Entertaining Children

"August 1st, what are you going to do?" Xiao Yao and Xiao Siqi were both mentally prepared for the exposure of plagiarism. To clarify, of course Xiao Siqi also had to participate in it. ． The fastest update, this son has a big idea, and Xiao Siqi also called to ask Xiao Yao's plan immediately.

"What else can I do? Hold a press conference." Xiao Yao said, "Now that it's uploaded on the Internet like this, all the media are looking for me for interviews. If everyone talks about the past, when will it be? Of course it will be held. The press conference brought the media together to clarify."

"Okay," Xiao Siqi also agreed with Xiao Yao's decision, and then asked, "Will it be opened in Yanjing or Shencheng? I'll let the studio's public relations department contact the venue in advance to make preparations."

"I'm not going to Yanjing, and you're not going to Shanghai, we'll open in Shonan." Xiao Yao said, "Anyway, we're going to Shonan to participate in the recording of the next "Singer" program, and now we're leaving the recording of the next program It’s only a few days away. Let’s go to Shonan in advance, hold a press conference the day before the recording, and just participate in the recording of the next program when it’s over. This will save us from running around so much.”

"That's a good idea, then let's put it on Changsha." Xiao Siqi agreed, "I'll ask the people from the public relations department to go to Changsha to prepare."

"Okay," Xiao Yao said, "Then let's meet directly at Changsha. I still have some preparations to do on my side. Don't forget what you need to prepare on your side."

"Don't worry," Xiao Siqi said with a smile, "I've been waiting for this day for more than ten years, and I will never forget it!"

While the public and the media were arguing about Xiao Yao's silence on the plagiarism incident, Qijia Studio suddenly issued a statement on the official Weibo and website at the same time. It is announced that a press conference will be held in the press conference hall of Hyatt Hotel in Changsha City, Shonan Province this week. At that time, Xiao Yao himself will publicly respond to the plagiarism incidents that are raging on the Internet at this stage. Welcome all reporters and media people Go to participate.

In addition to the statements on Weibo and the official website, many media with a good relationship with Qijia Studio were also invited to participate in the press conference, inviting media reporters to participate in the press conference.

The day before the recording of the tenth issue of "Singer", it was 9:40 in the morning. There are already dozens of media reporters gathered in the press conference hall of Excelle Hotel in Changsha City, Shonan Province. Because of Xiao Yao's identity, the reporters who came here were not only entertainment news media reporters, but also reporters from a dozen social news media also showed up.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the protagonist arrived on time, and the host of the press conference immediately announced the start of the press conference.

"Welcome friends from the media. Today's press conference is mainly to clarify the incident of Xiao Yao's plagiarism that was reproduced on the Internet and some media during this period." In addition to the host standing aside,

On the rostrum, only Xiao Siqi, father and son Xiao Yao sat side by side. It was Xiao Siqi who spoke.

Seeing the focused expressions of the media reporters in the audience, Xiao Siqi continued to announce solemnly: "Here, our studio solemnly assures everyone that Xiao Yao definitely did not copy American pianos as stated in some online posts and comments. Composer and performer Mr. Horn Burnie's musical works. Not just Mr. Horn Burnie, but all works signed by Xiao Yao, there is no plagiarism."

If it is an admission of plagiarism, it is enough to issue a statement at most. There is no need to hold such a formal press conference to embarrass the father and son and the studio in public. Therefore, the media reporters present were already psychologically prepared for Xiao Siqi's remarks, and Xiao Siqi's remarks were expected by the media. But just such a remark, without any explanation for the accusation of plagiarism, is obviously not enough to satisfy and dismiss the media reporters present at the scene. Therefore, after Xiao Siqi finished speaking, most of the media reporters at the scene raised their arms almost immediately, indicating that they wanted to ask questions.

After finishing his speech, Xiao Siqi looked at the densely raised arms in the audience, and did not immediately signal the host of the press conference to select a reporter to come out to ask questions, but turned his head to look at Xiao Yao who was sitting beside him. Xiao Yao adjusted the angle of the microphone in front of him, smiled and said to the media reporters at the scene: "I think the questions everyone wants to ask now should be the same, and I know what the question is, so I will do some questions first. Explain and illustrate."

The Realm of Monsters

Hearing what Xiao Yao said, many media reporters lowered their raised hands and focused on Xiao Yao who was beside Xiao Siqi, waiting for his speech. Most of them believed that what Xiao Yao was going to say now must be the answer to the question they wanted to ask.

Xiao Yao raised a finger and said: "First of all, I would like to explain something to everyone. The three pieces of "Childhood Memories", "Daydream" and "Serenade" in my original piano music album are the same as Mr. Horn Bernie once. The three pieces that were performed at his concerts are exactly the same in melody!"

"Wow~" As soon as Xiao Yao's words came out, the media reporters on the scene immediately went into an uproar.

Most of the media reporters thought that Xiao Yao would explain the differences of several pieces of music to everyone from a professional perspective of music. Unexpectedly, more arms were immediately raised high.

"But!" Xiao Yao also turned a blind eye to those raised arms, and continued on his own, "Those three songs are not original works of Mr. Horn Bernie! Although Mr. Horn Bernie is indeed very He is a well-known composer, but as a pianist, not all the music he played at the concert was written by himself, these three pieces are not! Since these three pieces are not Mr. Horn Burnie himself If he created it, then it’s not like I plagiarized his music!”

"You said that the three songs were not written by Horn Bernie, do you have evidence?" A young male reporter couldn't help standing up and interjected. He really couldn't wait for the reporter's questioning session, and was selected by the host to stand up and ask questions.

After Xiao Yao's plagiarism incident was exposed, everyone also had some basic understanding of that Horn Bernie. Whether at home or abroad, many music performers are also composers themselves. This Horn Bernie happened to be a composer himself, and the music he created was mainly piano music. Although the pieces he performed at the concert are not necessarily 100% composed by himself, except for some classic works of music masters who have played a pivotal role in history, most of the new pieces are composed by himself of. Xiao Yao said that the three pieces of music were not composed by Horn Bernie. The reporters dared not believe them, nor did they dare to believe them all.

"My friend from the media, it's not time for the questioning session yet," said the host of the press conference.

"It's okay! Since the reporters are so anxious to ask questions, let's enter the reporter's questioning session in advance." Xiao Yao first waved to the host, then turned to look at the reporter who asked the question and said, "Of course the evidence is Yes! I have a video of Mr. Horn Burnie's statement here."

With that said, Xiao Yao picked up a remote control at hand, and pressed a button on a projector installed on the top of the hall. A video appeared on a large white curtain on the left side of the background behind Xiao Siqi and Xiao Yao.

"Hi everyone, I'm Horn Bernie!" In the video, a middle-aged white man in a black suit said in English facing the camera, "I hereby declare to everyone that "Childhood Memories", " The three pieces "Daydream" and "Serenade" are not my original music works, but commercial performance copyrights I purchased from other composers."

After the plagiarism incident was exposed, many people got to know the pianist far away in the United States to a certain extent, at least his appearance was very familiar to the media reporters at the scene. The middle-aged white man in the video is a close-up shot of his upper body very close to the camera, and his face can be seen very clearly. Almost immediately, the reporters recognized that the middle-aged white man in the video was indeed that Horn Bernie.

Hearing that Horn Bernie said that he was not the original author of the three songs, but bought the commercial performance copyright from others, many reporters at the scene showed surprised expressions. Many of the media reporters at the scene also reported that Xiao Yao plagiarized the works of the American pianist Horn Bernie, but before they reported it, they didn't know that Horn Bernie was not such The original author of the three pieces.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on those reporters for not doing their homework. Because these three songs only appeared at Horn Bernie's concert, and never appeared in the music album released by Horn Bernie. You can't see the introduction of the author in the album. Horn Bernie did not specifically introduce the author of each piece of music played, and everyone took it for granted that these three pieces were created by Horn Burnie like other new pieces. Empire Baby: Run, Mommy

However, the fact that the music was not created by Horn Bernie himself does not mean that it was created by Xiao Yao. The media reporters at the scene were surprised, but they didn't make a sound, because the video was still playing. They were curious to know whether Horn Bernie himself would name the original authors of these three songs in the video.

Horn Bernie did say it, and the name he said was not Xiao Yao as everyone expected, but it also surprised the media reporters at the scene.

"Among them, "Childhood Memories" and "Daydream" were purchased ten years ago, and "Serenade" was purchased three years ago. The original author of these three pieces is the same person. I don't know his real name, but I only know him. It's a two-letter name. His name is y!"

"Y?!" The reporters at the scene exclaimed, "It's that mysterious y again? His works have already been sold to the United States? And it was ten years ago?"

But now is not the time to lament that y is awesome, today's protagonist is Xiao Yao, and the thing to find out is whether Xiao Yao has plagiarized! Although everyone knows that the mysterious y is Xiao Siqi's friend, most likely they will not stand up and publicly accuse Xiao Yao of plagiarism, but plagiarism is plagiarism, as long as it is not written by you, if you take something from your father's friend as your own, you will still be able to It's disgusting, even relying on acquaintances, others won't trouble you, so it's even worse to take other people's things as your own without any scruple.

"I don't think you need my translation, do you?" After the video was played, Xiao Yao continued with a smile, "If any reporter friend doubts the authenticity of the video, I can send you a copy of the video. Personnel can conduct a technical appraisal of the video and audio, or find a lip-reading expert to interpret lip-reading."

It's not that no one at the scene had this kind of thought flashing in their minds, but since Xiao Yao dared to speak out on his own initiative, there is probably no flaw in this point. And if it is said that these three songs were composed by y, most of the reporters on the scene would choose to believe it. But the problem now is, even if what Horn Bernie said is true, you, Xiao Yao, are still a disgraceful copywriter, so what is there to be proud of?

"Even if Horn Bernie is not the original author of those three songs, it can't be the reason why you didn't plagiarize?" Another reporter stood up and asked, "Is copying Horn Bernie's music plagiarism, plagiarism?" Isn't y's song plagiarized? Even if y is unwilling to stand up and accuse you because of your father, it still can't change the fact that you copied other people's song?"

"Heh~" Xiao Yao sneered, looking at the reporter who stood up to ask questions, "If it is someone else's song, it is indeed plagiarism! What if it is your own song? Is that also plagiarism?"

"My own song?" The reporter who asked the question also sneered, and then reacted, his face changed color, and he said with an expression of disbelief, "What do you mean?"

"Yes." Xiao Yao nodded, "I am y! Do you want me to admit that I copied myself?"

"No way?!" The reporters on the scene exclaimed, and they all looked at Xiao Yao in disbelief.

"How is it possible?" The reporter who stood up to ask the question asked subconsciously.

"Why is it impossible?" Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "y? It's the first letter of Xiao's pinyin, and y is the first letter of Yao's pinyin. Isn't this name enough to explain the problem?"

After listening to Xiao Yao's words, the media reporters at the scene pondered for a while, and found that this was really the case.

"Could it be that y is really Xiao Yao?" Many people suddenly had such an idea in their hearts, but they were quickly overturned by themselves, because it was too incredible.

"What if it's just a coincidence?" The reporter who stood up to ask the question once again asked the reporter's aspirations, "Y's work first appeared more than ten years ago, how old were you then? Isn't this too ridiculous?"

"I'll answer this question!" Xiao Siqi leaned in front of the microphone and took the reporter's question with a smile.