Chapter 478: 437 A Heavy Blow, Tianyu Cooling Down [2 Updates] Chapter 478: 437 A Heavy Blow, Tianyu Cooling Down [2 Updates] “Although the writing of ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’ is not as good as ‘Song of the World’, it was indeed published earlier than ‘Song of the World’.”
“Still don’t understand? Shu Se copied it because the story plot and character design of ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’ were good, right? These days, original works can’t outshine plagiarized ones.”
Shu Se is the pen na Shang Shu used when she wrote ‘Song of the World’, serialized on EndPoint Novel Network.
Shang Shu has always been a hobody, reserved in nature, and does not like social activities.
Besides her author column on EndPoint Novel Network, she had not opened a Weibo account or any other social dia accounts.
So, after the plagiarism scandal broke, the comnt section for ‘Song of the World’ was full of negative reviews.
As a result, the overall rating of ‘Song of the World’ plumted, dropping out of the top ten in the overall rankings.
Even the original fans of the novel couldn’t say much.
After all, the tiline was laid out clear and complete.
Luo Wenbin sneered.
He really wanted to see what Chuguang dia could co up with.
Even if Chuguang dia could find a top hacker to recover the surveillance videos, they surely couldn’t reverse the tiline of the two novels, could they?
Ying Zijin was still sitting in the chair, yawning lazily.
Her beautiful phoenix eyes were misty, veiled as if in a drizzle of gentle rain.
After being busy for two days, she was starting to think about what she wanted to eat that evening.
“Since the author of ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’ hasn’t opened a Weibo account, we contacted her privately and have invited her here,” the female secretary took a step back, “Miss Qian Ying, please co forward, we owe you an explanation.”
Ying Zijin propped her head up, and suddenly glanced over at the dia buzzing with excitent, and said, “Don’t film .”
The suddenly awakened dia: “…”
They silently turned their caras toward Qian Ying.
The viewers watching the live broadcast also went: “…”
Qian Ying is the author of ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’, and also Shang Shu’s roommate.
Now, she works as an office employee in a small company, earning a basic salary of three thousand yuan a month.
She is not tall, just one ter fifty, with a pair of thick, heavy black-frad glasses on her face.
At first, Qian Ying was a bit reluctant to co forward.
It wasn’t until Luo Wenbin gave her an encouraging look that she clenched her teeth and quickly walked up.
Shang Shu sat below, and when she saw Qian Ying, she clenched her fists.
Since graduating college two years ago, she hadn’t exchanged a word with Qian Ying.
She truly never expected that Qian Ying would steal her novel outline and publish it ahead of her.
If her blog hadn’t been recovered, she would have never been able to clear her na from the accusation of plagiarism.
“Miss Qian Ying, hello,” the female secretary spoke courteously, “We’re very pleased to have invited you here today.”
Qian Ying, experiencing such a grand occasion for the first ti, saw quite a few caras filming her from below.
Caught off guard, she was both excited and nervous; her face flushed, “No, it’s nothing.”
“Miss Qian Ying, our company did not see your work before purchasing ‘Song of the World’,” the female secretary handed her the microphone, ”
“No one blas you,” Qian Ying stuttered, “Because I felt that what I wrote wasn’t good, so I locked my novel.”
Endpoint Novel Network does have this feature.
Authors can lock their novels.
After locking their novels, readers cannot see the content.
Because ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’ had no fa at all, there weren’t even pirated copies online.
It was quite a coincidence that Luo Wenbin discovered ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’.
It was because a relative of Qian Ying worked at Skywalk Entertainnt.
He overheard this relative ntion that ‘Song of the World’ was almost exactly like the ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’ that his niece had written, during a random inspection of the company’s grassroots level.
“How coincidental that Miss Qian Ying and Miss Shang Shu ca from the sa university,” the female secretary said with a aningful smile, “and were roommates at that. What a wonderful fate.”
Qian Ying’s complexion changed slightly: “Yes, we were roommates, Shushu is a very kind person, she would often bring us specialties from her hotown.”
“[They were roommates?]”
“[I get it now, Shang Shu must have sneaked a look at Qian Ying’s computer in their dorm, a real thief!]”
“[This… beware of fire, beware of theft, beware of roommates.]”
“As with the previous few results you’ve seen, Miss Qian Ying, we intend to give you a chance, too,” the female secretary spoke indifferently, “Are you certain that ‘Song of the World’ is the plagiarized work, and that your ‘Red Makeup River and Mountains’ is the original?”
“CEO Ying, what is the aning of this?” Luo Wenbin stood up before Qian Ying could speak, his expression mocking, “Don’t tell you can’t see the tiline.”
Ying Zijin put down her cup, without even lifting her head, her voice was detached, “Sit down, this doesn’t concern you right now.”
Luo Wenbin’s face darkened.
A girl not yet twenty years old dared to address him so casually and disrespectfully.
Luo Wenbin snorted coldly and sat down, “Miss Qian Ying, just speak up, don’t be intimidated by them.”
[I originally thought God Ying was a good person, didn’t expect that he would stand on the street for plagiarism… sigh.]
[To the water army upfront, please shut your mouth, don’t get in the way of my admiring God Ying’s glorious beauty.]
[I could watch God Ying sleep all day!]
[I’m still in elentary school right now, but when I beco an adult, I’m going to pursue God Ying QAQ]
[??? Stop dreaming and take so dicine.]
Qian Ying, seeing that the opinions were swaying in her favor, gained confidence and pursed her lips, “I know I don’t have much talent in writing novels, and my own writing can’t support such a huge story.”
As she spoke, she also smiled, “Shushu, you managed to make her popular, it’s a skill I don’t have, and I have no complaints.”
[The plagiarized work is more popular than the original, what’s wrong with this world?]
[There are three copies of “Song of the World” at ho, I’m going to burn them now.]
Shang Shu was shocked at Qian Ying’s shalessness and her frivolous words, “You…”
She had thought, after all, Qian Ying was her roommate, and they had been classmates for four years.
As long as Qian Ying admitted her fault, she would let bygones be bygones, and forgive her.
But now, Qian Ying was actually trying to bite back at her.
“God Ying, it’s my mistake for thinking too highly of her.” Shang Shu was very disappointed; she paused and said to Ying Zijin, “I request my blog records be made public.”
Ying Zijin nodded slightly, “Okay.”
She looked up and glanced at the female secretary.
The female secretary had long prepared for this, promptly instructing the control room to pull up Shang Shu’s blog.
The blog records began from 2012, all the way to 2014.
Each blog post was a snippet; they seed disconnected and unrelated at first glance.
There were descriptions of wars, character portrayals, along with so ancient daily life.
However, any reader of “Song of the World” or fan of its adapted movies and dramas could tell, these were snippets from “Song of the World”.
It’s just that the text in these blog posts was much more immature and nowhere near as impactful as “Song of the World”.
“This is Ms. Shang Shu’s blog,” explained the female secretary, pointing to the big screen. “Ms. Shang Shu had plenty of ideas before she wrote the outline for ‘Song of the World’.”
“We have retrieved her blog, and we invite everyone to judge for themselves who the plagiarist is.”
[Evaluation complete; the tistamps on these blog posts are earlier than “The World of Rouge”.]
[I’ve always steadfastly believed that the author capable of writing “Song of the World” with such patriotic sentints could never plagiarize.]
[To be honest, “The World of Rouge” really does seem like a more withered outline.]
Shang Shu’s fingers clutched the microphone, trembling, her voice choked, “I thought my work was finished, until God Ying gave hope, I want to thank her here.”
Qian Ying couldn’t hear anything anymore, her ears buzzing with noise.
She looked blankly at each blog post, her brain throbbing with blood.
Luo Wenbin was also shocked, he abruptly stood up, “The plagiarist is actually you?!”
Qian Ying burst into tears, “President Luo, I just didn’t realize…”
How could she have anticipated that Shang Shu was already writing snippets of “Song of the World” on her blog during high school?
At that ti, she had no intention of stealing Shang Shu’s novel outline.
It wasn’t until later, after she asked Shang Shu several tis why she wasn’t writing “Song of the World” and Shang Shu said she didn’t have the ti, that Qian Ying began to be tempted.
Qian Ying really liked the story, it’s just that she indeed couldn’t write it out well.
Later when she found out “Song of the World” had beco popular, she panicked and locked her own “Red Makeup River and Mountains”.
Qian Ying thought Shang Shu wouldn’t find out, but then Skywalk Entertainnt ca knocking, offering ten million to buy the rights to “Red Makeup River and Mountains,” intending to have her accuse Shang Shu of plagiarism.
She was tempted and thus reached a deal with Skywalk Entertainnt.
When slandering Shang Shu, she did feel a bit guilty, but nothing more.
[Absolutely magical, a major reversal, I’m about to throw up from all the drama I’ve witnessed today.]
[Thankfully, unlike other roommates, she didn’t resort to poisoning others.]
[A new law ca out this year, copyright is very important, the plagiarist, just wait to go to jail.]
“Ms. Shang Shu, our legal departnt can help you sue,” the female secretary looked at Shang Shu, “What do you think?”
“Shushu, don’t sue ,” Qian Ying panicked all of a sudden, begging, “We’re roommates, I even lent you my notes, can’t we just settle this amicably?”
Shang Shu was known to be a kind person.
As long as she pleaded, Shang Shu would surely agree.
Is plagiarism really such a big deal?
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