Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 766: Embarrassment Abroad
Although Tian Bianlang had no good intentions at all, this is an irrefutable fact.

Moreover, Hong Ke is not an unknown person like Zhu Yan on the Internet. Although he is not at the same level as Bian Lang and others, as one of the top 100 DJs in China and a veteran in the industry who has been working for so many years, his loyal fans, singers and media friends are all real people.

After seeing this, those who have a good impression of the Rolling Stones not only liked the post but also forwarded it.

Liu Xiaokui saw this. He was having a blast at the scene and didn't notice this. He only found out when he went back to the LAB to drink after the party. But it was too late. The opinions expressed by Bai Dao and his group had already been supported by some other people.

For example, the analysis video of Landmine Man was forwarded by Olaf to Weibo and foreign media. As a country with a lot of copycats, many people in China do not have enough knowledge about copyright protection. In addition, Bian Lang and Rolling Stone both have a good fan base abroad.

Olaf remembered that Lao Pan once said, "It is better for outsiders to chant sutras," so he directly posted the news on the Internet.

As the leader of 100,000 hippies, Liu Xiaokui certainly didn't want to be left behind. Now seeing Hong Ke's post, of course he triple-clicked it, pinned it to the top, and @ed his friends.

With Liu Xiaokui's spread, Li Yiliang of course saw this. Recalling the scene at that time, he got hot-headed and directly retorted to Hong Ke: "Teacher Hong Ke, I think you are confusing right and wrong. It was obviously me who gave him the opportunity to perform because of our past friendship. If it weren't for that time, he might still be hanging out in the middle of the mountain with you guys, drinking five-dollar bottles of Xibiqi..."

Seeing Li Yiliang's increasingly angry reply, Old Tan said happily: "Old Hong, you are really good. You made this kid mad right away."

Hong Ke waved his hands and said, "Really? Sometimes I really understand why Bian Lang ignored this guy. He really can't tell good from bad. With the quality of Bian Lang's works, it would only be a matter of time before he would come to the fore even without that performance. But he actually came to copy the song. It's simply..."

Now Hong Ke doesn't even use the relatively decent word "washing the song" anymore, and directly uses the word "plagiarism". He is also an old man in the circle, so he naturally knows that it may be impossible to legally determine that Li Yiliang is plagiarizing.

But justice is in the heart of the people, and sometimes the society will naturally teach him a lesson when the law cannot punish him. Anyway, in the minds of Hong Ke and others, this is plagiarism, and there is nothing to say.

So Hong Ke added another stab: "So, is this the reason why you can plagiarize Bian Lang's song with a clear conscience?"

The blow was a real one, and all the spectators who had previously stood on the side of the Rolling Stones applauded.

When Liu Xiaokui saw this, he rushed directly from the LAB to the middle of the mountain and started drinking with Hong Ke.

But this time, after waiting for a long time, there was no response from Li Yiliang. Everyone thought that Li Yiliang had lost his temper, and then no one cared about it.

Only Bai Dao and the others were still keeping an eye on Li Yiliang's every move. It was not for the bonus, but more because of their support for Rolling Stone and Bian Lang, and they also wanted to quickly crush this disgusting dog-skin plaster and get rid of it.

As for netizens, after hearing these insider information, those who understand will certainly know:
"You are really generous, Li Yiliang. If Bian Lang didn't have real skills, he would have become your stepping stone."

"What Li Yiliang should have been thinking was: Let's see how this kid makes a fool of himself. But he got slapped in the face by his own strength! He couldn't hold back his pride!"

"It's a good plan indeed. If Bian Lang is okay, then Li Yiliang will just give him fake blessings. If Bian Lang is not okay, then Li Yiliang will just treat it as a joke and step on his former teammate to get to the top. But who the hell would have thought that Bian Lang is actually a hidden big boss!"

"After all this talk, I finally understand. Bian Lang should have seen through this ungrateful person a long time ago, but he was just too lazy to bother with it, so he just kept enduring it..."

But those who only care about talking don’t think so. Some of them don’t even know who Li Yiliang is, and have never even heard the song. They just follow along and shout:

"It's the real-life version of the farmer and the snake. This is it!"

"This is fucking disgusting. Is this the rock scene you admire? What kind of people are these?"

“I think Li Yiliang should have a share of the copyright for the songs that Bian Lang will write later!”

Faced with these words, even the strongest fighters on Bian Lang's side felt powerless. After all, they knew too well that these people were just talking nonsense and didn't care about the truth at all.

If you want them to shut up, you either have to wait for the heat to die down on its own, or for the authorities to step in and set the tone for the matter.

The former is unlikely at the moment. This matter will not be resolved unless it ferments for a few days. As for the latter, it is even more impossible. The influence of this matter is not enough to make the official say anything.

In this state, Li Yiliang certainly couldn't let the heat cool down. Even if he wanted to, Zhu Wen and Xiang Kun wouldn't agree. Black and red are both red. If you take this road, you'll have to go all the way. If it works, you'll walk the flowery road. If it doesn't, Li Yiliang will have to carry it all by himself.

Xiang Kun and Zhu Wenduan had no reason not to support it, so it was not that Li Yiliang would not respond, but that these two military advisors were looking for professionals to give Li Yiliang advice.

"Yiliang, are you sure there are no legal problems?" Although he had asked this question many times, Xiang Kun still had to confirm it again.

"Of course there is no problem. It sounds the same, but I have changed the score. It is definitely not exactly the same. Even if we sue the United Nations, we will not lose! As long as they dare to sue, we will accept it..."

After hearing Li Yiliang's firm words, the two of them didn't say much. Xiang Kun summarized the opinions given by several agents, thought about it and said to Li Yiliang: "If this is the case, can you find a way to make the public think that Bian Lang is copying you from a professional perspective?"

"This..." Li Yiliang's mind was spinning rapidly. After a few minutes, he finally gave a positive answer: "You don't need me to prove it. Haven't those music bloggers invited by Rolling Stone analyzed this matter thoroughly? Can't we just take it and reverse the order?"

After hearing this answer, Xiang Kun and Zhu Wen were both speechless. But they didn't know what to say... Anyway, they thought that whoever took this matter seriously would be the big loser in the end.

Zhu Wen also has to be on guard against Qiu Kui's revenge later. He is very clear about Qiu Kui's style of doing things in Blue Channel. They will avoid the storm if they can, and will never be willing to tear their faces apart if they can settle it privately. But as long as this wave of limelight passes, what awaits them is a subpoena. So at this time, they should eat as much as they can. The download volume of "Ode to Loneliness" is rising in thousands at a refresh. This is a result that has not been seen in recent years for both Mo Die and Xiang Kun. And these are just small amounts of money. As long as there is popularity, big orders from various variety shows and live broadcasts will come later.

"That's fine, but you have to re-record the video yourself."

So, the next morning, Li Yiliang posted a video on his own account with the title: "In-depth analysis of why "Boys Don't Cry" is so similar to "Ode to Loneliness"... " According to the solution given by Dilei Lao, he made a very professional comparison in terms of singing, chord progression, style and rhythm.

In particular, he took out the most similar choruses of the two songs, which were the parts he copied, and compared them.

Anyone who is not stupid can extract the central idea of ​​two words from this video, which is "plagiarism"!
Yang Jianrong, who had been working overtime with Zhang Wei since last night, saw the video and suppressed her joy and recorded the video from beginning to end.

Then he woke up Zhang Wei, who had been snoring for half the night: "Little Wei, get up quickly, there is news from Li Yiliang!"

Although Zhang Wei couldn't bear it any longer and fell asleep in front of the computer, his dreams were filled with scenes of himself confessing his guilt in front of Li Yiliang.

Now, when he heard his girlfriend's voice, he couldn't tell whether it was reality or a dream, but he still used the trick of "waking up in a dying dream" and asked in a daze: "Where is it? What's the news!"

Seeing him like this, Yang Jianrong couldn't help but chuckle. She pinched his face a few times and waited until he was basically sober before quickly telling him the contents of the video.

Zhang Wei didn't even read it again, and sent it directly to Chen Shuting. He was about to send a follow-up message to ask if she had gotten up, but before he could send the message, Chen Shuting replied: "Zhang Wei, you've worked hard, hurry up and go back to rest, and leave the rest to us."

Thinking that he slept for half the night and his girlfriend took care of him in the second half, he thought about it and told Chen Shuting the truth: "Sister Shuting, I fell asleep in the second half of last night, and my girlfriend was watching me until this morning. She also recorded this video..."

Chen Shuting took one look and replied with a smile: "Last night was not considered overtime, today is considered as your leave..."

"Okay, I'll leave now!" If Chen Shuting did nothing and just said it was okay, Zhang Wei would have to think about when he would be fired. But he knew that if he delayed things, the result would definitely not be like this.

More than ten minutes later, the video was passed from Zhang Fan to Zhuang Xian. After watching it carefully, Zhuang Xian called Zhang Fan back and said, "Lawyer Zhang, even if we lose the case in court, we will definitely win in public opinion."

Although he said so, Zhang Fan knew what Zhuang Xian really wanted to express. He wanted to completely pull public opinion in favor of the Rolling Stones and maximize the influence, so that the judge would consider the social impact factor when making the judgment.

After discovering Li Yiliang's plagiarism from Bian Lang, Zhang Fan and Zhuang Xian's team looked through all similar cases in China. There were actually only a few that were actually judged, and almost all of them were lost by the plaintiff. Even if they won, the compensation they received was only tens of thousands of yuan plus an apology.

Of course, this is also related to the size of the case. According to Zhang Fan's understanding, when it comes to a case of this magnitude, it usually does not reach the trial stage.

Zhuang Xian joked with his team members at that time: "I really don't know whether the creators in the music industry are smart or lazy..."

"Lawyer Zhuang, then doesn't it mean that we have little chance of winning this case?"

Facing his apprentice's question, Zhuang Xian said calmly: "I think this is the case with the greatest chance of winning among the related cases I have seen in recent years. If we win, it will be another golden signboard for us. If we lose, it can only mean that we still have a long way to go in terms of copyright law..."

In Zhuang Xian's opinion, with Li Yiliang's video, the winning rate, which was only 30% before, has now increased to at least 50%. And he has great faith in the Rolling Stones' ability to guide public opinion...

Sure enough, less than half an hour after Li Yiliang released the video, Olaf re-edited the video and posted it on the Internet.

The re-editing here did not delete any frame of Li Yiliang's content, but added the appearance time of the two songs at the end of the video, as well as the copyright registration time of the two songs, and made English subtitles for the video.

At this moment, he felt that he had truly understood the meaning of the saying "It is better to come from outside to chant sutras."

Soon after the video was released, those music critics abroad who had been eager to try it out last night could no longer sit still, especially the supporters of the Rolling Stones and Bian Lang, who directly and unreservedly used the word "thief" to describe Li Yiliang in the videos they made.

And it's not just one or two people. Anyone who has watched this video abroad, without exception, stands on Bian Lang's side!

After the Rolling Stones planned and rhythmically moved these contents back, some of those who blindly supported Li Yiliang did indeed start to change sides. After all, it is true that foreign monks are better at chanting sutras, and many Chinese people still care about embarrassing themselves abroad.

But there are still people who blindly support Li Yiliang. For a time, those who support Bian Lang were labeled as worshipping foreigners and fawning on foreigners.

It was almost lunchtime when Bian Lang woke up and saw the video. He was speechless about Li Yiliang's video. He couldn't judge Li Yiliang's motives with his normal thinking.

But Li Yiliang has come this far, if he doesn't do something, then that's really going to be a problem.

Even though he doesn't care, it's a bit disappointing for his fans to see that all his overseas fans have joined in while he, the real owner, hasn't said anything.

"Now that you've analyzed the chords, let me take a look at the lyrics..."

Thinking of this, Bian Lang pulled out the lyrics of "Ode to Loneliness" and began to read it carefully...

(End of this chapter)