On the other end of the phone, Ding Xin noticed that Xu Shiran hadn't spoken for a long time, so she called out to her worriedly, "Shiran?"
Xu Shiran came to her senses and her mind cleared up considerably. She didn't have time to dwell on how Shi Miao had done it; there were more important things waiting for her to deal with.
Ding Xin started to get anxious when she called out to Shi Ran without getting a response. "Shi Ran, are you still there?"
"Hmm." Xu Shiran responded, got up and left the dormitory. She walked to the corner of the stairs at the end of the corridor and whispered, "Sister Xin, how should we resolve this matter?"
She paused for a moment, then, thinking about the piece of music, she decided to tell Ding Xin the truth: "There's one more thing. The piece I played on the show was by Shi Miao."
"Shi Miao?" Ding Xin was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized, "You mean you used Ye Yu's music?!"
Xu Shiran leaned against the wall, her expression quite serious. "Yes, it's the theme song she wrote for the sports meet, but she only wrote half of it, it's a waste song."
Ding Xin breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "That's good. As long as the scrapped song isn't exactly the same as the released theme song, it's fine."
Xu Shiran pursed her lips. "But the opening melody is very similar. I saw some people in the comments section recognize it. I don't know what's going on online right now. Besides, Ye Yu already knows, and she has evidence."
"What...what did Ye Yu say?"
Ding Xin really didn't expect Xu Shiran to make such a big mess this time. The issue of changing the female lead was already a headache for her, but now she even used Ye Yu's music on the show. Of all the people to use, she had to use the work of Ye Yu, the famous genius arranger in the industry.
Before Xu Shiran could speak, she quickly suggested, "Why don't you apologize to her properly and find a way to make it up to her, then let's just let this matter go."
Xu Shiran's eyelids twitched, and she said in a deep voice, "I apologized, and I also talked about compensation, but she didn't accept it and made me post on Weibo saying that her music was used. Moreover, she was the one who replaced me. She will probably be the female lead in this promotional video."
"What?! What's the deal with this Night Rain?" Ding Xin was completely stunned.
"I don't know either. The most important thing right now is how to solve these two problems. Let's think of a solution quickly."
Ding Xin quickly came up with a solution: "I've contacted the PR team to have all the relevant videos taken down. I'll also talk to the production team to ask them to cut out the part where you improvised at the end. But I can only say I'll try my best. Given the current opportunity and buzz, they might not agree to cut it."
Xu Shiran bit her lip. Although this attempt to cover up the truth was likely to arouse suspicion and cause a lot of controversy, she knew that there was really no better way at the moment. "Okay, don't worry about the production team. I'll have my dad help handle it."
"With Chairman Xu handling this, things will be much easier. You also need to issue a statement on Weibo responding to the female lead's situation. As for Ye Yu, can you guarantee she won't reveal online that you used her music?"
Xu Shiran rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache. "No, I can't figure out what she's thinking either."
"Forget it, we'll talk about this later. I'm hanging up now." Ding Xin sighed. She had a lot of things to deal with right now and didn't have time to dwell on this.
Xu Shiran looked up at the half-open dormitory door not far away, her brows furrowed with barely concealed restlessness, and responded softly, "Mm."
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Meanwhile, in the dormitory.
Jiang Ning turned to look at the girl who was looking down at her phone, "Sister Miao, so you're now the female lead in the promotional video!"
Shi Miao glanced up at her, her hands still typing, and spoke in a casual and lazy voice with little inflection, "Yes."
"Wow, Sister Miao, you're amazing! Xu Shiran is going to be furious. I never thought she was this kind of person, especially a public figure like her, who would do something like this. Luckily, Sister Miao, you have evidence, otherwise she would never admit it." Jiang Ning couldn't help but exclaim.
She paused for a moment, then said, "By the way, Sister Miao, I clearly saw you throw the half-finished piece of music into the trash can. How did you get the photo? Did you take it before?"
Shi Miao stood up and tossed her phone onto the bed. "Later, I took it out and took another picture."
"So that's how it is!" Jiang Ning looked at her with admiration. "Sister Miao, did you already know she would peek at your music, so you took pictures of it just in case?"
Shi Miao's lips twitched almost imperceptibly. She was quite impressed with her imagination. "No, I'm not a god. Someone just wanted to see it, so I took it out and filmed it for him."
Jiang Ning chuckled. It's no wonder she was overthinking things. In her eyes, Shi Miao was truly omnipotent. It seemed like there was nothing she couldn't do, and even if they encountered danger, she could turn it into safety, just like the car accident they experienced together last time.
At that moment, Xu Shiran pushed open the door with her phone in hand, and the atmosphere instantly became awkward.
Her expression darkened slightly. She glanced at the two people who seemed to have been talking before she came in, and then walked to her bedside and sat down without saying a word.
"I'm going upstairs first." Shi Miao seemed not to have noticed her return. She said to Jiang Ning, stepped onto the ladder, and climbed onto the bed.
"Ah, okay, I'll go up too." Jiang Ning followed suit and got onto the bed. She didn't want to be left alone downstairs with Xu Shiran.
Xu Shiran naturally had no interest in these things. She browsed through Weibo and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were no video clips or trending topics related to her.
The fact that the melody was similar to the opening melody of the theme song didn't cause much of a stir, suggesting that not many people had noticed it. I was finally relieved.
But she couldn't bring herself to ask Shi Miao if he would post about using her song online.
After thinking about it, I put down my phone, picked up my pajamas, and went into the bathroom.
While taking a shower, she finally had time to think about what had happened that night.
Logically speaking, it's impossible for Shi Miao to change the female lead in such a short time. After thinking it over, there's only one possibility: it was the high-ranking executive of Tianzhi Group behind her who made the move.
Xu Shiran recalled the photos she had taken downstairs at the apartment building. She had asked other people in her circle if they had seen the man in the photos, but unfortunately, it was only a side profile and it was nighttime, so the photos were not very clear, and she couldn't get any useful information out of them.
Knowing that there was no point in making wild guesses, I opened my eyes and sped up my shower.
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