original world who has fallen off the altar may become the biggest winner, right?
Mr. Liang was still a little confused.
[Mr. Meng, they have a legal department, so it’s logically impossible that they don’t know this? ]
"That's why I said it was to scare people. Their legal department must know this. So this prosecution is just for outsiders to see, and it is also a warning to us."
but...
If you really don’t understand, that’s possible.
After all, it turned out that when a legal lawyer from a certain company in the world sued Bilibili, they even got their company address wrong, which made the legal profession a big joke.
Mr. Liang suddenly heard a cry from the earphones and smiled awkwardly.
[I can’t learn as much as you young people. At my age, I can only maintain what I am now. But Mr. Meng, you are still very young, and they are preparing to stir up public opinion. I'm worried you might...]
Meng Shu raised his lips and interrupted Mr. Liang's words.
"Mr. Liang, you are worrying too much about this. As I said before, plagiarism is just a trigger, and targeting us is the real purpose. After all, no second company has officially entered the horror game market."
"Now that we know that their purpose is to mess with us, and that they are doing useless work, we don't need to play with them. We just need to sit in the audience and watch them perform in front of the public."
"If you feel that you are not enjoying yourself enough, you can also come out and applaud, so that they can keep up the good work. As long as you are happy to watch."
"I can't do it, and I won't do it."
When Mr. Liang heard this, he sighed.
[Mr. Meng, maybe you don’t understand the dangers of public opinion very well. Once someone manipulates and guides it, in serious cases, it can directly destroy you. ]
"No, I know public opinion too well."
After all, this was once my weapon.
Meng Shu thought in his mind, and a smile appeared on his face.
"The reputation of technical games itself is not good, and it also has a certain degree of bad impression in the player circle. The price and quality of its games are also one of the reasons why players are dissatisfied. Plagiarism and following trends are also a way of ridiculing players. The source of public opinion is so bad. As a company, I have three ways to guide public opinion and establish our own image."
When Mr. Liang heard this, he was startled and suddenly became curious.
[Can you tell me about your method? ]
Meng Shu grinned.
"The first is to make a CG, which can be the next game or a game concept video to divert attention."
"The second one is to interact with players, have close contact with them, answer questions raised by players, draw closer to the public, and let public opinion collapse."
"The third type is to ignore all the little moves made by Jiyu. Just do what you usually do. Ignore Jiyu and let them punch the cotton. If it fades away, then fade away. If you want to continue, then it should be Fabricating slander. If it’s the latter, we can take the opportunity to fight back. Although they are still considered slander.”
"But I think the above three methods may not be used, because players are not stupid. A company with a bad reputation suddenly targets another company in the name of fairness and plagiarism. This company During the game’s hot sales period, players will inevitably not think much about it.”
"Jiyou wants to treat players as tools and free trolls. If you say he is clean, it is possible. But he can't wash his dirty ass, so how can he convince players? In the end, it will only be counterproductive. .”
After hearing this, Mr. Liang thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
[So that’s it, I understand. Mr. Meng, if you need anything about this, please mention it to me or Director Lian in time. As a partner, Infinite Entertainment will definitely support you. ]
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Liang, but like I said. You and I, as the audience, just watch the acrobatics show."
Mr. Liang expressed his understanding and asked some questions about the game before hanging up the phone.
Mr. Meng continued to handle the chicken wings in his hands, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose again.
This plagiarism prosecution case in Jiyou is destined to be fruitless and will make me disgraced.
He has seen too many such things and experienced many.
It's nothing more than a sentence, popular right and wrong.
Meng Shu remembered that in the original world, this kind of thing also happened in "The Devil Boy of Nezha Comes to the World".
And it was quite a big fuss at the time.
At that time, the movie was in the midst of a nationwide hit, with good word-of-mouth and box office success, and the future was promising.
Just when everyone thought that domestic animated films were slowly rising, a stage drama company called China Film jumped out and accused "Nezha" of plagiarizing their "Five Dimensional Memory".
He took it to court with a lawsuit and demanded compensation of about 50 million.
Netizens were confused. The popular movie was suddenly plagiarized, and everyone couldn't accept it.
They all looked at the evidence of plagiarism listed by China Film Group, and it turned out that it was okay if they didn't look at it. They laughed out loud when they looked at it.
The relevant evidence enumerated is completely flimsy or head-on, and is completely untenable.
So I was ridiculed and criticized by netizens.
China Film Group is also very good and went straight off the stage to compete with netizens.
It was claimed that "Nezha" was plagiarized, and the people who attacked us online were the trolls invited by "Nezha". Those who support us are the real righteous netizens.
As the matter continued, countless people who supported "Nezha" criticized China Film in various ways to let them recognize the reality.
Another special effects artist came out and accused China Film Group of using his work for commercial purposes without permission, making China Film Group gradually become a joke in this incident.
However, China Film Academy defied public opinion and still sued "Nezha". In the end, the case was settled.
China Film lost the lawsuit, and "Nezha" did not constitute plagiarism, thus putting the matter to rest.
It also makes this stage company and its production "Five Dimensional Memory" a clown.
In this world, his skills are not as good as those of the Chinese Film Academy.
At the very least, the reputation and reputation are not as good.
Just to create public opinion, do you really think that people on the Internet are easy to use guns?
Meng Shu shook his head, ignored the matter, and concentrated on handling the ingredients in his hands.
After all, it's dark.
...
V blog, under the 2000-word blog post of Jiyou Network.
There are very few comments, not even 50.
But the last blog post announcing horror + shooting had nearly 500 comments.
Therefore, after comparing the two articles, it seems a little abnormal.
Although there were few comments on this blog post, surprisingly they were all supportive and approving replies.
【Support technical games! Support rights protection! Support originality! 】
[The only game is really disgusting. I don’t have any skills at all. I just copy the ideas of technical games. No wonder it’s still a small studio]
[Do you really think that you can do whatever you want with Infinite Entertainment as your backer? It makes me laugh to death. If you don’t make games well, you just know how to copy other people’s stuff, ex! 】
[How about "Mountain in the Sky"? I think it's "Mountain of Plagiarism", right? Could there be some real ability in it? Making games relies on gameplay, not plagiarism, understand? 】
[The only game, why don’t you take the game off the shelves quickly? Waiting to be sprayed by players? How dare you sell this thing for 298 yuan? It would be embarrassing to say it, right? 】
[Support the only game sued by technology games! If you want to become famous by plagiarism, just dream! Sue! Sue! 】
This blog post was reprinted by many other game manufacturers and expressed their opinions.
[Hope to return a positive energy environment to the game industry]
[It is right to safeguard rights, we cannot continue like this]
[Let’s fight against this bad evil trend]
[Games should allow players to experience happiness and relaxation, rather than pain and fear. Support rights protection]
[I never advocate playing horror games, as this will have a bad impact on people. Except, of course, for refreshing horror games. So this kind of game is evil to me]
[Rights protection is a good thing and we should support it]
...
Jiyou Network restricted comments on V-Bo, and all the comments were supportive and applauding, which made the players and netizens who watched it particularly embarrassed.
They are not fools. They were all applauded after the review was restricted? I understand everything.
There are also these game manufacturers who reposted and helped speak. Some players checked their game works and found that they were all familiar and all were listed on the Xiyou platform.
Needless to say, they are all in the same boat after signing the contract.
It's normal to help talk.
After the players saw these comments, they didn’t go through the process and started complaining directly.
If you can’t speak on Vblog, then go to Bihu, Danmaku.com, The Fourth Natural Disaster Club, and Pod Movie Reviews!
As a result, a large number of posts appeared.
[What do you think of Jiyou Network’s accusation that “Sky Mountain” plagiarized gameplay? 】
[A company that treats players like leeks suddenly uses the banner of seeking justice for players? Extremely hypocritical! 】
【Jealous behavior! Jiyou’s accusations are purely out of dissatisfaction and an attempt to suppress small game companies]
【Excuse! I'm afraid plagiarism is not the real reason. Jiyou Network has different intentions, but the actual purpose is clear]
[What right does a company that plagiarizes have to sue others for plagiarism? 】
In addition to being popular, the Fourth Natural Disaster Club is also the base camp for hot discussions.
"Vblog has locked the comments, and only ten-year-old fans can reply. They are all supportive and applauding. How about directing and acting?"
"As a player, I was inexplicably represented again. Have you asked for my opinion?"
"When you see other people's games becoming popular, you start targeting them. You really have a skill in gaming, you are so talented!"
"I really don't understand. It's true that horror + shooting was proposed by technology games, but this has become your patent? Then the whole world can't add shooting elements to horror games, and can't add horror elements to shooting games? It’s hilarious.”
"It made me laugh so hard. I plagiarized someone else's "Dark Forest" and made "Jungle Terror". In the end, 2,000 copies were not sold. Is it broken? Now I am accusing "Sky Mountain" of plagiarizing the horror + shooting gameplay. Is this considered plagiarism? It’s so shameless.”
"If horror + shooting is a kind of plagiarism, then all FPSs on the market are plagiarisms. The ancestor of FPS should hurry up and sue these companies, so that the next five or six generations will have nothing to worry about."
"Not just FPS, but those racing cars, football and basketball, and RPG upgrade systems are all suspected of plagiarism. It's so shameless. How could such a company appear in our country?"
"Maliciously suppressing the leading companies, this is the tolerance of the leading companies in our country? Why for the players? It's just fart. Is it because you can make money for yourself!?"
"Jiyou, ah, Jiyou, the games are bad, but they don't allow others to make good games. If they do, they will be suppressed and sued. What kind of leader is managing such a company? He doesn't even know that his company has a good reputation. Is it bad?”
"They know, just look at the reviews. Jiyou is well aware of its reputation."
"Jiyou, get out of here!"
With waves of denunciation and rebuttal from netizens, the gaming network is now in chaos.
From beginning to end, the only game and unlimited online entertainment have not appeared.
At the same time, some of Jiyou's games on the cyber platform have received negative reviews, causing their reputation to plummet.
Let this matter become a chat among netizens and players.
And just when the public relations department of Jiyou began to spend a large amount of money to delete posts in an attempt to silence netizens.
Shuo Guang from Danmaku.com posted an update.
The above content is not an accusation, nor a refutation, nor a proof.
But...
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