When the stage went dark and then came back on, Zhang Yun was already standing in the center of the stage. The guzheng and electronic music started playing, and the rhythm suddenly picked up.
Compendium of Materia Medica
Singer: Zhang Yun, Zhao Qiji, Lü Jiaojiao (Jay Chou)
Lyrics: Zhang Yun (Vincent Fang)
Music: Zhang Yun (Jay Chou)
"If Hua Tuo were reborn and worshipping foreign things were cured..."
Foreigners learning Chinese characters inspire our national consciousness
...
Watch me grab a handful of Chinese herbs and swallow a dose with pride.
I jumped around leisurely with a relaxed expression.
You can't learn to move so easily and naturally.
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You can't just copy a master craftsman's techniques like that.
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My own music, my own medicine dosage, just right
Listen to me, Chinese medicine is bitter, so plagiarism should be even more bitter.
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We must not lose to the hard work of our ancestors.
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Let me devise a folk remedy to cure your internal wounds from being a sycophant to foreigners.
..."
Only at the very end did Zhao Qiji and Lü Jiaojiao's duet begin: "La la la la~ la la la la..."
After the song and dance ended, Zhang Yun crossed his hands into an inverted V shape and struck a cool pose in a certain direction.
The camera immediately turned to the direction Zhang Yun was facing—
Sitting there was Chen Chujie, whose face was ashen.
The atmosphere was absolutely electric. Qi Ying, the only female judge on the panel, stood up and swayed to the music as early as the first climax of the song.
Cheng Lu Jin stood there for a while before murmuring to Gu Chen beside her, "Didn't he... say he can't sing, dance, rap, or play basketball?"
Gu Chen pondered for a second and said, "He meant... 'know a little'."
"..."
I know a little bit about this, damn it!
On stage, the judges have already begun scoring.
Qi Ying sat back down in her seat and was the first to speak: "Zhang Yun, I owe you a perfect score! So this time, I'm giving you a perfect score of 100!"
The two judges in the middle gave scores of 91 and 93 respectively, because in a group performance, Zhang Yun was almost singing and dancing by himself the whole time. It would have been more perfect if he could have made better use of his teammates.
Zhang Yun humbly accepted the suggestions and thanked the two judges.
Finally, the oldest judge, Wang Chengran, said, "Although you didn't bring out the full effect of the group, your song promoted our Chinese medical culture. For that alone, you deserve a perfect score!"
Zhang Yun's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this: He had been careless...
The final scores came out, and Zhang Yun's group scored 96 points!
They scored one point higher than Chen Chujie's group!
Li Shaobai's absence was entirely within his expectations. He knew that Chen Chujie had prepared the exact same song as him and would definitely not let him get involved in the plagiarism controversy.
Zhang Yun deliberately only had Lü Jiaojiao and Zhao Qiji practice a short, insignificant section of harmony from the end of the Compendium of Materia Medica.
The goal was to get the judges to lower his score so that he could lose to Chen Chujie, and then advance through the revival round.
He wanted Chen Chujie's team to advance directly to the top 16 as the first-place team.
Only when the plagiarism of the song is exposed and Chen Chujie is disqualified from the competition can it generate heated discussions and be criticized by the entire internet.
But he didn't expect that two judges would betray him and give him a perfect score!
Please! Can you not be so casual?
Their group advanced directly to the top 16 with the highest total score, and even sent Chen Chujie, who ranked second in total score, to the revival round.
Then when I expose his plagiarism, what will people have to criticize me for?
Are you saying he made it to the revival round by plagiarism?
Zhang Yun suddenly felt really angry!
I even let you plagiarize and went easy on you, and you still can't beat me!
Can't you be a little more sensible?!
waste!
Another thing that worries him is whether Chen Chujie will realize something is wrong and withdraw from the revival round, or even fail to advance at all!
If that's the case, then my arrangements won't achieve the desired effect.
Fortunately, Chen Chujie did not realize that he had deliberately set a trap for him, and only thought that Zhang Yun had taken out the later competition songs in advance.
Ultimately, Groups 4, 5, and 9 advanced directly as the top three teams in the winning group, while the remaining two teams in the winning group and the two teams with the highest scores in the losing group competed in a revival match.
Zhang Yun, who was sitting in the back of the players' rest area watching the revival match, was really worried for Chen Chujie. He was afraid that Chen Chujie would not be able to beat the other three groups and would be eliminated directly.
Fortunately, with the help of God, Chen Chujie's team was quite strong and performed steadily, successfully defeating the other three teams and securing a spot in the next round.
After the group stage, they will have two days to rest before starting the round of 16 matches.
In the following days, Chen Chujie would avoid him whenever he encountered him, and Zhang Yun would hardly see him at all unless it was time for the competition.
The following three matches—the round of 16, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals—are all individual matches with two-on-one duels.
These people will finish the competition and leave within two weeks, and then the rest will be left to the production team for editing.
They had more than twenty days to rest before the final.
Because the finals are broadcast live, they will only be held after all the previously edited episodes have been broadcast.
In all three matches, Zhang Yun used the new song Gu Chen wrote for him, and stormed into the semifinals with overwhelming force.
Whether it was good luck or a deliberate arrangement by the production team, Chen Chujie never faced him and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
The final will be a battle between Zhang Yun and his team for first and second place, and between He Linlin and Xu Chengzhi for third place.
Zhao Qiji and Lü Jiaojiao were eliminated in the round of 16.
In the later stages of these kinds of shows, individual skill comes into play, and luck ultimately doesn't play a significant role.
But the two of them left with smiles on their faces, looking very satisfied.
Zhang Yun gives this mentality a perfect score!
After the semi-finals, Zhang Yun packed his luggage and left in Cheng Jin's car.
As soon as she got into the car, Gu Chen pressed her down in the back seat and kissed her.
"Hmm..."
Cheng Lujin expressionlessly rolled up the car windows and the partition between the front and rear seats—a new partition he had specially installed to prevent dog food from entering the car.
While partitions can block the view, they cannot block the sound.
As Cheng Lujin drove, he heard increasingly strange noises coming from behind him, and veins bulged on his forehead.
Hold on! Think about how you got this opportunity today!
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After giving himself some psychological support, one of the drivers loosened his grip on the steering wheel a little.
Judging from the situation, these two aren't planning on having a celebration banquet; they should just go home!
Cheng Lujin drove the car onto the highway.
After a two-hour drive, Cheng Lujin finally took the two people home.
Gu Chen came out first and carried the limp Zhang Yun upstairs.
"Damn it!" Looking at the back of someone who didn't even say hello, Cheng Lujin couldn't help but swear!
The employer and employee shouldn't have come with him to pick up people!
Zhang Yun returned home, took a shower, ate dinner prepared by Gu Chen, sat on the sofa, and leaned against Gu Chen to watch TV together.
Today is Saturday, and 8 PM is the time when The Voice of China airs.
The game being shown on TV was the quarterfinals.
Zhang Yun yawned.
"Go back to sleep if you're tired."
"Mmm..." Zhang Yun snuggled against him reluctantly.
Gu Chen picked him up and placed him on the large bed in the master bedroom. He then took off his shoes and got into bed himself, wrapping his arms around him. "I'll hold you while I sleep."
Zhang Yun was satisfied and fell asleep instantly in his arms.
The next morning, Gu Chen's phone rang early, but no one answered it.
The phone rang a dozen times before hanging up, and then Zhang Yun's phone rang.
A hand, its fingertips still slightly red, emerged from under the covers, touched the phone, and suddenly gripped it tightly.
After a moment, the owner of the hand seemed to realize what was happening, loosened his grip on the phone, and pressed the answer button.
"Hey, what's up?"
Zhang Yun's voice was low and husky, with a slight panting, which sounded strangely sexy.
Cheng Lujin was stunned on the other end of the phone.
It wasn't until Gu Chen's slightly annoyed "I'm hanging up now" came through the microphone that Cheng Lu Jin snapped back to reality: "Something big has happened! Look at the trending topics!"
Gu Chen took out his phone and opened Weibo's trending topics.
"The Untold Story of the Angel Boy and a Certain Plagiarist Surnamed Gu"
Gu Chen's expression froze instantly after just seeing the first headline.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yun leaned her head on Gu Chen's shoulder and peeked over to look.
Gu Chen instinctively tried to cover himself up, but then realized that even if he managed to hide it for a while, he wouldn't be able to conceal it, so he didn't move.
Zhang Yun saw the title, but he didn't react. He reached out and clicked on the Weibo post.
"...Zhang Yun, a contestant on The Voice of China, rose to fame in the preliminary rounds with her rendition of 'Exclusive Angel.' She then stormed through the competition, making it into the top four and becoming the dark horse of this season's Voice, a favorite to win. But have you noticed that, apart from her performance of 'Compendium of Materia Medica' in the group stage, all the songs Zhang Yun sang during the competition were written by a person named Gu Chen!"
"You might not be familiar with the name Gu Chen, but you should all have heard the song 'Mad Song,' right? A year ago, this song became a hit as soon as it was released. At that time, the singer and composer of this song were credited as Gu Chen! But not long after, Gu Chen was sued for plagiarism, and the song that the plaintiff accused him of plagiarizing was none other than this song, 'Mad Song'!"
"It turns out that this song was already released on a small platform by a female singer named Jiang Lulu. At the time, the female singer's singing was not very good, so the song did not become popular. But this is also someone else's original song. Gu Chen covered someone else's original work and changed all the creator's name to his own name before publishing it. This is blatant plagiarism!"
"...Ultimately, the court ruled that the plagiarism was established, Gu Chen lost the case, was cyberbullied and forced to leave the internet, and 'Mad Song' was also removed from major platforms."
"...Why does Angel Boy keep using songs by someone with such low character? Are Gu Chen's songs really his original compositions?"
With each episode of The Voice of China airing, coupled with Cheng Lujin's promotional efforts, Zhang Yun has become a household name, and the internet is flooded with people trying to ride his coattails.
The influential blogger who posted this long article on Weibo not only capitalized on his popularity but also subtly smeared Zhang Yun between the lines. It's not hard to see who instructed him to do it.
After all, the champion of this season is destined to be either Zhang Yun or Chen Chujie. Zhang Yun's reputation has been damaged, and it is self-evident who benefits from this.
Previously, during the group stage, the two judges favored Zhang Yun, which led to Chen Chujie entering the revival round with a high score of 95. Chen Chujie's fans had already been cursing under the judges' and Zhang Yun's Weibo accounts.
Zhang Yun's fans were naturally not to be outdone, and the war of words between the two fan groups lasted for a long time.
However, as Zhang Yun's performance in the following competitions became outstanding, his fan base grew larger and larger, and he became more and more confident. In this war of words, Chen Chujie's fans have shown signs of defeat.
Now that this influential blogger has spoken out, Chen Chujie's fans have found a point to criticize Zhang Yun, and they've started to stir again.
"...This person even said that my brother and I have a secret, he's practically a prophet!" Zhang Yun couldn't help but laugh after reading it.
Gu Chen couldn't laugh at all. "It's all my fault for dragging you into this. I'm sorry."
"What are you saying, brother?" Zhang Yun laughed. "Do you remember I told you before that there would be a surprise later?"
"After the group stage program aired, 'Blow North' has been available on various platforms for half a month, and it is now ranked second on the new song chart and the monthly chart."
The top spot went to "Compendium of Materia Medica." Despite Huayu Entertainment spending so many resources promoting "Blow North," it still couldn't surpass Zhang Yun's song.
"Watch as Chen Chujie vanishes into thin air with a mere laugh!"
Just as Chen Chujie's fans regained their fighting spirit and rushed to Zhang Yun's Weibo to start criticizing him, Zhang Yun, who had never posted anything in ages, posted his first non-song recommendation post since registering the account.
"Some people are really stupid; they can't even beat me at plagiarism!" [Image included] *4
He already has over six million followers on Weibo, and this post caused an immediate uproar!
In Zhang Yun's post, besides this simple text, there was also the release date, platform, and lyrics of Gu Chen's original song "Fly North," as well as a screenshot of the creator list when Chen Chujie sang the song in the group stage.
Finally, he shamelessly attached screenshots of his group stage performance against Chen Chujie, as well as the rankings of "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Blow North" on the music charts.
Plagiarism, the evidence is conclusive!
A resounding slap in the face, leaving no room for embarrassment!
"That can't be, right?"
"Holy crap, I clicked in and listened, and Gu Chen's song is exactly the same as the one Chen Chujie sang on the show! Except for the name!"
"How dare you talk like that upstairs? Gu Chen released the song first! Chen Chujie is the plagiarist!"
"Hilarious! They had to use plagiarism to put down our Yun-ge, and this is all they got? This is all?"
"This is blatant plagiarism! Let's see how you brainless fans of this idol can defend him now!"
"Gu Chen at least managed to become a huge hit by plagiarism back then, but your brother plagiarized his way into the revival round, hahaha, that's given me laughs for the whole year..."
"Yun-ge: Someone is such a jerk!"
"Speaking of Gu Chen, why is he everywhere?"
"..."
After the topic gained traction, it became the number one trending topic on social media that afternoon.
Chen Chujie is at least a second-tier singer with a considerable number of fans. He also appeared on the popular music program "The Voice of China". In the last episode, he gained a lot of popularity thanks to his excellent performance in the group stage.
The plagiarism incident even affected the "Voice of China" program in China. The program notified the contestants to conduct a self-examination, while also contacting Zhang Yun to inquire about the situation.
At this point, the police intervened, bringing this farce to a complete end.
"...Upon investigation, it was found that Chen, a contestant on 'The Voice of China,' instructed Li, a contestant from another group, to steal other contestants' entries and sell them to Chen. Furthermore, Li deliberately feigned illness and missed the competition for the victim Zhang's group. Under interrogation, Li confessed to the crime, and there are screenshots of bank transfers and recorded phone conversations between the two as evidence. The witness testimony and physical evidence are conclusive..."
The entire internet is shocked!
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