Chapter 80 If I find out, you'll be sorry...

Liang Jiyan thought Fang Xingu was referring to Jiang Zhou and nodded in agreement, but Jing Yitong sensed something was off from Fang Xingu's unusual attitude.

Several memories flashed through his mind, and in an instant he recalled that when recording "The World Is So Big," Fang Xingu had shown inexplicable resistance to Tan Zhi. The hostility was strange, but Fang Xingu had never explained it, which clearly showed that he was already dissatisfied with Tan Zhi at that time.

Where does Fang Xin's aversion to Tan Zhi come from?

But this was clearly not a good time to talk to Fang Xingu. Jing Yitong just glanced at Fang Xingu and didn't press the matter further.

Liang Jiyan didn't notice Jing Yitong's subtle movements and continued, "I had someone secretly follow Jiang Zhou for three whole years. We filmed a lot of things and learned a lot of things, including that after Jiang Zhou was kicked out of the crew, he had contact with Director Han Gaocen's assistant for a period of time and secretly looked at many of Director Han's manuscripts and storyboard photos. This might be helpful to you."

After Liang finished speaking, he pushed a black portable hard drive to Jing Yitong.

Jing Yitong felt a great responsibility: "Okay, I will go back and study the contents of the hard drive carefully, and try to make Jiang Zhou receive the punishment he deserves as soon as possible."

Liang Jiyan smiled and shook his head: "On the hard drive I gave you, there are only clues and evidence related to Jiang Zhou and 'Water Devours Sand'. As for their pimping business, I will hand it over to the police. This is not a problem for us to solve."

Jing Yitong frowned as he looked at Liang Jiyan. He knew this was the right thing to do, but he was still a little confused: "Then why did you tell us all this?"

In fact, Liang Jiyan didn't need to tell them at all. All she had to do today was come and hand over the clues she found to Jing Yitong. Why did she have to tear open her scab, tell them about her past, and show them the raw, bleeding wounds underneath?

Liang Jiyan rested his chin on his hand, gazing at the bustling world outside, and said softly, "Some things, if kept inside for too long, need to be confided in someone to feel better."

Fang Xin asked her, "Sister Jiyan, why did you ask us to do this?"

Liang explained, “Firstly, the ‘Water Eats Sand’ incident just happened, and I know there might be some clues you need in it. We got along well on ‘The World Is Big,’ and because of that variety show, I’ve recently experienced a career resurgence and received a lot of work. We’re friends now, so helping a friend out is the right thing to do. Secondly…”

Jing Yitong adopted a posture of listening attentively, but Liang Jiyan suddenly laughed. Her gaze swept back and forth between Jing Yitong and his phone, and then she revealed a rare sly smile: "Okay, there's nothing 'second' about it. It's mainly because I trust your character."

And since you two seem only interested in each other and not in women, you can naturally talk about this kind of thing openly.

Liang Jiyan made a special trip to Guangzhou just to personally hand over this evidence to Jing Yitong. Now that she has told Jing Yitong and Fang Xingu all the secrets she has carried for many years, Liang Jiyan's mission is complete. She didn't continue to talk to the two of them, but put on her sunglasses and left quietly, blending herself into the night.

Jing Yitong wasn't in a hurry to leave. He took out his laptop, connected the hard drive to the computer, and began to read through the evidence and clues that Liang Jiyan had left him, one by one.

From Fang Xin's angle, he couldn't see the computer screen at all, so he anxiously asked Jing Yitong, "How is it? Is it useful evidence?"

Jing Yitong frowned as he looked at the photos and videos on the hard drive and replied, "They're useful. They show Jiang Zhou asking Director Han's assistant to steal Director Han's storyboard manuscripts for him to see, as well as audio of Jiang Zhou bragging to others that he'll soon be assigned to the 'Water Devouring Sand' crew by Xu Xingye, and even a video of him telling his assistant that he'll retaliate against our crew."

Fang Xingu was initially surprised, but then showed a delighted expression: "With Sister Jiyan's great contribution, plus the evidence from Jiang He's side, this should prove the crew's innocence."

Jing Yitong nodded: "Yes, but these pieces of evidence were all secretly taken, so it's not easy to put them out in the open. I'll send them to the legal department of the production team first. If that doesn't work, we'll have to use special methods."

Fang Xin asked curiously, "Special methods?"

Jing Yitong: "Oh, it's just registering a fake account, claiming to know inside information, and then releasing the evidence little by little."

Fang Xin Gu: ...I thought they were going to do something fancy.

Jing Yitong got busy in the private room. Fang Xingu watched him as his fingers flew across the keyboard, secretly glancing at him for a while before smiling and getting busy with her own album work. Neither of them hung up the video call, and they just quietly kept each other company.

It wasn't until nearly midnight that Jing Yitong sorted out the evidence, compressed it, and sent it to the relevant departments, where they came up with a complete clarification plan.

He let out a breath and finally closed his laptop, only to find that Fang Xingu was still engrossed in his work, completely unaware of what was happening to him.

Jing Yitong smiled and looked at him for a while, then suddenly asked Fang Xingu, "Xingu, is there something you haven't told me?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Xingu's eyelids twitched, thinking to himself, "I've kept a lot of things from you. Which one are you referring to?"

Given that he had too many secrets he wasn't ready to reveal, Fang Xin decided not to say a single one. So when he looked up again, all that remained in his eyes was blankness: "What?"

Jing Yitong squinted at him, trying to trick him: "Here's a little hint for you, it's related to Tan Zhi, I suggest you confess and you'll get leniency."

Fang Xin subconsciously thought that Jing Yitong knew that "Please Listen to His Explanation" was his song, and his Adam's apple bobbed as he was about to admit it, but then he realized that was not right. At present, only You Zhicheng, Qi Qiu and Jiang He knew about this.

But You Zhicheng had sworn to him that he would never tell Jing Yitong the truth, and he had never said it all these years. It was impossible for him to suddenly reveal it to Jing Yitong now. Jiang He did not know Jing Yitong, and Qi Qiu would never tell Jing Yitong such a thing on his own initiative.

How did Jing Yitong know? Or did he just deduce from Jing Yitong's unusual attitude towards Tan Zhi that there might be some grudge between them, and was now trying to trick him?

Actually, it wouldn't hurt to tell Jing Yitong about this, but Fang Xin was influenced by Qi Qiu's words and really couldn't figure out how Jing Yitong would feel after finding out.

Are you happy for his sacrifices? Or are you heartbroken that he has compromised? Or are you angry at his self-righteousness?

Fang Xin instinctively rejected events with unknown outcomes, so his tendency to escape resurfaced, and he decided to keep the matter a secret for a while longer.

He started to feign innocence: "I really didn't hide anything from you."

Jing Yitong snorted coldly: "You'd better keep your little secrets hidden. If I find out, you'll be in for a spanking."

Fang Xingu hung up the video call guiltily: "Hey, it's getting late, I'm going to wash up and go to bed. You should go home and rest early too, brother."

Jing Yitong laughed out loud on the other end of the phone as he watched Fang Xingu practically flee in panic.

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Meanwhile, Tan Zhi was pacing back and forth in the conference room, each stomp of his footsteps on the floor tiles making a deafening noise, clearly indicating that he was furious.

He yelled at the top of his lungs, "Is Jiang Zhou crazy? Who gave him permission to release my demo? He's the one having an episode, don't drag me into it!"

Tan Zhi's assistant remained silent, for no one knew better than him that the demo Jiang Zhou released was not written by Tan Zhi at all, but rather purchased by him.

No, it wasn't even a purchase. He didn't even spend any money. He just accidentally sang the song, accidentally recorded a demo, and then accidentally submitted the demo to Jiang Zhou.

In recent years, Tan Zhi has become addicted to alcohol and women. He is controlled by alcohol and sex, and his empty brain can no longer support him to write any works. He can only collect songs from some unknown authors and lie that he wrote them. Fortunately, Tan Zhi's voice is still intact, otherwise his career would be completely over.

But who would have thought that two or three years ago, Jiang Zhou insisted on blackmailing Tan Zhi into writing a song for him. On the one hand, Jiang Zhou had something on Tan Zhi that was easy to manipulate. On the other hand, Jiang Zhou knew that the lead actor in "Water Devours Sand" was Jing Yitong, and Jing Yitong had had intricate connections with Tan Zhi because of the role of Qin Zhe and the song "We Have No Tomorrow".

The current "Water Eats Sand" marks Jing Yitong's return to suspense films after many years. If they could get Tan Zhi to write a song for the movie and link it with "Us Without Tomorrow", wouldn't that create a buzz?

His idea was good, but he had no idea that "Please Listen to His Explanation" was not written by Tan Zhi at all, nor did he know that Tan Zhi had not written a single decent song in recent years.

Tan Zhi was coerced by him and could only secretly collect songs, but most of the young authors' works were immature and the songs they wrote were only mediocre. Tan Zhi had only managed to get a song of the quality of "Please Listen to His Explanation" once.

He finally received a decent song, recorded a demo and sent it to Jiang Zhou. Jiang Zhou seemed quite satisfied, but before he could contact Feng Ji'an to buy the song, Jiang Zhou was kicked out of "Water Devours Sand".

Tan Zhi breathed a sigh of relief at the time, and the matter of collecting songs was naturally not pushed forward any further. Who knew that a few years later, Jiang Zhou would come up with another idea!

The assistant glanced at Tan Zhi furtively, then dialed a number on his phone, but a calm voice answered from the other end: "The number you have dialed is currently switched off. Please try again later..."

The assistant said with a long face, "Teacher Tan, we still can't get in touch with Feng Ji'an."

Of course, they couldn't get in touch with him. Feng Ji'an was still in a vegetative state in the hospital at that time, and his parents kept his phone. Sometimes, if they forgot to charge it for a few days, it would turn off.

But Tan Zhi and his assistants were unaware of this. They even thought that "Feng He" and Feng Ji'an were the same person, and that this performance was just a show of arrogance.

"Hold!"

Tan Zhi cursed, took out his phone from his pocket, and dialed Jiang Zhou's number. Fortunately, Jiang Zhou answered the phone.

He suppressed his anger and said in a rough voice, "Why are you dragging me into your own mess with the 'Water Devouring Sand' crew!"

Jiang Zhou naturally said, "Teacher Tan, aren't I just standing up for you? Can you bear to see your song being plagiarized? Now that so many people are supporting you online, you should be happy."

Hearing this, Tan Zhi felt even more anxious and angry. Who wanted the public's "concern"? If Feng Ji'an jumped out and presented evidence at this moment, he would have no way to prove his innocence.

If it were just the interlude "Water Devours Sand," it would be understandable, since he only recorded a demo and didn't officially release it. He also never publicly stated that he wrote the song himself. Even if he didn't buy the song from Feng Ji'an, it would still be a plausible explanation.

But is this the only song with a problem? What if someone traces it back to his previous singles and albums, and finds that none of them were written by him?

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Author's Note: There will be another chapter later!!!