Will the plagiarism girl be a substitute for the preference for women?

"I'm the one who caused this? Shouldn't she have gone to a vocational college instead of taking the music entrance exam?"

"What's the difference between this art exam fee and paying for a ticket? What kind of job can she get after that? If she put the same effort into her academic studies, she might have less pressure than she does now!"

……

I remember the time my parents argued and my guitar was smashed.

That was the first time she had overdosed on medication to the point of fainting, trying to escape reality.

After waking up, the medicine was naturally thrown away.

After graduating from high school, I moved out of my family home and worked part-time while composing music.

Perhaps she's just not cut out for this, she might think when her released songs went unnoticed.

Finally, one of her works became a hit.

That song was written during a manic episode.

Overjoyed, she cried tears of happiness and planned to share the profits she earned from licensing the song with her parents after some time, as a way to prove herself.

Then, the day after the song was released, the topic of "plagiarism" became a trending topic, and its popularity exceeded that when the song was released.

The most popular comments on the song are condemnations of "plagiarism," saying that the beat is similar to another obscure foreign song.

A sharp drop in followers led to diminishing returns.

She was "opened up," and her phone kept ringing with unfamiliar ringtones.

Even her parents were harassed in various ways, and in a fit of anger, they severed ties with their daughter.

In reality, she simply bought a beat from an external website and added it to the song. This beat was similar to the beat of the "plagiarized" song, and the beat was created by the same person.

She tried to clarify the situation on various platforms, even while suffering from heart pain due to illness.

It worked a little bit, but the damage was irreversible.

The impression that this song was plagiarized will remain in most people's memories.

The news of the debunking failed to make it onto any website's trending topics.

Occasionally, you might see fans helping to debunk rumors, but they're immediately labeled as "filial sons" and then subjected to insults directed at their families dozens of floors above.

"They've already been proven guilty by a blogger with millions of followers, and they're still trying to defend it. They have over 4000 paid trolls."

……

She realized that without a public relations firm that could control public opinion and protect personal information, it was very risky to try to make a name for herself in the industry.

This may be a hurdle that an independent musician must overcome.

She felt she couldn't overcome the depressive side of her bipolar disorder when it flared up.

She felt she could get through it, even when the manic side of her bipolar disorder flared up.

Under the weight of this devastating blow, she, who was alternating between depression and mania, gradually began to doubt herself, because her emotions were beyond her control.

You can't even trust yourself.

Therefore, she once again fell into a coma due to an overdose of medication.

When I woke up again, I was in a hospital in this world.

"Original Inend".

The girl, identified as Toyohashi Chinatsu, opened the music production software and named the new project accordingly.

Chapter 5, time for a break.

In the nights after she traveled through time, the girl always dreamed of listening to music.

These are all songs I heard in my past life.

Whenever unpleasant memories flash through her dreams, China avoids them by thinking about "listening to music".

She remembers the lyrics, accompaniment, and lead singer of every song very clearly.

"Well, it's done."

The “original” Inend was completed following the clear, video-like memory.

China felt that her voice was not suitable for rap, so she used a remix version with Fleurie as the lead vocalist and without the rap part.

This is the version known as the "ethereal female voice" in various media outlets in the previous life. It was popular in zombie-themed film and television mashups and had a high degree of reach.

To achieve the ideal mix, I also referred to many tutorials from experts while making the recording.

After it was finished, I opened the original owner's music player, which showed that the original owner was also a music producer.

The song's style is quite niche, even experimental, and the lead singer is not the singer himself, but a virtual singer.

The song cover is full of elements such as "Gothic", "landmine", "blood bag" and "wound core", and the song title also has many patterned punctuation marks.

Among her relatively few hundred fans, some artists created supportive artwork for her.

She thanked all those who weren't particularly skilled at drawing, who simply drew in their notebooks with ballpoint pens.

The atmosphere was quite nice.

But for musicians facing survival pressures, a niche atmosphere is not something they can always pursue.

Instead, they want more traffic and more revenue.

The liquid assets in the original owner's mother's estate were running low.

Now, after paying off the last installment of the mortgage and this semester's tuition, the original owner's mother's inheritance is almost gone.

Looking at the spacious bedroom and various expensive facilities, as well as the emblem of the former prestigious school...

It is unknown how many times her mother overspent to support her daughter's future.

Envy should arise in a young girl's heart.

Of course, it passed by very quickly.

If someone had given so much to her unconditionally and wholeheartedly, she would probably feel guilty now.

The reason I say "now" is because her illness has not yet manifested.

During a manic episode, she might become arrogant and say, "You should all do this for me."

With an overly enthusiastic attitude, they use sweet words to deceive others, gaining their complete trust and unconditional devotion...

Takamatsu Akari, Chihaya Aine, and the people she will meet in the future... She fears that mania will harm them.

Then you might as well just stop socializing altogether.

A voice resounded in my heart.

"Shut up, this is the resource I should collect in order to fulfill my long-cherished wish of shining in the band."

After responding to her inner voice, China's worries dissipated, and she became very motivated.

She used the music player's "automatic song recognition" function to listen to Inend.

The reason for doing this is that China speculates that even if Linkin Park didn't release Inend in this world, there's a chance that other artists might release a song similar to it.

"The song was not detected."

China opened the score, adjusted the slow and fast versions, the key changes, changed the minor key, and rearranged all the instruments.

During a manic episode, even long and tedious workdays seem to pass quickly, and before you know it, it's evening.

We tried every version imaginable, but none of them were recognized.

This track, Inend, is probably ready to be released.

And just then, the manic phase passed.

"What's going on..."

Chinatsu took some "good partner" medication, which is what she usually calls a drug to control her emotions.

Some good friends will comfort her when she is sad, and others will help her calm down when she is angry.

After drinking some water, she remembered what she had said to Ai-yin at noon.

She said her arrangement skills were limited, and Inend had only managed to come up with a few lines of the lead vocal melody.

If we release this song now and it becomes an overnight sensation, those words will become Versailles. Let's change to another song.

Seeing that the original owner's account featured niche music, Qian Nai decided to preserve this tranquility and create a new account to publish her work.

"The last song was five days ago, the day after my mother passed away..."

The cover of that song features blood-red pens scribbling circles on a pitch-black background.

When you click play, you hear a raspy, raspy voice accompanied by a distorted and noisy instrumental track.

It's more intense than any of his previous works.

...Should this account just stay like this, forever ceasing updates from five days ago?

I haven't thought too much about the aftertaste yet, China thought.

So she registered new accounts on various platforms under the name of [the platform].

Next, think of some Japanese songs you've heard and search for them in the search bar.

Surprisingly, many of the Japanese songs I heard in my previous life also exist in this world.

Among the popular covers below the original work, the band Roselia also covered many songs that Chizuru had heard.

This is the band that her senior, Aya Udagawa, belongs to at Haneoka Academy, where she will be transferring.

"My God, the arrangement, the technical skill..."

China clicked on Roselia's live cover of Bird's Poem, intending to listen to it to relax.

But the thought that some members of this powerful band were alumni put a lot of pressure on China.

She also saw a video of Roselia playing against another band, with lead singer Yushina Minato and Ran Mitake exchanging high notes.

"They're all Yuqiu students. If we were to share the stage with them at the school's arts performance..."

After seeing their outstanding performance, China is now somewhat hesitant about fulfilling the wish others have for her to shine in the band.

Maybe I should just stick to being a plagiarist and a lazy bum...

"No, no..."

Although during a manic episode, one will always do some irrational things.

But at certain moments, her manic surge of emotions did indeed propel her to achieve certain goals.

What the hell?! You've been manipulated by your illness?

You only stopped having such a severe attack because you took medication; you were almost driven to death by this disease before!

Another voice inside me complained.

In short, Chika should try to think positively under normal circumstances about how not to be overshadowed by these bands.

At this moment, she also noticed that it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

...Think about it for a second.

I'll copy down another song before bed.

We can talk about other people's wishes after we've made our money.

Since the Japanese songs from my previous life still exist in this world, let's choose from the non-Japanese songs.

China didn't want to work too late, so she wanted to choose a song with relatively simple sheet music, but with a catchy melody that would be easy to sing along to.

At the same time, it's the kind of song that can capture people's hearts as soon as it's played and become an overnight sensation.

Following the above requirements, she came up with several songs, filtered them using a "humming to identify songs" function, and learned that Wayhome did not exist in this world. Then she began to transcribe the songs.

Singing didn't take much time, but it took a lot of effort to get the "lemonade flavor" timbre of the synthesized sound at the beginning of the original song.

"Phew, it's finally done."

China felt increasingly sleepy, and she was too lazy to repeatedly check for similar songs by adjusting the speedup version or changing the key.

If we happen to run into it, then... let's just blow it up.

"Let's take a break."