One person's entertainment

Chapter 56, Dispute

"I remember that CCTV's Water Margin started filming in April 1994 and ended in March 4, which took nearly three years."

This……

Let me bring the camera...

I guess he was just going to witness the completion of this classic...

By analyzing more than a dozen or twenty completed tasks, Shen Lingyou roughly figured out how to complete these opportunities, and his guesses were always almost right. Even if they were not, they would not be too far off.

After arriving, I bought a ticket, picked up a travel guide, and headed straight to Water Margin City.

The photo was simple, but he encountered a problem.

As the drama is still being filmed, Water Margin City is closed and tourists are not allowed to enter.

How does he get in?

"Oh..."

Shen Lingyou didn't know anyone in the crew, otherwise he could have entered as a visitor.

If I sneak in, I won’t be able to find the way, and if I get caught, I won’t be able to explain myself.

How about introducing yourself and saying you want to visit? But why should they give you this honor?

"Xiao Shen?"

Just then, a deep voice was heard.

Shen Lingyou looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhao Jiping, with whom he had gotten along well during the last meal. He immediately put on a smile and greeted her, "Teacher Zhao, why are you here?"

Zhao Jiping's face was not looking good. Seeing him, she forced a smile and said, "I have something to do. I came to the Water Margin crew to look for Zhang Jizhong. What about you?"

When Shen Lingyou heard this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

By the way, Zhao Jiping is the composer of the music for this drama, including the sonorous, passionate, heroic and majestic classic song "Hero Song", the textbook-level fighting scene BGM suona magic song "Wang Jin Beats Gao Qiu", the tune "Ruan Xiaoqi Fisherman's Song" with a strong Song Dynasty atmosphere, etc., all of which are from his hand.

I was just racking my brains to figure out how to get into Water Margin City, but now this problem has been solved.

"I came here to take some photos for my winter vacation homework." He lied casually.

"Oh." Zhao Jiping responded softly, a little absent-mindedly.

"Teacher Zhao, are you sick? I see you don't look well." Shen Lingyou asked with concern.

"Oh, it would be nice if I was sick. This matter really pissed me off..." Zhao Jiping said, sighing several times, then looked up at him and asked, "Have you finished taking the photo?"

"The shooting is almost done." Shen Lingyou replied.

"Then walk with me? I'll treat you to dinner later." Zhao Jiping was just looking for someone to release her worries, irritability and depressed emotions.

"Okay." Shen Lingyou was eager to get it.

The two of them walked and talked.

It turned out that on January 1 this year, in order to hype up the TV series that was about to be completed, the crew made the already completed soundtrack into the "Water Margin" soundtrack and released it.

Under the impact of the ten songs in Shen Lingyou's new album, and the fact that the drama had not yet been aired, "Hero Song" did not become a big hit, and hovered around the top ten or twenty on major music charts.

However, before the song was over, a lawsuit broke out.

Just after the Spring Festival, a retired teacher in southern Hunan published an article in Yangcheng Evening News under the identity of a member of the Symphony Society of the Chinese Musicians Association and a music professor. The article was titled "How come "Hero" and "Auntie Wang" are so similar." Later, the Legal and Literary Newspaper reprinted the article with the title "The theme song of "Water Margin" "Hero Song" was actually plagiarized from the folk song "Auntie Wang Patching the Jar." A dispute over reputation rights arose from this, and Zhao Jiping subsequently sued the retired teacher, Yangcheng Evening News, and Legal and Literary Newspaper for infringing on her reputation rights in the Chaoyang District Court of Yanjing.

Due to the lack of communication channels, this matter has not yet spread. However, if such a problem occurs, as long as the verdict is not reached, it will affect the broadcast of the TV series. Therefore, Zhao Jiping came to Zhang Jizhong to discuss whether to continue to use "Hero Song" as the theme song or to change it.

"During the creative process, I studied the folk music of Liangshan, Yuncheng and other places in eastern Shandong..."

"This song combines the musical materials of the Yuncheng zheng music "Ya'eryo" and the Henan folk song "Wang Da Niang Patches the Jar", and adds new artistic creation to form a new musical image..."

"This is a recreation of these folk music materials. How can it be plagiarism?"

Zhao Jiping became angrier the more she spoke.

"There is nothing wrong with using folk music as material for music creation, because it is one of the normal methods of music creation..."

"The key lies in whether new life is given to the original material and whether a new musical image is created. There are many examples of this in music works from ancient times to the present, both in China and abroad. The most typical one is Huang Zhan's "A Man Should Be Self-reliant", which uses the Guangdong folk music "General's Order"..."

"You can't write "Hero Song" by simply adding or subtracting a few notes from a folk song. This song has its own new life. It is definitely not an ordinary adaptation, let alone plagiarism."

Shen Ling expressed his views.

Zhao Jiping looked at him and felt as if she had met a soulmate too late.

Shen Lingyou was not biased towards him, he was just speaking based on the facts.

Music plagiarism is similar to novel plagiarism and is not particularly easy to classify and identify.

But what is certain is that "Hero Song" was not stitched together by several songs like a music tailor, nor was it written by using other people's songs like the Chinese translation group, nor was it modified by changing the original song by raising or lowering the pitch or speed like the technology thieves.

I entered Shuihu City, came to the crew of "Water Margin", and met Zhang Jizhong.

Since Big Beard got on the list of CCTV, his life has been getting better and better.

In 1992, he became the producer of the fourth part of Romance of the Three Kingdoms - "The North-South Campaign", and now he is the chief producer of Outlaws of the Marsh.

In the original time and space, he will later plan to shoot a series of martial arts dramas for CCTV.

"I don't think this is a problem. This is clearly an infringement of your reputation. You don't have to worry too much. The court will judge according to the law." Zhang Jizhong didn't care too much about this matter.

"I naturally believe that the court will clear my name, but I'm afraid it will affect the normal broadcast of the show." Zhao Jiping expressed her concerns.

"Our post-production is not that fast. I estimate it will take half a year to a year. By then the verdict will definitely have come out. It's okay." Zhang Jizhong didn't care.

"No, no, no, it's better to be safe than sorry." Zhao Jiping waved her hand and said, "I know you trust me, but you forgot that this is a CCTV drama. Do you think they will allow it? I think it's better to prepare a backup theme song."

"You..." Zhang Jizhong had indeed forgotten to consider CCTV. They were not so easy to talk to, so he said, "Okay, okay, then prepare an extra song as a backup. Have you already written it?"

"Oh, I don't have the time or mood to write now." Zhao Jiping sighed.

"What should I do? Where can I find a musician as great as you to write a theme song like "Heroes' Song" that fits the story of Water Margin so perfectly?" Zhang Jizhong spread his hands.

"This……"

Zhao Jiping was in a dilemma. She was responsible for the music of the entire drama and should have done it herself, but she really couldn't spare the time now.

Suddenly, an idea came to me.

He just looked at Shen Lingyou.

(End of this chapter)