AFVSIBS Chapter 48 Plagiarism Controversy
With the manipulation of the Li family and the criticism and insults from some netizens who were not aware of the truth, the plagiarism incident involving Zhou Chen quickly made it to the top trending topics.
For a moment, everyone sighed at this turn of events.
After all, just an hour ago, praise for Zhou Chen was still trending, but now the topic of Zhou Chen being a plagiarist was trending instead.
The plot twist was too sudden, wasn't it?
"Chuchu, it seems that someone online is saying that Zhou Chen's song 'Childhood' that he performed today is plagiarized from a foreign song."
In the hotel room, Wang Wei had just finished talking with Zhang Chuchu. Taking a break, he happened to open his phone and saw the Weibo trending topics, so he informed Zhang Chuchu about it.
Zhang Chuchu, still wiping something with a tissue, immediately took out her phone upon hearing Wang Wei's words, and then checked Weibo.
"Oh my god, is this really happening? So Zhou Chen's sudden outstanding song turns out to be plagiarized from a foreign song."
"That's right. This news will have a huge impact on our reputation at Wanhe. You know, both trainees recommended by Wanhe to participate in the program have been caught up in scandals. First it was Liu Chao, now it's Zhou Chen."
"Are you stupid? Now that Zhou Chen has a scandal, it's most advantageous for us. With this, even if Chairman Chen wants to protect him, we have every reason to freeze him out." Zhang Chuchu reminded.
"Now that you mention it, after this plagiarism scandal, even if Zhou Chen's popularity is high, his talent outstanding, he won't be able to continue in the industry. Even if Chairman Chen wants to protect him, the industry will blacklist him."
"He deserves it. Who told him to slack off and defy me, and not even respect me? Let's see how he can turn things around this time."
Zhang Chuchu suddenly felt relieved, even forgetting the pain she had just been talking to Wang Wei about.
On the other side, Li Yuan was overjoyed to see Zhou Chen being labeled as a plagiarist trending on Weibo.
This was the outcome he wanted.
He believed that after tomorrow, Zhou Chen would definitely be eliminated from the program because of this, and with Zhou Chen out of the picture, he would surely be blacklisted by the industry.
Without Zhou Chen, there would be no one among this batch of trainees who could threaten him, Li Yuan, anymore.
He could then become the most handsome guy and the most popular idol among this batch of trainees.
Thinking about this, he became too excited to fall asleep.
"Director Zhao, the situation is not good."
On Zhao An's end, just finished showering and preparing to sleep with his wife, but his assistant Qin Haishan called.
"Xiao Qin, what's wrong? Our program's ratings have broken new records tonight, the situation couldn't be more perfect. What else could possibly be wrong?" Zhao An expressed his confusion.
"While it's true that our program's ratings have broken new records, Zhou Chen has gotten into trouble."
"Zhou Chen got into trouble? Could it be that Wanhe wants to mess around again and bring him back? That's impossible! Chen Bo and Wang Granny have personally intervened, they should be able to handle it, right?"
"It's not that, it's about his performance of 'Childhood' tonight, which is suspected of plagiarizing a foreign song. This incident has been written about and posted online, and it's already trending."
"What! There's still this kind of thing? Let me take a look."
Hearing this news, Zhao An was also very shocked. He immediately pushed away his wife, who had just opened her mouth to take a bite, took out his phone, and opened Weibo.
"Oh my god, this is really happening. This is not good. Once Zhou Chen is confirmed as a plagiarist, he will have to leave the program. Then we won't be able to guarantee the ratings of our program."
Zhao An couldn't help but start to worry.
He was very clear that the reason why today's program ratings were able to break 3.0 was entirely thanks to Zhou Chen alone.
Just moments ago, he had been fantasizing about Zhou Chen continuing to be on the program, thinking that with Zhou Chen's presence, the 3.0 ratings could be maintained and even surpassed.
But now, such a thing had happened. He couldn't help but feel frustrated.
"Xiao Qin, go and find the song mentioned in the article, 'Childhood', and give me the information you find tomorrow."
While Wanhe wouldn't help Zhou Chen find evidence, Zhao An had to do so.
He didn't want to lose Zhou Chen from the program.
For the program, losing Zhou Chen meant losing traffic and ratings.
So, he had to try his best to clarify the situation and strive to give Zhou Chen a clean slate.
"Got it, I'll investigate and get back to you tomorrow. Bye."
After saying that, Qin Haishan immediately hung up the phone.
"Honey, can I continue?"
Seeing Zhao An put down his phone, his wife asked shyly.
Although Zhao An was feeling irritated by the recent events, he knew he still had to enjoy himself.
So, Zhao An nodded and continued to enjoy himself.
On Zhou Chen's end, he had no idea what was happening online.
At this moment, he had entered dreamland again, dreaming of the ideal leisure farm.
There were still flowers, a gentle breeze, a fish pond, and various cute animals.
He envied this life without competition.
When he woke up, it was already 8 a.m. the next day.
Because he slept early, he woke up relatively early this time.
After washing up, he realized that his phone was flooded with messages.
In addition to messages from relatives, friends, and classmates, there was also a message from Yang Hanhan, the songbird queen.
"Zhou Chen, they're saying online that you're a plagiarist, that your song 'Childhood' is plagiarized from a foreign song. Honestly tell me, is there any truth to this?"
This was the message from Yang Hanhan, the songbird queen.
Seeing this message, Zhou Chen was immediately baffled.
What's going on?
'Childhood' plagiarized?
Plagiarized from a foreign song?
Could it be that someone else from Earth, like himself, had traveled to this parallel world and released the Earth's 'Childhood' in this world ahead of time?
Otherwise, Zhou Chen couldn't think of how this could have happened.
And since he could travel, it meant that there was a probability that others from Earth existed as well.
But wait, he distinctly remembered that there was no song similar to 'Childhood' in the memories of the original owner!
So, the only explanation was that the original owner, Zhou Chen, might not be familiar with foreign songs, leading to a song similar to 'Childhood' existing in this world without his knowledge.
Zhou Chen didn't rush to reply to Yang Hanhan, the songbird queen, but instead opened Weibo to see what was happening online.
He needed to understand everything first before he could give a better reply.