Chapter 171: Expose them all!

Jiang Cheng sat there listening to Chu Siqi's shout, and he was stunned.

"How did my plagiarism get exposed?"

"No, when did I plagiarize?"

"No, I didn't even plagiarize something like that!"

Chen Shu and Ye Qing stared at Jiang Cheng, as if there were something I didn't know.

Jiang Cheng said unhappily, "Explain yourself."

Chu Siqi ran over, put the breakfast in her hand on the table, took big breaths, her chest rising and falling, calmed a bit, then said:

"Boss, I was buying breakfast just now, scrolling on my phone, and suddenly saw news on all major platforms saying your song is plagiarized!"

"But I looked at the original works mentioned in those news articles, and they are indeed very similar to the song you created, Boss!"

"I don't know how they managed that!"

Jiang Cheng frowned and said, "Bring it over so I can take a look."

He also wondered, is there a song similar to the one I created?

He hasn't heard of such a song until now.

Chu Siqi handed her phone to Jiang Cheng, and Ye Qing leaned her head in from the side.

Chen Shu also moved closer.

Ye Qing glanced up at Chen Shu, because she smelled a perfume called Black Smoke Mist on him, which is said to be a man's enchanting fragrance.

Mainly, this perfume smells great, works on both men and women, and is extremely feminine.

Ye Qing also likes it, but she worries she can't handle it, so she usually doesn't dare to use it.

After thinking, Ye Qing realized the focus now is to look at the news about the boss.

But one thing she can be sure of is that the news content is definitely fake; the boss's song is absolutely not plagiarized!

Because when Qingman Company bought Jiang Cheng's song copyright, it underwent strict screening; if there really were plagiarism suspicions, they would have been detected long ago!

Moreover, she listens to many songs every day, yet she has never heard of any that are suspected of plagiarizing Jiang Cheng's compositions.

At this moment, the news content on Chu Siqi's phone started playing.

The news video said that the two songs Jiang Cheng created while participating in the singer competition are plagiarized works.

Moreover, the original works that were allegedly plagiarized are also marked in the news.

It also includes the creator information of those original works, with full names, seeming very genuine.

Chen Shu stood behind Jiang Cheng, bent over, lowered his head to look, furrowed his brow, and said, "Can you play that original song mentioned above again?"

Jiang Cheng turned his head and happened to see the older sister from a bottom-up angle, her delicate chin and perfect cheek line.

"Okay." Jiang Cheng nodded and replayed it.

After listening carefully, Chen Shu said, "This song has a problem; given its lyrics and melody, it shouldn't lack popularity."

Chu Siqi opened the comment section and said to Chen Shu, "You mean their original song is fake, right? I thought the same originally."

But look at the comment section—many people say they are fans of that original creator and have long liked his songs.

Chen Shu said without hesitation, "This problem is easy to handle; just hire a bunch of internet commentators."

"Ah, you can do that?" Chu Siqi looked at Chen Shu in surprise.

Chen Shu nodded and said, "If their operation is to recompose a song based on Jiang Cheng's, then hype it up as Jiang Cheng plagiarizing, they would definitely use the tactic of hiring internet commentators."

Jiang Cheng pursed his lips looking at the so-called original song in the news, feeling for a moment that he and Chu Siqi were outsiders, Ye Qing not a professional either, and the whole studio lacked anyone with experience in the industry. Chen Shu's words opened their eyes.

Jiang Cheng realized experience is still important.

At this moment, Ye Qing interjected, "In other words, they plagiarized the boss's song and then, through manipulation, claimed the boss plagiarized?"

"But what is their purpose?" Ye Qing asked.

Chen Shu shook his head and said, "I can't say for sure.

But one thing is certain: this hype tactic can only guide public opinion; if it ever goes to court, Jiang Cheng will definitely win.

Because legal rulings require clear, verifiable evidence.

The scene fell silent; Chu Siqi and Ye Qing frowned, thinking, not knowing who is behind this manipulation or what their purpose is.

Jiang Cheng opened the comment section; this single video already has over 30,000 comments, and a casual scroll shows many people attacking:

"I said he's so young, how could he create such a classic work? Turns out Jiang Cheng really is a plagiarist!"

"By the way, that original song is really nice to listen to; I've never heard it before, so I can only say the plagiarist is talented, able to dig up good stuff nobody else knows."

"I used to like Jiang Cheng so much, thinking he was a great talent, but now it turns out he's plagiarizing—I could do that too!"

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"I've long felt he has a problem; how could someone so young write a classic like 'Hard-to-Recite Scripture'!"

"I urge the show not to let him participate again; letting such a person get rankings on the show is truly shameful!

Jiang Cheng casually glanced at the comment section; the highly liked comments are all unpleasant, of course unpleasant from Jiang Cheng's perspective.

The faces of Ye Qing, Chu Siqi, and Chen Shu beside him all looked bad, their glances subtly flicking away from Jiang Cheng.

Yet Jiang Cheng showed no expression, as if he didn't take those comments seriously, but seeing him seem to be thinking about something, the three didn't dare disturb him.

The most important question on Jiang Cheng's mind now is, who is behind this manipulation.

Is it that the so-called original creator in the news wants fame, so they're extorting, or is someone scheming a public opinion event with ulterior motives?

Jiang Cheng suspects Huang Zhengming, but isn't 100% certain.

Because they participated in this show, the ones who now have conflicting interests with him are Huang Zhengming and Zhang Anqi, besides.

But no matter who it is, the nature of the problem is the same.

"Jiang Cheng, do you need to hire a PR team to handle this situation?" Chen Shu, who is more experienced compared to Jiang Cheng and them, said at this moment.

He too was amazed by Jiang Cheng's talent; after Wang Qiangwei's recommendation, he came to Jiang Cheng's studio, and upon truly seeing Jiang Cheng's songs, this teenager amazed him.

He also didn't want to see Jiang Cheng still not up before being pressed to death by someone.

But Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "No need."

Chen Shu was stunned for a moment, swallowed the words he was about to say, felt a little uneasy inside, and he had said those things to Jiang Cheng out of good intentions.

But Jiang Cheng completely disregarded his kindness, being stubborn and self-willed.

Then he heard Jiang Cheng say, "Put online both the song 'At Least Still Have You' that Zhang Anqi sang before and the song 'Legend' that Ye Qing sang."

Chu Siqi immediately nodded and said, "Okay."

But as soon as she finished speaking, she froze, turned her head to look at Jiang Cheng, and said, "Boss, what did you just say? How is Zhang Anqi's 'At Least Still Have You' to be released?"

She knew that Zhang Anqi had a very popular song not long ago, namely "At Least Still Have You."

But what's the problem with 'At Least Still Have You', and what needs to be released?

Chu Siqi felt doubtful inside.

Jiang Cheng said, "That song is also written by me."

(End of chapter)