Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 762 Chaos
For the last line, the three harmony singers on the stage performed exceptionally well. Although the sound system wasn't very good, they still managed to bring out the layering that the song should have.

The fans who followed the concert from the backstage all the way here are now exclaiming: "How much more powerful would this song sound if it was performed under the acoustic conditions of the backstage?"

Of course, some people think that the current live atmosphere is more in line with the temperament of this song, and they also feel that this kind of opportunity may not come again in this lifetime!
After all, after this experience, this kind of thing will definitely not happen again in the Rolling Stones' next concert.

So in a sense, all the songs performed tonight are likely to be out of print and will not appear in future official performances. This is already very precious to many rock fans, not to mention that it is the first special performance of the Rolling Stones.

The singing continued, and the Longxiang Police Station also continued to record the statements. However, the person who took the statement was replaced by a more experienced policeman, who chatted while taking the statement. It didn't take long, with a combination of guesses, guesses, and a little "threat", to get the whole story of the journey.

Firstly, the police officer's words were very professional, and secondly, he knew a little about the law. As long as the other party had not transferred money to him, the nature of the matter had not reached the level where he needed to be subject to serious legal sanctions.

But what he didn't know was that just now a sum of 5000 yuan had been deposited into his account, and the PR had also left him a message on WeChat.

As for how he did it, only Liang Kuan himself knows.

Zhang Fan looked at the screenshot of the transfer, and looked at Liang Kuan with a hint of admiration: "Sister Kuan, let's leave it here! Leave the rest to me, and the rest depends on how Li Yiliang makes his move!"

"Really? Everything is concentrated on tonight. I really don't know what it will turn out to be like in the end!" Although the meaning of these words was not very nice, there was a smile on Liang Kuan's lips when he said them.

Even she herself didn't realize that after joining the Rolling Stones, she inexplicably had a sense of confidence, feeling that no matter how bad the situation was, the final result would be in her favor. Take the plagiarism incident for example, she felt that even if she lost the lawsuit, public opinion would definitely be on the side of the Rolling Stones.

"Sister Kuan, why do you seem so relaxed?"

"What can I do? Should I call Li Yiliang and ask him to come out and dispel the rumor?"

"That's not impossible!" Zhang Fan rarely said that.

It is impossible to ask Li Yiliang to come out and refute the rumors, but he did speak out. The words he said really made passers-by feel sympathetic and they could instantly turn into internet trolls and destroy Bian Lang through the Internet.

“Hello everyone, I am Li Yiliang, the composer of “Ode to Loneliness”. I just saw the rumor that the song “Boys Don’t Cry” written by Bian Lang is very similar to my song, so I will make a formal response here…

Bian Lang and I used to be good friends in the same band. Last year, we separated because of different musical concepts and each of us sought our own musical path. Although we separated, we played in the band together for so many years, and I still have a lot of demos that were not yet complete works. I re-created the song "Ode to Loneliness" based on one of these demos.

I believe that Bian Lang must have been in the same situation as me when he wrote the song "Boys Don't Cry", so I think such similarities are normal. There is really no need for everyone to waste time and energy on this matter online. As a public figure, I feel deeply sorry for wasting these public resources on the Internet..."

Even when Zhang Fan saw this response, he felt that his blood pressure was out of control and there was a risk of blood vessels bursting in the next second: "Sister Kuan, how shameless do you think this person is to say such a thing at this time?"

Liang Kuan smiled disapprovingly and said, "It's nothing. How many celebrities have been ruined because of their chaotic private lives? But how many of them do you think really have problems, and how many are framed? If Li Yiliang can survive this round, then his future will be broad. But if he can't survive, then his end will be miserable!
Once people like him are no longer useful, capital will abandon them without hesitation. What do you think he will do then?"

Zhang Fan shook his head and continued, "Even though I know what you said makes sense, I'm still angry! Do you think it's easy for Xiao Lang to get to where he is today? Why do so many people want to target him?"

"As a lawyer, aren't you bringing too much emotion into this? To be honest, if we don't take into account the accumulation of the first 10 years of Bian Lang's life, I have never seen such a person become so famous in just one year! So from the perspective of outsiders, his success was easy... Let's not discuss this issue anymore, let's focus on collecting evidence and see if our actions can eventually make it easier for Attorney Zhuang."

The conversation between these two people was relatively restrained. In the group of Landmine Man, all the ancestors of Li Yiliang were cursed.

After receiving the second wave of the release news, in addition to @李一亮 clearly marking the release order of "Boys Don't Cry" and "Ode to Loneliness", some people also scolded Li Yiliang very rudely:

"Li Yiliang, even if what you said has a slight possibility, then why did you write the song after "Boys Don't Cry" which was released by Bian Lang first? Don't say you didn't see it. Anyone with ears can hear that the chorus is basically the same song!"

"No, just listen to what you copied. It's just a bunch of crap. It's completely tarnishing the song. You clearly plagiarized it, but now you're trying to turn the tables..."

Bai Dao was so angry that he didn't know how to express himself. When he was preparing his words, his cell phone rang. He was so angry that he didn't even look at who was calling and hung up directly, not letting the call affect his performance.

But just as he hung up the phone, another call came. He held his breath and looked at the caller ID. When he saw that it was Ma Yuan's number, his brows tightened at first, then he thought about it and picked up the phone.

He thought that Ma Yuan was a man who would never come to him for no reason, and he couldn't think of anything else that could have made him call him at this time, except for the current matter.

As expected, after picking up the phone, I heard Ma Yuan's anxious voice: "I have some news for you, see if it can be used. This song "Ode to Loneliness" is not officially released for the first time on "The Voice of China". They released it once before, but they took it down on their own initiative."

"Ah? Really? When did this happen? Can you give me some concrete evidence?" Bai Dao didn't expect that this was the information Ma Yuan would give him.

After thinking quickly in his mind, Bai Dao came to a conclusion. This action can only mean that Li Yiliang and his team were guilty at the time and did not dare to openly play the song at that time, fearing that people would hear that it was plagiarism. If this is true, then he can play a trick on Li Yiliang and his team! "Of course it's true. I just asked my colleagues to check the song "Ode to Loneliness" in the system and found it. It was online during the Rolling Stones' Blueberry Music Festival, and it was offline after a few hours! You are more familiar with the situation at the Rolling Stones. Is there anything special about this time?"

When talking about the Blueberry Music Festival, Bai Dao almost subconsciously thought of Tu Ling and his group's song "Boys Don't Cry". And the top-level folk song "Rice Shop" was born at that music festival! Driven by the popularity of Bian Lang at the time, if this song was discovered by the fans of the Rolling Stones, they would be criticized to death.

But this time it is different. Since "Boys Don't Cry" did not become very popular last time, "Ode to Loneliness" was first unveiled on a "national-level" stage like "The Voice of China".

I don’t know how much the audience of that show overlaps with the audience of “Summer of the Band”, but rock fans have really stopped watching that music variety show in recent years. So naturally, there is a false impression that “Ode to Loneliness” was released before “Boys Don’t Cry”.

Now that the matter has fermented, public opinion will naturally lean towards Li Yiliang.

Even though the ratings of this season of The Voice of China were beaten by Summer of Music, as a variety show that has been running for more than 10 years, its popularity is definitely not comparable to that of Summer of Music, which is just starting out. Therefore, many people who have never heard of the two songs, or even don’t know who Li Yiliang and Bian Lang are, may subconsciously choose to believe in The Voice of China.

"Then give me the evidence! I'll figure out how to use it!" After figuring this out, Bai Dao couldn't wait to yell into the phone.

"No, I can't give you the evidence for now. You need to find evidence online yourself!"

Hearing this unpleasant remark, Bai Dao started to curse: "Lao Ma, what's the point of this? You just reported this news to me and asked me to find evidence on the Internet. Do you think I'm an Internet police or something? My main account is still blocked!"

"Lao Bai, why don't you take action and think about it? If the first thing that was announced was our internal screenshot, what would Li Yiliang and the others say?"

After being exposed by that little bit, Bai Dao understood what Ma Yuan meant. He meant that as long as they could find a screenshot of the page when "Ode to Loneliness" was launched on that day, as long as it was exposed, they would confirm it internally, and this order would be the best.

"Okay, I understand..."

Bai Dao understood it clearly. He also believed that with the number of Chinese netizens and their boredom, this picture might not be impossible to find, but that would take time. However, the timeliness of this news might not wait until then...

But he did have a solution: "As long as we can trick the internal map and information out of Ma Yuan, who the hell cares whether the previous map is real or fake!"

After thinking of this method, he opened PS and prepared to create. In order to avoid too many loopholes that could be seen at a glance, he also went to Edan to check the current situation of the song, which category it was in, and other information. Then he found a screenshot of the Edan music interface during the Blueberry Music Festival and started to process it.

15 minutes later, he used his tiny account to post a short essay with this picture, and then used the small account to repost @ his current account. Then he used his current account to @李一亮: "Come on, explain why you were put on the shelves once before, and then you have to take it down again..."

As soon as this news came out, those hardcore videos showing how similar the two songs are began to go viral on Bilibili.

The most amazing thing was that a guitar-playing UP host who has been very popular recently played the guitar arrangement of "Boys Don't Cry" directly with his guitar, but the lyrics he sang were seamlessly switched between the two songs. The passers-by who came to watch the fun exclaimed: "If this is not plagiarism, then what is it? The question is who plagiarized whom?"

Once the passers-by's perception is changed to this point, the remaining problems will become simpler.

But before Ma Yuan could give an official response, someone exposed the fake photo that Bai Dao had photoshopped. They didn't see any traces of photoshop, but directly took out a real screenshot!
What’s more, that person claimed to be a fan of Li Yiliang!

This backstab made the fans of the Rolling Stones want to go out and set off firecrackers. It made Li Yiliang and his friends really want to die!

If it hadn't been exposed at this time, Li Yiliang and his friends would have almost forgotten about it completely.

However, Zhu Wen made the final decision: "Don't respond to this question. Now that the hardcore video has been released, it means that there is no way to judge it legally. Just spread rumors as much as you can. Inspiration samples are not protected by law anyway."

Then, some weird things started to appear under those hardcore analysis videos:

"All the articles in the world are copied from the Xinhua Dictionary, but no one has come out to make a fuss!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Music creation is never about these few notes. They used to be in the same band, so it's only natural that they sound alike!"

Of course, there were also people who cursed Li Yiliang even more fiercely: "How dare you talk about the band's disbandment? Didn't you join MODIS and sell all your songs to MODIS? What, you've spent all your money and now you want to come to Bian Lang's place to eat and drink for free?"

"I think that song that Lang sang at that time shouldn't have been given to Guan Ying, but should have been given to you!"

"Yes, yes! I'm giving you a song called "Don't Bother Me": I don't want to say anything more to you. I'm angry now, and you've been completely drowned by your hypocrisy..."

(End of this chapter)