“After being blacklisted across the internet due to a plagiarism incident, I retrieved all my copyrights, quit the entertainment circle, and went home to inherit my family fortune.
My boyfriend, who had just become an instant top – tier star with a hummed prelude, was stunned.
“Are you crazy? Do you know how many fans I’ve gained because of this song, and how many endorsements and variety shows are coming my way?”
I laughed. “Let your childhood sweetheart write for you. Isn’t this song your love token?”
His childhood sweetheart, the so – called ‘victim’ who accused me of plagiarism, was also flustered. The whole internet was waiting for them to release the full version of the song.
It’s hilarious. She can’t even play the basic chords, and she misinterpreted my song about family affection as a love song.
On the music variety show, I asked knowingly, “In the verse of ‘Farewell’, there’s a line ‘I hobble, imitating your hobbling steps’. I’m curious. Ten years ago, both of you were teenagers studying at school. Where did the word ‘hobble’ come from?”
“Did you both break your legs and were doing rehabilitation?”
1
The hummed prelude of a song named ‘Farewell’ dominated the charts of various music platforms overnight. My boyfriend became a hot new star on every platform and was invited to be a judge in a popular music variety show competition.
Over the years, I’ve written many songs for my boyfriend. Every song could become popular when covered by others, but he himself remained relatively unknown. Until the release of the prelude of ‘Farewell’, his fan base directly increased by ten million. Everyone was waiting for the full version of the song.
On the music variety show, Gu Momo, a female contestant in a white dress, suddenly had red eyes during the judge’s comments.
For a moment, the host and judges on the stage were flustered and cared about what was wrong with her. Unexpectedly, the woman looked straight at my boyfriend and said gently.
“It’s been ten years. I’m glad to see you again, Ayan.”
In an instant, there were jeering sounds from the audience. No one expected to uncover the romantic past of the newly – emerged top – tier star.
Only to hear Gu Momo’s voice trembling, looking pitiful.
“Do you remember? ‘Farewell’ was the song I wrote for you back then.”
The next second, the hot searches exploded.
#Wen Yan, Gu Momo Childhood Sweethearts#
#The Ten – Year Pact of Farewell#
#Xu Wenjia Plagiarist#
Everyone said that ‘Farewell’ was the love token of Gu Momo and Wen Yan, but this song was clearly about family affection. I wrote it when my grandfather was seriously ill. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away without hearing this song.
Later, I wanted to hand – write the score and burn it for my grandfather.
But Wen Yan entered my room without my permission, saw the unfinished score, and that night, he took the hand – written score directly into the recording studio, recorded this prelude, and posted it on the music platform.
At this moment, my boyfriend, who had been reluctant to go public with me because of his rising career, tightly hugged Gu Momo in front of everyone.
He said, “I almost missed you.”
And my social media accounts were directly flooded by netizens. They rushed to my comment section to abuse me.
“The song was written by Momo. Why is your name on it?”
“So disgusting. Were those songs you wrote before also written by someone hired by the company?”
“The capital is really powerful. They specifically target defenseless amateurs for plagiarism, right?”
“Plagiarist, get out of the circle quickly. Otherwise, I’ll scold you every time I see you. So disgusting.”
And the comments on Gu Momo’s page were all praises. She was said to be beautiful, have a sweet voice, and be kind and innocent.
There was also a group of fans is crazy about the CP of her and Wen Yan.
Gu Momo replied under the first hot comment on Weibo, “Thank you. Ayan and I have received your blessings.”
I took a screenshot of this reply and also posted a Weibo.
“I didn’t know my boyfriend had a girlfriend.”
Three minutes later, there were directly ten thousand negative comments under this Weibo.
Gu Momo replied below, “I’m sorry, sister. I know you like Ayan, but love can’t be forced.”
This kind of tea – like talk immediately made the haters imagine a scenario where I was unrequitedly in love. They verbally attacked me, calling me a “mistress” and a “pathetic admirer”.
I didn’t bother to waste words with them and directly @Wen Yan, asking him to come out and give an explanation.
Soon, Wen Yan’s brokerage company issued a statement, not to prove my innocence, but to draw a clear line from me.
“The artist of our company only has a cooperative relationship with Ms. Xu Wenjia.”
2
Now, the fans who supported Gu Momo became even more arrogant, and the words they used to abuse me were unbearable.
There were only a few comments speaking for me, but a message from an ID named “A Mouse Carrying a Gun to Catch a Cat” caught my eye.
“If this song was written by Gu Momo, I’ll wash my hair upside down. She can’t even play two correct notes in such a simple chord.”
I was very familiar with this ID. This person had been hating on me since I debuted. Although his words were harsh, he wasn’t completely unreasonable. He criticized my songwriting as naive and having logical flaws.
Although songwriting was indeed my weakness, he always showed up promptly to comment on my new songs. It really got to me, so I blocked him from commenting on me.
Unexpectedly, I would see him speaking up for me on the hot search.
I felt a bit emotional. I never thought that my number – one hater would stand up for me at this time, while my boyfriend disappeared without a trace.
At night, Xu Wenjia bought a cake, thinking that he could coax me as easily as before with just a few words.
After seeing me showing a cold face, he finally couldn’t stand it and revealed his true nature. “What are you making a fuss about, Xu Wenjia?”
“It’s just a song. Give it to Momo.”
Just a song?
He said it so casually, but that song was filled with so much of my affection for my grandfather. It was the only thing I could leave for him. Now, he wanted to use ‘Farewell’ as a part of flirting with his childhood sweetheart.
“I don’t agree. You clarify right away who wrote this song and take down all the related content about the song on the platform.”
Wen Yan rubbed his eyebrows hard, with fatigue and impatience in his eyes.
“Are you crazy? Do you know how many fans I’ve gained because of this song, and how many endorsements and variety shows are coming my way?”
“Momo and I both came up through our own efforts. Now that I have the ability, I just want to help her.”
I retorted, “So you use the song I wrote to help her?”
Wen Yan rolled his eyes in contempt. “You should know that who wrote the song doesn’t matter. As long as I sing it, it can be popular.”
After saying that, he left without looking back.
The disappointment in my heart was about to overflow. I lowered my head, took out my phone, and posted a Weibo.
“Due to the great controversy I’ve faced recently, which has affected my life, I’ve decided to quit the entertainment circle.”
3
As soon as I announced my decision to quit the circle, Gu Momo immediately commented on me.
“Sister, don’t quit the circle. Since you know you’re wrong, I won’t pursue the plagiarism matter.”
I didn’t reply, but Gu Momo seemed to be losing her cool and commented a lot.
“If you quit the circle because of me, I’ll feel guilty. Don’t stop writing songs because of this.”
“If you’re unhappy because of the relationship between me and Ayan, I’ll apologize to you, okay?”
The comments in the thread were all praising Gu Momo for being beautiful – hearted.
To prevent Wen Yan from coming back to harass me, I directly took my phone and went to stay in a hotel.
Just after checking in, the phone call from my rival in the music field came. He and I are both musicians. Because our creative styles are similar, our fans often compare us.
I thought he came to mock me, but unexpectedly, he said, “Gu Momo can’t write a song of the level of ‘Farewell’. Wen Yan actually forced you to quit the circle for such a person.”
Qi Su’s voice was rather teasing.
“He’s really blind, but I’m not. I’ve come here with sincerity to cooperate with you.”
Qi Su and I are not exactly in the same field. I only focus on songwriting, while he is an original singer who won a golden music award this year and is at the height of his success.
We’ve been neighbors since we were kids. He was the “model child” in my parents’ mouth, which made me get scolded a lot.
Later, when we entered the entertainment industry, we were still compared. I was even more annoyed. So every time Qi Su sent me a message, I pretended not to see it and didn’t reply.
Now I was in a bad mood and didn’t want to talk to him even more. “No need. I’m going home tomorrow.”
The man on the other side still didn’t give up. “Indeed, you should go home and relax.”
“Then I’ll come to help you move tomorrow.”
Before I could say no, he hung up the phone directly.
And hen came Wen Yan’s phone calls bombarding me. As soon as I answered, his voice almost burst my eardrums. “What are you crazy about, Xu Wenjia…”
I directly blocked and deleted his number in one go. When I opened Facebook, I found that “A Mouse Carrying a Gun to Catch a Cat” was still arguing with others in the topic square.
I watched him going on a rampage, arguing against hundreds of people in the square. He analyzed my creative style and habits over the years, firmly stating that this song was written by me.
When encountering some unreasonable teenage fans, this person also didn’t reason with them. His mouth was like a machine gun, which could make people extremely angry.
Before, when he was hating on me, I also argued with him. But this person was really professional in music. He left me speechless, and I could only admit that I had shortcomings in songwriting.
The next day, Wen Yan’s manager, along with Wen Yan, quickly found me.
I was just calling a moving company to move. Wen Yan immediately rushed up and grabbed my hand, not allowing me to leave.
“What are you doing again, Xu Wenjia!”
“Releasing the notice of quitting the circle is just to make me come and coax you, right? Now that I’m here, can you stop being so temperamental?”
The manager also quickly smiled and said.
“Jiajia, we can talk things out. I know that Wen Yan and Momo are friends. There’s definitely nothing between them.”
“You know that the company likes to hype up CPs these days. It’s all for work.”
I nodded.
“But it has nothing to do with me anymore. We’ve broken up.”
Wen Yan immediately got angry when he heard this. “Do you know what you’re talking about, Xu Wenjia? You want to break up with me?”
“If it weren’t for me singing your songs, do you really think you could achieve what you have now?”
“I’ll give you a chance. Apologize now, and I’ll pretend you didn’t say those words.”
I found it funny looking at his arrogant appearance. If it weren’t for my songs for him to sing, he might never become popular in his life and could only be an 18 – line singer singing some pop songs.
I didn’t bother to pay attention to them. I was just about to move the last box of things onto the car.
Qi Su somehow appeared and took the box in my hand.
He had been waiting for me at my door since 8 o’clock in the morning. To make it easier to work, he wore a black T – shirt today, making him look even taller and more slender.
Before, his fans boasted that Qi Su’s face could be the face of an idol. I sneered at it, thinking it was an over – exaggeration. But now, compared with the scumbag, he looked very pleasing to the eye.
“Teacher Qi Su, why are you here?”
As soon as the manager and Wen Yan saw Qi Su, they immediately changed their expressions.
I gave the man a look, warning him not to talk nonsense. Qi Su shrugged and carried the things outside.
Wen Yan immediately asked me in a warning tone.
“When did you know him? Why have I never known?”
“I said why you’re so confident, saying you’re going to quit the circle and break up with me at the same time.”
“Xu Wenjia, you don’t think you can rely on Qi Su, do you? He writes songs himself. He’s more proficient in lyrics and music than you. Do you think he can take a fancy to you?”
The manager also persuaded, “We’ve endured for so many years. Now that we’re finally popular, Jiajia, we can’t quit the circle just because of this and be impulsive.”
Wen Yan’s tone became more and more impatient, with suppressed anger.
“Sister Wen, don’t persuade her. She can’t grasp this once – in – a – lifetime opportunity. She deserves to be a poor person all her life.”
Seeing this, the manager looked a bit embarrassed. “Okay, sister won’t persuade you anymore. Send me the complete demo of ‘Farewell’, and you can go wherever you want in the future.”
4
I sneered. They finally got to the point.
“Why should I give it to you?”
The manager’s face became ugly, and her tone couldn’t help but increase.
“Xu Wenjia, I can forgive you for ending the cooperation in advance. But a person should at least have professional ethics and morality, right?”
“Don’t be ungrateful. If you say so, we have to calculate the liquidated damages carefully.”
I raised my eyebrows and looked at Wen Yan. “Then you calculate it.”
Wen Yan looked at the manager, a bit embarrassed. “We didn’t sign a contract.”
The manager immediately looked like disappointed because doesn’t live up to expectations. “Ayan, you’re too naive. You’re easily manipulated. How can you cooperate without signing a contract?”
I found it ridiculous.
“Yes, how can you cooperate without signing a contract? I’ve written songs for you for five years, not only without a contract but also without pay.”
Now it was the manager’s turn to be embarrassed.
“But even so, since you’ve written songs for him, you should finish them. We should do things from beginning to end.”
I never thought these two people could be so shameless.
“Is this a song I wrote for him? He stole the score from my room.”
Wen Yan thought the word “steal” was particularly harsh and immediately retorted loudly.
“You and I are boyfriend and girlfriend. What’s wrong with me taking your things? And you’ve written songs for me for so long. Which song wasn’t for me to sing? What’s wrong with me getting it in advance?”
“Xu Wenjia, you’re too jealous. You can’t stand to see others doing well. I just asked you to give a song to Momo, and you can’t tolerate her like this.
Do you think you’re some kind of hotshot? If it weren’t for the bad luck of singing your songs, I would have become popular long ago.
Since Momo came, do you know how many fans I’ve gained? More than the total number in the past three years combined.
I looked at him in disbelief. He really took shamelessness to the extreme. Was it bad luck for him to sing my songs?
If it weren’t for his words of wanting to be a singer back then, I wouldn’t have entered the entertainment industry and would have gone home to inherit the family’s billions long ago.
My parents were so angry that I insisted on entering the entertainment industry that they stopped all my cards. I never told Wen Yan about this because I didn’t want him to feel guilty.
Over the years, I accompanied him to various commercial performances, lived with him in a 20 – square – meter rental house. When we were short of money, I sold all my jewelry and bags to make ends meet.
Even when I had some success, I refused many invitations from brokerage companies and focused on writing songs for him.
The manager saw the situation and quickly persuaded me.
Now that Wen Yan has such a large amount of traffic, sending us the full version of ‘Farewell’ is also a favor. Then ask Wen Yan to explain a few words for you, and the hat of plagiarism on you can be removed.
Wen Yan said righteously, “It’s your honor that I’m willing to sing your songs.”
Xu Wenjia, you’re just jealous that Momo can stand on the stage brightly, while you can only write songs for others and be like a rat in the gutter, not even able to afford three dishes and a soup in your life.
I was so angry that I laughed.
Since that’s the case, I won’t disturb your glorious lives anymore.
For the songs I wrote before, I’m taking back all the authorizations now. If you dare to sing them once, I’ll happily charge you the copyright fee once. If you sing them a few more times, I’ll sue you for infringing my copyright.
Wen Yan’s face showed an expression of disbelief, which was then replaced by anger. He raised his hand to slap me.
How dare you threaten me? You want to die!
A big hand firmly grabbed Wen Yan. I looked up and saw Qi Su’s half – smiling face.
Try hitting her.
That was the first time I saw Qi Su, who was usually playful, show such an expression. The hand that grabbed Wen Yan’s wrist slowly exerted force and tightened, making him grimace in pain.
Teacher Qi, Wenjia and I have some work – handover issues. If you’re busy moving now and don’t have time to discuss, we can come back and talk about it next time.
The manager didn’t dare to offend this big shot in the entertainment industry. Everyone knew that Qi Su was the son of the richest man in Jiangcheng, and his grandfather was the famous director Qi Guohong.
So over the years, he had been doing well in the entertainment industry, and no one dared to covet, frame him, or play tricks behind his back.
Presumably, Qi Su heard all of my conversation with Wen Yan. His eyes were filled with aloofness and indifference.
No need to talk about cooperation. I’m here today to personally invite Jiajia to cooperate with me. Even if she wants to write songs again someday, it won’t be your turn.
Wen Yan’s eyes widened in disbelief. Qi Su actually condescended to come and talk to me about cooperation.
He forced a smile and said, Teacher Qi, you really don’t need to find Xu Wenjia. The songs you write are much better than hers.
I rolled my eyes.
When I was learning the musical notation, Qi Su was still playing with mud in the yard. He knows nothing about music.
Qi Su’s face turned a bit bad. Although we always bickered about each other’s creative levels, we never allowed outsiders to slander each other’s talents.
Although there’s no strict requirement for an artist to be physically healthy, you’d better take your artist to the otolaryngology department.
Qi Su continued to say to the manager, And register for a brain department by the way. Prevent, detect, treat, and recover early.
While Wen Yan was still in a daze, I slapped him back the slap he was going to give me. Looking at him in his surprised eyes, I said,
Since I don’t have the talent for creation, I want to see if your talented childhood sweetheart can continue writing the song ‘Farewell’.
Seeing Qi Su and I turn around and leave, Wen Yan angrily shouted behind us, Xu Wenjia, don’t think you’re the only one in the world who can write songs.
Really?
But this song can really only be written by me because it was a song I specifically wrote for my grandfather. The emotions in it can’t be replicated by anyone.
5
I moved back home. My parents didn’t blame me at all. Instead, they felt sorry for me for suffering while supporting myself outside.
They cooked a big table of delicious food for me. My father, who never took a break throughout the year, specially took annual leave to accompany me on a trip abroad to relax.
During the time I was abroad, Wen Yan and the manager’s original numbers were blocked by me. They changed to another number to harass me and almost phone lines are jammed.
It seems that Gu Momo’s ability to continue writing the score is not so good. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be chasing after me to ask for the rest of the score, and they even offered to buy it.
Twenty thousand yuan is enough to buy your life, Xu Wenjia. You’d better be content.
I looked at Wen Yan’s message and then at the luxurious presidential suite I was staying in, which cost one hundred thousand yuan per night.
Wen Yan’s text messages were still bombarding me. I blocked him again, and finally, the world became quiet.
In addition, during this period, Qi Su insisted on greeting me every day and asking me when I wanted to make a comeback and cooperate with him. I thought he was annoying and always replied with two words: Read.
And my number – one hater now changed his target and questioned Gu Momo’s musical level under her Weibo every day.
After returning to China, I made up my mind to follow my father to learn how to manage the family business.
My father was so happy that he directly gave me a subsidiary of his to manage. He specially chose a company involved in the entertainment industry, and I was familiar with the business, which made it easy for me to get started quickly.
After looking at the materials given by my assistant, I found that this company named ‘Shi Yue’ was the investor of Gu Momo’s music variety show.
I want to be a judge on this show.
And communicate to change the recording of the show to a live broadcast from the next episode.
Assistant Jiang beside me was sent by my parents to assist me in managing the company’s affairs. He was very efficient and finalized my schedule as a judge on the show that night.
As soon as Qi Su heard that I was going to be on this show, he quickly asked someone to find the invitation from the show crew that he had received several months ago.
By the time the live broadcast of the show started the next Friday, Qi Su and I were already sitting on the judge’s seats of the music variety show, one on the left and one on the right, with Wen Yan in the middle.
The show had reached the stage of ten – to – five, and the next round was the finals.
Xu Wenjia, why are you here!
Wen Yan was shocked as if struck by lightning. His expression was full of shock, and his eyes wandered between me and Qi Su, as if suspecting that I got the chance to be a judge by relying on Qi Su.
The staff beside him quickly explained to him, This is someone from the investor side.
Wen Yan seemed to think of something, and his face became disdainful and disgusted.
Xu Wenjia, I said why you don’t look down on twenty thousand yuan. So you’ve found a benefactor.
The show was about to start recording. He lowered his voice and threatened me viciously,
If you dare to make things difficult for Momo, I’ll make sure you can never work in the entertainment industry again.
Do you know ‘Shi Yue’? It’s the biggest investor of this show. Changing people is just a matter of minutes.
I raised my eyebrows. The person who had crazily bought hot searches to smear me as a plagiarist for the sake of hype and traffic before was the vice – president of ‘Shi Yue’.
He was indeed a good umbrella, but he was fired on the first day I took office.
Now that the competition system has been changed to a live broadcast, I don’t need to make things difficult for Gu Momo. She will show her weakness by herself.
In this competition, Gu Momo chose to sing a sweet song, which was her proficient in favored genre.
The competition system was judged based on popularity votes and judge’s scores. Most of the people in the audience were her and Wen Yan’s CP fans, which was a clear advantage for her.
When she saw me, a flash of shock passed through her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure and even gave me a provocative smile.
Momo, mom loves you!
So cute, baby. You must be happy!
So melodious. I’ll be your fan for life. Baby, fly bravely, and Foam fans will always be with you!
After Gu Momo finished singing, she interacted with the audience in the live – broadcast room and on – site,
Soon, Wen Yan and I will release the full version of the song ‘Farewell’ and put it on the shelves. We specifically chose Valentine’s Day. Thank you, babies, for your love.
As soon as this news came out, the barrage scrolled quickly.
Oh my god, the song I’ve been looking forward to the most is finally going to be released!
I’ve really been looking forward to it for a long time. Choosing Valentine’s Day for the love song is really thoughtful.
Wuwuwu, the CP I’m supporting is always real.
…
And then came the judge’s comments. Wen Yan made very official comments each time to avoid suspicion. When the camera turned to me.
The haters in the barrage immediately swarmed up.
Why is it Xu Wenjia? Didn’t she quit the circle?
So shameless. She probably climbed into some old man’s bed to get back to the top, right?
However, the songs Xu Wenjia wrote before were all very good. With her ability, she should be able to be a judge on a small music variety show without relying on a man.
Am I the only one feeling sorry for Momo? She’s about to be made things difficult for.
When everyone thought I was going to speak ill of Gu Momo and belittle her to nothing, I smiled and gave her a lot of compliments.
Wen Yan, who was sitting next to me, had a proud expression. You’re sensible.
Seeing that I didn’t take revenge but instead praised her eagerly, everyone thought Gu Momo was sure to win this time.
Qi Su lowered his head to look at the contestant’s information, and his hand, holding a pen, tapped the table inadvertently.
But I know that since we were kids, whenever Qi Su showed this look, something bad was about to happen.
I heard you’re a creative singer?
Gu Momo answered a bit shyly, Yes. Actually, Teacher Qi Su, you’ve always been my idol.
He smiled faintly. Then I want to test your impromptu creation. I only need a harmony.
Gu Momo’s face changed a bit when she heard this, and she stammered, Okay.
Qi Su continued, I saw that the songs you played and sang before were all in D – key. This time, instead of playing 4536251, play the sixth chord.
The whole audience fell silent, waiting for Gu Momo’s performance.
She took the guitar from the staff, didn’t even tune it properly, and just played a couple of symbolic notes. Then she stuttered and asked,
Is it the kind of chord conversion?
I saw Qi Su laugh speechlessly. So a genius doesn’t need to learn basic theoretical knowledge.
6
The barrage that was originally full of praise for Gu Momo immediately changed direction.
Do you know how difficult the sixth chord is? It’s like asking an international dancer to do a back – bend.
So embarrassing. I feel like I can dig out four bedrooms and a living room with my toes.
Wait, can Gu Momo really write songs? Except for ‘Farewell’ which she said she wrote, we haven’t seen her sing any of her original songs since then.
I’m suddenly starting to support Xu Wenjia. She’s just low – key, but every song she writes can become popular. There’s no need for her to plagiarize.
Seeing Gu Momo standing on the stage at a loss, Wen Yan’s face changed, and he quickly picked up the microphone to smooth things over.
Although there was this small episode, Gu Momo was still successfully promoted under the protection of the program crew and Wen Yan.
Gu Momo’s reputation, which was all praise at the beginning, now had a lot of questioning voices.
Wen Yan was anxious. He needed something to prove Gu Momo’s strength and refute these negative voices.
So, a week before Valentine’s Day, he couldn’t help but release a second preview of ‘Farewell’. What he released was a part where the verse and the chorus were connected.
The first two sentences were composed and written by me, but the chorus part later was completely in the common routine of pop songs, without any creativity novelty.
But the topic on Weibo had already been commented on first and directly rushed to the hot search.
#Gu Momo’s Absolute Strength#
#Gu Momo, the God of Mastering Melody#
Some CP fans, with filters, blindly praised ‘Farewell’ as nice, but most people were questioning Gu Momo’s level.
The dog – tail – continued -mink metaphorical situation is vivid. How can a song be so disjointed?
I thought this second preview was going to be a blockbuster, but it turned out to be a big disappointment.
The current hater of Gu Momo, ‘A Mouse Carrying a Gun to Catch a Cat’, sharply commented,
It feels like the last forty chapters of ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ were written by Lu Zhishen.
The fans, in an attempt to save the situation, started to pick the good lyrics, do various data, and praise them. The two lines of lyrics in the verse directly became a popular BGM for short videos.
But only those two lines were written by me.
Qi Su roast said sarcastically, This is the only song you wrote with good lyrics, and it was plagiarized.
7
The final of this music variety show was in the form of duets. Contestants and well – known singers would complete the stage together.
As expected, Wen Yan and Gu Momo were in a group. To ensure they won first place, Wen Yan went to great lengths to get in touch with me.
He wanted to invite me to dinner, or more precisely, invite the president of ‘Shi Yue’ company to dinner. Since his original backer fell, he was now eager to re – establish a relationship with the investor.
He spared no expense and booked the most luxurious private room in Jiangcheng.
I didn’t want to show up and directly asked Assistant Jiang to handle it, instructing him not to accept anything and to agree to all requests.
On the day of the competition, before putting on the microphone in the dressing room, a staff member specifically came to me and asked me to score according to the script they gave.
I asked, Gu Momo’s popularity is almost far ahead of the others. According to what her fans praised, as long as she doesn’t make mistakes today, she will definitely be the first.
What’s the point of following a script?
Wen Yan pushed the door open and came in, with undisguised disdain in his eyes.
Do what the investor asks you to do.
Since you’re willing to sleep with a man, put away your arrogance and backbone. A poor person like you may never experience the feeling of being supported by capital in your life.
He suddenly leaned closer to me and said in an extremely disgusting and ambiguous tone, “I’m not heartless. If you give me the full version of ‘Farewell’ now, we can let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, if the big shots of the investor get angry, I can’t protect you. Both you and Qi Su will be blacklisted.”
How could I not know I had such great “capabilities”? I raised my eyebrows and looked at him. “I heard the second preview of ‘Farewell’ didn’t have a good reputation. Are you all in a hurry?”
I pushed him away in disgust. “Xu Wenjia, don’t be ungrateful. The worst – case scenario for me is just not meeting the audience’s expectations. But if you don’t follow the script properly today, you’ll be completely kicked out of the entertainment industry for the rest of your life.”
He pushed the door open and left in a huff.
It could be seen that Wen Yan and Gu Momo had put a lot of effort into this duet stage. The lighting and stage design were unprecedented. Unfortunately, the quality of the music was the most important factor. No matter how dazzling the stage was, their singing skills were still lacking.
Qi Su and I followed the script and pushed Gu Momo all the way to the PK stage. After the last song ended, it was time for scoring.
Gu Momo’s popularity was indeed far ahead as I expected. Now it was just waiting for the judges to score according to the script.
Wen Yan turned back and gave Qi Su a flattering smile. Obviously, he had also privately approached Qi Su for negotiation.
I looked at Gu Momo who had finished performing and started to comment. “I heard you’re a creative singer?”
Hearing me say this, Gu Momo’s face stiffened slightly. She was clearly reminded of Qi Su’s impromptu assessment last time.
Before she could answer, I continued. “When musicians write lyrics, every word and every phrase is carefully considered and filled with emotion. Then I want to ask, in the verse of ‘Farewell’, the line ‘I hobble, imitating your hobbling steps’. I’m curious. Ten years ago, both of you were teenagers studying at school. How did you come up with the word ‘hobble’?”
“Did you both break your legs and were doing rehabilitation?”
8
I thought it was funny. They took the score I wrote and dared to release it without even changing the lyrics.
Before I could say anything else, the staff backstage had already turned off my microphone. Wen Yan turned on his microphone to smooth things over.
“I know there have been a lot of controversies about this song recently. If you still feel unconvinced, you can produce evidence to prove it.”
I was so angry that I laughed. He was so confident in asking me to produce evidence because all the records that could prove me had long been deleted by him.
“I also hope that some people can have professional ethics. This is a competitive stage, not a place for you to vent your emotions.”
The barrage scrolled wildly, basically all scolding me.
“I’m really fed up with Xu Wenjia. It’s a competition, but she has to bring this up. She’s afraid others won’t know she’s a plagiarist, right?”
“She said she was quitting the circle not long ago, and now she’s back as a judge. I don’t know what kind of circle she quit, a hula – hoop?”
“However, doesn’t anyone think the lyrics of ‘Farewell’ are really disjointed? The beginning prelude doesn’t seem to be about love.”
“So what? It just means Momo isn’t good at writing lyrics. If she had to be perfect in everything, would others still have a chance?”
The host quickly interrupted, “Today, for the finals, we’ve specially invited the famous director Qi Guohong. He’s planning to prepare a new movie in the second half of the year and is currently looking for suitable musicians.”
Gu Momo and Wen Yan’s faces both showed joy. As the most famous director in C – country, Qi Guohong had won numerous international awards and had made three actors become film emperors. Last year, the ending song of his movie directly won the Golden Melody Award for the Best Song of the Year.
As long as they could cooperate with this big shot, their future would be bright.
Wen Yan naively thought that the investor had specially invited him to pave the way for them, but he didn’t know that the old man on the stage was Qi Su’s grandfather, and I had specifically invited him.
The old man took the microphone with a kind expression and began to explain his purpose. “I’ve always liked the song ‘Farewell’. Although I’ve only heard the prelude part, it caught my attention immediately.”
The old man paused and continued, “The theme of my next movie is going to be a story about the collision of family affection. This song is very suitable. It seems like a great coincidence.”
The whole audience fell silent. Everyone knew that Gu Momo had said this song was her love token with Wen Yan. But no one dared to refute the old man’s words. Such a rare and good opportunity, no one wanted to miss it.
Unexpectedly, Qi Guohong said to Wen Yan, “I’ve always wanted to cooperate with you. If you’re willing, I can invite you to be the music producer of my new movie.”
Gu Momo’s face became a bit embarrassed. She forced a smile, while Wen Yan quickly stood up to thank him.
“I’d be honored to.”
The old man smiled and said, “You have a very talented girlfriend who can write good tunes.”
He turned to look at me, and I also smiled politely.
Hearing this, Gu Momo immediately got close to him affectionately. “Thank you, Teacher Qi, for your compliment. When I wrote this tune, it was my first time writing a song, and there were many imperfections.”
The old man frowned when he saw this and asked in a deep voice, “Is she your girlfriend?”
Gu Momo’s eyes curved, pretending to be cute and playful. “Hello, Teacher Qi. I’m also very honored to cooperate with you. ‘Farewell’ is the love song between me and Ayan.”
Qi Guohong asked in confusion, “Wasn’t this song written by her?”
The old man pointed at me. The host, seeing the situation was not good, immediately explained,
“Regarding this song, there is indeed some copyright dispute between Teacher Xu and Momo. Actually, this song was written by Momo.”
The host might as well have engraved the word “plagiarism” on my forehead.
My microphone had already been turned off by the program crew, so I couldn’t speak. But no one dared to turn off the old man’s microphone. He snorted in displeasure.
“So, am I also an accomplice in plagiarism?”
9
The live – broadcast barrage went crazy.
“What does this mean? The big shot has spoken. Is Xu Wenjia not a plagiarist?”
“When I first heard it, I also felt it wasn’t about love. I didn’t expect there was something else behind it.”
“So Xu Wenjia was wronged and forced to quit the circle?”
“Is it what I think? Using the girlfriend’s song to become popular, then kicking her away and accusing her of plagiarism?”
There were still some of Gu Momo’s fans struggling.
“It’s because Xu Wenjia claimed to be the creator at the beginning that the big shot was misled. Momo is the victim!”
“The innocent will be cleared. Don’t use my Momo for hype.”
But they were quickly slapped in the face.
Qi Guohong continued, “I saw Jiajia writing this song in her grandfather’s hospital room. This is a song she wrote for her grandfather. How did it become a love song for you two? Jiajia, what’s going on?”
He immediately looked at me, and Qi Su very thoughtfully handed me the microphone.
I looked at the live – broadcast camera and said word by word, “This is a song I wrote for my deceased grandfather a year ago. I didn’t originally plan to release it. I just wanted to commemorate my grandfather alone…”
A video recording directly appeared on the screen. It was a video recorded by Qi Su for me. He originally wanted to record the daily life between me and my grandfather, leaving me something to remember in the future. Unexpectedly, it was used here.
At that time, I was by my grandfather’s hospital bed, humming the newly written tune to him. “Grandpa, how about this part?”
“As long as it’s written by our Jiajia, it’s all nice.”
At that time, my grandfather still had the strength to talk. Later, he could only maintain basic vital signs with the help of expensive medical equipment.
I stayed up day and night, red – eyed, trying to write the song, afraid that my grandfather would leave me the next second and that I wouldn’t be able to give him this song as a gift in time.
On the day ‘Farewell’ was completed, my grandfather passed away. I didn’t have time to sing the full version to him. He closed his eyes just like that. I sang with a trembling voice, crying uncontrollably, begging him not to leave me over and over again.
The barrage scrolled,
“My eyes are red. I miss my grandfather too.”
“How could anyone else really write this song? It’s a melody composed by her and her grandfather in their last moments together.”
“Such a song couldn’t be about love. What it originally wanted to express is much deeper than simple love.”
“Plagiarizing works and slandering others. These two scumbags should be blacklisted.”
I turned to look at Wen Yan. “I’ve never given anyone the authorization for this song. It was someone who stole the half – written score and recorded and released it in advance.”
Wen Yan immediately panicked and raised his voice. “You’re lying. It’s you who’s pestering me. I’ve never taken anything from you. This song was written by Momo herself.”
I waved my hand. It was the video recorded by the camera outside my house. Wen Yan secretly entered my house the day before the song was released.
“Since I’m pestering you, why do you have the key to my house?”
He immediately fell silent.
“Breaking into a house illegally to steal. You’re in big trouble.”
Wen Yan was intimidated by me and subconsciously retorted, “I entered my girlfriend’s house. How could it be illegal entry?”
The audience gasped. I looked at Gu Momo, who was already in a sorry state, with a faint smile. “So Wen Yan and I are boyfriend and girlfriend. Then what are you? A mistress?”
Seeing the situation was not good, Gu Momo immediately pretended to be pitiful. “It was Wen Yan who forced me to hype the CP with him. He said he long ago wanted to break up with you and begged me to help him force you to leave. Sister, I had no choice. As a newbie, I didn’t dare to offend anyone.”
Wen Yan’s eyes widened in disbelief. He never thought that the childhood sweetheart he was protecting would say such things to save herself.
“It was clearly you who asked me to accuse Xu Wenjia of plagiarism, buy hot searches for you, and help you pave the way in the entertainment industry.”
The two immediately started blaming each other. The number of viewers in the live – broadcast room increased madly dramatically as they watched this farce.
This farce really attracted a lot of attention. The revenue from this cooperation was twice as much as expected. Aren’t I a business genius?
10
Wen Yan and Gu Momo were completely finished. Without my doing anything, they were directly blacklisted by the entire industry.
Wen Yan would wander around the lobby downstairs of my company every day, asking at the front desk when the president of ‘Shi Yue’ usually got off work.
I happened to buy a cup of coffee and was about to go upstairs.
From a distance, I heard Wen Yan’s voice. “Xu Wenjia, why are you here!”
I stopped and turned around to look at him. Wen Yan was wearing wrinkled clothes, and his beard was unshaven. It was obvious that he had been living in a down and out state these days.
He immediately grabbed my sleeve and wouldn’t let go. “Jiajia, I’m really in trouble now. Only you can help me.”
“I was deceived. If it weren’t for Gu Momo, I would never have done these wrong things.”
I found it funny looking at him. He didn’t really realize his mistake. He just knew that he was really finished this time. In order to get a glimmer of hope, he pushed all the blame onto others.
Looking at him like this, he was really the same kind of person as Gu Momo. No wonder they got together.
I crossed my arms and asked, “How can I help you?”
His face immediately brightened. “I remember you’ve finalized the cooperation of the song ‘Farewell’ with Director Qi, right? As long as you let me sing this song.”
“Don’t worry. The internet has a short memory. Just help me this once, and they’ll soon forget what happened before.”
“We were such a good match back then. You wrote songs, and I sang them. I really dream about those days now.”
But I just looked at him, unmoved. “It’s still daytime. There’s still some time until you can dream at night.”
“I treat you like a person. You’d better act like one. How dare you still ask me for a chance with such a shameless face. Don’t you have a mirror at home? You can at least look at your reflection in the urine.”
He blushed and then turned pale from being scolded by me, but he didn’t dare to get angry. Suddenly, he saw Assistant Jiang coming downstairs to pick me up. He immediately knelt down and started to act pitiful.
“I really didn’t mean it. Please give me a way out.”
Unexpectedly, Assistant Jiang walked past him and respectfully greeted me. “Boss, there’s a meeting to attend this morning.”
Wen Yan’s eyes widened, and he pointed at me. “You…”
Assistant Jiang was very observant and introduced, “This is the president of our Shi Yue Media.”
He shouted in disbelief, “Impossible. How could she be the boss?”
He pointed at Assistant Jiang, his hand trembling slightly. “So you deliberately followed my plan and pre – determined the champion to watch me make mistakes during the live – broadcast and then take revenge on me!”
Wen Yan immediately knelt at my feet and pleaded, “Jiajia, I really know I was wrong. I didn’t know you were the president of ‘Shi Yue’.”
“If I had known, I would never have associated with that bitch Gu Momo in my life.”
I rolled my eyes and turned to Assistant Jiang. “He’s too noisy and disturbing the employees’ normal work. Ask the security guards to drag him out.”
Before leaving, I remembered something and whispered in Wen Yan’s ear, “The words you said to me before, I’m returning them to you. My songs are the ones that make whoever sings them popular.”
Side story: Qi Su
I don’t know why the kid from the Xu family next door has such a strong temper.
She’s been as beautiful as a doll since she was a child. Almost everyone likes her, including me. But she just doesn’t like me.
When I was six years old, I got my first full mark in an exam. I was so happy that I went to share it with her. But she directly threw the lollipop I gave her on the ground and ran home crying.
When I was twelve years old, I saw her playing the piano in the sunroom. I wanted to have something in common with her, so I started learning too. But she scolded me, saying, “Dolly the cloned sheep couldn’t live more than six years.”
When I was fifteen years old, she started trying to write songs. I used my grandfather’s connections to introduce her to a very famous teacher in the industry. She said, “Xiaoming’s grandma lived to be a hundred years old because she didn’t meddle in other people’s business.”
This kid has disliked me since we were young, but I don’t dislike her. On the contrary, I even want to protect her.
When I saw her crying uncontrollably in Grandpa Xu’s hospital room, my heart felt like it was being cut out by a knife.
When I heard that she entered the entertainment industry, I somehow also wanted to give it a try. Later, I found out that she did it just for her boyfriend.
She was in a relationship.
I stopped actively actively chatting with her and stopped paying attention to her moments. But when I occasionally saw her songs being covered and becoming popular, I still couldn’t help but want to say something.
So I became the only hater in her comment section. Keeping this distance, neither too close nor too far, wouldn’t make her feel uncomfortable.
I thought my feelings for her were gradually fading, until she was wrongly accused of plagiarism and announced her withdrawal from the circle.
The first thing that came to my mind was, great, Xu Wenjia and her useless boyfriend are finally going to break up.
It was despicable and shameful, but I really couldn’t control my happiness.
That night, I was so excited that I argued with the people who called her a plagiarist on Weibo all night.
Later, she was finally cleared of the false charges. I was just about to use this favor to ask her to invite me to dinner a few more times, so I could have more time to be alone with her. Thinking about it, I’m really a genius.
But she sneered and said, “A Mouse Carrying a Gun to Catch a Cat, with such a wild ID, you still want me to invite you to dinner? Haven’t you had enough of criticizing my songwriting on Weibo?”
She directly took out her phone and showed me the IP address found by someone she hired. I was exposed.
I felt like crying but had no tears. This kid was going to hate me again. Unexpectedly, she said,
“I’ve written a new song recently. Since you’re so good at writing lyrics, you can write them for it.”
“No problem!”
In an instant, I felt my heart start to jump with joy. The woman’s voice rang in my ears.
“Do you still want to have dinner? How about I put some rat poison in it for you?”
Oh no, I even had the impulse to say yes.
(The End)
