This time, Zhong Yiyi didn't even bother to answer and simply told the driver to drive off.
She used to admire Mao Yingying quite a bit, and even regarded her as an idol at one point.
However, after truly understanding the other person's character, she realized she had been blind before.
Such a despicable, shameless, and unscrupulous person does not deserve her respect at all.
"Hmph, you really don't know what's good for you!"
As the taxi drove away, Mao Yingying's face turned ashen, almost dripping with green juice.
She wanted to spend some money to settle the matter, but Zhong Yiyi wouldn't budge.
Since that's the case, we'll have no choice but to resort to shamelessness.
Even if Liu Yanran finds out later that she plagiarized Wang Qian's song, by then the song will already be well-known to the public, and Liu Yanran will definitely not be willing to just take it back.
In other words, she secretly lured Liu Yanran onto the pirate ship.
If Liu Yanran doesn't want all her efforts to be in vain, she has no choice but to deny it to the bitter end and play the fool.
Although her idea was good, when she returned to the Liu family mansion, ready to continue deceiving Liu Yanran, she saw that both Liu Yanran and Liu Yang had gloomy faces and were looking at her as if they wanted to kill her.
"Miss Liu, what's wrong?"
She asked anxiously, "Did something happen when I went out just now?"
"Take a look for yourself!"
Liu Yanran slapped a piece of paper on the table in front of her and said through gritted teeth, "Look what you've done!"
She subconsciously looked down and her expression changed drastically.
This is a court notice!
The gist of the matter is that Liu Yanran infringed on Wang Qian's music copyright, and he demands a court confrontation tomorrow.
"Speak, I want to hear how you're going to try and deny it now."
Liu Yanran's murderous voice continued to rang out.
Mao Yingying's delicate body trembled, and her face turned ashen.
Liu Yanran's use of the word "sophistry" proves that no matter how she explains, it's useless.
Moreover, the court notice has already arrived, so any explanation she gives will seem utterly weak and unconvincing.
But even now, she forced herself to say, "Miss Liu, listen to me, it's not like that..."
Get to the point!
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Yanran interrupted, "This song was written by Wang Qian, right?"
Mao Yingying's breath hitched, and she lowered her eyes, not daring to meet Liu Yanran's piercing gaze.
"It seems it really is true!"
Liu Yanran laughed angrily, "Heh, my dear manager Mao, you really are something else. You use someone else's song to release my album and then lie and say it's yours. Don't you have any shame?"
"Miss Liu, as I said before, it's just for reference..."
"Borrow your mother's head!"
Liu Yanran immediately swore, "The court notice has arrived, and you still want to lie to me? Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Mao Yingying finally couldn't keep up her excuses any longer.
But she remained silent, which did not diminish Liu Yanran's anger in the slightest. She stood up from the sofa with a "whoosh," pointed at Mao Yingying's nose, and angrily rebuked her: "Mao Yingying, you kept assuring me that this was a song you wrote yourself, so tell me, what's the deal with the court notice?"
"Miss Liu, isn't this already obvious?"
Mao Yingying said sullenly, "I admit that I did borrow from Wang Qian's song, but it was just borrowing, not plagiarism."
"Then go to court and confront Wang Qian!"
Liu Yanran was furious. "If you win the confrontation, I'll believe you."
Then, she added angrily, "Furthermore, when we go to court tomorrow, you have to make it clear to the judge that this is the song you gave me, did you hear me?"
"this……"
Mao Yingying was speechless.
Liu Yanran is trying to use her as a shield!
If she admits in court that this song was for Liu Yanran, then she will be responsible for all the consequences, and Liu Yanran can completely stay out of it, even if she lives or dies.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Thinking of this, her ashamed expression gradually disappeared, replaced by a sinister look.
"Miss Liu, even if I plagiarized Wang Qian's song, wasn't it all for your benefit?"
She scoffed, "You've seen the results. Your album was a huge hit in Nanming County as soon as it was released. Now that things have gone wrong, you want to discard it after it's served its purpose? That doesn't seem right, does it?"
"You asked for this!"
Liu Yanran said with a stern face, "If you had told me the truth from the beginning, this wouldn't have happened."
"I admit, that was definitely my fault!"
Mao Yingying shrugged, looking completely unconcerned. "But things have already escalated to this point, so it's impossible for you to use me as a shield."
"Mao Yingying, you..."
Liu Yanran was furious.
But then she thought, if Mao Yingying denied it in court, she would have no choice but to swallow her pride and bear it.
So after much hesitation, she suppressed her anger and asked, "Tell me, do you have a better solution?"
"have!"
Mao Yingying had been waiting for these words, and hurriedly said, "The only way now is to settle this privately with Wang Qian!"
She had originally thought that if Wang Qian didn't accept the compensation, she would just resort to shameless tactics.
but,
Since the court has already summoned them, it proves that the tactic of shirking responsibility is not going to work.
The notification clearly states that Wang Qian had already registered the copyright for this song, and it is protected by the election.
Any song that is copied constitutes copyright infringement.
This was something she hadn't considered before.
"Heh, settle out of court?"
Liu Yanran suddenly laughed, but the laughter was chilling. "Do you think that, given the current relationship between Wang Qian and me, we can settle this privately?"
"Miss Liu, there is nothing in this world that money can't solve!"
Mao Yingying seemed to have regained her usual confidence and spoke eloquently: "Wang Qian is a businessman, which means that his first consideration will definitely be the gains and losses of profit."
She looked Liu Yanran up and down and said, "And what your Liu family has the least to lack is money, right? As long as you, Miss Liu, offer enough money to tempt Wang Qian, everything will naturally fall into place."
"So, all you're trying to do is scam me, aren't you?"
Liu Yanran was completely convinced.
To be precise, she is now filled with deep regret.
If she had known Mao Yingying was so unreliable, she shouldn't have accepted her surrender in the first place.
Now look what's happened; her dream of entering the music industry hasn't even come true, and she's been ruined like this.
She couldn't even imagine how passive the situation she would be in next.
You should know that once a song is registered, the copyright protection is very strict. No matter how rich and powerful the Liu family is, once the record has been released, they can't deny it even if they want to.
If Wang Qian does not accept a private settlement, she will face not only hefty fines, but also the possibility of going to jail.
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