Yesterday (November 15) afternoon, the official Weibo of the web drama "The Hidden Corner" issued a statement explaining that it was related to the screenwriting agreement for the web drama "Bad Kids" (later renamed "The Hidden Corner") signed by Wang Yuming and Yang Han dispute.

Yesterday (November 15th) afternoon, the official Weibo of the web drama "The Hidden Corner" released a statement explaining that it had signed a contract with Wang Yuming and Yang Han for the web drama " Bad Boy " (later renamed "The Hidden Corner") Disputes related to screenwriting agreements. At the same time, the film producer Horgos Wannian Film Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Wannian Film) announced that based on the verdict, Wang Yuming and Yang Han will be signed as "screenwriters of this episode" in the first three episodes of the online drama "The Hidden Corner". Apologies to both writers.

On the afternoon of November 15, the official Weibo of the web drama " The Hidden Corner " released a statement. In the statement, Wannian Pictures, the producer of the drama, explained the dispute over the authorship of the screenwriter of "The Hidden Corner".

Wannian Pictures said that it signed a screenwriting agreement with Wang Yuming and Yang Han on November 19, 2018 for the online drama "Bad Kids" (later renamed "The Hidden Corner"). On January 31, 2019, the two parties failed due to various reasons. The cooperation was not continued, and Yang Han and Wang Yuming were listed in the "Special Thanks" at the end of the project.

Wannian Pictures stated that after "The Hidden Corner" was broadcast, Wang Yuming and Yang Han believed that the online drama used their scripts without permission but did not name them as screenwriters, so they filed a lawsuit in court. The current case has gone through the first and second trials, and the effective judgment is that the first three episodes of the online drama used the work results of the scripts of Wang Yuming and Yang Han for the first three episodes, and Wang Yuming and Yang Han should be signed as the screenwriters of the first three episodes.

According to the verdict, Wannian Pictures announced that it would sign the first three episodes of the online drama "The Hidden Corner" by Wang Yuming and Yang Han as "screenwriters of this episode", and sincerely apologized to the two screenwriters Wang Yuming and Yang Han for this.

Information shows that "The Hidden Corner" is a family suspense drama produced by iQiyi, produced by Wannian Pictures, produced by Han Sanping, directed by Xin Shuang, and written by Pan Yiran and Sun Haoyang. The play was broadcast on iQiyi on June 16, 2020. It became a hit, with a Douban score of 8.8 and more than 1.1 million ratings.

Subsequently, Wang Yuming, the other party involved, responded to the incident via Weibo.

Wang Yuming said that it took more than four years to win the lawsuit. The reason why he did not speak out publicly at the beginning was partly due to the delay caused by negative emotions, and more importantly, he wanted to maintain an upright and upright litigation and innocent attitude of safeguarding rights.

He disclosed a text recorded in August 2020, saying that he signed a nine-episode script contract, participated in the story outline and episode synopsis of the entire drama, and wrote character biographies and the first three episode scripts. There are dozens of scenes in the finished film. The content of the first draft of the script written by them was used, including the appearances of many main characters, core events, etc.

Wang Yuming also said that the film studio was unwilling to add his signature to the title. The reason was that there were insurmountable technical difficulties in changing the title animation, and that changing the title would have to be submitted for review twice, for fear that the General Administration would not approve it. In addition, Wang Yuming also claimed that his and Yang Han's names were removed from the "special acknowledgments".

Nandu reporters confirmed through video websites that the current credits of the first three episodes of "The Hidden Corner" indeed list Wang Yuming and Yang Han as "screenwriters of this episode". There are no additions to the credits. In the "Special Acknowledgments" of the credits, Wang Yuming , Yang's names were indeed removed.

The names of Wang Yuming and Yang Han were not added to the title.

In the "Special Acknowledgments" at the end of the credits, the names of Wang Yuming and Yang Han were removed.

Southern Metropolis Daily (nddaily), n video report

Nandu reporter Yu Xiaoyu

Source: Southern Metropolis Daily