Lin Muci's songs were confirmed by Ling Qianhe to be written by Ling Xiao, the composer of "Red Butterfly."
He said he saw it with his own eyes, and that was satisfying enough.
But the better part was yet to come.
Aurora jumped up from the floor excitedly.
"Hahaha, the tables have turned, the world revolves, they are finished!"
"Sweet Dream Team's song "Sacred Continent" has been proven to be plagiarized!"
"Han Jiu plagiarized an obscure European and American ballad from the eighties. The chords and melody were identical, and even the arrangement was copied. Well, at least others are music tailors, but he's just copy-pasting!"
Aurora exclaimed with amazement.
"It's truly outrageous. How can they be so smug with a song that's so obviously plagiarized?"
"They accused us of impersonating the composer, but it turns out they are the ones who plagiarized!"
The hashtag #SweetDreamTeamPlagiarism, Get Out of the Entertainment Industry# instantly topped the entertainment charts.
The comments below were even more hilarious, making everyone laugh so hard they spat out their food.
[It's that bad and they still plagiarized?]
[Friends, I listened to the original song, and the original is good... I realized it's not the song that's bad, but Lu Keke and the others sing it so poorly!]
[Speaking of which, I remember a sound engineer exposed that a new girl group needed autotune for everyone... and even after that, they were still not satisfied, being picky and having terrible attitudes...]
[He said their vocal skills were so bad it could shake the heavens and shock the earth... hahaha, it's clearly Sweet Dream Team.]
[Whoever sings badly knows it in their heart.]
[Lin Muci and the others sing live, daring to sing live even on broadcasts, and their high notes are perfect, truly heavenly sounds. The only one who sings badly is Lu Keke, who has ruined performances so many times on live broadcasts...]
Lu Keke's reputation in the entertainment industry was thoroughly ruined!
Bad singing.
And plagiarism.
It was like trying to hold onto a golden rice bowl without any ability.
This was the backlash.
To make matters worse.
The original singer of the overseas song directly sent a lawyer's letter, demanding to pursue copyright responsibility and a large sum of compensation.
Lu Keke was also shocked and flustered upon receiving the news, as she was completely unaware of the matter... Han Jiu's song was plagiarized?
She went to find Han Jiu, and his reply almost made her spit out blood.
"Who told you to snatch the song from Era Girls? This song was originally intended to be used to harm Era Girls... Who knew they didn't use it, but you guys did."
"Consider yourselves unlucky. If you hold me responsible, I'll expose all your schemes to harm Era Girls."
"If we're going to die, we'll die together!"
Lu Keke was furious.
Han Jiu was considered a prominent figure in the circle, yet he turned out to be so unscrupulous!
However, Han Jiu also had connections in the circle.
He was determined to drag Lu Keke down with him.
Lu Keke could do nothing about him.
Seeing the controversy escalating and the evidence being ironclad, leaving her no room for denial, Lu Keke could only take a deep breath and apologize sheepishly.
She recorded a video, crying profusely.
"I was wrong... I chose this song because I listened to Lu Miaoyu... Before, my staff secretly framed Era Girls without my knowledge, and I was truly unaware, I knew nothing..."
She cried pitifully.
But the audience was not buying it!
[Pah! How could she not know? She did it on purpose—this woman's heart is too black.]
[How can she have the nerve to cry?]
[If I were her, I'd just hit my head against a wall.]
Comments like these were endless.
Lu Keke's plea for sympathy went unheeded; instead, people flooded her video with comments.
[Plagiarists, may you die a terrible death!]
[Retire! Lu Keke, retire!]
[Get out of the entertainment industry!]
[Lu Keke, you are a tumor in Chinese entertainment!]
The insults were fierce and domineering.
However, Aurora watched with great satisfaction. They had been bullied by Lu Keke since their time on "Tomorrow's Idol."
Aurora had even been kicked out of the performance team by her, and now it was only her own team's backlash, her just deserts.
Aurora felt like she was dreaming.
"She was so arrogant back then, like a princess. Who would have thought she would end up like this today."
Lin Muci no longer paid attention to her.
A defeated foe.
After the plagiarism scandal, Lu Keke's Sweet Dream Team was destined to become a joke, and her dream of stardom would be shattered.
No matter how much influence her family had, they couldn't keep investing in Lu Keke indefinitely.
Therefore, Lu Keke was doomed to lose.
She was destined to become a laughingstock of the entertainment industry and leave in disgrace.
Lin Muci looked at her other three partners.
"Let's practice dancing. We'll strike while the iron is hot! Release the story version and dance version MVs, then the practice room and debut stage videos. The heat is high right now, and I believe we can set off another wave of excitement globally!"
...
"Congratulations, Host. Mission: Second single achieves a cumulative global click count of one billion. Completed."
"Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one hundred points!"
"World renown has increased!"
"Current World Renown: Thirteen percent."
When Lin Muci heard the system's notification, she thought for a moment and asked the system.
"Isn't the increase in renown too fast now?"
The system cheerfully explained.
"That's because, Host, as your works in the entertainment industry increase, the probability of people seeing your works also greatly increases."
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. Going from zero to one is actually the hardest. And afterward, it's like a snowball rolling downhill; the speed will increase considerably."
"For example, a globally explosive work will immediately cause a newcomer's global renown to soar."
"For instance, the massively popular movie 'Titanic' in a parallel universe directly increased the renown of the then-new star Leonardo DiCaprio by over thirty percent..."
This explanation was quite easy to understand.
Works were the most important, the foundation of everything.
Without works, no matter how many endorsements, it would be just a castle in the air.
The massive success of the second single, "Phoenix Soaring Through Nine Heavens," meant that Era Girls had at least stabilized.
Many people were waiting to see their results after their debut.
Whether they would soar to the heavens or fall like a shooting star.
At least, they had now preserved this honor.
Lin Muci felt confident. After a year of forming the group, they would become the top limited girl group making history globally, so popular that their popularity would be enough to support them in holding global concerts!
The system encouraged her.
"Host, you still need to work harder~"
Lin Muci, however, became proud.
"Hmph, if Ling Qianhe can do it, then I definitely can!"
Era Girls had two consecutive explosive singles.
Next, she needed to find Yang Lanyan to discuss rescuing Zhou Yuan'an's father.