"Heroes of Fire" accused of plagiarism, director Chen Guohui denies allegations

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The Beijing News reported on November 11 (Reporter Zhou Huixiaowan) On November 11, according to the official Weibo news of the People’s Court of Beijing’s Haidian District, it was believed that the movie "Heroes of Fire" had its background, character setting, character relationship, The main plot settings, ending arrangements, etc., a large number of plagiarism and plagiarism of his copyrighted work "Flamingo", Li Moumou produced the film on the grounds of copyright infringement, the distributor Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd., Bona Pictures Eight companies including the Group Co., Ltd. sued the court. The Haidian Court accepted the case a few days ago.

Regarding whether "Heroes of Agni" is suspected of plagiarism, a reporter from the Beijing News exclusively contacted the director of "Heroes of Agni", Chen Guohui, who was preparing a new film in Los Angeles at this time. He said that this accusation was simply nonsense and he didn't understand why there was such a thing. He showed the screenshot of the original script to the Beijing News reporter as a rationale, “I don’t understand why there are such accusations. It is a very serious injury to the creator.”

'Heroes of Fire' accused of plagiarism, director Chen Guohui denies allegations - Lujuba

"Heroes of Fire" The three protagonists on the poster.

Chen Guohui said that as early as the beginning of 2018, the first draft of "Heroes of Fire" was completed. The script at the time was called "The Great Bang". As early as 2017, the crew did a lot of interviews with firefighters. It's a real thing. We also interviewed people who witnessed it. Why did you want to copy a book, so I don't know why the other party said it like this."

Chen Guohui mentioned that the time when the first draft of the script came out is proven. He completed most of his creations as early as 2017. The outline of the script was finalized before the Spring Festival of 2018, and the other party only began serialization after that. It also officially published the novel in July this year. The time point is completely out of date: "Because this accusation is very serious for a creative person. I have always respected originality and the right to create. I am a person who is loyal to creation. It is impossible to copy other people's. You know why the other party did this, and how to deal with it, depends on the company's response."

(original title: "Heroes of Fire" was accused of plagiarism, director Chen Guohui exclusively responded to deny the allegations)

(responsible editor: Ma Wenjing_NBJS9027)

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