novellhall Chapter 30 Conspiracy
Chapter 30 Conspiracy
Chen Fan returned to the hotel and slept soundly.
Not sleeping all night and having to attend dinner parties was still too much pressure for him.
Andy being in Beijing surprised him quite a bit.
In the previous night's qualifying round, Chen Fan dominated and won, leaving the singers and their fans who had been provoked by Wang Junhai speechless.
We can't compete, we can't compete, we simply can't compete!
They wrote, performed, and sang on the spot, and their performances were all better than what they practiced for a week. What's the point of comparing them?
After getting a good night's sleep, Chen Fan went live as usual, serving up the same unoriginal, low-calorie, grass-based meals, but the comments from viewers kept coming in.
"I suspect that Fanren's inspiration comes from the pain he felt while eating grass."
"I second that! As the saying goes, 'Food is the first necessity of the people,' and for Brother Fanren, that 'first necessity' has collapsed!"
"I second that! That's too tragic! I've never seen anyone's idol eat this every day!"
"I heard that after the auditions, the production team will give viewers 1-2 days to vote on the 'body parts of the singers' they most want to see!"
"Upstairs! Really?! I'm definitely going to throw myself up there! Let's see if this hay is even effective!"
"You upstairs have such low standards! What's the point of looking at a six-pack? I'd rather look at big, thick thighs!"
"I think we should choose the arm, which will cause the least damage! After all, nutrition experts say that starving yourself is the worst thing you can do!"
"That makes sense!"
"right!"
Netizens' focus was misplaced, and their comments showed even greater trust in Chen Fan.
With two days left in the preparation period, the program's official voting channel was indeed opened, allowing viewers to select the body parts of the contestants they most wanted to see.
Everyone else's face is the only thing that matters.
When it came to Chen Fan, the focus of everyone's attention was on whether his upper or lower body was the subject of constant debate.
Ultimately, the lower body won by a narrow margin.
Meanwhile, Wang Junhai and Lao Zhou had already started working on it.
First, Lao Zhou pretended that he had just heard about the Masked Freshman competition and that after hearing the song "Liang Liang," he deliberately had an "unpleasant expression" at the class reunion.
Because this person had previously done poorly and always had a fawning smile on his face, someone quickly noticed something was wrong and asked him what was wrong.
"I wrote this song! How did this guy, Fan, become the original author?"
"Old Zhou, are you sure? They just proved on the show that everything they wrote is original!"
Some people have raised questions.
Old Zhou looked up, his face flushed and his neck bulging, and roared at the person: "What do you mean? I may have been less skilled and failed a lot of courses when I was in school, but I still had basic professional ethics!"
"If it's not mine, would I insist it is?!"
"This isn't his song at all; it's a song I wrote three months ago! I still have the demo!"
"If you don't believe me, I'll post it in the group!"
Old Zhou had rehearsed this scene countless times on his own, and he immediately sent the fake demo to the class group.
Everyone present instantly erupted in chaos.
One or two of them said they needed to go to the restroom, but they actually went to make phone calls instead.
One of my classmates, who had become a host on a music radio program, immediately called his supervisor to explain the situation.
He spoke with such conviction that he seemed to be the very witness who had seen Chen Fan plagiarize.
Soon everyone got up and left, not forgetting to leave their contact information for Lao Zhou before departing. "Lao Zhou, if you need my help with this, just let me know. Don't be shy! I have something to do, so I'll be going now!"
Wang Junhai deliberately arrived late in order to avoid being seen by everyone and to distance himself from the situation.
He immediately staged a scene of "brotherly affection" and "righteous indignation" in the hotel's private room, and then left without looking back.
Someone quietly released a demo online, credited to Zhou Hao.
The name has nothing to do with "Liang Liang" (凉凉), but when you click on it, it turns out to be the same song.
Some netizens are curious: Was Fanren Ge's surname originally Zhou? Why was the song renamed? The original name was clearly better!
Confused, everyone clicked to listen, only to realize after hearing the beginning: Holy crap! This isn't Fanren Ge's voice! What's going on!
"Oh my god! Fanren sold the song copyright? But why is it Zhou Hao singing it? I've never heard of him before!"
"+1! And the singing is so cheesy, it's not pleasant to listen to at all!"
"It sounds awful!"
While the online uproar was raging, Chen Fan was sitting in a private room on the second floor of Tingyuxuan Teahouse.
The station director was playing chess with Mr. Cheng, while Chen Fan was making tea on the side.
Although the two were playing chess, their eyes were not on the chessboard at all.
The station director was astonished as he watched Chen Fan's smooth and skillful tea-making method.
When I was warming the cup, the lid actually spun around once!
When adding tea, a gentle shake will prevent any spillage, yet a light tap on the lid will allow all the murky liquid to flow out!
The water can be poured in a high jet and even circle around!
Shaking the incense...
Stop looking! There's too much to see, absolutely too much to look at!
"Master Cheng, just who is this young apprentice of yours? His tea-making skills are far more impressive than Master Feng's!"
The station director asked a sincere question.
Old Cheng didn't mince words: "To be honest with you, Director, I really don't know where this kid studied, but he knows several musical instruments like the back of his hand, and his understanding of music theory is beyond the average person. I'm wondering if he might be 'his' apprentice?"
Upon hearing this, the station director abruptly looked up. "You mean him—?"
"Shh!" Old Cheng said softly, "I only guessed what the lad didn't say. Let me ask him again before I say anything!"
Chen Fan had just finished brewing the tea when he saw that the two leaders had finished their game of chess. He stood up and waited for them to sit down before he began to serve the tea.
"The tea is good, but my brewing skills might be just so-so. Please, both of you, try it!"
Chen Fan was telling the truth; he learned his pure tea ceremony skills when they were popular to show off.
Over time, you get used to it; you have to go through the process before you can get the tea.
Little did they know that what the people of the "other world" saw was taken as a kind of "way".
After signing the contract, Chen Fan officially became one of the contestants in the next round of the Youth Singer Competition.
The station director suggested that he sing "Little River Flowing" in the way he had modified it himself.
In the afternoon, Chen Fan returned to the hotel, where Yun Duo and Du She and the others were already waiting outside.
"Brother Fan!"
As soon as Yun Duo saw Chen Fan, she started chattering excitedly. Once inside the room, she became even more like a worried old mother, grabbing Chen Fan and giving him a long, earnest lecture:
"Fan Ge, where have you been gallivanting again? You're so carefree! Do you know that someone else has jumped out and claimed to be the original singer of 'Liang Liang'? This has blown up!"
Dushe followed behind her, unleashing his sharp tongue: "If you don't respond soon, you'll be disqualified!"
"The second person in history to be disqualified from a competition for 'plagiarism'! Fan Ge, you've become famous now, but infamously so!"
Huo Cheng and Ji Bai were much calmer, only asking Chen Fan, "Do you already have a plan?"
Chen Fan gave the two of them a mysterious smile, then put his arms around the four of them and said, "Speaking of which, our competition is almost over. How are you all preparing for the next match?"
Chen Fan successfully steered the conversation off course, and the group only realized they had been fooled by him again when they left!
But the uproar this incident caused online has not stopped.
The song demo was released in the afternoon, and that evening the singer, who claimed to be the "original author," came out and tagged @凡人不凡, asking him to return the song to him, otherwise he would hold a press conference to explain the actual situation.
Netizens, who were just amazed by Chen Fan's self-proving methods, now see this blog post as a joke.
"These days, anyone can try to stage an accident to extort money. Sir, do you want to see what happened to the last person who tried?"
"I suspected it when Brother Fanren first came out to prove himself; once it happened, it would happen again, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly!"
"Seriously, this afternoon I thought Fanrenge had sold the copyright! I must have lost my mind!"
Chen Fan had been paying attention to the popularity of this Weibo post, but in reality, the reaction was exactly as netizens had described.
The shepherd boy's cry has been repeated so many times that it gives people the illusion that it's "just another fake one."
Seeing that there wasn't much water splashing, Chen Fan felt relieved and went to sleep.
The following day, the day of the match, Zhou held a press conference at the conference center next to the stadium just before the match started.
Because it involved the popular contestant "Ordinary People Are Extraordinary," many media outlets and reporters from all walks of life came to the event.
The flashbulbs kept going off at Zhou Hao, giving him the illusion that he was meant to live this kind of life, being fawned over and adored in the spotlight.
He told a lie a thousand times, and even Zhou Hao himself started to believe it.
He, Zhou Hao, is the original author of the song "Someone".
"Hello everyone, esteemed media friends. I am Zhou Hao. The song 'Someone' is a tribute to my late grandmother..."
"But I never expected that just because I went to the Music Academy of Jiuquan University, I would lose my identity as an 'original author'."
"An extraordinary person is a student at Jiuquan Music University. He knows me, gets close to me, heard my songs, and even claimed them as his own!"
"This is truly disheartening!"
Every word Zhou Hao utters points in one direction: "Ordinary people are extraordinary" is just a plagiarist!