Each editor: Huang Sheng
Tianyancha app shows that recently, Jiangsu Radio and Television Group Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Huali Culture Media Co., Ltd., Wu Xiubo, Horgos Fuji Culture Media Co., Ltd., Youku Information Technology ( Beijing) Co., Ltd. and other copyright ownership and infringement dispute cases have a new hearing announcement. The plaintiff is Jiangsu Radio and Television Group Co., Ltd. The case will be heard in Yangzhou Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province on March 6.
It is worth noting that Horgos Fuji Culture Media Co., Ltd. was established in September 2015, with Wu Xiubo holding approximately 99% of the shares.
In June 2017, the TV series "The Great Military Advisor Sima Yi's Military Advisor Alliance" (hereinafter referred to as "The Great Military Advisor") was broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV, Anhui Satellite TV, and Youku Video. This costume historical drama received rave reviews at the time. Today, nearly 150,000 people have scored a high score of 8.2 on the Douban platform.
According to the Securities Times, the economic benefits of this drama are also considerable. Including TV stations, online broadcasts and peripherals, it generated nearly 1 billion yuan in revenue. However, since 2017, disputes have continued between the show's producers, distributors, and broadcasters over the distribution of profits, resulting in more than 20 lawsuits.
Picture source: screenshots of Wu Xiubo’s previous participation in variety shows
On November 24 and 25, 2023, one of the investors of the show was the actual controller of Horgos Fuji Culture Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Fu Er Culture") , Wu Xiubo, the star of "Army", posted on Weibo continuously, accusing Jiangsu Huali Culture Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huali Culture"), another investor in the show, of using fake official seals and fake contracts to set up a trap, causing Fuji Culture to face huge losses. , he faced personal bankruptcy.
Dongyang Mengjiangwei Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Mengjiangwei"), a long-established film and television company that was the first to invest in the show, has also been involved in disputes about the show for many years. Since last year, courts in many places have enforced Mengjiangwei at the request of the applicant, but the company no longer has any employees, any physical assets or bank deposits, or any business operations.
Huali Culture has repeatedly won its lawsuits against Mengjiangwei and Fuji Culture. According to the court ruling, it will receive half of the income of "Grand Army Division". However, in the past two years, the film and television, real estate and other businesses engaged in by Huali Culture and its affiliated companies have been hit hard one after another. Currently, Huali Culture and its related parties are deeply involved in a debt crisis and have been involved in multiple enforcement cases.
In addition, two listed companies deeply involved in the dispute over the drama, Contemporary Oriental and Yinji Media, have both delisted. For more than 6 years, this film and television investment dispute caused by Luobo Zhang has been protracted, and many parties involved have different opinions.
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