The superstar starts from the termination of the contract

Chapter 755 Contrasting statement

Under the siege of netizens, Liu Ming's record company, Phoenix Music, finally stood up under pressure and released a statement on Weibo.

"Now our company solemnly declares that there is no plagiarism in "Plain and Little Happiness"! After that, if you deliberately fabricate facts, maliciously slander our company and Liu Ming, and infringe our company and Liu Ming's right of reputation, the company reserves the right to investigate this behavior." The right to its legal responsibility!"

Below this Weibo, Phoenix Music also added a picture, which is a statement.

The first half is an explanation of the plagiarism. Its general meaning is: "Plain and Little Happiness" did not plagiarize Lu Fan's "Why Not". After professional comparison, there is no similarity in terms of rhythm. No same.

Only the chorus part of "On the Journey of Happiness" coincides with the "It Just Represents" in "Why Not", and the other melodies do not have multiple bars the same.

Anyway, this statement can be summed up in one meaning, we did not plagiarize, if you continue to spread rumors, you will pursue your legal responsibility.

Then the second half of the statement is the numbered notation of "Ordinary Little Happiness" and "Why Not". They want to use this picture to illustrate that there is no such thing as plagiarism.

To be honest, if Phoenix Music keeps silent and ignores the comments of netizens, this matter is at most plagiarism, and the singer may come out to apologize and it may be over.

However, he insisted now that "Plain and Little Happiness" did not plagiarize at all, and it can be said that it directly angered these netizens.

Plagiarism is shameless enough, what is even more shameless is not admitting to plagiarism.

The lyrics and music were not written by Liu Ming. If he stood up and apologized, he might win everyone's favor. Phoenix Music's doing so would be tantamount to pushing him into the abyss.

As soon as this statement was released, netizens immediately couldn't sit still.

"Is there no point in plagiarism? Are you still shameless?"

"I'm really about to vomit from laughter. The person who was plagiarized hasn't sent a lawyer's letter yet, but you're sending it first. How dare you!"

"Summary: I didn't plagiarize, I just cut out Lu Fan's song."

"Very professional, I know that plagiarism requires eight consecutive measures to be the same, so I only copied six."

"He's quite professional. Have you ever seen someone who evaluates songs and sends out simplified scores?"

"Yeah, I also find it very strange that even a layman like me knows what the numbered notation can explain?"

"What he wants to say is that he did not plagiarize, but just filled in the words directly."

"Talents, all of you are talents!"

"Doesn't your company even have anyone who understands staff?"

Originally, Phoenix Music didn't have many fans on Weibo, but this incident put him at the forefront of the storm, so as soon as the Weibo was posted, there were already thousands of comments in half an hour.

In addition to netizens commenting on their respective microblogs, more people chose to express their opinions on related topics.

In short, almost 90.00% of the people are sure that "Plain Little Happiness" is a plagiarism of "Why Not".

However, Phoenix Music, where the singer Liu Ming works, flatly denied this matter. Countless netizens really have nothing to say in the face of such a desirable behavior.

It seems that they can only rely on Zhengming Entertainment behind Lu Fan to sanction them through legal procedures.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Huaxia Net News Center also made a comment on the issue of song plagiarism.

“[Don’t tolerate plagiarists, and don’t blame original creators] Recently, some netizens pointed out that there are some similarities in the melody of Lu Fan’s “Why Not” and Liu Ming’s “Plain and Little Happiness”, and the latter was accused of plagiarism.

In this regard, both companies responded. Phoenix Music's official Weibo statement denied plagiarism, saying that it would reserve the right to pursue legal action.Lu Fan's brokerage company, Zhengming Entertainment, also posted on its official Weibo account, saying that it will submit the collected information to professional institutions for appraisal.

At present, the two sides insist on their own opinions, and everything is subject to the final appraisal result.Previously, Xinhua News Agency had commented on the issue of plagiarism, saying that facing mistakes squarely is a sign of respect for others and a warning that there is no shortcut to success.

Relying on plagiarism and plagiarism can benefit for a while, but in the end it will be difficult to escape the ending of "overturning".Only by insisting on originality can the road of creation become wider and wider; only by respecting originality can a hundred literary and artistic gardens be able to compete with each other.

I hope that the controversy over this song can finally be resolved with a fair and authoritative professional appraisal, and no plagiarism will be tolerated, nor will any creator be wronged. "

Huaxia Net News Center also belongs to an official Weibo. Of course, it is definitely not as official as People's Daily and CCTV News.

But also relatively weighty.

Now, even this kind of official Weibo has issued a statement, and netizens are even more excited.

As we all know, official accounts must maintain objectivity when posting comments. Even if this matter has been clearly revealed, but there is no relevant evidence to prove this matter, they will release some very official remarks.

However, this Weibo from Huaxia.com News Center is enough to show that the matter of plagiarism has attracted the attention of the people above.

"Respect creation and support rights protection."

"Why can't you sing out of tune, right? You're still a singer!"

"Wait for the results of the appraisal, don't even try to run away if you plagiarize."

"They are taking advantage of the loopholes! [Nu] is the first to issue a statement, bullying who has no ears? I still feel that we are all disconnected from the Internet..."

There are also many people who support Lu Fan on the Internet on weekdays, but there are always some trolls.At this moment, everyone supported Lu Fan unanimously, shouting the slogan of respecting originality and refusing plagiarism.

Lu Fan is filming during the day, but at night he will watch everything that happened during the day.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Lu Fan couldn't help frowning.

Now the two songs are still being appraised, but there is no doubt that the other party has plagiarized. As long as the appraisal results come out, the other party will have nothing to say.

If this is the case, why does Phoenix Music desperately deny it?
Soon, Xu Qing called.

"The results of the appraisal will be available tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I didn't expect the other party to play such a trick, but they are completely setting themselves on fire!"

How could Xu Qing not understand some little thoughts about Phoenix Music?
Now that they have earned enough public opinion, they have pushed the popularity to the peak, and they have all the traffic.

When the results of the appraisal come out, they will definitely apologize happily and issue a statement in public, showing a very sincere attitude.

The purpose of their doing this is to attract everyone's attention!

"Sister Qing, you can handle this matter yourself, whether you want to pursue their legal responsibility, or accept their other forms of apology, you can decide for yourself.

However, the anti-plagiarism fund I mentioned is indeed necessary to be established.Didn't I play a gambling game with the netizens?Anyway, they are public welfare foundations, and these two things can be carried out together. "

Lu Fan originally thought that if the other party was willing to apologize readily, then this matter would be forgotten.

Give him a chance and make sure he doesn't do it again next time.

However, the other party didn't think about it at all.

"I know it all, and I will take care of it. As for yourself, you don't have to worry about it, and you can focus on the movie."

There are some things that you don’t need to worry about yourself. Zhengming Entertainment’s various departments are more complete, including the public relations department, legal department, publicity department, and so on.

"Okay, Sister Qing." Lu Fan is not the Holy Mother, since he gave the other party a chance to reform, but he doesn't appreciate it, what can be done?
At this moment, Lu Fan really wanted to say to the singer and the agency behind him: "I'll give you a chance, you're useless!"

Lu Fan didn't pay much attention to this matter after that, and it was useless for him to pay attention, after all, everything had to wait for the results of a professional appraisal agency, and the other party would have nothing to say.

Before that, even if they knew it was true, the other party would try their best to deny it.

In Xu Qing's words, the other party just wanted to maximize the public opinion, apologize at the end, and use the least money to get the most popularity.

At noon the next day, there was an appraisal report on whether "Plain and Little Happiness" plagiarized "Why Not".

The results of this appraisal are generally incomprehensible to ordinary people, but there is one thing that can be confirmed without a doubt, that is, plagiarism does exist.

Zhengming Entertainment's official account immediately posted on Weibo, and uploaded the appraisal result, with the accompanying text saying: "The latest appraisal result has come out, and the chorus of the song "Plain Plain Little Happiness" has indeed plagiarized "Why not". Now that the evidence is solid, we will initiate legal proceedings against Phoenix Music and Mr. Liu Ming to protect the legitimate rights and interests of our artist Mr. Lu Fan."

If Phoenix Music didn't admit that "Plain and Little Happiness" plagiarized "Why Not", after all, no one gave evidence at that time, of course he would try his best to deny it.

But now, this matter is already a certainty, because the professional evaluation agency has given the appraisal result, no matter how much Phoenix Music denies it, or even tries to scare everyone with the law, it is completely useless.

Plagiarism does not change at all.

Netizens went crazy again, because with this appraisal result, they became very confident.

"Now what else do you have to say? @凤凰音乐"

"You won't tell me that this rating agency is not professional enough? @凤凰音乐@歌词刘明"

"Wait a minute, have we overlooked one thing? It seems that no one in Phoenix Music can understand the stave. Is there any kind-hearted netizen who wrote a numbered notation for them to take a look at?"

"Hahaha, you managed to make me laugh."

"Those who said that the melody of "Why Not" and "Plain Little Happiness" are very similar, have we figured out the cause and effect relationship now? How can there be a father like a son?"

"Please @凤凰音乐 give an explanation to the netizens in our advertisement."

After Zhengming Entertainment posted this Weibo post, they did not carry out any publicity on this matter or buy charts. After all, the statement has been sent out, and all the effects have been achieved.

The next thing to do is to sue Phoenix Music and his artist Liu Ming.

Xu Qing couldn't believe it anymore. Under the sanction of the law, they were still able to open their eyes and talk nonsense, and even ignored this matter.

After the professional appraisal results came out, Phoenix Music did not issue any statement on this matter, as if it disappeared suddenly.

And in the face of a new round of siege from netizens, they all ignored them. No one knew what they were thinking and how they would solve this matter in the end.

Generally speaking, plagiarism is undoubtedly a public apology plus loss of money, but what Phoenix Music is doing now really makes many netizens feel disgusted.

Xu Qing has already contacted the legal department and asked them to deal with this matter. Anyway, everything is going according to the process, and there is no difficulty.

This day when Xu Qing was working, the phone rang suddenly.

She picked up her phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number, she had no memory of it at all.

She didn't find it strange at all, after all, many people had contacted her before, wanting to discuss some business cooperation with Lu Fan.

Now that she has taken over Zhengming Entertainment in an all-round way, there are actually more businesses.

Without much thought, he picked up the phone.

"Hello, this is Zhengming Entertainment." This is Xu Qing's work number.

"Hello, Ms. Xu, let me introduce myself first. I am Hao Peng, the person in charge of Phoenix Music. I am calling this time, mainly to discuss with you about "Why Not?"

Judging from the voice of the other party, the age should be around 40 years old.

Xu Qing laughed in her heart, her guess was indeed correct, the legal department had to take action, and the other party would be subdued.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hao, I'm a bit busy at work right now. If you have anything to do, you can contact my colleagues directly. I think you should have their contact information?" Now the initiative is in Xu Qing's hands, she is sure You can't just let things go by like that.

"Ms. Xu, I know you're busy, so I'll make a long story short." Hao Peng had already figured out his words before calling, "About the suspected plagiarism of the song "Plain and Little Happiness" sung by our company's singer Liu Ming. Mr. Lu Fan's work "Why Not"..."

Xu Qing directly interrupted him: "Mr. Hao, I hope you can understand this matter correctly. It is not suspected of plagiarism, but plagiarism has been confirmed."

"Yes, yes." Hao Peng smiled, "Anyway, Ms. Xu, you must understand what I mean. There is one thing I have to explain to you, that is, this song was also bought by us. I know there are still such things. So here I solemnly apologize to you and Mr. Lu Fan, and I am really sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. "

Xu Qing hit him again: "Mr. Hao, things have come to this point, shouldn't you apologize publicly on Weibo? You apologized to us in private, what does that mean?"

Hao Peng's attitude is extremely low: "Since such a thing happened, we will definitely apologize to Mr. Lu Fan publicly, and at the same time, we will bear all legal responsibilities, and we will also provide a compensation plan that Ms. Xu is quite satisfied with. Therefore, Why don't we deal with it directly in private?"

Xu Qing sneered again, her guess was right, Phoenix Music wanted to earn enough public opinion, and then wanted to settle the matter at the lowest price.

"There is nothing to solve this matter, just follow the normal process. Your company and the singer publicly apologized and compensated us for the corresponding losses. Isn't that simple enough?"

After hearing this, Hao Peng felt relieved.

In fact, this is also a very common solution. Although plagiarism is illegal, it is not an unforgivable thing.

He was afraid that Zhengming Entertainment would keep holding on to this matter. By then, Phoenix Music would be on the cusp of the storm, and it would be difficult to think about it.

"Ms. Xu, before this, we didn't know there was plagiarism in the song "Plain Plain and Little Happiness", and I will indicate this on Weibo.

At the same time, regarding the statement we released yesterday, I actually did not know about it, which caused troubles for everyone, and I will give corresponding explanations.

In addition, regarding compensation, I will also compensate according to the normal market price, which has caused trouble to everyone, and I am really sorry. "

To be honest, this kind of thing has already happened, and it is impossible to do anything to others.

The reason why I want to ask for an explanation is entirely out of respect for the original creator.

Xu Qing pretended to be a little impatient, but she also left a joke on the other party, so it's perfectly fine to do so.

As for Hao Peng's ignorant nonsense just now, Xu Qing would not believe a word of it.

Phoenix Music's action was very fast, almost less than 5 minutes after Hao Peng hung up the phone, their official Weibo issued a statement again:
"Regarding the hot discussion recently about the plagiarism of Mr. Lu Fan's original work "Why Not", our company hereby expresses its solemn apology to Mr. Lu Fan.

Prior to this, some staff of our company also compared the two songs. Due to work negligence, they concluded that there was no plagiarism, which caused troubles for everyone.

After research and discussion by our company, this staff member has been punished.At the same time, our company also negotiated with Mr. Hu, the composer of "Plain and Little Happiness", and he is also responsible for such a result.

Here, our company solemnly promises to everyone that we will compensate Mr. Lu Fan for all the losses caused by the song "Plain and Little Happiness". At the same time, we also want to say sorry to everyone. , Such a thing happened.

@Lu Fan@正明娱乐”

The posting of this Weibo can be said to be a slap in the face.

After all, yesterday, the other party still refused to admit that he had timed out, and even posted a comparison chart of numbered notation.

But in less than a day, the hard-talking Phoenix Entertainment had already lost the battle, announcing in public that he had indeed plagiarized.

The singer Liu Ming also posted an apology on Weibo at this time. In fact, anyone with a little sense would know that the instigator behind this incident is Phoenix Entertainment.

Therefore, under the arrangement of the company, even though Liu Ming had sent an apology on Weibo, the sensation it caused was still not as great as that of Phoenix Entertainment.

Such an obvious contrast between before and after directly made the netizens laugh. While ridiculing, they were also worried about these original singers or creators in other fields. This is why Lu Fan's popularity is high and his works are widely sung. attracted everyone's attention.

If the two of them switch, it is uncertain how this matter will be resolved in the end.

Who should protect the rights and interests of original singers?
At this time, Lu Fan suddenly posted a Weibo...

ps: Recently, I saw Ronaldinho saying that he was more popular than a certain "passed singer", and I laughed on the spot. A certain singer should pass away quickly, so that no one will compete with me for tickets.

ps: This chapter is a manuscript, I wrote it before Ronaldinho replied, and at the same time, in order to dilute some influence, I will not write in Ronaldinho's false remarks.

(End of this chapter)