The Island responded to plagiarism and said： It is an independent original work.

　　Recently, the screenwriter Yu Mengyuan sued the movie The Island for script plagiarism. In this regard, The Island filmmakers and director Bo Huang himself have not made a public response. Last night, The Island’s film company commissioned a lawyer to issue an official statement in Weibo, denying the theory of "plagiarism", saying that The Island was an independent original work and demanding that Yu Mengyuan immediately delete the relevant articles.

　　Previously, the screenwriter Yu Mengyuan @ 个个个个个个个 Bess wrote a post in Weibo, claiming that The Island of Bo Huang copied and borrowed from her 2013 play "Men’s Crisis", and both of them have similarities in story theme and characters. She revealed that she had invited Bo Huang to play first hero’s "Qian Jin" in the name of a film and television company, but Bo Huang refused on the grounds that the story frame and character types were not suitable. In the following years, she tried to contact and lobby Bo Huang to play the role of "Qian Jin" through various relationships and channels, and even contacted Bo Huang’s good friend Wang Xun, and lobbied by inviting Wang Xun to play the role of a tour guide. But unexpectedly, Bo Huang wrote, directed and acted his first film, The Island, with the same story frame and character types.

　　In The Island’s lawyer’s statement, two points are clearly mentioned: The Island is an original work independently created by the screenwriter and the film creative team, and it belongs to the previous creation; Weibo’s article claims that "copying the story creativity and framework in the script of Men’s Crisis and rewriting a lot of details in order to avoid the risk of infringement" does not exist at all, which is a distortion of the facts.

　　In response to Yu Mengyuan’s accusation, a few days ago, directors Han Yan and Zhang Xiaobei publicly voiced in Weibo, proving that they had heard Bo Huang tell The Island’s story as early as 2010 and 2011, and opposed the theory of "plagiarism". Han Yan said: "One night in the cafe downstairs of Bo Huang’s teacher’s house, he told me a story about a desert island, and the story context and plot were almost the same as those presented by The Island. It was the winter of 2010, and I was preparing for "The First Time", which was deeply imprinted with time. I am not familiar with Bo Ge, and I don’t even have WeChat. Seeing the premiere is also invited by my colleagues in Light. I don’t believe in this plagiarism identification, just because I am a creator’s respect for another creator. "

　　Zhang Xiaobei also explained: "In August or September of 2011, I had a script planning meeting with Mr. Bo Huang on this project. At that time, Director Guan Hu was also present, and he introduced me to the planning meeting. At the meeting, Mr. Bo Huang explained the whole early script completely, including the creative source, story structure, characters, main conflicts and ending, which is basically the complete embryonic form of the current film. I don’t have a personal relationship with Teacher Bo Huang, but I stand up because I respect a serious creator. "

　　The explanations given by the two directors are basically the same as those given by Xú Zhēng and Liang Jing at the film premiere. At that time, Xu Zheng once said: "The first time I heard Bo Huang say that he wanted to make an allegorical movie was in Blue Harbor, almost in 2009 and 2010." Liang Jing also said: "In 2010, I knew that Bo Huang wanted to direct this play. At that time, he said that he would not let Guan Hu direct it. He went to perform with Xú Zhēng and Baoqiang."

　　Before the "plagiarism theory" was put forward, our reporter interviewed Bo Huang just before the release of The Island. At that time, he also made it clear that The Island’s story originated in 2010. He was first asked by a friend’s company to plan a promotional film for an amphibious bus, and he thought wildly: If a group of people were trapped on an island, many interesting things might happen. Later, after watching Farewell Atlantis, Bo Huang was obsessed with the ending of the film. "All the survivors hid in the ark, but I think the story behind is more interesting. Can they really find the landing site? Will there be love or struggle in the ark? " Later, the script was constantly revised, until after the release of "Seeking the Dragon", Bo Huang stopped taking the play and devoted himself to The Island’s script creation. Our reporter Li Li