Chapter 75
Lu'an Studio——
"Bang!"
"What's the matter? Didn't I tell you that evening? Don't you want to understand all this? Do you still need me to teach you word by word how to do things?" Lu An saw these comments and angrily threw the quilt in front of his assistant, scaring the little girl like a quail.
"You've left such a big flaw. Do you think your life is too good? You useless thing! What else can you do? You can't even do such a small thing! Idiot! What are you doing just hiding there and not thinking about changing? Do you still want me to do it?" Lu An had a fierce look on his face as if he wanted to eat the girl in front of him alive.
"There's no secret code. Maybe, maybe it was just that Internet army hired by Wanshi who did it on purpose." The female assistant explained tremblingly, her mind racing to find an excuse. There was no way she would take the blame, otherwise Lu An would definitely not let her off easily.
"It's indeed possible. I didn't expect such a newly registered young artist could come up with so much money. You can buy some water army, and also talk about your grievances in the fan group, hinting to them that this is a conspiracy by the enemy, and ask them to order more albums." Lu An's eyes turned and he came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
"Yes." The female assistant gritted her teeth, nodded, and went out.
"Make me another cup of coffee and bring it in, and clean up the things on the floor." Lu An gave the order in a condescending manner, and the female assistant responded with a humble look.
"Yes." The girl who had just reached the door turned back, squatted down and picked up the broken pieces of the cup, and finally retreated respectfully with her head bowed.
The girl didn't even dare to cry, and didn't even complain. She quickly went to deal with what Lu An asked her to do. The girl was already used to fanning the flames in the fan group as someone with inside information. Several accounts took turns to incite fans in the fan group.
I was like, how is that possible! Xiaolu has already been hyped up, and now he's jumping out with some codewords. It must be that Tianle who's so good at copying others. He wants to imitate our Xiaolu in everything. Bah, he doesn't even look at what his own paintings look like, and he has the nerve to market it as Xiaolu An. Bah, shameless.
Tianle is also a well-known painting blogger. It was just when he had just become famous and had a picture that went viral that he was targeted by Lu An. After a wave of hype, Tianle was labeled as a "scholar" by Lu An's fans. In fact, it was just some specious evidence, but Tianle could not defend himself because of the fans' belief. Fortunately, there are more people who do not follow the crowd, so Tianle is doing well.
[I told you it wasn't right! I didn't expect it to be that scholar with red eyes again!]
[I'm going to buy a few more copies of the Little Deer picture book to piss off that pink-eye guy!] This message was naturally sent by the assistant.
[Hey, I heard Xiaolu was so angry that he didn't even eat. He's still working hard on the draft. How come these people don't know how to work hard and just suck Xiaolu's blood!] This message was naturally also sent by the female assistant.
【I want to support Xiaolu too! 】
We can't let that cunning scholar succeed, and we can't let those who are truly capable feel discouraged!
The female assistant breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the comments in the fan group had been directed in the direction she wanted. It was already three or four in the afternoon. She had been busy since Lu An got angry and hadn't eaten or drunk anything since then. Her stomach was burning with pain. Just as she was about to order takeout, she heard, "Luo Yan, where the hell have you been? Come in quickly!"
Luo Yan was so frightened that her phone dropped. She hurriedly picked it up and went to Lu An's office. Because she was walking so fast, she twisted her ankle but didn't dare to stop. "I'm coming." Luo Yan held back the tears in her eyes.
Xie Zhuo noticed that online comments had changed. Waves of assembly line internet trolls were copying and pasting rhetoric that was clearly fake to anyone with a discerning eye.
Shi Wan compiled the evidence into a PPT document with a clear timeline. He was waiting until the matter became more serious before releasing it.
Xie Zhuo naturally had to find someone to fan the flames, and the situation became more and more intense. Lu An did this originally to participate in a big project. He got inside information that a large-scale game was looking for an artist, and the painting he used late was intended to be a token of his loyalty. He had also painted many paintings himself before, and each one satisfied the project team. That's why Lu An went to find someone to cheat for the manuscript.
"Scarlett, you should stay up less late." Shi Wan bought breakfast and returned to the dormitory. Sang Scarlett looked exhausted and could not even stand up after getting out of bed.
"I'm fine. This is nothing. When I was drawing the design draft, I was still very energetic even though I hadn't slept for two days. I'm just hungry. After I'm full, I'll go and fight with Lu An's fans for three hundred rounds!" Sang Sijia took out a fried dough stick and took a big bite, making a crunchy sound.
"...Then you should also rest. I told Xie Zhuo that he will take care of it. It's not good for your health to do this. You should take a nap after eating. Xie Zhuo told me to prepare for it. I'm afraid that Lu An still has something in his hands that he hasn't released yet." Xie Zhuo also said that he would break all of Lu An's limbs in one go, and it would be a minor fight and he wouldn't be able to move any bones.
"Okay." Sang Sijia nodded. He really couldn't hold on any longer.
Lu An didn't expect that things were getting more and more out of control. Even the little artists who had been plagiarized by him before jumped out, some real and some fake. Some even released chat records, as well as comparison pictures and detail pictures. Lu An's eyebrows twitched violently.
"Luo Yan, what's wrong with you? Hurry up and find a way. If something happens to me, I tell you, you won't have a good ending either!" Lu An glared at Luo Yan hatefully. Lu An was a suspicious person. When he saw something wrong, the first thing he thought of was Luo Yan's interference!
"I dare not, it's really not me. That money can only buy those assembly line water army, I..." Luo Yan gritted her teeth to prevent tears from falling. If she cried, Lu An would only scold her more harshly and cruelly. Although Lu An has a baby face, the face he showed when scolding people was something Luo Yan had never seen before.
"Can't you tell me if the money is not enough? Are you hoping that something will happen to me? Stop dreaming! Go talk to the internet trolls, and after they've agreed, transfer the payment link to me." Lu An would not give Luo Yan any money.
"Okay." Luo Yan lowered her head. Why had she been so possessed by the devil in the first place, causing such a big trouble? Lu An did it on purpose. He waited until her graduation exhibition to come out to find her and threatened that if she didn't help him, he would report her for plagiarism and cancel her diploma. With the stain of plagiarism, it would be difficult for her to find a job in the future. Luo Yan had no choice but to accept it and help Lu An do those disgusting things in private.
She couldn't jump out of this quagmire even if she wanted to.
Luo Yan regretted her decision and wondered why she was lazy and plagiarized in the first place!
Things escalated step by step. Lu An invested a lot of money in hiring internet trolls. The pre-orders for the album were also increasing rapidly, and the number of prints was also increasing. He spent a lot of money, and the pre-order money was stuck on the platform. He didn't have much money left. Moreover, many people have come out to accuse him of plagiarism, and his fans have begun to waver.
Lu An gritted his teeth and began to cry loudly about his grievances.
Lu An: I don't know whose interests I've offended. Those who are innocent will be innocent. Something I haven't done is something I haven't done. Perhaps my album has blocked someone's path. I will cancel the printing and apologize to all the fans who truly love me. My power is limited, and I can't protect myself or you.
As soon as the news came out, Lu An's fans loved him even more, and they all attacked Tianle crazily. Those who came forward to say that Lu An had plagiarized them were also attacked. The background of Shi Wan's new account was full of vicious and ugly messages. Fortunately, Gu Zhinian protected Shi Wan's personal information well, and no one has found out Shi Wan's identity yet.
After the incident became a hot topic, Xie Zhuo contacted Shi Wan and asked Shi Wan to use his real account to upload the evidence. Xie Zhuo looked at the PPT made by Shi Wan and showed it to Gu Zhinian as well. Gu Zhinian added a few photos and converted it into a PDF image and sent it to Shi Wan.
[Shi Wan: Is there anyone with the same name as me? And the same drawing style as me? Nine-square grid.jpg]
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