Chapter 491: Is There Such an Overly Coincidence?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
As soon as the call was picked up, Liu Cheng’s voice sounded hurriedly.
“Do you know about the plagiarism issue?”
This matter was not small. To be precise, after knowing about the “plagiarism” incident, many fans changed sides and began to call for a boycott of Three Thousand Realms.
When Liu Cheng found out about this, it had already caused a commotion. He immediately felt tired. Fortunately, he didn’t forget to call Murong Qiao to confirm the situation.
Murong Qiao hummed softly. “I know.”
“I’m looking at it now. Has something happened with the production team?” she asked.
Why was she still so calm after knowing?
Liu Cheng couldn’t help but be stunned when he heard Murong Qiao’s calm tone.
Before he made the call, he had also seen those words on the Internet. Many people had gone overboard with their words. Even he couldn’t control his anger when he saw their dirty words.
“The production team isn’t a big problem…” He subconsciously replied.
There was really not much of a problem with the production team. It was not that Liu Cheng was deliberately forcing himself to not let Murong Qiao worry.
The place he asked Xian Yu to find previously was especially private. One had to have a work doc.u.ment and proof of the production team to enter and exit. It could be said to have greatly reduced the trouble of being hara.s.sed by the public.
Therefore, no matter how big the commotion online was, the production team’s work was not affected for the time being.
It was just that the official account had suffered. The most recent post had already “fallen”.
There were all kinds of curses against “plagiarism”. There were even some who asked them to stop filming. There were all kinds of overboard words. If not for the platform blocking some words, the netizens’ performance could have been stronger.
After Liu Cheng replied, he hurriedly added when he saw that Murong Qiao didn’t speak.
“I don’t have any intention of doubting you. I just wanted to ask if you needed any help.”
He was the director and was very familiar with the script and novel. Coupled with the fact that the two of them had worked together on “Fearless” before, how could he not know if Murong Qiao had plagiarized someone else?
In addition, Murong Qiao was almost the age of Liu Cheng’s daughter. Coupled with his appreciation of talent, now that he saw the other party being scolded and wronged online, Liu Cheng couldn’t help but call to show his concern.
Besides…
Liu Cheng glanced at Bai Yi and Zhan Rong, who were standing a few steps away from him. The concern on their faces couldn’t even be suppressed by their makeup. They were just short of s.n.a.t.c.hing the cell phone over to talk.
Murong Qiao had not thought of this. She was stunned for a moment before shaking her head and refusing. “Not for the time being.”
She had yet to figure out the other party’s goal, so there was no need to be in such a hurry to counterattack.
“If you need any help, remember to tell me.” Liu Cheng couldn’t help but remind her worriedly.
Although he also knew that with Murong Qiao’s family background, there was a high chance that she didn’t need his help, as long as it was within his ability, Liu Cheng felt that he would help.
“Alright, thank you.” Murong Qiao hung up.
However, as soon as she ended the call, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
“Qiaoqiao—”
An Nuo’s voice approached from afar. In the next second, it came in from the door.
Murong Qiao looked up in confusion and met An Nuo’s gaze.
“I’ve been looking for you for a long time. Why didn’t you answer my call?”
Seeing that she was still sitting here fine, An Nuo heaved a sigh of relief and sat at the side to rest.
Murong Qiao glanced at her cell phone. “I was on the phone with Director Liu Cheng just now.”
It was probably because the line was busy that she didn’t manage to reach her.
“To think that I even asked for leave from the acting teacher—Forget it, it’s good that you’re fine.” An Nuo waved her hand.
G.o.d knew that when she was in acting cla.s.s just now, she heard the pa.s.sing employees talking about Murong Qiao. An Nuo was stunned for a long time.
When she stopped the two people who were gossiping and asked them, she realized what was going on. An Nuo even ran over.
While resting, An Nuo didn’t forget to take out her phone to take a look. However, the more she read those infuriating comments, the darker her expression became.
“They don’t understand you at all!” She gritted her teeth hatefully.
If anyone wanted to plagiarize, it was the other party. How could it be Qiaoqiao?
An Nuo puffed up her cheeks, her face filled with anger. “A group of fence sitters.”
“Why didn’t I see you so angry when you were scolded?” Murong Qiao walked over and poked her forehead helplessly.
Previously, when she had just debuted, An Nuo was also criticized for her inexperienced acting skills, but she was not this angry.
An Nuo poked the cell phone as if to vent her anger. “That’s different.”
They could attack her, and she was willing to change and reflect. But they definitely couldn’t say that Murong Qiao was not good.
Especially when it came to plagiarism. It was clearly slander!
“Don’t worry, Jiang Chi will investigate this matter. The results will be out soon.” Murong Qiao patted An Nuo’s head to comfort her.
However, as the two of them spoke, there were new fluctuations on the Internet.
“Flying Cloud’s author, Yuri: I never planned to say anything about the plagiarism, but I didn’t expect everyone to know me in this form.”
“You never planned to say it before? So you already knew about the plagiarism?”
“Hiss, it seemed to smell like a huge melon.”
First, it was a simple opening statement, but many people saw a different meaning.
The meaning behind the other party’s words could be seen at a glance. Moreover, after everyone saw it, they felt aggrieved.
“At first, I just felt that it was a coincidence. I didn’t expect…” The other party replied to the comment.
The more he spoke, the more s.p.a.ce he left for others to imagine.
Moreover, this matter was currently at the center of the storm. Many people followed the traces and came over. Seeing that the author had something to say, they all squatted under the post and watched closely.
“Let’s invite the victim to appear (dog head) and see if things will become even more ridiculous.”
“If I remember correctly, “Flying Cloud” seemed to have also sold its copyright this year and was preparing to film a drama???”
“There’s no need to doubt it. You didn’t remember wrongly. Moreover, there’s something else. Actually, back then, I also wanted to ask Director Liu Cheng to film “Flying Cloud”, but in the end… you understand, right?”
“It was hard not to overthink it.”
“Indeed, with so many things together, it couldn’t all be a coincidence, right?”
The same thought existed in the hearts of many netizens. Everyone almost unanimously felt that it was definitely Murong Qiao’s fault.
“It must be plagiarism. Otherwise, how could a person write three completely different styles?”
The difference between “Fearless” and “Wulin Universe” was something everyone could see. Coupled with the fact that “Three Thousand Realms” followed the style of a Xianxia, there had been some controversy previously. At this moment, it was even more of a stepping stone.
Such a statement made many people’s hearts skip a beat. They liked and commented that this person was right.
Many self-proclaimed righteous people spoke up for the author of “Flying Cloud”, Yuri, and condemned Moon G.o.ddess, asking for an apology or even compensation.
In their opinion, Fearless, which was plagiarized from Flying Cloud, was now even more profitable than Flying Cloud. Clearly, it was wrong to “steal” the profits of others.
Especially now that Three Thousand Realms was being filmed, this matter directly b.u.mped into the muzzle of the gun. Many people resisted it with the limelight, causing the official account of Three Thousand Realms to suffer.
The author of Flying Cloud was still replying. From time to time, he would choose a few comments that were especially hot to reply to and maintain his popularity.
In the end, this matter was forced to become a trending topic, almost under the “joint efforts” of all the netizens.
Even the news of celebrities whoring and tax evasion was suppressed one after another, and it steadily rose to the top of the trending searches..