Chapter 106: This is how the plagiarism incident happened
He Miao: "I also heard it from other people in the studio. Just treat it as gossip, but don't tell anyone else."
Pei Lingxuan nodded: "Don't worry, Xiao Miao, I know all the rules of gossiping. Tell me quickly, why is our President Zhou also considered your boss?"
"Ahem..." He Miao cleared her throat, leaned forward slightly, and said to Pei Lingxuan in a low voice, "Exactly. When I first started working, I heard from a sister who used to work in my position that Mr. Zhou from Qiangsheng Design has invested in our Weilan Studio, and it's a large stake."
Pei Lingxuan frowned and pretended to be very gossipy: "Major shares? How many shares are there?"
He Miao raised her hand and pointed to the number "six" at her: "I heard it's 67 percent."
"Sixty-seven percent?!" Pei Lingxuan was shocked. "This is not even called a major share. This means that Mr. Zhou is the real boss of Weilan Studio."
"Shh——" He Miao put his index finger to his lips, signaling Pei Lingxuan to speak more quietly.
"Oh..." Pei Lingxuan immediately covered her mouth obediently.
He Miao: "You can say that. Anyway, everyone in our studio assumes that Mr. Zhou is the boss."
Pei Lingxuan: "Since Mr. Zhou is the boss, what does Mr. Xu who is currently in charge of the studio do? Is he a minority shareholder?"
He Miao thought about it, then shook his head: "Not really."
"Hmm?" Pei Lingxuan was puzzled. "Why doesn't it count?"
He Miao: "Because the remaining 33% of the shares are actually held by three people, Mr. Xu can only be considered one of them."
"The other two shareholders are both employed by other companies in Yuncheng and rarely come to Weilan Studio to manage things. So..."
"So your President Xu is actually an employee left behind by President Zhou to look after the studio?" Pei Lingxuan took over what He Miao had not finished saying. Although it was a bit unpleasant to hear, she did not finish it at all.
He Miao blinked his eyes to show his agreement.
"Wow..." Pei Lingxuan exclaimed, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou is so powerful. In public, he is the general manager of Qiangsheng Design, and behind the scenes, he is an absolute shareholder of Weilan Studio."
He Miao agreed: "We also think he is amazing, but he never seems to reveal his true identity in Weilan Studio to others. I have been working there for three months and have run into him three times in total. But every time he came, he just said he was looking for a friend to do something for him and never revealed his identity as a shareholder."
"The receptionist at the front desk doesn't even know that he is the boss who pays the salary."
"Why doesn't he reveal his identity?" Pei Lingxuan didn't understand.
He Miao shook his head: "I don't know either, maybe he just wants to be mysterious?"
"...Humph." Pei Lingxuan chuckled, "Maybe."
"Hey, why did the girl who gossiped with you quit? Since she knows this secret, she must have worked in the studio for a long time."
"Eh..." When mentioning this matter, He Miao couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.
"Why else? Capitalists are ruthless."
"Hmm?" Pei Lingxuan's intuition reminded her that there might be something fishy going on. She leaned forward slightly, got closer to He Miao, and asked with a gossipy look on her face, "What do you mean? That sister was bullied by the leader?"
He Miao first hummed, then said, "This involves a bigger melon."
He paused after saying this, his expression becoming very conflicted: "But this melon is too explosive, I don't know if I can say it..."
"Go ahead and tell me." Pei Lingxuan held He Miao's hand and gently swayed it, acting coquettishly to her like she did in college. "You've aroused my curiosity, so how can you not tell me? Go ahead and tell me, I really want to hear it."
"This..." He Miao was still hesitating.
Seeing this, Pei Lingxuan quickly raised her hand and swore: "Tell me, I promise not to tell anyone!"
"..." He Miao bit her lip and looked at her, her rationality beginning to waver.
Pei Lingxuan acted coquettishly again: "Please, Xiao Miao, just tell me. Ever since I joined Qiangsheng Design, I have been asked by President Zhou to work overtime every day. I urgently need some gossip about President Zhou to heal my soul!"
"Xiao Miao..."
"...Okay." He Miao didn't waver for long, and Pei Lingxuan's coquettishness easily broke her guard.
She was afraid of speaking too loudly across the table, so she picked up her drink and sat next to Pei Lingxuan, sitting close to her.
"Xiao Xuan, this gossip is too big. Just pretend you haven't heard it. Don't reveal a single word to anyone, okay?" Before speaking, He Miao reminded her again worriedly.
Pei Lingxuan nodded rapidly: "I know. Don't worry, Xiao Miao, I will keep it a secret!"
"Yeah." He Miao finally felt more at ease.
"Go ahead." Pei Lingxuan stared at her with wide eyes, ready to listen attentively.
He Miao organized her words and spoke slowly: "That sister is indeed a veteran of the studio. As far as I know, she joined the studio when it was just established. She is considered a veteran employee of the studio."
"She's already a veteran employee, and the capitalists in your studio are still bullying her?" Pei Lingxuan's face was full of indignation. "This is too shameless."
“Heh…” He Miao laughed sarcastically, “Aren’t all capitalists like this? They bully whoever they think is weak. And the gossip I want to tell you is why this sister was bullied.”
Pei Lingxuan: "Well, go ahead."
He Miao: "Our studio looks high-end, but in fact, it is not clean in some aspects. About two months before I joined the company, this sister received a task from Mr. Xu, asking her to come up with some gimmicks to improve the online popularity of our studio."
"This sister is not the first time to do this, so when she received the notice, she immediately contacted several local internet celebrities in Yuncheng, wanting to use the old method to hype the internet celebrities. But after reading her hype plan, Mr. Xu rejected her idea and directly asked her to create an artificial plagiarism storm."
Pei Lingxuan narrowed her eyes: "So are you the plagiarist or the plagiarized party?"
He Miao: "Of course we are the ones being plagiarized! And we were plagiarized by a well-known company."
"...Which company?" Pei Lingxuan's heart instantly rose to her throat.
He Miao said, "I don't know. That sister didn't tell me."
"Oh..." Pei Lingxuan licked her lips, "Then what? How did that sister do it?"
He Miao: "What else can I do? Of course I'm doing what I'm told. Although my sister is a veteran employee, she's essentially just working for the studio. Since the leader has given the order, is there any other way for her to do it?"
“……” Pei Lingxuan had a stiff face and said nothing.
He Miao: "I don't know what method that sister used to make the studio plagiarized, but in any case, she did what Mr. Xu asked, and our studio also received a lot of exposure because of it."
"The sad thing is, after this was over, my sister was fired by her superiors for some reason."
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