Chapter 78: Unexpected Evidence

  The next day, Liu Xue Xiong held a press conference for his new album in Heung Kong, officially releasing the new album and playing all the tracks from it.

  This press conference has attracted countless attention, and the reason is naturally the copyright issue of the first single "Gong Xi Fa Cai" that has been released.

  Although it has been several days since Lu Li updated the Weibo post "Gong Xi Fa Cai" which was his original work, neither side of the parties involved have made any official statements regarding this matter, whether it's the online verbal sparring or the views of insiders like Zhou Shan and Lin Shizun.

  At this moment, Liu Xue-xiong's new album release conference naturally attracted the attention of journalists and netizens who were concerned about this matter. Lu Li's die-hard fans also paid close attention to this event, wanting to see how Liu Xue-xiong would respond.

  The press conference also opened a network video live broadcast channel, and netizens can watch the live scene online.

  This is also what Liu Li wants, as someone who has been in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. Compared to Lu Lei, Liu Li is naturally more experienced. The entertainment industry is like this, hype is necessary, he hopes that more people will pay attention to this matter, so that his nephew's new album will be more popular, and he can make more money.

  So seeing Zhou Shan, Langdi and others' remarks, Liu Li was very happy. As for Langdi's words, Liu Li didn't worry at all, he had already completed the registration, so there was no use in saying that, "Gong Xi Fa Cai" had actually fallen into his own hands.

  At 2 o'clock, Liu Xuehong's new album launch conference officially began.

  After the lights went out, a short video was played on the big screen, introducing Liu Xue-xiong's past albums and some of his honors. After the video finished playing, the lights came back on, and there was a young female host on stage. She said in a sweet voice: "Hello everyone, I'm your host Lele, welcome to Liu Xue-xiong's new album release conference for 'Ambitious'. Let's invite Liu Xue-xiong now."

  With the enthusiastic cheers and applause from the audience, Liu XueXiong slowly walked out from backstage, a captivating smile spreading across his handsome and sunny face.

  "Hello everyone, I am Liu XueXiong." Liu XueXiong smiled and waved a greeting.

  "Ah! Liu XueXiong is so handsome!"

  "Xue Xiong Liu I love you!"

  ……

  As soon as Liu Xue-xiong's words fell, a shrill scream erupted from the female fans below the stage.

  The host, Yueyue, laughed and made a few jokes before starting to chat with Liu XueXiong about the new album, which had already been discussed beforehand.

  When they had chatted for a while, Liu Li, as the lyrics and music creator of the album, was also invited on stage to share some interesting stories about his creation.

  Perhaps many people used to listen to such content with great interest, but this time, except for Liu Xue's fans, many reporters were dozing off, wondering why the Q&A session had not started yet.

  Finally, after several minutes, the moment of questioning that the reporters had been eagerly waiting for arrived, and one by one they were like chickens whose blood had been stirred, their faces flushed with excitement.

  The first to ask a question was a reporter from Xiangjiang Entertainment, while other reporters who failed to get the chance to ask questions looked disappointed.

  "Excuse me, Mr. Liu Xue-xiong, do you know Lu Li?" The reporter stood up and immediately asked the question he had prepared.

  "I don't know, I've never heard of it." Liu Xue-xiong said with a puzzled expression.

  Other journalists who heard the question and Liu Xuejun's answer had already forgotten their frustration at not getting a chance to ask questions, and were busy taking notes. They had caught wind of gunpowder and were even mentally drafting tomorrow's headlines.

  The reporter from Heung Kong Entertainment was also very satisfied with this answer and sat down smiling. Soon, the second reporter stood up and asked: "Then please ask Mr. Liu Xue-xiong, do you know that Lu Li said on Weibo that the song 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' is his original work?"

  "I don't know, wasn't this song written by Li Shu?" Liu Xue-xiong heard this question and still looked very puzzled.

  "Mr. Liu Xue-xiong, did you know that Lu Li had already uploaded a song with the same name on Weibo the day before 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' premiered?" This was the third reporter's question.

  "Recently I've been busy with new album things, so I don't know about these things." Liu Xue-xiong saw that the three reporters didn't leave Lu Li, and could only answer like this.

  Here is the translation:

  Just as a fourth reporter was about to ask a question, Liu Li spoke up and said: "Let me say something. Xue Xiong has been busy shooting his new album's MV these days, so he's not clear about what's going on. As for Lu Li, after this incident happened, I also looked into it and found out that he's a web novel god. As for the song 'Gong Xi Fa Cai', it's indeed my original work, and I've already registered it with the Entertainment Association, so Lu Li's words are just nonsense. As for Lu Li uploading 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' on Weibo a day ago, we're currently investigating the reason. It's because of this that Xue Xiong's new album will be released ahead of schedule - originally, the release date was planned to be another week later."

  Lu Li sat in front of the computer, staring at the live broadcast screen, his fists clenched tightly. Originally, he thought he wasn't calm enough when things happened, but Lu Li decided to let this matter pass like this. However, seeing Liu Li's hypocritical face at the press conference, he couldn't help but feel angry. Are you forcing me to think of a way to prove who originally created this song?

  And at the press conference in Hong Kong, reporters also heard such a response for the first time and were excited.

  The fourth journalist was interrupted by Liu Li, and at this moment, after hearing Liu Li's words, he gave up his original question and asked: "Then how do you think about what pianist Lang Di said, Mr. Liu Li?"

  Liu Li heard this question and smiled, saying: "Lu Li is estimated to have some musical talent, and he is also Lang Di's junior, so it's understandable that Lang Di speaks for Lu Li. However, 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' is something I've registered with the Entertainment Association, and you can't fake this."

  Just as Liu Liang had finished speaking, another person who hadn't been given the opportunity to ask a question stood up: "But someone revealed that you called the Entertainment Association before registering this song to ask if there was such a song, and it was just after Lu Li released this song on Weibo. Then why did you let your secretary register with the Entertainment Association afterwards?"

  Liu Li on stage changed color when he heard this question, but then returned to normal. All the sounds on the scene disappeared and became unusually quiet.

  Lu Di was also shocked when he heard this sentence in front of his computer. Who was secretly helping him, or was someone trying to get Liu Li into trouble?

  Not just Ludi, other audiences who did not go to the scene and watched the live broadcast in front of their computers were also unprecedentedly focused, paying attention to the development of the situation.

  "I don't know where you heard the news from, but let me tell you that without evidence, it's slander to accuse someone falsely." Liu Li's face returned to normal and he calmed down. Although the fact was indeed so, as long as the other party had no evidence, there was no way to prove such a thing, and he didn't need to be afraid.

  Seeing the other party still not giving up, the person who suddenly stood up had a sarcastic smile hanging from the corner of his mouth.

  His name is Shangguan Yuan, a small reporter for an entertainment magazine in Xiangjiang. He's very handsome and about 1.8 meters tall. Actually, Shangguan Yuan used to admire Liu Li quite a bit - not only was he incredibly talented, but also great at writing lyrics and composing music, and had even managed to build up a fairly large entertainment company through hard work.

  It was just last night that Shangguan Yuan was suddenly called by the editor-in-chief to receive an important task.

  The task assigned to Shangguan Yuan by the editor-in-chief was to expose this matter at the press conference, and he also gave Shangguan Yuan an audio file, which was a recording of Liu Li's phone call to the Entertainment Association.

  Shangguan Yuan's expression was extremely vivid when he heard the audio file, on one hand because he didn't expect Liu Li, who is known for his creativity, to do something like plagiarizing a song. On the other hand, he was shocked that the editor-in-chief could obtain such information. It's worth noting that their entertainment newspaper is far inferior compared to Xiangjiang Entertainment media.

  Shangguan Yuan suddenly had an urge to refuse, thinking that if he did such a thing at the press conference, his future prospects would be worrisome.

  Perhaps seeing Shangguan Yuan's doubts, the editor said something that made Shangguan Yuan determined to take on this task. At that time, the editor said: "The person who provided me with the recording is not ordinary, Liu Li is destined to lose this time. You think about it, don't mention anything else, after coming back, promotion and salary increase are inevitable."

  It's precisely because of this that today's press conference had such a scene.

  Shangguan Yuan sneered upon hearing Liu Li's words, "How come I didn't realize earlier that this Liu Li is such a person? He's truly a talented but immoral individual."

  "Since you want evidence, I'll give you evidence." After saying this, Shangguan Yuan walked towards the stage.

  Liu Li heard that the other party had evidence, his face changed color, and he wanted to stop the other party from coming up. However, after thinking about it, he stopped his actions. If he blocked now, wouldn't it be obvious that he was guilty? Let's see what evidence the other party has first.

  Shangguan Yun went up to the stage, connected his phone to the audio equipment and played a pre-prepared audio file. Not only did the reporters and audience below hear it, but also countless viewers watching the live broadcast on their computers heard Liu Li's voice in the audio, talking on the phone with entertainment guild staff.

  After playing the audio, Shangguan Yuan took out a document with detailed timings of Liu Li's registration of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" at the Entertainment Association, which was indeed several hours later than when Lu Lei released the song on Weibo.

  Liu Li could no longer hold back, calling security to expel Shang Guan Yuan from the stage, while reporters below rushed forward wanting to ask Liu Li and Liu Xueyong questions, the scene was in chaos.

  The person in charge of the live broadcast hastily cut off the live connection, and Lu Li saw that on the back of the document held by Shangguan Yuan were clearly written the four words "Le Tian Zhi Ming".

  PS: Thanks for the rewards from Zengjing and Bomei Yixiao