Chapter 1784 The thief
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There are two major film markets around the world, one is the United States and the other is China.
The film markets in both places are extremely huge, and if they can succeed in the film markets in both places, it means that the film has been successful in the film markets all over the world.
Although the movie "Sky Walk" has also achieved a box office of over 100 million in Europe, compared with the box office of the two largest film markets, China and the United States, it is a bit less conspicuous.
Time passed little by little. As of 12 a.m., on the day of "Sky Walk", the box office in mainland China reached 2.837.5 million.
This is a number that shocked countless people. You must know that the entire China has a population of only one billion and a box office of more than two or eight billion yuan. If a movie ticket costs 40 yuan, it would be equivalent to more than 70 million people going to the cinema to watch the movie today!
More than 70 million viewers, this is simply a miracle!
Inside the hotel.
When Xu Taiping heard the box office report by Guo Yunpeng, he felt a little scary.
He had a premonition that the movie could get a good box office this time, but he never expected that the box office would be so terrifying.
This is no longer a problem for the audience to go to the cinema to pay a movie ticket. This is a matter of countless people coming to give him money!
Two hundred and eight billion is nothing to Xu Taiping's huge wealth, but for Chinese film history, the box office on this first day will definitely be unprecedented.
Under the influence of countless external factors, Xu Taiping successfully converted all the factors that were unfavorable to him into box office.
It can be said that this time's box office record is partly because the movie is really good, and partly because of Xu Taiping's pig rivals.
If these people had not given Xu Taiping the opportunity to constantly expose the movie and hype it up, the movie would definitely not reach this level.
Especially the person who leaked his master belt, because of him, many people saw the high-definition film source in advance, and then these people fed the praise online, which made more people voluntarily go to the cinema to watch this movie by Xu Taiping. In addition, Xu Taiping's open-mindedness made many people who watched pirated copies ashamed, so that these people who hardly spend money to watch movies were willing to buy a movie ticket for him and go to the cinema to watch this movie.
When anything, when a trend forms, countless people will follow the trend.
The same is true for watching movies. When many people go to the cinema to watch Xu Taiping’s movies, then naturally more people will follow these people to watch movies.
The cinema is still crowded, and the box office is still growing at a terrifying rate. For Xu Taiping, he doesn't care much about how many box office he gets now, because today's box office has proved everything. He will make a lot of money in this movie. What Xu Taiping is more concerned about now is who it is, revealing the master belt of his movie.
At 2:30 in the morning, the Beijing police called Xu Taiping.
Logically speaking, this point should not be called, but Xu Taiping specifically explained that once the police caught the person who leaked his master, they would call him as soon as possible. Therefore, even though it was 2:30 in the morning, the police still called Xu Taiping, and the reason for calling was naturally very simple. The person who leaked his master was caught.
The police are still very efficient in their work, especially this incident involves Xu Taiping, the richest man in China. The police have been investigating day and night since receiving the police. After a few days of investigation, they finally got the person who leaked their master belt.
After receiving the call from the police, Xu Taiping immediately called Guo Yunpeng, and then the two set off from the hotel and headed to the Beijing Police Station.
In the Beijing Police Station, Xiaolin, the captain of the Economic Investigation Brigade who was in charge of this case, arranged Xu Taiping and Guo Yunpeng in an independent room, and briefly mentioned the transcripts of some of the criminal suspects they have obtained so far.
"The suspect is named Wen Xingyong, who is 42 years old this year. He is a projectionist at a cinema called Yunxing in Beihe County. He took advantage of his position to come into contact with the movie tapes prepared for Christmas in the cinema, and copied them and sold them to a pirated website online for 300,000 yuan. We also tracked the website based on clues and captured the boss of this website. Only after we followed the clues, we found Wen Xingyong. Now Wen Xingyong has admitted his crime, which corresponds to some of the clues we have collected here. The next step should be to go through the public prosecution process." Xiaolin said.
"Just sold 300,000?" Xu Taiping asked.
"Yes, 300,000 is not much." Kobayashi said.
"Is this Wen Xingyong the first time he committed a crime?" Xu Taiping asked.
"Well, it's a first offense!" Kobayashi nodded.
"First offender? Then why didn't he find someone else's belts to sell me, but only mine?" Xu Taiping asked.
"We don't know this. He said that your movie is quite popular recently, so he thought it could be sold at a good price, so he secretly copied the master belt and sold it." Kobayashi was told.
"Is this Yunxing Cinema a small theater?" Xu Taiping asked.
"Well, there are about 100 cinemas across the country, which are considered small, and are mainly located in third- and fourth-tier cities." Kobayashi said.
"I want to meet this Wen Xingyong." Xu Taiping said.
"See him?" Kobayashi frowned slightly and said, "I don't know what else Mr. Xu doesn't understand? Maybe I can help you with answers."
"I just want to see him." Xu Taiping said with a smile, "I hope Officer Lin will give you some convenience."
"Well..." Kobayashi hesitated for a moment, and then said, "You can see you, but we must be present and the whole process will be recorded."
"Okay, that's OK!" Xu Taiping nodded.
"Okay, come with me." Xiaolin said, taking Xu Taiping out of the room, then walked around the police station for a while, and came to an outside of a detention room.
"Wen Xingyong is here." Kobayashi pushed open the door and said, "Mr. Xu, please come in."
"Well, thank you!" Xu Taiping nodded, then took Guo Yunpeng in, and Xiaolin walked in with him.
There was a policeman in the detention room. Behind the iron fence opposite the policeman, a man in his forties was handcuffed and sat on a chair.
"Boss!" The policeman saw Kobayashi coming in and quickly stood up and greeted him.
"You go out first!" Kobayashi was treated.
"Yes!" The policeman nodded, then turned around and walked out of the detention room.
"Mr. Xu, this is Wen Xingyong!" Xiaolin said, pointing to the man behind the iron fence.
The man heard the voice and looked at Xu Taiping. When he saw Xu Taiping, the man quickly lowered his head.
"Wen Xingyong." Xu Taiping walked to the front of the iron fence, looked at the other party, and said, "You are Wen Xingyong who sold my master belt?"
Wen Xingyong lowered his head and said nothing.
"Very good." Xu Taiping smiled and said, "You are really good if you dare to sell my master belt."
"I was wrong." Wen Xingyong whispered.
"Wrong? Of course you are wrong." Xu Taiping said with a smile, "You are very wrong, and you will definitely pay a heavy price for your stupid behavior."
Hearing Xu Taiping's words, Wen Xingyong looked up at Xu Taiping and said nothing.
"Officer Lin, how will Wen Xingyong be determined in the end?" Xu Taiping asked.
"I don't know this either. This is the matter of the public prosecution agency. However, it should basically be linked to theft. Whether it is stealing commercial secrets or stealing movie master tapes, it is all theft." Kobayashi said.
"Where is the sentencing?" Xu Taiping asked.
"If this sentence is sentencing, it may be based on his illegal income. I am not a lawyer or a judge, so I am not very clear." Kobayashi said.
"If it is sentenced with illegal income, then the illegal income is 300,000, which means that theft of 300,000 is a serious crime. It is estimated that it will be fine if it is imprisoned for seven or eight years. However, if it is only seven or eight years, it will be cheaper for this guy. Therefore, no matter what, I cannot let the court sentence it with illegal income. As far as I know, theft is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will also consider the real damage caused to the victims by the stolen property. For example, if you steal my movie master belt and cause me 10 million losses, then use this ten million losses to be sentenced." Xu Taiping said with a smile.
"Mr. Xu still has research on the law?" Officer Lin asked in surprise.
"There is a little research." Xu Taiping looked at Wen Xingyong with a smile and said, "Wen Xingyong, you may not know that the total box office of my movie is now close to 3 billion. I can completely assume that if the master belt was not stolen, my movie might have a first-day box office of 4 billion, or even 5 billion. In other words, the losses you caused to me will be calculated in billions."
"How is that possible? I got 300,000!" Wen Xingyong shouted excitedly.
"That 300,000 is your illegal income, but it is not my loss. My loss can also determine your sentencing. Not to mention the extra one, just one hundred million. If you make me lose 100 million, this one hundred million is enough to keep you in prison for the rest of your life." Xu Taiping said.
"No, you can't do this. How can you count this loss on me? You have no evidence to prove that I have caused so many losses to you!" Wen Xingyong shouted.
"Evidence? Of course there is evidence. I am already looking for an analyst. I will ask them to calculate how much money I lost when the master belt is leaked. Then, I will submit the evidence from the analyst to the court. You believe me, with my ability and connections, the court will definitely send my evidence to MMS. At that time, life imprisonment is the starting point of your sentencing. This is the price you have to pay for stealing my master belt. I... want you to be imprisoned in prison all your life, and I want you to suffer a lifelong crime in prison! Even if the law bypasses you in the future, as long as you are released from prison, I will definitely use my method to make you regret coming to this world. I, Xu Taiping, do what you say!"
Xu Taiping said with murderous aura.
(All plots in this book are fictional. Don’t talk about what’s going on in reality. They are all fake, including my description of the movie circle, which is all my own yy)
Chapter completed!